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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
5
The text notes cork as Portugal's chief export obtained from cork oak bark without killing the tree and allowed by law to be stripped every nine years. It also claims Mexico has more Aztec pyramids than Egypt and states atmospheric air weighs about 15 times hydrogen.
Dr. Charles N. Kimball of Midwest Research Institute describes a cigarette pack sized device designed to alert 95 percent of U S homes within seconds. The unit, costing about $2, would plug into electric systems and trigger a powerful buzzer via local power plant impulses. Demonstration plans target a city around 100 000, under Civil Defense Administration contract.
Van Bough of Linton was sentenced to six months at the Indiana State Penal Farm in Putnamville after a morning court session with Mayor P. H. O'Hern. He had been arrested Thursday night for public intoxication and the suspension on prior fine and sentence was revoked.
Bill Reed the Linton Railway Express agent announced two weeks of 11 00 a m to 1 00 p m office hours starting Monday. Reed will be on vacation during the period.
Sergeant Bonnie Wadnizak of the Indianapolis Recruiting Department will speak to women and pre qualify applicants for the Women's Army Corps at the Bedford office on Monday June 19. She has extensive service from Fort Lee to Tokyo and Yokohama and has been a WAC recruiter in Indiana since 1955.
In Fayetteville North Carolina the death toll from a truck collision rose to 19 tying the nation’s worst crash on record. The crash involved a migrant farm worker transport and a tractor trailer. Emergency workers report multiple critical injuries and lingering fatalities expected.
Printed Pattern 9009 showcases a large portrait collar and a fitted bodice with a flare skirt in Misses' sizes 10 through 18. Size 16 uses 43 yards of 35 inch fabric with a contrast collar. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents per extra pattern for first class mail to Marian Martin in New York with name address zone size and style number.
Clifton Daniel Jr and Margaret Truman welcomed a two day old grandson named Clifton Truman Daniel. Daniel said the name honors E Clifton Daniel of Zebulon North Carolina and former President Truman. Harry S Truman reportedly advised against naming a child after a president.
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