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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1963
Page
1
The Sullivan pool faces a July one opening but must finish toilet and shower facilities per State Board of Health requirements. The bathhouse needs about 7600 dollars to complete, while other parts of the pool near completion. A Linton pool plan is being discussed but not announced yet.
In Newburgh Indiana authorities resumed drag searching for the body of William Austin a 33yearold Evansville man who drowned after a Memorial Day boating accident on the Kentucky Ohio River. Companions said Austin fell overboard when he stood up in the boat. Keith Worth 38 Evansville jumped in but could not save him. Dragging had started after the incident but was halted at darkness. The accident occurred on the Kentucky side about a halfmile below the Newburgh bridge. Austin had moved to Evansville three weeks earlier from Waverly.
Photographs of the ill fated nuclear submarine Thresher in 8000 feet of water off New England were flown to a Navy inquiry board. The Lamont ship Conrad located the Thresher about 220 miles east of Boston. 129 men died when it sank on April 10.
Americans enter the Memorial Day weekend day two with warnings of a possible record traffic death toll. A United Press International count showed 133 killed since the weekend began, with Missouri Utah and Connecticut reporting notable losses. California led states with deaths, as New York followed. The 102‑hour 1961 weekend toll was 462.
Indiana Revenue Board voting unanimously exempts all purchases under 5 cents from the 2 percent sales tax set to start July 1. Governor Welsh, joined by Auditor Gardner and Treasurer Hughes, opposed the earlier 25 cent exemption, backing small purchase relief with AFL-CIO input. The plan starts June 11 and applies the first penny to 50 to 99 cent sales and the second penny to $1 to $1.49 sales.
Applications for Registered Retail Merchants certificates under the new sales tax law may be obtained at local banks.
Indianapolis reports Parnelli Jones wins the richest 500 mile race ever run in record time with an average speed of 143.137 mph aboard an old car and standard engine. Jimmy Clark finishes second by 34 seconds in a rear engine Ford. A.J. Foyt places third as the top Americans fill the top ranks before almost 300,000 fans and a purse near 450000 dollars.
Boy Scout Troop 58 from Indianapolis travels via Camp Kiwanis in Mion Mooresville Gosport and Camp Bradford Mooresville to Jasonville. Johnny Rowe rejoined after a leg injury and the group plans to reach Jasonville by Saturday with ongoing support from families and local officials.
Washington United Press International reports that railroads and five unions resume sessions to avert a possible national rail strike set to begin June 13. The dispute centers on eliminating diesel locomotive fireman jobs and related work rules.
Stanley Mills 16 Ronald Edmondson 17 and George Griffith appeared in Greene Circuit Court at Bloomfield and pleaded guilty to second degree burglary in the Jim service station break in Worthington. Pre sentence investigation ordered and Monday set for sentencing. Norval Myers 56 of Linton pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, fined 25 dollars, 30 days at Indiana State Farm, license suspension for one year. First count of public intoxication was dismissed.
William Henry Smith a 41 year old Indianapolis man was arrested at the scene of a Mineral Koreen road crash for drunken driving and public intoxication. He was injured mildly, treated, and paid fines totaling 42 dollars before release.
The Kentucky Ridge Baptist church announces its annual homecoming services Sunday starting at 10 a.m. with special music and messages in the afternoon. A basket dinner will be served at noon and the public is invited to attend.
The Linton mayor launches a two week Clean-up Paint-up Fix-up drive starting June 3 and ending June 15. Greene County starts a community blood program sponsored by the Freeman Greene County Hospital Guild with an advisory medical committee and rotating donor roster.
Vatican officials announced a further worsening of Pope John XXIII’s condition as doctors and nurses surrounded him. The 81-year-old leader received the last rites amid reports of severe pain and a possible cancerous stomach tumor.
Evansville residents may learn if weekend bus service will be curtailed as the Evansville Transit Co requests PSC delay and a public hearing. PSC Secretary Allan Rachles said a delay action likely cannot occur this week with only one commissioner present. Mayor Frank McDonald said the city seeks a hearing but is not taking sides in the dispute.
The Hoosiers family headed for pleasant Memorial Day weather with readings in the 70s statewide. Forecasts predict a warming trend to 72 to 82 today and 80 to 86 Saturday, with fair, warm conditions continuing into Sunday before possible showers. Overnight lows stay in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 3 degrees above normal in central and south Indiana and up to 8 degrees north with light rainfall averaging a half to three quarters of an inch, mostly early next week.
A record number of advanced degrees will be conferred at Purdue University on Sunday during the 111th commencement. More than 3,800 candidates include about 1,250 master's and doctor’s degree recipients with students from Indiana and 48 of 50 states. Dr. E C Young will speak at both sessions in Elliott Hall of Music. Local degree recipients include Donald Lee Kramer Sherman Ray Reed and Maribelle Wright.
Ernest Lawrence of Grand Rapids Michigan is noted as a patient at a local hospital for eye surgery. A former Linton resident and former member of the Linton Fire Department, Lawrence’s visit is described in brief.
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