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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1966
Page
1
The piece details firearm accident risks with seasonal spikes, age and gender patterns, and regional death rates. It cites 1964 licensing figures and urges broad safety education, listing basic rules for handling firearms. It also notes a young Indianapolis reader collecting front pages and receiving a paper copy.
Rev. David Nichals of Vicksburg Bethel Baptist Church will sponsor a youth rally Saturday night in Humphrey's Park stone shelter house. The film Seventeen will be shown at 7 p.m. and Nichals invites local teenagers and their parents.
Plans are announced for the annual Christmas lighting contest in Linton by the Linton Civic Garden club. Downtown lights glow as residents prepare decorations and entries grow each year. Judges include Linton Jaycees with ribbons awarded in several categories. Entry registration contacts are listed for several organizers.
Betty Chadwick Sullivan, chief photographer of WTHI TV in Terre Haute, reported a car linked to escapee William G. Edwards. Police stopped the car after she radioed authorities. five pistols were found inside. Edwards, 24, had escaped after a kidnapping conviction and faced a life sentence.
Coast Guardsmen recovered another frozen body from Lake Huron as searchers comb the icy water for the remaining 27 men believed lost when the 600 foot Daniel J Morrell broke apart in 60 mph winds and 20 foot waves. Only one crewman survived, Denis Hale, who endured 36 hours on a raft with three bodies before rescue.
Indiana's Nov. 8 election produced the first changes at the Statehouse with Edgar D. Whitcomb succeeding John D. Bottorff as secretary of state and John P. Gallagher replacing Mark France as state auditor. Whitcomb is a Republican and Gallagher a Republican.
Daniela Be neck, famed as Italy's greatest woman swimmer, announced Wednesday her retirement from competitive sports.
The Salvation Army Building Fund received a $750 donation from Indefa Bell Telephone Company, bringing total contributions to $34,122.92 toward a $65,000 goal. The drive paused during October's United Fund in Linton and Stockton townships and will resume after the year, with a new building planned at Third and F Streets Northwest to include chapel and fellowship space.
Representatives from eleven townships attend kickoff dinner for the County CROP drive. Rev. Lisle Pittman chair notes Christian Rural Overseas Program aid to underprivileged rural areas overseas. A $2,500 goal is set with township targets. Bloomfield $400 Jasonville $200 Linton $209 Lyons $100 Worthington $100. Contributions may be sent to county CROP treasurer Louis Jaffe.
The Grene county council met in a special session at Bloomfield court house to approve emergency appropriations. Requests totaled 100 for veteran service officer, 41 for auditor, 50 for superintendent of schools, 8 900 for welfare, and 18 400 for highway department with 18 000 in highway reductions to meet extraordinary emergencies.
Police divers recovered the body of William D Cisma, 44, of Palos Park Illinois, after a tractor overturned into a man made lake on the property of Dr Edward Cisma. He was pinned beneath the vehicle and died at the scene.
The Defense Department awarded two contracts totaling nearly 40 million dollars to Indiana companies. Olin Mathieson of Charlestown received 32,467,923 dollars for ammunition charges. Magnavox Corp of Fort Wayne won 6,987,379 dollars to produce sonobuoys for the Navy.
UPI reports a high level meeting between Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith aboard HMS Tiger near Gibraltar to avert a Rhodesian crisis. The talks aim to avert economic sanctions and possible collapse of Smith rule amid Rhodesia's 1965 independence claim and White minority rule.
Jimmy E. Mobley a 25 year old Columbus resident reported seeing a football shaped flying object about 25 feet long and 12 feet wide traveling 50 to 60 mph south of Taylorville Bartholomew County. He described two green spots three red underside lights a humming sound and a porthole then said it moved northeast.
United Press International reports December arrives with more snow and the coldest weather of the season in Indiana. Hazardous driving is warned for the northern third as snow flurries and squalls are expected today and Friday with accumulations from about an inch in the south to four inches or more in the far north near Lake Michigan. Temperatures will dip to the low teens in most areas, with lows from five to 15 above zero in the north, mid teens in the center, and teens in the south, and a 30 day outlook shows temperatures well below seasonal norms except in the southwest.
Worthington police report an accident on Commercial Street when a cow owned by Floyd Strickler strayed into the path of Jack Huffman’s car last Thursday Nov 24. The cow suffered no injuries and Huffman escaped injury though his vehicle sustained 150 to 200 dollars in damage.
Work on the Milwaukee Railroad crossing west of Fifth Street in Linton is finished and traffic will be allowed through on Friday. State Highway Department spokesman announced completion and re opening plans.
Cub Scouts of Pack 50 held a meeting in the Scout hall Tuesday night with parents as special guests. Den One presented a skit The Guided Missile and a spaceship pantomime. Den Eight conducted the flag ceremony. Cubmaster Robert Steele awarded pins and mothers distributed them to earners. Bobcat pins went to Jeffrey Boyer Brett Shacklett Ronald Wagner Tim Haywood Roger Leghman Jeffrey Hollingsworth David Ferree Ricky Lee Mowery Keith Sanders Michael Cassidy Randy Reece. Wolf badge to Brad Scott Bear and Lion to Scott Wonder. Bobby Steele Mike Miler Greg Scott received two year pins. Mrs Dave Tharp welcomed as new den mother. Next meeting set for December.
A hearing to gauge public support and economic benefits of extending Indiana 446 from Lake Monroe to U S Highway 59 east of Bedford is scheduled for Thursday night at the Heltonville School on Highway 58 in northern Lawrence County. The proposed road would give scenic south to north access across the lake to Indiana 46 between Bloomington and Nashville, linking the nearby Tan-Tar-A East complex and lakefront facilities developed by the U S Forest Service and the Department of Natural Resources.
Detroit APS reports Dr. William Haddon announced 23 required safety standards for 1958 autos at the Detroit Auto Show. The rules cover collapsible steering wheels, brake hose reliability, mirrors, belts, latches, dash knobs, defrosters, lighting and fuel tank safety, with Sept. 1 1967 as the effective date and a Jan. 31 publication.
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