Thor Missile Malfunction Spoils First Test
A Defense Department statement says the Thor missile malfunction spoiled the first attempt but caused no injury or radioactivity risk. A spokesman declined to discuss destruction of the rocket, adding it was definitely not caused by Russian observation ships known to...
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Defense Department
United States
Arthur Sylvester
Johnston Island
U. S
JTF8
Johnston
Hawaii
Thor
Soviet Union
Golson Defeated After Dog Racing Stand
Alabama state Senator Carl Golson fails to win reelection after backing a dog racing bill. On Tuesday his successor was introduced to the legislature, and Golson quipped that he could not outrun the greyhounds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Carl Golson
Golson
Nine Named To Staffs By College Board
The Indiana State College Board announced new appointments effective Sept 7 1962 and Aug 1 1962 including department chairs professors and instructors across disciplines. New posts include Dorothy S Lockwood dormitory director and Dr Louis L Curcio as professor of French with other psychology special education and biology appointments.
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Gerald A. Foster
Arizona State University Veterans Administration
Dale C. Wallace
National Science Foundation
Cornell U
William E. James
Anderson, Ind
Public School Division of Adult Education
Department of Industrial Education
Otis T. Jones Jr
Retail Credit Co
Jacksonville
Fla
Dorothy S. Lockwood
Wisconsin State College
Whitewater
Wis
William J. Linville
Elkhart
Ind
James Luttrall
Bourbon Township
Indiana
North Eighth Street
Educational Research Services, Inc
Federal Communications Commission
Reader endorses community blood program appeal
John Mahalek chairman of the Knights of Columbus Blood Program writes to praise the recent articles on the Community Blood Program. He urges all families to join promptly to ensure life saving blood is available to all in need at no cost.
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John Mahalek
Knights of Columbus Blood Program
Deaths: Florence Philabaum and Agnes Britton
Florence Philabaum 54 of West Terre Haute died Wednesday morning. Survived by husband Richard, two daughters Dotty Wolfrum and Sandra, son Richard, father and stepmother, four half brothers, sister Geneva Easton, half sisters Lucille Cash and Jodie Webb. member of Maplewood Christian Church. Funeral Friday 11 a.m. at Thomas Funeral Home. Bethesda cemetery. Agnes H. Britton 43 of West Terre Haute died Wednesday at Union Hospital. Survived by husband Fred C. Britton, three daughters Sue Ellen Landsaw Patricia Long Judith Kennedy, son Kevin, two brothers Harry and Richard Hardin, half sister Dorothy Bennett, parents Harry and West Terre Haute. five grandchildren. Body at Callahan Funeral Home. viewing after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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Florence Philabaum
West Terre Haute
Richard
Dotty Wolfrum
Independence
Sandra Philabaum
Albert Henry
William
Jessie
Denzel
Orvil
Terre Haute
Geneva Easton
Lucille Cash
Jodie Webb
Maplewood Christian Church
Order of Eastern Star
Thomas Funeral Home
Donald Ashley
E. T. McCurry
Bethesda Cemetery
Agnes H. Britton
South Fifth Street
Union Hospital
Reuben Donnelley
Britton
Fred C. Britton
Sue Ellen Landsaw
Patricia Long
Judith Kennedy
Floyds’ Knob
Ind
Kevin
Harry Hardin
Miami
Fla
Richard Hardin
Dorothy Bennett
Callahan Funeral Home
Sullivan
Florence Moore
North Court Street
Mary Sherman Hospital
Alexander Funeral Home
Homer Page
Center Ridge Cemetery
First Methodist Church
Max W. Billman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dorothy Wright
Harry Burdette
Dalton, Ill
Stuart Moore
Thomas Hubert Moore
Robert Moore
James R. Moore
Bloomington
Jessie Cushman
Soullivan
Louella Grimes
Homer, Mich
Fred Yager
Canton
Mrs Victoria Conn Dies At 67 In Terre Haute
Victoria Conn 67 of 1436 North Twenty sixth street died at 8 am Wednesday at Union Hospital. Survived by husband Philip two daughters Lucille Wedding Helen Ellis both of Terre Haute two sons Ralph Norman both of Terre Haute one brother John G Johnson Decker one sister Mrs Nan Huntley Vincennes eight grandchildren six great grandchildren. Body to J N Hickman and Son after 4 pm Thursday with funeral at 10 am Saturday Rev Paul R Nesmith officiating burial in Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Victoria Conn
North Twenty-sixth Street
Union Hospital
Philip
Lucille Wedding
Helen Ellis
Terre Haute
Ralph
Norman
John G. Johnson
Decker
Nan Huntley
Vincennes
J. N. Hickman and Son
Paul R. Nesmith
Roselawn Memorial Park
Joseph S. Sanders dies suddenly in city at 48
Joseph S. Sanders 48 of 2524 North Tenth street died suddenly at 11 15 Wednesday morning at St. Anthony Hospital. He belonged to Sacred Heart Church Elks Lodge No 86 and worked as a salesman for Weast Motors Inc. Survived by daughter Patricia and parents Mr and Mrs W R Sanders Terre Haute two brothers John Indianapolis Albert Detroit and several nieces and nephews friends may call after 4 p m Thursday.
