Youth Seeks City Help for Rockefeller Campaign in Indy
Ralph Born, Purdue sophomore and Terre Haute native, works as regional organizer for New Majority for Rockefeller based in Indianapolis. He tours student and Young Republicans groups, argues polls show Rockefeller leads Nixon, yet faces discouraging reception at the GOP State Convention and among local officials.
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Leland Larrison
Nelson Rockefeller
Larrison
Richard Nixon
Ralph Born
Purdue University
Gerstmeyer High School
Rockefeller
Indianapolis
Nixon
Ken Merlau
Rockefeller Organization
Thruston Morton
Young Republicans
Terre Haute
Indiana State Univeristy
New York
Illinois
Chicago
New York City
Nixon seeks Indiana endorsement amid peace talks debate
The Indiana Rockefeller for President Committee pushes Nixon in Indiana. They frame him as firm on Civil Rights and open occupancy laws while weighing a coalition option with the Viet Cong in Vietnam peace talks. Indiana has 28 Nixon pledged delegates, with hopes some may shift if Nixon falters.
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Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Saigon
Nixon
Rockefeller
New York
Indiana
Miami
Eisenhower Medical Bulletin Halted as Recovery Progresses
Doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center stopped daily medical bulletins after Ike's fifth heart attack showed continued improvement. A spokesman said heartbeat irregularities had decreased and Ike remained in high spirits, enjoying light reading.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
Harvard President warns of rise in force over persuasion
Cambridge Massachusetts AP report says Harvard President Nathan M Pusey told the 1968 baccalaureate service there is a disturbing increase in people ready to assert force as a more effective means than rational persuasion.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
Nathan M. Pusey
St Bernice awards water system to L and K Construction
St Bernice Indiana selects L and K Construction Company of Terre Haute as low bidder for a new water system. Bid total is 118277.64 with Oberholtzer Co. as second. Project includes eight miles of pipe, pumping station, and reservoir financed by Farm and Home Administration. Construction could start in August and finish within 90 days.
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ST. Bernice
Caldwell Construction Co
Pitt-Des Moines Co
Murphy
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Farm and Home Administration
Clinton Water Utility
Blanford
Warren Ferguson
Centerpoint Accepts Two Water System Bids
Centerpoint Town Board accepted two bids for a water system project submitted June 5. L. G. Heine and Son Co. of Terre Haute offered the low bid of 131,982 dollars for water line construction, and Globe Industrial Contractors of Henderson Kentucky filed the low bid of 24,906 dollars for the water storage tank.
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Centerpoint, Ind
Centerpoint Town
Centerpoint
L. G. Heine and Son Co
Terre Haute
Globe Industrial Contractors
Henderson
Hartke Paired Against Bill in Senate Tax Vote
Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana was listed as paired against in a 64 to 16 Senate vote approving a tax surcharge and spending out bill. Hartke was in Indianapolis for the Democratic state convention and was paired with Senator Al Gore of Tennessee for the absence alignment.
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Washington
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Senate
Johnson
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Hartke
Indianapolis
Rose Poly 1968 grads earn above national starting pay
Rose Polytechnic Institute graduates in 1968 began engineering and science careers with starting salaries notably above the national average. Electrical and mechanical engineers led with monthly figures around 787 and 785 dollars, while physics, chemistry, and mathematics graduates also saw strong pay raises. Recruiting was intense, with General Motors and General Electric top employers, and 21 of 172 grads planned graduate study.
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Rose Polytechnic Institute
Rose
Paul B. Headdy
Chemical Engineers
Civil Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Pure Sciences
General Motors
General Electric
du Pont
U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot
Crane
Ind
Westinghouse
Bell Laboratories
Proctor and Gamble
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratories
Aluminum Company of America
Marathon, Oil
Eli Lilly
Rose Poly
Purdue
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Arizona
Michigan
Miami
Florida
Stevens Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Case-Western Reserve University
Rensselaer ,Poly
Northwestern University
United States Army
RPI
Warnin' JUDGE William Johns Speeding Fines Listed
A list of local traffic fines issued to multiple individuals including William Johns Callie Myers Alexander Fraser William Shorter John Wright Kenneth Menzel Lonnie Pitts Augustus Tabor Robert Wooley Raymond Stevens Ralph Boone Lavern Nottingham Jackie Petty for violations such as speeding signal light violations No operator s license improper license plates and operating a motorcycle without protective headgear with fines ranging from 3.25 to 32.25 dollars. The report includes ages and street addresses where provided.
Peace Corps Worker Returns From Turkey
Peace Corps volunteer Mike Bash returns to Terre Haute after two years in Turkey teaching English in Karamanli. He will train new volunteers at Occidental College this summer and reflect on Turkish friendships, independence goals, and attitudes toward Johnson and Cyprus. He also considers a three-year National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship at the University of Michigan.
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Terre Haute
Turkey
Mike Bash
James Bash
Monterey Ave
Asia Minor
Bash
Occidental College
California
Karamanli
Mike
Ameri
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Cyprus
Greece
John F
Robert F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
Morocco
National Defense
Uiversity of Michigan
Gallagher Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Vincennes
James M. Gallagher, 49, of Vincennes, was found guilty by a Knox Circuit Court jury of second degree murder for stabbing his brother Clarence, 45, at the defendant’s home on January 28. Jury deliberated two hours and 45 minutes. sentencing date not set as a pre sentence investigation was ordered. Detroit, Mich., was founded in 1701 by a Frenchman as a fort and trading post.
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Vincennes, Ind
UPI
James M. Gallagher
Vincennes
Knox
Gallagher
Clarence
Ernest Tilley Jr
Detroit
Mich
Limited Income Apartment Complex to Be Built Here
Ground will be broken Monday for Greenwood Manor a 96 unit five building complex for limited income families on the 10 acre Tevlin property at 19th St and Voorhees St. The two story brick veneer garden style development has 24 one bedroom 48 two bedroom and 24 three bedroom units. First occupancy expected in six months.
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Greenwood Manor
19Th St
Voorhees St
Tevlin
Howard T. Batman
Paul J. Pfister
Pfister & Co
County Recorder’s Office
Federal Housing Administration
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West Terre Haute
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12Th St
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William D. Shorter
S. 13Th St
John Wright
N. 13Th St
Kenneth Menzel
Lonnie Pitts
Elm St
Augustus H. Tabor
Hendricks Ave
Robert I. Wooley
8Th St
Raymond Stevens
Ralph Boone
S. 10Th St
Lavern Nottingham
6Th Ave
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