Battle near Tay Ninh drives communists from city outskirts
U S troops and armor clashed with North Vietnamese around Tay Ninh City near the Cambodian border in a 12 hour battle that left 146 Communist dead on the battlefield. US casualties were two killed and 18 in a running clash on the city edge. A third fight south eight miles yielded 43 more communists killed. Nearby Danang saw a Tomahawk outpost attack causing heavy damage and several casualties.
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Saigon
UPS
Tay Ninh
Mlitary
U.S
South Vietnam
Roy
Dan Nang
South China Sea
101St Airborne Division
Cao Dai
Nixon Signals Wider Vietnam Pullout and Talks Hope
President Nixon said 25 000 combat troops have been withdrawn from Vietnam and more will go. He tied future moves to training of South Vietnamese forces and Paris talks. He predicted a August decision on further withdrawals and urged restraint while insisting U S casualties match enemy actions.
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Vietnam
Paris
Clifford
Nixon
Foreign Affairs Magazine
United States
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Creighton Abrams
Abrams
Police Seek Higher Pay Then Get Partial Increase
The police demanded a 12 percent base pay rise, seven holidays, more vacation, higher COLA, overtime and court pay, and full insurance. The Safety Board granted a smaller package: patrolmen $450 yearly raise, 7 percent for others, 12 year top salary path, $195 tech pay, $3 hourly court pay, and insurance. The FOP objects to lack of formal negotiations and threatens future action.
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Safety Board
FOP Lodge
W. R.) Westerman
Westerman
Randy Davis
FOP
Summer Youth Job Clearing House Opens in Anderson
The Summer Employment Clearing House opens its second season at the West Side Community Center. It serves Anderson youths ages 14 to 19 seeking temporary or part time work such as babysitting yard work and store jobs. Employers may call 644-3774 to place listings. hours 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays through August.
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Anderson
West Side
Rachel Rollins
Mayor's Commission On Human Relations
Traffic Death Trial To Open Here Tuesday
The trial of Jessie Jordan, 19, for reckless homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the May 29, 1968 death of Donald Brinson, 43, will begin Tuesday in Circuit Court. Brinson was struck near the Pendleton Avenue Madison Avenue intersection as he walked along Madison at about 9 p.m. Jordan is represented by attorney John Walsh. Judge Carl Smith will preside.
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Jessie Jordan
Donald Brinson
Brinson
Jordan
Pendleton Ave
Madison Ave
Madison
John Walsh
Carl Smith
Young Republicans To Meet June 26
The Madison County Young Republican Club will meet June 2 7 p.m. at Republican Headquarters 723 Meridians. Robert Prigg assistant office manager Anderson City Utility Office will describe the Utility Office function and goals. All Young Republicans urged to attend guests welcome per Joe Arena.
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Madison County Young Republican Club
Republic Headquarters
Robert Prigg
Anderson City
Weather Outlook: Showers End This Morning Then Sunny
Showers ending this morning with partly cloudy skies this afternoon and highs in the low to mid 70s. Tonight will be fair and cooler, with sunny and cool conditions on Saturday. High today around 78 to 82, low tonight 55 to 60, yesterday’s high 78 and low 58. Sunrise 6 16 a.m. Sunset 9 17 p.m.
Firefighters push for wage parity with police in city talks
Fire Fighters secretary Paul E. Hunter urged the Safety Board to reconvene after promises of pay parity with the police. Westerman refused, firemen await Mayor Flanagan’s return from a Pittsburgh conference. Hunter cites 56 hour weeks versus 40 and seeks seven paid holidays for fire crews to close the gap.
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Paul E. Hunter
Safety Board
Flanagan
Westerman
Pittsburgh
Hunter
Bookmobile Debate Highlights School Support and Costs
School staff split over a proposed bookmobile citing concern about effectiveness. The board approved higher card fees to 25 cents and adjustable loan periods. Changes include a 128M loan limit and a four week loan term with no renewals, while popular titles keep seven to fourteen day periods.
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Tihes
Neoionm of Nee
Plan Link Plans Road Project Phase One Up To 150000
Plan Link agreed to cooperate with the city on a project up to 150000 subject to County Council approval. The program would be funded largely from gasoline tax and motor vehicle funds and could be completed in 1971. Two 24 foot roadways with a five foot median would run from 29th to 38th Street with turn lanes at major intersections.
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Hudson
38Th St
53Rd St
Madison Heights High School
Pleasant Walk Cemetery
Madison Ave
Excavation at Great Mound to Dig into Second Layer
A 10 week dig led by IU graduate student Vickery will probe the two layer Great Mound earthwork. Meador and ten Pendleton Reformatory inmates assist as skeleton finds highlight last summer’s work. The team aims to test whether the bottom layer was built by an older culture.