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Callahan
Joseph S. Sanders
North Tenth Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Sacred Heart Church
Elks Lodge No
Weast Motors, Inc
Patricia
W. R. Sanders
Terre Haute
John
Indianapolis
Albert
Detroit
Mich
Funeral Notices for Sweeney Menser Sims Burnett Foster Burns Moore
Funeral services are announced for William Lee Sweeney 66 of Indianapolis at J C William Chapel of the Chimes with burial plans and survivors including daughter Helen Lee Baker and brothers. Additional rites set for William Mack Menser 63 of Linden Street and George W Sims III 31 of South Seventeenth Street with church services and memorials. Other obituaries note Dora Burnett 73 Linda Burns 55 and Florence Moore 83 with service details, and William D Farr Sr 77 and multiple relatives listed in Marshall and Sullivan counties.
Requiem Mass Held for Steve Semancik Sr in Blanford
Steve Semancik Sr., 88, of Blanford died Sunday. Requiem high mass was held Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church Clinton. Burial followed at Walnut Grove cemetery. First Funeral Home directed the service.
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Clinton
Ind
Steve Semancik Sr
Blanford
Sacred Heart Church
Jerome Bennett
Walnut Grove Cemetery
First Funeral Home
Mrs Martha Major Dies at 71 in Indiana
Mrs. Martha Major 71 of RR 1 died at 7 30 pm Tuesday at Mary Sherman Hospital. She was a Church of Christ member. Surviving are five daughters Mrs James Brashier RR 1 Mrs Garland Deckard Sullivan and Mrs Catherine Fish Lyons plus two more daughters and a son.
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Sullivan, Ind
Martha Major
RR 1
Mary Sherman Hospital
Church of Christ
James Brashier
Garland Deckard
Sullivan
Catherine Fish
Lyons
Obituary for Mrs Ed Taft and Family Tributes
Mrs Ed Taft of Carlisle and Mrs William Killion Jr of Sullivan are named along with two sons William Mason of Sullivan and Hubert Mason of Bridgeport. Also listed are three sisters and 36 grandchildren plus five great grandchildren. Husband Lucian preceded her in death in May 1960. Service arrangements to be announced by Alexander Funeral Home.
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Ed Taft
Carlisle
William Killion Jr
Sullivan
William Mason
Hubert Mason
Bridgeport
Roy Mason
Paxton, Ir
P. P. Gustin
Byrd Squire
Tulsa
Okla
Lucian
Alexander Funeral Home
Obituary for Mrs. Lillie J. Little of Rockville Indiana
Mrs. Lillie J. Little 82 died Wednesday morning at Vermilion County Hospital Clinton Indiana. Survived by daughter Wauneta Griffin Montezuma four sons Floyd Claude St Joseph Michigan Kelly Tangier Lloyd Bloomingdale two brothers Amos St Joseph Michigan Autta Clinton 27 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren Services Saturday at 10 30 a m Butler Funeral Home Rev Vernon Shaw Walnut Grove Cemetery Friends may call after 5 p.m. Thursday
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Marshall
Ind
William D. Farr Sr
Vermillion County Hospital
Clinton
Lizzie Belle
Albert Cook
Sarah Tague
Waveland
Violet Purvis
Indianapolis
Charlotte Lepre
Biloxi
Miss
Roscoe Earl
Rockville
Benen
Rosedale
Ida Morrison
Ocala
Fla
Ellen Carlen
Rachel Woods
John Earl Sr
Richard Earl
Terre Haute
Nyesville Eub Church
May Funeral Home
Rowe Cemetery
Lillie J. Little
Wauneta Griffin
Montezuma
Floyd
Claude
St. Joseph
Mich
Kelly
Tangier
Lloyd
Bloomingdale
Amos
Autta
Butler Funeral Home
Vernon Shaw
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Friends Mhey
Perry Poe 83 Former Wright Township Assessor Dies
Perry Poe of Jasonville Indiana 83 former Wright township assessor died at Freeman Greene County Hospital Linton at 1130 pm Monday Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday at McClanahan Funeral Home with Rev Samuel Webb and Rev Lloyd Miller officiating burial in Lebanon cemetery Survived by son Roy Poe Jasonville a granddaughter and great granddaughter Friends may call after noon Wednesday.
