Vigo County youths chosen for Hoosier Boys State event
Seventeen Vigo County youths were selected to attend Hoosier Boys State at Indiana University from June 8 to 17. The program annually offers government experience on the IU campus guiding youths through Indiana public affairs. Attendees include students from Garfield, Gerstmeyer, Wiley, Schulte, and Honey Creek high schools among others in Terre Haute and West Terre Haute.
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Vigo County
Hoosier Boys
The
American Legion
Indiana University
Indiana
Hoosier
Billy Lee Maymaker
West Terre Haute
West Vigo High School
Robert Kent Stimac
Terre Haute
Garfield High School
Gary Robert Kelm
Haythorne Ave
Tere Haute
Thomas B. Fagin
Riley
Gerstmeyer High School
Carl S. Martin
Bruce Everett Weffenstette
Berkeley Dr
Laboratory High School
Gregory Sherwin Baer
S. Center St
Wiley High School
Lee David Kepner
S. Fruitridge
Timothy Reed Purcell
Hulman
David Arthur Thiemann
Oak St
Schulte High School
Michael Allen Johnson
Barton Ave
Edward Patrick Finnerty
S. 7Th St
Kent Edward McDaniel
1St Ave
Gerstmeyer
Charles Doyne Moseman
Gerstmyer
William Kent Grosbach
Gardenale Rd
David John Everhart
Longridge Rd
Honey Creek
George “Dutch” Desinger
William “Bill” Knight
Steve Zemlock
Ray Anglin
Joe Bilyou
The Insoluble Problem and Thelma’s Choice
Jim Bishop recalls an unsolved dilemma that haunted a man named Don. A year after, an AP notice reports Don’s death by poison on his living room rug. Thelma, now married to a younger actor, recounts the affair and calls him too old, labeling it the perfect murder.
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Candy Face
Dan
Thelma
Don
New York Plans for Postwar Defense Plant Displacements
Keith S. McHugh, chairman of the New York State planning committee, says an estimated 70,000 of the state's 280,000 defense plant workers could be displaced within 18 months after the Vietnam war ends.
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NEW York
Keith S. McHugh
New York State Planning Committee
Monkeys Complain About Humans and Drug Research
A humorous yet pointed piece notes how apes resented human claims of descent and comments on modern science using monkeys to study drug addiction at Michigan. It also highlights a successful cobalt chrome artificial knee from UNC, designed by Walkius, with quick surgery and promising outcomes. The column ends by recalling John C. Freemont as the first Republican nominee in 1856.
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University of North Carolina
Frank C. Wilson
Borje Walkius
Stockholm
John C. Freemont
Buchanan
Branigin weighs school financing amid budget max questions
Indiana Governor Branigin weighs issuing a proclamation as an alternative to a special session to let local school boards publish budgets above the legal maximum. A May 28 committee report outlines the plan, while ISTA officials urge caution and note legal and moral hurdles.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Branigin
Robert H. Wyatt
Indiana State Teachers Association
Richard E. Wells
Wells
Wyatt
ISTA
State Tax Board
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indiana
Administrative Autonomy for IU Regional Campuses
Indiana University trustees approved giving administrative autonomy to the five regional campuses Gary South Bend Fort Wayne Kokomo and Jeffersonville. A 1968 69 operating budget of 57.5 million for Bloomington 12.3 million for the Indianapolis Medical Center and 11.7 million for regional campuses was set, with a 6.9 million rise from 1967 68. Capital requests total 47 514 484 for construction and land and 1 306 000 for maintenance, to be considered by the 1969 General Assembly.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
I.u.’S
Indianapolis
General Assembly
Elvis J. Stahr
I.U
Stahr
Autumn Review Expected in Hashfield Case
INDIANAPOLIS UPI The Supreme Court granted an indefinite stay of execution for Emmett Hashfield Boonville and is not expected to act on his petition for review until autumn Hashfield was condemned to the July 1 for the dismemberment of 11-year old Avril Honey Terry daughter of a Boonville physician Hashfield has had several stays since his conviction His attorney Ferdinand Samper filed the petition alleging error that Hashfield was not present when the July date was fixed in Monroe Circuit Court Bloomington The Indiana Supreme Court had ruled he need not be returned from Michigan City State Prison because he was present when the death sentence was first pronounced
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Indianapolis
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Emmett Hashfield
Boonville
Hashfield
Avril “Honey” Terry
Ferdinand Samper
Monroe
Bloomington
Indiana Supreme Court
Michigan City
First Nevada settlement Genoa founded in 1849
The article notes Genoa, Nevada, as the first permanent settlement, founded in 1849 by a Mormon trader and named Mormon Station. It reflects on early territorial history and the role of religious settlers in the region's development.
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Nevada
Genoa
Mormon Station
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Charles Doyle Moseman
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William Kent Grosback
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University of Michigan
James A. Miller
Claude R. Miller
Montzuma
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norfolk
Selma
Wallace
Detroit
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Heory
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Ann McPherson
Sandra Kay Malrine
Sandra Kay Borer
Fleischmann
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