Indiana pioneer gunmakers and giant foxtail pest update
A reader wonders about a missing Greene County gunmaker in Indiana’s pioneer era while Purdue experts warn giant foxtail weed crowds fields, threatens yields, and spreads rapidly. Extension advice urges cleanup, herbicide use, and contact for free Circular 457. A Dallas driver test ends with nerves and relief as Sharon Asher passes the exam.
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Purdue
Oliver C. Lee
University
Lee
Indiana
Agricultural Publications Office
Davis Promoted at Fort Bliss Texas
David G. Davis an assistant operation specialist and clerk at Headquarters Battery 1st Gun Battalion Comp 59th Artillery was promoted to Private First Class at Fort Bliss Texas He joined the army October 3 1958 completed eight weeks combat training December 1958 at Fort Knox Kentucky and finished advance training in the Administrative School February 26 1959 while with Company B Specialist Training Regiment at Fort Knox He is a 1958 graduate of Linton Stockton High School.
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David G. Davis
59Th Artillery
Hubert E. Davis
Toulon, Ill
Fort Bliss
Texas
Pfc
Davis
Army
Fort Knox
Linton- Stockton High School
U S Britain and France Agree to Keep Talks at Geneva
The United States Britain and France press to salvage East West negotiations at Geneva while a Soviet ultimatum looms over West Berlin. Lloyd pledges not to yield on Berlin and aims to extend the talks. Russia US and Britain back a June 22 high altitude explosions conference to study test ban issues.
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U.S
Britain
France
Geneva
UPI
United States
West Berlin
Selwynn Lloyd
Berlin
Lloyd
London
Russia
Soviet Union
Auto Stolen Here Is Returned Quickly
A 1953 green Chevrolet owned by Miss Moshell Bunch was parked on A street southwest near the Linton Moose lodge at 8:00 am. It was stolen at 11:00 am and recovered about an hour later near its original parking spot. A week earlier another theft occurred on B street southwest involving Ralph Edwards’s car found the next morning near Jay Bird Road in the southeast part of Linton.
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Linton
Moshell Bunch
Linton Moose Lodge
Ralph ‘Bud” Edwards
B” Street
Jaybird Road
Former Dugger Man Gets Prison Term
James E. Cliver, 40, of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Dugger, is serving 2 years in federal prison after a hearing in Indianapolis. He was sentenced by Federal Judge Dale Holder for violating the Dyer act by transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines. Cliver was arrested in Linton on May 11 after attempting to sell the station wagon he confessed to stealing in Jacksonville.
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James E. Cliver
Jacksonville
Fla
Dugger
U.S
Indianapolis
Cliver
Dale Holder
Oliver
Linton
Linton-Stockton High Band Sets June Rehearsals
The Linton-Stockton High School band will rehearse on Wednesday and Thursday June 24 and 25 at 6 30 p m in the band room. Director Bill Pirtle corrected an earlier report and urged all band members including 1959 seniors to attend.
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Linton - Stockton
Bill Pirtle
Daily Citizen
Shonk Participates in Deep South Exercise in Korea
Army Private First Class Don R. Shonk, 19, son of Rex and (Mrs.) Shonk of Linton Route 2, took part in Operation Deep South in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division. He joined the Army in July 1958 after basic at Fort Leonard Wood and arrived in the Far East last December. He is a 1958 graduate of Linton Stockton High School.
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7Th DIV
Korea
AHTNC
Army
Don R. Shonk
Rex L. Shonk
Linton
7Th Infantry Division
127Th Signal Battalion
Shonk
Fort Leonard Wood
Far East
Linton-Stockton High School
Weekend highway deaths claim three lives in Indiana
Three people died in Indiana weekend crashes while traffic was light in the pleasant weather. James Lloyd 21 Evansville died after his car hit a Greyhound bus. Gary Jensen 18 Mount Vernon died in a two vehicle crash on Ind 62. Emery Moor 54 Richmond was fatally struck by a swinging truck door on a street in Richmond.
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Indiana
James Lloyd
Evansville
Greyhound
Chicago
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gary Jensen
Mount Vernon
Emery Moor
Richmond
Moor
Crane Company Sues William S Stevenson and Others on Account
A civil action filed today in Greene circuit court at Bloomfield by Crane Company against William S Stevenson Bessie Stevenson and Ves ter Loyd on an account complaint seeks redress for alleged unpaid balances.
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Greene
Bloomfield
Crane Company
William S. Stevenson
Bessie Stevenson
Vester Loyd
Slow Warm-Up Predicted After Chilly Indiana Weekend
Temperatures dipped to the 40s in Indiana for a second morning with readings as low as 42 at Fort Wayne and 43 at South Bend. Forecasters expect a gradual warmup to above normal by midweek with highs in the 70s and 80s and only light rain possible late in the week.
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Indiana
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Goshen
Indianapolis
Evansville
Elmer W Benham Dies in Lyons Farm Community
Elmer Wayne Benham 60, longtime Lyons area farmer, died suddenly from a heart attack at his home. Born March 9, 1899 in Washington Township, he was a Shiloh Baptist Church member. Survived by widow Beulah Edith, daughter Mrs. William Kahn, son Jack Benham, sister Mrs. Katie Moore, and seven grandchildren. Funeral at Prairie Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. Harold Nolting. burial in Prairie Chapel Cemetery. Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home in charge.
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Elmer Wayne Benham
Lyons
Mr. Benham
Washington Township
Aden and
Caroline Hoover Benham
Shiloh
Benham
Beulah Edith Benham
William Kahn
Jack Benham
Worthington
Katie Moore
Prairie Chapel Methodist Church
Harold Nolting
Prairie Chapel
Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home
Elks Golf League Matches Scheduled
The Linton Elks Golf league posted today the Tuesday schedule announced by the lodge Golf committee and local pro Bob Hess. Matches set for 5:00 p.m. include Bloomfield versus Super Motors, Briggs Buick against Tiny Tim, GE Club facing Hoosier Schoolmasters, and Hamilton Drugs vs Jasonville.
