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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1964
Page
1
A second fatal highway accident in Greene County prompts calls for cautious driving as readers note high speeds and risky lane changes on new interstates. Indiana traffic safety experts report 1963 as the year with leading failure to yield incidents and a high state death rate.
The Linton Public Library launches a summer reading program titled Under the Big Top led by librarian Miss Margaret Cooper. Elementary students may register after July 1, receive a reading chart, color dots for books read, and earn a lapel button after completing five books. Parents should ensure regular library hours for checkouts and returns.
The search for civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, missing since June 21, widens across Mississippi and neighboring states. Investigators drag creeks ponds and brush while a burned station wagon is the only major clue amid a broad FBI led effort and White House briefings.
Authorities tentatively identify the victim found slashed and beaten in a ravine near Galveston as Gerald Shaf er a Kokomo furniture store credit manager. Police say keys on the body match Shafer store keys and note he was last seen Friday night locking the store. The 25 year old formerly from Galesburg Illinois had moved to Logansport three months earlier.
In Baton Rouge 79,800 tons of wheat bound for Russia were loaded aboard the S S Manhattan at the Cargil grain elevator. The voyage marks the largest cargo of grain ever loaded at a U S port and would fill about 1,500 boxcars aboard the world’s largest merchant ship.
Senators Barry Goldwater and governor William Scranton arrived in Chicago for an audition before Illinois delegates to the Republican National Convention. Scranton proposed a televised debate. Goldwater dismissed it as ridiculous. Militant civil rights leaders planned demonstrations, while Stassen sat between them in the program.
Indiana traffic safety officials warn up to 15 people may die in Indy during the July 4 holiday weekend. The 54 hour period runs from 6 pm Friday to midnight Sunday. Governor Welsh says the Indiana National Guard will bolster patrols alongside State and local police.
Linton Swimming Pool committee met with service fraternal and civic reps in city hall. They chose a T shaped 100 by 86 foot pool in Humphreys Park approved by the State Board of Health with a 40 by 40 diving area and 20 by 30 foot wading pool. The pool would host 350 to 500 swimmers, be privately funded by subscribers, with canvassing starting July 15 and finishing by late August.
Bermuda coast search for 10 airmen from two US Air Force planes that collided during a film shoot. Seven aboard survived, seven bodies recovered as rough seas and sharks hinder efforts. Survivors include M Sgt C Tolbert and several tech and airman ranks among the rescued.
The Selective Service Board announces July exams to examine 18-year registrants. Colonel Robert K Custer, Indiana State Director, says this does not imply immediate induction. National average induction ages are between 21 and 22, with Indiana mirroring that range.
Jerry Plater was admitted to St. Anthony Hospital Terre Haute and assigned to room 383. The report notes only the admission and location with no further medical details.
A Senate-House conference committee agreed on a $1.9 billion excise tax compromise restoring jewelry cosmetics furs and handbag taxes. President Johnson urged against revenue cuts as a House Ways and Means study continues. The bill extends one year taxes on alcohol tobacco autos telecom and air travel. The full chambers must approve the draft.
The House Rules Committee prepared a final push to move the civil rights bill toward passage in a vote Thursday. Chairman Howard W. Smith faced pressure from House leadership and Democratic members as the panel met to clear the Senate passed measure.
Deadline for float entries is July 1 at the Chamber of Commerce office. Floats after the date go to the end of the line. lineup will appear in the Daily Citizen Thursday. Featured units include Rogers Rangers and American Legion color guards from Bloomington and Crane, with Cranes’ team led by Vincent Goodwin EM2 and Martin Miller MTS Felix Coker SA and Halbert Harp MTSN.
Linton Fire Department responded to a truck incident in the southwest section of Linton at 2 15 p m. A tank loaded with liquid fertilizer shifted and nearly toppled from a flat bed truck after a sudden turn to avoid a child. Firefighters cooled the load while Thompson Farms staff corrected the tank’s position.
A pilotless F86 jet crashed into a row of homes and parked cars on a crowded Haverhill street, killing Pamela Gifford 11 and Todd Gifford 8 while they slept. The pilot Capt Calbert F Sullivan parachuted to safety and was later questioned at Hanscom AFB.
The Warren Commission met about four hours to request a full FBI probe into how Dallas newspaper excerpts from Lee Harvey Oswalds diary were obtained. The diary was part of commission evidence and the publication did not materially damage the investigation, with officials suggesting a Dallas police leak.
The Linton Civic Garden club sponsors the Let Freedom Ring project urging churches to ring bells and motorists to honk at 8 am on the Fourth of July. It also asks every home to fly a flag. Officers report strong past cooperation and hope for the same this year.
Indiana's traffic death toll rose to 560 after a Michigan man, Frank Munford, 63, of Grand Rapids, died in a Kendallville area wreck on Indiana 3 when his car left the road and struck a tree. Police suspect he dozed off at the wheel.
The 1954 Linton Stockton High School graduates plan a reunion dinner at Klusmeier's Drive-Inn at 6 p m Saturday. Former members and friends are invited to call at Klusmeier's later in the evening.
The C. T. Baker catamaran drilling rig with 43 aboard struck a natural gas pocket in the Gulf of Mexico and exploded in flames near Morgan City Louisiana. Coast Guard reports 26 survivors many badly burned 4 dead and 13 missing feared dead.
The Screen Actors Guild votes unanimously to strike television entertainment film producers at midnight July 9 as talks fail to yield a new contract. The union seeks higher residuals and extended abroad show payments while keeping the current $100 daily minimum wage.
A Michigan woman, Irene Dryer aged 45, died when a two seat single engine plane piloted by her husband Robert Vernon Dryer, 47, of Flint, struck a utility pole and cartwheeled near Linden in Crawfordsville Indiana. Dryer was hospitalized in critical condition.
Washington Department of Fisheries reports 1.40 million salmon caught in 1964 setting a state record. Pink salmon accounted for 437000, with substantial catches of silver and Chinook as well.
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