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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1961
Page
2
Chicago Albany optometrist Dr Irving Vices reports the first evidence that hypnosis causes physical changes in the body. He notes eye blood vessel contraction near the colored part and widening in the white, producing bloodshot eyes during hypnosis.
A whimsical UPI report recalls how children across the nation once scavenged tar from road repairs for free chews. Parents and adults recollect tar cakes, slate-black bites, and quirky snacks like paper bags and dirt drinks as tar fever faded.
Funeral services for Miss Jane Elizabeth Spanger 16 of Edwardsport route one who was accidentally electrocuted Tuesday night at her home will be held at 2 00 Friday afternoon at the United Church of Christ at Westphalia Rev Albert Wilhouse will officiate and burial will be in Westphalia cemetery Her body is at Ives Poindexter Funeral home Sandborn where friends may call
Hospital report lists admissions including Mrs Eva Fry Linton Mrs Clint Bohley Bloomfield Mrs Helen Shonk Linton Mrs Margaret Murdock Linton Miss Rita Renee Cox Linton plus births Tammy Lee and Gregory Ward with weights six pounds three ounces and eight pounds fourteen ounces to Mrs Tommy Lee Cooper Lyons and Mrs Ward Williams Bloomfield. Dismissals include Mrs Robert Settles Bloomfield Mrs Larry Miller Jasonville Mrs Roscoe Duke Linton Mrs Leslie Wilkinson Linton Edward Crane Solsberry Mrs Raymond Walker Bedford Charles Hanson Bloomfield and Mrs David Dierking and son Linton Mrs Edward Miller and daughter Linton.
The death of 2% month old Jeffery Lee McDonald of Jacksonville Route 1 was ruled due to pulmonary edema from a rapidly spreading infection, per Greene County coroner Delmar Hasler. He died at Freeman-Greene County Hospital Wednesday morning. artificial respiration failed. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church.
Washington reports that mothers worldwide are feeding more American baby food. The Agriculture Department says 15 million dollars of U S baby food were exported last year, double the 1950 level.
New York report on designer James Gelanos previews a spring line with natural waist belts and full skirts. Daywear features belted daytime dresses and suits while evening looks use waist sashes and puff bows. capes form the jacket silhouette. Novack mocks pipe smokers as bad dates in Hollywood note.
California Institute of Technology researchers led by Dr. Harrison Brown and Dr. Bruce Murray predict ice may exist in lunar depressions or caves. They argue moon studies reveal Earth history and provide data for future lunar missions, using Mt. Wilson observations to compare color and reflectivity on flat lunar plains.
Anna Mary Robertson Moses known as Grandma Moses dies at 101 in Hoosick Falls New York after a long career starting at age 77. President Kennedy mourned her, noting how her primitive scenes revived American frontier imagery. Funeral set in Eagle Bridge with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Warmest gift idea crochet patterns with Jiffy Crochet trim using treble crochet vertical puff stitch. Pattern 7287 for afghan. 35 cents plus 10 cents mailing. Send to Linton Daily Citizen Household Arts Dept New York 11. Plus 200 designs and 25 cents for catalog.
Lisbon reports show authorities shifting families from Goa and coastal Indian border regions by ship and airlift. The India liner India carried 400 women and children from the Motimgao port while a Portuguese airliner went to Karachi with a small group. Gov Gen Vassalo e Silva cites ongoing threats from Indian forces along a 175 mile frontier. Indian air incursions over Diu and a warship near Angedive Island are noted. Portuguese protests focus on Goa and two other enclaves.
Iron Age magazine reports steel orders at fever pitch with mills near full capacity. Backlogs grow and lead times lengthen as quotas are set for Q1 1962 amid a sector-wide rush after auto industry stockpiling. Production climbs 4.1 percent to a 19 month high with mills at about 73 percent capacity. Appliance makers and can-makers place large inplate orders.
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the FCC ruling that Fort Harrison Telecasting cannot apply for Channel 10 in Terre Haute Indiana. The case involved a live contest for Channel 10 between Wabash Valley Broadcasting WTHI-TV and Livesay Broadcasting, with Channel 2 applications from Wabash and Indiana Telecasting.
Tiny aluminum disks stamped with a two letter Braille abbreviation for ten colors are sewn into garments to help blind people identify color. The tags are distributed on request by the American Federation for the Blind at 15 West 16th Street, New York.
UPI reports Bermuda was uninhabited when discovered and colonized by the British. The current population is described as primarily descended from African slaves and imported West Indian laborers, with enslaved Africans and North American Indians among the enslaved groups.
Cheaper prices for frozen vegetables look likely as stocks in cold storage rise to record highs. Total cold storage stocks reach about 1.25 billion pounds, 308 million pounds above last year, with frozen French fries more than doubling and corn stocks up 56 percent.
Thant refused Britain’s cease fire appeal as Katanga authorities vow steadfast defense. Tshombe’s communique to the Katanga delegation in Brussels promises total resistance. Twenty U.N. planes landed in Elisabethville delivering 1,800 Ethiopian troops and significant matériel.
A flu outbreak forces cancellations at Wolf Lake and Shawnee schools. Wolf Lake Superintendent James O’Brien notes possible school closures but a weekend basketball tournament may still proceed. In Shawnee, Ill., a game was canceled after half the players on one squad contracted the illness.
Mrs. Jim Richardson hosted the Happy Workers Home Demonstration club gathering at her Switz City area home. Betty Sullivan led the creed, Bible verses followed roll call, Sunshine committee named, gifts for a mental patient collected, a baby shower for Marjorie Stollings’s son featured, and a gift exchange closed the social hour with refreshments for ten members two guests and 15 children. The January meeting will be at Mrs. Phyllis Waite’s home.
Lake County authorities investigated an apparent deliberate derailment attempt on a freight train near Crown Point Indiana. A two by two foot tree stump was placed on the tracks and dragged uphill from a nearby pile. the train suffered minor damage and continued after the rails were cleared.
Indiana Department of State Revenue announces tighter checks on business tax status as over 100,000 store license applications for 1962 were mailed. Commissioner James C. Courtney said enforcement will rely on cross checking gross income tax returns. Taxpayers must certify no gross income tax owed and personal property taxes paid.
Washington reports the Kennedy administration unveils a $700 million plan to subsidize construction of fallout shelters in schools and hospitals, aiming to protect 20 million people. Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric says federal grants cover part of costs with local agencies funding the rest, and Congress will be asked for funds in January.
Major Gertrude Calvert and Mr and Mrs Bruce Allen returned to Linton from Anderson where they attended the funeral of Emer Hamilton, son in law to Major Calvert.
Sid Luckman the former Chicago Bears quarterback aided coaching at Notre Dame Army Pitt Maryland Holy Cross and Columbia during his playing career.
Indiana 1961 traffic deaths rose to 1,001 as of today with a Fort Wayne woman, Agnes M. Baadee, 69, among the latest victims. She was struck by a car in downtown Fort Wayne and died after injury sustained Wednesday.
A 1959 model car owned by William Squires was damaged in a one car accident on Second Street at the Illinois Central crossing in Linton. Driver Phillip Dean Jerrell said a northbound car crowded him causing the collision with the track and the other vehicle fled.
Hollywood star Paul Newman has finished work on a third film while two completed pictures await premieres. The Hustler conduced by 20th Century and Paris Blues for United Artists join Sweet Bird of Youth for MGM in his current slate.
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