Reapportion bill passes Indiana Senate amid debate
Indiana Senate approves a reapportionment bill 40 to 8 and sends it to the House for action. The session features a gag rule limiting debate and a near- timered adjournment as Democrats and Republicans clash over districting. A separate fire kills Edward Donnenhoffer in Terre Haute.
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Indianapolis
Indiana General Assembly
Senate
House
Marshall F. Kizer
Plymouth
Earl F. Landgrebe
Valparaiso
Dewey Annakin
Terre Haute
J. J. Bailey
Anderson
Walter A. Baran
East Chicago
Melville E. Watson
Greenfield
Donald R. Yeagley
South Bend
Kizer
Jack H. Mankin
Richard W. Guthrie
Guthrie
Conrad
Welsh Blasts Fees of Fund For Lake Port
Indiana Governor Matthew E. Welsh criticized Republican lawmakers for blocking an economic development fund aimed at building a Lake Michigan port at Burns Ditch and toll bridges at Mauckport and Cannelton. He accused leaders of using the plan for politics and warned of lost jobs and growth, noting previous bipartisan support for a public port. A House vote defeated a $33 million port-bridge addition to a construction bill.
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House
Ways and Means
William H. Hardwick
Martinsville
W. Wayne Townsend
D-Upland
John Hatchett
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Indianapolis
Matthew E. Welsh
Indiana General Assembly
Welsh
Burns Ditch
Ohio River
Mauckport
Cannelton
Senate
Hazardous driving warning and snow forecast across Indiana and Illinois
The Weather Bureau forecast cloudy conditions with light to moderate snow in Indiana and Illinois through Thursday. Snow totals of 2 to 4 inches are expected, with temperatures rising to the upper 20s to low 30s and a turn to colder conditions by Thursday evening. River stage remains 1.3 feet and stationary.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Ash Wednesday Ushers in Lent Observance
New York reports the start of the 40 day Lenten season marked by Ash Wednesday rites. Christians across denominations receive ashes on their foreheads and are urged to practice repentance, self denial, and acts of devotion until Easter.
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New York
Norman Walker
Associated Press
Rusk pledges force against Cuban armed exports
Secretary of State Rusk vows action if Cuba exports weapons, part of a heated Cuban policy debate. The Supreme Court again weighs religion in public schools with two cases heard that could affect classrooms nationwide. Eleven airmen buried near the Tomb of the Unknowns mark a wartime loss. Ash Wednesday begins Lent as Christians worldwide prepare for the season.
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Rusk
Cuba
Supreme Court
International
Net Income Tax Bill Faces Bipartisan Debate in Indiana
A House Ways and Means Committee hearing on a proposed net income levy and corporation franchise tax drew an overflow crowd. Industry groups plus Ball Brothers Co. oppose, while labor and farm unions back the plan as property tax relief.
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Indianapolis
House
Ways and Means Committee
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indiana Farmers Union
Indiana Retail Hardware Association
Howard S. Ward
Ball Brothers Co
Muncie
Indiana
Jacob R. Roberts
Afl-Cio
George Coup
Snowy blast feeds hazardous roads across Indiana
Heavy snow and dangerous driving warnings hit Indiana as a new cold wave sent temperatures plummeting to 18 below in Fort Wayne and single digits elsewhere. Forecasters expected 3 to 6 inches north and 2 to 4 inches central and south, with mix of sleet or freezing rain and a gradual warmup then a colder rebound by Thursday afternoon. This cold snap marked the chilliest December through February period in 92 years of state records.
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United Press International
Indaina
Fort Wayne
Weather Bureau
Lafayette
Indianapolis
South Bend
Rusk Says Cuba Arms Use Outside Island Won't Be Allowed
Secretary of State Dean Rusk pledged to block Fidel Castro if Cuba exports armed attack and warned a Soviet military presence in Cuba cannot be accepted. He said arms used outside Cuba would be intercepted and stopped as Senate leaders reacted with mixed views amid Cuba coverage.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Fidel Castro
Rusk
Houston
Cuba
Hemisphere
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Foreign Relations
Senate
Robert A. Breit
Ash Wednesday ashes sourced from last Palm Sunday palms
The ashes used in Rome Catholic Ash Wednesday rites come from burning palms blessed on the previous Palm Sunday, Britannica notes.
Spellman Pleads Self Defense in Vigo County Slaying
Vigo County coroner D M Ferguson ruled Lawrence Spellman 59 died of abdominal stab wounds after his brother James admitted stabbing him. A second signed statement given to City Detectives Thompson and Tryon added facts though authorities say many details remain unclear as Spellman is questioned at Police Headquarters.
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Vigo County
D. M. Ferguson
Lawrence Spellman
Oak Street
James
C. D. Thompson
Don Tryon
John O’leary
Frank Riddle
Spellman
John R
Jack” Jett
Jett
Khrushchev Warns Aid If West Attacks Cuba or China
Moscow Feb 27 Premier Khrushchev warned that the Soviet Union would aid its friends if the West attacked Cuba or Red China. He told 6,000 Kremlin voters that unleashing a new atomic war would burn the aggressors and tied the threat to Taiwan and Formosa. He rejected broader disarmament beyond two to three on site inspections annually and urged peaceful coexistence in the nuclear age.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Cuba
Red China
Kremlin
Defense
Rodion Malinovsky
United States
Formosa
Peking
Geneva
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