Local Linton Scene Notes Fish Tales and Mining News
Reports from Linton recount a two pound thirteen ounce crappie caught by Milo B. Mitchell with Dr. Frank Welch of Terre Haute while fishing near the city. Harmony’s Jess Lawson boats a 31 pound flat-head catfish from White River, and a 68 pounder from years past. Neighbor Francis Swaby shows a hack berry trunk with eight growth rings. The Mine Run column includes a safety tale from Crane Navy depot and a $300 award to Lloyd Simmerman for halting a TNT fire incident, plus a hospital note from Mrs. Bert Kinnaman. Work tomorrow.
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Milo B. Mitchell
Linton
Frank Welch
Terre Haute
Jess Lawson
Harmony
Brazil
White River
Russians to Train Cuban Farmers for Year in Cuba
About 25 000 Havana residents welcomed 300 Russian farm technicians who will spend a year teaching Cuban farmers new techniques. A thousand young Cubans are set to depart for Russia for training as the ship carrying the Russians waited off the harbor until near 6 p m before docking at the pier.
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Havana
Cuba
Russia
Ex convict admits he killed officer in Hammond slaying
Chicago police seized Herbert Bruce Simon in a hotel room and he confessed to fatally shooting Patrolman Frank Dunn in Hammond Indiana last Thursday. Simon said he killed the officer after seeing the shield and fled with a gun later discarded in the Chicago River.
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Chicago
wUpi
Hammond
Ind
Herbert Bruce Simon
Frank Dunn
Simon
Donald
William
Terre Haute
Herbert
Dunn
Three Die in Hotel Fire in Cleveland Tennessee
A pre dawn blaze leveled an old wooden two story hotel in Cleveland Tennessee. At least three inhabitants burned to death Luther Moore Jim Shehan and Carl C Hunt. Firefighters say 29 people were inside when the fire started around 2 45 EST and may have been caused by wiring short near the top. A construction worker James Scoggins was later found alive at a Veterans hospital.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Urp
Luther Moore
Jim Shehan
Prater Hotel
Carl C. Hunt
Maryville
James Scoggins
Louisville
Ala
Johnson City
Cleveland
Pro-Am golf tourney set for Sunday at Linton course
Bob Hess announced the second Pro-Am of the season will be held Sunday at the Linton Municipal Golf course. The entry deadline is 7:00 p.m. Saturday and tee off for the foursomes is at noon Sunday.
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Linton Municipal Golf Course
Bob Hess
Terrorism Threatens Evian Talks Between France and Algerian Rebels
A surge of violence blamed on Algerian nationalists disrupts Evian peace talks. FLN factions attack Paris police stations and Algerian targets as Louise Joxe pressures rebels to halt attacks. Moslem deserters join the FLN.
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Evian-Les-Bains
France
Paris
Louise Joxe
Algeria
National Liberation Front
FLN
Witness Testimony Describes Treblinka Atrocities In Eichmann Trial
In Jerusalem the Eichmann court heard how boys as young as 13 were forced to extract gold teeth from gas chamber victims and others sorted clothes or aided crematoria. Abraham Lindwasser, now 31, testified of a sister’s body found among burning corpses and five prisoners shot in reprisal. A Treblinka mutiny in August 1943 led to escapes before the camp was closed and razed.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Abraham Lindwasser
Treblinka
Robert Servatius
New England relief as warm rainy pattern hits Indiana
Indiana endures four day warm humid weather with scattered thundershowers. Rain began around 8:30 this morning and is expected through Thursday. Temperatures range highs 78 to upper 80s with nights in the 60s, while northern Lake Michigan may see cooler conditions.
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United Press International
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Evansville
South Bend
Lafayette
Indiana panel ends $12,000 executive post
The Indiana State Office Building Commission voted 6-1 to dissolve the executive director position and void John A. Whitehead's contract effective July 1, as part of bylaw changes. Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine dissented. Governor Welsh aims to streamline the state office complex and shift supervision to the new Indiana Department of Administration. Attorney General Edwin K. Steers attended, questioning legality of the bylaws.
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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 fire scene
In Portageville Missouri a blaze at a south east Missouri rural farm town shack killed six children of Mrs Jessie Mae Forest and badly burned a seventh. The victims ranged from ages 1 to 10 with Michael treated at Hayti hospital and expected to survive. Cause unknown. Linton merchants meet to boost Fourth of July Queen contest increasing prizes and issuing entry guidance at Chamber of Commerce office East Vincennes street.
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Portageville
Jessie Mae Forest
Aaron Forest
Don
Ema-Mae
Kayseen
Jennett
Robbie
Michael
James Davis
Hayti
A. M. Graves
Carver Elementary
Forest
Linton
Roosevelt Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Vincennes Street
Methodist School Displays Planned
Displays of handwork by Vacation Bible School pupils of Linton Methodist church will be shown Friday from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Primary Junior work will be at the church and kindergarten work at Cravens Kindergarten. Parents and the public are invited. certificates will be presented to the children.
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Linton Methodist Church
Cravens
Indiana Toll Rises to 401 After Fatal Collision
United Press International reports Indiana's 1961 highway death toll rose to at least 401 after a two car crash in Decatur County. Dwarka H. S. Rangani, 30, born in Bombay and resident of 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
Dwarka
H. S. Rangani
Hamilton
Ont
Bombay
Indiana 3
Indiana 46
Linton Jeweler Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Terre Haute Robert L Weathers and his wife Maxine Weathers filed voluntary bankruptcy petitions in U S District Court listing total liabilities of 26503.61 and assets of 5289.98.
