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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1963
Page
9
Severe weather threats persist across Texas and Oklahoma with three tornado sightings near Hale Center Spade and Lockney none causing injuries. Heavy hail and rain slash Iowa Nebraska and Virginia with floods and mudslides closing highways.
Terre Haute Rotarians invite their wives as special guests for a weekly luncheon in the Mayflower Room at Terre Haute House. Glenn Tucker, historian and author of Civil War and War of 1812 works, will speak on Hist orical Coincidence.
A Sunday blaze gutted the interior of the 80 year old Gines Grocery in Washington causing about 30000 in damage. Firefighter Ron Garland 25 suffered a slashed arm while breaking a window and was treated at a hospital.
The Northern third of Indiana sees temperatures about 8 degrees above normal with highs near 76 to 80 and lows 55 to 59. Expect little week to week change and one half to one inch of precipitation in showers Tuesday or Wednesday and again Friday. Central and South Indiana run 2 to 4 degrees above normal with highs 78 to 81 and lows 55 to 59. Minor temperature shifts and precipitation around three fourths inch west to a quarter inch or less east midweek.
CAPE CANAVERAL June 3 The space hero Alan B Shepard Jr waits for the next American orbital mission. Promised the role as America's next orbiting astronaut he anxiously paces as the country prepares to launch beyond sub orbital flights.
Twelve Slade School students carve 40 pound rindless cheese blocks for a competition as discussions unfold on NASA leadership and Alan Shepard. Analysts describe Shepard as a coldly efficient, emotionally restrained figure likened to an “ice cube” or “human computing machine” amid Mercury program debates.
June issue features John A. Mayer of Mellon National Bank and Trust Company on its cover. Mayer, a Terre Haute native, became Pittsburgh bank chief in 1959 after joining in 1951. He previously led Reliance Life Insurance and studied at Wharton.
Mrs. Anna Mildred Mayrose aged 50 suffered neck and back injuries in a Sunday three vehicle crash in front of 715 North Sixth Street. She rode with husband Richard A Mayrose 51, who was northbound when struck from behind by Danny E King 17. King then hit Gary W Schomer 17, and all three drivers escaped injury.
Indiana logged twenty one traffic deaths during the four day Memorial Day period with five fatalities on Sunday. The weekend saw multiple crashes across the state including a fatality in Washington at U S 50 and Huron and another near Kokomo on U S 31. Additional victims occurred in Grabill and Frankfort areas with injuries and fatalities linked to crashes on busy roads. The count compares to twenty three last year and fifteen forecast by officials.
John E. Brewer died in a French Lick nursing home Friday night three months after his 100th birthday. Services will be held Tuesday. His widow, 90, survives. Michigan’s Bill Buntin, a sophomore, was the Big Ten’s top rebounder last season with 1216 rebounds.
Nancy Tuckerman, a former Miss Portier’s School roommate and New York travel agent, takes over White House social duties from Letitia Baldrige who resigns to join the Kennedy family in Chicago. Baldrige moves to the Merchandise Mart starting July 1.
A local attorney from Marshall Batman and Day was elected to the board of district directors of the Indiana University School of Law Alumni Association. Karl J. Kolger of Richmond was elected president, succeeding Robert A. Lucas of Gary.
The 1962 63 slate includes Carl D Overman of Indianapolis as vice president and Len E Bunger Jr of Bloomington as secretary treasurer. Day heads the slate with Frank among the district directors elected.
Roman of Gary, Joseph Carey of Lafayette, Lloyd Wampler of Plymouth, Paul Steigmeyer of Fort Wayne, Elwood H Hillis of Kokomo, Rabb Emison of Vincennes, Magnus F Heubi of Jeffersonville, Arthur King of Columbus, Jack Buckles of Muncie, John Wooling of Indianapolis.
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