Water Bureau Faces Second Bribery Indictment in NYC
In New York City a Brooklyn grand jury indicted Vincent Demayo and William Scott, both linked to the Water Bureau, on bribery charges for altering Reichhold Chemical Co. rates. They face trial after pleading not guilty. bond set at 1500 and 5000 dollars respectively as investigations expand into other city departments.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Manhattan
James L. Marcus
Vincent J. Demayo
William L. Scott
Reichhold Chemical Co
Demayo
Brooklyn Bureau of Water Register
Scott
Asst. Dist. Atty
Irving Seidman
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Hyman Barshay
Seidman
Grand Jury
Brooklyn Chemical Company
Terre Haute Pair Arrested In Five Students Stabbings
Virgil Towles twenty three of Terre Haute and a Terre Haute juvenile were arrested in connection with the stabbings of five Indiana State University students after a dance incident. Shelton Fort twenty one of Kokomo remained in fair condition with liver surgery after the Saturday attack. Four other students were treated and released. Police said several other suspects were being questioned and more arrests were expected. The fight started when ISU students tried to stop non students from crashing a dance at a Lutheran hall.
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Terre Haute, Ind
UPI
Virgil Towles
Terre Haute
Indiana State University
Shelton Fort
Kokomo
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Ted Melvin
ISU
Protesters Arrested in Da Nang Market riot surge
About 100 South Vietnamese peasants were arrested in the Da Nang produce market for protesting U S bombing and the American military presence. Police say most were war refugees coerced by Viet Cong. 60 women and children were briefly detained before release. A U S adviser warned of more anti government actions in northern provinces.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
UPI
U.S
A. Wilson Edwards
Louisville
Wilson
Broken Wheel Triggers Ohio Train Wreck Fatality and Fire
A broken wheel on the 14th car of a NY Central freight derailed 10 cars near Snydersville sending a boxcar into a house. Jason Williams, 47, died at the scene. his wife Florence Williams, 40, and three children survived with burns and injuries. Brenda Hicks, 17, helped rescue siblings as neighbors removed the couple from the home before fire crews arrived. The family resided in the five room frame dwelling. train was en route Cleveland to Cincinnati, derailment blamed on wheel failure.
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Springfield
Ohio
UPI
Snydersville
Jason Williams
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
Florence Williams
Mercy Hospital
Brenda Hicks
Karen Hicks
New York ‘Central
Erie Lackawanna
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Gary Teachers union and Gary school board reach contract
Gary Indiana AP reports the Gary Teachers Union and city school board will sign a contract through December 31. A wage increase of 7 percent was agreed last May and fringe benefits were settled recently after a threatened strike. Starting salaries rise to $6500 for teachers.
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Gary, Ind
Gary
County High Schools to Attend Demonstration Days at IU Medical Center
Thirty nine students from Alexandria Monroe Madison Heights and Pendleton High Schools will join 1,683 students from 122 Hoosier schools for Demonstration Days at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis on April 20 and 27. The sessions, now two because of calendar conflicts, aim to illustrate career paths in medicine dentistry nursing and allied health sciences and show the education and science behind these fields.
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Madison County
Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis
Howard B. Morris
Medical Center
Alexandria Monroe
Shirley M. Colwill
Madison Heights
Anderson
Forrest W. Schepper
Pendleton High School
Elizabeth Craxton
Hoosier
Morris
Indiana
Sukarno Permitted To Visit Jakarta
Former President Sukarno was allowed to visit Jakarta for Lebaran the first two days of January, a ranking Indonesian official said Saturday. Colonel Sutikno, the presidential secretary, said Sukarno had been slightly ill lately and had been living south of Jakarta.
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Jakarta
UPI
Sukarno
Lebaran
Col. Sutikno
Baptist Churches Plan Singspiration at Anderson Church
Five independent Baptist churches Edgewood Grace South Side Fundamental Daleville join Anderson Baptist Church 2107 Main St for Sunday evening singspiration at 9 o clock with host pastor Rev Mel Kirk coordinating the event.
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Anderson Baptist Church
Main St
Edgewood Baptist
Grace Baptist
South Side Baptist
Fundamental Baptist
Daleville Baptist
Anderson Baptist
Mel Kirk
Poitier Signs with Universal for The Lost Man
Sidney Poitier has signed with Universal to star in The Lost Man. The announcement credits Poitier and Universal Pictures and notes the project is set as a major film under development.
Soviet Ships Arm For Vietnam Run As U S Bombing Sparks Fear
Moscow accuses the United States of a deliberate Haiphong strike on the Pereslavl Zalessky and warns Soviet freighters bound for North Vietnam may arm themselves. Izvestia says bombs fell around the ship for hours after a delayed-action raid. Tass and State Dept officials differ on intent. The protest notes threaten punishment for airmen and underscore rising tensions in the North Vietnam corridor.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
U.S
Haiphong Harbor
Vietnam
Izvestia
Haiphong
Tokyo
North Vietnam
Pereslavl Zalessky
Pereslavl Zalesskys
Washington
Robert McCloskey
State Department
Tass
McCloskey
Portuguese Lose 15 In Guinea Battle
In Portuguese Guinea BISSAU an army communique said Portuguese troops lost 15 men in a battle with African guerrillas in the last week of December. The same report noted 20 guerrillas were killed in the search and destroy operation.
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Bissau
Portuguese Guinea
UPI
Frillas
Ecember
Workman Dies in Fall From Crane at Joslyn Plant
Fayette Jacobs, 41, of Fort Wayne, was killed Monday when he fell 40 feet from a crane at a building project at Joslyn Stainless Steel Co. in Fort Wayne Indiana. The accident occurred at the Joslyn plant during ongoing construction work. Jacobs worked for the contractor on site. Investigators are reviewing safety procedures and the cause of the fall.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Fayette Jacobs
Fort Wayne
Joslyn Stainless Steel Co
All Tickets Win In Japanese Lottery
In Kobe Japan a 40 year old man bought three dollars worth of government lottery tickets and all ten tickets won prizes. One ticket captured the twenty four thousand dollar grand prize while the remaining tickets yielded smaller winnings. The man was not identified.
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Kobe
Japan
UPI
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Works Free Insurance Company
Ley Street
Boston
Massachusetts
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