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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1959
Page
1
A dictionary defines Mine Run as an assembly of like kind not specifically classified a medley of thought or ideas arising from a mine run. The term reflects a mixed collection rather than a cohesive unit.
Indiana reported a grim Memorial Day weekend with at least 12 highway fatalities and eight on Sunday, plus five non traffic deaths. The national count reached 428 deaths from traffic, drownings, and other accidents, the worst for a Memorial Day period in history.
Charles Starkweather, awaiting execution in the Nebraska State Prison, filed an appeal from a federal court habeas corpus denial. In Indiana, Arnold G. Hobbs, 32, stands trial in Allen Circuit Court on a 1600 embezzlement case tied to a Noble County Credit Union shortage, with Hobbs expected to testify.
Mrs Mary Blakely has been returned to her home here from St Anthony hospital in Terre Haute where she underwent surgery last week.
A shy black bear, 200 to 300 pounds, roamed Washington and dodged a week long hunt by police and zoo staff. Seen since Monday at Andrew Air Force Base, the animal eludes capture despite armed units and tranquilizer darts. The National Zoo offered a home, with Director T H Reed assisting. hundreds of witnesses have watched the bear in wooded southwest districts.
UMW President John L. Lewis charges President Eisenhower with interfering in steel wage negotiations and siding with magnates, saying the White House has departed from its labor policy and used prestige to oppose workers. He also defends James Hoffa and resists joining the anti Hoffa chorus.
The Indianapolis Weather Bureau started hourly reporting a discomfort index using temperature and humidity to gauge public discomfort. A maximum discomfort index forecasts the day’s peak. trial ends after a month. At 10 am the index was 73 rising to 74 by 11 am with 78 F and 68 percent humidity.
Four workers died in a cave-in and ensuing fire at the Inland Steel Sherwood iron mine one mile south of Iron River Michigan. Twenty seven miners escaped to safety with some in critical condition as rescuers battled fumes and a spreading blaze in a slope tunnel leading from the main shaft.
Cooler temperatures replace the warm humid Memorial Day spell across Indiana with highs in the 70s and 80s and nightly lows dipping to the 40s and 50s. Rain is expected to be light with total accumulations under a quarter inch in most areas and a tornado warning highlighted the northwest. Indianapolis avoided rain during the 500 mile race.
The Linton Stockton High School Athletic Boosters club will meet at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall. President Wayne Hamilton urged members and anyone interested in the club to attend.
Five Christian missionaries testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities describe alleged torture and coercive religious persecution in Red China. They claim 30 million deaths behind the Bamboo Curtain in the past decade and recount methods such as “self confession” classes and waterboarding-like abuse.
Three miners trapped 496 feet into a hillside cave-in were freed after 41 hours when a mechanical coal mole opened a passage to their 12 by 120 foot chamber. They were in good condition and examined at a hospital.
Louetta Kohr 64 a longtime Linton resident died unexpectedly at Freeman-Greene hospital Friday after a Monday admission. Funeral services were held at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Wilkes presiding and burial in Fairview cemetery. She was born August 3 1894 in Athol Kentucky to W M and Letha Couch and survived by husband Ralph S Kohr three daughters a foster son six grandchildren three brothers and one sister.
The Chicago White Sox have led the American League in stolen bases for eight consecutive seasons, continuing their reputation as the league’s top base stealers.
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