Christmas sightings and historical clippings from Linton area
Residents spot a deer near North Main Street and a grove by Linton-Stockton schools. Ed wardsport lights a 235 foot crane tree at the power plant while Plainville trains a high silo Santa and reindeer display. Old clippings note sun returns after long gloom and war era newspapers with ads and runaway slave notices.
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Linton
Santa Claus
Main Street
Linton-Stockton
Edwardsport
Plainville
Santa
Managua Earthquake Toll Seen Reaching Six Thousand
In Managua Nicaragua demolition crews leveled sections of the city entombing quake victims while Red Cross workers searched and burned bodies. Government says at least 3,000 dead with final toll possibly to 6,000 as officials declare contaminated zones and begin relief distributions for 107,000 residents.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Red Cross
Miller Elected Chamber President
Frank Miller owner of the Cine Theatre was chosen president of the Linton Chamber of Commerce at a Tuesday board meeting. Elected for 1973 are Tom Fisher as vice president Juanita Greenwood as secretary treasurer and new directors Richard Hastings Jim Shields and Tom Fisher.
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Frank Miller
Cine Theatre
Linton Chamber of Commerce
Tom Fisher
Juanita Greenwood
Richard Hastings
Jim Shields
Americans mourn Truman private services planned
President Truman lies in state at the Truman Library in Independence with a private funeral planned for Thursday. Nelson Nixon and Pat Nixon will attend briefly to pay respects, while Bess Truman and family prepare for the ceremony.
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UPI
Harry S Truman
Nixon
Missouri
Truman Library
Bess Truman
Margaret Daniel
Delaware Street
Pat
Truman
Nixons
Washington
State offices to close for Truman day of mourning
Governor Whitcomb ordered all state offices shut Thursday as a day of mourning for former President Harry S Truman. Mail delivery stops nationwide, with the Linton employment security office also closed. Essential ordnance work at NAC Crane continues. nonessential personnel may be excused. Greene County Courthouse offices will close all day.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Whitcomb
Harry S Truman
Linton Employment Security
R. L. McArthy
Nac Crane
Greene County
Dozens Die As Bus Crashes With Cattle Truck in New Mexico
A cattle truck jackknifed on a narrow bridge near Fort Sumner and collided with a chartered bus carrying 35 Texas teenagers and chaperons to a Baptist retreat. Nineteen killed, many injured, with rescue hampered by remoteness and a helicopter airlift. The first bus crossed moments earlier. 16 bodies reported in mortuary, three more unidentified.
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N. M
UPI
A. C. Jones
New Mexico
Austin
Ervy Wilmeth
Wilmeth Cattle Co
Clovis
de Baca
Roland Crane
Air Force
Kirtland Air Force Base
John Roberts
N.M
Nixon to Pay Final Respects to Harry Truman
President Nixon travels to Independence Missouri to lay a wreath at Truman’s bier and attend the funeral, joining a national mourning while honoring a former foe whose WWII decisions reshaped Europe. Nixon and Mrs. Nixon cut short a Florida vacation and will observe a 30 day mourning period with half staff flags.
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Richard Debaur
USS Navy
Truman
Key Biscayne
Fla
Washington
Europe
23 New Bills Preliled In Legislature
INDIANAPOLIS Hoosier school children would be required to stay in school until 18 or high school graduation under a bill filed in the 1973 Indiana Legislature. The measure is among 23 bills and resolutions added for the session restart. Other proposals include a state sales tax handling fee for retailers, color photos on licenses, 65 plus hunting without a license, hotel and motel liability for un honored reservations, and removing county auditors from publishing claims. Another group would alter the state personnel board and appeal procedures.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
State Personnel Board
Massive Air Raids Hit North Vietnam
UPI reports describe heavy air raids against North Vietnam from December 18 to Christmas, with over 1,000 U.S. jet fighters and 147 B52 waves targeting Hanoi. Claims include extensive bombing near the city center, refugees fleeing, and losses of B52s and fighter-bombers, with Hanoi reporting many Americans captured or missing.
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UPI
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
Guam
Thailand
Hill Foresees Gas Shortage or Rate Hike in Indiana
Indiana Public Service Commission Chairman W. W. Hill Jr. warned retailers may face a gas shortage or a sharp rise in bills. A PSC survey of 14 gas suppliers covering about 96 percent of Hoosier customers suggests today’s supply is robust, but long term outlook is weak due to reduced incentives for new gas sources. He cautioned bills could more than double within a decade if trends continue.
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Indianapolis
UPI
W. W. Hill, Jr
Indiana Public Service Commission
Hill
PSC
Hoosier
Indiana
District Court Fire Probed in Boyle Brewster Case
The FBI investigates a Christmas Day fire at a U S District Court with possible impact on trials of former UMW President Tony Boyle and Senator Daniel Brewster. James Davey, the court’s chief clerk, said cases affected by lost documents in the ground floor room are not yet determined.
Lin ton to Hear Trash Ordinance Tonight
A Lin ton Common Council special meeting at 7 p.m. in city hall will hear the proposed trash and garbage pickup ordinance. Residents may express views as the third and final reading is set for implementation January 1 with a $1.20 trash charge added to the sewer rate for most, while septic customers pay only the $1.20 fee.
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Linton
County Officials Sworn In at Greene County Ceremony
Public invited to oath ceremony in Bloomfield court room Saturday December 30 at 10 a.m. Greene County Prosecutor William F. Hendren to administer oath to Judge-elect Edwin B. Long who will then swear in Danny Lowder Treasurer Clint Bohley Surveyor James Bray Commissioner First District and Channing Vosloh Commissioner Second District. Hendren and Lavon Yoho will offer brief statements.
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William F. Hendren
Greene County
Edwin B. Long
Judge Long
Danny Lowder
Clint Bohley
James Bray
Channing Vosloh
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