Local Tales Mix Fish, Trees and War News
In Linton scenes of repainting cross walks and a crappie weighing 2 pounds 13 ounces are shared beside reports of a 4 and a half pound catfish photo request. Harmony’s Jess Lawson nets a 31 pound flat head in White river, and Francis Swaby shows a hack berry trunk with eight growth rings. A Naval Ammunition depot at Crane praises Lloyd Simmerman for halting a TNT blaze with a $300 reward awarded.
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Linton
Jess Lawson
Harmony
Brazil
White River
Francis Swaby
300 Russian farm technicians greeted in Cuba
About 25 000 Havana residents welcomed 300 Russia farm technicians who will spend a year in Cuba teaching new techniques. The crowd included about 1 000 young Cubans who will soon depart for Russia for training. The ship waited outside the harbor until almost 6 p.m. before docking.
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Havana
Tprp
Cuba
Russia
Ex convict Admits He Killed Officer in Hammond Ambush
Chicago police seized Herbert Bruce Simon in a hotel room and he told detectives he shot Patrolman Frank Dunn in Hammond Indiana after seeing the shield of the police officer. Simon said he began drinking that night and carried a pistol for protection. Police report four cartridges matching the gun were found, and a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued.
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Chicago
UPI
Hammond
Ind
Herbert Bruce Simon
Frank Dunn
Simon
Donald
Wlliam
Terre Haute
Herbert
Dunn
Polce
Herbert Simon
U.S
Wilbur C. Glendening
Three Die In Fire At Old Cleveland Hotel
A pre-dawn blaze leveled an aging wooden hotel in Cleveland Tennessee. At least three died Luther Moore and Jim Shehan residents of Prater Hotel and Carl C Hunt 18 of Maryville. Firefighters reported 29 people were in the building when the fire began at 2 45 EST and a suspected wiring short near the top is blamed.
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Cleveland
Tenn
Luther Moore
Jim Shehan
Prater Hotel
Carl C. Hunt
Maryville
James Scoggins
Louisville
Ala
Pro Am Tournament Set for Sunday at Linton Municipal
Bob Hess announces the second Pro-Am of the season at Linton Municipal Golf Course. Entry deadline is 7:00 p.m. Saturday with tee-off for the foursomes at noon Sunday.
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Linton Municipal Golf Course
Bob Hess
Wave of Terrorism Threatens Evian Algerian Talks
In Evian les Bains France a wave of terrorism linked to Algerian nationalists jeopardizes peace talks with FLN rebels. Louise Joxe heads the French delegation may demand an end to violence as clashes erupt in Paris and other cities. Eleven Muslims die in gunfights. two Muslims and eight police injured. Bombs and explosions shake France and Algeria as some blame right wing extremists.
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Evian-Les-Bains
France
Paris
Louise Joxe
Algeria
National Liberation Front
FLN
Witness recounts boys used as ghouls at Treblinka
In Jerusalem the Eichmann trial heard testimony that boys as young as 13 were forced to extract gold teeth from gas chamber victims and sort their clothes. Abraham Lindwasser, now 31, said a boy escaped Treblinka after finding his sister among corpses. Five prisoners were shot in reprisal. mutiny and mass escape followed in August 1943.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Abraham Lindwasser
Treblinka
Robert Servatius
New England Relief Follows warm Indiana Weather Pattern
Indiana endures a four day warm and humid pattern with scattered thundershowers. Highs near 79 to 86 Monday and 78 to 88 expected Tuesday and Wednesday. Far north may cool, while New England sees relief from the heat and storms sweep across the nation.
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United Press International
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Evansville
South Bend
Lafayette
Indiana Panel Ends 12000 Dollar Executive Director Post
The Indiana State Office Building Commission chaired by Governor Welsh voted 6 to 1 to abolish the 12000 dollar a year executive director position and void John A. Whitehead's contract effective July 1. The move follows bylaw changes paving staff reductions and appoints the new Indiana Department of Administration as the supervising body. Lt. Gov. Ristine dissented. Attorney General Steers questioned legality of the bylaw changes.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Office Building Commission
Welsh
John A. Whitehead
Welch
Whitehead
Commission
Richard O. Ristine
Ristine
Statehouse
Indiana Department of Administration
Edwin K. Steers
Steers
Fire kills six children in Missouri flame shack
In Portageville Missouri a blaze in a flame shack killed six Forest children aged 1 to 10 and badly burned a seventh, Michael whose recovery was uncertain. The cause was not immediately determined and all victims were Negro.
