Deaths Grace Gibson and multiple locals noted
Grace Gibson 68 of 2506 N 134 St died at Meadows Manor Nursing Home at 10 47 p m Thursday She survived by two stepdaughters Opal Overton Terre Haute and Lucille Raehn Indianapolis one stepson Carl Gibson Brazil and several siblings and step grandchildren Funeral services at Thomas Funeral Home 10 30 a m Monday with burial at Roselawn Memorial Park Rev Loren Wooten officiating. Arrangements pending for Milton Gray 49 of 2432 Cleveland Ave pronounced dead at Union Hospital 1 45 a m Friday Survived by widow Gwendolyn three daughters Thelma Mildred Valda Jean all of Chicago Heights Ill two sons Milton Jr Michael both of Chicago Heights Ill two stepsons Mannasses Scott Kynaston Scott both at home mother Mrs Thelma Gray Chicago Heights Ill two sisters Daisy Bradford and Sally Pool Terre Haute M. P. 'Bill' Newport 84 of 327 S 18th St died at St Anthony Hospital Survived by widow Elizabeth brother Daniel sister Theresa Huber and daughter in law Mrs Richard Newport services 2 30 p m Saturday Callahan Funeral Home burial Roselawn Memorial Park Friends may call after 2 p m Friday etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Gibson
Meadows Mapor
Opal Overton
Terre Haute
Lucille Raehn
Indianapolis
Carshel Gibson
Brazil
Robert Moore
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles Moore
Deatroit
Mich
First Assembly of God Church
Thomas
Roselawn Memorial Park
Loren Wooten
Russell Funeral
forMilton Gray
Cleveland Ave
Union Hospital
Gwendolyn
Daughers
Thelma
Mildred
Valda Jean
Chicago Heights
Ill
Milton Jr
Michael
Manasseh and
Kynaston Scott
The
Bill’ Newport
S. 18Th St
St. Anthony Hospital
Winslow Scale Works
First United Methodist Church
EUB
Odd Fellows Lodge
Olive E. Pound
Harrison St
J. N. Hickman and Son Funeral
Donald Schedler
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Margaret Katterheinrich
8Th St
Dorcas Richart
Mary Stanley
Ball-Porter Funeral Home
Ollie Harrris
True Gospel ‘Tabernacle Church
Eliza Hunt
Grandview Cemetery
Bell and Bracken Funeral
Charles A. Neukom
Jefferson Barracks
the Cross Funeral Home
Charles Flory
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Lawrence J. Duck
S. 24Th St
Memorial United Methodist Church
Stratton No
F&am
Vermillion, Ill
Natl. Assn
Helen
Donald
Elmer City
Wash
Sharon Kay Mewhinney
Springfield
Maynard
Clinton
Ind
Joe Meneghini
Morgan St
Vermillion County Hospital
Ernesta
Angela
Anna Strain
Opal Reeves
Huntington
Malcolm
William
RR 2
Shelburn
John
Sullivan
Vera Turnbill
Clinton, Tenn
McHugh
Martin Storey
West “Te Cemetery
VFW Convention Sets 34 Matters for Action
The VFW plans a convention agenda including urging a national cemetery program with a cemetery in every state, supporting benefits for disabled veterans and their families, establishing a Department of Veterans Affairs, elevating the VA administrator to cabinet level, increased pay for armed forces, firm support of the Vietnam War, prosecution of those aiding North Vietnam, isolating Red China, protecting re employment rights, cemetery cleanups in Indiana, opposition to the Panama treaty, and return of the USS Pueblo crew. Highlights include religious service, business sessions, and officer installations, plus an open house at Lawton Byrum Post 972. Obituaries note services for Wallace L. Watson, Mable Osborn, and John Brazell with burial details and survivors.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Defense Department
Arlington
VFW
Congress
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans’ Affairs
Armed Services
North Vietnam
Red China
United Nations
U. N
Indiana
Panama
U. S
Panama Canal Zone
North Korea
Mayflower Room
Lawton Byrum
S. 13Th St
Mary Grimes, Retired Tribune Writer Found Dead
Miss Mary L. Grimes 83 longtime Terre Haute Tribune editor was found dead in her home after newspapers left on the porch were not retrieved. Autopsy planned to determine cause. she lived at 1006 S Center St and may have died days earlier. She leaves a sister in law Mrs Roland Grimes of New York City. Funeral services set for Saturday at P J Ryan Funeral Home with burial at Highland Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Grimes
S. Center St
Terre Haute Tribune
Keith Newlin
N. 8Th St
Miss Grimes
P. J. Ryan Funeral Home
