Saigon reports heavy Viet Cong rocket and mortar attacks
UPI reports a week of Viet Cong offensives with 23 targets struck in South Vietnam. Civilians died as two district towns were hit. 42 communists killed in Pleiku area fighting. U S Marines defend An Hoa and Tam Ky sectors with gunships and artillery. 720 tons of bombs dropped Wednesday on enemy concentrations.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Nist
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Khiem Duc
Tra On
John Borelli
Lawrence
Mass
Tam _ Ky
An Hoa
Nixon Says No Wage Price Controls If Surtax Fails
The White House said President Nixon does not plan wage price controls if Congress rejects the 10 percent surtax extension but would consider them if inflation cannot be kept in check. Ziegler summoned key House leaders to discuss the surtax fate, while Kennedy cited six former treasury heads in support of the extension.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Nixon
Congress
Ronald Ziegler
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Ziegler
House
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Spiro T. Agnew
Kennedy
John W
Koshares to Perform at Anderson High School Gym
Plans finalizing for the Koshares Indian dancers appearing June 26 at Anderson High School Gym under Kikihawenund Council Boy Scouts of America. Darrell Ecker chairs the committee. the group based in La Junta, Colorado, performs nationwide and will visit here for the first time.
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Anderson High School
Kikihawenund Council
Boy Scouts of America
Darrell Ecker
la Junta
Colo
Ker
Officials Tour Madison County Courthouse Project Sites
A Madison County delegation led by Commissioners Clifton Paddock William J. Wood and George Baker and county officials visited Columbus and Jeffersonville to view courthouse improvements. They observed Bartholomew County’s renovated courthouse costing 625000 and a Jeffersonville project valued at 4900000 under a city county township authority.
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Madison County
Jeffersonville
Clark County
Bartholomew County
Columbus
William E. Stookey
Downstate
Clifton Paddock
William J. Wood
George Baker
John
Rovert Westermier
Circuit Court
John L. Lewis Dies At 89 in Washington
John L. Lewis 89 longtime head of the United Mine Workers died in Doctors Hospital after an acute illness. The CIO founder and fiery labor leader had retired from UMW leadership but ran its pension fund for years. He spanned Roosevelt era battles and a split from CIO to AFL amid Taft Hartley disputes.
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Washington
UPI
John L. Lewis
Doctors Hospital
Marcel Foret
Lewis
Unites’ Mine Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
UMW Pension Fund
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Steel
CIO
Roosevelt
Alexandria
Robert E. Lee
UMW
AFL
Anderson Council Eyes Projects Over Eighty Thousand Dollars
City council to discuss measures exceeding 80 000 dollars including Range Line Road widening from Ind 32 to White River with city paying over 125 000 and county covering rest. Also consideration of 4000 plus dollars for electronic equipment at the communications HQ, a sewage plant dump truck, and engineering services for Madison Avenue railway crossings drainage and pavement. Plans for a municipal transit system may be reviewed as bus service ends July 15 due to revenue issues.
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Anderson City
Board of Public Works
Acme Paving Company
Range Line Road
Ind. 32
White River
Board of County Commissioners
Police Department
Federal Communications Commission
Butler, Fairman, and Seufert, Inc
Madison Avenue
38Th
J. E. Flanagan
Older Brother as Protector Highlighted by State Witnesses
Two state witnesses in the first degree murder trial at the State Reformatory testified that defendant Leland Shoulders, 27, was an "older brother" figure who advised and protected them before the knife attack on Samuel Kosak, 27. They described Kosak as feared and described the dormitory confrontation that led to Kosak's death.
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State Reformatory
Samuel Kosak
Gary
Leland Shoulders
Lawrenceville
Ill
Larry Rhoads
Daniel Storms
Shoulders
Kosak
Storms
Muncie
Rhoads’ Testi
Welfare Residency Waived Across State
Madison County welfare officials learned a state ruling ends residency requirements for public assistance recipients. The change, announced at the County Welfare Directors' Association meeting in Indianapolis, takes effect within a week per a state memorandum. William R. Sterrett, state welfare administrator, described the policy shift.
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Madison County Welfare Department
Clifford E. Bennett
Madison County Welfare
County Welfare Directors’ Association
Indianapolis
William R. Sterrett
Angus Steer Stages Grand Parade at Grissom Air Base
At Grissom Air Force Base a rambunctious Black Angus steer wandered toward helicopter pads and runways as a base-wide chase ensued. About 50 pursuers including the base commander Col. John L. Vignetti finally roped the animal after 45 minutes. officials await a claimant.
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Peru
Ind
America
Air Force
Grissom Air Force Base
Hera
John L. Vignetti
Grissom
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James 0. Johnson
Ken Ritchhart
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Jack Norris
Phil Johnson
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Rhoads
Clements
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