Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1964 — Page 7

TUESDAY; MARCH 24, 1964

Starr Angered Al Disclosure Os Telegram GREEN BAY, Wis. (UPI) — Green Bay Packers ace quarterback Bart Starr, reacting angrily to the disclosure of a telegram in which he offered his “service” to Alabama Gov. George Wallace, today denied he would support Wallace in the Wisconsin presidential primary. “They’ve got a lot of nerve,” Starr said when he was told that Wallace’s press secretary, William Jones, had revealed the telegram sent to Wallace March 6 by Starr and his wife. Played For Alabama Starr, who started the road to gridiron fame with the University of Alabama and led the Packers to two straight National Football League championships, said Wallace aides told him the telegram would be held in confidence. The telegram, sent to the governor while he was in Madison to file his slate of delegates for the April 7 primary, read: “Sorry we can’t get to Madison today. Hope to greet you on your next visit up this way. If we may be of service, please let us know.” It was signed by Starr and his wife, Cherry. “The governor’s office told me that this telegram would not be used in any way with the governor’s campaign and I was assured it would be kept in confidence,” Starr said. Says Intent Erroneous He said the intent of tMe telegram is “erroneous.” “I absolutely have nothing to do with them (Wallace campaigners),” said Starr, a native of Montgomery, Ala. “They (Wallace aides) called me and asked me if I would appear at a press conference with Gov. Wallace on that day,” he said. “I refused and told them I. would not be connected with his campaign. Then they asked me if I wouMift send a telegram explaining that I was sorry that I could not be in Madison. That’s all I did. It was only a matter of courtesy and nothing more was meant by it.” Starr said he was anxious to contact Jones today when he arrives in Green Bay with the Wallace party and “get thing straightened out.” Only Minor Damage In Fire At Jail " Little damage was done in the south cell block of the Adams county jail this morning in a small fire. A man being held in custody, awaiting transfer to a Richmond institution, had set a blanket in his cell afire. The patient was not burned, however, and damage to the cell was very minor. I I | landlord I 9 hp. Riding Tractor I WSRI || .. Im y| Time and Labor Savings by the Score! With power and versatility to tackle more than a score of yard jobs — like mowing, cultivating, snow removing — the rugged new 9 hp Simplicity Landlord is the riding tractor that gets things done! Do It With v Easy Terms Arranged Habegger - Schafer's FREE PARKING FOR OUR ■ CUSTOMERS—SCHAFER'S LOT NORTH FIRST STREET

BOWLING Jack and Jill League W L Pts. Lucky Dogs j 16 2 21 Pin Droppers .... 12 6 16 Cee pees 12 6 15 Homestead Rebels 10 8 15 Homestead Bulldogs 10 8 15 New Breed 11% 6% 14% Gutters 10 8 14 Alley Katz 9% 8% 12% Unknowns 9 9 12 Half & Half 7% 10% 10% IV Seasons 7 11 10 Grapplers 8 10 10 Mix Ups .... 