Demo Leader Feels Tax Plan Threatens State Deficit
Indiana House Democratic Leader Richard C. Bodine warned the GOP tax package would create a deficit of at least 23.5 million. He cited budget figures showing tax yield overestimation and unaccounted spending needs, including welfare, inheritance taxes, and sewer funds. The Democrat urged flexibility in caucus strategy as Republicans push a 748 million tax package toward a floor vote.
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Indianapolis
House
Richard C. Bodine
Mishawaka
Bodine
GOP
Indiana
Ways and Means
Rep
Morris H. Mills
Indi
City Council Delays Action On Remapping
The Common Council delayed action on a proposed six district redistricting ordinance due to a missing committee report. Republicans Lawrence Jones and Kenneth Mier authored the measure which cites one-man, one-vote logic. Mier planned a possible special meeting to revisit the ordinance before the Feb 23 primary filing deadline.
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Lawrence Jones
Kenneth Mier
Mier
Hulman Field
Capital Improvement Fund
Kathryn Hamilton
Sixth Street
Union Hospital
Maple Avenue
North Fourth
Expert Sees Amphitheater Boost for Terre Haute
Indianapolis official Dean H. Phillips says the University Civic Amphitheater in Terre Haute would revitalize downtown and mirror trends of new convention centers built in city cores. He notes parking needs align with ISU plans and urges rapid progress.
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Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Ind
Dean H. Phillips
United States
Phillips
Metropolitan Area
University-Civic
ISU
Uni
Buffalo Bill Cody Earned Nickname by Killing 5000 Buffalos
The famous frontiersman William F Cody earned the nickname Buffalo Bill after slaughtering about five thousand buffalo in eighteen months while under contract to supply meat for Kansas Pacific Railroad workers.
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William F
Buffalo Bill’ Cody
Kansas Pacific Railroad
State of the City address covers city projects and new dept
Terre Haute Mayor Leland Larrison spoke to the Kiwanis Club at the Dragon Inn outlining accomplishments from 1969 and 1970, proposed projects, and the city’s financial report. He highlighted the new Abandoned Vehicle Enforcement Department led by Ralph Pinkston, which ticketed 2784 cars and removed 2154 from streets at a cost of 45 dollars.
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Leland Larrison
Kiwanis Club
Dragon Inn
Terre Haute
Ralph Pinkston
Benefit Planned for Jim Porter in Vigo County Show
The West Vigo Jaycees sponsor a Sunday show at 3 p.m. in Tilson Music Hall Indiana State University to aid Jim Porter 23 of West Terre Haute in line for a kidney transplant. Proceeds support Porter and his family as he cannot work and awaits a transplant at IU Medical Center.
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The
West Vigo Jaycees
Tilson Music Hall
Tirey Memorial Union
Indiana State University
Harry Weger
Louie Popejoy
Wabash Valley Boys
Country Twirlers
Don Armstrong
Country Jets
Keith Shaw
Wabash Valley Ramblers
Alan Daley
Porter
Greenwood
Ind
Indiana University Medical Center
Jim Porter
West Terre Haute
Dave Johnston
Gene Hunter
Gordon Herrington
Martin
Weather map briefing for Terre Haute region
National Weather Service forecast warmer with showers and thunderstorms likely tonight and Friday morning. Southerly winds 8 to 16 mph, low 48, high 55 to 60. Indiana expected similar, Illinois shows windy and warm with storms ending Friday afternoon, high 53 to 60. Sunrise 7 38 a.m. Sunset 6 30 p.m.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Egypt and Israel clash over peace terms and withdrawals
Egypt says it accepted all UN envoy Gunnar Jarring proposals including a staged Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai and Suez, while Israel demands a signed peace treaty before any withdrawal. Abba Eban questions Sadat statements and a fire damages Shalom Tower in Tel Aviv, ruled not arson.
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Egypt
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Israel
Jarring
Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Jordan
Abba Eban
Knesse
Eban
Anwar Sadat
Newsweek
Sinai Desert
Akram Zueiter
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Shalom Tower
Demolition Pact Ties Up Downtown Wabash and Cherry
Ed Zebrowski known as the P. T. Barnum of Demolition signs to tear down three five story Wabash Ave buildings and a Cherry Street one story site in downtown Terre Haute. An auction of shelving and fixtures will precede wrecking work with Zebrowski and an Indianapolis auctioneer arranging the sale. The plan aims for equipment on site by March first as part of broader downtown improvements.
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P. T. Barnum
Terre Haute
Ed Zebrowski
Barnum
Zebrowski and Associates
Wabash Ave
Cherry Street
Richard Zebrowski
Zebrowski
Wabash
Cherry St
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Knights of Pythias
Indiana National Bank
Claypool
Nixon Signals Broad U S Retaliation If Indochina Threatens
President Nixon told reporters in the Oval Office that the United States will strike with massive airpower anywhere in Indochina if needed to protect American troops, ruling out nuclear weapons and ground troops in Laos Cambodia or North Vietnam. He also urged wage and price controls if voluntary measures fail and defended revenue sharing while not pressing Israeli mediation in the Middle East.
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Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
Indochina
William P. Rogers
Oval Office
Hanoi
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Congress
Gunnar V. Jarring
Middle East
Israel
United Arab Republic
Sepone
Vietnamese Forces Cut Key Routes in Laos and Cambodia
South Vietnamese troops sever three major North Vietnamese supply routes in southern Laos and repulse attacks in eastern Cambodia, reporting 116 enemy killed and 56 more in air strikes along the border. About 16,000 Saigon troops are in Laos with 1,600 fresh Cambodian troops deployed. U.S. helicopters support the drives as losses mount.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Sepone
Highlands
U.S
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