Gifts Planned For First New Baby In Vigo County 1968
Vigo County residents eligible must have a baby born in county and submit the birth certificate to the Tribune Star by noon January 5. The first 1968 newborn will receive gifts from local merchants including a savings account, baby clothes, diapers, foods, a portrait, and a welcome planter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Moore-Langen Printing and Publishing Company
Martin’s
Apple House
Gerber
Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc
Kay’s
Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
Our Mr Boyle Contemplates Year End Toward 1968
The passage reflects a quiet home scene during the last week of the year. A man considers restocking aspirin for 1968 while noting family peace with children, parents, and pets enjoying a rare lull before inevitable disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Mama
Tokyo Declared World’s Largest City by Population
The article notes Tokyo as the world’s largest city with an estimated population of 10.7 million. It highlights Tokyo’s leading urban size and sets a benchmark for metropolitan population figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Youth Symphony Soloist Named for Terre Haute Concert
The Youth Symphony under Arthur Hill Jr. will perform three pieces on the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra’s Jan 9 subscription concert. Marcia Eckert, a Laboratory High School junior, will solo the Schumann concerto movement with the 84-piece youth ensemble at Tilson Music Hall ISU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hill Jr
Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra
Vigo County
Clinton
Brazil
Marcia Eckert
Laboratory High School
Youth Symphony
Bernstein
Wilburn Elrod
Tilson Music Hall
ISU
James Barnes
William Butts Appointed to Vigo County Election Board
William B Butts veteran party office holder named to the Vigo County Election Board succeeding Denver Martin who retired for health reasons. He is president of the City Council and was selected on the recommendation of Democratic chairman Robert X Kelly with approval from County Clerk Leonard Conrad. Butts has long served Seventh Ward politics and coal mining labor activism with ties to John L. Lewis, and has been a longtime coal labor organizer and former CIO lobbyist. He will serve on the board with Conrad and Dorothy Duddleston, handling ballots and election staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Butts
Vigo County
Denver Martin
Butts
Robert X. Kelly
Democratic Party
Leonard Conrad
Seventh Ward
Twelve Points
Democrat Club
Walter Cook
GOP
Richard J. Cronin
CIO
Indiana
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Indiana General Assembly
Henry F. Schricker
Conrad
Dorothy Duddleston
Sullivan Lodge Set for Public Installation Tonight
Sullivan Lodge F and A M No 263 in Sullivan Indiana schedules public installation of officers for 1968 at 7 30 p m Friday in the Masonic Lodge building. Installing officers include worshipful master William Catlin senior warden Robert Orr junior warden Dan Brown treasurer Sonner Gaught secretary Donald Borders and other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan, Ind
Sullivan Lodge F&am No
Masonic Lodge
William Catlin
Robert Orr
Dan Brown
Sonner Gaught
Donald Borders
Howard Barr
Byrle Norris
Phillip Morrison
Chapman
Harry Hartman
Tiler
Ed Flath
Troopers Promoted In Indianapolis
State Police Supt. Robert A. O'Neal announced two promotions effective January 1 at the headquarters. First Sgt. Bruce A. Hubble of Fortville will become a lieutenant while Sgt. Edward Slivka of Cedar Lake will rise to first sergeant. Both will transfer from traffic to the new motor vehicle inspection division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Robert A. O'Neal
Bruce A. Hubble
Fortville
Edward Slivka
Rt. 1
Cedar Lake
Christmas Memories and a Raggedy Ann Doll Discovery
A nostalgic Christmas scene unfolds with sugar biscuits, butter, and rosy-cheeked children getting gifts and sleds. The narrator recalls winter joy on Bramhall and Sackett Avenues, then a Raggedy Anne doll found near the church manger sparks a moral reckoning about Santa and Jesus.
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Adele
John
Edward A. Kelly
Summit Avenue
Santa
Jesus
Farmland Man Dies in Fire. Funeral Saturday Planned
Veruis D. Wells 36 of Farmland Indiana died Thursday in a blaze that destroyed his home 30 miles southeast of the city. Funeral services are set for Saturday. Survivors include his widow Maxine and two sons and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmland
Ind
Veruis D. Wells
Rt. 2
Here
Maxine
Two Births Reported at Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan Indiana special report lists births at Mary Sherman Hospital: Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hudson of Shelburn welcomed a boy and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Dollahan of Sullivan welcomed a girl.
