24 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1967
Page
1
Multiple obituary notices from Terre Haute Casey Dugger and nearby towns. Ray mond J Carpenter 63 of West Terre Haute died at home. Other items include infant death Christopher Daley, minister H A Perry, Edsel Stevens, Leonard Fields, Charles Ashton, Eleanor Huddleston, George Hensley, Kenneth Black, John Riley Bonnie Meighen and John T Riley with funeral details, call times and burial locations.
Homer N Jackson 62 of 1234 S 5th St died unexpectedly at 12 20 am Friday at St Anthony Hospital Burial set for 1 pm Monday at Bedino Peace Chapel with Rev Carl Bosse officiating Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park Survived by wife Cleta a son William and two grandchildren all of Terre Haute Euclid Lodge to hold memorial services at 7 pm Sunday at Bedino Peace Chapel Friends may call after 2 pm Saturday
Shope age 55 formerly of Farmersburg died Wednesday in Chicago. Services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Fidler and Wood Funeral Home with burial in West Lawn Cemetery.
Daniel Dee Harrison Strong of Brazil Indiana died Friday at Clay County Hospital. He served eight years as Brazil Township trustee and eight years as Clay County auditor, retiring last January. Survived by widow Sarah a daughter Virginia Downing Lafayette a son Andrew U S Navy Adak Alaska two sisters Mildred Everhart and Althea Adkinson four grandchildren. Arrangements pending Miller and Sons Funeral Home.
William Sam Wade and Dorothy Mae Wade both of Charleston Illinois were arrested Friday in Terre Haute on a fugitive warrant from Charleston on grand theft charges. Mrs Wade posted 1000 dollar bond while William Wade remained jailed in Vigo County on 3000 dollar bond Saturday.
Max Reed, 21, of 1709 North 16th Street, admitted to Union Hospital in serious condition Friday from a self inflicted gunshot wound, was listed much improved Saturday. Police said Reed was shot to the side with a .38 caliber pistol.
William Carter of Bossier City sued T. B. Friday in Shreveport for 26 cents claiming four newspapers were not paid for. The Bossier City Municipal Court ruled Friday had only three papers and awarded Carter 19 cents.
In a multi sided discussion at the United Nations General Assembly observers report sharp charges against Israel and Western interference. Maurer calls for ending foreign meddling while Alarcon denounces the UN and security council as tools of U S imperial policy. Omar Azouni accuses Romania of courting U S Jews and King Hussein of Jordan plans to address the assembly amid allegations of Arab expulsions.
Frank Bilyou 21 of the 1100 block N 7th St was found wounded at 25th St and Maple Ave in Terre Haute early Saturday. He was listed in good condition later at Union Hospital. A witness says the heavyset man with reddish curly hair fled in a large white car after an argument at 3:30 a.m.
In Baltimore, a single bolt of lightning during a sudden rainstorm struck three boys as they chased fly balls hit by a baseball coach. David McCartin, 12, died at the scene while two others were knocked down with injuries not specified.
Indiana State University wins a Public Health Service grant of 366 685 toward a 550 000 School of Nursing clinical education building to be built beside Union Hospital on North Seventh Street. Ewing Miller Associates will design it with classrooms, an auditorium for 400, and facilities for nursing education.
Indiana Supreme Court rules felons cannot be sentenced until a full record of the crime and pertinent information is provided. The Lake County case of John Summers of Gary, 17, was overturned. Summers had pled guilty to assault and battery and received 15 years in the reformatory. The court sent the case to juvenile court. Summers was 15 when he kicked a Gary high school youth in the head on February 10, 1966. He appealed alleging inadequate legal help.
A Terre Haute woman and her 13-year-old granddaughter were injured in a midnight crash at 19th Street and 8th Avenue. Helen Strong, 63, suffered a fractured ankle. her granddaughter Karen Wilson was treated for facial lacerations and placed in intensive care for observation. The Strong car was a total loss after hitting a tree. the truck, owned by Columbia Records and driven by Ira D. Thomas, was lightly damaged and he was uninjured. Ambulance transported the pair to Union Hospital.
Police and county coroner Dr. D M Ferguson investigated a murder in Terre Haute with autopsy ordered and detectives deployed to gather clues. Chief Detective Jack Ford led operations while details awaited. victims include Wanda Boswell, George Walker, and children Robert Kim and Jeff.
Indianapolis AP Frank Edwards a 59 year broadcasting figure and UFOs author died of an apparent heart attack in Indianapolis on Friday. He worked as WTTV news director from 1955 to 1959 and later as a WXLW newscaster among others with WISH and WIBC. Services are pending.
L. D. Reynolds will officiate at 2 p.m. Monday services at Mattox Funeral Home Fontanet for Everett Branam Sr. 69 of 3105 Lafayette Ave. who died Tuesday at Union Hospital. Branam former Vigo County Council president. Survived by Grace, three sons Everett Branam Jr Ted and Tom Branam, two daughters Mary Phyllis Koos and Ruth Ann Dougherty, two sisters Marie Cathart and Leah Dicky, three brothers John Don and Charles, and 15 grandchildren. Burial Roselawn Memorial Park. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday.
Max Wright secretary of Indiana AFL-CIO addressed a statewide session of the state District Council Laborers International Union of North America in Terre Haute. Speakers included Jack Wilkerson LSU education chief and Joe Short national MDTA director. Virgil Morris led local labor group as about 52 representatives from Indiana locals attended.
West Terre Haute rider Paul Engels, 25, of RR 1, remained in satisfactory condition after a collision on U S 40 near Derby Hill. He was taken to St Anthony's Hospital Emergency Room at 10 30 a m with head lacerations and burns to his leg following a near collision with a truck.
Senate approves censure of Senator Dodd over personal use of political funds. Dodd vows to continue serving after saying he bears the scar of the mistake, thanks allies, and praises his wife’s support. Stennis calls it a new start. ethics panel will draft conduct code.
FBI says William E. Zeiler 52, owner of Bill's Market in Pittsburgh, is charged with a 1963 bank robbery netting $9,000 and may be the elusive commuter bandit blamed for 16 area robberies since 1961. Zeiler, father of four, denied the charges, posting bond trouble and asserting innocence.
UPI reports the state had paid capital employees on time until a computer system stalled. Officials told staff that payday would be next week. An employee warned that despite being computerized, many checks may bounce before pay arrives.
Mrs. Porter Brown, head of the Methodist Board of Missions, told 400 missionaries at DePauw University that the church is crawling behind secular groups on peace race and poverty. She urged rapid action, cautioned against affluence, and called for abolition of the All Negro Central Jurisdiction amid concerns over labor policy violations in church institutions.
NASA reports Mari Ner 5 launched June 14 will pass within 2,500 miles of Venus around 1:35 p.m. EDT Oct. 19. By 3 p.m. EDT Friday, the 10th day of its four month mission, it traveled 13,859,132 miles of a 215 million mile journey. It stood 1,588,936 miles from Earth and receding at 6,609 miles per hour.
U S infantry evacuated to base at Dak To after brutal fighting with North Vietnamese forces. Air strikes limited, but B 52 bombers blasted the area, while fighter bombers and armed helicopters supported ground troops. Navy and Air Force jets targeted power plants and rail lines near Hanoi and Haiphong, with multiple facilities damaged and rail yards assaulted.
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