The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 March 1965 — Page 1

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VOLUME SEVENTY-THREE

DePauw Library

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24,1965

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE NO. 128

Receives Books Of Dr. Crandall

The bulk of the personal library of the late Professor Andrew W. Crandall has been given to DePauw University’a Roy 0. West library, it was announced today. Librarian James Martindale said the collection of 665 volumes owned by the former DePauw history department head is one of the largest ever received in the field of American

history.

Dr. Crandall, until his death in 1963. was considered one of the nation’s leading scholars on the Ciwil War and particularly oh the Battle of Gettysburg. Armed with chalk and blackboard. Dr. Crandall for 38 consecutiv# years (1925-62) reenacted the decisive battle twice annually iu lectures before packed student audiences. The collection is valued at over $2,000, according to Martmdale, and is rich in nineteenth and early twentieth century Americana. Especially important are the presidential campaign biographies as well as biographical materials on less-er-known figures of the nineteenth century. Other v'orks are devoted to the history of the Republican party, the Civil War period, and the post-war settlement of the Western United States. The books, contributed by Dr. Crandall's widow, Mrs. Marion Crandall of Greencastle, have been processed and classified and are now embodied in the open stacks of the library.

Greencastle area student Kathryn Miller will begin student teaching Monday, March 29, at Franklin College where she is a senior and fulfilling a requirement for teacher certifi-

cation.

Miss Miller is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Miller, 713 E. Walnut St. She is a biology major and will be teaching that subject at the Greenwood Junior - Senior High School.

Plane Crash At Sea Claims 16 HALIFAX. N. S. UPI — A

Canadian military aircraft crashed at sea off the coast of

Puerto Rico with an apparent crashgjj

loss of 16 lives, the Royal Canadian Air Force reported to-

day.

Greencastle Lions Club meeting held Monday evening. William Johnston presiding. The club entertained the Greencastle High School basketball team and coaching staff. A delicious turkey dinner was enjoyed by the members and guests. Also present and introduced were 4 members of the Reels- , ville Lions Club who were pre- | sented the Governor’s Trophy by President Johnston. Coach David McCracken spoke briefly and introduced all the players. Lion Wayne Hopkins present* ed the speaker for the evening. Rev. Claude McClure of Gobin Methodist Church. The speaker gave an inspiring message concerning the matter of ambition and sticking to one’s goal in life. He compared life to a game and stressed the point that success depended on how you played the game. The point of the talk was well received by all present and was inspiring to all present especially the students who are preparing for

their life's work.

Ranger Sends Moon Pictures

PASADENA. Calif. UPI — Ranger 9. blazing a trail through outer space for astronauts to follow, flashed live pictures of an arid lunar crater to American televiewers today before crashing on the moon at

5.971 miles an hour.

A battery of television cameras aboard the spacecraft sent back to earth a series of pictures of the lunar crater Alphonsus for about 20 minutes before the last of the Rangers

to dstruction with pin-

Gemini Twins Are Hailed By Nation

Public Service Reduces Electric Rates $650,000

ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER INTREPID UPI — Virgil Gus Grissom and John Young, two astronauts who proved in a near-perfect Gemi-ni-3 flight that they are short on gab but long on courage, headed home today to help put America’s man-in-space pro-

gram into high gear.

Grissom and Youmr whose

Dr. Crandall joined the De- <pjje plane was participating Pauw faculty in 1921. He serv- ^ joint u. S.-Canadian maneued as head of the history de- vers jn the Carribean when it partment from 1956 to 1960, went dm™ late Tuesday night when he retired from full time about 60 miles north of San teaching duties and assumed j uan , the RCAF said,

the Pulliam Chair of American

point accuracy at 9:08 a. m.

EST.

The snaphots. including history’s first for “live” television. flashed 245,500 miles through space and ended the Ranger project in America’s

moon exploration. Further CanC6r Stamp

THESPIANS TO PRESENT "RASH0M0N" Carole Brown and Tom Gates re-enact in rehearsal a scene from this week's triple production of “Rashomon,” a Little Theater drama to be presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday in DePauw’s Speech Hall. Curtain time for the play, which will be under the direction of Professors James Elrod (drama) and Larry Sutton (technical), is 8:15 p.m. Miss Brown is cast in the multi-developed Japanese story as the wife whose husband (Steve Williams) is murdered by a bandit (Tom Gates) near Kyoto's Rashomon Gate. Utilizing a flashback technique, the trio, plus a woodcutter (Dave Gilbert) offer their own versions of the murder, thus creating four interpretations within a single plot. Others in the cast include Ray Williamson, the priest; John Petsche. a wigmaker; Barbara Mock, the medium; Jeannie Englebright, the mother; and Larry Hulbert, the

deputy.

