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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1954
Page
1
Indiana towns push for plan commissions as seven of eight Shelbyville fringe plants join city by voluntary action. John C. Mellett notes the trend mirrors broader Indiana needs for skilled planners, zoning, and orderly growth amid auto congestion and expanding suburbs.
Mrs Evelyn Ann Smith 23 was released after her husband paid $75,000 to an abductor in the Superstition Mountains area. FBI agents searched by air and land, with roadblocks and bloodhounds aiding the manhunt in Arizona. The ransom involved notes and a bouquet delivery to the Smith home.
William Leonard Haley, 29, of Indianapolis, found guilty in Morgan County court of fatally stabbing Junior Flemmon Irons, 26, formerly of Jasonville, last Nov. 7. Haley faces a mandatory life sentence with sentencing set for Monday in Martinsville after a quick jury verdict. The victim, living in Indianapolis, died from three stab wounds after a scuffle following a car pickup with Irons and his brother Bobbie D. Irons.
Members of the American Legion post and Auxiliary from Linton plan to attend the Seventh district meeting in Loo gootee Sunday. The event begins at 10:00 a.m. CST with a noon dinner prepared by district Auxiliary members and new district officers to be elected.
South Bend detective story note: Irving Morton found 28 dollars on his front lawn and returned it to mailman Edward Bishop who then gave it back to Morton as final payment for a car Bishop bought from Morton.
Mrs. Lula B. Fiscus 66 of Worthington died suddenly at 5 0 oclock Thursday at her son Stanley Fiscus home in Bloomfield. She was born October 7 1887 in Owen county and spent most of her life in Worthington. Survived by four sons Carl Clyde Wyatt and Stanley all of Bloomfield. three daughters Blanche McBride Spencer route one Ida May Williams Terre Haute route three Alta Lee Fiscus Butlerville. three brothers Albert Harley Wilbur Franklin Worthington. one sister Ida Hanna Sullivan. Funeral at 2:00 Sunday at Worthington Methodist church with Rev. L H Shannon and Rev J A Calloway officiating. Burial in Worthington cemetery. Meyers Funeral home Worthington in charge.
About 300 residents of Dugger and Cass township joined a Civil Defense parade from the town hall to Union School for a program on civilian defense measures. The event, organized with Sullivan County coordinator Tom Donnelly, featured first aid and disaster relief demonstrations and announced a Ground Observer Corps alert from noon to 5:00 pm Saturday and all-day Monday. Fifty-two Indiana counties plan to participate per Civil Defense headquarters.
Mrs Naomi McCandlish, 43, a divorcee, was killed in Knox Indiana when flames and smoke from an old car in a nearby field ignited. Authorities say she died from inhalation as the fire spread.
A 15-year-old prisoner rode from New York City with Brown County Sheriff Clarence Roberts and then fled near Morgantown Indiana. The youth, who faced charges for stealing $10 from his mother and step father, asked to stop at a filling station and escaped as the sheriff agreed. Roberts said he had driven over 1500 miles since Tuesday night and was about 15 miles from the Brown County jail.
Adlai E. Stevenson asserts President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles would share blame if Democratic regimes caused "20 years of treason" and notes many prominent Republicans, including those officials, served under Democrats. He cites bipartisan war-era government officials like Frank Knox and Henry L. Stimson.
Indianapolis bus strike neared end as union drivers and mechanics and the transit board prepared to ratify a tentative contract. Details were withheld until formal acceptance by workers and management, with service to resume on Sunday after equipment and schedules are readied. AFL union president Charles A. Wade and utility labor relations director Arnold C. Noland aided talks.
A public Flag Day observance will be held Monday June 14 at 8:00 PM at the Linton Elks lodge hall. Event features Triad music, the history of the flag, speeches by Maj. Homer C. Gastineau and Judge Edwin B. Long, and a closing by Exalted Ruler Earl M. Roush. Mayor McFadden urges flag displays.
French pilots in American planes bombed rebel bases in the Red River Delta, with targets in Nghai Phu and Co Noi as Paris faces a vote of confidence and pressure on Geneva negotiations mounts. Observers warn Viet Nam could fall without quick Western intervention.
A 16 year old Worthington girl suffered a fractured leg and two other local women received minor injuries when two cars collided on state road 67 at the south edge of Worthington last night. Mrs Phyllis Jane Cullison is hospitalized with a left leg fracture. Alice Cullison 18 and Beulah Landis 21 were treated for knee and head injuries. George Waskom uninjured. Policeman James O Smith investigated and said Mrs Cullison swerved to avoid a car entering the highway from the Highway 67 Cafe causing a skid into the Griffin auto. Damages totaled 600 to 1000 dollars with Cullison’s car a total loss.
Richard Wright, 34, Chicago, sustained serious burns when a portable road oil storage tank exploded along Indiana 114 during a highway resurfacing project near North Manchester.
The 18th Shakamak Swimming and Diving Championships will be staged August 21-22 at Shakamak State Park Indiana. The national contests are expected to attract about 150 performers from around the country.
President Eisenhower faces resistance from the congressional farm bloc over a flexible support plan. Sen. Milton R. Young warns GOP gains in the Midwest hinge on opposing the plan, while some support exists for the President’s stance as the House panel moves to extend high price supports.
The Bloomfield community advances a Don Herold Day set for Tuesday June 15 to honor the famed author humorist and cartoonist born in Bloomfield. The event includes the Don Herold Corner dedication at Carnegie Public Library with Indiana University president Herman B Wells as principal speaker and Walter C Me arthy of the Indianapolis News as master of ceremonies.
An ongoing heat spell pushes temperatures to 91 in Greene County and 94 in Evansville. Indianapolis records 91 as the warmest in the capital city this year, with 92 in Terre Haute and 89 in South Bend. The Weather Bureau forecasts little rain relief for days, with highs 90s to near 95 and scattered northern showers.
Mrs Lillie Belle Beadle age 93 a long time Jasonville Hymera resident died at 4 pm Thursday at a Hymera home after months of illness. Born February 24 1866 in Suwan County she leaves sons Roscoe Beadle Hymera Horatio and Noah Beadle Jasonville a brother Noah Followell Hymera and several grandchildren. Her body was taken to McClanahan Funeral Home Jasonville and will be moved Friday to Roscoe Beadle in Hymera for services at Shiloh Assembly of God northwest of Coalmont at 2:00 pm CST Saturday with Rev Emil Reedy officiating burial in Shiloh Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Conklin 72 will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday at the Northeast Third Street Church of God Rev Fred Hibbard to officiate burial in Fairview cemetery Body moved from Anderson-Prexer Funeral home to the family residence where friends may call
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