Cross St Improvement Delayed by Easement Talks
County Commissioners discussed stalled Cross St road widening from Indiana Ave to Raible Ave due to required easements. Only four to five property owners remain to sign, delaying construction shared by city and county. Also, Dr. Robert Williams named to Madison County Health Board. Frankton Bridge project completion date Aug 1. Range Line Rd to Killbuck Creek closed for two days for repairs.
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Cross ST
Harold Smith
Everett Stottlemyer
Madison Ave
Raible Ave
Herald
Indiana Ave
Madison
Greenbriar Park
Robert Williams
Mechanicsburg
Madison County Health Board
Roger Frazier
Frankton
Pipe Creek
Carter Construction Co
Range Line Rd
Killbuck Creek
Paratroopers and B52s Strike Across Vietnam Fronts
Sixty paratroopers earned battlefield medals after repelling Viet Cong waves as U S Air Force B52s conducted air raids into North Vietnam and the DMZ. The strikes marked the first large scale foray outside South Vietnam in over two months, targeting newly found battle positions in the DMZ and southern North Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPS
USS
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
Troop Plane Forced to Land on Soviet Island
A Seaboard World Airlines charter carrying 214 soldiers and sailors to Vietnam was intercepted by Soviet MiG fighters and forced to land on Interup Island in the Kurile chain. The Pentagon said the DC8 appeared to stray off course from Seattle to Yokota and enter Soviet air space. Moscow gave no word on release for the aircraft or its 231 passengers.
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U.S
Vietnam
Moscow
Seaboard World Airlines
Interup Island
Pacific Kurile Chain
Pentagon
Seattle
Wash
Yokota
Japan
Second Airliner Forced To Cuba Kidnaped Passengers Return
Fourteen abducted passengers returned to the United States from Havana aboard the same DC3 that was diverted to Cuba. They identified the hijacker as E H Carter, a well dressed Negro, while the plane’s pilot George Prellezo, 37, was jailed in Cuba for defecting in 1960.
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Key West
Fla
U.S
Havana
Cuba
E.H. Carter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George Prellezo
Miami
U.S. State Department
Washington
State Department
Prellezo
Robert J. McCloskey
Henry Taylor
Gonzalo Labrada
Labrada
Q.R. Newmann
Detroit
Newmann
Katherine Kirstad
South
Lisa Anne Evans
Fort Worth
Tex
Charles Evans
Johnson Opens Talks on Curbing Missile Race and Signs Nonproliferation Pact
President Johnson announced the United States and the Soviet Union will begin talks soon to curb the costly missile antimissile race. He spoke at the White House signing of the Nonproliferation Treaty, a pact signed by 57 nations in Washington and other capitals.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Moscow
London
France
Red China
U.S
Sunday Accidents Injure Seven In City
Over the weekend seven people were injured in city accidents. One person was hospitalized in Indianapolis, six others were treated and released. Carl E. Coffman, 21, of Daleville, suffered fractures and multiple injuries after his motorcycle hit a utility pole on Grand Ave near Broad Street. He was treated at Community Hospital and later transferred to Ft. Benjamin Harrison.
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Indianapolis
Carl E. Coffman
Daleville
Broadway
Grand Ave
Coffman
Community Hospital
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Auditor Announces Tax Money Settlement Plans
The County Auditor's Office reported the June settlement of local property tax funds totaling 11,048,856.09 dollars. Major allocations include 6,765,170.77 for school costs, 1,219,721.40 to County General, and 2,174,530.38 to Civil Cities and Town Corporations. The distribution covers 14 townships and multiple school corporations with detailed per locality figures.
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County General Fund
County Welfare Fund
County Cumulative Bridge Fund
County Health Fund
Robbery Staged At Elwood Store For $1200
The Marsh Foodliner on 9th and Main in Elwood was robbed at 9:20 p.m. Monday. $1200 cash was taken from a store employee at gunpoint. A P-38 pistol was used. Police seek a white man about 5'11" and 150 pounds wearing a black sweatshirt and trousers with a stocking mask, who fled on foot.
