UF Volunteers Being Sought
The Vigo County Coordinating Council seeks volunteers through the United Fund program. Mrs Susan Crittenden leads the volunteer bureau at 20 Chestnut St offering roles in day care supervision tutoring typing and painting with no salaries. Mrs Robert Lantz collects volunteer names and matches positions with agencies to lower costs and improve services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo Coordinating Council
Robert Garrison
United Fund
Garrison
Susan Crittenden
Crittenden
Beacon School
Two U.S. Soldiers Arrested in Dijon Desertion Case
Police in Dijon France say two American Army deserters from Lubbock Texas have been arrested. Corporal Beckham Dale 19 and Private First Class Davis Terri 20 allegedly went AWOL from their West German units on April 9 to avoid Vietnam duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dijon
France
UPI
Lubbock
Tex
West Germany
Vietnam
Cpl Beckham Dale
Pfc
Davis Terri
Pakistani saboteurs condemned after secret trial in Kashmir
Special magistrate sentenced two Pakistanis to death and two to life imprisonment after a secret trial. Chief Minister G. M. Sadiq said they were tried for murdering a chief constable and for burning and looting a village in SPINAGAR Kashmir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spinagar
Kashmir
UPI
G. M. Sadiq
Democrats Abolish Century-Old Unit Rule At Convention
In Chicago Democrats vote to end the unit rule after 108 years amid clashes over Humphrey support and McCarthy backing. Texas delegates press for a 1972 effective date while nine states retain majority voting. The move passes by voice vote as the convention sets temporary rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Texas
Eugene J. McCarthy
Tom Gordon
Gordon
Alaska
Arkansas
Canal Zone
Georgia
Kansas
Missouri
Louisiana
South Carolina
Oregon
Massachusetts
McCarthy
Vigo County Library Board studies 1969 budget plan
The Vigo County Public Library board plans a 1969 budget of 640 700 with a 30.9 cent levy, up from 26.3. Salaries dominate the budget at about 69 percent, with clerical pay scales and Social Security and Public Employment Retirement Fund costs rising. The plan adds two clerks, moves the South Branch, and seeks funds for microfilming and a new building via a 100 000 improvement reserve. About 40 000 people use the library, which ranks eighth in Indiana for users and twentieth for materials spending, with no state aid currently received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County Public Library Board of Trustees
Vigo County School Corp
Library Board of Trustees
Southland
Indiana
Cairo Family Feud Ends In Shootings And Fire
Seven people were shot in a Sedfa village feud and several victims later died in a blaze fed by a fuel tank. The dead include three children aged 10 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
UPI
Sedfa
Ongania Retires Key Argentine Military Chiefs After Coup
Buenos Aires reports President Juan Carlos Ongania to retire army chief Lt. Gen. Alsogaray air force chief Brig. Gen. Alvarez and Navy admiral Varela. Replacements Gen. Lanusse Brig. Gen. Martinez Zuviria and Vice Adm. Guavi seen as nationalists with possible shifts toward corporate state tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
UPI
Juan Carlos Ongania
Argentina
Ongania
South America
Brazil
Arturo U. Ilia
Illia
Julio R. Alsogaray
Casa Rosada
Alsogaray
Adolfo Teodoro Alvarez
Adm
Benigno I. Varela
Alejandro Lanusse
Army
Jorge Miguel Martinez Zuviria
Pedro Guavi
Navy
Labor Day Mass Planned by Terre Haute Catholic Men
The Terre Haute District Council of Catholic Men announces a Labor Day Mass at St. Joseph's Church at 9 a.m. on Monday September 2. Celebrant is Rev. Joseph Beechem moderator, with speaker Rev. Robert Drewes head of religious instruction at Schulte High School and assistant rector at St. Margaret Mary Parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
St. Michael’s
Madison
St. Judes
Spencer
Shawn High School
Study Group Recommends Status Quo on Abortion
Indiana study panel advises against liberalizing abortion statutes for now. It urges further study to reduce criminal abortions, and calls for sex education in public schools and improved health records on pregnancies. The report supports independent family planning and counseling efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
UPI
Branigin
House
Senate
Indiana Legislative Council
Kenneth B. Bays
R-Anderson
Indiana
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction
General Assembly
Department of Public Health
Indiana General Assembly
Algerian plan to release hijacked Israeli plane
Algerian officials plan an early release of the hijacked Israeli airliner. Sources said Israel could respond by freeing Arab commanders it has captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
UPI
Israel
Aswan High Dam to Expand Egyptian Cultivation
The United Arab Republic advances the Aswan High Dam project to supply water for two million irrigable acres and boost cultivated lands by about one third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aswan
United Arab Republic
Naval Reserve Seeks Recruits For Three Programs
Chief Recruiter Willard E. Hayhurst announces openings in three categories at the Naval Reserve Training Center. First enlistment positions target students, while Reserve Officer Candidate slots require good grades and lead to a commission. The unit also seeks former sailors separated within four years for the post-active duty unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard E. Hayhurst
U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center
Hayhurst
Naval Reserve
Navy
Naval Reserve Commission
Ocean covered southern Maryland in mid Miocene era
The National Geographic Society reports that during the mid Miocene about 15 to 18 million years ago a vast ocean covered large areas of southern Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
National Geographic Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gon Ton
BON Ton
Ohio
Demos
By Carl P. Leubsdorf
Party Case Beverage Mart
SOUTH
Sandler
Gre
Co-Operative Nursery
Community Co-operative Nursery School
James Beckerich
Marc Dunlap
Alphonse Stadler
Stephen Miller
James Kellams
Dale Hendricks
George Rogers
Trinity Lutheran Church
26Th
Martin
Library Board
Ngania
William G. Landrey
Richard Lee Swan
Joseph L. Swan
RR No. 24
Great Lakes
Ill
Norfolk
Richard
Honey Creek High School
Little Miss Ruffled Jumpsuit
Root
Cunninge Fin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!