Tough Recondo School Shapes Elite Scouts in Vietnam
In Nha Trang South Vietnam recruits endure an intense three week Recondo course. They rise at 4 am run up to eight miles a day. Training covers map reading medical skills prisoner handling and Viet Cong tactics. Maj. Robert L Stevens notes a 43 percent washout and warns against half trained men on missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nha Trang
South Vietnam
Special Forces
Saigon
Recondo
Robert L. Stevens
Biloxi
Miss
Stevens
To Consider More Taxes From Wealthy
The Treasury Department weighs a tax reform plan to close loopholes that let 18 Americans earning over 1 million in 1967 escape income taxes. It also targets subsidiaries and franchised operations while aiming to lower taxes for lower income citizens if details favor such changes. The IRS previously reported 18 individuals made 1 million each in 1967 but avoided tax via deductions like capital gains mineral depletion allowances government bond interest and charitable contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Service
Baltic naval maneuvers conclude with Red Bloc forces
Soviet Admiral Sergei Gorshov announced the end of Baltic Sea maneuvers involving East Germany Poland and the Soviet Union. The exercise used warships submarines aircraft and amphibious units in northern waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Sergei Gorshov
Baltic Sea
East Germany
Poland
Soviet Union
Jet Pilot Averts Tragedy In Crash
In Singapore a British Royal Air Force Hunter jet on a training flight crashed in a rural area. The pilot parachuted at the last moment, narrowly missing two farmhouses and preventing impacts on homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
API
Royal Air Force
Record Press Turnout To Cover Conventions
Nearly 6 000 press radio and TV representatives will cover this year s Republican and Democratic National Conventions. News media personnel outnumber delegates at both conventions with large contingents from UPI and AP. NBC CBS ABC and Mutual will deploy vast staffs including anchors Brinkley Huntley Cronkite Kenson Sevareid and Buckley with foreign press expanding coverage worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
UPI
GOP
Finland
Pakistan
America
U.S
United Press International
Associated Press
Washington
Julius Frandsen
Washington News
Grant Dillman
Merriman Smith
White House
Raymond Lair
Harry Ferguson
Frank Eleazer
House
Steve Gerstel
Senate
Arnold Sawislak
George J. Marder
Joseph L. Myler
Louis Cassels
W. L. Beale Jr
Marvin Arrowsmith
Jack Bell
Sterling Green
Walter Mears
William Arbogast
National Broadcasting Co
David Brinkley
Chet Huntley
NBC
Frank McGee
John Chancellor
Sander Vanocur
Columbia Broadcasting System
Walter Cronkite
Human nature as habits can be changed by will
The text argues that human nature equals human habits and emphasizes love, tolerance, and respect over greed and distrust. It asserts goodness exceeds bad, and bad habits can become good if there is will, effectively stating that human nature can be changed by changing habits.
Pilot Freed by Castro Regime After Havana Hijack
Capt. Jorge Prellezo a Cuban born U.S. airline pilot was freed by the Cuban government after his plane was hijacked to Havana on June 29. He arrived in Mexico City with his wife two weeks later, with a State Department spokesman noting details are unclear. The couple previously resided in Miami with their five children.
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Miami
API
Jorge Prellezo
U.S. Airlines
Havana
Mexico City
State Department
Olga Prellezo
U.S
Cuba
Southeast Airlines
Prellezo
Key West
E. H. Carter
Prellezos
Interstate Gun Sales Ban Delayed by House Hold Up
The administration's bill to ban interstate sales of firearms faced another delay as the House slowed amid a batch of DC related measures. Leaders postponed further action to Tuesday after deciding to resolve about 40 amendments including licensing for gun owners and hunter protections before final passage.
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Washington
UPI
House
District of Columbia
Tammy Gormley Refuses Bed Time Over Daylight Time
In Versailles Kentucky a five year old Tammy Gormley objects to an 8 p.m. bedtime because it is still light. Her mother explains daylight saving time and Tammy replies they did not tell God about it.
