12 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1967
Page
1
Multiple obituaries announced for Sadie Malooley Barbara Minor Selda Waggoner Thomas Haverty Ida Ratcliffe and others. Reports list survivors, church affiliations, funeral home details and burial sites across Terre Haute Bloomingdale Dana Coalmont Clinton and Carlisle with services scheduled or pending.
Indiana expects average temperatures near normal with highs 80 to 87 and lows 58 to 65. A cooler turn is possible by Friday with light precipitation totals of 0.5 to 1 inch in scattered showers and thunderstorms. Illinois shows near normal temperatures with highs 82 to 90 and lows in the 60s, with several showers and thundershowers likely totaling over an inch.
Indiana State Police scuba divers searched Dietz Lake southeast of Terre Haute for 15 year old Ralph Nieft believed drowned after being last seen on a raft in 20 feet of water Sunday afternoon. Nieft is the son of Kenneth and unnamed Nieft and vacationing with family near Margaret Avenue housing project.
Attorney Craig takes over after Terre Haute lawyer Allen withdrew. Former governor back in Indiana to practice in Brazil. Letter to Vigo County Schools superintendent invites meeting to align project with design, cost, and speed goals.
The court overrules use of bugging and drops devices while noting a blanket NY statute granting eavesdropping permission without proper judicial safeguards. Justice Clark warns electronic eavesdropping is a key enforcement tool but must respect home privacy as a fundamental rule.
Alfred E. Shopmeyer 65 of Bluebird Drive died after a heart attack at his home, later at Union Hospital. Survived by widow Gertrude, two sons James C. Shopmeyer and Joseph E. Shopmeyer, one brother, six grandchildren. He led Reiman Building Materials Co and held Elks and Masonic memberships. Funeral plans announced with memorials by Elks Lodge No. 86 and Callahan Funeral Home.
Mrs Etta Baxter 62 was found dead in her home after not being seen for two days. An autopsy was ordered by Vigo County Coroner Dr Ferguson. She leaves four sisters Jules Julbert Brasil Albert Kuhn Terre Haute Dorriss Cunningham Los Angeles and Rosebud McGrew Snyder. Burial in Calvary Cemetery with services at Cross Funeral Home conducted by Gerry Grevin.
Saturday morning the city pools opened to the public with a large turnout, announced Terre Haute park superintendent Jack Watson. The Red Cross and the YMCA will offer free swimming lessons, with enrollment information available from Glenn Miller or the head lifeguard at the pools.
Autauga County officers arrest Carmichael after a gunfight erupts near the Negro First Baptist church in Prattville. Police say Carmichael threatened officers and said, We came here to tear this town up. Several officers were wounded and Carmichael was taken into custody as shots rang out and a long gun battle followed.
U S pilots destroyed ten Red jets in the Corps area adjoining North Vietnam. In the battles near the DMZ U S and allied forces reported three dead and 65 wounded. Communists fired about 400 mortar and artillery shells at Marine and Army positions, with 47 Marines wounded. B 52 raids resumed over South Vietnam's north.
After a month long pause in strikes over Quang Tri Province North Vietnamese surface to air missiles near the DMZ prompted the halt. The report notes two years of B52 raids with no bomber losses and attributes the stoppage to the new threat against high flying Stratoforts.
Lory A C Hays 69 former president of Parke State Bank died at his Phoenix Arizona home after several months illness Arrangements are pending at Barnes Mortuary Rockville He retired in 1960 after 45 years in banking and held affiliations with Greenwood Hope Os good Trafalgar Memorial Christian Church Parke County Masonic Lodge IOOF OES Surviving are his widow Jessie a son John daughter Janet Helton sister Irene Lawson and six grandchildren.
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