The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 June 1968 — Page 4

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— THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — JUNE 13. 1968

Questions Need An Answer

Everyone was shocked last Wednesday upun rising t ■ find he Senator Ru|>rt Kennedy lad been .-hot and even though hev realized the seriousm ss of bin injui i« s. w» i e set back • gain on Thur day to find that he hid died. The story of his assassination and ’he days tiiat ‘oll< wed is known by everyone. One disturbing thing after vou <' iisider this, is just what • n be don. to stop this? This question could have as many n^weis as there ate people. Aiiotlv r question that arises a hen ; .u e n ad< i thi.-, the a>--iuJi'n of the late John F. Ken: dy. Motin Luther King ■" . the nil! • - in Cl ie a few V"H! ■ . and one . t'"i rather f the brutal sl.-.vhgs end ■utH nn.s timt .ur c untry isti< dtpai’mrnt in the Sevi nJ tma's we haw In ird on. t • ; i>. n th.u the k:il‘ ’ ( f \< nn d; In s not yet ado itt< d - "rime or made any coinments about it. The man was ■ aught in a .o ni at I! ■ tn .<• of he sh oting. gun in 1: .nd an J he fact i. it took two strong ’hb-tes to suodue the man. It s tiu, there could have been a onspiracy. but after watt him he Dallas fiasco some four and half years ago. reading about Richard Speck and the possih'ity of a mis-trial. plus other ases of guilty pe< ;le turned oose due to unfair intergration it the time or their arrest or a . rv that has been swayed be■nise of the comments in newsapers and on TV it makes one winder. ft is true tnat a person is nocent until proven guilty and hat everyone is entitled to a n trial. However, in our nir d it is also true that a 4 adv party is still guilty and -hould have to accept his pun-.-hment whether he is asked a wrong question by the law offier.s that apprehend him or not whether the newspapers night say something that n’ght" influence a jury. When ou consider it, in a case like iis past week, how could a ury be selected that hasn't formed some kind of opinion as . rhe guilt of his assassination. ft isn't so much this case hat bothers as you can be as■ured that this man is being rotected to the greatest degree until his trial comes up. Se has no connection with the utsid. world at this point. But e many cases you hear about vhere an outright guilty part , s released due to these “unir" guestions or publicity, ore we picking on hard-boiled rtminals and making the üblic the guilty party? Thursday evening on one o r ne networks the discussion imt up that our society was gitilty party? rhur-day evening on one of networks the discussion

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1963 omnittee Approves New School District. St. Joseph County Board fur School Reorganization met J-ntnrday morning in the office of (' Emmet Eiler and approved the addition of Madison Town--hio to the Penn-Harris School Corporation. Also at this meet’'■>g, the group recommended to ♦he state that they would apDrove the addition of Johnson 'township to the Polk-Lincoln ’’Htid School Corporation if ’hey arc- voted in at the coming efetiion OH June 29. -•ear Palmer Graunaed It Culver. <«eßp Palmer Graduated ri’ Richard Palmer of Koontz L.he, graduated at the annual ommencement exercises of the < uiv'-r Military Academy on i.une 5.

came up that our society was guilty in the death of Kennedy. The\ were placing the blame on he people of the country in additb n to the man who pulled the trigger. This comment is one I cannot aerce with at all. Maybe one percent of our society is guilty, maybe it is only one-tenth or one-hundredth per cent of our society that is guilty, but not our whole society. I believe strongly that almost ew i \ ,ne 1 know would n >1 and could not s metion such violence as tins. I also believe that these same p. pie would not loot st^n . burn buildings, etc. becau -■ ll' V ai v m I g tting theii w y. nd 1 al-a believe th th one pv ; b expect ai; ■ ie i of IL ■ law in any lev. 1 i .i •. <ltodo 1-- job m pro1 . ting p n and pi p rty. N yUMi i I I; .\e no guilt to w. W e di in t makt the 1 w tin t D almost proving the gmlD more inn cent than the innm nt and we cannot sanctrn il th< dcci.-i ns with their highly technical points that supp its the murderer, the ai>. nists, the thief, etc. Our country does have some s. ri< us problem and pet haps someone will look into these one of these days. It is true tli.it buying a gun is perhaps too ea.-y for just anybody, but again where do you draw the line, it is still true that if someone wants a gun they will get it. Out country will continue to let foreigners pour into this country whose political views of this kind, violence and other trouble is caused by people who have come to America with defmate different political views. They are given just as much freedom as anyone and on many occasions have used their priviledges against our country and the American citizen tiiat support and respect the country s laws. This and gun control laws and everything else necessary to stop such brutal slayings and acts as our country has is a very touchy and hard-to-prove situation. The answers are not in our mind or in the minds of others like us, but sometime and preferably soon, something will have to be done to make this a safe place again for any public person. As it stands now, no one, whether in politics, entertainment or any other form of public is safe from that one unknown person who is deranged enough to commit an act. If the situation doesn't improve and things like this should continue, it will force a much stronger government control and possible government take-over to stop such things. This also is not wanted, but until the nation can find an answer to some of these questions, we live in a world that should not be shocked by what could happen at any given time and place.

