Death notices and obituaries from Terre Haute area
Multiple deaths and memorial services across Terre Haute and nearby towns include Mrs. Oakie Lewis Clark of Chicago formerly West Terre Haute, 54, with services at Bedine Chapel. Emory E. Hoopengarner, 71, of AR 24, burial at Fletcher Chapel Cemetery. Henry FE. Clark, 91, Terre Haute, service at DeBaun Funeral Home. Mrs. Nora Bivans Goda, 65, Gary area, burial Evergreen Memorial Park. Donna L. Rogers, 54, Terre Haute, service at Redino Peace Chapel. Mrs. Edna Phillips, 56, Terre Haute, funeral at J N Hickmanz and Son. Mrs. Pearl Albmacht Keller, 84, St. Petersburg, former Terre Haute resident, service Bedine Chapel. John H. Shaw, 81, Terre Haute, services at Thomas Funeral Home. Mrs. Pearl E Kuykendall, 79, Terre Haute, service Patrick J Ryan Funeral Home. Gene Henson, 95, Terre Haute, service Russell Funeral Home. various notices across Sullivan Clinton Linton Brazil Shelburn and Rockville for local residents with burial at Roselawn Memorial Park Grandview etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakie Lewis Clark
Chicago
West Terre Haute
Albert
Maxine Giemzick
Kay Uss
Highland
Donald
William
John
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Bessie Smith
Hollywood
Fla
William Lewis
John Lewis
Long Beach
Calif
Maude Lewis
Bedine Chapel of the Valley
Uwe J Hansen
Bethesda Memorial Park
Emory E. Hoopengarner
Union Baptist Church
Riley Masonic Lodge No 390
Indiana Gas and Chemical Co
Havel
Max
Terre Haute
Paul
Cloverdale
Alva
Brookston
Ind
DeBaun Funeral Home
Roy Bridwell
Fletcher Chapel Cemetery
Henry FE. Clark
8Th Ave
Temple Baptist Church
Claude Herbert
Amico
Kenneth
Stella Jenkins
Debraun
Nora Bivans Goda
Hollywood Ave
Union Hospital
Barbour Avenue
Jessie Hartman
Milford
Ill
Thomas Funeral Home
Rosell Miller
Evergreen Memorial Park
Hobart
Donna L. Rogers
Brown
St. Anthony Hospital
North Side
Ed Smith
Grandview Cemetery
Pearl Albmacht Keller
St. Petersburg
St Petersburg
Charles
Lila Nicholas
Elsie Killen
Bedine Chapel
Pearl E. Kuykendall
Eagle St
Patrick J. Ryan
R. C. Mowery
Roselawn Memorial Park
Juanita Poff
Fairbanks
Sylvia Clark
Shelburn
Maggie Rose Trotter
North Terre Haute
Hazel Simons
Tarpon Springs
Marcella Campbell
Decatur
Virginia Jackson
Marietta
Harolds Walters
Harry Walters
Spencer
Clinton
Pearl M. Ernhart
Vermillion County Hospital
Herbert
Leverett Hamrick
Man rides 22 miles daily to work on bicycle in Atlanta
James R. Allen of Atlanta bicycles a 22 mile round trip to his job at the Atlanta Army Depot. The 36 year old says the one way ride takes about an hour and a half, longer with strong winds, a routine he has followed for nine months. He plans to switch to a motorcycle.
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Atlanta, Ga
James R. Allen
Atlanta
Allen
Bellwood Welcomes Moon Astronaut Eugene Cernan
Bellwood residents greet astronaut Eugene Cernan returning from the moon in a motorscade. He is joined by Thomas Stafford from the Apollo 10 mission. An afternoon rally at Proviso East High School honors Cernan, a 1952 graduate whose mother Rose still lives in Bellwood.
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Bellwood, Ill
Eugene Cernan
Bellwood
Cernan
Thomas P. Stafford
Proviso East High School
Rose
Burial service details with Adams officiating
Adams will officiate the burial to be held at Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home for visitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ters
Dorothy Eaton
Fort Branch
Marie Greenwald
Dearborn
Mich
Ida Cheek
Rantoul
Elizabeth Lee
Bicknell
Ind
Martha Conner
Louisville
Myrtle Minnel
California
St. Peter's Church
Lebanon Cemetery
Welch - Cornett
Brazil
William Green
Knightsville
Moore Funeral Home
Alfred Emmert
Summit Lawn Cemetery
Dugger
William H. Bicknell
Sullivan
Alexander Funeral Home
Robert Wilson
Dugger Cemetery
Crown Point
Frieda Pruiett
Flagstaff
Ariz
Merriam Funeral Home
Adams
Memory Gardens
Miss Lois Koch in England
Lois Koch daughter of Dr and Mrs G D Koch of Robison Rd West Terre Haute is at Lincoln College Oxford University England as part of a New York University sponsored group studying Theatre Archaeology European Art and English Music She will study and attend British theatre July 6 to 12 at York seminars on Medieval Drama Then July 13 to 20 the group tours Cornwall to see Ordinalia a Cornish mystery cycle She returns to Terre Haute August 25
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Lois Koch
G. David Koch
Robison Rd
West Terre Haute
Lincoln College
Oxford University
England
Association For Cultural Exchange
New York University
Miss Koch
York
Cornwall
Terre Haute
First locomotive with a cab built in 1835 in Philadelphia
The Samuel D. Ingham produced in Philadelphia in 1835 marked the first locomotive design featuring a cab. This milestone highlights early railway engineering and passenger pilot safety shifts.
