Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1972 — Page 1
YOUTH, 17, SLAIN; EASTSUER, 74, HELD
J
s» Indiana^. Indiana Elsewhere
/
**0 fJ ^ sr Ar
COltp • if.
' *6*4 rt! *fr***r
$7.00
77th YEAR
>nd Class Postage Paid at Indianapolis. Indiana, 518 Indiana Avenue. Zip Code 46202 #45 » FOUNDED 1895 e 1 5 CENTS PER COPY INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA SATURDAY. JULY 29. 1972
NO. 31
i
SHE'S COOL! Charming Miss Linda McClendon, queen of Black Expo '72, has found a way to stay cool during the hot summer days. The Indiana State University sophomore is a ticket taker at the Douglass Park Swimming Pool. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Davis McClendon, 3445 N. Tem-
ple. (Recorder photo by Jim Burres). . 4 ’
New center to treat referral cases of sickle cell anemia in children
Whites threaten mass flight in school houndry dispute
Parents' rane plan rejected bySchool Board
Victim walked on slayer’s lawn: witnesses A 74-year-old Eastside man, described by area residents as a "neighborhood menace", was jailed on a first-degree murder charge Monday night after he shot and fata 11 y wounded a 17-year-old youth who had walked across his lawn several hours before the shoot-
ing.
Arrested on the murder charge was Earl E. Thurman, of 2306 Wheeler, who is accused of the shotgun death of Keith Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Leachman, of 2718 N. Keystone, who was gunned down as he and a group of companions walked down the middle of East 23rd Street.
A new center for the treatment of exceptionally difficult sickle cell anemia cases has been established at Riley Hospital for Children at the Indiana University Medical Center with a $23,000 grant from the Indiana State Board of Health. The center will be directed by Dr. Robert Baehner, associate professor of pediatrics at the medical school and an authority on diseases of the blood In children. Dr. Baehner said the cen-
ter would serve the entire state as a referral center for victims of sickle cell anemia who are not responding to conventional treatment. The center will serve as a diagnostic unit In which the resources of the medical center can be coordinated to establish treatment programs for the difficult cases. Dr. Baehner said the disease usually can be treated with great success with a variety of drugs, but the proTURN TO PAGE 18
Large local delegation to attend Urban League confab
HUD to give
counseling aid
to 19 cities WASHINGTON,
Indianapolis is among 19 cities that will serve as a pilot for a concentrated counseling program for delinquent and defaulting homebuyers, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
announced this week.
A $2.5 million demonstration program for counseling families having difficulty meeting mortgage payment commitments on homes purchased through federal lowIncome homeownershlp programs Is the result of a high volume of mortgage Insurance
activity, HUD says.
Counseling, provided under the HUD contracts will Include property maintenance,' budgeting, debt management, credit, saving, borrowing, homeownership; legal affairs; and paying for or financing major repairs and Installation. Others will Include home management counseling dealing with food purchasing,
TURN TO PAGE 18
Gary cops seek machine guns in effort to halt drug war
GARY, “I'll arm my men with machlneguns and we'll patrol every street with them If that's what it takes to diminish the drug war," Gary Police Chief Charles Boone announced last week. Boone said he Is taking action to get the loan of fully automatic weapons from the military for Gary police In a stepped-up effort to curb the killings and shootings here. There have been 13 murders connected with the drug war this year and one last year in which police found the killer but were unable to prosecute him because, as they claimed, the Lake County Prosecutor's office declined to file charges. The latest drug war murder occurred last Monday when opposing gangs who want to control the sale pf drugs here had a series of shootouts. The prosecutor's office Issued warrants for three members of “The Family," the organization which Is locked
CHIEF CHARLES BOONE In mortal combat with other crime elements In Gary for control of the city's lucrative narcotics traffic. “We already have a num-
ber of automatic weapons which will be issued to the men in the thick of the Investigation but I want the streets patrolled with automatic weapons,” Boone said. “It seems to be the only way. When thugs and gang members threaten to kill or beat members of this department—and this has occurred —then it is time to take this drastic action," Boone said. He Indicated he may be able to get at least 60 hand-held machine-guns from the military on an emergency loan basis. “We will Immediately train police personnel In the nomenclature and operation of these weapons and, of course, In the safety of their operation," he said. “I think it is a miracle that TURN TO PAGE 18
James C. Shaw, executive vice-president of the soon-to-open Midwest National Bank has been elected as the Indianapolis delegate to the National Urban League's 62nd Annual Conference which Is scheduled to convene In St. Louis on Sunday. James Simpson Is the alternate delegate. Board and staff members of the Indianapolis branch attending the conference include, Bishop John P. Craine, president of the Indianapolis branch; Sam Jones, branch executive director; John W. Gibson, Bob Rounsvell and
Sylvia Jefferson, Urban League special projects staff, Joe Smith and Roger Lyons, ESAP Human Relations Consortium, and Mrs. Fay Williams, William Mooney, Dr. Isaiah Pogue, Huerta Tribble, Bobby Taylor and Steve Stamps. The theme for this year's conference will be “Action for the 70s." Vernon E. Jordan Jr., excutive director of the National Urban League will deliver the keynote address on Sunday. Other speakers scheduled to address the gathering Include Georgia State Representative TURN TO PAGE 18 -
Mom agrees with ruling citing daughter’s death as accidental
Jury convicts white youth charged in assault case
The mother of a 13-year-old girl shot and killed June 29 by a policeman firing at a stray dog says she agrees with a Marlon County Coroner’s ruling that her daughter’s death was “accldential.” But she quickly pointed out that the officer involved was guilty of n e g 11 g e n c y in-as-much as he err ore d In Judgement.
