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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1969
Page
30
An article notes the Yukon carries about as much water to the sea as the Mississippi system. It mentions Brazil as the sole Portuguese speaking country in South America and Switzerland having only about ten percent of land suitable for agriculture.
An emergency mass meeting of about 4 300 Indianapolis public school teachers is set for Friday at 4 p m in the Murat Theatre to decide next steps in a contract dispute after a 7 percent salary offer. TEA leader Paul Downing says the board acted unilaterally by adopting a new salary schedule before negotiations, prompting legal action and further bargaining. Robert H Wyatt and ISTA criticize the move, urging good faith in talks.
At an appreciation dinner for Dr. and Robert Fribley and his family, 300 congregation members praised ten years of ministry at First United Methodist Church. Fribley leaves to become Huntington District superintendent as the tribute notes challenges from church hardships to social unrest and war.
Logansport Indiana State Hospital gains approval to hire 50 students for a summer work-study. Gov. Whitcomb arranged the program to aid students with financial need. Eligibility requires college enrollment, Indiana residency, university financial aid approval, and campus contracts are being finalized. Students may serve in nursing, activity therapy, and other hospital departments.
A Wisconsin measure would widen prison visits by allowing privacy for inmate guests and permit sexual relations only within marriage. Assemblyman Lloyd Barbee introduced the bill, while another note states union building trades paid an average hourly wage of $5.27 at the start of 1969 per the Labor Department.
Norfolk and Western Railway reports an inventory of about 1750 acres along its Indiana line for industrial sites. The properties could host over 14 million square feet of facilities with a $280 million plant and equipment investment and nearly $1 billion in state payroll. Properties span near Indianapolis Fort Wayne Kokomo Muncie South Bend Valparaiso Peru Hartford City and Bluffton. Thoma said over $100 million has been spent on industrial expansion along the railroad in the last three years and N and W supports broader state development.
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