Reduction of Building Cost Urged by Vigo Taxpayers
The Vigo County Taxpayers Association urged cutting the Vigo County School Corporation plan to 29.3 million dollars for two new high schools or scrap the plan to build both simultaneously. Everett Acree said cuts are needed amid rising taxes and other school spending.
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Taxpayers Association
Taxpayers Association of
Vigo County
Vigo County School Corporation
Russell Rink
Everett
Everett Acree
Association
ISU Student and Friend Freed After Abduction Near Poland
Kenneth Maurey and Nancy Britton, both from Brazil, were abducted after leaving a Terre Haute theater by two armed men. The suspects forced them to drive to Brazil, robbed them, and left them near Poland after firing shots to threaten them. Both victims were uninjured.
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Indiana State University
Terre Haute
United States Penitentiary
Brazil
Poland
Kenneth Maurey
Nancy Britton
Navy Jets Sink Vietnamese Boats and Mine Attack Foiled
UPI reports Navy Skyhawks sank one and damaged others among PT boats 70 miles east southeast of Hai Phong. A mine attack near Ky’s Saigon offices was thwarted by a cadet officer, while a Long Tao River mine damaged a minesweeper and guerrilla fire followed.
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Saigon
UPI
Tonkin Gulf
South
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Navy
Skyhawk
Hai
Bids Open For City Buses From GMC And Minibus Co
City Controller Ray Thenas reports two bids for 18 new buses from GMC and the Minibus Co of Los Angeles. Bid opening slated for Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Board of Public Works and Safety office. Inquiries seek substitutions in specs such as height length width and door panel materials.
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Ray Thenas
GMC
Minibus Co
Los Angeles
Calif
Terre Haute
Board of Public Works and Safety
Thomas
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Noah Webster Speller Sells 100 Million Copies
The blue backed speller by Noah Webster reportedly sold 100 million copies, making it one of America's best selling books after the Bible per Collier's Encyclopedia.
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Noah Webster
America
Collier’s Encyclopedia
Council to Study More Tax Cuts
Nine Terre Haute councilmen face approving the 1967 budget with potential deep cuts. Councilman Kirchner says police and fire pay hikes may shrink by up to 100 dollars per 100 of evaluation, with reductions in City Hall operations and boards. The budget, tentatively up for a 1 cent levy hike, faces final action by Monday’s session before August end deadlines.
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Terre Haute
Leonard Kirchner
Kirchner
Board of Public Works and Safety
Malcolm E. Boone
Raymond Thomas
Thomas
House Panel Approves War Reserve Call Up Authority
The House Armed Services Committee voted to empower President Johnson to mobilize about 190 000 Army Reservists and National Guardsmen for the Vietnam War.
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Washington
UPI
House Armed Service Committee
Johnson
Viet Nam
Carmichael to Sing at Indiana State Fair Salute
Hoagy Carmichael will perform his rendition of When the Frost is on the Punkin at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. Gov. Branigin will attend the Salute to Indiana grandstand show free on Ladies Day as the fair marks the state’s 150th birthday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hoagy Carmichael
James Whiticomb Riley
Roger D. Branigin
Diana State Fair
Indiana
Carmichael
Fairgrounds
Gomer Pyle
Coliseum
Albert English
Clayton
Pamela Jo
FFA
Most Deadly Weekend for State Ahead
Ten traffic deaths on the final weekend of August push Indiana's 1966 toll above one thousand as safety experts fear up to 25 more deaths during the 78 hour Labor Day weekend. Hoosier motorists were enjoying a relatively safe weekend.
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Indiana
Hoosier
Indiana Traffic Toll Rises After Pulaski County Crash
A triple fatality in Pulaski County raised Indiana weekend road deaths to double figures. Gregory Byrd 22 Francesville wife Susan 18 and month-old Gregory Jr died when Byrd’s car yielded to James Whitaker 40 Francesville. Whitaker and his son 13 were hospitalized at Winamac. The crash occurred seven miles southwest of Winamac at a rural crossing.
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Pulaski County
Gregory Byrd
Francesville
Susan
Gregory Jr
Byrd
James Whitaker
Whitaker
James Jr
Winamac
Steve Whitaker
Robert Eckert
Henry Eckert
Huntingburg
Welborn Baptist Hospital
Evansville
Red Guards Hold Calm Protests in Peking Embassy Clash Fades
Thousands of Red Guards rallied in front of the Soviet Embassy in Peking amid anti revisionist slogans. The crowd remained orderly despite earlier violence and officials urged discipline while Maoist leaders framed the protests as part of a cultural revolution sweeping China.
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Tokyo
Peking
Peking People’s Daily
Red Guards
China
Lhasa
Tibet
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Mao Tze-tung
Red
Leila Steel
Moscow
Tanjug
Red Guard
Tass
People’s Liberation Army
Chu Teh
Chinese Communist Party
New China News Agency
Service Fee Blow for Silent Phone Holders
The Terre Haute area General Telephone Co announces end of nonlisted service in the next directory. A new non published number option will be available for 50 cents monthly, and calls will be kept from directory and records unless listed or unpaid. About 5,000 customers are affected by the ruling.
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Terre Haute
General Telephone Co
Public Service Commission of Indiana
D. E. Worley
Worley
Weather forecast for Terre Haute and region
The Weather Bureau report notes variable cloudiness with little temperature change through Tuesday. Forecast highs in the upper 80s in Terre Haute and Illinois, with lows mid 60s. precipitation chances 2 percent tonight, 5 percent Tuesday. River stage shows a falling trend.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
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