Balloon mystery tied to boy's lost helium gift
A Linton boy released a helium balloon labeled with his name and phone number as a store giveaway. A New Castle man found it miles away, proving the balloon traveled northeast after Friday's release. The shop manager notes the surprising endurance of the gas.
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Max Alvin Tryon
Max Tryon
Linton
Max
Russell Travis
New Castle
Max Alvin
Wayne Marshall
Murphy
Steimel Final Rites Conducted Today
Funeral services for George J. Steimel 61 town marshal of Newburgh and former Indiana state police trooper were held at St Philip Neri church in Bicknell. He died Sunday and was found at his desk by a visitor seeking fishing licenses. Steimel served Newburgh marshal since 1958 and spent 21 years with Indiana state police stationed at Jasper. Survived by wife Mael two sons George B in Houston and Sgt Francis D in Georgia a daughter Mrs Joe Thompson of Connerville three brothers two sisters and eight grandchildren.
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George J. Steimel
Newburgh
Indiana
St. Philip Neil Catholic
Bicknell
Steimel
Jasper Post
Mael Steimel
George B
Houston
Tex
Francis D. Steimel
Georgia
Joe Thompson
Connersville
Britain warns disarmament plan could spark war within a year
At the 10 nation disarmament conference British Minister David Ormsby-Gore said unsupervised nuclear disarmament is a false illusion that would not remove weapons knowledge and could trigger war. Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marian Naszkowski backed Khrushchev's plan, stressing no transfer of nuclear know how, as West Germany arms the Bundeswehr.
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Geneva
UPI
Britain
David Ormsby-Gore
Ormsby-Gore
Russia
Nikita
Marian Naszkowski
Nikita Khrushchev
Valerian A. Zorin
Naszkowski
Zorin
Khrutonev
West Germany
Bundeswher
Khrushchev
U S Board Approves Rail Wage Boost
A presidential fact finding board recommended a five cent per hour wage increase and better health and welfare benefits for about 600000 non operating railroad workers to avert a potential strike. The report, due to the President, sets July 1 as the wage effective date with negotiations for health benefits.
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Washington
UPI
Washington girl dies in Pike County auto crash
Mary Rose Jackman aged 16 of Washington died Tuesday when the car she rode in lost control at the junction of Indiana 356 and 257 in Pike County and struck an embankment. Fellow passengers Florence Lambert 16 and Paul Dillon 17, both of Washington, were hospitalized at Dubois County Hospital in Jasper. Lambert was the driver.
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OT Well
Ind
UPI
Mary Rose Jackman
Washington
Pike County
Dubois County Hospital
Jasper
Florence Lambert
Paul Dillon
Miss Lambert
Walsh withdraws and backs Steinwedel in Indiana race
Secretary of State John Walsh leaves the Indiana Democratic gubernatorial contest and endorses State Auditor Albert Steinwedel. He accuses national leaders Frank McKinney and Frank McHale of steering the party toward defeat over 24 years while noting he lacks enough pledged delegates to win.
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Indianapolis
UPI
John Walsh
Indiana
Albert Steinwedel
Walsh
Matthew Welsh
Steinwedel
Terre Haute
Ralph Tucker
Tucker
Frank McKinney
Frank McHale
MacKinney-McHale
Father of Linton Resident Is Dead
Samuel S. Lutz age 77 of Vincennes died at his home on North Third Street Tuesday morning. He was father to Richard Bud Lutz of Linton and a retired employee of Blackford Window Glass Company. Survived by wife Margaret C. Lutz a daughter Mrs Paul Blair of Vincennes and son in Linton Funeral services set for 2:00 PM Thursday at Gardner Funeral Home Vincennes with burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery there.
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Samuel S. Lutz
Vincennes
North Third Street
Richard “Bud” Lutz
Linton
Lutz
Blackford Window Glass Company
Margaret C. Lutz
Paul Blair
Mr. Lutz
Gardner Funeral
Linton-Stockton Recreation Program In Full Swing
The annual summer recreation program at the Linton-Stockton school ground expands with baseball and Babe Ruth teams for youths, a county softball league, American Legion players, tennis courts planned for lighting, a biddy basketball court, a main court, and a midget race track. The high school gym opens June 22, and a wood shop runs Thursdays for fathers and sons with possible evening hours.
