City Council Approves Mayor's Commission on Human Relations
The Anderson City Council voted 5 to 3 to create a 12 to 24 member Commission on Human Relations. The panel will include White and Negro members who are registered voters, with council ratification of members chosen by the mayor and amended duties. Two local brothers injured in a separate crash on Wa8th St were treated and released.
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Anderson City Couns
Firamon
Chabou
Herold
Thuratay
Commission On Human Relations
Anderson
Will Repce
Wa8th St
Don William Purnell
Fernway Dr
Eail
Ath St
Cerol Mavless
Lewise St
Purnell
John Purnell
Billy Purnell
W. 2Nd St
Sir John's Hospital
David Doty
Garner
Madison County Sheriff's Deputies
Ste
Christ Norris
Rt. 4
Norris Boy
St. Jonn’s Hospital
Seul
Jack van Dyke
Commission
Jack “van ‘Dyke
Ronald “Fletcher
Kenneth Abrend
Gordon France
Carrot] Grule
Andrew Orbik
Robert Land
Robert Morris
Mary Ethel Thurston
John Zuber
Meadowbrook Baptist Church
Memn
Pgul Bays
Los Angeles
Calif
Bays
William Byer
Macwaye
Caluen
Evergreen Valley Addition
Ind
Don Goacher
Delaware and Lith Sts
38Th St
Ind. 9
Rez
Clifford to Visit Vietnam for Battlefield Talks
Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford plans a Saturday trip to Vietnam for battlefield discussions ahead of a potential enemy offensive. Accompanied by Gen. Earle Wheeler and Gen. Creighton Abrams, he will assess enemy strength near the DMZ and around Saigon, with August or September seen as possible escalation windows.
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Washington
Clark
Clifford
Vietnam
Earle G. Wheeler
Mc Taint Chiefs of Staff
Creighton W. Abrams
Saigon
Au-gust
Fen
Wheeler and I
Gen. Abrams
Tevet
Cliford Sai
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
South Vietnam
Cotyma
Post Office Orders Major Mail Service Cutbacks
Postmaster General W Martin Watson said he ordered a series of service cutbacks including elimination of home deliveries and Saturday window service unless Congress reverses an economy mandate. A timetable outlined gradual reductions starting this month with further drops planned into late next year.
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Washington
UPI
W. Martin Watson
Congress
Watson
Freaty Fen
Good Morning Start The Day With a Chuckle
A fragmented note mentions a theory on the police record and a claim that a person cannot read or write. The text appears as a casual remark or editorial aside in a larger local page.
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Verie Demesse
Riley
Bronx snipers flee police after three slayings and city pay hikes
City council approved a 6 percent wage increase for police and higher salaries for fire and municipal staff for the 1969 year. Police chiefs and officers receive raised pay while several city officials and department heads gain higher wages funded from municipal utilities. Zoning ordinances also pass, altering residential and business designations in multiple tracts.
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Niemen
City Mall
Flanagan
Park, Ave
Madison County 4 H Fair Opens August 6 at Alexandria Grounds
Madison County 4 H Fair opens August 6 at Bevleh Park Alexandria with a busy schedule of events. A queen contest will select the county representative to state competition at the Indiana State Fair. A silent slow will launch two hour open air program with entertainers.
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Madison County
Bevleh Park
Alexadria Kiwanis' Club
Dela Kiwanis
Nancy Kene
Inedianapolis
Open Air
Tring Love
Bud Ginder
Royal Serenaders
Aires
Chamber Cites Membership Drive As A Success
The Anderson Chamber of Commerce reports 130 memberships as the drive’s total. Division leaders E J Handley and Ralph Weessler led efforts with awards for top signings and art contributions. The event in the YMCA Garden Room recognized helpers and noted incentives for participants.
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Chamber
Anderson Chamber of Commerce
E. J.,antley
Ralph W. Weessler
YMCA
Handley
Marl T Hoover
Weehsler
Ambachors Club
Salp
Race Harmony Visits Begin in Anderson Promoting Understanding
Flame visits to promote racial understanding started in Anderson with Project Awareness volunteers visiting homes. They ask twelve questions to gauge thoughts on race, distribute poverty and Face information, and include statements from Mayor J. Edward Flenagan and ex Mayor Frank Allis.
