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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1971
Page
1
A 1970s Greene County survey reported discretionary income rising to 7,372 per household from 7,095, with total local spending at 44,492,000 and an index of buying power at .0114. Inflation kept purchases restrained while savings rose. retail sales edged higher. Predictions also cite rising resources demand and water shortages by 2000 alongside market shifts.
Federal investigators probe how more than 2300000 cans of chicken vegetable broth from Campbell Soup Paris plant were shipped to 16 states after company chemists found botulism contamination. Campbell recalls 4799 cases, 230352 cans, with 2768 cases located and 2031 still unaccounted for.
West Germany saw the dollar rise in early trading while Britain and Sweden faced declines after Nixon floated the dollar. The pound dropped from 2.40 to 2.4442 per dollar and Sweden’s krona moved from 5.07 to 9.10 per dollar. Nations largely adopted controlled float policies as they respond to U.S. monetary moves.
Twenty three inmates on a small western coast island prison mutinied today killing a dozen officials. They seized a bus, fled to a southern Seoul suburb, fired at checkpoints, and 15 died when they blew up the vehicle. Initial reports blamed North Korean agents, later corrected by the Defense Minister. Authorities placed forces on special alert and tightened public security.
The Linton Daily Citizen schedules its Annual Area Swim Meet for Thursday Sept 2 at the Linton Pool starting 5 p.m. Three classes exist with varied age limits and event distances. Diving offers separate medals and ribbons across age groups. entrants may swim up to three events and obtain entry blanks from the sports page.
Indiana State Fair attendance neared 100000 over Saturday and Sunday after heavy rains. Crowds jammed parking lots and sought relief from heat while remaining in good spirits. The sixth day’s schedule featured cattle judging, 4 H events, a tractor contest, a dahlia show, and a Roy Rogers and Dale Evans rodeo followed by Eddy Arnold and more rodeo action.
A two year Indiana University study concludes the states economy should grow at or above the national average through 1990. Researchers led by Richard Pfister and Jeannie Patterson map employment population housing and industrial trends to guide statewide planning and regional programs.
U S ships jet fighters and artillery bombarded North Vietnamese positions in the DMZ in one of the heaviest poundings in weeks. Reports say targets included rocket sites troop concentrations and artillery positions. South Vietnamese spokesmen reported 76 Communist bodies found near Fire Base Fuller and a ground clash near Tay Ninh with seven attackers killed. Shelley Kellerman noted dozens of strikes on rocket sites and bunkers near the Punchbowl as two waves of B52s dropped near 200 tons then 100 tons more on the same base.
Six people died during an aborted escape at San Quentin when convict George Jackson pistol whipped guards after a visitor, Oakland lawyer Stephen Mitchell Bingham 29, was in the visiting room minutes earlier. Marin County DA Bruce Bales said authorities seek Bingham for questioning about the incident. The violence raised questions about how the pistol was smuggled and possible outside help.
Col Hugo Banzer with armed forces imposed a state of emergency in Bolivia as deposed president Juan Jose Torres hid in the Peruvian embassy. The four day revolution left 112 dead, mainly in La Paz, with hundreds wounded.
An Indiana weekend crash toll rises to eight while the 1971 count reaches 982, up from 934 last year. Philip W. Brown, 47, of Brazil, was fatally struck by James E. Lewin, 47, of Covington, while walking along U.S. 136 in dense fog six miles west of Covington.
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky pulled out of the October 3 election in Saigon. He urged immediate resignation with Thieu to allow a new vote. The move follows Thieu’s maneuvers and Minh’s earlier exit. U.S. officials regret Ky’s decision.
Ronald Carl Hanna of Bloomington is jailed in Greene County on illegal possession charges after police seized about 210 pounds of marijuana near Newark. Detectives and troopers, acting on a hunter tip, waited at a farm south of Newark from morning until 4 p.m. Friday. Hanna arrived driving a Varile type truck, yielding 15 bags of marijuana and a drying canvas. Bond set at 10000. A probable cause hearing followed. He says he planned to buy a 20 acre Greene County plot. He is married and lives at 1906 Regency Apartments Bloomington.
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