Deaths fill Terre Haute area with multiple obituaries
A long obituary list from Terre Haute and surrounding towns notes deaths across numerous families. It covers Frit May Hughes 63 of Mt Holly New Jersey, W. C. Lockman of Terre Haute, Ray H. Bracken of Paris Illinois, Mrs. Hester Rudy of Los Angeles, Otto H. French of West Terre Haute, Virginia A. Smith of Terre Haute, and others with details on survivors and funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Barnhill
Robert Rudy
Terre Haute
Los Angeles
Calif
Hester Rudy
N. Commonwealth
California
Rudy
Services Monday for Mrs. Eve lyn G. Lucas
Funeral services set for 60 year old Eve lyn G. Lucas of 1116 North 9th Street with a Re quiem Mass at Sacred Heart Church following an 8:30 a.m. service. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Park. Former Van Buren High librarian for 24 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn G. Lucas
N. 9Th St
Sacred Heart Church
Roselawn Memorial Park
Callahan Funeral
van Buren High School
Garfield High School
Indiana State University
Rose Orphans’ Home
Rankin School
Pimento High School
van Buren
Indiana State Teachers Association
Women’s Service League
FBI ARRESTS FRED KRINER IN CHICAGO ON ROBBERY CHARGE
FBI agents arrested 21 year old Fred Kriner in Chicago. He faced a federal warrant issued November 30 charging unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in connection with a robbery case in Indianapolis.
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Chicago
Fred Kriner
FBI
Indianapolis
Kriner
Cincinnati Strangling Case Spurs Weapons Demand
A laborer and former taxi driver was arrested after the body of Barbara Kerrick was found in Cincinnati. Investigators linked the stranglings to an earlier attack on a woman in Kerrick’s building and noted a rise in guns and tear gas sales in the area. Kerrick, 56, lived near police headquarters and was attacked after attending Mass. None of the five older victims were raped. The last case prior to Kerrick was Rose Winster, 81, found strangled in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Miss Kerrick
Schott
Barbara Bowman
St. Peter-in-Chaims
Rose Winster
TWA to Offer Daily Jet Flight to Washington DC
Trans World Airlines will run daily jet service to Washington DC from Hulman Field. DC9s depart at 6 22 p.m. arrive 9 05 p.m. with two stops. Return uses jet to Indianapolis while Terre Haute leg uses propeller planes.
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Trans World Airlines
Washington, D. C
TWA
Plant vandalism prompts police report at Cook Concrete
Jess Cook of Cook Concrete Products reported vandalism at 1430 Buckeye St. over $100 of merchandise destroyed overnight. The incident involved local organizations and church members, with survivors listed as husband Paul a Terre Haute purchasing agent, mother Helen C. Gibbons, and aunt Delta Gibbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Cook
Cook Concrete Products
Buckeye St
Union Hospital
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Beta Eta
Alpha Delta
The
Delta Kappa Gamma _ society
Sacred Heart Church
Paul
Terre Haute
Wayne L Lowe Rites Monday
Wayne L Lowe a former teacher and WWII veteran with leadership roles in the 40 & 8 and Fort Harrison American Legion Post No 40 will be honored. Survivors include widow Bella two daughters Beverly Markkula and Virginia Haney one sister Fern Jones and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Harrison
Civilian Protection Corps
Terre Haute
Virginia Haney
Fern Jones
Gregory Aldrich
U. S. Navy
Jeffrey Haney
Indianapolis
David Candace
Debora Haney
Lisa Markkula
Canton
N. Y
Bouncing Bomb Kills 16 U.S. Marines
U.S. Marines suffer 16 fatalities after a bouncing bomb strikes their unit during the Viet Nam conflict. The 199th Light Infantry Brigade arrived at Vung Tau as part of a larger redeployment, with additional divisions expected soon. Meanwhile, a proposed Christmas truce extension faces political hurdles as allied leaders press for negotiations.
Radziwill Set for Chicago Stage Debut in The Philadelphia Story
Princess Lee Radziwill sister of Mrs. Kennedy will appear in The Philadelphia Story at a North Side theater from June 20 to July 16. The Ivanhoe Theater spokesman said she has no acting experience but is studying drama. She is married to Stanislas Radziwill, a Polish prince and London real estate investor.
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Chicago
Lee Radziwill
Jacqueline Kennedy
North Side
Ivanhoe Theater
Princess Radziwill
Radziwill
Stanislas Radziwill
London
England
Bombing raids and skirmishes reported across South Vietnam
A Viet Cong force ambush near Saigon wounded several soldiers and prompted a South Vietnamese pursuit. In other actions an ambush northwest of Saigon caused moderate casualties. U.S. B52s struck targets near Saigon Pleiku Hue as South Vietnamese and American pilots logged hundreds of sorties and claimed hundreds of enemy huts and fortifications destroyed.
