Boyle Resigns As UMW Head After Defeat
W A Tony Boyle resigns as president of the United Mine Workers ending a decade in power after reformers won the union election. Arnold Miller leads the reform movement to a five year term while Boyle faces a prison sentence and fines for illegal campaign fund contributions. The board approved caretaker officers and severance pay for Boyle and secretary Treasurer Owens. Miller’s rise signals a shift from John L Lewis era leadership toward reform.
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Washington
W. A
Tony"’ Boyle
United Mine Workers Union
Boyle
Reform
Arnold Miller
Labor Department
Yablonski
Miller
John Owens
Owens
Montana
Ohley
W.va
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Iron Hands
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
William Anthony Boyle
Holiday Schedule Announced For Glenn Community Center
Vigo County Park and Recreation announces the Glenn Community Center hours during Christmas break with posted daily times and age specific use. Indiana State University students supervise the gym and game room while schedules await advisory group approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Ruble
Vigo County
Indiana State University
Ruble
Health grant application rejected by regional agency
The West Central Indiana Economic Development District rejected the West Central Indiana Community Foundation health planning grant under A 95 review powers. The study cites duplication of services and lack of broad socio economic base and planning activities. The foundation will seek HEW funding again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Central Indiana Economic Development District
West Central Indiana Community Foundation
Wciedd
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Foundation
Wilbert McIntosh
Rob Weathers
Indiana State Board of Health
Vigo
Vermillion
Parke
Clay
Sullivan
Putnam
Grenfield Bayou
Farmers Home Administration
Commission On Aging and
HUD
Farmers Chapel Fellowship Christmas Meeting
Families of the Farmers Chapel Community Church will gather for a Christmas fellowship at 4:30 p.m. Friday in the church basement. Each family should bring sandwiches and dessert. The group will sing carols and Pastor Rev. Sam Boyll will tell a Christmas story for the children.
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Farmers Chapel Community Church
Sam Boyll
City Named Defendant in $300000 Suit
The City of Terre Haute was named defendant in a Vigo Superior Court suit filed Monday seeking 300000 in damages for two plaintiffs. Donald Osborne and Fred Osborne allege injuries from a May 24 1972 traffic collision at Barton Avenue and Poplar Street caused by an obscured stop sign.
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Terre Haute
Vigo Superior Court
Plainttffs
Donald Osborne
Fred Osborne
Barton Avenue
Poplar Street
Osborne
Indianapolis
Townsel, Hovde and Townsend
Navy expands enlistments in nuclear training
Navy recruiters in Terre Haute seek high school graduates under 25 for a four year enlistment with a two year extension option to enter nuclear power training. Training spans two to three years plus seven weeks recruit duty and Navy Class A School, then six months in a nuclear prototype plant and submarine schooling if assigned.
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U.S. Navy
United States
Navy
Navy Recruiting Station
Terre Haute Post Office
Fire kills two in Missoula hotel blaze
Robert Longbauch, 72, son of the outlaw Sundance Kid, dies in a Priess Hotel fire in Missoula. An elderly blind man, John Sehon, also perishes as flames engulf the four story building. Thirty four residents, including university students, escape unharmed.
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Missoula, Mont
Robert Longbauch
Sundance Kid
John Sehon
Priess Hotel
Female rat pack teens held for robberies in Oakland
Three teenage girls aged 15 and 16 known as the female rat pack were arrested in Oakland after an attempted purse snatching. Police say they are suspects in about a dozen muggings targeting elderly victims, charged with robbery and assault.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Saint Mary of the Woods offers senior citizens special rate
Saint Mary of the Woods College will open next semester to Terre Haute seniors at a flat $15 for one or two courses covering registration. The January 8 1973 start allows credit or non credit study with space available. Books and some course fees not included.
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Terre Haute
William Eyre
S.P
William
College
Saint- Mary of-the-Woods
Ind
Burglary Probe Focuses on Northside Break In
Police investigate weekend burglaries including a northside home entry where a tape player worth 295 dollars and other valuables were stolen. A Doctor Robert L. Meissel office burglary yielded 438 dollars in cash and checks from a basement safe.
