U S Bombers Hit Viet Cong Targets North Vietnam
U S Air Force B 52 bombers dropped hundreds of tons on a Viet Cong tunnel complex and base camp 325 miles north of Saigon. In the North U S planes clashed with MIG jets. 109 missions flown. Weekly tolls show U S deaths near 5,000 with 101 killed and 593 wounded last week, total U S deaths 4711, Communist casualties 1436 killed 284 captured. In the South a Marine jet crash near Da Nang, a mortar attack on Saigon suburbs, and a Hue bombing raised casualties to 57 dead and 176 injured.
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Saigon
UPI
North
Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force
Hanoi
Panhandle
Hanoi-Haiphong
International Control Commission
ICC
Indochina
da Nang
Hue
Senate poised to approve 58.2 billion defense bill
The Senate expected to pass a 58.2 billion one year defense funding bill for global military needs. A 2.2 percent spending cut was likely to fail amid early debate with a tentative 66 to 21 approval of a reservist rider giving Johnson power to call up about 132,000 guardsmen for Vietnam service through June 30, 1968.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Defense Department
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Cold Front Heads For Indiana
A cold front headed for Indiana was expected to drop temperatures by about 10 degrees by Friday and may trigger thundershowers. Another front would follow, bringing warmer weather by Saturday and more variable Hoosier conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
School Bells Ring For Linton Area Reopening
Schools in the Linton area prepare for a new term as 1500 plus students in grades 1 through 12 return. Pupils Dugan Switz City and Worthington register Sept 2 and start Sept 6. North Knox begins Aug 29 with classes Aug 30. Facilities updated include a new Linton Stockton High roof and gym floor. a portable classroom for an ungraded special education class. special education resumes.
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Linton
Linton-Lockton
St. Peter’s
Ing
Greene County
Linton - Stockton
Dugger
Switz City Central
Worthington
North Knox
Shakamak
L and M
Eastern
Linton-Stockton High School
Jere O. Goodman
Linton-Stockton
Ninth
Daily Citizen
Safety Precautions Urged For First Days Of School
Police chief and state trooper urge heightened caution as new term begins. Motorists, pedestrians and cyclists face increased traffic near campuses with patrols on duty during arrival and dismissal times. Junior high patrols will assist students at crossings and bus boarding points.
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Ocal
Bill Burress
Chief Burress
Clyde McIntosh
Linton Elementary
Report alleges administration buried education equality study
UPI reports Senate testimony by HEW Secretary Gardner on a Civil Rights Act funded review of 600000 students and 60000 teachers. Senator Ribicoff accuses the White House of burying the report to avoid political implications while Gardner denies the charge and Johnson's laxity on urban issues.
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Washington
UPI
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
John W. Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
Senate
U.S
Ribicoff
Tuxedo Dinner Jacket Origins at Tuxedo Park
The tuxedo originated and gained popularity at the Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo Park New York during the late 19th century. Initially worn as a dinner coat it evolved into a widely worn evening dress coat for semiformal occasions.
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Tuxedo Park
N.Y
Pool Attendance Ledger for Weekdays
Attendance figures show Monday 195 Tuesday 244 and Wednesday 342 at the pool. A contact phone number 847-9032 is listed for inquiries.
Pre-Dawn Bus and Truck Crash Kills Nine in Virginia
In Altavista Virginia a Trailways bus and a truck collided before dawn on U S 29. Nine people died and about 35 were injured. The bus driver Ralph Carter of Danville died. others were treated at Lynchburg hospital. Authorities investigated the cause.
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Altavista
UPI
Trailways
Blue Ridge Mountains
U.S. 29
Bob Fince
Funeral Home
Fince
Ralph Carter
Danville
Washington
Lynchburg
Microwave to Provide Area With New Circuits
Indiana Bell will invest 750000 dollars to install 96 microwave circuits linking Indianapolis Bloomington and Evansville. The system adds 60 voice circuits Indianapolis Evansville and 30 Bloomington Evansville to ease growing long distance traffic. New steel towers and equipment buildings will rise near Stanley Arthur Monroe City and Wesphalia with operation slated for November.
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Indianapolis
API
Evansville
Bloomington
Indiana Bell Division
Thomas C. Walker
Walker
Bloomfield
Stanley
Arthur
Monroe City
Wesphalia
Lin Piao Seen as Second in Command at Beijing Rally
In Peking Lin Piao Defense Minister appeared beside Mao at a mass rally. Peking Radio listed Lin second to Mao in coverage signaling his rise in top Communist leadership.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Lin Piao
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Red Army
Lin
Peking Radio
Mao
Sideswipe Accident Reported at Lin ton Intersection
State Trooper records a late Wednesday sideswipe at Twelfth Street and Jaybird Roads in Lin ton. William Bennett age 17 of Lyons Route 1, turning right, struck Clarence Adams age 20 of Lyons approaching from the east. Damages: Bennett $25 Adams $100. Bennett cited for improper turn. No injuries.
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Robert Kirk
Twelfth St
Jaybird Roads
Linton
Kirk
William Bennett
Lyons Rte. 1
Jaybird Road
Clarence Adams
Lyons
Bennett
Adams
Hearings Resume On Viet Nam Prosttection Debate
The House Committee on Un American Activities heard remarks by chairman who labeled those hindering troop trains and munitions to Vietnam as yellow bellied cowards. Rep Edwin Willis pressed for federal crime penalties to deter interference while Edwin Meese testified on Berkeley Viet Nam Day Committee activities.
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Washington
UPI
House Committee On UN
Alameda County
Calif
VDC
Berkeley
School Head Victim of Hunting Mishap
Herman G. Walters 62 Hibberd Elementary principal, formerly at Rozdale for 23 years, was found shot to death in a farm field near Richmond Indiana. Authorities say he was hunting a squirrel when the .12 gauge shotgun discharged as he climbed a fence, the shot hitting his heart. death ruled accidental.
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Richmond, Ind
UPI
Richmond
Herman G. Walters
New Mansion Urged for Hoosier Governor
Indianapolis Mayor John Barton told a legislative study committee a new governor mansion should be built on the current site. He said Governor Branigin agrees, stressing preservation of the inner city and the mansion in its neighborhood amid talks of a larger parcel possibly requiring razing 19 residences.
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Indianapolis
UPI
John Barton
Barton
Branigin
Robert Enoch
WXLW
N. Meridian St
Beatle records critique cites Christ's forgiveness over retaliation
Louis Cassels argues Christians burning Beatles records misread Jesus message. He cites the Sermon on the Mount urging love for enemies and forgiveness, highlighting Jesus healing the ear of a detaining prisoner and asking God to forgive those who crucified him.
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Louis Cassels
United Press International
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Couse
Palestine
Simon Peter
Belive
Autos Collide Near Worthington
A Worthington accident at 5 p.m. involved Terry G Graves 20 and Jane Elen Baker 17 in head on collision on a county road a mile north of Worthington. Graves wore seat belts and escaped serious injury with a head bump and minor cuts. Baker not belted, suffered contusions and elbow pain. a 16 year old passenger Ann Lee also injured. Baker car damage valued at $350.
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Robert Kirk
Worthington
Terry G. Graves
Jane Elen Baker
Toroper Kirk
Graves
Worthington Pioneer Days opens with parade and events
Worthington Lions Club hosts Pioneer Days starting last night with a parade of decorated cars sesqui costumes and horse and cart units followed by a band concert on North Washington street. Tonight a teen dance runs 8 to 11 p.m with the Covers band Te Louana.
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Lions Club
Worthington
Washington St
Te Louana
Lae
Pete Weaver
White River
North Washington
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Paul Brackemyre
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