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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1952
Page
1
The piece argues crowded state auto license offices hinder keeping complete driver records and crime prevention. It cites 1951 highway deaths, calls for an $8 to $10 million new building, and features Harvey W. Morley's push to boost voter turnout amid wartime veterans' care history.
Officials of the Freeman Greene county hospital launched a fund drive to raise up to 40000 for new equipment and furnishings after using reserve funds to match federal grants. Donations so far include 1000 from Hercules Powder and 50 from the Linton Qui Vive club, with pledges from various individuals and groups.
A record crowd attended a fly-in breakfast at Jasonville Airport with forty airmen and women in 25 planes arriving from Columbus Indianapolis Terre Haute Bedford Princeton Washington Anderson and Ot longer. Shakamak Flyers club hosted the event escorting guests to Shakamak State Park pavilion for breakfast. The gathering highlighted Cessna 140 as the top represented aircraft followed by Piper J-3 Cub and Luscomb with other models including PT-19 Fairchild Fleet Aeronca and a twin-engined Cessna.
Memphis family news reports patriarch John D. Moran announced the birth of his ninth grandson with a five word note to relatives saying I ve got my baseball team.
Emma Mary Powell aged 91 pioneer resident of Linton died at 11 10 AM after long illness. She was born January 29 1861 in Sullivan county and lived in or near Linton for 76 years. She leaves two sons Edgar Powell East Moline Illinois and Lloyd Powell Linton a half brother Ira Anderson Hymera a half sister Effie Thompson Washington plus 15 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Tennessee Democrats faced heat as they voted to nominate a U S senator and a governor in a high stakes primary. Kenneth D McKellar seeks a historic seventh term with Albert Gore opposing him. Gordon Browning aims for a third straight term amid clashes with Clifford Allen Frank Clement and Clifford Pierce. Crump backs McKellar and Clement while Kefauver’s political future looms in state history’s bitter race.
The first heat of the Hamiltonian Stakes at Good Time Park was delayed one hour due to poor track conditions. The race, postponed previously by rain, was rescheduled for 2:15 p.m. CST.
Naugatuck police, exhausted by unsafe driving, installed a traffic protection measure to curb careless drivers and improve road safety in the city.
A small group of about ten workers returned to the Allis Chalmers jet engine plant in Terre Haute under the guard of 100 police and firemen. No new clashes occurred, and pickets were kept away from the gates as negotiations remain stalled over wages. Federal and state officials warned no immediate settlement, while the plant’s completion hinges on wage talks. Meanwhile AFL workers at Unique Printed Products ended a 22 week strike with some returning to work as wage talks continue, and Clabber Girl Baking Co workers entered a second week of striking.
Communist propagandists accused the United Nations of violating the truce by not joining a formal investigation into an Aug. 2 shelling at Panmunjom. Four shrapnel pieces were found and UN security officers checked on site, but the UN declined a joint probe citing lack of evidence the shells came from UN guns.
The Western Union Telegraph office has moved from the Correll Furniture store back to its old location with the Auto License Bureau at 39 West Vincennes Street. Mrs. Evelyn Dye will manage the license branch. phone number remains 62.
Guy O. Brown of Linton was charged with public intoxication this afternoon in Linton City Police Court. Police Chief Bill Coleman arrested him and Brown is to appear before Mayor Robert C. McFadden Friday morning.
Democratic vice presidential nominee John J. Sparkman accepted an invitation to address the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association fall meeting at French Lick Springs Hotel. He will speak August 23 at the final banquet, kicking off Indiana’s fall campaign with Gov. Henry Schricker’s party slate.
President Truman said he is considering a special session of Congress to address rising prices but has made no final decision. He noted price concerns would be a key factor and did not confirm Arnall’s resignation plans. Republicans and aides ridiculed Arnall’s suggestion of a session to tighten price controls.
George Oscar Anderson aged 172 years and retired Linton City mail carrier died at 11 15 PM at his home 170 Fourth Street SE after illness since April 20 He was born August 25 1879 in Sandborn and served 38 years with the U S Postal Service retiring in 1942 He helped start Linton’s first local mail delivery He belonged to the Linton First Methodist Church and the Linton Masonic Lodge He is survived by his widow Etta Cooprider Anderson three sons a daughter a stepdaughter a brother three sisters eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 20 oclock with Rev W R Lynch officiating burial in Fairview cemetery Call after 6 PM today.
U S jets downed four MIG-15s and damaged five more in high altitude air duels over North Korea as South Korean infantrymen fought Chinese troops for Capitol Hill on the central front. The hill changed hands multiple times amid a heavy 24 hour barrage of 9 000 shells.
A House Armed Services sub committee led by Rep. F Edward Hebert found 13 000 civilian inspectors watching military staff produce goods. 12000 plus replies revealed information but no criminal misdeeds or bribe offers were found though potential savings for taxpayers were identified.
Union Hospital in Terre Haute received a five year temporary accreditation from the National Nursing Accrediting Service. The evaluation covered faculty, patient care, policies, education, and curriculum. Fall classes begin September 2 1952 with Elaine Lind Persons and Carolyn Love Wonders among the enrollees.
Linton police urged residents to help enforce the ordinance banning firearms in the city after a rifle fired near Humphreys park wounded a mother and her children including a baby in a buggy. Chief Bill Coleman urged reporting any air rifle or gun use to police at once, promising full prosecution of violators.
The Navy reports eight dead and many wounded after a jet exploded aboard the Boxer off North Korea. Two wounded are in serious condition, Michael F. Mannity of Miami and Ralph L. Finley of Missouri. Sixty three crew members jumped overboard and were rescued.
Two people were injured in a Wednesday collision on state road 57 near Prairie Chapel east of Lyons. Mrs. Marilea Brown 31 of Bloomfield and her daughter Peggy suffered minor wounds. James Brown was uninjured. Jules Williams of Aliquippa Pa was charged with reckless driving, pleaded guilty, and paid a $15.75 fine after spending the night in Greene county jail. Williams and three others were en route to Paducah Ky.
Chicago police hunted a hammer killer who threatened to kill again and contacted headquarters with five phantom calls. A victim, Tom Acton of Birmingham, was beaten to death with a claw hammer in a hotel room while investigators sought Robert Moore, a 35-year-old linked to Acton, wearing a light gray suit and suspected of borrowing a hammer. The assailant taunted officers and sought the Edgewater and Drake hotels and later the Central Police Station, prompting a careful standoff observation by Lt. John Golden.
Two year old Bobby Wayne Savage fell four floors from a Plaza Hotel window in Indianapolis but survived with only a tiny scratch on his abdomen. Police said an air vent pipe helped break the fall and he was released after treatment as his mother reported he was playing again within an hour.
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