Priests Propose Closing All Indy Catholic Schools
In Indianapolis two parish priests urged closing all archdiocese Catholic schools at a Sunday meeting to discuss finances. Other options included phased closures or maintaining the system while seeking funds. The forum at Roncalli High School opened a series of four public discussions on the issue.
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Indianapolis
Roncalli High School
Victor L. Gossens
St. Marys Parish
Archdiocese
Msgr. Gossens
William Morley
St. Judge's Parish
Father Elford
John F. Kennedy High
Town halves wiped out by blaze in Strong Maine
In Strong Maine a Saturday general alarm fire destroyed five stores in the town's business district. The two story wooden structures were ice encrusted from hoses and left the town of 969 people with total loss. A sheriff's office spokesman said rebuilding is needed.
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Strong
Maine
UPI
Farmington
Manson Had a Gift For Leading People
A police description traces Charles Manson from his youth in Cincinnati to a Haight Ashbury hippie influence and the Barker Ranch hideout. The piece outlines his control over followers, ties to Beach Boys member Dennis Wilson, the Tate and LaBianca murders, and a Western movie era setting as the investigation widens.
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Purcell
Manson
Charles Miller Manson
Pied Piper
San Francisco
Haight Ashbury
Pacific
Gole Wash
Jesus
Sharon Tate
Benedict Canyon
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Riverfront
Charles
I.Q
Terminal Island
San Pedro
Calif
Pacific Coast Highway
Gary Hinman
Kinman
Dennis ‘Wilson
Beach Boys
Wilson
Sunset Boulevard
Pacific Palisades
Terry Melcher
Doris Day
Young Melcher
Tate
Santa Susana Mountains
Chatsworth
Spahn Ranch
William SS. Hart
Yate
Melcher
Miss Tate
Lena LaBianca
Barker Ranch
Arlene Barker
Seven of ten girls escape from Indiana Girls School
Ten girls fled the Indiana Girls School near Clermont after tying up their supervisor Hazel Stites. Seven were caught within three hours including one who stopped a police officer for warmth. The seven were found along Crawfordsville Road and in Clermont’s business district. all had no coats.
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Charlie
Watkins
Tate
Sandy Good Pugh
Manson Group
Mrs. Pugh
Independence
Manson
Clermont
Ind
Indiana
Dorothy van Brunt
Hazel Stites
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies
Crawfordsville Road
van Brunt
Columbia Announces New Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism
New York United Press International reports Columbia University will award a new Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism starting next year. The $1,000 prize covers critical writing and columns on public affairs published in U.S. newspapers in 1969, excluding editorial writing, with May ceremony upon advisory board recommendation.
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New York
UPI
Columbia University
U.S
Trustees of
Columbia
Social Security Hike Leaves Many Poor With No Extra Pay
Washington officials say over 1.18 million low income beneficiaries will see no lift from a 15 percent Social Security increase because welfare offsets will neutralize higher checks. State welfare rules base aid on total income, so raises in Social Security reduce supplemental payments, yielding the same total. Officials expect welfare reform to be tackled next year alongside broader system changes. Within 25 million beneficiaries are 12.4 million retired workers and 1.3 million disabled, plus widows, dependents, and minors.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Friml 90 Reflects On Music And Modern Tastes
Composer Rudolf Friml, 90, sits at two grand pianos in his Hollywood home and improvises a five minute piece. He praises his past operettas like Rose Marie and The Vagabond King, criticizes current musicals as trash, and notes he spends six hours daily at the piano while valuing serious composers such as Shostakovich Khachaturian Villa Lobos Copeland. He hopes to reach 100 but questions the future of music and laments the four four time trend.
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Hollywood
UPI
Rudolf Frim
Rose Marie
Firefly
Friml
Kay
Hong Kong
Santa Monica Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
Annina
Frinl
Shostakovich
Khatchaturian
Villa Lobos
Aaron Copeland
Gore Tax Plan Shifts Relief to Low Incomes in Senate Debate
Washington shows a stark tax contrast as Sen. Gore's amendment would raise personal exemptions from 600 to 700 in 1970 and 800 in 1971, shifting relief toward middle and lower income taxpayers. Administration proposals mix rate changes and loophole closures, with impact varying across income brackets.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Treasury Department
Wayne Twp Trustee Harvey Luse Dead After Accident
Harvey D. Luse 39 of Wayne Township Wayne County died after apparently falling into a corn picker while cleaning it. Luse served as a Wayne Township trustee and was from Route 1 Waynetown Indiana.
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Waynetown
Ind
Harvey D
Cocky
Luse
Rt. 1
Wayne Township
Montgomery County
Break-in at F&N Book System Store hits third time
Unknown amount stolen from F&N Book System Store at 1733 N 19th St over the weekend. Owner George Nasser says this is the third incident in two weeks. Entry gained by breaking front door glass. inventory will determine exact loss.
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F&n Book System
N. 19Th St
George Nasser
Nasser
Purdue Edits Admissions Policy Draws Jewish Criticism
In Lafayette Indiana an AP report notes an editorial in Hillelite the Purdue B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation publication criticizing Purdue admissions policy as discriminatory against Jews and other minorities The piece urges removal of the quota claiming diversity remains limited by a state to out of state ratio Purdue cites the need to keep in state students ratio.
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Lafayette
Ind
Hillelite
B’nai B'rith Hillel Foundation
Purdue
Hillel Foundation
New York
New Jersey
U.S
Eileen Sherman
Fire Hits Abandoned Penn Central Warehouse On State Line
A fire destroyed an empty condemned Penn Central warehouse on the Indiana Ohio state line. Firefighters from both states battled the blaze amid suspicions derelicts used the building for shelter.
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Union City
Ind
Penn Central
Ohio-Indiana State Line
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