Alabama Negro Nabs Sheriff Runoff Victory in Greene County
In Greene County Alabama the Negro candidate Amerson won the sheriff runoff race signaling a breakthrough in white political dominance. The victory occurred amid mixed turnout and questions of bloc voting, with Amerson pledging accountable law enforcement for all citizens.
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Alabama
Sey
Greene County
Macon County
Tuskegee
Bullock
Hale
Perry
Hale County
Henry McCaskill
McCaskill
Amerson
Tuske
Lucius Amerson
Windora
Harvey Sadler
Ala
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Campaign Expenses Reported in Vigo Prosecuting Attorney Race
Ralph Berry and challenger Woodrow Nasser filed expense reports with County Clerk Leonard Conrad. Nasser listed 1615 dollars in expenditures, Berry 180 dollars. Three other Democrats reported. June 17 is the filing deadline for most offices. Otter Creek assessor and Linton Township trustee candidates reported no expenses. Frank Cade had no expenses after his defeat for Harrison Township justice of the peace.
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Vigo
Ralph Berry
Woodrow Nasser
Campaing
Leonard Conrad
Nasser
Berry
Lawrence F. King
Otter Creek
Olen A. Oxendine
Linton
Frank W. Cade
Harrison Township
Roy McDonnall obituary a Terre Haute
Roy A. McDonnall 76 of 2904 S 9th St died Wednesday morning at St Anthony Hospital. Former Light House Mission superintendent and Eastside Nazarene Church member. Survived by wife Evie two daughters Eva Monkhouse Terre Haute Adda Wrightsman Los Angeles one step daughter Francis Kirby Terre Haute two step sons Wilbur Samuel Terre Haute one brother Frank Indianapolis five grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday Bedino Peace Chapel Rev Waldine Adams officiating burial in Prairie ton cemetery. Friends may call after noon Thursday.
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Roy A. McDonnall
St. Anthony Hospital
Light House
Eastside Nazarene Church
Evie
Eva Monkhouse
Terre Haute
Adda Wrightsman
Los Angeles
Calif
Francis Kirby
Wilbur
Samuel
Frank
Indianapolis
Bedino Peace Chapel
Walnitta Adams
Prairieton Cemetery
Margaret Mary Harris
23Rd St
Union Hospital
West Terre Haute
St. Leonards Church
Patricia Vansell
Margaret Payton
Terre, Haute
Bud
William
Jack
Michigan City
Bedino Chapel
the Valley
St. Marys’-of-the-Woods Village
Linton
Ind
Margaret Reeves
Methodist Hospital
Linton Church of Christ
John
Jane Head
Jo Ann Reeves
Evansville
Helen Strong
Leonard McDonald
Dayton
Ohio
Johnny McDonald
Chicago
Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel
Fairview Cemetery
Marshall
Fairy C. Staggs
Pilgrim Holiness Church
James
Violet Norton
Mary Somers
Dennison
Ruth Burkett
Donald
Champaign
Lizzie Wieland
Paul Wieland
Etta Lamb
Lillian Wesnitzer
Belle Tally
Marshall Pilgrim Holiness Church
Forrest Adams
William Hall
Marshall Cemetery
Marrs
Death notices from Terre Haute area deaths in brief
Obituaries list Charles Mickey Jr of Orlando and Terre Haute roots, Margaret Mary Harris of West Terre Haute, Anna Kerr of Terre Haute, John Hecht of Knoxville, Juda Bell Isabel, Andrew Vosko of Terre Haute, Nattie Farmer of Terre Haute, Edward Rooksberry of Sullivan, Margaret Reeves of Linton, Vera Bird of Coalmont, Eva Wehsner of Paris, James Craig of Clinton, Fairy Staggs of Marshall and Ora Knight of Shelburn among numerous survivors and funeral details across Indiana towns. Services set at local chapels. burial arranged in Roselawn Memorial Park, Highland Lawn, and other area cemeteries.
Pollution plan to be unveiled by river commission
The Delaware River Basin Commission will unveil a pollution control plan at a July 27 conference in Philadelphia. The plan stems from several years of study by the commission and its staff.
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Trenton
N. J
Delaware River Basin Commission
Philadelphia
Third Suspect Appears Before Easton In Assault
Arthur W. Tallman Jr. 22 of 619 N 13th St faced charges of statutory rape and contributing to delinquency of a minor in Easton’s court. Bond set at 2000 dollars. Two other men, John T. Ogborne 22 and David K. Piper 21, were charged in the same case and also had hearings moved to June 10.
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Arthur W. Tallman Jr
N. 13Th St
Justice of the Peace
Lee
East
Vandalism Damages PSI Transformer Near Terre Haute
A hole shot in a $3,000 PSI transformer caused 1 500 gallons of oil to spill. The incident, reported to Vigo County Sheriff, may have occurred last weekend. Deputies Roy Giles Fred Carpenter and Bill Rickard investigated. Equipment is east of Terre Haute on Maple Ave Road.
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Public Service Co
Vigo County
Roy Giles
Fred Carpenter
Bill Rickard
PSI
Terre Haute
Maple Ave
Death notices from Robinson and Terre Haute services
In Terre Haute sister Electa Verna and six grandchildren and two great grandchildren survive. Services for Mrs Electa Verna will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mc Hugh Funeral Home with Rev Arthur Fields officiating burial in Hull Cemetery. In Robinson Mrs Caroline Foulkes 81 dies, services at 10 a.m. Thursday at Pulliam Funeral Home with Rev James Owens officiating, burial in Oblong Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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John Carl Hecht
Harry Hecht
Knoxville
Terre Haute
Clifford
California
Electa Verna
McHugh
Arthur Fields
Hull Cemetery
Three More Die in State Crashes In Indiana and Illinois
Three additional names were added to Indiana’s traffic death toll as Evansville College student Jerry A. Jarvis, 28, and his 4-year-old son Mark died in a car truck crash two miles south of Bloomington Indiana on U.S. 150. Jarvis’s wife also died of cancer.
