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Freshman Dating Johnsons’ Daughter

MADISON, Wis. (UPD — She may have cost him some grade points, but a University of Wisconsin freshman is still looking forward to his date tonight with the daughter of the President of the United States. “She has class and that means a lot,’’ said Jack Olson, “she’s a wonderful girl. She’s fun-loving and she can be serious.” Olson, 18. a chemical engineering student from Maiden Rock, Wis., has been dating blue - eyed 16-year-oki Lucy Baines Johnson “off and on” since he met her in 1962 while he was working as a congressional page boy in Washington for another Johnson — Rep. Lester Johnson, D-Wis. “It’s probably not serious,” he said. Grades Are Slipping Olson said his grades have fallen off this first semester, partly because he was out of class 10 days due to illness, but also because he spent Thanksgiving Day and Christmas with the nation’s First Family. “I could have been studying,” he said. That’s what he was doing Tuesday night, studying. Lucy, arrives here from Washington tonight for a one-day visit with Olson. Both she and Olson finished their semester examinations today. Lucy as a junior at the National Cathedral School for Girls in Washington, D. C., and Olson at the UW. “We haven’t any plans,” Olson .. said about Lucy’s impending visit. “I plan on taking her around the campus and introducing her to some of my friends. I imagine we’ll probably get together in some restaurants and just talk.” Olson was enthusiastic about dating the younger of President Johnson’s two daughters. Has Lots Os Poise - “We went to the International Ball in Washington last fall,” said Olson. “She had a lot of poise and was very graceful. She’s also a good dancer and loves to dance. She could keep up a conversation as well as anyone. You’re proud to have Van Wert Democrats Split At Convention Neighobring Van Wert county, Ohio Democrats were split 2-2 at their state party convention in Columbus Monlay, and Mercer county Democrats did not attend the cenvention, which declined to indorse —either incumbent Sen. Stephen M. Young, 74, or astronaut John H. Glenn, 41/ for United States senator. Representing Van. Wert county at the session were Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Landis and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Gunsett, but the votes of the two couples, as to which were “for”_and which “against”, were not made public', the voting 343329 to endorse nobody being done by machine by county. A total of 70 of the state’s 88 counties took the “no” position, which was understood to be favorable to Glenn's candidacy, but the larger counties stuck by Sen. Young, who has been a party stalwart during his first term. He would be 81 when he completed the next term. Warren Weisenborn. Rockford, 0.. Mercer county Democratic chairman, said that Mercer Democrats had decided to take no position in the race. Ohio Rep. Harold Romer of Coldwater, 0., offered his personal opinion that “I’m very strong for Young. I think he's proved his ability and deserves a chance to be reelected ”

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her as ■ a date. No matter who her father is.” Olson said his own popularity has gone up “somewhat” since he started dating Lucy. “But if people act impressed at all, I just tell them I’m going with a girl whose father is important, which is pretty far removed from my being important,” he said, Olson said Lucy’s visit was primarily to visit Dr. and Mrs. James Cain, Rochester, Minn. Cain is a staff member of the famed Mayo Clinic and a personal friend of the President. The Cains will- be here to chaperone Lucy, and Olson and will have them As their house guests for several days in Rochester. Respond To Appeal For Blood Donors Five residents of the Decatur area quickly responded to an emergency plea fur blood Tuesday afternoon, although as events turned out none of them were needed. Mrs. Wanda Oelberg. executive secretary of the local Red Cross, received a call from the hospital at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday for two donors with AB positive blood. In above an hour, five persons were standing by in the event they were needed. The five were Jerry L. Ccwans, Mrs. Jack Hackman. Homer Arnold. Harley Straub, and Paris D. Hakes. They were needed for a lady resident of near Berne whose baby was stillborn. As Cowans was being checked to donate, the attending physician decided to transfer the lady to a Fort Wayne hospital, and none of the five persons were needed. The physician expressed his thanks today to the five local residents for their willingness to donate and their cooperation. There are only about 20 to 30 residents of Adams county with AB positive blood, Mrs. Oelberg said. Only AB negative blood is as rdre, . as there are only seven residents in this cbunty with that type blood.

First Geneva Gas Customer Is Host The first gas customer in Geneva, Otis Buckey. of 220 S. Main, Geneva, was host to several NIPSCO officials at 1:30 p m. today when the gas was turned on in the southern Adams county community. Dick Reetz, Decatur area Gas Company manager, stated that Jack Karch. Fort Wayne, assistant division manager, and Henry Platts, Fort Wayne, supervisor of personnel, and himself were present for the official ceremonies. The line was started from Decatur to Geneva in October, and approximately 250 customers are planned to begin with, and future growth is expected. While the line goes through Berne, customers there will not receive gas until this spring, when the new sewers in that city are finished. The gas lines were purged of air Tuesday to Berne, and from Berne to Geneva this morning. After Buckey’s line is connected, others will be connected immediately. Buckey has been wait-ing-since last fall? with his—system converted.

b ■■ i ■ s i ■ Calvin W. Caston has been appointed as district representative in the Decatur area for the Concordia Mutual Life Assn., Chicago, under the jurisdiction of David H. Mierendorf, regional supervisor. Caston will work with Martin F. Gallmeyer, who has been serving Lutherans in the area for more than 20 years. Caston, a graduate of Monmouth high school, attended Ball State Teachers College, is married to the former Ruth Ann Beery. The Castons, members of the Zion Lutheran church, live at 217 N. 10th St.

