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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1963
Page
1
Local column shares readers letters from The White House and citizens about fitness programs and a bat found near Bloomfield. It also reprints Universal Military Training guidance from the Selective Service Board, detailing registration rules, active duty exceptions, and address updates.
PORTSMOUTH New Hampshire The Navy will hold a news conference led by Captain John B Guerry production officer at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to discuss work done on the nuclear submarine Thresher just before its fatal loss with 129 men aboard Edmund T Scarponi foreman pipefitter will also attend witnesses testified that shipyard work on the Thresher was sloppy with parts put in backwards The court of inquiry will meet behind closed doors to review the defect and the design The Navy also disclosed plans to study sinking an old submarine near the Thresher area to learn currents and aid searchers The plan is under study with no details available.
The May meeting of the Young Adult Fellowship at the First Methodist church has been cancelled, according to church officers.
Darrell Dean Raymann age 26 of Washington was treated and released from Freeman-Greene County hospital after a two vehicle crash at 2 pm near Newberry on day. He was passing a dump truck driven by Walter Seals of Bloomfield who turned right. Raymann skidded 41 feet struck the truck and pushed it 95 feet onto a bank then slid 176 feet to a stop. Raymann was cited for reckless driving and driving with an expired license. He claimed 36 mph.
Georgetown California collectors item: the first directory for Nevada, published in 1862 when the territory had about 4500 residents, is offered by Talisman Press of Georgetown for 275 dollars to Western Americana collectors.
United Press International reports a new wave of racial demonstrations in Atlanta with a Negro leader warning the city could become another Birmingham. In Birmingham over 850 arrested as sit-ins continue, while in Savannah students withdraw from Savannah College. A prayer demonstration at Atlanta City Hall drew 200 demonstrators and 40 sit‑ins were pending arraignment. Ralph Moore warned the protests would persist until eateries desegregate.
In Indianapolis and across Indiana 111 cities held Republican and Democratic municipal primaries as voters chose party standard bearers for four year terms beginning in January. Incumbent mayors faced intra party rivals and tax issues as observers predicted lighter turnout with several cities showcasing contests in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.
Washington announced that the United States will begin evacuating dependents of all civilian and military personnel in Haiti. About 1,200 Americans remain in the country as 220 women and children are to be ready to depart immediately amid rising disorder and threats to stability.
Washington files show 47 489 active addicts in the Federal Narcotics Bureau lists with heroin the dominant drug at 44 242 users. The piece traces progression from marijuana to heroin, describes withdrawal pains, daily costs up to 75 dollars, and the lifestyle collapse accompanying addiction.
A nine story U S rocket carried Telstar 2 a 175 pound communications satellite into space from Cape Canaveral at 638 am CDT The Delta rocket stages fired in sequence signaling successful ascent and a planned 10 minute coast Telstar 2 aims to relay live television from L Gordon Cooper’s next orbital flight with AT T funding the private venture.
Indiana GOP Chairman H Dale P Brown quits amid Goldwater for President influence in municipal elections. His move prompts a central committee vote and possible replacement by Robert Gates. Treasury predicts Indiana will gain 64 million in higher state and local tax receipts under Kennedy tax plan, plus broader Midwest gains.
Three federal judges met with attorneys in Indianapolis for a pre trial conference on two reapportionment suits against the Indiana Legislature. The cases allege unequal representation and seek to block elections until redistricting. Trials were not yet scheduled.
Vanderburgh County Prosecutor O H Roberts Jr expected to drop a murder charge against Brooks Sutton 50 charged after his wife Rose Sutton 57 was found dead in a boarding house bedroom Police said Sutton admitted striking his wife Pathologist Wayne Shively ruled death natural saying blows had no bearing on the death.
The Anderson Poindexter Memory Chapel lists Art Borders Lyons among survivors in a notice. Details are incomplete in the fragment but indicate Lyons is named in the survivor roster.
Anderson Indiana AFT local members end a strike and return to schools amid municipal primary polling. The board approved a $385000 wage increase for next year with new starting salaries for bachelors and masters degree holders and the union to set the salary schedule within board limits.
In Indianapolis the bodies of 10 year old school pals Carl Walker and Gary Tyler were recovered after Walker slipped into a canal near the Indianapolis Water Co. and Tyler, who was celebrating Tyler's birthday, dived in to help. Both boys were swept under by a swift current.
Reservations are due for the Hospital Auxiliary area meeting at Klusmeier's Drive-Inn on Thursday May 9. Attendees should contact Mrs Henry Taylor immediately. The meeting runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Highway patrolmen captured two men believed to be fugitives from Jackson Michigan prison. James Hall of Jackson and Lawrence Shampaine of Chicago were identified and treated after a crash near Carthage. Richard Mauch remains at large. two others are still at large. Hall claimed a May bank robbery in Milwaukee, which authorities say did not occur.
The weatherman forecast mostly sunny and warm conditions for Indiana's municipal primaries. Temperatures ranged from 62 in South Bend to 79 in Evansville with overnight lows around 40, and mild weather expected through Thursday with no rain.
The meeting of the Academy of Friendship of the Women of the Moose has been reset to Monday May 13. Officers say the gathering for members and their families will start at 7 pm and include a supper.
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