Clark County Fair Opens with Baton Twirling Prelims
Marshall Illinois citizens flocked to the Clark County Fair as it opens the 1969 edition with baton twirling preliminaries. Ten finalists compete for the Fair Queen crown, Miss Sherri Perisho to crown the winner. Events include Cavalcade of Thrills with All-Girl Auto Daredevils, Kids Day, night harness racing, talent shows, lawn tractor pulls, and a western horse show.
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Marshall, Ill
Clark County
Clark County Fair
Karen Arbuckle
Mary Ann Haugh
Marilyn Hoggatt
Becky Hurt
Cynthia Keller
Donna Lowry
Dianna McCarting
Beverly Laughlin
Camille Stallings
Patty Turner
Sherri Perisho
Martinsville
Cars Damaged In Mishaps In Terre Haute Area
Damages estimated at 1700 dollars were reported from two Sunday accidents in Terre Haute. The first on U S Highway 40 in front of Phoenix Country Club involved three cars and injuries. The second at U S Highway 41 and Maple Avenue caused 700 dollars in damage to two cars.
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Terre Haute
U. S. Highway 40
Phoenix Country Club
Stanley Kukas
Monterey Ave
Kukas
Linda L. Harris
Farrington Ave
Martin R. Cohen
Barton Ave
Harris
Cohen
Highway 41
Maple Avenue
Willis R. Johnston
Elmhurst
Ill
U.S. 41
Larry S. Budd
Rockville
Budd
Johnston
Two Gary Residents Charged in Eat-In At Republican Dinner
Jean Thurman and Jesse Steven Morris were arrested on malicious trespass charges linked to an May 17 eat-in at the Lake County Republican dinner event at the National Guard armory in Gary. Both were named in sealed indictments by the county grand jury for their roles in the incident.
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Gary, Ind
Lake County
Jean Thurman
Gary
Jesse Steven Morris
National Guard
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Rubber Man Tshombe Dies in Algiers at 49
Moise Tshombe long called the rubber man of African politics died in his sleep in Algiers at age 49 after two years of solitary confinement. The former Congo Katanga premier rose to power after secession and was later exiled in Europe before hijack and detention in Algeria. Autopsy planned.
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Algiers
Moise Tshombe
The
Congo
Katanga
Tshombe
Algeria
Spain
Palma de Majorca
Kinshasa
Leopoldville
Moses
Musumba
Europe
Belgium
Joseph Kasavubu
Patrice Lumumba
South Africa
Rhodesia
United Nations
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Zambia
Hammarskjold
Ham
Skjold
Lumumba
Kasaoubu
Joseph Mobutu
Houari Moumedienne
Israel
Mobutu
Bloomington Library Arson Suspect Arraigned
Charles Eugene Sweet 28 a IU library employee in Bloomington faces arraignment on two counts of second degree arson for fires at the Indiana University library causing over 1 million dollars in damage. He admitted starting fires Feb 17 in the graduate library and May 1 in the main library and failed polygraph tests.
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Bloomington
Ind
UPI
Charles Eugene Sweet
Indiana University Library
Sweet
Here
Larry Skerd
Skerd
Tu’s
Old Graduate Library
Chicago
Ikerd
Graduate Library
Kendallville
Monroe Superior Court
Donald Rogers
Monroe
Whitcomb urges McKinney to stay on IU board
Gov. Whitcomb asked Frank McKinney to withdraw his resignation as Indiana University trustee. McKinney, IU board chairman since 1962, cited medical advice and a term ending Thursday. Whitcomb praised McKinney for opposing campus disorders and urged continued service. McKinney leads American Fletcher National Bank Corp.
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Indianapolis
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Frank E. McKinney
Indiana University
McKinney
Whitcomb
American Fletcher National Bank Corp
Drownings Reported Across Indiana Over Weekend
The Associated Press notes several drownings in Indiana during a warm weekend. Four year old Matthew Scheele of Fort Wayne died in a pond near his parents summer home. Stanley Arnold of South Bend, 24, drowned in the St Joseph River. Donald Mandell, 45, of Gary, is believed dead after a motorboat incident near Porter Beach in Lake Michigan.
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Indiana
Fort Wayne
Matthew Scheele
Richard Scheele
William Scheele
Porter Beach
Donald Mandell
Gary
Inmate Escape At Indiana State Prison Farm
Two inmates Edward Thomas and Charles Badger escaped Sunday from the Summit Farm near La Porte. Thomas 49, a first degree murder convict, and Badger 38, serving for child neglect, were listed as escapes from the Indiana State Prison system.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Edward Thomas
Charles Badger
Summit Farm
la Porte
Thomas
Madison County
Badger
Allen County
Illinois Judge Under Scrutiny For Racing Ties
Springfield AP reports Rep. George Lindberg says the Illinois House committee will probe potential conflicts of interest involving Cook County Circuit Court Judge Robert Lee Hunter. Hunter serves as secretary and owns stock in Fox Valley Trotting Club while presiding over Divorce Court. Hunter opposes the new conflict of interest law set to take effect January 1, 1971.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Robert Lee Hunter
Cook County
George W. Lindberg
Crystal Lake
Hunter
Fox Valley Trotting Club
Sportsman's Park
Cicero
Elizabeth
Lindberg
Vietnamese Rebel Leader Arrives for Official Visit to Cambodia
Huynh Tan Phat, president of the Viet Cong's provisional revolutionary government of South Vietnam, arrives in Phnom Penh for an official Cambodian visit.
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Phnom Penhi
Cambodia
Huynh Tan Phat
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary Government
South Vietnam
Camboia
Bring Em Back Alive holiday safety drive urged by AAA
The AAA holiday safety campaign promoted by the Terre Haute Auto Club urges positive travel, avoids fear tactics, and emphasizes planning routes, keeping vehicles in good condition, wearing belts, obeying speed limits, not driving after drinking, and driving defensively to keep families safe during July Fourth travel.
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American Automobile Association
Terre Haute Auto Club
AAA
United States
Canada
E. S. Hickey
The
Hickey
State School Reorganization Agency Dies
INDIANAPOLIS AP The 10 year life of the State Commission on School Reorganization ends at midnight tonight. Created to oversee reorganization of school corporations under a 1959 law, 966 corporations existed then and 289 remain. No penalties exist for noncompliance. Arthur Campbell, executive secretary, said 33 townships in 18 counties have not complied. law requires corporations to have at least 1000 pupils in grades 1 through.
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Indianapolis
State Commission On
Arthur Campbell
Commission
Campbell predicts legislature to force school reorganizations
Campbell says the next legislature will pass a law forcing reorganization by holdout school corporations. He cites township trustees resisting loss of power and communities fearing loss of their high school basketball teams. No changes yet in Greene, Jefferson or Madison counties. Reorganization plans exist in Franklin and Whitely counties but not enacted.
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Campbell
Greene
Jefferson
Madison
Franklin
Whitley
Mystery Shrouds Animal's Origin In Ponca City
In Ponca City Oklahoma the mystery creature hops like a rabbit scratches its face with hind feet and grows a tail. It resembles a guinea pig with albino eyes and angora fur baffling veterinarians and zoologists. The Hendersons say the mother was a guinea pig and the father is unknown though a large white Easter bunny occupied the mothers cage for months.
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Ponca City
Okla
Oklahoma
Arthur Henderson
Henderson's
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