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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1967
Page
9
Terre Haute police questioned over 50 men in the death of a local woman found beaten in her apartment at 2 45 a m Saturday. Two men were with the victim shortly before the slaying, one driven to the apartment less than two hours prior. The case, led by Chief Jack Ford, remains unresolved as investigators probe companions and motives.
A U S Air Force Phantom was shot down by Red Chinese planes after straying into Chinese airspace near Hainan Island. The two pilots were rescued from the South China Sea with no serious injuries. The aircraft was on a flight from Clark Field to Da Nang and reportedly lost navigational and communications gear.
Local conditions show yesterday high 85 and low 59 with no precipitation. Terre Haute and vicinity expect sun and mild conditions with highs upper 70s today and Tuesday, lows 50s to 60s, and near zero to 10 percent precipitation chance. Indiana remains mostly sunny with highs near 70s and Illinois sees warmer, partly cloudy weather through Tuesday.
The two leaders failed to resolve Vietnam and Middle East disputes during the Glassboro summit but pledged ongoing direct contact. Johnson and Kosygin spoke to crowds in New Jersey and New York, with Rusk and Gromyko to pursue concrete steps, while noting the talks reduced global danger.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin left New York for Cuba after a nine day visit that included meetings with President Johnson and a United Nations session. He flew from Kennedy Airport aboard an Ilyushin 18 indicating hopes to ease global tensions.
Indiana's new 119 million Cayuga generating station near Cayuga advances with Gust K Newberg Construction Co winning the sub structure contract. Completion of this phase is set for mid 1968 with 20 workers starting this week and 50 to 100 later. The coal plant will reach 1 million kilowatts, unit one planned for 1970, with Westinghouse supplying the initial turbine generator. E E Schnitzius Co has cleared 90 percent of the site and Gerard Excavation Co 75 percent of grading and paving.
The text notes no national US holiday. presidents and Congress designate only DC and federal workers, while states decide their own holidays by law or executive proclamation. It mentions jurisdiction varies by state and that designation is by legislative or executive action.
Albania at the United Nations condemned the Kosygin Johnson talks as treachery against Arabs and urged Arab solidarity. Nesti Nasi, Albania's foreign minister, accused Soviet support of fraud and warned that Albania stands with Soviet allies against Western pressure. The report also describes Vietnam ground fighting and U.S. air missions in North Vietnam.
Cairo's international airport was closed to commercial flights this morning as Egyptian jet fighters operated over the capital. A Communist Czechoslovakia delegation arrived and Greece's Olympic Airways was notified the facility would stay closed until further notice. The airport had only just reopened a week earlier.
A Crawfordsville man Jack Phillips 20 and his two children John 24 and Janice months old were injured and burned when a home exploded after he turned on a light following a gas odor. Mrs Phillips 20 suffered shock. the family used bottled gas and the kitchen sink was blown 50 feet. Darlington Marshal Gene Jackman said he rescued the infant from the kitchen as the two story house was destroyed.
John P. Beadles of Murrayville was elected state commander as Illinois American Veterans closed its 22nd annual convention in Jacksonville. Mrs. Jean French of East Peoria was elected president of the Department of Auxiliaries.
Two youths remained in Greene County Hospital with one in serious condition after a Saturday night head-on collision near Linton. The deaths included driver Franklin Joe Ashba and two passengers, John F. Graves and Robert L. Bennett. Joyce Keller, 16, suffered possible internal injuries as a passenger in the Letsinger car. Robert Webb, 21, was treated for facial lacerations and concussion. Authorities say Ashba’s southbound car crossed the center line on SR 59 four miles north of Linton, colliding with Letsinger’s northbound vehicle returning from a drive-in. Burial and funeral details followed for the deceased as services were planned in Jasonville and Sullivan.
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