Deaths and Funeral Notices Across Several Indiana Towns
A string of obituaries lists Mrs. Rosalie Oates of 610 N 21st St death at Union Hospital, and survivors including husband James. Other notices honor Donald Swanagan of Winston-Salem with family, Alton T. King of Lafayette, Bertha M. Ewell of Clay City, Eunice Followell Jackson of Hymera, Howard F. Runyan of Clinton, Lola Sutton of Martinsville, and Gayle Martin formerly of Marshall. Funeral plans span Russell, Schoppenhorst, McHugh, First Funeral Home, Greenwell, and Spangler cemeteries, with services pending or set. Weather forecast notes rain and snow for western regions and colder national temperatures.
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Rosalie Oates
21St St
Union Hospital
Calvary Baptist Church
James
Lucille Jackson
Chicago
Russell Funeral Home
Obituaries and funeral notices from Indiana towns
Shelburn Mrs Maxie B Burns 78 died at Sullivan Nursing Home. Services Monday Shelburn Church of God officiated by Rev Shelby Townsend. Burial Little Flock Cemetery. Call McHugh Funeral Home. Brazil Fred M Davis 64 died, services Monday Miller and Sons Funeral Home. Burial Crown Hill Indianapolis. Clinton Clarence James Halter 59 died, services Monday First Funeral Home. Burial Roselawn Memorial Park. Ira G Biggs 76 died, survived by wife Laura two daughters three brothers a sister a grandson two great grandchildren and two great step grandchildren. Services pending Lawson Funeral Services Nora E Hillenburg 79 died, services Tuesday Lawson Funeral Home. Burial Cottage Hill Cemetery. Call after times noted.
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Alton T. King
Lafayette
Hymera
Ind
Eunice Followell Jackson
Marion County General Hospital
Indianapolis
Betty Perryman
Daisy Goble
Jeannie Myers
Dorothy Terrell
Jasonville
Geneva Vargas
Seattle
Wash
Violet Hadley
South Bend
Cleotus
Ezra Followell Jr
Leo Followell
Sullivan
McHugh
George Ingerson
K of P
Clinton
Howard F. Runyan
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Gifia’ ‘Bunyan
Chrisman
Til
Rose Turner
Paris
Ill
Shirley Kennedy
St. Bernice
Minnie Green
Robert
Harold
Howard
Earl
Montezuma
Leverett Hamrick
Spanglers Cemetery
Shelburn
Maxie B. Burns
Sullivan Nursing Home
Todd
Ralph
Ruth Moore
Linton
Forrest Burris
Mary Blue
Shelburn Church of God
Brazil
Fred M. Davis
Miller and Sons
William R. Barcus
Crown Hill Cemetery
Clarence James Halter
S. 8Th St
Roselawn Memorial Park
Ira G. Biggs
Clay County Hospital
Peniel United Methodist Church
Centenial Masonic Lodge No
Scottish Rite Valley of Terre Haute
Laura
Cecile Miller
Constance Hardman
Prairie Creek
Nora E. Hillenburg
Magnolia Drive
Lawson
Victor I. Cakley
Cottage Hill Cemetery
Fishery receives 3700 dollar check for killed Raisin River fish
A $3,700 check from Bohn Aluminum and Brass Co of Adrian to the Michigan fishery department compensates for the death of about 24,000 fish in the Raisin River after nitric acid release. The company admitted the release caused the fish kill and will fund sport fishery improvements.
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Lansing, Mich
UPI
Adrian, Mich
Raisin
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Co
Fishery Department
Christmas Earth From Bethlehem Sects Call for Peace Phone Ad
A Christmas edition carries a small earth sack claimed to be from Bethlehem and notes turmoil among Christians barred from pilgrimage. A Brazilian phone company ad lists Nixon, Gandhi, Brezhnev, and Meir with numbers and urges callers to seek lines to Mao and Pham Van Dong for peace talks.
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Holy Land
Bethlehem
Nixon
Indira Gandhi
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Golda Meir
Mao Tse-tung
North Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Chief Cancer Panel Heads to President for Expanded Program
The Cancer Chief states the panel will monitor the expanded program and expects Nixon to name the other two members soon along with National Cancer Advisory Board appointees. Legislation starts in about 60 days unless the President acts earlier. Schmidt anticipates an earlier date though no action has been taken yet.
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Nixon
National Cancer Advisory Board
Schmidt
Price Commission tests new insurance rate guidelines
The Price Commission, days into its guidelines on insurance rates, warned increases cannot be used to fatten profits or cover past losses. Detroit’s Ford Motor Co. sought a 1.5 percent rise on cars and trucks, potentially marking the first time two Phase 2 approvals were granted to a single company after a 2.9 percent hike for Ford last month.
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Blue Cross
The
Price Commission
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Sai
Ford
Waves to trains pay off for tot in Springfield
Three year old Janine Besancon waves daily to the Penn Central freight crew near her home. For Christmas the crew stopped the train and delivered gifts to the Besancon family including a doll and tea set for Janine and puzzles for Donald and Vickie. Her mother says the girl has waved to the trainmen for two years. The note mentions Thanksgiving origin with Abraham Lincoln.
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Springfield
Mass
Janine Besancon
Penn Central
Besancon
Janine
Donald
Vickie
Ronald Besancon
Santa's Departure From Kitchen Workshop
Santa finishes last checks in his cozy workshop before mounting the sleigh with Donner and the team. He speaks of safe toys and wonders if past toy guns influenced later conflicts. Mrs Claus washes his hair, and he promises to return soon as the sleigh lifts into the night.
