Terre Haute Tribune, The (Newspaper) - February 2, 1971, Terre Haute, Indiana G TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE COMPLETE WIKE SERVICES Of ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TEN FINAL EDITION Terre February FOR ATX DEPARTMENTS DIAL 2330581 WAR INTO Planes Accompany Vief Invasion By LAWRENCE KNUTSON WASHINGTON AP George Aiken says State Department officials have told him of a buildup of American and South Vietnamese forces near the Laotian border preparing for an important allied Kyodo News Service of Japan reported early today from Saigon that an estimated to South Viet paratroopers supported by planes and heli copters moved into Laos The dispatch said no ground troops were participating in the designed to cut North Vietnamese supply The dispatch also said between and North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops were reported to have infiltrated into southern Laos The administration has giv en us to understand theyre pre paring for a massive attack from the Aiken said The allied the Vermont Republican are gearing for a large operation we be ranking Republican on Hoosier Auto License Branch Battle Rages INDIANAPOLIS AB a publicans planned today to test congressional ban against send pleas by Democrats for reform of auto license A fierce partisan battle raged inthe Senate Monday over a Republican which would provide an additional fees for the The to increase drivers li cense fees from to was passed 2920 in a party line vote and sent to the Democrats said reform of the branches was needed but not more money to support a poor Republicans said the financi ally troubled branches could give better service if they had more planned to file a today which he said would take the branches out of politics and put them under state govern ment with employes under the merit I want to test the sincerity of said Hill who was acting commissioner of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles last August to With the governor a Republi the GOP controls the Several attempts were made in past legislative sessions to strip control of li cense branches from the party in Senate Majority Leader Phil lip RFort has introduced a to place the Bureau of Motor Vehicles under the State Police Depart Both Republican and Demo cratic senators condemned li cense branch operation Monday in floor debate over the fee re vision sponsored by It is a part of an old spoil system a plague on both our said Sen Marlin John Public thinks the Wayne DHart ford According to Budget Agency for the new the fee would give g Monday night until branches million more and tne February 15 Board Continued On Page the Senate Foreign Relations said he was assured by the State Department a ing troops into Laos would be and that no American soldier would be allowed to cross the I think that was the purpose of the to assure he in telling of the State De report which he said came The State Department and Pentagon have refused to dis cuss rumors of an imminent al lied incursion into But one State Department source said flatly any final decision on launching the operation will be made by President Nixon and no ground troops will enter Aiken said he was briefed by the State Department but has ben told nothing since about the operation because of what he called the tightest cen since World War officials in Washington and Saigon have talked recently of a major increase in infiltra tion of North Vietnamese forces into Cambodia and the northwestern sector of South For several weeks there has aided by Continued On Page Injunction Sought On Street Closing A rumor born of speculation became fact Monday as attorneys for the Terre Haute Masonic Temple filed suit against the closing of 8th In action which may delay construction of the proposed Indiana State Univer sity Civic the Vigo Circuit Court Judge Joseph Ander son to enjoin the City of Terre Haute from following a by the Board of Public Works and Safety until the validity of the resolution can be Attorney James Ball and the CUTS THROUGH RED Circuit Judge Joseph with the assistance of Hermit president of the Vigo County cut through red tape to get David Howard admitted immediately on a temporary basis into the Vigo County when he was found living alone and trying to keep warm around a potbelly stove in the 2400 block of 7th last Neighbors had expressed concern about one of the oldest residents of Vigo Is Warm Again Thanks to Judge today at the Vigo County Home with Kermit rather than living alone and president of the Vigo Brazil law firm of Craig and also asks damages in the event the street finally is claiming irreparable in jury to the plaintiff and the citi zens of Terre as a re sult of the boards Resolution of the associations it was the decision