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Vickery
Meador
Southern Indiana Institution
Pendleton Reformatory
Mass Meeting and Mission Sessions Highlight Campus Events
Public school teachers hold a 7 am breakfast at Ol Student Center on the UC campus to hear Rev. Denver Smoot and Marshall Milne discuss youth and drugs. Milne, an ex heroin addict, shares his journey from marijuana at 11 to heroin by 16.
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John K. Albright
Southport
Denver Smoot
Marshall Milne
Miami
Fla
Miami- Miami Beach
Milne
Smoot
Bermuda
West Indies
Cleve Grant
Executive Council
Church of God In
Jamaica
Carl Flewellen
Ralph Little
Sacramento
Calif
Rick Strombeck
Grand Cayman
Triple C
Associates In Christian Education
Sherrill Hayes
National Board of Christian Education
Anderson College
Hartung Hall
Olt
James L. Edwards
AC Convocation Hall
Warner Press Assembly Room
Gaither
Anderson Obituary Lloyd Coppess 59
Lloyd Coppess 59 of 327 W. 37th St. died at St Johns Hospital at 1 45 p m Thursday after a short illness He was custodian at Roosevelt School 17 years and ran a trucking business. Survived by widow Genevieve Armie Coppess one daughter Vera Reeder and three sons Claude Charles and Jack all of Anderson. brothers and six sisters. Burial in East Maplewood Cemetery with services Saturday.
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Lloyd Coppess
St. John’s Hospital
Coppess
Roosevelt School
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Hulon Davis
East Maplewood Cemetery
Mr. Coppess
Jennings County
Claude and
Bettie Wine Coppess
Anderson
Genevieve Armie Coppess
Charles
Vera) E. Reeder
Claude
Jack
Earl Coppess
Arcadia
Cristal Hann
Greenfield
Pansey Tindall
Anna Edminson
Edith Belvihimer
Georgia Bloomer
Eva Coppes
Hazel Holderman 70 dies after month illness in Anderson
Hazel Holderman of 1715 Meridian Street died Wednesday evening at Westside Nursing Home after an illness of one month. Born April 14, 1899 in Hamilton County, she was the daughter of Daniel M. and Bertha Dickover Holderman. A housekeeper by work, she had lived in Anderson 32 years. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 a.m. at Harold E. Rozelle Funeral Home with Rev. Phillip Williams officiating. Burial in Brookside Cemetery at Lapel.
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Hazel Goldie Holderman
Meridian St
Westside Nursing Home
Hamilton County
Daniel M
Bertha Dickover Holderman
Obituaries for Wright Widdifield and Syracuse resident dies
Obituaries list W Franklin Wright 64 of 624 E 31st St who died after a two year illness, his service at Delco Remy and survivors, plus James E uvones 74 formerly of Anderson who died in Syracuse after an extended illness with survivors and planned services, and Virgil M Widdifield 63 of 1619 Poplar St who retired from General Motors and was Elks secretary with services set and burial planned.
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W. Franklin Wright
E. 31St St
Logansport
Anderson
Benjamin
Ella Turner Wright
Wright
Delco-Remy Division
General Motors
Central Christian Church
Anderson Elks Lodge No
Vivian Hilbert Wright
Wilma Shaul
Mechanicsburg
James F. Wright
Bertha Nash
Flint
Mich
Monroe Schuster
Memorial Park Cemetery
Syracuse
N.Y
James E. Uvones
Knoxville
Tenn
W.W. I
Phillipines
Savannah
New York
Thomasine Jackson
Ruth Bassett
Jean Alexander
Indianapolis
Paul Jones
Arizona
J. B. Dorsey
Suranuse
Syracy
Virgil M. Widdifield
Poplar St
St. John’s Hospital
General Motors Institute
Delco-Remy
Widdifield
Anderson Elks Lodge No. 209
Jesse
Maude Zimmer Widdifield
Fairbury
Ill
Etta Kirkendall
Harold
Barbara) Lewellyn
Jim
Madonna) Neumann
West Palm Beach
Fla
Kenneth E. Sowers
Ted Ford
Morris C. Widdifield
Harold E. Rozelle
Oscar Davis
Fishersburg Wesleyan Church
East Maplewood
Biologist McElroy Named to Head U S Science Foundation
President Nixon selects Johns Hopkins biology chair Dr. William D. McElroy to lead the National Science Foundation subject to Senate confirmation. The post was previously linked to Dr. Franklin A. Long whose nomination was withdrawn after ABM criticism. McElroy says he has no informed opinion on ABM.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
National Science Foundation
Senate
William D. McElroy
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Franklin A. Long
Cornell University
Long
McElroy
Nixon comments on Hoover ties and campus unrest policy
President Nixon addressed multiple topics including Hoover’s alleged close ties, a Republican congressional tour of campuses on campus disruption, and his stance on measures for campus order. He supported informing college officials of legal options, urged responsible administration, and voiced confidence in defending ABM policy against Senate opposition. He warned MIRV intelligence supports ABM need and opposed loosening presidential war powers.