Stale G. 0. P. Heads Set For Sen. Goldwater By EUGENE J. CADOU United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—lndiana Republican chiefs will have their fingers crossed when they greet Pennsylvania Gov. William W. Scranton as he speaks at the SIOO-a-plate dinner in Indianapolis, on Jan. 29. Scranton is a possibility for the GOP presidential nomination but the Hoosier party leaders are pretty well committed to Sen. Barry M. Goldwater. Nevertheless, there is some belief that Scranton may be chosen for the vice-presidential spot on the ticket, a place that a number of Indiana politicos believe should go to Sen. Thruston B. Morton, chairman of the senatorial campaign committee. Scranton will make his Hoosier debut as part of a 21-city closed circuit television hookup which will last one hour. He was scheduled by the GOP national organization, not by Indiana Republicans. Goldwater will speak from Pittsburgh and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller from Los Angeles. The two are announced presidential bidders. Alsq Nixon and Romney Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Michigan Gov- George Romney, both possible White House nominees, also will talk, Nixon from New York and Romney from Washington. r ? In addition, Morton will speak from Houston, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower from Detroit and National Chairman William E. Miller from Cleveland. Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer, is billed oratorically at Lincoln Neb., but will not be seen on the television network. Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, head man for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, and State Treasurer Robert E. Hughes, who announced for the same office’ Monday, both have said they are backing Goldwater for president. However, Mrs. lone Harrington. Chesterton, national committeewoman. a few days ago predicted that Scranton might be nominated for vice-president. She is an assistant women’s national chairman in the Goldwater campaign. Another vice-presidential possibility is a neighbor to Indiana who scored well when he addressed a GOP rally in Indianapolis several months ago. He is Rep. Gerald Ford of Michigan. Democrats Counterattack Undaunted Hoosier Democrats will stage a big shindig in Indianapolis a few days later. It will be a party on Feb. 1 in honor of Sen. Birch E. Bayh. Jr., on the occasion. Os his 36th 'birthdayT"''W7th the--Oth - Districtparty organization, as host. Officials believe that 5.000 persons will pay 53.75 each to attend. ■Movie actress Janet Leigh will sing, d ance and perform in skits as the headliher, it was announced by Mrs. Mnton Berle, wife of the comedian, who will produce the show. Vote School Merger With West Noble LIGONIER. Ind. (UPD — A merger of the Wolf Lake High School with the West' Noble School Corp, was favored in a voter referendum Tuesday by a slim margin of 21 ballots.,* The, vote was 1,256 for and

Judge Orders Ruby Undergo Mental Exams DALLAS (UPD—Dapper Jack Ruby, back in jail despite what his lawyers called a “legal victory’’ at his bailbond hearing Tuesday?* will go to court again next month. Criminal Dist. Judge Joe B. Brown will hear arguments from defense lawyers Feb. 10 on a motion to move Ruby’s trial from Dallas to some other city in the state. — On Feb. 17, Brown will either order the case moved or Ruby will go on trial on charges of murdering with malice Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of assassinating President Kennedy. Ruby’s bond hearing ended abruptly Tuesday when Brown ordered the Dallas striptease club operator to undergo intensive mental examinations. When Brown issued the order, the defense withdrew -its request for bail. Happy With Decision „J. D. Tonahill of Jasper, Tex., an associate of chief defense lawyer Melvin Belli, hailed Brown’s decision as a milestone in Texas jurisprudence. Asked if he considered the ruling a victory, he replied, “hell yes!” The defense contended throughout the hearing that Ruby was insane when he slipped into the basement of the Dallas city jail Nov. 24 and shot Oswald while police, newsmen and a national television audience watched. Psychiatrists for the defense had testified that the short, baldish Ruby suffers a form of elipepsy that damaged his brain so strong emotions can set off a mental “blackout”— the condition his lawyers claim he was in when he killed Oswald. Brown named a panel of three doctors to examine Ruby and report on his mental condition. Panel Os Doctors They are Dr. Martin L. Towler of Galveston a neurophychiatrist, and Drs. John Holbrook and Robert Stubblefield, both psychiatrists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. The defense wants Ruby’s triSil .moved ..from Dallas for a variety of reasons—22 of them were spelled out in the motion. Primarily, the defense claims Ruby would be unable to get a fair trial in Dalals because it is where the President was slain and the feeling in Dallas is , that thy community, not Ruby, is bn trial. The motion also cited adverse local publicity and antisemitism and prejudice- against Ruby.

