Terre Haute views strong economy potential with regional district plan
A federal official praised Terre Haute for its economic potential citing transportation, a solid commercial base and three colleges. The five county plan aims to coordinate industrial development manpower transportation recreation and community facilities with a $48 785 funding pool including a CAP grant.
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Terre Haute
Thomas
Francis
Office of Development Districts
Area Economic Development
United States
Marines Remember Saipan Battle Dead at Memorial
At the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu Marines held ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of Saipan’s battle. The 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions landed June 16 1944, with the Army 27th Division following. After 29 days Saipan was declared secure with over 14 200 American casualties including 3 100 dead and about 30 000 Japanese losses.
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Honolulu
Saipan
Marine Corps
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
South Pacific
Army
Community facilities depend on local government says report
The program notes improvements hinge on local government. It calls on the district to help provide affordable public housing, evaluate community services, and finance adequate sewage disposal facilities.
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Wabash River
Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Vietnam Detailed
The Pentagon announced nearly 16 000 soldiers and Marines will move to Okinawa Hawaii and Japan while 8 000 more are returned to the United States for disbanding. About 1 200 Navy personnel will spread through the Pacific Command and the United States as a 25 000 troop withdrawal follows President Nixon's Midway plan.
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Washington
Vietnam
Okinawa
Hawaii
Japan
Pentagon
United States
Pacific Command
9Th Marine
9Th Infantry Division
Iwakuni
Nixon
Midway
Army Reserve
National Guard
U.S
Pacific
Far East
Korea
Thailand
Daniel Z. Henkin
Henkin
ISU Students Work with Vigo County Health Dept
Three Indiana State University students join the Vigo County Health Department under a grant from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare. Nancy Clements works on a personnel policy manual and a physician outreach brochure while Michael Simpson studies vector control and Eugene Ewing surveys service station restrooms. The interns will complete two three week projects, read journals, and report objectives activities and evaluations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State University
Vigo County Health Department
Department of Health and Safety
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Thy
B. F. Duckwall
Nancy Clements
Columbus
Health Department
Helen Scheibner
Miss Clements
Vigo County
Paul Welch
Michael Simpson
Eugene Ewing
Simpson
East Chicago
Ewing
Danville
Welch
Under Pressure Ghost Tale From St John England
England resident Bill Stratford recounts a haunting with a voice calling his name and a heavy choking sensation as a ghostly presence moves over his bed. Stratford says he is skeptical of ghosts but found the experience unsettling and real.
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ST. John, England
Upi
England
Bill Stratford
Indiana joins nationwide in tern program with ISU
Indiana participates in the in tern program alongside 11 other states and Indiana State University. Trainees earn 12 credit hours for health department duties a daily log and a term project success.
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Health Department
Indiana
Indiana State University
Indianapolis Centralized Lunch Program Wins $207000 Grant
A centralized kitchen will supply lunch to 27 inner city Indianapolis schools lacking facilities. The program will prepare 15,000 meals daily, funded by $125000 federal, $82,000 from the State Department of Education, and $68,000 from the city school system. Meal prices will be based on family ability to pay.
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Indianapolis
Richard D. Wells
Wells
Indiana nurse directs course for college health officials
Mrs. June Dinkel, director of nursing at Indiana State University, attends a three week session of New Perspectives in College Health Nursing at the University of Colorado Boulder campus. The program includes 54 nurses from 27 states and features speakers from the University of Nebraska and Yale University.
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June Dinkel
Indiana State University
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder
CU School of Nursing
American College Health Association
Division of Health Manpower
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Samuel I. Fuenning
University of Nebraska Health Center
Helene Fitbgerald
Department of University Health
Yale University
KGK Inc Files Incorporation Papers in Vigo County
Articles of incorporation filed Monday with Vigo County Recorder William R. Cox name KGK Inc as the restaurant and cabaret firm at 2301 Wabash Ave. The company lists 1000 shares no par value and names Donald E. Goltry as resident agent and as director and incorporator with Frank A. Kleptz and Robert Kennedy.
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KGK, Inc
Wabash Ave
Vigo County
William R. Cox
Donald E. Goltry
Kokomo
Goltry
Frank A. Kleptz
Mary Lane
Robert Kennedy
Gilcrest Road
Hartke pushes 10 percent Social Security increase
Indiana Senator Vance Hartke introduced a bill to raise Social Security benefits by 10 percent immediately and tie future increases to the cost of living. The plan would have the federal government share one third of funding and liberalize earnings limits while preserving widows’ full benefits.
