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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1969
Page
2
John L. Lewis, famed advocate for workers, dies at 89 after leading battles with presidents and fellow labor leaders. The Associated Press recaps his lifelong fight for better conditions for the nation’s working class.
A long list of obituaries from Indiana towns reports deaths of Vera E. Long Grace Swearingen George Grubb James W. Douglas and others. It details ages addresses burial plans funeral homes officiants surviving relatives and calling hours across towns like Crawfordsville Waveland Brazil Carlisle Jasonville Hymera Sullivan Brazil Worthington and more.
The obituary details R. O. Lewis born February 12 1880 in Lucas Iowa to Welsh miner lineage. It traces his rise from coal digger to United Mine Workers president and his bold rhetoric linking labor rights to industrial freedom. He had a wife Myrta Edith Bell and daughters Kathryn and another child.
Overnight shellings raise totals to 1 391 wounded and 3 930 Communist deaths. Tra On attack near Saigon leaves 1 soldier and 2 civilians dead, 3 soldiers and 18 civilians wounded. U.S. helicopter gunners claim 42 guerrillas killed in Central Highlands ambush. 39 Communists killed near Saigon as U.S. troops report heavy fighting. Earlier Communist raid hits a U.S. base.
A pedestrian killed Wednesday night on Clinton Road two miles north of North Terre Haute remains unidentified. Sheriff's deputies report the victim to be Errol J. Derickson of 6528.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a package of loans grants and fund reservations on Wednesday night. Included is a reservation for 150 low rent homes at Brazil and related housing support measures.
John L Lewis is honored in the Eugene V Debs house at 451 North 8th Street Terre Haute. An upstairs room named after Lewis features a large photo portrait funded by the United Mine Workers of America. He was the first Eugene V Debs award recipient in 1965 for leadership in industrial unionism.
Indianapolis fund raiser for Senator Birch Bayh set for June 28 at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum. Proceeds to cover Bayh debt from 1968 re election campaign. Gaile Martin, Dean Martin’s daughter, also on the bill.
John Sinclair, longtime activist and Ann Arbor musician, begins a 30 day Oakland County jail term for assaulting a police officer. He was shaved before fingerprinting and photographing, drawing his complaint that the mock haircut mirrors harsher treatment of prisoners.
U S B52 bombers struck Viet Cong bivouacs on routes to Saigon and near Dak To in eight overnight raids. Five raids hit targets around Dak To where a North Vietnamese division is reported, with heavy fighting in the area. Two other missions hit positions southeast of Saigon and near Tay Ninh.
Health officials report venomous South American violin spiders discovered in Sierra Madre California. A group of about 50 spiders previously identified in Southern California prompted a block by block search plan after the new discovery under a sink in a women's clubhouse near Sierra Memorial Park where five public buildings were closed. Authorities are unsure how the spiders reached the Los Angeles suburb.
The Rev Jack Anderson of Sturgis Kentucky had two Indiana Securities Act charges dismissed and was never charged with theft as previously reported. Clay County Prosecutor John M Baumunk stated Anderson was never charged with theft.
Meters on Wabash and Ohio streets now allow two hours of parking instead of one. The devices accept nickels only, with no other coins or payment methods supported.
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