Unprecedented 1968 News Roundup of Disasters and first heart transplants
A year in review recalls the Sicily quake of January with 15,000 gone, 50,000 homeless and 200 billion lire in damage. Heart transplants headline in California and South Africa as Dr. Barnard’s team performs a landmark operation. Also notes Packers triumph over Raiders in Super Bowl and Cold War flare with the Pueblo seizure and the Greenland B 52 crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Salaparata
Rosa Scandina
Mediterranean
Rome
Nicola Cevelli
Poggioreale
South Africa
California
New York
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto
Mike Kasperak
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn
Louis Block
Philip Blaiberg
Cape Town
Groote Schuur Hospital
Clive Haupt
Christiaan Barnard
Miami
Green Bay Packers
Oakland Raiders
Cable Cut Incites Police Probe in Terre Haute
City police probe two sliced telephone cables found between 19th and 20th Streets just south of Ohio Street. The cut sparked concern from General Telephone Company of Indiana officials and Local No. 897 IBEW regarding a rising cable cutting rash in the Terre Haute area. Melvin Rector of Dennison Indiana said the union does not condone the action and is negotiating with the company, with sessions postponed to January 6 to ensure continued service after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio St
Dan Worley
General Telephone Company of Indiana
Rector
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ft. Wayne
Winchester
General Telephone Company of
Indiana
New Runway Opens On Isolated Ocracoke Island
An airport with a 3,000 foot paved runway has been built on Ocracoke Island to allow visitors arriving by air to land without using a highway as a landing strip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocracoke
N.C
Banks Island
Local Vital Statistics and Civil Actions in Vigo County
A list of cases from Vigo County including reciprocal enforcement of support for Gayle Louise Brown and Robert Brown and several divorces such as Andrea Jean Ventura versus Michael L. Ventura and Gertrude Ferguson Robertson versus Clifford O. Robertson. Also noted are damages claims by Ray A. Coleman against Samuel M. Roberts and Ivan Bolen doing business as Union Cab Co., and multiple property transfers. A marriage license is listed for Glenden D. Campbell and Darla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle Louise Brown
Robert Thomas Brown
Ralph Berry
Vigo County
Andrea Jean Ventura
Michael L. Ventura
Cox
Zwerner
Gambill and
Sullivan
Mary A. Cohoon
Charles D. Cohoon
Stanley E. Stohr
Ray A. Coleman
Samuel M. Roberts
Ivan Bolen
Dba Union Cab. Co
Nasser
Wilson
Gertrude Ferguson Robertson
Local Births And Residents Entries From Indiana Ave To Linton
A long list of birth announcements and resident notes includes couples like Glade and Mrs Glade with a Dec 20 girl in Wilkes and David Rubin with a Dec 20 boy. Other entries name ages and addresses for residents from West Terre Haute to Clinton, plus many newborns in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Terre Haute Tribune
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Sue Long
Indiana Ave
Robert Edward Overton Jr
S. 9Th. St
Karen Lynn Mienhartt
Staunton
James Lee Bernon
S. 14Th St
U. S. Marine Corps
Linda Bernice Taylor
Park St
Aden B. Lewis
Crawford St
Tina A. McCormick
Presnell
Franklin
Liberty Ave
Barnwell
Robert
Linton
Johnston City Bank Proposed in Illinois
An application to organize the Bank of Johnston City has been filed with the Illinois commissioner of banks. Capitalization is 450000 dollars. Organizers include Frank Marlow Lysle Ardis Clyde Brewster of Herrin and others from Marion Johnston City and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Bank of
Johnston City
Commissioner of Banks
Frank Marlow
Lysle Ardis
Clyde Brewster
Herrin
Charles D. Winters
R.W. Harris
Harry Crisp
Earl Parks
Marion
M. Hudgens
Tom Oster
John D. Parks
Luther H. Hyden
Ralph Kowalis
Chester Stocks
James E. Culver
Milo Cardwell
Thompsonville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
United States
North Korea
USS Pueblo
U.S. Navy
Fifth Air Force
Navy
Sea of Japan
Pentagon
Congress
Thule Air Base
Greenland
Arctic
Cattiopay
John Wayne
Katharine Ross
Universal Picture Technicolor
Panavision
Dean Jones
Diane Baker
Dandy
Walt Disney Presents
Eastside
EL Sha
Hill
FAS Russ Meyer Associates
Pussycat
Akill
Tara Satana
Stuart
Lancaster
TRINK
Russ Meyer
Sci
IG Bolt
Lori Williams
Susan ' Bernard Mickey W * Foxx
Eve
Eaters
Martha B. McPherson
Louis Rogers McPherson
Clifford McCluskey
Jack F. Morrison
Vandalia Place
John Torpy
Bernice Guiliano
Margaret L. Boyce
Cruft Farm
Glenden D. Campbell
Theorian Tart
Slim, Young, New
St. Anthony Hospital
Pamela Coleman
Marshall
Nina Schacht
Nancy Novack
Bette Ann Schacht
Nila Owens
N. 15Th St
Cheryl Rogers
Delana Pirtle
Martin
Liam
Clinton
Carrera
Michael
Sowers
John
Montezuma
Hargrave
Billy
Central Av
Matherley
Samuel
N. 12Th St
Sanhorn
Aoear S
Theron
Ind
Baker
Jerry
S. 17Th St
Holbrook
Ronald, Sr
Holiday Inn
Johnston City Bank
Ats Vy
Terre Haute
Bob Francis
O' Day's
Wabash Ave
Smorgasbord
Indiana State Bank
Teresa Saar
Louis F. Keifer
Tribune
Evewnes
Sessuis Grectngs
Russell L. Howard
Charles A. Cook
Paul L. Meisner
H. Eugene Johnson
Kenneth R. Williams
Robert G. Rhoads
Gary Truelove
Donald L. Mercer
Carl E. McCammon
Mickey Scarbrough
W. Kent Crandell
William R. Gilbert
Schlosser
Sally Proffitt
Frederick E. Krrly
Bernice Martin
Jack Fox
Creative Advertising Dept
Margaret J. Wiggs
Opal V. Taylor
Miss Sims
Reva T. Taylor
Miss Dix
Mary Jane Cooke
Miss Cooke
Charlotte J. Luce
Miss Frances
Augusta Meers
Miss Joyce
Miss Allen
Martha E. Evele
Miss Brooks
Joan C. Morriss
Miss Brown
Linda K. Martin
Miss Martin
Betty J. Stoneburner
Charlotte Cooper
Sharon Rowe
Lois Padgett
Dispatch Department
Dixie King
Sharon S. Evinger
Janet L. Sudbrink
Phyllis M. Flood
Linda Budd
George R. Sanquenetti Jr
John Scott Williams
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