Indiana House sets stage for property tax relief talks
Indiana lawmakers moved toward bipartisan property tax relief tied to state surplus funds. House Ways and Means approved blank-amount vehicle bills for state sales and income taxes after meeting with Gov. Branigin, with a conference committee to set the figures. Budget details show a $2.15 billion 1967-69 plan and a $246 million surplus, aiming for $80 million earmarked for relief.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
House
Ways and Means
Roger D. Branigin
Senate
Branigin
Robert P. O'Bannon
Dcorydon
Senate Finance Committee
O'Bannon
Indiana General Assembly
Indiana Senate Backs Prayer Bill and Death Penalty Repeal
The Indiana Senate approved a bill allowing voluntary religious observances in public schools amid a long debate over abolishing the death penalty. The chamber also passed a repeal of capital punishment 27 to 19, sending the measure to the House for action as votes and speeches highlighted tensions over church state separation and crime policy.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Senate
Senate
Robert E. Mahowald
Dsouth Bend
Dean V. Kruse
Auburn
Mahowald
Patrick E. Chavis Jr
Supreme Court of the United States
High Court
Kruse
House
Chavis
CIA ties NSA to CIA money and ethical trap for students
NSA leaders disclosed that the CIA funneled between 1 million and 2 million dollars to NSA through 21 foundations and individuals through the years for overseas programs and seminars. The arrangement supported NSA operations including draft deferments for top officials and funded NSA headquarters in Washington. The revelation followed Ramparts exposure of the undercover link and sparked debate over the moral strain on student leaders.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
National Student Association
CIA
NSA
Ramparts Magazine
Samuel Brown
Brown
Foundation
Catherwood Foundation
San Jacinto Fund
Independence Foundation
Sidney and Esther Rabb Foundation
R. A. Smith
Philip Sherburne
Pretty Girl Laboratory Worker Saved in Blast
In Hawthorne New Jersey a 19 year old lab worker Sandy Kanter was trapped by debris after a chemical plant explosion. Two coworkers freed her as fire and risk of further explosions persisted. At least one death and ten missing or trapped were reported with eighteen injured. Fire crews from nearly 300 volunteers combed the site through the night.
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George Decker
Miss Kanter
Black Square
Morningstar Paisley
International Latex Corp
Decker
Hanoi says talks possible if bombing ends
North Vietnam signals readiness to begin talks if U S bombing stops. Spokesman reiterates Hanoi will not compromise its four point terms including troop withdrawal, base dismantling, Geneva adherence, and peaceful unification. Talks subject to North Vietnam’s conditions.
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London
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Communist
Morning Star
Freda
Cook
United States
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Freda Cook
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
The report notes a mostly cloudy afternoon with light snow flurries and gradual clearing tonight. Temperatures: 6 am reading 19, 2 pm at 35. Highs in the mid 30s, lows around 20 to 25. In Indiana and Illinois expect clearing tonight, then increasing clouds Sunday with a high near 40 and 20 to 25 lows. Light snow north and possible rain or snow south Sunday night. Monday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Opposition to Mao Persists Across China and Regions
Tokyo reports quote Chi Pen-yu saying Teng Hsiao-ping Tao Chu remain defiant after six months of purge. Opposition is described as strong in Inner Mongolia Tibet Manchuria Szechwan Fukien and Formosa, with Liu Shao-chi still denying opposition to Mao.
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Inner Mongolia
Tibet
Manchuria
Szechwan
Fukien
Formosa
Chi Pen-yu
Mao
Teng Hsiao-ping
Tao Chu
Chi
Liu Shao-chi
Peking
Liu
Teng
Tao
Tax Increase Is in Trouble
Washington AP President Johnson faces early hurdles as the Joint Economic Committee questions his 6 percent surcharge proposal planned for July 1. While a congressional panel lacks power, members from tax writing committees weigh its fate amid skeptical testimony. The plan aims to curb inflation by mild restraint through the tax.
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Washington
Johnson
First Congressional Committee
Senate
House Economic Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Joint Economic Committee
Council of Economic Advisers
Gardner Ackley
Highest price paid for takin by American zoo in 1966
The New York Zoological Park paid 16000 dollars in 1966 for a takin, a rare goat antelope, marking the record highest price a U S zoo has paid for a single animal per the World Almanac.
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New York Zoological Park
Australians Kill 70 Viet Cong in Six Hour Battle
Australian troops broke an ambush and killed 70 Viet Cong from the D445 Mobile Battalion in a six hour fight southeast of Saigon. The week of heavy fighting across the Mekong Delta to Quang Ngai saw allied casualties and extensive enemy dead, with multiple nations engaged.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Quang Ngai
Can Tho
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
U.S
Republic
U.S. 4Th Division
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Air Force
ISU Trustees Approve Grants and Contracts
Indiana State University board approves 13 grants totaling 356 536 and a 494 305 boiler equipment contract. A 343 700 subcontract with South Vermillion to start the Bash Valley Supplementary Educational Center serves 50 000 pupils in 20 districts funded by the U S Office of Education. Also approved are staff appointments and a NSF grant of 30 160 for a Summer Institute in Ecology and Systematics and a 4 600 grant for Occupational Preferences research.
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Indiana State University
Uni
Versity
Wayne A. Crockett
University
South Vermillion School Corp
Wabash Valley
U. S. Office of Education
ISU
National Science Foundation
Lawrence J. Eilers
NSF
Youth Seized In Jail Escape Pleads Guilty
A 15 year old, David Allen Branson of 302 Oakland Ave, pleaded guilty in Vigo Circuit Court to charges tied to aiding a jail escape and auto theft. He faces up to 230 years in prison and was tried as an adult on a waiver from juvenile authorities.
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David Allen Branson
Oakland Ave
Vigo
Wendell Tennis
Sullivan Circuit Court
Ernest J. Zwerner
N. George Nasser
Ralph Berry
Young Branson
Vigo County
William Glenn Edwards
Terre Haute
Edwards
Florida Governor Weds Blonde Beauty in Palm Beach
Governor Claude Kirk marries Erika Mattfeld at the Breakers Hotel in a simple civil ceremony officiated by Justice Millard Caldwell. The 41 year old Florida leader faces heightened security after three death threats amid a highly publicized romance with Erika, who left Germany a decade ago to start a new life.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
Erika Mattfeld
Claude Kirk
Breakers
Supreme Court
Millard Caldwell
Kirk
Erika
Germany
Brazil
Juarez
Mexico
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