Battle rages as 101st killed 292 in highland clash
U S airborne forces of the 101st Division engaged in a two day battle 300 miles north of Saigon killing 292 North Vietnamese troops in hand to hand fighting. Air strikes across North and South Viet Nam left 117 Viet Cong dead and five US KIA five WIA after a friendly fire incident.
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Viet Nam
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Ia Drang Valley
Zircons Selected To Represent Boone County GOP Fundraiser
The Zircons from Lebanon will represent Boone County at a Saturday fundraising rally in Indianapolis at the Manufacturers Building Fairgrounds. The event features Nixon as a guest, with multiple entertainment acts competing for prizes and contributing campaign songs and freedom themes. Local Republican leaders and women’s groups will judge decorations and ticket sales info is available through campaign chairs.
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Ind
Lebanon
Boone County
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Fairgrounds
Richard M. Nixon
Charles Hendricks
Paul Green
Bernadine Burns
Peter Obremskey
Kent Frandsen
Western Union Struck Over Wage Hike Talks Fail
The Commercial Telegraphers Union CTU struck Western Union nationwide at 12:01 am EDT after 1ith hour talks failed over wage increases. CTU represents about 20,000 workers, and the walkout affects mainly the national company while international cables remain unaffected.
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UPI
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
Western Union, International Inc
International
James Holden
Sesqui Art Contest Open To Booneites In July 4th Judging
Boone County artists are urged to enter the Indiana Sesquicentennial Art Show at the Lebanon Armory with a July 2 deadline. No entry fee allows multiple works. judges from Kiwanis Lions Rotary and cultural groups will assess entries in five classes including landscapes historical scenes portraits still life and Boone County symbols. Local craftsman Emil Perkins offers display easels at nominal cost. admission emphasizes Indiana life history and Boones heritage.
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Boone County
Indiana
Rotary Clubs
Emil Perkins
Lebanon
Russell George
Local Summer School Opens June 13 in Lebanon
Lebanon Community School Corporation announces a state approved eight week summer school beginning Monday June 13 at 8 am in the Junior High gym. About 510 students are enrolled. Reading classes for grades 3-6 meet in rooms 31 and 32 on the East Building main floor. Supervisors and teachers listed include Miss Naomi Smiley, Mrs Mary Jane Parr, Miss Mary Mohr, Mrs Patty Smith, and others in grammar literature health safety driving training world history typing biology band and reading for older students. Doc Heath directs the program with Leonard Tavern assisting.
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Lebanon Community School Corporation
East Building
Meridian Street
Naomi Smiley
Mary Jane Parr
Mary Mohr
Patty Smith
Hilda Aishe
Gerald Manuel
Joe Garoffolo
Jim Rosenstihl
Ruth Robbins
Dave Hedges
Marvin Pike
Ron Hutcherson
Fred Schaekel
Carl Riggs
Shirley Blackketter
Harold Lucas
Jane Myers
Joe Haboush
Eva Bohannon
William
Heath
Leonard Tavern
Boone County workers largely commute for jobs
A Lebanon Chamber of Commerce survey shows about a third of Boone County's adult workforce commutes daily to nearby communities with 3,427 Booneites working outside the county and roughly 9,500 total adults in the labor pool. Marion County draws 2,297 commuters, Hamilton 183, with others spread across Clinton, Hendricks, Madison, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, and more. Potts notes local industries may attract workers if Boone offers comparable opportunities and surveys continue to gauge employment strength.
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Lebanon Chamber of Commerce
Claude Potts
Chamber
Potts
Boone
Chamber of Commerce
Marion County
Hamilton County
Montgomery County
Tippecanoe County
Obituary notices from Boone County locals
Marion E. Stephenson 42 of Zionsville Route 2 a Boone native former Lebanon businessman and Indiana Bell Telephone employee died Tuesday at Veterans Hospital Indianapolis Carl Hough 50 a Rock Island Refinery foreman died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at his Zionsville home Mrs Mabel Mary Beck 71 of New Ross Boone County native lifelong resident died Tuesday evening at Witham Hospital Infant son of Mr and Mrs Wilfred Boyland Lebanon died Tuesday afternoon at Witham Hospital.
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Zionsville
Boone
Lebanon
Indiana Bell Telephone
Veterans Hospital
Indianapolis
Carl Hough
Rock Island
Mabel Mary Beck
New Ross
Boone County
Witham Hospital
Wilfred Boyland
Buddhist Chief Warns Johnson and Hunger Strike Looms
Thich Tri Quang, a Buddhist leader in Hue, declares a hunger strike until President Johnson ends support for the Ky government. In Saigon and Hue, moderates usurp control amid continued anti government protests, clashes with U. S. troops, and calls to halt U. S. aid to Ky and Thieu.
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Tri Quang
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Dai Nang
Reagan Wins In Landslide In California Primary
San Francisco UPI reporting shows Ronald Reagan winning the Republican gubernatorial nomination with 1,211,356 votes to George Christopher's 544,620 while Edmund G Brown leads the Democratic field with 1,046,532 to Samuel Yorty’s 766,697 as precincts report. Reagan stresses constitutional principles and a citizen politician stance, while Brown vows a strong campaign on his eight years as governor and channels a confrontational battle.
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UPI
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Edmund G. Brown
California
Reagan
George Christopher
Hollywood
Brown
Los Angeles
Samuel Yorty
Christopher
Yorty
Judge Johnson to attend National College in Nevada
Boone Superior Court Judge Paul H. Johnson Jr. earned a 1966 fellowship to the National College of State Trial Judges at the University of Nevada this July. Among 150 fellows, he joins 499 applicants in a four week program studying court administration and modern trial procedures in ABA sponsored sessions.
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Paul H. Johnson, Jr
Boone Superior Court
National College of State Trial
University of Nevada
Johnson
Max C. Fleischmann Foundation
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Dartmouth College
Indiana University School of Law
Boone County Bar Association
Zionsville Kiwanis Club
Daniel Boone District of Boyl Scouts of America
B.P.C.E. Lodge No. 13
U.S. Army
Zionsville
Boone County
National College
University of Colorado
American Bar Association
Storm Alma Nears Key West in Caribbean Hurricane
Storm Alma with 117 mph winds slams Cuba and heads toward Florida. Key West Marco Naples and Fort Myers are in its path with warnings extended up the Florida west coast. Authorities urge evacua tion for low lying areas as tides and winds threaten the region.
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Isle of Pines
Gemini 9 fiasco prompts plans for Gemini 10 launch
July 18 at Cape Kennedy NASA reported human error caused the failure of a shroud to jettison from Gemini 9’s target satellite. Stafford and Cernan concluded their space report while Gemini 10 preparations moved ahead for a July 18 liftoff by Young and Collins. They expect to return to Houston Friday after briefing engineers and reuniting with families.
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UPI
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
John Young
Michael Collins
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Stafford
Cernar
Eugene Kranz
Space Center
Houston
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