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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1972
Page
10
Market summary for New York shows mixed results with numerous tickers including Eastern Air, Exxon, and Ethyl Co posting varied percentages. Trading names Ebbs and flows reflect uneven investor sentiment as small caps and industrials dominate the list.
Grain values listed include Wheat 255, yellow shell corn 3.54, oats 0.94, Rye 1.23, mile 2.44 per hundred, soybeans 4.14. Hog prices show 210 to 230 head at 31.25 to 31.50, sows 25.50 and down.
Cecil Hernandez, 21, was sentenced in Snohomish County Superior Court to life in prison for first degree kidnapping and robbery tied to a Greyhound bus hijacking. He received 20 years for robbery. sentences run concurrently with a 20 year minimum on armed robbery findings. Two co defendants face trials next month.
In Berkeley an orchard owner reports using a rubber snake tied to a limb to deter squirrels and birds from fruit and nut trees. A Farm Bureau spokesman confirmed the method fools pests and reduces appetite.
Adm. Frederick Turner says Soviet surveillance of the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean has become more restrained since the 1960s arms agreement. He notes spy ships still monitor from distance, while Egyptian tensions prompted Russians to pull reconnaissance planes from Egypt. A Russian spy ship remained four miles away watching flight operations aboard the carrier.
A 36 year old Indianapolis man Ellsworth Dunn died when a semi trailer struck the rear of his stalled car on Interstate 465 in Marion County early Saturday morning. State police say the 3 a.m. collision occurred after the vehicle stopped on the roadway. Paul Ray and Mike Goldner investigated the mishap.
The Associated Press reports 1,475 traffic deaths in Indiana with a Dunn vehicle stopped in a traffic lane on the east corner of the Indianapolis by-pass. Truck driver Leon Hapner of Galesburg Michigan recalls the vehicle with two warning lights on. Parke County also reported a weekend fatality but details were not immediately available.
Seeping gas from an incident caused caved walls and ripped steel reinforcements in downtown Weirton. J. Roger Beidler, a Koppers spokesman, said damage could reach millions and delay the plant’s opening indefinitely.
In San Diego Charles A. Lindbergh and T. Claude Ryan inspect a museum replica of the Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh notes tiny flaws such as compass placement and propeller spinner accuracy while Ryan explains design details and the nearby original M1 monoplane. Lindbergh joined a Citizens Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality event.
Mrs Ngu yen Van Thieu first lady of South Vietnam visits a Christmas bazaar at Vi Dan Hospital with diplomats and dignitaries to buy items and raise funds for a new 300 bed hospital near Tan Son Nhat Airport opening next month. Proceeds support the hospital and Mrs Thieu has led fundraising for nearly four years.
Oren Lee Staley, 49, of Rea Missouri, won re election as president of the National Farmers Organization. He defeated Bill Struckmeyer of Arbuckle California at the convention. Staley planned visits to North Dakota California Texas and Kansas to discuss member concerns. The election tally was 2624 for Staley and 1872 for Struckmeyer.
Gary Indiana Bruce L. Calvins BRL program at Banneker Elementary ends Dec 31 after three years. BRL led by Allen Calvin says program a success though Gary School Board cites test results and economics. School to continue using learned practices and materials locally.
In Fort Dodge Iowa Georgiane Baylor 54 was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of her groom to be rival Sam Boutchee 44 Baylor testified she acted in self defense after Boutchee attacked with a knife while she planned to wed Henry Owens 58 The justice of the peace had just joined Baylor and Owens as husband and wife.
Comedian Bob Hope starts his 22nd and final overseas Christmas tour after bidding farewell to over 500 at Van Nuys. The trip will visit Shemya Japan Korea Thailand Diego Garcia South Vietnam and Guam with 80 entertainers and beauty queens. The group returns to Los Angeles December 30.
Charles E. Zimmerman of Consultants & Designers argues leased modular exhibit structures cut expenses for shows. Ross Electronics saved 50 percent by paying 66 000 over three years versus 95 000 to build two in house. Standardization and logistics remain concerns for industry.
Indiana Supreme Court rejected Edmund J. Cody’s bid to overturn his 1970 first degree murder verdict for the slaying of William J. Love. The court found no prejudice from a hobble or delays, and that Cody was capable of forming intent. The case followed a sensational love-triangle among Cody, Love, and Flossie Crawley. Cody had multiple disputed marriages and a long criminal record dating to 1938.
Henry Kissinger was voted the personality of 1972 in a Mundo magazine poll in Barcelona. A jury of journalists said Kissinger, Nixon's national security adviser, received 94 votes, ahead of Mark Spitz with 59, Willy Brandt with 24, and Jane Fonda with 22.
Indiana Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb reappointed Charles F. Strickler of South Bend and Ward Inman of Bloomington to four-year terms on the Administration Building Council. He named Jane Nowlin of Seymour and Herald C. Carmony of Shelbyville to four-year terms on the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home Advisory Board. He also reappointed O. C. Brown of Jeffersonville to four years on the Board of Television and Radio Examiners and Rexford Early of Indianapolis to a three-year term as Vincennes University trustee.
The Indiana Natural Resources Commission approved revised river water use plans for Northern Indiana Public Service Co.'s generating plant near Indiana 49 and the Jasper-Porter county line. The changes nearly triple the setting basin to 228 acres, expanding the water intake and storage area for the facility.
Vigo Circuit Court in Terre Haute lists the administration of Jesse E Webb and David L McCarter estates with six month claim deadlines. Also dissolves Indiana Tee Vee Inc and records executors for Carl S Anderson and other estate matters in Vigo County Indiana.
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