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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1955
Page
2
The Daily Citizen lists ad rates at per word three cents with a minimum single. In Settleton ccw was 60 cents. Ads up to 16:00 A M appear same day. Cash required for non charge accounts. The paper states no responsibility for more than one incorrect insertion and disclaims liability for advertiser reliability and possible deception.
A new polio surveillance system operated from the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta monitors every US polio case. A team of 24 doctors six nurses and six statisticians collect detailed reports from states and clinics to detect outbreaks and verify vaccine effects.
The American Dairy Association said Americans used six billion more pounds of milk in the last marketing year driven by population growth and lower prices. Per person consumption rose by 4.3 quarts, with increases of 0.64 pounds of butter and 0.58 pounds of cheese. Economists expect dairy surpluses to end soon due to reduced government buying and higher consumption.
Schedule from WTTV channel 4 Bloomington listing programs for June 6 and 7 including Howdy Doody Little Rascals Caesar's Hour Medic and various afternoon and evening shows such as Indiana University offerings Ted Mack's Matinee The Greatest Gift Hawkins Fails and World of Mr Sweeney with news weather and sign offs.
WBTO radio in Linton Indiana lists a full day schedule starting 6 00 am with Sign On and Early Bird Jamboree. The lineup includes News Weather Band Music quizzes and local interest programs plus markets such as Grain Market and Livestock Markets and concludes with sports round up Sundown Serenade and Sign Off.
WTHI TV Channel 10 presents a daytime lineup featuring News Weather and TV programs. Highlights include Wild Bill Hickok Annie Oakley Wabash Valley Jamboree and The $64,000 Question along with The Lone Ranger and Soldiers of Fortune.
Roy W. Howe 62 of Spencer died May 80 in Freeman-Greene county hospital after two months of serious illness. He served in WWI with Co C 112th Infantry Pennsylvania division and worked as a supply clerk in the Minnehaha coal mine. He leaves a widow Fern L. Lenning Howe, a brother John R. Howe, sisters Lula Howe and Mrs C R Brown, three nephews and two nieces. Funeral services were held May 1 at Welch and Cornett with full military honors by Frank Courtney American Legion Post No. 22 and Bloomfield Post No. 196. The flag was presented to his widow at the grave side.
The report notes 1,576 dogs serve the U S Army in the Far East Europe and the Arctic. Varied breeds including huskies Malamutes and Eskimo dogs pull supplies to remote outposts while German shepherds perform sentry duty.
In Atlantic City a Tulane medical professor predicts one in four or five Americans will develop lung cancer in 25 years unless action is taken. He links rising cases to cigarette sales and warns the disease may soon surpass breast cancer as the leading form.
Washington reports the Agricultural Research Service is breeding corn strains to resist the European corn borer. Researchers Dicke and Penny aim to release improved varieties by 1960, addressing a pest that caused 192 million bushels in 1954, with resistance to early broods and tolerance to ear shank and stalk tunneling.
John W. Reed, 41, blind since childhood, started a telephone answering service with Illinois Rehabilitation Service and the Alton Optimists Club to help handicapped people become self supporting. The pilot project expanded with state backing to demonstrate how the halt and the blind can run their own businesses and create employment opportunities. Reed lost his sight after a gunshot accident at age six and later ran a restaurant before turning to this enterprise for his family’s livelihood.
Reed converts a dilapidated room near the telephone exchange into a multifaceted project. The pilot includes an answering service, microfilming, addressographing and mimeographing, magazine subscriptions, and a public stenographic service run by handicapped workers. The Optimists Club says it is the nation’s first complete secretarial service operated by the disabled. Reed aims to employ about 200 as training ends and individuals start their own businesses.
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