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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1956
Page
1
Washington reports new federal taxes take effect Sunday on tires gasoline diesel fuel trucks buses and truck-trailers to fund a vast highway modernization program. The levy aims to raise about 612 million dollars next year and 14.814 billion over 16 years with revenue funneled into a highway trust fund.
Indianapolis Terre Haute Mayor Ralph Tucker, 48, longtime city official and three term mayor of Terre Haute, uses city government and his ties to labor as he pursues the Indiana Democratic nomination for governor. He led the Municipal League as president and cites aid to end strikes at Allis Chalmers and Terre Haute City Lines in 1952. He is married with two daughters and active in Presbyterian and fraternal groups.
Leonard Greene of Worthington was named trustee of Smith township to fill the unexpired term of Wayne Dayhoff who died Sunday night. Dayhoff, a Democrat, was elected in 1954 and began duties Jan 1 1955. Funeral services for Dayhoff were held at Worthington Christian church with burial in Worthington cemetery.
Mary Woodburn files for divorce from John Woodburn in Greene circuit court Bloomfield. The suit seeks dissolution of the marriage and legal relief as the case moves forward in the court system.
Admissions were Tuesday Robert Bigger Coalmont Mrs Clyde Hostetter Bloomfield Miss Barbara Ann West Linton Today Mrs Jack Steuerwald Crane Dismissals were Mrs W R Ashcraft Koleen David Baize Linton Steven Reese Jasonville Archie Soughers Shelburn Mrs Donald Davenport Linton.Net
Indiana Democrats listed nominees for November state offices after a Tuesday convention. Key results include U S Senate Claude Wickard defeating B Howard Caughran 1362 to 337, Governor Ralph Tucker topping Matthew Welsh 1020 to 868, and Lieutenant Governor Bartel Zandstra beating Robert O Neal 1321 to 581.
H-12 Club members are reminded of a noon picnic at Humphreys Park Shelter House Thursday. Attendees should bring a covered dish table service and a contest prize.
A spate of tornadoes and violent thunderstorms tore through the northern Midwest and South Tuesday night into today. At least six people were killed by lightning and high winds. widespread damage followed in Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Florida.
A meeting of all Cub Scouts is set for Friday evening at 7 30 in the old gymnasium at Linton Stockton high school. All officers and members are urged to attend.
A blaze likely sparked by a lightning strike damaged Bethel Baptist Church in Vicksburg early this morning. The belfry and roof were destroyed or heavily damaged, with repairs estimated at about five thousand dollars. Firefighters from Linton Jasonville and Duggers battled the flames and used a portable pump to obtain water from a nearby well. The church, remodeled two years ago, seats about 250. No injuries reported.
John Oros, 13, of East Chicago, drowned Tuesday while swimming in a pit with a cousin. His body was recovered about an hour later.
Eleven airmen died when a KC97 tanker crashed near Walker Air Force Base in Roswell New Mexico. The fully loaded aircraft exploded on impact and the wreckage was being inspected as a board of inquiry began work to determine the cause. The crew belonged to the 509th Air Refueling Squadron based at Walker.
Mrs Pearl Whinnie 59 of Linton died at 4 00 am in Robert Long hospital Indianapolis after illness since March She lived in Linton 54 years born Jan 21 1897 in Iowa daughter of Mr and Mrs David McAtee Survived by husband Louis married Sept 1943 one brother and three half brothers Funeral held at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home burial in Fairview cemetery.
The piece recalls a prior effort to convert Goosepond into a lake for wildlife protection and public fishing, noting last weekend as a point of reference for how it might look.
Greene County posted retail sales of 24,792,000 in 1955, up from 21,497,000 the year before, with higher disposable family income averaging 3,678 dollars per household. The sales rise reflects broader prosperity as residents bought modern appliances and cars. Local earnings support continued growth into 1956 and 1957 per a U.S. Chamber symposium.
Riots and strikes hit several countries as Peru suspends constitutional guarantees for 30 days to quell rioting that injured more than 60. A 100000-strong general strike paralyzed business. Guatemala imposed a siege after clashes that left three students and a policeman dead. Arrests rose in Honduras, Cuba, Brazil, and Mexico as plots to overthrow Batista and assassinate leaders surfaced amid regional instability.
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