Rainy Day Trials For Linton Boys League Trip
The Linton Boys League took 107 players to St. Louis to see a baseball game, but rain postponed the game until 2 PM. Tom Wall of Citizens' Bank sponsored the trip, and despite the disappointment the boys enjoyed the outing. The piece notes other local tidbits about a sun dog around the sun, shoe weight, archery club theft, flag day vandalism, and flowers cut in an alley.
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Linton Boys League
St. Louis
Ball Park
Tom Wall
Citizens’ Bank
Flooding Across West States and North Carolina
Heavy weekend rains broke droughts and flooded western states Texas and North Carolina. A four year old boy drowned when a tent was swept away in Duchesne Utah as a diversion dam burst on the North Fork river. Weather bureau noted drought relief in eastern Colorado and Missouri Kansas crops improved though wheat losses hovered near forty million dollars.
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United Press International
Texas
North Carolina
Duchesne
Utah
Duchesne River
U.S. Weather Bureau
Colorado
Jefferson County
Vesley
Pike’s Peak
Missouri
Kansas
Zurich
Kan
Hill City
Springfield
Welsh Group Fights to Save Indiana Sales Tax
Governor Welsh and state officials move to defend the two percent sales tax as Marion Circuit Court weighs an injunction. Officials warn belt tightening may begin immediately if the act is halted and stress the tax was planned over a year with prior legal review.
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Indianapolis
Welsh
Indiana
Hackett
John L. Niblack
Marion
Atchet
Boy Scouts Honor Court Meeting Tonight
Boy Scout Troop 50 holds a Court of Honor tonight at 7 p m in the Scout Hall on South Main Street. Awards and merit badges will be presented and Ershel Miller will honor a community resident for outstanding service to scouting in Linton. All scouts, families, and interested readers are invited. The meeting precedes a June 23 Camp Wapeham trip. those going to camp with unpaid fees should settle them at tonight’s meeting.
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South Main St
Ershel Miller
Linton
Wapeham
Macmillan Confident of Win in Profumo Scandals
London reports say Prime Minister Harold Macmillan nears a confidence vote amid the Profumo affair. Conservatives rally behind him as Labor presses for debate over security and morality questions. The outcome may affect the Atlantic alliance and party fate this summer.
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Macmillan
London
Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
Mac
Daily Herald
Idee
John Profumo
Commons
Christine Aler
Eeane
Miss Keeler
Profumo
Eugene Ivanov
Labor Party
World Pays Last Respects to Pope John XXIII
World leaders and church figures gather in Vatican City for the funeral Mass of Pope John XXIII nine days after his death at 81. Eugene Cardinal Tisserant presides as dignitaries from 83 governments attend and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson heads the U.S. delegation. A two-man Russian delegation attends while no Soviet representative is present. The conclave to elect the next pope commences Wednesday in the Apostolic Palace.
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Vatican City
wPp
United States
Russia
John XXIII
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Sacred College
MSGR
Giuseppe del Ton
Latin Letters
Apostolic See
Lyndon
Johnson
Vladimir Kotyarov
Ecumenical Council
Apostolic Palace
Poe
Three Bloomfield youths arrested in speaker thefts
Three Bloomfield youths were arrested at 11:55 p.m. at the Linton Drive-in on petty larceny charges for stealing movie speakers. Arrested were Robert Lester Flory Jr 18 Larry Joe Workman 18 and James Orville Titus 13. State Trooper Kenny Wolfe traced the car using the owner’s tip and found the speakers inside. They were to appear in Circuit Court to answer charges of petty larceny and a band was planned for their release.
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Bloomfield
Bloomfield Drive-In
Linton Drive-in
Robert Lester Flory Jr
Larry Joe Workman
James Orville Titus
Kenny Wolfe
Charles Cassida
Workman Auto
Wolfe
Watch Continues On Ailing Hoover
New York report says former President Herbert Hoover, 88, remains in very serious condition with anemia and earlier GI bleeding. Doctors oversee round‑the‑clock care at Waldorf Towers. no new bleeding in 36 hours, but irregular heart action and a low fever persist.
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New York
Vpd
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Cosmonette Nears Soviet Cosmonaut In Space Orbit
Valentina Tereshkova came within three miles of Lt. Col. Valery Bykovsky on Sunday during her first orbit. TASS said near rendezvous data were more precise and no linkup was planned. Bykovsky neared 49 orbits, Tereshkova 18, both in good shape as space speculation about a third cosmonaut continued.
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Moscow
Pi — Valentina Tereshkova
Valery F. Bykovsky
TASS
Russia
Bykovsky
Earth
Age
Moscow Radio
Valentina
Kennedy to Europe Against Advice
President Kennedy plans a European trip June 23 to July 3 visiting West Germany Berlin Ireland England and Italy despite criticism. White House aides say he believes cancellation would undermine U S leadership and faith while noting foreign tensions and domestic race violence as concerns during the journey.
