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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1962
Page
13
Budget relief for individuals is proposed to spur growth by encouraging spending in stores, auto sales, housing, and services. The plan shifts focus from business incentives to direct consumer relief with effects varying by income brackets and timing tied to Congress.
Four Vigo County divorces granted Monday in two superior courts. Linda Jane McKee receives custody of their child with $10 weekly support for Dave McKee. Josephine M Price and Ernest C Price are divorced. Robert David Dean and Martha Dean split. Rozier former name restored. Mary Jane Smith and Everett L Smith divorce. Smith’s former name Farris restored.
Stocks eased in a very quiet session with American and Midwest shares down. Cotton futures held steady while grains traded in Chicago. Wheat corn oats rye soybeans and lard futures were irregular. Hogs rose to 25 higher, cattle edged down, sheep gained as dressed beef held firm.
Bradbury K Thurlow of Winslow Cohn and Stetson says a view that the market is in a prolonged bear phase would ease expectations. He suggests May 29 laws near 554 and May 31 at 625 form barriers to any sustained rise. Value Line sees growth in business machines but warns steady growth differs from infinite gains. J W Sparks and Co pegs 580-585 as a potential low, yet shows near term upside potential.
New York June 11 stocks declined slowly in morning trading with fractional losses. Steel shares mixed while motors and oils slid slightly with Socony Mobil down 1. Chemicals eased and Kodak and Du Pont dipped. Dow industrials at noon 599.30 down 2.22, rails 125.98 down 0.54, utilities 113.30 down 0.65, stocks 207.36 down 0.89.
Billy F. Roach, 27, Starkville Miss, held on 3000 bond after being arrested as a fugitive from justice in Sedgwick County Kansas on issuing a fraudulent 40 dollar check to the First National Bank of Wichita. His case was continued until June 21.
Trucker Claude R. LeMay appeared before Justice of the Peace Easton in West Terre Haute after an arrest on State Road 150 in Shirkieville. He was found guilty of overweight on a single axle truck and fined $18 plus costs and $5 for the motor vehicle fund totaling $42.75.
Registration for the Girl Scouts intermediate day camp at Camp Maumee closes Friday at noon. No registrations will be accepted after Friday.
Raymond Ross aged 25 of 621 La Fayette avenue pleaded guilty to public intoxication driving while under the influence a traffic light violation and five stop sign offenses and was fined 108 50 and sentenced to 15 days jail with a one year license suspension. Anderson Redman Lawson 41 of 41 was fined 114 50 after pleading guilty to intoxication and DUI and had license suspended for one year.
Numerous individuals face intoxication charges with varied penalties from fines to bonds. Names include Mrs Craft, Spellman, Herman McCracken, Sarah Cooper, Everett Dickerson, Willie Merrit, Theodore Hedges, Sandra Summer, Charles Carson, Russell Darnell, Larry Niece, Dale Stewart, Shirley Nadin, Franklin Payton, Gary Streeter, and Joseph Riseman. Amounts range from small fines to $500 bond with multiple traffic violations cited. Dickerson pleads not guilty and Riseman surrenders license while awaiting the June 29 advisory.
New York markets report at 1 o’clock Eastern Time lists daily averages and a wide breadth of stock listings. Industrial and rail indices show declines. trading volume reached 1,460,000 shares with extensive quotes for Abbott Labs, Coca-Cola, General Motors, IBM, Exxon, and many others.
Amid rising tensions in Algiers, Premier Ben Khedda plans a solemn declaration to Europe's settlers about their role in Algeria's future. The secret army backs independence despite losses as a wave of arson damages schools and offices. Gunmen robbed major sites including a casino in the capital.
Weekend breaks around the city left several scenes investigated by police. Carl Rhoades reported his service station at 1241 Hulman Street had a pry attempt on a cigarette machine. a damaged cash register and scattered papers were found. Ray Short's Service Station at Ninth and One-half and Poplar streets saw a pried cigarette machine with cigarettes on the floor. Leroy Taylor of 334 North Twelfth Street reported a trailer burglary netting about 25 dollars in canned goods and four shirts. Roesch and Burman Foundry at 935 North Tenth Street noted a forced rear door, tampered cash register, but beverages were the only missing items. Capital Paper Co. at 949 North Tenth Street had a rear door lock pried off in an attempted entry.
