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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
2
Obituaries and funeral notices for D Bledsoe Phillip Frew Emil Endress Jess Black Daren Adam Donald Jeffers W O Luse Willard Jones Edith Dalgarn Margaret Simmons Audrey Kable Scarbrough Minnie Brown and related survivors list across Terre Haute Brazil and nearby areas with service times burial places and calling hours noted.
Police report a $1,200 donkey was stolen from a Christmas display at the J. Lee Co department store in a Detroit suburb. Family members named include daughters Janice Jensen of South Bend and Joann Cester of Decatur Illinois, two brothers George Overbeck of Brazil and William Overbeck of Holland Michigan, a sister Marie Hess of Terre Haute, and 14 grandchildren. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Rev E F Urbahns. burial in Calcutta Cemetery. callers welcome.
John Perisich, 35, a mortgage broker, pleaded guilty to conspiring to misstate finances and falsify books at the defunct Service Savings and Loan Association of Summit. He faces charges alongside William Szarabajka, 50, and Sam Pancotto, 41, over an alleged $360,000 embezzlement. Azarabajka and Pancotto deny similar charges. A judge dismissed two counts related to fraudulently obtaining five loans from Joliet Federal Savings and Loan Association.
Loser in the November 5 election for the 14th District sued in Circuit Court claiming the canvassers altered vote totals. Democrat John F. Leon says he led by 36 in the first canvass on November 15, but the official canvass released November 26 awarded the victory to Republican Jacob John Wolf. Defendants include Wolf, Sidney T. Holzman, Judge Harry G. Comerford, and three canvass board members.
A murder robbery complaint was filed in Van Nuys against 17 year old Thomas Scott Ferguson and his brother Paul 22 for slaying actor Ramon Novarro. The younger Ferguson was ordered to stand trial as an adult. The two from Round Lake St Navarro were implicated after Novarro was beaten to death in his home on October 31.
UPI analysis notes Tito of Yugoslavia publicly minimizes Warsaw Pact maneuvers in Romania while privately wary of Soviet troops on his doorstep. He warns against invasion of Yugoslavia and highlights Moscow’s criticism of Yugoslav Romanian nationalism.
Eleven people were arrested in Bloomington in a federal narcotics operation tied to Indiana and Butler universities. Among those charged were three IU students Raymond MecCann Dale Sophia and Michael Hannah. Other suspects from Bloomington Columbus and Toledo faced charges for possession and sale of marijuana and amphetamines. Two juveniles were also arrested on federal warrants.
Two brothers, Michael Walton and Robert Walton, were sentenced to 40 to 75 years in prison for the June 8 murder of Abder Rayyan, a Jordanian grocer in Chicago. They pleaded guilty to murder. two others, Muhammed Mustafa and Aaron Myers, face charges for hiring them. The case stems from a family feud context and followed the Kennedy assassination. Judge Thomas Fitzgerald imposed the sentences.
Charles Adams, 23, Huntington, was sentenced by Judge Manuel Guerrero to die in Indiana State Prison's electric chair at sunrise on April 2 after a Grant Circuit Court jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Burl Lyles. Adams faced charges of shooting Lyles in a parked car and abducting Lyles’ companion Keren Cogar. his lawyers planned a motion for a new trial following a July arrest after a manhunt.
Three American missionaries killed in a October plane crash were buried Sunday near their mission hospital in Boende Congo. Their charred bodies were recovered Thanksgiving after a month and a half search. The deceased were Mary Hoyt 24 Eunice Goodall 36 and Max Myers pilot.
A lone pilot stole a plane in New Jersey and after four failed landings near Kennedy Airport he flew south over the Atlantic. With fuel dwindling he ditched about 50 miles off Norfolk, Va. An amphibious Coast Guard helicopter rescued him in fog, and he was taken to Elizabeth City, NC, in reasonably good condition. The FBI planned custody.
