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Faulkner Sets 136.872 Mark; Turns Single Lap at 138.122
10 Other Cars Qualify for ‘500°
Other photos, Pages 2, 6, and 13. Feingold sketch, .... Page 15
Little Dynamo Backs Up a 3 Public Hearing Planned , At Rockport, Ind., on Reports of Shakedown
Community Is Rocked by Payoff Scandal; Talk of Grand Jury Investigation Heard
By ED KENNEDY Times Staff Writer
ROCKPORT, May 19—A scandalous political shakedown of low-salaried schoolteachers which may reverberate through nearly every county in Indiana rocked this sleepy
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| | By BILL EGGERT { Walt Faulkner—a wee bit, of a 31-year-old Californian. who backs up his speed boast | with facts—went out and set| new - Speedway qualification] records vesterday. The Little Dynamo of Long Beach, Cal., the last of 11 quali-| fiers yesterday, rounded the 215mile track at an average speed | of 136.872 miles per hour to better the 136.493 Duke Nalon had set May 12 in a Novi Purelube Special. The 128-pound Faulkner also topped the one-lap record of |
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river town today. More than 500 persons are expected to attend a publie hearing of charges against three Republican township 8 » trustees accused by teachers . in A of demanding political payoffs Missing Witness in cash. The meeting has been set for Tuesday night and 3 \ls sponsored by the Spencer tays Action n |County PTA executive council. Pe. | An offer by Gov. Schricker to : |step in and investigate the site A al Death [ase uation was declined here until ol { wis tic. Shtict after the hearing Tuesday. AS ‘Times Photo by Dean Timmerman. | The witness who 1s e objec UNDER FIRE—GOP Township Trustees C. A. Fuller, of Carter Township, Frank Ayer of Ham- , a city-wide search by the coun- Ee er ve 17049 MPH set last week by mond Township and F. M. Yearby of Grass Township all deny requiring "political kickbacks" from |(y prosecutor in connection with a, Naion when he sent his Agaja-| teachers in Spencer County. Public hearing of the squabble is planned Tuesday night in open meet- the trafic death of a b-year-old
nian Grant Piston-Ring Special| ing arranged by Spencer County PTA Executive Council. {boy wasn't always missing. ‘Questions around the oval at 138.122 MPH ~ sien : ; > - "| She already has delivered her A nd Answers
on the final lap. statement to the deputy in charge] Faulkner's run was the climax Parole Reforms Needed—
| - Rett A f {ot She Grand Jury, it was jearnen, Excerpts of sworn testimony to one ‘of the quickest days 0 | y. . e speed in Indianapolis Motor Prosecutor Frank Fairchild in-| by teachers charging "political Speedway history.
P sgn D . " Eh litical oO inati n la d |stigated the search with a state- kickback,” Page 9. The 11 cars qualified yesterday, O 1 f l | oO 2 B 1 1 1 {ment he wanted to question the
sted the starting field to 24, {witness and possibly seek an inne ) i {dictment of the driver of the| they feel here that the Governor's
leaving only nine places open be-| " : - | fore faster speeds begin eliminat- or aXli Nn a e risons |death truck. : | intervention. would make it ape ing cars already qualified. |The witness as sg Pon ge over the state as a Demos The fourth qualification day is ; Emma Dawson, formerly o atic Fehaien scheduled today at noon although send for Austin Senate Ave. publican feud,
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A MAN AND HIS CIGAR—He really puffed around the
By IRVING LEIBOWITZ in prison jn 1938 on a charge of to handle, they
" "n 1 " 500" track. Speedway, gates will open at 9 “It is more than a crime it causing jy in the Perpessatios MacCormick. | She was said io be the Sa There is talk of a grand jury L td AKA ALH- Ata tai : solv coin ml - is Shinn ai rrMriarp—r yr * of air armeq.I. ery. e was not. Unfortunately, —Mr——MaeCor- witness tothe death of -Alonzolnrobe—in the air- Be ee WALT FAULKNER {AysjarisnGrant--Fision Specie) : Faulkner, who held qualifica- i$ @ political fault. at the scene of the holdup shoot- mick asys, “I failed in Indiana. Wayne Johnson, 1641 Alvord 8t.| 5, re e re Lap Time MPH Lap Vime MPH tion records for one and four| (Joseph Fouche) ing. Apparently the officials like their |The boy was killed Feb. 23 when| Te oday gathered I 1:06.40 135542 3 1:05.90 136571 1.00 Jlior to Nalon’s showing 1ast! Today there are an uncounted, Several governors have refused horse and buggy prison system.” he walked into the side of a truck SWorn and notarized statements 2 1:05.56 137.279 4 1:05.16 138.122 | week, had said earlier last week number of men languishing pe-/to grant Workman parole. Pe-| Although Mr. MacCormick’s |driven by Macy Williams, 30, of from schoolteachers who were
