Senator McDaniel Criticizes Reapportionment Plan
Indiana Senator Marlin K. McDaniel blasts a federal three-judge reapportionment plan as political manipulation and calls for property tax relief. He refuses to back the Legislative Apportionment Committee plan and warns against a special session solely for redistricting, noting costs and voter impact.
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Indianapolis
McDaniel
Senate
Leslie Duvall
Duvall
GOP
Indiana
Whitcomb
More Snow Expected This Weekend In Indiana
A weather forecast from Dr. G. David Koch predicts more snow this weekend in west central Indiana with 2 more inches possible after dusk. The city has 5.6 inches on the ground and temps near freezing for days ahead while roads remain slick. Skating ponds are nearing readiness as southern areas may see freezing rain rather than snow through the holiday weekend.
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G. David Koch
Koch
Mercury
Indiana
Indiana State University
Weather Map Update for Terre Haute and Nearby Areas
Increasing cloudiness and warmth expected tonight with a chance of snow late tonight. Sunday brings snow likely, then mixed precipitation with rain or sleet and warmer temperatures. Highs reach mid thirties to low forties in Indiana and Illinois with 40 percent tonight and 60 percent Sunday precipitation. River stage 3.1 feet and no major changes.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Heisted Plane Back from Cuba
A United Airlines Boeing 727 hijacked near New York returned to Miami after 28 victims and crew were held. The hijacker, who called himself Cuban, released no details but appeared calm, and Hartman Brennan noted the hijacker wished them well before surrendering control.
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Miami
Havana
Linda Brennan
United Air Lines
New York
LaGuardia
Jim Howard
Chicago
M. Martinez
Sharon Brodak
St. Louis
Brennan
Far Rockaway
N.Y
Axel Paulsen
West Islip
United
US and Vietnamese clash near Cambodian border
U S forces conducted their largest battle in over a month as aircraft tanks and helicopters attacked up to 200 North Vietnamese troops within two miles of the Cambodian frontier. U S counts 72 enemy dead while noting light American casualties and continuing fighting near Loc Ninh and along highway 13.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Loc Ninh
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Newton man receives new heart and lungs at New York Hospital
A 43-year-old Newton, New Jersey man named Edward Falk recovered after a three hour 13 minute transplant at New York Hospital. He received a heart and lungs from a 50-year-old female donor who died of a brain hemorrhage. Falk is awake with no signs of rejection and shows satisfactory progress. Eleven other surgeons assisted in the operation.
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New York
UPI
Newton, N. J
Edward Falk
Falk
Airborne view reveals outlines of ancient ruins
The outlines of ancient buildings can be detected from the air by variations in cover crop color, even when ruins are buried or basenetted.
Mitchell Testifies as Army Probes My Lai Massacre
Staff Sgt. David Mitchell testified at the Pentagon before a special Army board amid assertions of innocence. Lt. William L. Calley Jr. faces murder charges for the My Lai killings, while nine other soldiers face investigation as Gen. Peers departs for Vietnam to pursue key witnesses and locations.
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Washington (Ap
David Mitchell
My Lai
Pentagon
Special Army
Mitchell
St. Francisville
William L. Calley, Jr
Waynsville
N.C
Vietnam
Peers
Army Board of Investigators
William R. Peers
Robert MacCrate
New York
Washington
Army
Black Capitalism Helps Airlines Founder Dream Grow
Ara besco Airlines, proudly claiming to be the US's only black owned carrier, serves Los Angeles with San Francisco sourdough bread flown nightly from Oakland. The venture, begun by Donald Grant and friends in 1967, faced financing hurdles before Opportunity Through Ownership loaned 47,500 to launch two C45 freighters and plans more aircraft as cargo volume nears 80,000 pounds monthly.
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Norman Njamez
Arabesco Airlines
Robert Reed
Arabesco
United States
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland, Calif
Oakland International Airport
Donald Grant
Bay Area
Grant
Alameda
U. S. Naval Air Station
Opportunity
OTO
Norman James
Agnew Pushes Asian Self Sufficiency During Tour
Vice President Spiro Agnew heads a ten nation Asia tour urging regional self sufficiency to reduce U S role in crises. The remark follows a broad foreign policy push as the Nixon administration seeks less direct intervention.
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Honolulu
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
United States
25 Crewmen Feared Drowned on Bomb Laden Cargo Ship
A Vietnam bound cargo ship the SS Badger State loaded with bombs and rockets burned in the mid Pacific 580 miles northeast of Midway Island. Fourteen crewmen including Captain Charles Wilson were rescued by the Greek freighter Khian Star. The Navy said casualties could not be confirmed as the ship broke up in 25 foot swells after an explosion.
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Honolulu
Badger State
Charles Wilson
Navy
Wilson
Midway Island
Hickam Air Force Base
Traffic deaths lower than predicted this Christmas holiday
The National Safety Council now says 800 to 920 holiday deaths were overestimated as snow helped curb tolls. UPI reports 322 people killed in traffic crashes since the holiday period began Wednesday at 6 p.m. EST, ending Sunday at midnight local time. California and Texas led with 27 deaths. New York 20. Florida and Georgia 19 each. Mrs Beulah E Platz 30 of South Bend was the latest fatality, struck on U S 31 near the Indiana Michigan line.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
Texas
New York
Florida
Georgia
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Beulah E. Platz
South Bend
U.S. 31
Indiana-Michigan State Line
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