Kingman Reef, an atoll 1,600 miles south of Hawaii, is the smallest land of U S sovereign territory. It measures about 150 feet long and 120 feet wide at high tide.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education on Monday approved six budgets for state colleges and universities, trimming $14 000 from Illinois States request for scanning microscopes and restoring $237 467 to Chicago State College for an education enrichment program. Totals include tuition and state funds, with staff citing enrollment growth and higher costs as drivers of a 67 percent rise over 1967 69 appropriations.
The Mount Lebanon Church in Clay County presses a suit in Parke Circuit Court challenging the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church for ordering its closure and asset transfer. Former Gov. George N. Craig represents the church as it joins other rural church cases across Clay Tipton and Bartholomew Counties as denominations seek restructuring due to minister shortages. The case originated in Clay County, shuffled to Vigo and then to Parke County.
Monday in Vigo Superior Court No 2 Judge Charles K McCrory granted five divorces and determined custody for six children. Karen Keaton received custody of two children from Kenneth Keaton with $30 weekly support. Sandra L Burch gained custody of two from Barry A Burch with $110 monthly support. Donna J Young won custody of one from Jack D Young with $10 weekly support. Sharon R Sands awarded custody of a child from Jackie Melvin Sands with $15 weekly support. Mary R Brown obtained divorce from Ralph Brown.
James W. Garland, 26, from Columbus, an escapee from Indiana State Prison, was arrested Monday at the home of relatives in Edinburg. He escaped December 29, 1967, while assigned to the State Reformatory brick factory and was serving 25 years for second-degree burglary.
Maj Norman B Kamhoot of Forsyth Mont said fierce winds forced a 15 minute ground stay before takeoff. All 36 passengers and crew including Capt David Stanley Copilot Jerry Svengard and stewardess Sally Lamar died. The F27 bound for Iliamna Big Mountain King Salmon and Dillingham crashed near Pedro Bay amid frozen marsh and mountains. Wien Consolidated directors in Seattle learned of the crash during a safety discussion.
A Michigan City cab driver was charged with assault to commit bodily harm and rape after a 13 year old girl from Westville was picked up and driven to the Summit Farm area near the Indiana State Prison. She was shot in the back and run over, hospitalized in fair condition.
The Associated Press reports colder weather for Indiana with overnight flurries unlikely to cause lasting snow. Morning readings stayed above freezing, but lows tonight are expected in the upper 20s to around 30, with Wednesday highs in the 30s. A cool, partly cloudy stretch continues through Thursday.
Arrangements are pending at DeBaun Funeral Home for Earl E. Weimar 76 who died Monday at St Anthony Hospital He was active in National Guard service from youth including the 1916 Mexican incident World War I and World War II He commanded the 8rd Battalion of the 151st Infantry in 1941 later serving as regimental executive officer He served as city parade marshal and was member of Fort Harrison Post 40 American Legion Disabled American Veterans Shelby County 40 and 8 Voiture 967 He leaves two sons William R New Orleans and David in the Air Force a daughter Virginia Cartier Madison Heights Mich a brother William Greenfield nine grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Funeral services for Vernon R. McMillan 76 former Terre Haute mayor will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Centenary Methodist Church Rev Glenn Alty Crafts will officiate Burial follows at Highland Lawn Cemetery Friends may call at J N Hickman and Son Funeral Home The body will be taken to the church at 11 30 a m Wednesday McMillan died Sunday in Union Hospital He served a five year term as mayor from 1943 through 1947 and had been in the sporting goods business for over 50 years Pallbearers listed Conover Rutherford Pike Lamb Pfister Davis Peck Kerins
Willy A. Newman, 24, an Indiana State Reformatory inmate, escaped Monday from Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis after being brought there for a tooth extraction. He is serving a 10 year term for assault during a robbery.
In Barcelona, Spain, the rector shuttered the university's medical school indefinitely after clashes between rock-throwing students and police. Police dispersed crowds as authorities cited safety concerns and disruption to campus operations.
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