{that he expected to regain hisihind Indiana prison walls who nologists and legal experts agree recommendations were not fol-535 Minerva St. {fired as soon as the school term |records. should be working and living on he: would have been out of jailllowed by the state legislature, Williams was found guilty last on ded In the same statements | He was more sure yesterday the outside. -«% |long ago if an independent parole the public how! for reform that week on a drunken driving charge tne teachers who were fired told { ‘I Expect to Do Something'— v latter a practice lap when his foot| Politics has kept these inmates board reviewed the case. {greeted his report prodded state and sentenced by Municipal Judgeiof having refused to give conpe : throttle stuck going into the south/imprisoned needlessly and at! Now, three years after the com- prison officials to make a few!Joseph M. Howard to 90 days ontriputions to political campaigns turn. He handled the race car ex-|great expense to the taxpayers. prehensive state penal survey has much-needed changes. the State Farm. He was fined which were solicited by direct or pertly through the turns and was| Indiana paid $25,000 for a been made—and rejected —there Highlights of Report /$100. Maximum penalty on the gevious methods. sure he could wrap up new rec- prison survey in 1947 which|is a growing movement to bring ,.... ..0 some report high- charge is 180 days on the farm. Originally, elght teachers in the ords after a throttle adjustment. brought out these facts. The sur- prison reforms before the Gen- lights on Indiana prisons: | Released on Bond [three townships were given con~
'Didn’t Slip, Didn't Slide,’ idn ip, Didn ide, igar-Chompin’' Mit Faulkner's speed run left only|vey, twice rejected by the state eral Assembly again. ONE— Guards and other em- itract termination notices or were Says Cigar- ompin t e one other driver with an oppor-ilegislature (1949 and 1951) lies Public Airing Urged 4 res | Williams was released under,
rloyees at present are ill-chosen,| {led to believe they were fired. e CIGAR-CHOMPIN' might ite | th ite of tunity of bettering the unhelioys gathering dust in the office of The four Hoosiers who worked re a underpaid and fe Soon BOAd pending appeal of the} since the eres became . mighty mie in a mig ty mite of a |able qualification records. That/the Governor's Clemency Commis- with Mr. MacCormick have ex- secure. The state is having diffi-| "myo" witness, who signed the public hers, two were rehired and mount roared fulfillment to a quiet promise yesterday
would be Chet Miller in the No. 32 sion. { : . aac | Novi Purelube Special. [austin H. MacCormick. the na- presseq a keen desire to continue cultics securing guards because °f| drunken driving afdavit, failed one obtained a job in another over the bricks of the 500 Speed Facto ; Sli ithe project. John K. Ruckelshaus, high pay in private industry. |to appear for the trial. Prosecutor area. Pp d ry. It's Up to Miller tion's ranking consultant on chairman of the survey commis-' - TWO-—Abolish four independ-| > SPREE said lice had been| The five persons who were sumWalt Faulkner, all 5 feet 4 inches and 128 pounds of Miller's car stripped a pinion Prison problems, conducted the sion, thinks the matter should be ent parole authorities — Prison| 2 ¢ © locate po) marily dismissed are: Miss Mary . o . i survey. i 3 | . 1 him, erased the record-setting pole speed posted for this 8ear last Friday, but a spare gear , aired publicly first. Board of Trustees, Commission "yi, oon the prosecutor de-|1e¢ Gaboert, a music and art year's Memorial Day Classic by Daring Duke Nalon, the man who came back.
é (New single lap record, 138.122) k (New fourdap record, 136.872)
teacher at Dale High School, who lives in Grandview; Mr. and Mrs. Conral C. Bannister, who taught and live at Chrisney; Robert
was flown to Indianapolis from! “Rot in Jail’ An Indianapolis attorney, he on Clemency, Department of Pub- { the West Coast and Miller is ex- From his New York office he sajd: “It would certainly be worth lic Welfare and Parole system |Clared he may geek. 3, Tecliese pected to try today. He is cer.told The Times by telephone: the time.” Create, instead, independent Paj2omie in i g fe Many inmates have paid their’ Professor Jerome Hall, Indiana role Board. (This has not been| river e 'wipess. can
per. Not so with the lightweight
But Faulkner also came
back.
