Indiana Sites Named National Historic Landmarks
The Interior Department designated two Indiana locations as national historic landmarks Levi Coffin House in Fountain City and New Harmony. Coffin House served as a station on the Underground Railroad aiding fugitive enslaved people before 1863. New Harmony is noted for early communal living experiments led by the Rappites and later Robert Owen.
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Washington
Interior Department
Indiana
Fountain City
Levi Coffin
New Harmony
United States
Rappites
George Rapp
Pennsylvania
Robert Owen
William Maclure
Thomas Say
Francis Wright
Coffin
Canada
Air Force Finds Bombing Lesson From First Viet War Raid
A senior U.S. military spokesman details lessons from the first B52 raid on Viet Nam Viet Cong bases. He notes that a spread pattern would have reduced risks given the vast tunnel and cave system beneath the jungle floor, suggesting higher casualties if targets were more precise.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Yton
Hong Kong
China
Student Dies In Silo Fall In Nappanee Indiana
A Goshen College student died and another was severely injured on the final day of work on two new arm silos when a fall from scaffolding occurred. The accident happened near Nappanee Indiana as ground crews reported one fatality and injuries during the bomb disposal era report.
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Nappanee
Ind
Goshen College
Guam
Saigon
Robert King
Gap
Sa Uy
Baccetine
Agr Crete
Russell Miller
S. D
Herbert Fervida Farm
Massachusetts
Johns Jet-Crete
New Paris
North America
Crimes Against Property Dominate Reformatory Commitments
A report from the Indiana Reformatory Processing Center covers 1960 to 1964. Of 4011 men committed, 78 percent faced property crimes, 21 percent narcotic use at arrest, and 11 percent used a weapon. The study advances penology research for the Department of Corrections.
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Pendleton
Indiana Reformatory
Reformatory
Department of Corrections
Man Ends Life After Reconciliation Fails
Leroy Clark, 36, shot himself Monday night as police arrived at neighbor Jack Fugate’s home during a reconciliation attempt with his former wife Marjorie. An argument erupted when the woman fled into Fugate’s yard and Clark allegedly threatened her.
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Brazil
Ind
UPI
Leroy Clark
Clark
Jack Fugate
Marjorie
Fugate
Mansfield Seeks French Peace Lead For Viet Nam War
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield proposed that France and its leader General de Gaulle take the lead in crafting a peace formula for Viet Nam and Southeast Asia with Humphrey reviving de Gaulle’s neutralization idea. Mansfield spoke after meeting in Washington and noted France’s potential influence. Demonstrations in Tokyo and Seoul accompanied global tensions as talks and diplomacy continued.
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State Department
U. S
Southeast Asia
France
Gen. de Gaulle
Mansfield
Tokyo
UPI
de Gaulle
South Korea
Japan
Negaland
Cambodia
Laos
Humphrey
Seoul
Prince Sibenouk
Viet Nam
United States
Zengakuren
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Former Florida Governor Named Commerce Undersecretary
President Johnson selected Leroy Collins a former Florida governor and longtime civil rights mediator to be undersecretary of commerce. Collins, 54, directed the Community Relations Service since 1964 and may run for New York mayor. He presided over the 1960 Democratic National Convention and sought to promote Florida as a year round playground and industrial hub.
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Washington
UPI
Florida
Leroy Collins
Johnson
Collins
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York City
Parti
White House
Miami
John F. Kennedy
House
Senate
Dan McCarty
Ernor
National Association of Broadcasters
NAB
Exchangites Hear Dalzell With Election and Installation Planned
Mike Dalzell of Thompson and McKinnon brokerage will speak on stocks and investments at the noon YMCA luncheon. The Exchangites changed venue to the Old Salem Room. Ted Crook presides. Max Beigh to introduce. Election set for June 30. installation and Ladies Night July 7 at the Baker home. John J. Haramy, retired Indiana Central College sociology teacher, now Indianapolis attorney, to speak.
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Mike Dalzell
Thomson and McKinnon Brokerage House
Sutra Exchange Club
YMCA
Crook
Russell Baker
Madison Ave
John J. Haramy
Indianaentral College
Indianapolis
Haramy
Tax Repeal Triggers Buying Spurt in U S Stores
Merchants expect a gradual rise in purchases after President Johnson signed the excise tax cut. Major savings target autos with rebates already mailed by GM Chrysler and Ford for 830000 car buyers. Macy's reports rising activity, Tiffany's cuts prices on the Tiffany diamond, and retailers anticipate passing tax relief to consumers. IRS notes shopper inquiries and refunds planning.
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New York
Johnson
Associated Press
Macy's
Tiffany’s
Tiffany
Stanley Marcus
Neiman-Marcus
Dallas
Portland
Maine
Internal Revenue Service
Zayre Department l Store
DDT Insecticide Prices to Rise July 1
Allied Chemical Corp and Jin Mathieson Chemical Corp announce a 2 cent per pound price increase for DDT insecticide effective July 1. New price set at 18 cents per pound in carloads. Falls City Beer on WHBU 1240.
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New York
UPI
Allied] Chemical Corp
Jin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Fred and
Frank
Falls City Beer
Two Anderson Men Enlist in U.S. Marine Corps
Staff Sergeant Alvin L. Meerrates announces the enlistments of Larry A. Gholston and Fred Weatherly. Both are from Anderson and are currently in eleven weeks of Marine recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego California.
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Johnson promotes Schirra and Young to captain and commander
President Johnson nominated astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. and John W. Young for promotion to captain and commander in the Navy. Both would bypass the usual board process, having served about four years in their current ranks. Earlier, Air Force majors McDivitt and White also received accelerated consideration after orbital flights.
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Air Force
Navy
Schirra
Jay
Young
Johnson
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
McDivitt
White
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