Heroin Smuggling Spawned by Coffin Import Drama
UPI reports vast heroin consignments worth hundreds of millions entering the United States inside the bodies and coffins of dead Vietnam soldiers. Officials say a skilled ex-GI network operated through Vietnam autopsy centers to ship heroin back via Hawaii and other points, with Honolulu as a suspected split point for removing cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Hawaii
Hickam Air Force Base
Baltimore
Indicted In Hammond Drug Probe
Federal grand jury indicted 13 Gary Hammond area residents on weapons and drug charges following a probe into regional drug traffic. Notable figures include James Henry Poole of Gary, described as central to recent Hammond Gary warfare, held on $20 000 bond. Nine indicted already arrested. Poole not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
UPI
Gary
James Henry Poole
Ponte
LaPorte
Percy McFarland
John Patterson
Charles Gary
East Chiago
Fitzsimmons
Funeral Notices for Miller Brosche Squire in Worthington Bicknell
Funeral services announced for Carl C. Miller of Lawton Oklahoma a former Worthington resident with burial at Worthington Cemetery. Frances Brosche of Linton dies. mass of resurrection at St Peters Church followed by burial at Fairview. Walter Squire of Bicknell dies. services at McClure Chapel with burial at Prairie Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. Miller
Lawton
Okla
Worthington
Myers Funeral Home
Alan Burgard
Frances Brosche
Linton
St. Peter’s Church
Fairview
Welch and Cornett
Walter Squire
Bicknell
McClure Chapel
Bert Schory
Prairie Chapel
Escape tale leads to arrest of eight in California Arizona
Beaty's account to FBI triggered the roundup of eight in the San Francisco Bay area and on the Navajo Reservation. Among the arrested is former Stanford English professor H. Bruce Franklin charged with harboring a fugitive. One suspect is accused of murdering Chino State Prison guard Jesus Sanchez. Franklin calls the charges politically motivated. FBI cites Venceremos links and escape mastermind claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Stanford
FBI
San Francisco Bay Area
Arizona
Ronald W. Beaty
H. Bruce Franklin
Chino State
Jesus Sanchez
San Bernardino
Beaty
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
John J. Reikes
U.S
Richard Goldsmith
Franklin
Mos
Revolutionary Venceremos Organization
Here
Charles R. Garry
Venceremos
Christmas Program at Lyons Free Methodist Church
The Lyons Free Methodist Church invites the public to a Christmas program on Sunday December 24 at 7 0 p m featuring recitations and the play The Big Story with special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons Free Methodist Church
Admissions and property transfers in Greene County records
Listed admissions include Robin White and LeAnn Pope among others. Dismissals include Wendell Wilson and Joh n West among others. Property transfers cover numerous additions and townships in Jasonville Linton and surrounding areas with many named buyers and sellers including Clark Moss Crane and Keller among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin White
Lyons
LeAnn Pope
Dubois
Linda Wilt
Loogootee
Harley Hasket
Switz City
Ona Corwin
Linton
Wendell Wilson
Worthington
Buss Cleveland
John West
Satimer Null and Son
Jasonville
Baby Bridges
William Paul Bishop
Dugger
Mina Need
Maryllenbaugh
IMH Allison
Point Commerce
Leon Perry
Loren Bakeret Ax
W. W. Hubbard
Phyllis Ann Binkowski
Jerry Moss
Stockton Township
Ralph W. Clark
Midland
Blanche M. Moss
Judy K. Johnson
Richland
Virginia Crane
Carol Crane Fiscus
Wetnight
Phillip Lee Keller
Island Valley Coal and Mining Co
Jacob A. Yung
William H. Collisson
Commodore A. Cox
Charles Danko
Henderson
Clara Perkins
Hubert T. Cooper
Fairview
Robert F
Irene L. Settles
Herman Fillett
Lamb’s
Bloomfield
Donald W. Stanger
Sandra J. Stanger
Beech Creek
Alvadore Chaney
Richard D. Johnson
Richland Township
Ella Irene Hasler
Alan Nonte
Eveleigh
Clarence J. Sherrard
Linda June Adkins
Carpenter and Morss
Newberry
Calvin Sylvester Padgett
Morris Willis
Stafford Township
Doris Vergar
Albert L. Hughbanks
Powell and Warrick
Margaret A. Wiles
Guardian
Michael Earl Mayfield
Selfridge
Bedonna Scott
Donald E. Gastineau
Charles A. Campbell
Carl W. Whaley
Marvin Larrison
Edward Secrest
Plew’s
Roy E. Heramb
Byron G. Bellet
Wright Township
Leona Magee
Nathan L. McKinley
Indiana Bill Proposes $25 Vehicle User Tax
Indiana lawmakers want an annual $25 vehicle user tax on all licensed vehicles to fund highways and roads. The plan estimates 3.2 million vehicles would raise about $80 million yearly, collected with license plate fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Kermit Burrous
Peru
Stephen Ferguson
Bloomington
House and Transportation Committee
Passenger Hijacks Bus In Downtown Los Angeles
A 42 year old man hijacked a bus in Los Angeles forcing the driver to six miles downtown over lack of bus change. Daniel Horton was booked for investigation of kidnapping after police arrested him in the lobby of California Hospital when he alighted. Bus driver Aubry J. Brown reported the suspect boarded on Manchester Avenue and Broadway paid 25 cents then returned with a dollar and 20 cents more before producing a simulated gun and ordering no one off or on. The ride ended at Venice Boulevard and Main Street with Horton exiting as instructed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPD
Daniel Horton
California Hospital
Aubry J. Brown
Manchester Avenue
Broadway
Brown
Venice Boulevard
Main Street
Greene County Farmers night school on corn production
Adult night school for Greene County farmers meets Thursday December 21 at 7 30 p m in the L and M School with Glenn Karch of Pioneer Seed Corn Company speaking on Problems of Corn Production Farmers may attend and refreshments are served. The Freeman Greene County Hospital Volunteers dinner is at 6 30 p m tonight at the new shelter house in Humphreys Park. Scotty Stevenson returns home from St Anthony hospital Terre Haute after a seven day stay.
