The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 March 1968 — Page 1
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T • /»• INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Lugar personifies youth and enthusiasm
By JAMES B. ZEIS What was billed as a belated Lincoln Day dinner meeting turned out to be an old-fashion-ed Republican rally in the DePauw Student Union Building Wednesday evening. Youth and enthusiasm prevailed as an overflow crowd more than filled the Union’s huge ballroom. This spirit of youth and enthusiasm was personified in the speaker of the evening, Richard (Dick) Lugar, young and handsome mayor of Indianapolis who is without doubt a ris-
ing young star on the Republican horizon in Hoosier politics. In discussing the Civil War President, Mayor Lugar said the Great Emancipator was a practical politician on the local level, as a legislator and as Chief Executive. Mr. Lincoln, said Lugar, used his authority wisely displaying great tolerance and compassion in the awesome responsibility of running the nation in the turmoil of civil war. Mayor Lugar called Lincoln’s Gettysburg address a masterpiece of English literature, which only heard by a few at
the time it was delivered, will never be forgotten. The most pertinent fact remains, stated Lugar, that Lincoln was a war president, entrusted with great power and authority, who always remained faithful to the truth despite violent criticism, controversy and bitterness resulting from the strife between the states. The truth is what the country needs today, Lugar declared. The truth about the war in Vietnam and crime and violence in the streets. When the chips were down, Lincoln told the truth. That is
what the Republicans want to do today, let the people have the truth, Lugar said. We really do not know and have no certainty from day to day as to our objectives. The speaker also mentioned “the sleeping giants,” the Middle East, Africa and Europe. We need to know what we are doing as a world military power. he added. He charged the present administration with deficit in leadership. In speaking of Indianapolis as its mayor, he pointed out several plans that are now under-
way for employment and adequate housing. Two thousand Indianapolis citizens are now enrolled in a voluntary advisory corps to find jobs for those who are handicapped by lack of education, some with prison records, and hampered by other problems. He said Indianapolis also has a housing task force that is taking a look and taking care of individual cases. A low rental housing development is now in the planning, not in the future, but this year. In closing, Mayor Lugar asserted that Indianapolis will
maintain law and order in a compassionate, but affirmative, positive and constructive manner and with the city schools open this summer to deal with the illiterate. Bob Poor, Republican County Chairman, presided at the opening of the meeting and presented Tom. Mont, DePauw football coach, who acted as master of ceremonies. Guests and candidates from the precinct level, county and state were introduced. Dignitaries at the speaker’s table included State Representa-
tive and Mrs. John Thomas; Mrs. Cecil Harden, former congresswoman; Mrs. Carol Myers. wife of Congressman John T. Myers, who could not be present due to a House roll call vote at 4:15 p.m.; State Chairman Buena Chaney; State Senator and Mrs. Joe Harrison; Mrs. Alice Mahoney and Mrs. Bob Poor. A formal announcement was made that John Carson, local young businessman, will be a candidate for Putnam County Auditor, subject to the May primary.
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1968 UPI News Service 10c Per Copy NO. 115
American jets strike 10 major targets in Hanoi-Haiphong area
irishmen are
Milk producers to
receive uniform price demanding a
change in 65 law
Grade A milk producers sup- ruary price to farmers is the
plying the Indianapolis Federal Order market during the month of February will receive a minimum uniform price of $5.18 per hundredweight for producer milk delivered to plants in the 0-70 mile zone, W. M. Costello, Market Administrator, announc-
same as the January price and 6 cents above a year earlier. February is neither a take-out nor a pay-back month under the “Louisville Plan” provision of
the order.
A total of 2,658 producers delivered 73.9 million pounds of
SAIGON UPI — American jets j North Vietnam Wednesday with ! the two North Vietnamese divistruck North Vietnam Wednes- one raid striking inside the city j sions at Khe Sanh had begun, day the heaviest blow in more limits of the port of Haiphong. Last week’s toll of 509 Ameri-
than a month, bombing 10 major i An informed military source cans killed was the third week test from 3.5 percent. The Feb-
targets in the Hanoi-Haiphong told UPI the raids were an allied U.S. forces have suffered at I
area alone, U.S. spokesmen said reply to the Viet Cong invasion least 500 men killed since the
today. j of South Vietnamese cities last j Communists opened their Tet of-
month and to Hanoi’s failure! fensive Jan. 30, an unprecedent-
to recognize as a peace feeler ed three-week toll.
