Indiana agencies unveil new projects at Pre-Legislative Conference
INDIANAPOLIS AP Major state departments and agencies presented legislative recommendations as the three day Pre-Legislative Conference wrapped up. Officials from four state universities and the Departments of Mental Health Natural Resources Public Instruction and the State Highway Commission outlined plans while changes to panel sessions and speaking slots affected Gov Handley and Gov Welsh appearances. House Speaker elect Bowen forecast rapid passage of a bill to distribute about 50 million of the general fund surplus to local units for 1967 property tax relief, while Senate leaders debated the merits of a long range continuous relief plan amid potential spillover funding rules. The general fund surplus is projected to top 120 million by next June 30 if no action is taken.
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Indianapolis
General Assembly
Departments of
Mental Health, Natural Resources, Public Instruction
State Highway Commission
Senate
Hove
Harold W. Handley
Matthew E. Welsh
Robert L. Rock
Indiana
House
Otis C. Bowen
Bremen
Keith C. McCormick
Lebanon
Marlin K McDaniel
Richmond
Wilbur Newlin
Mooresville
Jack H. Mankin
Terre Haute
Mankin
Wirtz Begins Israel Visit With Official Meetings
Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz and his wife arrived in Tel Aviv for a two day visit. He planned talks with Prime Minister Levi Eshkol Foreign Minister Abba Eban and Labor Minister Yigal Alon during the stay.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
W. Willard Wirtz
Levi Eshkol
Abba Eban
Yigal Alon
Ex Nazi Kiesinger Chosen New German Chancellor
Ex Nazi Kiesinger wins top post as Social Democrats back his bid with 126 votes to 53 and eight abstentions. At 62 he had led Baden Württemberg and faced scrutiny over wartime ties while the new government holds 447 of 496 Bundestag seats, with the Free Democrats as the sole opposition.
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Social Democratic Bundestag
Kiesinger
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Bundestag
Judge May Boost Evader Sentences Portland Ore
U S District Court Judge John F Kilkenny said he may raise future sentences for draft violators after sentencing Brain Philip Savage 22 of Santa Clara Calif to three years in prison for refusing civilian work in lieu of military service He revoked probation for seven Jehovahs Witnesses also refusing civilian work in lieu of induction They had served six months in jail and now face an additional 18 months each All involved are from Oregon
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U.S. District Co
John F. Kilkenny
Brain Philip Savage
Santa Clara
Calif
Jehovah's Witnesses
Oregon
Seven Local Men Enlist in Naval Reserve
Seven area men were sworn into the U S Naval Reserve by Lt Richard E Morse at the local training center to fill December quotas. Applicants are urged to join for January and February enlistments, with qualified veterans eligible for inactive reserve. Enlistees are Larry R Cox George P Dreher Harold Gregory Thomas A Heman Charles K Holdaway Mark L Mitchell and Doyle Terrell. They will serve two years active duty and four years drilling in the ready reserve.
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U. S. Naval Reserve
Richard E. Morse
Willard Hayhurst
Hayhurst
Larry R. Cox
Albert Cox
S. Third St
William Mitchell
Dorothy LeBaun
Doyle Terrell
Delmar Terrell
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Westfield
Alcoholism Talk Set At ISU Campus Lecture
The ISU Campus Unit of the Mental Health Association will sponsor a 1 pm Friday lecture on alcoholism at the University Laboratory School Sycamore Theatre. Dr. D Bruce Falkey, administrative director of the Division on Alcoholism, will discuss control and prevention.
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ISU
Mental Health Association of Indiana
University Laboratory School Sycamore
D. Bruce Falkey
Department of Mental Health
State of Indiana
Falkey
Dewey Moore
Syracuse University
American Red Cross
Navy
Indiana
Department of Medicine and Applied Social Science
Western Reserve University
The
American Public Health Association
American Sociological Society
National Association of Social Workers
Association of Teachers of Preventative Medicine
Meeting to Decide Future Use of Facility
State health commissioner and governor may close Rockville facility but await 1965 legislative study committee’s guidance. Report urges tuberculosis hospital to cease operation and consider transferring facilities to the Department of Correction. Objections center on modernization costs and location. Local groups oppose elimination, pushing for added beds and renovation of existing facilities. The commission also recommends chest disease facilities near Indiana University Medical Center and outpatient clinics in west-central Indiana. Parke County groups push to save the hospital amid differing views.
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Department of Correction
Rockville
Legislative Study Commission
Indianapolis
Indiana University Medical Center
Indiana
Parke County
Rockville groups push to save hospital funding
Rockville organizations including the Rockville Business and Professional Women's Club and Rockville Rotary Club are leading a campaign against phasing out the hospital. A hospital advisory committee led by Dwight L. Crays has prepared a counter report urging renovation and a new wing, keeping patients from being transferred south, and adding an outpatient clinic via the State Board of Health. The Rockville facility currently has 100 patients with 120 beds, while New Albany offers 150 beds. officials foresee a future need for about 400 additional chest-disease beds.
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Rockville
New Albany
Rockville Hospital
State Board of Health
Two Teens Begin Four-Year Marine Enlistment Training
David Lawrence Poppe aged 18 and Albert Edward Davis III aged 17 are starting four years of service after enlisting. They are undergoing basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in San Diego California.
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David Lawrence Poppe
Albert Edward Davis III
Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot
San Diego
Calif
Covington Teen Killed In Indiana Crash
An 18 year old Covington youth, Jack Van Pelt, died when his car left Indiana 32 about four miles east of Crawfordsville and struck a tree. Authorities say he apparently fell asleep at the wheel. Also noted is Fort Constitution as the oldest American fort, located on an island about 50 miles north of New York City.
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United Press International
Covington
Crawfordsville
Jack van Pelt
Indiana 32
Fort Constitution
New York City
Striking Bloomington Westinghouse Workers Idle Amid Contract Row
About 500 Westinghouse production workers in Bloomington Indiana walked out after their contract expired Wednesday midnight. An equal number from an independent union were idled by the strike, with Local 2031 IBEW setting up picket lines as management and affiliated salaried employees tried to enter the plant.
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Bloomington, Ind
UPI
Westinghouse Corp
International Brotherhood — of Electrical Workers
Association of Bloomington
Westinghouse
IBEW
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