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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1959
Page
1
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Army officials at Frankfurt report SP4 c Elvis Presley may be suffering tonsillitis and a slipped spinal disc. A local inquiry recalls a wreath theft by a dog at Fairview cemetery on Memorial Day. Herbert Myers of Linton offers coal proceeds to the city for a beach project, with land owned by Earl Haag pending sale or lease.
An announcement told 4-H girls of Linton and Stockton township not to report for laboratory work at the high school Friday because Miss Virginia Woodall the leader will be out of town.
John McGeachie Bogle aged 53 a Sterlingshire Scotland native was killed when a farm tractor overturned while crossing a ditch on his Patricksburg area farm near Brazil Indiana.
Indiana pinball magnates George Welbourn and Steven Sohacki faced a Senate inquiry in Washington on alleged payoffs to public officials to boost their Gary area operations. The Rackets Committee heard of a $12 million five year “bingo” machine boom and pressure on independent operators, with prosecutors accused of favorable treatment and corruption. A Chicago crime syndicate recording offered a possible bribe to extend gambling influence in Porter County, though the deputy testified he rejected a $50,000 offer.
Northwest Orient Airlines reported two or three unidentified jet fighters conducted observation approaches to a U S commercial flight more than 200 miles east of Kamchatka. Capt Ira Bortles said the jets came within two to three miles, possibly Russian Migs, then dropped a flare and withdrew. the U S Air Force had no plane in the area.
Indiana Appellate Court Judge John Ax said construction will begin immediately on a 500 watt daytime radio station his firm is building at Brazil. Ax is secretary treasurer of Quad Cities Broadcasting Corp which also operates WITZ in Jasper and WITY in Danville Ill He said the station will be on the air in four months.
In Guayaquil tanks and troops clashed with anti-government rioters, killing seven and raising five day toll to at least 19. A state of emergency and dusk to dawn curfew were ordered across Ecuador with a ban on non-official news.
The Iowa Highway Patrol reports three of four escaped prisoners captured near Georgetown Iowa with one still at large. Pilot Max Conrad set a nonstop single engine flight record, announcing en route to San Diego after departing Casablanca Morocco with provisions.
An United Press International survey finds limited home response to protests against pornographic material. police justify action as 20 people arrested in Cambridge Massachusetts with seized material mailed to children. Federal law allows action where received and a couple faced 10 year terms in the first case.
Three couples receive marriage licenses from the Greene Circuit Court Clerk in Bloomfield. Donald Roudebush of Switz City route 1 and Shirley Waldie of Bloomfield. Larry Lee Anderson of Lyons route 1 and Carolyn Jean Crow of Bloomfield. Robert W. Hall of West Terre Haute and Emma Kathryn Miller of Worthington route 2.
James E. Brown, 29, of Clinton Wisconsin and his wife Nancy, 21, appeared in Lawrence Circuit Court on auto banditry charges after a gun battle with Indiana State Police near Avoca. Brown asked for a pauper attorney. bonds were set at 25000 dollars each. Trooper Robert Gillespie was wounded, as was bystander Stella Baker, 67, of Avoca.
Receipts from Bloomfield parking meters totaled 749 for May, report shown at the Bloomfield Board of Town Trustees June meeting.
Robert Hunt, John Platt and Robert Gastineau signed contracts with the Linton Stockton school corporation for 1959 60. Vacancies remain for vocal music supervisor girls Physical Education Home Economics and superintendent. Hunt will teach Physical Education Health and Safety and assist in football and basketball. Platt will teach History supervise Guidance assist in football basketball and head baseball coach. Gastineau will teach Industrial Arts in Junior High with some High School work. He attended Indiana University and Indiana State Teachers College and taught at L and M consolidated last year.
Heavy ice and hail battered Selden Kansas isolating the town of 360 as crews cleared routes. National Guard and highway patrol responded while no injuries were reported. Weather warnings cited potential flash flooding across northwest Kansas with up to five inches of rain.
Four convicts led by a cop killer remain at large after breaking from the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Lloyd Woodson 38 of Quincy IL heads the group with Albert Boerger 27, also from Quincy. Runners Jones 25 of Fairfield IA and Elun Girdler 23 of Peoria IL are described as accomplices. Police tightened road checks across Iowa Illinois and Missouri and urged public tips while warning residents to lock cars and buildings.
City of Linton advertises for bids to complete 1959 street oiling before July Fourth. Bids due at 10:00 a.m. Friday June 19 in a special meeting. Work to begin within ten days after bids are let.
Air Force sources expressed extreme pessimism about Discoverer III satellite and its four mice passengers likely not reaching orbit. Rocket launched from Vandenberg at 4 09 p m EDT appeared on track but fled radio contact after 13 minutes. officials said no orbit was achieved.
Warmer air returns with temperatures in the 80s across Indiana and into the weekend. Highs today reach the low 80s to 88, upper 80s Friday, and warm humid conditions forecast for Saturday. Overnight lows fall to the 50s inland and mid 60s tonight. rain remains unlikely with mostly fair skies today and Friday.
Robert Evan McDonald 80 longtime Smith township farmer and stock buyer died at home after a year and a half of ill health. He leaves a widow Esta married 1934, six daughters, two sons, foster children, brothers, a sister, 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral at Providence Baptist Church with interment at Walker cemetery.
In Indianapolis a Chinese laundryman Kui Choy Wong aged 46 was stabbed to death and run over by a pickup. Police arrested a suspect on a preliminary murder charge hours later. Authorities say the victim and the suspect had been dating the same woman.
Jasonville and Greene County police seek a woman believed from Oklahoma for questioning about 63 year old Charles Thomas who was found incoherent near his auto on a Vincennes road. Thomas had an empty gas tank no money and may have suffered a seizure. He was taken to the Veterans Hospital in Indianapolis.
The IRS announced a tax break for dependents of parents who provide more than half of their support. Full time students and children under 19 may earn over 600 dollars this summer without losing dependent status. The rule covers June graduates who were full time students five months in 1959 and all under 19 at year end 1959 regardless of earnings.
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