Indiana Economic Growth Forecast Through 1975
The National Planning Association projects Indiana’s population to reach about 5.674 million and employment to rise to 2.192 million by 1975. Per capita income is expected to climb from 2,513 in 1963 to 3,279 by 1975, while national income and population also grow. The association foresees U.S. per capita income around 3,450 by mid-1970s and gross national product near one trillion dollars by 1975, with population increasing to about 225 million.
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Washington
Indiana
National Planning Association
Associa
NPA
Association
Indiana manufacturing jobs surge forecast to 1975
Growth Next Decade notes Indiana population around 4.67 million in 1960 and 4.694 million in 1963 with an expected rise to nearly 4.7 million by 1975. The NPA links industrial growth nationwide to Indiana’s share, predicting durable goods expansion and manufacturing employment rising from 614,000 to 692,000, with gains across transportation equipment electrical machinery and fabricated metals.
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Indiana
NPA
Senate Debates Viet Nam Policy Before Funding Bill
The Senate opens fresh debate on Viet Nam as about 30 senators seek time to discuss President Johnson's Southeast Asia policies before voting on a $4.8 billion authorization. The measure helps cover part of a $12.3 billion emergency Viet Nam outlay request. Acting Democratic Leader Russell Long refused Sen. Morse's bid to delay the bill to next week.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Two Vetoed Ordinances Are Up Again
City Council reopens debate in a recessed session over two ordinances vetoed by Mayor Ralph Tucker. The measures involve allocating parking meter funds to city overpasses and underpasses. The meeting at 7:30 p.m. continues last week’s session and February’s meeting amid stalled transit talks.
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Ralph Tucker
Elmo Lincoln First Actor to Portray Tarzan in Films
United Press International reports that Elmo Lincoln became the first actor to bring Tarzan to the screen, debuting in the early film adaptation that established the character on cinema.
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United Press International
Elmo Lincoln
Tarzan
Senate Debates Viet Nam Policy Deepens In Fresh Clash
AP News Digest outlines new Senate arguments over Vietnam policy with expected crackling debate. The item notes public reaction to a soldier’s death in Vietnam, letters from Japan, and ongoing political shifts as Johnson contemplates changes to savings bonds.
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Senate
Viet Nam
Weather map summary for Terre Haute region
Rain ending today with snow flurries and colder winds. Cold wave warnings in Indiana and Illinois, with temperatures dropping to 5 below to 5 above by Thursday morning. Thursday fair but very cold. Street temps read 34 at 6 am and 43 at 8 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Testimony Places Powers Near Scene of Murder
State witness placed Melvin Lane Powers near the home of his uncle Jacques Messler about an hour before the slaying. Badar Sheenan testified Powers was in the Stuff Shirt lounge at 7 p.m. and again between 12:30 and 1 a.m. He described Powers ordering a double scotch and leaving. The line of testimony aims to establish opportunity in the murder of 69 year old Messler, with Powers on trial for his life alongside Candace Messler.
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Miami, Fla
Melvin Lane Powers
Jacques Messier
Badar Sheenan
Powers
Messler
Sheehan
Candace Messler
Raiders Hit Truck Stop Near Oaktown
A raid at the Monk Truck Stop on Route 41 in Sullivan County seized narcotic pep pills gaming devices and six slot machines. Sheriff Harold Roseberry said three people were arrested Chester Menk 59 owner and operator along with Geraldine Richards 32 of South Bend and Patricia Wright 35 of Evansville will face charges. The operation involved cooperation with multiple agencies and occurred around 9 p.m. at the Shifting Sands site near the Knox County line.
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Oaktown
Monk Truck
Shifting Sands
Sullivan County
Harold Roseberry
Sullivan Sheriff’s Office
State Police
State Board of Health
Intelligence Division
Internal Revenue Department
Route
Knox County
Roseberry
Chester Menk
Geraldine Richards
South Bend
Patricia Wright
Evansville
Losses Mount As Pressure Rises In Vietnam War
Allied forces press the Viet Cong with airstrikes and ground assaults across Vietnam. U S troops report 66 Viet Cong killed in two actions, while allied casualty tallies show 340 Americans and South Vietnamese killed last week. Air power targets roads, railways, warehouses, and a major command center as U S forces gain ground north of Saigon. 1st Cavalry reports 61 Viet Cong dead after an airborne assault near Bong Son, with captured radios and field equipment. Continued on page 2.
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U. S
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Navy
Vinh
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Dong Ngam
Loc Diem
Dong Hoi
Strategic Air Force
Guam
Tay Ninh
U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
Saigon
Bong Son
1St Cavalry
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Fumes Kill 17 At Swiss Power Station Tunnel
Seventeen workers suffocated by a cloud of carbonic gas in a remote Locarno area hydroelectric tunnel north of the town. Police said three opened a winter-sealed ventilation shaft, causing a gas surge that killed the three at the shaft and fourteen others farther into the four mile tunnel. An Italian inquiry team arrived to investigate the disaster.
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Locarno
Switzerland
Robiei
Italy
Basodino
di Maggio
Bedretto
Saint Gothard
Humphrey Seeks India Solutions to Hunger and China
In New Delhi, Vice President Humphrey offered Indian farmers American know how to banish hunger and then met Indian leaders to discuss Red China’s expansionist pressure. He traveled from Ludhiana in Punjab, spoke with a Peace Corps volunteer, a family planning expert, and wheat researchers about farming.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
New Delhi
Pakistan
India
Red China
Humphrey
Ludhiana
Punjab
Peace Corps
China
Indira Gandhi
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Tashkent
Kashmir
Ayub Khan
Mrs. Gandhi
U. S
Johnson
Subcontinent
Accused Slayer Favorite Teacher of Little Debbie
A 27 year old man Loren F Schofield, Debbie Fijan s teacher and family friend, is charged with murder in the West Chicago schoolgirl s stabbing death. He admits possible guilt but says he has no memory of the deed. Debbie was found stabbed 18 times near the Benjamin Elementary School after reportedly leaving a basketball game where Schofield was the referee. He failed three lie detector tests and is held without bond in DuPage County Jail. The case unravelled amid revelations of Schofield s ties to Debbie and his role as her fourth grade teacher the details arc expanded on Page 7.
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Debbie Fijan
Loren F. Schofield
Chicago
Schofield
Debbie
Benjamin Elementary
West
DuPage County
William V. Hopf
Hopf
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Randall Waughs
New York City
Cody Sickle
Merrick
Long Island
AP News Digest
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Japan
John Dillon
Ilinois
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Little Debbie
South Korea
Loren Schofield
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