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Edgar Hoover
Martin Luther King Jr
Nixon
Hoover
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Middle East
Senate
U.S
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Final rites for Roy Schuyler age 63 of Anderson will be at 2 p.m. at Cornell Bright Funeral Home Pendleton with the Rev. James Will yard officiating. Burial in Grove Lawn Cemetery. Claude Lester age 91 of Daleville funeral services at 2 p.m. at Ballard and Shirley Funeral Home Daleville with Rev. Roger Wrigley officiating. Burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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Pendleton
Roy Schuyler
Rt. 4
Anderson
Cornell Bright
James Willyard
United Methodist Church
Grove Lawn Cemetery
Chesterfield
Claude Lester
Ballard and Shirley
Daleville
Roger Wrigley
Mt. Pleasant
Windmoeller longtime Indianapolis firefighter dies at 75
Mrs Velma Schroeder of Indianapolis learned her stepfather Emil R Windmoeller 75 died after an extended illness in Indianapolis He retired from the Indianapolis Fire Department after 32 years Survivors include Mrs Schroeder and daughter Mrs Alice Lanfersick of Cincinnati Ohio The Fishers Funeral Home held a service Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Masgr Reine of Assumption Catholic Church Indianapolis officiating Burial followed at Maple Grove Cemetery south of Fortville Friends may call after noon today at the funeral home
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Fortville
Velma Schroeder
Indianapolis
Emil R. Windmoeller
Windmoeller
Maple Grove
Funeral services for Pearl B. Zeller held at local home
Final rites were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at The Trout Godby Trout Funeral Home for Pearl B. Zeller 82 of Rt. 1 Noblesville with the Rev. David Wharby officiating. Burial will be in Crownland Cemetery.
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Trout- Godby-Trout
Pearl B. Zeller
Rt. 1
Noblesville
David Wharmby
Crownland Cemetery
Dorcas Circle Plans July Meeting In Frankton
Dorcas Circle of the Frankton Christian Church met at Nina Pennington’s home with six members present. Betty Paddock led the business and gave the devotional. Mrs. Pennington taught the lesson. The next meeting is July 10 at Martina Fouse’s home.
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Frankton
Dorcas
South Vietnam Police Arrest Head of Reconciliation Group
South Vietnamese police arrest Tran Ngoc Lieng, head of a new group seeking a reconcilatory government to replace President Thieu. The lawyer said he was held eight hours and questioned three, then released. He denied ties to the Viet Cong and any coalition with the communists.
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Waigon
API
Tran Ngoc Lieng
Nguyen van Thieu
Lieng
Viet Cong
Thieu
Newborns Reported at Local Hospitals
At St John s Hospital a girl was born to Mr and Mrs James Wable of 2004 Park Road. A girl also arrived for Mr and Mrs Dale Dever of Chesterfield. At Community Hospital a boy was born to Mr and Mrs Max Fields of 2626 Pearl Street. A boy was welcomed to Mr and Mrs Larry Wagner of Middletown. A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Steve Bragg of Alexandria. A boy arrived for Mr and Mrs Robert Gregg of 1108 Nichol Ave.
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James Wable
Park Road
Dale Dever
Chesterfield
Community Hospital
Max Fields
Pearl St
Larry Wagner
Middletown
Steve Bragg
Alexandria
Robert Gregg
Nichol Ave
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Holland
Page
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Geneva
Los Angeles
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Young Republicans
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Chicago Furniture Mart
McDonald's
SAT. Bulletin
SUN. Herald
20Th and
Sherman Sts
Sherman Street
Church of God
David L. Dailey
Md'sorghts High School
Board of Works
J. E. Flanagan
Bookmobile
Hazel Holderman
Jemeas Jones
Virgil Widdifield
Pearl Zeller
Craft Club
Mounds Mall
Dalice Etchison
Della Dwiggins
Faye Williams
Ethel Johnson
Galdys Scott
Doris Shaw
Leanna Flanagan
Edith Waymire
Dorothy Jomey
Bonnie Westerfield
Bobbie Shaw
Alvin Covell
Frantken Christian Church
Covell
Gene Wise
Citizens Bank
Woodmen Accident and Life Company
James J. Atwell
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