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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1967
Page
5
The State Budget Agency authorized 129 950 as Indiana s share for a new mental health and mental retardation center in Evansville to serve Gibson Posey Vanderburgh and Warrick counties. The project costs total about 593 100 funded from state cigarette tax revenues.
Indiana reported 10 traffic deaths on June 1 raising the year toll to 504. The day included a three death crash near Sullivan County and a double fatality near Rochester plus several train related and motorcycle fatalities. A minister's car, a four year old boy, students from Indiana State University, and a Cuban exile were among the killed. The tally suggested a grim start to June with potential 300 deaths if trends continued.
The Defense Department released the names of seven Illinois service members who died in Vietnam. Included are Army Pfc Charles Johnson and Pfc Paul Wooldridge Jr and Marines Cpl Patrick Conner Lance Cpl Lowell Lloyd Pfc William Landon Pfc Joseph Matthews and Army Spec 4 Alfred Ellis.
The Coordination Committee of the Wabash River Basin Comprehensive Study meets at Holiday Inn with federal and state reps from three states and the Wabash Valley Association president. They review a $100 million flood control package and Cross Wabash Valley Waterway projections including mineral production, power generation, and water needs.
An elderly Mount Vernon Indiana couple were found dead of natural causes in their home Tuesday, a week after winning $1,000 in a gas station contest. Neighbors entering the Edmond Kroener residence discovered 77 year old A. K. Kroener and his 71 year old wife Gladys dead. The coroner reports Gladys Kroener died of a cerebral hemorrhage following her husband’s heart attack earlier. Double services were scheduled for burial in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
A 17 month old Elkhart boy named Anthony Robinson drowned in a channel between Simonton Lake and Little Simonton Lake near home. A 48 year old Marion man, Paul Kennedy, drowned after diving into the Mississinewa River with companion James Rude watching. Kennedy and the boy perished in shallow waters near the respective locations.
An Indianapolis truck driver, Dale Parker, 46, died when he stepped from his parked tractor-trailer onto Interstate 70 near Collinsville and was struck by an automobile. The incident occurred Thursday, as Parker walked from the shoulder into the path of the car. Police investigated the highway tragedy and identified Parker as the deceased.
Ronald Miller 22 of Yonkers New York a United States Air Force member home from the Philippines said he had no chance to avoid the accident while driving to his girlfriend's graduation in Kansas. He was not injured. The kingfisher nickname Old Tousel-Top appears in the report.
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