N ixon to keep Agnew in bid for 2nd term
Coroner Dr. Dennis J. Nicholas released his report on the incident last Thursday and ruled the shooting was “accldential" while at the same time said the policeman “exercised an error in Judgement.” “I think the fault lies in the use of shotguns," said Mrs. Barbara McCray, 4240 N. Carrollton, concerning the death of her daughter, Joyce. The coroner’s report was highly critical of the use of firearms in animal control and suggested that they only be used under carefully controlled circumstances and only then under close superTURN TO PAGE 18
WASHINGTON — President Nixon abruptly halted speculation about his choice for a running mate in the November presidential elections last Saturday w h e n he announced Vice President Agne>v would remain on the ticket in his bid for a second four-year term. A number of high-ranking GOP stalwarts had indicated in recent months that oftcontroverslal Agnew should be dropped from the ticket in the Interest of party har-
mony and the name of Indianapolis Mayor Richard G. Lugar had been receiving ever-in-creasing amounts of attention as a possible Nixon choice for the second-spot in the event Agnew was dropped from the ticket. Ronald L. Z iegler, White House press secretary said the President informed Agnew of his decision on Friday during a one hour meeting in the oval office of the White House.
Detective kills dog protecting property in ‘bizarre’ incident
An apparantly frightened police detective shot and killed a chained dog protecting an Eastside business late last week despite pleas of the owner that the dog would not harm him. The unusual Incident occurred while a detective, as
^news tip? Seen something exciting, witnessed something unuMial, or know something that might moke on interesting news story? Moil or phone your 'NEWS TIP" to The Roi corder, 518 Indiana Are., 654-1545.
yet unidentified, searched the neighborhood of the 2300 block of Roosevelt for burglars late Wednesday night (July 19). According to the owner of the Auto Body Repair Shop at 2330 Roosevelt, the detective walked Into his garage at about 10:30 p.m. and started looking around. John Dunlgan, the proprietor, said he was working late that night and walked around the grounds with the detective upon learning he was looking for burglars believed to be in the neighborhood. He said they searched the lot together and was walking toward the rear when his German Shepherd, which was chained, appeared from beneath an auto and began barkTURN TO PAGE 18i
According to Ziegler,Nixon also made his decision known to Republicans taped to play key roles during the RepubUcan National Convention which will get under way at Miami Beach on Aug. 20. Ziegler recalled that the President remarked in a January interview that he believes ' he should not break up a winning combination.’ Agnew, former governor of Maryland, who was little known outside his own state before Nixon picked him for the vice presidential spot in 1968, has a reputation as the hard-liner in the administration. He has been praised by conservatives and criticized by the party's liberal elements. Only last week two prominent Republican members of the U.S. Senate indicated that TURN TO PAGE 18
One of two white youths charged with assault and battery with Intent to kill last March after a 28-year-old Haughvllle man was critically wounded by a blast from a sawed off shotgun that had been fired from a passing car, was convicted by a Jury Monday in Criminal Court 1 following a one-day trial. Richard Dewese, 18, 3544 Eisenhower Dr., who was positively identified as the trigger-man in the shooting of John Clardy, 1309 N. Warman, faces a mandatory prison term of 2-14 years when he returns to court for sentencing on August 24. The jury deliberated four hours after hearing testimony from several witnesses, including Clardy and Det. Sgt. Jack Cottey of the police department's homicide division, during the trial before Special Judge John B. Wilson.
