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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1962
Page
1
Paris reports say the government blamed Communists for a three hour riot that left eight dead and hundreds injured. Police fear further violence as a leftist strike spreads around the Bastille area and OAS bombings continue.
Area residents are invited to an area redevelopment seminar at Indiana University on Tuesday February 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. U S Senate Vance Hartke and Washington officials will address 23 redeveloped counties about economic expansion. Topics include worker retraining rural home improvement loans small business loans flood prevention watershed projects and interest free public works planning loans.
Funeral services for Effie Jane Dilley 78 former Bloomfield teacher who died in Bloomington were held today. The viewing and rites will resume Saturday at 2 PM at Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Bloomfield with Rev A W Jarboe officiating and burial in Grandview Cemetery.
Berlin report says East Berlin Soviet Col Andrei Solovyev halted an attempt to enter West Berlin via Friedrichstrasse to meet Maj. Gen. Sir Rohan Delacombe. He refused the British note to use Invalidenstrasse and returned to East Berlin after at Friedrichstrasse inspection by a US military policeman.
The Daily Citizen clarifies an error in a Wednesday night accident report at the south edge of Linton. The auto driven by Jerry Wolfe of Sullivan carried Misses Penny Burris Rene Meurer and Millie Weaver as passengers, while Linda Lawson was not in the car.
Greene County Council trimmed several budget requests at Bloomfield courthouse on Thursday. It rejected a $9,750 Civil Defense startup, citing lack of county funds, and indicated possible reconsideration in 1962 for 1963 funding. Other items, including Beech Creek $600 and surveyor office line items, were partially approved or disallowed.
Clark B Stephens 89 retired carpenter died at 9 20 this morning at his South Linton home after 16 months illness. Born January 2 1873 in Kentucky he lived in Linton most of his life. Survived by four sons Lawrence Leo Ellsworth Arthur. two daughters Helen Hanson Geneva Cullison. sister Nettie Organ of Danville Jr. Funeral held at Newkirk Funeral Home Dugger at 10 Monday morning with burial in Pinkstaff Illinois cemetery.
Secret Service seized near one million dollars in counterfeit ten dollar bills in a Brooklyn raid led by agents who found master plates and an elusive plant believed used to flood the East Coast. Joseph Maggio, 35, held for arraignment on counterfeit money charges. officials call it among the largest East Coast seizures.
A winter storm barrage delivers heavy snow sleet and rain across Indiana with roads hazardous and a traffic death near Terre Haute. Forecasters predict up to four inches central and three downstate, while Wabash River areas face flood risk from ice and snowmelt. Los Angeles schools close as the Mississippi floods worsen, with two deaths and 581 city schools shut.
A $320000 Public Service Company of Indiana project in the Linton Worthington area went into service. It includes an 138000 volt line from Linton to west of Worthington and a new sub station east of Twelfth street SE to serve Linton. Transformers will step 138000 down to 38000 volts.
Argentina severed diplomatic ties with Cuba following the Cuban regime break and an attack on a U S Embassy official home in Acassuso. Foreign Minister Carcano handed the Cuban Charge d affaires his passport as flights of refugees and embassy personnel were arranged.
Two fatal highway crashes in Indiana during a snowy sleet filled morning lift the 1962 toll to at least 84, surpassing the year earlier level for the first time. Earl Collier 62 of Paris Illinois died in a head on collision on U S 150 near Terre Haute. Bonnie McCahan 18 of Speedway City was killed near Marian College in Indianapolis when her car hit a tree and a fence.
Anderson Indiana fire destroyed a barn on William Mort’s farm four miles southwest of town. Pendleton and Lapel crews battled flames for three hours, 2000 bushels of corn and oats and farm implements were lost, a truck and two pigs were rescued unharmed. Damage estimated at $20000.
Greene county assessor Harry Haseman outlined the laws for assessing personal property this year. He cited the 1961 act that was struck down by the state Supreme Court and explained penalties for late or missing filings, the use of required state book values, and upcoming real estate reassessment procedures.
Mr and Mrs Thomas F Carmichael of Lyons are patients at the Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes.
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