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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1962
Page
4
A volunteer reports sighting a defeated candidate shopping for Christmas cards and making a remark about their value. Other items mention old hard-oil mining lamps, a lamp spout length, and ties to Vandalia Coal. Previous notes reference Celia’s Santa letter, Beverly Hillbillies ratings, Tobacco Road notion, and a Milo B. Mitchell photo.
A group of 64 ill and wounded Indian soldiers and one body arrived at Tezpur after being released by Communist China. Prime Minister Nehru and Indian Red Cross officials interviewed them, with the prisoners handed over at Bombila. Indian patrols report no recent Chinese troops, but authorities remain cautious as military preparations continue.
Robert Dischler, 24, saved $1,600 for his wedding and tried to reclaim it after stopping a bank robbery that spilled $59,000. He grabbed a bandit’s pistol, fired, chased the robbers, and helped subdue them while bank guard William Petoskey was wounded. Dischler returned for his deposit slip as police arrived.
Pendleton Ind. two trusties escaped Wednesday night from a work detail at the Indiana Reformatory dairy barn. Identified by Supt John Buck were Robert Stanley 21 and Charles Wethington 25. They lived in a dormitory outside the walls and labored at the barn about a mile from the administration building. Stanley was from Grant County sentenced January for burglary. Wethington from Montgomery County sentenced February 1955 for vehicle taking.
President Kennedy voices full confidence in Ambassador Adlai Stevenson amid reports from a Saturday Evening Post article suggesting Stevenson preferred negotiation to a naval blockade during the Cuban crisis. Kennedy letters Stevenson regrets the stir and will join him at a Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation event. Tass in Moscow says intimidation attempts target advocates for peaceful settlements.
District No 15 Eagles Aeries will hold a meeting at Clinton at 8:00 p m Friday night announced by district chairman D P Dixon. He urged local Aerie members to attend.
A military court of a brigadier general and seven colonels at Kelly Air Force Base Texas weighs the murder case of Col John A Herrington charged with killing his wife and wounding his 19 year old son. Defense argues insanity portraying dual personalities: an outer military colonel and an inner insecure man. The inner personality is alleged killer.
Two deaths in Indiana roads occurred Wednesday night amid wintry conditions. Walter George Long, 50, of Oxford, died after his car skidded on ice on U S 52 south of Templeton and he was thrown from the vehicle. Frank Cowgill, 42, of Chesterfield, was fatally injured when a Pennsylvania Railroad train struck the car he rode at a crossing in Anderson. driver Charles Zeh, 48, Chesterfield, was seriously injured.
Federal and local officers halted a major narcotics operation in South Bend with seven men arrested, six on marijuana and one on heroin charges. The undercovers traced a Chicago connection as a second major Indiana raid followed a Fort Wayne case.
Snow began about 6 10 am and reached one inch two hours later then melted by mid morning as temperatures fell to 22 at Elliston the coldest since Oct 27. Motorists reported skids but no injuries by press time.
State police report two property damage crashes on state road 54 in Greene County this morning. At 7:30 a 1962 Bloomfield auto driven by Margaret Wright collided with a 1960 Bloomfield auto driven by Norma Silvers after Silvers stalled on a hill and a passing truck stopped to assist. Damages about 400 dollars. At 8:45 a second crash near Switz City involved a 1960 Pick Up driven by Michevec Stepler and a Haley Brothers tractor trailer. both stalled vehicles were pushed up a hill causing a left lane collision. Damages about 400 to 500 dollars for the pickup and 150 dollars for the tractor trailer. No injuries reported.
Defense Department announced 27 IL-28 bombers have been pulled out of Cuba by the Russians. Agriculture Secretary Freeman urged the National Advisory Committee on Rural Areas Development to consider creating a domestic peace corps to aid rural property.
Vernon H. Bonner a 44 year old Bedford railroad conductor was killed when he was crushed between two freight cars of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific line near the Airline Spensler stripper mine tipple south of Linton Indiana. The coroner Delmer Hasler said a knuckle broke and crew failed to see him as cars were moved after repairs. Survivors include a wife and three or four children.
A deadly London smog blamed for at least 66 deaths in the area since Monday, with hospitals on red alert and air pollution far exceeding normal levels. Officials warned the fog could persist 48 hours with ties to 1952 killer smog.
Washington reports a 67 to 33 Democratic advantage in the new Senate after Sen. Bottum of South Dakota concedes, boosting McGovern while Mechem becomes a senator for New Mexico. A posthumous House seat for Clem Miller prompts a special election. A marriage license application is filed in Bloomfield for Sharon Gardner and Ray Reece.
Ralph D. Keene 58 of Dugger a former Christian church minister and coal miner died at 7 00 this morning at Mary Sherman Hospital Sullivan after four years of illness He pastored Newberry Antioch and Dugger First Christian churches and belonged to several Masonic bodies United Mine Workers Local 1853 and Dugger church groups He is survived by his wife Vera two daughters Betty Lippeatt Charlote Hall two sons Robert Gerald four brothers and one sister The body was taken to Evans Funeral Home Dugger with services at 2 00 Saturday officiated by Rev Harry Holloway and Rev Jim Scott burial in Dugger cemetery
In a historic 4 to 1 decision the Israeli supreme court held that birth to Jewish parents does not automatically grant citizenship. The case involved Father Daniel Oswald Buffeisen, born Oswald Buffeisen in Poland, now a Catholic priest in Israel who sought citizenship under the 1950 law of return. The government opposed the claim though Buffeisen could pursue naturalized Jewish citizenship.
The Linton Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will host Zone Four’s meeting at 1 30 o clock Sunday afternoon, it was announced today.
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