Island City correction and heat pump note
A reader corrects our Island City location of the first mine, clarifying the Hughey Smith and Charles Hattery farms as the site. The letter discusses coal history, substitutes, and new heat pump tech from Marion Indiana, noting a $2500 start cost and future affordability. the column ends with a hint of a repeat next Wednesday.
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V. A. Baughn
Lyons
Old Island City
Island City
Hughey Smith
Labor Picture Brightens Across Nation With Settlements
Labor developments include New York building service workers ending a four day strike and a wage dispute deal sent to a fact finding board. Eleven thousand telephone installers called off a strike, CIO Communica tions Workers may resume work for 200000 colleagues. Chrysler nearing settlement with 89000 CIO United Auto Workers after 97 days. Federal mediators seek to avert railroad strikes on May 10. Wagner Electric strike in St Louis averted by extending contract to May 15. Teletype operators strike ongoing at United Press Associations but service continues with supervisors. CIO Communications Workers continue wage talks with AT and T officials.
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Chicago
New York
Chrysler
CIO United Auto
Brotherhood of Firemen and
National Railway Meditation Board
Wagner Electric Co
St. Louis
CIO International Union of Eleetrical Workers
United Press Associations
News Service
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
CIO Communications
American Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Party Postponed by Junior Department at First Baptist
The Junior Department of the First Baptist church announces the class party for Tuesday evening is cancelled. Time and place will be announced later.
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The
First Baptist Church
County student receives honor at Indiana University
Paul Warren Arthur of Solsberry Route One has been elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, the national scholastic honor society at Indiana University. Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest scholastic honor for business students, analogous to Phi Beta Kappa for liberal arts.
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Paul Warren Arthur
Solsberry
Route One
Indiana University
Election Returns Now Available From Local HQ
Residents of Linton were informed they may obtain section returns Tuesday evening by calling the local Republican headquarters at No 96. A team of tabulators will work at the headquarters to assist in the election process.
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Linton
No. 96
Council Enacts Dog Ordinance and Poundsmaster Roles
The Linton City Council passed a dog control ordinance at a Friday session. It creates a Poundmaster position, appoints Charles Earle for a four year term, and outlines impounding procedures, fees of 1 dollar and 25 cents daily feeding, and penalties for owners whose dogs run at large. Dogs on leash with control may be on streets or public property.
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Linton
Charles Earle
Americans Leave Shanghai Today
Foreign residents stream from Communist China under a mass evacuation led by US ships. Hundreds already reach Hong Kong with 700 more aboard the liner General Gordon en route. Coastal boats run a shuttle service between Hong Kong and the mainland as the General Gordon sails toward safety.
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Hong Kong
China
General Gordon
Britsh Crown Colony
Taku Bar
Tientsin
Isbrandtsen
Kobe
Japan
Taku
Triad Rehearsal At First Christian Church Tonight
Triad rehearsal set for this evening at 6 30 in the First Christian church. Members are asked to bring pillow cases.
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Triad
First Christian Church
Plans announced for Camp Wapehani by White River Council
Norwood E. Peek of Washington will be Camp Director for Camp Wapehani under the White River Council Boy Scouts of America. Peek served as director last season and is District Commissioner of West Fork. Camp runs June 11 for six days with scouts providing bedding. tents with floors and beds are supplied. About 500 scouts are expected. This is the fifth season the council operates Camp Wapehani near Bloomington.
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Ton
Wapehani
White River Council
Boy Scouts of America
Council
West Fork
Wapeham
Hillard E. Park
Bloomington
Ticket Order Time Extended for Benny Harris Show
The Greater Linton club extends ticket orders for the Jack Benny Phil Harris show in Indianapolis. Seventy five tickets at 4.20 and seventy five at 3.60 are reserved for group buyers through May 10, while special seats at 3.00 2.40 0.80 and 1.20 remain available by direct order from the Coliseum.
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Indianapolis
Jack Benny
Phil Harris
Greater Linton Club
Mel Ross
Greater Lirton
Ross
Boys Girls Urged To Enroll in Clubs
Enrolment in Linton-Stockton 4 H clubs for the 1950 season is being completed. Mrs Hilda Harrison and Clarence Creager announced that any boy or girl wishing to enroll should contact them no later than Tuesday. They noted enrollment will likely match last year’s record totals.
