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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1959
Page
2
The Daily Citizen provides program information from various stations but disclaims accuracy and notes listings may change on short notice. No responsibility for errors is assumed by the newspaper.
Channel schedule lists programs for June 23 and 24 including music for you Milady’s Matinee Summer Hours Randy & Friends Little Rascals Superman Corral Frank Edwards Hollywood Movies and Goodnight News with a later lineup featuring Mustsee For You Fameover Playshoeure Milady’s Matinee Popeye Wild Bill Hickock and a repeat of Corral and Frank Edwards shows with evening movies and news.
TV listings from Terre Haute Indiana show Annie Oakley December Bride and a lineup including News Late Weather Sports Huddle and Secret Agent 7 Late Show on WTHI Channel 10.
In a New York UPI critique the Desilu Playhouse Berlin 1938 tale ends bleakly with spies failing to impress. Margaret Lewis and Hans falter as lovers and agents while the plot drifts, making the wartime outcome seem doomed.
Today's Bible Thought by Pastor Harold Kratzat reflects on Matthew 7 25 and the metaphor of rock as the foundation of life and cities He notes rocks form the earth soil vegetation and minerals and invites readers to see rocks as God’s creation wonder.
Kiwanis at Glenburn Community House 6 30 p m Quapaw Council No 80 Poca hontas at Red Men s Hall 7 30 p m Loyal Order Moose No 1434 at Moose Home 7 30 p m Local Union No 1525 Painters and Paper Hangers at Linton Public Library 7 00 p m Men of Worthington Methodist Church fish fry and Boy Scout charter presentation Needlecraft with Mrs Stanley Hastings 6 00 p m covered dish supper
Army Pvt. Charles Robert Lace, Lyons son, completed eight weeks of advanced individual armor training at Fort Knox Ky on June 13 He qualified as a driver of the medium tank passed proficiency tests with 30 and 50 caliber machine guns and qualified as a gunner with the 90 millimeter tank gun Lace entered the Army last February and is an 193 graduate of Lyons High School who attended Indiana University in Bloomington.
Los Angeles fire laws stop director Jack Sher from burning a building used as scenery. His crew dismantled the structure in a fire safe building and reassembled it after burning one section at a time.
Los Angeles reports a top secret ARPA project studying a 1000 ton space ship propelled by a series of small nuclear explosions. Sources describe it as setting off atomic bombs behind the craft to control acceleration. Details remain confidential.
Report of flash flood impact in Indiana with a family of four trapped. Weather updates note heavy rainfall across regions including Texas and Cincinnati area, with reflections on river rise and multiple locales enduring sudden downpours.
An advertisement offers Marian Martin cross stitch pattern 7131 pheasant transfers 8 by 21 inches with color chart. Priced 35 cents plus 10 cents for first class mail. Include name, address, zone size, and style number. Also promotes 1959 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog with crochet, knitting, embroidery, quilts, dolls and a colorable cutout doll set.
The report lists new admissions including Mrs. William Pearson Sullivan with a son William Henry Jr eight pounds, Mrs. Lloyd Blanton Pimento with Gregory Keith, and other mothers. Discharges include Mrs. Harry Hastings Terre Haute, Mrs. Carl Lillingham Hymera, and Mrs. Elbert Waggorer Newberry among others.
The Hensley family plans a July 4 reunion at the Mr and Mrs Lowell Harrell residence in South Linton. This is the first Hensley reunion in 35 years with Ivie Hensley and the late Robert Wesley Hensley’s children in attendance. Relatives include Edna Wheeler San Diego Floyd Hensley Detroit Elsie Hie South Gate Irene Brown Tampa and Gladys Harrell Linton plus twelve grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
The 12 year old David Miller son of Mr and Mrs Edward Miller of Indianapolis is pictured in Sunday news coverage. He plays pitcher for the Yankees in the Indianapolis Little League and shares the page with teammate catcher Mike Perry.
Hugh P. McCreery 43 of Sullivan route f vei fined 5 dollars and costs totaling 22.75 for driving 45 mph in a 30 mph zone on A street northwest Lin ton near Monday evening in W. E. Laughlin court. State Policeman James O. Smith filed the charge.
A House agriculture subcommittee opened hearings on bills to aid the poultry industry facing price troubles. Proposals include marketing orders for chickens eggs and turkeys. Wisconsin Gov Gaylord Nelson warned that family farms could be wiped out and urged marketing order legislation to curb unchecked production. The Agriculture Department noted ice cream and other frozen dairy desserts have grown in use over 30 to 40 years due to better marketing and wider availability.
Two Fort Wayne youths died in a three car collision on Ind 1 north of Butler Indiana. Michael DeWayne Gillingham 18 and Robert Caupin 16 were racing side by side when Gillingham’s car struck a third auto and crashed into a wreck. Fred Mackendach 28 and a passenger Jerry Chronister 16 were hospitalized in serious condition at Souder Hospital in Auburn.
Lafayette Louisiana UPI reports Pro Bill Webb of Kansas City was knocked unconscious by a tee shot in last year’s Lafayette Open. He revived to birdie the next five holes and finished ninth, earning $650, his best check of the year on the pro circuit.
In Dunedin Florida Fred McLeod, a 108 pound challenger, recalls his win of the 1908 U.S. Open. He reflects on the unlikely triumph that defined his early career and the era of golf he played in.
New York report lists 11 fighters who held more than one championship simultaneously. The lineup includes Bob Fitzsimmons, George Dixon, Tommy Ryan, Terry McGovern, Mickey Walker, Tony Canzoneri, Lou Brouillard, Barney Ross, Henry Armstrong, Harry Jeffra, and Ray Robinson.
The Linton Stockton High School Band Parents' Club will meet at 7 30 this evening in the Band room at the local school building. Officers announced the gathering.
Worthington Ohio residents hosted a wide group of guests for the Worthington Jefferson annual school Alumni Banquet. Visitors included Miss Elsie Hodges family and relatives from Martinsville Blooming ton Wichita Falls and Toledo. Several trips and visits connected with church events and local schools were noted.
Government data show 411 900 new businesses started in the United States in 1958 while 356 000 closed. The figures reflect net entrepreneurial activity across sectors and regions during the year.
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