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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1952
Page
1
Berlin dispatch reports the Russians freed 43 kidnapped West Germans and pulled back from a strip of British Zone territory. Western Allies demanded patrol rights on the Berlin to Western Germany highway as East German police and Soviet troops withdrew from the seized area near Schoeningen.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Collett of Rosewell New Mexico announce the birth of a seven pound fifteen ounce boy born June 22 Mrs Collett formerly Miss Irene Canady daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Canady of Linton The child arrived on his grandparents forty fifth wedding anniversary.
Dick Savitt of Orange New Jersey defeated Nar esh Kumar of India 6-1 6-2 6-0 to defend his Wimbledon title, while Frank Sedgman of Australia routed Jaime Bartroli of Spain 6-1 6-0 6-2.
PANMUNJOM Korea June 23 Communists object to Allied plan to release 27000 Korean civilian internees Nam Il says UN has no right to reclassify internees from war prisoners The Allies did not list the 27000 on prisoner lists Harrison says civilians were interned by mistake US plans to release the internees for possible Communist sympathies Nam reports two more prisoners killed on Kose Island demands accountable for the slaughter incident.
Clyde Miller of Greencastle was chosen commander of the Indiana Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars without opposition as the 31st annual encampment closed in Indianapolis.
Henry Kallenberg, 46, was lifted by two strangers in Boston Sunday night to guess his weight. After they left, he found his wallet containing 40 dollars was missing.
In Wolverhampton thirty sturdy housewives form a rolling-pin throwing league to improve their arm strength and gamesmanship in a playful local sport.
A cigarette dropped in a new city trash container Saturday night started a fire prompting Linton firemen to respond. A container at North Main and A Street was damaged. At 5 05 p m Friday firemen were called to Fifth and J Streets NW where insulation on electric lines burned with minor damage.
In Washington on June 23 the Taft Eisenhower battle for Texas' 38 GOP national convention delegates intensified. Senate Republican Leader Styles Bridges urged unity to avoid a November defeat, while Eisenhower supporters blasted Taft partisans as rustlers and alleged theft of Texas delegates. Eisenhower declined to consider running as a Democrat if he loses the GOP nomination.
A sweeping toll across Indiana shows at least three fatal auto crashes and multiple drownings. Orval Lynn and George Knight of Indianapolis were identified among drownings at Ideal Beach Shafer Lake, with others from Mt. Carmel and Marion area noted in separate incidents. An oil derrick fall near Vincennes killed Earl Patterson, while Earl Meyer died when a plane crashed near Portland. Other fatalities include Weldon Lassiter near Huntington and Donald Knies at Jasper, with car driver Sylvan Jahn injured. Miller, 19, Marion, died from injuries after a wreck returning from a dance. he was IU freshman class vice president.
Eliza Jane Perigo 57 of Linton died Friday afternoon at Freeman-Greene county hospital after a five day illness. Funeral services were at Northeast Third Street Church of God with Thomas Carpenter officiating. Burial followed at Fairview cemetery. Survived by husband Roy C. Perigo three sons Roy T. Perigo John Z. Perigo and Charles Chester Perigo two daughters Juanita R. Shank and Violet M. Elliott three brothers Bill Mason Tom Mason and Charles Mason and one daughter preceded her in death. Arrangements by Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel.
William T. Wilson, who has been seriously ill at his home for three weeks, is reported to be slightly improved.
The Navy awarded a $3,074,000 contract to John L Simmons Co Inc Indianapolis for an 18 building loading plant at Crane Indiana. Captain Henry C Shaid USN announced the project at the Ninth Naval District Headquarters Great Lakes. Construction begins in about two weeks on a 50 acre site designed by Friedman Alschuler and Sincere of Chicago.
The Linton Kiwanis club announces that its weekly meeting scheduled for Tuesday night is postponed. Officers say meetings will resume on Tuesday July 1.
Indiana Democrats set 22 district delegates tonight to back a presidential nominee with Adlai Stevenson favored over Kefauver. Gov. Schricker remains unopposed for the Senate nomination and positions for governor and lieutenant governor highlight a crowded Indiana party slate. Schricker had privately told Kefauver Indiana preferred Stevenson.
James R. Gibson of Jasonville joins 32 students for eight weeks in a summer geology field course at Indiana University’s Field Station near Jefferson Island Montana. The trip covers Black Hills Stillwater area Devil’s Tower and oil fields in Wyoming and Montana under director Wayne R. Lowell with professors Esarey Thornbury and Gutschick.
CIO President Philip Murray lambasted Eisenhower and lawmakers over applying the Taft Hartley Act to the steel strike. Speaking to about 8,500 workers in Gary Indiana, he vowed the steel union would not bow to the law and declared, “nobody can defeat us,” as placards denounced the injunction.
Rev. W. R. Lynch becomes pastor of Linton First Methodist. Deaconess Nola D. Yoder is named pastor of Glenburn Methodist. Rev. E. E. Mercer to lead Lyons Methodist, succeeding Rev. James Earlywine. Other changes include George Angerer at Bruceville and Elnora placements, with several churches receiving or supplying new pastors.
Members of the Linton-Stockton high school band were reminded today of a 7:30 p.m. rehearsal at the school. The group prepares for the Masonic Temple dedication parade and plans to march in the Linton Fourth of July celebration.
In St Paul on June 23 a five year old boy Dickey Vondelindy urged parents to fetch a shovel. He and neighbor Darrell Heckman were nearly buried in a sandpit at their home and both were rescued after several minutes of digging.
Orval Ray Lynn 26 of Indianapolis former Linton resident and George F. Knight 29 of Indianapolis drowned Saturday in an outing on Lake Shafer Monticello. Joyce 53 Indianapolis foreman piloted the boat as sixteen coworkers watched. both men sank after a sharp turn. Bodies recovered Sunday in about 20 feet of water near Indiana Beach. Lynn born Jan 8 1926 in Linton resided Indianapolis. Survived by widow Barbara Lynn and parents Hallie and Mrs Lynn of Linton. Funeral Wednesday at Moores Chapel Indianapolis. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery.
In the largest Korean War air strike, over 500 Allied aircraft hit North Korea’s power network. Suiho Dam on the Yalu and four other hydro plants were destroyed, cutting much electricity to Manchuria while none of the Allied planes were lost.
In Terre Haute Indiana union and company leaders resume talks to end a 45 day strike at the Allis Chalmers plant. The CIO United Auto Workers Local 1164 insisted on a contract before resuming work, threatening to halt a 4 million construction project. Only one of 340 union members favored returning to work, as the union and company seek good faith bargaining.
Lansing June 23 U P authorities indicated that men aged 20 to 26 may face the first draft of fathers beginning January 1 1953 as Gen Lewis B Hershey head of the selective service outlined growing manpower needs during a dedication of a new state headquarters. He warned that the 1952 53 fiscal year could see the heaviest draft calls since the act began and urged tapping a new pool of manpower from young fathers.
Funeral services were held Saturday for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubert Burke of Sullivan route 3 dead at birth Friday night at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan. Rev Ralph Keene officiated burial in Dugger cemetery. Survived by parents one brother Randy paternal grandmother Mrs Ray Livingston Scotchtown maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Sylvester Duncan Dugger.
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