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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1966
Page
1
The Citizen urges extra care as more vehicles appear with school term starts. It notes youths and adults using motorbikes, warns against two wheeler invasions, and calls riders to obey laws, avoid gaps in safety, and respect neighbors to prevent further restrictions.
Mayor Robert Sabonjian scheduled to meet with Negro ministers to calm a 35 block south side area hit by four nights of disorder. Police crowded the streets with riot gear after curfew and 115 arrests, including youths seized making molotov cocktails. A bottle was thrown at the mayor as he toured the area.
A 20 year old Valparaiso youth spent about an hour atop the Farmers State Bank building in the business district Monday night threatening to jump. A minister spoke with him for ten minutes before he stepped into rescue gear and was lowered to the street.
Indiana cities outline tax rates exceeding 10 dollars for 1957 with 15 cities listed by the Indiana Taxpayers Association. Gary tops at 17.67 dollars, Hammond 15.63, East Gary 14.72, Crown Point 12.87, Hobart 11.83, Indianapolis 11.07, Terre Haute 11.01, Brazil 10.24, Fort Wayne 10.31, Franklin 10.15, Jasonville 10.56, Mount Vernon 10.06, Peru 10.21, South Bend 10.22, and Wabash 10.49.
The Linton City Council in a special session approved the civil city budget for 1967 totaling 296 666.46 with 71 451.40 from county taxing units and the rest from state and local sources excluding utilities. The tax rate is 1.53 per hundred and the meeting was led by Mayor Risher with councilmen Cravens McCollister Walters and Bailey present along with city clerk Harbin and officials Carlton Singleton Hathaway.
Linton pool board met in monthly session at 8 p.m. to review this season's operations. The facility logged 40 000 paid admissions and approved expenses for recent swim meets. The pool will close after Sept 5 with no weekend operations after Labor Day due to maintenance costs. Final year-end reports and winterization plans set for Sept 13 at 8 p.m. The board approved a 50 dollar payment for diving stands used in the Jaycee meet.
Greene county Civil Defense committee announced a public picnic set for September 25 at Humphreys Park. The event will include a country and western band, Civil Defense program talks, a pot luck duck supper, and attendees should bring their own table service and a covered dish.
In Wauwatosa Wisconsin civil rights pickets entered the 11th night marching against a judge tied to an all white fraternal group. About 200 Negro demonstrators faced a line of 400 rifle armed National Guardsmen with Klansmen among counterpickets kept at bay. Five arrests reported. Lead organizer Rev. James E Gropps vowed to persist despite failed conciliations.
Adj. Gen. John S. Anderson said Indiana shows no signs of looming racial riots. He warned the Indiana National Guard could aid local police if violence erupts. The 28th Division has units in 72 cities and trains in guerrilla warfare, with guardsmen averaging 10 hours weekly.
Kenny Barnes of the Linton Civitan Club won the district midwestern golf tournament held Saturday at Evansville. Barnes posted an 18 hole gross score of 76. Homer Donagher also played and tied for runner up with a gross 84. Plans are to hold the annual event in August at the Linton Municipal Golf Course.
The article reports a U.S. Air Force F105 Thunderchief was shot down over North Vietnam during heavy raids. The pilot is missing after the loss, the 347th air loss in the war. Separately Congress faces a standoff over reserve call-up authority amid House and Senate Armed Services Committee moves and a bill to authorize mobilizing 133 000 reservists and 56 000 guardsmen under certain conditions.
The Lin ton-Stockton school system announces a return to classes on Thursday September 1 with 1 PM registrations for elementary students and a 1 PM high school assembly. Each class period lasts about 20 minutes with dismissal about 2 57 PM. Bus service follows regular routes starting September 6 with no school Friday September 2 for faculty meetings. Classes resume Tuesday September 6 at 8 30 AM.
In Fort Wayne two newspaper delivery youths, Robert Hope 15 and Charles Landrum 14, were struck by a car driven by Terry Gratz 21. Hope died at the scene, Landrum was critically injured, and bystander Lucian Morin 45 collapsed and died en route to hospital. Gratz survived.
Industry leaders and tourism groups call for $11 million in funding to lure visitors and new industry to Indiana. The Economic Development Study Committee, directed by the 1965 Legislature, would study state economic development policies including tax climate, regional planning, foreign trade, and development programs led by Sen. Keith C. McCormick and Rep. Richard C. Creedon.
Indiana High School Athletic Association officials announce their annual meeting at Manual High School on Oct. 27. Principal speaker is Fred Russell of the Nashville Banner, with talks by IHSAA Commissioner Phil Eskew and Auburn Board of Control president Lloyd Miller on topics including What Makes A Champion.
Prime Minister Lester B Pearson introduces emergency legislation with parliament’s backing to force 110 000 railway workers back to work with an 8 percent wage increase. Union leaders reject it as no real solution as talks resume amid a four day strike across Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and smaller lines paralyzing transport and services nationwide.
John A. Landon of Bristol Indiana a helicopter door gunner with the 1st Air Cavalry Division received the Silver Star for bravery in Vietnam He helped rescue crewmen after his helicopter was hit near Pleiku and continued firing to repel Viet Cong attacks despite being wounded His actions prevented casualties and aided the anti enemy defense perimeter.
Linton Chamber of Commerce president Robert Walters announces a new monthly newsletter for members. He says inquiries from industrial firms seeking new plant sites have been answered and that the chamber collaborates with the Jasonville Chamber and other local groups on public relations and developing area manufacturing prospects.
Testimony on the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore bill is set before the House Rules Committee. Rep. Morris K. Udall seeks lake shore expansion to Senate site, proposing 6 061 acres with option to add 2 182 acres from Indiana Dunes State Park. Acquisition cost estimated at 21.7 million dollars. House Interior Committee members and Rep. Ray J. Madden indicate extended hearings to accommodate Rep. Charles A. Halleck’s testimony.
FBI and local officers probe the bombing of seven heavy road building machines at an Evansville area site. Olinger Construction posts a $20,000 reward after $590,000 loss and 250,000 in time, delaying the 8.2 mile Interstate 64 completion slated for December 1967. Authorities sent unexploded dynamite sticks to a lab for clues. The non union firm previously rejected AFL-CIO unions in talks.
A parade launches Farmers and Future Farmers Day in Indianapolis with free grounds access for FFA members until noon. Grand champion dairy breed judges in the Coliseum and showman honors follow, as sheep medals are awarded for multiple breeds. Albert English, 10, earned 2202.75 for his Angus steer Challenger, bought by Avon Homes. Gary Dorrel, 15, sold the grand-champion barrow Hamp sire for 693 at 3.50 per pound to the Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association.
Senator Dirksen of Illinois faced Chicago religious leaders as he warned he would oppose the housing provision if it remained in the House approved civil rights bill after Senate third reading. His stance came during a delegation visit amid ongoing partisan lobbying.
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