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Versailles
Tammy Gormley
Tammy
Israel's Doctor Doolittle Teaches Canary Music
In Tel Aviv Yitzhak Fisher, a 50 year old income tax consultant, runs Israel's only canary music academy. He supervises expert canaries from Japan to train about 100 roller canaries to sing in E flat, entertaining audiences and teaching by imitation. If a bird fails to sing well, he sells it.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Doctor Doolittle
Canaries
Yitzhak Fisher
Academy of Canary Music
Fisher
Tthem
Japan
Navajo Centennial Marked by Freedom After Long Walk
Navajos celebrate 100 years of sovereignty stemming from the 1868 Treaty with the United States. A commemorative pageant retraced the Long Walk and included a six day journey by 165 Navajo participants from Fort Sumner to Window Rock. The event honored heritage, land, and progress, with Tribal Chairman Nakai urging continued effort and perseverance.
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Window Rock
Ariz
U.S
Ft. Sumner
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Martin Link
Link
Washington
Navajoland
Raymond Nakai
Nakai
America
New Mexico Foster Grandparents Aid Mentally Retarded Children
In Los Lunas, the Foster Grandparents program at Los Lunas Hospital and Training School trains elderly volunteers to mentor severely retarded youths aged infancy to 16. Each grandparent cares for two children, 20 hours weekly, aiding therapy and development. The program, funded by anti poverty efforts, pays about 128 dollars monthly and draws 60 to 83 year olds, with a waiting list of 60 and only five vacancies in 10 months.
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Los Lunas
N.M
New Mexico
Los Lunas Hospital
Albuquerque
Gilbert Baca
Baca
Brazil Hierarchy Seeks Wide Land Reforms
The Roman Catholic hierarchy in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina urged President Arthur da Costa e Silva to launch large scale land redistribution and agrarian reforms to create a robust rural middle class in Brazil.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio Grande Do Sul
Santa Catarina
Arthur da Costa E Silva
State Reform Escapee Nabbed In New Castle
Robert H. Baker 30 of New Castle, one of three inmates who fled the Indiana State Reformatory July 16 in a construction truck, was arrested in a New Castle park Sunday night by a city detective. He is serving 25 years for second degree burglary.
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New Castle, Ind
Robert H. Baker
New Castle
Indiana State Reformatory
New Castle Park
Don’t simmer this summer Get a Fedders AC at Frank Krall’s
Local ad urges readers to beat the heat with a Fedders air conditioner offered by Frank Krall, highlighting affordability and in-store availability for cooling relief.
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Frank Krall
Last Rites Held For F L Johnston And John H Diehl
Elwood notices report final rites for Fenton L Johnston 67 at Copher and Fesler Funeral Home with interment at Elwood City Cemetery. Survivors include half siblings and his wife Crystal Cole Johnston. Also noted is John Henry Hank Diehl former Elwood resident who died in Phoenix with funeral services held there and burial at Memory Lawn Memorial Park.
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Elwood
Fenton L. Johnston
Main St
Copher
Pierce Governor Company
Anderson
John Henry
Hank) Diehl
Phoenix
Ariz
Grim‘shaw
Soviet Bloc Leaders Weigh Warsaw Pact Reforms and Talks
Soviet officials pushed for equal status within the Warsaw Pact and pressed to de escalate the Prague crisis. Czechoslovak informants warned against expecting quick gains as talks were planned with all Soviet and Czechoslovak politbureaus, though site and date remained unsettled.
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Antonin Novotny
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Moscow
Politbureaus
1Leman Prague
Two Americans Killed in DMZ Clashes With North Korea
UPI reports two American infantrymen were killed and two wounded in the mountainous western DMZ sector during North Korean truce violations. One South Korean soldier was also wounded. North Korean casualties were not disclosed.
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Seoul
North Korea
UPI
Demilitarized Zone
Woschitz Leaves School Post for Paragon Press
Woschitz resigned in 1965 to join Paragon Press division of Herff Jones in Indianapolis as a sales representative focused on school yearbooks. He has consulted at many universities, led workshops, and remains active in Anderson civic groups and youth programs.