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Jerma Adkins
Liberty Ave
Northside
Terre Haute
Robert L. Meissel
N. 7Th St
Dr. Meissel
Anderson Rules In Three Cases In Vigo Court
Judge C Joesph Anderson ruled on three matters in Vigo Circuit Court Monday. Judith Ann Jones pleaded not guilty to misrepresentation of public assistance and her trial date is April 28. Robert Dale Hann received a suspended 15 year sentence and five years probation for breaking into a VFW post on Nov 12. Donna L. Reposh pleaded guilty to theft under 100 with sentencing set for Jan 22. Nearly 80 percent of Manitoba’s population lives within 100 miles of the U S border.
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C. Joesph Anderson
Vigo
Judith Ann Jones
Vigo County
Department of Public Welfare
Robert Dale Hann
N. 1Lth St
Lawton-Byrum
VFW
Donna L. Reposh
S. 4Th St
Rose-Hulman to Host Dr. J W Cristee Medical Seminar
Terre Haute physician Dr James W Cristee will speak at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology during the Medical Education Seminar titled A General Discussion of Daily Medical Practice Open to Rose Hulman students and others interested in medicine The talk is set for 4 pm in Room B119 Main Building Cristee has an MD from Indiana University School of Medicine 1959 and completed residencies at Indiana University Medical Center before a gastroenterology fellowship in 1966 and board certification in Internal Medicine in 1968 The November seminar is the third Rose Hulman meeting this fall with similar sessions planned monthly for 1972-73 academic year
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Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis General Hospital
Indiana University Medical Center
IUMC
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine
Rose Hulman
Police Press Search for Purse Snatcher
Police hunt a young purse snatcher blamed for a string of thefts on the south side. Victims described a darkclothed male Negro about 5'2" to 5'8" with short hair, who grabbed purses and fled, netting about $100 in total.
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Mabel Blouch
S. St. St
St. Anthony Hospital
S. 9Th St
Maxine Robinson
Linden St
S. 6Th St
Evelyn Strange
N. 17Th St
Sixth
Poplar
Barbara Morgan
S. 7Th St
7Th St
Fire Call At Sycamore Towers On ISU Campus
Terre Haute fire crews were sent to Sycamore Towers at 8th and Sycamore Streets on the Indiana State University campus Monday evening. No damage was reported in the roughly 8 p.m. incident. Vatican City is described as an independent state covering 108.7 acres.
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Terre Haute
Sycamore Towers
8Th and
Sycamore Sts
Indiana State University
Vatican City
Madden Jr. Convicted in Slaying of Massachusetts Hitchhiker
Melvin E. Madden Jr. of Greensburg was found guilty of second degree murder in the Feb 23 1971 shooting death of Lionel J Theobault of North Brookfield Massachusetts. A Rush Circuit Court jury sentenced him Monday to 15 to 25 years in prison. The body was found along Interstate 74 in Decatur County.
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Rushville
Ind
Melvin E. Madden Jr
Greensburg
Massachusetts
Madden
Lionel J. Theobault
North Brookfield
Mass
Decatur County
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Vigo County School Corporation Board of Trustees
Concannon
C. Kenneth Cottom
John E. Sutherland
John Valle
William Llewellyn
Charlotte Caldwell
Peter A. Farmer
Supt
Cottom
Jordan Lewis
Harry Johnson
Alex Menestrina
Jack Hoffman
Ralph Weston
Martin
UMW
Union
Miners For Democracy
New York
Joseph
Chip’ Yablonski
MFD
Joseph A
Jock’ Yablonski
Glenn Community Center
Farmers Chapel Fellowship
AAA
Auto Club
SOUTH
Woods Offers
Anderson
Manitoba
U.S. Border
Gerald W. Burkhart
Paul Burkhart Sr
E. Voorhees St
Naval Training Center
Orlando
Library of Congress
Margaret
Washington Street
Chery Roether
Clinton
Barbara Shell
S 9Th St
Pizza Hut
Cunningham Fine Foods
Ab.c
Shop Root
Honey Creek
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