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Indiana
Evansville College
Illinois
Jerry A. Jarvis
Mark
Bloomington
U.S. 150
Jarvis
Indiana Traffic Deaths Highlight Road Tragedies Across State
Police reported several fatal crashes and injuries in Illinois and Indiana. Gene H. McKissick, 21, of Westchester Illinois, died when his car hit a motorcycle on U S Route 52 north of Lafayette. Ralph B. Howerter, 45, of Be long Illinois, sustained minor injuries in a collision with McKissick, while 16 year old Connie Waldbeser of Milford died from injuries after her car struck a utility pole near Milford. Walter S. Craigle, 74, of Indianapolis, died in a two vehicle collision on U S 35 south of Knox with Thomas D. Parker of Logan port, who had minor injuries.
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Ralph B. Howerter
Belong
Gene H. McKissick
Westchester
Ill
U.S. 52
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Connie Waldbeser
Milford
Goshen Hospital
Walter S. Craigle
Thomas D. Parker
Logansport
U.S. 35
Knox
Parker
Rites Thursday for Crash Victim Otis R. Jones
Funeral services are set for Otis R. Jones in Brazil Indiana after his car struck a bridge in Diamond. The 48 year old WWII veteran and Ashboro Methodist member will be buried at Maple Grove cemetery in Clay City. Surviving are his widow Rosemary two sons and four daughters and eight grandchildren. Friends may call at Rentschler chapel after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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Brazil
Ind
Otis R. Jones
E. Blaine Sr
Diamond
Rentschler
Center Point
Donald Bees
Maple Grove
Clay City
Jones
Ashboro Methodist Church
Rentschler Chapel
Gemini 9 astronauts fail again on space mission delay
AP News Digest reports Gemini 9 flight is rescheduled for Friday as officials say negotiations for a moon treaty with the Soviet Union look favorable. Surveyor 1 aims for a soft lunar landing amid a space race update.
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U. S
Soviet Union
Surveyor to land on Moon Thursday details
Surveyor due to land on the Moon Thursday. The Luna 9 method resembled an earlier U S approach using ball payloads to free space for TV cameras. Dr Vrebalovich notes the 200 pound ball lacked retro rockets and suggests a Soviet retro-rocket firing occurred about 40 miles up followed by the camera-equipped impact ball triggering on touch.
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Moon
Vrebalovich
Lunar
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Melba Till Allen
Richard
Dick) Beard
Robert F. Whaley
Tom Bevill
Warren L. Finch
Richard McPhearson
Orkin
Roy McDonnall
Terre Haute Commercial College
Wabash
Thomas Chapel
WBOW
Patricia M. Butts
Chamnees
General Globe
North 13Th Street
Mars
Kruger Buick
Charles Mickey JR
Ward
Orlando
Fla
VFW
Charles Sr
Harry Buckley
Danny Joe
Germany
DeBaun Funeral Home
Anna K. Kerr
Gillis Memory Chapel
Maurice LeFevre
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Fred Gemmecke
Carrie Johnston
Brockton
Juda L. Isbell
S. 14Th St
Roselawn Oo Park
Andrew Vosko
8Th St
Thomas Funeral Home
Ronald E. Shedler
Woodlawn Cemetery
Nattie R. Farmer
Wabash Ave
E. Carl Farmer
Patrick J. Ryan
Edgar A. Stahl
Roselawn Memorial Park
Ryan
Edward Rooksberry
Eunice Gadsberry
Carrie Ridge
Sullivan
Clegg Funeral Home
Toledo
Center Ridge Cemetery
Malcolm Broome
Mrs
Mrs. Vera House Bird
Coalmont
Vera House Bird
Mary Sherman Hospital
Wayne
Ott Burke
Edgar House
Roland Bedwell
Huheart
MW Waeweserey Leunde
Walton, Ind
Robert Burk
McClanahan Funeral Home
Eva M. Wehsner
Paris
Clay St
The
Christian Church
Blanche Kelshiemer
Lloyd Little
Florida
Mort Little
St. Louis
Blane Little
Oregon
Blume-Stewart Funeral
William Stone
Cherry Point Cemetery
James D. Craig
Clinton
7Th St
Evelyn
Michael
Denise
Brenda
Caroline
Gary
Marietta Craig
Ruby Nardi
Virginia Ricketts
Alberta Dowell
Mrs. Fairy C. Staggs
Ora Knight
Shelburn
Ora Haythorne Knight
Alfred
Isaac Haythorne
Effingham
Olan Haythorne
Valley Center
Winford Haythorne
Fairbanks
Emery Burkebyle
Ezra Burkebyle
Thor
Kresge’s
Kyed
Natuel
Naturflex
Kodel
Eastman Corporation
S. S. Kresge Company
Easton
Porcupine Mountain State Park
Michigan
Ontonagon County
Lake of the Clouds
Lake Superior
Caroline Foulkes
Associated Press
AP News Digest
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Saigon
Hue
Cuba
Washington
Humphrey
White House
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