On this day in history and local notes
June 2 1964 marks the 164th day of the year with the moon near last quarter. Notable items include Lee taking command in 1862, Italy's monarchy vote in 1946, and Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation. Local readers report finding old paper flour sacks from Linton Milling Company and a 1822 1922 Brazil medal found behind the Citizen office. The town also chased a dangerous suspect story and featured a coal land conservation booklet with Buck Sawyer and Bill Beeman.
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Robert E. Lee
Virginia
North Carolina
Congress
Italy
Elizabeth II
London
Westminster Abbey
Archbishop of Canterbury
Joe Feeney
E. Street
Linton Milling Company
South Main St
Lady
George O'Brien
Marcel Coulomb
Bob Spurgeon
Rio de Janeiro
Bill Sanders
Brazil
Bob
Bill Beeman
Sullivan
Indiana Coal Association
Mined Land Conservation Conference
L. E (Buck) Sawyer
Mid-West Coal Producers Institute
Fists Fly at Evansville Steel Plant Strike
In Evansville Indiana 60 non-strikers clashed with 100 Teamsters on the six entrances of the International Steel Co plant as pickets blocked access. Fifteen to twenty people were bruised in the skirmishes that erupted near the parking lot across from the plant during an eight week long strike that began April 10.
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Evansville
Ind
International Steel Co
Teamsters
Telephone in Cars Gains Popularity Says Bell System
The Bell system reports 20,000 mobile phones in service, up from 17,000 two years ago, highlighting a rising trend in in-car communication across the New York area.
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New York
Bell System
Gemini Mission Delayed To Early 1965 For Two Orbit Flight
NASA officials say two astronaut Gemini flight is still planned before year end but informed sources indicate a one month delay pushes Grissom and Young’s three orbit mission to January or February 1965. An unmanned test capsule now targets late July delivery with a September firing window at the Cape.
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Houston
Wey
Federal Space Agency
America
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
John Young
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Grissom
Young
United Press International
Manned _ Spacecraft Center
Cape Kennedy
Cape
Grissom- Young
Psychiatrists to Treat Jack Ruby in Dallas Jail
In Dallas County jail three psychiatrists began treating Jack Ruby for “death cell gloom” as Judge Joe Brown plans a show cause hearing on June 19. If granted, a sanity hearing could occur as early as July 6, with medical care including tranquilizers to be provided by doctors for the court, defense, and prosecution.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Ruby
William Beavers
Robert L. Stubblefield
Brown
John T. Holbrook
Lee Harvey Oswald
Birthday Sup per Planned by Church Group
Evangelical United Brethren members gather at the church at 6 p.m. Thursday for a birthday supper honoring members with May and June birthdays. The Fidelis class will sponsor the event.
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Evangelical United Brethren
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Set for Formfit Plant
The Formfit open house Saturday June 6 features U S Senator Vance Hartke Mayor Gene Inman and Formfit vice president Victor Hartman at a ribbon cutting for the new plant in Jasonville. Formfit led by generations of Kunstadter family merged with Genesco in 1959 and operates plants in Monon Monmouth Crete and Beatrice with products on display.
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Vance Hartke
U. S
Indiana
Senator Hartke
Gene Inman
Victor Hartman
Formfit
Formfit Company
Geneseo
Chicago
Alvert
Samuel Kunstadler
Kunstadter Brothers
America
John Kunstadter
Albert
Sigmund Kunstadter
Sigmund
Formfst
Formwear Company
Genesco
J. Abeles
E. P. Mhesser
Richard Eckhouse
Formwear
Charles Pavera
Frank Culhane
Formintern
Genesco, Inc
Jasonville
Monon
Ind
Monmouth
Ill
Crete
Beatrice
Neb
Indiana Traffic Toll At Least 463 This Year
A steady stream of Indiana traffic fatalities pushed the annual toll to at least 463, up from 447 last year. Four deaths occurred Monday in Indianapolis Hammond Bloomington and near Rockville, including two children.
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United Press International
Indiana
Indianapolis
Hammond
Bloomington
Rockville
Barbara Fick
Hobart
Lake County
Indiana University
Miss Fick
Roy Lee Gardner
Hammond Gardner
Peter F. Fulayter
Gardner
Timothy G. Edwards
Indianapol
Everett A. Kuhn
Grand Jury to Meet Thursday in Spice Shooting Case
The Greene County Grand Jury will convene Thursday at 9 a.m. to review the Friday shooting death of 34 year old Bertha Spice of the Plummer community. Prosecutors plan to present evidence for an indictment against her husband Leon Spice, 40, who is under 24 hour guard at Freeman Greene County hospital with a leg wound. Funeral services for Mrs Spice were held Monday. The shooting occurred at 5 p.m. Friday at the Spice home.
