A sad day Sept 9 was in 1969. How does this connect to Terre Haute? Long time Terre Haute businessman and radio station owner (WVTS) Jerry W. Kulinski was on this plane and perished with the other victims. Mr. Kulinski had driven to Indianapolis early the morning of the accident, and had flown to Cincinnati. He was due to arrive back in Terre Haute by 5:30 pm or so, and when he did not arrive, his family was worried he might have been on the plane. They didnt hear the official word until 3:30 the next morning. His wife was to have accompanied him on the trip, but decided to stay behind just before Mr. Kulinski left home that morning. Mr. Kulinski had always had an interest in music, having begun violin lessons at the age of 6. He eventually met well-repected fiddler Burdett Caudell, and adopted that style of play almost overnight. As a 15-year-old Country-Western fiddler, he formed a band, the Wabash Valley Troubadours, and played engagements all over the area. It was reported that the name of this group was the inspiration for the call letters of his future radio station, the Wabash Valley Troubadour Station (WVTS). Mr. Kulinski had graduated from (Terre Haute) Gerstmeyer High School in 1957, and had attended Indiana State University. He was survived his wife Dianne. The couple had no children.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 23:00:34 +0000
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