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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
1
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Larry Stephens and Phil Gray, both 14 of Linton, Indiana, uncover about a dozen Indian artifacts in Goosepond while researching Piankashaw history. Objects include arrow and spear points, a stone knife, and a hematite plumb bob weight used in bird catching.
Tornadoes swept fifty miles across Wisconsin and Minnesota, killing 32 people and injuring 100 or more. Colfax, Menomonie, and Chippewa Falls bore the worst damage as hospitals filled and National Guardsmen patrolled the debris. Weather and search crews worked through the night.
About 12,500 Bendix Aviation workers in Mishawaka and South Bend walked out in protest of disciplinary action against a union representative. The suspension targeted a figure tied to outside window washing contractors at the Mishawaka missile section, with unions alleging outsourcing of maintenance work. The South Bend plant and Mishawaka facility were closed as workers walked off.
Former President Truman lands at Genoa Italy aboard the Independence with his wife and Judge and Mrs Samuel Rosenman. They plan to proceed to Cannes France later today.
George W. Puckett, 68, prominent Jasonville businessman, died at his home 429 West Main Street after extended illness. He owned Puckett Home Supply and Lumber and previously worked with Wilkinson Lumber. Survived by widow Lucille, daughters Mildred Torr, Anna Marie Williams, Jo Belle Anderson, step-son Donald McNabb, brothers David Orville Grover. Funeral set at McClanahan Funeral Home Saturday at 10 with Rev. Lloyd Miller officiating.
At Cape Canaveral the 65 foot Thor fired from a launcher used by field units. Elmer P Wheaton of Douglas called the test a major step in rapid weapons development. The rocket produced 150 000 pound thrust and flew about three minutes before landing in the ocean.
Cub and Boy Scouts of the Midland community and their parents will meet at Shakamak at the west shelter house at 6 00 oclock Friday evening for a picnic. Leaders announced today.
Humid conditions spread across Indiana as Evansville hit 89 with expectations of 90s later. A cooler air front was due soon bringing lower highs in the north to near 80s and South to the 80s, with night lows in the 50s to 60s and scattered thundershowers before a cool weekend.
A 2:00 PM ground breaking marks nearly a year of work for the Washington Stafford Consolidated School Corp. west of State Road 67 near Bushrod, between Lyons and Marco. Don Pope leads speakers with architects John R. Hagel Evansville and Ramsey Construction Tell City in attendance. The five hundred pupil, one story masonry and steel building costs about 592000 with possible 2000 fluctuation from bid alternates. Bonds of 71000 covering remaining costs were sold to Indianapolis firms.
Henry Bosell 17 of Worthington in Freeman Greene county hospital in fair condition after an auto crash Wednesday night. Four other Worthington youths James Livingston 16 Bill Cobb 16 Gene Meek 16 Jerry Whitley 15 treated for cuts and released. Driver Gene Meek 16 claimed speed 75 mph before crossing railroad tracks and losing control blinded by oncoming lights.
Vacation Bible school at First Baptist Church wraps with Friday evening commencement led by Rev. Royden Rea. Handwork displays run 6 30 to 7 30 in the lower auditorium followed by the program. A Bible school picnic is set for Saturday 11 a m to 1 p m at Humphreys Park with a sack lunch and bus service.
Two Monon Railroad workers were killed when a television antenna they supported on the ground touched a 7,200 volt line in Bloomington Indiana. Roy Manley 55 of Lafayette and Hugh A McQuire 57 of Bloomington died. Leslie Underwood 52 sustained minor burns. Three others escaped injury. The antenna was to allow traveling trainmen to watch TV in the yard barracks during rests. McQuire’s widow is sister to Mrs L E Spinks of Linton.
Republicans and Democrats call California results pivotal with Pat Brown ahead of Knowland. GOP chair Schoeppel says Knowland faces a tough November race while Smathers warns the result could spur Republican effort similar to Sputnik. Some Republicans privately note Brown’s large plurality in combined votes.
Hammond television repairman Eugene P. Bone and Portland Marine sergeant Russell Rock each won sweepstakes from second place in the English Derby at Paddy’s Point. Bone, 23, was aboard the USS Breckenridge en route to Yokohama Japan and will learn of his windfall Monday. Bone’s ticket, bought by his father Bert Bone, will net him 23 500 after taxes. Rock, 23, learned of his 31 000 after tax cut. Had the winner been Paddy’s Point, both men would have earned 140 000 each.
In Havana Loyal troops press into the Maestra mountains in a major Latin American operation. About 8,000 to 11,000 government forces clash with rebels estimated at 2,000 to 5,000 along a 125 mile front from Manzanillo to near Santiago. Casualties run high for both sides amid limited air strikes and sea blockades. Police arrest 15 on subversion charges as Havana reports a crackdown.
In Indianapolis jurors in the fourth Indiana highway scandal trial hear arguments on whether Elmer Sherwood William Sayer and Arthur Mogilner bribed Virgil Red Smith or merely acted as public relations consultants. Prosecutors plan to show Mogilner profits split three ways totaling 22777 to Smith Sherwood and Sayer, while defense argues no knowledge of the payment.
Kansas Governor asks Ezra Taft Benson to declare Western Kansas an emergency disaster area as billions of grasshoppers spread through four states. Officials warn infestations in the Texas panhandle could reach 500 to 600 per square yard, threatening wheat and other crops while spraying offers some control for now.
Two US Air Force F 100F jets completed a 9 hour 9 minute non stop flight from Honolulu to Itazuke Air Base Japan refueling twice in air. Pilots Lt Col John W Feeney and Capt Ramon L Koenig led the mission with Capt Richard J Savage and Capt James D Blue aboard.
Greene County Nurses Association cancels planned picnic set for next Tuesday officials said. No new date has been announced.
A plainclothes police task force led by Public Safety Commissioner Tom Scarbrough surrounded the University of Mississippi administration building at dawn to block Rev. Clennon King from attempting to enroll in public school segregation. Scarbrough warned no registration, citing prior violence at Alabama as a cautionary example. King vowed to appeal to the governor and Eisenhower if denied, and said he would pursue no court action.
The State Department plans to reschedule Dr. Milton Eisenhower's Central American fact finding tour within a month or two. The trip, to Guatemala through Panama, was postponed and not set for June 15. Speculation cites sensitivity after Vice President Nixon's South American tour.
An error dampened Wednesday edition coverage of hearings for five defendants in Worthington. Vernon D. Smithers Evansville Robert F Head Owensville Kenneth H Grubb Jasonville Nathan T Morgan Indianapolis Ira W Rose Elkhart faced trial in the court of Mrs Elmira Driscol justice of the peace.
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