Terre Haute Color Salute Opens Nine Frolic Days
Terre Haute marked the 150th birthday with a Sesquicentennial opening on the Vigo County Courthouse steps. Mayor Ralph Tucker led the ceremony as the 74th Army Band played the Star Spangled Banner and a Color Guard raised the flag.
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Terre Haute
Howard Batman
Pat Ryan
Sesquicentennial
Vigo County
Harry P. Brentlinger
Joseph Silcock
Kermit Nees
Sesquicentennial Committee
Sesqui Belles
Ray Thomas
William Butts
Batman
74Th Army Band
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Indiana
Large Rose Poly class earns 138 degrees at 1966 commencement
Wilfred Otaguro of Honolulu wins Hemingway gold medal for scholarship as 138 graduates at Rose Polytechnic Institute receive bachelor degrees. Dr. John Logan presided, Dr. VanderWerf spoke, and two new dormitories plus Hulman Memorial Union were dedicated.
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Wilfred Otaguro
Honolulu
Hawaii
Hemingway
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Otaguro
Hem
Ingway
Rose
John Logan
C. A. VanderWerf
Hope College
Holland, Mich
Hulman
Rose Centennial Development Fund
Spe
Cial
Terre Haute
John Bardeen
DeWitt P
Pat’ Cromwell
Rose Alumni Association
Alummni
Blames Drink In Crash Fatal To Teenagers
Two teenagers and a boy died in Northeast Marion County Indiana after a car spun and struck a bridge during a fatal weekend crash. The victims were Lonnie McCloud, 17, and another youth. a young boy also perished. Authorities cited alcohol as a likely factor in the incident.
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Indiana
Marion County
Lonnie McCloud
Indiana Traffic Deaths Rise Last Year Figures
The Associated Press reports 631 traffic deaths in Indiana last year up from 586. Mrs. Ellis McCloud of Indianapolis and Robert D. Snapp, 18, of Indianapolis, died in the crash along with Thomas Hoskins, 17, who was hospitalized in fair condition. Deputy D J Oberlien said the McCloud and Snapp youths were thrown from the car and killed. A report notes a case of broken beer bottles.
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Ellis McCloud
Indianapolis
Robert D. Snapp
Jerry Snapp
Rt. 13
Thomas Hoskins
John Hoskins
D. J. Oberlien
Snapp
Ex-Ambassador Galbraith Says Rusk Misinformed at Rhode Island College
Former Ambassador John K. Galbraith told Rhode Island College graduates that Secretary of State Dean Rusk is terribly misinformed about broad support for U.S. foreign policy. He cited Europe and Sweden’s stance on Viet Nam and warned that the government lacks sufficient information compared with citizens and scholars. He linked rising academic influence to foreign policy awareness.
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Providence
R. I
John K. Galbraith
Dean Rusk
Rhode Island College
Galbraith
Harvard University
Rusk
Marshal Ky
Viet Nam
State Department
United States
Paratroopers Ready New Assault in Vietnam Highlands
U S paratroopers regroup for fresh assaults on entrenched North Vietnamese regulars in the central highlands as B52 bombers strike a target area 10 miles north of the battle zone. The 101st Airborne Division fighters clash with two or more battalions amid rough terrain and heavy jungle cover.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Bill Carpenter
Kantum City
Carpenter
West Point
Highlands
Ameri
General Opposes Expansion of War
Gen Harold K. Johnson, Army Chief of Staff, said the Viet Nam conflict should not be expanded to destroy North Viet Nam. He favored maintaining current operations with tempo changes as needed and hinted troop levels could rise beyond 260,000, possibly up to 400,000, for larger offensive actions.
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Washington
UPD
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Johnson
United States
Oklahoma Press Association
Lake Texoma
Okla
U.S
Weather summary for Terre Haute region and Illinois today and Sunday
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair and cool tonight with mid-50s lows in Terre Haute and increasing clouds and warm Sunday with a chance of showers. Illinois sees sunny today with highs 80 to 84, partly cloudy tonight with a chance of thunderstorms, and Sunday bringing partly cloudy skies and likely storms.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Sudden Attack Proves Fatal To C W Westrup
Charles W. Westrup 71 retired VP and GM of Quaker Maid Division Great A&P Tea Co died of a heart attack at Forest Park golf course in Brazil. He collapsed after 9 am while playing with three Quaker Maid officials. They aided him to the clubhouse then to Clay County Hospital by ambulance.
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Charles W. Westrup
Quaker Maid
Great A&p Tea Company
Forest Park
Brazil
Westrup
Quarker Maid Company
Howard Wolfe
Lawson Funeral Home
Clay County
Indiana Weather Tonight and Sunday Outlook
A cool night and warm day are forecast for Indiana. Northern and central areas may see showers Sunday with a slight shower chance tonight in the northwest. Lows in the 50s tonight. Sunday highs near 80 with cloudy north and central Indiana and sunny conditions south.
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Indiana
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Vincennes University
Rose Poly
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