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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1959
Page
8
Miss Roberta Young returns home from Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis where she was treated for surgery.
Five motorists were fined $1 and costs and another $5 and costs at hearings in the court of Orville P. Falk at Worthington. Arthur N. Libka of New Albany was fined $5 and costs or $2435 on a charge of failing to yield the right of way and causing an accident while driving a tractor.
Rex L. Stewart Jasonville aged 31 was fined one dollar plus costs for an improper muffler on US 231. Ace D. McDonald Fontanet 60 was fined for passing on a hill on US 241. Johnny T. Dillman Henderson Kentucky 31 was fined for speeding 76 mph on US 231. Roubert V. Medcalf Indianapolis 48 was fined for improper passing on US 67. James E. Lowry Gleason Tennessee 41 was fined for failing to stop at a sign on State Road 57.
Thirteen Greene county residents are among the 4 157 students in the 1959 Indiana University graduating class. Commencement will be at 10 a m CDT Friday June 8 in Memorial Stadium with rain plan to Field House. Bishop Fulton J Sheen is speaker at 8:30 p m Sunday June 7 in the Memorial Stadium. Alumni activities include lectures reunions and barbecues Friday through Sunday. The class includes February and June graduates and names tentative degree dates for several picked graduates.
A historic note records that a cup of black coffee in Buenos Aires cost two cents. The detail highlights the era’s low prices and consumer affordability in the city.
Marine Pfc. Larry C. McKim of Linton Route 2 joined Marines from the First Division at Camp Pendleton for Operation Twin Peaks on California's southern coast May 17 to June 2. Air and ground forces attacked aggressor targets using the redesigned helicopter assault carrier USS Princeton in a vertical envelopment drill. The two-week exercise was the most extensive air ground landing exercise on the Southern California Coast since 1957.
Mrs. Mary L. Wilson, 57, of Gary, was killed when her car collided with a truck at the U S 41 Ind 2 junction ten miles southwest of Crown Point. Nellie Parker 31 and her sons Jimmy 9 West 4 were injured. Jimmy was listed in critical condition at St Margaret Hospital Hammond. Ray Smith of Defiance Ohio said sun glare blinded him as he pulled into the intersection. he was uninjured.
Marion County Sheriff's office investigated the theft of $20,000 in uncut diamonds from the north side home of Charles F. Bardach of Bardach Brothers Inc. The jewels vanished between Friday and Monday with a jewelry salesman and two guests linked to the case. A pilot guest and a secretary were among involved visitors. the diamonds were later found not yet recovered.
A juvenile delinquent is a child labeled when he breaks public law or ordinance, runs away, or exhibits habitual disobedience beyond parental control across states.
Indiana State Police said its helicopter aided two fugitive searches this week. Reed Gray surrendered near Sharpsville after the aircraft hovered over him in a wheatfield during a car pursuit by deputies. Earlier, a Wisconsin couple was captured near Bedford after a helicopter sighting in a manhunt for a shooter of a state trooper.
Mrs. Paul Schwendermann found a foot long alligator among debris in her backyard in Richmond Indiana. The alligator belonged to Bill Braden whose family was away, and Braden confirmed the pet escaped from his basement.
U S Office of Vital Statistics reports homicide victims are nearly six times higher among divorced men than married men and four times higher among widowers. Divorce rates among women vary by education with four years of college lowest and one to three years of high school highest.
Brown The Photographer promotes Father’s Day on June 21 with portraits of you or your children. Call Brown's Studio at phone 422 389 A, St. N.W. Linton.
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