Marines Kill 450 In Daring Night Assault
UPI reports American Marines killed 450 North Vietnamese troops in a bold night assault aided by helicopters in the Hiep Duc Valley near Da Nang. Officials tallied 174 Marine casualties including 54 dead, with heavy fighting across a three mile front as commanders attempted to seize a North Vietnamese headquarters complex.
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Saigon
UPI
Virgil Kret
5Th Marine Regiment
Hiep Duc
da Nang
2Nd Regiment
Hoi An
Tam Ky
Chu Lai
Kenneth J. Houghton
Arlington
Ly Ly River
Kret
Quang Tri
U.S
North Vietnam
North
RCA Workers May Walk Out
RCA workers face a potential walkout as 32,000 employees prepare to strike after contract talks with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers collapsed. The union rejected RCA’s wage offer, demanding 5 percent first year and 4 percent in subsequent years, while the company proposed 4 percent first year and 3 percent thereafter, without a cost of living allowance. A vote on the offer is expected Monday, with potential impacts across RCA plants in California Florida Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey.
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Washigton
UPI
Radio Corporation of America
RCA
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Lawson Wimberly
Wimberly
IBEW
Angeles
Calif
West Palm Beach
Fla
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Marion
Ind
Findley
Ohio
Middlebrook
Lancaster
Rockaway
N. J
Charged with Disloyalty By Court Martial
LEWIS LORD reports a court martial proceeding charging disloyalty. The case outlines alleged acts violating military code and seeks adjudication of the accused’s conduct and possible penalties.
Army Captain Levy sentenced in court martial at Fort Jackson
Army Captain Howard Levy, 30, from Brooklyn, was sentenced to three years hard labor and discharge for disobeying orders and trying to promote disloyalty among Vietnam bound troops. His pay is forfeit and he faces confinement at Fort Jackson stockade and possible transfer to Leavenworth.
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FT. Jackson
S.C
UPI
Howard Levy
Levy
Ft. Jackson Stockade
Brooklyn
N.Y
Leavenworth
Kaw
Col
Earl V. Brown
Richard M. Shusterman
Vietnam
U.S
Pom. Beookdya
Green Beret
Wrecker Wrecked In Collision At Boone Intersection
State Police report a Boone County collision at Sr 32 US 421 overpass when an Evansville driver 80-year-old Loris G. Julian failed to yield. A Logansport service station wrecker truck driven by Glen A. Adair 22 sustained $100 damage. Julian’s 1961 Dodge suffered $500 damage. No injuries were reported.
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Boone County
Evansville
Loris G. Julian
Glen A. Adair
Logansport
Butch” Smith
Julian
Adair
Edith Wills 79 longtime Advance resident dies in Crawfordsville
Mrs Edith Wills 79 a resident of the Advance community for many years died about 10 am today at Bowles Nursing Home Crawfordsville She was born in Boone County widow of Nathaniel Wills and had lived with her son Eugene Wills before entering the nursing home Friends may call Russell Hitch Funeral Home for further information
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Edith Wills
Advance
Bowles
Crawfordsville
Eugene Wills
Boone County
Nathaniel Wills
Russell & Hitch Funeral Home
Reporter Live Wire Answers Lebanon Readers Questions
The column compiles reader inquiries on local concerns such as railroad crossing maintenance and jail phone calls, plus notes on balloon landings, a St Bernard dog named Grizzly, and Civil Service employment figures. It includes a brief historical quote from Woodrow Wilson on American neutrality.
Indiana Guard Shakeup Yields Green Beret Group
Indiana Adjutant General John Anderson praised the National Guard and Army Reserves reorganization, saying Indiana fared well and would retain the 38th Infantry Division with a new elite airborne unit. The plan cuts overall guard strength but keeps the 38th headquarters in Indiana with brigades in Indiana Ohio and Michigan.
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Army National Guard
Branigin
38Th Infantry Division
State of
Indiana
Anderson
Statehouse
38Th
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
National Guard
Muncie
Diplomatic Efforts Rise as Middle East Crisis Persists
World diplomats push open talks and private meetings to defuse the Middle East crisis as Arab and Israeli forces remain on war footing. Nasser warns Egyptians to brace for invasion while Israel vows to break the blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba if needed. The US destroyer Dyess arrives at Port Said amid pro and anti Johnson protests as it prepares to pass through the Suez Canal.
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Mideast
Johnson
Harold Wilson
White House
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wilson
Middle East
Peyot
Gulf of Aqaba
UPI
Walter Logan
United Press International
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Red Sea
Eaath
Africa
Bear East
Abba Eban
Dyess
Port Said
Suez Canal
East Of Square Sidewalk Project Approved In Lebanon
Indiana University owns two buildings on the east side of Lebanon's public square and has approved a full scale sidewalk replacement program for Meridian Street. The plan includes most downtown businesses such as Miller Jones Shoe Store Lords Scotts The Coffee Shop Dorothea’s Valerines and Corner Drug Store. bids are to be received June 12 at the City Clerk's Office.