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Greene County
L and M
Glenn Karch
Pioneer Seed Corn Company
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Humphreys Park
Scotty Stevenson
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre
Mild Weather To Persist Across Indiana Into Winter
The mild wet pattern continues into the start of winter in Indiana. Forecasters say mostly cloudy skies and scattered light rain will linger through Sunday with highs in the 50s and overnight lows near 30s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Indiana
Hoosier
Bedford
Spencer
Columbus
Evansville
Shoals
Medora
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Major Thompson to Lead Special Salvation Army Meeting
Salvation Army Divisional Commander Major Thompson from Indianapolis will preside at a 7 p.m. meeting at the Linton Salvation Army Chapel. New soldiers will be installed and local officers commissioned. Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Salvation Army
Indianapolis
Linton
Edgy man wounds marshal and agent at JFK terminal
At Kennedy International Airport a man described as edgy shot and wounded a sky marshal Anthony Petrucci Jr. and customs agent J. T. McCarthy after resisting a search of his attache and guitar cases near Gate 7 at Pan Am. He fled onto a runway before being captured by Port Authority police. Both victims were treated at Peninsula General Hospital and listed in satisfactory condition.
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New York
API
Kennedy International Airport
nPa
Pan American World Airways
Port Authority
Peninsula General Hospital
Far Rockaway
J. T. McCarthy
Commack
N.Y
Anthony Petrucci Jr
Bloomfield
N.J
McCarthy
Petrucci
Gate 7
Sky Marshal
Pan Am
Son Of Sundance Kid Claims Secret Loot Hidden
Robert Longbaugh 72, who died in Missoula, claimed to be the Sundance Kid's son and to have maps to $300000 in stolen loot. He said he aided by Parker alias Butch Cassidy, asserted their deaths in 1957 and 1997, and described past robberies and a plan to use the loot to aid national debt reduction or Vietnam veterans bonuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Longbaugh
Sundance Kid
Longbaugh
Harry
Robert Leroy Parker
Butch Cassidy
Treasury
Sundance
Cassidy
South America
Vincente
Bolivia
United States
Parker
Spokane
Wash
William K. Phillips
The
Truman Remains Very Serious as Health Fails
Former President Harry S. Truman, 88, listed in very serious condition for the sixth straight day due to kidney and heart complications. Doctors said his kidneys operate at under 10 percent capacity and his heart is too weak for dialysis. daughter Margaret Daniel returned to New York for Christmas as Bess Truman stays at the Independence home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Harry& Truman
Truman
Margaret Daniel
New York City
Mrs. Daniel
Bess
Research Hospital
Linton Daily Citizen Publication Notice
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a local newspaper record for Linton Indiana with publication details and postage paid notation. The readable bits mention schedule patterns and nonstandard wording but lack a complete story or names.
Wartime Publisher and Circulation Notice Fragment
The fragment lists Warren H Onken as editor and publisher and Morris J Cox as assistant managing editor with circulation rates for carrier and motor route deliveries. It notes subscription prices by region and payment in advance. Mentions United Press News Service and Hoosier State association with political terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren H. Onken
Morris J. Cox
Ann. Tow
Mali
Nixon In Hospital For Annual Checkup
President Nixon arrived at Bethesda Naval Hospital for his annual physical, flying from the White House by helicopter and being greeted at the entrance by Rear Adm. F P Ballenger. The morning visit began with a formal welcome on the rain soaked grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda, Md
UPI
Nixon
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
F. P. Ballenger
Ballenger
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Thomas E. Sutherland
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Baltimore City
Clarence E. Goetz
Sutherland
Dover Air Force Base
Delaware
Andrews
Memoriam
Martin Schubla
Rosa A. Williamson
Kenneth Adams
Way
Venceremos Organization
Sid Reikes
Northside
Mary Sherman
Ella Ridge
Sullivan
Elmer Miller
Elizabeth Alsop
Osa Hogar
Farmersburg
Selah Swisher
Sullivan Norma Galewski
Shelburn
Pearl Foutz
Merom
Charlotte Mayfield
Mary Allen
Denver
Mercury
Major Thompson
Marshal
Missoula, Mont
Sanderson
Tex
Texas
Nevada
Idaho
Brunella Canyon
Linton Daily Citizen
Secona Clase
Linton Indiena
Circuit Court
Eben Hoseman
Miles Wilson Trueblood
Castnet
Bloomtie
Forrest L
Prih
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