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Paragon Press
Herff Jones
Indianapolis
Woschitz
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Anderson
Junior Achievement
West Side Community Center
United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Sigma Delta Chi
Indiana High School Press Association
Indiana School Public Relations Association
Leonard Eugene Simmons 1925 obituary
Funeral services for Leonard Eugene Pete Simmons 42 auto salesman for Russ Regenold were set for 1 p.m. today at Baker Brothers Funeral Home with Rev Gerald Barnett officiating. Interment will be in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. He died at 2 20 a.m. Sunday at St Johns Hospital. A Cary Mills Illinois native born November 28 1925 he served in the U S Navy in World War II and moved to Anderson in 1953. Surviving: widow three children Robert Parks Harold King Marilyn Sherinak all of Anderson his father Richard Simmons and two brothers Brazil Simmons and Richard Simmons of Herrin Illinois.
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Leonard Eugene
Pete) Simmons
46Th St
Russ Regenold
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Gerald Barnett
Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Simmons
St. John’s Hospital
Cary Mills
Ill
U.S. Navy
Robert Parks
Harold King
Marilyn Sher Inak
Anderson
Richard Simmons
Brazil Simmons
Herrin
Mrs Jennie Keeling Dies in Santa Monica After 40 Years Here
Mrs Jennie Keeling wife of Oda Keeling of Santa Monica Calif died there Saturday morning. Final rites were held Monday in Englewood Calif. She was a Florist shop worker here and assisted township assessor Hogan Ambrose. She belonged to the First Methodist Church. Her husband a YMCA night desk clerk. Survived by a daughter Mrs Frank Snarey and three grandchildren of Torrance Calif.
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Jennie Keeling
Oda Keeling
Santa Monica
Calif
Englewood
Keeling
Hogan Ambrose
First Methodist Church
YMCA
Frank
Mary) Snarey
Torrance
Final rites for Ralph J. McKinley held at Baker Brothers
Funeral services for Ralph J. McKinley age 58 of 1230 East 29th Street take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Baker Brothers Funeral Home with burial at Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Calling hours are 3 to 9 p.m. today.
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Baker Brothers Funeral
Ralph J. McKinley
E. 29Th St
Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery
Final rites for Mary Sayre set at funeral home
The service for 82 year old Mary Sayre will be held at 1 30 p m today at the Karl M Kyle Funeral Home in Alexandria with interment at Parkview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl M. Kyle
Alexandria
Mary Sayre
Alexandria Pike
Parkview Cemetery
Indicted Elwood man linked to 1967 car theft case
A 22 year old from Ingalls faced a jury verdict after pleading not guilty in a May 1967 car theft case. Edward Graham, 26, of Indianapolis, received 25 years for second degree burglary. David Q. Cooper, 21, of Muncie, also got 25 years for burglary tied to Westvale School break in December. Ronald Lee Miller entered not guilty to theft by deception with trial set for Oct. 7, 1968. Melvin Dietz and Gordon Councellor, both from Ingalls, face felonious non support and probation violation charges with hearings set for Friday.
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Ingalls
Edward Graham
Indianapolis
Indiana State Reformatory
Smith
David Q. Cooper
Muncie
Ronald Lee Miller
Melvin Dietz
Michael
Gordon Councellor
Indiana State
Car hits youth on bike at 14th Street intersection
Dr. Harold Scott 909 Hillside said he was north on Pearl Street and stopped at 14th Street light when a youth on a bike approached on 14th Street. The bike brushed the car and the boy was thrown to the pavement. Callender treated at St. John's Hospital and released. Accident occurred at 11:45 a.m. Sunday.
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Harold Scott
Hillside
Scott
Pearl St
14Th St
Callender
St. John’s Hospital
R. Edward Steans
Nelle St
Thurman Barclay
W.ilth St
Stean
Barclay Auto
Brenda Hillard
Barclay
The
Herald
Patricia S. Vannetter
Muncie
Roger P. Hensley
Mounds Rd
Vannetter
George R. Miller
Rt. 2
Gaston
Fire destroys empty house on Alliance Road
A late night fire destroyed a unoccupied home on Alliance Rd between Ind 109 and Main St Rd. The property belonged to Ralph Swinford. Reported at 10 p.m., responders from Anderson Markleville and Pendleton investigated the blaze.
