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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1969
Page
5
The Indiana State Highway Commission certified 43 bids worth 15.98 million dollars as within engineering estimates. Twenty bids were rejected for exceeding estimates, including a 6.16 million dollar bid for the Interstate 94 segment in Porter County.
Utilities dispute leaves extra tar work unpaid as L. W. Edison Co. of Grand Rapids submitted the bid for bridges on I-94 and 4.3 miles of linking toll road work amid Indiana Toll Road Commission delays. Major area projects show low bids and bidders across Daviess County and Porter County.
A series of road construction items outline projects on U S 50 U S 33 U S 20 and various state routes in Indiana and Illinois. Named contractors include Keith Riley Construction Ralph Rogers Co Feigel Construction and others with project estimates ranging from about 36 thousand to 309 thousand dollars.
Undersecretary Elliott Richardson and Soviet chargé Yuri Tcherniakov met Tuesday to discuss enlarging the 18 nation Geneva disarmament conference. Japan and Mongolia were admitted earlier but agreement on additional participants remains elusive. Talks started in 1962 and recesses until July 28.
Terre Haute Board of Public Works approves a pedestrian crossing sign for the Ethyl-Visqueen Corp plant on Fort Harrison Rd. The board also agrees with Terre Haute Water Works Corp to install and supply water for a fire hydrant at Hulman Field for 90 dollars yearly.
Final arguments in a Muncie school integration case will be heard before U.S. District Judge James E. Noland on July 25. The suit, filed for Negro minors, challenges the district and comes after Judge Noland denied a stop order on a new 1,200 pupil high school on Muncie’s northwest side.
A reflective obituary fragment lauds a British icon as more than a century’s man. The speaker calls him a titan who transcends time, united with the ages, as final pages mark a monumental life. The passage closes with a tangential quip about a disordered desk and rare days off.
A fragment from a report notes a group feeling progress is incomplete and targets still unmet, describing motivation to push forward.
Four men tried to rob the First National Bank of La Jara Colorado on June 19. Three were captured after their plane bogged down on a muddy runway. the fourth was arrested later. Bond set at 50 000 each. The incident followed a $24 000 theft from the bank.
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