Community notices urge cleanup and celebrate local arts
Linton officials urge motorists to stop littering on State Road 54 as four loads of cans and debris were removed. Linton Jaycees push American flag decals for donations to aid needy children, while Greene County Community Theatre hosts George Washington Slept Here at the Linton Stockton High School auditorium. Spaceflight gains cited for broad benefits to medicine electronics and weather forecasting, with calls for government industry cooperation to curb pollution and advance conservation.
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Linton
Bloomfield
Highway Department
Linton Jaycees
Jaycees
Greene County Community Theatre Group
George Washington
Linton-Stockton High School
Earth
Nixon Plans Domestic Agenda From Newport Beach Inn
President Nixon sets up White House offices at the Newporter Inn north of San Clemente for domestic conferences and an expected major appointment. A new Veterans Administration director, likely Donald Johnson, to replace William Driver, is anticipated. The trip includes talks with South Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Thieu and bring in top aides for Honolulu and Midway Island meetings.
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Newport Beach
Calif
UPI
Nixon
San Clemente
Newporter Inn
Los Angeles
White House
Veterans Administration
William Driver
Donald Johnson
West Branch
Iowa
American Legion
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Paris
Honolulu
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force Academy
Peter Flanigan
June Bride Edition Highlights Engagements and Weddings
The Daily Citizen presents a special June Bride section with engagements and upcoming June weddings. Features include a couple soon to be newlyweds and merchant advertisements offering wedding items for prospective couples.
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Daily Citizen
The
Sicks Leaves State Post Amid Rehabiliitation Shakeup
Dr. O. W. Sicks resigns as medical director of Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation after claims the program is in terrible condition. Seven department staff also lose jobs as State School Supt Wells transfers personnel and cites lack of need for a medical director. Wells notes a review found no requirement for a medical director in the division and cites a transfer proposal based on Wolf's recommendation.
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Indianapolis
UPI
O. W. Sicks
Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Sicks of
Richard D. Wells
Wells
Social Security Insurance
James Wolf
No Progress Expected In Peace Talks
Paris UPI reports the 20th Vietnam talks session shows little chance of progress due to the absence of North Vietnam’s Xuan Thuy and the looming Nixon Thieu Midway Island meeting. Allied officials say Communists may wait for Thuy’s return before moving forward.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Midway Island
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Hanoi
Indiana Port Faces $100000 Loss After Wall Collapse
Indiana Governor Whitcomb disclosed the port may lose $100000 due to a retaining wall collapse amid winter storms. The cause—act of God or faulty work—was debated as officials seek who pays. Whitcomb named Gary attorney Joseph N. Thomas to the Port Commission, replacing James R. Fleming who resigned. Robert M. Schram became acting chairman. office relocation to the port site was announced.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Whitcomb
Gary
Joseph N. Thomas
Indiana Pot Commission
Thomas
Commission
James R. Fleming
Fort Wayne
Port Commission
Robert M. Schram
Peru
Fleming
State Office
Explosions Hit Du Pont Powder Plant in New Jersey
Three blasts at the Du Pont powder plant in Carneys Point near Penns Grove, New Jersey, demolished four storage buildings and injured 72 people. Three workers were killed and four remained missing as authorities investigated possible arson. Windows shattered miles away in Penns Grove and Wilmington, while 16 children were treated for flying glass.
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UPI
du Pont Chemical
Jim Young
Penns Grove
N.J
du Pont
Louisville
and Company
Wilmington
Del
Young
Salem County Memorial Hospital
Salem
U S Planes Bomb Gun Site In North Vietnam
American warplanes attacked a North Vietnamese antiaircraft gun site near Dong Hoi after a U S photo plane was shot down. Ground fire hit the unarmed craft, two crewmen bailed out, one hospitalized, others rescued. Casualty totals and truces cited.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
UPS
Dong Hoi
South China Sea
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Panhandle
Joint Probe Of Ship Disaster Is Planned
The United States and Australia plan a joint preliminary investigation into the collision of the USS Evans and a Melbourne carrier during SEA TO exercise near Vietnam. 74 Americans died. Rear Adm. Jerome H. King Jr. will head the joint fact finding with three U.S. and four Australian officers.
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Pearl Harbor
UPS
U.S
Vietnam
Melbourne
Frank E. Evans
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Evans
Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S. Navy
Adm
Jerome H. King Jr
Fleet Headquarters
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
South China Sea
Subic Point Naval Base
Philippines
UPI
Gary Starts To Recover From Blast
Gary Indiana residents faced a brief curfew and schools reopening as explosions rocked the city. NIPSCO blamed human error after crews found a leak in an eight inch pipe during line testing in Glen Park. Six homes were destroyed and 19 damaged while nine people were hospitalized and four released.
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Gary
Ind
UPI
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
James Breed
Nipsco
Glen Park
Breed
C5A Funds May Be Out
Senate Armed Services members scrutinize the C5A program amid concerns over a 40 percent cost rise and preauthorization for Lockheed cargo planes. Chairman John C. Stennis signaled possible cutbacks to the Air Force request while not ruling out continued procurement.
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Washington
UPI
Lockheed
Senate Armed Services Committee
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Air Force
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Showers Hit Northern Indiana With Some Southern Dryness
Heavy showers fell over northern Indiana Wednesday night and today while the south remained dry. A chance of showers or thundershowers existed in the southern half of the state today and will persist through tonight and Friday.
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Indiana
FBI Agent Says Dr King Phone Was Monitored
FBI agent testifying in Houston said the FBI monitored the telephone of the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King for several years before his death. Robert Nicols, who oversaw taps in Atlanta, testified the surveillance continued after he left Atlanta in May 1965.
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Houston
UPI
Cassius Clay
FBI
Martin Luther King
Robert Nicols
Atlanta
King
79 Killed In Mexican Plane Crash Near Monterrey
A Mexican jetliner carrying 79 people including tennis star Rafael Osuna crashed on a 6000 foot Sierra Madre peak near Monterrey. A helicopter crew described scorched wreckage and mangled bodies. rescue teams began slow ascent to recover remains.
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Monterrey
Mexico
UPI
Sierra Madre
Rafael Osuna
Rockefeller Asked To Bypass Chile
Chile urged New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to skip Chile on his Latin American fact finding mission for President Nixon. The move follows threats of violent anti American demonstrations. Uruguay may follow, Peru cancelled its invitation, and Venezuela asked Rockefeller to forego a stop due to student protests.
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Santiago
Chile
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