Terre Haute OPD Viewed as Prelude to Special Revenue Sharing
The Overall Program Design for Terre Haute was unveiled at City Hall by the mayor, city council, and WCIEDD. The plan, funded by a federal grant, aims to identify community needs and prepare for HUD style Special Revenue Sharing. It envisions a Capital Improvement Program to time and fund major projects and involve residents in budget decisions.
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Terre Haute
West Central
Indiana
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Brighton
HUD
OPD
Thomas Lenahan
Ervin Says White House Papers Show Gestapo Mentality
Senate Watergate chair Sam Ervin says secret White House documents reveal a Gestapo mentality at Nixon’s top levels. The Watergate panel was asked to suspend hearings by Archibald Cox while Cox warned of jeopardizing trials. The dispute involves CIA FBI actions and sworn testimony from former aides about internal espionage plans and interagency spying on dissenters.
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Washington (P
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate Watergate Committee
House
Senate
Washington Post
Archibald Cox
The
Post
Cox
Samuel Dash
Dash
Ervin
Winston-Salem
N.C
White House
John W. Dean III
North Carolina
Nixon
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Watergate Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
America
CIA
Robert FE. Cushman Jr
Marine Corps
John D. Ehrlichman
E. Howard Hunt
Ehrlichman
Cushman
Orr outlines center service for developmentally disabled
John Orr of Kathereine Hamilton Mental Health Center told Terre Haute Kiwanis members about the first year of operation at the Children's Learning Center. He noted 300 to 325 served now vs 35 to 40 two years ago, with 105 enrolled at the Thompson School site and plans for 13 classrooms this fall.
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John Orr
Kathereine Hamilton Mental Health Center
Kiwanis Club of
Terre Haute
Children’s Learning Center
Knights of Columbus
Vigo County
Orr
Thompson School
12Th
Ohio Sts
Vigo County School Corporation
Kiwanians
CLC
Indiana Local Option Tax faces first round loss in most counties
Indiana's local option income tax proposal, aimed at easing financially strapped governments and reducing property taxes, was decisively rejected in about two thirds of the 92 counties. By this morning 59 counties voted no and 30 yes, with many remaining decisions due tonight and rounds to come before July 1.
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Indiana
Lawrence County
Dubois
Crawford
Hancock
Elkhart
Rush County
Benton
Brown
Decatur
Randolph
Rush
Tipton
Wells
Adams
Boone
Franklin
Fulton
Hamilton
Hendricks
Henry
Howard
Jay
Madison
Parke
Perry
Pike, Posey
Ripley
Shelby
Spencer
Sullivan
Switeerland
Vigo
Whitley
Weather Forecast Terre Haute and Vicinity Showers Likely
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with increasing clouds Saturday and a chance of showers or thunderstorms. Lows upper 50s tonight, highs around 80 Saturday. Indiana and Illinois details show similar trends with 20 to 30 percent rain chances. River stage seven feet and rising with no precipitation reported.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Senate Cutoff Aims At All U S Combat in Cambodia
A conference committee will reconcile a Senate ban on all funds for U S military action in Cambodia and Laos with a milder House version. The Senate voted 63 19 for the Eagleton anti bombing amendment, while the House approved a $3.6 billion appropriation with no funds for further hostility.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Cambodia
Laos
House
United States
Nix
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Congress
Vietnam
Eagleton
John Tower
R-Tex
Summit Talks Completed in Iceland
President Nixon and French President Pompidou wrapped two days of talks in Reykjavik with a pledge to bolster the transatlantic alliance. They left with no firm agreements but a plan to pursue a possible summit of NATO and non NATO members, including Ireland, to discuss 1970s challenges.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ireland
NATO
Arene
Charles de Gaulle
Pompidou
New Commuter Flight Service Begins at Hulman Field
Terre Haute Hulman Field launched a commuter service with a 7:10 a.m. flight to St Louis and nine passengers aboard. Operated by Bill Britt Vercon Inc. under Allegheny Airlines, it offers 19 daily round trips to St Louis Chicago O Hare and Indianapolis.
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Terre Haute
Hulman Field
St. Louis
Ray Feiler
Allegheny Airlines Inc
Chicago
O'Hare Field
Indianapolis
Chicago O'Hara
Feiler
Barnum Swindled Out of Three Fortunes
An old report notes that P. T. Barnum, famous for the line There's a sucker born every minute, fell victim to a fraud that cost him three fortunes. The incident highlights Barnum's flair for showmanship contrasted with cautious misdirection in a notable 19th century confidence scheme.
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P. T. Barnum
Vigo County Fair Queen Committee Named for 1973
William E. Jukes announced the Vigo County Fair Queen Contest committee. The pageant will be at 7 p.m. August 4 in the Terre Haute South Vigo High School auditorium.
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William Brighton
Terre Haute
Harry P. Brentlinger
Vigo County
Indiana
American Legion
Legion
Rankin
Wayne E. Schomer
ISU
Robert E. Thompson
James G. Back
Vicki Sotak
William E. Jukes
Wabash Valley Fair Association
Terre Haute South High Auditorium
House of Photography
Katie Schoffstall
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James McHargue
Tribune
Sen. Ervin
Associated Press
News Digest
National Weather Service
Euleta Turner
United Press International
Fair Queen Committee
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