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Jasonville
Ind
Perry Poe
Wright Township
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Linton
McClanahan Funeral Home
Samuel Webb
Lloyd Miller
Lebandon Cemetery
John H White Dies at 55 in Terre Haute
John H White 55 died Wednesday morning at St. Anthony Hospital Terre Haute. He leaves wife Marian, parents Mr and Mrs William White Newport, and sister Mrs Maude Griffith Newport. Body to Watson Funeral Home Cayuga with services pending. White served as Vermillion county trustee and worked in the Indiana Secretary of State office.
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Newport
Ind
John H. White
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
White
Marian
William White
Maude Griffith
Watson
Cayuga
Vermillion County
Indiana Secretary of State
Funeral services for Homer Sturgeon held in Shelburn
Homer Sturgeon 87 of RR 2 Shelburn died Monday. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Ebenezer Methodist Church with the Rev W W Wigner officiating. Burial followed at West Lawn Cemetery Farmersburg. Body was brought to Fidler and Wood Funeral Home Farmersburg and later to the family residence for visitation.
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Shelburn
Ind
Homer Sturgeon
RR 2
Ebenezer Methodist Church
W. W. Wigner
West Lawn Cemetery
Farmersburg
Fidler and Wood Funeral Home
Funeral services for Harry Malone in Paris Illinois
Harry Malone, 72, died Monday night at his home in Paris. Funeral services were held at Batchelor Chapel Wednesday afternoon with burial in Edgar cemetery. He leaves three cousins, including Mrs. Stella Brown and Mrs. Francis Nail, both of Paris.
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Paris
Ill
Harry Malone
Batchelor Chapel
Edgar Cemetery
Stella Brown
Francis Nail
Services held for Earl Williams in Bowling Green Ind
Earl Williams aged 63 formerly of Owen and Clay counties died Sunday in Indianapolis services were held Wednesday at Mt Zion Methodist Church with Rev B L Wilson officiating burial in the adjoining cemetery. The body lay in state at Rentschler Funeral Home Center point.
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Bowling Green
Ind
Earl Williams
Owen and
Clay Counties
Indianapolis
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
B. L. Wilson
Rentschler Funeral Home
Centerpoint
Vigo lifers denied parole by governor and board
Governor Welsh and the Indiana Parole Board refused parole for two Vigo County life term inmates. Herbert Bennett, jailed since 1947 for a robbery tied to a murder, and William R. Douglas, sentenced in 1946 for raping a 10-year-old girl, were among eight rejections issued Wednesday.
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Welsh
Indiana Parole Board
Herbert Bennett
Vigo County
Joe Hill
Edward Haynes
Burnett
Hill
William R. Douglas
Sorrowful Life in Stillwater Youth Ends in River Tragedy
Sorrowful 19 year old Patricia Cole vanished during a Father’s Day visit to convict Clifford Cole and was found dead in the St Croix River. Police recovered an address book bearing the psychiatrist’s name circled and a note reading I’m truly sorry. The girl, oldest of nine, had a history of mental illness and hospital care in Rochester and Fergus Falls, later subsisting on welfare in Minneapolis. Her father was encarcerated.
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Stillwater
Minn
Patricia Cole
Strcken
Rochester
Fergus Falls
Minneapolis
Clifford Cole
St. Croix River
Rusk Opens Talks With NATO Leaders Amid Nuclear Debate
Rusk met with De Gaulle in a brisk session stressing Western unity but no new proposals. France remains firm on building its own nuclear force while Britain seeks entry to the Common Market aided by U S support.