7 JI 9 Dubs 7 11 8 Four Winds •6% 11% 7% Country Trix 5 13 6 High series — (Men) — B. Worthman 533, L. Anspaugh 527, N. Steury 513, H. Banning 530, D. Hirschy 565, B. McColly 501, R. Colclasure 508, R. Pierce 553, D. Mies 680 ( 245, 176, 259), R. Smith, Jr., 572 ( 200, 184, 188), W. Bedwell 560, D. Macklin 580, P. Bauman 529, D. Wolff 525. (Women) — Becky Worthman 513 (161, 165, 187). High games — (Men) — B. Worthman 182, 182, L. Anspaugh 175, 218, C. Bultemeier 210, K. Giesler 188, N. Steury 181, H. Banning 209, D. Hirschy 213, 201, G. Giessler 180, B. McColly 178, G. Grabill 176, R. Colclasure 188, R. Pierce 184, 207, H. Krueckeberg 196, L. Kumfer 184, W. Bedwell 231, D. Macklin 230, 195, P. Bauman 192, 177, D. Wolff 179, 181. (Women) — M. Anspaugh 154, 151, N. Isch 154, M. McColly 159, E..Hite 166, C. Pierce 183, ■l7B, B. Krueckeberg 180, N. Smith 155, N. Bedwell 171, 159, V. Bauman 150. Splits converted—Becky Worthman 7-10, N. Steury 5-6, K. Grabill 2-7, G. Grabill 2-7-10, 2-7, J. Mahnensmith 5-7, 8.. Krueckeberg 5-8-10. R. Pierce 3-10, 9-10, H. Krueckeberg 3-9-10, D. Mies 3-10, F. Borror 5-6, 3-10, W. Bedwell 5-7, D. Wolff 2-7, A. Cowens 5-6-10. Minor League W L Pts. Downtown Texaco 21 9 29 Fulmer Seat Covers 20 10 28 Bower Jewelry .. 20 10 27% Walt’s Standard 19 11 24 Extract's 18 12 24 Holthouse . .on Hiway 16 14 22% Riverview 17 13 21 Moose No. 116 14 21 Wolff’s Hardware 15 15 21 Smith’s Dairy 15 15 21 Clem Hardware „ 14 16 18 Drewry’s 14 16 17 Haugk’s 11 19 16 Moose No. 211% 18% 14% Haircut Center 8% 21% 10% Zoss Chevrolet .... 5 25 5 High series — Bob Bolinger 609 ( 219-202-188), T. Fennig 599, B. Gase 596, J. B. Sprunger 594, R. Stevens 577, A. Schneider 576, B. Wendel 569, F. Dellinger 550. High games — J. B. Sprunger 201-213, T. Fennig 235, C. Stucky 219, R. Stevens 215, F. Reed 213, B. Wendel 211, C. Stetler 207, A. Murphy 206, B. Gase 206, A. Schneider 203, T. Pillars 203, F. Dellinger 203, N. Richard 202, D. Mvers 202, P. Miller 201, G. Ainsworth 200, H. Miller 210. Women’s Suburban League V ! W L Pts. Bill's Barn 23% 9% 33% Beavers Oil 23 10 30 Home Dairy2l 12 29 Blackstone Bar2l 12 28 Kelly Dry Cleaners 21 12 27 Hammond Produce 19 14 25 V. F. W. . 19 14 23% Preble Gardens .. 15 18 22 Happy Humpty 15 18 21 A S C S 14 19 19 Quarter Horsel4 19 19 Duo Marine.. 14 19 18% Pure Sealed Milk „12 21 18 Zoss Chev-Buick —l3 20 16 Mirror Inn „■ 11 22 13 Evans Sales 8% 24% 9% High games — P. Whittenbarger 156, E. Laker 156. D. Maley 159, J. Mishler 175, N. Markley 161, M. Harden 150, N. Rowland 158, M. Ladd 160. J. Colclasure 164, C. Pierte 152, M. Thornton 157. A. Ewell 159, L. Bodie 165, 177, J. Voirol 157, 167. A. Carpenter 180, 150, M. Simons 166, P. Dick 150, 155, V. Merriman 168, M. Lovellette 162, 163, K. Page- . ler 163, 156. High team games — Quarter Horse Fillies 2351, Beavers Oil 2368, BiU's Barn 2302, Blackstone 2321, Happy Humpty 2368. Splits converted — S. Hahn 3-10, S. Baker 5-10, M. Simerman 4-5, E. Augsburger 4-5-7, J. Hesher 3-10, N. Rowland 3-10 (twice), M. Lyons 4-5, M. Harden 2-7, M Gaffer 3-10, M. Dellinger 3-” 10. E. Roeder 5-8-10. L. Bodie 3-10 P. Dick 5-7. D. Wilson 5-10, P. Botjer 5-6, B. Feasel 3-10, S. Ross 5-8-10, B. Frauhiger 2-7. James Zoll Is Named Acting Postmaster Jqmes Zoll, commander of the 4th district American Legion, and disabled veteran of the Second World War, has been named acting postmaster at Bluffton to succeed John G. Decker, who has been returned to his former post of assistant postmaster; Decker is a 27-year veteran of the Bluffton post office department. Zoll has been endofeed for the position of permanent postmaster.

