Indiana House illness delays budget fight and murder trial
Illness swept a Republican majority in the Indiana House delaying a second reading on operating costs and prompting postponement of the construction budget debate. In Vigo Circuit Court Judge H Ralph Johnston began the first degree murder trial of Donald H Sparks, 17, for the Oct 8 shooting of his 3 1 2 year old niece, with witnesses detailing the scene.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Richard W. Guthrie
Otis R. Bowen
Bemen
House
Ways and Means
Robert L. Rock
D-Anderson
Matthew E. Welsh
Vigo
H. Ralph Johnston
Donald H. Sparks
Verl G. Miller
Ralph Berry
Atendance
Warren R. Everett
Sparks
Brenda Dawn’ Fredericks
South Thirteenth Street
Terre Haute
Chester Wiram
Carl Belt
Si Lark
Clarence Everly
J. Patrick Gillete
U S Removes Nuclear Bombers From Europe
The Strategic Air Command pulled several B47 jets from England in a move seen as a prelude to vacating overseas bases. Disagreement between Defense and Air Force over pace of base closures noted, with Britain rumored to host a NATO striking force of H bombers.
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Washington
Strategic Air Command
England
U. S
Defense Department
Air Force
Greenham Common
London Daily Express
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Meadows School to Resume Classes Wednesday
Meadows School will re open for classes Wednesday morning after a weekend and Monday inspection by Deputy Superintendent James F. Conover. The building and gas lines were checked for leaks and declared safe, with excavations to be filled before children return.
Weather map forecast Terre Haute region
6 am readings show 30 at street thermometer and 50 by 2 pm. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change into Wednesday. Indiana expected to stay cloudy with possible drizzle. Illinois to see wet snow today turning to rain and mild temperature shifts. River stage 1.1 feet and falling.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Women of Faith Attend Joint Institute for Day of Motherhood
Women from diverse beliefs gathered for an all day Women’s Day Institute on Judaism for leaders of church women’s groups as part of February Brotherhood observance. Programs took place at the South Sixth Street Temple and the South Fifth Street Temple of the United Hebrew Congregation.
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South Sixth Street
South Fifth Street
United Hebrew Congregation
Temple Women’s Organization
United Hebrew Congrega
Judaism Institute
Women’s Day Institute On
Sixth Street Temple
Fifth Street Temple
Terre Haute
Indiana lawmakers push delay on wildlife refuge study
Indiana members of Congress urged postponement of action on a Migratory Bird Commission wildlife refuge project to allow more information. Sen. Hartke and others sought further facts and public hearings on alternate sites before any decision, with potential April meetings and continued updates to all stakeholders.
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Indiana
Washington
Migratory Bird Commission
Vance Hartke
THE
Tribune
Commission
Capital
Sen. Hartke
Hartke
Hoosier
Indiana Preserve
Birch Bayh Jr
Richard L. Roudebush
William G. Bray
Paul Haas
Virgil Desinger
Wilbur McIntosh
John Unger Jr
Paul King
Marvin Bettenbrook
Sen. Bayh
Bayh
Kennedy to hold third news conference in three weeks
President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. Thursday at the White House. The White House stated it will be his third press session in three weeks.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Betancourt Welcomed by Kennedy in Covered Parade
President Kennedy hosted Romulo Betancourt in Washington with a planned, weather moved parade and a welcome on the north portico. Betancourt praised countering Castro while a hijacking of the Venezuelan freighter Angoategui drew minimal attention from officials. The visit underscored U S policy toward Cuba and Latin America as Soviet and communist threats loomed.
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Romulo Betancourt
Kennedy
Blair House
Washington
White House
Venezuela
Betancourt
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
San Juan
Puerto Rico
America
Anzoategui
U. S
Latin America
Mild Week Forecast Buoyed by Mild Indiana Weather
Moderate temperatures prevailed across Indiana with readings in the 40s and 50s from Evansville to South Bend. Forecasters expect highs a few degrees cooler, light precipitation limited to extreme southeast, and only light snows in the Louisville area, with no major precipitation statewide through Thursday.
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Indiana
Mercury
Evansville
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Star-Spangled Banner Named National Anthem by Congress
The World Almanac notes that more than 116 years passed after Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner in 1814 before Congress designated it the national anthem, marking a long journey to official recognition.
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Francis Scott Key
Brazil Marines Seize Hijacked Venezuelan Freighter
A small detachment of Brazilian marines boarded the hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui off Belem. The ship headed toward Macapa at the Amazon mouth before resuming southward with all aboard reported safe. Lieutenant Francisco Morcios Araujo led three sergeants to take control in the Brazilian government’s name.
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Anzoategui
Amazon River
Caracas
Macapa
Amazon
Belem
Francisco Morcios Araujo
Amapa
Russia Plans Troop Removal In Cuba Soon
Washington reports that several thousand Soviet troops will be withdrawn from Cuba within three weeks. Kennedy aides and key officials, including McNamara McCone and Rusk, discussed the development as informants noted no deal or price was involved.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Cuba
Moscow
Kennedy
Executive
Khrushchev
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Central Intelligence Agency
John A. McCone
Dean Rusk
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
George A. Smathers
Dfla
Jerome Meyer Born Again After 22 Years of Hysteria
Jerome Meyer aged 37 of Rice Lake Wis underwent a pivotal moment at the Elizabeth Kenny Institute in Minneapolis as doctors hope minor surgery can free him from fibrosis frozen legs for the first time since he was 15. He spent two decades crouched with legs drawn up and faced a lifelong struggle after being taken from his home to live with his uncle near his school as a shy, hard working student who later developed a severe cough.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Jerome Meyer
Acusiu
Elizabeth Kenny Institute
Jerome
Rice Lake
Wis
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