NRA mobilizes letters to block new gun controls
Washington AP The National Rifle Association vows to flood Congress with anti gun control mail as a House panel weighs sales restrictions. NRA leaders claim the campaign follows a weekend appeal to 900 000 members to express views promptly.
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National Rule Association
Congress
House
NRA
Dent John F. Kennedy
Louis Harris
National Guard
Viet Cong Rockets From Cambodian Storage Used to Hit Saigon
U S intelligence traces Viet Cong rocket supply from Cambodian storage along jungle waterways to South Vietnam. Sampans carry 122 millimeter rockets to prescribed points, sink them underwater until use, then deploy across the border via 1,300 square miles of waterways into the Saigon region. The long article details interception, river routes, and ongoing battles around a Saigon suburb as special forces seek to purge Viet Cong bunkers.
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Washington
Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S
North Vietnam
Laotian Panhandle
U.S
Cambodia
Green Beret
Yardmaster Arrested on Mayor's Order
Penn Central yardmaster William L. Fox was arrested by city police on Mayor Leland Larrison's orders after a train tied up traffic at the Third Street crossing for several minutes. The case highlights ongoing city measures to enforce a ten minute train blocking rule and considers a $30,000 electronic communications center to track trains through Terre Haute. Fox is due in city court June 21 at 4 p.m.
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Penn Central
William L. Fox
Leland Larrison
Third St
Fox
Glen Means
Terre Haute
British firm to rebut Ray extradition request
A London law firm Dresden and Co. prepares a rebuttal to the American push to extradite James Earl Ray, accused in the King assassination. Ray’s defense, named by the British court, faces an initial hearing at Bow Street on Tuesday with a formal extradition likely a week or 10 days later. Ray was detained at Heathrow on June 8 while using the alias Ramon George Sneyd.
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London
UPI
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Dresden and Co
Ray
U.S
United States
Bow Street Magistrate's Court
Frank Milton
Heathrow Airport
Ramon George Sneyd
Mayor Favors Wiley Site For Proposed Post Office
Terre Haute mayor Leland Larrison dismisses claims the city will lose a multi million dollar Post Office Complex. He supports the Wiley High School site noting the school’s demolition for the new Southside High, and says postal officials may accept less land if appropriate. He denies any talks of moving the project to Brazil. No traffic issues foreseen.
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Tribune-Star
Terre Haute
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Court House
Indors
Court House Realty Co
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Wiley
Southside High School
State Republicans Head For Convention Tuesday
INDIANAPOLIS AP The GOP convention opens amid a three way governor race among Edgar Whitcomb Earl Butz and Otis Bowen with 33 candidates for 15 offices. Whitcomb backed by the party leadership predicts a first ballot win though Butz and Bowen claim late strength. Delegates caucus by district to pick national delegates as 2 224 delegates vote for nomination. Democratic delegates meet Friday preceding the tally.
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Indianapolis
Tion
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Earl L. Butz
Purdue University School of Agriculture
Otis R. Bowen
Secretary of State
State Auditor
House
Richard C. Bodine
Robert L. Rock
Whitcomb
Republican State Organization
Buena Chaney
John K. Snyder
Butz
Richard G. Lugar
Ike's Doctors Praise Eisenhower After Major Heart Attack
Washington AP. Former President Dwight Eisenhower is alert and in good spirits after suffering a major heart attack Saturday night. Physicians at Walter Reed Army Hospital report stable vital signs, no pain, and no signs of heart failure. No further bulletins planned until 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Cosmic Scale: Sun and Galaxies Within the Universe
The sun is the center sun of the solar system and one star among the Milky Way's roughly 200 billion stars. The Milky Way is one of about a billion known galaxies in the universe.
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Sun
Solar System
Milky Way
Sorbonne Falls to Gendarmes as Student Revolt Wanes
Paris gendarmes retook the Sorbonne after fierce skirmishes with students on the Left Bank. Fewer than 150 occupiers left the main building as flags of revolution were lowered and the Tricolor was raised. The action marks the collapse of the May revolt focus, though other universities remain held in parts.
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Paris
Sorbonne
France
University of Paris
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
The River Stage is 7.8 feet and rising. Local conditions show yesterday's high 77 and low 67 with no precipitation. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies, tonight and Tuesday. Terre Haute highs near 84, lows 55 to 60, with 10 percent precipitation chance. Illinois expected to be mostly sunny and cool with highs around 80. Temperature readings: 62 at 9 am, 76 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Vicinity
Tuelve
Tone
Indiana
Illinois
Drowning Death of Vigo County Boy Leads to Funeral
Daniel Patrick Noe, 12, of Vigo County drowned Sunday in a pond near Searcy’s Trailer Court. He went under while swimming with 13 year old Greg Seward who could not pull him up. Noe’s body was recovered by Rick Manwarring with scuba gear after about 15 feet of water. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Vigo County
Daniel Patrick Noe
Dorothy Noe
Maple Ave
Searcy's Trailer Court
6Th St
Greg Seward
Seward
Sacred Hearts Church
Calvary Cemetery
Thomas Funeral Home
Rick Manwarring
4Th St
Terre Haute
Noe
Roland J
Lafayette
Stephen R
John C
Thomas David
James
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