Humphrey Expects First Ballot Democratic Nomination
Humphrey expresses confidence in securing the Democratic nomination on the first convention ballot with about 1,600 delegates. He relaxes amid Paris talks at a serious stage while McGovern and McCarthy contend for momentum as Nixon and Agnew plot strategy in California.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Chicago
Humphrey
Paris
America
Hanoi
Sen
George S. McGovern
Robinson quits GOP to back Democrats in Nixon race
Jackie Robinson, quitting as an aide to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, says he will back the Democrat against Richard Nixon. He calls the Nixon ticket racist and says Agnew as running mate cedes party control to the South. Robinson, a Hall of Famer, urges all Black voters to unite for the Democratic nominee.
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Jackie Robinson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
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Nixon
South
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Brooklyn Dodgers
Nbc-Tv
Searchlight
GOP
Miami Beach
Fla
Republican Party
Agnew
William O. Walker
Cleveland
Barry Randolph Captures Grand Champion Steer at Vigo County Fair
14 year old Barry Randolph of Linton Town ship won the 925 pound grand champion Angus steer named Fuzzy at the Vigo County Fair. Joyce Moore 10 won reserve with Pepper, also Angus. Other 4-H winners included Bart Smith, David Mc Laughlin and Margaret Robertson with Hereford and Shorthorn entries. Purdue animal specialist Jack Frost judged the events as record attendance and strong gate receipts were reported by Wabash Valley Fair Association officials.
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Angus
Vigo County
Barry
Carl Randolph
Terre Haute
Linton Township
Joyce Moore
Charles E. Moore
Farmersburg
Martin
Fuzzy
Pepper
Joyce
Bart Smith
David McLaughlin
Prairie Creek Township
Margaret Robertson
Sugar Creek Township
Barbara Stephens
Lost Creek Township
Jack Frost
Purdue University
Wabash Valley Fair Association
Budget Tight Says Larrison In Terre Haute Budget Talk
Mayor Larrison announces a tight City budget with no new jobs or departments and a 3.64 tax rate hike. He orders department heads to trim to the bare minimum while Human Relations Commission funding remains limited. Continued discussion expected on page 6.
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Larrison
Human Relations Commission
Fair Schedule Highlights Day at the Exhibition
The fair features 4-H and open sheep and beef shows in the morning and early afternoon, followed by a 2 pm children’s Western horse show at Horseman’s Arena. Culinary judging at 6 pm, then a pony pull. Tuesday marks Democrat Day. City bus service runs from 10 am to 9:30 pm on the hour and half hour. Fares are 25 cents adults and 15 cents children.
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Horseman’s Arena
7Th Street
Wabash Avenue
Fairgrounds
Arraignment Set For Moonshiners and Penitentiary Evaders
Two Terre Haute men Francis Cunningham and Theodore Smith face illegal sale of alcohol charges from a raid on a Smith garage April 20. Also named are Frank Robert Sparrow of Vincennes for mail embezzlement and four penitentiary inmates indicted for escape. Federal Judge S Hugh Dillin will preside.
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Terre Haute
U.S
Francis Cunningham
Theodore Smith
4Th Ave
Smith Garage
Indiana
Smith
Cuningham
S. Hugh Dillin
Frank Robert Sparrow
Vincennes
U.S. Postal Department
Andrew Willoughby Jr
Edward
Shooting in Watts Ends in Three Dead and Dozens Injured
In Los Angeles Watts area gunfire by armed suspects after a festival left three civilians dead and 31 people injured including three police officers. The Watts Summer Festival crowd confrontation led to a tactical alert with about 2,000 officers deployed citywide around Will Rogers Park.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Will Rogers Park
Lew Ritter
Thomas Reddin
David McGill
Ritter
Heavy Fighting Across Two Saigon Area Points
US troops guarding the southern approaches to Saigon fought Viet Cong at two points nine miles apart. The 9th Division landed over 1,000 men in rice fields to encircle a force over 100, with heavy fighting reported at times. A second clash near Rach Kien involved about 300 soldiers and a 40-man enemy platoon, with three Americans wounded.
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Saigon
9Th
Rach Kien
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
South Vietnam
da Nang
Terre Haute Guard Unit Wins Indiana Eisenhower Trophy
The Terre Haute based Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 38th Supply and Transportation Battalion won the Eisenhower Trophy for the most outstanding Indiana National Guard division unit. 2nd Lt. Patrick J. Barnes accepted the award at Camp Grayling Michigan during summer training. Sergeant Joseph Heck was named outstanding soldier of the year.
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Indiana National Guard
Terre Haute
38Th
Patrick J. Barnes
S. 19Th St
Tribune
John S. Anderson
Indiana Military Department
Camp Grayling
Michigan
Joseph Heck
Canterbury Drive
Noble M. Slaughter
5Th Army
Heck
First Shipboard Flight by Eugene Ely in 1910
Civilian pilot Eugene Ely took off from a specially built platform on the deck of the cruiser Birmingham at Hampton Roads Virginia in November 1910 marking the first plane launch from a ship.
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Eugene Ely
Birmingham
Hampton Roads
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