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Linton-Stockton
Roy Williams
Linton
Floyd Henson
Ray Boyer
American Legion
Bill to Stop Taxes Cuts Expected Quick Senate Battle Looms
The House prepared to approve a bill extending existing tax rates for another year and blocking June 30 cuts on autos cigarettes telephone calls liquor airline train and bus tickets and corporate profits. The party favored extending all at current rates though some want the local telephone tax lapse. The measure would surrender four billion dollars in annual revenue if taxes drop and faces Senate amendments. Other news note defense spending boosts and a Knight Newspapers report detailing Rep. Morgan Moulder allotments and travel costs by the Un American Activities Committee.
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Washington
UPI
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Defense
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Morgan Moulder
New York City
Plaza Hotel
Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel
St. Louis
Knight
Dispatch
Moulder
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Group
Willkie Exits Hoosier Lt Governor Race
Philip H. Willkie of Rushville withdrew Tuesday night from the Republican contest for lieutenant governor during a 4th District GOP meeting in Fort Wayne. He said he cannot win the nomination this year and will return to Rushville, though he did not rule out a possible draft. Lt Gov Crawford Parker remains the gubernatorial candidate, with Dorothy Gardner also newly announced for state auditor.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
UPI
Philip H. Willkie
Rushville
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Crawford Parker
Dorothy Gardner
Largest Balloon Floats Over Texas
The Navy estimated that the Skyhook Glynco balloon would descend within hours after a stalled release. The 40 story craft, launched from Glynco Naval Air Station Georgia to study cosmic radiation, remained aloft Tuesday with its gondola still attached and drifted about 20 miles high.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Navy
Glynco
Texas
Glynco Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Linton Tri Kappa Plans Fourth of July Float Meeting
Members of the Linton chapter of Tri Kappa will meet at 7:00 p m at Mrs Lois Hallett s home to work on the organization s Fourth of July float, announced today.
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Linton
Tri Kappa Sorority
Lois Hallett
Temperatures Dip Across Indiana With Clear Skies Ahead
Indiana reports mornings ranging from 44 to 50 degrees with no rain expected until Friday. Highs rise to the upper 70s to low 80s later in the week as a dry front brings a warming trend and a one-inch precipitation outlook for the weekend.
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Goshen
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Hoosierland
Evansville
Great Plains
United States
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Atlantic Coast
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Rockies
Plains States
Louisiana
Panhandle
Kansas
Amarillo
Tex
Longview
Montana
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Northwest
Hoosier and three others die in jet crash at Patuxent
An Indiana man, Air Force 1st Lt. Frank A. Williams of Richmond, and three other victims died when an F8U Crusader jet veered off a hydraulic catapult and struck an Air Force helicopter at Patuxent River Naval Air Station Maryland. The helicopter had just arrived from Langley AFB to aid two FAA men who had bailed out of a crippled B 57 near Great Mills.
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Patuxent River Naval Air Station
UPI
Indiana
Air Force
Naval Air Station
Frank A. Williams
Richmond
Ind
Williams
Clyde A. Chatanes
Poquoson
Patuxent
Langley Air Force Base
Virginia
Federal Aviation Agency
Great Mills
FAA
Saddle Club Plans Show Here on Sunday
The 1960 spring Horse Show sponsored by the Sunset Wranglers Saddle Club will be held Sunday in Lee-Sherrard Park. Horsemen from a wide area are expected to compete in various classes. A grand parade is set for 1:00 PM. Admission is 50 and 25 cents with refreshments available.
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Sunset Wranglers Saddle Club
Lee-Sherrard Park
Patient Leo McFarland at Union Hospital Terre Haute
Leo McFarland of Linton is receiving care at Union Hospital Terre Haute. He is listed in room 303 as a patient.
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Leo McFarland
Linton
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Jets collide in air crash near Kane Illinois
Two supersonic F101 Voodoo jets from McDonnell Aircraft Corp collide midair and crash seven miles apart near Kane Illinois. Two pilots die and two crew survive parachuting to safety. Names withheld pending kin notification. identified survivors are Navy Lt Cmdr Al J Moro from Florissant Missouri and Lt Cmdr J F Eversbaxer from St Louis.
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Kane, Ill
UPI
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Public Information Office
Scott Air Force Base
Herb Graham
Jersey County
Jersey
Rodney Jacoby
McDonnell
Navy
al. J. Moro
Florissant
J. F. Eversbaxer
St. Louis
Class of 1923 Plans For First Reunion
Plans are underway for the first reunion of the 1923 graduating class of Linton-Stockton High School to be held at the Roosevelt hotel at 6 30 pm Sunday July 3. A committee in Linton coordinates invitations with several out of town members contacted. Missing addresses are requested for Violet Bailey Esther Beatley Anna Boswell Kenneth Gwin Catherine Parks Beulah Puckett Catherine Sharp Jerome Bordenet. Contact Mrs George Haworth or Miss Cooper with any information.
