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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1962
Page
9
Reader tips cover defrosting freezes safe door latches for child safety preserving milk cartons filled with sand for ice and snow care and a percolator cleaning query. Also includes frying eggs method bed room color update burned food salvage and Heloise note about responding to mail.
New Yorkers face a news blackout as the ITU and Publishers Association of New York announce no further negotiations until next week. The strike has closed nine major dailies and may last months, potentially longer than the 1958 sixteen day stoppage and harming pre Christmas advertising.
Jeannie Odom, a 4 year old left abandoned near the Indianapolis bus terminal, will celebrate Christmas at the Marion County Children's Guardian Home with about 60 other children. Her mother Lois Jean Odom Littler Pullen faced abandonment charges and has not claimed her. Jeannie, once mute from trauma, now talks and plays at the home, where staff report she is thriving and plans for holiday gifts and a traditional Christmas dinner.
Detroit became home to the first professional football franchise after Jimmy Conzelman bought it in 1925 for fifty dollars.
Mr and Mrs Robert Hughes of Newberry announce the engagement of their daughter Donna Sue to Teddy Joe Soliday son of Mr and Mrs Jewell Soliday of Lyons route one Both couples are graduates of Switz City Central High School Mr Soliday is engaged in farming No definite wedding date.
Miss Sally Lee Myers and James Edward Plummer will wed at 4:00 Sunday afternoon December 23 with Rev. William S. Offutt officiating. Miss Myers is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Myers of Freelandville and Mr Plummer is the son of Mr and Mrs James N Plummer of Pleasantville.
Paris reports Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, aged and fragile, will travel wrapped to Le Havre by armored truck, sail Friday to New York aboard the France, then be escorted to the National Gallery in Washington for a January 8 to February display sparked by a gesture from Andre Malraux to Jacqueline Kennedy.
At Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico Captain Joseph W. Kittinger Jr and astronomer William C White landed their Project Stargazer balloon 40 miles west of Deming after an 181 hour ascent near space. The helium craft reached 80 000 feet while White reached about 16 miles, providing unprecedented astronomical observations and radio contact throughout the mission.
Indiana appellate court upholds Clay Circuit Judge Robert Stewart in granting a new trial to the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad over a 1956 Terre Haute Union Station fall injury case. The ruling affirmed that a $15,000 damages award was excessive.
Detroit kicker Milt Plum scores a 48 yard field goal against Los Angeles on his first NFL attempt in his sixth season, marking a notable early pro milestone.
The Warren Tristman Fellowship Hall hosts the First Methodist Church Women Society Christmas meeting led by Rev. W. T. Murphy. A choir and readers presented The Christmas Message in Song and Story with solos by Mrs. Borders and Miss Hixson. Hostesses served seasonable refreshments to members and guests including Rev. and Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Ott Wright.
A Thursday afternoon crowd attended the second of three drawings sponsored by Linton merchants at the Cine theater. Winners named were Mrs. Joyce Gentry, Mrs. Alpha Christley, Mrs. Robert Conklin, and Mrs. Elaine Moore, all of Linton, with Jimmy Paul Weaver drawing the numbers. The final drawing is set for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, offering a used auto filled with groceries as the grand prize.
About 1,549,000 couples in the United States wed in 1961, up 1.4 percent from 1960, according to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
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