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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1962
Page
1
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A Greene county round up includes humor on women drivers insurance notes and tall tomato plants. It also recalls a Plymouth England tale of a sailor and a broken tooth, and flags voter registration deadlines and Indiana turnout.
A brown leather bag containing over $2,000 in jewelry and clothing belonging to widow and son of Wendell Willkie was reported missing in Rushville Indiana and later found at a Martinsville hotel after the couple’s trip from Bloomington. Contents included an $800 diamond wedding ring a pearl necklace set a suit and a silk coat.
President Kennedy presses a three member panel to apply emergency board recommendations to the Chicago and North Western rail dispute as ORT leader Leighty accuses the railroad of limiting arbitration. The strike has idled 10,565 miles of track and Kennedy seeks full operations restored with retraining and rehiring plans.
Swedish scientists report the Soviet Union detonated a 9 megaton nuclear device at Novaya Zemlya Arctic test site. Detection occurred at Stockholm University as part of a series begun August 5 with multiple explosions estimated around 15 megatons each over the weekend.
Air Force launched a Thor Agena-B boosted satellite toward polar orbit, with details withheld. Cape Canaveral reported America's sixth Tiros satellite, Tiros VI, launched at 4 53 a m EDT aboard a Delta rocket to study hurricanes and weather as Project Mercury proceeds.
Webber LaGrange of Franklin was sworn in as Seventh district commander and other officers took duties at a meeting of the district American Legion in Princeton. Anci Tryon of Linton became district sergeant at arms and others include vice commanders William H. Chaney Oaktown Joseph Edwards Washington Max Hix Pimento Austin James Martinsville Virgil May Haubstadt Bill Sweet Shelburn Robert E. McNamara Bloomington adjutant Russell Michelfelder Franklin finance officer B. B. McDonald Vincennes chaplain Hershel Jones Loogootee and judge advocate William G. Bray Martinsville. Ralph Storms state commander administered the oaths.
National Farmers Organization leaders said they will soon be in the driver’s seat as the 16 state effort for higher market prices gains pace with support from Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman. He condemned Republican attacks and urged action at rallies in Bloomington and St Louis while noting farmer struggles at stockyards amid protests and arrests.
A wave of cool air settled across Indiana driving morning lows into the mid forties in Indianapolis Fort Wayne Lafayette Cincinnati Chicago Evansville and Louisville with a state wide cool pattern expected through Wednesday and a slight warm up on Thursday. Across the nation storms caused damage from Papalacios Texas to Corpus Christi Texas Oklahoma Wind events hit Woodward Buffalo and Mutual Clinton Oklahoma received heavy rainfall and coastal regions faced broad showers.
A meeting to organize the first year Brownies is set for 3 00 p m Friday at the shelter house in Humphreys Park. Second grade girls and their mothers are invited to attend.
The House Appropriations Committee ordered a 30 percent cut in Kennedy's foreign aid bill and banned funds for Yugoslavia and Poland. Military aid halves, economic loans fall 38 percent, Peace Corps cut 18 percent, signaling a major policy shift with likely floor battles.
FBI said four men confessed to burning a South Georgia Negro church during a beer drinking spree near Dawson. They were charged with arson by Terrell County authorities. no federal statutes were violated. Names given: Clen Roland, 56. Marvin Earl Roland, 21. Marvin Allen Milner, 31. a 16 year old youth unnamed.
The Indiana State Board of Correction denied a clemency petition from Foster Brannon who received a ten year sentence in 1956 from Sullivan circuit court on auto banditry charges.
Army Engineers set a public hearing for the Bedford Armory this afternoon to discuss flood control and water resources development for the east fork of the White River as part of the larger Wabash River flood control program. The White River flows into the Wabash.
Boston voters weigh if 30 year old Edward Kennedy is ready for the U.S. Senate as he battles Edward McCormick in a hot primary race. Lodge and Curtis vie for the Republican nomination while the November contest will decide the two year seat following John F Kennedy’s resignation. Kennedy fundraising surpasses McCormick’s as his campaign operates with strong machinery and wide support.
Plainfield Indiana authorities search for four of seven youths who fled Indiana Boys School on Saturday. Lawrenceville Illinois police captured three of the escapees within hours, in a stolen car. Names include Andy Reyes 15 Hammond George Brown 14 East Chicago and Alfred Meredith 14 Michigan City.
A head on collision on U S 50 two miles east of Fritchton killed four people the Cullivan and Ritcheson families from Vincennes along with Lional Hoke and Lola Faye Hoke of Wheatland Authorities said Cullivan may have crossed the center line no skid marks were found In the weekend Indiana traffic toll rose with additional deaths including Ezekial Justice Rhonda Campbell and others.
In Greene circuit court, Pearl Armes 42 Wheatland pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the Feb 23, 1962 shooting death of William Edwards 54 of Daviess County. Judge Long set Sept 24 for sentencing after a pre sentence investigation.
Indianapolis police hold 37 year old Robert B. Robertson on murder charges in the death of Mrs. Agnes O. Chappell and plan to question him about the unsolved 1959 slaying of Lydia Edna Fowler in Bargersville. Sheriff's officials said inquiries could occur within days as they probe possible links between the two cases.
In La Paz police used tear gas to disperse an anti communist demonstration demanding armed intervention in Cuba. No casualties were reported. The protest highlighted regional opposition to Cuba's regime and U S policy.
Syracuse dispatch reports Robert M. Morgenthau 43, son of Henry Morgenthau Jr., nominated for New York governor on the Democratic second ballot after a bitter contest. He led with 563 votes to Frank O Connor’s 375 as backers traded hopes and the floor scene froze for hours. Other contenders included Samuel Stratton 103, How ard Samuels 74, and James Farley 22.
The Linton Rotary club will hold its luncheon in the elementary school cafeteria at noon Wednesday. Officers announced a district gathering at Indiana University Saturday for Rotarians and their wives. The IU versus Kansas State football game starts at 1 30 p.m. followed by a social hour and dinner. Reservations contact Warren Oaken.
Jean Axe files for divorce from Gayle Axe in Bloomfield circuit court. A petition requests a temporary restraining order and alimony, with a hearing set for September 2.
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