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Portageville
UPI
Jessie Mae Forest
Aaron Forest
Don
Ema~Mae
Kayseen
Jennett
Robbie
Michae
James Davis
Hayti, Mo
Michael
A. M. Graves
Carver Elementary
Methodist School Displays Planned
Displays of handwork by Vacation Bible School pupils of Linton Methodist Church will be shown Friday evening from 7 to 8. Primary and Junior department work will be at the church while Kindergarten children’ s work will be at Cravens Kindergarten. Certificates will be presented to the children.
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Linton Methodist Church
Cravens
Indiana Toll Rises to 401 Deaths in Indiana Collision
A two car crash Monday night in Decatur County raises Indiana's 1961 highway death toll to at least 401. Dworka H. Rangani, 30, born in Bombay and residing in Hamilton, Ontario, was killed at the Indiana 3 and Indiana 46 intersection. His wife was critically injured.
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United Press International
Canada
Decatur County
Indiana
Dworka
H. S. Rangani
Hamilton, Ont
Bombay
Indiana 3
Indiana 46
Linton Merchant seeks bankruptcy in federal court
Terre Haute records show Robert L. Weathers a Linton jeweler and his wife Mrs Maxine Weathers filed voluntary bankruptcy petitions in U S District Court listing liabilities of 26503 61 and assets of 5289 98 for the couple
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Terre Haute
Robert L. Weathers
Linton Jeweler
Maxine Weathers
U.S. District Court
Elks Grant 65000 For Cancer Research In Indiana
Indiana Elks announce 65000 total cancer research gifts to state universities with 35000 to the Indiana University School of Medicine and 15000 to Purdue University announced at a state convention. The effort brings Elks cancer research gifts to 652500 while new officers and trustees were named.
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IUPI
Indiana Elks
Indiana
University School of Medicine
Purdue University
Medical School
Purdue
Thomas E. Burke
Lafayette
Elks Activities Committee
The
Elks
Paul Manship
Noblesville
Gerald Powell
Peery
Floyd Beedon
Seymour
John Weaver
Brazil
Wilbur Lee
New Castle
Earl Aders
Elkhart
C. L. Shideler
Terre Haute
J. L. Miller East
Chicago
T. H. Snyder
Frank Calloway
Jeffersonville
Warren Johns
Auburn
James Baldwin
Portland
Tler
Kennedy Heads Home to Report on Summit Talks
President Kennedy flies to Washington to deliver a half hour Report to the People on his private talks with Khrushchev Gaulle and Macmillan. The address will be carried live by CBS NBC and ABC from the White House and Andrews Field arrivals.
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Washington
nPi
Kennedy
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
White House
UPI
Congress
Nikita S. Khruschev
Andrews Field
Maryland
London
Goose Bay
Labrador
White House Oy
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dirksen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Khrushchev
Charles da Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Air Force
New York
Paris
Vienna
Thomas Morgan Dies at 73 in Lafayette Soldiers Home
Thomas Morgan age 73 of Linton died at 8 00 p m Monday night at the Soldiers Home in Lafayette after months of ill health He was a retired coal miner and World War II veteran He is survived by two sons Nathan Morgan of Houston Tex Joe Morgan of Connecticut a daughter Mrs Juanita Mayfield of Jasonville four sisters Mrs Martha Shearn Detroit Mich Mrs Esther Marsh Linton Mrs Glenn Brant Bicknell and Mrs Inez Bales Martinsville and four grandchildren His body will be returned to Welch and Cornett Funeral home for funeral arrangements to be announced Wednesday
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Thomas Morgan
Linton
Lafayette
Mr. Morgan
Nathan Morgan
Houston
Tex
Joe Morgan
Connecticut
Juanita Mayfield
Jasonville
Martha Shearn
Detroit
Mich
Esther Marsh
Glenn Brant
Bicknell
Inez Bales
Martinsville
Welch and Cornett Funeral Home
Gracey Last Rites Are Set at Dugger
Florence Gracey 83 of St Louis died Sunday night in St Louis after a long illness. Born November 25, 1877 in Greene County she lived in St Louis with husband Wil Gracey and is survived by sister Ava Carter of Scottsbluff Neb and several nieces and nephews including Willard Mood of Dugger and Marion Mood of Sullivan. She was a Baptist and Pythian Sisters member. Evans Funeral Home Dugger announces calling after 6 pm Wednesday and funeral Thursday at 2 pm with Rev Harry Holloway presiding. Burial in Dugger Cemetery.