Seeking Ouster Os Gary School Board GARY, Ind. (UPD—Petitions seeking the ouster of the members of the Gary School Board are being turned over to the city council as signatures are collected. Leaders- of the local ParentTeacher Association and a special citizens’ group said Tuesday they already had obtained 22.256 signatures and hoped to obtain more before pressing for the forced resignation of school board members. > “We expect the city council to accept these petitions and we expect the citizens' demands to achieve their purpose,” leaders of the move said. The petitions cited, the board’s “questionable action” in firing School Supt. A. H. Blankenship last week. Mayor A. Martin Katz indicated he supported the group’s demands but said he was powerless to remove the board. Blankenship’s firing came in the wake of a threat by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools to withdraw its accreditation of the local public schools. The .association accused the board df holding secret meetings in violation of state law and also charged that it had taken oveb administrative func"ttons’“which properly- belonged to Blenkenship. Rites Today For McCollum Infant Graveside services were scheduled for 3 p m. today at the Rivet side cemetery eastof Geneva. for. Dennis Russell' Mr-Col-lum, stillborn son of Keith and Anita Heiser McCollum. The baby was born at 3;30 a. m. Tuesday in the Adams county memorial hospital Survivors in addition- to the parents include a "sister, Janet Kay. and a, grandmother, Mrs. Elnora Shoemaker, of. Geneva. Funeral arrangements' were nrade by the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva.

Pres. Johnson To Urge School Aid

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson will propose federal aid for both public and parochial schools in depressed areas as part of his “war on poverty,” it was learned today. Inclusion of parochial schools in the new aid program may stir the same kind of religious controversy that the late President John F. Kennedy encountered when he sought federal grants for public schools only. This time, however, the roles in the controversey would be reversed. Roman Catholic educators have been privately consulted about the Johnson proposals, and are prepared to support them on the understanding that parochial schools will participate.' • If opposition develops, it will come from Protestant and Jewish groups fearful that any use of public funds for parochial school projects would breach the “wall of separation’* between church and state. Help Poor Children In an effort to minimize controversy over the church-state issue, the administration will emphasize that its program is not designed to aid schools, public or private, but rather seeks to use schools to help poor children break out of the “circle of poverty.” Johnson told Congress in his budget message Tuesday that he would soon submit legislation “initiating an all-put. attack on poverty.” He said it would include "project grants to meet special educational needs,” but gave no other details. Informed sources said the plan calls for a $379 million federal outlay over the next five years to underwrite special projects “designed to improve educational opportunity and achievement of students attending schools in areas — both urban slums and rural depressed — which are marked by high rates of unemployment and school dropouts, and by low per capita income and educational attainment.” Allocation Os Grants The federal grants would go to- projects undertaken by “state or ■> local educational agencies, or by public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations or institutions. This would permit parochial schools to participate. The U. S. education commiso “—-L 20 Years Ago Today a o Jan. 22. 1944 The Adams county Junior Red Cross has completed a number of war aid projects, with the articles to be sent to various service camps. The Adams county nurses association held a business and* social meeting at the home of Miss Ines Lehman in Berne. The Samuel Eicher residence near Berne, recently destroyed by fire is being rebuilt. Allied troops have made a new landing in Italy in new drive to capture Rome. , Adams county high school basketball results: Decatur Yellow Jackets 43, Bluffton 35; Monmouth 32. Kirkland 23. Berne 47. Warren 40; Geneva 45, Pleasant Mills 27.

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sioner would choose the projects to be supported from priority lists submitted by state educational agencies. The total fund available for grants would be apportioned among the 50 states in accordance with a formula which takes into account both thp state’s population and its per capita income. Poorer states would get more help, in proportion to population, than richer states. Redistricting Case Is Under Court Review INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—The Indiana Supreme Court today had under review a case which could bring back to life a 1963 legislative reapportionment plan enacted by the Senate and House and vetoed by Governor Welsh. The case concerns a bill to allow the Supreme Court to name special prosecutors in situations where local law enforcement is considered to have broken down. But it also affected reapportionment and a third bill concerning medical car® for the aged. All three were vetoed by Welsh five or more days after the end of the 61-day biennial regular session of the legislature, but while a special session was in progress. The questions asked by the judges during oral arguments Tuesday showed their awareness 'that the special prosecutor bill’s fate also affects reapportionmeHt. Judge Norman Arterburn asked if the vetoed reapportionment bill might be acceptable “if it were a little more constitutional” than the 1921 reapportionment law which a federal court panel has held Arterburn said no reapportionment could be perfect because of the continual change in population. — ..... Attorney Frank ..Spencer, who represented the Northwest Indiana Crime Commission, did not give the judge a precise answer to the question. The commission won a Marion County Superior Court victory last summer which .held that the special prosecutor bill was the law of the land because it was not vetoed in time. The lower court ordered the secretary of state Charles Hendricks to publish the .bill with the other 1963 Acts. But the order was held in abeyance pending the outcome of the appeal to the state’s highest court. The question arose for the first time in Indiana because of the long special session which immediately followed the regular session last winter, and because of ambiguity in the law which spells out the length of time a governor has to veto a bill when a legislature is in session and after it had adjourned. Deputy Atty. Gen. Van Brown, representing Hendricks, contended that Welsh could not have returned the bill to the regular session because it had ceased to exist, and the veto therefore was in time.