Mine Run Letters About Home Ties and Local Retail Boom
Letters from Betty Toll of Holyoke and Etta Taylor of Indianapolis express warmth for the Citizen and memories of Linton. A Greene County retail survey shows 41 percent of local spending in food and automotive goods with food at 8.1 million and autos at 7.84 million, plus gains in department stores and apparel.
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Betty Toll
Holyoke
Massachusetts
Standard Rate and Data Service
Greene County
Ng General Merchandise
Five Burned in Accident at Crane Today
At 10 10 a m five employees at the U S Naval Ammunition Depot were injured in a flash fire during pressing MK 25 Marine Markers. Injured were Merle Mosier Orville Hodson Raymond Bland Verlan Davis and James Dishman with burns ranging from first degree to third degree.
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U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot
John Welton
Merle Mosier
Springville
Orville Hodson
French Lick
Raymond L. Bland
Elnora
Verlan F. Davis
Loogootee
James Dishman
Newberry Rte
Dishman
Linton Fire Crews Respond Twice to Porch and Bedroom Fires
The Linton Fire Department responded to two separate Monday incidents in northwest Linton. At 4:05 p.m. firefighters found a porch fire under George Roberts' home at First and T streets with unknown origin and minor damage. At 8:05 p.m. they were called to Raymond Peltier’s residence at 150 I street for a upstairs bedroom fire discovered after a Boys League game. origin again unknown and damage minor.
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Linton Fire Department
Edstrom Elected President of Women’s National Press Club
Eve Edstrom of the Washington Post was elected president of the Women's National Press Club for the coming year. She succeeds Mary Gallagher of the Cincinnati Enquirer as club leader.
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Washington
UPI
Eve Edstrom
The
Washington Post
Women's National Press Club
Mary Gallagher
Cincinnati Enquirer
Deadly Monday on Indiana roads raises 1966 toll
United Press International reports eight new fatalities pushed Indiana's 1966 traffic toll to 728 year to date. Over 72 hours ending Friday 28 lives lost amid a heat wave as officials warn of a deadly Fourth of July period. Five counties remain without fatalities so far this year.
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Indiana
Hoosier
Jay, Warren
Union
Ohio
Switzerland
Connersville
Fayette County
Cortland Man Is Electrocuted
Robert Lee Roberts 39 of Cortland was electrocuted Monday night while removing a television antenna from his roof when the 30 foot antenna touched a high voltage power line near the Bartholomew Jackson County line. His wife Shirley 23 suffered burns on the feet. A bystander attempted artificial respiration and an ambulance crew performed heart massage but Roberts died at the scene.
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Columbus
Ind
UPI
Robert Lee Roberts
Bartholomew - Jackson County
Roberts
Shirley
Bernard Grainger
Bartholomew County
U S Planes Strike Oil Storage Facilities
U S Navy and Air Force planes struck North Viet Nam oil storage facilities in a second straight day of raids. Smoke and flames rose high as Hanoi reportedly moved fuel to underground storage amid worsening shortages. A Navy jet was shot down near Thanh Hoa with one pilot missing. a US helicopter crash in South Vietnam killed the pilot and injured two crewmen.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. Navy
North
Viet Nam
Nonth
Hanoi
London
Ho Chi Minh
Peking
Moscow
Thanh Hoa
South Vietam
Hue
Medicare Ready In Indianapolis As Enrollment Nears
Indianapolis prepares for the Medicare launch with 436 500 signed up nationwide 99 percent hospital certification and 65 700 senior citizens in the area to participate. Bechtel says training completed and agencies ready. Blue Shield expects 17 5 million in claims and data processing will handle 1 1 million claims. Travelers Insurance will mail checks to railroad retirement beneficiaries within 24 hours of claim.
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Bechtel
Indianapolis
Blue Shield
Travelers Insurance Co
Robert Lansing stars as first actor to ride killer whale
Hollywood history note credits Robert Lansing as the first actor to ride a killer whale for his role in Namu The Killer Whale. The stunt marked a milestone in underwater animal acting and film excitement.