^ TOese tandrefceighi prices uk jn Fct) wi ^” a value ce“S d «„Tt: r „t d h °7o^ * million do,-
percent variation in butterfat
At the same time they said 509
American servicemen were kill-, T t o u u- j ed in action last week, making ' £ e U S - P ause , a t rou " d the past month the costliest of H p a i ^ the Lr for the United States in , andearly Ja " Uary - terms of lives lost. The figures ! . In South K Vl ^ a , m ’ Communist showed the number of U.S. com- 1 forces ambushed two U S - Arm y
Honors hero
bat deaths in Vietnam has passed 20,000 The spokesmen said American pilots flew 94 missions against
truck convoys. Today, nine miles notheast of Saigon, guerrillas killed one GI and wounded three
lars. Daily receipts per farm averaged *959 pounds compared with 936 pounds during January and 945 pounds during Feb-
ruary, 1967.
In February 80 percent of producer milk was disposed of as
and through Saturday a total of 19,760 Americans were reported killed in combat. With casualties suffered so far this week, the number of American war dead
in an attack on 11 military and 1,38 i? 3C !' ed t l he in civilian vnhinlnc uihinh cnf. I 20>tW0 figure, according to anaiy-
VIENNA UPI — Chancellor j fluid milk and fluid milk prod-
U.S. spokesmen said that Josef Klaus Tuesday laid a I ucts and priced as Class I to since records began Jan. 1, 1961, wreath at the Heroes’ monu- handlers at $5.52 per hundred-
19 civilian vehicles which suffered “light” damage, spokes-
men said.
But in the Central Highlands
sis of battle loss reports.
ment to commemorate victims of Austria’s fall to the German Nazis 30 years ago. In a speech to the Austrian cabinet, Klaus recalled that “Europes’ big powers remained silent and inactive when Hitler grabbed Aus-
tria.”
weight for 3.5 percent butterfat milk. The remaining 20 percent was used for such milk products as ice cream, cottage cheese and other manufactured items and priced at $3.91 per hundredweight, the Class II
price.
Employes honored ! late Wednesday, a North Viet1 J i namese ambush on Highway 41
by dinner meeting
More than 60 employes of General Telephone’s Terre Haute and Greencastle districts
between the allied bastions of Pleiku and Kontum caught 30 trucks at the end of a 140-vehicle
American supply convoy. Communist rocket and ma-
chine gun fire killed 12 Ameri-
were honored for their service cans and wounded eight as well to the company at an annual as damaging 30 trucks, spokesawards banquet March 13 in men said. Government troops the Terre Haute House at Terre and U.S. aircraft struck at the
Haute.
Ronald D. Kingston, Southwestern Indiana division manager , presented service emblems and special awards following a brief address by Clifton E. McCormick, company
president.
Among those honored as “op-
ambushers, killing at least 48 North Vietnamese who had hit the 4th Infantry Division convoy. Early today, U.S. Air Force B52 Stratofortresses twice bombed the 16,000 North Vietnamese reported by American intelligence to be ringing Khe Sanh, the Marine fort that is the west-
r ern anchor of the allied antierators of the year” was Mrs. ■ invaskm line near the North-
Evelyn P. Hanneman of Green-
castle.
Other Greencastle operators receiving service emblems were: 20 years—uth E. Chew, Winifred R. Neal, Valla M. Thomas; 15 years—Warren K. Ensor, Bertha L. Kester; 10 years—James R. Cahoon, Nellie M. Hammond, David R. Suit; and 5 years—Velma L. Reeves, Millie D. Varvel.
South Vietnam border.
Hanoi, in a rare propaganda mention of the embattled fort, broadcast a threat that the 6,000 Marines of Khe Sanh are
doomed.
Hanoi Radio, broadcasting the threat, said, “Khe Sanh—valley of death for U.S. puppets . . . The days of Khe Sanh are num-
bered . .
There was no sign, however, that the expected big push by
Ban is proposed for open dumping by John Mitchell INDIANAPOLIS UPI—A ban : major trash accumulations on on all open dumps in Indiana | private land along our Hoosier was proposed today by Director streams and lakes,” Mitchell
John Mitchell in a report to his said.
Indiana Department of Natural
Resources.