of the Terre Haute Board of Public Works and Safety to close North Eighth Street from Cherry Street on the to Eagle Street on the and the closing of most of Mulberry Street between Eighth and Ninth The resolution was acted on by the board 12 during a meeting to consider several mo tions involved in the Several remonstrances were filed against the closing of Eighth Street during a public meeting 30 of last in which the opposition was led by the Masonic Temple Associ Despite the the comprised of City Con troller Carl City Attorney George Tofaute and City En gineer John later order ed the street vacated so plans for the amphitheater could go The board explained at the By JAMES DRESSLER Tribune Staff Writer Thanks to neighbors who 12 meeting the majority of those in attendance at the previous public hearing were members of fraternal and be organizations owning property in the The board also said the opposition was directly related to their interests hi the area to be Most of the parties with an interest in the matter refused tb comment on the latest action by the Temple Ken neth treasurer and vice president for business af fairs at Indiana State Univer said lie felt the board had naS vw WUU been speculation South a wno knows how to 1 mt n tana get around red 100 u aided DV AVU would press into Laos old Dvid Howard one Af MAOI of Vigo Countys oldest resi is keeping toasty warm cuddling around a potbelly stove County to check to keep warm in an old house inon his Judge Anderson last week pre the 2400 block of 7th It feels good to be warm told Vigo Cir cuit Judge Joseph when the judge went to the Vigo School Appointments Delayed By Trustees pared after learning of ordering him to be admitted immediately to the Vigo County Home on a tem pending a thor ough study of his This was an extreme emer gency Judge Anderson A relative from Indian apolis is coming Tuesday to Winter Storm Watch Issued means the roads may BY BARBARA BRUGNAUX Tribune Staff Writer Zero and minus zero tempera tures are scheduled the Terre Haute area Tuesday but before shouts of halleluiah ring out beware that even more haz conditions may A winter storm watch has been issued with the forecast calling for mixed with freezing rain and sleet and then more That forecast for area be very with the pos of ice hidden under provided the full forecast comes The National Weather Serv ice which issued the winter storm watch expects it to begin around 8 Tuesday According to the services In southern Illi and Indiana can expect increasing cloudiness Tuesday afternoon and evening with snow in the early evening and a possibility of freezing rain and sleet Wednesdays forecast also in cludes snow with freezing and then more snow late Temperatures will range from a low Tuesday night of 1 to 22 with an expected high Wednesday in the low Although 17 degrees is not exactly sun and sands it is a considerable improve ment over the minus zero tem experienced in Terre Monday night aim cully per cubic meter taken the proper action in the Tuesday Low for the ta im Moulton said the site night at the Hulman Field chosen for the amphitheater Service was minus By MARY ANNE PIERCE Tribune Staff Writer The Vigo County School Cor branches are a said Board of Trustees de ferred action on the appointment of 12 administrators for the new President Peter Farmer said ac tion was delayed due to the possibility of other appoint board members had received written tions from Superintendent Kenneth Cottom for two assist ant a dean of dean of chief counselor and athletic director at each high Board members voted unani in favor of all issues dis cussed during the Bell was the only trustee I i The board gave authorization to transfer the remaining bal ance of which had bcen appropriated for a Grove School construction fund to unappropriated balances in Ithe cumulative building patron at the Fred Hick rei the report stated received the boards con Large Meteorite Falls Near Here Location of a meteorite rei the report stated received con ported to have fallen south west lief that the spot might be to look into problems of Terre Haute near the of Ule Sugar Hickman had line at flip asked Ihp uco heating no bookmobile In answer to Hickmans talk with and well know after that what will be in the best interest of on a permanent Judge Anderson learned ofj the situation from the County Welfare 1 which had been contacted by the local A rei who was afraid might quires the closing of the He said if the project wasnt built at this it was pos sible that the amphitheater would not be built at Toufaute refused to comment at all on the saying that he wanted to see the complaint Others on the Price and also said wanted to see the complaint be fore making any Wilbur president of Continued On Page