Priests to Concelebrate 75th Anniversary Mass at St Peters
Three former priests Father Scheller Father Foster and Father Mattingly will concelebrate a 7 p.m. Mass at St Peter's Church in Linton as part of the 75th anniversary festivities for St Peter's parish. An open reception in St Peter's Hall will follow the Mass with invited Sisters from the grade school. The observance began Saturday and runs through Sunday.
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Father Scheller
Father Foster
Father Mattingly
St. Peter’s Church
Linton
St. Peter’s
St. Peter’s Hall
St. Peter's
Wheat binding and shocking event held near Worthington
An old fashioned wheat binding and shocking will be held Saturday June 19 at 1 p.m. on the Kenneth Weathers farm one mile southwest of Worthington. Sponsored by the Worthington Bicentennial committee volunteers and families are welcome. Wheat thrashing planned during the town celebration August 17.
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Kenneth Weathers
Worthington
Indiana Sees Widespread Rain With Possible Severe Storms
Showers and thunderstorms moved from northern Indiana into the state over the weekend with a 50 to 60 percent chance of rain through Wednesday. Some storms could be severe in the north, rainfall may exceed one inch, and relief comes to areas that have had no precipitation for over two weeks.
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Indiana
National Weather Service
NWS
Carter to speak at national church meeting on campus
Jimmy Carter is scheduled to address the Christian Men's Fellowship Disciples of Christ at Purdue University. The talk is non political and part of the organization's national meeting, with about 1,700 delegates attending the five day conference.
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Jimmy Carter
Purdue University
Christian Men’s Fellowship
Disciples of Christ
Vice officer charged with soliciting bribe
Lt. R L Meistner aged 39 head of Indianapolis Police Department vice section is to be served with a warrant accusing him of unlawfully, feloniously and corruptly soliciting a $500 payment from Robert Lanham to influence his official actions.
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Indianapolis
Honor America flag pledge history urged for 20 days
Morris L. Cox outlines the Honor America program urging Americans to fly the flag for 20 days starting Flag Day and ending July 4. He notes the pledge's author Francis Bellamy and its history from 1892 through 1954, and calls residents to display red white and blue year round.
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Honor America
Honor America Committee
Francis Bellamy
Mount Morris
New York
Baptist Church
Little Falls
Chicago
America
Bellamy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Louis C. Rabaut
Michigan
United States
Viking 1 faces delays in Mars landing plan for Bicentennial
Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists slow Viking 1 mission as a helium valve leak and course corrections threaten the July Fourth Mars landing. Orbit timing may shift up to two days and approach photography is suspended until better surface data can guide touchdown and life-seeking experiments.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mars
United States
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Viking
Red Planet
JPL
Letter bombs target corporations across the nation
More than a dozen letter bombs mailed from east Texas targeted corporate officers with extortion notes. One device exploded at Merrill Lynch in New York injuring a mailroom employee and three others. Bombs were found or defused elsewhere while the FBI coordinates the investigation and warns the public.
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New York
East Texas
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
Mileta Philips
Houston
Tex
Exxon Pipeline Co
A.J. LeGrange
New York City
Texas
FBI
Washington
Clarence Kelley
Kelley
Democrats Open Indiana State Convention Amid Delegate Fight
Indiana Democrats debated national delegate seating after rejecting most Carter delegates. Some districts backed Carter while others resisted the ultimatum from national chair Robert Strauss. Attorney general nominees included Virginia Dill McCarty, Theodore Wilson, Gregory Reising, and Jonathan Birge in a tight race.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Robert S. Strauss
Strauss
William M. Schreiber
Schreiber
Bill K. Trisler
Democratic State Central Committee
Lawrence County
Frances J. Morrow
Bedford
Incia
Sam Locke
Connersville
Virginia Dill McCarty
Theodore Wilson
Theodore L. Sendak
Gregory Reising
Gary
House of Representatives
Jonathan L. Birge
U.S
John Brademas
D—Ind
Greene County General Hospital approves new equipment and upgrades
The Greene County General Hospital board approved purchases including a sigmoidoscope and knee joint instruments and a donated full body whirlpool tank. Staffing rose from 100 to nearly 180, with expanded lab and X ray services and new emergency physician coverage.
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Board of Trustees
Greene County General Hospital
Linton-Stockton United Fund
Guatemalan Church Leader Details Earthquake Suffering
Isai Calderon a Guatemalan church leader visiting Linton spoke to the local Civitan Club and First Church of God about the February earthquake. He cited 30,000 dead and thousands homeless with ongoing needs for shelter warm clothing and medical supplies. Local relief donations supported shelters and a March relief trip delivered funds.
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Isai Calderon
Calderon
Linton
First Church of God
Greene County
John Catchem
Darrell Thompson
Lyons Itc. 1
Guatemala
Food For
World Vision
Care
Guatemala City
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Morris L. Cox
Daily Citizen
Steve Fields
Linton Elks Lodge
Elks
Charles Hirth
Owensburg
Linton-Stockton High School
Greene County Farm Bureau, Inc
Linton Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Insurance
Bloomfield and
United Press International
Democrats
Maynard Baggio
Mark Ballard
Indiana University
George Moses
Max McClanahan
Bernard Schantz
Edwin B. Long
Tsai Calderon
God
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