Mitchell said he was “appalled” at the results of a recent survey of littering along and in lakes and streams of the Hoo-
sier state.
“W T e were appalled,” he said.; “Not only was the scenic beauty of such places destroyed but the waters were polluted in
many instances.”
Mitchell said the conservation officers found 115 authorized
For years Irishmen had little difficulty in immigrating t o the United States. A large quota of 17,000 was assigned to Ireland, About ,5,00 to 7,000 immigrated to the U. S. e a c h year. Some other countries weren’t as fortunate. Some countries had small quotas were consistently oversubscribed and some had no quotas at
all.
In December 1965, a new U. S. Immigration and Nationality Act became law. It intended to cure the inequities of the old “national origins’’ law. Hopes were
Public support for Vietnam war grows WASHINGTON UPI — Public Boggs of Louisiana who said,
“thank God for Secretary
Rusk.”
While Rusk was praised, For-
support of the Vietnam War was boosted by Secretary of State Dean Rusk's testimony
before the Senate Foreign Rela- . _ ,
tions Committee, according to a ! . ei ^ n Relations Chairman J. W ilHouse group backing the ad- j bam Fulbnght and other memministration’s war policies. ! h® 1 * 8 °[ Senate committee Declaring Rusk the clear win-; were sharply criticized,
ner of the two-day confrontation. the bipartisan group also lambasted Senate critics of the war for what one House member
Rep. Wayne L. Hays, D-Ohio, chided Fulbright for saying at the outset of the hearings that
„ , ... _,_, „ , the Vietnam War was prevent-
called “incredible goading of ing the Unitcd States {rom
yt ,meeting urgent domestic prob-
The White House, meanwhile, j i ems
stuck to its position stated re-
at the time that this new law peatedly by Rusk at the hearwould result in a truly equitable ings, that President Johnson is U. S. immigration policy. The going to be his own commander American Irish community in chief and will not surrender
made no protest when the U. S. sought to correct the discrimination against other nations.
any of his constitutional powers as head of the armed forces. Senate critics of the war have
They too hoped for a fair im- demanded that Johnson confer migration policy toward all na- with them before taking action
tions
However, Irish Americans are now protesting loudly and repeatedly to the President, the i State Department, Labor Department and their focal Senaators and Congressmen. A group known as the American Irish National Immigration Comntttee has been formed
on sending any more troops to
Vietnam.
During a round of speeches on the House floor Wednesday, several members said they telephoned constituents after Rusk’s appearance to gauge reaction to the hearings. Rep. Jim Wright. D-Tex., said he had been concerned that the
“A little while later,” Hays said, “he recessed the hearings and went over to the Senate floor to be one of 21 senators voting against the civil rights bill.”
rites are held
with headquarters at the Irish nationally televised and broadInstitute, 326 West 48th Street, cast hearings would undermine New York City. Meetings have public morale, but instead. Rusk been held and regional commit- ^d “increased their confidence tees formed in Massachusetts, • • • in the position of the UnitCalifornia, Maryland, Rhode ed States.” Island, Michigan, Illinois. Ohio, | Ru -sk received lavish praise New Jersey, Pennsylvania and from several members, includWashington, D. C. in S Democratic Whip Hale The national Chairman, John —
P. Collins, states that “unfortu-
nately the new law, is attempt- | Ann J^ j-lorto ing to cure the discrimination of JdllllC I Id Id
the old law, has saddled Irish-; men and quite possibly some other nationalities with an inequitable and unfair U. S. immigration policy. Worldwide immigration to the U. S. is on the rise. One country’s rate of immigration to the U. S. increased by 200 per cent in one year alone. Meanwhile the number of Irish permitted to enter the U. S. continues to decline not because the Irish don’t wish to come here but because they are barred fro mentry. The situation is due in part to the law itself and in part due to certain Labor Department regulations. After July, 1968 Irish immigration to the U. S. is expected to drop to 500 a year as a result of the 1965 law. We hope to remedy this. We don’t oppose any
John Lofton services today
Funeral services for John S. Lofton, 90, a former resident of Putnam County, who died Tuesday, will be held today at 1 p.m. from the Shirley Brothers Drexel Chapel, 4565 East 10th Street, Indianapolis. Friends may call at the funeral home. Mr. Ix)fton lived in Indianapolis the past 38 years. He lived at 825 North Bossart Ave., but he passed away in an Indianapolis Nursing Home. Mr. Lofton farmed in Putnam County. He retired from farming in 1963. He was born in Harrilson County, the son of Alexander Lofton and Louisa Montgomery Lofton. His wife, Cora, died in
1955.
