06 Jun 1969
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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1969
Page
1
A mixed column discusses a minor vandalism at the Linton pool and highlights a bracelet found near 289 A Street. It also features reader quotes on aging, a note about June 14 as Flag Day and a call for National Flag Week, plus a Missouri newspaper’s stance on national character and self-reliance.
Dr. William H. Collisson of Linton will be installed as president of the Indiana Elks Association during Sunday sessions of the state convention at French Lick. He is a past exalted ruler of the Linton lodge and the third Linton member to serve as state president.
Oslo based UPI notes on April 1 there were 769000 television sets in Norway an increase of 22591 from January 11 in a period showing growing household electronics adoption across the country.
Greene County 4H offers a new model rocketry project for members this year with county specific rules. Enrollment ends June 15. contact the County Extension Office or club leaders for blanks. A meeting for enrolled 4 Hers is June 17 at 7 30 p.m. hosted by Area Extension Agent James P Stansfield near Bloomfield. Morris Cox Switz City Ind will lead the project. A brief summary airs June 8 at 11 30 a.m. on Channel 2.
President Nixon prepares for a Midway conference with South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu on Sunday. Kissinger arrived in California but did not meet Nixon, who spent evening with family at a new San Clemente home amid Capitol Hill commentary on Vietnam policy.
Dugger Indiana petitions the Public Service Commission for authority to raise water rates. The town buys water from Linton and cites a 60 percent wholesale hike as justification. The request would set a new minimum of 3.90 and raise a 5000 gallon monthly bill to 9.45 for a typical family.
Local students Mike Datena James Ball and Warren Onken Jr. will join about 927 peers at the 32nd Hoosier Boys State on the Indiana State University campus in Terre Haute. Registration begins Saturday at 10 a.m. at the LSU arena with sessions through June 14.
The Indiana Public Service Commission approved rate cuts for two utilities. Yorktown municipal waterworks customers save 12680 dollars annually. Sullivan County Rural Electric Membership Corporation customers with large power usage gain a total annual reduction of 4835 dollars.
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces shelled 102 targets and launched four infantry assaults on U S bases around Saigon as Nixon and Thieu prepared for Midway talks. Allied counts: 265 Communists killed. U S losses at least 4 killed and 18 wounded, with 16 more Americans dead in other incidents.
Work began late last month on a seven mile 16 inch water line from Linton wells at Lene to the pumping station. The project caps a 1967 initiative costing 766000 with 600000 from a revenue bond and the rest from an EDA grant. Completion is expected within three months with Ralph Green Construction Co. of Vincennes and J B Wilson & Associates overseeing.
The Apollo 10 moon pilots Thomas P. Stafford John W Young and Eugene A. Cernan plan a homecoming visit at Cape Kennedy Cocoa Beach with a reunion parade. They will later travel with families to New York to attend a Broadway show and establish an Apollo 19 astronauts scholarship fund.
State Trooper Mick Inman investigated a two car crash on State Road 59 three-fourths mile north of Midland at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Billy Johnson 26 of Jasonville drove a 1966 auto north on 59 attempting to pass a 1968 auto driven by Clarence Bedwell as he turned into a driveway. Johnson struck Bedwell’s front end, skidded 100 feet and both vehicles sustained about $300 damage. Johnson was jailed on operator’s license charges.
A five block area in Indianapolis saw a supermarket burn and stores looted as rocks were hurled at fire trucks and police. Two white officers were injured and firearms and a walkie talkie were taken amid arson threats and hostile crowds. Authorities said the outbreak appeared spontaneous with militant leaders seeking to quell violence.
A four engine RC135 with 19 aboard disappeared minutes after leaving Shemya on a flight to Bilson Air Force Base near Fairbanks. An extensive search in the Bering Sea followed with Coast Guard and Air Force planes deployed through the night. The Pentagon said the craft was not shot down and initial distress beacons proved to be faulty equipment testing.
Australian carrier Melbourne and U S destroyer Frank E Evans collided in the South China Sea 350 miles south of Saigon. The Evans was cut in two in bright moonlight killing 74 American sailors. Melbourne captain Capt John P Stevenson said he was on the bridge at impact in tactical control.
The first of three C 141 Starlifter planes of the Military Airlift Command lands at Bakalar Air Force Base bringing about 80 reservists home from Vietnam on active duty. A crowd cheers as a band plays Back Home In Indiana with Mayor Bret Kline and Air Force officers present. Governor Whitcomb planned to attend for arrivals expected through the day.
Six Arab guerrillas and one Israeli were killed in three clashes late Thursday night, with four Arabs dying near the Damiya Bridge and two at Be er near Eilat. Earlier, Arab rocket attacks damaged four kibbutzim and seven people were injured. An Egyptian editor warned of a new Middle East war before the third anniversary of the 1967 war.
The Linton-Stockton school board released the semi annual financial report for the athletic department. Beginning balance January 1 1969 was 9497.91 dollars. Receipts from January 1 to May 31 1969 totaled 7015.50 dollars and expenses were 5555.52 dollars leaving a May 31 1969 balance of 10957.89 dollars. The report follows.
U S officials at the Paris Vietnam talks said there are some differences with South Vietnam but not serious and expected to be worked out. Chief negotiator Henry Cabot Lodge left for Washington as talks proceed ahead of the Nixon Thieu meeting at Midway Island.
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