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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1972
Page
5
A succession of obituaries from Linton to Brazil reports deaths of Everett Osterhage James Schmitt Ted Block Leonard Renaker Olga Firebaugh Chester Schrader Lydia Falconbury Florence Manwearing Thomas Seay and others. The notices list ages towns and burial plans with services at churches and funeral homes and notes military or civic affiliations where given.
The article outlines a proposed education package calling for college grants, aid to desegregate schools, and a national education institute. It notes the bill's funding ceilings, the need for separate appropriations, and a near tie in votes along party lines with civil rights liberals and Southern opponents split over busing provisions.
Boston Mayor Kevin H. White kept a pledge made four years earlier to his weekend chauffeur Dennis Austin of Somerville. On Thursday the mayor went to City Hall, picked up the limousine, and drove Austin to his University of Massachusetts at Boston commencement.
The Senate confirmed George P. Shultz 83 to 0 to succeed John Connally as Treasury secretary. Shultz, 51, previously Labor secretary and director of the OMB, is a Nixon adviser and former dean at the University of Chicago Business School. The Finance Committee backed him May 25 amid GOP delay over Kleindienst nomination.
A car veered off a Posey County road and overturned in a creek Thursday night. The passenger, Bert Hendrick, 62, of Mount Vernon, died. The driver, Ralph Coburn, 50, also of Mount Vernon, was injured.
The Associated Press reports Indiana traffic fatalities reached 593 on June 9, one day after marking 653 deaths in the previous year. Officials note trends show fluctuating annual totals with ongoing road-safety campaigns and enforcement efforts to reduce fatalities.
Kenneth R R Bidwell, 61, of Greenville Ohio, died in a two truck collision that occurred on Interstate 70 near Richmond. The crash involved a car veering off a road four miles southeast of Mount Vernon and ending in three feet of water. He was arrested earlier on public intoxication charges.
Council members spar over a 5000 park study amid city bus and sidewalk needs. Cemetery funding faces a 40 percent rise and potential September fund exhaustion. New measures propose zoning changes, traffic control, and capital improvements for Gilbert Park and other streets.
Ohioans will see a remnants day sale starting June 16 at 25 state stores. Prices drop by 1 to 5 dollars on 137 items as stock is moved out below cost to raise about 2.5 million dollars.
The county home seeks a $20,000 county contribution to start a summer building addition for 25 girls at Glenn Home. Rev Ival Lane reports current 17 girls under 15 are cramped in a former infirmary. bidders will award construction with Shelton Hannig donating initial sketches. The United Fund grant will be shared among agencies aiding children under 16 the elderly and the crippled.
The speaker said the estimate was off and the low bidder caused changes. He noted 37 line items were checked item by item and a revised request to the Federal government would allow use of funds as planned.
From March 25 to May 31, 1971, Chief Deputy Sheriff J. J. Crippen suffered amnesia and disappeared. After regaining memory, he called his son from Pensacola and asked to be taken home. Sheriff Sanford Jordan said Crippen is missing again and was last seen driving his car through Winnfield. He had served 15 years as deputy.
Uhler said they can proceed with the low bidder without readvertising. Gordon Johnson can cut items from a total of 632,923.35 to meet the 590,000 federal allocation for the project.
Princess Margaret of England arrived at the British military garrison amid a 21 gun salute and rifle volleys from a massed infantry brigade. She was accompanied by Prince Louis Ferdinand and Lord Mayor Klaus Schuetz on the Thursday visit.
The 64 to 19 Senate confirmation makes Richard G. Kleindienst the nation’s top law enforcer after a four month fight. Democrats challenged ties to big business and a settlement of ITT antitrust suits, with 24 days of hearings cited in the final vote.
Jerry Lewis has expanded his new theater concept to 122 theaters in the United States Puerto Rico and Canada. Saturday is the only day of the week named for a Roman god. It was named for Saturn.
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