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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1963
Page
1
The snow and cold boost expectations of a white Christmas for families and children. Readers are urged to travel safely, ice checked, and tree lights turned off when leaving home. The issue features ice fishing reports, local reader mail, and notes on a State Accordion Championship.
Thousands of Christian pilgrims arrive in Jerusalem for Christmas by foot car plane and donkey as Pope Paul VI's visit looms. More than 5 000 pilgrims fill the city with hundreds more from Jordan and others set to enter via Mandelbaum Gate during a mild sunny Christmas.
Alaska State Troopers logged 20 700 miles by air and 44 168 miles by vehicle in a recent month reflecting aviation dominating airborne patrols and road enforcement duties across the state.
Indiana Renaissance Governor Welsh appointed Faulconer a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation and death of Evansville judge French Clements on the Indiana Appellate Court.
President Johnson plans Christmas Eve travel from Washington to Texas aiming to reach the LBJ Ranch after attending Rep. William J. Green Jr funeral in Philadelphia. He will fly from Andrews AFB to Philadelphia then to Bergstrom AFB before a helicopter trip to Stonewall for 11 o'clock mass.
The frozen body of Mary Weber, 62, was found in a snow filled ditch in front of her Newburgh home. Deputy Coroner Verner Stonestreet said she died six to eight hours before discovery. A cane and letters were found nearby. Authorities suggested she may have fallen while attempting to catch a bus. She worked as executive secretary at Deaconess Hospital.
Throngs cross the Berlin wall passes to visit relatives in East Berlin for Christmas. West Berlin pass bureaus open early to allow East German clerks to return home for the holiday. A shooting incident at the wall marred the festive mood as refugees attempted to reach West Berlin.
Indianapolis police say 30 year old McKinley Foster admitted attempting a robbery at Welfare Finance Co claiming he needed money for food and Christmas gifts for his children. Foster was tackled after the clerk screamed for help as he brandished a toy gun and fled with donated gifts. Municipal Court action to seek his release was reported by the firm.
In a dawn session the House rejected its own move to curb wheat sales to Communist nations. The administration triumphed after 10 days and three tries, ending a bruising confrontation that strained relations between Congress and the White House. The vote reversed the earlier stand against using U S credit for trade deals with Communist nations.
A Terre Haute woman dies on an eastern county road amid a report of a ship fire and explosion incident. Rescue teams search for survivors from a Greek liner Lakonia with dozens confirmed dead and many still unaccounted for.
Dapper Jack Ruby returned to jail after a three hour hearing on bail, as witness Little Lynn Bennett faced charges for concealing a pistol in the Dallas County courthouse. Melvin Belli sought more witnesses and a Feb 10 trial date change, while Ruby’s defense argued temporary insanity.
Frankfort Indiana 14 year old Lee Earl Ruse faced assault and battery with intent to kill charges after a scissors stabbing at a home. Victim Eric Sweringan 30 was stabbed in the chest during an argument and transported to Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis in good condition. The fight began over a fingernail cutting incident.
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