Whimsical Clark County Notes Share Local Lore
A patchwork column from Linton offers jokes and anecdotes from a holiday season, including a Tuberculosis drive call for donations, a wedding kept light by a child’s misinterpretation, and a GE club donation to fund cardiac equipment at Freeman Greene hospital. Local editorials and playful quotes mingle with a correction about the true donor.
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G.E. Club
GE. Club
Linton
Freeman - Greene County Hospital
General Electric Company
Terre Haute Pair Held In Unusual Theft Case
Terre Haute practical nurse Bertha Ford and her husband Willie Ford were jailed on preliminary grand larceny charges after police traced suspicious spending. They allegedly took two cans containing about 12 000 to 15 000 dollars from the Moorhead sisters who employed Ford as a caregiver.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Bertha Ilona Ford
Willie
Vigo County
Terre Hautv
Nettie
Laura Moorhead
John O’leary
O'Leary
Ford
Moorheads
O'l Leary
Fords
Soviet offer on nuclear test ban draws praise in Cuba crisis
Geneva bulletin reports the USSR briefly offered to allow international inspectors to monitor a black box nuclear test ban before retracting the offer. Omaha UPI reports President Kennedy lauds the Strategic Air Command for its unique airborne alert during the Cuban crisis.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Russia
Omaha
UPI
Kennedy
Strategic Air Command
Linton Merchants Hold First Christmas Drawing
A crowd filled the Cine theater for the first weekly drawing in Linton merchants Christmas promotion. A second drawing offering $100 in merchandise certificates is set for 2:00 p.m. Thursday December 13, with a final drawing December 20 featuring a used auto loaded with groceries as the main prize. Winners of the first drawing were Mrs. Carol Weaver Mrs. Earl Moore Mrs. Junior Holland Mrs. Carol Weaver and Mrs. Sue Brown, all of Linton. The James were drawn by Betty Bickel of Jasonville.
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Cine Theater
Linton Merchants
Carol Weaver
Earl Moore
Junior Holland
Sue Brown
Linton
James
Betty Bickel
Jasonville
Kennedy Tours Western Bases Ahead of Minuteman Operational Test
President Kennedy launches a weekend tour of western atomic and military sites visiting Offutt Nebraska Malmstrom Montana and bases in New Mexico including Santa Fe Los Alamos Albuquerque and ends at Palm Desert California with a possible Minuteman missile operational announcement. Vice President Johnson joins brief speeches as Seaborg Zuckert and other officials accompany him. Defense Secretary McNamara does not attend citing busy schedule.
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Washington
Kennedy
Nebraska
New Mexico
Nevada
Palm Desert
Calif
Bing Crosby
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
Strategic Air Command
Offutt
Eugene M. Zuckert
Pentagon
White House
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Santa Fe
Los Alamos
Albuquerque
N.M
Elks Ladies Plan Christmas Party At Home
The Elks Ladies will meet at the Elks home at 7 00 o clock Monday evening for the annual Christmas party. Attendees should bring a 26 cent Christmas wrapped grabbag gift. Hostesses listed include Mrs Homer Fordyce Mrs Mack Tyler Mrs Jake Tyree Mrs Elmer Terrell Mrs Tom Mc Quade Mrs Charles Hoskins Mrs Clyde Davis Mrs Bill Noel Mrs William Harting Jr and Mrs Bob Griffiths.
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Elks
Elks Home
Homer Fordyce
Mack Tyler
Jake ‘Tyree
Elmer Terrell
Tom McQuade
Charles Hoskins
Clyde Davis
London Smog Kills Dozens as Fog Harms City
The London killer fog causes at least 85 deaths and 700 hospitalizations as the city shuts down with buses canceled and streets empty. Officials warn the toll may rise, while forecasts say the plume should thin and clear by afternoon. Sir Winston Churchill is seen dining amid the smog as experts collect air samples for study.
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London
England
Wales
London Transport
Winston Churchill
Savoy Hotel
Richard A. Prindle
Drowns Daughter of IU Professor in Backyard Pool
In Bloomington Indiana Sarah Beversdorf 15 months old daughter of Thomas Beversdorf music instructor at Indiana University drowned Thursday in a small backyard pool. Police said she tumbled in while playing. mother and officers attempted CPR but she died at a local hospital.
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Bloomington
Ind
Sarah Beversdorf
Indiana University
Thomas Beversdorf
Indiana Snowstorm Widens Cold Spell Across State
A deep freeze grips Indiana with up to eight inches of snow and slick highways statewide. Three people die in traffic crashes as forecasts predict more flurries and a five day stretch of above normal cold with highs in the 20s and 30s and minimal precipitation.
