Ambulance service to begin in Vigo County
In Kokomo Indiana sniper attacks wounded 13 police including Chief Raymond Kellar during unrest in a Negro neighborhood. A cross burning and arrests preceded the violence. Tindall DeLong announced DeLong Ambulance Service will start in Vigo County at 12:01 a.m. July 1 with four ambulances and a county fee of 35 dollars per call. Police and riot troopers reinforced the area as officers reported shots from shotguns and bricks and watermelons damaged property.
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Kokomo
Ind
Raymond Kellar
Kellar
Judy Crumpton
Washington, D. C
Larry Green
Tindall E. DeLong
DeLong Ambulance Service
Holiday Inn
Vigo County
DeLong
Terre Haute
Highland Park
Sam Burch
Omaha
Neb
Cairo
Fresh Troops and Supplies Flown Into Ben Het
Besieged Ben Het received a fresh company of South Vietnamese irregulars to replace worn troops while U S cargo planes dumped over 40 tons of supplies in two days. Air Force water drops aided the camp, though some units faced water shortages. Heavy shelling by North Vietnamese continued as ground action stalled due to bad weather and limited air support.
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Saigon
Ben Het
U.S
Air Force
ISU to Change Commencement to August Start
Indiana State University trustees voted to add an August commencement for 1970 and future summers, allowing degrees to be awarded to students who finish in summer sessions. President Rankin cited awkwardness at June ceremonies, rising class sizes, and weather risks as reasons for the change.
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Indiana State University Board of Trustees
Alan C. Rankin
ISU
Rankin
Douglas Smith
Purdue University
ISU Computer Center
Bayh Opposes Air Guard Mission Change At Hulman Field
U S Senator Birch Bayh criticized the National Guard Bureau move to alter the 181st Tactical Fighter Group’s mission at Hulman Field during a news conference in Terre Haute. He said he has pursued talks and appeals without success and questioned the Pentagon justification. Bayh also promoted a constitutional amendment for presidential elections by popular vote at a Taft Institute session.
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U.S
Birch E. Bayh Jr
National Guard Bureau
181St Tactical Fighter Group
Hulman Field
Bayh
Robert A. Taft Institute of Government
Pentagon
Henri
Marshall F. Kizer
Plymouth
Weather Map and Local Forecast report
The daily weather map shows river stage at 9.6 feet and falling. Indiana reports thunderstorms ending tonight with cooler, less humid conditions and mid 70s to mid 80s temperatures. Illinois notes a thunderstorm watch with possible hail and damaging winds. today near 90. Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with lows around 70. Dirt-dust level 63 micrograms per cubic meter.
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Terre Hate
Indiana
Illinois
Jordanian Request to U N Council for Middle East Meeting
Jordan asked the United Nations Security Council for an emergency session as Arab influence grows and fighting escalates along cease fire lines. Moshe Dayan warned of mobilizing reserves and warned Egypt could start a new war in the Sinai as clashes rise along the Suez Canal and near Jerusalem.
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Moshe Dayan
Israel
Middle East
U. N. Security Council
Dayan
Tel Aviv
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Suez Canal
Wailing Wall
Old Jerusalem
Jordan
Security Council
Holy City
AWS
Peace Talks Deadlocked in Vietnam Negotiations
Paris dispatch reports no progress in the 23rd session of Vietnam peace talks. Communist delegates warn time is running out for the United States and insist on a coalition government in Saigon or the ousting of the present administration. American negotiator Harold Kaplan accuses the Communists of non negotiation while the U S delegation plans to wait out the talks.
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America
Nixon
U.S
Harold Kaplan
Kaplan
Viet Cong
Saigon
Saion
South Vietnam
Jacko the rat killer set record in London pit
The dog Jacko owned by Mr. J Shaw killed 1000 rats in one hour and forty minutes in 1862 at a London rat pit, marking a notable historic feat in pest control.
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Jacko
J. Shaw
London
Fulbright Attacks Trade Restrictions On Communist Europe
Sen J W Fulbright accuses the Nixon administration of opposing easing trade with European Communist nations. Ahead of a House vote on a Senate passed 60 day Export Control Act extension, the State Department backs relaxation while NSC overrules to extend the act with limited authority.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
State Department
Nixon
Europe
Arkansas Democrat
House
Senate
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Philip H. Trezise
Johnson
National Security Council
NSC
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Joseph A. Greenwald
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