Noting “The Duke's” fabulous four-lap total of 136.498 mph set a week ago yesterday, he rolled his cigar stub from one side to the other in his mouth. “I expect to do something about it,” he said and predicted he'd thread his runt car, the J.C. Agajanian Grant Piston Ring Special No. 2, between the fences at 138 mph. He did both. He polished off Nalon's polfsher of his own 1950 record (134.343 mph) which set tongues wagging and tagging him the “Record-Breaking Rookie.”
- ” ” WITH A year of the “500” under his red shirt and dirt track rock-marked white helmet, the 31-year-old Californian bit into the record book with a four-lapper of 136.872 mph. Last week Nalon, who rolled away from fiery death in the 1949 race, pounded his Novi Purelube Special to a 136.498 clock stopper. The wild-haired yearling hot pilot also scored on his prediction. The bouncing featherweight lashed the final lap in a
rubber-searing 138.122 mph. And that put the cross” out slash on Duke's high single
circle of 137.049 mph. =” n n
“THE DUKE'S” speed gradually dropped on his four trip-
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with the heavy foot. From a “poor” start, predictionwise, of 135.542 mph, he whipped his mount to the sizzling 138 plus the Igst time around. The crowd sensed what might be dn the making as the rapid racer rocketed by, but it was 20 minutes after completion of the qualifying run that official time was announced. A faulty impression on the timing tape held up the post-
ing. Then the crowd whooped _gyalifiers never have competed in!in Hoosier penal institutions.
it up for the pint-sized driver who captured their fancy last year. ” o o BUT OWNER Agajanian knew the score. And so did “The Duke.” From the time Faulkner took the flag the first time around, Nalon kept a watchful eye over Agajanian’s shoulder. The boss man held a stopwatch on the flying Faulkner. As speed increased, Agajanfan hopped like a warpathbound Indian. He danced and waved his 10-gallon hat. He clasped his hands high overhead each time the car whipped by. And then it was over. Duke's records were down, Faulkner's up. So was Agajanian. Nalon hoisted the giant boss of the tinv driver to his shoulders and carried him 150 feet to the qualifying apron. " o o “HE SAID he was a goin’ to do it, and I knew he'd do it,” howled the happy Agajanian. | Then Faulkner eased out of the cockpit, very cool. “T didn’t slip. IT didn't slide.
as possible,” Faulkner sald as matter-of-factly as-a-man-pull-ing into Riverside Park for a | family pienic. The boss-driver Mutt | and Jeff team hugged newlyweds.
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fication record ever,
ebt to society. Others have over- University law school, sgid the done.) (found, his Grand Jury deputyip co. ., ‘acting principal at
Some Speedway railbirds believe Paid in days and nights of idleness state could save thousands of dol- THREE Develop special treatMiller—if the car is performing/and overcrowded cells. lars yearly by making the neces- ment of alcoholics at State Farm. properly—can do a 139 or a 140| “They rot in jail because the sary prison reforms. (This has not been done.) lap without extending himself or/state’'s lawmakers perpetuate a He added: “We could do a much FOUR—Create Department of| ¢on¢4 the car. ipolitically-dominated system that|better job of curbing delinquency, Corrections for unified control | _ on FallTkner ' reported after his/is less economical, less efficient, both adult and juvenile.” lover state's _ penal-correctional | drive that he did not slip or slide/less effective in protecting the, Tiford “B. Orbison, New Al- system. Hire experienced penolo-| in the turns but he did believe he public against crime than a pro- bany, one of the key members of gist.« Called major weakness in had extended the new $30,000 race fessionally directed system.” car as far as possible on the 138-] Mr. MacCormick knows the In- opinion it is costing the state done.) lap. diana prison system intimately. money “to perpetuate a bad penal To show a new twist in Speed- He spent many months compiling system.”
