House Vote On Surtax Extension Called Off
EDMOND LEBRETON reports the House postponed a vote on Nixon’s surtax extension as likely defeat prompts delay. The plan would extend 10 percent surtax six months and five percent six months, with repeal of the investment tax credit and aid to 130 million taxpayers. A new date was not set. emergency measures include maintaining withholding at current rates.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
John MeeCormack
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
Wiley Girls Die in Truck Crash Near Manhattan
Two Wiley High School graduates, Jane M. Rohan and Kathleen L. Witham, both teens from Manhattan, were killed when their car skidded on U S 40 two miles west of town and struck a parked semitrailer at 11:58 a.m. Tuesday. Rohan, 17, had just passed a vehicle and was shifting back to the right lane when the accident occurred.
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Jane M. Rohan
S. 7Th St
Kathleen L. Witham
Wallace Ave
Wiley High School
U. S. 40
Manhattan
Miss Rohan
Indiana Traffic Deaths Rise in June Crash Case
An Indiana driver lost control in rain, skidded across the highway into a parked semi trailer in a motel lot. Wayne Keller, 51, of Eaton Ohio, drove the trailer. Scene observers cited slick pavement and wet conditions contributing to the crash. Continued on Page 2 Col 4.
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Wayne Keller
Eaton
Ohio
Father Held In Stabbing Deaths of 8
In Jersey City Rafael Torres 42 a Puerto Rican merchant free on one murder charge was arrested on charges of stabbing or beating to death his wife and seven of their nine children. An eighth child was critically wounded. He offered no explanation and was said to be in a daze. The bodies were found in the couple’s apartment with a hunting knife and a bat nearby. Police note all victims were in nightclothes and attacked in bed. Torres was free on $7 500 bail on a Hoboken murder charge against a brother.
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Jersey City
N.J
UPI
Rafael Torres
William McCarthy
Torres
Hoboken
John Karst
Braille Named After Louis Braille Discoveries
The braille writing system for the blind, composed of raised dots, is named for Louis Braille the French inventor who developed it in 1826 at age 15.
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Louis Braille
Stoner urges more school aid and tax reform in Indiana
Richard B. Stoner, Indiana Policy Commission on Post High School Education chair, calls for higher share of state taxes for education and a restructuring of Indiana's tax system. He praises IV Tech but warns against its state takeover as sole solution and backs Gordon St. Angelo as party chair.
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Indiana
Richard B. Stoner
Indiana Policy Commission
Stoner
Columbus
Cleaver Among Black Panthers Reported Imprisoned in Cuba
In Havana an American Black Panther said he and other party members are isolated and imprisoned in Cuba and seek to leave. Raymond Johnson of Alexandria La a Panther lieutenant says leaders and followers face confinement isolation and forced labor in Cuban camps. He cites racial discrimination and suppression of black awareness and Afro hair styles as part of the crackdown. Continued on Page 7 Col 4.
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Havana
Cuba
Eldridge Cleavyer
Raymond Johnson
Alexandria
Johnson
Black Panther Movement
Tony
Panther
Panthers
National Airlines
New Orleans
United States
Southern University
Baton Rouge
Rains Cause Phone Trouble in Terre Haute
A Gen Tel crew from Lafayette aided restoration after overnight storms knocked out about 400 phones in Terre Haute. Fire alarms were triggered multiple times during the storm, with one minor-damage incident reported. Daniel E. Worley, district manager, urged patience as showers continued.
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Terre Haute
General Telephone Co
Lafayette
Daniel E. Worley
Gen Tel
Weather Forecast Terre Haute Area Warm and Humid Thundershowers
The forecast calls for partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions in Terre Haute and vicinity with a chance of afternoon and evening thunder showers. Highs near 90 to 95, lows 70 to 75, with a 30 percent precipitation likelihood tonight and 50 percent Thursday. Illinois shows occasional showers ending this forenoon, then partly cloudy with highs upper 80s to low 90s.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Peru plans sweeping land reform to aid peasants
President Velasco announces a national land reform to expropriate private estates and foreign holdings including Cerro de Pasco and Grace properties. The policy targets agrarian industrial cooperatives, with the United States signaling consequences and several big plantations cited. The plan promises liberation for peasants, ending lifelong poverty.
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Lima
Peru
Juan Velasco
U.S
Cerro de Pasco
W. R. Grace & Co
New York
Grace
John C. Duncan
Duncan
Washington
Velasco
International Petroleum Co
ICC
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
United States
Casagrande
Pacific Ocean
Wells and Isaacs Clash Over IVTech Role in Indiana
State School Supt Richard Wells seeks to abolish IVTech and control vocational programs. C Huston Isaacs, head of the Wabash Valley Regional Institute, argues IVTech fills a gap between secondary schools and universities and warns against duplication. Isaacs says secondary schools cannot meet vocational needs and praises IVTech’s flexible two year programs. The IVTech concept, created in 1963, faces survival challenges amid departmental opposition. Continued on Page 7, Col. 4.
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Richard D. Wells
Indiana Vocational Technical College
Ivtech
Indiana
C. Huston Isaacs
Wabash Valley Regional Institute
Isaacs
Wells
Vigo County School Corp
Indiana General Assembly
Panthers Say They Are Isolated In Cuba
An American Black Panther and other members of the militant party say they have been isolated and imprisoned in Cuba and seek to leave. He implies Eldridge Cleaver is among the discontented.
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Havana
Militant
Cuba
Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
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