Mankin bill lacks takers for property tax relief plan
In Indianapolis Democratic leader Mankin sought Republican co sponsorship for bills to raise state sales and gross income taxes by 50 percent to cut property taxes nearly in half but Republicans refused. Senate leaders said they would not support without bipartisan backing as deadline nears for unlimited bill introductions.
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UPI
Senate
Jack Mankin
Terre Haute
GOP
Marlin McDaniel
Richmond
Sen
Earle Land
Grebe
Valparaiso
Mankin
Eugene Bainbridge
Munster
Hercules to Build Multiplication Plant Near Terre Haute
Hercules Incorporated announced a multi million dollar plant to produce flexible packaging films on a 100 acre site five miles north of Terre Haute. Expected completion in early 1968, the plant will employ 500 to 600 when fully operational. The firm also introduced a new line of saran coated films for packaging snacks, candy and related goods.
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Terre Haute
Hercules Incorporated
Hercules
Paul L. Johnstone
Fibers & Film
Midwest
THE
Tribune
Nation's Leaders Pay Last Tribute to Apollo Victims
President Johnson and VP Humphrey led graveside honors for three astronauts killed in the Apollo fire. Virgil Grissom buried at Arlington with family present. Edward White at West Point. Roger Chaffee at Arlington later. A board of inquiry at Cape Kennedy continues. investigators search for cause of the deadly spacecraft fire.
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Edward H. White II
Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Grissom
Arlington
Roy van Tassel
Church of Christ
Mitchell
Ind
Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics
Johnson
Virgil Grissom
Mark
NASA oxygen cabin fire report cautions on false security
Lovelace Foundation study notes four men burned in 1962 Philadelphia tests of an oxygen filled space cabin after an electrical spark. The report links prior fire scares to risky complacency. Flag draped coffins arrived from Cape Kennedy as families mourn.
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NASA
Philadelphia
Lovelace Foundation For Medical Education and Research
Albuquerque
N.M
Cape Kennedy
Space medicine school fire kills airman at simulator
A fire in a space cabin simulator at the School of Aerospace Medicine in San Antonio, Texas, killed one airman and badly burned another, authorities said. The incident occurred today as investigators inspect the scene for causes and safety failures.
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San Antonio
Tex
School of Aerospace Medicine
City Council Accepts Gift For New Park
Terre Haute council unanimously accepts an $89,000 bequest from the Julius Brittlebank estate to establish Brittlebank Park and maintain its name. The panel approved a six bus purchase contract with Jack Thrasher Ford Sales. Federal matching funds could raise total park funding if site criteria are met.
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Brittlebank
Jack Thrasher
Golby Uhlir
Department of Redevelopment
Terre Haute Dollar Day kicks off 95th sale
Terre Haute merchants unite for the 95th Dollar Day, a biannual city wide bargain event promising big savings on apparel, home furnishings, jewelry, foods and more. Frank Schrohe of Root's urges shoppers to expect end-of-season clearouts, new spring stocks and special buys across departments. Continued on Page 31, Col. 3.
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Terre Haute
Frank Schrohe
Root
Chamber of Commerce
Schrohe
Weather map notes Terre Haute area forecast
The Weather Bureau notes mostly cloudy conditions with light rain possible today in Terre Haute and vicinity. Tonight partial clearing and cooler, with increasing cloudiness Wednesday and a chance of rain or mixed rain and snow by afternoon or evening. Temperatures range from the low 40s today to mid 30s Wednesday, with 30s expected tonight.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Gun Accident Proves Fatal To Indiana Youth
Indiana State University freshman John Peter Callahan, 18, of 320 Hamilton Dr., was found dead in his car from a 16 gauge shotgun wound just above the eye. His funeral is set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Callahan Funeral Home with Rev. Robert DeLong officiating. Friends may visit after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The 19-year-old girlfriend notified police after the shooting. Continued on Page 33.
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John Peter Callahan
Hamilton Dr
Callahan Funeral Home
Robert DeLong
Callahan Chapel
Indiana State University
Indiana State Police
Callahan
Million Fled N Vietnam Document Reported
Saigon reports Viet Cong attacks kill four and wound 17 including two Americans in Saigon area. A captured Communist document claims a million Vietnamese slipped from Red control in the past year. The paper notes the document was for leaders only and contrasts with public claims of control.
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Saigon
U. S
USS. Navy
Cedar Falls
South Vietnam
U.S
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Raymond J. Crowley
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Vigo County Fairgrounds
Brittlebank Park
Walter Cook
U. S. Weather Bureau
T.H. Youth
John P, Callahan
N. Viet
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