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Alliance Rd
Madison County Sheriff's Deputies
Ind. 109
Main St. Rd
Ralph Swinford
Rt. 7
Anderson, Markleville
Pendleton
Thief Breaks Into Madison County Courthouse
Police report an undetermined amount stolen from eight to ten vending machines inside the Madison County Courthouse after intrusion via a south side window. A separate incident describes a man age 20 to 25 entering Walter Campbell's home on West 14th Street before 4 a.m. Monday. Campbell detained him briefly before he fled.
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Crme
Madison County Sheriff's Department
Madison County
Walter Campbell
W. 14Th St
Campbell
Louise St
Deaths in Madison and nearby counties
Madison area death notices report Mrs. Mary D. Nicholson 94 of Fairmount died at Wesleyan Nursing Home Marion. Survived by son A Porter Eaton Fort Wayne granddaughter two stepchildren and several stepgrandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at Nolder Memorial Chapel with burial in Park Cemetery. Also Olive Lake 73 Bedford formerly Pendleton died suddenly. burial Day Carter Mitchell. James F McDaniel 81 Wilkinson retired farmer died at home Rt 1. service Wednesday at Condo and Son Funeral Home. burial McCray Cemetery.
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Mary Nicholson Fairmount
Mary D. Nicholson
Fairmount
Wesleyan Nursing Home
Marion
Grant County
Otto J. Eaton
Charles Nicholson
Fairmount Methodist Church
A. Porter Eaton
Fort Wayne
Clyde Nicholson
Fullerton
Calif
Ernest Nicholson
Edna Ferrell
Fortville
Nolder
Pendleton
Olive Lake
Bedford
Pendleton Christian Church
Ladies Aid of the Church
Reuben
Don Lake
Venice
Marie Hann
Carter Funeral Home
Mitchell
Ind
Wilkinson
James F. Mee
Daniel
Rt. 1
McDaniel
Delco- Remy
Shirley Masonic Lodge
F & AM No
Davison
Francis Smith McDaniel
Ruby
Lowell
Georgia) Collins
Donald McDaniel
Ann Gallagher
Indianapolis
Condo and Son
Eugene Wright
Grant City
Final rites for Murrel Eugene Grace held today
Funeral services were held at 10 30 a m at Ballard and Shirey Funeral Home for Murrel Eugene Grace 59 of Route 1 Interment followed at Elm Ridge Cemetery near Muncie Orthographically read as Grace and Muncie appear in readable form.
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Daleville
Ballard and Shirey
Murrel Eugene Grace
Rt. 1
Elm Ridge Cemetery
Muncie
Russia To Release Japanese Fishermen
The Soviet Union will release 35 Japanese fishermen detained since May 15 after two boats were seized. They will be turned over to Japanese authorities at Korfa on Kamchatka's eastern coast on July 29.
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Tokyo
UPI
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministry
Korfa
Kamchatka
Whitcomb Nomination Drives Daily Campaign in May Meeting
Mrs. Martha Ellsworth, club president, named committees for the meeting. Christy Boze chairs the program committee with Mrs. Richard Cumberland and Mrs. Robert Tranbarger assisting. Hostess committee includes Mrs. Ralph Parent, Mrs. Lilburn Kemp, and Mrs. Ralph Garriott.
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Martha Ellsworth
Christy Boze
Richard Cumberland
Robert Tranbarger
Ralph Parent
Lilburn Kemp
Ralph Garriott
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Roger Mudd
Harry Reasoner
Art Buchwald
American Broadcasting Co
Howard K. Smith
ABC
Gore Vidal
William F. Buckley Jr
Mutual Broadcasting System
Mutual
Stephen McCormick
Charles King
Walter Winchell
British Broadcasting Corp
Mount Moriah
J. C. Hoover
Sonotone of
Citizen Bank Bldg
F. L. Johnston
John H. Diehl
Soviet
Korea
Leonard Simmons
Mrs
Jenny Keeling
Ralph McKinley
Mrs. Mary Sayre
Elwood Man
Citizens Banking CO
Sez
Happy
Insurance Department
Madison
James McDaniel
Murrel Grace
Russia
Whitcomb
Chiropractic
Mecca
Hin
Spears
Ein
Arthrins
Spears Chiropractic Hospital
E. Jersey
Denver
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