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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1951
Page
6
The bank explains its mission to provide useful services to customers as good business. It notes that many services are offered free of charge and aims to keep relations with patrons pleasant. The text emphasizes a ready welcome and helpful attitude toward customers.
Downtown business activity remains low with few stores open. Two managers from regional general stores praise Linton as a good trade center and say their firms perform above average for the area. The article notes highway access and proximity to larger towns aid the local economy and calls for more working places, with another update planned Friday.
20 years ago Wiley Post and Harold Batty in Winnie May completed a leg of their world circumnavigation and reached Moscow. Percy Myers, local auto dealer, returns from French Lick with golf honors and top dealer award in his price class. A brutal Midwest heat wave caused multiple fatalities, with Chicago reporting seven deaths and temperatures above 100.
A tractor-trailer crashed into a light pickup on U S 2 about nine miles north of Lebanon Indiana killing Carl Ross and his wife Florence both 29 and critically injuring their two children Terry 4 and Carl Jr 16 months. State police said Florence was thrown from the pickup while the rest of the family remained pinned in the wreckage.
A writer tours 57th Street comparing it unfavorably with other boroughs and noting its bland, international feel. He describes Sutton Place crowds, the El, Sutton movie house, Carnegie Hall, shops, galleries, and the illusion of New York in a district that lacks true character.
United Nations must unify its own ranks before peace talks with the communists. A diplomat notes the anti communist coalition lacks a united front, complicating any Korean war settlement. Britain and the United States push differing views while recognizing rival Chinese governments, making a durable peace unlikely soon.
Washington Indiana reports the death of Jack Walters a Sullivan high school senior age 17 who drowned at Camp Iliana six miles south of Washington. He had gone to visit a friend and was outside the camp safety area. Lifeguards recovered his body an hour later.
A heavy early storm dumped up to 1.33 inches in under two hours across several Indiana locales while knocking out electrical service for hours. In Franklin a lineman was badly injured removing downed lines. trees felled blocked highways and damaged homes. A tornado in Wakeeney Kansas killed four and injured dozens, with Illinois and Missouri also hit by high winds and floods. In Indiana, Arthur Cox was killed by lightning near Richmond while guiding cows.
Methodist women and friends are reminded of a tea in the church lower auditorium Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Oda Champe will be guest speaker and a program of entertainment is planned. Refreshments will be served.
A Hillston Wisconsin fisherman left his fishing gear including a can of worms unattended for a minute. On return he found the equipment intact but his daughter had eaten the worms.
Simon Stickgold of the Illinois Public Aid Commission called the national press dangerous and insidious at an eight state Welfare Association meeting in Indianapolis. He proposed a four point press relations program urging non confrontational conduct and cautious praise of public assistance programs.
Quote from Stickgold hints that confidential information prompts harsh editorials. The remark underscores tensions over privacy and press freedom in editorial decisions.
John C. Sanders formerly of Linton will be showcased in a July series on WBOW from July 2 to July 20. The 11 30 am and 1 45 pm CST programs feature interviews, forum discussion, quizzes, and children's stories from the new Indiana State Teachers College studios.
Gary Indiana authorities report Leonard Broadway age 13 died when buried under sand at an excavating project. The boy had been missing since last Friday and was found by excavators under a sand pile near a steep sand cliff. No foul play suspected per coroner Henry Lebioda.
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