Vigo County School Board OKs 15000 Legal Fees Payment
Four of seven Vigo County School Corp trustees voted to pay a disputed 15000 in legal fees to Thomas M. Patrick after the State Board of Tax Commissioners ruled for the appropriation. Opposition came from Treasurer Bernard Sweeney and Trustee Paul Haas who abstained. two members were absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County School Corp
Thomas M. Patrick
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Vigo County
Bernard Sweeney
Paul Haas
Haas
John Sutherland
Arch Dunbar
Patrick
Warren Everett
Benjamin G. Cox
Cox
Utah Corrections approves weekend inmate furlough program
The Utah State Board of Corrections authorized a program on Thursday enabling selected minimum security inmates to receive weekend furloughs to visit relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah State Board of Corrections
Industrial Supervisors Top ISU Grads in Salary in 1967
Indiana State University data shows industrial supervision graduates earning the highest starting salaries at seven thousand five hundred seventy five dollars. Accounting and liberal arts graduates followed with seven thousand four hundred twenty eight and seven thousand fifty six dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ISU
Indiana State University
ISU Bureau of
A. L. Harding
Bureau of
Rex Crowder
ISU School of Education
Queen Anne Marie of Greece Loses Expected Baby
Queen Anne Marie of Greece miscarried a baby she expected to have with King Constantine. The couple traveled to Villa Claudia Clinie before midnight as she began aborting, then left for the Greek Embassy. A medical bulletin cited a miscarriage at 10 p.m. Rome time on December 28, 1967, noting the queen's post operative condition was satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
UPI
Anne- Marie
Greece
Constantine
Villa Claudia Clinie
Basilios Coutilaris
Hellenes
Toasts of Foreign Ministers After the Revolutionary War
The piece recalls a famous dinner of foreign ministers where the British envoy toasted England as the sun and the French envoy called France the moon. Benjamin Franklin honored George Washington with a line about Joshua making the sun and moon stand still.
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England
France
Ben Franklin
George Washington
Joshua
Stevens Faces U S Charges In Kidnaping Arrest in Utah after 16 year old Crawfordsville girl abducted
Thomas Stevens and Jerry Stromski, ex convicts from West Terre Haute and unknown address, faced U S charges of kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen car. Janet Downen was recovered unharmed after a 50 hour captivity ended when a Wellington Utah marshal wounded Stevens and Stromski fled. Stromski was later captured. If convicted they face up to five years for the Dyer Act and life for kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Terre Haute
Salt Lake City
Utah
Thomas F. Stevens
Jerry J. Stomski
U. S
Ronald Bryce
Crawfordsville
Janet Downen
Wellington
Downen
Stevens
Stromski
SAMs Alter Air War Over North Vietnam
The text describes the strategic impact of surface to air missiles on U S air operations over North Vietnam. SAMs deter high altitude bombing and force U S planes to fly lower, increasing exposure to anti aircraft fire. They have shifted air power away from traditional bomber use and toward lower altitude tactical bombing against infantry.
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Sam
U. S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Red China
Unemployment Claims Rise in Indiana Last Week
Indiana saw unemployment insurance claims climb 31 percent last week to 29,641 from 22,564 the prior week. Officials attributed the jump to holiday and seasonal layoffs as well as inventory reductions and a slowdown in outdoor activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
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Terre Haute First National Bank
Jack and Jill Children’s
Maternity Fashions
Hahn Shoes
Edwards
Montgomery Ward and Co
Mr. Boyle
Cahill’s
Food Center
17Th and
Poplar
Emge
Bacon
Morrell
Weisel
S&w
ATRA
Pippiipir
ONE & Air
William Butts
Election Board
Sullivan Lodge
Bramhall Avenue
Johnny
Bergen Avenue
Bramhall
Sackett
Gilbert Newell
Gabbert
Max Gabbert
Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations
Jerome E. Tennis
New South Area
Sugar Grove
Rene Aybar
Division of
State Department of Public Instruction
Cumulative
South Area
West Area
Fuqua School
Charles H. Pierson
Fifteenth Street
Florida Avenue
Jim Shaw
Wabash Commission
All Valley
Ko-We-Ba
Stark & Wetzel
Hilgemeier
H. P. Shirley & Co
Hunington Laboratories
Scientific Wax Corp
Fuller Brush Co
Everett Sullivan
Homer G. Eastham
A-1
Felix
Charles T. Grundy
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Kenneth E. Hayes
Goodie Shop
Robert B. Peterson
Indiana State Bank
Jack Ragle
Graham Grain Co., Inc
Wayne Raley
Sandborn Electric Co
Thomas E. Reckerd
Indiana State University School of Technology
Maryanne E. Roehm
Fuqua
Maryland
Garfield High
Elizabeth Compton
Anna Rose Hackney
Winnifred Mabry
Betty Kester
Mmes
Gloria Hard Baker
Charles Frederick Cook
Nancy Rintelmann Fischer
Meredith Schultz Kimmerle
Terry E. Smith
Charlotte Ferguson
Wilma Rogers
John M. Reilly
L. W. Snider
Betty Beauchamp
Teachers of History
Purdue University
Illinois
Michigan
California
Florida
Crowder
Queen OF
Winchell
U.S
Cunningham
Whiskeys
Cunningham Fine Foods
Mess Plaza North
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