Death notices fill Terre Haute page with multiple obituaries
The Tribune lists numerous funeral notices and memorial services across Terre Haute and nearby towns. William Lee Burroughs Jr., 20, dies in a Sacramento water accident. Robert Lee Lindsey memorials led by Farmersburg Masonic Lodge. Harald O. Lloyd dies at 71 in Terre Haute with services planned. Birdie Eleanor Adams aged 81 and Laura Isabel Manus aged 83 are mourned at local chapels. other obituaries include Clarence Baysinger Sr., Mary A. Dugger, Robert Rigney, Sarah Catherine McConnohie, Olive Grindle, Elizabeth Bramble, Evelyn Updegraff, Alvise Ave, and Curtis Lane with service details and burial locations across Indiana communities.
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William Lee Burroughs JR
Terre Haute
Sacramento
Calif
DeBaun Funeral Home
Earl McClelland
Grandview Cemetery
Donna Sue
William Burroughs Sr
Prairie Creek
Melissa
Donna Jo
Peggy Sue
Raymond Burroughs
Jason Johnson
West Terre Haute
Edna Johnson
Alvise
Clinton
Ave
8Th St
Terre Haute Regional Hospital
Izaak Walton Club
Terry
Vincennes
Bruno
Flagstaff
Ariz
Mary Ferraro
Berwin
Ill
Kranovich Funeral Home
James Shanahan
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Boating Fatality Believed In Mississippi River Accident
Sterling Illinois reports a 44 year old man Thomas H Schlatter of 1718 Avenue E recovered from the Mississippi River after a Wednesday evening boating accident. The craft capsized in rough water passing a lock dam. Schlatter is survived by a wife Jeanette two sons Thomas II and Gregory a daughter Nikki his parents Mr and Mrs Howard Schlatter and brothers James and Dean. Burial at Riverside Cemetery with services at Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Also police report multiple vehicle break ins and thefts including radios CB sets and a knife. A Senior Choir program will feature the Male Chorus of Bethany Baptist Church Columbus Ohio at 3 30 p m.
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James
Glenview
Ill
Dean
Greencastle
Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sterling Lion's Club
Mueller
Robert Nordlie
Riverside Cemetery
Allen Funeral Home
Second Baptist Church
Bethany Baptist Church
Columbus
Ohio
Emma Dickerson
William Dickerson
A. Wilson Wood
Carol McQueary
Noel E. Hord
Judge Sirica Reflects On Watergate Trials
Orlando AP report quotes Judge John Sirica saying the Watersgate cases required "awesome decisions" that left him sad and "very much alone" though he did not view himself as making history. He notes his law clerk was the only person he could talk to during the lengthy proceedings.
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Watergate
Sirica
Orlando, Fla
John Sirica
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Heavy Rain Disrupts City Streets and Nearby Areas
A Friday storm drenched the Wabash Valley with over an inch of rain in under an hour, flooding basements and inundating streets in Terre Haute. Intersections closed, trees downed, and power interrupted while nearby Brazil saw autos abandoned in a flooded viaduct. Authorities reported no injuries and noted quick cleanup by street crews. CLINTON Ind. Police search continues for missing Linda Stull as ISP helicopter aids in the routine missing person case.
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Wabash Valley
Terre Haute
Brazil
Indiana 59
Clay County
Clinton
Ind
Ben Turchi
Linda Stull
N. 9Th St
Indiana
Turchi
Outcry Forces Abandonment of Metric Sign Conversion
The Federal Highway Administration drops its plan to convert U.S. highway signs from miles to kilometers after 98 percent of 5,000 comments opposed the $100 million project. FHA director William Cox said public opposition and cost concerns made regulation inappropriate. no revival planned. The plan, tied to the 1975 Metric Conversion Act, would have updated speed and height signs by 1979 and 1982, though conversion remained voluntary.
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Washington
Federal Highway Administration
William M. Cox
Cox
Gerald R. Ford
United States
Djibouti gains independence but keeps French help
France agrees to end 115 years of rule in Djibouti with independence on Monday under President Hassan Gouled. Paris will retain control of defense, aviation, port, power, and communications as 4,000 of 6,500 French troops stay to support the new government and train locals.
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Djibouti
Issas
France
Hassan Gouled
Republic of Djibouti
China Demands Korean Withdrawal From South Korea
In an editorial the People's Daily marks the Korean War anniversary and urges the immediate complete withdrawal of all U.S. ground forces from South Korea. It argues the pullout is only a gesture while air and naval forces remain to impede North South unification and repeats China's intent to liberate Taiwan.
