Soviet rush to hear appeals in Jewish hijacking trial
Moscow moves to fast track appeals for 11 defendants in the Jewish hijacking case six days after conviction in Leningrad. Officials hope to defuse world furor over sentences and possibly secure commutations before the March Communist party congress. Nine more Jews are slated for trials in January in Leningrad and other cities.
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Moscow
Spain
Kremlin
Suez
Soviet Union
Supreme Court of
Russian Federation
Leningrad
Communist Party
Riga
Kishinev
Israel
Sweden
U.S. State Department
Senate rushes through 1.8 billion aid bill amid defense wrangle
The Senate approved a 1.8 billion appropriations package providing 255 million for Cambodia and 500 million for Israel defense, sending the measure to President Nixon as it also moved to resolve the stalled 66.5 billion defense bill. A separate Social Security package would boost benefits and welfare payments, but time ran short with Congress due to adjourn Sunday.
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Washington
Senate
Cambodia
Israel
Nixon
91St Congress
House
Asia
Middle East
Congress
U.S
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Bonn's Soviet Policy Questioned by Ball
Former Undersecretary of State George W. Ball warns West Germany may drift from the Atlantic alliance as Willy Brandt moves quickly toward a Soviet settlement. He cites lack of serious concessions from Moscow and urges cautious ratification tied to real gains.
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Bonn
Washington
George W. Ball
West Germany
Soviet Union
Ball
Nixon
Willy Brandt
Ques
Brandt
Moscow
Kennedy
Johnson
United States
Associated Press
Atlantic Alliance
Berlin
Russia
Poland
Czechosloakia
U.S
Indiana Democrats push to lower voting age to eighteen
Indiana lawmakers consider a bill to drop the minimum voting age to 18 by law rather than constitutional amendment. The session also includes proposals on primary elections for federal and state offices and a major environmental management department reform.
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Indianapolis
Hoosier
Senate
Democrats
Indiana
David Rogers
Bloomington
Adam Benjamin
Gary
George A. Rubin
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
Robert Bales
R-Danville
William Sebree
D-Anderson
House Elections Committee
Kermit O. Burrous
Rperu
Department of Environmental Management
Environmental Management Board
Stephen L. Ferguson
R-Bloomington
State Highway Commission
Motor Vehicles Bureau
Public Service Commission
Revenue Department
Attorney General’s Office
St. Joseph County
John J
Weather map and forecast for Terre Haute region
Local conditions report a 2.8 ft river stage and a 0 percent precipitation forecast through Wednesday. Terre Haute in fair to cold conditions tonight with a slight warmup tomorrow, Indiana and Illinois forecasts show mainly clear to partly cloudy skies and low temperatures around the teens to 20s.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Air Force probes fatal plane crash near Dana Indiana
Captain John C. Sweet a 29 year old U S Marine Corps Reserve pilot from Kalamazoo Michigan was killed when his turbo prop twin engine plane crashed and burned south of U S 36 about two miles west of the Indiana 63 junction Investigators from Chanute Air Force Base and the Marine Air Reserve Detachment at Selfridge Air Force Base began work at the scene Witnesses described low flight and a fireball explosion with one engine faltering before the crash Sweet who was alone was on a routine training flight from Selfridge to Louisville.
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Dana
Ind
Kalamazoo
Mich
U. S. 36
John C. Sweet
Selfridge Air Force Base
Mount Clemens
Chanute Aire Force Base
Rantoul
Ill
Marine Air Reserve
Selfridge Afb
Sweet
Victor Hess
Pat Schiffer
Capt
Indiana
Marine Air Reserve Wing
Glenvew
Naval Air Station
Glen Conrad
Vermillion County
U.S. 36
Chanute Air Force Base
Selfridge
Chanute
Louisville
John Sweet
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Marine Air Reserve Detachment
House of Photography
ISU Civic Amphitheater Endorsed by West Central District
The West Central Indiana Economic Development District Executive Board endorsed completing the ISU Civic Amphitheater in Terre Haute. The resolution cites cultural value and potential economic benefit, noting donor support and risk of delay. Endorsements also come from the Terre Haute Area Chamber of Commerce and local leaders William Ennis and John M. House.
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Indiana State University
Terre Haute
West Central Indiana Economic Development District
ISU
West Central
Indiana
Wabash Valley
West
West Central Indiana
Chief Melvin Named Deputy U S Marshal in Indianapolis
City Chief of Police Ted Melvin will serve as deputy U S marshal based in Indianapolis, Mayor Leland Larrison announced. He will remain in Terre Haute until summer and will be replaced as chief by Louis F. Boczki on January 5, 1971.
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Ted Melvin
Indianapolis
Leland Larrison
Department
U. S. Treasury Department
Larrison
Louis F. Boczki
Melvin
Terre Haute
Motley's Focus On The Seventies To Headline Terre Chamber Meeting
Arthur H. Motley president of Parade Publications will speak at the Terre Area Chamber of Commerce 57th annual meeting in the Hulman Memorial Union Rose Polytechnic Institute. The January 29 dinner at 7 30 p m will honor newly elected officers and recognize outgoing leaders.
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Arthur H. “Red” Motley
Parade Publications, Inc
Terre Area
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Motley
Parade
Distribution Hall of Fame
International
Eisenhower
United State Chamber of Commerce
Terre Haute
State Police Rescue Young Kidnap Victim in Indiana
Trudy Hires, 21, of Catlin Illinois, reported a kidnapper hidden in her car hooded a knife to her throat and forced her to drive into Indiana along SR 234 and SR 63. Troopers found her bound in her car along SR 63 near Vermillion County. She received hospital treatment for shock and was released.
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Newport
Ind
Catlin
Ill
Indiana
Trudy Hires
Vermillion County
Clinton
Mike Goldner
Warren Stephenson
SR 63
Miss Hires
Danville, Ill
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Gary Armacost
Bill Reely
Paul Yipton
Thomas J. Mancuso
Major Ciancone
Frank Danning
Charles Graham
Paul Miyaki
Ned J. Overby
Martin
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