Percy declines to pick a 1968 GOP presidential front runner
In a jammed news conference Sen elect Charles H. Percy says he has no favorite for the 1968 GOP nomination. He avoids endorsing Romney or Nixon and stresses he will serve as a good senator for six years, while noting leadership debate on the Republican side.
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Washington
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Michigan
George Romney
Richard M Nixon
Percy
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Romney
Goldwater
House Republican Conference
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Nixon
Puerto Rico
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Capitol
R-Ill
Federal suit seeks eighty thousand dollars in damages
National Food Producers inc suits Western Testing inc and Cat tle Club Franchisers inc in Terre Haute federal court over an $80,000 claim. Contract signed Feb 25 1966 in Belle Union Indiana required livestock care and feeding. plaintiff says terms were breached. Attorneys Alan H Lobley and H A Boyd represent defendants and plaintiff respectively. Court transfer cites multi state parties and damages over $10,000.
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National Food Producers, Inc
Western Testing, Inc
Cattle Club Franchisers, Inc
Terre Haute Division of
Federal Court
Putnam Circuit
Belle Union
Ind
Alan H. Lobley
H. A. Boyd
Army Names Four New Recruits At Fort Knox
Four new Army enlistees announced by local recruiter S Sgt Colin Webb begin basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky. Jerry A Jackson 19 of Marshall Illinois will train in engineer heavy equipment operation and maintenance. Frederick E Storms 18 of West Terre Haute Indiana a 1966 West Vigo High School graduate seeks Officer Candidate School. Phillip L Weddle 18 from Farmersburg and Glenn L Oliver 22 of Martinsville Illinois join the Auto Repair and Army Medical School Center paths respectively.
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Fort Knox
U.S. Army
Jerry A. Jackson
Frederick E. Storms
Phillip L. Weddle
Glenn. L. Oliver
Jackson
James Jackson
Oak St
Marshall
Storms
Louis Storms
N. 3Rd St
West Terre Haute
West Vigo
Weddle
John Weddle
Farmersburg
Oliver
Lloyd Oliver
N. Ferrer
Martinsville
Ill
Army Medical School Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Army
Colin Webb
Wabash College to inaugurate Paul W. Cook Jr as president
Wabash College in Crawfordsville Ind will inaugurate Dr Paul W Cook Jr 40 as its 10th president on December 3 succeeding Dr Byron K Trippet Cook has spent 10 years at Harvard Graduate School of Business Theodor Hesburgh of Notre Dame and George Beadle of Chicago will receive honorary degrees at the ceremony.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Wabash College
Paul W. Cook Jr
Byron K. Trippet
Cook
Harvard Graduate School of Business
Theodore M. Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
George W. Beadle
University of Chicago
Milwaukee Clerk Foils Two Robbers At West Side Dry Cleaners
Mrs Victorene Pflanzer a clerk at a west side dry cleaners thwarted two holdup men Tuesday telling them she had no money after they stripped her cash register of 26 50 ten minutes earlier. Police report three bandits were involved in the sequence of events.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Victorene Pflanzer
West Side
Living costs rise again as prices climb nationwide
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent monthly rise in living costs with broad gains in housing clothing medical care and autos while food drops 0.2 percent. The CPI stands at 114.5 with annual inflation around 3.7 percent. Factory earnings rise slightly but purchasing power slips 20 cents weekly. Commissioner Ross notes the inflationary trend and links auto price hikes to safety equipment and warranties in 1967 models.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur M. Ross
Czechoslovak Economist Proposes 210 Mile Sea Tunnel
Dr. Karel Zlabek argues in T-66 that a 210 mile tunnel from southern Czechoslovakia to the Adriatic Sea could be built for about 2 billion dollars to give landlocked Czechoslovakia sea access.
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Vienna
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Karel Zlabek
Adriatic Sea
Half Million Autos Recalled for Safety Defects
Detroit AP reports a wide recall affecting 527,962 U S built cars and trucks amid industry sales lag and production cuts. Owners will have labor and parts replacement costs covered by manufacturers.
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Detroit
Washington
U.S
Rolls-Royce
England
Japan
Honda
Two Wills Accepted For Probate In District Court
Commissioner Edward L. Hamilton admitted two wills to probate. Mary Anna Snedeker died Nov 16 at 81 leaving an $11 000 estate to daughter Mary Ruth Bowen and sons Walter R. Snedeker Robert R. Snedeker and Charles R. Snedeker with Maxwell G. Cassle named executor. Bertha E Warren died Nov 5 at 65 leaving a 3100 estate to Frances Warren King Betty Warren Stevens and Howard Warren with Sam Beecher Sr. as co executor and counsel. The fluid part of blood is called plasma.
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Edward L. Hamilton
Mary Anna Snedeker
Mary Ruth Bowen
Evansville
Walter R. Snedeker
Alexandria, Va
Robert R. Snedeker
West Terre Haute
Charles R. Snedeker
Seelyville
Maxwell G. Cassle
Betty Warren Stevens
Howard Warren
Kokomo
Sam Beecher Sr
S. 15Th St
Wider Distribution Urged On Taxes by Indiana Panel
Indiana's tax study agency urges broader distribution of state collected taxes to fund rising local government costs. The commission opposes county sales taxes and state imposed property tax caps and proposes elected township assessors appointed by the State Board of Tax Commissioners. It also recommends an $80,000 personal estate tax exemption and simplifies inheritance taxes.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Commission On State Tax and Financing Policy
General Assembly
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Commission
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