Bucktown Miner Electrocuted in Shasta Mine Accident
Reynold Figg age about 52 of Bucktown was instantly electrocuted at 10 55 this morning at the Shasta coal mine northwest of Bicknell. He was on a moving truck with a crane and held a chain attached to sheet metal struck by the crane near a high tension line. Coroner ruled accidental electrocution. Survivors include widow Irene Land Figg and children Margaret Stanton Bennie Figg Larry Figg Michael and Gregory Tucker Figg. Body taken to Newkirku nal home in Dugger. Funeral plans not set.
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Reynold Figg
Bucktown
Shasta
Bicknell
Figg
Knox County
Irene Land Figg
Margaret Stanton
Bennie Figg
Larry Figg
U.S. Marines
California
Michael
Gregory Tucker Figg
James Figg
Linton
Floyd Figg
Paxton
Russell Figg
Greenville
Newkirkuneral
Dugger
July 4th Parade Meeting Planned in Linton
The 1956 Linton Fourth of July parade committee schedules a 7:00 p.m. Friday meeting at Briggs Buick Sates to finalize arrangements. J Victor Briggs urges committee attendance and asks merchants and groups to return reservation cards. Baker United Shows will stage in Humphreys park July 2 to 7 with a kids night for coupon holders.
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Linton
J. Victor Briggs
Baker United
Baker Shows
Humphreys Park
The
Daily Citizen
Linton Stockton High Band Members Called To Tuesday Practice
Members of the Linton Stockton High School Band are asked to meet in the band room Tuesday evening at seven o'clock. They will practice for the annual Fourth of July parade. All band members including the 1956 seniors are urged to be present. Band Director Bill Pirtle also asked seniors to return their uniforms.
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Linton Stockton High School
Bill Pirtle
Birth of Dennis Ray Stanton at St. Vincent’s Hospital
Mr and Mrs Dillard Stanton of Mooresville route 2 announce the birth of an 8 pound 14 ounce son named Dennis Ray born at St Vincent s hospital in Indianapolis on June 18. He is the couple s second child. Maternal grandparents are Elmo Phillips of Dugger route 1 and paternal grandparents are John Goodman of Linton route.
Miller to Wed Marilyn Monroe Soon
Playwright Arthur Miller said he will marry actress Marilyn Monroe within the next few days. He spoke after testifying to the House Committee on Un American Activities that he has never been under Communist Party discipline but has contributed to Communist-front organizations.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Miller
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Senate House
House
Senate
Victor Riesel
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Harry Bridges
New York
New Orleans
Riesel
Bridges
San Francisco
Honolulu
Guardsmen Plan Record Summer Training in Wisconsin
The 38th Infantry Division Indiana National Guard draws about 10 000 guardsmen to Camp McCoy Wisconsin for a two week summer field training July 7 to 22. The Linton based 38th Reconnaissance company travels to Camp McCoy for the exercise with 130 units from over 60 Indiana towns. The program features 36 hours of tactical drills, unit and individual skills, specialist training, diverse weapons practice, and a full week of tank infantry team exercises with regular Army support and 1 200 plus vehicles.
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Indianapolis
38Th Infantry Division
Indiana National Guard
Camp McCoy
Wis
Linton 38Th Reconnaissance Company
Indiana National Guard Division
Indiana
Hoosier
Bloomfield Man's Party Ends In Drunk Driving Crash
William M. Gholson 21 of Bloomfield route three admitted recent Army discharge. He drove north on North Drive when his car crashed into the McIntosh home porch, damaging the dwelling about $1,000. He was jailed, fined $25 plus costs for driving while intoxicated and $5 plus costs for reckless driving, with a one year license suspension.
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William M. Gholson
Bloomfield
Gholson
George Campbell
Greene County
Jack Blakely
US. Army
Webster McIntosh
McIntosh
Frank Dean
Bloomfield Justice of the Peace
Black Creek School Reunion Planned
The third annual reunion of former pupils teachers and friends of Black Creek school will be held at noon Sunday at the Glenburn Community House. A basket dinner is planned and the afternoon will include reminiscing and a program.
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Black Creek
Glenburn Community House
Reunion Association
Liquor and Politics In FHA Inquiry Sparks Hearings
The Justice Department will be asked to review testimony on alcohol use and political activity in the Farmers Home Administration. Witnesses include J. Robert B. McLeaish who resigned after hearings cited heavy drinking, Wylie Reed fired over drinking, and Carl Hansen who admitted private wool dealings while on payroll.
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Justice Department
Farmers Home Administration
Senate Civil Service
FHA
Washington
J. Robert B. McLeaish
McLeaish
Wylie Reed
Carl O. Hansen
Montana
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Reed
Rotarians Back Fluoridation Plan For Linton Water
The Linton Rotary club votes to urge immediate installation of fluoride equipment stored since 1955 to fluoridate municipal water. A letter to the City Council will accompany the motion. A similar pledge was adopted by the Linton Business and Professional Women's club.
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Linton
Rotary
Linton Council
Linton Business and Professional Women’s Club
One in Seven Vehicles Faulty in Indiana Safety Check
In Indiana a May safety program tested 681000 cars and trucks. About 14.2 percent failed, with nearly half of defects involving rear and stop light inadequacies. Director J L Lingo linked rear light failures to a high rate of rear collisions, over 25 percent of all Indiana highway crashes.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Office of Traffic Safety
J. L. Lingo
Summer storms roll through Indiana with heavy rains
Summer arrived with scattered thunder storms across Indiana. Rain totals exceeded an inch in several counties including 1.60 at Seymour and 1.20 at Columbus. Highs reached into the 80s and 90s with warnings of continued heat and more storms into Saturday.
