Linton Windows by Driscoll and a Quick Home Rise
A notes column recounts that Linton store windows were partly designed by Robert Driscoll, not just Mrs. Jack Miller, praising the festive display. A new house rising across from the Citizen office draws staff attention as outside walls go up rapidly. The piece also recounts a basketball quip about Dennis Ferree and quotes a hospital space statistic from the American Hospital Association and a December highway safety appeal from the Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation urging cautious driving to prevent a potential state record in highway deaths.
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Linton
Robert Driscoll
Jack Miller
Driscoll
A. E. Huber
The
Safety Foundation
Smith Voted Most Distinguished Politician of the Year
Ian Smith of Rhodesia was named the Most Distinguished Politician of the Year in a poll conducted by the Alicante based newspaper informer ciones in Spain.
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Alicante
Spain
UPI
Ian Smith
Informaciones
Humphrey Arrives in Tokyo to Begin Far East Tour
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey arrives in Tokyo for an 18 hour stop as part of a week long Far East tour under tight security. He plans to meet Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Sato at the Imperial Palace and attends a luncheon before continuing to Manila for the inauguration of Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos.
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Tokyo
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Japan
Far East
Humphrey
Hirohito
Sato
Imperial Palace
Manila
U.S
Philippine
Ferdinand Marcos
Italian Official Quits in Protest
Rome Italy April 1963 Amintore Fanfani resigned as foreign minister amid a controversy over peace feelers from Hanoi. He blamed his wife for the uproar after a highly publicized meeting arranged by Giorgio la Pira with Gianna Preda. Hanoi denounced the peace pitches as a hoax.
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Rome
UPI
Amintore Fanfani
Viet Nam
Fanfani
United Nations General Assembly
Hanoi
Giorgio la Pira
Florence
Italy
Il Borghese
Miss Preda
Artist Commissioned To Paint Governor Branigin Portrait
Indianapolis artist Helen Duckwall was commissioned by Governor Branigin to paint a portrait that may become the official gubernatorial painting. Branigin spends time daily at the sitting and says it depends on how he likes the result.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Branigin
Helen Duckwall
Name Stays Same Top of the Fair Restaurant
The Top of the Fair restaurant at the New York 1964 65 World's Fair site will keep its name. Management says the venue will continue dining and nightly dancing with the familiar title despite no longer hosting a World’s Fair.
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New York
UPI
Flushing Meadow
Officials Call Traffic Toll a National Disaster
United Press International reports highway safety officials reacted with alarm to a 721 dead during the Christmas holiday three day period. Michigan Governor Rominey called the toll a national disaster as John D. Lawlor of the National Safety Council condemned the scene and urged steps ahead of the New Year weekend.
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United Press International Highway Safety
U.S
Michigan
George Rominey
National Safety Council
John D. Lawlor
Marion Man Charged With Burglary in Grant County
Blaine Frazier 18 of Marion held on 5000 dollar bond charged with burglary. He admitted setting a 200000 dollar TV appliance store fire after breaking in and stealing a tape recorder. He implicated four other youths in recent Grant County burglaries. Store fire gutted December 23. Marion resident Jess ie Gilmer 47 arrested for receiving stolen goods. Indiana traffic deaths during Christmas holiday hit 1478, tying all time high. Charles Pinkerton 82 died in car truck crash on U S 30 near Warsaw. Ellis Burris 40 of Logansport also died in crash December 17.
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Marion, Ind
UPI
Blaine Frazier
Marion
Grant County
Frazier
Robert Foust
Jessie Gilmer
Gilmer
Chargin
Robert A. O'Neal
O'Neal
Indiana
Charles Pinkerton
U.S. 30
East of War
Hamilton County
Ellis E. Burris
Logansport
Burris
U.S. 35
Linton Masonic Lodge To Install Officers
Linton Lodge No. 560 F. and A. M. will install new officers in a public ceremony at the Masonic Temple at 8 p.m. Thursday. Sherman Anderson will be installed as Worshipful Master, John Shelton Senior Warden, Mark Blume Junior Warden, Albert Truitt treasurer, and Jake Tyree trustee. Light refreshments will be served after the ceremony and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton Lodge No. 560 F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Sherman Anderson
John Shelton
Mark Blume
Albert Truitt
Jake Tyree
Herring Selects Gene Johnson Campaign Manager
William H. Herring of Linton announces Gene Johnson Terre Haute newspaper man as his campaign manager for the Democrat congressional bid. Herring and Elden Tipton are the only announced Democrats for the new district seat. Mayor Ralph Tucker of Terre Haute may declare in January. Johnson aims to set up a Terre Haute headquarters soon.
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William H. Herring
Linton
Gene Johnson
Terre Haute
Herring
Elden Tipton
Jasonville
Ralph Tucker
Vigo County
Johnson
Congress
Cold Weather to Stay Another Day
Temperatures dropped into the teens across Indiana with overnight lows of 16 in Lafayette 18 in Indianapolis and 19 in Evansville The far north posted slightly higher readings Highs today will be in the 20s to low 30s under fair to partly cloudy skies No precipitation is expected through Thursday with a warming trend by Thursday and a warmer Wednesday anticipated
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Indiana
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Evansville
Dart Game With Matches Sets Fire
A Cincinnati fire damaged a home when children used a dart gun to shoot matches into Christmas wrappings. Pamela Campbell 2 and Paula Campbell 2 were in critical condition, Cynthia 6 and Jerome 5 in serious condition, mother Oliver Campbell 37 in good condition. Fire officials traced the blaze to the wrappings in a hallway ignited by the matches.
