Indiana news notes and health survey items in Spencer area
A reader roundup covers thank you notes after illness recovery and a retreat from Brig. Cox in Three Rivers. It highlights a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette clipping, tax rate curiosities about Linton, and election-year context. It also details Spencer Chamber map of Owen County recreation sites and a state park listing, plus a medical study on gender differences in doctor visits and patient age patterns.
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Gene Werling
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Indiana
Linton
Greene County
Terre Haute
Hammond
Lake County
Allied Planes Smash Red Troops In Laos
US F4 Phantom jets and Laotian T28 bombers struck during a rare monsoon lull in southern Laos, killing 300 to 500 Communist troops who overran Ban Nik base near Pakse. Four PT76 tanks were destroyed, marking the worst Communist setback in months as their Bolovens Plateau hold expands along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. B52s hit massed forces in Khe Sanh, while North Vietnamese buildup near the DMZ and in the A Shau region signals a potential fall offensive ahead of South Vietnam elections.
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Saigon
API
Laos
Ban Nik
Pakse
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
U.S
Dmz
A Shau
Weekend spike in Linton area crashes records seven incidents
Linton police logged multiple weekend accidents including a sideswipe on B Street near Main involving Mrs. Leoa J. Morgan, with $50 damage and an unidentified driver leaving the scene. A collision between a 1967 Buick driven by Gary R. Howell of Bloomfield and a 1970 Ford driven by Robert H. Kinney of Linton caused $800 damage to each car. Kinney and Mrs. Kinney were treated at Freeman-Greene County Hospital. A 1962 Oldsmobile driven by Donald E F Frye of Jasonville collided after pulling from Eleventh Street onto C Street. The full report continues on page two.
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Linton
Leoa J. Morgan
Main
Gary R. Howell
Bloomfield
Robert H. Kinney
Tenth
Donald EF. Frye
Jasonville
Eleventh St
C” St
Transport Crashes Off Pacific Near Palmyra Island
An Air Force C135 transport with 24 aboard crashed near Palmyra Island 700 miles south southwest of Hawaii while en route from Pago Pago to Hickam. Rescue planes search for survivors as crews report a crash beacon but debris and survivors are unconfirmed. The mission remains classified and weather is poor with seven foot swells.
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Honolulu
UPID
Air Force
Pacific
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Hickam Afb
Hawaii
Palmyra Island
Soviet Cosmonauts Vote From Space In Parliamentary Ballot
In orbit aboard the Salyut station Georgi Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev spoke of tending cabbage and onions and exercising on a treadmill to counter weightlessness They cast ballots for the Communist party line in the USSR parliamentary elections from space.
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Moscow
UPI
Salyut Orbital Laboratory
Hoosier Commune Leader Plans To Move From State
NEEDMORE Ind Feb 29 1972 Larry Canada Jr a 29 year old commune leader subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating the Capitol bombing plans to move from Indiana He says he will hold a news conference at his commune and denies involvement in the bombing while acknowledging he admired the idea behind it Canada may relocate perhaps to Key West Fla and will exit the commune which locals call organic farming. He faces a Detroit grand jury appearance postponed to June 22 on a 25000 bond.
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Needmore
Ind
UPI
Larry Canada Jr
Capitol
Indiana
Canada
Key West
Fla
Leslie Bacon
Detroit
Miss Bacon
Seattle
Wash
Buck Davis
Washington
Guy Lolman
Indiana University
Kneadmore Life Community Church
Brown County
Lottman
Middle East Crises Deepen After Red Sea Tanker Attack
A bazooka attack on the Liberian registered tanker Coral Sea in the Red Sea triggers regional tension as Israeli and Arab papers warn of broader maritime peril. The Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility amid renewed Hizbollah-like hostilities and cross-border maneuvers near the Suez Canal.
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United Press International
Red Sea
Middle East
Coral Sea
Egypt
Beirut
le Jour
L'Orient
Maariv
Suez Canal
Israel
Arabian Peninsula
South Yemen
Horn of Africa
Strait of Tiran
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Europe
Amman
Hamishmar
Davar
Four Brodrick nonuplets cling to life at Sydney hospital
Doctors fought to save four surviving members of the nine children born to Mrs. Geral dine Brodrick at Sydney's Royal Hospital for Women. One girl in satisfactory condition, others described as still fragile after a weeklong struggle. Two babies were stillborn and three died during the night after breathing problems. The mother remains in satisfactory condition. The family had been warned to expect multiple births after hormone treatment gonadotrophin. Father Len Brodrick, a Canberra meat wholesaler, said his only wish was for a son.