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Washington
wPr
Kennedy
Europe
West Germany
Berlin
Ireland
England
Italy
Rome
White House
Emre
United States
Supreme Court bans public school prayers in Awakening era ruling
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that daily reading of the Bible and the Lord s Prayer in public schools violates the First Amendment. Justice Tom C Clark delivered the opinion affirming state church neutrality, with Justice Potter Stewart filing a sharp dissent.
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Washington
Preme
Potter Stewart
Tom C. Clark
Clark
Congress
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Madalyn E. Murray
William J. Murray II
Board of School Commissioners
Maryland Court of Appeals
Pennsylvania
Edward L. Ren
Abington High School
I's
Philadelphia
Stewart
Ben Gurion Quits Post In Israel Over Personal Reasons
Israel's veteran leader David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier and defense minister and exits Knesset. Levi Eshkol appears likely to succeed as coalition strains grow, with Mapai seeking a new three party government amid regional tensions.
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Israel
Ben-Gurion
Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Guiion
George Washington
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Mapai
Ahdut Haavoda
National Religious Party
Ben
Ben-Gurion A
Jerusalem Post
Court Hears Charges Fines Levied in Jasonville Court
Justice of the Peace Boy Alloway presided as multiple defendants faced Jasonville police and State police citations. Harry Cornett of Terre Haute paid 1 dollar fines and 18.75 dollars in costs for speeding. Horace Phillips of Linton faced public intoxication recklessly driving resisting arrest and jail time in lieu of fine totaling 11 days. Gary Wilson of Linton fined 1 dollar and 18.75 dollars in costs for speeding.
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Justice of the Peace
Alloway
Jasonville
Harry H. Cornett
Terre Haute
Horace Phillips
Linton
Gary Lee Wilson
George Henry Hofmann
Doris Marie VanHorn
James Rollie Mochaty
West Terre Site
Pice
Toste
Larry J. Green
Jerry Flater
Lindton Stockton Class of 1948 Reunion Date Set
The Lindton Stockton graduating class of 1948 is reminded of a reunion on Saturday July 6 at 2 p.m. at the Corral Drive-In. Tickets cost 400 per couple and 225 for a single. Reserve by June 2 with Mrs Alfred L McBride route 3 Fairview Road Linton.
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Lindton-Stockton
Corral Drive-In
Alfred L. McBride
Fairview Road
Linton
Methodists Announce Ministerial Changes
The 132nd Indiana Conference ended with 1038 ministerial appointments changes. Key moves include Willard Doyle from Auburn to Grace Methodist in Indianapolis and Nathan Schoolfield to First Methodist in Princeton. Other transfers involve Robert Miller to Aurora, A W Stoneburner to Scottsburg, John Hunt to Epworth in Indianapolis, Vetters to Bicknell, and Cooper to Bruceville. Two new churches opened: St Pauls in Bloomington and Heatherhill in Indianapolis.
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Bloomington
Ind
WUPI
Methodist Indiana Conference
Willard Doyle
Grace Methodist Church
Indianapolis
Auburn
North Indiana
Grace
Nathan Schoolfield
First Methodist Church
Princeton
Robert Miller
Scottsburg
Aurora
A. W. Stoneburner
North Church
Vincennes
John Hunt
Fort Wayne
Epworth Methodist
Kenneth Vetters
Sumatra
Bicknell
Edgar Cooper
Southern Rhodesia
Bruceville
St. Paul’s
Heatherhill
Eagles Lodge Fire Causes Damaged Booths and Losses
A Sunday 2 a.m. blaze at the Eagles Lodge damaged a booth and spread flames up the side of the building. Origin undetermined as investigators assess the scene and total losses.
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Eagles Lodge
Salvation Army Truck Stops Set for Linton Pickups
The Salvation Army truck will be in Linton starting Wednesday through Saturday for an initial pickup and will return the following week to finish. Residents will receive cards detailing the stop route and instructions to leave items with the truck, with a contact line to provide addresses.
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Salvation Army
Linton
Lae
Police Fail Attempted Utterback Break-in Arrest Made
K. Linton police arrested James Utterback 22 of Linton on charges of breaking and entering with intent following a break in at Utterback Cigar Store on Saturday.
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K. Linton
James Utterback
Linton
Utterback Cigar Store
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Jack Kennedy
Jack
Conservation Club
Main Street
Lessie Sargent
Cn Tee
Boy Scouts
Greene County Community Blood Program
Pope John XXIII
Waldorf Towers
St. Louis Louis
Tve
Citizens’ National Bank
Imogene Uland
Eighth Street
N.E
Mrs. Aland
Methodists
Eagles
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