Peru declares land seizures for peasant cooperatives
President Velasco Alvarado announces a sweeping expropriation of major privately owned lands in Peru, including properties held by U S investors such as Nelson Rockefeller and W R Grace Co. The decree, announced on Indian Day, promises just compensation and aims to place land with workers while risking strains in U S Peru relations.
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Lima
UPI
Peru
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Juan Velasco Alvarado
Velasco
Besidesockefeller
Nixon
Latin America
U.S
W.R. Grace Co
Pacific
Presidential
Reporter Live Wire Q and A column in Lebanon Indiana
Readers submit questions on local topics from courthouse costs to public records and flag care. Answers cover historical costs, adoption records, TV schedules, traffic accidents, corporate name changes, duplication services, and flag cleaning etiquette with concise local guidance.
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Reporter Live Wire
East Washington Street
Lebanon
Indiana
Eight Killed in Three Crashes Across Indiana
Indiana records at least 703 traffic deaths for 1969 with three separate crashes killing eight people. In Putnam County two Terre Haute teens died when their car slid on rain slicked U S 40 and struck a parked truck. In Muncie four youths perished when their car hit a floodlight pole near a historic monument. An Indianapolis two-car crash on the junction of Indiana 37 and old Indiana 37 claimed Doris Tess and Margaret Thompson.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
U.S. 40
Manhattan
Putnam County
Jane M. Rohan
Kathleen Witham
Muncie
Emily Davis
Debbie
Larry Parroll
Dennis Neal
Doris I. Tess
Indianapolis
Margaret Thompson
Indiana 37
Israelis Raid Arab Positions Inside Jordan
United Press International reports two Israeli warplanes attacked Arab guerrilla positions just inside Jordan near Al Adassiyah, with Jordanian antiaircraft fire but no reported damage or ground casualties. The raid followed a Beit She’an Valley clash and comes amid broader regional tension and a new peace plan proposal.
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Jordan
Amman
Al-Adassiyah
Sea of Galilee
Beit She’an
London
Soviet Union
United States
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Suez Canal
Gulf of Aqaba
Maoz Chaim
Beit ‘She’an
Syria
Kuneitra
Haifa
Field Set For Little Miss Boone Contest
A field of 25 has entered the Little Miss Boone County contest set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday on the Courthouse east side. Judges include Mrs. Ron Ebert Mrs. Bruce Rossman and Mrs. Thomas Turner.
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Boone County
Zonta
Ron Ebert
Bruce Rossman
Thomas Turner
Chief Stout Named To Law Enforcement Training Committee
Lebanon City Police Chief James Stout will sit on an eight county regional crime fighting group in Marion counties. The body will develop interim in service training using Indianapolis facilities and instructors from the police and Marion County Sheriff’s departments amid plans for a statewide Indiana Police Academy. Gene S. Norris will direct the group with a $13 000 annual salary. the program addresses civil disorder control community relations and scientific investigations of all natures.
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Lebanon City
James Stout
Indianapolis
Marion
Boone
Shelby
Morgan, Johnson
Hamilton
Hancock
Hendricks
Police
Marion County Sheriff’s Departments
Indiana Police Academy
Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board
Gene S. Norris
FBI
Norris
Hobbies Needed For Display At July 4th Show
The July 4th Coin and Hobby Show at the Lebanon Armory seeks more exhibits. Ermin Peer, chairman, notes coin displays from Indiana Illinois Ohio and Michigan and calls for tangible hobby entries. Contact Mr Poer at 325 2722 or enter by 9 am July 4. Prizes awarded to the exhibit voted best by attendees. Open 9 am to 5 pm July 4.
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The
Lebanon Armory
Ermin Peer
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Poer
Flying Lumber Fatality Takes Columbus Man
Glenn Meador, 49, of Columbus, was killed when a four foot shaft detached from a saw at Bixler Lumber Co. and struck him in the chest from about 20 feet away. He died at Bartholomew County Hospital. The saw was operated by Paul Bixler.
