Whitcomb may remove critic from Indiana Vocational Board
Governor Whitcomb weighs removing Glenn Sample from the State Board of Vocational and Technical Education as the board adopts a $16,007,414 plan for fiscal 1969 70. Sample, IVTC representative on SBVTE, vows to fight for vocational education whether or not he stays on the board. The plan totals 16 million dollars with federal, state, and local funding and faces final approvals.
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Indianapolis
Whitcomb
Richard Wells
Wells
State Board of Vocational and Technical Education
Washington
Glenn Sample
Indiana Vocational and Technical College
Sample
IVTC
SBVTE
Zionsville
Indiana Vocational Technical College
Theodore Sendak
U.S. Education Office
Indiana
Disaster strikes busy Miami street when DC4 crashes
A disabled four engine DC4 cargo plane, after repairs, took off at 3 40 p m and crashed into a residential and business area a mile east of Miami International Airport. Ten people died and about a dozen were injured as investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board searched the rubble. Police and Red Cross work crews feared more bodies in the debris and estimated property losses near one million dollars.
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Miami Street
36Th St
Miami
Fla
Federal Aviation Administration
Richard Skully
International Air
National Transportation Safety Board
Miami International Airport
James Reese
Red Cross
Dominican Air Line
TEK Plans New Plant Expansion in Brazil Area
TEK Corporation announced a $75,000 8,000 square foot plant on 72 acres east of Brazil Indiana near U S Highway 40. Clyde Wilson says employment will rise from 21 to at least 75, with support from the Clay County Development Corporation and local suppliers and labor trained at nearby facilities.
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Brazil
Ind
TEK Corporation
Conoe
Clyde Wilson
Pratt & Whitney
Allison Division
General Motors Corp
Continental Aviation
Atlantic Research Corp
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Libby, McNeil & Libby
U. S. Highway 40
Clay County Development Corporation
Wilson
TEK
General Electric
U. S. Navy
W. C. Twigg & Associates
Weather Map Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana
The 6 am to noon readings show a warm spell with little temperature change. Terre Haute outlook calls for partly sunny skies with a chance of showers or thundershowers Wednesday, highs 83 to 90, lows 62 to 68. Indiana portions predict similar conditions with 50 percent tonight and 40 percent Wednesday precipitation chances.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Nuclear move halted after fire at Atomic Energy plant
Congress testimony reports a possible year end halt to U S nuclear missile production due to a crippling fire at an Atomic Energy plant. The report notes a severe disruption impacting defense programs and ongoing security policy debates.
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Washington
U. S
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Appropriations
Surtax Bill Near First House Test
Washington AP Rep Gerald R Ford, House Republican leader, says the House will vote to extend the income surtax. He expects at least 130 Republicans to back it, with support from Democrats to pass it after committee approval. Dirksen doubts passage before June 30, noting a continuing resolution may be needed.
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Washington
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
House
Senate
Ford
Committee On Ways and Means
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
House Rules Committee
Resolution Demands Immediate Fruitridge Avenue Widening
Vigo County Council approved a resolution urging immediate action to widen Fruitridge Avenue from Wabash to Park, with unanimous support from the council and Board of County Commissioners. County officials cited available funds from the Cumula tive Bridge Fund and about 140000 dollars forthcoming from the state for arterial roads to finance the project.
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Vigo County
Fruitridge Avenue
Wabash Avenue
Park Avenue
Max Cooprider
Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Harry Brentlinger
Kermit Nees
Joseph Silcock
Thomas W. Roberts
the Tribune
City of
Terre Haute
Clyde Williams & Associates
Indianapolis
Cooprider
Board of Commissioners
Coopridert
John W. Brentlinger
Nees
Cumulative
Fruitridge Ave
Fire Halts U.S. Missile Production
A damaging fire at the Rocky Flats plutonium plant may push back U S missile production for months to a year and delay antimissile warhead testing. AEC officials urge a $45 million emergency appropriation to restart operations while noting safeguards deployment remains on schedule.
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Rocky Flats
Colo
AEC
Congress
Air Force
E. B. Giller
Subcommittee
Allen Ellender
D-La
Giller
Glenn T. Seaborg
Seaborg
Paricutin Volcano Rises Fast in Mexican Eruption
The Paricutin volcano in Mexico began erupting in a cornfield in 1943 and formed a cone over 1,500 feet high in eight months, with lava flows covering more than 10 square miles.
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Mexico
Haas Challenges Vigo County School Survey Findings
Vigo County School Corp board member Paul Haas assailed the recent facilities survey as flawed and biased claiming costs could reach 80 million dollars. He questioned school replacement plans for McLean Junior High and Garfield High and noted discrepancies about maintenance buildings and administration space. The board also canceled a tenured teacher Mae Henderson’s contract amid related budget items and discussed funding for West Terre Haute elementary site acquisition.
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Vigo County School Corp
Paul Haas
Haas
Vigo County
John Sutherland
Pete Farmer
McLean
Garfield High School
McLean's
School Corporation
Gerstmeyer
Mae Henderson
Fayette School
Roy Mattox
West Terre Haute
Jack Williams
Army Corps Engineers
Supplies Reach Ben Het Camp Amid Heavy Siege
Badly needed aid finally reaches Ben Het Special Forces camp as a convoy breaks through encircling North Vietnamese forces. The arrival comes after days of heavy artillery bombardment with casualties reported among U S advisers and South Vietnamese troops.
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Saigon
Ben Het
Central Highlands
U. S
U.S
Dak
Laos
Cambodia
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Cassius Clay
Robert H. Finch
John H. Knowles
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Suez Canal
Carolyn Toops
Bob Horton
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Appropriations Subcommittee
Appropriations Committee
United Press International
Ben Het Camp
George Esper
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