Weather Map Synopsis for Terre Haute and Nearby
The forecast covers Terre Haute and Indiana Illinois. Mostly cloudy with light snow flurries today and colder tonight. Tuesday remains mostly cloudy with light snow possible in the afternoon. Temperatures range from lows near 15 to 20 and highs in the 30s to low 40s. Precipitation chances remain around 10 to 30 percent. Dirt-dust air reading shows 54 micrograms per cubic meter.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Grunnions Breed On Land Then Ride Tides To Sea
Grunnions, small subtropical fish, breed on shore and rely on high tides to run onto beaches where they lay and fertilize eggs. Later tides wash the fertilized eggs back to sea for development.
Mahalek Named Assistant Postmaster at Terre Haute Office
Fred Mahalek, a 33 year postal employee, was named assistant postmaster of the Terre Haute Post Office replacing Russell Shaffer who retired in November. Mahalek has led mails at Terre Haute since 1959 and joined the service in 1936. He and his wife Thelri reside at 6645 Clinton Road with five children and three grandchildren.
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Terre Haute
Frank Miklozek
Fred Mahalek
Mahalek
Russell Shaffer
Postal Service
Martin
Sistant
Frank Miklorek
Maharek
Twelve Points
Thelri
Clinton Road
Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association
Brentlinger
Vigo County Civil Defense Program
Jerry Lathrup
Auditor Fails To Obey Order Inheritance Tax Funds Standoff
Indiana officials refuse to confirm timing for a $12.7 million inheritance tax payment to the Mass Transportation Authority amid a Dec 16 Appellate Court order. Deputy State Auditor Dail offered no timetable while the case, tied to pocket vetoes and the 1967 vetoed bill, lingers. The MTA share would come from the general fund, with attorneys’ liens noted and continued on Page 3.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Trudy
Etherton
Indiana
Robert J. Dail
Statehouse
Whitcomb
Florida
John K. Snyder
Indiana Department of Revenue
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Mass Transportation Authority of
Greater Indianapolis
MTA
Marion County
Rites Scheduled Tuesday For Raymond J. Kearns
Funeral arrangements are complete for Terre Haute attorney Raymond J. Kearns who died Sunday morning at St. Anthony Hospital after a heart attack. Services set for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Patrick J. Ryan Funeral Home with a 10 a.m. Requiem Mass at St. Margaret Marys Church and burial in Calvary Cemetery. Rosary to be recited at 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. He lived at 1642 South Fifth Street and practiced law here 47 years. Surviving are his widow Frances, three sons John Urbana Illinois Michael and Jerome, a daughter Mary Frances Lucarelli, two sisters and four grandchildren. Born April 7, 1899 in Red Wing Minnesota he moved to Terre Haute as a boy and attended St Josephs School and Wiley High School graduating in 1917. Continued on Page 2.
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Terre Haute
Raymond J. Kearns
St. Anthony Hospital
Patrick J. Ryan
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Ryan
Kearns
S. 5Th St
Frances
John
Urbana
Ill
Michael
Jerome
Mary Frances Lucarelli
Mabel Moran
Canton
Ohio
Gertrude Kearns
Red Wing
Minn
John Kearns
St. Joseph’s School
Wiley High School
Georgetown University Law School
Washington, D.C
Kenneth
Crawford Memorial Hospital
RR 3
Robinson
Rts. 1
Margaret Outcast
Flat Rock
Douglas C. Miller
Chris Dougherty
Palestine
Trena White
Damon White
Dugger
Spencer
Oblong
Janice Meadows
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Bruce Meadows
Jackie Snyder
Christmas Basket Fund Reaches Over $1500 Total
Cash contributions to the Tribune-Star Basket Fund aid needy families for Christmas in the city and Vigo County. Donations listed include individuals and groups such as Dr Joseph Ray Peterson, St Patrick's Brownie Troop 130, Indiana Employment Security Division Employees, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1064, and others, with a running total of $1,586.50.
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Tribune-Star Basket
Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
Tribune-Star Fund
Vigo County
Joseph Ray
Peterson
St. Patrick’s Brownie
Indiana Employment Security Division
Melvin Prater
Amalgamated Transit Union
Consolidation Of 5 Catholic Schools Discussed
A committee was appointed to study consolidating Terre Haute five Catholic elementaries. If favorable, St Ann's and St Benedict's would close and students split by area among Sacred Heart St Margaret Marys and St Patricks. Findings due at the January board meeting. Schulte High School unaffected.
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Terre Haute
Richard J. Cronin
Cronin
Schulte High School
Christmas Eve Want Ads Schedule Update
The Want Ad Department will accept ads after 1 PM Wednesday and will be closed all day on Christmas.
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Want Ad Department
Area Auto Crashes Claim Lives of 5
Five people died in a series of Sunday highway crashes across Wabash Valley as light snow slicked roads. Indiana toll rose to 1,617 with many victims identified, including Jack Sprinkle of Jonesboro and James M. Boller David Swetnam and David Crouch of Gas City. The Ill 33 crashes near Oblong Spencer and a fatal pedestrian truck strike near Spencer added to the toll.
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Wabash Valley
Blackford County
Indiana
Jack Sprinkle
Jonesboro
James M. Boller
David D. Swetnam
David Crouch
Gas City
Terre Haute
Spencer
Colleen Meadows
Oblong
Ill
Union Hospital
Marshall Funeral Home
Senate clashes over education spending and tax reform sidelines Christmas recess
Inflationary compromise appropriations for education and health spending face a Nixon veto threat as Congress nears a Christmas recess. Tax reform moves toward final votes with rising chances of presidential approval. The Senate also weighs a Supreme Court seat for a qualified woman, and seven firms face SEC trading halts amid corporate fraud crackdowns.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Congress
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Canatar
Tannacear
Philadelphia
House
Christmas Fund Aims to Send Bay Man to Yokohama
Verlin Lamberson of Bay Arkansas plans a holiday trip to visit his wounded son Army Pfc. Thomas Lamberson in Yokohama Japan. The town’s fund drive has surpassed $750 with union workers adding $200 and mayor Ben Swanner coordinating the effort to cover the needed $988 round trip.
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Army
Thomas M. Lamberson
Vietnam
Jonesboro
Lamberson
Yokohama
Ben Swanner
Bay
Swanner
International Electrical Workers
Christmas Tragedy You're 9 Years Old In Jail
In Indianapolis a 9 year old boy Jimmy and 124 other juveniles will spend Christmas at the Marion County Juvenile Center. Superintendent Virgil Brand notes Jimmy is the youngest inmate but already a veteran of two arrests for burglary and trespass. The center hosts a party with food gifts and a turkey dinner plus a donated movie, yet staff say a family is what the boy needs most and tears remain at Christmas.
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Indianapolis
Jimmy
Marion County
Virgil Brand
Brand
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