City Council to Hear Complaints on Renewal Project
The City Council will hold a public hearing Wednesday July 10 at 7 p.m. in City Hall about property purchases in the Community Center Urban Renewal Project near Wednesday's regular meeting. Owner George Kassis of Court House Realty Co. leads the land acquisition in the renewal area with about half now secured. The council will act as committee of the whole to hear complaints, and redevelopment commissioners will be asked to attend. Prior to the council meeting, the newly formed Human Relations Commission met, naming temporary officers led by Rev. Noel E. Hord as chair, Braden Kruger as vice chair, and Mrs. Kay Thomson as secretary. Members include Dr. Richard Stephens, Winton Jones, Felix A. Winston, Mrs. Florence Goodman, Mrs. Geraldine Bradford, and Police Chief Glen Means.
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City Hall
Community Center
George Kassis
Court House Realty Co
Department of Redevelopment
Human Relations Commission
Council
Leland Larrison
Noel E. Hord
Braden Kruger
Kay Thomson
Richard Stephens
Winton Jones
Felix A. Winston
Florence Goodman
Geraldine Bradford
Glen Means
George
Wiley
Wabash Avenue
Weather map highlights local conditions and temps
The forecast notes Terre Haute and vicinity mostly fair and mild, tonight 60 to 66, high Friday around 77. Indiana mostly fair and mild tonight with warmer Friday, low 60 to 66, high 84 to 90. Illinois clear to partly cloudy, warm and humid tonight and Friday with a chance of thundershowers Friday and Friday night.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
60 Pct. of Civic Center Land Has Been Acquired
The Wabash Avenue site for a proposed Civic Center area near Terre Haute is 60 percent acquired by the Department of Redevelopment with six months to finish. The Post Office complex, valued near 4 million dollars, is eyed for inclusion. Eminent domain and possible lawsuits may affect the remaining parcels, while a target completion date remains set for 1972 with open occupancy possible before Christmas.
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Wabash Avenue
Civic Plaza
Civic Center
Department of Redevelopment
Golby C. Uhler
Department
Amos Coffman
Washington, D. C
Terre Haute
Coffman
Post Office Department
House Surtax Vote To Be Taken Today
President Johnson’s 10 percent income tax surcharge faces a likely House passage after a year of controversy. The measure includes a $6 billion spending cut and aims to shrink a large deficit to bolster the dollar. Senate action and retroactive timing affect workers and corporations differently.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
Dollar International
Mail Order Gun Ban Advances in House Judiciary
The House Judiciary Committee approved a strict mail order ban on rifles and shotguns by a 29-6 vote. It bars sales to nonresidents and to buyers under 18, with swift floor action anticipated. The move follows a new federal pistol and revolver ban signed by President Johnson and signals broader gun-control push.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Saigon area battle prints heavy Viet Cong casualties
U S infantry around Saigon report 93 Viet Cong killed and 33 detained in four clashes south and north of the capital. In the ring north of Saigon the 25th Infantry Division fought a major engagement at a helicopter landing zone near 12 miles north, with 15 Americans killed and 14 wounded. US forces also killed 39 more Viet Cong northeast of Saigon, while the 1st and 9th Infantry divisions notched additional enemy losses.
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Webb
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Siagon
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Saigon
U.S
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Convention Showdown Friday for Rock Bodine in Indiana
Indiana Democratic nominating battle tightens as Lt Gov Robert Rock and Richard Bodine trade charges amid a Marion County dispute over alleged debts to the state committee. State chair Gordon St Angelo denies a deal, saying past assessments were paid or not due, while James Beatty defends Bodine and rejects any debts.
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UPI
Robert L. Rock
Richard Bodine
Gordon St. Angelo
Rock
Marion County
Bodine
Mishawaka
State Committee
St. Angelo
James Beatty
Beatty
State Textbook Commission to Vote on Integrated Minority Textbooks
Indiana officials debated integrating minority groups into textbooks at a state textbook commission meeting in Hulman Center. State Superintendent Richard Wells pledged a letter outlining commission requests and anticipated a July vote to send proposals to publishers and district superintendents. The plan aims for inclusive treatment with no separate minority section.
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State Textbook Commission
Silver Room
Hulman Center
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Richard D. Wells
Commission
Hoosier GOP Favors Reagan If Nixon Fails Nomination
Indiana delegates weigh Reagan as second choice if Nixon loses the national convention. An AP poll shows Reagan weak, Rockefeller lacks solid support, and some delegates fear Reagan is too far right and Rockefeller too far left for Hoosier voters. Nixon’s unopposed primary binds all 26 delegates to him on the first ballot.
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Richard M. Nixon
Indiana
California
Ronald Reagan
Associated Press
Reagan
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Nixon
Republican National
Beardsley
Mayor Opposes City Run Ambulance Service in Terre Haute
Mayor Leland Larrison said he opposes a city run ambulance service even if funeral directors stop offering emergency transport. He favors private firms but opposes city funding. He also eyed selling the city bus operation to private operators and weighed site options for a new Post Office.
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Leland Larrison
Terre Haute
Vigo County Funeral Directors Association
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Larrison
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
A UPI dispatch notes the Alabama state motto pledging to defend rights with the phrase We dare defend our rights. The brief item highlights the motto as a point of state identity and pride.
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