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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1969
Page
2
Obituaries list Mary Ellen Jenkins and Angela Kay Watkins in Terre Haute with survivors, funeral plans, and church affiliations. Additional notices cover Goldie Jane Rigel, Ardenia Thompson, Margaret Kerns, and others, detailing services, burials, and locations across Indiana communities.
Mrs Geraldine Louise Newcombe 56 formerly of Kingman died Friday at her Port Richey Florida residence. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 pm at Centennial Community Church with burial in Wesley Chapel Cemetery Scottland Indiana. Instate time 10 30 am to 2 pm at church prior to service. Davis-Miller Funeral Home Marshall Indiana handling arrangements.
Indiana temperatures will be 2 to 4 degrees below normal from Tuesday to Saturday with normal highs around 24 to 30 and little precipitation. Illinois sees near normal temps Tuesday through Saturday with little or no precipitation expected.
The Vigo County Women’s Democrat Club announces a Christmas dinner this Friday at 7 p.m. in Cunningham’s banquet room at 15th and Locust. Reservations go to president Mrs. Harry Tucker or vice president Mrs. Marguerite Dammon. a gift exchange is planned and officers re-elected include Jo Ann Connett secretary and Flossie Palmer treasurer.
Medina ordered the village attack amid Viet Cong fears. Soldiers recall fear and killings including a female casualty. A helicopter report warned of civilians but officers offered caution, not orders to stop shooting. Defense argues no orders to kill and calls for televised recollection. Senate and House committees probe. White House worried.
The Montana Milk Control Board planned to supply coffee for attendees at hearings in Helena but forgot to provide cream. Only a powder substitute was available on the first day.
United Press International tally at 11 am EST shows at least 683 highway and street fatalities during the holiday period. California leads with 68 deaths, followed by Texas 39, Georgia 38, New York 36, Illinois 36, Pennsylvania 27, and North Carolina and Michigan 26 each.
Captain Leslie R. Way announces changed active duty requirements for aviation officers. The 42 year term is reduced to 32 years for aviators and from 4 to 8 years for radar and navigator officers. Eligibility now requires college graduation or at least 60 semester hours. Aptitude tests and flight physicals can be scheduled with the Officer Selection Office in Indianapolis. The Toledo annexation note appears unrelated.
1969 70 Needlecraft feature promotes Pattern 969 for Misses sizes 10 12 14 16 with bust 34. Send 50c pattern price plus 15c mailing to Laura Wheeler Terre Haute Tribune Needlecraft Dept New York. Also advertises over 200 designs three free patterns and several $0.50 books on knitting crochet sewing weaving and quilts.
The nation conducts its first draft lottery in 27 years with 366 capsules in a new jar as 53 youth volunteers draw birth dates to determine draft order. The process, overseen by Lt. Gen. Hershey, uses a larger jar and days over a year, with a second draw ranking initials, aiming to complete by late evening.
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