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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1967
Page
1
A column notes medieval prestige in coats of arms resurging today with corporate gifts and collectibles. A crest maker, enjoying demand from firms for client gifts and dashboard displays, faces data gaps but predicts growth.
A. J. Foyt, preparing for the Firecracker 400 at Daytona Beach, urges defensive driving over the July weekend. He cautions against highway risks, advises keeping distance, avoids alcohol, and endorses rest, not drag racing, stressing it is a privilege to drive and to live.
Bloomington Hospital will add 160 patient beds and finish shelled fourth and fifth floors. Planned expansions include x ray, laboratory, surgery, delivery and emergency rooms and service areas with remodelling in the East building. A professional fundraising campaign starts in November.
The National Traffic Safety Agency awarded Indiana University 52585 dollars to study permissible glare and driver vision in vehicle design. The grant was announced by U S senators Birch Bayh and Vance Hartke of Indiana.
Mild temperatures and possible thundershowers were seen in Indiana as June ends. Showers were forecast to persist Wednesday through Friday but clear by the Fourth of July weekend, with some areas reporting notable rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 7 am today.
The Indiana Port Commission delayed accepting bids for the Burns Waterway project due to bid overlap and lack of comprehensive bids. Executive secretary Lewis B. Grafft said more time was needed to study the complex submissions. A July 7 meeting was tentatively set.
The body of a man aged 40 to 45 was found eight miles east of Salem. Coroner Dr. E. R. Apple said marks on the neck indicate strangulation and that the death is believed to be a homicide. The man had blue eyes, sandy hair, no teeth, wore a white sleeveless shirt and gray trousers, and bore an eagle tattoo with the initials RWW on his right forearm.
President Johnson signed a Great Society measure in Philadelphia extending the Teacher Corps for three more years. He cited progress in the war on poverty, noting congressional opposition, and urged trainees and teachers to keep up the spirit as he departed.
Army patrols with machine guns forced the capital's population indoors as three days of bloody anti Chinese rioting peaked. Gen Ne Win declares martial law to quell the unrest after 24 people were killed, including a Chinese technical aide stabbed inside the embassy. Troops fired on rioters, injuring nine, as mobs burned the Chinese Information Center and Chinese businessmen's homes.
U S Air Cavalry overran a Communist base camp aided by a Viet Cong deserter map, pursuing a 400-man battalion toward the Dong Nai River in War Zone D. South Vietnamese troops blocked northern and eastern escapes as jets bombed North Vietnamese mines and a large clash expanded casualties and ongoing operations.
Washington UPI Defense Department lists 24 U. S. servicemen killed in action in Vietnam including Marine Lance Cpl. Danny Godsey of Indianapolis.
New Orleans report says actress Jayne Mansfield was killed when a convertible she rode in struck a slow moving truck during fogging work. Chauffeur, lawyer, and another passenger died. Mansfield’s three children survived with minor injuries.
Indiana lawmakers failed to approve a conference committee plan on congressional redistricting. A three judge panel had ordered a new map after ruling the 1965 plan unconstitutional. Governor Branigin may call a special session if leaders agree on a solution. Brademas said the House action clarifies the conference report and fixes defects.
Israeli army transfers control of Old Jerusalem to civilian authorities, effectively annexing the sector seized from Jordan. The move draws U S and Jordanian criticism, with officials urging restraint while the United States does not recognize the annexation. The Old City houses Christian Jewish and Muslim shrines and has been sealed by Jordan since 1948. King Hussein denounces the action as defiant of the United States.
Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman toured Indiana to inspect federally funded farm and anti poverty programs. He visited Lincoln Hills in four counties to assess progress and remaining work, then planned a day tour through Southern Indiana and the Ohio River valley with a party of about 25 officials and reporters.
In Chichester England Keith Richard received one year and Mick Jagger three months for narcotics related offenses. Richard faced a marijuana at a party charge while Jagger was convicted of possessing four pep pills from the same gathering.
Joseph Kunz, 28, Evansville, indicted by a Vanderburgh County grand jury on first degree murder in the killing of four year old Tonja Marie Perisho of Rosedale, nearly two weeks after the slaying.
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