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Samual D. Ingnam
Philadelphia
Five Day Forecast for Indiana and Illinois
Indiana towns see highs 84 to 90 with lows 62 to 68 and temperatures 2 to 6 degrees below normal. Precipitation totals from one quarter to three quarters of an inch with showers mainly Wednesday and Friday or Saturday. Illinois highs mid to upper 80s with low 90s in the south and lows mid to upper 60s. cooler trend Tuesday and Wednesday, then little change. Rainfall around half to three quarters of an inch, scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly Tuesday Friday and Saturday.
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Indiana
Illinois
Safeguard Debates and MIRV Deployment Prompt Bipartisan Appeals
The piece reports Senate debate on Safeguard deployment and MIRV systems. Senate Democrats, led by Mansfield, urge pausing MIRV criticism while 41 senators call for talks with the Soviet Union to moratorium MIRV development to enable arms reductions. Russell doubts Soviet willingness to halt testing.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Russell
Bomb shipment accident injures several and disrupts airspace
An explosion involving a military shipment severely injures conductor Taylor M. Johnson of age 53 who is treated in Elko Nevada for a skull fracture. Transients Tipton and brakeman Freeman J Stevens receive burn care and are released. Army demolition experts from Ft. Douglas respond. Public barred within five miles and FAA suspends overflight. Western Pacific says explosives were loaded at Cornhusker plant Grand Island Nebraska and moved toward Port Chicago California, a Vietnam shipping point.
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Taylor M. Johnson
Elko
Nev
Tipton
Freeman J. Stevens
Ft. Douglas
Salt Lake City
Federal Aviation Agency
Pentagon
Western Pacific
San Francisco
Cornhusker Ammunition Plant
Grand Island
Neb
Chicago
Calif
Vietnam
Doctor Duckwall Listed Critical After Attack
Vigo County Health Officer Dr. B. F. Duckwall remains in the coronary care unit at Union Hospital in critical condition after an attack at his home Friday. Hospital officials reported the status at noon.
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Vigo County
B. F. Duckwall
Union Hospital
Indianapolis sewer death claims life of James Stewart Jr
AP reports James Stewart Jr aged 36 of Indianapolis died Saturday while working in a city sewer. A co worker who attempted the rescue collapsed and required revival. Deputy Coroner Morris Settles said the death may be due to oxygen deprivation.
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Indianapolis
James Stewart Jr
Morris Settles
Educational TV Station Opens With Grant in Indianapolis
A new educational television station on Channel 20 in Indianapolis received a $154 700 federal construction grant and FCC permit. Dr T Lynd Esch announced the Metropolitian Indianapolis Television Association's funding, local support, and equipment donations from WFBM TW and WLWI WISH. The station aims to air by Thanksgiving with programming from NET regional libraries and a local staff.
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Indianapolis
Itse
T. Lynd Esch
Metropolitian
Indianapolis Television Association
Federal Communications Commission
Wfbm-Tv
WFBM
Wish-Tv
Wlwi-Tv
Channel 20
National Educational Television Network
Rev Robert Moss elected president of United Church of Christ
In Boston at the church's biennial assembly Rev Robert Voss Jr. was elected president on the first ballot with 437 of 719 votes. The Lancaster Theological Seminary leader defeated Arthur D Gray who had support from a Negro clergy group and Paul E Gibbons backed by a youth wing.
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Boston
Robert Voss Jr
United Church of Christ Today
Pilgrims
Moss
Lancaster Theological Seminary
Pennsylvania
Arthur D. Gray
Chicago
Paul E. Gibbons
Cornell University
Gold Fever Hits Youth in Old Alaska Town
In Gold Fever Name Alaska youth sweep the streets hunting coins under a torn boardwalk along Front Street. After a concrete walk replaced the boards, children quickly uncovered long buried nickels dimes quarters and even an occasional half-dollar.
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Name
Alaska
Front Street
Bonanza
War raids and blast injure multiple in Middle East incident
An army raid near Suhaij found no ground resistance. In Tel Aviv a bomb blast injured ten as 20 Arab suspects were questioned. A Fatah linked blast claimed retaliation for Israeli raids. Two Israeli planes attacked a guerrilla position in Jordan with no casualties reported.