Surviving are one son. Milton A. Lofton, of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Ardythe Rawlings of Marion; eight grandchildren, eighteen great gradnchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Hertel, 47, North Salem, were held today at the Barnard Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. Rev. | Merle Sparger, Rev. Homer
C-ockran officiated. Rev. L. C. sii|< k s (lo\t m
Zeigler had prayer service at the U 011 * 1
grave. i Ward D. Mayhall, chairman of Mrs. Hertel passed away Wed-1 the Putnam County U.S. Savnesday at the Methodist Hos- ings Bonds Committee, has repital in Indianapolis. She was ; ceived a report revealing that employed at the Roachdale j the County’s Savings Bond sales
Building Supplies Co., and was a member of the Mt. Olive Bap-
tist Church.
Survivors are: her husband; one sister, Mary Mount, North Salem; two brothers, James and Sam Mount, North Salem; four
other nationality, nor do we op- nieces and one nephew.
Annual cookie sale is on
‘The results were disas- Hi.mnmo eifoc
trous.” Mitchell said, •‘Although j
the census certainly does not in- public elude nearly aU of the abuses. ^fis report to the resources SsETo^Tst^’ re are at dopartment was ^ * one
It’s March, it’s snowy, it’s Girl Scout Week, and it’s Cookie Time. Very soon Scouts in Green will appear at your
_ door with cookies of five differ-
he'made Wednesday to*the Con-1 ent varieties. They’re all good,
‘Our Indiana conservation of- servation Advisory Committee so bu y more than one kind! The
ficers were asked to look for f th Indiana Legislature
authorized public dumps and ° f ^e
Damage suit filed
The committee, after hearing the report, voted to prepare legislation which if enacted, would ban open dumping and tighten existing legislation against lit-
terbugging.
Mitchell said the 1953 anti-
Donald F. Bachman is the plaintiff in a $100,000 damage suit filed in the Putnam Circuit
Court with Lowell G. Bapp and 1 dumping law has exceptions in Harold Jackson as the defend- it and has not been easy to enants. force. He urged this law be Bachman sets out in his suit j strengthened by removing ex-
that he was traveling north on Ind. 43, at 4:30 p.m. on June 16, 1966, and was approaching the
ceptions and that it be better
enforced.
Mitchell told the legislative
U.S. 36 intersection nine miles committee that if civilization is north of Greencastle. not to destroy all natural beauHe alleges that the truck of steps should be taken to ban all
the defendants was going south on 43 and crossed the center line and collided with his vehicle. As result of carelessness and
open dumps, setting a future deadline “giving time to estab-
lish canitary landfills.”
He said he was aware that
negligence, Bachman states that residents of areas which have he suffered personal injuries and ^ no trash disposal facilities now asks the court for $100,000 dam-1 are “almost forced to break the ages. ! law” against dumping, r
annual Cookie Sale is the only area-wide project in which the Girl Scouts of our Council have an opportunity to contribute to the support of their own camping program. Of the total cost of a box of cookies, more than half the money goes directly into the Scout program. Some of the money is kept by the individual troops. Almost half of the total goes toward the improvement and maintenance of camps, keeping the camp fees at a minimum, and for operating expenses connected with the camp program. Remember, “Great Camps from Little
Cookies Grow!”
In this Girl Scout Week, Putnam County Girl Scouts will celebrate their Birthday March 17, at the National Guard Armory, at 2 p.m. Parents are urged to help their daughters attend this event. Leaders are
reminded that each troop should have a banner or flag to identify itself by number. The troops must also contribute to the cost of the party, and in addition, remember their donation to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund. Tliis fund is used to promote International Scouting by exchange programs with Scouts and Girl Guides around the world, and by establishing Girl Scouting in underdeveloped countries. Each troop should bring one cup cake
Calvin R. Dyer, at 9:30 a.m. All leaders should attend, or send an adult representative from the troop. It is through the Neighborhood Meetings that leaders learn what is going on in Scouting outside the individual troop meetings, and the troops really suffer if they are not included in Neighborhood, Council, National, and International events. The meetings also aid greatly in helping lead-
pose reasonable regulations but we do seek a fair share of the immigration numbers. The present state of affairs is a sad rebut to Irishmen who helped in the building of this country and to Irishmen who fight for the U. S. in Vietnam although they are not permitted to be U. S.
citizens.”
