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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1971
Page
2
Multiple obituaries from West Terre Haute and Brazil list Olen Pete Naugle Virgil C. Moore Winifred G. Wood Ruth E. Vicars Ruth A Motz Nora E Hillenburg and families. Details include ages addresses church and lodge memberships burial plans funeral homes and family survivors.
Eighty four prisoners jailed in Nassau and Suffolk Counties for bail of 500 dollars or less are released home for Christmas after the St. Vincent de Paul Society posts bail. The fund screens inmates to ensure they are good risks with jobs or families in their home communities.
Services for Maurice Dierdorf 66 formerly of Centerpoint will be held at Rentschler Funeral Home in Centerpoint Friday with burial in Centerpoint Cemetery. Rev Archie Akers to officiate and a 2 p.m. CST service for Weather Elsewhere at Greenwell follows. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday.
Government actions frame wage and price controls as the Pay Board sets limits on increases while allowing retroactive pay and rent adjustments under new rules. The Price Commission plans to roll back a 34.1 percent Blue Cross Blue Shield rate hike for 1.4 million federal workers, and Nixon signs measures extending control authority through 1973.
A warming trend is forecast Thursday for most of the nation with cold conditions persisting in the north. Rain is expected along the Pacific coast, snow flurries in the Rockies and northern Plains, and snow in the upper Great Lakes and northern New England. AP Wirephoto.
In Moundsville West Virginia eleven teenagers held at the Marshall County Child Shelter received full outfits of school clothing and watches after a Christmas gift drive led by inmates at the West Virginia penitentiary. About 300 was raised with 33 from prison staff 50 from the Jaycees and 210 from inmates themselves.
In a tense standoff the 14 man IRA force held hostages for five hours before withdrawing. Government police moved in as mob violence flared overnight, yet no shootings or serious injuries were reported. Across the border in Londonderry a bank and a bar were damaged by bombs with no casualties. British troops faced fire in Ardoyne, West Belfast, and reportedly hit a gunman.
The Weather Bureau reported a temperature of 104 in Jacarepagua while downtown Rio reached 94 as summer heated the city on Wednesday.
For Indiana expect cloudy days with a chance of rain from Saturday through Sunday. Highs 50 to 57 north and 55 to 63 south Saturday, then 42 to 49 north and 46 to 56 south Sunday and Monday. Lows 38 to 46 Saturday and Sunday, 28 to 35 Monday. Illinois outlook similar with rain possible Saturday, rain or snow north Monday, warmer than average overall but cooling Sunday and Monday.
President Nixon signs a 1.6 billion three year law to attack cancer prioritizing research and early detection for oral cervical and breast cancers. It creates 15 treatment and research centers, keeps NCI as lead agency, and adds a presidential panel to oversee NCI with grants up to 35000. The measure expands the National Cancer Advisory Board from 15 to 18 members. The bill awaits actual appropriation by Congress amid strong support in Congress and a projected 345000 cancer deaths next year.
Mrs. Helen E. Hatfield, 31, was fatally injured when she fell from a horse while riding with her husband on their Pecatonica, Illinois farm. The tragedy occurred Wednesday and authorities investigated the accident.
Edith Waldron aged 77 from Exeter passed her driving test on the fourth attempt in Wednesday’s session. She celebrated by removing the learner plates from her car and burning them in the middle of the main street, shocking onlookers.
United Press International reports a warming trend through Christmas Day with highs in the 50s to low 60s downstate. Rain chances are light with a 5 percent chance through Friday and a small chance over the weekend. Indiana forecast office says a White Christmas is unlikely though temperatures rise from the 30s to the 50s.
Brighton says the city will benefit from a half hour bus schedule with shorter wait times and requests keeping buses running at night until stores close. He plans to offset higher costs by selling advertising on and in buses to support a denser mass transit system aimed at attracting more industry to the city.
Three masked men attempted to enter Dix State Bank in Dix Illinois but failed as doors were locked. Deputies and state police issued alerts to nearby counties while the trio fled in a car matching a reported stolen vehicle description from Mount Vernon.
Indiana House Public Health and Environmental Affairs Committee killed a bill to exempt foreign trained doctors from the two year residency requirement. Backers led by Philip H. Willkie said the rule blocks rural and urban access while opponents from the Indiana State Board of Medical Registration and Examinations argued the measure is shortsighted and would lower standards. Rep. Gordon said he will press for better physician distribution. The bill cannot be reconsidered until 1973.
The Viet Nam peace talks, delayed for a second week, will resume on December 30 at the request of U.S. chief negotiator William J. Porter. North Vietnam accepted the postponement, calling it a U.S. sabotage attempt. The last session was December 9.
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