Missing eight year old girl sought in Illinois Indiana hunt
A four day regional search for Dorothy Kavanaugh eight from Lawrenceville continues in northern Wabash and southern Lawrence counties. Authorities report a man in a pickup with a home built camper spoke with her before she vanished Monday. About 150 Civil Defense personnel and volunteers along with two Army helicopters and bloodhounds joined the search centered along the Wabash River near Mt. Carmel Indiana. A man, William Riley Gonder fifty seven was jailed on aggravated kidnapping charges with bond set at fifty thousand dollars.
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Mt. Carmel
Gibson County
Kansas City
William Riley Gonder
Olney
Ill
Gonder
Philip Benefiel
Robert Douglas, Robinson
Lawrenceville
Albion
Ind
Lawrence County
Richard Hunnicutt
Kenneth Kananaugh
Delta Queen Repairs After Pier Collision in Louisville
Delta Queen sustained port bow damage from a collision with a pier of the Ohio River bridge near Louisville. The sternwheel boat will head downstream to Evansville and back to Cincinnati, with 170 passengers and 75 crew aboard and no injuries reported. A hostess likened the crash to riding at sea amid dense fog.
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Louisville
Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Cincinnati
Green Line Steamers of
Kentucky Lake
Madison
Milton
Mariam Edgar
Ford Recalls 4 Million Cars Over Shoulder Belt Grommets
Ford Motor Co recalls 4.04 million 1970 and 1971 passenger cars to replace two shoulder belt grommets after reports of breakage. No injuries reported. Dealers will install neoprene O ring retainers. 1972 models already used O rings. Excludes convertibles and 1970 Mavericks.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
P. BE. Benton Jr
Ford
Lincoln-Mercury
Illinois delays effective date of implied consent drunk test law
The Illinois General Assembly postponed the eight implied consent law until October 1 and expect further delays. Rep. Howard Carroll says the move avoids hangups as breathalyzer machines await approval from the U S Public Health Department. Until then drivers may still refuse tests under the voluntary system.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
Howard Carroll
Chicago
House
Carroll
U.S. Public Health Department
Mixed emotions among Indiana death row inmates after ruling
Six inmates at the Indiana State Prison reacted to the Supreme Court ruling that barred capital punishment with varied feelings. Some feared prison population life while others saw relief, yet most emphasized doubt and worry about future life behind bars.
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Michigan City
Ind
U.S. Supreme Court
Indiana
Indiana State Prison
Charles A. Frith
East
Chicago
Frith
Anderson
Ralph E. Williams
Indianapolis
George R. Brown
Hobart
Brown
Gary
Russell Lash
State
Supreme Court
Charles Moore
Hold up at Indianapolis steals $111,146
An armed man posing as an outdoor cleaner robbed Union Federal Savings and Loan in Indianapolis before opening hours. He forced custodian Jennifer Beaver and manager Norma Mangold to place $111,146 into a box used for trash pickup. He reportedly said he would not kill them over money.
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Savings and Loan
Union Federal Savings and Loan Association
Jennifer Beaver
Norma Mangold
Area Farms Slated On FHA Tour in Indiana
An FHA tour in Indiana visits Wabash Valley farms and housing projects starting July 11 in Terre Haute. Rep. John T. Myers attends with FHA director W. Robert Peterson, visiting Riley sewer project Cory Warken farm Jasonville Miller farm and the Tri County Housing Corp senior rental units. Lunch follows the dedication.
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Indianapolis
Wabash Valley
Farmers Home Administration
Terre Haute
U.S
John T. Myers
FHA
W. Robert Peterson
Myers
Federal Building
Riley
Ind
Marvin L. Warken
RR 1
Cory
Warken
Clay County
Robert B. Miller
Jasonville
Miller
Tri-County Housing Corporation
Monroe
Lincoln Sts
Shel ton Subdivision Tour of Hunt Monument Works Dugger
At 3 15 p m a group will view the Hunt Monument Works in Dugger financed with Economic Opportunity Program funds under Title III by FHA The George William Clark farm, four miles south and four miles west of Dugger, a 272 acre grain and hog operation, is set to be toured at 4 15 p m The tour will be conducted at 5 p m
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Shelton
Hunt Monument Works
Dugger
Monument Company
FHA
George William Clark
Clark County Opens Annual Fair Sunday
Clark County Fair begins a seven day run at the Fairgrounds in Marshall Illinois with a schedule of events including swine carcass and swine shows, beef and dairy judging, baton contest, horse racing, Queen contest, talent contests, fireworks, and various derbies and horse shows across the week.
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Marshall
Ill
Clark County Fair
Zionsville Man Named New President of Ivy Tech
W Dwight Renner Jr of Zionsville will take the Ivy Tech presidency on July 15. The 53 year old former ITT Educational Services president and ITT planning director was chosen by the Ivy Tech board to succeed Dr Harry A McGuff who resigned in April. Board president Montague M Oliver praised Renner’s past performance and potential to expand Ivy Tech programs.
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Indianapolis
W. Dwight Renner Jr
Zionsville
Indiana Vocational Technical College
Renner
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
ITT Educational Services, Inc
ITT
Purdue University
Harry A. McGuff
Ivy Tech
Montague M. Oliver
Gary
Indiana
Indianapolis Boy Shot to Death
Police charged Andrew Griffin, 61, of Indianapolis, with murder in the rifle killing of 7 year old Daniel Taylor. Detectives said Daniel died of a head wound after Griffin reportedly returned to the Taylor home with a .22 caliber rifle following a dinner visit.
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Indianapolis
Andrew Griffin
Daniel Taylor
Winfred Taylor
Griffin
Taylor
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Death Row
Emmett O. Hashfield
Boonville
High Court
Hashfield
Beatty Memorial Hospital
Westville
Richard E. Kiefer
Fort Wayne
Robert P. Heyne
Marion County
Leroy New
SAINS
Woolco
Plaza North Shopping Center
Clark County
Ivytech
Ft. Harrison and
Lafayette
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