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Santa
Paris
Mrs. Claus
Donner
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
Dasher
Blitzen
Rudolph
Mrs. Claus Goodby
Elf
Longtime Santa Sherwood Hospitalized in Modesto
Cyril Beauford Sherwood, a 70 year old known for playing Santa for years, spent this Christmas in a hospital room with terminal cancer. He told adults he may go tomorrow as children from his church sang carols around his wheelchair.
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Modesto
Calif
Cyril Beauford Sherwood
Santa Claus
Ciildren
Sherwood
Extended Midwest Weekend Weather Outlook
Indiana and Illinois forecast cloudy with rain or snow chances through Tuesday. Indiana expects mild Sunday with cooling Monday and Tuesday, highs from the 40s down to the upper 30s, lows in the 20s to mid 30s. Illinois shows rain or snow north, rain south, then gradual cold and Tuesday highs in the 20s to 40s with lows in the 20s.
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Indiana
Illinois
Woodcarver Weaver Builds Nine Silent Wooden Horses
The article profiles craftsman Weaver who constructs wooden horses at 19th and Idaho, with daughters Mrs. Gilbert Powers Mrs. Lester O Joy Mrs. Albert Burch and Mrs. Emma Guthie nearby in Plainfield Florida. He hosts at The Goodie Shop and is famed for bed rosaries. He enjoys carpentry weekend fishing trips and card games earning the title King of the Lake.
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19Th
Idaho
Gilbert Powers
Lester O. Joy
Albert Burch
Plainfield
Emma Guthie
Florida
Weaver
Powers
St. Meinrad
Clay City
Lakeside
Belfast Christmas Bomb Attacks Rally Peace Plea Across Ireland
Shoppers crowd Belfast amid week of blasts as church leaders from Catholic and Protestant communities sign a joint appeal for peace and reconciliation. In Londonderry the IRA warns of possible death at English hands while Britain tightens security at bases and arsenals.
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Ireland
Cardinal Conway
Londonderry
Northern
Britain
Hoffa Reunites With Ailing Wife After Release
Former Teamsters leader James R Hoffa leaves Lewisburg prison after President Nixon commuted his 13 year sentence for jury tampering and mail fraud He lands in St Louis to reunite with wife Josephine Hoffa given medical issues She says Christmas feels brighter Labor leaders praise action and Hoffacomments call routine and not bitter
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ST. Louis
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Nixon
Hoffa
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Jimmy Hoffa
UAW
Teamsters
Alliance For Labor Action
Morris Shenker
Robert Crancer
James
Crancer
Chief Boczki Sees Overtime Changes for Detectives
Chief Boczki said only detectives will receive overtime pay this year as they are reduced from lieutenant or above to patrolmen after January 1. He argues those moving down should be paid on a scale similar to what they earned during overtime. He claimed to have logged more overtime than any police chief in history and will be reassigned to the day shift as wagon officer after January 1.
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Boczki
Young Woman Injured in Wabash Ave Crash
A two car collision at the corner of 22nd Street and Wabash Avenue sent 22 year old Susan Carlock to St. Anthony Hospital in fair condition. The other driver, 17 year old Richard Ralston, was turning left from Wabash onto 22nd Street when the crash occurred. Terre Haute police are investigating.
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22Nd St
Wabash Ave
Susan Carlock
S. Center St
St. Anthony Hospital
Richard Ralston
Terre Haute
Ralston
Wabash
Christmas across the globe amid political tensions and ceasefires
The world marks Christmas as governments weigh security and economic policy. The Cost of Living Council rejects rate controls, Postal Service hikes rates, Bhutto reshapes government, Indira Gandhi cautions foreign meddling, Vietnam cease-fire holds briefly with renewed clashes, Hoffa released from prison, Rogers defends Vietnam policy, and a federal judge bans waste discharges into non navigable waterways.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
House Banking and Currency Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Texas School Financing Plan Overruled
A three judge panel ruled the Texas public school financing system unconstitutional and ordered restructuring within two years to ensure equal protection. The decision affects Edgewood ISD and extends to districts with low property valuations. The panel warned it will take further steps if the legislature fails to act.
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San Antonio, Tex
Texas
Edgewood Independent School District
Edgewood
U.S. Circuit Court
Irving L. Goldberg
Dallas
U.S. District Court
Adrian Spears
San Antonio
Jack Roberts
Austin
J. W. Edgar
Texas Board of Education
Explosion destroys police station in Tokyo district
An explosion in the crowded Shinjuku district, believed caused by a time bomb, destroyed a police station. No injuries or suspects announced yet. Police cordon the area as investigators probe the blast’s motive and source.
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Tokyo
Shinjuku
Sideburns Named for Civil War General Burnside
A facial hair style known as sideburns derives its name from Civil War General Ambrose Burnside. The distinctive whiskers extend along the cheeks toward the ears and became a popular trait associated with Burnside's appearance.
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Gen
Ambrose Burnside
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Ward
Winston-Salem
N.C
Marjorie
Don Joe
N.J
Veda Northrop
Vera Evans
Columbus
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Betty Byers
Ashville
N. C
Bertha M. Ewell
Patricksburg
Church of Nazarene
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Schoppenhorst
Mrs
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Martinsville, Ill
Greenwell Funeral Home
Archie Akers
Ridgelawn Cemetery
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Fishy Financing
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the Savior
All Men
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13Th & Zim
B. L. Howse
Abraham Lincoln
Merry Christmas
KOR X-All CO
Broughton
England
Peter Curtis
Curtis
Se Sales and Service
Callahan Sis
Callahan
Belfast
London
Josephine Hoffa
Glendale
Ray Feiler
Ray T. Southerland
Ray's Auto Service Center
Spruce Street
News Digest
Prince of Peace
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Pakistan Peoples Party
India
India-Pakistan
United States
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
William P. Rogers
Laos
Cambodia
Metropolitan Police Board
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