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Hollywood
Robert Lansing
Thunderstorms Endure Dry Spell Across Indiana
Thunderstorms offered limited relief across Indiana with large variability in rainfall. Indianapolis recorded .10 inch, Fort Wayne .02, Chicago .01, and South Bend trace, while Terre Haute saw 1.17 inches and Rushville 1.07 inches. A southeastern Indianapolis gauge measured .70 inch as temps fell 13 degrees from 89 to 76.
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United Press International
Indiana
Hoosier
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Chicago
South Bend
Terre Haute
Rushville
Weir Cook Airport
Argentine President Ousted by Military Coup in Bloodless Takeover
A three-man junta ousted President Arturo Illia in a bloodless coup in Buenos Aires. Retired Gen Juan Carlos Ongania was named president as Illia went into exile in Uruguay. The move followed tensions with Peronist forces and key military leaders who dismissed Illia and took over major state institutions.
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William Hamilton
United Press International
Buenos Aires
UPI
de Poesd
Arturo Illia
Juan Carlos Ongania
Illia
Uruguay
Juan D. Peron
Ongania
Eduardo Castro Sanschez
Lebanon Marine Killed in Viet Nam
The Defense Department released 55 names of U.S. servicemen killed in action in Viet Nam. Among them is Marine Pfc. Robert L. Reynolds Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Robert Reynolds of Lebanon Indiana.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
U.S
Viet Nam
Robert L. Reynolds Jr
Robert Reynolds
Lebanon
Ind
Tuberculosis Workers Meet In Southwestern Indiana
Tuberculosis volunteers from 16 counties gathered at Klusmeier's dining room noon Monday for a conference on moving the Christmas Seal campaign into the space age. The group discussed fundraising techniques and publicity strategies to bolster TB efforts in Greene County and the state. Harod F. Turner presided. William C. Wilson and Edward M. Donahue served as consultants and speakers.
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Indiana
Klusmeier
Winona Grounds
Greene County Association
Greene County
Harod F. Turner
William C. Wilson
Indiana Tuberculosis Association
Edward M. Donahue
National Tuberculosis Association of New York
Tuberculosis Association
Harold F. Turner
National Tuberculosis Association
New York
N.Y
Veeda Pope
Vada Woodruff
The
Beulah McDonald
Fireworks Planned for Fourth of July Parade in Linton
The Linton Fourth of July celebration will feature an unusual fireworks display at Humphreys park starting at 10 30 p m with an emphasis on the patriotic theme. Committee members Jack Allen Bill Foglesong and Earl Roush oversee the aerial program while parade entries are still being received at the Chamber of Commerce office through June 30.
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Jack Allen
Bill Foglesong
Earl Roush
Linton
Humphreys Park
Juanita Greenwood
Chamber of Commerce Office
United States Plans to suspend relations over Argentine coup
Washington reports say the United States will announce a suspension of diplomatic ties with Argentina after the military overthrow of President Arturo Illia. The State Department prepares a statement condemning the rupture of constitutional process in an OAS member nation.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Argentina
Juro Illia
State Department
Organization of American States
OAS
Buenos Aires
Juan Carlos Ongania
Norberto N. Barrenemea
Ilia
Andrews Named Head of Natural Resources in Indiana
William J. Andrews was named acting director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources by Governor Brangin after John E. Mitchell resigned on June 18. Andrews had been deputy director of the water resources division and moves into the top post amid state government changes.
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Indianapolis
UPI
William J. Andrews
Brangin
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
John E. Mitchell
Andrews
Water Resources Division
Noel Sentenced In Greene Court
Noel, 43, was sentenced in Greene Circuit Court on enticement of a female into an immoral place. He previously faced trial, appealed, and the Indiana Supreme Court denied the appeal this year. Judge Edwin B. Long sentenced him to 2 to 10 years in the Indiana State Prison.
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Nelson Noel
Greene
Thomas Munger
Indiana Supreme Court
Edwin B. Long
Noel
Indiana
Munger
Neel
Supreme Court
Long
Worthington
Greene County
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