Old Linton paper reveals coal fields and civic clubs
Worthington reader Mr. John Hoagland preserved a January 12 1900 Linton Call with a front page on Lin ton coal districts listing Island Coal Co Island Valley Coal Co The Summit Coal Co The Templeton Mine South Linton Coal Co The Peewee Mine The Klondike Mine The Hoo sier Mine and Black Creek Semi Black Coal Co The Commercial Club story notes water works debt and plans to study costs at other towns An Arbuckle Bros NY ad promotes coffee premiums and coupon gifts.
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John Hoagland
Worthington
Linton Call
Island Coal Co
Island Valley Coal Co
The
Summit Coal Co
Templeton Mine
South Linton Coal Co
Peewee
Klondike
Hoosier
Black Creek Semi-Black Coal Co
Commercial Club
Sherwood
D. J. Terhune
Mr. Freeman
Arbuckle Bros
New York City
Arbuckle
Martinsville Teen Killed in Crash With Soybean Truck
A Martinsville 16 year old Teresa Bennett died when her car front slammed into a pig truck loaded with soybeans on Indiana 67 south of Martinsville. Trucker John R. Smith 46 and Jerry Montgomery 20 were unharmed.
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United Press International
Martinsville
Indiana
Teresa Bennett
John R. Smith
Worthington
Jerry Montgomery
Murray
Medaryville
Terre Haute
Jimmy Wayne Norris
West Terre Haute
St. Anthony's Hospital
Indiana 63
Strikers Agree to Talk After Violence in Evansville
In Evansville Indiana representatives of the Teamsters union and the International Steel Co met to resume contract talks at the plant shut after a Tuesday violence incident. About 40 were injured when 60 nonstrikers attacked Teamster picket lines until police intervened and the plant was closed. Mayor McDonald pressured both sides to negotiate with federal mediators present. The union agreed to limited token picketing as talks continue and the plant remains closed. The strike began April 10 after over three months of counterproposals on job security wages and a pension plan.
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Evansville
Ind
Teamsters Union
International Steel Co
Teamster
Jack DeForrest
Frank McDonald
McDonald
Ironworkers
Teamsters
National Labor Relations Board
Purdue Glee Club Plans Monthlong Europe Tour
Purdue University's 52 member glee club departs Lafayette for a flight to Shannon Ireland and tours Ireland England France Belgium Holland Germany Switzerland Austria and Italy. Return to Rome is set for July 3 with 74 relatives friends and Purdue coeds joining by different routes. The Obernkirchen Children's Choir hosts in Buckeburg Germany during a two day stay for joint concerts.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Europe
Chicago
Shannon
Ireland
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Rome
Buckeburg
Obernkirchen
Accident Report in Linton Involving Pickup and Parked Car
Linton Police report a Tuesday crash when Ralph Edwards 42 of Linton veered into a parked Forrest White vehicle in Jasonville at 2 15 am on Hwy 59 54 near Price road Both cars sustained about 500 total damage the other vehicle was not fully identified.
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Linton
Ralph
Bud) Edwards
Forrest Leroy White
Jasonville
Edwards
Price Road
New York Mayor Wages War on Negro Gangs
Mayor Robert F. Wagner pledges 5 million dollars to add 900 police to fight roving gangs after weekend subway and street attacks. Police plan include 200 Transit Authority patrolmen in high hazard areas and 700 on overtime transit duty, amid fears of wider spread.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
The
World-Telegram and Sun
Harlem
Chicago
Elijah Poole Muhammad
Transit Authority
Hoosiers Attend National Rivers and Harbors Meeting
Indiana sends a six member delegation led by Lewis Craft and John E. Mitchell to the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington for a three day session. They push five river projects Brookville Lafayette Big Pine Patoka and Clifty Creek reservoirs and Burns Ditch port on Lake Michigan with several named officials representing each project.
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Indianapolis
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Indiana
Welsh
Congress
Brookville
Lafayette
Big Pine
Patoka
Clifty Creek
Burns Ditch
Lake Michigan
Lewis Craft
Indiana Port Commission
John E. Mitchell
Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Commission
Hoosier
George Gettinger
Sullivan
Wabash Valley Association
Dave Phendler
Wabash Interstate Commission
Tom O'Conner
Allen Maze
Liberty
Frank Kirn
John Scott
Richard Bonebrake
Robert Wagner
Williamsport
Robert Gramelspacher
Jasper
John Brogan
French Lick
Jack Rumbach
Frank Marshall
Greensurg
Lin ton-Stockton Band Pupils Summer Schedule Plan
The Lin ton-Stockton band program announces practice times for the Junior band at 10 a.m. on Mon Wed and Fri at the band building and the High school band at 1 p.m. on Tue and Thu. Director William Pirtle emphasizes full High school band participation for the Fourth of July parade Bloomfield appearance and the Evansville American Legion State convention on July 18. Seniors missing uniforms and not marching are asked to bring them to the band room this week.
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Linton-Stockton
William Pirtle
Pirtle
Bloomfield
Evansville
Salinger Wins in California Senate Primary
Pierre Salinger, former Johnson aide, wins the Democr atic nomination for U S senator in California after a bitter race. He defeats 11 rivals and faces Admiral James Murphy in November while receiving congratulations from President Johnson and Mrs Kennedy. He pledges travel to Southeast Asia to widen his international knowledge.