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Linton-Stockton High School
Roosevelt Hotel
Linton
Violet Bailey
Esther Beatley
Anna Boswell
Kenneth Gwin
Catherine Parks
Bomarc Missile Fire Triggers Radiation Panic Report
A Bomarc interceptor site at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey caught fire and released a small amount of radioactive material after a missile shelter fire. Authorities emphasized no nuclear explosion occurred and the public faced no radiation danger. Evacuation plans briefly activated before being canceled.
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Mcguire Air Force Base
N.J
UPI
New York
Air Force
Pinehurst New Egypt
Pine Barrens
McGuire
Trenton
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Atlantic City
John A. Looser
46Th Air Defense Missile Squadron
Civil Defense
New York City
Robert E. Cond
Death of Robert L. Yake in Bloomfield
Robert L. Yake 46 of Bloomfield died at Freeman Greene County hospital Tuesday afternoon. A welder at a Bloomington stone quarry he was born August 3 1913 in Decatur to Henry and Mary Wolf Yake and belonged to Pleasant Dale Church of The Brethren in Decatur. Survived by widow Erma Skomp Yake three children two sons Robert H and Neil and daughter Phyllis all at home, three brothers Lyle Herman and Charles and two sisters Wilda Olwin and Mary Ann Bolenbaugh. Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm at Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Bloomfield with Rev. Hawkins and Rev. Abel officiating. burial in Grandview Cemetery.
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Robert L. Yake
Bloomfield
Freeman- Greene County
Bloomington
Decatur
Henry
Mary Wolf Yake
Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren
Yake
Erma Skomp Yae
Robert H
Neil Yake
R. P. Hawkins
David Abel
Grandview Cemetery
New lead in Fowler slaying investigation
Indianapolis police pursue new leads after a woman reported abductors who said they had killed before and would kill again. Nellie Crum, 39, was beaten and found in Martinsville, with three Indianapolis men arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and assault and battery with intent to rape.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Lydia Fowler
Nellie Crum
Martinsville
Indianapolis General Hospital
Crum
Paul Glover
Donald Vaughn
Albert Hunter
Miss Fowler
New Whiteland
Marion County
Man Denies Guilt In Holdup Of Bank
Edward Reiley 38 pleaded innocent in federal court to robbing Logansport Eastgate Branch of Farmer's and Merchants State Bank Jan 29 taking 19827 dollars. Jury trial set for July 25 with bond kept at 50000. faces related charges and possible 45 year maximum. Wife attended the hearing. couple has four children.
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South Bend
Ind
UPI
Edward Reiley
Logansport
Robert A. Grant
Metro M. Holovachka
Reiley
Hamlet
Rockford
Ill
Eastgate
Farmer's and Merchants State Bank
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Gary
Holbart
Young Driver Dies In Erie Train Collision Near Rochester
John Blacher 18 of Rochester died at Woodlawn Hospital after his pickup collided with a Erie Railroad freight train at a crossing east of Rochester. The impact hurled the truck over 200 feet and damaged the diesel engine, which required towing for repairs.
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Rochester
Ind
UPI
John Blacher
Woodlawn Hospital
Erie Railroad
Dedication Service Set at Stafford Methodist Church
The Staf ford Methodist church near Linton Indiana will dedicate its new Bedford limestone building this Sunday. Rev Raymond Shelton announces a 9 30 Sunday school, 10 30 worship, basket dinner at noon, and a 1 30 dedicatory service with the Vin cennes district superintendent as speaker. All members former members pastors and friends are invited.
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Stafford Methodist Church
Raymond Shelton
Linton
Highway 54
Vincennes
Tucker Declares He's Not Candidate for Indiana Governor
Terre Haute Indiana mayor Ralph Tucker says he will not run for governor. He notes he was courted by many state supporters but will back a candidate yet unnamed and opposes State Senator Matthew Welsh, whom he previously defeated in 1956. He expects delegates on June 21 to choose between militant leadership and following others.
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Terre Haute
Ind
UPL
Ralph Tucker
Indiana
Tucker
Handley
Matthew Welsh
Welsh
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Linton Home Show
Women's Department
Greer Garson
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Rose Marie Lynch
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Miss Lynch
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Ives McGaffey
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N.Y
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United Press Tonternationals
United Press International
Hoosier
Saddle Club
Greene County Board of Commissioners
Fred Malotte Machinery Company
Petersburg
McAllister Machinery Company
Orson Welles
Grovers Mills
Fowler
Stafford Church
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