Toll Exceeds Last Year s 593 Deaths
Fifteen weekend deaths in Indiana pushed the state's 1966 traffic fatality toll to at least 644 compared with 593 a year ago. The deaths included a triple fatality near Anderson and a double fatality crash near Indianapolis. Mrs Lois Triplet 34, R R 2, died in a car truck collision south of La Porte. Beverly Ann Brown 23 months was killed near Frankfort while crossing Indiana 28. Donald Atkins 23 died from a crash on Indiana 38 near Frankfort. Linda Darnell 17 of Niles Mich died in a Mishawaka county road crash. Grace Smith 59 of Indian Continued on Page 3 Del 6.
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Indiana
Anderson
Indianapolis
Lois Triplet
R.R
la Porte
Howard
Beverly Ann Brown
Paul Maddox
Frankfort
Donald Atkins
Atkins
William Walker
Mulberry
Clint Guyer
Linda Darnell
Niles
Mich
Mishawaka
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Grace Smith
Pioneer Day Sees Sesquicentennial Picnic Hoedown in Meadows
Terre Haute marks its nine day Sesquicentennial with Pioneer Day activities at Deming Park and Meadows Shopping Center. The program includes a noon picnic, children and adult races, a diving exhibition, an outdoor concert, and a 7 30 p m hoedown featuring the Barbershop Quartet. St Mary of the Woods College hosted tours and a new library dedication last fall while horse drawn wagons gave rides down Wabash Avenue as Robert Monroe chaired the day.
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Terre Haute
College
Meadows Shopping Center
Wabash Avenue
Dresser Drive
Robert Monroe
Terre
Bombay Rail Crash Closes Western Indian Transit
In Bombay a collision of two suburban trains during the 7 am rush hour left at least 52 dead and 106 injured, with more feared under wreckage. Firemen used blowtorches to access twisted coaches as rescue teams battled crowded streets near Matunga North of Victoria Station.
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Bombay
India
Matunga
Vichy
Bomay
Victoria
Thana Junction
Central Terminal
Central Railway
Madras
Calcutta
New Delhi
Silver Star Awarded Hero of Fierce Viet Jungle Fight
Capt. William C. Carpenter of the 101st Airborne received the Silver Star for calling a napalm strike that saved his company in five days of jungle combat in South Viet Nam. Gen. Westmoreland commended the 29 year old ex gridiron standout as the 101st’s Fighting Eagles roared Always the Best.
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Viet Nam
Carpenter
Monroe
Dak TO
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
West Point
Lonesome End
William C. Carpenter
U. S. 101St Airborne Division
Westmoreland
Violent Chicago street fight after police shooting
In a largely Puerto Rican area on Chicago's North Side a police shooting sparked a mass melee. More than 1,000 rioters overturned vehicles, damaged police cars, and looted shops as rocks bottles and debris flew. At least two dozen injured and over 30 jailed as police dispersed the crowd.
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Chicago
North Side
Thomas Munyon
Cruz Arcelis
Munyon
Arcelis
Juan Melan
Melan
Damen and
Division
Weather map and forecast for Terre Haute region
Weather map notes river stage at 2.4 feet and stationary. Terre Haute forecasts call for mostly cloudy mild weather with highs in the upper 80s and Tuesday highs around 80 to 85. Indiana and IllinoisSections show warm humid conditions with possible showers or thunderstorms today and early Tuesday. Temperature readings: 71 at 9am, 83 at 2pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Sesqui Day Schedule Includes Concert Tours and Sky Dive
Downtown events begin at noon with a 7th and Wabash band concert. From 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. tours at Rose Polytechnic Institute and Indiana State University. 3:15 hardball at Spencer Field. Evening reception 6:15 to 7:15 for former residents. Sky diving at 8:00 in Memorial Stadium followed by a Sweet Adelines song fest. A 90 minute TH 150 reenactment crowns the Queen with a fireworks finale after each spectacular.
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7Th and Wabash
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Indiana State University
Spencer Field
Memorial Stadium
Wabash Valley
Congress Poised for Busy Week With Broad Legislation
Washington AP reports Congress could have one of its busiest weeks of the year as leaders plan action in both chambers on bills ranging from animal cruelty prevention to large spending. The House opens with measures to raise TVA bond issuance and broaden the Foreign Service Building Act, while the Senate targets private bills and later may move on House passed measures to raise the national debt ceiling alongside funding for Agriculture Labor and Health Education programs.
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Washington
Congress
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Agriculture, Labor and Health
Armored car driver fires water pistol at motorists
Clifford Hardwicks of Bridlington England drives a Rolls Royce and shoots at rude motorists with a water pistol mounted on the outside of his car.
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Bridlington
England
City to Consider Renewal Plan for Terre Haute Center
Terre Haute officials prepare to present the second urban renewal plan labeled R-40 at a city council meeting. The plan outlines a civic center mall near City Hall and the County Courthouse with 113 businesses and 98 families affected.
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Paul O’dea
Terre Haute
Malcolm Boone
Boone
O’dea
Federal Post Office
City Planners Associates, Inc
Indiana State
Navy pilot sinks MIG as Haiphong Hanoi battle unfolds
Cmdr Hal L Marr of Roseburg Oregon pilots a Hancock F8 Crusader to hit a Soviet MIG in a dogfight northwest of Haiphong and northeast of Hanoi. Another MIG damage is reported as a second U S plane is lost in new north Viet Nam air attacks.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
U. S
Cmdr
Hal L. Marr
Roseburg
Ore
Hancock
U.S
Viet Nam
Marr
Mu Gia Pass
Air Force
Dong Hoi
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Ry Ae
Carl L. Bopp
Marsee A. Cox
Deming Woods
Terre Haute House
Bopp
Cox
Strausburg
Meadows
Louis Gerhardt
Tirey Memorial Union
Isaac K. P. Beckes
Vincennes University
Beckes
By Rick Merron
Screaming Eagles
101St
Lawrence L. Knutson
U. S. Weather Bureau
A.m
Vigo County
Don Foltz
William F. Arbogast
By Robert Tuckman
101St Airborne Division
Guam
Robert D. Ohman
101St Field
Kontum
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