Amos Bierly to («o On European Tour. Anaos BieMy, Rt. 3, Walkerton, will be among the fifty farm leaders from Indian;! who will leave? Wedrtesday, JUne 26 for a thrt^ week’s Pople to Pepple tour,'of Eastern and Westerrf European countries. Spending la* Days at Dude Hunch. Edward Hahn, one of the 11 newspaper carriers for the . Pilot News and a winner of the Economy reading plan contest convicted -during the fnonth of Februupr. left. "Monday by charh n d bus to spend-five days at trie Hidden Valley Dude Ranch on Lake Nomrod In the Os< hila Mountains in Arkansas. 1»5» OfM-ns Barber Shop In North I iborty.

Jim Taylor for many years a barber in Walkerton and recently in South Bend has announced the opening of a new shop in North Liberty. Jim will operate the shop located in the front of the recreation parlor on Main Street, right in the business district. 1958 Kindergarten Graduates in North Lilw-rty. l’at Solmos, Kathy Gross, Kathy Doty. Tommy Bennett, Chuck Houser, Carol Steele. Kenneth Gross. Mary Lyn Beckwith. Chuckie Springman, Darwin Boron, Darryl Greene, Vicki Hertzfeld, Timmy Cooper, Joy Susan Holmes, and Car lyn Zdkas. Th<n teacher was Mrs. Mary Logan. The ceremonies weii- held in the Methodist Chun h on Fr iday. Fire Destroys Barn on ( has. Wolff Fann. A lam' bon on th'- farm of Ch.- b Wolff, I’.t. 2, W 'kerton was < -mpl tely d< sti oyed by fire Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lindsby resid< on the farm. The barn was u i for storage. It contain'd 15(10 bales of hay and some new building material which was to be U' -d to complete a new addition to the barn which had already been started. The fire gained such headway before the firemen arrived that they put their efoits in saving a new addition to the barn and also a machine shed nearby. The loss was estimated at 57000 which was mostly covered by insurance. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. 1948 Town Council Sets 3-llour Parking Limit. In order to improve the parking conditions on Roosevelt Road in the two blocks of shopping district, between Michigan and Indiana streets, the Walkerton Town Board has passed an ordinance limiting the day-time parking in these two blocks to three hours between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Class of 1947 Holds Reunion. The first reunion of the graduating class of 1947 was held at the home of Wanda Schmeltz Sunday. June 6. A carry-in dinner was enjoyed and the afternoon was spent playing games. New officers were elected and plans made for the reunion next yearAll members who have not already done so are urged to pay their dues toward the next reunion to Charles Tiede. treasurer. Walkerton Boy Wins Radio. Bobby Sullivan, 802 Ohio St., was one of the winners in a national limmerick contest sponsored locally by Dad & Lad’s Inc., and the General Shoe Corp, of America. Three whizzer bikes and 75 radios were awarded to winners all over the U.S. Bobby won a radio for completing the limerick. 1948 21 I nits O)M*n To The Veterans Who Lost On The Draw. Eighty-tlrree of the 101 dwelling units in West York. Government housing project in Walkerton were sold this morning at the project office by officials of the FHA office in Chicago, in a public ceremony attended by many interested persons of the project. (inwiimted. A graduating class of 173 cadets from twenty-nine states and two foreign countries will be hon‘ofed a Culvgr Military Academy, during the annual Commencement exercise^, June 5-9, marking the close of the fifty-fourth •session of the middle western rrrtlitary school. Among the candidates for graduation is Ted Ralph Wolfe, son of Dr. and Mrs. V. B. Wolfe. Large Attendance Enjays Bartqnet. A total of 284 men and women enjoyed the annual Alumni Banquet and dance at Walkerton last Friday evening when Mrs. Walter Heil, president, presided over the group. 1937 Expect State T* XeNflirface Avenue F.

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Avenue F in WalKcrion is to be resurfaced this sum acr, according to information from the city council who have been working on the project some time. The work is to br done in July or August. Centennial Celebration of I’n slty tcrian Missions. The Presbyterians of this vicinity will be gathering at Winona Lake June 18 to 20 to join in the Centennial Celebration of the Board of Foreign Missions. Several of these celebrations will be held in various parts of the country. Outstanding Missionaries will be heard and motion pictures presented of the work accomplished during the 100 years of effort. Honor Graduate. David Griffin, son of Mrs. Griffin, of Walkerton, is a member of the graduating class of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Mr. Griffin was graduated from the Walkerton High School and had three years of premedical work at DePauw University before entering West Point. He graduates with honor. The Nightingale.

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The nightingale is not particularly an English bird, but is found in many parts of the Old World. It has often been imported as a cage bird, but is not an American native wild bird. The name has been applied in various American localities to other sweet-singing birds. Knitting in 15th Ontury. Sewing was done in the Stone Age. Weaving was practiced in the Bronze age, but the first mention of knitting is in a Fifternth century manuscript. The Saxons, however, used the word enyttan. so that knitting is probably a very ancient craft. Rare Opport unity A boy rushed into the drug store. "Quick,” he shouted. ‘‘My pop s hanging by his pa~b» leg from a barbed wire fence.’ "What do you need?” the druggist. "Do you want some help — or first aid supplies?” “Oh, no." said the lad. "Just give me another roll of film fur my camera.” Men become victims of circumstances because they allow themselves to be victimized.

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