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Washington, D.C
Indiana
Vance Hartke
Hartke
Senate Finance Committee
Local Policemen to Attend Training Course in Indianapolis
Terre Haute Chief Glen Means announced patrolmen Jerry L. Hawk and Jerry L. Templeton will join the Basic Law Enforcement Training Course from June 23 to August 1 on the Indiana Central College campus. The course aims to deepen understanding of laws, procedures and fundamentals. Patrolman Hawk joined Nov. 1, 1966 and Templeton on March 15, 1968.
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Terre Haute
Glen Means
Jerryl. Hawk
S. 23Rd St
Jerry L. Templeton
S. 18Th St
Indiana Central College
Indianapolis
General Assembly
Hawk
Templeton
Divorces Granted in Vigo Superior Court No 2
Judge pro tempore Donald W. Reely grants two divorces in Vigo Superior Court No 2. Leota Ann Schoffstall and Steven Clay Schoffstall obtain a divorce with a two year remarriage restriction. Camella M. Swift and Harold L. Swift are granted divorce custody of two children with Harold to pay $40 bi monthly child support.
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Vigo Superior Court No. 2
Donald W. Reely
Leota Ann Schoffstall
N. 13Th St
Steven Clay Schoffstall
Camella M. Swift
Harold L. Swift
NASA Invites Congress Members to Moon Mission Trip
NASA extends invitation to all Members of Congress and one guest each to Cape Kennedy on July 16 for the space shot aimed at landing a man on the moon. Free transportation to and from the Cape will be provided via Andrews Air Force Base near Washington.
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Washington
UPI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Congress
Cape Kennedy
Cape
Andrews Air Force Base
Fields to be home on leave from Vietnam duty
Sp/4 Frederick D. Fields, son of Mr and Mrs Henry A Fields, RR 24, will be home June 19 for a 30 day leave. He has served in Vietnam the past year and earned four letters of appreciation for driving over 20000 miles hauling surplus cargo from Saigon. He will report to Ft Hood Texas after his leave.
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Frederick D. Fields
Henry A. Fields
RR 24
Vietnam
Saigon
Ft. Hood
Texas
Stools Stolen Over Weekend From Service Truck
Investigation under way after tools valued at nearly 150 dollars were taken from a Burr Niswonger Sheet Metal service truck on Crawford Street. A right door wing was pried open and items including two leather punches and assorted tools were stolen.
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Burr-Niswonger
Crawford St
Pitman Moore division renamed Dow Chemical Co Rx Pharmaceuticals
The Pitman Moore division of Dow Chemical Co has been renamed Dow Chemical Co Rx Pharmaceuticals. The veterinary pharmaceutical operations were recently sold to Johnson and Johnson Inc and the Pitman Moore name was part of that transaction.
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Indianapolis
Pitman-Moore
Dow Chemical Co
Rx Pharmaceuticals
Johnson and Johnson, Inc
Two Vigo County Defendants in City Court Rulings
Lawrence E. Reynolds of West Terre Haute was acquitted on driving under the influence and public intoxication charges but found guilty of improper registration and fined 7.25 dollars. James R. Rice of 2320 North 30th Street faced a disturbance charge for playing a stereo at full volume May 6, 1969, and the judge took his case under advisement with a July 8 return. Neighbors Lilian Wingler and Alice Magnetti testified regarding the noise.
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Lawrence E. Reynolds
West Terre Haute
Vigo County
James R. Rice
30Th St
Paul Messick
Reynolds
Rice
Lilian Wingler
Alice Magnetti
Messick
Starfish Arm Variety and Dry Land Fatality Note
The passage describes starfish as fat-bodied marine animals with five to fifty radiating arms. It also states a starfish will die if left on dry land for any length of time.
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Fort Harrison
Vigo
Fruitridge Ave
Dixie Bee Highway Federation
U. S. 41
IPAY
Tobs
Cunningham Fine Foods
Viet Nam
Thieu
Melvin Laird
Creighton Abrams
John Mitchell
Norodom Sihanouk
Turkey
North Korea
Cambodia
S.eca
Pete Rozelle
A- President
Rumania
Dias
David Kennedy
Werner von Braun
George Papadopoulos
National Football League
Greece
Secretary of the Treasury
Marshall Space Flight Center
THE
Nicolae Ceausescu
VEC, Inc
Madison, Wisconsin
Brazil
Milton FR
Eisenhower
Senate
Warren Burger
U.S. Supreme Court
Willy Brandt
Artur da Costa E Silva
Spiro Agnew
Pope Paul VI
Geneva
Switzerland
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Spain
Secretary of the Interior
Walter Hickel
Veterans Administration
Terre Haute Savings Bank
ISU
NASA
Moore-Langen
America
Earth
Seagram
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