Greene County finances show higher deposits per FDIC survey
The FDIC reports Greene County bank deposits rose to 41 887 000 at year end up from 27 911 000 two years earlier. Per capita availability would be 1 723, with US and Indiana averages lower. Savings growth and consumer spending trends influence economic health despite cautious big-ticket buying. Young women increasingly wear pierced ears, a fad echoed by jewelry traders and reflecting changing styles since 1900.
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United States
FDIC
Federal Reserve System
Indiana
Vietnam Heroes Lead Linton July Fourth Parade
Two local Vietnam veterans Hastings and Wilson will serve as grand marshals for Linton Indiana’s July Fourth parade. Navy and Marine honors mark Hastings and Wilson’s decorated service, with Navy Flight featuring Spirit of Linton in a Skyhawk jet. National figures and dignitaries are expected, including senators Bayh and Hartke, while the event features multiple military units, bands, and a mule drawn caisson—promising the longest, most colorful parade in its history.
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Vietnam
Lily Steven Hastings
Wallace Wilson
Linton Chamber of Com
Wilson
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Hastings
Cmdr
R. A. Mackell
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Lemoore
California
Navy
White House Air Force
Naval Reserve
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Tenth Cavalry
Crane
Rogers Rangers
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Gangs Rampage Through Tampa Needing Police and Guards
In Tampa a six hour rampage through a Negro district left 11 fires, damaged cars, and looting as police and National Guardsmen patrolled. Two wounded, 66 arrested on charges from disorderly conduct to carrying concealed weapons. Gov. Kirk urged residents to stay home during the unrest.
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Fla
UPI
Claude Kirk
Tallahassee
Johnson names Thurgood Marshall to Supreme Court
President Johnson announces Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice to the Supreme Court. Marshall will replace Justice Tom C Clark who retires after his son Ramsey Clark is named attorney general.
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UPI
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Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
White House
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Tom C. Clark
Clark
Ramsey Clark
Lifesaving Classes Scheduled at Linton Pool
American Red Cross offers junior and senior lifesaving courses at the Linton Swimming pool starting Monday June 19. Juniors ages 12 to 17 and seniors 16 and older must meet swimming prerequisites and bring parent and doctor written permission. Doug Roush leads morning sessions. Loren Hadley teaches a limited evening class for employed learners. Enroll with permission slips at 10 a.m. Monday.
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Linton
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Six Children Drown In Indiana River and Lakes Tragedies
Drownings claim six young lives across Indiana on Monday as five children were saved to recount the day. Ronald Harris 16 Carl Harris 14 Patricia Harris 12 missing in the Kankakee River near Knox. Jackie Barker 7 drow ns in the Whitewater River while attempting to swim under a trestle. Ronald Barker 12 and two canoeists attempted to rescue him. Clarence Sanders 16 drow ns in Cedar Lake DeKalb County while swimming from a boat to shore.
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Leonard Harris
English Lake
Kankakee
Starke County
Knox
Ronald Harris
Carl
Patricia
Jackie Barker
Richmond
Whitewater
Ronald
David
Clarence Sanders
Fort Wayne
Cedar Lake
DeKalb County
Evansville Boy Dies In Freak Bicycle Accident
A ten year old Evansville boy, Robert Lee Cartwright, died from a skull fracture after falling from his bicycle while attempting to cross a six foot wide ditch in a wooded area. Authorities call it a freak accident.
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Evansville, Ind
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Robert Lee Cartwright
Cartwright
Vanderburgh County
Diplomatic Offensive Opened by Soviets
United Nations session moves to address the Middle East crisis as the Soviets press for a General Assembly gathering and demand action. Rusk criticizes the war’s costs while NATO ministers debate UN peacekeeping and border assurances.
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Thant
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Odd Bull
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Palestine
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South Vietnamese Return Prisoners to North Vietnam
South Vietnam sent 39 seriously sick or wounded prisoners to North Vietnam. The U S urged Hanoi to also repatriate ill POWs as soon as they are fit. Prisoners were moved to Quang Tri City and crossed the Ben Hai River at Freedom Bridge, the border crossing.
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UPS
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United States
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Rotary To Hear Afghan Student Abdul Quader
Abdul Quader, Rotary Foundation student from Afghanistan at Indiana University, will speak at the Linton Rotary meeting Wednesday at Klusmeier's. He is pursuing Business Administration and graduate work, and will share experiences and impressions of U S institutions. The note mentions no Rotary club exists in Afghanistan.
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Linton Rotary Club
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Iran
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Rotary Club
Search continues in Dietz Lake disappearance
In Brazil Indiana state police scuba divers searched Dietz Lake for Kenneth Kneft Jr 15 from Terre Haute presumed drowned after last seen on a raft in 20 feet of water Sunday heavy growth hampered discovery divers aided by Greene County rescue units but owner Fred Dietz refused underwater lights use to help the search
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Ind
UPI
Kenneth Kneft Jr
Terre Haute
Dietz Lake
Center Point
Indiana
Greene County
Linton
Soviets Launch Two Space Probes on Separate Missions
Moscow reports two space probes launched today with Venus mission underway. Tass noted Venus 4 began a four month voyage after liftoff from Earth. Cosmos satellite, the 165th in its series, follows earlier unmanned studies, marking a busy month for Soviet spaceflight.
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Tass
Venus
United States
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Senate Ethics Panel Cites Dodd Funds As Personal Expenses
The Senate Ethics Committee estimated Sen. Thomas Dodd used 116083 in campaign funds for personal bills. Vice Chairman Bennett said the figure was conservative and many grey area expenditures were not counted. The panel accused Dodd of paying club dues liquor motel and hotel bills air fares to London Jamaica Curacao and limousine charges for trips to a race track. The Senate faces censure of the 60 year old Connecticut Democrat for conduct deemed contrary to accepted morals.
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UPI
Senate Ethics Committee
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Wallace F. Bennett
Bennett
Senate
Connecticut
Ethics Committee
Dodd
London
Jamaica
Curacao
Funds Approved For Dunes Park
The Senate backed a 1.3 billion Interior Department appropriation to launch the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The House approved the bill Friday, sending it to President Johnson for signature to begin land purchases for the 6,500 acre park.
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Washington
Navy Jets Smash Key North Vietnam Power Station
U S Navy jets struck a Thanh Hoa power plant in North Vietnam the third such hit in three days. Officials said the attack destroyed the facility quickly revealing it as a vital energy target. The operations followed strikes on troop concentrations and supply dumps in the DMZ and hill fortress bombardments in South Vietnam.
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Eugene
Risher Saigon
UPI
Thanh Hoa
James E. Killian
Boston
South Vietnam
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Vietnams
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Two Hoosier Marines Killed in Vietnam
The Defense Department reports two Indiana Marines killed in action in Vietnam. Lance Cpl. William S. Daugherty of Evansville and Pvt. Larry L. Morris of Gas City are named on the latest casualty list, raising Indiana’s confirmed dead to 500.
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UPI
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Vietnam
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William S. Daugherty
William H. Daugherty
Evansville
Ind
Pfe
Larry L. Morris
John E. Morris Jr
Gas City
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