Draft Dodgers Tale: Exile in Windsor and Canada
Len Grannemann, a Vietnam draft dodger from Missouri, lives in Windsor near the Detroit River seeking safety from arrest. He recalls his childhood, gradual disillusion with the war, and his decision to seek asylum in Canada where he built a new life, remarried, and pursued education while working in social services.
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Windsor
Ont
Len Grannemann
Detroit
Canada
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Arrest
Washington
Grannemann
Hornrim
Ambassador Bridge
Missouri
Virgil
Richard M. Nixon
Leo's
Elks Hall
Leo Meinershagen
Len
Leo
Ozark Foothills
Chappler's
Cooper Hill
Army Corps of Engineers
Wayne
America
Korea
Gasconade
Southwest Missouri State College
Springfield
Sigma Tau Gamma
Vietnam
Ft. Leonard Wood
Sault Ste Marie
Border Guard
Wellcome
Toronto
University of Windsor
Local Vital Statistics and Property Transfers
A compiled list from Superior and Circuit Courts includes divorces and annulments such as Mary M. Stone v Jack Stone and Michael V. Enochs v Sharon Enochs, along with numerous real estate transfers like Charles Brandenburg to Richard Stillwell and Jolby Uhler to Richard Forsythe. also recorded are births at St Anthony Hospital Watson and several property conveyances across Terre Haute and surrounding areas.
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Charles H. Brandenburg
Charlotte M. Erne
Norvin
Richard E. Stillwell
Idaho Place
Richard Kent Reidenbach
John H. McClure
Jeffrey A. Goltry
Arthur L. Nicoson
Lashbrook
Jolby C. Uhler
Richard T. Forsythe
Deerfield
William J. Chance
Jack I. Russell
Dresser Place
Isladd
Theodore R. Pearson
Hildred A. Winn
Harrison Place
Sylvia Ann Long
Elizabeth Fields
Sycamore Knolls Inc
Pandeli Anas
Sycamore Knolls
Delores M. Geddes
William E. Dole Jr
Lincolnshire
Wanda Tate
Clarence Perchman
C. Probst
Faye M. Baker
Jack J. Alvey
Frank H. Wey
Carl A. Pension
Everett Loveau
Bessie Jeffers
Glayds E. Kerr
John W. Dupin
Dve
Seelyville
Ruth R. Gruenholz
King Stores Inc
Terre Haute Basket Corp
Charles L. Barnhart
Sylvia L. Boyll
Eastwood
Lavina B. Funcannon
Gregory L. Detro
Gregory A. Jeffers
Couple Hurt In Downtown Collision
Two local residents were injured in a two car crash at the intersection of 8th and Ohio Streets Saturday morning. Joseph Collingsworth, 67, and his wife Mary, 65, were treated at St. Anthony's Hospital and released. Mrs Collingsworth required extraction by Terre Haute firefighters with a cutting torch. The other driver's name was not available at press time.
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8Th and
Ohio Sts
Joseph Collingsworth
S. 10Th St
St. Anthony's Hospital
Joseph
Mary
Hopstal
Collingsworths
Eighth St
Ohio St
Collingsworth
Terre Haute
Express Train Brakes Inference Contradicts Driver Claims
Brevity notes show witness Brewington saying no brakes were applied and engineer did not react. U S Transportation official and Mount Vernon officials discuss brake testing and possible human error while passengers describe the aftermath of the collision.
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Brewington
C. D. Shearer
U.S. Transportation Department
Mount Vernon
Thomas Delaney
United Transportation Union
Margaret Cables
West Haven
Conn
Alexander Leggat
Whitley County REC seeks 951000 loan for new facilities
Whitley County Rural Electric Membership Corporation filed a petition with the Indiana Public Service Commission requesting authority to borrow 951000 dollars to fund construction of additional facilities across its six county service area.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Whitley County Rural Electric Membership Corporation
Indiana Public Service Commission
Boys State Governor's Review Friday to be Attended
James Abraham and Robert Konkle will attend the Governor Bowen review at Boys State alongside Mayor Brighton and President Rankin. The event will showcase special schools on law speech legislation journalism and the State Police during the week.
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James Abraham
Bowen
Robert Konkle
Indiana State Police
Brighton
Rankin
Teacher Drowns While Swimming on Farm Pond near Portersville
In Dubois County near Portersville Indiana teacher Robert Harris 25 from Jasper drowned after cramps while swimming in his father’s pond to cool off from mowing grass Harris taught at Ireland school and was the son of Mr and Mrs Walter Harris.
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Portersville
Ind
Dubois County
Robert Harris
Jasper
Harris
Ireland
Walter Harris
Train Collision Near Greencastle Injures Five
Five people were treated and released from a Greencastle hospital after a Penn Central train rear collided with a tank train. The caboose passengers were in the caboose when the front train pulled onto a side track to let the other pass five miles northwest of Greencastle near the Hendricks Putnam county line. Two Penn Central cars derailed and the caboose separated.
