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Linton Daily Citizen

Location

Linton, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1957

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Mine Run Medley of Unclassified Product Phrase Meaning

A dictionary entry presents Mine Run as a generic label for an assortment of like kind items and ideas. It treats it as an unclassified medley rather than a defined category.

Reds Demand U S Stop South Korean Build-up

Panmunjom Korea dispatch reports North Korean Maj Gen Chung Kook Rok demanding cancellation of the UN arms build up in South Korea and denouncing the armistice freeze. Allied briefings say Reds have 100000 more troops, 700 jet bombers, Soviet tanks, and air bases. U N Command vows to respond with jets and bombers.

Panmunjom Korea United Nations South Korea Chunk Kook Rok Military Armistice Commission Homer Litzenberg U. S. Marines Reds U.N Chung North Korea 38Th Parallel United States

Women of the Moose hold special meeting at lodge

Members of Linton Chapter No. 19 gather at 7:00 PM in the local lodge hall for a special session called by Mrs. Alice Bargar Senior Regent urging all members to attend.

Linton Women of the Moose Alice Bargar

Fuller Navy Flier Missing After Atlantic Collision

Bloomfield native Comdr. Charles R. Fuller is among four airmen missing after two attack bombers collided mid air off Hampton Roads Virginia during a routine training flight from Norfolk Naval Air Station. The planes crashed into the sea at about 4000 feet and no parachutes were seen.

Bloomfield Comdr Charles R. Fuller U. S. Navy Norfolk Fuller Russell Fuller Indianapolis Navy Condr Atlantic Hampton Roads Norfolk Naval Air Station

Black Creek School Reunion Set for Sunday

The 1957 annual reunion of former teachers and pupils of the Black Creek school in Stockton township will be held Sunday at the Glenburn Community house. A basket dinner will be served at noon. Officers issued an invitation to all former pupils teachers and families to attend the all day affair.

Black Creek Stockton Township Glenburn

Lyons School Patrons Plan Second Meeting on Fire Debris

Residents of Lyons and Washington Townships will hold a meeting Friday at 8 PM in Lyons First Methodist Church to discuss post fire options for the Lyons school and gymnasium destroyed early Sunday. Committees will present reports as metal cornerstone boxes are opened.

Lyons Washiir N Township Lyons First Methodist Church Washington Township Charles Lace Charles Street Wilbur Young Indiana Memorial Hall Lace Principal Street Township Advisory Board

Weather and flood impacts hit Midwest region

Indiana foresees warm days with scattered showers over five days. Southern towns reach middle 80s while northern highs stay 77 to 82 with lows near 58. Mississippi River flooding forces evacuations in Minnesota and Iowa regions, with Cedar Rapids and Mason City reporting rain and Crow River flooding affecting Delano. National Guardsmen stand by for extra evacuations as authorities seek federal disaster declaration.

Hoosierland Mercury South Bend Evansville Weather Bureau Mississippi Minnesota Minneapolis Iowa Cedar Rapids Mason City North Atlantic Coast St. Paul Minn Crow River Delano Eisenhower

Shelburn Mortician Fined Twelve Thousand Dollars

James W. McHugh a Shelburn mortician pleaded guilty to evading 11000 in income taxes dating 1950 to 1953. Federal Judge William E. Stickler imposed a 12000 fine and two year prison term suspended on probation for a year. He must pay 12000 plus costs within five days and had already paid 18000 including interest and penalties.

Indianapolis James W. McHugh Shelburn William E. Stickler McHugh Steckier Unidted James L. Miller

Former Attorney At Linton Is Dead

John Porter Jefferies 81 former Vigo county circuit court judge and Greene county prosecuting attorney died Tuesday at his Riley area farm. He moved from Linton to Terre Haute around 1912 and served two six year terms as Vigo circuit court judge. He held coal and banking roles and was survived by two sons a sister and two grandchildren. Funeral at Cross Funeral Home Terre Haute with burial in Highland Lawn Cemetery.

John Porter Jefferies Vigo County Greene County Riley Jefferies Linton Terre Haute Vigo Linton Summit Coal Company Templeton Coal Company Merchants Saving Association of Ierre Haute Clay City Sylvia Bennet Quentin Jefferies Washington, D. C Catherine Lee the Cross Funeral Home Highland Lawn Cemetery

Ohio Mine Cave-in Traps 5 Men In Bloomingdale

Five miners were trapped after a cave-in at Powhatan Mining Co. in Bloomingdale Ohio. A rock fall sealed a passage and air was pumped in through a second entrance as rescue crews arrived. The workers had tunneled 250 feet into a hillside and were trapped behind 50 feet of dirt. Three crewmen escaped unharmed.

Steubenville Ohio

Policemen Study Theft at Coal Mine

Greene County Sheriff Jack Blakely and State Police Detective Sgt. Joe Feeney investigated a theft at Ray Harris and Sons coal mine on Summerville road near Midland. About two hundred gallons of gasoline two new batteries and tools worth around seventy dollars were reported missing last night and over the weekend. Investigators continued the probe.

Ray Harris and Sons Summerville Road Midland Greene County Jack Blakely Joe Feeney

Amanda Pope Undergoes Major Surgery at St. John's

Mrs Amanda Pope of Linton is a patient at St John s hospital in Anderson after undergoing major surgery Monday. She is in Room 354 at the hospital.

