Nixon admin weighs desegregation policy changes
Civil rights director Leon Panetta said HEW officials express concern over possible shifts in desegregation guidelines and resistance from Southern school officials. Reports said the administration may delay or trim the September deadline for 800 districts to file desegregation plans under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Leon E. Panetta
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Panetta
Impli
Cation
Washington
South
Nixon
Worker Admits Error Causing Gas Explosion in Gary
A Gary gas explosion inquiry hears Jack Nunley of Hobart admit he opened a valve by mistake triggering multiple blasts in Glen Park. Nine injured and 30 homes damaged as Mayor Hatcher lauds NIPSCO and a task force recommends safety backups and annual pipe checks.
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Gary
Ind
National Transportation Safety Board
Jack Nunley
Hobart
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Glen Park
Richard G. Hatcher
Nipsco
Larry Chisholm
Nunley
Chisholm
Ity
Hatcher
Alphonso Holliday
Willard Clark
Rochester
State to finance half of 3 county watershed study
Indiana will fund 17,500 of the 35,000 dollar watershed needs study for Harrison Clark and Floyd counties near the Ohio River. Local units will cover the rest. The Natural Resources Commission approved the pilot project to assess upland water supply needs and guide future watershed efforts.
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Indianapolis
Indian Creek
Harrison, Clark
Floyd
Ohio River
Natural Resources Commission
OES Special Projects At Shirley Session
Shirley Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star opened in regular form led by Mrs. Eleanor Masters and Elmer Masters. District Past Matrons Association to meet June 30 at Mooreland Masonic Temple. Bring a covered dish. Cookies to Masonic Home July 6. District Deputy to visit July 1. Guests from Milroy Chapter attended. A salad bar followed with red rose decor.
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Shirley
Order of the Eastern Star
Eleanor Masters
Elmer Masters
District Past Matrons Association
Mooreland Masonic Temple
Franklin
Milroy
Shirley United Methodist Church
WSCS
Martha Circle
Barbara Pasko
Kyle Carner
Miss Carner
Anderson
Japan
Alpha Club year ends at Shirley gathering
Shirley The Alpha Club held its last meeting of the year at Mrs. Ethel Beeson home with Mrs. Chester Wisehart assisting. Ten members and a guest Mrs. Kennedy attended as they answered roll with The Happiest Moment of My Life conclusion.
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Shirley
Ethel Beeson
Chester Wisehart
Kennedy
Farm values rise. average per farm hits seven figures
Washington reports higher farm values with the 12 month figure reaching 71 600 dollars per farm on November 1 compared with 65 700 dollars the previous year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congressman's Vote Listed After Death
The Congressional Record shows Rep. William H. Bates voting no on a bill three days after his death. Bates died Sunday and was buried Thursday in Salem Massachusetts. The tally clerk blamed the Government Printing Office for the error and said Bates’s name was removed from the roll after his death.
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Washington
Congressional Record
The
Record
Proceedings of Congress
William H. Bates
R-Mass
House
Bates
Salem
Mass
Government Printing Office
Woman Drowns Self on Indiana Farm
Gladys Mae Kidd aged 63 was found dead in a small pond on her farm in Fayette County near Alquina. Coroner Leonard Urban ruled the death a self-inflicted drowning.
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Connersville, Ind
Upi
Gladys Mae Kidd
Fayette County
Alquina
Leonard Urban
Midwestern Homes Inc Builder of Houses
Midwestern Homes Inc announces its housing construction and sales offices at 1014 Lindbergh Rd. Staff includes sales persons Jackie Haig Rachael Halberstadt Bill Black and Marvin L. Tate as general manager. Contact numbers listed for offices and sales inquiries.
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Midwestern Homes, Inc
Lindbergh RD
She
Jackie Haig
Rachael Halberstadt
Bill Black
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