Fruitless Thursday talks as Anderson teachers strike nears day three
Anderson Board of School Trustees met with Local 519 representatives at 4 30 p m and gave teachers until today at a.m to decide whether to return under contract. The AFL-CIO union seeks higher pay and benefits while 200 of 700 district teachers remain off the job as city schools stay open. A history of a similar dispute ended in court action and settlement, with bus drivers joining in demonstrations at Madison Avenue and Madison Heights schools.
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County Tax Deadline Set For May 6 Penalty for Late Payment
Horace W. Hays Madison County Treasurer warns that the first installment of 1967 taxes payable in 1966 is due Monday May 6. Office hours are 8:00 am to 4:10 pm weekdays and 8:00 am to 12 noon Saturday. Mail payments must be postmarked by midnight May 6 to avoid an 8 percent penalty. The office will close to the public starting May 7 for processing and settlement.
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Telephone Pact Largest 1968 Labor Contract
Washington AP reports telephone strikers won a three year wage and benefits increase totaling about 24 percent in 1968's largest labor contract so far. About 600000 workers nationwide are affected with Bell System costs over 2 billion dollars and higher phone bills for 40 million subscribers. Union president Joseph A Beirne calls the Bell System pattern agreements big in every sense. Page 3, Column 4.
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Wind Storm Leaves Damage Trail Here
A Thursday evening wind storm with gusts to 45 mph and heavy rain caused property damage across the county. A small park building near Main Street was overturned by wind, with power lines down in multiple areas. Downed trees blocked a highway and debris scattered throughout the region.
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Milwaukee couple sue drug firm over birth control prescription
Lew Szeezerbiak and her husband sue Union Prescription Management for 230000 claiming a copy of a birth control prescription read aloud by a pharmacist led to pregnancy. The case hinges on the misreading and ensuing consequences from the Milwaukee incident.
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Mrs King Leads Poor People March Through Marks Mississippi
In Marks Mississippi a 1000 person protest march around the courthouse square advanced under police guard. Demonstrators chanted we will not be moved as Coretta Scott King did not participate in the local march.
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Martin Tarker King
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Tenn
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Coretta
Why Not Victory In Vietnam Talk Set For May 7
Edward Griffin, author and lecturer, will speak on Why Not Victory In Vietnam at Anderson High School Auditorium May 7 1968 at 740 pm. Open to the public, the event is part of a local TRAIN Committee sponsored tour. Griffin, famed for The Fearful Master and radio programs, left insurance to lecture and produce content.
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Vietnam
Anderson High School
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Anderson Train Committee
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Radin
Uncle Sam
Heavy Fighting North of Hue and Dong Ha Intensifies
U S and South Vietnamese troops clash with North Vietnamese forces in the northeast South Vietnam near Hue and Dong Ha. The four days of fighting mark the heaviest action since the Tet offensive with allied losses reported at 93 killed and 449 wounded while enemy casualties top 1,200. The battle centers along Route 1 and around the DMZ as Marine units and Vietnamese troops push to counter North Vietnamese artillery and armor positions.
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Rockefeller Seeks Draft Lottery and Lower Voting Age
New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller presented in Iowa a plan combining a selective draft by lottery with a lowered voting age to 18. He argued the current draft is unfair and said youths should be able to vote as soon as they can serve, outlining a one year exposure window after 19 or college graduation.
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New York
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Iowa
Midwest
ABA Reardon Report On Handling News Faces Mixed Reactions
ABA House of Delegates backs Reardon committee on arrests news with limits. It allows publishing name, age, family status, charge and arrest description but bans prior arrest details, confessions, fingerprint and lie detector results. State responses vary as voluntary codes spread nationwide.
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Associated Press
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ABA
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Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Joe Balch
Kansas Bar Association
Withers Plans End Of Campaign News Conference
Marion Ward Withers, attorney seeking the Republican nomination for the 10th District Congress will hold an end of campaign news conference today at the Kings Crown Inn. Withers says the campaign has formed a solid activity base in the new district and more than 15 volunteers named Withers Workers have knocked on many doors to promote the effort.
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Nixon outlines slum plan in Indiana amid Kennedy backlash
AP dispatch reports Richard Nixon in Indianapolis proposing tax incentives and loan guarantees to fight poverty and rebuild slums as he claims voters fear Kennedy spending. He argues his program lacks splash but would remove ceilings on black aspirations while predicting strong GOP turnout in Indiana and focusing later primaries.
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Columbia University advances concessions amid campus protests
New concessions offered by Columbia University aim to ease a daylong stand with campus rebels. Classes remain suspended as police withdraw from Morningside Heights after forceful demonstrations and 720 arrests. Trustees to consult community leaders on an $11.5 million gym project in Morningside Park and to consider greater student faculty input. A strike committee claims 4,000 supporters as plans to reopen collide with demands to remove President Kirk.
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John V. Lindsay
Crowning of Queen Opens May Festival at Anderson College
The May Festival at Anderson College begins with Queen Mona Holiman’s coronation tonight at 6 p.m. The program runs through Sunday with events including Ronco and Juliet, a Broadway tunes show, a choral concert, and a Gyelathon plus a White River race.
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Primary Vote Returns Center Planned at Anderson High School
A public primary election returns center is set for Anderson High School gym to post unofficial results from Madison County precincts shortly after polls close. The center is supported by the Anderson Junior Chamber of Commerce League of Women Voters Sertoma Club and local media WHBU and Anderson Newspapers Inc. Poll watchers will relay results from 68 precincts as they come in. The state board will cover county contests the presidential primary legislative races and the 11th district congressional race.
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Miadison County
Stote Board
State YMCA Session Brings Indiana Directors to Anderson
The State YMCA Physical Directors Workshop will convene in Anderson May 5 to 7 drawing YMCA physical directors from across Indiana for informative sessions and seminars. The event opens Sunday at 3 00 pm with a Women Total Fitness Laboratory and demonstrations led by Dr John Osborne af ricle and Mrs Darlene Mastin. Carl Erskine is the dinner speaker and Jean De Corsey from Louisville will discuss trends in women's and girls programs. Monday features Movement Education related to kindergarten and preschool swimming.
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Anderson
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John Osborne Af Ricle
Darlene Mastin
New Castle
New Arrivals and Vicinity Birth Notices Compile
A jumble of birth notices lists multiple families and addresses. Entries include Mr and Mrs Ronald Klein with a boy at Tort Breabroot Drive, and Mr and Mrs Michael Wood of Alexandria welcoming a boy. Also noted are Mr and Mrs Everett Carley of 244 East 10th Street with a girl.
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UM Broadway
Ronald Klein
Td Breabroot Dr
Mas
Michael Wood
Alexandria
Everett Carley
10Th St
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