Roland Grimes
New York City
Funeral Home
The
Tribune
Travel Study Club
Alan Grimes
P. J. Ryan
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Obituary for James Son of Jeffersonville and Clinton family
James Son of Jeffersonville Ind. is survived by two daughters Mrs Elizabeth O Bradovich Clinton and Mrs Patricia Bybee Universal, three brothers Reese Indianapolis Russell and Clyde both of Clinton, and a sister Mrs Anna Meithe Taylorville Ill. Services will be at 10 a m Saturday at the First Funeral Home with the Rev Leverett Hamrick officiating. Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Jeffersonville
Ind
Elizabeth O’bradovich
Clinton
Patricia Bybee
Universal
Reese
Indianapolis
Russell
Clyde
Anna Meithe
Taylorville
Ill
Leverett Hamrick
Wyoming gives women voting rights in 1869 law
A law approved in the Territory of Wyoming on December 10, 1869 grants women the right to vote, marking an early step in women’s suffrage in the United States. The act, framed within territorial governance, signals a historic expansion of electoral participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Territory of
Wyoming
Indiana political tumult marked by Bayh stance and GOP filings
Senator Bayh declared no backing for governors or president while Indiana Democrats field candidates Lt. Gov. Rock and ex-House Speaker Bodine for governor. Republican filings included Trudy Etherton joining three GOP hopefuls for auditor and Judge Addison Beavers seeking a Supreme Court nomination. Backers discuss slating amid a crowded convention.
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Page
Bayh
Indianapolis
Robert L. Rock
House
Richard Bodine
Trudy Etherton
South Bend
Nick Polus
Anderson
Albert F. Harrigan
Hobart
Newell S. Timmons
Montcello
Etherton
Bill Etherton
WNDU
Notre Dame
GOP
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Whitcomb
Earl L. Butz
Otis Bowen
Grills
Warrick
Addison M. Beavers
Boonville
Indiana Supreme Court
Beavers
Indiana Judges Association
Seamen Missing After Mara Nui Seafaring Incident
Nine crewmen left the coastal vessel Mara nui in a rubber raft on Wednesday night and are feared drowned in a hurricane near Auckland New Zealand. Rescue efforts continue as officials confirm the men are missing from the Mara nui.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
New Zealand
UPI
Maranui
Indiana Waters Claim 2 Lives
Indiana drownings continued with two youths losing their lives. James Yost, 23, of Bedford, died after stepping in a hole while wading in the West Fork of White River near Martinsville. Charles A. White, 13, of Elberfeld, drowned in a farm lake north of Evansville. Seymon White recovered his son’s body. This marked the eighth consecutive day of drownings in Indiana, bringing the toll to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
James Yost
Rt. 6
Bedford
West Fork
White River
Martinsville
Charles A. White
Rt. 1
Elberfeld
Evansville
Seymon White
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Milton Gray
M. P. Newport
Ernest Fleener
Farmersburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Central
Sarah Elizabeth
Harold
Estes
Lincoln Park
C. C
Louisville
Margaret Parr
Leavenworth
Linda Turner
Birmingham
Ala
DeBaun Funeral Home
Ollie Harris
Charles A
Neukom
Donald M. Wardell
Dreiser Square
Bedino Peace Chapel
William Saunders
K of P
Hymera
Mrs
Laura Mahon
Burlington
Wis
Helen Mahon
Vivian Mahon
Co. Tl
J. N. Hickman & Son Funeral Home
Mary Susan Shaw
Linton
Welch and Cornett
Lloyd Shannon
Noa Yoder
Fairview Cemetery
Nettie J. Williams
Mary Sherman Hospital
Edith Anderson
Wallace L. Watson
Prairie Creek
Praire Creek Baptist Church
Keith Crandell
West Lawn Cemetery
de. Baun
Prairie Creek Chapel
Mable Osborn
Rockville
Ohio St
Tudor Funeral Home
Phillip Frew
Memory Garden Cemetery
John Brazell
S. Main St
American Legion
Delva
2Nd Ave
Charles
Cox
Mg History
Cox Jewelry
BON Ton Meadows Case Tae
Wab
Cowan Bros. & Payne Florists
North Flst
Spruce
Manakak
Mary Grimes
Associated Press
Louise’s
Louise
South 3Rd St
Ford
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Robert Wagner
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Jack Thrasher
Ford Sales, Inc
Wabash Ave
Terre Haute, Indiana
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