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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1963
Page
3
Jerome Shenton and George Bernard Todd were hit by shotgun pellets while seated in a car outside Shenton's auto shop after a crude fire bomb targeted the business minutes earlier. A race-related disturbance drew 200 demonstrators who pelted responders before officers dispersed the mob.
The State FHA conclave opens Thursday at 8 a.m. in the Student Union west ballroom with the theme Guideposts for Progress. Miss Deedee Keller leads sessions. state adviser is Jane Johnson. assistant adviser is Mrs. Carlos Watson.
Governor Matthew E. Welsh urged Indiana bankers to consciously support economic growth and job creation for Hoosiers. He told a luncheon at the Indiana Bankers Association annual meeting that government should stay limited and banks must lead in the free enterprise system. He noted job growth is up but Indiana still trails the faster 1950s pace, with non farm jobs still lagging.
Cleopatra the costliest film ever made opens on Broadway with a $100 ticket world premiere. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton hold two tickets but are said to remain in London, prompting a police joke about martial law if they attend.
A July 19 trial date was set for Nancy C. Dillingham of Evansville, an Indiana University student arrested April 12 on a marijuana possession charge. The case is to be heard in Bloomington, Indiana, with the date announced on Tuesday.
At Hutchinson Kansas on June 12 the 137th Air National Guard Transport Company trains in a summer camp above a private pool club. Club members report heavy helicopter traffic over the pool area and note the dressing rooms have no roofs.
Medgar Evers was shot at his Jackson Mississippi home as his family reacted in fear. Police converged on the scene within minutes and neighbors were questioned as Mississippi Negroes mourned a prominent NAACP leader who preached peaceful, legal protest for equality.
Mt Pleasant Methodist Church schedules a week long vacation Bible School June 17 to 21 from 1 to 4 pm daily with a closing program June 21 at 7 pm for families. Rev. John Thrasher will give the invocation and missionary lessons. Directors are Eva M Heramd and Iris Mayes. Education chair Ruth Criss. Classes include pre school to youth with hand work and biblical studies. Teachers include Louise Chapman Mary A Couchman Mary Bettenbrook Carol Porter Rose Griffy Marian Orman Beatrice Richey Lorene Lawson Jane Kennedy Sharon Pigg Barbara Fuller Ruth Gosnell Virginia Miles Marcella Unger. Refreshments by Thelma Nattkemper Laura Rost and Marie Bettenbrock.
Temperatures in Indiana will rise Friday as another round of thundershowers moves through the state. The Weather Bureau says highs will remain below seasonal normals with scattered showers entering the northern third Thursday and spreading nationwide Friday.
U S Disarmament Director William C Foster predicts safe passage in the Senate for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union He backs American negotiators from his Washington office and says the Russians also want to end testing and would accept a system of inspections.
Washington reports the first of two air cargo flights carrying 20 000 pounds of medicines departed the United States to assist victims of cyclones and tidal waves in East Pakistan where the death toll reaches about 10 000.
President Kennedy declares a moral crisis and asks Congress to pass a civil rights program. Proposals include anti discrimination across stores and public venues, strengthened federal role in desegregation of schools, and expanded voting protections. Congressional leaders pledge action amid southern opposition warning of filibusters and violence.
Crowds gathered in Saigon on June 12 for memorial services for a Buddhist monk who burned himself to protest President Diem’s religious policies. Police blocked pagodas, allowed about 100 worshippers at a time, and one pagoda flew a five colored flag before order. Diem expressed regret and blamed extremists amid Buddhist anger and U.S. weapon aid condemnation.
Soviet sources say the USSR plans to launch the first woman into space possibly within days, aiming for a flight potentially eight days long. The unnamed cosmonaut is described as in her early 20s, un married, physically strong, and reportedly favored by cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev.
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