Hoosier Girls State Delegates Set to Arrive at ISU
Delegates from Vigo County and surrounding counties will descend on Indiana State University in Terre Haute for the Hoosier Girls State eight day program. The 776 high school seniors will join staff led by Mrs Jo Wyman of Marengo for a mock government with two parties and county city units. The event runs from Sunday through the following Sunday with guest appearances by Governor Otis Bowen, ISU President Richard Landini, and Terre Haute Mayor William Brighton.
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Hoosier
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Jay Goad
Bloomington
Richard Neitzel
Franklin
Joan Hetherington
House of Photography
Hoosier Girls
Indiana State University
Hoosier Boys’ State
ISU
Hoosier Girls’ State
Indiana
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Homde
Jo Wyman
Marengo
Sex for Political Favor Told in Ray Testimony
Elizabeth Ray told federal investigators a congressman arranged a sexual encounter with Sen. Mike Gravel to win a political favor. Colleen Gardner, an eyewitness, said Ray’s former boss Rep. Ken Gray arranged the meeting aboard Gray’s Potomac River houseboat. The case centers on payroll practices and alleged coercion tied to jobs and salaries in Washington.
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Gray
Gardner
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Ray
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Illinois
House Public Buildings
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Alaska
Sol Rosen
Justice Department
Young
Richard Thornburgh
Hays
Corpus Christi
Tex
House Ethics Committee
Asst. Atty
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Ethics Committee
House
Senate Finance panel backs higher education tax credit amid broad cut plan
The Senate Finance Committee approved a revised tax bill adding a $250 annual higher education tax credit phased from 100 in 1977 to 250 by 1980, with $1.8 billion yearly cost when in effect. It also shields low and middle income filers, raises minimum deductions, and reshapes estate taxes to ease family farms and small businesses, while keeping withholding through mid-1977.
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Senate Finance Committee
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Finance Committee
Budget Committee
Congress
Ford
Democrats Consider Desegregation Busing as Last Resort Plan
A Democratic platform subcommittee weighs a busing plank that would treat desegregation buses as a last resort and backs active community aid. Another near-final draft calls for full employment with living wages and aims to cut adult unemployment to 3 percent within four years.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Democrats
Subcommittee
Michael Dukakis
Massachusetts
Morris Udall
Henry Jackson
Lions
Dukakis
Syria to withdraw troops from Lebanon under ceasefire accord
A Fatah statement reported in Cairo says Syria will pull 12,500 troops from Lebanon in two stages within 10 days of implementation, ending the Beirut siege. Libyan premier Jalloud says Libyan troops arrived in Beirut to oversee disengagement and lift the food blockade.
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Lebanon
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Yasir Arafat
Egypt
Middle East
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Salah Khalaf
Nagui Gamre
Damascus
Abdul Salam Jalloud
Jalloud
Arab League
Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Vicinity
The forecast calls for warm conditions with a slight chance of thundershowers tonight. Lows in the mid to upper 60s, Sunday partly cloudy and very warm with highs in the mid to upper 80s and chances of storms. Extended outlook shows continued heat with mid 80s highs and rain chances Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Terre Haute
West Terre Haute Sewage Project Moves Toward 1978 Start
Steps for a linked West Terre Haute sewage collection and pumping system advance after EPA says no draft environmental impact statement is needed. Project cost estimated at 3.385 million with 75 percent federal share, 10 percent state, 15 percent local. hookups charged to residents. Public comment due by June 22 with August 1977 deadline to show progress toward river pollution elimination.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Terre Haute
Pera
Wabash
Robert Wright
Wright
Dave Peterson
West
Central Indiana
Peterson
John Moden
Clyde Williams and Associates
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