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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1954
Page
2
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Tuesday radio lineup lists news, music programs, weather and market reports from 6:00 to 7:58 PM. The day features The Baxter Quartet Francis Scott Orchestra Piano Portraits U.S. Army and Air Force features and various music blocks before a 7:58 sign off.
A detailed daily broadcasting grid lists program times from 6:15 pm to 11:30 pm with segments such as News, Weather, and various theater shows. Notable entries include Dennis Day, Ford Theater, Garry Moore Show, Welcome Home, and Indiana University segments.
The Greene County Indiana Local Alcoholic Beverage Board will meet at 2 PM on July 8, 1954 at the Clerk's Office Court House Hiloomfield to review applications for alcohol permits. Applicants include Delilah Cruse, Willard Sourwine, and Jess Greenwood with hearings open to the public for comment and information on fitness and propriety.
Cool weather raises corn flea beetle risk for early corn and guidance on insecticide use. Two quarts of 25 percent DDT per acre. read directions. cost about $1.25. Army worms require base-of-plant checks and toxaphene or dieldrin sprays. For 2 4 D weed control timing depends on weed growth, not corn size. Sudan grass seeded early June provides July August pasture. seed 25 35 pounds per acre and graze after 12 inches growth.
Indiana fur buyers and Pittman Robertson wildlife experts report 295,200 pelts trapped and sold last year, down from 432,800. Decline blamed on low prices with muskrats leading at 181,842 and other totals listed for raccoon, mink, skunk, weasel, fox, beaver, and badger.
Kern G. Beasley as administrator files final settlement for Artie M. Stevenson deceased. Greene Circuit Court set for July 8 1954 to examine heirs and claims. Beasley & Heasley attorneys. Franklin Justus Jr Clerk. 6 7 14 notice of administration for Naomi Verna Begerman estate appoints Herbert Begerman administrator with six month claims period. Poenier Beasley attorneys. Bloomfield Indiana June 1964.
The Agriculture Department estimates a 999,561,000 bushel wheat crop this year. Winter wheat forecast at 739,917,000 bushels and spring wheat at 259,644,000 bushels, with high yields on 15 million fewer acres, keep prospects strong despite drought and acreage controls.
Embers of the Qui Va La elity plan a picnic at Humphreys Park at 11:00 Tuesday morning. Refreshments will be provided by the hostess.
A memory piece recounts Scott Rader and early Methodist days in Franklin, Indiana, recalling a winter protracted meeting and the pastor Hulda Rader. It also notes a Greencastle paper item about the Rev W S Rader leaving Franklin to live with sisters, after decades of ministry. A Spain civil war photo shows the Can cer Institute ruins near Madrid, symbolizing war’s toll. The column also references Greene County Masonry history and John W Wolford of Linton.
Linton joined Bloomfield Lodge F and AM and rode horseback to attend Masonic meetings there, returning to Linton. A few years later Andrew Humphreys joined him and they made these trips together. The text adds a late comment about a banana suggesting the first natural zipper.
An off duty Indianapolis policeman shot and killed Alfred Cooper, 47, after Cooper attacked in a city restaurant while resisting arrest on parole violation. The officer, Patrolman Walter P. Bennett, said Cooper sprang up and tried to grab the gun, prompting the fatal confrontation. Cooper died at General Hospital. Authorities said Cooper had prior parole status.
A man paroled from the state prison for a bad check charge was wanted for questioning in connection with a robbery. He had served time previously and was being sought by authorities in the locality.
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