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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1971
Page
1
A county civic effort seeks a local coordinator to arrange transportation and oversee government funded free tickets for senior citizens to weekly Shawnee Theatre shows in Bloomfield. The grant is summer only, starting next week the 22nd, with call to Dr Rehner at 384 9000 to volunteer.
American troops leaving Vietnam will be chemically tested for narcotics under a Nixon order aimed at rehab. The program uses urinalysis machines and may expand to all troops on rest and recreation and new arrivals. Up to 10 percent of servicemen are estimated to use addictive narcotics. Positive cases lead to medical observation and withdrawal support, with evacuation to the United States for follow up rehab. Negative results allow return on their original flight plan.
Saigon police said they seized two Viet Cong caches as part of a plot to infiltrate Saigon for Armed Forces Day. The caches held 15 Soviet rifles, 20 grenades, a mine and 1,500 rounds. Earlier, police seized a 60mm mortar and two rocket launchers across the Saigon River. North Vietnamese shelling wounded marines at Artillery Base Sarge, northeast of Khe Sanh.
United Mine Workers President W A Boyle ended a four day walkout by loyal miners after a court directed order. Boyle issued a letter urging a return to work as judge Gesell scheduled a contempt hearing. The strike affected up to 90000 miners across eight states with Ohio slow to resume.
The Soviet TU144 supersonic jetliner made an emergency landing at Okecie Airport after two engines failed and wing cracks appeared. Airport mechanics and Aeroflot officials reported no injuries and said the plane was in good shape. The pilot had warned that engines 1 and 2 had quit as fire crews stood by.
In Indianapolis the Indiana Public Service Commission is likely to approve an armistice ending a decade long dispute between investor owned utilities and Rural Electric Cooperatives over a $100 million Southern Indiana generating and distribution system. The accord would authorize Hoosier Energy to operate the White River plant near Petersburg and require PSC permitting for a $65 million note issue plus $35.4 million in other notes to fund the plant and transmission system.
The Shakamak School Board met Wednesday night with all members present except Harold Thomas. Superintendent Rupert Hendrix announced receipts of 93 857 13 from Greene County and 77 109 70 from Clay County. The temporary 30 000 loan was paid off at Citizens National Bank. The panel planned three two hour sessions with one teacher and one aide and signed driver education contracts for Bobby Swaby William May Gene Hawkins and Jerry Bender.
Harold Sap a 43 year old Anderson factory press operator and part time tax preparer pleaded innocent in federal court to indictments charging he willfully prepared fraudulent income tax returns. He allegedly prepared 45 returns from 1967 to 1969 and as many as 300 annually for three years charging 25 to 35 dollars each with excessive claims for interest taxes and medical expenses.
The New York Times defended its Vietnam war articles based on a top secret Pentagon report in federal court. It argued the government failed to prove the defense of the United States was harmed and accused officials of seeking to enjoin publication.
The Indiana Employment Security Division reports April unemployment in the nine EDA distressed counties from 6.6 to 20.4 percent. Greene 10.1 with 6,560 employed of 7,300. Clay 11.4. Sullivan 6.6. Lawrence 11.0. Scott 20.4. Crawford 14.2. Dearborn and Ohio 10.8. Starke 12.7. Vermillion 10.3.
The Washington Post reports a secret Pentagon document shows the Eisenhower administration sought to delay 1954 Vietnamese elections and debated limited military intervention before the Geneva Conference. It notes a six month prior Indochina committee meeting on dispatching 200 military mechanics and aircraft to assist the French.
Jasonville police investigate a breakin at Shakamak IGA reported between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Affected employees found the scene on arrival. An undetermined amount of change was stolen. Thieves pried open the freezer door, broke a bolt, and entered through the freezer.
UPI reports the Nixon administration reverses a veto stance and backs a compromise to create 150 000 to 200 000 public service jobs in cities if unemployment stays above 4.5 percent. Vietnam veterans receive job preference in the revised plan.
Sydney report from the Sydney Royal Women's Hospital says the eighth of nine children born Sunday to an Australian housewife died today. A one-pound sister died earlier at 2:40 a.m. The surviving 12-ounce boy remains in critical condition with slim chances of survival.
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