Snowbound Indiana Struggles Prompt State of Emergency
Eight-foot snowdrifts and subzero winds cripple South Bend and surrounding areas. Mayor Frank J Bruggner declared a state of emergency as about 50 schools closed and hundreds of cars stranded. La Porte and other counties reported heavy snowfall with lingering drifts, while forecasts warned of more snow and continuing extreme cold across Indiana.
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South Bend
Indiana
Hoosierland
Weather Bureau
G. C. Schuttrow
St. Joseph County
Valparaiso
Crown Point
St. Joseph
la Porte County
Angola
Michigan State Line
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Louisville
Evansville
Weather Map Update From The Weather Bureau
The weather map page shows times from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m with sunrise at 6:59 and sunset at 4:22. River stage stands at 1.5 feet and is stationary.
Local Weather Summary
Yesterday recorded high of 22 degrees and a low of 9 degrees. Trace precipitation noted with calm conditions.
Cold forecast with flurries for Terre Haute area
Considerable cloudiness and cold with a few snow flurries tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 5-10. High Tuesday near 15. Indiana section notes windy and colder through Tuesday with occasional light snow or flurries. Low tonight zero to 10 above. High Tuesday 8 to 15. Illinois region partly cloudy and continued cold through Tuesday with occasional snow flurries. Low tonight 8-20. Temperature street thermometer readings show 6 am 7 and 2 pm 21.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Local petitions urge ICC review of rail merger tests
Terre Haute petitions seek public hearings on the New York Central and Pennsylvania merger. Mayor Ralph Tucker and Vigo County groups press for witnesses to testify on local effects including jobs and taxes. Petitions from Twelve Points Merchants Association and Vigo County AFL-CIO Labor Council request intervention.
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Ralph Tucker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Terre Haute
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Vigo County Committee
ICC
Vigo County
Afl-Cio Labor Council
Twelve Points Merchants Association
H. D. McCoy
Washington, D. C
P. O. Box
Ind
Robert W. Crago
New York Central Pension and Protective Fund Committee
Tucker
Twelve Points Association
Labor Council
Merchants’ Group
Ed J. Jackman
Council
Henry D. Throneburg
Friends rebuild home of Negro in Lumberton Miss
Bob Alford an elderly Black man whose home burned last week received a new five room furnished house today. About 40 volunteers from white and Black residents organized by Mayor Ward Hurt built and furnished the structure with money and material donated by Lumberton residents.
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Lumberton
Miss
Bob Alford
Ward Hurt
South Mississippi
Now You Know By United Press International
In Greek mythology satyrs are half-man half-beast brothers of the mountain nymphs, described as roguish yet faint-hearted according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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United Press International
Britannica
Alternate juror replaces Hoffa trial panel member
In Nashville an alternate juror named Walter Harper from Tennessee took the seat vacated by Mrs. James Paschal during the Hoffa conspiracy trial. The move comes after reports of an approached panel member and follows an air pistol incident that wounded no one but unsettled Hoffa. Jury testimony resumed as defense motions were filed seeking non public discussion.
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Nashville
Tenn
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Walter Harper
Bethpage
James Paschal
Woodbury
Hoffa
William E. Miller
Detroit Free Press
Miller
Paschall
James E. Haggerty
Haggerty
Ten-Child Father Albert E. Schilling Dies From Burns
Albert E. Schilling forty nine of Ferdinand died in Stork Hospital Sunday from burns received November twenty fifth when he fell into a tub of scalding water while butchering livestock at his farm.
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Huntingburg
Ind
Albert E. Schilling
Ferdinand
Stork Hospital
Nehru rejects China terms for border settlement
New Delhi December 10 Prime Minister Nehru refused Beijing terms for halting the India China border war while offering to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice if China withdraws to September 8 positions He said the war could last five years or more and urged resolve through nonaligned nations while insisting no meeting ground remains and China must undo the aggression.
