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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1959
Page
1
Don Whitehead recalls the moment an officer warned the first six hours would be the toughest as Allied forces crossed the Channel on D-Day June 6 1944. The piece begins a four part series recounting the landings and the author’s wartime experience aboard the ship to Normandy.
A pane gas truck exploded on a heavily traveled highway in Schuylkill Haven Pennsylvania killing at least 11 people and injuring 15 others. Eyewitnesses described flames up to 150 feet high and debris striking spectators as firefighters fought the blaze.
The narrative recalls a June 6 start of the Normandy invasion. The narrator and reporters with the Chicago Tribune and New York Herald Tribune recount arrival in Weymouth and convoy toward the Channel. Colonel George Taylor outlines the plan as the first six hours prove toughest.
Able the rhesus monkey, a passenger in a Jupiter rocket flight, died at Ft. Knox during removal of a recording electrode under anesthesia. Army officials said death was due to rapid convulsive heart action and not related to the flight. The body was sent to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for study. Baker the other monkey survived.
A thunderstorm struck JAVA VILLA N Y on Monday killing twenty seven Holstein cows that sheltered under a tree during heavy rain authorities reported the storm's impact on the herd at the farm site not far from local roads and structures.
Straw-Steel's handsome new office building on Crawford street is nearing completion and partially occupied. The night scene on College Avenue shows the mill building extension with rows of overhead lights appearing mile long.
Mayor Ralph Tucker met with the Civic Development Committee of the Chamber of Commerce to review a comprehensive plan for downtown Terre Haute. The talks focused on off street parking facilities and hiring an expert to survey the downtown parking problem. Floyd Dix and Herman D Becker chaired the group. others present included John Lamb Julian Silverstein Les Wolf Robert Schultz George Felstein Gilbert Clueder Alex Weisberger and Harold Seiler.
Indian apolis and other Indiana cities report mild temperatures with a 40s to 50s low as forecasters call for two days of pleasant weather. Friday night lows expected around 50 to 57 across South Bend Lafayette Fort Wayne and Evansville.
The Senate Rackets Committee opens a Lake County Indiana inquiry into gambling and vice rackets. Kennedy says law enforcement breakdown is severe and cites alleged collusion among Chicago gangsters, Lake County officials, and a former prosecutor. John Testo of the Independent Coin Machine Operators Union may testify.
Anthony Collins aged five toppled from a log into a gravel pit pond at the northeast corner of Seventh Street and Fort Harrison Road. He was recovered from about 12 feet of water at 5:15 PM and pronounced dead at Union Hospital at 6 PM. Father Louis Collins and mother resided at 901 Fort Harrison Road. James Cherney, 20, flagged police and reported the drowning.
The House Appropriations Committee approved funding for Army Engineers and the Reclamation Bureau water projects for the coming fiscal year. Illinois Waterway Calumet Sag channel 7 670 000. Indiana Markland lock and dam Evansville flood wall Mansfield reservoir Vincennes levee totals listed with budget figures.
State police near Oolitic captured James Brown and Nancy Joy Grifford Brown after a gun battle that wounded Trooper Robert Gillespie and Avoca postmistress Stella Baker. The fugitives, identified by the couple, were jailed in Bedford. Both victims were treated at Dunn Memorial Hospital.
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter will sit tight until the Russians guarantee Western rights in Berlin or break up the foreign ministers conference. UPI reports new East German broadcasts reached Geneva to counter Gromyko charges. Khrushchev’s willingness for a summit depends on uncracked Western unity. Eisenhower demands good faith before any summit.
The Weather Bureau records a 5:25 sunrise and 8:11 sunset with a 5.7 ft river stage falling. Yesterday’s high reached 78 and the low 49 with trace precipitation.
Anna Kelton Wiley 82 of Washington D C attends the General Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Los Angeles. She highlights the federation's role in public opinion and historic progress including support for the Women's Army Corps and the Pure Food and Drug law. Her 23rd convention features Hollywood events and daily sessions through Friday.
Fair tonight with low in the lower 50s. Wednesday will be fair and pleasant with highs near 80 in Terre Haute region and upper 70s in Illinois. Lows tonight 50s to 60s, with mid 50s to 58 in Indiana and north sections. Temperatures reach around 70 by 2 p.m. in the region.
Vigo Circuit Court heard ten year old Hubert Lee Shipley Jr testify that he and 11 year old Maxie Alsup broke into the F. W. Woolworth Store on January 18 and took items to Maxie’s home where the woman accused, Margaret Annabelle McCoy, allegedly received them and gave the boy two pocket knives.
The Vigo County Tuberculosis Society offers free chest x rays to adults not eligible for other surveys. The mobile unit operates at Sixth and One Half Street and Wabash Avenue for Vigo county residents only. It runs Thursday and Friday hours and ends Friday at 1 pm.
A record 959 students will receive degrees at the eighty eighth commencement on Sunday June 7 outdoors on the campus quadrangle. Dr Raleigh W Holmstedt president will deliver the main address with Dr Richard E Thursfield assisting in the conferring of degrees. The procession of students and faculty will number over 1 000.
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