Truman’s condition stable as kidneys fail
Former president Harry S Truman, aged 88, remains semiconscious with stable vital signs but kidneys no longer purifying blood. Doctors report kidney output deteriorated, not responding to medication, while heart function stays adequate though erratic. Continued concerns prompted a critical list status and ongoing monitoring.
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Kansas City
Harry S Truman
Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Wallace Graham
Graham
Research
Rose Dispensary Trust Faces Split Between Hospitals
A Vigo County Court petition asks to interpret Chauncey Rose's 19th century will and decide if the Rose Dispensary fund may be disbanded and assets divided between St. Anthony and Union Hospitals. The suit names Indiana Atty. Gen., Rose Hulman Institute, and unknown heirs, with seven trustees seeking to use funds to aid the poor, aged, and orphaned.
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Rose Dispensary
Seventh and
Cherry Sts
Chauncey Rose
Rose Dispensary Trust
Rose
Rose Poly- Terre Haute
Rememe
Vigo
Robert G. Wolfe
Rose Dispensary Board
Directare
Terre Haute
Indiana
Iine
House Prober Denies Move to Hang Zumwalt
In Washington the House Armed Services subcommittee chief Floyd Hicks says the inquiry into Navy racial incidents will not seek to hang Admiral Zumwalt. He says the Navy faces issues but progress is being made, while the panel questions Zumwalt and Secretary Warner over equal opportunity policies amid a San Diego investigation of a Kitty Hawk incident and a Constellation dispute.
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Washington (Ap
House
Navy
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt
Floyd V. Hicks Dash
Hicks
Special House Armed Services Subcommittee
Constellation
Kitty Hawk
Zumwaillt
Naval Operations
John W. Warner
Zumwal
Zumwalt
San Diego
Basket Fund Reaches 1693 To Help Needy Families
Cash donations to The Tribune Star Basket Fund aid Christmas for many in City and Vigo County. Readers are urged to bring gifts to 721 Wabash Ave. Donations listed include multiple individual gifts and organizations, with total reported as 1,693.80.
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Tribune Star Basket Fund
Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
Tribune-Star Fund
Vigo County
John
Justine Sabla
TOR
Eccene
Terre Haute Corvettes, Inc
One-Car Crash on Killer Highway 41 Kills Man
An Owen County man, Gerald W. Cornes, 30, was killed instantly at 4 10 a m when his northbound car veered left struck an L N Railroad viaduct support on U S 41 one mile south of Lyford. Coroner Richard Tudor said he suffered massive head injuries as the vehicle rolled over. The crash occurred on a two lane stretch noted as dangerous with the road clear at the scene. Cornes’ body was taken to Cottrell Funeral Home in Rose Dale amid arrangements in Owen County.
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Owen County
L&n
Lyford
Gerald W. Cornes
Spencer
Parke County
Richard Tudor
Cornes
U.S. 41
Cottrell
Rosedale
Indiana
Weather map report for Terre Haute and Indiana Illinois
National Weather Service summary shows river stage at 16.1 feet and cold conditions across Terre Haute Indiana and Illinois. Forecast calls for fair, cold tonight with increasing cloudiness Sunday. Lows around 10, highs in mid 20s for Indiana and 28 to 34 for Illinois with light NW winds and 5 to 20 percent precipitation chances.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Obsolete meaning of intoxicated cited as poisoned
A note recalls that the historic sense of intoxicated once meant poisoned, highlighting how language shifts over time and reevaluates old usages in etymology.
Steel Plant Explosion Claims 19 in Weirton
A coke oven gas explosion at a Weirton Steel coke plant under construction on Brown Island killed 19 workers and injured more than 20 others. The blast disrupted the area as 690 workers were nearby and rescuers searched for 11 hours. Federal and state probes planned to determine gas source amid extensive damage and dismemberment cases.
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Weirton
W. Va
Brown Island
Ohio River
Koppers
Weirton Steel
National Steel of Pittsburgh
Koppers, Weirton
Byrom
Miller Becomes United Mine Workers President and Plans Reforms
Retired miner Arnold Miller was declared UMWA president after an unofficial Labor Department count showing him leading incumbent Tony Boyle 70 373 to 56 334 amid a fraud finding on Boyle's 1969 victory. Miller proposes cuts to officers salaries pensions boosts and a move of the HQ to the coal fields.
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Washington
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
Labor Department
Miller
W. A
Tony" Boyle
Boyle
Joseph Yablonski
Yablonski
Tony” Boyle
Department
U.S. District Court
William S. Bryant
Bryant
Reform
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Spoksman
Mike Trbovich
Teasurer
Harry Patrick
Trbovich
Leonard Pankovich
Patrick
Wilbert Killion
Industrial Labor Movement
John L. Lewis
Miller Declared UMW Winner
The Labor Department announced Arnold Miller, 49, as president of the United Mine Workers after unofficial totals showed him defeating incumbent W. A. Boyle. Miller’s running mates Mike Trbovich and Harry Patrick won their races, with Miller pledging reforms.
Apollo 17 Begins Homeward Flight From Moon Orbit
Astronauts Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans prepare to fire the engine at 6 33 p m EST to depart lunar orbit and head for a South Pacific splashdown next Tuesday The crew carries moon rock samples including orange lunar dust and reports orange streaks around crater Sulpicius Gallus and a vivid orange lunar surface observed Friday.
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Space Center
Houston
Moon
Earth
Lunar
Ronald Evans
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
Apollo 17
Cernan
Schmitt
Sulpicius Gallus
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Spencer Collins
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National Weather Service
United Press International
Fletcher L. Byrom
Koppers Construction Co
Pittsburgh
IST National
John Cleary
Terre Haute First National Bank
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Cleary
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Martin
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