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Greencastle
Ind
Penn Central
Here
Hendricks
Putnam County
Mrs Goering Dies
Emmy Goering aged 80 widow of Hermann Goering died in a Munich hospital Friday after a brief illness, ending a long life tied to the Nazi era and her husband the Luftwaffe commander.
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Munich
Germany
UPI
Emmy Goering
Hermann Goering
First-Time Voters Target Indiana 1974 Campaign
Indiana Republicans and Democrats outline efforts to mobilize first-time voters in the 1974 election with Birch Bayh aiming for a third Senate term. Plans include doubling GOP college clubs, joint high school seminars, voter registration drives, and youth outreach initiatives amid a historically low turnout in 1972.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
U.S
Edwin J. Simcox
Republican State Central Committee
Birch Bayh
Bayh
Gordon St. Angelo
Simcox
Young Republican Federation
Steve Powell
Young Democrats
Pentecostal Catholics fill Notre Dame campus in faith filled gathering
Twenty thousand Bible carrying Pentecostal style Catholics converge at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend for a weekend of prayer and celebration. Observers note joyful greetings and scenes of faith from campus paths to a stadium service despite a disruptive intruder who was escorted out.
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South Bend
Ind
Alexandria
University of Notre Dame
Greg Bonner
Jesus
Marion Ratti
Toronto
Canada
University Stadium
Brezhnev Visit Aims At New Soviet U S Agreements
Soviet leader Brezhnev plans a June 18 26 trip to Washington with talks on oceanographic and cultural exchanges an amended civil air transport accord and possible agricultural deals. Officials weigh SALT prospects amid Watergate fallout while Houston Skylab events loom and Nixon hosts at San Clemente.
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Washington
UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Nixon
Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
William P. Rogers
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Soviet Union
Henry M. Jackson
D Wash
Russia
Manned Spaceflight Center
Houston
White House
San Clemente
Hartke Warns Penn Central Collapse Threatens Nation
Sen Vance Hartke warned Congress this month must act to save Penn Central and prevent a national rail disaster. He proposed a 62.5 million federal aid package, with 17 million disaster loan help, 16 million under a rail act, and Amtrak and ICC support totaling 27.5 million. The Penn Central trustees seek a July 2 extension to file a liquidation plan.
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Washington
Vance Hartke
Congress
Penn Central Railroad
Hartke
Hoosier Democrat
Illinois
Atlantic Ocean
Penn Central
Senate
Amtrak
Passenger Rail Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Notices From Vigo Circuit Court Adoption and Estate Actions
Vigo County notices outline adoption petition for minor Bradley Andrew Bridges and abandonment claim against Rebecca Ann Bridges. Administrative appointments announce John A Kesler as administrator for Mary Sedden Salvador estate with six month claims period. Executor qualification notices name Rea Rourke as executrix for Milton C Frazer estate with six month deadline.
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State of Indiana
Vigo
Bradley Andrew Bridges
Rebecca Ann Bridges
Clifford Campbell
Edna Campbell
Circuit Court
Vigo County
Indiana
Mary Sedden Salvador
John A. Kesler
Tere Haute
Leland Larrison
County of
Miltom C. Frazer
Rea Rourke
Ilton C. Frazer
Terre Haute
Everett
Everett and
McDonald
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The
Atlantic Monthly
David M. Shoup
Marine Corps
Len Gran- ‘Nemann
Midwest
New York
Washington, D. C
Martin Luther King
Robert Kennedy
Pac
West Point
Army
Union, Mo
Superior Court
General Finance Loan Co
Richard Snow
Mildred Snow
Beecher Aand Kite
Mary M. Stone
Jack J. Stone
Robert Walke
Mary Overway
Norman Overway
Ralph Berry
Antoinette Grady
Roman Delgado
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Elbert Lerner
Berry, Miller and Wright
Jennifer Jo Tarkovich
Terry Ray Tarkovich
Marshall
Batman
Day
Swango
Margaret McDaniel
John Allen McDaniel
Michael V. Enochs
Sharon K. Enochs
McCormick and
Blumberg
Senta Hagerman
Russell Cheesman
Betty Eliane Cheesman
Beecher
Kite
Steven Jay Atterson
West Terre Haute
Joyce Lee Kelsheimer
Clinton
Felix Grimes Jr
Prairieton
Sonja Kay Bees
Harlan Court
Thomas Lee Reese
Billie Jean Grindle
Brazil
Booksberry
Charles
Lafayette Ave
Kleiber
Rance
8Th Ave
Tippy
Kenneth
10Th St
Ridinger
Thomas
Jasonville
Barnett
Robert
St. Anthony Hospital
Watson
Loren
Monterey
Michael Shane Newsome
Louisville
New York City
Children’s Zoo
Hortense Myers
Democratic Party
George W. Cornell
By Nicholas Dniloff
Sen. Hartke
Thomas Jefferson
Government Securities
UPD
Us Treasury
First Boston Corp. New York
Treasury
First Boston Corp
U. S. Treas
Jiy
Jly
Jivy
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