U S and N Vietnam Envoys Begin Paris Talks
U S and North Vietnamese diplomats began private meetings in Paris aimed at an early opening of the expanded peace conference. A preliminary session with four groups including the Viet Cong’s National Liberation Front is planned to set time and procedures for the formal opening. Dual tracks are anticipated: military negotiations to reduce fighting and political talks regarding South Vietnam.
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Cummings Case Transferred to Parke County
A former Brazil minister facing 51 forgery counts won a change of venue from Clay Circuit Court to Parke County Rockville. Earl S. Cummings, 34, is also linked to a $11,000 theft and securities act violation in Greene Circuit Court Bloomfield. Trial dates await transcript. sentencing for Lonnie W. Bogers set for Wednesday.
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Earl S. Cummings
First Christian Church
Robert B. Stewart
Parke Circuit Court
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Terre Haute
Woodrow Nasser
Jack Wilson
Parke County
Stewart
Jack Anderson
Sturgis
Greene Circuit
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Lonnie W. Bogers
Greene County
Edwin B. Long
South Vietnam to observe 24 hour Christmas truce
President Nguyen Van Thieu announces a 24 hour humanitarian Christmas truce from 6 p.m. Saigon time December 24 to 6 p.m. December 25. The government says the truce will be observed for humanitarian reasons and will be broadcast on South Vietnamese radio and television.
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Vietnamese peace talks hinge on split issues and pace
Fragmentary notes suggest Vietnamese negotiators may separate military items from a broader package and move slowly for months. If the Saigon delegation cooperates, negotiations could extend, but a public clash between rival Vietnamese factions could derail the expanded parley. Continued on Page 2.
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Local buses topic to be discussed at Monday meeting
City officials Vigo County School Corp and Evansville transport firm will meet at 7 30 p m in the school administration building to discuss the Evansville firm's potential takeover of city and school buses. Mayor Larrison and school superintendent Dr George J Hays will attend along with board members and Will brothers owners of the Evansville firm.
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Arch Dunbar
Vernon R. McMillan Rites Planned For 76 Year Old
Funeral services for Vernon R. McMillan 76 of 1616 S 25th St will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Centenary Methodist Church with Rev Glenn Alty Crafts officiating Burial will be in Highland Lawn Cemetery He died Sunday at 9 45 a m in Union Hospital He is survived by three daughters Mrs Martha Lindner Alexandria Va Mrs Sally Arthur Terre Haute and Mrs Betty Kovatch Monticello a sister Mrs Helen Middlebrook Hiawatha Kan and five grandchildren McMillan a Terre Haute mayor and noted sportsman was born Sept 15 1892 in Morrill Kan He graduated Baker University and captained its 1913 football team He also ran track and belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon Oklahoma Continued On Page 2 Col 6.
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Terre Haute
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Martha Lindner
Alexandria
Sally Arthur
Betty Kovatch
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Helen Middlebrook
Hiawatha
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Weather Map Report For Terre Haute Vicinity
Weather map notes a cloudy forecast for Terre Haute with rain likely Tuesday. Overnight low around 40, high Tuesday in the upper 40s. Indiana outlook mirrors cloud cover with rain is likely Tuesday. Illinois area mostly cloudy with periods of rain Tuesday. River stage 8.0 ft and rising. High yesterday 40, low last night 2%.
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Students Shove President At San Francisco State
San Francisco State College reopened under a state of emergency as acting president Dr. S I Hayakawa was shoved and had his cap ripped away by about 150 dissident students. He urged a return to classes from a pickup truck with a bull horn, while campus leaders and student groups pressed for an orderly resumption and campus-wide strikes continued.
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S. I. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Hayakawa
Students For A Democratic Society
Robert Smith
Russell Bass
Black Student Union
Third World Liberation Front
U S Guns Planes Blast N V Bunkers in DMZ
U S planes and artillery hit a North Vietnamese position in the DMZ after two U S reconnaissance planes were fired on. Four bunkers and 100 yards of trenches were destroyed, with secondary explosions signaling hit ammunition stores. U S and South Vietnamese casualties were reported as heavy and light respectively.
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Cleary Elected President of First National Bank
John J. Cleary, Terre Haute resident, elected president of Terre Haute First National Bank and will take office January 1, succeeding Leonard B. Marshall who retires January 1. Cleary joined the bank in its predecessor institutions in 1928, rising from assistant cashier to board member, with a long record in local banking.
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Now You Know By United Press International
The human blood groups O A B and AB were discovered early this century by Karl Landsteiner. This note outlines the historic finding and its significance in medical science.
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Fact-Finding Team Blames Police Riot in Chicago
Washington based fact-finding team for the National Commission on Violence concludes the Chicago clashes outside the Democratic convention were overwhelmingly police driven. It cites provocative demonstrator conduct but says police violence outweighed by default, blaming Mayor Daley and city officials for conditioning officers to expect approval.
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