Vigo County School Board to Meet Monday Night
The Vigo County School Corporation Board of Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. at the Administration Building 961 Lafayette Ave. on Monday December 10. Reports from Harry W. Johnson address rising fuel and gasoline costs. The committee for the new middle school near West Vigo High will present a report. Bids will be opened for WCSC property and awarded for tires tubes cafeteria foods including meats fish frozen fruits vegetables for January February 1974. Year end transfer of appropriations and Christmas vacation from December 21 to January 2 are announced.
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Vigo County School Corporation Board of Trustees
Harry W. Johnson
West Vigo High School
WCSC
Lafayette Ave
Christmas Cantata at First Congregational Church
The First Congregational Church at 634 Ohio St hosts a Christmas cantata titled Rejoice Earth and Heaven at 10:30 a.m. under Bob Houncel with sanctuary choir and small orchestra. Indiana State University soloists Debby Cox Kathie Clark Scott Bartle and Wilbert Boone will perform. A candle light service with strings is planned for Christmas Eve and a Hallelujah Chorus will be sung on Sunday Dec 16.
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Earth
Heaven
First Congregational Church
Ohio St
Bob Houncel
Sanctuary
Robert Houndell
Indiana State University
Debby Cox
Kathie Clark
Scott Bartle
Wilbert Boone
Hallelujah
Christmas Meetings Highlight Newport Church Event
In Newport at the United Methodist Church Rev A Warren Jacobson welcomed attendees as Ver million County Choral Club presented four Christmas songs directed by Sharon Lee. The Queen Ester Sunday School Class held a carry in dinner at the Jacobsons with devotions, poems, and readings including The Legend of the Christmas Candle.
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Newport
Ind
North Vermillion County
MORNIN JUDGE CHARLES LAMB Fined For Speeding
A list of drivers from Brazil Indiana includes Charles Lamb 30 fined 78 for speeding Sharon Jelf 23 fined 63 Greg Blackburn 21 fined 3 Richard Meneely 17 fined 53 Robert Fulkerson 27 fined 35 and sentenced 10 days in jail suspended Robert Woodason 16 unsafe start fined 50 Lillian King 33 ran stop sign fined 18 Thomas Anderson Jr 19 ran stop sign fined 18 Teddis Jones 58 expired license fined 14 suspended
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Robert E. Fulkerson
9Th St
Thomas Anderson JR
W. Anderson
West Haute
Farm family offers landing site for President Nixon chopper
Victor Leismer and son Mike grant free helicopter landings on 50 acre Thurmont Maryland farm to avoid school disruption at Catoctin High. Navy sought to buy or lease but family refused to dodge government red tape. Mike notes Nixon’s busy schedule with Watergate.
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Mike Leismer
Leismer
Rhodes Elected by Acclamation as House Republican Leader
Representative John J. Rhodes of Arizona was chosen as House Republican leader by acclamation after Gerald Ford became vice president. With no remaining candidates, Rhodes’s selection was automatic, marking a rare no contest leadership ballot. He forecast no Nixon resignation before Ford’s White House move.
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Washington
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
House
Gerald R. Ford
Rhodes
Nixon
Ford
White House
Terre Haute Post Office Extends Holiday Hours
The Terre Haute Post Office announces extended holiday window times from December 8 to December 22. Main office and branches operate 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on select Saturdays, with general delivery and registry 8 a.m. to noon on those dates. weekdays December 10 to 14 run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and stations 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sunday December 9. On December 22 offices close at noon.
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Terre Haute
Zorah Shrine Holiday Party Set for December 15
The Zorah Shrine Christmas Party will be held Saturday December 15 with a Swiss steak dinner at 7 30 p m. Leo Baxter's Orchestra will provide the dance music as members and guests bring toys for the Wheelchair Club toy box benefiting Crippled Children's Hospital. Western Indiana Shrine guests will attend.
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Leo Baxter
Wheelchair Club
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Western Indiana Shrine
Chalk Talk Film Shown At Union Hospital
The film Father Martins Chalk Talk will be shown at 3 30 p m on Wednesday December 12 in the Cherry Room at Union Hospital in lieu of the usual Community Alcoholism Education Services meeting. Robert Weinrich of the Katherine Hamilton Center will lead a post film discussion.
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Martin
Union Hospital
Robert Weinrich
Katherine Hamilton Center
Illinois man indicted for official misconduct in levee case
Reme Wilbon former president of the East Side Levee and Sanitary District was indicted by a St. Clair County grand jury on charges of official misconduct. He resigned after learning of the indictments and is accused of issuing two unauthorized checks totaling 6380 to levee district lawyers. he calls the charges politically motivated and remains a district trustee.
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Belleville, Ill
Reme Wilbon
East Side Levee and Sanitary
Gas station worker wounded in Indianapolis robbery
An Indianapolis service station attendant, 21 year old Gary L. Shoemaker, was shot and critically wounded during an attempted robbery. He called for help just after 6 a.m. and said he returned fire, possibly hitting one attacker. he was found on the station office floor when deputies arrived.
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Indianapolis
Gary L. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Mexican man dies in Russian roulette incident
Baltazar Camarillo Gonzalez, 20, was killed instantly in Mexico City when he played Russian roulette. A witness, Serafin Perez Mendoza, said Gonzalez removed all but one bullet from the pistol, spun the chamber, and fired.
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Mexico City
UPI
Baltazar Camarillo Gonzalez
Serafin Perez Mendoza
Camarillo Gonzalez
Marines Lift Limits on Women Commanders in Units
Washington UPI reports that all four services now permit women to command units with predominantly male personnel. The Marine Corps on Wednesday dropped its regulation restricting women who command to roles centered on administration of women Marines.
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Brazil
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Greg W. Blackburn
Richard A. Meneely
Barbour Ave
Robert A. Woodason
8Th Ave
Lillian King
Markle
North Terre Haute
Teddis Jones
Oak St
Dan Land
Zorah Shriners
Illinois
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Tree Top
Anal W
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Mae
ACE Hardware
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