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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1961
Page
1
A dictionary note describes Mine Run as an unassorted product of mine, an assembly of like kind not specifically classified, a medley of thought or ideas. The definition emphasizes grouping without precise classification.
A reader reports a scene on Main Street with a motorist retrieving keys from a locked auto after volunteers help. Historic column recalls Polly Barnett, Greene County's long wandering mother, who died at 104 after decades searching for her missing daughter murdered near Worthington. Funeral held at the Methodist church in Linton.
President Kennedy told the National Association of Manufacturers that the United States must replace the Reciprocal Trade Act with broad powers to lower tariffs for free Europe and to spur exports. He praised the European Common Market but said U.S. entry is not proposed. He urged investment tax credits, wage price stability, and a balanced budget while warning that a sustained U.S. payments deficit risks defense commitments.
State finance officials met in Indianapolis to address a backlog of unpaid bills from vendors. Key figures included Clinton Green, John Hatchett, Eugene Bainbridge, Allen Lindley, and Anthony Bayt. Lindley estimated the backlog could reach $1 million with items pending since July due to purchase order errors and admin delays. Bainbridge declined comment ahead of the meeting.
Police scan state records for a middle aged well dressed man who forged a $24 000 check and bilked a bank and a building and loan association of 12000 using two names I C Davis and G H Barton He opened an account at Commercial Bank and Trust Co Alexandria and cashed 9000 with 5000 cash then ordered a 7000 cashier s check against his 9000 account The Frankton Building and Loan and the bank identified the forged instrument and the suspect remains at large.
Moscow announces the largest peacetime military budget in its history as Vasily Garbuzov presents 13.4 billion rubles for 1962 to the Supreme Soviet. The figure equates to about 14.74 billion dollars at the official rate, with NATO cited as the motive for increased spending.
Harllee Branch Jr., president of Southern Co., urged Indiana lawmakers that government financed REA loans to Hoosier Cooperative Energy for a Petersburg plant and other loans in Mississippi and Alabama amount to a secret power empire. He warned the move could accelerate federal encroachment and threaten private utilities.
Greene County Board of Commissioners awarded bids for county supplies and equipment at the December session in Bloomfield. Highway bids were accepted from Switz City Farm Bureau Coop diesel fuel Ohio Oil hydraulic oil Cities Service gasoline kerosene Phillips 66 oil and grease among others for gravel stone and materials while janitors supplies and courthouse coal were let to Advance Paper and Leroy Martin respectively.
A 29 year old East German train engineer and 24 refugees hijacked a Communist passenger train at Albrechtshof. They sped 50 miles an hour into West Berlin before escape guards fired or challenged, aided by a fireman and family members.
U N jet fighters roar into action in Katanga as imperial tensions mount. Washington reports the space agency plans an early next year orbital attempt by an American astronaut. President Kennedy faces tough forecasts in Congress over new trade proposals.
In Santo Domingo government opposition talks persisted despite Balaguer's illness and a temporary closure of the opposition radio. Mediators Pichardo and Demorizi visited the president after meetings with UCN leaders. a new government proposal was under consideration. The UCN leader said the offer was more favorable than a junta plan, while negotiations may halt if the radio does not resume broadcasting.
Linton merchants set Santa Claus hours at the Roosevelt hotel building on North Main from 5 to 8 p m Friday and 2 to 5 p m Saturday with headquarters at Kenneys Market. A 3100 1962 budget was approved including 1000 for rent and upkeep of the Merchants Free Parking lot.
A severe Atlantic gale injures ten in New York and one dies in New Jersey as ten foot waves batter the Great Lakes and a coal freighter is towed to safety. In New York City a scaffolding collapse and a blown masonry section hurt several workers while a wind gust killed a child in Rahway New Jersey. Normal December patterns return in Indiana with temperatures falling through the 20s and 30s and a mixed forecast for the coming days.
The White House adds chicken wire to the south grounds fence to keep Kennedy dogs Charlie and Pushinka inside and stray dogs out, reinforcing super-security measures around the presidential residence.
Indiana’s ABC board continued hearings on whether a two room Worland home congregation qualifies as a church under state liquor laws. The Andersons seek a tavern license 175 feet from the worship space, while witnesses describe hymns offerings and a Bible based service in a setting with religious pictures and a piano.
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