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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1966
Page
1
President Johnson marked the fifth anniversary of the Alliance for Progress at Pan American Health Organization HQ. He said the program has shattered the Castro myth and shown social change can come through peace and democracy, urging focus on housing education and food while avoiding arms spending.
Marion County lawmakers urged a special session to decide how to handle a roughly 90 million dollar state general fund surplus. After a news conference, Rep. John Neff and Rep. Gary Jones met with Governor Branin to discuss returning about 60 million to local taxing units per capita for property tax relief.
W. N. Barber parole officer for the Federal Bureau of Prisons will speak at the Civtan club breakfast at Klusmeier's at 7 a.m. Saturday. Program chairman Malcolm Clippinger says Barber will discuss Rehabilitation of Federal Offenders and show slides about inmate programs and the new work release plan. Barber has worked at five institutions including Lewisburg and Atlanta. he is currently at Terre Haute.
Greene County commissioners authorized a conference with the Greene County Plan Commission and Crowder and Associates to discuss a federally funded drainage survey at Bloomfield. Petitions for blacktop work from Smith and Richland townships were accepted, including Lincoln church to Highway 48 and Sharkey Road. The drainage board met to hear a recleaning and reconstruction request for Jones Ditch in Fairplay township.
Atlanta Braves veteran Woody Woodward donated three thousand dollars of his bonus to fund field lighting at Florida State University where he starred in college baseball.
The Lincoln Trail District of Boy Scouts of America plans September ropework and woods tools practice for pioneering camps. Cub Scouts ages 8 to 10 follow the Cub Scout 49ers theme while Explorers choose projects on natural beauty fire safety and creativity. Citizenship Day on Sept 17 and Constitution Week Sept 17–23 will be observed across Martin Daviess and Greene Counties with about 50 scout units.
Thursday’s Daily Citizen publishes the annual Back To School edition with announcements on opening arrangements faculty and other pertinent information for Linton and Linton area schools. Local merchants schedule advertisements featuring back-to-school themes.
In Chicago's northwest Jefferson Park the white mob faced hymn singing demonstrators as police fired in the air to disperse the crowd. A dozen arrests were made by officers wielding billy clubs while Rev. Jesse Jackson protested the arrests of two youths with swastikas on their car. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's open occupancy drive moves toward a summit with city officials and real estate leaders to tackle housing barriers.
President Johnson plans a major address at the University of Rhode Island after flying to Quonset Point and traveling by helicopter to the campus. White House aides said the president will visit several New England states over the weekend with Maine New Hampshire and Vermont preparing for a possible stop. exact itinerary remains unofficial.
Air Force National Guard and Air Reserve planes have carried about 100000 GI passengers to U.S. destinations since the start of the commercial airline strike last month.
Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach told a Senate inquiry that ghetto life and urban misery drive recent big city race riots not extremist groups. He noted limited evidence of leftist manipulation and announced a new Justice Department program offering 1 million dollars to city police for community relations training, with interest from over 60 cities.
Billy Sutton aged 32 from Red Boiling Springs Tennessee died at St Johns Hospital after a 90 foot fall from a Chesterfield water tower while working. Police said he lost balance and fell during the day.
Robert Weaver 23 of Winamac reportedly hanged himself with a blanket strip in a Cass County Jail cell Tuesday. He had been arrested Monday on charges of stealing two vehicles, including a truck linked to a collision near Logansport that injured two people from Kokomo, and a wrecker taken from a trucking firm.
Attendance figures listed for Sunday Monday and Tuesday at the pool with a contact phone number 847 9032. Additional numbers 334 195 244 appear in the same contact section.
Vietnamese and American forces report a mortar strike near Tan Son Nhut air base hitting the U S Army motor pool on Plantation Road. The attack follows a clash at a House committee hearing where attorney Arthur Kinoy was ejected after a shouting match with Rep. Joe Pool.
Linton police investigated a two vehicle accident 200 feet north of the Second and H Streets intersection at 2 45 p m Tuesday. John W Younker 26 in a pickup and Gladys B Yoder 35 in a auto sustained combined damages of 325 dollars with no injuries or arrests. The collision occurred as the Yoder auto moved into the Younker backed vehicle in a 30 mph zone.
Jaycee meet organizers offer supervised practice for entrants eight years old and younger. A test run for pointers on competitive swimming will be held Friday or Saturday at 11 a.m. at Linton pool under manager Joe Cabel.
The Chicago Bears annual exhibition game series for the armed forces has collected almost nine million dollars since 1946.
CAPE KENNEDY UPS A slender 92 foot Delta rocket is set for an 11 18 a m EDT launch to fire a 140 pound Pioneer spacecraft into a solar orbit between Earth and Mars. Pioneer 6 and 7 follow ups aim to map solar radiation and magnetic forces with ongoing instrument readings. Dr John H Wolfe called these studies essential for understanding interplanetary space.
The Greene County sheriff's office filed belated reports on two Saturday accidents. At 8:20 p.m. near Hunter's Drive-in west of Bloomfield on Highway 54, a pickup driven by George Rollins 18 of Bloomfield struck the rear of his brother Larry Rollins' car as it began a left turn. Damage was $150 to the truck and $30 to the car. no tickets were issued. Deputy Bill Fiscus was on the scene. At 10 p.m. on Highway 67 near Worthington, Kenneth L. Todd 39 of Evansville sideswiped Willard L. Swaby 66 of Worthington as Swaby turned left. Todd braked but could not stop on the wet road. Swaby's turn signals were operating.
Indiana Employment Security Division reported a drop in unemployment claims last week. Director Lewis F Nicolini said 10 089 claims showed a 13 percent fall from the prior week and a 15 percent decrease from the year ago period.
United Press International reports three Indiana traffic deaths on Tuesday lift the 1966 state toll to at least 944, up from 876 last year. Victims include 81 year old John Kurtzenberger in Tippecanoe County, 13 year old Christopher Sewell in Crown Point, and 31 year old Ralph Sparrow near Corydon.
The Greene county council met at the courthouse to consider requests totaling 13 770 for additional appropriations. The sheriff’s office sought 3 550 for repairs gas and jail equipment. the repairs were cut to 200 and gasoline to 750, 1 200 for jail gear was denied. Judge Edwin Long urged a probation officer. Ruth Owen was noted as a potential welfare successor.
A. M. Franklin principal of Linton-Stockton elementary addressed the Linton Rotary Club at Klusmeier's luncheon. Program chair Bob Gillan introduced Franklin who displayed colored slides by his son Don from his Far East service in Viet Nam. Some photos also show Australia where Don works as an engineer.
Malcom M. Clippinger administrator of Freeman- Greene County Hospital will be advanced to fellow status in the American College of Hospital Administrators in Chicago on August 28. ACHA President Boone Powell will preside as the 32nd annual convocation at McCormick Place Arne Crown Theatre, preceding the college annual meeting with the American Hospital Association.
Indiana revenue commissioner William L Fortune asks the Legislative Advisory Commission to authorize a separate legal staff for the Revenue Department. The plan builds on past GOP concerns that departments avoid AG oversight. Fortune also seeks liability for firms failing to remit collected sales taxes and new welfare payment liberalization proposals to the commission.
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