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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1973
Page
2
Obituaries and funeral notices list deaths of Cecil S. Hendricks 79 and Joseph James Costello 69 of Clinton and Terre Haute with service details. Also noted are Rev Everett Wooten 83 in Waterloo Iowa and Harold C. Dillingham Sr. 83, plus several other local deaths with funeral home arrangements, burial sites, and callers.
The National Weather Service predicts rain along the Eastern seaboard on Thursday while the Pacific Northwest sees showers. Snow flurries may also occur in the Northwest, Great Lakes and Appalachian regions.
Anaconda Aluminum Company presented 15 and 10 year service awards to 39 employees. Recipients of 15-year awards include Clifford A. Campbell J W Bill Patterson Robert D Fox and others. Ten-year awardees include William M Lutes John C Waters John M Ross Terrance M Russell and others.
Funeral services for Anna L Mitchell age 56 of 2442 South Ave are rescheduled to 1 p m Saturday at Russell Funeral Home. Burial will be in Edgar County Cemetery at Paris Illinois. Friends may call.
Vincent A. Hill 18, a Santa Maria city council candidate, was arrested by the Highway Patrol for smoking marijuana in his car. Hill’s platform includes legalizing marijuana.
The opening round of talks is expected to be ceremonial and procedural for about three days before a recess likely until after the December 31 Israeli election. Egyptian officials hope for quick progress on disengagement along the Suez Canal front, though Israel may resist before its elections. Golda Meir in Tel Aviv reaffirmed Israel’s stance not to revert to pre 1967 borders and seeks defensible lines between cease fire and old borders.
The article notes Carrera's rise as heir to part of Franco's authority upon the dictator's death. It states Franco named Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón as chief of state, while Carrera, described as more Franco than Franco, has stood with Franco since the civil war and served as vice-president since 1967.
A brutal storm blanketed Illinois Indiana Missouri and beyond causing school closures in St Louis Chicago Indianapolis and other towns. Airports and race tracks faced closures and massive losses while roadways iced over with miles of stranded motorists and cold fronts stretching to the Texas Gulf Coast.
Kissinger announces resumption of diplomatic relations between the United States and Algeria after a severance during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. He is due in Geneva tonight for talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko ahead of the Arab-Israeli peace conference opening Friday, with the United States and the Soviet Union serving as joint chairmen.
Springfield officials say two Southern Illinois interstates will open this week for holiday travel. A 22 mile stretch of I 64 from Illinois 161 near New Baden to I 127 north of Nashville opens December 20, followed by a 20 mile section of I 24 from US 45 east of Metropolis to IL 146 east of Vienna on December 21. By late 1974, 38 miles of I 24 and 124 miles of I 64 will be completed.
Cash wheat 5.51, contract wheat 4.12, corn 2.61, soybeans 5.64. Hog prices 200 to 220 lbs 41.25 to 41.50, sows 31.50 and down. Prices quoted per hundredweight or bushels as listed.
Archie McGraw owner of the McGraw Pharmacy at 22nd and Wabash died at 9 a.m. in St Anthony Hospital. A Butler University Pharmacy graduate and longtime member of Westminster Church and several Masonic bodies, he retired in 1962 and trained gaited horses. Surviving are his widow Ruth Ann two stepdaughters Eldon Summers five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Ar Callahan Funeral Home.
The Knights of Columbus host an annual Christmas party for children under 12. Doors open at noon with Happiness Bag Players entertainment until Santa Claus arrives around 1 30 pm. Gifts and candy are distributed. ladies auxiliary runs the event with co chairmen Mrs Sam Bryant and Miss Carolyn Funk.
State Representative John D. Ennis announces Mark Alan Johnston of Terre Haute as a member of Indiana House majority intern program. Johnston, a second semester sophomore at Indiana State University, majors in political science and history and plans law school. He will assist legislators in floor and committee work during the 1974 session.
Bobby Darin, star of Mack the Knife and leading figure of the rock era, died in Los Angeles at 37 after open heart surgery at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. A spokesman said one of two artificial valves implanted in 1971 was failing.
Prentiss M. Brown Sr., 84, former U.S. senator and congressman known as the father of the Mackinac Bridge linking Michigan's peninsulas, died Wednesday. He was once suggested as a possible vice presidential running mate for Franklin D. Roosevelt but declined.
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