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Linton-Stockton
Hilda Harrison
Clarence Creager
Airplane Crash Kills Six In Lebanon Illinois
A B 25 bomber on a Perrin AFB training mission crashed in a crowded Lebanon neighborhood. Six people aboard died. two residents were injured as flaming debris sparked fires in two homes and damaged others. The crash occurred near Scott Field after takeoff at 12 20 p m CST. Names withheld pending next of kin.
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Lebanon
Ill
Perrin
Sherman
Tex
Frank Wolf
Wolf
Walter Bridges
O Fallon
Scottfield
Bridges
Henry Christ
W. W. Coleman
Scott Field
Perrin Field
Scott
Duckworth Infant Dies. Rites Planned
Phillip Duckworth three months old son of Hubert and Inez Bedwell Duckworth died at 6:00 Sunday morning in Freeman Greene County Hospital after a one hour stay. Born January 31, 1950 in Linton. Survived by parents maternal grandfather Melvin Bedwell and aunt Mary Ellen Duckworth. Funeral home calls and services set for Tuesday at 2:00 pm with Rev. William Medcalf officiating at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Phillip Duckworth
Hubert
Inez Bedwell Duckworth
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Linton
Melvin Bedwell
First Street South West
Mary Ellen Duckworth
Worthington
Welch and Cornett
William Medcalf
Fairview Cemetery
Retired Chiropractor Hal Don Beasley Ends 27 Year Practice
Dr Hal Don Beasley retires after 27 years as a practicing chiropractor in Linton due to ill health. He is a World War I veteran active in Legion work and civic activities. He remains a native son with business interests in the community.
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Haldon Beasly
Beasley
Linton
Legion
Hospital Report From Linton Area Incidents This Week
Local health column details surgeries and admissions in Linton Bloomfield Jasonville Sandborn and surrounding towns. Multiple patients undergo major or minor procedures with several admitted for medical treatment and observation. A birth is recorded for Phyllis Zets of Jasonville weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces at birth. Weekend dismissals include patients from Linton Lyons Sandborn and Worthing with transfers to Indianapolis Methodist hospital noted.
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Frank Minella
Linton
Marjorie Lucas
Kenneth Burdene
Bloomfield
Wilbur Riddle
Naomi Ashcraft
Carol Bissell
Jasonville
Walter Lind
Sandborn
Shasta
Joette Hall
Sara Syester
Charles Bedwell
Daisy Bynum
Lyons
William Killinger
John M. Hamm
Jimmy Yogie
Myles McElravy
Garfield Golfers Take Victory Here
Garfield of Terre Haute won the three team golf match at Linton Municipal Course scoring 27 points. Vincennes finished second with 15 points and Linton totaled 212 points. Sam Winters and Phil Akre led Linton with one point each. the low score was 87.
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Linton High School
Linton Municipal Course
Garfield of Terre Haute
Vincennes
Linton
Sam Winters
Phil Akre
Greene County Coon Hunters Plan May Field Trial
A meeting of the Greene County Coon Hunters Association will gather at 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the clubhouse in Lee-Sherrard Park to organize a field trial scheduled for May 7.
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Greene County ‘Coon Hunters’ Association
Lee-Sherrard Park
Tri County De Molay to Initiate at Masonic Hall Tonight
The Tri County Order of De Molay will hold initiation services at the Masonic Hall at 7:30 this evening. The Vincennes chapter, noted as a leading degree team in the state, will confer the degree. All Master Masons are invited to attend.
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Tri County Order of DeMolay
Vincennes
Time Question With Us Again Causes Problem
Greene county faces a daylight saving time dispute as Sullivan shifts clocks forward while Dugger and nearby coal mines keep slow time. Miners may vote this week on embracing fast time, with Linton businesses watching potential schedule changes. Jasonville Industrial Bureau to discuss the question Wednesday.
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Greene County
Sullivan
Indiana
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Dugger
Linton
Jasonville
Anti-Red Groups Turmoil Flareups In Berlin May Day
In Berlin on May Day roughness broke out as West Berliners and anti-communists clashed with Soviet sector police in Potsdamerplatz and along the East West border. Police from East and West joined to quell stones and taunts while 12 000 West Berlin police and 8 000 allied troops were on alert.
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U.P
East
West
Europe
West Berlin
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Red Square
Vassili Stalin
Tiergarten
East West
Peisdarcop Platz
Irving Brown
American Federation of Labor
Golf Club Social Postponed in Greene County
The Greene County Golf Club opening social, a stag dinner planned for Thursday evening, has been postponed. The new date will be announced later.
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Greene County Golf Club
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