Skowron Hits Two Homers To Whip Dodgers By FRED DOWN UPI Sports Writer Say "Frank Howard” and the Los Angeles Dodgers cringe; say “Bill Skowron” and they’re likely to cry out in horror. Howard is the 250 - pound right - handed slugger who may quit baseball and leave the Dodgers painfully shy of long - range hitting power. Skowron is exactly the type ; right - handed slugger the Dodgers need to protect against that possibility. The catch is that the Dodgers sold Skowron to the Washington Senators last winter for a mere $25,000 —about half of what they willingly give to a good high school prospect. The Dodgers were made painfully aware of the curious spot they’ve contrived for themselves . Monday when Skowron hit a pair of two- run homers to lead the Senators to a 7-3 victory over them. It was the second straight game in which Skowron’s hitting was the difference. On Sunday his two- run homer was the big blow in a victory over the Minnesota Twins. Hit Well In Series Skowron batted .385 for the Dodgers in the World Series sweep of the New York Yankees but the Dodgers had already agreed on the basis of his .203 season average to sell him to the Senators. Both of Skowron’s homers were off Larry Sherry, hard - throwing relief hero of the Dodgers’ 1959 World Series win <who is making a comeback. Tom Brown also homered for the Senators while Wes Parker, a rookie outfielder, had a double and a triple for the Dodgers. Deron Johnson, Mel Queen and Hal Smith homered to lead the Cincinnati Reds to an 11-3 win over the Kansas City Athletics. Chet Nichols went tlfe first four innings to pick up the win for the Reds. Nichols shut out the Athletics for three innings and then yielded all three runs in the fourth. Jack Fisher became the first New York Met pitcher to go six innings and yielded four runs in a 7-6 triumph over the Twins. Bob Allison* hit a tworun homer for the Twins, who suffered their sixth straight exhibition game defeat. Willie Stargell, Donn Clendenon and Bill Mazeroski each homered off Roland Sheldon as the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Yankees, 9-2. Vern Law, making a strong comeback effort, yielded two runs in five innings. The Pirates now have hit 18 homers in eight games while Elston Howard’s homer Monday was only the third of the spring by the Yankees. \ Bob Lillis’ three - run triple was the big blow of a 15-hit attack that carried the Houston Colts to an 11-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Colts bombarded Ray Sadecki for nine runs in three innings to raise their spring record to 7-3. Lillis, Rusty Staub and John Paciorek had triples for Houston and Phil Gagliano, Ken Boyer and Doug Clemens had triples for St. Louis. Dave Nicholson and Jim McNertney each hit a two- run homer as the Chicago White Sox broke a three - game losing streak with a 9-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. The win was the third in eight exhibition games for the White Sox. Al Luplow hit the first pitch of the game for a homer and the Cleveland Indians went on from there to shade the Chicago Cubs, 6-5. Gary Bell, Don McMahon, Ted Abernathy and Pete Ramos each pitched a shutout inning to hold the lead for the Indians after the fifth inning. Chuck Hiller, Cap Peterson and Randy Hundley had two hits each as the San Francisco Giants beat the Boston Red Sox, 7-4, for their 13th victory in 15 games. Gaylord Perry went the last five innings for the Giants allowing only four hits and one run. Warren Spahn allowed only one hit and one run in five innings and Tony Cloninger completed the four - hitter to lead the Milwaukee Braves to a 4-3 decision over the Detroit Tigers. It was the Braves eighth win in 10 exhibition games. 94-Year-Old Man Is Burned To Death INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Edward Flohr, 94, burned to death Monday night in a fire which broke out in an apartment where he lived with his daughter. Authorities said Flohr had been bedfast trom illness and was unable to escape the flames. His daughter screamed for help and a neighbor dragged Flohr from his bed, but the rescue was too late. -—■ — -■ L—. ... ....

