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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1968
Page
11
UPI reports New York markets with the Dow Jones closing range showing small advances in select groups. Industrials up 3.79, rails up 0.06, utilities up 0.93, and overall stocks up 1.05, with notable turnover in Industrials 952,500 and Rails 131,500. Bonds also posted modest gains across issues, while the commodity futures index sits near 137.22.
Wheat 1.25 dollar, yellow ear corn 1.05, yellow shell corn 1.07, rye 1.12, yellow soybeans 2.55, milo 1.70 per hundred. Hogs 200 to 220 lbs 19.00 to 19.40, sows 15.50 and down. Indianapolis poultry: Indianapolis roasters 21 to 23.
Reported heavy fighting along the northern frontier left more than 200 enemy troops killed. U S losses were 25 killed and 112 wounded. South Vietnamese casualties light. Infantry claimed 50 enemy killed and 22 prisoners eight miles from Hue. Marines freed two American captives near Hue, details undisclosed. The carrier America saw first combat action since 1964, with Corsairs destroying or damaging targets near Dong Hoi and Vinh.
An Indianapolis youth, 18 year old John L. Perry, was charged with murder in the May 20 hotel shooting of Arnold Matthews, 24, a Detroit pool hustler. Matthews died from two chest wounds after a gun battle with three intruders who forced their way into his room. police said Matthews had $500 in a hotel safe.
An Illinois woman among three injured on Memorial Day at Indiana Beach was released from White County Hospital. Marilyn Dust, 24, Effingham, joined Barbara Ewinkle, 26, Kankakee, in being discharged. The three were visiting Dennis and Shirley Nelson of Lafayette when the Octopus ride malfunctioned. Dennis Nelson was hospitalized in Lafayette for a back injury.
The AFL-CIO Aluminum Workers Union struck Alcoa and Reynolds Metals after a midnight deadline, with 13,000 members walking out across eight states. Talks with Alcoa and the UAW paused, while steelworkers’ deals with the Big Five set wage gains and benefits. Alcoa raised prices to cover higher costs.
Washington AP reports a nationwide strike against Western Union was averted at the last moment by a tentative contract. The three year deal would raise wages 5 percent now, 5 percent in 1969, and 6 percent in 1970, plus a job classification fund and fringe benefits totaling 18.5 percent over the contract. Messengers would gain 6 cents an hour over three years. CTU represents 21,600 workers outside New York City, where a similar deal was reached with the Communications Workers of America for 3,100 workers.
Treasury officials seek profit recovery for the program with a 4.25 percent rate on Series E and H bonds. President Johnson ordered the hike effective today, while Freedom Shares rose to 5 percent. The change, totaling 4.56 percent for combined E bonds and Freedom Shares, takes six months to fully impact as interest is calculated in six month periods.
Hong Kong officials report a 26 percent drop in Communist Chinese sales to Hong Kong in the first four months of 1968 amid turmoil from the cultural revolution. The notice ends with an unrelated want ad line for an action.
Indianapolis mayor Richard G. Lugar, 36, a Rhodes Scholar, has been named keynote speaker for the Republican state convention on June 17. He will deliver the address the night before the main session at 8 p.m. in Stouffer's Inn ballroom as part of a formal streamline.
In Marion Indiana, Osborne Midwest Paper Co. was struck by 250 workers from Locals 323 and 428 of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphide and Paper Mill Workers. Company and union officials call the action unauthorized, linked to a dispute over interpretation of a May 18 wage settlement.
Notices cover Seelyville area planning, executrix qualification for Ernest Gravell, appointment of administrator for Gail St John, administratrix for Esther Staley, administrator with will annexed, and Ora Lee Gott estate final account. Includes filings by Merchants National Bank of Terre Haute as executor and parties Leonard F. Conrad and H Ralph Johnston as court officials. Clean, non-graphic legal notice items with dates in 1968 and court terms.
Sealed proposals for highway improvements in Vigo County vicinity will be opened June 11, 1968 at the Indiana State Office Building Indianapolis. Contract M-7729 covers bituminous resurfacing on SR 46 section B 3.53 miles from old Portland Cement Cone to I 70 east area. Plans available at State Highway Commission office.
Saturday night dances at the Terre Town Inn invite guests with a recurring event note. Personal ads appear alongside wig sales, carpet cleaning, rental services, and AA contact info. The column also lists greeting cards and local auto dealership shoutouts.
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