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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1959
Page
17
Joe H. Petty of the Terre Haute branch announces a drop of 186 in unemployment claims last week. Terre Haute reports 1,606 total claims, with 162 new 1,291 continued and 153 federally financed extended benefits. Indiana total claims fall to 29,806 while 1,031 new claims rise.
Walter Habdos, 56, of 1448 Ash Street, reported a footpad slugged him in the head and robbed his billfold near the Fourteenth and Plum streets intersection while walking from a tavern. He received head laceration treatment at Union Hospital and was later released. Habdos described the assailant as heavy set, wearing dark clothes and dirty in appearance. Salt Lake is described as the largest inland saltwater body in the Western Hemisphere, 75 miles long and 40 miles wide.
The Board of School Trustees of Terre Haute Indiana will receive sealed bids by 4 00 P M CDT on June 29 1959 for Lange School alterations at 1400 Lafayette Ave Terre Haute Ind Bids require 5 percent bid bonds or equivalent certified cashiers checks Drawing and specs at Yeager Architects 822 Ohio St, Terre Haute Deposit refundable 25 00 to bidders who submit bids and return documents in good condition within ten days after bids Bids may be rejected in part or all by the board
Announcements list calls for Terre Haute lodge meetings and related ceremonies. Also includes missing pet notices and small ads for nursing homes dressmaking and beauty services, with addresses and contact codes. Contains poetry submissions and a general call for favorite poems.
Numerous local ads seek college men for summer work in resorts and towns. Positions include five hour daily beach and recreation jobs with earnings over 100 dollars weekly, lawn care, carpenters and mechanics, office staff, sales, insurance, Sanivac service training, lathe operation, and barber work. Apply at specified addresses and hours. some require a car and references.
Elliott Roosevelt son of the late president was found not guilty by a 12-member jury in Scottsdale Arizona on a drunk driving charge. He testified he drank seven to eight cocktails but was not driving when officers found him slumped over the parked car and said he dozed off from fatigue. He described rough treatment by arresting officers and noted his breath tested .208, above the .150 threshold used in Arizona law.
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