Vigo County teachers end strike and return to classes
Local 734 of the AFT and about 100 VCTA members resumed teaching after a court hearing and pressure from rival groups. The dispute centered on 7 percent pay raises and new starting salaries, with a mediator to be appointed by Judge H Ralph Johnston as part of a pending injunction.
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American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Vigo County School Corp
Glenden D. Campbell
Federation
Vigo County Teachers Association
VCTA
Campbell
Richard D. Wells
Superintendent of Public Instruction
the Tribune
Vigo Circuit
H. Ralph Johnston
Board of School Trustees
Johnston's Court
Pompidou And Poher in Runoff Fight
In Paris Georges Pompidou leads with 43.95 per cent and Alain Poher follows with 23.44 per cent as France heads to a June 15 runoff. Communist Jacques Duclos gains 21.53 per cent, with Defferre Rocard Ducatel and Krivine sharing the remainder. Continued results pending overseas totals.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Alain Poher
Pompidou
Rothschild
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Poher
Senate
Jacques Duclos
Communist Party
Duclos
Gaston Defferre
Marseilles
Michel Rocard
Unified
Socialist Party
Louis Ducntel
Alain Krivine
Defferre
Rocord
Ducatel
Weather map and forecast for Terre Haute region
The bulletin shows river stage at 3.7 feet and a cooling trend. It lists yesterday's high 88 and low 64 with 0.35 inches of precipitation. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, diminishing winds, cooler tonight, and partly sunny Tuesday with highs near 70 to 75.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Winds Strike Terre Haute Area Causing Wide Damage
High winds reaching 81 miles per hour Sunday afternoon caused extensive damage in Terre Haute with uprooted trees debris on streets and dozens of blocked routes. City crews worked to clear S 4th to S 9th streets while utilities reported about 400 customers without service.
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Terre Haute
Ninth
Washington Sts
Chuck Strausburg
Hulman Field Flight Service
G. David Koch
Indiana State University
West Terre Haute
James Carter
S. 4Th St
S. 5Th St
S. 8Th St
S. 9Th St
Hulman St
Carter
Voorhees St
Washington Ave
Vigo County
Indiana
Prairieton
Daniel E. Worley
General Telephone Co
Wiley
Donald Gamble
West Vigo
Saigon Rockets Kill Two Civilians In Fresh Attack
Viet Cong rockets hit Saigon killing two civilians and wounding 25 as conflicts flare in the city. The week includes foreign leaders and U.S. policy debates across Washington and Paris.
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Saigon
Rockefeller Ends Latin America Tour Amid Protests
Gov Nelson A Rockefeller suspended his Latin American fact finding tour after student demonstrations in Caracas raised tensions with regional governments. The Venezuela stop was delayed indefinitely following a cabinet meeting and President Rafael Caldera's request. The trip had already seen Peru canceled and Ecuador violence prompting curtailment in Bolivia.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Venezuela
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United States
Caracas
Rockefeller
Nixon
Peru
Fcuador
Bolivia
Rafael Caldera
Barnum’s Last Words Requested to See Circus Receipts
The final words of famed circus impresario P. T. Barnum on his deathbed in New York on April 7 1891 were a request to view the day’s circus receipts.
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P. T. Barnum
Bodies Found After Biafran-Nigerian Clash Forces
Nigerian forces recovered the bodies of 11 foreign oil workers 10 Italians and a Jordanian after a Biafran assault near Okpai in western Nigeria. The workers employed by AGIP were among 29 missing during the May 7 10 fighting, with Biafrans claiming to have killed several officers near Aboh while federal authorities offered no comment.
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Kwale
Nigeria
Biafrans
Okpai
AGIP
Nigerian Oil Exploration Company
Italian State Petroleum Corporation
Phillips Petroleum Co
Barnesville
Oklo
Niger River
Aboh
Dutch Marines Patrol Curacao Amid Rampant Rioting
Dutch marines patrolled Willemstad Curacao after a Friday riot left 70 percent of the business district in ruins. Reports say two or four people were killed, about 100 wounded and 196 arrested as 5,000 refinery workers rampaged.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Caribbean
Royal Dutch
Netherlands
Ciro Kroon
Shell
Wescar
Wil
Memorial Day Weekend Toll Tops 580 Across Nation
Traffic fatalities for the Memorial Day weekend surpassed 580, surpassing the 542 deaths set in 1966. The toll later rose to 581 as figures continued to be counted nationwide. Boating mishaps killed 33 and 181 drowned in non boat accidents.
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National Safety Council
Spanish Fork Canyon
Utah
North Carolina
California
Los Angeles
State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
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Stuart Symington
D-Mo
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Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Administration
House
Ways and Means Committee
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Florida
William C. Cramer
Latin America
United Press International
Mort Rosenblum
Biafran Information Service
Biafran
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Ojukwu
Ifegwu Eke
Nicola Scire
Rome
Scire
Italy
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