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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1951
Page
6
A digest of headlines from 1931 appearing on the same calendar dates in the Linton Daily Citizen, highlighting notable events, local notes, and recurring topics from twenty years prior.
At a Lebanon outdoor family picnic yesterday two persons died and several others fell violently ill from suspected food poisoning. Birds feeding on scraps also died. In another incident near the Lawson school house Mike Shake and a female companion were robbed as two men forced them to disrobe before fleeing with about seven to eight dollars. Later near Pittsburgh clashes between striking miners and deputy sheriffs left one miner dead and six wounded.
In Washington on June 22 Reps. Clarence Cannon and John Phillips fought in a capitol corridor. Phillips, 63, had a cut lip that needed sewing. Cannon, 72, chairs the House Appropriations Committee and had previously fought with Rep. John Taber six years earlier.
The defendant in Commercial Credit Corp v. William W. Stoops asked today for a change of venue to the Sullivan circuit court. The suit on note was filed January 3, 1950 in Greene circuit court at Bloomfield. Attorneys were given ten days to arrange.
A 33 foot sloop named Ran, piloted by former coast guard Lt Clyde W Deal Jr, was sighted about noon thirty miles off Point Pleasant New Jersey. The Sea Lady reported the vessel sailing west with its skipper apparently asleep at the rudder. Deal left the Canary Islands on April 29 for a solo trans Atlantic crossing. The coast guard had issued alerts since Wednesday and expects the Ran to reach New York tomorrow.
Chairman Carl Vinson announces administration backed bill to create a twenty million dollar Air Force academy on par with West Point and Annapolis. It would authorize temporary operation at an existing base or civilian site, then select a permanent location and acquire land for construction.
The notice highlights a fried chicken dinner on Sunday from 11:00 to 8:00 at The Home of Good Eats. Dinners are priced at 50¢ for meat loaf and potatoes with gravy, while fried chicken dinners are $1.00 and growing in popularity as more patrons visit.
Mrs. Janice Hasler of Newberry gave birth to a 6 pound 1 ounce boy named Andy Ray on Thursday. Several residents were admitted for treatment or underwent procedures, including James Reed of Lyons, Miss Ella Louise Elgan of Freelandville, Mrs. Russell Roby of Linton, Miss Ruth Hudson of Bloomfield, and Mrs. Edward Griffith of Lyons. Others were discharged or reported as not released, with Eva Boswell returning home and Wilma Mae Cuvelier dismissed.
The Army reported 19,139 Communist and North Korean casualties in the week of June 8 to 14. Total Communist wartime casualties reach 1,162,500 since the start through June 4. U S forces show 73,604 battle casualties and about 150,000 non battle casualties.
Hoosier contributions push the 1951 campaign past the $400,000 mark with $325,000 credited to the Society and county units. Greene county leads at $2,619.49 as William H. Ball praises county efforts, media cooperation, and local drives including Camp Atterbury's $8,500 and the federal division's $17.00.
Strangler Suspect ing was the presentation of awards to six Indiana scientists who are working on cancer research financed by grants from the American Cancer Society. The scientists are Doctors H. J. Muller, Felix Haurowitz, Edwin A. Lawrence and T. M. Sonne Kenneth M. Campbell. Notre Dame University and Dr. Harold Garner, Purdue University The grants total $50,000.
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