Clardy testified that he and a friend, Jerry Miller, 27, of 1249 N. Holmes were walking east on 16th Street TURN TO PAGE 18
The Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners, in a surprise move, rejected a proposal Tuesday night which could result in a mass exodus of whites from the neighborhood surrounding two Southeastside schools. The board, which last week forced the resignation of Dr. Stanley C. Campbell as superintendent, denied a request by white parents that boundries be changed back to the "neighborhood school pattern" around Schools 111 and 114. Presently, the schools will be integrated almost on a 50—60 basis but under the parents* proposal, one would remain predominately white. The board’s action came as somewhat of a surplse in the black community since the new board is dominated by members of the Citizens Committee for Neighborhood Schools, an anti-busing group. Reason given by the parents TURN TO PAGE 18
Police summoned to the scene at about 10 p.m. Monday found Kelly’s body lying in the middle of the street. He had been shot once in the back of the head with a .12guage shotgun which Thurman was still holding as he paraded in the street when officers arrived. According to police, the victim had a rock clutched in his hand. “With that boy lying there in the street, that old man stood there bragging," one neighbor told The Recorder. “Yeah, I got me one; there’s one of them lying there; there are some more around here, I'm going to get me some more of them,’ the neighbor quoted the accused slayer as remarking. Kelly and six companions, witnesses reported, were walking in the street when Thurman emerged from his home and fired a single blast from the shotgun from a distance of about 25 feet. There were conflicting reTURN TO PAGE 18
Free health care program for poor diminished substantially
Midwest National Bank to open in September
September Is t h e target month for the opening of the Midwest National Bank, to be located at 2850 N. Merdian. The date was revealed at the first annual meeting of the shareholders of the bank July 19 at the Indiana Convent ion--Exposition Center with Dr. Frank P. Lloyd, interim board chairman, presiding. The articles of incorporation were ratified by the stockholders and the board of dlrec - tors was elected. Those chosen to serve until the next annual meeting were; Dr. Lloyd, James B. Sedwick,
Youths voting power ca n destroy Nixon
The overall registration of 18-20 year olds has reached 43 percent, according to a recent survey conducted by the Young Democratic Clubs of America. “In eight states where the youth vote alone has the potential to reverse Richard Nixon's 1968 margin, registration figures show that 49 percent of the youth have now registered, says Lisa Haldane, the Nat-
ional Voter Registration Coordinator. Since registration breakdowns show that young people prefer Democrats over Republicans by a ratio fo 3.1, the Young Democrats find the current registration level to be encouraging for widespread Democratic V ictorles In 1972. Due to the dlfficulitles In TURN TO PAGE 18
S. Henry Bundles Jr., Rev. Richard T. Andrews, Achilles D. Angelicchi, JamesC.Shaw, TURN TO PAGE 18 Jacobs blasts President on debate issue WASHINGTON — In a speech Monday on the floor of the House, 11th District Congressman Andy Jacobs lashed out at President Nixon's refusal to debate the Issues of this campaign with Senator George McGovern, t h eDemocratic presidential standard-bearer. “President Nixon’s apparent decision to avoid debate with his opponent this fall Is bad news for the American political process, which cries out for candor from politicians which only the give-and-take from face-to-face debate can insure. “Everybody knows incumbents gain no political advantage from face-to-face debate with their opponents — TURN TO PAGE 18
W \SHINGTON — (NBNS) The federal government, under increasing pressure from the conservative American Hospital Association, has backed down from regulations it proposed which would have Increased the amount of free care to hundreds of thousands of poor people. Last April, the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare issued regulations which would have required most of the nation’s hospitals who have received funding under the federal HillBurton Act to spend at least 5 per cent of their operating costs or 25 per cent of their net income on free medical care for the poor. State Health agencies could even require the hospitals to spend more. But the AHA then launched an intensive lobbying effort, since only 14 per cent of the country’s hospitals meet the proposed HEW guidelines. The association claimed that hospital’s would have to raise its charge by more than 4 per cent to cover the extra cost of providing assistance to those who could not afford it. Most of the 2,000 letters
which the federal agency received were from hospitals and health professionals, according to HEW officials. And they admitfewcamefromconsumer organizations who generally have supported HEW’s original proposals. The revised guidelines, which are expected to be published in the Federal Register later this month for comments, would require the hospitals to spend only 3 per cent of their operating costs or 10 per cent of the grant TURN TO PAGE 18
NOMINATED: Brigadier General James F. Hamlet of Alliance, O., has been nominated to become the Army's second black two-star general in history. The 50-year-old former Vietnam commander was promoted to one-star rank in May of last year.
Nixon s anti-busing plan given 1st OK
WASHINGTON — The House general education subcommittee last week approved and sent to the full Education and Labor Committee President Nixon’s proposed curbs on the use of school busing to achieve racial balance. The bill’s school aid funds were sharply cut. The action was the first concerte step taken by Con-
gress on Nixon’s anti-busing proposals since he introduced them March 20. The major changes were made in the ad ministration bill before the subcommittee acted on it. First, $900 million authorized by Nixon to help schools with high concentration o f minority children w a sstricTURN TO PAGE 18
New black voters could decide 1972 presidential election
WASHINGTON — (NBNS) New Black voters could be the deciding factor In the 1972 presidential election If Nominee George McGovern carries through his promise to devote 40 to 50 percent of all Democratic Party registration funds to a massive ballot effort in the black community. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that almost 14 million black Americans will be eligible to register and vote In the
Nov. 7 presidential election — one tenth of the 140 million people 18 and over who will be eligible throughout the country. However, less than 70 percent of white Americans and less than 60 percent of black Americans actuallypar11 c 1pated in the last presidential election, according to a current census report. The Census Bureau found that 66 percent of the eligi-
ble black population was registered to vote in the 1968 election. As is the case with the total population, black voter registration was up — from 60 percent -- in the 1966 non-presidential year and declined again — to 61 percent — in the non-pre-sldentlal elections two years ago. White registration shows similar presldeotal—year TURN TO PAGE 18