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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1973
Page
2
Renee Sheer reported two men stole her truck while she prepared to stock store displays. Police recovered the vehicle but the thief took her purse 330 dollars and 4600 pairs of pantyhose from the truck.
Obituaries and funeral notices from multiple Indiana towns report deaths of Sherman Albert Potts 56 of Rosedale and Joseph Allen Stewart 72 of South Bend with services set in Fort Wayne South Bend and Los Angeles, plus others including Hiddle Laycock Owens Adams Stanley Winn Thompson Walters and Jones. Surviving relatives span Terre Haute Indianapolis Sullivan Brazil Clay City Ashmore West Terre Haute and Bloomington with multiple children grandchildren and siblings noted.
ISU has issued one year termination notices to 31 faculty and frozen 42 positions as part of Indiana Commission for Higher Education budget efforts. Officials say declines in enrollment drive cuts. non-tenured staff are affected while tenured faculty remain protected. Carmichael pushes for supplemental funds amid rising costs and broader state higher education needs.
Curtis J. Lewis, an escaped Maryland convict from Jessup, was arrested after teaching a music class as a substitute at Gwynns Falls Junior High School. He had previously taught English and metal shop at another school but was dropped from its substitute list as unacceptable.
The great comet Kohoutek is the subject of a public lecture at Indiana State University. Dr Hollis Johnson head of the Astrophysics Department will speak at 4 p.m. in 177 Science Building. Refreshments precede at 3 30 p.m. in 120 Science Building. The talk is co sponsored by Physics Geography and Geology and the Sigma Xi Club of Terre Haute.
Dr. Alan Siegel ISU assistant professor of chemistry will deliver a guest lecture at the December Southern Illinois section American Chemical Society meeting on the SIU Carbondale campus. His talk is titled Rearrangement Ions Mass Spectral Fragmentations of Some C-13 Labelled Aromatic Compounds.
A 31 year old Rockville resident John A. Flock died in a one car crash two miles north of Rockville on U S 41. His car skidded 414 feet after veering off the highway and ran over him. Coroner Dick Tudor said he died instantly from massive head injuries. The mishap occurred about 11 30 p m Tuesday.
The Tribune reports McCormick and Boswell argued the city could not keep over 10 000 street signs fully visible at all times. They spoke after a lengthy trial noting the $1.5 million potential liability if streets caused injuries.
Local markets report cash and contract prices for wheat corn soybeans and mile with Dec 3 start. Judge Jesse Bedwell presided a 12 year first city trial with Brighton praising McCormick and Boswell and the mayor calling the jury decision prudent avoiding a Pandora's Box opening.
Ver mon Dawson of the IRS economic stabilization program in Indiana reports 20 price gouging cases found at 70 truck stops after checks last week revealed 12 violations at 70 stations with most being only one cent above the 34 cents per gallon ceiling. Anoth er check by IRS agents began.
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