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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1965
Page
2
Multiple death notices outline funeral times and locations for Carrie Black Elvinneta Hutchinson Floy Rector John Gray and others. Details include ages, addresses, survivors, funeral home names and burial sites in Terre Haute and nearby communities with calling hours and service dates.
Gilbert J. Leonard Vigo County Civil Defense director will serve as president elect of Indiana Civil Defense Directors Association. The annual conference in Indianapolis December 11 and 12 will feature speakers including William P. Durkee Robert S. Bates John J. Barton and Warren P. Cleary. Public booths at local banks and Post Office will offer seats and information through December 22 with participation by numerous student and women’s groups.
Funeral services will be held at White Rose Church Greene County for Christina White 29 of RR 2 Linton who was fatally injured Sunday when struck by a truck two miles south of Linton on State Road 59 She was walking with her four children after their car motor trouble None of the children were injured The Rev Cecil Cox will officiate and burial will be at Lebanon Cemetery The body lies in state at the home of the father Otto Coester RR 3 Bloomfield Funeral services are by Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Surviving are four children Patricia Sue Coeter Raymond T Turpin Stanley Leon Turpin and Kimberly Anne White the father five brothers and three sisters
Raymond H. Gilroy 67 Clinton city councilman died suddenly at his residence 536 S 4th St after attending a council session earlier. He owned Model Cleaners, was a church member, and held many lodge and fraternal memberships. Surviving are Bonnie his widow, daughter Mary Lou Work, son Jack, brothers William P. and Lewis, sister Lucille Montgomery, seven grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
U S infantry skirmished briefly with Viet Cong near a rubber plantation 40 miles northwest of Saigon while air and naval forces bombed suspected bases and supply routes. The Kitty Hawk crew fought fires after fuel-transfer accidents, with two dead and 29 injured. meanwhile, the 1st Infantry Division hunted for the Viet Cong regiment that roared through Michelin plantation.
The Associated Press reports frigid early conditions with temperatures down to 17 in Evansville and 19 in Terre Haute Lafayette and Fort Wayne. Skies clear and a warmup is expected with readings rising into the 40s and 50s by afternoon.
President Johnson suggested final choices on Vietnam policy would be postponed until Congress reconvenes next month. In a Sunday remarks at his ranch he spoke on his health after Oct. 8 surgery and said he expects to be back to normal strength by year’s start. He called the Rusk-McNamara conference a preliminary step toward the first budget discussion on defense needs for the coming year.
In Union City New Jersey since 1958 four of six Vanacore sisters have wed four of six De Palma brothers. The most recent union linked Marie Vanacore and Anthony De Palma. Eight children across the two clans include three Cocette named for the De Palma matriarch two named Charles after the De Palma patriarch and two Ester after the Vanacore matriarch.
Suits filed in Vigo Superior Court No 2 challenge bond sale for the Thompson Ditch project but will not affect the transaction, as district attorney says the sale is legal. Fourteen lawsuits earlier appealed project right of way offers. eight were settled. Judge Charles K McCrory more than doubled damages for six property owners.
Vigo County Commissioners opened and reviewed numerous bids for goods and services to be used by county offices during 1966. Receiving the bids were President Harry P. Brentlinger and Commissioners Joe Silcock and Mike Sweeney. An unrelated line recalls famous historic figures never defeated in battle.
Jerry Vartelas reports United Benefit Life Insurance recorded an all time high in applied for life insurance for January to October 1965. Production topped 583 million dollars, up 31.4 percent from the prior year, with four billion in force life insurance achieved in July. The firm, affiliate of Mutual of Omaha, ranks among the world’s top 3 percent of life insurers.
Fortville Indiana police traced a car found burned on Ind 238 to Henry Pierson 63 whose body was found slain with 16 stab wounds using scissors. A roommate Steven Hoffman 22 was questioned and released as investigators seek a young man seen with Pierson Saturday night.
The Pennsylvania Railroad said it ordered 2,064 additional freight cars at a total cost of 41.6 million dollars. The move aims to boost freight capacity and modernizecks rolling stock for increased throughput.
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