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San Francisco
Wpp
Pierre Salinger
U. S
California
John F. Kennedy
Salinger
George Murphy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Southeast Asia
Alan Cranston
Balding
Far East
Johnson
Edmund G Brown
Cranston
California Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
California Democratic Council
Senate
Clair Engle
Engle
UN Security Council to Probe Viet Nam Cambodia Border
The Security Council plans a three member mission to visit Viet Nam and Cambodia to investigate border incidents and report within 45 days. The move follows African sponsorship by Morocco and Ivory Coast as the council weighs steps short of a peace force.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Morocco
Ivory Coast
USS
U.N
Threeman Council
United States
South Viet Nam
Council
Boys' State Delegates Headed to Indiana University
Tom Bucci Richard Mathena and Bruce Smith will leave Saturday for Indiana University Bloomington to attend the Hoosier Boys State a government and politics program sponsored by the American Legion Department of Indiana Delegates are chosen for high scholastic achievement leadership qualities and good sportsmanship. The Elks lodge and Tri Kappa sorority support the three delegates with arrangements handled by the American Legion
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Tom Bucci
Richard Mathena
Bruce Smith
Indiana University At
Bloomington
Hoosier Boys’ State
The
American Legion
Department of Indiana
Elks Lodge
Post of
Tri Kappa _ sorority
Goldwater Wins California GOP Primary In Tight Finish
Barry Goldwater appears to have won California's 86 GOP convention delegates in a photo finish over Nelson Rockefeller. With a late surge from Los Angeles, Goldwater led or won 16 counties to Rockefeller's 43 and was ahead in Southern California ballots. UPI early tally had Goldwater 51 percent to Rockefeller 49 with 30,999 precincts counted.
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
California
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Arizona
Los Angeles
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Los Angeles County
UPI
Washington
Johnson Says Strength Improves Peace Chance
President Johnson declared the United States is stronger than all previous nations combined, saying power enhances peace prospects. He spoke at the Coast Guard Academy commencement and in Groton stressed using power for peaceful aims and determent of atomic destruction.
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New London
Conn
UPI
Johnson
United States
Coast Guard Academy
Groton
Aircraft carrier Lake Champlain strikes freighter in fog
The aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain collided with the Norwegian motor vessel Skauvag in Chesapeake Bay. Both ships sustained structural damage and fires on the carrier were controlled. no injuries were reported. The Lake Champlain awaited Coast Guard investigation near Annapolis after the 3:30 a.m. incident 38 miles south of Annapolis.
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Norfolk
Lake Champlain
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Decatur
Annapolis
Patuxent River
Coast Guard
Peroxide Healer Used at Texas Medical Center
Baylor University Medical Center physicians report in Medical World News that hydrogen peroxide pumped through vessels near a wound significantly speeds healing. The treatment increases oxygen use by healing tissue and targets stubborn infections.
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New York Up
Texas Medical Center
Baylor University Medical Center
Medical World News
Ruby's Lawyer Quits Amid Sanity Hearing
Ruby's defense lawyer Dr Hubert Winston Smith quits as fourth chief counsel after being cut off financially. Eva Grant says Ruby refused medication offered in his cell. Phil Burleson and Joe Tonnhill plan to continue defense. Judge Brown schedules June 19 hearing to decide on a formal sanity evaluation.
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Dallas
Hubert Winston Smith
Jeck Ruby
Ruby
Eva Grant
Smith
University of Texas Law School
Phil Burleson
Joe Tonnhill
Jasper
Grant
J. M. Pickard
William Beavers
Joel B. Brown
Brown
Rusk and McNamara to Report to Johnson on Vietnam War
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara fly from Honolulu to Andrews Air Force Base Maryland to brief President Johnson on recommended improvements to South Vietnam operations. They return amid discussions of a new $125 million aid request and potential shifts in policy.
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Southeast Asia
Honolulu
Adm
Harry D. Felt
Pacific Forces
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
William Bundy
P. M. Chadbourne
Thailand
Graham Martin
Cablephoto
Washington
Phc
Johnson
Andrew Air Force Base
New London
Laird
U.S
Congress
Circuit Court Grants Time for Defendant in Rape Case
Terry Roger Goad appeared in Greene Circuit Court at Bloomfield on rape charges. The court granted time to hire an attorney and reset arraignment for June 5. The court also ruled in favor of Merle Dyer and Laura Dyer for 424 dollars plus interest and attorney fees against Donald and Mary Dyer on a note.
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Terry Roger Goad
Greene
Bloomfield
Merle Dyer
Laura Dyer
Donald
Mary Dyer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Greater Linton Club
Chamber of Commerce
Gerald Landis
Ken Sitterding
Batesville
Herald Tribune
City Planning Commission
Purdue Glee Club
BUCCI
Mathena
Barry
Lewis Nicolini
Indiana State Employment Service
Marie Bogard
State
Lewis Goble
Goble
Employment Service
Citizen
Sister
Rusk
McNamara
Circuit Court
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