Senate blocks four derailment attempts in reform bill
In Indianapolis the Indiana Senate rejected four proposals to derail a constitutional amendment for nonpartisan selection of state Supreme and Appellate Court judges. The measure, passed by the House, could go to referendum in 1970 if unaltered. Another bill, to phase out personal property tax on business and farm inventories over seven years, won Senate approval 35 to 6, costing $83 million yearly in revenue eventually.
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Senate
House
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Auburn
Kruse
Robert J. Fair
Princeton
Indiana
Derailment Near St Marys Injures Tracks
A Penn Central freight derailment near the old depot at St Mary of the Woods disrupted a one mile stretch of track after 27 cars left the mid-section of an east bound freight train. No injuries were reported and cleanup crews from Indianapolis were aiding the operation as track clearance was hoped by Sunday morning. The train was traveling from St Louis to Indianapolis.
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St. Mary of-the-Woods
Strausburg
U.S. 150
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Regents Arm Campuses With Power to Oust Protesters
University of California regents grant campus administrators authority to suspend students without immediate hearings amid chaos at Berkeley as 2,500 protesters rally nearby and 1,000 National Guardsmen watch. Across the nation, demonstrations mark Malcolm X’s death anniversary with sit-ins, takeovers, and campus clashes.
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Berkeley
Ronald Reagan
Malcolm X
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Bar Mitzvah Ecumenism Draws World Attention in Indiana
Seth Alexander Cohen, son of Rabbi Bernard Cohen, led a historic ecumenical bar mitzvah at United Hebrew Congregation in Indiana. A Catholic chorale from St Mary of the Woods College joined a 60 voice choir for traditional Judaism, drawing nearly 600 worshippers and a CBS crew. The event, described as history, featured prayers in English and Hebrew and praise from Cohen’s grandfather Max Bleiman, a Polish immigrant.
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Emanuel Rosenberg
New York
St. Mary-of-the- Woods College
United Hebrew Congregation
Seth
Bernard Cohen
Max Bleiman
Europe
New World
Bleiman
Scranton
Cohen
Rabbi Cohen
St. Mary’s
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
The weather forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with light rain possible tonight and Sunday. Temperatures ranged yesterday from 52 and fell to 35 last night with no precipitation. highs Sunday near 40s. Indiana expects light rain tonight and a mid 40s high Sunday with 60 percent then 30 percent precipitation chances. Illinois forecasts rain or wet snow ending tonight with lows in the 30s and a Sunday fair to partly cloudy and warmer. Highway conditions line dial 299 1455.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Poseyville Man Killed in Vietnam War
Poseyville Indiana report says Earl Houck Jr. 22, a Navy amphibious team member on his third Vietnam tour, was killed by mortar fire last Sunday. He was a 1934 North Posey High School graduate. He is Indiana’s 862nd serviceman killed in combat. Survivors include his father Earl Houck Sr. of Henderson Kentucky.
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Ind
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Vietnam
Houck
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Indiana
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Henderson
Ayub Grants Amnesty to His Opponents
President Mohammad Ayub Khan frees 34 jailed political opponents in East Pakistan dropping all conspiracy charges. Among those released is Sheikh Mujibur Rehman of the Awami League, hailed as a victory for rioters demanding Ayub’s ouster seizing jubilation in Dacca amid riots and celebrations.
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Pakistan
UPI
Mohammad Ayub Khan
East Pakistan
Union
Ayub
Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
Awami League
Rehman
Dacca
A. R. Khan
Sirhan Told Of Fatal Plans in Kennedy Shooting Trial
Los Angeles AP reports Sirhan Bishara Sirhan allegedly told an acquaintance last April that he planned to shoot Senator Robert F. Kennedy and was observed on the scene 48 hours before the assassination. Witness Alvin Clark testified Sirhan said he planned to shoot him and noted prior interest after MLK’s death. The prosecution has called 46 witnesses as it builds a premeditation case. court recessed until Monday.
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Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Alvin Clark
Clark
Pasadena
Martin Luther King
Sen. Kennedy
Two Bases Fight Off Red Attack Near Saigon
U S forces repelled two Viet Cong assaults on bases near Saigon as the Tet cease fire ended. The fighting left 249 enemy dead in seven clashes, with U S casualties of six killed and eight wounded. At Phan Rang a base housing Lyndon Johnson’s son-in-law saw mortars and air strikes, while another attack hit a base of the 101st Airborne.
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U. S
Phan Rang
Lyndon B. Johnson
C. Patrick Nugent
Air Force
101St Airborne Division
U.S
Associated Press
Corre
First Computer Set Novel The Long Short Cut by Garve
The first book besides directories set in type by a computer is Andrew Garve’s suspense novel The Long Short Cut, published in 1967.
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Andrew Garve
Kids Take Look At Old George Washington Myths spark playful history notes
First graders at George Washington Elementary in Syracuse offered humorous takes on Washington from knitting the flag to looking like a hippie. Detroit third and fourth graders debated cherry tree folklore and quips about Nixon and Johnson reveal playful political humor.
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Syacuse
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Ann
Adam
Washington
Lincoln
Andrew
Gregory
Chrysler School
Detroit
Mattoon Youth Seeks Court Review Of Murder Guilty Plea
Thomas Charles Fuller, 19, of Mattoon petitions circuit court claiming coercion and false grand jury testimony led to his guilty plea and murder indictment in the Cox family killings. He says improper detention followed the April 27 murders and requests hearings on the petition.
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Thomas Charles Fuller
Fuller
Mattoon
William Cox
Whitney Hardy
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