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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1956
Page
1
A compact note defines Mine Run as an unassorted product of mine, an assembly of like kind not specifically classified, describing a medley of thoughts or ideas in dictionary style.
The Linton Elks prepare for their 13th quad rennial Crow Supper with hush hush plans and a pointed political analysis promised for Republicans. Esquire Laughlin adds notes from a Greene County directory of 1875 showing Linton’s early business leaders and population. Also, Jim Figg reports a pure white crow among a 25 to 30 crow flock near Sullivan County. Short note ends with Hospital Guilds Ministrel show tonight.
The United States turned over title papers to American bases in the Philippines in Manila fulfilling Vice President Nixon’s July pledge. President Ramon Magsaysay for the first time intervened, ordering a full report from his negotiators on why talks broke down.
The White House announced mass air and sea lifts to bring 15,000 Hungarian refugees to the United States by year’s end or shortly after. About 5,000 will sail on three Navy transports from Bremmervhaven and Munich with 10,000 moved by Military Air Transport Service flights. The plan, run by the Defense Department, targets arrivals through 1949.
The British troopship Dilwata sailed from Port Said with 1,853 England-bound troops the first major batch from the Suez Canal Zone. The liner Ascania was berthed and ready to pick up the second contingent as Port Said harbor filled with tank landing ships for transporting military vehicles to Cyprus. The area remained quiet despite regional tensions with Egypt accusing Turkey and Iraq of indirect involvement.
U S marshal arrested the last of 16 segregationists charged with interfering with Clinton High School integration. Marian Nell Currier was picked up and to be arraigned. Six were arraigned Wednesday night. the remaining ten faced arraignment later. The roundup spurred Anderson County to plan reopening of the high school, with 700 students including nine Negroes expected back Monday.
In Holland Michigan Harry Plaggemars 24 stepped off the curb to view a car truck collision. Seconds later another car hit him pinning him against the stalled vehicle and breaking his leg. Damages to all three vehicles totaled 1450 dollars.
The Indiana weather forecast eased from much colder to cooler as a second day of mild conditions broke records. Highs reached 63 in Indianapolis, with 64 in Evansville and 63 in Lafayette, while showers and a warmer spell were expected by weekend. The system stretched from Idaho to Illinois with snow in the West and a fatal icy crash near Everett, Washington.
A frigid storm front pushed into the region bringing freezing rain and up to two feet of snow in Montana. Traffic wrecks mounted and at least one fatal highway accident was blamed on the storm. A plane carrying four men and a pilot reportedly forced down in a snowstorm between Boise and Ogden. The Arctic air mass continued to threaten travel conditions.
Cromwell Indiana reports 84 year old George Albert a retired contractor killed when struck by a car on a Cromwell street Wednesday night. Albert formerly of Fort Wayne was walking in the street with Cleve McDowell 68 who was also struck. Driver Thomas Jackson 34 Ligonier said the pair were in the middle of a poorly lit street and unseen until too late.
Mrs Etta Gadberry age 66 of Jasonville route two died at 3:00 PM Wednesday at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan after a six week illness. She was born Oct 22 1890 near Coalmont daughter of James and Cathryn Gorby. Survived by five brothers and three sisters with services Friday at 2 PM at McClanahan Funeral Home Jasonville conducted by Rev William Byrum. Burial in Hymera Cemetery.
Indianapolis officers Inspector Albert A. Kelly and Patrolman William Beaumont exchanged fire with a gunman identified as James Bennet Baker in a York hotel room. Baker died. Kelly, Beaumont, and Sgt. Edward Clark pursued the suspect. Baker’s involvement in a liquor store shooting was noted and a clerk was wounded earlier. Kelly’s wife suffered a heart attack and shock as news broke.
Lorene Harrell, 59, of Edinburg, died after stepping from a vehicle into the path of a car on US 31 north of Edinburg. Driver Thomas P. Newett Jr. of Indianapolis braked and skidded off the road, striking Harrell and knocking her about 80 feet.
Authorities search for four Boise-Payette Lumber executives and the pilot after their twin engine private craft vanished between Boise and Ogden during a western snow storm. Aerial and ground teams scoured rugged terrain as families awaited word.
Seattle reports two former U. S. prisoners of the Korean War Arlie Pate and Aaron Wilson arrived home from Red China to spend Christmas on family farms. Pate, 26, of Carbondale Illinois, said he would not repeat his decision to stay in China. Wilson, 23, of Urania Louisiana, gave brief replies and declined specifics about life in China.
The Reverend George Scecina of Corpus Christi Texas will be vested as Monsignor in Corpus Christi Cathedral on December 13. The investiture, conferred by the Diocese Bishop Mariano Garriga with Auxiliary Bishop assisting, honors his service to St Peter’s church in Linton and the community in Robstown. He was born in 1908 at Vicksburg and ordained in 1934.
Greene County Board of Commissioners let contracts for 1957 services at a full-day meeting in Bloomfield. Bids covered printing coal diesel fuel kerosene gravel tires culverts and miscellaneous hardware with local firms Graham Sexton Linton and Bloomfield among bidders. The session ran from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Linton Mayor P. H. O'Hern announced that the Salvation Army 1956 fundraising drive has assigned over a hundred volunteers and begun today. Workers have ten days to complete assignments and file their reports with campaign treasurer James Clayton at 189 North Main Street.
Mr and Mrs Lester Criss of Jasonville are the proud parents of a son Lester Phillip Jr born November 30 at Mary Sherman Hospital in Sullivan.
Eugene O Bry an a Wright township Democrat was appointed to Greene County Council to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arthur Duane. O Bry an formerly headed Daviess county schools and is a World War I veteran active in the Lebanon Baptist church and Veterans of War I. The appointment followed Indiana statutes and was made at a special council meeting.
A blaze started in a clothes closet damaged the Ted Gilstrap residence two and a half miles east of Marco on the Veslage farm. Christmas toys and most of the five Gilstrap children’s clothing were destroyed by the flames.
The Linton Salvation Army post headquarters announces applications for Christmas baskets. Applications will be taken from noon to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday next week and must be filed by adults.
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