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Britain
United States
de Gaulle
France
Rusk
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
France to Launch Three-Stage Satellite Rocket
UP1 France plans a three stage rocket to launch its first satellite. Robert Chevalier, technical director of the Society for the Study of Ballistic Missiles, said the satellite rocket will lift off in three years at the Paris event.
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Paris
Beck to Enter Prison After Teamsters Rise and Fall
Beck 68, former Teamsters head, begins five year federal term for filing fraudulent tax returns tied to Seattle Joint Council 28 Building Association. He asserts resilience as he travels to McNeil Island from Tacoma, amid concurrent state charges and a $20,000 fine. The Supreme Court had upheld the conviction, with rehearing pending.
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Seattle
Dave Beck
Teamsters’ Union
Beck
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Tacoma
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Puget Sound
McNeil Island
Joint Council 28 Building Association
Informa
U. S. Supreme Court
Invention of the Smoke Screen by Thomas B. Hine
The 1923 invention by Thomas B. Hine introduced a smoke screen to obscure troop and ship movements. This development marked a milestone in military concealment tactics and signaling strategy.
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Thomas B. Hine
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Tom Pack
Memorial Stadium
Hook's Drug Store
Ralph's
College Rust Recreation
Wabash Ave
Goodie Shop
Abe’s Reliable Food Market
Wabash Thrift Way Food Center
South
25Th St
Pentecost & Craft Home
Meadows Center
McEwan’s
Wabash Mark Johnson Texaco
Lafayette Neukom Drug Store
Lafayette Paits
Hardware National Ave
Brazil
Tucker's Steak House
Brown Ave
Caplan Drug Store
13Th St. West
Lafayette
Dana
Glen V. Ankney
Robert I. Burgner Jr
Tom W. Gehner
Charlene K. Sharp
Harold Stephenson
ISC
Knisely
Rita Conway
Janet Deck
James R. Bush
English Language Service Inc
Morocco
Nelle McCalla
Social Sciences
Janis Labsvirs
Cloyd Anthony
Division of Social Sciences
Israel
North Side
Larrison’s
South Side
Wright's
Washington C
North Side Pharmacy
South Side Pharmacy
Gale Aap
13Th ST
Thomas
WBOW
Mrs
Joseph
Sanders
William Lee Sweeney
J. C. William Chapel
The
Chimes
North Fifteenth Street
Veterans’ Hospital
Helen Lee Baker
Gordon C
David I
Reinzi
William Mack Menser
Linden Street
Vern Prush
Woodlawn
George W. Sims III
Severteenth Street
Neil Kuns
DeBaun
Midland Bakery
Teamsters, Chauffeurs _and ‘Helpers Union
Dora Burnett
RR_ 3
Bedine Chapel of the Valley
Bessie Buckallew
Mina Foster
Thornhill-Dillon Funeral Home
Joplin
Webb City
Linda Burns
John Scott
McClare Funeral Home
William D. Earl
Steve Semancik
Martha Mason
Mrs. Lillie J. Little
Homer
NATO
National Cash Register Company
N. 6Th St
Midwest
Mildred Artis
Gordon Belles
Marzelle Brashear
Alfred Griffy
Anne Harden
Connie Pickering
Margaret Cain
Rosemary Hines
Sue Riester
Albert Carle
James Inserra
Haskell Schwartz
Clover Denehie
Joseph Dial
John Dinkel
Patricia Farris
Harry Fitch
William Hamilton
Pauline Hurst
Lucille Kramer
Arthur Lukens
Jeanette Marshino
Ralph Mills
Robert Monroe
Mildred Nevins
Stave
Claims Department
Susan Irvin
Guy Kornblum
Lela Lackey
Anna Sheehan
Forrest Sherer
Wayne Sherer
Lady Smith
Vlasta Srain
Karl Threlkeld
Malcolm Wright
Alice Ann Marshall
Louis Phipps
North Sixth Street
Teamsters
Gehring Florist
Cowan Bros. and Payne
Margaretta Payne
Spruce
Pate
Gost
Cos P
Cade
Anton
Mary Carter
Pee Maryfny Bice
Discount Mart
Lafayette Ave
S. 7Th
Washington
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