Chicago and Indianapolis market summaries report hogs firm to higher with 190-350 lb ranges and cattle steady to weak, alongside Evansville and New York egg and dairy notes. Crops and poultry move varied, with feed prices and butter steady, while sheep listings reflect mixed demand across regions.
Livestock sales totaled 500 hogs with No 1 and No 2 grade hogs chiefly 190 to 220 pounds at 16.00 to 16.25 dollars. 220 to 260 pounds bring 15.50 to 16.00 dollars, 260 to 300 pounds 14.50 to 15.50, sows around 300 pounds about 13.50 and down. Markets steady.
Robert Edwin Mattingly CSC of Gibault School marks twenty five years in the Congregation of Holy Cross with a High Mass at the School Chapel. Fellow clergy and family attended the Mass and banquet. Edwin, born in Indianapolis, is an ornithology enthusiast and longtime National Audubon Society member.
Archbishop Hallihan orders desegregation of 71 Atlanta archdiocesan schools effective Sept 1 1962. Local Catholic leaders pastors and officials express support noting a gradual peaceful shift mirroring earlier integration in Atlanta public schools. The move follows New Orleans archdiocese’s broader integration trend and is supported by Mayor Ivan Allen Jr and Judge Sam P McKenzie.
Two drivers sustained minor injuries in separate Sunday crashes. Harold Crynes, 35, injured when his car struck a tree on Sixth avenue near Eleventh street, remains in fair condition at Union Hospital. Ivan Russell Wentz, 31, injured after a three car collision at Third and Ohio, reported neck and back pain. Merlin H. Whitehead, 48, driving the first car, allegedly lost brakes. Reynolds, 19, was rear ended. The other drivers were uninjured.
On June 11 at Palisades Amusement Park in Fort Lee New Jersey curious crowds gathered after a loudspeaker announcement claimed Caroline Kennedy would visit the administration building. The child turned out to be a Jersey City girl four years old among 53 children separated from parents at the park.
Two 25 year old Armenians from Yerevan were sentenced to death for attempting to hijack a small plane to flee the Soviet Union. A third plotter was killed when the pilot intentionally crashed. Garegin Mevesesyan is named among the dead.
Rival Laotian factions agree on a 12 member cabinet with four from royalists four from Pathet Lao and four from neutralists. Quinim Pholsena would head foreign affairs and Phoumi Vongvichit would run the Information Ministry. Souvanna warned of possible rupture if no deal by June 15 and the West hopes a neutral Laos can emerge amid Cold War tensions with China and the United States involved in Southeast Asia.
The Terre Haute Park Board will hold a special 9 am Tuesday session at City Hall to hear Robert J. Crombie discuss prices personnel cleanliness and other pool operations for the city three new swimming pools. Mayor Ralph Tucker may attend at Sidney Levin's request. Pools expected to open Sunday June 24.
Fire damaged four Pennsylvania Railroad boxcars at the Kester and Eighth Avenue site Sunday night. Assistant Fire Chief Frank Klamt reported flooring burned out in one car and three others damaged. Pumper Companies 3 and 10 responded to the alarm.
Police investigated a burglary attempt at the Lawton-Byrum Post 972 VFW early Monday after an ADT alarm sounded at 3:15 am. A man fled as officers arrived, shots were fired, and an 18 year old woman, Frieda Pinkston, was found hiding in a rear car and held for investigation. Other thefts included cash and checks from Cassel's Cabin, three tires from a Roadway Express trailer, and small items taken from vehicles on nearby streets.
Washington June 11 backers press for a compromise to avert defeat of President Kennedy's medical care for the aged program. The House Ways and Means Committee 15-10 against the bill began two weeks of closed meetings as prospects dim for this year’s enactment.
A two year contract will be signed in Brazil between Arketex Ceramics officials and the United Brick and Clay Workers of America District Council No. 15. About 750 to 800 clay workers at three Arketex plants and the Ayer McCarel Clay Company plant are covered. The agreement runs two years with a wage provisions reopen option in year three. John Stelle, company president, and Phillip B Slack, Local 527 president, did not disclose wage details.
Wabash Valley Antique and Classic Car Club members meet Sunday for a motor tour to Paris Illinois with a basket supper in the Twin Lakes park. The motorcade assembles at 1 30 p m at West Terre Haute ball park and travels north along U S Highway 150.
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