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Indiana
Seymour
Columbus
Scottsburg
Bedford
Martinsville
Indianapolis
Evansville
Heat Wave Persists Across Nation Into Second Week
A prolonged summer heat wave continues into its second week across the eastern half of the nation. Officials warn residents to stay hydrated and seek shade as temperatures climb and energy demands rise.
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Conti
Funeral planned for Mrs Mary Frances Squires
Funeral arrangements are set for Mrs Mary Frances Squires 35 of Indianapolis formerly Linton who died from an auto crash Wednesday. Her body will lie in state at the residence of Mr and Mrs Ralph Bledsoe before being moved to Olive Branch Church for funeral services Friday at 2:00 pm conducted by Rev C F Horton and Rev Donald McClintick with burial at the church cemetery.
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Mary Frances Squires
Indianapolis
Linton
Squire
Brooklyn
Welch and Cornett
Ralph Bledsoe
State Road 54
Sorority Picnic Slated by Greene County Delta Theta Tau
Delta Theta Tau sororities plan a picnic at Shakamak State Park Monday evening. The gathering will be in the Log Cabin across from the playground. The Linton group will depart the Linton Library at 7 p.m.
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Delta Theta Tau
Greene County
Shakamak State Park
Linton
Summer Arrives as Weather Feels Like Peak Season
The article notes that summer has officially started today with weather that resembles typical summer conditions after a period of cooler or unsettled days. It frames recent weather as a convincing facsimile of true summer.
Democratic Aides Map Campaign Plans for Fall Election
Aides for Stevenson Kefauver and Harriman met in Washington to outline television campaigning travel fundraising organization and convention strategies against the GOP. The session, called by National Committee chair Paul Butler, precedes a Republican planning meeting ahead of the San Francisco convention opening August 20.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Stevenson
James A. Finnegan
Kefauver
F. Joseph Donohue
Harriman
Carmine de Sapio
Tammany
New York National
Neutrinos Detected. Tiny Particles Pass Through Lead
Government scientists report the detection of neutrinos, particles so small they could pass through 300 trillion miles of lead. Led by Frederick Reine and Clyde Cowan Jr., the Los Alamos team confirmed a keystone physics law that energy and matter cannot be destroyed.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Frederick Reine
Clyde Cowan Jr
Los Alamos, N.M
Willard F. Libby
AEC
Enrico Fermi
Wolfgang Pauli
Public Service Rate Hearing on Indiana Utility
The Indiana Public Service Commission concluded a hearing on a 3.6 million dollar annual rate increase sought by Public Service Company of Indiana. The PSC previously rejected higher rates, the case went to court and was won by the utility. Written briefs due August 1 and oral arguments August 14. Consumers have paid 5.35 percent more since last March.
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Indianapolis
Ipp
Public Service Company of Indiana
Indiana Public Service Commission
PSC
Ike Civil Rights Bill Faces Rough Going in Congress
Southern opponents vow a harsh assault on the civil rights bill while predicting a rules committee vote in its favor. The measure would create a bipartisan civil rights commission and a Justice Department division to enforce anti-discrimination and voting rights protections.
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Washington
Rules Committee
E. L. Forrester
D-Ga
House
Senate
Justice Department
Eisenhower weight steady after operation as talks of re election grow
President Eisenhower’s weight remained at 162 pounds on a soft diet as doctors called his recovery satisfactory. Vice President Nixon to preside over a Cabinet meeting, while GOP leaders debate timing of a renewed re election statement amid ongoing hospitalization and illness rumors.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
Sherman Adams
GOP
Congress
Trumpeteers thank listeners in area for first on show
The Trumpeteers Thatcher Gaither Jim Church and Joe Spinks with Beulah Heady at the piano thanked listeners in the Terre Haute area who sent calls letters and cards that won them first place on WTHI-TV Fair Amateur Hour. They will appear again on the same station in July.
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Wthi-Tv
Terre Haute
Thatcher Gaither
Jim Church
Joe Spinks
Tractor Mishap Fatal to Downstate Youth in Indiana
Jasper Indiana Daniel H. Lueken 15 of Ferdinand was killed when a tractor he drove reared and flipped on the Alfred Weyer farm near Ferdinand in Dubois County. Weyer, who held the plow, said Lueken stopped and his foot slipped off the clutch causing the tractor to rear.
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Jasper
Ind
Daniel H. Lueken
Ferdinand
Alfred Weyer
Ferdinand Dubois County
Weyer
Lueken
Ferguson and Taylor Families Schedule Florida Vacation
Mr and Mrs Dexter Ferguson of Jasonville and Mr and Mrs Harley Taylor of Shelburn will depart Sunday for a two week vacation in Florida.
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Dexter Ferguson
Jasonville
Harley Taylor
Shelburn
Florida
Golfers From Linton To Clash With Forest Park Brazil
About thirty golfers from Linton Municipal will travel to Forest Park in Brazil on Sunday for the first inter-club match of the year for the Linton rinkmen. Pro Bob Hess urges players to sign up at the starter house before 9:00 a.m. Sunday. More inter-club matches are planned and the Greene county Four-ball tournament is expected in July.
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Linton Municipal
Forest Park
Brazil
Linton
Bob Hess
Linton Club
Hess
Greene County
Hospital Admissions and Community Scrapbook Gift
Admissions on Wednesday include Mrs. Anne Craig Jasonville James Gabbart Jasonville Miss Rosalind Bryer Elnora Miss Janice Baines Bloomington Mrs W R Ashcraft Koleen The staff thanks the Linton First Baptist Church First Year Primary for donated scrapbooks for the Children's Ward.
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Anne Craig
Jasonville
James Gabbart
Rosalind Bryer
Elnora
Janice Baines
Bloomfield
W. R. Ashcraft
Koleen
Linton First Baptist Church
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