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Cincinnati
UPS
General Hospital
Pamela Campbell
Paula
Campbell
Cynthia
Jerome
Oliver Campbell
Cosmos 102 launches unmanned Soviet satellite
The Soviet Union launched the 102nd Cosmos unmanned satellite with scientific instruments for space exploration. Tass reported the craft carries a radio transmitter and system for precise orbital measurements. Western observers speculate the satellites could be spy devices as little is disclosed about the series since 1962.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Viet Cong Offers Four Day Lunar New Year Truce
Viet Cong proposed a four day cease fire in South Vietnam during the lunar new year celebrations. U.S. plans an oil airlift to Zambia to counter Rhodesian sanctions and is weighing new land routes to Dar es Salaam. President Johnson coordinates peace talks while North Vietnam hosts silence on retaliation.
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South Viet Nam
Simon Kapwepe
Rusk
United States
Zambia
Rhodesia
Great Britain
U.S
Dar-Es-Salaam
Viet Nam
U. S
North Viet Nam
Guam
Paul VI
Hanoi
State Department
Ho Chi Minh
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Johnson
New Zealand
Pleiku
North
Storms and Arctic Cold Hit Nation
A powerful storm lashed the Pacific Northwest with winds near 100 mph, causing blizzard conditions and power outages as it neared California. A second Arctic air mass sent subzero temperatures from Montana to the Great Lakes, with Roseau Minnesota at 19 below. scattered snow flurries dotted the eastern regions while the Southeast faced sunny but chilly conditions.
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San Francisco
API
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Roseau
Minn
New England
Coroner Rules in Death at Bloomington
Bloomington coroner Anthony Pizzo ruled that Randall Beatty, a 20 year old from Helmsburg, died from a fractured skull due to a blow from a blunt instrument or a fall. Beatty was found at a home east of Bloomington after attending a Christmas party. Investigators cited brawling and a fall but could not determine which caused the fatal injuries.
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Bloomington
Ind
UPI
Anthony Pizzo
Helmsburg
Randall D. Beatty
Here
Pizzo
Beatty
Pioneer 6 satellite charts fair space weather
The Pioneer 6 satellite reports fair space weather on its solar orbit, as described by the space agency. The probe continues its mission monitoring solar conditions and solar wind effects for NASA.
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Washington
UPI
The
Space Agency
Two Men Charged in Christmas Eve Robbery
FRANKFORT Indiana two men aged 25 Lawrence Ashlock and Samuel Brandenburgh both of Frankfort were arrested on warrants from Lafayette police in a kidnapping robbery and beating case involving Lebron Wooten of Lafayette. Wooten said he was beaten robbed of 100 dollars after a ride from Frankfort to Lafayette for 10 dollars and was not allowed to exit the car.
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Frankfort, Ind
UPI
Lawrence Ashlock
Samuel Brandenburg
Frankfort
Lafayette
Lebron Wooten
Treasury Accounts Report Is Given
Treasury accounts for the fiscal year through Dec 22 show withdrawals of 67,080,001,110.02 dollars and deposits of 56,057,176,225.55 dollars, leaving a cash balance of 6,884,349,695.48 dollars and a public debt of 321,920,114,928.69 dollars. Securities sales total 13,809,006,408.15 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Rome Traffic Plan Sparks Worst Downtown Jam Yet
Rome bans cars from the central 20 block zone in Operation Pedestrian Island to end downtown traffic. Buses trapped inside cannot exit while outsiders struggle to enter. Cabbies face the same paradox as motorists shift to peripheral parking spots in a plan slated for one week. City Traffic Assessor Antonio Pala called for more time to judge results.
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Antonio Pala
Lawyers Say Charges May Be Hard to Prove in Vietnam Case
UPI reports top civilian defense lawyer Howard B. McClellan says the Army may struggle to prove Sgt. George E. Smith of Chester West Virginia and Sgt. Claude McClaire of Chatanooga Tennessee aided an enemy during two years as Viet Cong captives. The men were released last month amid antiwar protests. The Army gives no court martial order yet and will not disclose status, lawyers, or whereabouts. They were brought to the island base from Korat Thailand on December 7.
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Naha
Okinawa
UPI
U.S. Army
George E. Smith
Chester
W.va
Claude McClaire
Chat
Tanooga
Tenn
United States
Viet Nam
Korat
Thailand
Roudebush Attacks Ostrich Study as Taxpayer Burden
Rep. Richard L. Roudebush says a $23,700 U.S. zoologists’ 18 month ostrich study in Africa is wasteful. He calls it an example of excessive federal spending while the nation faces war in Vietnam and a large welfare program.
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Washington
UPI
Uncle Sam
Richard L. Roudebush
R-Ind
Roudebush
U.S
Africa
Viet Nam
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Dennis Ferree
Dennis
O.K. Dennis
Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation
Hoosiers
Huber
the Safety Foundation
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Buffalo
Marion Man
Arsen
United Press International
Soviets
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Oregon
Idaho
Pioneer’s Progress
Circus Maximus
B.C
Howard B. McClellan
Clayton, N.M
McClellan
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