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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
1
Bloomfield Jaycees organize free theater tickets and transport for senior citizens to Shawnee Summer Theatre. Call 384-9000 for details. project needs a civic group to handle arrangements. The theatre opened its 12th season with a show attended by local seniors.
President Nixon's Indiana trip includes a corn blight briefing at Weir Cook Airport and a high altitude infrared photography program with NASA and the University of Michigan planes. He then travels to Jennings County to dedicate a courthouse plaque honoring Hannah Milhous Nixon, his late mother, with Governor Whitcomb and Agriculture Secretary Hardin in attendance.
The Jennings County High School chapter of the Indiana Junior Historical Society sponsored a plaque near Butlerville to mark a fire from three years ago. The President attended a reception and dinner at the Hilton in West Lafayette honoring Purdue President Dr. Fredrick L. Hovde who retires July 1 after 25 years. Elliot Richardson spoke as Nixon prepared to address 400 guests including Governor Whitcomb, Mayor Lugar, and former governors Handley Branigin and Welsh.
The Linton Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsors a bike safety project. Volunteers apply reflective tape to local children's bikes at the Linton Fire Station from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Free Cokes for participating riders. The tape, visible at 2,000 feet, improves nighttime visibility and safety in traffic.
The Senate moves toward approving a two year extension of the draft that sets a June 30 1973 end date and ends student deferments while authorizing a large pay raise to boost an all volunteer Army. The bill also details a nine month Indochina withdrawal timetable conditioned on prisoners of war release and caps draft numbers at 130 000 first year and 140 000 second year with a force level target of 2.5 million over two years.
The Linton-Stockton School Board at a Wednesday night meeting hired four teachers including Danville coach James Callane as varsity basketball coach. Also added James Horne, John Powell, and Leslie Newman to junior high posts. Keith Coyner resigns English. Officers Russell, Strong, and Burbank re elected. Budget items and staff present noted.
The Jasonville Police Department received a grant of $1,156 from the Criminal Justice Planning Agency to buy a new police radio. Additional funds of $770.40 come from the Jasonville City Council. The police communications system will join the county-wide radio system set to operate on July 1.
A 15 page FBI confession read in Washington County court details how Claude Weeley Paul Gilly and Aubran Martin planned and carried out the Yablonski murders for a $20000 payoff to an unknown backer. Vealey pleads guilty and signs the document twice. The United Mine Workers denounces any link to the payoff man.
North Vietnamese troops captured Fire Base Fuller five miles south of the DMZ after mortars were seized and turned on South Vietnamese defenders and U.S. advisers. Allied bases Camp Carroll and Firebase Sarge came under shelling as 1,800 South Vietnamese troops with U S bombers and fighters counterattacked. Casualties rose with 45,300 Americans killed in the war overall. precise South Vietnamese losses were unclear.
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles investigates the leak of top secret Pentagon documents published by The Times. Witnesses were granted immunity, including Anthony J. Russo, a Rand Corp. ex-employee and friend of Daniel Ellsberg. Ellsberg also worked with Rand.
United Press International reports Los Angeles Times and Knight papers published portions of a secret Pentagon Vietnam policy report from the Kennedy and Johnson eras. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles investigates the leak to the New York Times as the Supreme Court weighs publication questions after appeals court rulings in favor of Washington Post and Times.
The Indiana Health Facilities Council denied a license for Rest Haven Nursing Home at Glenburn with the current provisional license expiring June 30. The renewal was refused due to ongoing deterioration issues such as faulty lighting ventillation and unsafe premises. an appeal for a hearing with the State Board of Health is required for possible reapproval.
If you have not received the Linton Daily Citizen by 6 00 p m call the first line at 847 4487 or the Citizen Office before 6 30 p m for assistance.
Testimony finished in a dismissal motion alleging improper command influence in the Medina My Lai trial. Final arguments will precede a military judge's decision, with defense citing a conspiracy within the armed forces and witnesses including Maj. Gen. Bernard Rogers and Col. William Wilson.
In Sylmar California a natural gas blast ripped a five mile tunnel trapping 17 workers two miles from the shaft. One dead and 16 unlikely to survive as smoke and heat hinder rescue. Fire crews wore gas masks while blowers cleared smoke and two entry points were used for attempts.
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