Holiday Toll In Indiana and Nation High Fatalities
A sweeping Indiana and national toll of Christmas to New Year crashes and wrecks is listed with dozens of names. The report names victims across cities including Detroit Des Moines Muncie Rensselaer Washington Dale Goshen Fort Wayne Valparaiso Ripley Jeffersonville Rising Sun Gary Hawthorn Schererville Chicago and others. Fatalities include a wide range of ages and include drivers passengers and pedestrians from multiple states in crashes on highways and streets between Christmas Eve and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Kelso
Muncie
Ind. 3
Goshen
U.S. 41
Schererville
William S. Myers
Montgomery
Ohio
Terry T. Byroade
Rt. 2
New Haven
Fort Wayne
Ind
Rising Sun
Gary
George E. Gunter
Portage
Highland
Richard J. Bolla
Griffith
Thomas Stenger
Rt. 4
Cedar Lake
Sophia D. Abplanalp
Osgood
South Spencer High School
Ellis E. Burris
Rt. 3
Logansport
Henry Kuhn
Lafayette
U.S
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Three-day Christmas Holiday Fatalities In Illinois Traffic
Illinois highways killed 27 people during a three day Christmas period, down from 28 the previous year and 56 during the longer four day Christmas period in 1956. Most deaths were single-vehicle crashes. Notably three members of a Xenia family died on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
New Zeony and Zeonk y: Stuber Ranch Adds Mixed-Breed Foals
Phoenix area ranch welcomes a zoony filly named Stripes born last week, featuring zebra like head and stripes. Zebra Punch has been bred with a donkey, promising a zeonky in about a month alongside the zeony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Earl Stuber
Woman Shot In Granite City Critical Condition
In Granite City Illinois a 72 year old man James Freeman apparently shot and killed himself after wounding a 49 year old woman named Kathleen Lassen. Lassen was taken to a St Louis hospital and listed in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City
James Freeman
Kathleen Lassen
St. Louis
Poland Expels New York Times Reporter Halberstam
Warsaw expels David Halberstam, New York Times Warsaw correspondent, citing hostile reporting. He was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and told his accreditation would end, with about a week to settle personal affairs. The Polish press had attacked his stories and in 198? months there. His wife Elzbieta Czyzewska, a Polish actress, may remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
David Halberstam
New York Times
Halberstam
Foreign Ministry
Elzbieta Czyzewska
Sailors Stage Hong Kong Christmas Party for Children
U S sailors and American medical missionaries gave 2000 dolls 2000 other toys slabs of chocolate and cake to about 4000 children from poor Chinese families aboard Project Concern floating clinic boats in Hong Kong. The event, two days late, drew heavy waterways traffic as large junks and hundreds of sampans ferried children to the boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
U.S
Project Concern
Retired Major Brackett Honored With Commendation Medal
Maj. Robert K. Brackett AF retires after 23 years of service in the U S Air Force with stints in China and Burma during World War II. He earned the Air Force Commendation Medal as chief of maintenance material control at the Air Force Special Weapons Center Kirkland. A Wiley High School and Indiana State College alumnus, he is son of Mrs. James E. Bradley Sr. of Terre Haute and husband of Vivian Soules of Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Robert K. Brackett
China
Burma
U. S. Air Force
Maj. Brackett
James E. Bradley Sr
S. 25Th St
Terre Haute
Wiley High School
Major Brackett
Indiana State College
Vivian
Hobart Soules
S. 12Th St
Condemnation Suit Opens On Tuesday In Superior Court
Another Interstate 70 condemnation suit is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Superior Court. The state sues Robert Merl Williams and Ethel Maxine Williams and Eugene Critchfield and Mabel M. Critchfield. Attorney Woody Nasser represents the Williamses. The state is represented by a Deputy Attorney General and Everett & Everett. Judge Harold Bitzegaio will hear the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Robert Merl Williams
Ethel Maxine Williams
Eugene Critchfield
Mabel M. Critchfield
Woody Nasser
Williams
Everett & Everett
School Walkway Nears Completion On Bridge Upgrade
County Surveyor Claude Reese says the Maple Avenue School bridge walkway will replace a temporary path and is due to be finished soon. His office also supervises Meneely Road Bridge work including rock drilling for piling in the south abutment and coordinates with Army Engineers to connect West Terre Haute levee with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Reese
Maple Avenue School Bridge
Meneely Road
Army Engineers
West Terre Haute
Pennsylvania Railroad
Berlin Protests Over Killing at the Wall
In Berlin a wave of protests and indignation arose after East German guards fatally shot two men fleeing toward freedom at the Berlin wall. A third companion was wounded during the incident as authorities faced a tense city divided by the barrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
UPI
Berlin Wall
Heinrich Rheine Strasse
Bild Zeitung Today
West Berlin
United States
Pilot Recovers After Jet Explodes Off Viet Nam Carrier
On USS Ticonderoga off Viet Nam the A4 Skyhawk failed to catch the recovery cable, exploded in the South China Sea, and Lt (JG) William Brocker was rescued after 30 tense minutes. Comedian Bob Hope and cast witnessed the incident. Brocker hailed as account says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uss Ticonderoga
Viet Nam
UPI
Bob Hope
South China Sea
Turner Joy
Swanson
Joey Heatherton
William
Bill) Brocker
Newark
Ohio
Heatherton
Brocker
Hope
USS
Cam Rahn Bay
Beeler Sues Coxes for $8,000 Damages
William R. Beeler files two damage suits in Superior Court seeking $6,000 and $2,000 against Harold Cox Sr and Harold Cox Jr. The incidents allege Jr., driving a car owned by Sr., pulled out before Beeler on old U S 40 west of Terre Haute, causing Beeler to run off the road and strike R. P. Akers’ house. Beeler claims five months of lost work and $2,000 vehicle damage. He is represented by Charles W. Vincent.
