Two Motorcycle Fatalities Spark Circle City Violence Night
Indiana saw a surge in traffic deaths with 603 toll for 1969 after Friday night crashes in Terre Haute and Muncie. Jack Shelton 30 West Terre Haute and William Wilkison 21 Muncie were among the 20th and 21st riders killed this year. Eversole 27 Terre Haute injured critically. Shelton’s cycle lost control on a Vigo County curve. Wilkison died after his cycle hit a truck on U.S. 35 near Muncie. Elize Hovarter 28 Lapaz died later in a South Bend hospital from a two car crash on U.S. 31 south of South Bend. Michael Johnson 17 Vincennes High School player died en route to Evansville hospital after injuries from Thursday’s Vincennes crash. Three other youths, not on the Allces team, were injured when the car hit a tree during a Jasper regional trip.
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Nixon Embarks for Talks With Thieu On War
President Nixon schedules a six hour Midway Island summit with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu after assembling a high level team in Hawaii. The entourage includes Kissinger Rogers Laird Wheeler Lodge Bunker Abrams McCain and Abrams.
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Bullet Grazes Forehead Of Negro Officer
Rioting in Indianapolis with sniper fire and looting led to over 70 arrests as crowds gathered on the Negro northwest side near the Capitol. Police reported two officers injured, one by a sniper, and cars, windows and property damaged amid clashes around Black Panther headquarters and the Lockefield Gardens housing project. Police seized two shotguns and detained 20 to 30 Black Panthers as troopers and deputies stood by to assist.
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Hoosier Boys' State Opens At ISU Today
Terre Haute Indiana state university hosts more than 900 high school juniors for the 32nd Hoosier Boys State, a weeklong program by the American Legion teaching Indiana government and civic responsibility. ISU President Rankin will welcome attendees and a military drill review is planned with Governor Whitcomb expected.
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Americans Aboard Crashed Airplane in Mexico
U S Consulate confirms two Americans aboard the Mexicana Airlines crash that killed 79. One identified as Charles Russell Barnard Jr., 39, Oakland City Indiana, employee of Goodrich Tire. Another identified as J M Hanson with undetermined address. embassy confirms two more possible American victims.
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Special Olympics Opens in Indianapolis for 1000 Youths
The Indiana Special Summer Olympics drew 1000 special education children to Indianapolis with 18 from Lebanon checking into the Marott Hotel on Friday. Lebanon participants joined swimming Friday at Douglas Park and took part in events like softball throw and 50 yard dash. Chaperones included Thelma Dye Amy Buchanan Marilyn Neese James Drews and Ted Buchanan as the Games opened co sponsored by the Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation.
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Reporter Live Wire Q and A on ships and bees
Readers ask about naval ship naming rules and honeybee royal jelly plus egg spots and Culver Academy. Answers cover vessel types named for battles states cities sailors and leaders, spring swarming royal jelly purpose, harmless egg spots, and Culver Academy founded 1894 with accreditation and admissions details.
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Da Nang Hit As Viet Cong Launch Heavy Shelling
UPI reports forty five rockets and mortar rounds struck Da Nang and nearby riverfront, sinking a Vietnamese seagoing tanker and wounding several. The attack marks a major escalation since February, with Da Nang last hit on May 14 and eight other local targets shelled overnight.
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Parole breaker seized after high speed chase crash
Walter Marion Laird 47 of Findlay Ohio, driving a stolen car, exceeded speed on U S 52 and fled Trooper Gary Wilkerson, losing control and hitting a semi and another car at 52 and State Road 47. Laird was captured in a field with no injuries reported. Damages from a separate collision on State Road 39 near the county line totaled 500 dollars.
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Newsmen Help Capture Robber in Indianapolis Bank Heist
Four WISH Television Station reporters on a Friday chase downed a suspect after hearing a police alert for an $897 hold up at the Indiana National Bank branch next door. The man, Gary Dalton, 19, Indianapolis, was arrested and to appear in Municipal Court.
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Brezhnev accuses China of planning war against Soviet Union
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev charged China with planning nuclear and conventional war against the USSR during a speech at the World Conference of Communist Parties. He linked Beijing to a global drive to dominate the communist movement and cited territories claimed in the Far East. Delegates, including 75 parties, heard him contrast Moscow’s defences with Peking’s aggressive rhetoric and outlined the party’s stance amid a boycott by China.
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Stucks Father-In-Law Pleads Guilty To Theft Case
Floyd McClure 48 of Indiana pleaded guilty in Madison Circuit Court to theft tied to the night Deputy Davis K. Brown was slain in Westfield. McClure, Stuck’s father-in-law, had been indicted for stealing a pig the night Brown was murdered. He agreed to turn state's witness in the murder case against Stuck, with sentencing set for June 16 after a pre sentence report.
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Allen Plea To Be Re tired In Federal Court At Maine
The Navy denied a habeas writ aiding L Cpl. Denzil Allen and he was moved from the Naval Stockade in Portsmouth to a Philadelphia hospital for psychiatric exams. Attorney George Martz said the writ will be refiled in federal court in Maine. Allen pleaded guilty to murder for Hue incident, received 20 year sentence, inmate since.
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Obituary Mrs Easter Annis Zimmerman Dead at 72
Mrs Easter Annis Zimmerman 72 of RR 4 Lebanon died at 4 a m yesterday at her home Read obituary page 4 for details.
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