Indianapolis teens share farm life on Thorn Town host farms
Fourteen slum children from Indianapolis, ages 8 to 14, stay this week with eight Thorn Town farm families. The program, begun by Mrs. Lawrence H. Peery and aided by Indianapolis churches, pairs underprivileged youths with local farms to learn animal care, crops, and rural living, staying with host families and absorbing a sense of community.
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Thorntown
Ind
Indianapolis
Acre
Lawrence HH. Peery
New Castle
Chicago
Lewis H. Deer
Broadway Christian Center
Peerys
Nancy
Lynn
Alan
Robin
Vivian
Here
Nathan Tinsley
Rosalyn Rhine
India Bell
Belton
Broadway Community Center
Center
Riots erupt in Buffalo as fires and looting shock city
In three nights of rioting in Buffalo, about 150 fires were set including gasoline bombs. Affected areas centered on Jefferson Ferry Madison avenues with 66 000 Negro residents. Police with 1300 officers battled gangs while Mayor Sedita urged calm and promised job outreach.
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Jefferson-Ferry-Madison — Avenues
Alice McClure
James Neal
East Ferry Street
Neal
Frank A. Sedita
Outstanding parent of the year named in Missouri
Roy Brewer of Rosendale, Missouri, 38, father of four daughters, Jerrie Diane 14 Ginger 11 Claudia Kay 5 and Belinda Ann 4, has been chosen by the International Organization of Parents Without Partners as the outstanding parent of the year. He has been a widower since shortly after his youngest daughter was born.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Missouri
Roy Brewer
Rosendale
International Organization of Parents Without Partners
Brewer
Jerrie Diane
Ginger
Claudia Kay
Belinda Ann
U N Assembly Faces Israel Clash Over War
In an emergency session debate the United Nations Assembly weighed Israel’s actions amid competing resolutions. Premier Levi Eshkol warned against relinquishing lands while nonaligned and Latin American blocs drafted their own measures. The Soviet Union pushed for condemnation and forced withdrawal, the United States urged negotiated withdrawal and a durable peace. Albania joined with a toned condemnation of Western direct participation in the conflict.
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Levi Eshkol
Israel
Soviet Union
United States
Albania
Staes
Britain
Fischer Named Chief of Traffic in Vigo County
Deputy Eddie Fischer, a 20 year Terre Haute Police veteran, is named chief of traffic for the Vigo County Sheriff's office by Sheriff Clyde Lovellette. A World War II veteran and former Army sergeant, Fischer lives with his wife Donna and their son William at 4811 Wabash Ave. His appointment fills the vacancy after Joe Burton's resignation.
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Eddie Fischer
Vigo County
William
Wabash Ave
Bill
Glenn Junior High
Edward
Pennsylvania Railroad
Terre Haute
Fischer
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's
Joe Burton
United Presbyterian Women elect new president
The 560000 member US Presbyterian Women elected Mrs Harold E Boesch of Kensington Maryland as president for a three year term succeeding Mrs Luther Berhenke of Midland Michigan.
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Lafayette
Ind
National
United Presbyterian Women Organization
Harolde. Boesch
Kensington
Luther Berhenke
Midland
Mich
Vocational Classes to Open in Fall Across Eight Counties
WVRI plans fall enrollment for seven county region including Vermilion, Parke, Putnam, Clay, Owen, Sullivan, Greene, and Vigo. Programs cover industrial chemistry welding automotive health occupations and building trades with lower fees than state universities. Speakers from state offices and Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce outlined need and funding.
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Indianapolis
Booz, Allen and Hamilton
Vermillion
Parke
Putnam
Clay
Owen, Sullivan, Greene
Vigo
C. Huston Isaacs
WVRI
Vernie Potter
Terre Haute
George Constantine
Phyllis Baker
Isaacs
Dick Davidson
Birdsall
Ivy Tech
Constantine
Kosygin Ends Conferences With Castro
Soviet Premier Kosygin and Fidel Castro concluded talks in Havana with a plain understanding and no public details. He planned a stop in Paris to meet De Gaulle before heading to New York, after discussions on Latin American revolution and Soviet relations.
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Havana
Alexei N. Kosygin
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Castro
Kosygin
Pinar del Rio
Guane
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Johnson
United States
de Gaulle
Tass
Latin America
Harris resigns as Terre Haute city engineer
Raymond P. Harris, Terre Haute city engineer and president of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners, submitted his resignation effective July 1 to take a private industry position. He was appointed March 15, 1961, after Albert Ellis. Harris is a Rose Polytechnic graduate and World War II veteran. He and his wife live on Ohio Boulevard with four children.
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Raymond P. Harris
Terre Haute
Board of Sanitary Commissioners
Albert “Mike” Ellis
Indiana State Penal Farm
Harris
Rose Polytechnic Institute
New York
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Ohio Blvd
Driver's license suspended for DUI in Sullivan county
The state Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced that Jerry D. Sherrill of Dugger had his driver's license suspended on a charge of drunken driving. The license suspension runs from June 7 until September 5, 1967.
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Sullivan, Ind
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Jerry D. Sherrill
Dugger
Civitan International Holds 47th Annual Convention
About 2000 Civitan members from the United States and Canada gather in Hot Springs, Arkansas for the 47th Civitan International convention. Terre Haute participants include James Watkins as president and Harold Rost as president-elect with their wives. Renowned speakers include Dr. Kenneth McFarland of Topeka and Chester H. Lauck of Hot Springs, famedLum of Lum and Abner.
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Civitans
United States
Canada
Hot Springs
Ark
Civitan International
Terre Haute
James Watkins
Presdent
Harold Rost
Kenneth McFarland
Topeka
Kan
Chester H. Lauck
Lum
Abner
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Mrs. Peery
Woodburn Printing Co., Inc
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Buffalo
Jordan River
Allenby Bridge
PIO
Vwerbe
Eame
Aim
Oun & An
U.S
Dt Ree
Indiana
U.N. Assembly
UPW Elect
Civitan
Lennox
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