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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1963
Page
1
A town notice recounts Dick Hastings learning of the Old Hitch in Barn as the Peoples Trust Company tears it down for a drive in bank and parking lot. Readers may share history of the landmark and its origin.
President Kennedy said Congress will probably pass a tax reduction bill with key reform elements from his original proposal. He insisted the best plan combines tax cuts with reforms, totaling 13.5 billion in cuts and 3.25 billion in reforms, and warned the Senate would not approve a cut without reforms. He affirmed no nuclear test ban without on site inspections and noted Cuba remains a problem while Russian troop removals proceed slowly.
Indiana Governor Welsh signed three House bills after declaring a divorce bill legalizing short notice decrees potentially unconstitutional. Attorney General Steers called it doubtful constitutionality. The laws include an exemption for Marion County Tax Review from an 80 day hearing limit and a July 1 hog cholera virus use ban under Livestock Sanitary Board permission.
A tornado ripped through a Birmingham suburb causing millions in damage to homes and businesses. At least 12 people were hospitalized as crews cleared debris and guards patrolled to deter looters. Nearby areas including Cave Spring and Piedmont reported injuries and power outages.
The Linton Salvation Army backed the Greene County United Fund drive set for October. The Salvation Army Board met at Kendall's Steak House naming committees for 1963 and discussed organizing a community fund drive with local groups. A unanimous vote supported the United Fund and aiding its board selection and drive mechanics.
Maj. Gen. Alva R. Fitch told a Senate preparedness sub committee that Cuban caves appear to store much military equipment and supplies but not strategic missiles. He testified behind closed doors during the Cuba inquiry. Paris bank head shot near his car amid OAS terrorism. Henri Lafond, 69, leader of Banque de l Union Parisienne, dies. Police do not yet pin blame on OAS.
Brainerd Minnesota reports Frank Borders 38, father of five, was arrested for being absent without official leave from the Army for 11 years. He is in custody at Ft Sheridan after police and MPs tracked him from Brainerd to Ft Snelling and then to Illinois. The 5th Army states he is under intensive investigation by the Adjutant General's Department.
Edward Lechner of Jasper was injured when lightning struck dynamite being prepared for blasting at Raymond Knies quarry four miles east of French Lick Indiana. A pow er shovel operator was hurt as the blast threw equipment about 75 feet. He is hospitalized in Orange County with fractures and head injuries. Owners estimate preliminary losses at about 30 000 dollars.
The Linton Jaycees announced sponsoring the March of Dimes in Greene County with mail solicitations starting next week after a January emphasis was delayed by regional oversight. Committee members include Eb Risher Joe Coulomb Bill Griffith Jerry Rice Jim Foos and Bob Jerrells. past fundraising in the county totaled 39000 with 34000 directed to polio work.
Robert Hubble, who moved from Linton to Central City Kentucky last fall, sustained a serious leg injury in an accident at the Peabody Coal company mine near Central City Saturday. He is hospitalized at Vanderbilt Hospital Nashville Tennessee in room 3128 with a satisfactory condition. The Hubbles formerly lived at 859 Roosevelt Street with their sons Bill and Dean.
Lincoln Trails district Cub and Boy Scout leaders will meet in the Scout hall at Linton at 7 p m Thursday for a roundtable discussion of problems common to all leaders.
New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner recessed newspaper contract talks until noon and denied momentum loss in the strike negotiations between publishers and printers. No face to face talks were held for more than 12 hours, with both sides meeting and promising to push for concrete settlement terms today. The union cites common expiration dates, automation concerns, and pay as negotiable issues.
Warsaw 18 year old Mark Alvin Wilson was indicted by Kosciusko County grand jury on first degree murder in the February 4 slaying of Mrs Louise Bolinger. Bolinger was found beaten and stabbed in her Winona Lake garage. Wilson, arrested last month, confessed to beating and stabbing during a robbery with plans to elope with his 16 year old girlfriend.
The Indiana Senate tentatively approved repeal of the household goods property tax. A warehouse goods tax exemption amendment was added on second reading while a broader five-point tax package was defeated. Final passage requires House concurrence and the governor's signature. The session also eyed a $1 123 000 biennial operating budget, about 31 million less than prior size.
Hawkins Copas and Patsy Cline died when their small Piper Comanche vanished in stormy weather near Camden Tennessee. Randy Hughes also perished and the four had performed a benefit in Kansas City before the fatal flight to Nashville.
A Cuban refugee in Miami says Russians are moving troops from Cuba by day and returning them at night. Jose A. Farina, among 98 exiles, reports seeing Soviet withdrawals but suspects the behavior is a daylight bait. Other exiles describe hardships, while Dr. Julian Baldor says conditions in Cuba are not as dire as claimed.
Premier Georges Pompidou met Gaullist deputies to propose government talks on miners wage claims if they return to work. He defended requisitioning orders as needed to protect the national economy while most of France’s 210,000 miners stayed out.
President Kennedy called for an April 21 observance marking the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis. The proclamation described the event as a chapter in human heroism.
Washington senators grill Michael G. Beckett a new State Department officer about the Billy the Kid mystery Beckett laughs he has no TV and says he cannot know who killed Billy the Kid The hearing ends with no disclosure of the shooter Sheriff Pat Garrett is named in the old remote incident dated July 15 1881.
In Minnesota a dramatic recount battle leaves Democrat Rolvaag ahead by 74 votes over incumbent Elmer Andersen. A three judge panel must rule on 40 challenged ballots and recount irregularities involving 838 ballots. The winner will serve a four year term.
Indian Express reports a young widow was seriously burned when villagers tried to revive the ancient suttee custom and force her onto her husband’s funeral pyre in Makhover. Police intervened and saved her. the practice has largely vanished in India.
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