Figures released by the U. S. Embassy, Dublin indicate that in 1966 although 4,725 Irishmen filed preliminary inquiries for visas only 1,741 visas were issued. In 1965, the Bureau of Se-
The Perkins Funeral Home in Roachdale had charge of the
arrangements.
for January were $49,492 compared with $69,440 for the corresponding period of last year. The state’s sales for January were $13,420,277 and $14,482,637 for a like period of 1967 — a loss
of 7.3 per cent.
Twenty-five of the state’s 92 counties reported sales gains for the month when compared with sales of January, 1967.
Democratic leaders ready for vote on bill
WASHINGTON UP§—House j outlaw discrimination in the Democratic leaders today were sale and rental of 68 per cent of preparing for a critical “up or the nation’s homes and apaart-
curity and Consular Affairs is- down” vote on the Senate’s ments by 1970.
sued a three year worldwide sweeping open housing bill. But
projection. They expected that there were signs of serious Re- R . a ' so contains provisions 5,113 Irishmen would be admit- publican opposition to the move, cracking down on rioting, new ted to the U. S. each year. The Speaker John W. McCormack, safeguards for civU rights workactual figure falls far short of D-Mass., planned to set the leg- ers - an ^ a b '^ rights for In-
this number by thousands. islative machinery in motion to Apparently there is dissatis- ask the House to accept without
faction with the present immigration law for no less than 39 Senators and Congressmen have introduced bills to amend the present law and Senator
ers in one age level to prepare tehir girls for what is to come
for each girl in the troop and at the next level. At this time Edward Kennedy of Massachuone 9 oz. cup per girl. Any ex- we are looking ahead to various 5^ and Representatives, Michhibits of troop activities are j camping activities to take place i a i Feighan of Ohio have indicawelccme. Hopes are that all this spring: troop camping, day I ted Congressional hearings
camping with all the Scouts in are to be held shortly,
the County, and established camping at Na-Wa-kwa in Po-
land, Indiana.
change the civil rights package approved by the Senate and send it to the White House. He said he hoped to get at least 75 GOP votes. But sources close to Republi-
leader
dians.
The leadership’s strategy decision climaxed three days of closed conferences and head counts since the Senate approved the bill Monday on a 71 to 20
vote.
McCormack urged former Vice President Richard M. Nixon
Scouts will attend: Brownies, 2nd and 3rd graders; Juniors, fourth through sixth grade; Cadettes. Junior High Scouts, Senior Scouts, those of High School age, and all Adult Scouts, including Leaders, Assistant Leaders, Troop Committee Members, and Associate Mem-
bers. Please come!
On Monday, March 18 the Putnam County Neighborhood Association will have its monthly meeting at the home of Mrs.
The Festival of Girl Scouts Together will also be discussed,
can leader Gerald R. Ford,
Mich., said he opposed the plan,; and other GOP leaders as do would vote against the measure I everything possible to push for : personally if it was brought up | success of the plan.
, that no in such a fashion, and predicted The alternative course, which
longer can Irish American men that the up or down vote would could be tried later if a direct
Mr. Collins concluded,
and women be satisfied with the pious platitudes offered b y speakers on St. Patrick’s Day. They will be hollow and meaing-
devekiped f< It i^ve^ry^hlpful ^ eSS unles . s tbe y are turne d into each troop is represented at complish the task but votes will these meetings. Leaders, don t arx j the Irish can never stand let down your Scouts by not be- satisfied until the disgracefu] ing informed o fthe full Scout blot of the present U S. im program. igration policy is erased.”
fail. vote failed, was to send the A key spokesman for the, measure to a House committee southern bloc said after a meet-' or to a joint House-Senate coming of about 404 Dixie congress- mittee for modifications to make men Wednesday that they ex-) it more palatable to a House pected to be joined by enough that voted 222 to 190 for open Republicans to debate the bill on housing in 1966 but has lost 47 a direct vote. Democrats since then. While 50 The unprecented legislation, Republicans voted for open housas fashioned by the Senate ing two years ago, Ford was
from a modest House bill, would not among them.