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Greene County 9 Grand Jury
Bertha Spice
Plummer
Spice
Rain Scatters In State Area
Clouds over Indiana produced scant rain across the state with only light totals in several cities. May dryness persists though subsoil moisture remains adequate from March and April rains. forecasts indicate no relief soon with mild to cool temperatures and limited rainfall through Thursday.
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United Press International
Indiana
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Franklin
Fort Wayne
Evansville
South Bend
Naomi Steele Undergoes Eye Surgery in Terre Haute
Mrs Naomi Steele of Linton underwent eye surgery at Union Hospital in Terre Haute on Monday as a patient in room number.
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Naomi Steele
Linton
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Senate May Vote to Halt Civil Rights Filibuster
Washington reports a Southern senator signaled enough votes to end debate on the civil rights bill. Senate leaders and President Johnson discussed cloture as Humphrey and Mansfield signaled confidence, while Thurmond voiced doubt about Dixie prospects and Dirksen offered cautious optimism.
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Washington
Senate
Dixie
Strom Thurmond
D - SC
Thurmond
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Humphrey
Everett M. Dirksen
Court Reaffirms Stand on Prayers In Public Schools
The Supreme Court reaffirmed its ban on required prayer and Bible reading in public schools in a brief unsigned opinion. The ruling overturned a Florida tribunal's approval of school prayer in a Miami parents case. The decision aligns with last term's ruling that devotional exercises are forbidden.
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Washington
tPih
Supreme Court
High Court
Florida
Miami
House Judiciary Committee
Alabama
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
John M. Harlan
Alabama Supreme Court
Harlan
US Supreme Court
Ohio
Indiana Churches Oppose Becker Amendment to School Prayer
The Indiana Council of Churches said 85 religious leaders from 22 communities signed a statement opposing the Becker Amendment to permit school prayers and Bible reading. They warn the change could harm religion, threaten church state separation, the Bill of Rights, religious freedom, and public schooling. Signers span Indianapolis Gary Fort Wayne South Bend Evansville Anderson Bloomington Clinton Cayuga Franklin Goshen Greencastle Linton Merom Mishawaka Muncie North Manchester North Vernon Rockville Sullivan Terre Haute West Lafayette including Methodist Baptist Evangelical United Brethren Presbyterian Christian Episcopal Lutheran Church of the Brethren and United Church of Christ members.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Council of Churches
Gary
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Evansville
Anderson
Bloomington
Clinton
Cayuga
Franklin
Goshen
Greencastle
Linton
Merom
Mishawaka
Muncie
North Manchester
North Vernon
Rockville
Sullivan
Terre Haute
West Lafayette
Church of the Brethren
United Church of Christ
Plan for Homecoming at Kentucky Ridge church
The annual Homecoming services will be held Sunday at the Kentucky Ridge church. Donations for cemetery upkeep will be accepted that day. Former members and friends are invited to attend the Homecoming service.
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Kentucky Ridge
Clay County marriage license filings in Bloomfield
Clovis Parsley of Bedford and Carol Lewis of Springville filed for a marriage license in Greene Circuit Court Clerk Claude Story's office at Bloomfield over the weekend.
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Clovis Parsley
Bedford ,Te. 6
Carol Lewis
Springville Rtc
Claude Story
Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
New York Faces Rising Racial Unrest and Patrol Talks
New York City officials meet to address a wave of racial violence sparked by weekend subway and street attacks. Mayor Wagner orders a Transit Authority report and police chiefs review security amid calls for armed patrols. National figures label the incidents a police problem while condemning the violence.
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New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Transit Authority
Greene county workers mostly commute to neighboring counties
A census-based study shows over 600 Greene county residents work outside the county while about four times that many commute in. Indiana Employment Security Division notes 13 percent of state workers hold jobs out of their home county with wide variation among counties.
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Greene County
Lewis Goble
Linton
Indiana Employment Security Division
Agency
Research and Statistics
U.S
Indiana
Goble
Martin
Monroe
A” Street
N.E
North
Senate Avenue
Indianapolis
Twist Contest At Shakamak Pioneer Days
A twist contest will highlight the Chief Shakam Pioneer Days in Jasonville at 7 p.m. tonight with Jim Fields of Lyons emceeing. A pantomime show precedes the contest, followed by round dancing for the public. The event is open to all ages with trophies awarded. The carnival rides open and a beef roast starts and continues all week.
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Jasonville
Jim Fields
Lyons
Ellis Waterworks to Hold First Community Meeting
Ellis Waterworks Corporation calls urgent meeting for all residents of Ellis northeast of Linton. 7:30 p.m. at Linton Stockton High School auditorium to launch membership drive and secure a $427,000 grant from the Federal Home Administration for a local water system.
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Ellis Waterworks Corporation
Ellis
Linton - Stockton High School
Federal Home Administration
Linton
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