Cambodia Advances Release of 12 American Soldiers
SAIGON AP Cambo dia announced it is releasing 12 American soldiers captured in the past year and the Viet Cong offered to free three U S troops it holds. Prince Norodom Sihanouk said he would free 11 Americans and a South Vietnamese captured last July. A Viet Cong spokesman named three soldiers offered for release. The Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh expects the 12 freed Americans to fly to Bangkok Friday. The U S and South Vietnamese commands reported rising casualties but no major ground fighting.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U. S
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
Cambodian
Paris
Thomas Nelson Jones
Donald L. Smith
James W. Brigham
U.S
Bangkok
Shriver Selected for U N Position by Nixon
Washington sources report R Sargent Shriver the U S ambassador to France has been chosen as President-elect Nixon's new ambassador to the United Nations. Indications say he will accept. the current UN ambassador J R Wiggins is expected to depart after the inauguration.
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Shriver
Nixon
United Nations
Washington
New York
U.N
J. R. Wiggins
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Trib Star Basket Fund Reaches Over 1300
Cash donations to the Tribune Star Basket Fund aid Christmas meals for needy families in Vigo County. Contributions are collected at 721 Wabash Ave and will be published. Listed donors include Pack 124 Terre Haute Cub Scouts 45, Terre Haute News paper Guild 46 25, Mr and Mrs Jack Cox 2, Esther Tibbetts 3, a friend 2, totaling 1317.27 after prior 1240.27 reported.
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Tribune-Star Basket Fund
Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
Tribune-Star Fund
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Jack Cox
Esther Tibbetts
Final Harrison Tax Rate Estimated to Be $11.63
Terre Haute officials forecast final tax rates for 1969 with Vigo County officials, noting Terre Haute Harrison Township and several civil towns will see changes. Taxpayers Association urged legislative relief as bond plans for two new high schools proceed and concerns over South Elementary costs rose.
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Harrison
Arthur E. Newport
Ann Page
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Taxpayers Association of
Vigo County
Newport
John F. Spitler
Columbian
General Housewares Corp
Robert Ireland
Ruel F. Burns Jr
Carl N. Miller Sr
Gilbert W. Gambill
William KE. Jukes
Thomas J. Finnerty
Vernon E. Hux
Spitler
Everett J. Acree
Terre Haute-Harrison Township
Acree
Terre Haute-Honey Creek
Terre Haute-Lost Creek
Terre Haute- Otter Creek
West Terre Haute
Seelyville
Riley
No Invitations Issued for Bayh Victory Event in Terre Haute
Bayh supporters and campaign workers are welcomed to a Terre Haute House reception in the Mayflower room tonight. No written invitations issued. Senator Birch E. Bayh is to arrive at 8 p.m. and will personally thank precinct level volunteers and campaign contributors. Coordinators Dr Wayne Crockett Jim Shanks and David Wessel, with Vicki Weger, organize the event.
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Birch E. Bayh
Vigo County
Mayflower
Terre Haute House
Bayh
Terre Haute
Wayne Crockett
Jim Shanks
David Wessel
The Psaltery In Music History
The psaltery is a stringed instrument related to dulcimers and zithers. It has gut or metal strings stretched over a flat soundbox to produce music.
Carter Named As Head of Street Dept
James M. Carter, 68, will succeed Sam Carpenter as Terre Haute street department superintendent. Mayor Leland Larrison announced at a news conference that Carter, a Terre Haute Park Department purchaser, will take over after year’s start as Carpenter moves to the Indiana State Highway Commission post.
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James M. Carter
Sam Carpenter
Terre Haute
Leland Larrison
Carter
Carpenter
Indiana State Highway Commission
Larrison
State Highway Department
Edgar Whitcomb
Kidnapers Leave Bag Of Money In Miami Ransom Bid
Police and FBI hunted three men after a ransom drop failed in Miami. A running gunbattle left a half million dollars in $20 bills abandoned in a suitcase five miles from the Mackle residence. Barbara Jane Mackle, daughter of Miami millionaire Robert Mackle, had been abducted in Atlanta.
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Miami
UPI
Barbara Jane Mackle
FBI
Robert Mackle
Mackle
Barbara Jane
Atlanta
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
The Weather Bureau notes a stationary river stage at 2.6 feet and mixed conditions across Indiana and Illinois. Yesterday's high was 49, low 42 with 0.8 inches precipitation. Forecasts call for cloudy, windy, colder conditions tonight and Friday with a chance of snow flurries, highs in the 30s, lows 25 to 30.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Apollo 8 Launch Team Starts Critical Power Activation
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP the Apollo 8 launch team began today the critical task of activating the three fuel cells that will power the spaceship for its moon orbit flight. The operation involves piping in liquid hydrogen at 423 degrees below zero and liquid oxygen at 297 below into the fuel cell system. The three astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell Jr and William Anders train as countdown nears final hours for Saturday launch at 7 51 a m EST aboard a Saturn 5 rocket for the moon mission.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Four killed in welfare office shooting and suicide
A distraught father of 10 opened fire at a Carlinville welfare agency Christmas party, killing his estranged wife, two social workers, and a receptionist while wounding four children. Sherman Kline, 38, fled to Missouri, died later from a self-inflicted wound. Authorities cited a personal grievance with the agency.
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Carlinville, Ill
Welfare Agency
Sherman Kline
Illinois Department of Child and Family Services
Kline
O'Fallon
Vernon Kline
St. Charles
Frank Wildgrube
Ronnie Albracht
Carlinville
Ann Keppler
Beard
Lorraine
Michael
Diane
Springfield
St. John’s Hospital
Gene
Judy
Miss Keppler
Chaney to Run Auto License Branch Here
Vigo County GOP chairman Buena Chaney said he will head the Terre Haute auto license branch under the incoming Whitcomb administration but no final manager has been chosen. He also noted no decision on whether the branch will stay at 801 Poplar Street or relocate, and suggested a further statement might come later.
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Terre Haute
Wahen
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Buena Chaney
Vigo County
GOP
the Tribune
Chaney
Poplar St
Three Die As Rain Weakened Visibility In Indiana
Poor visibility from rain and darkness caused two fatal motorcycle crashes near Brazil and a separate pickup truck collision in Clinton, killing Vickie Johnson and Debbie Riddell, both 18, and George Strain, 60. The motorcycle’s rider remains undetermined as autopsies are ordered.
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Brazil
Ind
Vickie Johnson
Debbie Riddell
U. S. 40
Here
Clay County
Clinton
George Strain
New
Old Indiana
Mary Wools
Miss Wools
Miss Woolf
James R. Kindred
14Th St
Terre Haute
Kindred
Miss Riddell
Paul Slack
Clay County Sheriff's Department
Indiana State Police
Staunton United Methodist Church
Robert T. Riddell
Judith Howard
Columbus
Ohio
Steven Riddell
Vietnam
Samuel
Jay Leslie
Danny Riddell
Leslie Kumpf
William Riddle
Washington
Lawson Funeral Home
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REDS
Taxpayers Association
Taxpayers Association of Vnnual
Arthur Newport
William E. Jukes
Frank Walsh
John A. Templeton
Morris B. Blumberg
Richard N. Beard
Carl L. Bopp
T. J. Finnerty
Claim Shriver
TS Basket Fund
New South
Vigo County School Corporation
United Press International
By James Dressler
Tribune
Washington Ave
New Post
By Matthew T. Kenny
U. S. Weather Bureau
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Museum
By David L. Anderson
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