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United Press International
Indiana
Hoosiers
Weather Bureau
South Bend
Take Michigan
Indianapolis
Hamilton County
Lafayette
Lake Michigan
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Remai
Anc
War of Records bloody in Mound City South Dakota
Report from Mound City South Dakota details a standoff as federal agents seek to move federal farm records held for months from a barricaded ACSC building. Local farmers oppose the plan fearing loss of investment and potential county government relocation to Herreid.
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U. S
U.S
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
Campbell County
Herreld
Arnold Dietrich
Mound City
Agricultural Stabilization and
Herreid
ACSC
Herreild
Australian Colony Expands Linton Links To Australia Venture
Linton residents Jack Kress and Francis Riley join Harvey Grounds in Biloela Australia to operate a new Marion 7900 drag-line shovel at the Kianga Moura coal field. They will travel via Indianapolis St Louis and Los Angeles to Sydney then Gladstone meeting Grounds. The project aims to supply coal to Japan with a field spanning 350 square miles and reserves quoted at 1000 million tons.
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Linton
Harvey Grounds
Biloela
Australia
Jack Kress
Francis Riley
Coshocton
Ohio
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Calif
California
Sydney
Gladstone
Brisbane
Grounds
Kress
Riley
Marion
Kianga-Moura
Thiess-Peabody Coal Party, Ltd
Daily Citizen
Indiana
Japan
Queensland
The
Coal Board
Klanga-Moura
Peabody Company
Old Glory
Coal City
Mr. Riley
Linton-Jasonville-Dugger
Missing Hoosier Plane Sought in CAP Search
Atlanta CAP teams resumed ground and air search for Indiana aircraft salesman Donald R. Miller missing since November 28. Ten aircraft and four ground units faced wind and light snow, but operations halted early. Miller, 42, from Elkhart, had 2,000 flight hours plus a Beech Debonair. no flight plan filed.
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Atlanta
Civil Air Patrol
Indiana
Knoxville
Tenn
Donald R. Miller
Elkhart
Ind
Fulton County
CAP
Miller
John Dodson
Rome
Miners Trapped after Methane Explosion at Carmichaels
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania a methane explosion trapped 37 miners 680 feet underground at the Frosty Run entry of a U S Steel coal mine. Rescue teams battled conditions as a horizontal shaft was sealed and winds and snow hindered efforts.
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Robena No. 3
Carmichaels
Carl Bosell
Eldred Faux
US. Steel Corp
U.S
Monongah
W. Va
James B.’Girod
Robena
Albert F. Bronakoski
Bobtown
U. S. Steel
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State Mines
Lewis Evans
Girod
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
US to press Russia on remaining troops in Cuba
Washington expects to question Moscow about several thousand Soviet troops still in Cuba after missiles and bombers were removed. Pentagon sighted 42 IL28 bombers off Cuba as Khrushchev promised removal within 30 days. Officials say the issue includes personnel and verifications, with estimates up to 13,000.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Russia
Pentagon
Cuban
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kennedy
United Nations
Lst
Three Fined in Linton Public Intoxication After Main Street Crash
Police puzzled over an early morning wreck on South Main where a 1951 Alumbaugh auto allegedly struck Hazel Tincher’s parked car, then backed into a Kroger sign. Driver Dukes, Alumbaugh, and Dukes’ mother Mary Dukes were fined $25 and costs. Alumbaugh’s car was totaled.
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Linton
South Main Street
Raymond Alumbaugh
Sullivan Route Three
Donald E. Dukes
B” Street
Main Street
Hazel Maxine Tincher
Tincher Auto
Tincher
Kroger Company
Alumbaugh
Dukes
Mary Dukes
Stockton Township
Christmas Lighting Contest Plans Told
The Linton Civic Garden Club announces plans for its annual city wide Christmas lighting and decorating contest. Committee chairs Mrs. Harry Ampriest er, Mrs. Paul Lester, and Mrs. Lillian Suffal outline categories for entries. Residents may register decorations in yard displays nativity scenes overall fronts homes and public foundations. Garden club entries judged separately. Contact committee members to enter. The Linton Jaycees will collect entries on a date to be announced.
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Linton Civic Garden Cla
Harry Armpriester
Paul Lester
Lillian Suffal
Garden Club
Bere
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Weill
Wells
Fye
Pye
Greene County
Tuberculosis Association
Oscar Brefevi
Department of
Mary
John
Bobby
Small Bobby
Daddy
Father
Joseph) Steckler
Steckler
Santa Claus
Mat
Ralph Berry
Bulletins
Western Region
ELK
Nelson
Trafalgar Square
TheAir Ministry
Noble Lantrip
Elliston
White River
New York State
Great Lakes
Appalachian Mountains
Olean
Howe
South Dakota
Spearfish
Deadwood
Wounded Knee
Mud Butte
Bullhead
South
Russ
Linton Jaycees
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