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  2. History of Indiana - Wikipedia

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    They included Indiana State University, established in Terre Haute in 1865 as the state normal school for training teachers. Purdue University was founded in 1869 as the state's land-grant university, a school of science and agriculture. Ball State University was founded as a normal school in the early 20th century and given to the state in ...

  3. Pontiac (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    In mid-year 1977, Pontiac introduced the Phoenix, an upscale version of the Ventura which replaced the Ventura entirely after the end of the 1977 model year. Pontiac also introduced its 151 cu in (2.5 L) "Iron Duke" 4-cylinder overhead valve engine. It was first used in the 1977 Astre, replacing Astre's aluminum-block 140 cu in (2.3 L) Vega engine.

  4. Indiana State University - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.indstate.edu. Indiana State University (ISU) is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was founded in 1865 and offers over 100 undergraduate majors and more than 75 graduate and professional programs. [4] Indiana State is classified among "D/PU: Doctoral/Professional Universities".

  5. Ball brothers - Wikipedia

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    Eastern Indiana Normal University, a small, private teacher training school that was a forerunner to Ball State University, opened in 1899 to help boost the development of the city of Muncie Indiana located in Delaware County, Indiana. The school opened to much fanfare after the dedication of the administration building on August 28, 1899. [32]

  6. Oakland Motor Car Company - Wikipedia

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    Oakland's part in this plan was the 1926 Pontiac, a shorter-wheelbase "light six" priced to sell at a four-cylinder car's price point, but still above Chevrolet. Pontiac was the first of the companion marques introduced, and in its first year sold 49,875 units. [3] By 1929, GM sold 163,000 more Pontiacs than Oaklands.

  7. California to require schools to ban or limit student ...

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    In May, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul encouraged legislators to enact a statewide ban on cellphones at public schools including the largest school district in the U.S., according to several reports.

  8. Stutz Motor Car Company - Wikipedia

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    The Stutz Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Indianapolis, Indiana that produced high-end sports and luxury cars. The company was founded in 1911 as the Ideal Motor Car Company before merging with the Stutz Auto Parts Company in 1913. Due to the pressures of the Great Depression, the Stutz company went defunct in ...

  9. Haynes-Apperson - Wikipedia

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    The company was founded by Elwood Haynes and brothers Elmer and Edgar Apperson. In 1894, the trio built one of the first gasoline powered vehicles in the United States, at Apperson's Riverside Machine Works. [1] By 1898 the company was producing one new car every two to three weeks, and selling early models for $2,000 . At the end of that year ...