The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 January 1964 — Page 1
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VOLUME SEVENTY-TWO
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1964.
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
NO. 65
City Council Is
Now Composed
Of 5 Republicans
Fires Raze Two Rural
Residences P
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Five Republican councilmen were sw r orn into office at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning to take over the reins of the City of Greencastle’s business for the
next four years.
Mrs. Knauer's Funeral Friday
Two fires Tuesday afternoon destroyed two rural dwellings, Sheriff Kenneth Knauer report-
ed.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Davies, on the old Big Four right-of-way west of Greencastle, was consumed by flames and all contents were lost. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were not
Mrs. Nellie Berniece Knauer, at home at the time of the blaze.
The new council members are wife of George Knauer> 201 s The home of Eva lfay Tipton Chester Grimes, Robert Poor, Locust street, passed away Tues- also burned in South Washington
Robert Jackson, Robert Epple- day afternoon after an extended Township,
heimer and Ernest C. Collins. illness
Lodge To Install
Applegate Lodge F. & A. M. 155, Fillmore, will hold public intallation, Saturday, Jan. 4 at 7:00. There will be a pitch-in inner at 6:00. All members and friends are encouraged to attend.
Officers to be installed are:
W. M. Elmer I. Lemley S. W. Hobart Buchanan J. W. Marion Littrell Sec. Hershel Scobee Treas. Carl Arnold S. D. Ralph Jordon J. D. Don Hendrich S. S. Lawrence Burke J. S. Frank Raines Tiler Ross Hammond Chaplain Ora Day
Fidel Marks Sixth Year As Premier
Ike Extends His
Blessing To All
MIAMI UPI — Premier Fidel Castro starts his sixth year in power today with a speech and a “gigantic” parade, probably featuring his regime’s made-in-Moscow military might
GOP Candidates
Also assuming office were
She was born
September 20,
Democrat Mayor Ray Fisher, in Putnam County, the who was re-elected by the voters daughter of Abraham and Lou last November; J. Frank Dur- Emma Hall Hillis. She w’as a ham, city judge, and Clifford mem ^ er Gobin Memorial
Frazier, clerk-treasurer, both Methodist church.
Democrats.
Roachdale Rites For Mrs. Myers
Dr. Rufus Jones, General Director of the Conservative Baptist Home Mission Society will speak at Grace Baptist Church 1011 Ave. D. Jan. 5 at 11:00 a.m.
Cars Stranded By Snow In Dixie
The 37-year-old premier marks each anniversary of his seizure of power in January, 1959, with a Soviet-style parade through Havana’s “Revolution Square.’’
Geo. Brown Dies In Vets' Hospital
A paralyzing snow and ice storm swept into New England
Castro, apparently confident he cannot be overthrown as long as he has solid Russian support, faces a possible new diplomatic challenge later this month.
Last rites for Mrs.
A five-n a t i o n investigating committee is expected to make public the results of its probe of
7:00 p.m. service.
Director of the Society since today mak ' ing highways treach
1952, Dr. Jones formerly spent erous and gi az t n g power lines. ^ w ^ Myrtle ten years m the pastorate and Driving conditions were hazar- c har g es that the dstroites
She devoted her life to her Stover Myers, 76, will be held served two years on tne aamims- d ous deep into the still-icy South* smutrcled 3 tons of arms info family, home and her church. from the Perkins Funeral Home trative staff of the Conservative lan(L U ^ 1 3 m °
The swearing in ceremony held Survivors are: the husband, in Roachdale at 1:30 Friday af- Ba Pt is t Foreign Mission Society, in the council chambers was in George; one son, George Jr.; ternoon with burial in the Roach- During his time with the Home
George Brown, Fillmore R. R., died Wednesday evening in Cold Springs Road Veterans Hospital in Indianapolis. He resided with his daughter, Mrs. Florence Shatter, east of the city. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Hopkins-Wal-ton Funeral Home.
Venezuela for use by Communist
terrorists.
Gale warnings were posted for
charge of Jack Hinkle, Putnam four daughters Louise Knauer at dale Cemeterv Mission Society, Dr. Jones had parts of the Northeast coast and Latin American diplomatic County Clerk. home; Helen Towe" Pittsburg! Mrs. Myers died at her home traveled extensively in the United schools were ordered closed until quarters say subst antiation of As previously announced by Pa.; Vera May Kierstead, Villa- in Roachdale Tuesday evening States, including Alaska, as well Monday at Meridian, Miss. the charges could lead to united Mayor Fisher, other city officials nova. Pa.; Elizabeth South, High- following an extended illness of as in Central America and the Stranded automobiles stood emp- hemisphere sanctions against
Four Lead As Demo Prospects
West Indies Islands, visiting the fy along slick roads from Ten- Castro. Five Latin nations still
Under nessee through northern Ala-
re-appointed by him, are Roy land Park, 111.; six grandchild- 13 years duration.