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Hong. Kong
UPI
China
South Korea
Communist Party
People's Daily
U.S
United States
North
New
China News Agency
Taiwan
Soweto Blacks Warned as Riot Police Patrol Ghetto
Soweto Police Chief Brig Jan Visser warned that blacks seeking trouble would face consequences as more than 1,000 heavily armed riot police patrolled the ghetto following a day of hit and run clashes with rock throwing youths. Authorities say they aim to prevent a recurrence of last year’s violence that left over 600 dead.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPS
Soweto
Jan Visser
Visser
Botha Blasts Carter Motives Over South Africa Policy
South African foreign minister R F Botha charged the Carter administration seeks political gain from pushing one man one vote in South Africa. He accused Washington of pressuring South Africa more than other African nations and cited domestic election considerations and ethnic purity remarks from 1976. Indiana Lilly plant seeks to maintain ammonia discharge levels. district and state boards to review.
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Washington
API
Carter
R.F. Botha
South Africa
Botha
Jimmy Carter
Eli Lilly
Clinton
Wabash River
Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board
Richard White
West Central Indiana
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the Tribune
the Country Parson
Frank Clark
Robert Lee Lindsey
Farmersburg
Harald O. Lloyd
N. Fruitridge Ave
Union Hospital
Bedino Peace Chapel
Sam J. Boyll
Durham Cemetery
Birdie
Eleanor Adams
N. 7Th St
Prairieton Methodist Church
Maple Avenue Quilting Group
Edward Schacterle
Prairieton Cemetery
Laura Isabel Manus
Evelyn Proctor
Milwaukee
Wis
Dorothy Mattingly
Indianapolis
Edwin Manus
Seelyville
Hugh Manus
Columbia
Miss
Paul Foster
Washington, D.C
Bedina Seelyville Chapel
C.E. Gilbreath
Mrs
Lula Jenkins Daviess
Center Point
Glenshaw
Glenshaw Presbyterian Church
American Legion and
Red Cross
Charley Clark Connelly
Martinsville
Greenwell Funeral Home
Alliene
Waldo
Anchorage
Alaska
Duane
Apopka
Fla
Franklin
Casey
Lois E. Crawford
Jasonville
McClanahan Funeral Home
Good Samaritan Nursing Center
Eva Thelber
Peoria
Illanda
Avon Conrad
Cyprus
Clarence R. Baysinger
Clarence R. Baysinger Sr
Alabama St
Baysinger Machine Shop
W. Knight
Canterbury Convalscent Centre
Lawson-Slack Funeral Home
Jack Masters
Clearview Cemetery
Mary A. Dugger Clinton
Mary A. Dugger
Hillsdale
Fred
Ben
Lois Underwood
Kokomo
David Hackett
Hymera
Goldie Fullman
Rosedale
First Funeral Home
Robert Rigney Shelburn
Robert “Cobb” Rigney
Sullivan County
Las Vegas
Nev
McHugh Shelburn Chapel
Little Flock Cemetery
Margaret Sly
Nucia
Colo
Myrtle Hall
Robinson
Maxine Shipman
Sullivan
Claude
Shelburn
Nellie Gobin
Dessie Skaggs
Earl Hayes
Mattoon
Sarah Catherine McConnohie
Rockville
Sarah Catherine McConnohhie
Fort Lauderdale
Barnes Mortuary
Wendell Adams
Memory Garden Cemetery
First Assembly of God Church
Sharon Grave
Pompano Beach
Annabelle Adams
Paul Shype
Xenia
Olive Grindle Marshall
Olive Grindle
Marlow
Olive Hollingsworth
Marshall
Dallas
Herman
Reba Burns
Lilly Burns
Lake Wales
Joy Monk
Louis Marvin
George Marvin
West Union
Charles Marvin
Church of Christ
Marrs-Snyder Funeral Home
Walter W. Volkers
Livingston Cemetery
Elizabeth Bramble
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
St. Joan of Are Catholic Church
Lebanon Cemetery
Harold
Burchie Reed
Evelyn Genevieve Updegraff
Ashmore
Willis Chapel
Ray Finney
Harry
J. Dean Hacker
Mickey Hacker
Charleston
Curtis Lane
Paris
Paris Community Hospital
Edith
Frank
Evansdale
Iowa
Lucille
Long
Waterloo
Ollié Orlea
South Bend
Buena Payne
Elkart
Margaret Good
Masonic Lodge 77
Sutton and Son Funeral Home
J. R. Gill
Franklin Cemetery
Frank L. Todd
Beech Grove
Barbara Page
S. 10
9Th
Oak Streets
Jesse Cornwell
Lewis
N. 19Th St
Jim
Deanna K. Johnson
S. 9Th St
Dan McCgrath
Poplar St
Post G
Travelers Protective Association
Vigo County Public Library
Suzanne van Reed
TPA
Vigo County Library
John J. Lubbehusen
del Rice
John Trierweiler
Terre Haute Lions Club
Trierweiler
Robert Smith
Bette Inglert
Marilyn Brown
Trierweller
Clarence Young
Tom Pittman
Mike Miller
House of Photography
Ethiopia
People’s Army
Addis Ababa
Mengistu Halie-Mariam
Africa
North Korea
Mengistu
Soviet Union
Eritrea
THE
Lilly
Ings
Terre Haute House
State Stream Pollution Control Board
White
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