Urban Renewal How It Is Achieved In Terre Haute
The Tribune outlines the urban renewal process for Terre Haute focusing on the Community Center Project. It explains council control, federal approval, property appraisals by three realtors, and sale of cleared land to developers. It notes preservation where feasible, relocation assistance, condemnation when needed, and a Southwest Project Area where 553 properties have been purchased with 20 condemnation cases to resolve title issues.
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Department of Redevelopment
Southwest Project
Space chase called off Gemini 9 postpones Friday launch
The Gemini 9 mission with Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan was delayed two days due to last minute Titan 2 rocket issues. A planned space walk and satellite rendezvous were rescheduled for 9 39 a m EDT Friday as technicians work to resolve guidance and docking problems that halted the countdown moments before liftoff.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla.ap
Astonauts
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Stafford
Weather Map Overview Terre Haute Indiana Illinois Forecast
Weather map page notes noon and 9 am readings with river stage at 4 feet and falling. Local conditions show yesterday high 74 and low 40 with no precipitation. Forecast calls for fair weather through Thursday with warming trend and upper 70s to low 80s highs.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Negro Wins Runoff for Macon Sheriff in Alabama
Lucius A. Amerson, 32, former postal worker, won the Democratic nomination for Macon County sheriff in a runoff. Despite a split in Negro voters, Amerson secured a decisive margin amid a largely quiet statewide party election. Other Negro candidates mostly fell short, with none securing legislative seats, as the 1970 legislature will be 141 white members.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Lucius A. Amerson
Macon County
Fred D. Gray
Amerson
Hervey Sadler
E. L. Buford
Sadler
L. A. Locklair
Harold Webb
Board of Revenue
Peter Kirk
Democrats Hear 1966 Platform Proposals In Indiana
Indiana Democrats convene six subcommittee hearings on the 1966 platform. Education tax and labor planks include state aid increases to 50 percent, support for junior colleges, and a state school money shift. Proposals urge municipal sales tax distributions, a statewide labor relations act, and tax reforms favoring income-based systems.
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Indianapolis
Democratic State Platform Committee
Robert H. Wyatt
Indiana State Teachers Association
Indiana
Purdue
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana Municipal League
Ivan H. Brinegar
Dallas Sells
Indiana Aflcio
Sells
Indiana Farmers Union
Peace Talks Resume as Hue Turmoil Rages
Buddhist leaders resume talks with Premier Ky’s junta in Saigon amid a grenade attack on a leading monk. Hue suffers looting of the U S consulate and other buildings as U S pilots face Soviet missiles in near record day, while the Yen Bay raid marks the war’s heaviest single strike with 25 antiaircraft pits and 72 buildings destroyed. Ky vows to widen the National Leadership Committee to include civilians and religious groups.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Hue
North
Viet Nam
Yen Bay
Red River
Hanoi
Air Force
Gia Long
Buddhist Institute
Saigon Radio
Shortest will admitted to probate cited in Thorn V Dickens
The Guinness Book of World Records notes the 906 British case Thorn V Dickens featured the shortest will, just three words: All for mother, reflecting a grim probate moment in legal history.
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Thorn
Dickens
Surveyor 1 Aims For Gentle Moon Landing Thursday
Pasadena resident AP reports Surveyor 1 speeds toward a moon touchdown set for 2 17 a m EDT. The craft will radio pictures to help select safe Apollo landing sites later this decade. Retro-rockets will slow to 30 mph then drop 14 feet with minimal impact.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 1
Surveyor
Scien
Earth
Soviet Union
Lunar
More Backing Given Second Renewal Plan
The Citizen's Committee for Community Improvement backs the Second Urban Renewal project and the Community Center project in Terre Haute. They sent copies of their resolution to Mayor Ralph Tucker, city council, and media, stating the area is deteriorated and needs a just redevelopment. Lonzo Jones and Bert O. Williams note close study of the projects.
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Citizen’s Committee For Community Improvement
Community Center
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
CCCI
Lonzo Jones
Bert O. Williams
Eight-year-old Thomas Slaughter Fatally Struck Near Home
An 8 year old boy Thomas Slaughter of Northwoods was fatally injured Tuesday night after being hit by a car near his home.
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ST. Louis
Thomas Slaughter
Northwoods
Commission Named to Recount Race
The three man recount commission for the Vigo County Sheriff Democratic primary recount was named by Judge H. Ralph Johnston. Vern Gibson will be Democrat member, August Montgomery Republican, and Dwane Rogers the voting machine knowledgeable member. The review covers 67 precincts including 62 city precincts and four in Sugar Creek Township plus one in Fayette Township.
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Vigo County
H. Ralph Johnston
Circuit Court
Johnston
Vern Gibson
August Montgomery
Dwane Rogers
Rogers
S. 6Th St
Regular Election Board
George Albright
James T. Elliott
Sugar Creek Township
Fayette Township
Lawrence E. Thomas
Harrison Township
Kenneth M. White
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Tribune
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Writer
Kenneth Hazeldine
James YV. White
Stanley Shake
E. E. Toops
John E. Freed
Abe Ashkin
F. T. Hegeman
O. Keith Owen Jr
Chuck Strausburg
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rex Thomas
Lawrence Dorrell
Junta
Capital
William H. Blanchard
Washington
Pentagon
Blanchard
United Press International
Moon Landing
Moscow
Thomas Vrebalovich
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Vrebalovich
Boy
Albright
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