House approves tuna fishing compromise bill despite protests
The House voted 334 to 20 to permit 69,000 porpoises and dolphins to die in tuna nets this year, a figure 10,000 above Commerce Department limits and 10,000 below fishermen’s demand, as debate highlighted the Marine Mammal Protection Act clash.
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Washington
UPI
House
Commerce Department
John Murphy
Merchant Marine
And
Fisheries Commission
Paul McCloskey Jr
Calif
California
Republican
Murphy
U.S
McCloskey
Tim Lee Carter
Don Bonker
D-Wash
Secretary of Commerce
Wesleyan Revival Opens at Linton Church with Betty Skates
Rev. Betty Skates of Springfield will lead a revival at the Wesleyan Church in Linton at 7 30 nightly through Sunday with special singing. Pastor Beverly Lyons invites the public to attend. Separately, lawmakers debate porpoise protection in tuna nets with McCloskey urging a lower quota and Bonker proposing secretary discretion as Senate action looms.
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Betty Skates
Springfield
Ohio
Weslyan Church
Pets Needing New Homes at Greene County Humane Society
Greene County Humane Society lists dogs including Beagles mixed breeds Collie-Shepherd 8 weeks old Border Collie and others and cats such as a black long haired declawed one year old and Persian kittens. Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. call 659-3555 for details.
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Greene County Humane Society
Obituaries and notices from Dugger area funeral services
Funeral services for Richard Hunt 24 will be at Newkirk Funeral Home Dugger at 1 30 p m with J B Smith officiating Burial in Dugger Cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m today Hunt died of a personal safety related gunshot wound His survivors include two daughters and parents and he was a construction worker August B DeNeve 82 Linton died at Greene County General Hospital Graveside services at Dugger Cemetery 10 30 a m Saturday Edwardsport Betty J Yagle 56 died in Edwardsport burial Edwardsport Cemetery Survivors include two sons and three daughters Linton Merchants Association to meet at 9 30 a m Tuesday at Chamber of Commerce office
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Dugger
Richard
Rick”’ E. Hunt
Newkirk
J.B. Smith
Hunt
Highway 54
Sullivan County
Joan Reynolds Hunt
Kellie
Tracie
Joan Littekin
Marissa
Ill
Richard Hunt
Sullivan
Gloria Earle
Linton
Homer ‘Buck
Reynolds Sullivan
Clara Daly
Laurel
Mont
James Hunt
Shelburn
August B. DeNeve
Greene County General Hospital
DeNeve
Madrid
N.M
Francisco
Anna Janson DeNeve
Lucille
Harold
Ozark
Ark
Robert Batey
San Luis Obisto
Calif
Dugger Cemetery
Bill Gililand
Newkirk Funeral Home
Edwardsport
Edwardsport United
Wanda) Clymer
Martinsville
Morris
Nina Jackson
Madison
Carroll
Barbara) Drake
Linton Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Area News Brief from Greene County Court and Births
Births list a daughter for Jan Tennant of Linton weighing seven pounds ten ounces. a second child to Gary Nelson and wife of Dugger at seven pounds three ounces. Several local residents face court actions for forgery theft assault and other charges with multiple sentences and probation terms. A remedial reading program will be offered at Central School this summer for interested parents.
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Greene County
Ruel Hansford
Bloomfield
Minnie Hoagland
Deborah Owen
Sondra Pittman
Jasonville
Marian Fulford
Sullivan Marshall Robertson
Linton
William Simmons, Jr
Anella Osha
Jan Tennant
Paulette Ball
Lyons
Aurelia Hartman
Doris Bennie
Etta Haffley
Clyde Watkins
Michigan City
Dorothy Smith
Union Hospital
Juanita Mayfield
I.U. Med. Center
Mary Sherman
Ellen Williamson
Robinson Jack Lawson
Rosedale
William Pearson
Sullivan Robin Cox
Sullivan Linda Holbert
Dugger
Peggy Chesterfield
Sylvia McClure
Sullivan Harold Abram
Carlisle Donald Fields
Fairbanks Marjory Knight
Hymera
Gary Nelson
Marilyn Goldman
Donna Moody
Sullivan Mary Blue
Sullivan Russell Brody
Sullivan Maude Rector
Sullivan Edith Williamson
Robinson Sheryl Sisil
Sullivan
Investigators say Zebra Room started Beverly Hills nightclub fire
Investigators report the Beverly Hills nightclub fire that claimed at least 161 lives began in the Zebra Room a 15 by 30 foot party area after a wedding party left. The origin was placed near this small room, with controversy over prior safety labeling by the Kentucky fire marshal.
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Southgate
UPI
Beverly Hills
Kentucky
Frankfort
Tom Easterly
Warren Southworth
Southworth
Ken Brandenburgh
Traffic Crash Near Bloomfield Damages Car and Injuries
Lloyd J. Wilson, 20, of Bloomfield escaped injury after his car damaged by $800 in a 9 p.m. Tuesday crash on County Road 10N two miles east of Bloomfield. He said a ball joint failure caused loss of control when he hit a buckhole. the car rolled over. Deputy Jerry Sullivan investigated. Reports indicate a wedding party had vacated a room prior to a later hotel fire under investigation. Investigators found fire extinguishers and various debris. cause undetermined and under lab tests. Officials seek exact number of people in the 23 room nightclub, with estimates up to 4,000. possible negligence could lead to manslaughter charges. Walter Bailey, 18, busboy, warned about 1,000 patrons. fire thought to have started in Zebra Room.
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Lloyd J. Wilson
Bloomfield
Jerry Sullivan
Brandenburgh
Larry Hopkins
Walter Bailey
Greene County tax notice seeks extra appropriation
Taxpayers are informed that at a June 14 1977 meeting Greene County Indiana will consider an additional appropriation for County General Extra Hire 1925 04. A hearing will follow and the State Board of Tax Commissioners will conduct a second hearing within fifteen days at the county auditor's office.
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Greene County
Indiana
County General Circuit Court
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Notice of Petition to Vacate Greene County Highways in Wright Township
A petition has been filed with Greene County Auditor to vacate and close all streets and alleys except Gibson Avenue now Highway No. 59 unused for 50 years. The plan covers 72 lots in the Northeast Quarter of Section 4, Township 8 North Range West. The hearing before the Board of County Commissioners is set for June 6, 1977 with remonstrances due by then.
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Greene County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Gibson Avenue
Wright Township
Township 8
Northwest Coal Company
Hoosier Scholars Named From Linton Stockton Class of 1977
The State Scholarship Commission lists Linton Stockton graduates named Hoosier Scholars for the class of 1977. Named are Pamela Allen Lester Ball Mark Carpenter Terri Eikelman Teressa Grounds Shane Haun Mark May Rick Nichols William Shanklin Jr Pat Sparks joining previously named Dan Stockrahm Dave Stockrahm and Kim Reichman. Mark May also won the Kappa Nu Chapter Beta Sigma Phi scholarship. AA meeting tonight at 8 at Salvation Army headquarters invites interested persons.
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State Scholarship Commission
Linton- Stockton
Hoosier
Pamela Allen
Lester Ball
Mark Carpenter
Terri Eikelman
Teressa Grounds
Shane Haun
Mark May
Rick Nichols
William Shanklin, Jr
Pat Sparks
Dan
Dave Stockrahm
Kim Reichman
Kappa Nu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
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Louis Vendrek
Bill Gilliland
Marie Beasley
James Smith
Indo Air National Guard
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Betty J. Yagle
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James Walton
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Katie Row
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