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Indiana And Purdue Drop Baseball Openers By United Frew International Indiana college baseball teams had their troubles Monday as they opened their spring training seasons. Murray State came up with a four-run sixth inning to down Purdue, 6-2, at Murray, Ky., while Lackland Air Force Base outlasted Indiana 6-5 in 11 innings at San Antonio, Tex. , Purdue met Murray State again today while Indiana took on both Lackland and St. Mary’s University. New York Mels Appear Doomed To Finish Last (EDITOR’S NOTE: This to the eighth of 20 dispatches on the 1964 prospects of the 1964 major league baseball teams.) By LEO PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (UPI) — The New York Mets appear doomed to. finish in the National League cellar again. Despite the Herculian efforts of amazing Casey Stengel, the Mets’ mixture of kids and discards simply does not measure up. And no one knows it better than the 73-year old Stengel. The Mets manager will promise only one thing — if they lose this year it will be with kids. He’s going to keep some of his name players like Frank ThomaS" and Duke Snider, who are over the hill, but mostly he will go with youngsters. “If you are gonna lose,” Stengel philosophizes, “you might as well do it with kids. At least, there is hope they are going to make it some day. You can’t improve your ball club playing fellows who the other clubs gave tip on.” His big hope for the future is in his pitching. “There we have youth and good looking kids,” Stengel claims, “And we are going with three kids this, year—win, lose or draw.” - 11 They are Ron Locke, Jerry Hinsley and Dick Selma. ■= ■> Hid In Minors Hinsley is a 19-year old right hander the Pittsburgh pirates , tried to hide in the minors last year and has never pitched a game in organized baseball, ♦ Locke, a 21-year-old left hander, won 18 games with Auburn and Selma, a 20-year old righty, won 12 games with Salinas. As starters, Casey is counting on lefty Al Jackson (13-17), and right handers Carlton Willey (914), Tracy Stallard (6-17), Jay Hook (4-14) and Jack Fisher, a six game winner with the San Francisco Giants last year. The Mets’ No. 1 relief man will be' right hander Larry Bearnarth (3-8). Then there’s 23-year old southpaw Gorver Powell, who came up late last season and won one game while losing one. The weakest department of the Mets since they were created three years ago has been catching, but Stengel looks for improvement this year with Jesse Gonder the No. 1 man. Gender can hit, but is not rated too well defensively. Bob Taylor, obtained from the Milwaukee Braves, will be the No. 2 receiver with rookie. v John Stephenson, Who hit only .261 at Auburn last season, having a ’chance to stick. Thomas is going to be the Mets’ third baseman this season. Outfield Days Over _“His outfield days are over,” Stengel says, and Thomas says he is happy about that. Rbn Hunt is a fixture at second base and Stengel is leaning to Amado Samuel over Al Moran at shortstop. Samuel couldn’t make it with the Braves and Moran never has been able to make it with the bat. Ex-Dodg-er Larry Burright may be retained for “utility 'duty along with Rod Kanehl. First base —is a wide open scramble. “I’ve got a lot of them," Stengel says. There's Tim Harkness, Ed Kranepool, Duke Carmel, Bill Haas and Dick Smith.” ,All but Smith hit left handed. Kranepool, Carmel and Smith also are listed as outfielders. Only two of the outfield positions are set — Jim Hickman in left and George Altman, acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals, in right. Other outfielders include the veteran Duke Snider, who may be playing his last year, Joe Christopher and rookie Ron Swoboda, It all doesn’t add up to much except for the promising young pitching. And that promise isn’t y , too imposing when it comes to calculating the Mets chances of getting out of the cellar —where they have finished every year. Those chances are not at all bright.

Senate Opens Hearing Today Into Boxing HAGERSTOWN, Ind. (UPD— Testimony at this week’s boxing hearings in Washington, D-C., is practically certain to •decide whether the World Boxing Association (WBA) will withdraw recognition of Cassius Clay’s heavyweight title, Arch Hindman disclosed today. Hindman of Hagerstown is executive secretary of the WBA and the hub of all its activities. “In my opinion these Senate sub-committee hearings, starting today, will be the most important in the history of boxing,” Hindman said, “not merely because they will dig into the pre-fight contract before last month’s Clay - Sonny Liston match, but because they may definitely bring about federal control of the sport.” Despite widespread criticism of Clay’s crusading for the Black Muslim organization, Hindman said, the make-or-break issue for Cassius will be testimony about the alleged SSO, 000 contract with a promoting organization headed by exchampion Liston. Contends Violation That contract allegedly gave Liston’s outfit the right to promote Clay’s next fight if Clay won the title from Sonny. “Such a contract, I’m sure, would be a serious violation of our rules,” the executive secretary continued, “because