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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1963
Page
1
The Linton Jaycees announced they will place red reflector tape on the rear fenders of bikes brought to them to improve visibility for riders after dark. The program aims to boost safety amid concerns about bike riders on busy roads and nighttime visibility.
About 6 500 employees at Indiana state mental institutions will gain at least 25 per month starting January 1 under a revised salary schedule. The plan totals about 5 million for the biennium, with raises from 20 to as much as 70 a month for some workers, while veteran staff may lose some gains.
United Press International reports a slow warming trend for Indiana through the week with daytime highs near 50 by Saturday. Light snow was reported in South Bend Terre Haute Fort Wayne and Louisville with varying snow depth and overnight lows in the mid-20s to low 30s.
Frankfort Indiana soldier Jimmie Lee Coleman 20 and his wife Helen 19 were killed in a car-truck collision on U S 60 near Farwell Texas. Ray McCuistion 38 Amarillo Texas was critically injured after the crash and held at Clovis New Mexico hospital.
George Courtney, 61, of Henderson, Kentucky, was arrested after a state trooper stopped him for two traffic violations near Switz City. Officers found 100 gallon jugs of moonshine in his car and he was taken to Greene County Jail and handed to federal agents for possession and transportation of non tax paid distilled whiskey. The value of the whiskey was listed between 500 and 800 dollars.
Residents near Cape Canaveral oppose replacing the geographic Cape Canaveral with Cape Kennedy the space center name. Cocoa and Cape Canaveral councils protest and seek authority clarification while petitions circulate among workers.
The Linton Stockton school is among US test sites for the College Board Admissions test. Seventy-seven seniors will take the three hour exam starting at 9 a.m. CST with reporting at 8:30. A half hour instruction precedes the test and four students will do the afternoon writing and achievement tests.
Dick Jaeckel, known for Guadalcanal Diary as the young Marine, is attached to a prospective TV series titled King Surf. The project aims to bring his stunt and acting talents to a television format with Hollywood involvement.
The Board of U S Civil Service Examiners will hold an exam for a Career Conditional Paver at Crane Indiana with pay from 2 49 to 2 69 per hour. Open to the public, no written test required, evaluative based on experience and training. Submit Application Form 57 to Crane by December 19 1963. info in Announcement CH 48 11 1963.
In its heyday the hamlet of Bullion Bend in California's Mother Lode was famed for bold stage robberies. The short-lived town's lore centers on daring heists and frontier danger in a remote gold country setting.
Bishop Rueben H. Mueller of Indianapolis Indiana was elected president of the National Council of Churches at its triennial assembly in Philadelphia He plans to intensify the councils work on religion and race and to mobilize church members to support a discharge petition to move civil rights legislation out of the House Rules Committee The council represents 31 denominations with about 40 million members Mueller 66 who leads the Evangelical United Brethren Church succeeds J Irwin Miller a Columbus Indiana industrialist as the councils head for a three year term made clear there would be no retreat from social justice efforts
U.S. Army colonel James K Chenault 45 a World War II veteran and deputy chief of the U S military mission in Caracas was freed unharmed at dawn eight days after being kidnapped by a communist terrorist underground group He arrived home in his uniform and said to be in good shape Venezuelan forces meanwhile captured Lt Col Juan de Dios Moncada the self styled supreme commander of the EALN group Officials indicated no clear link between the two events and Chenault planned a full report to Ambassador C Allan Stewart
Ira M. Corbin 71 prominent Sandborn resident died at 10 p m at his home. Born Oct. 28, 1892 in Sandborn he lived there all his life. He married Lena Williams Corbin Sept. 18, 1920. Survived by wife, one son John W. Corbin and two Maryland grandchildren. He was WWI veteran and held Masonic and OES offices. President of Sandborn Banking Co. since 1938. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Ives Poindexter Funeral Home with Rev. Otis Mitchell. burial Sandborn Cemetery.
A blue ribbon commission to investigate the Kennedy assassination held its first formal meeting in Washington behind closed doors. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and seven members named by President Johnson attended, with no statements expected at the outset.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy held a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to bury Patrick Bouvier Kennedy and a stillborn daughter beside President Kennedy. The service included the 148th Psalm and the Lord's Prayer, with burial nearby after the families arrived aboard the Kennedy plane.
Washington delegates from the Business Council meet with President Johnson to hear an economic and moral pledge of support. The two day December session includes briefings by AID head Samuel Peyser FCC chair E William Henry and U S ambassador Howard P Jones with 90 council members attending.
Newly elected District 15 officers will take duties at a meeting in Brazil at 8 p.m. DST Friday. William Mitchell is district chairman, D. P. Dixon district director, and Ralph May co chairman. A free lunch will be served. Members urged to attend.
Hollywood report states William O. Douglas Jr., son of the U S Supreme Court Justice, has signed a contract with Daystar Productions. Douglas has acted for several years in various projects.
Don McNabb was elected president of the Jasonville Chamber of Commerce at a Wednesday meeting and dinner at Becks Drive In Jasonville. Keith Kester became vice president Lee Ridgley secretary Dex Ferguson treasurer. The group planned Christmas decorations for downtown Jasonville and a December 21 movie for area children. A $3 merchant fundraising motion was approved to cover decoration costs.
A Peru man, 45 year old John Mills, was killed when his car left U S 31 in Miami County and hit two trees after traveling at high speed. Passenger Thomas Burke, 21, of Peru, was injured. Indiana highway toll rose to 1 211 for 1963.
President Johnson started a busy day with an unscheduled breakfast meeting with House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck as he prepared for a larger session with Negro civil rights leader who sparked the August 28 March on Washington. Dirksen met Johnson earlier in the week.
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