Amanda Pope Linton St. John’s Hospital Anderson

Terre Haute Wife Stands By Suspect in Slayings

Dorothy Whitaker said she would stand by her husband Thomas Whitaker who killed his ex wife Alma Martin and her son Jack, after a two day brood over wife swapping. Whitaker, held on a 50 000 bond in Vigo County Jail, shot and wounded Regina Whitaker and wounded Stewart Martin, Alma’s husband, during a rampage.

Terre Haute Terre Haute Ind Dorothy Whitaker Thomas Whitaker Stewart Martin Martin Alma Martin Jack Whitaker Regina Whitaker Vigo County John Kessler

Bloomfield Man C C Lester Dies After Heart Attack

C C Lester 63 lifelong Bloomfield resident died suddenly Tuesday afternoon from a heart attack while working in his garden on South Seminary street. Born December 15 1893 he worked at Crane U S Navy Ammunition Depot and belonged to Bloomfield Christian Church. He is survived by his wife a son two grandchildren three brothers and four sisters. Funeral arrangements at Jenkins and Sons with Rev Verl Underwood officiating followed by burial at Simpson Chapel cemetery.

O. C. Lester Bloomfield South Seminary Street Mr. Lester Dessie B. Lester Taylor Township Milton Elizabeth Cooper Lester U. S. Naval Ammunition Depot Crane Bloomfield Christian Church Paul E. Lester Indianapolis Raymond Thomas Lester James Lester Mishawaka Laura McElroy Heene Whittaker Pearl Warren Irene Mormance Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Verl Underwood Simpson Chapel

LSU Names Lawrence McCreary as New Head Coach

Baton Rouge Louisiana headlines report former Indiana basketball star Lawrence Jay McCreary hired as LSU head coach succeeding Harry A benhorst.

Baton Rouge Indiana Lawrence Jay McCreary Louisiana State Harry Abenhorst

Rover Saves Owners Lives and Dies in House Fire

In Madera California four month old Rover a mixed Doberman and German shepherd puppy saved Mr and Mrs Tyree White and seven children by waking them as their house burned. He barked through the alarm tugged at beds and perished when a beam trapped him inside the doorway.

Madera Calif Rover Tyree White Shepheard

Bloomfield Man Faces Public Intoxication Charge

Forrest Bays of Bloomfield is on bond of 50 dollars for a June 28 court appearance in Jasonville before Mayor Earl Row to answer a public intoxication charge. Bays was arrested in Shakamak Park last weekend by conservation officers and released after posting bond.

Forrest Bays Bloomfield Jasonville Earl Row Bays Shakamak Park

Blood Bath in China admitted by Chou

A Po Chang En lai report cites Chou En Lai stating one sixth of counter revolutionary prisoners were executed. Western sources claim millions died as Mao acknowledged large bloodshed, with 800000 deaths per Warsaw reports. Chou split sentences by 16.8 percent executed and others sent to reform through labor or surveillance.

Tokyo Chou En-lai Peiping Chou Mao Tze-tung Warsaw Red China Mao United States Korea New China

Eisenhower Opposes Wages and Price Controls

President Eisenhower said he vigorously opposes wage and price controls as a method to curb inflation. He urged business and labor leaders to exercise restraint and warned that failing to show restraint could fuel a socialist turn, while noting no plans to cut U S military forces outside Japan.

Washington Eisenhower Corporation Directory Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev United States U.S Japan Congress Britain Supreme Court

Hospitalized Linton man after June 20 surgery

Lawrence Calzia of Linton remains confined to St Anthony s hospital Terre Haute following surgery on June 20. He is listed in room 210 of the hospital.

Lawrence Calzia Linton St.Anthony’s Hospital Terre Haute

Linton Girls in Hoosier State Miss Election Slate

About 1 000 girls attend the 1957 Hoosier Girls State at Bloomington to elect officers with Linton participants led by Toni Sue Ax as mayor candidate and Janice Fordyce as city party chairman. Nationalist and Federalist tickets list multiple statewide offices with names from Kokomo to Greenwood.

Toni Sue Ax Linton Bloomington Janice Fordyce United Press Linda Marshall Fort Wayne Lana Kay Ruegamer Lafayette Sandy Murdock Carol Berns Ann Hastings Luanne Kinnaman

Suit Seeks 50000 Dollars In Vincennes Fatal Crash

A Greene circuit court filing from Bloomfield seeks 50000 dollars in damages for the death of Cheryl Ann Pemberton, nine, in Vincennes on Oct 18, 1956, alleging truck ownership by Patrick and operation by Clark. Plaintiffs Albert Pemberton and others reside in Vincennes. A separate divorce filing and an appeal from Linton Police Court are noted.

Greene Bloomfield Knox County Albert Pemberton William Patrick Robert Cark Vincennes Cheryl Ann Pemberton Patrick Clark Jean M. Powell Don Powell Linton Elmer Honchell Honchell Mahlon W. Gilbreath Jr Bloomffiel

Two Motorists Fined in Bloomfield Court

In Bloomfield justice Frank C. Dean fined two motorists after guilty pleas. James Edward Taylor 33 of Farmersburg route one was fined $25 plus costs or $39.75 for driving a tractor and semi trailer for hire on state road 54 not properly licensed. Cyrus E. Ferguson 62 of Linton route two paid $2 plus costs or $16.75 for over declaring gross weight on a truck. Both cases were processed by Trooper William Stevenson.

Frank C. Dean Bloomfield James Edward Taylor Farmersburg William Stevenson Public Service Commission of Indiana Dean Cyrus E. D. Ferguson Linton Stevenson

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