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Marsh
Main Sts
Elwood
Madison County Sheriff's Department
Local Woman Robbed At Gunpoint In Anderson
Anderson police detectives search for a white man in an armed robbery of a woman at her home Sunday evening. The 21 year old victim, Jean Williams of 318 Chester Street, reported about 23 dollars stolen. Police noted two other Sunday thefts at a church and a local residence.
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Anderson
Jean Williams
Chester St
Unity Urged By Common Market Heads
The Common Market leaders urged major steps toward a United States of Europe as tariff barriers disappear among France West Germany Italy Belgium Holland and Luxembourg. The 14 member Executive Commission led by Jean Rey pressed for ending veto power for each nation expanding its own powers and granting real authority to the European Parliament despite De Gaulle’s opposition. Britain remained barred from the club.
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Paris
United States of Europe
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Executive Commission
Jean Rey
European Parliament
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
de Gaulle
Tower predicts Nixon first ballot nomination from Texas
Senator John G. Tower released his favored son hold on the 56 member Texas delegation to the Republican National Convention and forecast Nixon will win 44 or 45 Texas votes on the first ballot. He said Nixon should clinch the nomination on the first ballot based on state and national support.
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Washington
John G. Tower
Texas
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Tower
Associated Press
GOP
Courthouse Suit Reopens Over New County Building
Four Madison County residents led by Harold Foust renew a suit against a new courthouse project now in Henry County Circuit Court. The 1966 injunction halted plans amid claims of tax impact and procedural breaches. a summary judgment decision is expected next Monday.
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Madison County
Henry County
Madison County Circuit
Harold Foust
Sanford Hicks
Orville Wilson
Theodore Likens
Foust
Frankton
Alexandria
County Council
New York
Becker and Becker
Catlin Whitehead
Henry County Circuit Court
James Puckett
Welter Dietzen
Madison County Council
Jerry Finney
Free Fair Attendance Soars In 1968 Auburn Event
The Anderson Free Fair of 1968, led by Fair Board head Frank Nealis, reports attendance up more than 25 percent from last year since opening Saturday evening. Tonight features three horse races beginning with a two year old pacing stake.
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Anderson
Frank Nealis
Fair Board
Nealis
New Arrivals in Anderson and Vicinity Births at St John’s and Community
A list of newborns from several area families includes girls born to Reed Ingram Jeffery Mitchem Fosner Cornelius Bush Moore Bauer Kendall Parker and Palmer at St John’s and Community hospitals. Boys are born to Reed Ingram Ingram Bush Presser and others at the same facilities.
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Ronny Reed
Sheffield Dr
Fred Ingram
Nichol Ave
Thomas Jeffery
Shady Lane
William T. Mitchem
Locust
Community Hospital
Fosner
Cornelius
Charles Bush
Eckhouse
William Moore
Madison
Jeffery Bauer
Woodbine Dr
Kenny Kendall
Alexandria Pike
Michael Parker
Fowler St
Fred Swift
E. Monroe
Steven Palmer
N. Harrison
Franklin Presser
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UPI
Northwest Orient Airlines
Chicago
Southeastern Airlines
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Traffic Control Center
FAA
Northwes Orient
Minneapolis
LBJ
Seon
Senate
Bonn
Guenter Diehl
Harold Wilson
Surrey
England
Chessington Zoo
Juliet
Adams
Boone
Duck Creek
Fall Creek
Greene
Jackson
Breakins
Indiana
Office of Traffic Safety
Roger D. Branigin
Robert A. O’neal
American Automobile Association
Jerry Banker
AAA
Doyle T. Wright
Charles Trogdlen
J. E. Flanagan
William Breece
Anderson Police Department
Floyd A. Kline Sr
Indiana Office of Traffic Safety
Prin
Anderson and Vicinity
St. John’s Hospital
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