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New Delhi
Nehru
China
International Court of Justice
India
Ceylon
Peking
Three-Stage U.S. Aid Plan for India Outlined
U S military team surveying India's arms needs proposed a three stage aid plan lasting years. It would move from emergency patchups to rebuilding next year and ongoing modernization, potentially costing about 1 billion dollars. Emergency assistance to India has totaled nearly 15 million so far. General Paul D Adams led the U S mission returning to Washington.
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Washington
U. S
India
China
Paul D. Adams
U. S. Strike Command
Ventilation Disrupts Mine Rescue in Carmichaels
Rescue teams report 16 miners accounted for and 21 missing as a blast at U S Steel Robena No 3 mine trapped 37 miners. Ventilation in the damaged area is completely disrupted, delaying body recoveries and repairs.
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Carmichaels
U. S. Steel Corp
Robena No. 3
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Lewis Evans
State Secretary of Mines
Evans
Andrew Horvath
Taint Marion
Stores Open Late for Christmas Shopping
Continued on page 2 col 5 note that most Terre Haute stores stay open evenings until Christmas for shoppers convenience.
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Terre Haute
Sioux Indians Go on Warpath at Mound City
Sioux Indians from North and South Dakota vowed to continue war dances to aid Mound City in blocking a transfer of the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service office to Herreid. About 100 natives joined locals in a vigil amid 28 degree weather, chanting and praying over broken treaties with the Great White Father.
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Mound City
S. D
North
South Dakota
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Herreid
Mound Citians
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
British Troops Attack Rebels on Borneo Oil Fields
British forces led by Gurkhas and the Queen’s Own Highlanders attacked rebels in Brunei’s Seria oil fields as part of a three day uprising. The main rebel force was reportedly surrounded with over 500 alleged surrenders and a British soldier wounded in Brunei Town.
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Brunei
Seria
Little
Borneo
Rakyat People’s Party
Legislative Council
Kuala Belait
Christmas Baskets Aid Needy Families In Vigo County
Cash donations support Christmas baskets for needy families in the city and Vigo County. Contributions to Tribune Star Fund may be published. Applications to receive baskets go to Mrs. Mary Smith at the Christmas Clearing House 912 Chestnut Street, by December 14.
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The
Tribune Star
Wabash Avenue
Tribune- Star Fund
City
Vigo County
Mary Smith
Christmas Clearing House
Chestnut Street
Jones Admits Killing Man In Missouri
Sheriff says Indiana escapee Cozzie Merrill Jones 44 has admitted killing Robert Embert Fillmore 29 of Sidney Nova Scotia near the Missouri Kansas line after being held in Tempe Arizona for the Carl Quast slaying in Tempe. He shot Fillmore in self defense and took 170 dollars, then discarded the body west of Joplin. Jones was jailed for life in 1941 for the Vigo county death of Edith Idell Barton 12.
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Carthage
George Hickman
Indiana
Tempe
Ariz
Nova Scotia
Hickman
FBI
Arizona
Cozzie Merrill Jones
Robert Embert Fillmore
Sidney
Fillmore
Missouri-Kansas Line
Joplin
Royal Canadian Armed Forces Record Center
Ottawa
Jones
Michigan City
Carl Quast
Hickam
Little Rock
Ark
Vigo County
Edith Idell Barton
Terre Haute
Soviet Budget Hits New High
Moscow reports a record 87.6 billion ruble budget for 1963 with a 3.6 percent rise in military spending. The armed forces budget climbs to 139 billion rubles, from 13.4 billion this year, as Finance Minister Vasily Garbousov presents the plan at the Supreme Soviet opening.
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Moscow
Vasily Garbusov
Supreme Soviets
Two Boys Escape From Indiana Boys' School
Plainfield Indiana December 10 Two inmates fled the Indiana Boys School as Sept Glen Harreson reported the boys Cletus Cox seventeen from Muncie and James L Bambrough sixteen from Portage carrying laundry bags then dropping them and running without cause.
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Plainfield
Ind
Indiana Boys’ School
Glen Harreson
Cletus C. Cox
Muncie
James L. Bambrough
Portage
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Los Angeles International
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