Newgent, police chief; Cassell ren and five great grandchild- She was born in Indiana on Socie ty s mission fields. Baley. fire chief; Clyde Miller, ren; one brother, Edwin Hillis, Sept. 16. 1887, the daughter of his directorship, the Conserva- bama and Mississippi, street commissioner; Gene Phoenix, Ariz. James D. and Emma Miller Stov- tive baptist Home Mission SoStaggs, sewage plant manager, Funeral services will be held er. ciety has experienced outstand-
and Louie Williams, sanitation Friday at 10:30 a. m. from the On March 27, 1913, she was growth and now has one- ^ department manager. Rector Funeral Home. Interment united in marriage to Ellis My- hun dred missionaries serving in vania and ^ ew York during the
Retiring as city councilmen will be in Brick Chapel ceme- ers of Roachdale. Mexico. British Honduras, Hon-
tery.
Friends may call at the funeral bytenan Church,
al home.
maintain relations with his revolutionary regime.
INDIANAPOLIS UPI — Four of the numerous possibilities for the Indiana Democratic gubernatorial nomination appeared to be in front as the New Year began.
The storm that shocked Dixie over New Year’s piled up heavy snow throughout Ohio, Pennsyl-
as city
were Arvel Roach. Charles McCurry, Dick Flynn, Russell Pierce and Clark Norton.
night. Eight inches fell in six
Income Taxes Hit New High
No Sale
She was a member of the Pres- duras - Panama, Puerto Rico and hours at Buffa i 0> N Y „ six inch > s
Order of the Guam as well as in many parts of Eastern Star and Washburn the L nite d States. Chapter of the Daughters of the Heel
West Berliners Marking Time
at Rochester, N.Y. and nine inches fell in southern Ohio.
COSPORT, England, UPI — John Lynes, a 23-year-old sailor, has gone on a two-day hunger
INDIANAPOLIS UPI — Indi- strike at the submarine base ana income tax collections, here because British navy officboosted by a mid-year change in nils turned down his application the tax rate, rose to a record 1° buy himself out of the service,
American Revolution in this city.
Surving are the husband; one OMAHA, Neb. UPI — Ezell son, James L. Myers, and three Henderson was nursing a sore grandchildren, all of Roachdale. heel today and all because he
Co. Schools Reopen
BERLIN UPI — West Berlin W'aited uneasily today for an East German invitation to begin new' talks about further traffic through the Communist wall.
They are Dr. Herman B. Wells, former Indiana University president and now head of the I. U. Foundation; Roger D. Branigin, Lafayette attorney; State Sen. Marshall Kizer, Plymouth, and former Bloomington Mayor Tom Lemon.
Pupils in the Putnam County Mayor Willy Brandt of West
schools returned to their respec- Ber , in already has indicat ed he
Friends may call at the funeral wan ted to really whoop it up on tive buildings this morning con- vvou j d acce pt such an invitation,
home. New year’s Eve. eluding the annual Christmas va-
cation.
Cl6rk 20 Years Henderson, 25, dashed from his
officers said today.
high in 1963.
The State Revenue Dei ailment said that collections during the year amounted to $229 million, an increa' , “ of slightly more than $15 million over those for 1962. The old 1.5 per cent gross income tax was replaced July 1 by
the new 2 per cent adjusted gro s , . . .. stead fought today to stay in
income tax approved by the 1963 o ^ ^
Eccentric Sisters Will Be Moved
But many people in this city fear that direct negotiations be-
home at the stroke of midnight Students in the Greencastle tween the municipal government
Homer Sands was the retiring waving a .22 caliber revolver., .schools and DePauw' University and the Communist East Gerclerk of the town of Bainbridge The gun fell from his hands, hit will not resume class work until man regime could help isolate Wednesday. Mr. Sands retires the porch steps and discharged the regular time Monday morn- vv est Berlin from the East,
after 20 years as clerk. a bullet which struck his heel. ing, January 6.
