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Newspaper

Linton Daily Citizen

Location

Linton, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1961

Page

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Delinquent City Notes and Local Sports Roundup

A mixed recap covers a Paris News style column with a stray tale of a lost cat belonging to Mrs. Vaisy Winters near Graysville, a rebroadcast of Terre Haute labor concerns, and a 1915 clipping noting Linton high school football beating Sandborn 24 to 0. It also lists diphtheria precautions, a clairvoyant ad, a Linton Eagles loss to Oblong, and Beasley Park motorcycle and bicycle races won by Kerhoff and James Cravens respectively.

Goosepond Linton Vaisy Winters Graysville Wayne Wonders Saturday Evening Post Terre Haute Brazil Times Sullivan Clinton Brazil Post Linton Eagles Oblong Ill Woodbile Ebdon Perkins Beckley Beasley's Park Kerhoff Carlisle James Cravens John Maddison

Legion Post 172 to Host Seventh District Sunday

Jasonville American Legion Post No 172 will host Legion members of the Seventh District Sunday officers announced The auxiliary of the Jasonville post will serve dinner a program will be presented in the evening

Jasonville American Legion Jasonville Post

Kennedy to speed drive on rural poverty plan

The Kennedy administration aims to accelerate efforts to cut rural poverty by linking the low in spirits areas bill to expanded programs. An Agriculture Department official says loans grants and subsistence payments would aid low income farm areas and retrain farmers for non farm jobs. The plan targets about 130 million of nearly 390 million for the effort and seeks swift action on farm housing and storage payment programs.

Washington Administration Congress John A. Baker Agriculture Department Baker Agricultural Credit Services Eisenhower Kennedy White House America

Kennedy Proposals Lift Payroll Taxes to Fund Welfare Plan

President Kennedy proposes about 2.8 billion dollars in annual payroll tax increases to finance expanded welfare benefits. The plan targets more than 17 million people and would raise the maximum Social Security tax substantially in 1963, with full effects beginning January 1, 1963.

Washington Congress Kennedy U.S

Chorlaids Society Meeting Notice At Linton Stockton High

The Choralaids society of parents at Linton Stockton High School will meet in the band room at 7 30 o clock in the evening, officers said.

Choralaids Society of Parents Linton-Stockton High School

Zimmerman Rites Set for Saturday

Funeral services for Archie B. Zimmerman 99 of Jasonville are arranged for 3:00 PM Saturday at McCanahan Funeral Home with Rev. John Russell officiating. Burial will be in Peavey Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Archie B. Zimmerman Jasonville McCanahan Funeral Home John Russell Peavey

Linton Fund Drive Declared Success by Local Auxiliaries

The Linton community reports success in fund raising for the March of Dimes. The Mothers March Porchlight drive raised 456.90. Other collections totaled 117.56 at Linton Stockton Elementary, 20.86 at the High School, and 8.95 at St Peter's School. Funds go to Maynard Baggio of Bloomfield, Greene County March of Dimes chair.

Linton March of Dimes Harold Shouse Cleon Bowman Women's Auxiliary Frank Courtney American Legion Post Linton - Stockton St. Peter’s Auxiliary Legion Maynard Baggio Bloomfield Greene County March of Dimes The National Foundation National Polio Foundation

Moose lodge initiates new members tonight

The Moose lodge of Linton plans an initiation at the lodge hall at 7 00 tonight as officers announce. The Women of the Moose serve chili in the lodge hall from noon until 6 30 today.

Moose Lodge Linton The Moose

Lumumba Escapes From Jail In Congo Katanga

Lumumba and two prisoners escaped from a Katanga Province jail near Elisabethville. The Katanga government offered a large reward for their capture. Lumumba’s escape was announced by Interior Minister Munogo. The trio fled from a farm near Kasaji after overpowering guards and taking rifles.

Brussels Belgium Upp Patrice Lumumba Congo Katanga Lumumba Maurice Mpolo Senate Joseph Okito Thysville Leopoldville Joseph Kasavubu Elisabethville Godefroid Munogo Kasaji Kolwezi Dilolo Portuguese Angola Oriental Kivu Antoine Gizenga Gizenga Lumumbist Joseph Mobutu Moise Tshombe

Auto Giants Announce Week-Long US Layoffs

Detroit based report says 69,000 auto workers face one week layoffs as American Motors Ford Chrysler and General Motors set production cutbacks. AMC idles 20,300 workers with 4100 not returning in Kenosha Milwaukee plants. GM cuts 46,500. Ford 17,200. Chrysler 11,000 across Detroit Newark and other plants. Ford recalls 6,100 workers while about 6,200 face layoffs in Pennsylvania Missouri and Michigan.

Detroit American Motors Monay Kenosha Wis Milwaukee Ford Chrysler General Motors Detroit Area Newark Del St. Louis Kansas City Dearborn Mich

Five spy suspects linked to Abel case on trial

British and American authorities tied five suspects to Soviet espionage and Abel's 1957 case. The Kroger couple, Cohen and Iola, Houghton, Gee, and Lonsdale face trial in London on charges of stealing naval base secrets and transmitting them to a potential enemy.

