No Clues in Triple Murder Case in Indianapolis
Indianapolis police investigated a bloody triple murder at an eastside home. Three men Hinson Gierce and Barker were found bound with sheets and throat slits. no murder weapon or motive found. tape recording used at scene for first time in department history.
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Indianapolis
Ralph F. Lumpkin
Lumpkin
John K. Karnes
Robert W. Hinson Jr
Robert A. Gierce
James Barker
Hinson
Gierce
B&b
Barker
Hinson and Gierce
Victom
Karnes
Louise Cole
Nixon vows attention to aged needs at White House conference
President Nixon and Pat Nixon closed a week long White House Conference on Aging urging a new national attitude toward aging. He pledged close personal consideration of conference recommendations and sought legislation to ease property taxes, strengthen pensions, and promote job programs for older citizens.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Pat
State Requires 4 Million to Run Auto Branches
Indianapolis AP says the state would need about 4.1 million annually to take over operations of 187 auto licensing branches now run by county political groups. Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joseph Root told a budget subcommittee that current fees won’t fund the program under the 1971 law. Cutting branches to 120 could lower the cost to about 3.3 million.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Root
House
Senate
Root
General Assembly
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
State Highway Department
State Police Department
Weather map reads cold with snow risk in Illinois and Indiana
The 6am report notes 25 at dawn, 35 river stage rising, and 33 high yesterday. Terre Haute sees increasing clouds and cold tonight with lows in the 20s and Friday highs near 30s. Indiana stays cold with a chance of snow in the southwest Friday. Illinois remains cloudy with snow chance. Dirt-dust count is 81. Sunrise 7:52 a.m. Sunset 5:26 p.m.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Senate OKs retroactive wage provisions in package
The Senate approved 86 to 4 a bill to extend Nixon wage price and rent controls through April 1973 and provide retroactive raises to most workers who lost pay during the Aug 15 to Nov 14 freeze. It moves to the House Banking Committee for further action amid a tied panel vote and ongoing compromises.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Banking Committee
Organized Labor
Tax Cut Bill Pared Down But Campaign Fund Stays
Washington AP report on House and Senate conferees narrowing a tax bill to drop tax relief and foreign input controls while preserving a provision to fund presidential campaigns from federal income taxes. Democrats back the checkoff. Nixon warnings of a veto remain tied to the earmark.
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Washington
House
Senate
Nixon
Mills
Capital City
Democratic Club
FBI Expands NCIC to Include Computerized Criminal History
The FBI adds the Computerized Criminal History file to the NCIC network enabling quick access to criminal history across local state and federal agencies. Linked systems include Vigo County Sheriff Terre Haute Police and Indiana State Police via IDACS. The CCH file provides arrest charges dispositions sentencing and custody status to support interagency information sharing.
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FBI
National Crime Information Center
NCIC
Washington, D.C
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Indiana
Indiana Data and Communications System
IDACS
State Criminal Justice Informa
Tion
Christmas Basket Fund Gifts Receive Donations
Cash donations to The Tribune Star Basket Fund aid needy families in Vigo County. Contributions may be left at The Tribune Star office 721 Wabash Ave and will be published. Donations total 555 dollars with listed givers. Applicants must visit Miss Sharon Time at the Christmas Clearing House 20 Chestnut St between Nov 29 and Dec 15, 9am to 4:30pm.
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Tribune- Star Basket Fund
The
Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
Tribune-Stne Fund
City
Vigo County
Clark Loan Corporation
S.A
Sharon
Christmas Clearing House
Chestnut St
Shipley Named Fire Chief and Police Posts Filled
LeRoy Shipley, 35, will become Terre Haute fire chief January 1, following his 1964 start with the department. Mayor-elect William J. Brighton announced top fire and police appointments, with three assistant fire chiefs and a secretary named, plus police deputy chiefs and detectives. Shipley pledged a strong push to improve ambulance service and airport fire protection at Hulman Field.
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LeRoy Shipley
Terre Haute Fire Department
William J
Bill) Brighton
Shipley
Brighton
Frank Hoole
Ronald Nicoson
Jess Stanfield
Cosmo Piazza
Lewis Ambrose
James L. Swift
Gerald Loudermilk
Frank Hoffman
Bill Go
Terre Haute
Hulman Field
Brighton and Shipley
Price Commission Nixes Coal Hike
Washington AP The Price Commission limits a coal company price increase to 9.6 percent after a 15 percent wage rise was approved for miners. Chairman C Jackson Grayson warns firms to expect tighter scrutiny for wage-based price hikes and signals inflation-busting actions within Nixon’s policy apparatus. Old Ben d Coal Co sought 6.71 percent but was settled at 3.78 percent. officials say the wage ruling will not affect a recently negotiated miners contract. National Coal Association President Carl E Bagge criticizes the administration’s approach.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
Nixon
Out of the Woods
Grayson
Old Ben
United Mine Workers
Carl E. Bagge
National Coal Association
Gove
Confirmation Vote On Butz Today
Washington AP reports Dr. Ear L. Butz is likely to win Senate confirmation as secretary of agriculture despite farm state opposition. An AP poll shows 52 in favor, 39 opposed, eight uncommitted, with Griffin counting 52 hard votes. Opponents warn Butz favors agribusiness and opposes poverty programs.
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Washington
Ear L. Butz
Senate
Associated Press
Robert Griffin
Butz
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
The Jolly Roger flag as pirate surrender signal
The skull and crossbones flag used by pirates signaled mercy to surrendered merchants. The symbol indicated pirates would spare those who yielded without resistance.
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Dennis J. Nicholas
Marion County
National Weather Service
By Joe Hall
Rep
Wilbur D. Mills
House Appropriations Committee
Mary Anne Pierce
Tribune
TS Basket Fund
By James Dressler
Sarah Scott
Gerstmeyer
D Coal Co
Standard Oil of Ohio
Robert Dole
R-Kans
GOP
Dole
Purdue University
United Press International
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