The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 May 1957 — Page 3

ROACHI>.\LE Mrs. Arthclla Higgins spent Monday, Tuesday and Wedne la* of last week in In'lianajxilis at tending the State Federation of Women's Clubs held at the Claypool hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stono who have been operating the switchboard at Fincastle, have moved to the home they purcha ed here William Hanna, who has been very ill at his home, is improved Mra. Laura Faller entered the Culver hospital at Crawfordavilh Saturday for observation. Mr. and Mrs. William Reed of Indianapolis called on Mr. and Mrs. Albert McFerran and Merle Allen Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Suthcrlin visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jackson at North Salem Sunday afternoon. Jerry Hanna, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hanna of Naples, Florida, was in collision with another boy on a bicycle and broke the bone in his left leg in three places. Mrs. Retta Silvey called on Mrs. Malinda Britton Thursday afternoon. Miss Jeanette Clements of North Salem spent Sundfry with Nelson York and family. Mrs. Zella Blaydes attended an all day district meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary in

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Greencastle Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Miller visited John A. Miller and family in Indianapolis Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dean were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. md Mrs. Luther Mann at Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Galen Irwin and son, Steven, returned Thursday after spending several days with their daughter, Mrs. Nancy Bland and family near Miami, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Chesley McFerran of North Salem, called on Mr. and Mrs. Albert McFerran Sunday afternoon. Services for Mrs. Mae Hedge McDonald was held Thursday afemoon from the Nazarene Church with the Chastain Funeral Home in charge. Burial in the Roachdale cemetery. The Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian Church met with Miss Ruth Hutchins Friday afternoon. Mrs. Clyde Myers was the leader, and Mrs. Burdine Modlin gave the devotions. Mrs. Sara DeVVitt and and son Alva DcWitt and daughter, Mrs. Bertha Finchum of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. James Spencer of Hollandsburg, called on Mrs. Minnie Riddle Thursday afternoon and in the evening they all called on Jesse Myers at the Culver hospital, Crawfordsville. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Priest and son, have moved back to

Roachdale in the Lige Garett apartment. The vacation Bible schools closed here last Friday. Each church had a large attendance during the tw T o weeks. Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Watson of the Fincastle Community, were held Wednesday afternoon from the Chastain Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Britton in charge of the service. Burial in Brick Chapel cemetery. Mrs. Delores Thompson and children and Mrs. Patricia Wendling and son, visited Mrs. Mary Bridges at Fincastle Sunday. Mrs. Jenrie Laughlin of Tulsa, Oklahoma was a guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Maude Dickinson a few days last week.

vestigation today into the theft of $444,299 from the Cook County (Chicago) treasurer's office apd said the case had “overtone” of the Hodge scandal. State's attorney Benjamin S. Adamowski said another $6d8,737 also may have been lo6ted to boost the plunder beyond th. million-dollar mark.

PLAN JURY PROBE CHICAGO (UP)—The state’s attorney planned a grand jury in-

IIEARINGS SCHEDULED WASHINGTON (UP)-Chair-man Graham A. Barden, D-N. C., announced today that his House Labor Committee will b gin hearings next week to seek ways to prevent what he called the “pillaging” of union welfare funds. Barden said union u'elfare funds now total nearly 40 billion dollars.

-MENTAL DISEASE

actually decreased for the first time.” A continued program is i.ecissa y, said the speaker, and funds must be found to continue research to improve the mental health of our citizens. Dr. Barron Scarborough, director of the DePauw Bureau of Testing, and Robert Wolfe, assistant Putnam County agent, were welcomed as new affiliates to Greene istle Kiwanis.

1935 SPEEDWAY WINNER Ml ST GO BACK TO PRISON INDIANAPOLIS (UP) Kelly Petillo, 1935 winner of the 500niile race, was ordered sent back to Indiana State Prison as a parole violator Thursday. Indiana State Parole Director George Denton said Petillo, aricsted here Wednesday after a visit to the Indianapolis Speedway, had not reported to his par ole officer in California for more than a year.

ROOKIE DRIVER IN SPIN AT MOTOR SPEEDW \Y

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BENNY GOES HOME MANORVILLE, N. Y. (UP) — Seven-year-old Benny Hooper went home from the hospital today to the little gray house overlooking the sandy back yard where he was trapped in a well hole for 23c. hours last week.

