Ammunition Depot Blast Kills Five Men
An explosion at the Iowa Army Ammunition Depot in Burlington killed five men, all in a warehouse storing land mines. Four named victims were Gary Wayne Lawrence, Gary Raymond Young, Robert L. Walker, and Willis Bogan Henson. a fifth name was withheld. The blast damaged tile walls and roof, with no major damage to adjacent buildings. The plant employs more than 7,600 people on a 20,000 acre site seven miles west of Burlington. This was the third blast at the depot in just over a year, following earlier incidents in June 1967 and May 1967. The plant is operated for the Army by Mason and Hangar-Silas Mason Co. Inc., of Lexington, Kentucky.
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Burlington
Iowa
George Mathes
Gary Wayne Lawrence
Lomax, Ill
Gary Raymond Young
Keokuk
Robert L. Walker
Willis Bogan Henson
Stronghurst
Mathes
Mason and Hangar
Silas Mason Co., Inc
Lexington
Three Charged with Malicious Destruction in City Court
Brazil High School music teacher James A. Clausen 22 and Rose Poly Institute students Richard H. Kerr 23 Kent W. Keys 20 appeared in city court Friday on malicious destruction charges. Police say they caused 35 dollars in damage to a park slide after pulling it from a car and driving it around Collett Park.
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Brazil
Rose Polytechnic Institute
James A. Clausen
Richard H. Kerr
Kent W. Keys
6Th St
Collett Park
Dallas Mother First Woman Transplant
The first heart transplant in a woman began at Parkland Hospital Dallas by University of Texas surgeons. Esther Matthews 41 a Dallas mother of five died four hours after the operation. The donor was Bobby Blocker a 26 year old from Euless. The heart functioned about 90 minutes then failed for unknown reasons. The procedure was the world’s 21st and seven recipients survive in various cities.
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Dallas, Tex
Dallas
Parkland Hospital
Esther Matthews
University of Texas’ Southwestern Medical School
Bobby Wayne Blocker
Euless
Tex
Blocker
Watts Webb
Thoracic and
Vacation Bible School Holds Torch Motto At First Assembly
The Vacation Bible School at First Assembly of God 2210 N 13th St opens Monday June 10 and runs through June 21 from 9 to 11 30 a.m. The program is for toddlers to teens and carries the motto Hold High the Torch.
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First Assembly of God
N. 13Th St
Four More Hoosier Youths Die In Water Tragedies
The Associated Press reports four additional drowning deaths in Indiana Friday, raising two day toll to seven. Rodney Richards eight and Bryant Ross five of East Chicago drowned in a sand pit water hole near a Gary cement plant. A fourth teen Doris Robinson fourteen from Bristol died after a rescuer Roger Fry fourteen from Bristol was saved. Richards and Ross bodies recovered from fifty feet deep water. Nathaniel Buckley seventeen disappeared after going under in a park pond in Elkhart. A separate incident left another teen dead in the St Joseph River. the victim Nathan Buckley remains unrecovered. Three teens drowned in separate accidents Thursday.
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Doris Robinson
Bristol
Roger Fry
St. Joseph
Fry
Elkhart
Nathaniel Buckley
Elders ordained at North Indiana Conference service
Six elders were ordained in a special service at the annual session of the United Methodist North Indiana Conference. Named were Revs. Macklyn E. Bradish Greenfield Richard P. Doughty Noblesville James E. Hamilton Fountain City Chester A. Mayflower Jr. Anderson Robert E. Priest Fort Wayne and Kenneth C. Swan Mount Etna.
Local Vital Statistics Court Entries and Birth Notices
Vigo Circuit Court lists cases including Marjorie J Hiatt versus William J Cochran for dependent support and various divorce actions in Vigo Superior Court. The notice also records numerous property transfers and births across Terre Haute and West Terre Haute, with many entries showing names ages addresses and newborns.
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Marjorie J. Hiatt
William J. Cochran
Ralph Berry
Vigo County
Woman in serious condition after gunshot wound
A northside woman Alita Butterman age 47 of 4611 Hendricks Ave was listed in serious condition Saturday at Union Hospital after a Friday night gunshot wound to the left shoulder. She was admitted around 10 p m and is in the intensive care unit as investigators probe the case.
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Union Hospital
Alita Butterman
Hendricks Ave
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A. Patrick Malloy
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Charles W. Engelland
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Billy Joe Bland
Geneva Owens
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Hazel E. Moench
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Albert M. Carson
Deming
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Pearl I. Frantz
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Coal City
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Abrams
Dennis
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St. Anthony Hospital
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Oakland Ave
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Hymera
Hiatt
Byron
Whitlock
Harold
Thomas
Mark
Fairbanks
Clark County
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