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Anderson
Project Awareness
J. Edward Flenagan
Frank Allis
Vaice
Kerner Commission
Pleove Tarn Tu Pane 2
Goleman
Muncie Firm Seeks Clarity on Gyroplane Future
Muncie Indiana AP report notes Pearl Equipment Co of Nashville has acquired Air Space Manufacturing assets for 933000 from federal receiver Homer E Capchart. Pearl says it is not ready to discuss the future of the company or its controversial gyroplane amid bankruptcy proceedings and asset sale.
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Muncie
Inds
S Pearl
Air Space Manufacturing Co
Mune
Pearl Equipment Co
Nashville
Tenement Siege After Bronx Mass Shooting
A Bronx shooting left three men dead and one wounded as a gunman fired from a ground floor tenement on 133th Street. Police pursued Bobby Rogers 31 but failed to capture him amid a crowded Puerto Rican neighborhood. Authorities identified the victims as Manuel Angel Figuera and Brian Castro Flore Yura Te Page.
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New York
VPI
Bronx
Fouce
Tle
Bobby Rogers
Orange
Rogers
Pugh
133Th Street
Lower
Manuel Angel Figuera
Bifrain Castro Flore Yura Te
Coloma
Vacation Pay Schedule Set for General Motors Divisions
General Motors will distribute 3,435,601 in annual vacation pay this month to 8,347 hourly-rate employees in the Deleo-Remy and Guide Lamp divisions. Guide Lamp workers receive theirs today. Deleo-Remy workers on July 14.
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DeleoRemy
Guide Lamp
General Motors
Guide
DeleoHemy
Heleo-Remy Comproller
W. G. Heller
TL. A. Cox
Americans Fight To End Saigon Offensive Threat
American troops pressed a push against a major Viet Cong assault on Saigon with 132 bombers striking suspected concentrations north and east of the capital. In separate clashes 33 Communist soldiers were killed near Saigon and 85 were reported killed in Quang Nam Province as South Vietnamese forces aided by air and artillery pressed operations along multiple infiltration routes.
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Saigon
APS
U.S. Infantry
Asoerioins
Cambodia
Demilitarized Zone
Thuesday
Quang Nant
Downe Mig
Memphis
Tenn
Roy Cash
Mev
South Vietnbam
Hao
Jie
Vietnam
Laos
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Uaity
Green Berets Leader Criticizes Dual Command in Vietnam
Oklahoma native Tom Hollingsworth, a former Special Forces sergeant, charges that U S military and political commands jointly hinder Vietnam operations. He cites dual control by the U S Embassy and military leaders and accuses some outlets of distorted news. He spoke at the Anderson YMCA and planned to address further points in a later talk.
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Oklahoma
ISS. Athy
Lin Special Forces
Green Berets
Sewt
Somme
U.S
South Vietnam
Tom Hollingsworth
Anderson
Portinunist
Saigor
Vietnam
Hollingsworth
YMCA
New Arrivals In Anderson And Vicinity
At St John’s Hospital and other area facilities, several families welcome newborns. Rodney Tiesel’s family reports a daughter, while Leland Robinson and family announce a girl. Local parents include.Lap el couple with a boy and Alexandra couple with a boy. Additional births are noted in families from Canvianiey and Maplewood Ave locations.
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Rodney Tiesel
I Lee ‘Tingle
Ard
Sack
Barker
Canvianiey Hospital
Leland Robinson
Lee
Lary Gallihey
Lapel
Larry Beeman
Alexandra
Gary Bragg
Maplewood Ave
Willis Haslin
Piccadilly Rd
Clarence Mee Cue
Dettersoa St
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Post Office
Rouse Ways and Means
Cly
Board of
Public Svorks
Board of Public Works
Public Yen
Vanirglier
Alexandria
Muncie Air Space Firm
St. John’s Hospital
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