T H First National Bank Christmas Party Saturday
Terre Haute First National Bank will host its annual staff Christmas party and recognition program at the Terre Haute Fort Harrison Elks Club. Don Lofton notes 35 awards this year with combined service over 338 years.
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Terre Haute First National Bank
Terre Haute Fort Harrison
R Moss
Helen Peak
Bertha Wence
Sally Garthwaite
Lucille Bevington
Jack Black
Janet Masters
Martha Kelley
Georgiena Vaughn
Margaret Reynolds
Ruth Kelm
Grace Brown
Twila Spence
Donald E. Smith
Pam Kepp
Judy Whallon
Marsha Burgess
Phyllis Gummere
Pre-Christmas Activities At Saint Mary of the Woods College
The Saint Mary of the Woods College campus hosts a busy pre holiday schedule with a semi formal Candlelight Christmas dance December 15 in Le Fer Ballroom, a December 12 Christmas banquet for administrators and staff, and a December 9 banquet for seniors. Seniors and Sisters events include caroling December 12 at the Sisters of Providence mother house. Freshmen decorate Guerin Hall while Le Fer and other halls compete in decorations as the community celebrates feast of Nicholas December 6 with chaplain Monsignor Galvin urging gratitude for Santa Clauses in their lives.
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Saint Mary-of-the- Woods College
Warren Henderson
le Fer
Woods
Woodland Inn
Sisters of Providence
Wendy Workman
Kathy Scheene
Guerin Hall
Nicholas
James Galvin
River search resumes for missing Fort Wayne woman
Police resumed dragging the St Marys River for Vera L. Penland, 62, who has been missing since December 3. Officials reported her purse with money was found on the riverbank in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
St. Mary's River
Vera L. Penland
Blue Cross Indiana Sales Office to Close for Christmas
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana will close the Sales and Service office at 788 S Third St on Monday December 24 and Tuesday December 25 in observance of Christmas.
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Blue Cross and
Blue Shields
Indiana
S. Third St
Truck Lines Consolidate Dispatching in Terre Haute Move
R C Motor Lines and Eastern Express relocate central dispatch to the Eastern general office in Terre Haute consolidating dispatching for 60 terminals. Bill Bland becomes director of the enlarged central dispatch and Paul R Schneider is named manager of accounts payable with 19 years in transportation.
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R-C Motor Lines
Eastern Express, Inc
Eastern General
Terre Haute
R-C’s
Eastern
Bill Bland
Paul R. Schneider
Kenneth R. Miller
Schneider
RC Motor Lines
Nixon Submits Saxbe Nomination For Attorney General
President Nixon formally nominates Senator William Saxbe of Ohio as attorney general. Hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee may begin today with action expected before next week’s session end. Saxbe’s pay-cut bill cleared Congress 75 to 16 to overcome constitutional bar.
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Washington
Nixon
William B. Saxbe
Senate
Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
Saxbe
Congress
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Elliot L. Richardson
Archibald Cox
Robert H. Bork
Price Controls Lifted for Auto Industry by U.S. Council
The Cost of Living Council exempted autos from wage and price controls boosting new car prices by about 150 dollars or more. Ford GM and AMC pledged wholesale limits and retail caps while wage contracts with the United Auto Workers raised wages and benefits for about 760,000 workers.
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Detroit
Cost of Living Council
United Auto Workers Union
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
AMC
John T. Dunlop
Lynn Townsend
United Auto Workers
Auto
McKuen to Score NBC TV Special The Borrowers
Rod McKuen will compose the musical score for The Borrowers a 90 minute NBC television special starring Eddie Albert and Tammy Grimes. The project marks a collaboration with UPI reports.
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Hollywood
UPI
Rod McKuen
Eddie Albert
Tammy Grimes
NBC
United Way of Wabash Valley Pledge Mail
A brief notice from the United Way of Wabash Valley requests pledges for 1974 with a mailed reply option and enclosed check. It provides a post office box address in Terre Haute Indiana for donors to send payments or pledges.
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the United Way of the
Wabash Valley
United Way OF Wabash Valley
Terre Haute
Ind
Water Pollution Seminars At Rose Hulman Wednesday
George H. Klumb of Culligan International will headline two public seminars at Rose Hullman Institute of Technology on Wednesday December 12. The morning talk covers Water Pollution and Water Quality and the afternoon session explores Water Treatment Methods including Ion Exchange Deionization Electrodialysis and Reverse Osmosis.
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George H. Klumb
Culligan International Water Co
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Klumb
Culligan Water Institute
Rose-Hulman
Donald L. Pettit
Water Conditioning Association International
Readers urged to back ERA in Indiana General Assembly
In a Tribune editor’s letter Frank H. Messel Jr. urges readers to push for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. He notes House approval 53 to 45 and Senate defeat 16 to 34, citing local legislators Ennis and Kearns for, Fanning and Tipton against. He calls for letters and calls to influence next session via Senator Phillip Hayes and others.
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Indiana General Assembly
House
Senate
Ennis and
Kearns
Fanning
Tipton
ERA
Indiana
Ennis
General Assembly
Phillip Hayes
Evansville
Son of T H Woman Killed in Detroit
Robert C Ledgerwood, a Terre Haute visitor with Detroit ties, was shot to death by an armed robber in Detroit while returning from a bank with cash for his bar business. Police called it Detroit’s 634th homicide that year. the case remained unsolved. Ledgerwood died the day after his 60th birthday and left a widow Frances and a son Robert Jr. Survivors include his mother Mrs. Ferrol Whitman and brother Wilbur Ledgerwood. He was a World War I Navy veteran.
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Terre Haute
Detroit
Mich
The
Tribune
Ferrol Whitman
S. 7Th St
Robert C. Ledgerwood
Ledgerwood
Grand River
U.S. Navy
Detroit Charity Drive Attracts Local Churches Leaders
Shrine and other Detroit area organizations collaborate for a holiday food drive. A former grocer and supermarket operator who ran the business for 20 years is noted. FBI crime statistics cited show Detroit averaging 700 plus homicides yearly. a 1972 report summary lists 735. Donations urged for Saturday between 10 a.m. and noon with porch drop offs for Christmas baskets.
West Terre Haute Fire Department Launches Canned Goods Drive
The West Terre Haute Fire Department kicks off its annual canned goods drive to aid local families. Firefighters encourage community members to donate nonperishable food and present collection details at stations.
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West
Aircraft group plans party for Christmas dinner
The Terre Haute Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter No 83 will hold its annual family Christmas dinner at the home of Garland Watsworth AR 23 at 7 30 p m Friday Members and friends attending are asked to bring a covered dish.
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Terre Haute Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter No. 83
Garland Watsworth
AR 23
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Indianapolis
ST. Louis
Thru Service
New York
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Phoenix
Los Angeles
McKuen
the Tribune
Frank H. Messel JR
N. 7Th St
Apt. 1
T.H
Rua
W.T.H. Firemen
Aircraft Group Plans Party
Ween Cremone
Honey Creek Square
Meis Dress Dept
2Nd Fl
Plaza North
Honey Creek
Lorland
Dia
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