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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1963
Page
1
A local advisory urges residents to vote in tomorrow's primary, explaining that party members can choose candidates, ballots may omit some names, and assistance is available at the booth. It details required steps, including party affiliation, blue pencils, and proper ballot marking with crosses.
The Federal Bureau of Narcotics lists the ten cities with the most addicts, led by New York with 21 566 cases and Chicago 6 792. Other cities include Los Angeles 3 183 Detroit 1 780 Washington DC 918 San Francisco 655 Newark 652 Philadelphia 615 Oakland 482 and San Antonio 477.
The Stockton township assessor office closes all day tomorrow on Election Day. From now until May 15 the office will operate 9 am to 3 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm Monday through Friday and 9 am to 3 pm Saturday. The Linton Utility Department also closes on Election Day.
Mild dry weather settled over Indiana with cool nights and scattered frost possible. Weekend showers affected mainly the north while most of the state stayed dry with mild temperatures through midweek and limited precipitation forecast in the north Friday.
Renowned actor Monty Woolley died at Albany Medical Center Hospital at age 74 after a heart ailment. Born Edgar Montillion Woolley in New York City he starred as a bearded patriarch on stage and screen and made his mark in Kismet and The Man Who Came to Dinner.
Greene County Sheriff's office and State Police report a successful clean-up near Ridgeport and the Jim Ray Cave. IU students assisted after an April 27 raid with about 23 male students present at 9 a.m. The procedure involved a two hour effort with roles called and adults present per local authorities.
A merchants meeting originally set for Tuesday has been rescheduled to Wednesday. The gathering will address local trade matters and merchant concerns in the town.
Indiana University student Ralph Levitt says Young Socialist Alliance chapters exist on at least five Big Ten campuses including Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and Northwestern He notes Purdue may be visited soon and says USA membership is under 20 at IU and about 1 000 nationally Levitt and co defendant James Bingham face arraignment Thursday in Monroe Circuit Court on conspiracy charges
A large crowd visited Linton stores Friday and Saturday for the May Day Open House. Prizes were awarded in each store and grand prizes drawn Saturday night. Winners include Claudia Clayton, Gertrude Mathena, Zella Moore, Eddie Teyssier, Phyllis Hardesty, Naomi Ketchem, Myrtle Cox, Judy Jerrell, Mary A. Barton, Libby Arthur, and Gordon Mitchell among others.
A single engine plane crashed in a plowed field near Monitor southeast of Lafayette, killing Gary Teegardner and Judith Ann Montgomery both 20, and injuring two others who are in critical condition. Pilot Larry Williams 20 from Farmland and Leonard Lojeski 20 from Angus were seriously hurt. Authorities cited calm weather at takeoff and a pilot with a license under a month.
Mayor Gene Inman announced a major overhaul of State Road 59 from SR 54 near Linton to Jasonville. The plan widens the pavement from 18 to 24 feet and grades hills for safe 60 mph travel, with extensive cutting and filling and new shoulders. Delays expected as right of way is purchased. work unlikely before 1964.
Washington columnist Jack Anderson accuses Senator Homer Capehart and other congressmen of cheating in a Parade magazine piece. Anderson claims Capehart helped a St. Petersburg savings and loan association obtain a charter while leading the Senate Backing Committee. Capehart denies the charge noting an ex aide later worked for a local S and L.
Paul Steele was hired as assistant football and basketball coach by the Linton-Stockton School Board at a special meeting. A former Pleasantville High School coach, he will begin duties with fall practice and work with basketball coach Tom Oliphant and football coach Dave Aus. Steele is a Linton High School and Indiana University graduate, a veteran of the Army and Navy, and previously coached at Salem High School.
Rockville Ind up Parke County Prosecutor Earl Dowd said a grand jury investigation into the deaths of six mentally retarded children is a very real possibility. The blaze that killed five and injured others occurred at a private home run by Mr and Mrs William Johnson, a state licensed facility.
Rev. Dr. Harry W. Bredeweg of Terre Haute elected conference minister of the newly formed Indiana Kentucky conference of the United Church of Christ at Indianapolis. The consolidation creates a body representing about 270 churches and nearly 70 000 members with over 600 attendees at the meeting.
In Birmingham Alabama Negro leaders plan further protests after a 34 day campaign with no mass arrests. About 2000 marchers walked six blocks to a park before jail amid police authorization for a 15 minute demonstration. Civil rights officials including Burke Marshall and Attorney General Kennedy pressed local leaders to ease tensions as King returns to lead the drive. Police kept a tight rein with barricades and hoses but did not break up the rally, marking a rare apparent victory in a campaign that has seen over 1500 arrests.
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller and his bride Margaretta Murphy begin a two week honeymoon at a 14 000 acre cattle ranch west of Caracas Venezuela. The couple arrived with elation from New York and planned quiet time away from political scrutiny.
The Linton-Stockton High School Home Economics girls plan an 8 p m style show in the auditorium. Seventh through senior pupils model garments made this term with vocal and piano pieces. A popu lar show take-off is featured and 4 H members and mothers are urged to attend.
A fire broke out Saturday at 11 30 p m in the carport of C. H. Stoops 953 East Vincennes Junior. Firemen found a mattress burning under a car with no injuries reported and no loss estimate given.
Hugh Clerk 55 Sullivan was arrested at 2 20 a m Sunday by State Trooper Robert Kirk and charged with driving while under the influence and driving left of center line. Clerk fined 25 dollars and costs for DUI and 1 dollar and costs for left of center line. Hazel Mary Willis 55 Sullivan, passenger in Clerk car, charged with public intoxication. No word on that charge.
Dennis Butler of Linton-Stockton High School will join more than thirty Indiana students at the Vocational Machine Shop contest Saturday at Indiana State College Terre Haute. Wayne Wright will accompany the contestant. Students are selected for high proficiency in their shop classes. Two divisions begin and advance. An awards banquet will follow with a traveling trophy for the top school and first through third places in each division.
Four couples filed applications for marriage licenses on Friday and Saturday in the Greene circuit court clerk Claude Story's office. The couples are Robert Alexander of Worthington and Dorne Gribbens of Indianapolis. James Hamilton of the U S Navy and Sandra Kay Cooksey of Linton. eeha Sharr and Pericia Hamlin, both of Bloomfield. Arthur Page and Carolyn Tinsley, both of Linton.
The first installment of State County Township and Corporation taxes for 1962 will be delinquent after today. The Treasurer's office in Greene County Courthouse Bloomfield will be open until 4 p.m. today. Mail deposited at the Post Office until 6 p.m. will receive today’s postmark.
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