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Elmer J. Roath
South Elgin
Ill
Caseyville
William H. Gray
James A. Curran
Waterloo
Red Bud
Zion
Donald Winrich
Illinois
Mark Franke
Franke
Springfield
Doyle McKeever
Holton
Kan
Chicago
Virginia Reich
Mary Morrison
Robert Dummer
Garden Prairie
Harvard
Peoria
Martin Strange
Rockford
Strange
David Courtnay
Jack Phillips
St. Elmo
Trenton
Dorothy Ford
Centralia
Peter Petima
West Frankfort
William R. Beeler
Harold Cox Sr
Harold Cox Jr
West Terre Haute
Beeler
U. S
Terre Haute
R. P. Akers
Charles W. Vincent
The Point Liquor Store Break-In Probed
Detectives continued a Monday probe into a break in at The Point Liquor Store 818 N 6th St where thieves stole 25 dollars a revolver and merchandise The owner Bill Wyllie said money was taken from a cash register Entrance was gained by forcing a rear door and Wyllie will review stock to determine exact liquor and beer losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Liquor Store
N. 6Th St
Bill Wyllie
Wyllie
Mississippi's 101-year-old Catherine Finn dies in Houston
One of Mississippi's oldest residents, Catherine Augusta Ray Finn, age 101, died in Houston on Sunday after a prolonged illness. A lifelong Chickasaw County resident, she was well known locally.
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Houston
Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Catherine Augusta Ray Finn
Chickasaw County
Finn
Mother and four children die in Uniontown fire
Uniontown Pennsylvania reports a fatal early morning blaze that killed a 22-year-old mother Martha Garrison and her four children in a four room home two miles east of Uniontown. The father Homer, about 26, escaped and later sought help after trying to rescue his family. Firemen attributed the fire to an oil stove explosion in the living room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Martha Garrison
Homer
Kasameyer Estate Filed for Frederick W. Kasameyer
Raymond N. Kasameyer of Terre Haute named administrator of his father Frederick W. Kasameyer who died December 18 1965. Other heirs include Alfred L. Kasameyer of Birmingham Michigan and William E. Kasameyer of Edgewood Rhode Island. Estate valued at $6000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Hamilton
Raymond N. Kasameyer
Terre Haute
Frederick W. Kasameyer
Alfred L. Kasameyer
Birmingham
Mich
William E. Kasameyer
Edgewood
R.I
Soviet hints at Gemini style space rendezvous
In Moscow radio the Soviet Union said it might imitate a successful American space action. Com senator Alexi Yermilov noted the US sent six experts to discuss with Lt. Col. Alexi Leonov after his 1965 spacewalk, implying a future Soviet imitation while avoiding shame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Alexi Yermilov
United States
Alexi Leonov
Leonov
Yermilov
Probe into dumped medical syringes on city dump
City Board of Health continues a probe into discarded medical syringes and live hamsters and guinea pigs found at the Margaret Ave and Prairieton Rd dump. A housewife said a neighbor child pricked finger on a syringe, swelling and infection noted. Humane officer Kenneth Pierce says such material should be destroyed at the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Health
Margaret Ave
Prairieton Rd
Kenneth Pierce
City Humane
Serra Club Fetes Local Seminarians At Party
The Serra Club of Terre Haute hosts local seminarians with parents and Claretian novices at Schulte High School cafeteria Wednesday evening. A social period starts at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and entertainment. Rev. Joseph V. Beechem, the club chaplain, urged families to attend.
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Serra Club
Terre Haute
Schulte High School
Joseph V. Beechem
Valachi Memoirs Published Breaks Prisoner Policy
The Justice Department will allow convicted killer Joseph Valachi to publish his 1180 page manuscript The Real Thing detailing his life in the Cosa Nostra. Valachi, 61, wrote the pages in DC jail where he has resided since 1963 after revealing the mob's secrets to authorities and Congress.
