Postal Union Freezes on Nixon Postal Plan Hurdles
Washington AP A White House backed postal reform compromise narrows the impasse over a new postal authority to replace the postal service. Most major unions remain noncommittal with one claiming Nixon seeks to buy them off cheaply. The plan seeks to remove congressional control of rates and create an independently managed postal authority to end deficits and modernize the system.
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Agnew Sees Philippine Progress Amid Vietnam Troop Debate
Vice President Spiro Agnew visits Manila amid debate over U S aid to Philippine troops in Vietnam. He praises Philippines for representative government and press freedom while critics challenge U S policy and the Vietnamization plan. He expects a brief stop in Vietnam on New Year’s Day.
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Weather Outlook for Louisville Indiana and Illinois
Temperatures from Tuesday through Saturday in Louisville Indiana are 2 to 4 degrees below normal with highs 37 to 43 and lows 22 to 27. Precipitation totaling 0.1 to 0.2 inches is expected as snow Tuesday or Wednesday and off and on snow flurries thereafter. Illinois shows temperatures about 4 degrees below normal with highs 35 to 44 and lows 21 to 31. Snow flurries are expected in a few periods with total precipitation around 0.1 inch or less.
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Draft Call Expanded With Random Selection System
Draft officials have implemented a randomized selection method for selecting young men for conscription. The new system replaces older procedures and aims to streamline eligibility while ensuring fairness in the draft process.
Indiana drafts rise to 541 for February call
Indiana draft officials announced a February call of 541 men, the largest since 871 were drafted last October. Col Wayne E Rhodes said 368 would be drafted in January, with the 1969 total reaching 8217, the highest Vietnam War era total except the 1966 buildup. He could not predict ARMY versus MARINE allocations for February. The national draft is 19000 with about 800 for the Marines.
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Saigon suspends two more papers amid press clampdown
Saigon government temporarily suspends Voice of the Nation and Survival, each about 30 000 circulation, raising this year’s closures to 14. Voice of the Nation opposes a neutralist policy. Survival’s serials insult officials and sow public dissension.
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Junior Leader Dance Canceled In Allendale
The 4 H Junior Leader holiday dance at Allendale was canceled per Area Extension Agent Janice Mc Conkey. It will be rescheduled at a later date.
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Allendale
Janice McConkey
Chapel houses Eisenhower baptism Prie-dieu at National Presbyterian
The Presidential Chapel at National Presbyterian Church and Center displays the Prie-dieu used when Eisenhower knelt after his baptism as president. The piece also notes John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry occurred August 16, 1859.
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UPI
National Presbyterian Church
Eisenhower
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Diver emerges from manhole in Hemel Hempstead street
In Hemel Hempstead England a sewerman named John Hunt surfaced from a manhole wearing a deep sea diving suit. He said the equipment is needed for modern sewer work.
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Hemel Hempstead
England
UPI
John Hunt
Civil Rights Fervor Grows as Administration Pushes Bills
Civil rights groups hope the administration will avoid a full confrontation over its bills. They cite Nixon comments and other spokesmen backing Negro job opportunities and school desegregation as key weapons. In Senate moves to curb Negro employment in construction and to block federal desegregation, the administration pressed forcefully and won approval of its stance.
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Senate
Indiana Hospital Rate Cuts to Trim Medicare Subsidies
The Social Security Administration will run a three year pilot in Indiana to cut hospital rates for non Medicare patients. Winona Hospital in Indianapolis will lower room rates by 5.48 percent by January first and expects local reductions near that level as a spokesman notes. Periodic evaluations will monitor the experiment.
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Social Security Administration
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Judge Revokes Sentence in Vigo County Robbery Case
Judge Paul M. Messick revoked a suspended sentence for Marshall E. Thompson 20 of 1902 Tippecanoe St ordering confinement at the Indiana State Farm for one year. Thompson pleaded guilty to third degree burglary linked to a Jan. 6 Graf & Sons Drugs entry. Willard A. Berkley 23 of AR 52 faces trial next March on an indictment for attempted robbery at Page’s Market where Arnold Page was wounded.
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Paul M. Messick
Marshall E. Thompson
Tippecanoe St
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Graf & Sons Drugs
Locust St
Willard A. Berkley
Vigo County
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Page's Market
Lafayette Ave
Arnold Page
Commissioners Award Contracts for Sheriff Cars and Bridges
The Board of County Commissioners awarded three sheriff patrol cars to Terre Haute Chrysler Plymouth for 6,365 with trade-ins. Harrah Plumbing & Heating Service Co. won the jail boiler contract at 9,177. Kaiser Aluminum earned both bridges contracts totaling 12,979.50 for the Harlan Road and Terre Haute Carlisle Road bridges.
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Terre Haute Chrysler Plymouth
Harrah Plumbing & Heating Service Co., Inc
Kaiser Aluminum
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Terre Haute- Carlisle Rd
Viet Cong cease fire looms as new year tensions rise
Reports from Saigon describe North Vietnamese shelling the largest in ten days and a three day cease fire as New Year approaches. Five gunboats escape Cherbourg en route to Israel amid explanations of their departure. Demonstrators clash with police at a Agnew embassy reception in Manila.
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U. S
CBS Seeks Fair Treatment For Meadle In Interview
CBS and reporter Mike Wallace face criticism over an unaired pre recorded interview with Meadle. Kesler alleges Meadle endured taunting questions about killing a baby and repeated use of babies, despite promises of fair treatment in connection with an Army investigation. Meadle, a 1966 West Vigo High School graduate, lives with wife Mary and two children at RR 4 West Terre Haute after military discharge. Senator Birch Bayh says he will press for fair handling of Meadle’s case.
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Mike Wallace
Meadle
Kesler
West Vigo High School
RR 4
West Terre Haute
Mary
Birch Bayh
Couple wed with nine children watching in Bridgwater
Jenny Haworth and Ray Pitman married on Sunday after a prior heartbreak when their former spouses ran off and later wed. Jenny says he proposed last September and she accepted, making Christmas joyful two years after a miserable holiday.
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Bridgwater
England
UPI
Jenny Haworth
Ray Pitman
Jenny
Ray
Meadle's Boyhood Home Linked to Court Martial Context
A Goshen resident known to the Meadle family expresses concern over potential exploitation of Meadle ahead of Calley's court martial, noting the subject's long association with the Meadle household and television exposure.
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Goshen
Meadle
Calley
Marie Ramsey Estate Named for Probate Court Action
Helen Hyde of 1425 Poplar St. named administratrix of the estate of her mother the late Mrs Marie Ramsey who died December 9 at 72. Probate Commissioner Edward L Hamilton presided. Distributees include Marjorie Edmonson and Hyde. Attorney Stanley E Stohr appointed counsel.
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Poplar St
Marie Ramsey
Edward L. Hamilton
Marjorie Edmonson
Shelburn
Stanley E. Stohr
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