TEST TRUCK RUN ON THE TOLL ROAD RESULTS

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GRAHAM COMMENTS

NEW YORK (UP)—Eva iist Billy Graham op the pioi of modern times: “We have listened to tb \ ace of man on these proble .oag enough. Now let us 1 . a to God for a change.”

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NEW YORK (UP) Sea. John L. McClellan, D-A k., fathci of five children, wa. .: mied father of the >:ar today by the National Fat. cr’s Day Committee.

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Rackets Suspect Takes Own Life

SEATTLE (UP) — Terry McNulty, a colorful race track figure mentioned briefly in testimony before the special Senate Labor Racket Committee, was found dead near here Thursday from a self-inflicted bullet wound. King County coroner’s deputies said McNulty. 69, shot himself with a .38 caliber pistol. His body was found in his automobile. McNulty, who left a suici 1 note, was one of 15 perr-m sought by subpena servers of ' ao King County grand jury, cali to investigate officials of the Teamsters Union, according to Prosecutor Charles O. Can.>11. During recent years, McNulty was one of the ]< uling trainer, at Longacres race track here. One of the oldest Teamster officers in Seattle, he h.i i entered the union while driving horse-drawn drays around the city as a teenager.

:;edwell must go back TO FLORIDA ON CHARGES CHICAGO (UP) — Florida authorities were advised today to “come and get” Edward (Bennie the Dishwasher) Bedwell, one time suspect in a double murder here, to face charges of raping a 13-year-old girl. Bedwell's last hope of avoiding extradition ended Thursday when Chief Justice Wilbert Crowley of Criminal Court turned down his appeal in a 15-minute hearing. The Paris, Tenn., illiterate broke down and cried when his att mey, David Bradshaw, explained to him he would have to !• ve Chicago’s Cook County jail for Florida. Bradshaw had challenged the ’alidity of the Florida warrant in appealing the extradition. Bedwell, 21, is accused of raping the Florida girl while working as a carnival roustabout at DeLand in 1953.

INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—The Indiana Toll Road Commission ! said today that actual driving tests showed “substantial savings” in using the Northern Indiana Toll Road and connecting turnpikes instead of freeways. The Indiana Motor Truck Association and Eastern Express, Inc., Terre Haute, cooperated in the tests April 23-29 as the commission sought to prove to truck owners they would be better off using the pay-as-you-go superhighways for transporting cargoes.

GIRL SCOUT NEWS

City firemen reported smoke damage only after making a run to the home of William Tharp, 808 South Illinois street, fit 11:30 a. m. The firemen said that a rusted heat pipe from the furnace caused the smoke.

Leaders of Girl Scouts are being offered a splendid opportunity or training in out of door skills and activities by Mrs. Grafton Longden, Sr. On Monday May 27, leaders taking the course will meet at Mrs. Longden’s home from 1 until 3 p. m. The following Wednesday, May 29, from 9 a. m. until 2 p. m. the group will again assemble at Mrs. Longden’s for further training and instruction. While the training course is being offered primarily for the leaders who completed the first part of the course which was presented last Fall, it is open to any leader of Girl Scouts. Any who are interested may contact Mrs. John Railing by phoning 405-M.

INDIANAPOLIS <UP> T v Bonadies, 39, a rookie from Bronx. N. Y. escape ! injury > day when his racer crashed lining practice at the Motor Speedway. Bonadies, who only Monday completed his familiarization test for next Thursday’s 500 mile Memorial Day race, lost contr >1 n the northwest turn.

into a state of near-hibernation by lowering her body temperature with ice packs and cold air. Her son Stephen was born six months ago in a normal birth. But still Mrs. Moore slept on.

IKE TELLS GDI* WON’T PLAY POLITICS WITH SECURITY TRENTON. N. J. (UP) President Eisenhower said today “we will not play politics with our people and blithely promise the n a tax cut at the expense of our national security.” Eisenhower addressed, by telephone from the capital, ;r regional Republican conference here. It was the sixth and finnl regional conference prior to a meeting of Republican leaders from all states in Washington June 7.