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Indiana University
Lebanon Public Square
Meridian Street
Miller Jones Shoe
Lords, Scotts
Coffee Shop
Dorthea’s
Valerines
Cthe City
Slugs Used to Cheat Coin Machines at Purdue Student Arrested
John K. Schneider, 34, an Indianapolis graduate student at Purdue, was arrested in Columbus for using copper slugs to replace quarters. He had about 5,000 slugs and $50 in change and planned to swap copper for cash to fund summer school. Bloomington police issued warrants for similar thefts, and Schneider faced pharmacy board action for selling dangerous drugs without a prescription.
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Columbus
Ind
UPI
Purdue University
John K. Schneider
Indianapolis
Purdue
Schneider
Purdué
Bloomington
State Board of Pharmacy
John Kenneth Schneider
Soviet Seaman Dies After U S Raid At Cam Pha
Tass reported a Turkestan crewman, mechanic Rybachuk, died from injuries after American planes allegedly strafed a Russian merchant ship in Cam Pha, Vietnam. Two Russians were seriously wounded, five others slightly injured in the Friday raid, marking the first Soviet death under fire in Vietnam.
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Moscow
UPI
Cam Pha
Tass
Vietnam
Turkestan
Rybachuk
U.S
Haiphong
Girl Dies Of Burns In Indianapolis
Joan Cross a nine year old of Indianapolis died at Methodist Hospital from burns suffered May 9 when her clothing caught fire from a stove at her home. She died Friday according to a UPI report.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Joan Cross
Methodist Hospital
One room school closes in Indiana as era ends
Indiana ends its era of rural schooling with the Chapel Hill one room school closing for summer. Mrs Sheridan Hadley and Mrs Kathryn Romney taught the six grades while a remedial reading teacher and a music instructor visited. The Knight Ridge and Phillips two room schools also closed.
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Bloomington
Ind
Knightridge
Phillips
Chapel Hill
Hadley
Kathryn Romney
Rotary Hosts Sons And Phone Executive
Lebanon Rotarians hosted a Father Son luncheon with Steve Wolverton of the Crawfordsville Indiana Bell Office describing the Laser beam. He explained it as a new use of light to substitute radio frequencies, with demonstrations of light blasting steel and aiding medical research. He noted lasers could theoretically carry vast conversation numbers but cost and interruptions pose issues. New member Bill King and several guests attended as presidents inducted sons and other members.
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Lebanon
Steve Wolverton
Crawfordsville
Indiana Bell Telephone Office
Wolverton
Bell
George Donaldson
Bill King
King
Jeff
Danny
Donaldson
Bob
Bill
Bruce
David Adney
John
Ned
Andrew Boatright
Ritchie Coons
Garth Coons
John Crane
Ron Gennaro
Eddie Hardin
David Honan
John Hughes
Kirk Parr
Ral Miller Jr
Richard
Id Luff
Tony Cunningham
Kentarr
Bill Hitch
Rob Roberts
Rodney Showalter
Jeff Wallace
Rick Akers
K.M. Sowers
Brad Whitehead
Ron ‘Tit
Prayer text fragment and verses from John 19 26 27
A devotional prayer passage reflects on accepting responsibility and growth in love and faith. It cites Jesus entrusting Mary to the beloved disciple and ends with a prayer asking for courage to accept duties in His name.
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Jesus
Teen Canteen Opens at Thorntown This June
Thorntown Teen Canteen announces opening on June 6 with separate age nights. Seventh through high school students welcome Tuesdays 7 30 to 10 p m, fifth and sixth grades Thursdays 7 30 to 10 p m. Adults supervise. concession opens June 8, five nights weekly 6 30 to 10 p m or until games end. Stephanie Allen runs stand. contact Mrs Lawrence Peery at 436 7498 to join staffing or schedule additions.
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Thorntown
Stephanie Allen
Lawrence Peery
Bray Leaves For Vietnam On M 16 rifle study
Congressman William G Bray of Martinsville leads a House Armed Services Subcommittee to Vietnam for a 10 day on the spot assessment of the M 16 rifle. He and an Air Force officer tested the weapon locally and will review its battlefield performance amid concern over reported defects. The group has conducted hearings in Washington and will observe combat conditions firsthand.
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William G.bray
R.martinsville
United Stats
Vietnam
House Committee On Armed Services
Washington
Bray
Morgan County Conservation Club
Martinsville
Air Force Armaments
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Eugene V. Risher
Shirley Temple
Charles A. Black
Atherton
House of Representatives
J. Arthur Younger
Lewis Lord
Boone
Janie Cassell
Reporter
East Washington Street
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Jack
Central Business College
St. Bernard
Grizzly
Civil Service Commission
Department of Defense
Post Office Department
Veterans Administration
C.I.A
Post Office
National Security Agency
America
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Winston P. Wilson
Ureau
Bulletin
Monroe County
Knoxville, Tenn
Franklin D. Mullins
Jacksboro
East Tennessee
Lake City
FBI
Mullins
Augustus Kinzel
Federal Medical Center
Springfield
Rotary
Mn An
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