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01 Feb 1960
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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1960
Page
1
A compact collection described as an unassorted product of mine a medley of like kind thoughts and ideas assembled without a specific classification.
A Citizen office receives a hand colored postcard showing Linton's North Main Street dated to early 1900s when coal strikes drew crowds. The piece notes nearby landmarks, a harbor pole, and signs for Rhodenbeck, Duncan drug store, and Cushing's store. Almanac marks 1960. historical events listed include 1790 Supreme Court session and Autherine Lucy's Alabama admission.
Bloomfield High School basketball fans planned a victory caravan after the team won the Wabash Valley net championship Saturday in Terre Haute. A victory bonfire at Bloomfield High featured hot dogs and coffee served by the Boosters club. Sheriff Jack Blakely escorted the team home and the parade was led by the Linton City Fire truck. The Waley championship was the Cardinals second in a row and third in school history.
A gas explosion at the Yubari coal mine traps 43 miners half a mile underground amid a raging fire. Rescue teams struggle to reach survivors while 28 bodies are recovered and 14 remain unaccounted for.
Police investigate a service station report that a Black man and a platinum blond woman were abducted by six to eight white men. The victim was dragged from a late-model Cadillac, beaten, and driven off, while another man took the woman in the car. FBI assistance offered but not yet involved.
Funeral services for Olive M. LaDuke 46 of Linton were conducted at the Anderson Poindexter Memory Chapel with Rev. William T. Murphy in charge. Burial followed in Fairview cemetery. She died Friday at Good Samaritan hospital Vineland. Surviving are husband Herbert Lester LaDuke one daughter Janice Kay LaDuke a sister Opal Arnold and a brother Sherrill Melton.
Linton merchants plan a 9:30 a.m. meeting Tuesday at the Roosevelt hotel to appoint committees for the year’s promotional activities and to report on collections for promotions. Jim Hubbell, president, urged all merchants to attend.
United Press International reports at least six deaths from Indiana traffic accidents over the weekend. Victims include Sidney L. Vance of Owensboro Kentucky, aged 14, who was killed when a truck struck a traffic island near Fowler after he jumped from the vehicle. Other fatalities occurred in Madison County crossfire, Fort Wayne fogged intersections, Pendleton train crossing, Munster street crash, and a Richmond vehicle collision.
Indiana state senator Nelson Grills filed in Marion Circuit Court to bar the auditor from honoring budget committee warrants arguing the committee violates the constitution by having lawmakers in the executive branch. He also challenged a 1957 two million dollar Burns Ditch deep seaport appropriation in Porter County, part of Save the Dunes Council actions. Governor Handley criticized the suits as jeopardizing state government.
President Eisenhower announced he would ask Congress to boost space program spending by 113 million dollars with most of it for the Saturn project. In Algiers, Delegate General Paul Delouvrier and General Maurice Challe returned after the settlers' rebellion collapsed and they had fled the city last Thursday night.
Israeli and Syrian forces fought a bitter four hour battle near the Sea of Galilee end of the demilitarized zone. An Israeli spokesman said one Israeli was killed and two wounded while Damascus reported two Arabs killed and four wounded.
Edith M. Rhodes 65 of Linton died Friday at Robert Long hospital Indianapolis after illness since July 1959. Funeral services were held at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home with Rev. Calvin Rumley. burial in Lebanon Cemetery Midland. Survived by son Lloyd Rhodes. daughters Mary Weaver and Wilma Shields. stepchildren Ray Rhodes Faye Luttoul Dorothy Frye. siblings William D Strietelmeier and Bertha Rhodes. seven grandchildren.
Algerian insurgents surrender in Algiers after eight days of barricades. Pierre La Gaillarde and 500 fighters exit the siege zone as army troops enter districts. Crowds chant national sentiment and the Marseillaise as the crisis ends and loyalty to De Gaulle consolidates French control.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers prepared to put a strike vote to its 40,000 members this week if no agreement is reached. Negotiations with two other unions continued, while a presidential fact finding board may later study the dispute.
Acting traffic engineer Everett McIntire won approval to keep the granite watering trough at Market Pennsylvania and First Avenue as a traffic island centerpiece. He argued it remains an historical landmark and will be cleaned with water restored, despite the West Side Expressway extension. No horses have used it for years.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized higher parcel post rates by 17.2 percent on fourth class mail including parcels and catalogs. The increase, effective Sunday midnight, is aimed at boosting Post Office revenue by about 88 million dollars annually.
Moderate weather dominates Indiana with above normal temperatures and little precipitation expected this week. Fog persists across much of the state with temperatures ranging from the 30s to 50s and varying overnight lows.
The Greene County Board of Commissioners met in Bloomfield and directed the auditor to solicit bids for a new county jail and five two warehouse trucks. Bids for the jail open March 7 at 2:00 p.m. and bids for trucks are due February 15. The board also acted on street closure petitions and other town matters.
The Central Farm Class will study Prevention and Control of Animal Diseases at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Switz City Central High School building. Dr. A P Gray of Worthington will lead the discussion and answer questions. Charles E Hines announced the session and invited anyone interested to attend.
The Greene circuit court at Bloomfield dismissed the divorce suit of Dottie Mae Stevenson against Royal Stevenson on the plaintiff's motion this morning.
Buzzy McCammon, an auto dealer from Dugger, leaves for Daytona Beach to compete in the NASCAR stock car meet. He seeks new honors after past wins including the 1958 Big Three title and the 1959 flying mile, with two carbureted cars and one tuned by Everett Mallory and Ernie Boles set for light car events.
A bullet scarred black Chevrolet sedan tied to the Eastgate Branch bank robbery near Logansport Indiana was found in Bradley Illinois. Police say Lt. Erwin Rhoda fired on the fleeing vehicle at a roadblock and the driver, believed to be the robber, has not been seen since.
Mrs. Clarissa H. Alsman of Terre Haute died Friday night at St. Anthony Hospital after a short illness. She was widow of Dr JS Alsman a Pleasantville physician. Survived by daughter Mrs Ruth Atchie Terre Haute four grandchildren three great grandchildren and A Bynum B Alsman preceded in death. Funeral services held at Indiana Pattie Baptist church with Rev ard Fagg officiating. burial at church cemetery. Newkirk Funeral home of Dugger arranged.
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