Terre Haute Council Tonight on Renewal Hope for Harmony
Terre Haute citizens await a council meeting to advance Resolution No 14 A for urban renewal. Council president Dr Malcolm Boone calls two sessions at 7 and 730 pm to discuss progress while three redevelopment officers resign in protest. The commission cites apathy and lack of private funds as barriers without renewal.
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Terre Haute
Malcolm Boone
Terre Haute Department of Redevelopment Commission
Council
Commission
A. C. Sinnett
George Wiemuth
A. Allan Harlan
Boone
Raymond Kearns
Board of Trustees
Ank Ce
Judge West Readies ruling in Ennis council seat dispute
Benton Circuit Court Judge Everett West will rule Friday afternoon on seating William J. Ennis as the ninth and fifth Republican member of the City Council. The decision could end the 11 month vacancy since Democrat Myron Busby's death last March. Either side may appeal the Parke Circuit Court ruling.
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Benton
Everett West
William J. Ennis
Myron Busby
Parke
Five Negroes Sentenced To Death In Tennessee
Shelby County jury convicts five men of raping a young white girl and sentences Charles Hunter Franklin Wright Alous Harris Earl Foster and Garfield Houston to death in the electric chair. Three others receive 99 year terms while two are acquitted. The judge is Preston Battle. Governor Clement had commuted prior death sentences but this is the largest number ever handed down in Shelby County. Continued on Page 6 Col 5.
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Criminal Court
Preston Battle
Charles Hunter
Franklin Wright
Alous Harris
Earl Foster
Garfield Houston
Wright
Hunter
Clement
Tennessee
Secretary Rusk defends Viet Nam policy at Senate hearing
AP report notes Secretary of State Dean Rusk continuing defense of the Johnson administration Viet Nam policy during a Senate hearing. Also highlights various page-one items including school desegregation push and the Messler murder trial developments. Seven months earlier hunger striker Winster R Belton earns a battlefield promotion. Page One and Page Seven references.
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Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
South Viet Nam
William Langer
R-N. D
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Rusk
Johnson
Viet Nam
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Honolulu
Winster R. Belton
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer today then cloudy tonight and Saturday with a colder weekend. Highs 39 to 45 today, 28 to 32 Saturday. Low tonight in the 20s. Indiana mostly cloudy and much colder with light snow flurries tonight. low 10 to 18. Illinois partly cloudy, windy, much colder tonight with flurries diminishing to snow showers northeast. Cold wave over south and west tonight. highs Saturday 10 to 20. River stage 5.8 feet and falling.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Two Helicopter Crashes Take 7 American Lives
In South Viet Nam two helicopter crashes within 24 hours killed seven Americans. an eighth died heroically by shielding a grenade. A Marine chopper burned on takeoff at Phu Hai, one Marine killed and four wounded. An Army helicopter crash northeast of Saigon killed six soldiers. One soldier hero died in Cu Chi ambush as Viet Cong attack forced heavy reinforcements. continued on page 2.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Denies Larrison Claim on Tickets in Terre Haute
Members of the Board of Public Works and Safety and City Clerk Lee Larrison clash over traffic ticket supervision. The board, via City Attorney Frank Crawford, states it has care, management and exclusive control of police department matters, directing Police Chief Frank Riddle to remain under supervision for traffic enforcement and related property.
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Board of Public Works and Safety
Terre Haute Police Department
Lee Larrison
Frank Crawford
Frank Riddle
Larrison
Police Department
Crawford
Indiana General Assembly
Riddle
Traffic Department
Mine negotiations begin next week for 40000 miners
The United Mine Workers Union sets anticipated wage increases longer vacations and paid holidays as core demands as talks with mine operators open next week for a new contract covering 40000 soft coal miners. The agreement with Bituminous Coal Operators Association guides broader settlement affecting about 60000 additional miners in Illinois and southern states.
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Washington
UPI
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
W. T. Tony Boyle
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Illinois
Scouting University Food and Fashion at Inaugral Ball
The Tribune-Star rotogravure section highlights an Inaugral Ball featuring Scouting University topics and a showcase of food and fashion events this Sunday.
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Tribune-Star Rotogravure
Scouting University
Food and Fashion
Now You Know By TASS Logotype Description
United Press International notes that the logotype TASS stands for Telegrammaye Agentstvo Sovetskovo Souzy, the Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union, clarifying the agency’s full name and origin.
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United Press International
TASS
Telegramoye Agentstvo Sovetskovo Souza
Telegraphic Agency
Soviet Union
State to Produce Powers Love Letter to Candace
MIAMI Fla AP The state seeks to introduce a supposed revealing love letter from Melvin Lane Powers to his blonde aunt Candace Messler at the first degree murder trial Judge George Schulz says he must be convinced before admitting testimony about the letter.
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Melvin Lane Powers
Messler
Miami
Fla
Candace Messler
George Schulz
LBJ Seeks Sharper Law On Schools Desegregation
President Johnson plans to ask Congress to empower the attorney general to pursue desegregation of public schools, allow swift court actions, and curb intimidation of African Americans. The package also targets jury discrimination, extended protections for civil rights workers, and housing sales or rentals. The civil rights push includes adding about 100 FBI agents to handle rising caseloads.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
FBI
South
The Country Parson Seeks Heaven’s Praise in World’s Critique
A reflective piece cites heaven praised and the world criticized as a prompt for readers to hurry toward spiritual focus. The column blends moral observation with everyday guidance, urging decisive action over wavering doubt.
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