Nomination Expected on First Ballot
Eugene J. Cadou reports that a nomination is anticipated on the first ballot. Details on the candidate and party are not provided in the fragment.
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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1962
Page
1
Eugene J. Cadou reports that a nomination is anticipated on the first ballot. Details on the candidate and party are not provided in the fragment.
Indiana delegates at the Democratic state convention in Indianapolis hear Vance Hartke as keynote while Bayh, Boswell and Edwards vie for the U S Senate nomination amid reapportionment and civil rights policy debates. The platform calls for immediate state legislative reapportionment, stronger civil rights enforcement, and expanded school funding. Bayh appears poised to win on the first ballot as the convention progresses.
A French Air France Boeing 707 with about 108 aboard crashed on a Guadeloupe hillside before dawn during an approach to Pointe-a-Pitre. Debris burned, no signs of life found. Coast Guard traced distress signals and dispatched search planes and a patrol boat from San Juan.
President Kennedy faces defining policy toward Quemoy and Matsu amid a Chinese buildup along the Fukien coast. Washington cites three new Chinese divisions near the islands and debates whether a defense pledge should trigger a broader fight to defend Formosa and the Pescadores. Kennedy had warned such an assault would force a key decision, while noting he would back resistance if tied to defending Formosa. Continued on Page 2.
Vigo County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations sponsored a public session at Meadows School on financing school buildings. The discussion covered cumulative building funds general obligation bonds leases from a holding company and loans from the Veterans Memorial Loan Fund or the Common School Fund Loans. The group concluded the cumulative building fund is the most economical method though other plans are widely used.
Washington reports the farm bill failed 215 to 205 in the House, with 48 Democrats voting for defeat and 167 Republicans against. The White House warned the move would raise next year’s tax burden by about 1 billion dollars and worsen the deficit, while Republicans faced criticism for making it a party issue.
North Vernon Indiana. A drive to cover medical costs for 15 year old Joey Ringer who was paralyzed by a bullet wound has reached the $1500 mark. Ringer was accidentally shot last January while he and a companion were bird shooting.
The map shows forecast for Terre Haute and vicinity with partly cloudy warm weather and isolated thundershowers Saturday. Indiana stays fair and mild with high in the 80s to 90, Illinois sees a slow warming with showers and thunderstorms. River stage 3.3 ft, station readings around 66 at 6 am and 86 at 2 pm.
Chicago Transit Authority announced it will replace pot-bellied coal stoves with gas heaters in 38 elevated stations over the next four years.
CHICAGO June 22 AP The nation's railroads withdrew from National Mediation Board sessions with five on train brotherhoods over featherbedding. Chief negotiator J E Wolfe said the parties are no closer to settlement than two years ago. The break came as money issues neared resolution. A presidential emergency commission had urged work rule changes that could eliminate 40 000 freight and yard firemen jobs, but disputes over featherbedding stalled agreement.
The White House reports the four member mountain climbing party, including Woodrow Wilson Sayre, grandson of Woodrow Wilson, has been located in Khum Jung near Namche Bazar, Nepal. All are safe though weak. The group comprises three Americans and one Swiss with Sayre a Tufts professor.
John Killingbeck about 45 was killed today beneath the wheels of a Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad freight train at a crossing in Michigan City.
The nation's largest reclamation project in the Columbia River Basin will feature Grand Coulee Chief Joseph Rocky Reach Rock Island Wanapum Priest Rapids McNary John Day The Dallas and Bonneville. Once finished it will make the Columbia River the greatest hydroelectric power producer globally.
Police questioned scores of high school students at Morristown and Morris Plains stations after releasing an 18 year old ex Marine who was held six hours. Prosecutor Scerbo said no charges were filed and the man cooperated.
In Singapore June 22, Indonesian President Sukarno shifts toward open conflict with the Dutch over West New Guinea. He promises the territory by year’s end, signaling a possible military showdown despite earlier emphasis on Ellsworth Bunker mediated self determination.
Charles Ross Hulburd Jr. received a life imprisonment term in Vigo Circuit Court for the murder of Nellie Maxine Corby on December 28. A 12 member jury found him guilty of first degree murder, rejecting defenses and noting prior armed robbery convictions. The partially frozen body was found near downtown Terre Haute after Christmas.
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