LONDON UPI — Tw o elderly sisters in nearby Hemel Hemp-
Legislature. That tax and the 2 per cent sales tax w'hich went into effect Oct. 24 are now the state’s main revenue sources. The first 61 days of the sales tax produced some $2.8 million w'ith reports for December not due until later this month. Gasoline and fuel taxes-reve-nue primarily dedicated to highway use—amounted to $11 million, an increase of slightly more than $3 million over 1962.
the unlighted, unheated chicken coop they have called home for
30 years.
“Nobody will take us from here,” Mi.ss Marcella Finnigan said defiantly as the winter wind whipped through gaping cracks in the shed’s board w'alls. But local officials, who called conditions in the old henhouse horrible, have applied for a removal order under national welfare laws. The sisters-Marcella, 85, and Ella, 7& are expected to
The only tax w’hich show'ed a
decrease in collections was th it m an ° ^ P eo Pl es home withm
on real estate sales, reflecting a change in the law. Under the old law, the tax was levied on the sale price or equity and was collected at the time of the transaction. The 1963 Legislature changed the law to make it a tax on capital gains.
a week.
Mrs. Mary Click Is Dead At Age 81
Fire Destroys Nursing Home
COLUMBIA. Miss. UPI — Fire destroyed the Columbia Conval-
Mrs. May Click, 81, died Wednesday in Culver Hospital at Crawfordsville. She had been seriously ill for two weeks. Born in Montgomery County, she was the daughter of Nathan and Mary Grantham Hulett. She married Cecil Click, who
preceded her in death.
Mrs. Click was a member of the
Under a current agreement covering Christmas season passes, the Communists have permitted 615,000 West Berliners to cross the anti-refugee wall to visit their relatives in East Ber-
lin, Additional tens of thousands
are expected to pour through before the agreement expires on Sunday. The Christmas pass agreement was the first to be reached between East German and West Berlin negotiators. It w'ent into effect 13 days ago.
Council Chairman
BAINBRIDGE OFFICIALS INSTALLED
There was installation of the officers of Bainbridge at noon Wednesday. Installed were Wentz Gilley, town clerk; Emery Roe, Benton Giltz and Walter Stevenson.
Dr. W. M. Clary, Superintendent of Greencastle Consolidated Schools, will serve as chairman of the Indiana State College Council of the Midwest Program of Airborne Television Instruction. Dr. Jane Grills, of Indiana State College, is coordinator of professional services. Albert Avery, Principal of Miller Elementary School, is serving as executive secretary of the council. The Indiana State College Council is one of nineteen area councils recently organized by MPATI.
Dr. Wells, a reluctant aspirant, has been pressured by Statehouse leaders to run. He has rejected these overturnes in the past and may continue to do so. Branigin, a former president of the Indiana State Bar Association, is eager to enter the fray but is concerned about whether he will be opposed by the powerful Statehouse machine of Governor Welsh. Negotiations along that line are in progress. Kizer, his party’s floor leader in the 1963 Senate session, showed strength in the standing when 17 Democatic state senators appeared at an Indianapolis meeting Saturday at the home of Robert Montgomery, former publicity director of the stae committee and head of the radio and television school of Butler University. Those attending discussed his possible gubernatorial bid. There were 24 Democrats in this year’s Senate, Lake County senators were conspicuous by their absence at the Kizer gathing. An Indianapolis Times poll of 1962 state convention delegates, many of whom will return at this year's gathering, showed Branigin and Lemon tied for first choice at 151 votes, Wells third with 124 tallies and Kizer fourth with 77.
Judging solely from the Republicans he already has blessed with some degree of his favor, there is no member of the party old or young whom former President Dwight D. Eisenhower would reject as a contestant for this year’s presidential nomination. These blessings extend now from Sen. Barry Goldwater cf Arizona to Harold E. Stassen of no specific state at all. Stassen cut firm moorings in his native Minnesota and never has been able to secure himself in his adopted Pennsylvania. Your correspondent or the reader of these paragraphs has about as much chance as Stassen to be nominated for president by the Republican party. Better, maybe! Stassen left his political future behind him after the war when he deserted Minnesota, which thrice had elected him governor, and fled to Pennsylvania. This appeared to be a search for a broader political base in big Pennsylvania than Minnesota could offer. Nothing came of it, however, Stassen was unable to identify himself with the Pennsylvania dairy leadership. Eisenhower's endorsement of Stassen as a potential Republican presidential nominee greatly adulterated the product. Moreover, Ike already had urged Gov. William W. Scranton to go allout for the Republican nomination. There is nothing spurious in Scranton's claim to party consideration nor, apparently, in Ike’s belief that the governor would make a good candidate.
