This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1977
Page
1
Showers and thunderstorms are forecast tonight and Thursday in the Greene Sullivan area. Tonight’s low will be in the upper 60s with Thursday’s high near 80. Temperatures earlier include a high of 84 and an overnight low of 59 with 7:30 am reading at 60. Chance of showers and storms returns Saturday and Sunday.
Indiana’s Frank J. Anderson, 39, a deputy marshal in Indianapolis, is nominated by President Carter to be U.S. marshal for the Southern District of Indiana. He would be the state’s first Black U.S. marshal, per Senator Birch Bayh.
John Mitchell became the first U.S. attorney general jailed, fingerprinted, and photographed at Madwell AFB prison camp in Alabama. Haldeman surrendered to U.S. marshals a day earlier and entered Lompoc prison near Los Angeles.
A July warning urges parents to curb firecrackers as illegal and dangerous. The piece cites injuries, calls for enforcement, cites health groups, notes federal regulation changes likely ending widespread use, and recalls a 1926 warning while mentioning recent rainfall and moisture concerns.
The Linton-Stockton School Board opened bids for roofing the gymnasium and annex with multiple Terre Haute contenders ranging up to 47 573 dollars. They awarded a cabinets bid of 9 070 dollars and set plans for architecture interviews and possible construction management.
The Federal Power Commission projects higher natural gas shortfalls for 1977-78 heating season than last year. Interstates pipelines may face 1.66 trillion cubic feet of curtailments, about 23 percent of contract needs, with 90 percent of gas sold via distributors to end users.
A nine state ten federal committee asked Gov. Bowen to draft disaster petitions for drought. The panel urged possible 92 county aid with counties like Cass Clay Howard LaGrange Lake Ripley Vigo and Warrick on the first list. It urged farmers to adjust practices and water utilities to promote conservation amid 1977 rainfall 2 to 7 inches below normal and streams at about half normal flow. A separate study began on modern water rights law in the Senate committee.
The Shakamak Board of School Trustees approved the 1977 78 calendar with Aug 25 as faculty day and Aug 29 as first full day. Enrollment is Aug 26. Vacation days include Labor Day Sept 5 and Thanksgiving Nov 24 25. Christmas Dec 21 Jan 1. spring break March 20 24. last day May 25. Contracts were signed for summer program staff including driver education instructors elementary teachers and summer vocational agri business staff.
Indiana State Representative Jack McIntyre leads a House Roads and Transportation committee interim session urging cooperative efforts among lawmakers, the public, and transportation groups to solve highway funding. Subcommittees will probe toll road finances, bridge maintenance, commercial vehicle taxation, and other highway finance issues.
John Mitchell, former U.S. Attorney General and Nixon campaign chief, reports to Maxwell AFB prison to serve 30 months to eight years for Watergate coverup. He will don brown fatigues, be fingerprinted, and housed in a large dorm with dozens of inmates.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.