Council Faces Most Important Decision
Terre Haute Common Council takes up a $6 million second urban renewal project for the Community Center Area with a September federal deadline. The plan aims to improve housing, streets, and business zones while relocating residents to healthier housing and allowing ISU to acquire land faster. critics fear displacement and housing shortfalls, though 300 public housing units are built and 200 more planned.
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Terre Haute Plans Nine Day Sesquicentennial Celebration
Terre Haute marks its 150th anniversary with a nine day program starting Saturday. The opening day features a mayor’s luncheon and reception hosted by Elder Bayh Sr. and state dignitaries. Each day highlights a city facet from Religious Heritage to Wabash Valley Day.
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Hoosier Judge Bans Pretrial Communications in Marion Slaying
Grant Circuit Judge Manuel P. Guerrero issued a pretrial publicity ban prohibiting defense and prosecuting attorneys and police from speaking with the news media in the Marion dismemberment case of Larry Schmidt. The order cites fair trial standards after the Ohio Sheppard decision, while critics warn it could chill reporting and press access. Guerrero says the policy is limited to this sensational murder and not a broader rule.
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Starke County
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Cromwell to Speak at Rose Commencement
DeWitt P. Pat Cromwell vice president of the Rose Alumni Association and Bailey associate professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh will deliver the alumni address at the Rose Commencement exercises. Cromwell, a former Terre Haute resident and Rose graduate, will address 135 students receiving degrees at the 88th commencement of the engineering school. He authored Coke Evaluation Surveys and retired in 1958 as superintendent of blast furnaces for Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co after 39 years in the field.
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Morse's 1953 Senate Record Speech Tops Longest Solo Oration
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon delivered a 22 hour 56 minute speech on the Tidelands Oil Bill across April 24 and 25, 1953, earning a Guinness World Records recognition for the longest continuous speech in U.S. Senate history.
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West Vigo High School to Hold 1966 Commencement
West Vigo High School will hold its 1966 commencement Friday at 8 p m at the school. Superintendent Max Gabbert and Principal George Waugh will present diplomas with Dr William G Kessell and John Sutherland assisting. Valedictorian Deborah Archer will speak on Guidelines for the Future and Cheryl Ramey will address American Ideology.
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David Godbey
Kansas Begins Huge Task Of Caring for Refugees
Topeka faces a massive relief effort after a tornado killed 16 and left thousands homeless. Red Cross shelters and the municipal auditorium opened as 70 hospitalized with storm injuries and 61 lingered a second night. Salvation Army and Red Cross fed residents with field kitchens, while federal disaster aid was considered. cleanup was expected to take weeks.
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Johnson
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Charles W. Wright Jr
Jusk
Prosecutor Plans Retrial for Doctor Sam in Murder Case
Prosecutor Corrigan announces a retrial of Doctor Sam on murder charges after an appeal on fairness grounds. The plan includes voluntary arraignment on a second degree charge and potential release with bail refunded by the U.S. District Court in Dayton before transport for further proceedings.
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Alma's Fury Diminishes as Alma Traverses Georgia
Alma the hurricane remnants move through Georgia after striking the Florida Panhandle. The National Hurricane Center warns of up to eight inches of rain along a broad Georgia to Carolinas path and possible flooding. Winds drop from 75 mph to about 70 mph as reports of tornado like gusts surface across the state.
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Weather Map Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana
U.S. Weather Bureau map reports 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. river stage 2.5 ft and falling. Yesterday’s high 85, low 57 with no precipitation. Terre Haute and vicinity expect mostly sunny mild today, fair cool tonight, sunny mild Saturday with highs mid 70s. Indiana forecast fair cool tonight, sunny Saturday highs 75-80. Sunday warmer with increasing clouds. Illinois forecasts fair today near 70, fair tonight mid to upper 40s, Saturday mid to upper 70s, Sunday partly cloudy warmer. Northeasterly winds 5-15 mph. Temperature street readings 5532 a.m. 71 p.m.
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Illinois
Terre Haute 150 Years Sesqui Special in Tribune-Star
A rotogravure feature in the Tribune-Star highlights Terre Haute's sesquicentennial celebration with a focus on local history, events, and community milestones marking 150 years.
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Bill Carpenter's Force Hangs on Under Big Odds
In Vietnam near Tormorong Captain Bill Carpenter ordered air strikes from his post to save his men as a fierce battle raged. Napalm bombs dropped against North Vietnamese and allied troops in a bamboo thicket near the Central Highlands, with Carpenter directing from 1600 yards away and from a hovering helicopter.
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