Congress backs Johnson on Viet Nam action in rare bipartisanship
The House and Senate endorsed President Johnson’s emergency Viet Nam resolution amid rising U.S. and Red Chinese military buildup in Southeast Asia. Senate 88 2, House 414 0. Moscow and Peking warnings followed U.S. strikes on North Vietnamese bases as Johnson asserted broad power to counter aggression.
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U.S
Southeast Asia
Peking
U. S
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Gia Linh
Maj
William McMullan
Long Island
N.Y
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Taipei
Formosa
Red China
Hong Kong
House
Senate
Houe
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
UPI
Congress
United States
Honolulu
Hickam Air Force Base
Asia
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
McNamara
Maddox
Turner Joy
Saigon
Ben Hai River
China
North Viet ‘Nam
North Korea
J.G. Everett Alvarez Jr
Constellation
Viet Nam
Weather map and forecast for Terre Haute area
Weather data shows a 1.3 ft river stage and no precipitation. Local conditions predict partly cloudy tonight with a low in the upper 60s and a high near 80 on Saturday. Indiana forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions with highs in the 78 to 83 range, cooler in the north, and Illinois noting fair, cooler conditions with lows mid 60s to low 70s.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Hartke’s Daughter Out Of Danger After Birth
Mrs. Larry Schott daughter of Sen Vance Hartke of Indiana was reported out of danger after a Cesarean birth of a daughter Angela Lori on July 27. She had a high fever from an infection but improved Thursday night as the Hartke family stayed at the hospital. Sandra Schott aged 20 is the eldest Hartke child and was married last September.
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Washington
Larry Schott
Sen
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Hartke
Larry
Shelbyville
Ind
Sandra Schott
Polish President Aleksander Zawadzki Dies at 64
Polish President Aleksander Zawadzki died today at age 64 in Warsaw. His passing ends a notable tenure marked by staunch leadership and wartime era service.
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Warsaw
Aleksander Zawadzki
Traffic planning here by fall
Terre Haute and Vigo County plan coordinated traffic planning with a director by fall. Harry P. Brentlinger Jr. says he will seek council approval to hire from funds in the 1964 budget, noting previous limits may be raised to attract a qualified engineer. Continued on Page 5.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County
Harry P. Brentlinger Jr
Board of County Commissioners
Brentlinger
Resurfacing Project To Start On Hulman Field Runway
The 9,000-foot northeast south west runway at Hulman Field will be resurfaced and repaired starting Monday with National Guard Bureau funds. Indiana Air National Guard Commander Gen Allison Maxwell said the work should finish in about 30 days, with the entire project about 75 days. The contract covers resurfacing a 3,000-foot section at the northeast end, resealing 2,900 feet at the southwest end, resurfacing about 7,000 feet of parallel taxiway, and rehabilitating the surface drain.
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Hulman Field
National Guard Bureau
Allison Maxwell
Indiana Air National Guard
Four Ku Kluxers Held In Negro Colonel Death
Four white men identified as Ku Klux Klan members were charged with murder in the slaying of Lemuel Penn, a Washington, D. C., Negro educator and Army Reserve lieutenant colonel. The arrests, announced by FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, followed an intensive investigation. The men, all Athens residents, were jailed on $25 000 bonds after state murder warrants were filed. Federal authorities continue their inquiry and have not decided on turning them over for state prosecution.
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Ku Klux Klan
Washington, D. C
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Lemuel Penn
Georgia
U.S
Girrard Hawkins
James §. Lackey
Herbert Guest
Cecil William Myers
Joseph Howard Sims
H.L. Pulliam
Madison County
Penn
Washington
Floyd Buford
Macon
Hawkinson
Lackey
Clarke County
Carl Sanders
Clete Johnson
Lemuel A. Penn
Washington, D.C
Tennessee
Rep
Ross Bass
U. S. Senate
Fayette County
New York City Subways Carry 1.3 Billion Annual Riders
United Press International reports that New York City subways move 1.3 billion passengers each year, more than triple the total on all American railroads, according to the New York City Transit Authority.
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United Press International
New York City
City seeks bus extension as court action looms
Dayton Western Motors Co. faces possible court injunction Monday if it does not grant Terre Haute a 30 day extension beyond the August 14 deadline to discontinue service. Mayor Ralph Tucker said a formal extension request was delivered by Terre Haute police to attorney Joseph Zwerner and a legal action may proceed if no agreement is reached.
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Dayton Western Motors Co., Inc
Terre Haute
Ralph Tucker
Joseph Zwerner
Tent City Rises as Vigo County Fair Opens
A tent city grows at the Wabash Valley Fair grounds for the thirty-eighth Vigo County Fair opening Sunday. About 30 tents will offer concessions run by clubs churches booster groups and individuals. Officials expect 75 000 to 85 000 visitors with a possible new record if weather cooperates.
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Wabash Valley Fairgrounds
Vigo County
Don Smith
Fair Board
Johnson faces major vote as antipoverty bill advances
Johnson’s antipoverty bill moves to a House vote amid a tense Viet Nam crisis. Congress prioritizes the measure as goldwater and others in congress meet. FBI arrests four Ku Klux Klan members in the Penn slaying. Bass nominated for U S Senate. Indiana reshapes its mental health approach.
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Johnson
House
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Indiana
Chief Riddle Suffers Illness While at Police Meeting
Police Chief Frank Riddle was taken to St. Anthony Hospital after feeling ill at the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police executive board meeting at the Terre Haute House. Hospital attendants said his condition was good and he would be kept for observation for a few days.
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Frank Riddle
St. Anthony Hospital
Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police
Terre Haute House
Reopen Strip Of U S 41 on S Third St Opens Near Fair
A 2.65 mile section of U S 41 through Terre Haute opened at noon Friday about 40 days ahead of schedule to aid Vigo County Fair traffic. Rob ert Campbell of the state highway department said finishing work will continue four to five weeks. A block of the new four lane will close until Tuesday for sewer work. Four way stops will be placed at Poplar Washington and Hulman streets. The $750000 project is 90 percent federally funded and 10 percent state funded. Continued on page 5 column 6.
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3Rd St
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Robert Campbell
State Highway Department
Campbell
Gast Construction Company of
Warsaw
Intd
Santucci Construction Co
Skokie
Ill
Poplar
Washington
Hulman Sts
The Country Parson Insight on Money and Happiness
A reflective line notes that aging reveals money cannot buy happiness, learned through spending it in pursuit of joy and finding its limits as wealth runs out. The aphorism condenses a moral about value over material riches and the cost of misplaced priorities.
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Smile
Alvarez
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Vigo
Martin
AP News Digest
Riddle
James Diemar
Indianapolis
Sondra
Jamie
Burnadette
Jimmy
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