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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1958
Page
6
In Hamden Connecticut Police Chief Frank Catanico announces the department switches to turquoise and gold cruisers, explaining that black cars were tiresome and the new color scheme will stand out.
The plan drawn up after a February public hearing would affect about 200,000 production workers in the soft coal industry across the Michigan district and Dakota South Dakota.
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell proposed a 50 cent per hour wage increase for coal workers under government contracts or earning more than 10000. The plan would raise prevailing minimums across 20 of 23 production districts including the Kentucky to Pennsylvania soft coal belt and would set a top rate of 2.745 per hour for eight districts producing about 80 percent of U S soft coal. Some regions Iowa North Dakota South Dakota and Michigan would remain at current or lower wages.
The Greene County Hospital Guild invites members and others to a no charge June dinner meet at 6 30 p m Monday at the Linton municipal golf course clubhouse. Mrs John Hallett president says the event is an informal gathering to acquaint attendees with Guild activities. Attendees bring a covered dish and table service. A program includes Ray Boyer and prizes and surprises.
The seven a Teen-Swing Sunburns report pestering many teens, mostly girls, enjoying warm days with swimming tennis sunbathing and yard work. Several local girls act as housemothers for Brownie camp at McCormick's Creek next week while others travel to Minnesota for Gale Institute and Delta Theta Tau sorority pledging.
In Pembroke Ontario a mother Mrs Cuthbert Shaput and her four children Ruth 17 Helen 15 Barbara 13 and 3 year old Ricky were burned to death when fire swept through their two story cement block home. The father Cuthbert Shaput had left for work five minutes earlier. Fire Chief Ira Price said the blaze likely began in the kitchen and the cause remains unknown.
Members of the Delta Alpha class at First Christian Church held a picnic at Humphreys Park shelter house. Mildred Wilkes led prayer before the meal. Verla Liston presided at a short business session. A report on ill members was read. Plans were made for a church fellowship dinner at Humphreys Park on June 11. The next meeting is in September with new officers to be elected.
The 1945 Linton-Stockton high school graduating class plans a reunion on July 5 with dinner at 6:00 at Klusmeier's. Class members should make reservations with Jack Wheeler, the announcement stated.
Mrs. Lucretia Harper 80 a Switz City resident died at 7 40 am after a brief illness She was widow of Alvadore Harper born Sept 5 1877 in Greene county daughter of John W and Fanny Robison She survived by daughter Mrs Clifford Lundy funeral set for 2:00 pm Sunday at Switz City Pentecostal Church Rev Claude Cobb to officiate burial in Ashcraft Chapel cemetery near Owensburg
Freeman Greene county hospital board meets at the hospital at 7:15 p.m. Quapaw Tribe No. 143 meets at the hall at 7:00 p.m. Columbian Chapter No. 140CES meets at the hall at 7:30 p.m. Town and Country Home Demonstration Club meets with Mrs. Irene Bedwell at 7:30 p.m. Mu Beta Gamma Mission Circle meets at First Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. FOP Auxiliary meets at the FOP club house at 7:30 p.m. Greene County Disabled Veterans meet at home at 7:30 p.m. Linton Order Rainbow for Girls at the Masonic Temple at 7:00 p.m. Lyons Conservation Club meets at the clubhouse at 7:00 p.m. War Mothers meet at the Legion. Chickateth Council Pocahontas meets at Red Men'.s Hall at 7:30 p.m. Greene County Hospital Guild covered dish dinner at the clubhouse near Municipal Golf Course at 6:30 p.m. Those attending invited to bring dish and own table service.
Contractors dug three wells 65 feet deep to supply clean ocean water for Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica. The wells ensured a steady supply of fresh water despite the park being located on the coast, a simpler solution than piping seawater directly from the ocean.
Sales of car owners for self application grew more than 20 percent since 1952, reflecting rising interest in self-administered vehicle services and related economic activity.
John Thurston Bartholomew 39 of Washington DC pleaded guilty to robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon in the October daylight bank robbery of Lincoln National Bank and Trust Co branch in Fort Wayne. He sought court-appointed counsel before Judge Robert Grant. The armed robbery maximum penalty is $5,000 fine and...
A court noted a potential twenty years imprisonment, or a combination sentence, but did not specify when the judge would impose it.
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