Double Rate Of Shipments To Phnom Penh
Washington reports an accelerated transfer of U S military aid to Cambodia as Aug 15 cuts near. Since Jan 1 1973 the U S has sent 21 T28s 4 C47s 21 river patrol boats 30 armored personnel carriers eight 155 mm howitzers, mortars and more. Pentagon cites training gaps as limiting advanced arms. Congress orders halt by Aug 15 while B52s and F111s target North Vietnamese and Cambodian rebels.
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Cambodia
Pentagon
United States
Phnom Penh
National Grand National Tractor Pull at Vigo County Fair
Hundreds of pullers from across the nation will compete for a 24000 purse at the second annual Grand National Tractor Pull on Aug 1 and 7 at the Action Track Speedway Vigo County Fairgrounds. The four sessions during Fair Week host a Class A NTPA event with seats for 9000 plus fans, featuring engines from Chevy to aircraft.
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Wabash Valley Fair Association
Trojan Seed Co
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Minn
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NTPA
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Jim Ray
Max Miller
Carl Hale
Roy Woodsmall
Walter Batess
Rennis Singhorse
Larry Burnett
Joe Archer
Bob Dunlap
Larry Nees
Dave Dagherty
Bill Robertson
Barrett Piety
Gene Francis
Warren Warlan
Bill Woodsmall
Phovo
Martin
NOW YOU KNOW The Coldest Parts of Siberia Hit 90 Below
The article notes that the coldest region in the Northern Hemisphere is not the North Pole but Siberia where temperatures can plunge to 90 degrees below zero, illustrating extreme winter conditions in that area.
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Siberia
Hearing Ordered In School Suit Vigo County case moves on
Two defense motions target the Vigo County School Corp suit in Vigo Circuit Court. The Indiana Supreme Court rescinded a bond ruling as arguments occurred in Indianapolis with Special Judge Donald Decker to decide if bond should be set under the Public Lawsuit statute. The injunction remains blocking school closures and new construction.
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Indiana Supreme Court
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School Corporation
Jordan Lewis
High Court
Donald Decker
VCSC
C. Joseph Anderson
Lewis
Decker
Court of Appeals
Necker
Levee Group Seeks FHA Funding For Greenfield Levee
Members of the Greenfield Bayou Levee and Ditect Association voted 128 to 75 to obtain a loan of 742000 from the Farmers Home Administration as local share for the Greenfield Bayou Levee. The 40 year loan at 5 percent would be repaid with long term costs discussed alongside a 15 year bond option. Virginia Phelps was elected to a 1.5 year board term while Kermit Nees and Warren Harlan won re elections. Holdover directors are John Oxendine and Butch Harlan. Attorney James Ball explained the meeting focused on financing the local share, noting a 1973 General Assembly statute allows longer payoff. A company rep noted Indiana Michigan Power and Light Co. cast five votes. Continued on Page 5. Col. 4.
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John Oxendine
Butch Harlan
James Ball
General Assembly
Ball
Association
Indiana
Michigan Power and Light Co
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Kermit Nees
Warren Harlan
Burch Harlan
Martin
Weather Map Summary For Terre Haute and Vicinity
National Weather Service map notes fair cooler conditions tonight and Thursday in Terre Haute and vicinity with lows in the mid to upper 50s and highs in the mid 60s. Indiana also fair and cooler with lows mid 50s, highs Thursday mid 60s. Illinois fair and cool tonight with upper 50s to lower 60s and Thursday mostly sunny pleasant. Dirt dust count 72 micrograms per cubic meter. Street thermometer reads 66 at 6 am and 61 at 3 am.
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Porpcast Terre Hactah and Vicinity
Indiana
Illinois
Probe Worst Boston Plane Crash Ever
Boston investigators probe Delta Flight 723 after a foggy Logan Airport landing disaster that killed 88 people. One passenger survived in critical condition amid a seawall strike and a jetliner disintegration. Capt John Striel Jr. was piloted 230 feet low and 3,500 feet short of touchdown. Among the dead were Chester Wiggin Jr. and other residents.
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Maureen Kennedy
Delta Airlines
Logan International Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
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National Transportation Safety Board Today
Chester Wiggin Jr
The
Interstate Commerce
Jetliner Crashes After Clipped Runway At Boston Airport
The jetliner, cleared to land, clipped a retaining wall and broke apart just off a gravel strip beside Boston’s harbor after a foggy approach. It had left Burlington Vermont at 9:12 am local time, 12 minutes behind schedule, and the airport briefly halted arrivals due to weather.
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Robert W Moran
Harmpshire
William C. Keepers
Keepers
Boston
Burlington
Identical Jet Skids in Rain at Chattanooga Runway
An identical jet to a prior fatal crash skidded off the Chattanooga runway. Linda Walker and 54 others evacuated via emergency slides as the Delta DCO flight from Atlanta with stops in Indianapolis and Chicago veered, tearing wing parts and 500 yards into a field.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Linda Walker
Delta Air Lines
Rasten
Director Faces Pressure Over Attempted Ouster
Kirby D. Smith, executive director of the Terre Haute Housing Authority for three years, says political pressure seeks to force his resignation. Mayor William J. Brighton backs the board, stating they act on merit. The board chair, John W. Dinkel Jr., reportedly asked for Smith’s resignation after a closed session, with a vote of 2 to 1 setting a deadline of Tuesday, July 31. Continued on page 2. col. 5.
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Kirby D. Smith
Terre Haute
Smith
Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority
John W. Dinkel Jr
Dinkel
William Sorrells
The Country Parson On Meeting Punctuality
LT quips that a meeting not starting on time isn’t important, suggesting if it were truly urgent organizers would wait for attendees to arrive.
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