FBI Rudolph I. Abel Peter J. Kroger London Moscow United States Abel Federal Penitentiary Atlanta Kroger-Cohens Portland Naval Base Admiralty Harry Houghton Ethel Gee Gordon Lonsdale Bow Street Court

Marching for Civil Rights in Indiana at Statehouse

About 300 NAACP members and supporters gathered at the Indiana Statehouse to back two Senate bills on civil rights and equal accommodations. Willard Ransom said the largely local group planned peaceful demonstrations and a subsequent prayer service on Capitol grounds.

Indianapolis Wip National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Indiana NAACP FEPC Chicago Fort Wayne Evansville Ransom Statehouse Capitol Steps Monument Circle Senate Jessie Jacobs The Indiana Civil Rights Commission W. Dewey Annakin Dterre Haute Melville Watson R-Greenfield Jack

Banks to Stay Open for Lincoln's Birthday Holiday

The Greene county court house will be closed in observance of Lincoln's Birthday while banks and the Daily Citizen publish as usual. County Auditor Milton Bogard said the office will stay open until after a Monday morning meeting of the County Board of Commissioners.

Greene County Daily Citizen Milton Bogard County Board of Commissioners

One Killed 80 Hurt In Ohio Train Crash At Crossing

An Erie Lackawanna passenger train derailed by a freight crash in Galion Ohio struck an egg truck killing Mrs Gustav Roemers and injuring about 80. Most passengers, including Dutch consular aid, continued to Chicago and then to the West Coast after treatment at Galion Community Hospital.

Galion Ohio Orr M. E. Switzer Switzer New York Chicago Jan Boeren Cleveland Erie West Coast Santa Fe

Welsh in Indiana orders $3.34 million highway project

Governor Welsh, in Indianapolis, directs the State Highway Commission to fast track a $3,340,000 Gary area project using new federal funds. Work on Cline Ave from US 20 to US 6 should be under contract by July 1, easing unemployment and traffic. The Tri-State Expressway toward Michigan continues to advance.

Indianapolis Welsh Indiana Arthur Goldberg Gary State Highway Commission Kennedy Cline Ave Lake County Michigan State Line

KiwaniAnn Dinner Set for Valentine Day in Linton

The Linton Kiwanis club plans its annual KiwaniAnn dinner at the Roosevelt hotel at 6 30 p m on Valentine Day with wives as guests. William Pirtle, music teacher at Linton Stockton High, will lead pupils in a themed program of a context this mime.

Linton Kiwanis Club Roosevelt Hotel William Pirtle Linton-Stockton High School

Soviet Plane Incident Sparks Kremlin Protest Tension

Linton police seek a hit and run driver damaging a 1958 auto owned by Joseph Merscier in Princeton. Meanwhile Paris faces a diplomatic row as Moscow protests a French jet firing near Brezhnev's Ilyushin 18 en route to Guinea, with France claiming the aircraft violated a zone of responsibility.

Linton Joseph Arthur Mers Cier Princeton Paris Africa Moscow Charles de Gaulle Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev Guinea Mediterranean Algiers Rabat Morocco Aguinea Brezhnev Mohammed V Nikita+S. Khrushchev France North African Jacques Coup de Fresne Algeria

Labor bills advance and halt in Indiana House

The Indiana House accepted a committee report backing two labor measures. One lowers wages for workers on public projects but faced a floor fight before advancing. A second bill banning age based job discrimination moved to second reading by voice vote. right to work repeal remains in committee.

Indianapolis Indiana House House Voice Labor Committee George L. Fisher R-Leesburg Fisher Repealer Donald Yeagley Dsouth Bend Senate

Indiana Senate OKs Bloomington combined grade and high school

The Indiana Senate approved by 49 to 0 a bill to authorize constructing a combined grade and high school in Bloomington. The measure, co authored by Sens Pogers and Maddox, allows state colleges and universities to operate laboratory schools to test and evaluate new teaching methods.

Indianapolis Indiana Senate Bloomington David Pogers Charles Maddox Otterbein

Weather drift toward normal warmth with rain or snow next week

Across Indiana normal temperatures are forecast for the next five days with possible rain or snow early next week. Cold nights in the 20s and daytime highs in the 30s to mid 40s, fog in upper valleys, and melting snow observed as milder air moves in. Washington and Oregon report heavy coastal rain and inland snow, while the East clears after storms.

Indiana Upstate Lafayette Evansville Louisville South Bend Oregon Cascades Rockies Utah Colorado Atlantic Ocean New York City Boston Washington Kennedy Front Royal Winchester Somerset US Weather Bureau St. Lawrence Seaway New York State Pennsylvania Ohio Southwest Kansas Wisconsin Wisconsi

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