FIVE Most important reform State Police
took a complete statement from her before Willlams was tried ion the lesser charge. A policeman nued on Page 2—Col. 2 . % . 9 a p % i Missing’ Plane the commission, expressed the state system. (This has not bees Just Unreported, Learn
Grandview, where he lived, and Margaret Thomas, who taught at Grandview and Hives In Richmond, Tells of Payment One man said that in his own
[classroom he turned over $50 Tm
{cash to his township trustee and {later was told he would have no {job unless he paid the remainder of a $100 assessment by May 1. {He refused and was given his
But I extended the car as far |
way speeds, six of yesterday's 1
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The “slowest” speed was Carl, The report, emphasizing the
Forberg’s 132.890 in the new Aut
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Political observers believe that Sen. Jenner has the 1952 GOP gubernatorial nomination in the bag. «.ceveveens Babe Zaharias wins third leg of Weathervane Golf tourney . . . Gary Roosevelt sets point mark in regional high school track meet . . . complete sports news. ... 13-1 Ed Sovola is a bit confused by conflicting advice . the question of the week: Is jaywalking illegal in Indianapolis? Summer and vacation time are
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(the other side of the fence politi- ' fely 9 anv thev rer : : | jay's « f as . plane had landed safely at 4:29 deny they ever asked anyone Times lists 184 camps for wrong side of prison bars. would he Partly ondy wilt sea da ——————— Continued on Page 2—Col. 1 boys and girls. ....... 26, 27; Ott Workman is one. A well- : : gh el
Indianapolis needs a planning committee. for its entertainment calendar. Woman turns canceled stamps into attractive greeting cards . . ., modern furniture stresses ease of maintenance . birds . . . other news ‘For Women. Credit controls bring slumps in Hoosier home building. ..
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repo. iaied, vy insuring merl PITTSBURGH. Nay 10 (UP) (STII, BO SORE 4 Son selection of parole officers with-|__ ,» pc-3 passenger plane, €ar-| school year. >
out regard Jojtice. (This has rying 30 persons, landed safely at |
Although the report was
1la 314-page report on conditions A ‘Duty’ to Inmates
Former Judge Orval Hunter, Bloomnfield, believes the state has a “duty” to the inmates and the public to put the reforms into |practice. Mr. MacCormick has been in Penal
Stresses Reforms Need Information gathered by The a Evansville, Ind., today, Civil Aer- Times indicated that payoffs comprehensive study of state onautics authorities reported ranged from $12 to as high as an institutions, one section shortly after state police issued indirectly Jeported shakelown of “hi was devoted to ‘“‘uns parole | e the plane! . In this case Lhe person bly about 20 per cent of the menialy sates, preaching prison his System.” Said the Sound par } en Peporting pane shaken down was supposed to pay, coming up for parole considera-| : "| "«It is evident throughout |“ The CAA said the plane, ap- of the unexpired contract of an«
It ; : |suggestions, but most do. this tion there might properly have! 7 1 "ao 15 jcsue of the Sat- Study that the foundation <n parently a chartered craft, had |other teacher so she could get & failed to report at any check ata-|job.
|been placed on probation, if the which the Indiana parole system |committing courts had adequate urday Evenios Post, the editors has been nate hu and tent tion from the time it left Phila-, Assessments as high as $100 |probation service. ; “When. barbarism riots or veloped is fundamentally un- delphia at 1:30 p. m. (Indianapo- against a yearly salary of less ' Mr. MacCormick’s proposal to breakouts ‘make 3 ben 100 hot sound. There is no hope of im- lis Time)—a direct violation of than $2900 were sworn to. Actual end political domination of the _—_. : p provement or modernization with- regulations. |cash payments to trustees as high |system by taking the prison keys lout centralization of the paroling as $50 also were sworn to.
jout of the hands of politicians i ! i |generated trata ns 89 Degree High authority in a full-time, non- of the plane landing at Elkins,| Charges Denileu
|General Assembly. On T T o political board. W. Va., or Cincinnati, O., two! Accused by the teachers in tes y Gor. Sehicer declined to sup- ap o ay . — scheduled stops on the flight. |timony being investigated by the por e prison reforms. At the “We put a tracer on the plane Indiana State Teachers Associa= time, he was quoted as saying he he ei when the pilot failed to report rioltion are Trustees Charles P. Ful« (was “satisfied” with the present ,. {pe weatherman, > Yi position along his route,” a CAA ler of Carter Township, Frank |set-up. SA high of 89 degrees is in sight | official here said. “We heard Ayer of Hammond Township and { Some prisoners whose addition- oqay following yesterday's Max.) nothing more until a teletype F. M. Yearby of Grass Township. crime consisted of being on imum of 88. Gi 35 | message from Evansville said the] All three deny all charges. They
o'need for parole reforms, noted: “From examination of records
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