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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
1
A jet airliner crashes in France killing 130 people and leaving two survivors. The disaster, reported by Rodney Angove, highlights a catastrophic aviation accident with victims from multiple locations including Atlanta.
Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen arrived in Paris to help identify 130 victims of the Air France Boeing 707 crash at Orly Field. He accompanied by Edwin Stern and met Air France and Paris officials as he arranged transport home. He mourned “the elite of Atlanta” and said he would stay until families are notified.
A Paris airport airliner crash killed 130 on Sunday impacting Terre Haute families. Mrs. Emily Bartholomai and Delbert Paige with his wife were linked to Terre Haute residents. Paige, president of the Atlanta Art Society, and his wife plus Mrs. Bartholomai were in an Atlanta cultural tour group.
Sullivan Indiana June 4 UPD Leslie Irvin testified at his second murder trial that a lie detector test in six gun deaths was called inconclusive by a police detective. He described his arrest on April 8 1955 and a foodless day of questioning during a trip for the test. He said Detective Wendolyn Opal called the test inconclusive. Defense sought to hear Irvin’s taped confession from April 12 1955.
Atlanta reels after an Air France charter jet crashed on takeoff in Paris, killing 130 aboard and 121 members of the Atlanta Art Association. The tragedy touches elite circles, families, and civic life. Mayor Hartsfield calls it the greatest since the Civil War. President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy send condolences.
Indiana State College capped graduation week with a packed baccalaureate in the Student Union Building. More than 700 seniors heard Rev. Joseph W. Baus as President Raleigh Holmstedt led services and scripture. Graduation events continue June 9 and 10 with Alumni Senior Day convocation and the Ninety-first Annual Commencement on Sunday evening.
Chicago June 4 The nations railroads said they accepted a presidential commission recommendation granting a 10.2 cents per hour wage increase for 450000 non operating employees.
The U S Weather Bureau reports a partly cloudy day with scattered thunderstorms possible. Highs reach the low 80s to upper 80s, lows in the 60s, with little temperature change tonight. River stage 4.1 ft and falling. sunrise 5 24, sunset 8 13.
California voters face former Vice President Richard Nixon seeking the Republican nomination less than 19 months after his 1960 loss. Massachusetts hosts the Kennedy McCormack battle at the state convention while other primaries stretch from Iowa to Mississippi and CT conventions. Nixon has a Los Angeles practice after his 1960 bid and had announced a 1964 governor run.
Villeneuve le Roi resident Ra fael Garcia remembers the Air France Boeing 707 failing to take off at Orly Field. He heard an engine sound of desperation and watched the crash and ensuing explosion from his nearby home on Runway 26.
Approximately 200 U S troops from the 8th Field Artillery of the 25th Division based at Schofield Barracks Oahu were flying to Thailand today according to an Army spokesman and reported in Honolulu dated June 4.
Excavations reveal evidence that civilization in India's Indus Valley dates to at least 5,000 years ago. Researchers say the findings push back the known timeline of urban development in this region.
A Thor missile malfunction halted a U S high altitude nuclear detonation above Johnston Island. The warhead fell into the Pacific and sank. Officials said no danger to Johnston Island personnel or others in the mid Pacific test zone. The countdown began at 4 45 am EST and was halted 100 seconds before detonation.
Fifty-one graduates of Indiana State College Laboratory High School receive diplomas at the fifty-third annual commencement in Sycamore theater at 6 o clock. Four speakers address future citizenship with titles Shall Our Gratitude Sleep Easy to Lead No Man is an Island Two Roads Diverged. Principal Dr Har ley M Lautenschlager presides, introducing Max P Gabbert and Raleigh W Holmstedt.
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