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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1963
Page
1
The report recalls five accounts of the Jeremiah Brown grave near Switz City with claims an Indian and his horse and dog are buried there. Readers seek inscriptions on the tombstone as part of ongoing local legend hunting.
The AFL-CIO announced a mid September conference of leaders from 22 major cities to plan the 1964 campaign and likely back President Kennedy for a second term. COPE will discuss a Washington meeting with million plus populations, while Meany kept a neutral stance on the August civil rights march drawing protest from Randolph and Reuther.
A paternity suit by a 26 year old woman delays extradition proceedings for former dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez. Miss Ilona Lorenz seeks $300 monthly child support, prompting a stay as legal actions continue. Federal and state courts clash over custody and surrender while Caracas officials await handover.
Mrs. Mary Jean Chinn 34 of Owensburg sustained minor injuries in a morning collision 4 miles north of Owensburg. State Trooper Clyde McIntosh said Alvin Ray Yoder of Odon had car trouble and tried to turn off Highway 45 into Dexter Price’s driveway. Yoder’s car and the Chinn vehicle sustained $450 in damage. No arrests or hospitalizations reported.
The Greene County commissioners met in Bloomfield to open bids on three two ton truck chassis for the highway department. Only one bid was submitted, totaling $8,635.74 from Mattocks Auto Supply of Bloomfield.
Police scoured Lea therslade Farm in Buckinghamshire and an unused airstrip for clues to Britain's fast moving Glasgow to London mail train robbery gang and its 7.1 million loot. French authorities were asked to watch Riviera resorts as evidence pointed to a hurried departure after the crime.
In Hue Viet Nam government troops fought Buddhists over the burial of 17 year old Thich Thanh Tue who burned himself to protest religious discrimination. Police and crowd clashes left at least 25 Buddhists injured as authorities moved to bury the body at Phuc Duyen pagoda despite Buddhist plans for Tu Dam Pagoda.
PARIS The six month old Franco German alliance is taking a beating. De Gaulle and Adenauer signed the treaty Jan 22 at the Elysee Palace but disputes over veto on Britain entry to the Common Market farm price policy and the Moscow test ban pact have cooled the alliance. The French press calls the move a severing of Franco German unity with distrust from Le Figaro Combat and Aurore noting Europe isolation.
Temperatures across Indiana fell to record lows with Lafayette at 45 and Indianapolis dipping to 49, the latter matching the old Aug. 14 record of 51 from 1924. The cool spell brought highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s with a generally cool five day outlook and little precipitation.
Jacqueline Kennedy leaves the hospital with President Kennedy after the birth of son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy who died at 40 hours. They will travel by car then helicopter to Squaw Island beach home for a reunion with Caroline and John Jr. The First Lady is to stay through August and most of September at Newport locations.
William Horlick Sidley an heir to the Horlick malted milk fortune was found dead in the apartment of his secretary in Chicago. An empty bottle of sleeping pills lay nearby and Sidley reportedly left Securities and property valued at about 2 million to his wife in a pending divorce.
The Linton Common Council agreed Tuesday to raise the tax rate by 15 cents, bringing the total to 1.48 after increases across several departments. The council also approved a water main grant and discussed vacation pay, restricted parking for Dr. Lloyd Pope, and permission for the Jaycees to use Humphreys Park for the Cole Circus on Aug 25.
Ebony magazine names Martin Luther King Jr Jackie Robinson and James H Meredith among the 100 most influential Negroes in a commemorative edition. The list favors civil rights participants over celebrities and excludes figures like Sonny Liston Willie Mays Ernie Banks Eartha Kitt.
An aging Delta DC-6 crash landed at Weir Cook Airport in Indianapolis on Tuesday. All 19 passengers and five crew escaped unharmed as the plane skidded roughly half a mile on its belly. Engine crews removed the damaged craft from the intersection of two main runways halting traffic for over an hour.
A new case was placed on file in Greene circuit court Bloomfield. It involves the divorce suit of Gilbert Meurer versus Ruth Meurer.
About one hundred African American pickets demonstrated at five banks and savings institutions in East St Louis alleging discriminatory hiring. The action ends a one day truce with NAACP leaders and local council amid ongoing talks with banks.
Albany Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller renewed his push for the 1964 GOP presidential nomination by condemning the support for right wing extremists. In a letter to the New York State Young Republican Clubs, he argued responsible conservative leaders must disassociate from extremists to protect conservatism. Goldwater remains the leading conservative candidate for the nomination.
Elizabeth Tilford 41 of Bloomfield is in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Vincennes after a two car collision on Highway 50 west of Vincennes. She was hit from behind by Samuel D. Rooke 64 of Peoria Illinois around 12 35 p m Tuesday. Her mother rode with her. no further details available.
A two month squirrel hunting season starts Thursday in Indianapolis, running from August 15 to October 13. Officials predict a stronger game population than last year.
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