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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
1
Larry Raney son of Rev Kenneth Raney of Jesus Name Apostolic Church on Browns town Road reports a gray fox encountered during a dog tussle and says he killed the animal thinking it may have rabies. He asks if a bounty on fox ears still exists.
The Linton Stockon School Board met for the final regular session of the year with part of the meeting closed to the press and public to discuss policy on elementary school supplies. Principal A M Franklin and five teachers attended the closed portion, while township trustee Murl Cullison objected to the secrecy.
Senate expected to back a House approved 450 cent Kennedy coin measure amid Republican protests of haste. The House passed the coin bill 352 to 6 as Congress nears adjournment with another Kennedy center bill advancing from committees to the floor.
In Richmond Indiana an odd jobs worker Francis R Doner 41 was charged with beating 82 year old widow Bertha L Richter to death with a potato masher and a wooden mallet claiming he needed money for beer. Prosecutor Wayne Tash will seek a first degree murder indictment.
The Linton Merchants Association will award seven turkeys in a drawing held at 3 p.m. Thursday in front of the Rexall Drug store, inviting local residents to participate.
Washington Post reports official autopsy findings that President Kennedy was killed by the second bullet while the first wound was noncritical, with the head injury causing instant death. Pathologists say both bullets struck from behind, refuting alternate angles.
A car in Washington Indiana was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train killing Graden Boyd a 47 year old Bicknell teacher and his daughter Carol Jean 17 wife and two other children were injured. A separate snowbound highway crash near Valparaiso killed William Shearer 71 and injured others while two more fatalities from earlier collisions were reported in Lafayette and Indianapolis.
Mutual Radio urges Congress to move the tax calendar so July 4th carries richer meaning. The November newsletter notes a 52 percent tax bracket requires work until July 9th each year to pay the government and suggests setting the date to July 3rd as a patriotic gesture.
City council counts referendum showing 1 097 fast time votes to 701 slow time with 14 mutilated ballots. The measure reverses October 1964 slow time move, returning to fast time at 2 a.m. on December 29 amid citizen petitions and council approval.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk heads to London for talks with Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home and Foreign Secretary R. A. Butler as NATO wraps up its shortest meeting in 14 years. McNamara departs for Saigon to inspect the U. S. war effort in South Viet Nam.
Dale M Lewis vice president of the St. Louis Fed says coins are in severe shortage across Arkansas and parts of Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi. Banks ration coins to 500 member and 1000 other banks as vending machines and collectors worsen the shortage with Christmas demand. Pennies are under 1 percent of normal while dimes stand at 9 percent. A 200000 silver dollar shipment arrived November 29 and has been ordered by banks.
The Sheriff’s office reported an incident at 1 10 p m Tuesday five miles west of Linton on highway 54. Herbert H Montgomery 44 of Liberty Kentucky drove a semi trailer westbound while Lee O Rodocker 70 of Palestine Illinois drove eastbound. Rodocker’s car slid into the Montgomery vehicle after braking to avoid a collision. No injuries or tickets were reported.
Indianapolis resident James Harvey McIntyre, 44, was cited after a collision on highway 231 near the Eel River bridge. His car rolled over an embankment, he was thrown from the vehicle with cuts and chest pain, and he was taken to Freeman-Greene County hospital in fair condition. Charges of driving while intoxicated and improper passing were to be filed.
In Indianapolis initial unemployment claims fell to 38,293 while remaining about 17 percent below 1962 levels. South Bend shows no reflected Studebaker shutdown impact yet. initial claims dropped about 3,500 with continued claims rising similarly. Director Nicolini notes little statewide change in the jobless rate.
The United States begins its defense of the Olympic ice hockey championship against Romania at Innsbruck on January 28 during the 1964 Winter Games. Canada faces Yugoslavia and Norway plays Switzerland on the opening day, January 27.
Hoosierland sees another snow blanket as winter looms with below zero temperatures. Lafayette 3 above, Indianapolis 5 above, South Bend 7 inches, Indianapolis 4 inches, Fort Wayne and Lafayette 3 inches. Roads open but slippery with more snow unlikely in the north before Sunday.
Floyd Circuit Court Judge Paul Tegart was viewed as front runner for the Indiana Appellate Court after John R. Ax removed himself from consideration. Ax told Governor Welsh he is not interested and plans a public announcement soon on a major state political office.
Bever ly Kay Norris versus Kenneth W Norris seeks a divorce moved from Martin County. Maude Turek and others versus Robert Van Cleve and others seeks a quiet title complaint filed in Greene County Court House.
The Greene County Courthouse at Bloomfield will shut from 11 a.m. Tuesday December 24 to 8 a.m. Thursday December 26 as announced today.
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