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Washington
Justice Department
Joseph Valachi
Cosa Nostra
District of Columbia
Senate
la Cosa Nostra
Our
Feaster Assigned to Alaskan Weather Base
S. Sgt. Ester L. Feaster, a former Terre Haute resident and Gerstmeyer High School alum, is assigned as weather observer at Operating Location 2 of the 11th Weather Squadron, Tal- Atalina Air Force Station, Alaska. He has served 17 years. his wife Cordelia Harvie and their two sons reside in Tacoma, Washington.
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Elmendorf Afb
Alaska
Air Force
Ester L. Feaster
Terre Haute
11Th
Tatalina Air Force Station
Feaster
Gerstmeyer High School
Earl R. Feaster
Dilman St
Cordelia A. Harvie
Burglary Suspect Remains Under $3,000 Bond
Harold Richard Swiger Jr., 20, of 507 N. 15th St., faced a preliminary armed robbery charge in Justice of the Peace Lee Easton’s court. He is held on $3,000 bond with the case set for Jan. 5. Detectives say Swiger allegedly took $30 Friday at United Service Station on N. 25th. Clinton station attendant Lt. Iyman Ballard said the gunman had a small revolver. Swiger denies the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Richard Swiger Jr
15Th St
Justice of the Peace
Lee Easton
Jim Graham
Chet Wham
Swiger
United Service
Iyman Ballard
Clinton
Vincennes Man Files Bankruptcy Petition
John David Hedge, a Vincennes factory worker, filed bankruptcy in Federal District Court Terre Haute on Monday. The petition lists 2740.87 in debts with 1050.25 in secured claims. He lists 300 in property exempt and no other assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John David Hedge
Vincennes
Federal District Court
Terre Haute
Indiana economy outpaces nation in 1965 figures
Healthy Hoosier economy reported by Indiana University analysts with unemployment below 3 percent while U.S. rate exceeds 4 percent. Forecasts call for continued prosperity in 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington, Ind
Indiana University Business
Indiana
Kremlin Eyes Kashmir Peace Conference Ambitious Push
The Kremlin promotes a Kashmir peace conference with Pakistan's Ayub Khan and India's Lal Bahadur Shastri, hoping to frame Moscow as a peace-maker. Kosygin may chair, with the premiers seeking a stronger role. Meanwhile New Year's Eve traditions change as diplomats stay away.
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Kremlin
Tashkent
Kashmir
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Pope Paul VI Eyes World Peace Focus Amid Viet Nam Talks
Ecumenical Council backing Pope Paul VI prompts a shift to world peace themes in upcoming Christmas speeches, with possible direct mediation noted by Vatican sources. French officials anticipate euro market talks in Luxembourg but warn De Gaulle’s election scare may stiffen reform resistance. No early Viet Nam peace expected as Beijing veto and Hanoi positions clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecumenical Council
Paul VI
Viet Nam
Vatican
de Gaulle
Luxembourg
France
Terun
Jean Chauvel
Peking
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Four Montagnard Leaders to Die by Firing Squad
A military tribunal in Pleiku Vietnam ordered four Montagnard rebel leaders executed by firing squad in a public square for their complicity in a four province uprising. Other verdicts included life imprisonment for one, hard labor and exile for others, and one acquittal. A new trial for another group starts Tuesday. A spokesman said clemency requests are allowed but no appeal exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleiku
South Viet Nam
UPI
Central Highlands
Viet Nam
Brouillett's Creek Bridge Reopens With 3-Ton Limit
Universal Ind special report states Brouillett's Creek Bridge near town has been reopened for limited use after repairs. Steel I-beams and a new floor strengthened the old covered bridge. Load limit set at three tons. only passenger cars and pickup trucks may cross.
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George Kovacs
Detroit
Catherine Mears
Des Moines
Town
Phillip Fullhart
Michael
Delaware County
Selma
Arturo A. Gomez
Rt. 6
Rensselaer
Joyce D. Hensley
Rt. 1
Michael D. Smith
Clara Schroer
Dale
Wesley
Xenia
Charles Benke
Tracy
Rita
Daniel Declue Jr
Frances Mattingly
Herrin
Medi Sahedi
Tex
Clay City
University of Illinois
Champaign
George Lorentz
Homewood
Harvey
John J. Sarna
THE
Associated Press
Stuber
Henris
Henri
Wabash Avenue
Tan Thuan Dong
Saigon
N. Y. Times
Harold Bitzegaio
Joseph B. Fleming
Heinz Schoeneberger
Schoeneberger
Valachi
Alaskan
Phil Newsom
Johnsons
Bes
Brouilett
Wabash RT
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Maytag Clean
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