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Linton Elks Golf League
Lodge
Bob Hess
Bloomfield
Super Motors
Briggs Buick
Tiny Tim
GE Club
Hoosier Schoolmasters
Hamilton Drugs
Jasonville
Earl Long Fights For Release From Galveston Hospital
Louisiana Governor Earl Long seeks release from the John Sealy Hospital mental ward alleging he was drugged tied and brought there involuntarily. The habeas petition in Galveston questions Texas jurisdiction and precedes a forthcoming sanity hearing in Probate Court.
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Galveston
Tex
UPI
Louisiana
Earl Ke Long
Long
Blanche Long
John Sealy Hospital
L. D. Goddard
Texas
University of Texas
Louisiana National Guard
Earl Long
Charley Ray
Ktbs-Tv
Shreveport
Linton Fourth of July Queen Candidate Named
Miss Weaver of Linton, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Weaver, will join the Junior class at Linton Stockton High School next fall as she competes for the Fourth of July Queen title.
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Miss Weaver
John Weaver
Linton
Linton-Stockton High School
Ivan Weaver
Linton Route Two
Gary Crime Quiz Figure Resigns Amid Plot Allegations
Gary Crime Quiz figure Metro Halovachka resigned as Chief Deputy Prosecutor amid links by Senate rackets investigators to vice and corruption. The Gary Cline Commission and Lake County officials will pursue further inquiry, while three investigators were fired and offices close for a Washington school session.
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Gary
Ind
UPI
Gary Cline Commission
Metro Halovachka
Senate
Crime Commission
Cornelius Verplank
Halovachka
Chicago
Lake County
Washington
Holovachka
Gary Post-Tribune
Women’s Citizens Committee of
Senate Rackets Committee
John L. McClellan
D. - Ark
Floyd Vance
Walter Conroy
James Dent
Michael Kampo
Vance
Four White Youths Convicted in Florida Rape Case
In Tallahassee four white youths were found guilty of raping a Black female student. The all white jury recommended mercy. Judge W May Walker will decide sentences ranging from a few years to life after at least two weeks. The NAACP criticized the outcome while noting Florida’s precedent against executing whites for rape of a Black person.
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Leon County Court House
Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
South
National Assny For the Advancement of
W. May Walker
Wilson Collinsworth
Patrick Scarborough
David Beagles
Ollie Soutamire
Raiford
Phere
Dewitt Sinclair
Collinsworth
Stoutamire
A. J. Reddick
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Florida
NAACP
Crash at South Bend Kills One and Injures Nine
A tour bus carrying Mercedes Benz Club of America members crashed at Studebaker-Packard Proving Grounds in South Bend Indiana. Helen Fetzer 49 of Melrose Park Illinois died later. Bus driver Thomas Ryan 47 his son John 12 and Bryce Smith 66 of Genoa Illinois among nine injured. The bus ran off a steep hill skidded and overturned during the rally.
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Studebaker-Packard Corp
Evansville
Boerner Pride
Paris
Lloyd
South Bend
Ind
Mercedes Benz Club of America
Taxing Situation in Teaneck New Jersey
Richard D. Donoghue, retiring IRS official, jokes he hates paying New York State income tax. The piece notes New Jersey residents and others owe New York tax on income earned in the state.
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Teaneck
N.J
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
Richard D. Donoghue
New York
New York State
New Jersey
States
Methodist Indiana Conference names 104 pastoral reassigments
The 128th annual Indiana Conference session announced 104 pastoral changes. Key moves include Hiram C Weld from North Indianapolis to Bexley Columbus Ohio and J Floyd Seelig to Bloomington First Methodist. Other transfers place Buel W Barton Evansville Old North and Everett Wright to Evansville Trinity.
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Bloomington
Methodist Indiana Conference
Hiram C Weld
Indianapolis
North Methodist Church
Bexley Methodist Church
Columbus
North Church
J. Floyd Seelig
First Methodist Church
Buel W. Barton
Brookville
Evansville
Old North Church
Everett Wright
Connersville
Trinity
Ernest H. Jones, Jr
Milan
Brownstown
Jasonville Court Hears Speeding and Three Civil Actions
In Jasonville Judge Raymond Jack Stark's court Ivan Arthur 59 was fined 18.75 for speeding on a Saturday night. The cases also included three civil actions with judgments in favor of the plaintiffs: Robert McClarren vs Don Wise Jasonville Hardware vs Bill Martin and Bob's TV vs Ernest Archer of Hymera.
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Raymond
Jack” Stark
Jasonville
Ivan Arthur
George Campbell
Robert McClarren
Don Wise
Jasonville Hardware
Bill Martin
Bob’s TV
Ernest Archer
Hymera
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Nebs
New England Business Service, Inc
Indiana History Bulletin
Albert W Lindert
Holbrook Road
Homewood
Greene County
Point Commerce
Eel and White Rivers
Morgan Cemetery
Ilene
Purdue University
Dallas
Sharon Asher
Sharon
United Press International
United Press Internationals
Elmer W. Benham
Elks Golf League
Gov. Long
Sherry Weaver
Auto License
Auto License Bureau
Evelyne Dye
Motor Vehicle Bureau
William H. Carpenter
Lyons and Switz City
John McFarland
Solsberry
David L. Abel
James J. Boyle
Lyons- Switz City
Oaktown
Andrew W. Jarboe
Bethel Lane
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