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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1969
Page
6
Johnson County jury failed to reach a verdict in the second murder trial of Varderman Shack. Prosecutors said he will be tried again for a third time after a lengthy deadlock following the delayed trial due to surgery.
An old advertisement for a 4 pattern caftan knit kit promoted as easy stitchery. It lists pattern 800 with sizes S to L and a size 12 bust 34, plus mailing and handling charges. Includes contact: Laura Wheeler, Terre Haute Tribune Needlecraft Dept., Box 161, New York.
The Commerce Department says the Boeing 747, the largest airliner, will be part of the U S exhibit at the Paris show this week. Secretary Maurice Stans calls it one of two top attractions alongside Apollo 8 and its spacecraft. The 316 foot aircraft completed transatlantic testing prior to display.
Burger appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to seek confirmation as chief justice of the United States amid outside protest outside the hearing. Reies Lopez Tijerina led a protest in the hallway, urging a revival of citizen arrest as a check on police brutality.
Housewives in Hawcoat Estates petition the courts to stop Gerard McMeekin from building a service station near their luxury homes. McMeekin threatens to build a 400 pigsty on the site if the plan proceeds.
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller said his Latin America fact finding tour was a tremendous success in learning what people think despite anti U S demonstrations. He cited sharp focus on Latin American sentiments and reaffirmed plans to continue the presidential mission even as some stops faced violence and curtailed visits.
Biafran military spokesmen said rebel forces pressed toward the federal stronghold of Port Harcourt. Despite heavy resistance, secessionist troops reportedly moved forward north of the city, which had been in Biafran hands.
McCart among 10 indicted by the Putnam County grand jury for alleged irregularities at the State Farm. He faces charges tied to the claimed theft of 170 pounds of meat from the Putnamville institution during 1968. Whitcomb accepted a resignation McCart says was not valid. Hardin acts as interim commissioner.
A three alarm fire at a Kansas City building killed six members of one family and injured others. Firefighters battled 11 companies and 25 water streams, while residents and police evacuated 80 to 100 people. The blaze started in an abandoned rear elevator shaft and caused heavy third floor charring with first and second floors damaged by smoke and water.
Worcester Holy Cross College aimed for 650 freshmen but sent acceptances to more. About 780 accepted students submitted $100 deposits by the deadline. Officials cite campus calm and student voice reforms as reasons for the higher acceptance rate and plans for student voting members on tenure committees.
Bara Smith, 19, wife of the man who leapt from the third floor, and an unidentified girl police believe is the Smiths’ daughter are connected to the case.
In Cape Town police officer Vernon Smit killed a venomous yellow cobra near neighbor W. Watling’s home as Watling’s children played in the yard. Watling repaid the debt the next day by killing another yellow cobra found in the kitchen.
The State Board of Finance approved a loan of $9,000 from the Post War Revolving Fund to Monroe City to aid construction of a sanitary sewage system and its treatment facilities for the Godden family children Lee, 5, and Scarlet, 3, and Mrs. Bar cilities.
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