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Saigon
Pleiku City
Hue
South China Sea
South Viet Nam
U.S
Interim WTH Postmaster Named at West Terre Haute
Max Whitaker a finance examiner at the Terre Haute post office took charge Saturday as interim postmaster of West Terre Haute replacing Dorothy Jiles who was dismissed after a 25 year career. George Hicks postal inspector from Evansville reviewed accounts and inventories ahead of the transition while Jiles remains hospitalized at St Anthony’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Whitaker
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Dorothy Jiles
Whitaker
Jiles
George Hicks
Evansville
Postal Service
Post Office Department
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Weather Threats From Rains Snow and Flood risk
Indianapolis report says rains and snow threaten highways and a Boulevard bridge after a private firm Bea ver Tree Service works on a barrier. The Weather Bureau forecasts a White River crest of 8.5 feet at El liston likely affecting railroad tracks and small communities along the West Fork above and below Noblesville. Snow forecasts split Indiana into regions with varying accumulations from four inches in the north and northeast to one inch in the southern third today with diminishing flurries tonight and Sunday.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sister Miriam Rites Monday at Immaculate Conception
Requiem Mass for Sister Miriam Gertrude Wolpert SP who died Friday at St Mary of the Woods will be at 8 a m Monday in the Church of the Immaculate Conception St Marys Burial follows in Providence Cemetery Her last assignment was at St Patrick s School Terre Haute 1957 to 1959 She taught at St Phillip Neri and St Anthonys in Indianapolis
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Public
William J. McDonnel
Terre Haute
James R. McDonnel
van Nuys
Calif
Elizabeth McDon- Lucy May Hughes
Mt. Holly
N. J
St. Anthony Hospital
Ball-Porter
Neval
Friends
Warren Reynolds
Harold Reynolds
Fort Pierce
Fla
Lavone Montgomery
Danville
Ill
Carl Shadow
Roy Shadow
Mary Westjohn
Pimento
Opal Ballinger
Neoga
Hazel Houser
Farmersburg
Lanie Smith
DeBaun Funeral Home
Grandview Cemetery
Jesse A. Edgerton
Meadows Manor
Wabash Ave
Melvin J. Edgerton
Indianapolis
Samuel W. Edgerton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mary Ann Slevin
Stella Roberts
Hollywood
Florence Zwerner
Joseph Edgerton
Liberty Furniture
12 Points
Callahan Funeral Home
St. Patrick’s Church
Roselawn Memorial Park
Callahan Chapel
Miriam Gertrude Wolpert
St. Mary-of-the-Woods
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary's
Providence Cemetery
St. Patrick’s School
St. Phillip Neri School
St. Anthony’s School
Officers Named for Installation at Euclid Lodge No 573
Euclid Lodge No. 573 F and AM will install officers Tuesday at 7:30 PM at the Masonic Temple after a 6:30 PM regular meeting. Installing officers are past masters Herschel Reynolds worshipful master Herbert Bitts marshal Manfred Ripple secretary E Dean Boyd treasurer and Joe Cobb flag bearer. Paul Swander will be organist.
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Euclid Lodge No. 573
F&am
Masonic Temple
Herschel Reynolds
Herbert Bitts
Manfred Ripple
E. Dean Boyd
Joe Cobb
Paul Swander
Sorosis Referred as Botanical Name for Pineapple Fruit
The term Sorosis is cited as a botanical name applied to a fruit type like the pineapple, indicating its scientific naming usage in horticulture. It highlights historical naming practices for tropical fruits in botanical texts.
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Lucy May Hughes
Ww. C. Lockman
W. C. Lockman
N. 13Th St
Shirley Laughrey
Barbara Berry
Casey, Ill
Josephine Jones
Raymond Lockman
Jasonville
Ball-Porter Funeral Home
Ray H. Bracken
Paris
Vermillion County Hospital
Mary M
Della Jarvis
Dorothy Ashmore
Betty Pease
Sharon Chapman
St. Louis
Carol Doren
Clinton
Richard
Emery
Francis
Joseph
Bedino Chapel of
the Valley
Mrs. Hester Rudy
Otto H. French
Bedino Chapel of the Valley
Alvin Rickless
Virginia A. Smith
N. Fruitridge Ave
Thomas Funeral Home
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Charles “Ed” Steward
Charles
S. 7Th St
DeBaun
James Wilson
Dunlap Cemetery
Alfred Beever
Beech St
Don Edwards
Mrs
Lois Neal Downs
4Th St
Arlington
St. Charles Church
Calvary Cemetery
Fairfax
Fitzgerald Funeral Home
John McDonnel
John MecDonnel
Clinton Road
Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Crafts
Mutual Beneficial Association
Voluntary Relief Department of the
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fannie E. Leak
Wallace Nursing Center
Mary J. Leak
Sarah Leak
Montana
Ruth Hall
Litton
Ind
Porter Funeral Home
N. Salem
Charles E. Britton
Allendale
Marvin Carty
Charles Jones
Huntsville
Ala
Laib Funeral Home
Fort Branch
Ora Stubbs
Vermilion, Ill
Sutton and Son Funeral
Vermilion Cemetery
Frances Risher
Brazil
Miller and Sons
Earl Cummings
Frank E. Hudson
Rosedale
Minnie
Agnes Montgomery
Alberta Sills
Maude Bullington
RR 2
Dollie Webster
Fontanet
Mattox Funeral Home
Edward Brown
Clear Run Cemetery
MR. Leland Randolf
Abe C. Wilkey
Bowling Green
U.S.S. Dakota
Lelia
Lillian Clark
Logansport
Murl
Frank
Chula Vista
Denver
Leone Hunt
Pewter Canyon
Roberta Little
Corda Taylor
RR 5
Lawson Funeral Home
Russell Montgomery
Lila
Aubrey
Mrs. Ester
Ester Timberman
Betty Kesen
Martinsville
Jennie Mannace
Jessie Loy
Miller and Son Funeral
Gene Garvie
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Nora Mae Lewis
Newport
Watson Funeral
Cayuga
West Union Cemetery
Kamal Fonewmat
U.S. Weather Bureau
Phat Ran
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
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Ohio
South Atlantic
Tennessee
New England
North Pacific Coast
Associated Press
Helena
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Albany
Pittsburgh
Albuquerque
Pond
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Juneau
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PEN
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Card & Gill
Shoppy
Norcross
Elks Cancer Fund
Wayne L. Lowe
U.S. Marines
Rusk
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Viet Nam
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North Viet Nam
Long Binh
Baria
Miriam Rites
Kroger Co
Vigo County
Kroger
Lux
Aqua Handy
Andy
Lifebuoy
Maxwell House
Co J Ag
Vlottee
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