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Terre Haute
Robert L. Weathers
Linton Jeweler
Maxine Weathers
U.S. District Court
Elks Donate 65000 to Indiana Cancer Research
Indiana Elks at a state convention announced 50000 in gifts for cancer research to Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University. The total from Elks now stands at 652500, with 35000 to the medical school and 15000 to Purdue.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana Elks
Indiana University School of Medicine
Purdue University
Medical School
Purdue
Thomas E. Burke
Lafayette
Elks Activities Committee
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
Chicago
T. H. Snyder
Frank ‘Calloway
Jeffersonville
Warren Johns
Auburn
James Baldwin
Portland
Tler
Kennedy Returns Home to Report to People on Khrushchev Meeting
President Kennedy flies into Andrews Field after a London to Goose Bay route and a 19 hour 50 minute flight. He heads to the White House to deliver a 6 p.m. CDT nationwide address outlining his talks with Khrushchev and other leaders. The broadcast will be carried by CBS NBC and ABC.
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Washington
iPi
Kennedy
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
White House
tPi
Congress
Nikita S. Khruschev
Andrews Field
Maryland
London
Goose Bay
Labrador
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 73 of Linton died 8 PM Monday at the Soldiers Home in Lafayette after months of ill health. A retired coal miner and World War II veteran, he spent most of his life in Linton. Survived by two sons Nathan Morgan Houston Texas Joe Morgan Connecticut two daughters Juanita Mayfield Jasonville four sisters Martha Shearn Detroit Esther Marsh Linton Glenn Brant Bicknell Inez Bales Martinsville and four grandchildren. Body returned to Welch and Cornett Funeral Home for funeral arrangements. details 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 Rites Set for 83 Year Old in Dugger
Florence Gracey 83 of St Louis and former Linton resident died Sunday night in St Louis. She was born November 25 1877 in Greene County. Survived by husband Will Gracey sister Ava Carter and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm in Dugger with Rev Harry Holloway. Burial in Dugger Cemetery.
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Florence Gracey
St. Louis
Linton
Gracey
Greene County
Will Gracey
Ava Carter
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Williard Mood
Dugger
Marion Mood
Sullivan
The
Baptist Church
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Evans Funeral
Harry Holloway
Kennedy calls for new law to curb racketeers
Atty General Robert F Kennedy urged enactment of legislation to cut racketeers and hoodlums down to size in Washington. In New York the American Communist party vowed to continue its activities despite Supreme Court decisions against it and its members.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
R l
American Communist Party
Supreme Court
Shepard relation to spaceflight raised at officials conference
Astronaut Alan B Shepard Jr described blurred vision from head rattling during his 15 minute 22 second suborbital flight from Cape Canaveral with a three pound loss. US medical examiners said the risked moment passed and flights may be improved by corrections for future orbital missions. NASA NIH and NAS sponsored the day long conference at the State Department detailing medical results and future Mercury missions.
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Washington
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
America
State Department
U.S
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
United States
Gagarin
Cape Clanaveral
Fla
Ocean
Mercury
Moon
Lunar
Appelo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
National Institutes of Health
National Academ of Sciences
Former Resident of White Rose Dies
Milton Swaby aged 79, a former resident of the White Rose area and Carlisle and Linton communities, died at 5:00 p.m. Monday in an Evansville hospital. Survived by his widow Mary, two daughters Lois Miller and Doris Lester, brothers Clarence and Walter, sisters Emma Miller Belle Badders and Hattie Saucerman, ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Body returned to Schulze Funeral home in Carlisle for arrangements.
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Milton Swaby
Carlisle
Linton
Evansville
Swaby
White Rose
Here
Mary Swaby
Lois Miller
Oaktown
Doris Lester
Sandborn
Clarence Swaby
Boulder
Colo
Walter Swaby
Emma Miller
Dugger
Belle Badders
Pomona
Calif
Hattie Saucerman
Schulze
Eagles District 15 elects new officers at Linton meeting
Indiana Eagles No 15 district held at Linton lodge hall elected Harold L. Clawson of Brazil as district director David P. Dixon of Linton as district chairman Herbert Cullison of Terre Haute as district vice chairman and Ed Lowe of Terre Haute as district secretary treasurer Robert Thornburg of Evansville acted as zone director The next district meeting is set for Brazil lodge hall on June 30.
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Indiana Eagles Lodge
Linton Lodge
Robert Thornburg
Evansville
Harold L. Clawson
Brazil
David P. Dixon
Linton
Herbert Cullison
Terre Haute
Ed Lowe
Severe Thunderstorms Forecast Narrow Indiana Strip
A severe weather forecast predicts scattered thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds for a narrow Western Indiana corridor from Kirksville Missouri to Terre Haute. The area includes parts west of Attica and Vincennes and extends slightly east of Attica and south of Vincennes from 3 p m to 9 p m CDT.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Attica
Vincennes
Kirksville
Terre Haute
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Francis Swaby
England
Bert Kinnaman
Freeman- Greene County Hospital
U. S. Naval Ammunition Depot
Crane
Lloyd Simmerman
Ordnanceman
No. 160
Simmerman
L. J. Baird
Naval Service
New England
Great Lakes States
Great Lakes
Texas
Nebraska
Iowa
Arkansas
Illinois
Panhandles
Rockies
Waco
West Texas
Little Texas Panhandle
Post
Lubbock
Joaquin Balaguer
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rafael Jr
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Ciudad Trujillo
Missouri
Jack Allen
Gene Tully
G.C. Murphy Company
Methodist
Linton Merchant
Kenneth Smith
Charles Hazelrigg
William Collisson
Tihe
Dr. Collisson
Indiana State Elks Association
Eagles
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