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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1966
Page
8
Foreign cables warn that toppling Sukarno could trigger civil war as pro and anti regimes clash in Central Java. Communists are said to be active, while military and student factions seek Sukarno's retirement amid volatile unrest.
West Vigo and Wiley marching bands will compete in the State Fair Band Contest at Indianapolis Fair grounds. Wiley's band directed by John Whitaker departs at 7 30 a.m. with 115 students in four buses and will march with the Wiley Struttin Streaks toward a 12 noon performance. Vikettys, a girls marching group, also participates.
City school officials in South Bend have leased more than 64,000 square feet of instant classroom units for 64,500 dollars to ease expanding enrollments this fall. The units were built by an Elk Hart mobile homes manufacturer.
West Vigo marching band with 115 students in four buses departs Wednesday at 4 30 p m for the fair grounds. Wiley makes its first appearance as 85 bands compete with five out of state judges rating marching playing and general effect. James Church is the band director.
The sixth annual Principals Workshop will be held Tuesday from 8 15 a m to noon at West Vigo High School for principals resource teachers co coordinators and instructional directors. A second in service session for all principals and central office staff starts Friday at 9 a m at West Vigo to review administrative procedures for the 1966 67 school year and the opening of school.
Otter Creek Junior High District will enroll all new Vigo County School Corporation students on Sept 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event at Otter Creek Junior High aims to give counselors more time to discuss upcoming year programs with parents and pupils.
US Patton tanks of the 69th Tank Battalion support the 3rd Brigade, 25th Division near Pleiku in monsoon highlands. Lt. Col. R. J. Fairfield says tanks proved essential after early mud setbacks, with retriever vehicles and helicopter repair teams maintaining mobility. Capt. Paul R. Lister notes tanks control Highway 19 into Cambodia and deter enemy movements.
Arthur Berlin in Corydon Indiana places a boulder on his front lawn bearing the inscription On This Spot Feb 29 1776 Absolutely nothing happened The town notes Corydon was the first state capital and the marker adds local history humor
President Ayub Khan inaugurated a new $20 million oil refinery located 10 miles from Karachi. The plant, with an annual capacity of 0.5 million tons, is the second of three refineries planned for the area.
Norman St. John Stevas, a member of the British Parliament, will participate along with American and foreign government officials in DePauw University's fall semester convocation program in Greencastle Indiana.
Skokie police questioned two teenagers after the drowning death of 2 year old John Jensen in Emily Park lagoon. Investigators, who interviewed many residents, found evidence and sent hair and scrapings to the crime lab while pursuing a theory that a game went too far.
The Student Council of Schulte High hosts a used textbook exchange Monday and Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the west end corridor. Officers John Kelly Joe Evele Pat Sweeney and Rose Flakr run the sale while the school bookstore offers new books and supplies with Sister Joseph Andre opening daily except Saturday 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.
Norma Jean Wright, 40, was found bound to a bedpost in her Northside home. An autopsy failed to reveal cause of death and investigators ordered further tests to see if rat poison found in the room played a role.
A homemade gasoline firebomb shattered a car and wounded six people during rioting on South Genesee Street in Waukegan Illinois. Police held 4 00 to 5 00 suspects as 10 fires were extinguished and area residents were told to stay indoors.
Hampton Virginia AP reports Lunar Orbiter finished the mapping phase and faced its hardest job photographing Surveyor 1. The craft will send two pictures of the Surveyor 1 area from Sept 15 onward, with Site 8 just completed and Site 6 earlier.
Vigo county deputies aided in a search for a 1%-ton flatbed truck stolen with a farm tractor. Herbert Craig of Pierce Landscaping Co. Bedford filed the complaint after parking the equipment on Highway 63 west of the Wabash River about 1% miles. deputies Leonard Kirchner and Jim McKinney investigated.
The Riley PTA Mothers meet Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in the school cafeteria to discuss the 1966-67 program and plan the Fall Carnival. Room mothers receive instructions for opening day activities and all interested in the school program are urged to attend.
Quick one piece pattern for casual wear with sizes 12 through 24. Instructions mention rayon cotton wool options and a printed pattern 9095, with mail order details to Marian Martin in Terre Haute and New York for pattern 9095 and related accessories.
Western Democrats view the Viet Nam war as an emotional factor that could affect congressional races. They endorsed President Johnson while warning casualties and public opinion could shift voter support. Officials noted California and other Western states as potential decisive battlegrounds in November.
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