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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1968
Page
13
A list of Vigo County defendants shows violations from speeding and improper muffler to running stop signs and intoxication. Notable penalties include fines from 3.25 to 45 dollars and several jail terms up to 90 days.
Patrolman James Lammert stopped a car that he spotted while in pursuit. The vehicle had been stolen the night before with clothing and Lammert's service revolver recovered. Other items include several traffic violations and fines for drivers Michael Murphy Warren Theis John Wilson William Dennis Fred Gussler James Reynolds Paul Gilbert with offenses ranging from running red lights to improper licenses and absent headlights.
Indiana State University Summer Theatre Workshop presents Two Blind Mice a Samuel Spewack comedy. Opens June 27 in the Cotillion Room Hulman Center with performances June 28 29 and July 4 5 6. Directed by Thomas L Headley. tickets $1 at Dreiser Hall box office. curtain 8 30 p.m.
Mrs Phyllis Otte 1714 See Burgers Ave wife of city firefighter Bil Otte was treated and released from Union Hospital Monday morning for a slight head laceration after an apparent attack at the Plaza North Shopping Center laundromat. She fell and struck her head on concrete.
Meat markets show hogs steady to mixed as the Indiana and Chicago reports cite varied price ranges by weight. Cattle and calves move slowly with slaughter steers and heifers steady to higher in Chicago and slower in Indiana, while cows and bulls show broader shifts across regions. Sheep listings note steady to weak lambs and steady ewes with spring slaughter demand.
The Good Samaritan Way Inc plans a $5,000 drive to create a park and recreation area between Blaine and 24th Streets north on Grand, including a swimming pool, tennis courts and playground for the handicapped and retarded. Rev J W Stone says the group aims for self support via Social Security rules and a skilled trades school at 2344 N 25th St. Attorney Robert L Grenert represents the group. board members include Edward Callahan, Robert Rouse, Guy King, Dr D A Hoover, D Lyle, Russell F E Fuison and Rev Mark Blade. Also noted are ancient Tutankhamen tomb finds of gold and jeweled boxes, still fragrant after 3,000 years.
Vigo County Commissioners opened bids for bridge improvements on Thralls Bono and Pickens roads and for third quarter supplies. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Sales won a $17,474.64 contract for corrugated metal pipe arches. Valley Construction Co. bid $19,080. Elmerick Bros. bid $12,524.55 for third quarter groceries. Colonial Baking and Continental Baking quoted $954.30 and $987.60 respectively for bread goods. Milk bids ranged from The Borden Co. $3,033.44 to Sealtest Foods $3,104.
Charles H. Cheek, 21, of 1400 Springhill Road, had a presentence investigation ordered by Judge H. Ralph Johnston after changing his plea to not guilty on a theft count involving 20 dollars in coins taken from Medicenter on February 3. Also, Kenneth N. Maris pleaded not guilty to failure to provide and asked for a trial by the court on July 2. The Bayeux Tapestry, an 11th century embroidered linen work spanning 77 yards, depicts the Norman Conquest and its leaders.
We will sell at public sale July 10 1968 at 4 00 p m at the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Terre Haute Indiana one 1965 Chevrolet 2 ton pickup truck C 10 series model C 1534 six cylinder serial C1545N127432 with ladder racks. Also notices appointing administrator and bids for coal and painting Vigo County School Corporation and other public works notices including executor qualification and bids for trucks in Terre Haute Indiana. Records include Earl Shields estate Everett Cirtin estate Vigo County School Corporation bids and city bids with deadlines July 8 1968 and July 5 1968.
Community notices advertise a free hearing evaluation from Beltone at 215 Merchants Bank Building with home appointments or in office visits. Kids Day at Memorial Stadium in Man features circus acts and rides. Vigo County Civitan Club sponsors. Introductory sale on men’s toupees at 99.95 with home demonstrations. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 235-6061. Blue Lustre carpet cleaning with Hook’s Drug sale. Notary and prescription services at Greenwood Drugs. Margaret Morgan’s Wiggery styling by Lynn. See Taylor Long at Kruger Buick for transportation.
Social Lodge No 86 F and AM calls a meeting on Monday June 24 at 7 pm for MM degree with visiting brethren welcome. Also: memory poem for Gerald Wayne Peters who died June 24 1960s. local beauty shops and wig services. multiple home child care ads with contact numbers. play room and child care listings. Deming area care ads.
Job ad listing multiple openings. One man in Indiana is sought for sales training with travel, weekly earnings targeted at 450 to 900 dollars, no specific company stated. Other listings include linotype operator and cylinder pressman at four dollars per hour, union eligibility, two years journeyman, and benefits. Contact Urbana Personnel Services in Champaign Illinois or Cindy with Snelling & Snelling for sales trainer and drug sales roles offering bonuses and car. Equal opportunity employer.
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