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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1968
Page
2
A string of death notices from Indiana and Illinois lists Vern Lewis of Terre Haute and others across Linton Cory Freelandville Casey and Lebanon. The items note obituaries with funeral services, burial at local cemeteries, and survivor details including spouses children and siblings.
Three sons Sylvan A. Yager Eugene Yager and Theron A. Yager plus two daughters are listed among funeral notices. Services set for 1 p.m. Monday at Russell and Hitch Funeral Home Lebanon with Rev Edwin Clark officiating. Burial in IOOF Cemetery James town. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Saturday.
Frederick W. Dutton, Kennedy adviser, noted the debate airs at 9:30 p.m. across the nation with time zone adjustments for East and West coasts Central and Mountain regions, signaling a high profile political exchange.
WTHI radio will carry the debate live at 8 30 p m CDT tonight and WTWO TV Channel 2 will telecast a delayed broadcast at 10 p m All times are listed in CDT and cover both radio and television audiences.
David T. Cushman 88, associate professor emeritus of education at Ball State University, died in Alexandria Virginia. A native of Graysville Indiana he taught and led schools from 1900 to 1926 including Sullivan County grade schools Farmersburg Carlisle and Danville. He joined Ball State in 1926 and retired in 1946 after a long career in public education.
A 26 year old man, Ronald R. Welch, was killed when his car lost control and overturned on Illinois 3, south of Chester. His wife, Clarice, 21, was seriously injured. The couple lived in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Hugh Andrew Dobson a 23 year old British teacher and bus driver received a six year prison term in Yugoslavia for causing a crash that killed 14 British students last year authorities said the bus struck a crane during the collision the verdict was delivered Friday in Sisak Yugoslavia.
Navy, Coast Guard and the FCC probe a mysterious voice broadcast heard by a patrol aircraft and six ships. The message echoed the sub Brandywine's Navy code name while the Scorpion was missing. Eight vessels using Brandywine name were in the Atlantic area, complicating identification.
FBI charged Chicago man Johnny Lane Jr. with the May 6 armed robbery of the National Bank of St. Anne totaling 23500 dollars. Lane, 26, arrested after his wife reported an assault with a gun. Rolland Shepard, 24, also implicated. Police found 8200 dollars and firearms in Lane’s car and seized pistols from Shepard. Lane faced aggravated assault charges by Chicago police.
William Nedzeika, 61, of 4420 Poplar Street, died at 1:30 a.m. Saturday at Anthony's Hospital. Survived by wife Margaret and two brothers Carl of Terre Haute and Herbert of Indianapolis. Nedzeika worked 23 years at Straw Steel as Traffic Manager and held Masonic, Shrine, and Scottish Rite memberships. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. Monday with burial at Roselawn Memorial Park. Masonic Lodge No. 19 to conduct rites. Friends may call after 2 p.m. at Gillis Memory Chapel.
Police investigated a break in at Riverside Auto Wrecking at 2 Wabash Ave. Entry was gained by prying iron bars from a west window. Stolen items included five mag wheels and tires two transmissions totaling 425 dollars.
Weekend Memorial Day tolls run well below last year’s 608 deaths and below the National Safety Council forecast of 625 to 725. At 4 am EDT, UPI counted at least 250 traffic deaths since the holiday began. California led with 27, followed by Pennsylvania 20, New York 16, and Michigan and Illinois 14 each. Six Pennsylvanian deaths occurred in a single crash near New Kensington. Houses of Burgesses, Virginia 1619, first representative assembly.
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