Remembering Joe Borders and Labor Day pollution plea
The piece mourns the sudden death of Joe Borders praising his character as a conservation minded law enforcement officer. It then urges Labor Day traffic safety and pollution control with a Chicago Enterprise Publications questionnaire about littering and cleanup. It closes with notes on disease resistant elm research patient blood donation and the value of volunteer donors to medical costs.
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Joe
Enterprise Publications of
Chicago
Greene County Council approves budget for ad and hearing
The Greene County Council approves the county budget for advertising. A public hearing on the budget is set for September 7 and 8 in the commissioner's room at the courthouse in Bloomfield. The proposed 1972 levy, valuations, and new crime control and election funds are outlined with notes on state law constraints.
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Greene County Council
Daily Citizen
Bloomfield
Greene County
Criminal Justice Planning Commission
Democrats of Dugger Hold Town Hall Convention
The Democrats of Dugger plan a convention at the town hall at 7 p.m. Monday to nominate candidates for the town board and for the clerk treasurer post in the November election.
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Democrats
Dugger
Freeze Rebellion Grows Across States Over Wage Price Freeze
Fed up with the 90 day wage price freeze, AFL CIO President Meany denounces it as inequitable and threatens strikes if negotiated pay rises are blocked. Texas Governor Preston Smith vows to grant teacher and state employee raises, calling the freeze a constitutional violation. Louisiana Superintendent Dodd says public school teachers will still receive raises. National Education Association says to pursue legal action and political pressure where appropriate.
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Meany
Texas
Preston Smith
Louisiana
William J. Dodd
National Education Association
Jets Raid DMZ Bases Amid Heavy Fighting and Downed Helicopters
American P52s bombed rocket and mortar positions nine miles north of Cam Lo inside the DMZ as intense antiaircraft fire downs three U S helicopters near Combat Base Fuller and Fire Base Sarge. Saigon says 45 North Vietnamese were killed in two major DMZ battles while U S Seventh Fleet vessels conducted air and naval support missions along the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Saigon
U.S
Cam Lo
Dmz
Fuller
Sarge
Camp Carroll
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
7Th Fleet
UHS
Khe Sanh
Minh withdraws from South Vietnam presidential race
General Duong Van Minh pulled out on Buddhist Martyr's Day blaming a rigged Oct 3 campaign. The move leaves Nguyen Van Thieu as sole candidate and raises risk of protests across a nation trying democracy since 1967. The court may rule on Minh’s petition and Ky’s ballot status.
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Saigon
UPI
Duong van
Minh
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Supreme Court
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Judge Blacks Court Order On Busing
Justice Hugo L. Black blocked a court order requiring busing in Corpus Christi Texas to desegregate public schools. He issued a stay while the Supreme Court was in recess as the Justice Department sought to uphold a court order for 15 000 students to be bused daily to achieve Mexican American balance.
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Washington
UPI
Hugo L. Black
Corpus Christi
Tex
Black
Supreme Court
Justice Department
U.S
White House
Nixon
Living Cost Up Slightly in July Before Wage Freeze
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.2 percent rise in the cost of living for July, easing from June's 0.6 percent jump and May's 0.5 percent advance. Higher prices for food tobacco and health care were offset by lower clothing costs, with the CPI at 121.8, meaning $12.18 in July 1967 dollars buys what $10 did then.
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Washington
UPIT
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Plans for Linton Old Fashioned Days Sept 16 17 18
The Linton Merchants Association completed plans for Old Fashioned Days to be held September 16 17 and 18. A display of antiques is planned and collectors are asked to contact a merchant. Organizations are urged to hold street sales and a program of street entertainment is planned with big bargain sales at old fashioned prices.
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Linton Merchants Association
Major Red Buildup Spotted On Ho Trail
UPI reporting from Phnom Penh says American reconnaissance found a major Communist supplies buildup near Ho Chi Minh trail entrances in North Vietnam. Western sources say the buildup signals war goods being readied for movement down the trail as the Laos monsoon ends in mid October.
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Ho Ch: Minh Trail
North
Vietnam
Laos
Rebels seize Santa Cruz and three Bolivian states
Rebels claiming Falangist leadership said they controlled Santa Cruz city and the states of Beni Pando and Tarija as Bolivia faced a nationwide emergency. Explosions were heard in La Paz while the military regime debated next steps.
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Santa Cruz
la Paz
Calleys Sentence Reduced To 20 Years
Lt. Gen. Albert O Connor reduces William Calleys life sentence for the My Lai massacre to 20 years confinement at Ft. McPhersonGeorgia The case is forwarded to the U S Army Court of Military Review in Washington which may reduce or reverse the conviction and neither Nixon nor the 20 year term can be increased.
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Ft. Mcpherson
UPD
William L. Calley
My Lai
Albert O. Connor
Third Army
U.S. Army Court of Military Review
Washington
Alley
Nixon
Indiana to use 1971 act to add 926 jobs in state
Governor Whitcomb plans a three man Chicago delegation to push a grant under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971. Indiana will spend 1.9 million to hire 926 workers mainly for the correction department and state hospitals, funded partly by federal aid and state cash, with the Employment Security Division recruiting.
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Indianapolis
API
Indiana
Nixon
Whitcomb
Chicago
David N. Griffiths Whitcomb
Paul White
Oren Root
State Department of Administration
Griffiths
Alan J. Fromuth
Gr.fiths
Correction Department
Co State Hospitals
Indiana Employment Security Division
John F. Coppes
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Robert Eskew
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Ruel W. Steele
R. H. Harrell
Indiana State Highway Commission
Stephen L. Ferguson
Bloomington
Jack McIntyre
Wilfred Edwards
Plainville
Citizen
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Katherine Hamilton
Terre Haute
County Tax Adjustment Board
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Afl-Cio
George
Juli English
Clayton
Clyde
Juli
Marvin Knyghish
Hendricks County
Viet
Ellsworth Bunker
Bolivia
Calley
Griffin Industries
Newberry
Linton
Ulrich Jacobshagen
Ariel Hinds
Dennis Griffin
Columbus
John Griffin
Butler
Kentucky
William Sipes
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