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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1959
Page
1
A dictionary notes Mine Run or Mine Run as an assembly of like kind not specifically classified a medley of thoughts or ideas produced by a mine. The term reflects a composite of items from mining without distinct categorization.
A Linton resident Herb Myers offers to donate coal mined land for a city swimming beach. He proposes strip mining coal with council approval, using proceeds to fund lake cleanup gravel and bathhouse. Also reports on local fish catch and a cave trough scam warning by the Chamber of Commerce.
Washington reports the State Department accuses the International Olympic Committee of yielding to communist pressure by removing Nationalist China from IOC membership. In Geneva the Big Four foreign ministers cancel a secret session after a late plenary ends at 6 38 p m local time.
In Terre Haute Indiana six year old Terry Collins drowned Monday in a gravel pit near his home. Police said he was playing with his brother and a neighbor boy when he slipped on a log at the pit bank and fell into the water.
In Managua the Somoza government reports about 100 airborne invaders who landed in central Nicaragua are retreating toward the hills as loyal troops pursue. The invasion came from Costa Rica in two waves, with one group near Los Molejones and another on the Plains of Olama. A Costa Rican airliner was downed after being attacked, with casualties among the 50 to 60 aboard.
Galveston doctors said Governor Earl Long was brought to John Sealy Hospital for psychiatric evaluation after resisting treatment. Officials denied violent behavior, noting he spent a restless night and was guarded as a precaution while his diagnosis is prepared.
Linton merchants sponsor a queen contest for unmarried girls ages 15 to 23 within 25 miles. Winners receive over 500 in merchandise certificates and the title on the Fourth of July parade float. Entries close June 9 with voting by store receipts and public ballots. winner announced July 2.
Miss Ollie Green 89 of Worthington passed away Monday evening at Glenburn Rest Haven after a long illness. Born May 9 1870 in Smith township she was the daughter of Lewis A and Sauders Green and a Worthington Methodist member. Survived by brother Albert Green Monrovia California and several nieces and one nephew. Body to Myers Funeral home Worthington where services Thursday at 2:00 pm officiated by Rev Dale Waltz with burial in Worthington cemetery.
Clyde Hutchison 65, of Worthington, died from a self inflicted gunshot wound at his Point Commerce cabin. A 12 gauge shotgun was used. he left a note blaming ill health. Coroner Delmar Hasler and Sheriff Jack Blakely ruled the death a suicide. the body found Monday afternoon near Worthington. He was a former Greene County highway sub supervisor and leaves a son Donald, a granddaughter Brenda, and a stepmother Hattie. Burial at Worthington Cemetery after services at Myers Funeral Home Wednesday.
Able the 7 pound Rhesus monkey died during removal of a recording electrode at Ft Knox Kentucky. The Army stressed the death was not related to the recent space flight and occurred during a minor operation to retrieve biomedical data. Baker the squirrel monkey survived the flight to Cape Canaveral last week.
The Defense Department says 7,000 men will be drafted in August, 1,000 fewer than July and 1,000 more than May. This month’s total matches prior cycle patterns.
Washington Zoo director Dr. T H Reed proposes using a bucket of spiked honey laced with whiskey near bear sightings to lure the 200 to 300 pound specimen. Police sought his plan after repeated failed attempts to nab the brain. Reed compares the tactic to methods used in national parks.
Albert M. Ault 73 of Hudson Lake and a former Linton resident died May 18. Born August 19, 1885 in Coal Creek Tennessee, he moved to Linton in 1903 and later worked at Bendix Aviation in Mishawaka before settling in Hudson Lake. Survived by widow Elizabeth, three daughters, one sister, eight grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Burial at New Carlisle on May 22.
Police report a burglary at a Dutchman Drive-in restaurant north west of Linton. A motor scooter with a homemade side-car was found east of the scene and taken to headquarters while investigators seek the operator. The restaurant had prior entry in the month and about 50 dollars in coins were stolen from machines. The scooter’s California plates and license details are being checked.
Indiana State Police trooper Robert C. Gillespie was wounded when a car fled a filling station near Avoca. A postmaster Stella Baker was lightly injured. the couple James Brown and Nancy Joy Gifford Brown were captured and jailed in Lawrence County. Police searched the area for remaining suspects as a state helicopter joined the manhunt.
A propane gas tanker exploded on a Pottsville to Reading highway sending flames and debris over a wide area. Deputy Coroner Dr. Henry Wagner confirmed ten dead and about fifteen injured as two school buses carrying eighty five children escaped before the blast.
Six month old Kevin Feeney of Elnora was fatally injured when he was thrown through a car windshield as the babysitter's vehicle crashed into a tree at the junction of Indiana 58 and 358 south of Elnora. Police said driver Mrs. Robert Emmons, 17, and her brother in law Donald Emmons of Elnora were returning from Odon when the car lost control. The infant died six hours later at Daviess County Hospital in Washington.
A meeting to organize Explorer Scout post No. 50 will be held at 7:00 this evening at the Scout hall on South Main Street. Rev. Ted Murphy will be post advisor and instructors include Ed Watson Jasonville Stafford Greene Washington Wes Wright and John Corzine Linton. About fifty boys are expected to attend with their parents invited.
Heavy rains caused flash floods in the Cleveland area prompting evacuations and emergency declarations. About 50 families moved to higher ground, 185 National Guardsmen aided police, and hundreds of basements flooded. In Columbus Ga, 62 residents were evacuated to Red Cross shelters as property damage mounted. Temperatures cooled across Indiana with pleasant conditions forecast for Hoosier land.
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