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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1952
Page
1
Purdue University and the U S Department of Agriculture warn dairy herds shrink on Hoosier farms while a January legislative battle looms to tighten standards for substitutes. Farmers cite substitutes labor shortages and low milk profits amid rising Indiana population and stagnant fluid markets.
U P reports Moscow rejected a U S demand for damages for the B 29 shot down off northern Japan on Oct 7. The note, delivered to the American Embassy in Moscow, cites Soviet frontier violations near Yuri Island and questions survivors. The bomber cost about 210000 and the episode dampened hopes for compensation for a later C 47 incident.
Recounting votes proceeds slowly with eleven of fifty four precincts tallied at noon. Wayne Burcham and Harley Inman exchange net gains while Benham and Dowden also shift in early results. Recount commission members cannot predict completion time after three and a half days of work.
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Hurt 47 of Linton who died Wednesday morning at her home in the Atlas community will be held at 2 30 oclock Friday afternoon at the Anderson Poindexter Memory Chapel. Rev William Stone will officiate and burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
John L. Stokes 24 of Columbus was arrested by FBI agents as an Army deserter from Camp Pickett Virginia last Aug 16 and is held for military authorities.
Pvt. Kenneth E. Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Richardson of Bloomfield, serves as a rifleman with the 28th Infantry Division now in Bavaria Germany. The unit trains under simulated combat as part of NATO forces guarding Western Europe. Richardson entered the Army in May 1952.
Miss Rosemary MelIntosh of Worthington earned a sectional award at the National Junior Vegetable Growers association convention in New York City. The 4 H member grew 16 vegetable varieties and won a $100 share in the $6 000 A and P scholarship fund. others from Indiana also claimed state awards.
The 7 210 ton freighter Columbia Trader with a crew of 38 drifted mid Atlantic after its propeller failed. The French tug Abeille 26 departed Brest to reach the ship about 800 miles west of Brest as weather worsened. Officials expect the tug to be alongside by Friday night or Saturday morning to rescue the disabled vessel.
In Muncie Indiana a 62 year old woman who ran a loan business was found stabbed and beaten at her rooming house. Charles Smith age 72 a boarder located Miss Helen Griffith in the living room. Police note throat stab wound back cut and jaw crushed by a blunt instrument. Robbery ruled out by police but possible disturbance over loans. Smith reported signs of struggle in the living room.
Eva L. Flake 70, of Bicknell and former Linton resident, died at 2:25 AM in Good Samaritan Hospital Vincennes after 18 months of ill health. Born Oct 6, 1882 in Kentucky, she married Charles Flake in 1899. Survived by husband, two daughters, one son, two brothers, two sisters, 10 grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Funeral set 2 PM Saturday at Pilgrim Holiness Church Bicknell. burial Asbury Chapel Cemetery.
The Supreme Court closes a three day hearing on racial segregation in public schools with cases from Delaware and the District of Columbia still to be argued. Kansas South Carolina and Virginia arguments have already been heard. The core issue is whether segregation denies equal protection under the 14th Amendment even if facilities are equal.
Revival services continue at White Rose Church with Rev. John Jerrells announcing progress. Rev. Dora Myers delivers messages each evening and the congregation invites the public to attend today.
A Linton meeting of religious and civic leaders outlined organizing new Cub Packs Scout Troops and Explorer Posts following recent Boy Scout surveys. Attendees from First Baptist Catholic Church American Legion Rotary Kiwanis included Argabright Durham Haseman Hineman Johnson Slover Tryon Singleton. A district rally at Linton High Feb 12 will showcase activities and award prizes including a best window display trophy for National Boy Scout Week.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration attributed last summer’s radar sightings to a temperature phenomenon. A study at Indianapolis found warm air formed a refracting surface bending radar beams downward, making ground objects appear on screens instead of actual unknown flying objects.
President Truman hints at taking further action against General MacArthur over his Korea war proposals. He urges MacArthur to report a reasonable plan to end fighting honorably and notes Ike will assume office January 20. MacArthur remains on the Army payroll as a five star general. The president and family have returned from Missouri after the funeral of his mother-in-law.
United Nations officials have fired at least four non American employees suspected of pro Communist activities. A fifth foreign national was dismissed by Secretary General Trygve Lie on morals grounds. The five include citizens of Great Britain France and Scandinavian nations. The Senate Internal Security subcommittee learns 14 so called bad security risks remain employed by the U.N. amid a probe into disloyalty and closer U.S. State Department U.N. reporting on security of Americans working there.
Bloomington Indiana reports the $5,000,000,000 gallon water supply lake nearly finished. Mayor Emmett Kelly says only days remain on the $2,000,000 project. An auxiliary pump will connect the lake to Griffey Reservoir today as spillway work finishes the dam to feed Griffey Lake.
Army Sgt. Max W. Markle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Markle of Jasonville route one, was released from active duty at the Army Separation Center in Camp Carson Colorado. Markle, a Korean conflict veteran, served 18 months in the Far East.
Chinese forces launched their largest assault in two months on the Western Front and seized Little Nori Hill after lengthy combat. Red troops initially broke through to the south slopes, then captured the summit before dawn, but UN artillery and a South Korean counterattack recaptured the peak by midafternoon.
Albert F. Lundy age 20 son of Mr and Mrs C W Lundy of Jasonville route one completes the Air Force basic airman course at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio The base trains airmen for technical training and specialized assignments as Gateway to the Air Force
Rev W S Brandenburg, patient at St Anthony's hospital Terre Haute, submitted to a second operation this week. His condition is reported as satisfactory and he is in room 229.
President elect Eisenhower lands aboard the USS Helena at Pearl Harbor for high level military talks with aides and generals. He will meet Gen. Douglas MacArthur in New York next week to discuss Korea policy. A large Honolulu welcome and a wreath at Punchbowl mark the stop before continuing policy discussions at Kaneohe Marine Air Station.
Five youths aged 17 to 19 on burglary sentences escaped Wednesday night from the Putnamville penal farm. Superintendent Albert Ellis said the group likely walked away and that the facility, lacking armed guards, is for rehabilitation of minor violators, not serious felons. The escape raises questions about handling youths with second and third degree burglary records.
Rep Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky said he has been asked to remain available for an appointment in the Eisenhower administration. He noted speculation he could become Navy secretary and will confer Friday with Gov Sherman Adams, one of Eisenhower’s top aides, about a possible post.
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