Letter defending National Guard record in civil disorders
Brig. Gen. John N. Owens argues the National Guard performed with restraint and effectiveness during civil disturbances from 1968 to 1970. The piece profiles a typical Guardsman, noting age, education, income, family status, and training, and counters charges of trigger-happiness with data from official records.
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John N. Owens
Indiana
Indiana National Guard
National Guard
United States
Wisconsin
Ohio
California
District of Columbia National Guard
National
Memorial Day Services Planned by Linton American Legion
Memorial services planned by Frank Courtney Post No. 22 American Legion of Linton include short rites at the German Cemetery at 9:30 a.m. and a main program at Fairview Cemetery at 10 a.m. Taps and a firing squad salute will honor deceased veterans. The public is invited to attend at the Veterans Monument. Flag placement is underway with commanders Murdock and Bowman arranging graves, and transportation and firing squad participants meet at 8:30 a.m. at the post home.
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Frank Courtney
American Legion of
Linton Legion Post
Murdock
Cleon Bowman
Stockton Township
Wendell Ladson
Two Injured In Highway 54 West Accident
Two people were hospitalized after a 5 p.m. Tuesday crash on Highway 54 West at Eleventh Street in Linton. Kerman Lovelace and Paul Ball were treated at Freeman Greene County hospital. Lovelace slowed for a left-turning vehicle, Richardson failed to stop, causing rear impact.
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Eleventh St
Linton
Kerman Lovelace
Paul Ball
Freeman-Greene County
Linton Police Department
Rte
Larry Richardson
Linton Rte. Three
Lovelace
Richardson
Ball
Linton-Stockton Boards Approves 536 Dollar Raise for Teachers
The Linton-Stockton School Board approved a 536 annual raise for teachers in May as part of a cost of living adjustment agreed with the Classroom Teachers Association. Other actions included staff appointments for summer programs, resignations, textbook updates, and a review of fringe benefits which was tabled.
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Linton-Stockton
Classroom Teachers Association
Mahala Reel
Elizabeth Greenway
Paul Brackemyre
Ruth Owen
Edward Greenwood
Philip Russell
Jack Strong
Harry Burbank
William Hendren
William Pirtle
Wayne Wright
Ethel Saucerman
Merry Barnett
Clyde Reintjes
Expanded Arrest Powers Approved
The Indiana Conservation advisory committee voted to expand conservation officers powers to arrest for all crimes on state property or waters. Currently limited to misdemeanors, the officers would gain felony arrest authority under the bill. Deputy Director David Click noted past resistance but said issues since 1969 shifted views.
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Indianapolis
API
Indiana Conservation Advisory Committee
David Click
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
OECD Urges U S Wage and Price Guidelines
The OECD recommended the United States consider income policies to curb inflation. It called for moderate recovery in H2 if monetary conditions ease, and suggested shorter one year wage contracts to limit inflationary expectations amid ongoing collective bargaining.
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Paris
United States
Ancient Apollo 12 Moon Stone Unearthed In Houston
A lemon sized lunar rock dated 4.6 billion years old, hailed as the oldest on the moon, was announced by space agency officials in Houston and Leningrad. The sample, 20 times richer in uranium thorium and potassium, will be sliced for initial studies by U.S. and English scientists.
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Space Center
Houston
APS
The
Space Agency
Moon
Earth
U.S
Ney
Earth Sciences
Houston Space Center
International Space Congress
Leningrad
Russia
Anthony J. Calio
Science and Applications
United States
England
Antiaircraft Batteries Hit In North Vietnam
UPI reports U S warplanes bombed North Vietnam after ground gunners fired on an unarmed reconnaissance plane marking the first such incident in over three weeks. The raid near Dong Hoi followed patrols that saw five U S helicopters downed in Cambodia and Vietnam. Diplomatic ties were said to be restored with both Cambodia and South Vietnam coordinating further actions and keeping troops in place to defeat Communist forces.
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Saigon
UPI
U. S
North Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
North
Dong Hoi
Panhandle
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Takeo
South Vietnam
NATO nations draft appeal to Soviets at Rome meeting
The United States and allies seek a mutual troop reduction deal to ease European tensions. NATO plans to attach the appeal to the closing communique of the foreign ministers’ meeting. Police battled leftist demonstrators in Rome with tear gas as traffic stalled near the conference hall. Denmark proposed an arms embargo on Greece until democracy returns after the coup.
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Rome
UPI
United States
Europe
NATO
NATO Council of Ministers
Reykjavik
Iceland
Washington
West
Denmark
Greece
Lin ton Chamber Reviews July Fourth Plans and Local Events
The Lin ton Chamber of Commerce board discussed Fourth of July plans and a bigger parade. They noted a Channel 10 feature on local fishing firm Jerry McGinnis and thanked sponsors for hospitality. Committees were named to meet rail officials and pursue an EDA loan for pork, plus a head start school retention letter was planned.
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Linton Chamber of Commerce
Klusmeier’s
Forrest Coulter
Jerry McGinnis
Channel 10
George Skeel
McGinnis
Frank McGary
Thousand Island Lakes
Earl Roush
Jack Kennedy
Kenneth Smith
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Linton
Warren Oaken
Herb Ellis
Wil
Oaken
EDA
Duluth
Minn
Greene County Commissioners
Lebanese Parliament Back In Session After $10 Million Stance
Beirut leaders met in crisis session to authorize a $10 million move to toughen the stance against Israel. Parliament delayed a decision on inviting Arab troops while Premier Karami canceled a cabinet meeting to join the session on the southern border crisis.
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Beirut
UPI
Israel
Rashid Karami
Indiana Port Dedication Set For July Ceremony
Governor Whitcomb announced Indiana will likely receive the remaining federal reimbursement of 15 million dollars for the Lake Michigan port within months. The state has already gotten 9.8 million for harbor work and will total about 10 million once the final funds arrive. The formal dedication is scheduled for July 17 and 18 with U.S. Secretary of Transportation John Volpe among the attendees.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Whitcomb
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
John Volpe
Israelis Cross Lebanon to Seek Guerrillas as Parliament Debates Border
Israeli troops entered Lebanon for a third day to hunt Arab guerrillas while Lebanon's parliament debated stronger southern border defenses. Israeli warplanes continued strikes along the Suez Canal front targeting Egyptian artillery and other military sites. An Israeli spokesman said raiders silenced guns whose cross-canal barrages killed one soldier and wounded two others overnight.
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Lebanon
Suez Canal
Eisele Resigns From Apollo Pilot Corps
Apollo 7 veteran Donn F. Eisele announced he will resign from the space flight corps in mid June. He plans to join NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton Virginia as a consultant on manned spaceflight studies, following Neil Armstrong's similar decision last week.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Langley Research Center
Hampton Va
ISU President Responds to Damages Probe
Indiana State University president Alan Rankin said the university regrets Attorney General Theo Do ro Sendak's stance on the campus disorder probe. Sendak noted questions left unanswered about incidents on April 23 and disciplinary actions, while Rankin pledged to prosecute known offenders. Sendak warned Valparaiso University law students may jeopardize bar exam opportunities if classes are suspended.
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Rankin
Sendak
ISU
Valparaiso University
New York
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