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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1966
Page
1
A New York survey shows only 36 percent of 660 companies held Christmas parties, down from 43 percent last year, blamed on excess merrymaking. The Citizen notes local items including a boy turning in found glasses on Northwest Third Street and calls for owners to claim them.
Robert M. Wells 55 a lifelong Linton resident died at Freeman Greene county hospital after a year long illness. He was born April 30 1911 in Linton son of Dr Schuyler and Amelia Wells. A WWII veteran he served in the U S Army and belonged to American Legion Frank Courtney Post No 22. Surviving are wife Lucille Colley Wells a daughter Patricia Jane a sister Dorothy Plew of Odon and brother James B Wells of Indianapolis. Funeral Friday at 10 a m at Memory Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery Elks service at 7 p m Thursday.
State Police report mid day road conditions across regions. Northwest roads snow packed light snow. Northeast main roads slick and hazardous with 1 69 snow packed and slick and freezing rain mixed with snow. West-central roads wet and slick in spots with light rain. East-central roads vary from wet slick to ice covered with light rain. Southwest roads wet light rain. Southeast roads wet light rain.
A private single engine Piper Coll with two pilots lost power after takeoff from a Washington area airport and landed on the southbound Baltimore Washington Parkway. The aircraft struck a canvas convertible top, crashing through to the back seat and causing the car to veer into a bridge. All five people escaped injury.
A mixture of rain sleet and snow engulfed Indiana from the Far North to the Ohio River basin causing hazardous driving conditions. At least two weather connected traffic deaths occurred near Knox and Princeton Tuesday night into today. Freezing rain moved in from the south Tuesday afternoon and should end later today with snow flurries redeveloping tonight into Thursday.
A motorized sniper wounded three people in southwest Los Angeles early today. A man suffered a facial bullet wound, another a stomach wound, and a woman a shoulder wound. All victims were admitted to Gardena Memorial Hospital for surgery.
The Defense Department reports Army Pfc. James E. Beam of Union City Indiana was killed in action in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Beam of Union City.
Forty five hundred Jakarta garrison troops paraded near Freedom Palace in a show of unity as a cheering crowd demanded President Sukarno face a military tribunal for last year's abortive Communist coup. Sukarno, barefoot and smiling, said he has no plans to quit. Tanks and armored vehicles accompanied the march amid chanting spectators.
Kenneth Mitchell of Linton was arrested Tuesday by Linton Police on an assault and battery charge filed by Betty Coen alleging he assaulted her son J. P Coen. Mitchell, pending arraignment in circuit court, released on a $500 bond from Greene County Jail Bloomfield.
Llewellyn E. Thompson will return to Moscow next month to serve as U S ambassador to the Soviet Union, a post he held from 1957 to 1960.
A major quake struck northern Chile at 4 20 a m local time causing heavy damage in Taltal Copiapo and nearby towns. Police reported at least one death and four injuries with widespread power and water outages and most businesses closed. Authorities rushed aid to the nitrate shipping point and rail terminal as tremors continued for hours.
UPI reports Communist China detonated its fifth nuclear explosion detected by monitoring devices. Details on blast size and location were not released. Lop Nor tests in Sinkiang are cited as prior sites and earlier devices described as thermonuclear or trigger-stage tests. China’s nuclear program progress was noted despite financial strains. state announcements were not made.
Francis Cardinal Spellman refuses to back down from calling for victory over the Communists in Vietnam during a Christmas sermon to American troops. Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI plans no reprimand and favor negotiations, while Spellman reiterates total victory as peace.
Cub Scouts of three dens in Pack No 50 caroled at Rest Haven on December 19. They delivered care boxes to residents. Den mothers Helen Steele Miller and Tharp along with assistants Ferree and Cassidy served hot chocolate and cupcakes to the Scouts at the Evangelical United Brethren church basement.
Richard L. Grant aging 70 longtime Terre Haute Star city editor died in Union Hospital Tuesday. His 50 year newspaper career included posts at Evansville Courier and Peoria Journal Star before returning to Terre Haute in 1944. Services Friday with burial in Grayville Illinois.
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman said the government plans a substantial increase in food donations to school lunch programs during the final half of the current school year. He hopes the move will prevent further rises in lunch prices for students.
U S paratroopers and Vietnamese advisers attack on the fringe of the U Minh Forest with about 10 000 troops. At least 89 Viet Cong killed in the initial hours as U S bombers and napalm target positions. Sampan smugglers destroyed and weapons seized as combat widens.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced three lakes will open for fishing January 1 for the first time. Monroe Reservoir near Bloomington covers 10 750 acres, Deam Lake lies in Clark State Forest near Carwood, and Franke Lake is a one hundred ninety two acre site in the same forest. Switzer land border smuggling reports note a frogman case with six cigarette laden plastic bags towed behind him.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 76, released after 15 days in Walter Reed Hospital for gall bladder surgery plans to travel by train with Mamie to Palm Desert, California, on January 4 for his annual winter vacation. Brig. Gen. Robert L. Schulz says he feels great.
Saigon docks see increased U S troop deployment as a three day walkout by 5 000 dockworkers harms cargo flow. Officials say shipments remain far below normal and warn the war effort and Vietnamese economy risk deterioration.
Former Indiana governor Henry Schricker’s condition was reported as about the same by his physician Dr. Guy Ingwell. Schricker, who served two terms, has had two heart attacks since he was admitted to the Knox hospital on December 1.
Thirteen youth leaders plan to present the National Youth Conference on Natural Beauty findings at the LBJ Ranch during a ceremony. The First Lady may lead a ranch tour if weather allows before an advisory meeting in Washington to discuss national beautification progress. Johnson is at the ranch with limited public appearances and no tax or military budget decisions yet.
Negro comedian Dick Gregory sues in US District Court to stop the State Department from lifting his passport ahead of his planned trip to North Vietnam. He seeks a court order enjoining any cancellation of his passport while he intends to entertain American prisoners and others.
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