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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1969
Page
5
May 1969 showed near normal precipitation and temperatures with no severe storms. Average daily temperature 63.0, 0.3 above mean. greatest departure 13 degrees above on the 7th and 16 below on the 11th. Coldest May since 1900 was 1924, warmest 1955. Heating degree days totaled 138, year to date 3 523, excess 271.
Reports from Johannesburg say Dr Christiaan Barnard 45 faces divorce suit in Cape Town and may be courting Barbara Zoellner 18 as newspapers publish flirtatious speculation. Zoellner denies marriage plans while noting Barnard is “a friend of the family.”
A Road School meeting for Indiana county highway department officials is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Terre Haute House. Sponsored by Purdue University HERPIC, the session will review cost records systems and procedures for county highway records with Q and A on improvements. Additional sessions will be held in Washington, Evansville, LaPorte, Albion, Batesville and New Albany.
Two Terre Haute residents were among the graduates at Indiana Central College during the 64th commencement in Indianapolis. Robert Lee Benefiel received a bachelor of arts degree and Janice Marie Davis earned an associate degree in science. Six master degrees were conferred, the first since the graduate program was established.
A blaze of unknown cause caused about 3000 dollars in damage to Carroll Moore's residence at 1529 1st Ave shortly before noon Sunday. No one was home. Responding units included Pumpers 3 and 8 Truck 4 and Assistant Chief George Fallowfield.
Post 6 of the Travelers Protective Association will meet Thursday at Bohannon's Restaurant. New officers will preside over the business meeting following the 6 30 p.m. dinner.
Seven teen graduates from Cairo cleaned a town railroad crossing with rakes and blades after posting a Seniors 69 sign. They worked until about 2 a.m. Sunday while Mayor Elmer Bell watched, marking a quiet town project by graduates.
A traveler recounts hunting a 220 volt adapter in Kilarny Ireland to fit a three holed wall socket. A humorous crowd debate centers on Great Southern Hotel socket pattern and British electric quirks, ending with a curse on inventive three pronged plug designs.
Terre Haute firefighters report arcing wires as Public Service Indiana crews repair. At Voorhees Park six large trees and two small ones toppled, with smaller damage at Deming Park and none at Dobbs or Collett. Cleanup at Voorhees will take about a week. Police logged reports of car damage from falling limbs. Paranoia is defined as a mental disorder with delusions of persecution.
The Casualty Branch contacts next of kin for missing servicemen and coordinates with the ICRC in Geneva when prisoners are believed in North Vietnam. Hanoi labels captives as war criminals and blocks neutral verification, with erratic mail and aid deliveries despite occasional signals from Paris talks and improving but still limited China relations. Red Cross teams from three nations meet monthly near Hong Kong to discuss aid efforts.
Representatives meet the Chinese Red Cross official aboard mid-bridge. Twelve parcels of eleven pounds each are handed to six American detainees, with this exchange system in place for fourteen years.
A columnist reflects on resilience amid family crises and the need for reliability. The piece cites Elmer G. LeTerman on the value of dependable character and shares a Nature notes fact about sharks drowning when still, plus a remark that carp and halibut may have life-sustaining behaviors.
The passage notes facts about rainbows seen day or night, a bloodhound scenting half a mile, an elephant drinking without trunk use, and a quote from Alfred Polgar on work and relief from labor. It reads as a collection of curiosities and a quotation.
The Apollo 10 command module Charlie Brown, after near lunar distance tests, arrived in Pearl Harbor aboard USS Princenton and will be flown to Long Beach California then trailered to Downey for testing. Officials report the craft in good condition after its 500000 mile journey.
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