emeritus of geography at Indi ana State reported that his weather station in West Terre Haute showed an over night low of minus At 9 Hulman was still re porting below zero tempera Continued On Page The Weather By National Weather Service Weather Map On Page 9 River M noon 6 a 7 LOCAL CONDITIONS Highest 9 lowest temperature last TERRE HAUTE AND ter storm watch Increasing ness with snow beginning early tonight be coming mixed with some freezing ruin and sleet later Snow mixed with freez ing rain Wednesday hen back to snow late Low tonight 15 to Wednesday 31 to Winds becoming southerly and Increasing 10 to 20 Precipitation probability ages 70 SO storm watch Cloudy with snow beginning early tonight becoming mixed with some freezing rain and sleet later Wednesday snow mixed with sleet and Then back to snow late Low to night 15 to Wednesday 31 to Precipitation probability 10 per cent to SO per cent Winds southerly and tea to 20 to snow likely becom Ing mixed with rain or freezing rain and warmer with steady or slowly rising tem Wednesday ratal likely and warmer the highs In the of dirt Average dally v ivv 111 14114 David professor Moon Landing Has Green Light similar in Vigo County problems with have base uo quest Co t to m said m a n y not nj a k e it through the ex tremdy cow had J the j A nextdoor neighbor found i him Judge Anderson She and another neigh ment cafeterias and inadequate He said there is a need for construction one and it is possible that sometime bor had been carrying coal for Continued On Page Continued On Page See Your News Quiz Oil Page 21 boundary was the subject of a state police search Tuesday after an airlines pilot radioed his The identified as an Eastern Airlines was re ported to have seen a rather large meteorite fall to The blazing ball of fire extin itself after it hit the according to the A state police spokesman at county line at the state The state boundary at that point is the Wabash asked the board to money at the school is needed and use the where it WOO The local report at According to the teacher pupil ratio at the school is kept followed a series of reports across southern Indiana and Ohio of a firey object flashing across the Rushville area residents at a low figure by the use of three classrooms in the base ment where there is no fire es He pointed out the school ported a similar sighting in that has no music some classes area across the state not dismissed early to permit from the Ohio state line and all meals to be prepared in a first believed plane to United the Terre Haute reporting j according lack of available men to International mto the matter The wire service also slated said that investigation be that police troopers at conducted soon as north of Richmond and Noting that to also site Uie there is an inferior NEWS DIGEST On Page 20 By HOWARD BENEDICT AP Aerospace Writer SPACE Houston Apollo astronauts hurtled on course today toward a rendezvous with the confident their spaceship dock ing system will not bar a land ing in rugged lunar On the remote chance the two ships could not link after their moon exploration astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell were prepared to walk in space from the lunar I module back to the command vessel for the return trip Apollo 14 shifted to an get course Monday night when toring systems and relaxing for the big days The suspense over whether Shepard and Mitchell would be able to land ended Monday when Apollo mission director Chester Lee Were proceeding with every intention of making lunar Doubt about the landing was raised shortly after launching Sunday when the astronauts had linking the command and lunar They sepa rated the command ship Kitty Hawk and turned around to hook up with and extract An tares from a compartment atop the third stage of the Saturn 5 Five times they tried and They finally succeeded on the sixth but ex perts on the ground huddled to Mark tux un uae 16 iu I ft M r e Sun shown ait and See Story Marlin command module pilot Stuart Roosa fired up big main engine for the first The burst J Continued On Page ivered the spacecraft off a that would have approached to within miles of the n Now it will zip within 69 miles i MC at EST Thursday and Roosa once again will trigger the engine to fire into an orbit ranging from 69 to 195 miles above the Close to Surface Later Thursday the astro will drop the high point of the lunar orbit to an altitude of miles before Shepard and Mitchell separate the lunar lan der Antares for a Friday morn ing descent to the hilly terrain known as Fra Mauro on the eastern fringe of the dry Ocean of That was a mighty good burn Kuosa exclaimed after the Theres just one thing The three astronauts spent a child ought be reared quiet second day in to be a wise