ROTARY CONCLUDES ITS CONVENTION IN LUCERNE LUCRENE, Switzerland (UP) - The 49th Rotary International | convention ended today with a pledge, to renew “that spirit of personal dedication, which car- ! ried Rotary to the far corners of the earth in a brief span of 50 years.” Rotarians sent 9,480 delegates from 78 countries to the five-day convention.

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Jury Completes 16-Day Inquiry VERNON, Ind. (UP) — A grand jury investigating operation of the Muscatatuek Sm School for retarded child: n charged Thursday that som ? staff members “had at least a leaning toward Communist activities.” The jury ended a 16-day inquiry by submitting a long report to Jennings Circuit Judge Fred Matthews which recommended a reduction in the number of “persons recently aliens or recently naturalized” on the school administrative staff. “The grand jury found evidence,” the report said, “in their investigation that at least s >:iu of the staff, consisting of fo:mer residents of foreign c u had at least a leaning towa: i Communist activi;:es.” The report also criticiz 1 t size of the profession d ir. ! ■> : staff at the institution, which, h said “has increased far in • x, - of needs in projsirtion to the inmates cared for.”

VINCENNES (UP)—Ammonia fumes leaking from a chemicrd company tank spread over a wid area in Vincennes’ south sidee tolay and an estimated 4,000 persons were alerted. Pel ice ( firemen and volunteer? hanged on doors in the middle of the night to awaken resident? ! and notify them of the possibil ity of danger from the fumes. But only a few persons evacuated the area and nobody was sickened badly enough to require am treatment.

THE HOG MARKET Hogs 8,500; hostly ftoady; 180240 lb. $18.50-$19.00; 240-270 lb. SIB.OO-SIS.SO; 270-325 yb. $17.50$18.25; 160- 180 lb. 17 25-,$lS.50; 120-160 lb $15.50- $17.00. WOMAN HOME VITER‘‘DEI.’• SLEEP” AND A BABY BIRTH NEWCASTLE, England (UP) — Mrs. Ellen Moore came home Thursday after having a baby and spending 385 days in a “deep freeze,” 169 of them unconscious Mrs. Moore was hit by a t. in k while crossing a street in Newcastle with 2-year-old Paul hityear. For 169 days she lay in ' coma while doctors dropped her

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HERE ARE towns struck by tornadoes in a two-day devastation in and around Missouri. Immediate death toll was 54.

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MRS. A. C. FRANKS watches over three of her sons in Kansas City, Mo., after their operations to correct crossed eyes. They are (from left) Paul, 7, YVarren, 5, and Gary, 3. A fourth, now 14 months old, vrill undergo the operation later. The operations were sponsored by Heart of America Eye clinic. (International),

THEY COULD HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT

| I,, k Pei no. 57, secretary-treas-urer of a Chicago local of the Fish Handlers and Filleters 1 Union, has been named in a fed- ■ indictment on racketeering charges which, on conviction, I cum . , ost him $270,000 in fines and 521 ye irs in prison. The 26 chaiges lie faces each carry penalties of 20 years and a 27th, ; n of the Taft-Hailley Act, FALLOliT VICTIM a

House Expected To Trim Budget

WASHINGTON (UP) — Tf House today opened debate on the big military budget amid predictions that a $2,587,000,000 committee cut would be upheld. President Eisenhower and Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson are protesting the cut and looking to the Senate for help. They appeared to be gair.ir support on both sides of the a:-! in the Senate, but they appeared to be making little headway'

in the House.

The House is expected to pa? the measure substantially as is when it comes to a vote n xt week. Chairman George H. M rhon D-Tex of the House D> * ns : Appropriations Subcommit* said the Pentagon “eventually ; will thank us" for pointing the way toward elimination of waste jand “fat” in the budget.

of fifteen peisons suojected me h ..west fallout cf an atom bomb while staying at a Z. ,: 1 nta: the explosion. Mrs. Haniet Edwards, who with her husoand have complained of iil I uth since the exposure, poses before her trailer heme near Las Vegas, Nev. They were in the area of Bunkei ville. Nev in 1953 when an A-blast dropped excessive fallout in the area. 1

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SWEDISH TRAFFIC authorities 1*6 this shocker to r n the most dangerous section of Sweden’s Highway 1, between Stockholm and K .n^be g. The men, women and children -stretched 2Mi on th§ pavement represent 35 killed along this stretch, (International SoundphoteJ^