it might cast suspicion on the fight. It might lead people to believe that the Liston camp didn’t think Liston was in good shape for the bout.” Regardless of the testimony, however T there—will—be—no chance of a return Clay-Liston title fight until Sonny’s suspension is lifted by the British Boxing Board of Control and the WBA, Hindman disclosed. “ , Sonny was suspended recently by the British board for his al- • leged failure to go through with the last two exhibitions on a five-exhibition tour of the Brit-,;-ish Isles, Hindman explained. Then the British board, which -cooperates closely with the n WBA, asked for Sonny’s suspension by the WBA—and that was 1 done. His suspension can be lifted only by the British board. ' ; No N.Y. License Moreover, Sonny can not fight in New York state, where he has no license. Ed Lassman of Miami Beach, president of the WBA, has recommended that the WBA withdraw title recognition from Clay because of the pre-fight contract with Liston’s outfit and "conduct detrimental to boxing.” Lassman also will recommend federal control of boxing when he appears Thursday at the Washington hearings, he announced, and will propose the appointment of Abe J, Greene of Paterson, N.J., as federal boxing commissioner. Greene, managing editor of the . Paterson (N.J.) Evening News, is now “permanent” commissioner of the WBA. He has been connected with the sport in various official capacities for at least 40 years. Vehicles Damaged In Linn Grove Accident Two vehicles were damaged in an accident in Linn Grove Monday at 4:15 p.m. The vehicles were operated by Charles Wilbur Wallace, 16, route 1, Geneva, and Russel Paul Thompson, 47, of route 3,- Bluffton. Wallace's auto struck the left rear of the Thompson car in the center of an intersection of two unnamed streets. Deputy sheriff Warren Kneuss, who in‘vestigated, estimated damages at S2OO to the Wallace auto and $l5O to the Thompson car. ,

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Weekly Baseball -■ Spectacular Studied TAMPA, Fla. (UPD—Baseball the participation sport rather than baseball the spectator sport will be the powerful new theme of a national weekly television spectacular being studied by the major leagues’ committee on television. League Presidents Warren Giles and Joe Cronin announced Monday that progress in preparing a package for national television has been made by the television committee. Plans now are for the program to be offered to the television networks and advertisers for presentation on Monday nights. “The objectives of the program will be to give broader •coverage of the national game an dto place special emphasis on attracting the youth of the country to baseball as a participating sport,” thhe league presidents said in a prepared statement. Tipton Coach Sad Over Star's Loss TIPTON, Ind. (UPD — The coach of the only team that beat both Indiana high school basketball champion Lafayette and runner-up Huntington during the regular season thinks his team might have had a pretty good chance at the title “if we had been at full force.” “Do you think Lafayette could have made it without (Denny) Brady or (Terry) Stillabower?” Dick Barr of Tipton asked Monday when asked what he thought his tourney chances would have been. Harvey Harmon, Tipton’s leading rebounder and No. 2 scorer, was sidelined with an’ ankle injury a few days before the state tourney began. Tipton, ranked seventh in the state and beaten only once during the regular season, lost to Noblesville in overtime in the Carmel sectional tourney. The Blue Devils, who shared the Central Conference championship with Huntington, beat both Lafayette and Huntington on the road during the season. “We had real terrific games with them and winning both on the road wag a real achievement for us,” Barr said. “Had we been at full force, we would have had to beat a real fine Huntington team in the Fort Wayne semi-state and, had we succeeded, I think we could have gotten the job done in the state finals.” Barr, who said losing Harmon “just made me sick,” passed up last Saturday night’s state finals at Indianapolis in favor of the NCAA finals at Kansas City. “There was no use going down to Indianapolis and getting sick all over again,” he said. But he added he learned who won the tourney within a half-hour after it ended. Although Harmon and top 'scorer Dick Mclntosh will graduate this spring, Barr should have another strong team next season with five of his first seven players back. Berne Freshman In Ball State Opera MUNCIE. IND.—Alice Sprunger, Berne freshman, is a soprano in the opera chorus for the opera workshop performance of “Regina” being presented in the Ball State Teachers College theater Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 2, 3 and 4. John Campbell, workshop director, has announced that New York City opera, recital and recording soprano Shirlee Emmons will appear in the title role with a Ball State student cast. Campbell conducts the orchestra, and Larry Life, Muncie junior, is stage director and choreographer for Marc Blitzstein s “Regina,” the second worskshop production this year. Miss Sprunger is the daughter of Vincent W. Sprunger, route 2, Berne.

