Pearl Harbor Attack Reported In Special Edition
In a reflective note twenty years on, residents recall the December day of the Pearl Harbor attack as radio chatter erupts and cries for peace. The piece recounts community life, memorial inscriptions, and local memories of past trials, including Pollie Barnett’s grave marker and the 1900 murder trial related memories.
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The
Daily Citizen
Linton
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Department of
Poll Barnett
Fairview Cemetery
Pollie Barnett
Linton Sentiel
Walton Stover
Hannum
Kennedy urges labor to help curb global communism
Miami Beach bulletin reports President Kennedy asks organized labor to take a larger role against communism. Santo Domingo bulletin says informed sources expect a seven man coalition junta with President Joaquin Balaguer to head it.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Organized Labor
Buggy Driver Dies in Indiana Amid Toll Rise
Samuel Bentrager, 59, Topeka, was killed when a car hit his horse-drawn buggy in LaGrange County. Five daughters aged 10 to 15 were injured. none seriously. The crash added to Indiana’s 1961 road toll, now 985 for the year and six for the day, as drivers faced a push to set a postwar-low record.
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LaGrange County
Indiana
Samuel Bentrager
Topeka
Jesse Spann, Jr
North Manchester
John J. Barton
Edward Fraling
R.R. 3
Peru
Dwight Keim
U.S. 31
Fraling
Mary Brown
Zionsville
Indiana 100
Indianapolis
U.S
Ethridge
U.S. 421
Medaryville
Kelly
Knox
William Lee
Anderson
U S suspends airlift to Congo amid Elisabethville flare
The United States suspends airlift to Congo forces near Elisabethville after a Globemaster was hit by ground fire. Some planes are diverted to Kamina and others delayed while the State Department assesses the military situation before resuming flight operations under U N force control.
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Washington
U.S
U.S. Congo
Elisabethville
State Department
Leopoldville
Kamina
Joseph W Reap
Reap
U.N
United Nations
Katanga
Seventh Day Adventists
Chester Torrey
U. S
U. N
UPI
Neil Smith
Luluabourg
Rhodesia
Decorations Feature Wise Men In Jasonville Contest
The Jasonville Chamber of Commerce hailed its Christmas decorating contest as completely successful in the downtown district. Prizes ranged from 50 to 10 dollars with first prize to the Jasonville Baptist Brotherhood and judges from the Jasonville Ministerial Association.
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Jasonville
Christ
Main Street
Poe and
China charges India with border expansion by force
Tokyo based dispatch reports Communist China accusing India of an extreme expansion by force policy in Sino Indian border areas. Peiping protests India incursions and laments Nehru’s leadership while warning against misreading China’s restraint as weakness.
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Red China
Tokyo
WPI
China
India Today
Peiping
Foreign Ministry
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Peiping People’s Daily
Laader
Nehru
Kennedy seeks labor backing for trade plan at AFL-CIO meet
President Kennedy urged labor support for overhauling the reciprocal trade program to avert job losses from foreign competition. He outlined a federal aid plan for communities, businesses, and workers affected by tariff liberalization and planned to submit it to Congress next year. He spoke at the AFL-CIO convention in Miami Beach after addressing Young Democrats at the Deauville Hotel. He also touted medical care for the aged, public school funding, tax incentives for capital expansion, and a balanced manpower budget along with extensive training to reduce unemployment and combat minority job discrimination.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Afl-Cio
Congress
Palm Beach
Deauville
Americana
Washington
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Postoffice Here Plans Extra Hours For Christmas Rush
Linton postoffice will extend hours starting Saturday with Thursday and Saturday afternoon windows through December 21. Boxes close at noon on December 23. Postmaster Esther Wolford urges early mailing before December 10 for long distance mail and stresses careful packaging with full recipient details and an extra label inside gifts.
