Ruling Finds Indiana Sales Tax Unconstitutional
Marion Circuit Judge John L. Niblack ruled the 2 per cent Indiana sales tax unconstitutional saying the legislature overstepped by delegating bracket setting authority. He set June 19 for a hearing on an injunction to block the tax from taking effect July 1, a move that unsettled state officials near the new fiscal year.
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Marion
John L. Niblack
Indiana
Niblack
Afl-Cio
Welsh
Russian Spy Angle Outlined in Keeler Case
Christine Keeler disclosed that a Soviet naval attache urged her to obtain nuclear secrets from former War Minister John Profumo. The claim deepens the sex scandal and pressures Prime Minister Harold Macmillan as he faces political challenges.
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London
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Harold Macmillan
Miss Keeler
Michael H. B. Eddowes
Macmillan
Henry Brooke
Britain
Lord Dilhorne
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
The forecast calls for generally fair and mild conditions through Saturday with cooler nights. Highs reach the upper 70s, lows in the mid 50s. Illinois expects partly cloudy, cooler nights with a chance of showers Saturday.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Negroes march and sing in major Washington demonstration
Negroes march, sing and pray in Washington as leaders press for civil rights. In Jackson, Mississippi, preparations move forward for the Medgar Evers funeral. Top U S officials show little hope that Moscow nuclear test ban talks next month will break East West deadlock.
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Washington
U. S
Moscow
Prime Minister Macmillan faces threats as he carries on
Indiana case reports a divinity school graduate convicted in Indianapolis for obscene literature sales. Governor Welsh signals personal intervention to settle the marathon labor dispute at Logansport RBM Division.
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Indianapolis
Matthew E. Welsh
Marathon
Logansport
RBM
Russians Launch Vostok 5 With Valery Bykovsky
Moscow reports Tass announced the Soviet Union launched the space ship Vostok 5 into orbit with cosmonaut Lt. Col. Valery Bykovsky aboard. The craft orbits Earth every 88.4 minutes and the pilot feels fine.
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Soviet Union
Tass
Valery Bykovsky
Air Force
Earth
Weekend Weather Outlook Brings Pleasant Indiana Skies
The Associated Press notes fair skies through Sunday with central and northern Indiana in the 70s and southern areas in the low 80s. Tonight’s lows near the 50s. The five day trend shows temperatures slightly below normal with a quarter inch or less of rain possible by mid next week.
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Indiana
Flag Day Proclaimed As State Holiday In Pennsylvania
The observance of June 14 as Flag Day was made by presidential proclamation. It is a legal holiday only in the state of Pennsylvania, according to the World Almanac.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
Three Methodist Churches Merge in Terre Haute
The Trinity Liberty Avenue and North Terre Haute Park Avenue churches unify into one Trinity congregation. Bishop Richard C. Raines approved Rev. Edward S. Vaught as minister for the merged church during the Purdue Annual Conference.
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Trinity
Liberty Avenue
North Terre Haute Park Avenue
Trinity Church
Nineteenth and
Fourth Avenue
Richard C. Raines
Indiana Methodist
Purdue University
Edward S. Vaught
Northwest Indiana
Vaught
Gilbert L. Pik‘er
Woodridge
Terre Haute
Park Avenue
Air Guard to Launch Field Training Here
Indiana Air National Guard 181st Tactical Fighter Group begins a 15 day field training at Hulman Field with about 75 officers and 550 enlisted. The unit will stay at the local base to avoid deploying to Alpena Michigan or Volk Field Wisconsin to aid ongoing recruitment and due to current aircraft.
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181St Tactical Fighter Group
Indiana Air National Guard
Hulman Field
Richard Petercheff
Alpena
Mich
Volk Field
Wis
Petercheff
Kennedy asks extension of temporary wartime taxes
The House approved a one year extension of corporation taxes and taxes on cars liquor beer and cigarettes. The bill goes to the Senate and must be signed within 17 days to avoid revenue loss when the current law expires. It would renew wartime tax measures first enacted in 1951 for the Korean War.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
Fear Evers Funeral to Bring Riot
Jackson Mississippi residents faced a tense day as civil rights leaders planned a March focused funeral for Medgar Evers. Police and FBI pursued clues nationwide after the assassination, with fingerprint evidence found on a rifle near Evers’s home and his burial planned at Arlington National Cemetery next week.
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Miss
FBI
Medgar W. Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
Evers
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Salter
Tougaloo
Spellman Denied Discharge in Vigo Murder Case
Judge Pro Tem Edward L. Hamilton refused a new motion by attorney John R. Jett seeking discharge of the Spellman murder suspect. Jett argued unfair trial due to prosecutor Ralph Berry remarks and alleged telephone talk about a possible guilty plea. The judge admonished both sides and ruled that personal remarks would not be entertained.
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Vigo
John R. Jett
Spellman
Ralph Berry
Rare Krg Coke AG
Jude Hamilton
Jett
Berry
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