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Sydney
UPI
Geraldine Brodrick
Royal Hospital For Women
Broderick
Brodricks
Len
Canberra
Daughers
Ruling On Pools Made By Court
The Supreme Court ruled five to four that a city may close its public pools rather than desegregate them. The Jackson Mississippi case saw five municipal pools shut in 1963 after a circuit court ruling they must be open to all.
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Washington
Jackson
Miss
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
William H. Goodman
Ase
Proposal To End Conflict Faces Defeat
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged President Nixon to seek a cease fire in Vietnam with a graded POW release as troops withdraw. Congress planned early votes on two bills to end the war by year end, but both looked headed for defeat. The Hatfield McGovern measure would cut off funds after December 31 unless POWs are released, with a two month extension possible.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Mansfield
Congress
House
Sena
Mark C. Hatfield
Rove
George S. McGovern
Ds.d
Vietnaam
North Vietnam
Parade Entry List Grows for July Fourth Celebration
The Linton Fourth of July parade extends entries as of now for a week of festivities. The Rogers Rangers drill team from Bloomington Legion, honored for its precision, will march again with Rice's Home Remodeling sponsoring. Entries may register with the Chamber of Commerce. lineup published July 2 with a July 1 deadline for positions.
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Linton
Rogers Rangers
Bloomington Legion
Rice
Chamber of Commerce
Haseman New UF President
Joseph Haseman was elected president of the Linton United Fund at a board meeting in the library of the George Greene office last Monday. Officers named include Mrs. Roy Borders first vice president, Franklin Parker second vice president, Jack Beverstock third vice president, and Mrs Woodrow Smith secretary.
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Joseph Haseman
Linton United Fund
George Greene
Roy Borders
Franklin Parker
Jack Beverstock
Woodrow Smith
Borders
Earl Roush
Hoyle Thomas
Ina Barnes
Norman Singleton
Rennis Wolfe
William Coillisson
Clyde Reynolds
D. W. Boardman
Boyd
Methodists Announce Minister Changes in South Indiana
One hundred nine teen changes in ministerial appointments were announced at the United Methodist South Indiana Conference closing session in Bloomington. Changes include James E. Gentry moving to Linton First United Methodist from Indianapolis University Heights, L. Kenneth Thompson to Terre Haute Trinitas Co, F. Cox to Riley, W. Ray Dixon to Worthington, Fred Shepler Jr to Pleasantville, and Russell Youngblood to Bloomington from Anderson Colonial.
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United Methodist South
F. Cox
Worthington
Riley
W. Ray Dixon
Dugger
Fred Shepler, Jr
Pleagsantville
Paxton
Russell Youngblood
Bloomfield
Anderson Colonial
Linton Elks Lodge Wins Honors at State Convention
Linton Elks Lodge No. 66 earned multiple recognitions at the First State Kelks Association Convention in French Lick. Dale Hardisty accepted a second place trophy for Community Image, Oaken will receive a plaque, and Linton's Youth Leadership entry placed fourth. The lodge led in new member recruitment for the national foundation and the state association reported $40,000 given and $38,000 returned in scholarships and aid. Indiana University and Purdue University cancer research grants totaled $75,000. James St. Myers of Union City was named president for the coming year.
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Linton Elks Lodge No
French Lick
Dale Hardisty
Warren G. Oaken
Oaken
Linton Lodge
Linton
Susan Harting
William Harting
National Foundation
State Laks Association
State Elks Association
Indiana University
Purdue University
James St. Myers
Union City
New Orleans
Linton Daily Citizen Delivery Reminder
If you have not received the Linton Daily Citizen by 6 00 p m call the carrier. If no answer call the Citizen Office 847 4487 before 6 30 p m.
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Linton Daily Citizen
Citizen Office
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Brig. Cox
Salvation Army
Nila
Three Rivers
Michigan
Box 5
Route 5
Gene
Shakamak
Greene-Sullivan State Forest
Spencer Chamber ¢ Commerce
Owen County
McCormick’s Creek
Lieber State Park
Cataract Falls
White River
Cooper Park
Spencer
Spencer Chamber of Commerce
Animal Kingdom
Massachusetts
Homeon
Visiang & Physician
United States
State Department
Great Lakes
Mitchell Sharp
Russell E. Train
Council On Environmental Quality
Tri
Hoosier
Jordan
Golda Meir
Ret
Tiran Strait
Haseman
Navy
Linton Elks Lodge
Mike Brinson
Jim Haseman
Doug Corbin
Robert Gillan
Janet Collisson
Collisson
State Kilks Association
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