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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1971
Page
1
Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst argued mass arrests of Mayday antiwar demonstrators were legal and necessary to stop a violent mob in Washington. He linked protest leaders to the Viet Cong and said 7,000 arrests on May 3 were valid without field arrest forms.
Greene County launches a county wide law enforcement radio network planned to start around July 1. Sheriff Orval Byers reports funding from the Criminal Justice Planning Bureau and county funds to hire three radio operators and cover equipment costs. The system links all towns, records calls at the sheriff's office, and dispatches officers when calls come in. The telephone company has laid special lines to connect the county to the central point in Bloomfield jail. Interested applicants may contact Sheriff Byers at the Bloomfield jail.
Harold Barnhart a safety patrol guard at the Indianapolis 500 filed a 1.5 million damage suit for injuries from the pace car accident last Saturday He seeks 500 000 actual damages for a broken leg and 1 million in punitive damages Barnhart 56 of Indianapolis names Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation Chrysler Corporation United States Auto Club and Eldon Palmer the Indianapolis car dealer who drove the pace car as defendants.
The Linton Fourth of July celebration attracts floats marching units and bands. Parade forms at HH Street at 10 am on Monday July 5 with the carnival by Ernie Allen Shows at Humphreys Park afterward and a fireworks display that night. Chamber of Commerce invites calls to 847 4846 for details.
Judge Edwin B. Long granted a temporary restraining order and set a hearing for the injunction to block the Greene County Auditor from distributing motor vehicle taxes under the new law. A circuit court suit seeks a permanent injunction after changes in money received by tax units. Attorneys John O. Moomaw and Kort Parker Vosloh represent the taxing litin. Hearing set for 9 am June ten.
Showers and thunderstorms brought varied rainfall across Indiana late Wednesday with totals from trace to over an inch in places like Spencer 1.28 and Rockville 1.25. A tornado warning was issued for four counties before midnight as funnel cloud reports surfaced near Bloomington, Jasper, and Seymour.
In Yuba City California the search for additional mass murder victims shifted from orchards to a photographer's corkroom as Juan V Corona pleaded in connection with the slayings. Technicians examined infrared aerial photos from a light plane showing a grave yard where 23 bodies were unearthed and surrounding farmland. Sheriff Roy Whiteaker said the infrared camera donated by a San Francisco firm could detect soil disturbances by temperature variations.
South Vietnamese rangers and paratroopers aided by U S pilots failed to land at Fire Base 5 in the Central Highlands after heavy anti aircraft fire. They reported 60 Communist deaths nearby while 57 more were found earlier. In Khe Sanh vicinity a separate Marine sweep suffered casualties, and U S command tallied 42 Americans killed and 229 wounded in the week ending May 29. Cambodian troops received air drops to counter North Vietnamese forces near Phnom Penh, with more than 400 NVA reported killed in a week of fighting near the capital.
A string of bombs hit Lisbon and a nearby town disrupting most telephone and telex lines as NATO foreign ministers opened a two day session. Explosions damaged a key switching center and a substation with no casualties reported. Police blamed the Armed Revolutionary Action group while officials weighed Soviet overtures on troop reductions and security talks.
The House defeated the first section of Nixon's revenue sharing plan 204 to 182 and lawmakers flag a flaw in another $5 billion portion aimed at five year funding for about 150 000 public service jobs. Mills and Byrnes lead hearings. distribution formula favoring Beverly Hills and Miami Beach over smaller cities is cited.
If you have not received your Linton Daily Citizen by 6 00 p m first call carrier If no answer call the Citizen Office 847 4487 before 6 30 p m
Indiana Attorney General Theodore Sendak says future school reorganizations require approval by the Commission on General Education of the State Board of Education. The opinion clarifies boundaries and consolidations after the former Reorganization Commission ended in 1969.
The AFL-CIO urged Congress to raise the minimum wage immediately to $2 an hour and extend coverage to all workers. Chief lobbyist Andrew Biemiller said the economy needs the added purchasing power, with testimony prepared for a Senate Labor Committee hearing.
Paris reports Hanoi canceled the return of 13 sick and wounded POWs after they boarded a Da Nang ship bound for the north. Hanoi and the Viet Cong also hardened their peace talk stance, demanding a rapid U.S. troop withdrawal and Saigon government overthrow as crucial terms.
Indiana created a Drug Abuse Advisory Committee under the Mental Health Department to attack the drug problem. Governor Whitcomb opened the meeting with officials and professionals vowing monthly guidance and expanded education. The group elected Sen. Robert L. Sheaffer as chair and Walter J. Penrod as vice chair with key state health, education, police and corrections leaders joining.
A planned strike by the Teamsters Union against Vigo County School System was postponed at a closed session to June 30. The pact covers truck drivers custodians and maintenance staff among about 160 teaching employees. A further negotiating session is set for June 30.
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