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Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Amman
Palestinian Armed Struggle Command
Assifa Guerrilas
al Fatah Organization
Jordan Valley
Jordan West Bank
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Seid
Tax Surtax Debate Sparks Public Calls for Reform
Backers press for immediate tax reform as Mansfield cites growing anger at taxes. Senate and House keep withholding rates on the surtax for 31 days after expiration. A House bill would extend the surtax and repeal the 7 percent investment credit, while expanding deductions to remove 2.2 million low income families from the tax rolls.
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Mansfield
Senate
House
Yugoslav Official Shot and Wounded in Berlin
The chief of the Yugoslav military mission in West Berlin was shot and wounded by an unidentified gunman. Police detained a suspect who may be Croatian, amid past anti-Tito emigre attacks targeting Yugoslav officials in the city.
Oil field found in Greene County by utility crews
Citizens Gas and Coke officials say test drilling in Greene County found what appears to be good quality oil. Further drilling and analyses will determine the field size and if it could support commercial production, as crews searched for additional underground gas storage.
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Indianapolis
Citizens Gas and Coke
Greene County
Essex Decommissioning Ends Oldest U S Navy Carrier
The 33,000 ton USS Essex, oldest active carrier, decommissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard. Commissioned December 31, 1942 in Norfolk VA, it served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Boston
U.S. Navy
Boston Naval Shipyard
Norfolk, Va
Naval Shipyard
Hartke urges veteran benefit increases in Indianapolis
Sen. Vance Hartke speaking to Indiana Disabled American Veterans called for increased veteran benefits and full benefits for Vietnam veterans disabled before August 4, 1964. He announced he is sponsoring legislation to secure these raises.
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Indianapolis
Congress
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Indiana
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Mrs. Oakie
Lewis Clark
Emory F. Hoopengarner
Edna Phillips
Farrington Ave
George
Vera
Velva Stone
Hazel Hartman
Guy Harmless
Rockville
J. N Hickmanz and Son
Willard J. Doyle
Mrs. Pearl Albright Keller
John H. Shaw
4Th Ave
Social Masonic Lodge No 86
Mrs. Pearl FE. Kuykendall
Gene Henson
Spruce St
Russell Funeral Home
Reedie Moore
Mrs. Josephine Shounk Walters
Bessie Stanley
Linton
St. Francis Hospital
Virginia Bedwell
Vernon
Mooresville
Robert
Joseph Conner
Lana M. Drake
Airbanks
Mary Sherman Hospital
Marsden
Thomas
Springfield
Herbert Fuson
James Bunyan
Alexandria
Florence Hoppes
Sullivan Order of the Eastern Star
Rebecca Lodge
McHugh
Mervin Drake
Pleasant Green Cemetery
Margaret Marshall
Carbon
Glendale
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lawson Funeral Home
Richard Lee McClanahan
Richard L. McClanahan
Joe McClanahan
Jerry Booker
T. M. Christy
Westlawn
Tom Osdom
Stanley
Menz
Stanley ‘Dutch
Paul C. Weaver
Evergreen Lane
Fort Wayne
Parke County
Butler Funeral Home
Wendell
Frank Ferrara
9Th St
Karanovich
Mrs
Arthur
Bill’ Frazier
Arthur “Bill” Frazier
Miller and Sons
College Avenue
College
E. W. Walsh Monument CO
Wabash Ave
Kentucky
Fred
Romen
S. 7Th
7Th & Hulman
Lafayette
NE. Corner
Wabash Estateria
Sud
Gure
Tesedey Maerning
Florida
Gulf Coast
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Maine
Central Plains
Memphis
Miami
Albany
Albuquerque
Milwaukee
St.p
Bismarck
New Orleans
Phoenix
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Denver
Pond, Me
Des Moines
Ptind
Ore
Detroit
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Richmond
Fort Worth
St. Louis
Helena
Salt Sk. City
Honolulu
San Diego
San Fran
Jacksonville
Seattle
Juneau
Tampa
Kansas City
Washington
Los Angeles
Winnipeg
Robert Moss
United Church OF Christ
Charlie Myers
Myers Cleaners
Army
El-Walid Salameh
Suhaj
Discover Oil
Central Brace and Limb CO
Woodburn Printing Co., Inc
South 6Th St
Merrill
ESSEX
Hartke
HSPA
William D. Murray, Jr
Valley Newspapers, Inc
Lawrenceburg
Aurora
Rising Sun
Hoosier State Press Association
Kor-X
D.C
McKnight
D. C
Terre Haute Business College
Tue
Thur
Indiana Business College of
Ronald W. Bevington
State of
Bedino Chapels Inc
Peace Chapel
South 6Th Street
Chapel OF the Valley
National Avenue
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