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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1968
Page
2
Multiple obituaries from Terre Haute and nearby towns report deaths and funeral plans. Maude Taylor Ray and Jessie Bileyu are among the deceased with service details, survivors, and burial places listed. Additional notices include Otis Krise James Watson and Milton Gray with service times and burial locations. Regional names include Lafayetter Terre Haute Brazil and ministers and funeral homes cited.
In Albany thieves took 800 dollars from an on site safe during a drive in theater showing A Fistful of Dollars. City officials discuss traffic safety near railroad crossings and plan an overpass while rail representatives face meeting attendance questions.
In Little Rock, Arkansas, 32 youngsters with severe disabilities completed the eighth grade at the Easter Seal educational and therapy center. One pupil graduated from wheelchair access, another received a diploma for extreme friendliness, while others earned diplomas for academic achievement in areas of greatest improvement.
US officials say Hanoi’s victory claims aim to bolster Communist morale in the South while pressuring world opinion to seek a Paris surrender. Harriman and Thuy remain deadlocked over North Vietnam’s demand to end all US attacks, with Washington countering for a scaled down war. The exchanges focus mainly on this core dispute, with other topics offered but secondary.
The Indiana Public Service Commission schedules July 1 for an extra hearing on a Miami County petition demanding Penn Central Railroad install automatic warning signals at the Meridian Road crossing. The railroad seeks the hearing to present new evidence.
A VFW parade along Wabash Avenue drew cheers as members urged prosecution of aiding North Vietnamese aggression and approved resolutions backing armed forces, resisting Red China in the UN, and condemning Students for a Democratic Society. The group called for expanded veterans benefits, federal employment rights, and creation of a veterans affairs department with cabinet status.
George Eurica owner of the Eurica Tavern on Maple Ave reported a robbery and assault early Saturday. Two men about 25 with three young women entered, ordered him and customer Stanley Maxwell to lie down, then hurled bottles and ashtrays. One assailant struck Eurica in the nose after demanding $50 from the cash register. police are investigating.
The Poor People Campaign mule train aimed to march along Hunter Street through Atlanta's Negro community with a mass meeting at West Hunter Baptist Church. Seventy arrests occurred Friday as the caravan, watched by four state patrol cars, encountered a ban on pedestrians and unmotorized wagons on the highway. The train, led by wagonmaster Willie Bolden, pledged to continue toward Resurrection City in Washington, seeking greater government aid for the poor. Garrett Maddox joined the marchers in a late arrival.
The jury convicted Dr. Spock and two co defendants of conspiring to hinder the Selective Service Act. The panel found they did not counsel others to dodge registration but held they aided such actions. Spock Ferber Goodman expressed mixed feelings and defended antiwar conscience, while Judge Ford said war legality was not at issue.
SULLIVAN Ind Beta Beta Chapter Psilota Xi sorority held a 40th anniversary party at Elks Country Club with 500 mile race themed decor. New officers installed include Dorothy Hale president Donna Brown vice president Joan Smith treasurer Fern Whitman recording secretary Mildred Sullivan corresponding secretary Virginia Scully conductress and Wanda Hannum advisor. Initiates welcomed Mesdames Glenn VanZante Sue Chambers Rita Hawkins Josephine Wright Janice Sager Nancy Andre. Arrangements committee listed Karen Borders Faye Crowder Pauline Reed Eleanor Bledsoe Mary Ferguson.
McNair, 78, former premier of New Brunswick from 1940 to 1952, died Friday in Fredericton. He had retired January 31 as lieutenant governor and later served as chief justice of the New Brunswick Supreme Court from 1955 to 1964. A Liberal, he helped shape the province's postwar era.
Ronald E. Campbell of Long Beach received his high school diploma Friday night at age 71, completing his long delayed education milestone.
A string of engagements around Saigon and Da Nang leaves multiple Viet Cong and NVA casualties. U.S. Marines report dozens killed near Da Nang. shelling and rocket finds reduce enemy supply points while Saigon endures sporadic rocket fire.
At a Press Club session, Abernathy defended his campaign message from the poor of the nation and urged more aid. He criticized national priorities, noting a Georgia arrest of 67 people in a 14 wagon mule train headed to Washington as outrageous. The arrested pedestrians on an interstate highway accepted Gov. Maddox's compromise and were released.
Bodine campaigned in Terre Haute focusing on Vietnam war concerns and high property taxes. He pledged to modernize government and press for a four lane Killer Highway 41, plus improvements to Highways 31 37 and 67. State Rep Bill Brighton and Vigo-Clay-Sullivan Labor Council president John Etling joined the event.
Mrs Lewis Brand RA 6 will speak at a special meeting Monday June 17 at 7 30 PM in the Seventh Day Adventist Church at 29th and Park. Her talk title The Difference reflects her background from Union College 1954 BS in Secretarial Science with English and education minors.
James F. Green 51 longtime Nebraska Democratic leader and Omaha lawyer died Friday night of a heart attack. He was in Hastings for the post primary party convention and had served as co chairman of the Kennedy campaign in Nebraska.
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