23 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1967
Page
1
The Miners' Picnic Committee will review bids for music at the annual picnic during a Saturday meeting at United Mine Workers of America District 11 headquarters. Bids must be in by 10 a.m. and contracts awarded at the meeting. The picnic runs July 28 29 30 at Memorial Stadium.
Carlisle Indiana special obituary notes Glenn Hoover 71 a former Sullivan County Red Cross director died at Mary Sherman Hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Schulze Funeral Home Carlisle IOOF Cemetery burial. Survived by five cousins and an uncle. Monkeys on Malay Peninsula harvest coconuts paid in soda pulp.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were feted aboard two Seine river boats by Wa than Cummings in a private moonlight party for the Duke’s 73rd birthday. About 250 guests from arts and society attended a champagne buffet and dancing while trumpeters announced arrivals. fireworks were canceled.
Weather update shows Washington and Winnipeg with cloudy skies. Washington records high near 92 and low around 70. Winnipeg reports a high of 60 and low of 36 with continued cloudiness.
The outlook shows Indiana temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal with high 83 to 89 and low 61 to 67 and a cooling trend Sunday. Illinois highs 81 to 86 with lows 60 to 65, cooler by Sunday, 0.75 to 1 inch of weekend showers, then a slow warming midweek.
Everett Branam Sr 60 longtime Vigo County Council president died at Union Hospital at 11 30 p m He served on the county council from 1954 later leading the body for multiple terms until November 1966 Branam a retired railroad conductor belonged to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Mt Aetna Baptist Church of Fontanet He lived in Fontanet then North Terre Haute Surviving are his wife Grace three sons Everett Branam Jr Ted and Tom Branam two daughters Mary Phyllis Koos and Ruth Ann Dougherty two sisters Marie Cathart Jeah Dicky and three brothers John Don and Charles and 15 grandchildren Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 00 p m at Mattox Funeral Home Fontanet Memorial Park.
Homer N. Jackson 62 of 3234 S Fifth St died at 12 20 p m Friday at St Anthony Hospital after four hours admission. He worked as a cost analyst for Weston Paper Mfg Co and is survived by his wife Cleta a son William and two grandchildren. He held several Masonic and fraternal memberships and services are planned at Euclid Lodge and Memorial Park with calling hours after 2 p m Saturday.
Raymond J. Carpenter a retired Terre Haute police officer aged 63 died of an apparent heart attack at his home Friday morning. He served 21 years before retiring in 1955 and worked as maintenance supervisor for the Air National Guard at Hulman Field. Survived by wife Pauline two sons Glenn a detective and Marion daughter Dorothy Jennings of Dayton Ohio two stepsons Jerry Templeton and Larry in Japan a sister Gladys Esker of Arlington Virginia and eight grandchildren. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Saturday at Bedino Peace Chapel where services are pending.
Mrs. Anna Black 85 of Wheatland dies Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital Vincennes. Funeral 10 30 a m Saturday at Methodist Church with burial Wheatland Cemetery. Survivors include sons Henry Donald two daughters Mrs Harold Hanson and Mrs Charles Possman. Noted mother of Kenneth Black Indiana State University official.
The Gurkhas from Nepal are famed in the British Army for their kikri knives and reputed superior fighting ability.
Newport Rhode Island city council approved a license for the Newport Jazz Festival unanimously for the first time this year, marking a rare consensus in the licensing process.
In Kenosha Wisconsin a two week old baby boy found crying in a Goodwill donation box was named Will Care at a hospital. The murder trial of 19 year old Judy Greer, charged with her infant son’s death, likely postponed as a key state witness is on vacation. prosecutors plan a continuance to the first week of September term.
The pope reaffirmed celibacy as church law and voiced deep sorrow over priests renouncing priesthood for marriage. A Papal commission reviews 1,200 to 2,000 cases, including notable figures like Father Charles Davis, with dispensation granted only for grave reasons. The pope stressed enduring faith and responsibility in ordination.
Vigo County Engineer William Wahl and contractors reviewed a proposed 100000 dollar bridge and road project off Highway 41 near the Vigo Parke line. Bids will be sought in August for rebuilding Head Road and its bridge. The site gains urgency from Hercules Inc locating nearby and increasing traffic. The department aims to finish most work before bad weather.
An explosion at an Army ordnance plant near Burlington Iowa killed three women and injured four others. The deceased were Jessica Gilman 40 of Fort Madison Dorothy Groves 54 of Montrose and Ida Koett 37 of rural West Burlington.
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