1964 License Plates On Sale
Indiana’s 1964 motor vehicles license plates went on sale today at nearly 200 license branches throughout the state and they must be in use by March 1. Prices for the largest to smallest passenger cars range from $12.50 to $8.50, including the 50cent fee for notarization. But an owner of a small foreign car in Marion County will have to pay $18.50 to get his license plates, instead of the $8.50 he forked over in 1963.
British Troops Reach Cyprus
News Of Boys USS STRONG (FHTNC) — Louis M. Kessler, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albin Kessler of 203 Crosson St., Greencastle, Ind. as a crewmember aboard the destroyer USS Strong recently took part in a joint United States— Iranian Naval Civic Action Program with Naval Forces Middle East in the Arabian Sea.
escent Home here early today. Roachdale Christian Church.
trapping a number of elderly and
invalid patients.
Two hours after the fire broke
Surviving are a nephew, Earl Dean of R. R. 2, Ladoga: a niece, j Mrs. Frank A per of Portland: \
out seven persons were still mis- two great _ nephews< Roberi |
ford of Crawfordsville and Robert
sing and feared dead in the one-
‘ H ford of Crawfordsville and Robert story frame building located near ^ Qf R R 2 Ladoga; and a j the heart of this south Mississip- great . niece Mrs . j. W . gikorski j
of Sioux Falls, S. D.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the
pi town.
Firemen rescued 11 other per-
sons.
First reports indicated the fire _ , . _ , Tr . „ . K _ _ . .. Perkins Funeral Home in Roach-
dale. Burial will be in North |
Salem cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2:30 p. m. Friday.
started in a floor furnace at the
home.
J. W. Smith, a spokesman for a local funeral home, said 11 patients v ere moved to another convalescer.t home.
7 Traffic Deaths
Indiana counted at least seven holiday traffic deaths and five of them were charged to the
The Putnam County Commis- brand new 1964 to11 ' deluding sioners appointed Ray Vaughn as two auto wrecks at Indianapolis
20 Years Ago
road superintendent succeeding Emory Brattain. Albert Williams was appointed county attorney. Lt. Col. and Mrs. Paul Sum-
which each cost a life.
Hospital Notes Dismissed Wednesday;
Julia
mers were here from St. Louis, Jenkins, Mrs. Gerald Beck and Mo., visiting Mr. and Mrs. Har- son, John Patterson, Cratie Madry Allan. dox, Sharon Sandusky, GreencasMiss Margaret Neal was elected tie; Mark Gray. Reelsville; Mary president of the Junior Council Sutton, Mrs. Ronald Thacker and of Clubs. son, Spencer.
NICOSIA, Cyprus UPI —British troop reinforcements arrived in Cyprus today “to protect British families and bases on the island" following a New Year’s Day of violence in which five Cypriots were killed. An artillery regiment landed by air during the night and 700 paratroopers prepared to leave England at midnight today for duty in Cyprus, where fighting has flared between Greek and Turkish Cypriots since Dec. 21. There were unconfirmed reports in Athens that Turkey and Greece where alerting their armed forces for possible action
on the island.
Diplomatic talks continued over President Makarios’ announced intention of ending Cyprus' treaties with Britain, Turkey, and Greece, the three guarantors of its independence. Three Greek Orthadox monks were killed Wednesday by men identified by survivors as Turkish Cypriots. Another Greek and a Turk were killed in an exchange of shots near the west
GREAT LAKES, 111. (FHTNC 1 Curtis E. Nestler, electronics technician seaman, USN. son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nestler of 1042 Anderson St., Clinton. Ind., was graduated Dec. 13 from Electronics Techician School at Great Lakes, 111.
iimiiimiii The 1 Feather And Local Temperatures inmimiiii
Fair and warmer today and tonight. Partly cloudy with little temperature change Friday. Outlook for Saturday: Cloudy and mild.
GREENCASTLE OFFICIALS INSTALLED WEDNESDAY
Taking the oath of office in the city council chambers Wednesday were deft to righti Robert Eppleheimer, Robert Po..r, Chester Grimes, Robert Jack.on, Mayor Rry Fisher, Ernest Collins, Clifford Frazier, J. Frank Durham, Police Chief Roy Newgent. The oath was administered by Jack Hinkle, P utnam County Clerk.
coast town of Paphos, police
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Informed sources in Athens
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tary movements and feared the
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