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Linton Postoffice
Esther Wolford
Wolford
Navy Phantom Sets World Speed and Altitude Record
The F4H Phantom piloted by Cmdr. George W. Ellis over Edwards Air Force Base California reached a sustained altitude record of 66 443.8 feet and a speed above 1400 mph on a 25 km course. A claim has been filed with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. The previous altitude record was Jacqueline Cochran’s 55300.95 feet set November 12 1961.
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ST. Louis
Navy
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
A Corporation
California Desert
Cmdr
George W. Ellis
USN
Corporation
Edwards Air Force Base
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Jacqueline Cochran
Robert B. Robinson
U. S. Marine Corps
Cold Wave Grips Midwest With Snow Likely North
National picture reports a cool Indiana spell with no major snow for most the state. Northern counties may see light snow flurries Saturday while winds push a strong Arctic air mass from Montana toward Upper Michigan and New England.
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Montana
Upper Michigan
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
U.N Forces Control Sky Over Katanga
The report notes UN forces dominating Katanga skies and rushing aid to the region, reflecting ongoing peacekeeping activity and relief efforts amid regional tension. Gordon France, chair of Indiana’s Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, comments on a timely TV program about MG titled Second Chance.
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U.N
Sky
Katanga
Myasthenia Gravis
Indiana State
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, Inc
Indianapolis
Gordon France
Co ods to Ask State For OK on Plant Proposal
Hoosier Cooperative Energy plans to file today with the Indiana Public Service Commission seeking a certificate to build a $60 million steam power plant near Petersburg. The plant would generate 198000 kilowatts on a 212 acre White River site with 1552 miles of transmission lines and service 75000 REMC consumers in rural Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Uph
Hoosier Cooperative Energy, Inc
Indiana
Petersburg
Indiana Public Service Commission
Rural Electrification Administration
White River
Hoosier
PSC
Harold W. Handley
Washington
Kennedy
U.S. 49
Bartholomew
Daviess- Martin
Decatur
Dubois
Fayette- Union
Harrison, Johnson, Knox
Morgan
Orange
Rush
Shelby
Sullivan
Greene County
Wayne
Ralph Zoercher
Tell City
Truman Defends Atomic Bomb Decision on Pearl Harbor Anniversary
Former President Harry S. Truman, 77, tells United Press International that atomic bombs saved hundreds of thousands of American lives and ended World War II. He cites Pearl Harbor and the sunken Arizona as context, resisting tearful criticism of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Independence
Jph
Harry S. Truman
Pearl Harbor
Japan
United Press International
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
United States
Arizona
Truman
White House
Two Women Fined for False Pretenses in Spencer
Betsy Ross and Stella Thornton were fined $25 and costs and given suspended six month prison terms after pleading guilty to obtaining about $200 from Marvin Leathers under false pretenses for magazine subscriptions in Owen county court. They faced possible further questioning by Randolph county officials.
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Spencer
Owen Circuit
Betsy Ross
Stella Thornton
Marvin Leathers
George W. Langwell
Owen County
Charles Douglas
Randolph County
Wolfeboro Claims Nation's Oldest Summer Resort Title
Wolfeboro New Hampshire asserts it is the oldest summer resort in America citing Gov. John Wentworth who built the first known summer home on Lake Wentworth in 1768.
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Wolfeboro
N.M
America
John Wentworth
Lake Wentworth
Port Arthur Paints Town Red After Spill
The Marine Supply Co. dumped 13 cans of red marine paint from a delivery truck onto the 5000 block of 16th Street in Port Arthur Texas. Local witnesses report vehicle involvement and property staining across the roadway.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Uuph
The
Marine Supply Co
16Th Street
Do It Day Named By TB Association
The Greece County Tuberculosis and Health Association designates Monday December 11 as Do It Day to prompt residents to return contributions to the TB Seal Campaign. Seals appear on Christmas mail and packages as funds continue to arrive. A spokesman notes holiday distractions may hinder contributions.
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Greece County
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Forrest Coulter
Linton Retail Merchants Association
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