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Florence Gracey
St. Louis
Linton
Gracey
Greene County
Wil
Ava Carter
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Williard Mood
Qugger
Marion Mood
Sullivan
The
Baptist Church
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Evans
Dugger
Harry Holloway
Kennedy urges new laws to curb racketeers and hoodlums
Washington reports Attorney General Robert F Kennedy calls for legislation to reduce the power of racketeers and hoodlums. In New York the American Communist party pledges to continue activities despite Supreme Court decisions against it.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Shepard's Spaceflight Experience Outlines Medical Results
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr described blurred vision from head rattle during his 15 minute 22 second suborbital flight from Cape Canaveral to the ocean. He lost three pounds but said the danger passed and the mission bodes well for future Mercury flights and Moon missions. NASA NIH and NAS sponsored a day long conference presenting the medical findings and future planning.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
America
State Department
U.S
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
United States
Gagarin
Cape Canaveral
Fla
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Mercury
Moon
Lunar
Appelo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
National Institutes of Health
National Academy of Sciences
Former White Rose resident Milton Swaby dies at 79
Milton Swaby, 79, a former resident of White Rose and the Carlisle and Linton areas, died at 5:00 p.m. Monday in an Evansville hospital. Survived by widow Mary, two daughters Lois Miller of Oaktown route 2 and Doris Lester of Sandborn route 1, brothers Clarence of Boulder Colorado and Walter of Carlisle, sisters Emma Miller of Dugger rural route, Belle Badders of Pomona California, Hattie Saucerman of Linton, ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Body returned to Schulze Funeral Home in Carlisle for funeral arrangements.
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Milton Swaby
Carlisle
Linton
Evansville
Mr. Swaby
White Rose
Wido
Mary Swaby
Lois Miller
Oaktown
Doris Lester
Sandborn
Clarence Swaby
Boulder
Colo
Walter Swaby
Emma Miller
Dugger
Belle. Badders
Pomona
Calif
Hattie Saucerman
Schulze
District Eagles Elect New Officers for No 13
At Linton lodge hall Indiana district No 13 elected officers led by Harold L. Clawson of Brazil as district director and David P. Dixon of Linton as district chairman. Herbert Cullison of Terre Haute became district vice chairman and Lowe of Terre Haute district secretary-treasurer. Next district meeting set for June 30 at Brazil lodge hall.
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Indiana Eagles Lodge
Linton Lodge
Robert Thornburg
Evansville
Harold L. Clawson
Brazil
David P. Dixon
Linton
Herbert Cullison
Terre Haute
Th Lowe
Severe Thunderstorms Predicted for Narrow Western Indiana Strip
A forecast calls for scattered severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging surface winds from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. CDT. The narrow band extends about 60 miles on either side of a line from Kirksville Missouri to Terre Haute Indiana, including areas west of Attica and Vincennes and a bit east of Attica.
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Texas
Nebraska
Iowa
Arkansas
Illinois
Panhandles
Rockies
Waco
Tex
West Texas
Little Texas Panhandle
Post
Lubbock
Indianapolis
Indiana
Attica
Vincennes
Kirksville
Terre Haute
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England
Bert Kinnaman
Freeman- Greene County Hospital
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No. 160
L. J. Baird
Deepot
Simmerman
Naval Service
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Great Lakes
Joaquin Balaguer
Trujillo
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Rafael Trujillo Jr
Ciudad Trujillo
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Roosevelt Hotel
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Vincennes Street
Jack Allen
Gene Tully
G.C. Murphy Company
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Linton Merchant
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