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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1962
Page
4
An archival dictionary entry explains the term Mine Run as an unassured product of a mine, defined as an assembly of like kind not specifically classified, or a meeley of thought or ideas. The note clarifies usage and semantic nuance within lexicography.
At 10 00 a m Wednesday the Linton American Legion post dedicated a new veterans memorial marker in Fairview cemetery. A Bloomfield motorist later struck the marker after brake failure, causing damage. he expects his insurance to cover the loss. Byron Troyer of Bourbon launches Hoosierland a travel history magazine with a 28 page print run featuring Mrs Gertrude Smith of Kosciusko county as a contributor and called The Grandma Moses of American Literature.
Two Greene County prisoners at the Indiana Reformatory have been approved for parole. James Edelman of Bloomfield, 30, was convicted April 11, 1960 for burglary tied to a Camby post office break in. Donald Kristler, 29, was convicted October 1960 for burglary connected to thefts from a Bloomfield gravel company. Parole approval announced by the Indiana Department of Correction.
St Louis delegation Kenneth and Dennis Robinson are twins elected president and vice president of McKinley High School's senior class. They are varsity quarterbacks and also play basketball and baseball. They wear similar clothing in different colors across school events.
Senator Stuart Symington warns that defense stockpile losses may surpass the Estes case. He cites a $7.7 billion program and an $11 million cryolite inventory as targets for inquiry, noting windfall profits and conflict of interest concerns. Investigators audit three Humphrey era nickel contracts.
The National Kidney Disease Foundation reports an estimated 100000 children and 500900 adults in the United States have an unrecognized and undiagnosed kidney infection.
School officials announce summer classes will begin Monday morning at Linton Stockton High. Students should assemble in the high school auditorium at 38 percent o'clock on Monday for course details and room assignments. New students may enroll at the same time in the auditorium.
In Sullivan Indiana the state struggles to secure a first degree murder conviction for Leslie Irvin in the Kerr service station holdup slaying. Prosecutor O H Roberts faces missing cash records and a destroyed receipt as defense attorney Marion Ice rebuts key testimony. Jury selection completed. trial resumes after Memorial Day with tight security and separated witnesses.
Benny Goodman and his 17 piece band wowed 4600 fans at the Sports Palace of Moscow's Central Army Club with jazz renditions of Katyusha Moscow Nights and The Red Army Song. Joya Sherrill sang Katyusha in Russian and noted she was scared to sing at first. The program peaked with One O Clock Jump as Soviet critics and crowds cheered for more. Goodman said the audience was wonderful and the six week Soviet tour continues to Sochi after Moscow stop.
Two fatal road accidents in Indiana Thursday night raise the 1962 toll to at least 420, with Samual Tucker of New Albany killed on Ind 111 as his wife was seriously injured, and 4 year old Christine Ann O Bryan of South Bend fatally struck by a car driven by Margaret Zielinski. Earlier, Wilma Brunkal of Bunker Hill Air Force Base died from injuries after a May 19 crash that broke a utility pole in Cass County.
Evansville Ind on Wednesday night Charles Wilson 32 died from tetanus that developed after injuries from a May 11 bulldozer fall while aiding at a city dump fire. He had second degree burns and a leg injury and died as hospital staff prepared him for surgery.
Washington reports that Air National Guard units activated for the Berlin crisis will be released for return next month after July 15. Indiana’s 122nd Tactical Fighter Wing based at Chambley France will move to Baer Field Fort Wayne Indiana. Some squadrons remain to close records while others reconfigure under the 366th wing.
Chicago writer Russ Edwards, in Fate magazine, cites five Soviet cosmonauts lost in space efforts and two missing trainees as part of a broader death toll. He details a May 1961 moon venture from Baikonur that vanished after a week of tracking, with last words from the male astronaut mentioning a dangerous situation.
PFC Thieannia Massey of a WAC detachment at Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver arrived in Linton for a ten day furlough. She is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Norman Burt and other relatives. Massey is a 1961 Linton Stockton High School graduate.
Indiana starts June with cooler readings as May’s record warmth fades. Temperatures ranged from 51 in South Bend to 66 in Indianapolis with forecasts for a cool weekend and slight warming next week. May’s average in Indianapolis was about 69.2 degrees. records show May 1896 was the warmest on record.
Firemen from Jasonville and Linton tackled a blaze at a disused wash-house near the tipple of the Alva Coal Company mine east of Midland at 10:00 PM Thursday. Interior rooms were gutted and the roof burned away. The concrete block structure sits near the Mau mee No. 28 tipple. Demolition work had been underway nearby and the losses are believed insured.
Adolf Eichmann is hanged at Ramle prison near Tel Aviv after Israel’s supreme court denied clemency. His body is cremated and ashes scattered at sea. He maintained defiance until the end, claiming he obeyed the laws of war and his flag.
Indiana will end letter prefixes on auto plates in 1963 and switch to county numeral prefixes with two registration fees 8 and 12 dollars. Counties will be numbered Adams 1 to Whitley 92, with special cases for Lake Marion and others. Plates will be gold on blue and carry no slogans.
Government auditors accuse the Agriculture Department of allowing a brothel and a nudist colony to operate on public land. In Pittsburgh, police riot squads shot and killed a berserk mental patient at a Veterans Administration hospital after he fatally shot a sergeant and wounded a police officer.
The 1961 Census of Housing reports Greene county with 26,129 residents in 10,132 units. It notes 4,862 sound units, 8,971 occupied, 7,045 owner occupied, average value 5 5,300, renters 1,926, average rent 46 dollars, hot and cold water 6,371 units, flush toilets 5,998, bath facilities 5,885, basements 3,563, and 185 trailers. It lists amenities including 4 61 with air conditioning and 7,774 with television, 7,232 with radios, 6,025 with telephones, 7,487 washers, 1,224 dryers, 2,935 with freezers, 5,476 with one car, 1,726 with two cars, and 188 with three or more.
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