Firemen Save Man. Invalid Wife Dies in Blaze
Firemen dragged 69-year-old Joseph Davis from a rear door and revived him, but his 57-year-old wife Margaret Metcalf Davis, an eight-year invalid, died in the fire at 321 West 16th Street. Sgt. John Condon performed mouth to mouth resuscitation. neighbor James Smith reported the blaze around 8:34 p.m. and noted locked doors prevented escape.
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16Th St
Margaret Metcalf Davis
Insulbrick
Lincoln Street
Joseph
Richard Dean
Condon
Davis
Ron Young
Dean
Delco-Remy
St. John’s Hospital
James Smith
Smith
Margaret Davis
W. 16Th St
John Condon
Recreation Equipment seeks amendment to Business 2 zoning
Recreation Equipment Corporation sought rezoning to expand at 723 through 737 W Seventh St to Business 2. The petition was approved only after an amendment limiting scope to owned property amid resident objections. A Feb 5 special session will review a south side nine acre planned community with homes, apartments, a shopping center and a man made lake.
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Recreation Equipment Corporation
Eighth St
Plan Commission
Recreation Equipment
Charlies Gaus
Seventh St
Donald McCarty
McCarty
West Eighth Street
Commission
Kenneth Montgomery
Joseph Armington
City Planning Department
Readers object to wheel tax and tax policy in Indiana
Madison County residents joined a Herald poll to urge lawmakers on tax issues and penalties. About 1,000 readers answered 15 questions, opposing a $25 wheel tax while supporting age exemptions and capital punishment inclusion.
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Herald
Madison
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
Madison County
Indianapolis
Washington
Anderson
Alexandria
Elwood
Daleville
Markleville
Pendleton
Frankton
Wilkinson
Lapel
Middletown
Anderson High School
Madison Heights
Highland
U S Begins Peacekeeping Phase in Vietnam War
In Saigon the United States shifts to a peacekeeping role as four party joint commissions prepare to implement a new framework with American and South Vietnamese troops beginning to coordinate with Communist representatives on the four party missions marking a turn toward the war’s end.
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Saigon
United States
Vietnam
Nixon
America
South Vietnam
Jakarta
Viet Cong attack hits Bien Hoa base kills Marine
A Viet Cong rocket assault on Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon killed one U S Marine and wounded 21 others as cease fire nears. The attack damaged a U S gunship and a South Vietnamese jet fighter bomber. it also struck Ben Hoa City injuring three civilians. The cease-fire set for Sunday also outlined new International Commission troops from Indonesia Canada Hungary and Poland to supervise peace efforts.
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Saigon
Bien Hoa
U.S
Ben Hoa
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Indonesia
Canada
Hungary
Poland
Piotr Jaroszewicz
Warsaw
Mitchell Sharp
Commission
Sharp
House of Commons
South Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson laid to rest in Texas hill country
The former president is buried after a quiet Washington tribute. The issue mentions Ambassador Clinton Knox recounting a Haitan kidnapping, a feature on Indiana Girls School inmates, and Vietnam cease fire talks with Secretary Rogers. Weather notes forecast rain with highs near 54.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Hill Country
Washington
Clinton Knox
Indiana Girls’ School
William P. Rogers
Vietnam
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
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Willie Davis
Jeff Attebury
Madison Heights High School
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53Rd Streets
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St. John's Hospital
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Summitville
Ingalls and
Fortville
Florida
Arizona
Muncie
Lafayette
New Castile
Budapest
Paris
LBJ
Texas Hills
Soviet Union
China
Rogers At
Casper
Billy Casper
Cypress Point
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