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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1966
Page
1
Obituaries list former Terre Haute residents and local families across Indiana New Mexico and California. Entries note deaths in Albuquerque Palo Alto and Toledo with surviving spouses children and siblings. Requiems and burials are planned at various churches cemeteries including Roselawn Calvary and Cottage Hill.
Harold W Young 58 longtime cashier at Westfield State Bank died Saturday at Mercy Hospital Urbana Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Westfield Methodist Church visitation Monday at Markwell Funeral Chapel burial Maple Hill cemetery He was a World War II veteran and member of the Methodist Church and the Westfield American Legion Surviving spouses wife Ruby daughter Evelyn Thomas Mt Auburn Illinois son Allen Urbana area sister Lois Dilley Urbana
Jack H. Isbell 54 a Milwaukee Railroad conductor died from injuries after a fall from a box car on the east side tracks. Police report he fell between cars while switching trains. Funeral services set for 1 p m Wednesday at De Baun Funeral Home with burial at Roselawn Memorial Park. He is survived by wife Ellen Madaly a brother Eugene and sister Mary Byrd. He belonged to Terre Haute Bible Center and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
The Agriculture Department will launch large scale studies near Beltsville Maryland on how air pollution affects crops including grains and tobacco. Officials say the work expands beyond tobacco to major crops as part of nationwide pollution reduction efforts.
Bloomington Indiana AP reports Indiana University will launch a semester long guest speaker series on cities beginning in February. It marks the first program of its size at the school, highlighting an expanded focus on urban topics.
In Rawlins Wyoming sheriff s officers issued warrants for grand larceny against Robert Lee Gawne and Tom Banks tied to the death of Eileen Marie Alex a 19 year old from Allen Park Michigan found dead near South Bend Indiana on November 18 They are said to have driven a yellow Texas plated car and to have stolen about 425 worth of items from Baggs Wyoming homes while linked to the Michigan case
Gov. Roger D. Branigin has been named a judge for Indiana's biggest turkey contest on December 19. The winner will advance to the national contest at the National Turkey Convention in Omaha, Nebraska, on January 10.
The court found Bond’s rights violated citing First Amendment free speech guarantees. The judge tied the case to the elected legislature’s franchise and questioned Georgia’s basis for member qualifications. The attorney general denied racial discrimination, and Bond’s lawyer stressed he was not excluded due to race.
Dr Bertram Duckwall named to lead the new Vigo County Health Office serving Terre Haute and Vigo County starting January 1 He met with workers from both departments at the Vigo Courthouse and said no immediate staff cuts and that all current employees would keep their jobs under the new program Duckwall was Clay County coroner before his selection on November 14 by the Vigo County Health Board.
Willis A. McQueary aged 41 was arrested in Danville after Colorado police issued a warrant for questioning in the shooting death of his wife Lula 22 a former Shelbyville Indiana nurse's aide whose body was found in a Denver motel on November 26.
Lester Scarberry, 43, serving 17 years for failure to provide for children, escaped Saturday from a work detail at the Soldiers' Home in Lafayette, Indiana. He was sentenced in St. Joseph County on July 14, 1964.
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