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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1963
Page
5
The Community Blood Program has 1,500 registered members serving 6,672 people but thousands of applications remain unreturned. Hospital Guild urges timely signups for coverage, while warnings about counterfeit checks and misdirected shipments of Heloise books are noted alongside updated Kennedy history titles and local property inquiries.
Sub zero temperatures were reported from Maine to Montana with freezing drizzle and icy highways across the southern plains. Muskegon Michigan braced for new squalls while Kentucky and Gulf Coast areas logged cold records and Florida growers prepared smudge pots to protect crops.
Evansville Indiana former Appellate Court Judge Freadh Clements 68 died Thursday at St Marys Hospital after lung cancer treatment. A Republican elected to the states second highest court in 1962 he had announced his resignation last month. Survivors include his widow a foster son mother two sisters and a grandchild.
Congressional leaders halted plans to adjourn and urged returning members to stay until the contested foreign aid bill passes. A federal grand jury indicted the William S Merrell Co for concealing test results on a drug named MER 29 claiming it caused injuries and sexual changes in test animals.
The final U S Studebaker produced in the United States is to roll off the assembly line, ending 61 years of domestic auto production. Production shifts to Hamilton Ontario with about 6000 workers affected. Dealers will receive Canadian- built cars and parts to sustain the Studebaker name in North America.
Congress prepared to adjourn without a foreign aid bill as House and Senate negotiators seek a compromise. Differences center on funding levels from 2.8 to 3.2 billion with Kennedy proposing 4.5 billion and Johnson urging at least 3.6. Majority support aims for roughly 3 billion, ending the longest postwar session.
Congress approved a measure to keep the U S Capitol dome floodlit through the night replacing the previous midnight end time. Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma urged the change saying the light of freedom should burn constantly.
Palm Beach Fla Secret Service agents guard Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children during the holidays at the Kennedy homes. Children John Jr aged 3 and Caroline aged 6 will open gifts early Christmas morning and visit their grandfather Joseph P Kennedy. A private Christmas Mass will be held at his home as he recovers from a two year stroke and plans daily swims with the grandchildren.
East German authorities opened the border to allow mass visits by West Berlin residents to East Berlin for one day amid a holiday period running until January 5. Five crossing points were opened and thousands crossed as doors reopened with no formal ceremony.
A U S Army court martial in Eureux France found two Negro soldiers, Pvt Richard L Parker Jr and Pfc Edward Spears, guilty of unpremeditated murder in a barracks fight that killed Airman 10 Robert Padgett. A white soldier, Pfc Allen L Garnard, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Seven residents of Linton won turkeys in the final drawings by the Linton Merchant Association held Thursday. Winners included Sally Cullison Oma Frederick Cletha French Norman Ham R W Gatz Ida Lewis and Virgi Porter. Jack Cravens presented the birds as the promotion closed for the year with 21 turkeys given away over three weeks to registrants amid subzero weather.
Indiana Governor Welsh issued an executive order moving 2300 state highway positions from political Patronage to a career employment plan. Experienced staff must pass written or oral exams to stay, with the director of the department holding final firing authority. The plan excludes the chief highway engineer and six district engineers.
Washington reports indicate winter wheat farmers seeded 43 million bushels for 1964, modestly above 1962 and the 1958–62 average. Officials warn that current acreage could yield far less than potential and note farmers hesitate due to risk of losing historic base if production controls are reimposed.
Richard Honeck 84 leaves Menard State Prison after 64 years as a lifer in a case once called the loneliest in the country. A wave of mail followed a newspaper story, including a note from his niece Clara Orth of San Leandro who offered care. California parole officials approved Honeck to live with Orth and her son, a disabled veteran, in California.
The Senate on Thursday confirmed eight Indiana postmasters. Names listed include Marvin D. Helmerick of Boswell, James L. Slough of Bourbon, Kenneth W. Cochran of Flat Rock, Clair T. Albin of Green Castle, Eleanor N. Harness of Grovertown, Ellsworth G. Hartley of New Albany, Michael Faikel of Portage, and Malcolm W. Menke of Westphalia.
The first shipment of Heloise Housekeeping Hints books has arrived and the Kitchen Hints book is expected Saturday. Those with orders for Housekeeping Hints may claim them at the Citizen Office.
Two people died in railroad collisions Thursday raising Indiana's 1963 highway toll. Harold W. Clevinger Jr., 24, of Lake Village, was struck at a slippery crossing near Kentland, Jasper County. Leonard H. Robbins, 55, of Farrelland, was hit by a New York Central passenger train at a crossing northwest of Shelbyville.
Debra Rogers six was treated and released after being struck by a car driven by Joyce Ann Dennis twenty two at the intersection of First Street Northwest and Vincennes Street Thursday at 3 p.m. The child, not seeing the oncoming vehicle, darted into its path as a school bus stopped to unload passengers. No charges were filed. she suffered minor cuts and bruises.
The Defense Department announced a February draft call for 12,000 Army men, 4,000 fewer than January's quota. It said 21,500 recruits would be needed in February, with 9,500 expected from voluntary enlistments. The December quota stands at 13,000.
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