Graduation To Deplete Ranks Os Finalists By KURT FREUDENTHAL United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Lafayette’s Marion Crawley is aiming for a record fifth Indiana high school basketball crown, but he may have to wait a couple of years before coming up with another top contender. His entire starting lineup will be graduated this spring, and that includes a lot of talent. Lafayette won its third state title last Saturday with a spinetingling, 58-55 victory over Huntington and two of the boys who were ailing in the 1963 state finals, Denny Brady and Terry Stillabower, were among the star performers. Other key players gone next year include Stu Miller, who never hit his stride in the grand finale because of an ankle injury; Jack Walkey, Dave Morrison and Steve Ricks, who took over for Miller in the pivot. 19-Game String Lafayette closed the season with a brilliant 28-1 record and a 19-game winning streak, and both will be quite a challenge to next year’s club. But Crawley, who depends on a well-or-ganized feeder system for his talent, already has served notice he is shooting for a fifth title before calling it quits. Columbus, its bid wrecked by Huntington to become the third unbeaten team in tourney history to go aH the way, is in much the same boat as Lafayette. Coach Bill Stearman’s starting lineup also will be wiped out via the graduation mill. His two biggest losses will be Jerry Newsom and Steve Hollenbeck. Huntington, which stunned Columbus before losing to Lafayette in the title game, is almost in as bad a shape, personnelwise. Coach Bob Straight will lose four starters—Trester Medal winner Mike Weaver, playmaker Mike Shumaker, Phil Underhill and Jim Seneff—with Jim Schoeff and Don Martin the top returning lettermen. Owens, Schneider Back It was Martin whose clutchshooting saved the day for Huntington against Columbus after Schoeff left the game with four personal fouls. Evansville Rex Mundi, the fourth finalist and afternoon loser to Lafayette, may be in somewhat better shape. Coach Jerry Altstadt will build his nucleus next year around 6-4 Earl Schneider. But he must replace Al Heard, a polished floor worker; Nick Adams, and Jerry Mattingly. Many other stars will be gone, too, and the field of 597 which started sectional tourney warfare Feb. 26 may be down to around 550 as the result of more school consolidations and discontinuances. But it will take some doing to top this year’s show in excitement and calibre of play, especially in the state finals. Trophy Is Presented To Evansville Aces EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPD — The United Press International trophy for the national small college basketball championship was presented Monday night to Evansville College’s Aces. Al Dunning, sports editor of the Evansville Press, a ScrippsHoward newspaper, presented the trophy to coach Arad McCutchan at a banquet sponsored by the Evansville Chamber of Commerce.

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Howard Likely To . Play With Dodgers GREEN BAY, Wis. (UPD — Only a “few loose ends” stood in the way today of a return to baseball by Frank Howard, and Los Angeles Dodger General Manager E. J. (Buzzie) Bavasi was determined to tie them together. Howard, the big Dodger outfielder, astounded baseball people last week when he said he was retiring because of “personal problems.” But he said at his home here Monday he “would play this season”—if he and Bavasi could agree on things when they had their scheduled telephone conversation today. “I have no idea what Bavasi and I will talk about,” said Howard. “I want to play,” he said. “But first I’d like to kick around a few things with Bavasi. I don’t know what he has on his mind. I’m ready to go down to Vero Beach (the Dodgers’ Florida spring training base). I hope Buzzie feels the same way I do.” BaVasi said at Pompano Beach, Fla., he was “encouraged” by the possibility that Howard would play this season, based on reports he received during the weekend from Green Bay. Howard’s change of heart evidently occurred during the weekend. His wife said Sunday he had received a wire from Bavasi. The 6-foot-8 onetime Ohio State basketball star said he had a long talk with George Macklin, an executive of Green Bay Packaging Corp., a paper firm for which Howard works in the off-season. “I knew he would be completely impartial and give me some sound advice,” said Howard. “That’s the way it turned out. Mr. Macklin made me see the light. He said that I was new to the paper business and that there was a lot to learn about it, that it would take some time. My best future is in baseball.” Will Hot Revive - $lO Wheel Tax INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana Supreme Court informally advised the Marion County Metropolitan Thoroughfare Authority Monday that it will not at this time revive the $lO wheel tax nor will it halt a $1.5 million refund to motorists who paid the tax. Obed Kilgore, attorney for the MT A. sought a writ of mandate from the high court during the Monday informal hearings but was rejected, 3-1. Judge Walter Myers, who lives in Indianapolis, did not take part in the hearing. Judge. Ainos Jackson dissented. The tax was enacted by the 1963 Legislature at the request of some Marion County residents who felt this was the best way to finance thoroughfares to handle interstate traffic in and out of the city. But Marion Superior Court Judge Glenn Funk ruled, on a technicality,) that the portion putting a $lO tax on passenger vehicles was invalid. The tax on trucks was not voided. Although the judges turned down the MTA in the informal hearing, Kilgore went ahead and filed his petition for a writ with the clerk of the Supreme and Appellate Courts later. A spokesman said that the MTA wanted to give the Supreme Court judges an opportunity to review the entire matter at their leisure and reply with a written opinion.