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Columbus, Ind
UPI
Glenn Meador
Columbus
Meador
Bixler Lumber Co
Bartholomew County Hospital
Paul Bixler
Allies Batter Encirclement By Commies
South Vietnamese paratroopers battered to break a North Vietnamese encirclement around Ben Het fort. Maj. William Wilson of Tucson said the Communists cannot take the outpost, aided by heavy American firepower. The siege and shelling continued as UPI noted 13 GIs killed and 36 wounded, with 21 South Vietnamese defenders among the dead.
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Saigon
UPI
Ben Het
Maj
William Wilson
Tucson, Ariz
David Lamb
U.S
United States
South Vietnam
Green Beret
Special Forces
Mrs Boone County Queen Hopeful Anna Marie Spall
Two candidates for the 1969 Mrs Boone County Contest are featured. Anna Marie Spall, wife of Frank, a Western Insurance Company rep, raises six children, bakes pies and cookies, cans and preserves, tends a garden, and is a licensed insurance agent seeking part time work after family needs. She enjoys family activities, church involvement, reading, and has daughters Debbie, 16, and sons Frank Jr, 11, Richard, 9, and Brenda, 5.
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Boone County
Anna Marie Spall
Frank
Anna Marie) Spall
Sorority
Kappa Delta Phi
Western Insurance Company
Debbie
Lebanon
Ann
Clowes Hall
Spall
First Baptist Church
Church
Western Boone County School Board Reorganizes
WCSD board members accepted Triangle Paving Co. bid of 1248 to resurf ace the Thorntown school basketball and tennis courts this summer. They approved 20000 for Wells School furnace replacement from extra appropriation and hired M and W Engineering to draft heating plant specs. The board, one member short, will reorganize July 3. Dr John Coltrain acts as president after William Shubert’s resignation. Circuit Judge Charles F Thompson hopes to appoint a seventh member soon after a deadlock on Shubert’s successor.
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Western
Boone County Community School
Triangle Paving Co
Thorntown
Wells School
M&w Engineering
Western Board
John Coltrain
William Shubert
Circuit Court
Charles F. Thompson
Shubert
Thompson
Heavy Rains Close Memorial Park To All Vehicle Traffic
Heavy rains last night and today closed Memorial Park to auto traffic in Boone County. Boon weather disrupted events, kept overall rainfall for June below normal by about 1.8 inches, and caused leaks at Lebanon High School and postponed Seashore Pool safety classes. Baseball games in Lebanon were rained out. pedestrians could still use park facilities. Streets flooded near Stokes School and North Meridian but cleared after the rain stopped with no reported accidents.
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Boone County
Lebanon High School
Lebanon
Memorial Park
Meridian
Stokes
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International Business Economic Corp
Rodman
W. R. Grace Co
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Hte
Janie Cassell
Merv Griffin
Channel 4
A. Yes
CBS
Johnnie Carson
NBC
SR 32
Pitman-Moore
Dow Chemical
Boone County Sheltered Workshop
United Press International
Monica Lynn Dollard
Dieadra Kincaid
Phyllis Ann Hart
Gloria Ann Martin Carol Sue Frick
Christine Breedlove
Julie Ellen Brandenburg
Diana Cao Ping
Jessica Ann Chesney
Debbie Dawn Gregory
Amanda Sallee
Jamie Lee Shirley Kimberly Ann Maynard
Beth Ann Clemens
Jana Lee Shipley
Monica Rene Woodard Susanne Rex Kimberley Kay Hendricks
Stepenie Hoffman
Laurie Lee Kinslow
Anita Lynn Newman
Gretchen Sue Boren
Janet Dawn Dennis
Barbie Kay Acton
Sandra Lokel
Washington
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D-Ind
Senate
Otto F. Otepka
Subversive Activities Control Board
Rejcommital
Vance Hartke
Joan Dooley
Mike Hawkins
Donetta Gifford
Tricia Bryan
Stout
Law Enforcement Training Committee
Lamb
KAY Wheat
Dan Wheat
Kay
Dan
Brent
Chadd
Morristown High School
Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
Myer
Red Cross
Boone County Mental Health Association
Centenary Methodist Church
Harney
Women’s Division Chamber of Commerce
Frank Spall
Mrs
Wcsd Board
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