Will Welcome Grissom, Young WASHINGTON UPI — A

“mighty happy” President Johnson is preparing a national welcome Friday for the stars of the Gemini space spectacular.

The President voiced the na-

tion's pride and extended a White House invitation via radio telephone Tuesday to astronauts Virgil (Gus) Grissom and John W. Young after they were

aboard the carrier Intrepid.

Details of the Washington re- to 1.2 cents per kwh. ception were not announced. Carroll H. Blanchar. presiBut in the past, astronauts dent of Public Service Indiana,

Rate reductions amounting to $650,000 a year will benefit some 32,000 business, residential, school and church customers of Public Service Indiana, the electric utility announced

today.

Lower rates, effective with May bills, will affect about 20,000 business customers in the 69-county area served by the company. An estimated 12,000 high-use residential customers will also save. The rate for all electricity used over 1.000 kilowatt-hours a month will drop nearly 8%

An air search of the crash area indicated there were no survivors. Two Canadian destroyers were dispatched to the

scene.

Lost His Car

LOS ANGELES UPI — Hank Harrison, an auto repossessor, parked his car to repossess an-

other vehicle.

A thief stole Harrison's car, $1,000 worth of tools and aparial dental plate which he had

left on the front seat. NOW YOU KNOW By United Pre» International

Although fortunetelling is forbidden by law and con-

want to leave their own com- derrmed by the church, there are munity unprotected and will not more than 500.000 practicing go beyond their township line astrologers, palmists and mediunless it u an extreme emer- ums doing a half-billion dollar gency. annual business in France, acChxef Jim Proctor cording to Insider’s Newsletter.

History, teaching two sections

of American history. Special Meeting

NEW YORK UPI — Shattuck Denn Mining Co. said Tuesday it will not be able to present its proposal to buy Fireproof Products Co. to the annual meeting May 19. A special meeting will be called later.

Notice

The Reelsville Fire Department announces that their equipment will not leave Washmgton Township to fight fires unless requested by another fire

department.

The Reelsville firemen do not

Orville Ward Found Guilty Of Jailbreak Orville Ward was found Goodhue, Buford Phillips, Vern guilty of jailbreak by a Jury in Walton, Jr., Frank Bunten, the Putnam Circuit Court Tues- Malcolm Berry, Paul W. Aker, day afternoon after deliberat- Donald Gilstrap, and Wayne lug five hours. Roach. The defendant was specifical- in other Circuit Court action, ly charged with fleeing the Fred Joe Worley, 26, Terre county jail on the night of Haute, was found guilty of secMarch 9. He was stopped out- ond degree burglary and was side of the building by city and given a 1-10 year suspended county officers. sentence. He was also fined As result of the verdict, $500 and costs and placed on Judge Francis N. Hamilton probation. Judge Hamilton orfined Ward $100 and also sen- dered Worley to put up a $2,000 tenced him to serve 30 days in bond subject to the court’s apjail. proval. The bond is to guaranThe trial started Monday and tee restitution to the Individuals members of the jury were Oscar from whom he stole various raFlint, Henry Kruse. Lewis dio equipment. Worley’s driver’s Flint, Robert Sterchi, Lawrence license and all driving rights

20 Years Ago Sgt. Eugene St. John was promoted to lieutenant in charge of the Indiana State Police Post at Putnamville. Mrs. Heber Ellis was hostess to the Priscilla Club. Nazi broadcasts said 90,000 Russian soldiers were storming German defenses only 32 miles east of Berlin.

were also suspended for one year. William Blackburn was also brought before Judge Hamilton charged with assault and battedy. Blackburn’s charge resulted from a near traffic collision with Max L. Watts. Blackburn lost his temper and allegedly assaulted Watts. He plead guilty to the charge and will appear before Judge Hamilton April 23 for sentencing.

probes will be made by succes-

sors to Ranger.

At the last few seconds before impact the screen showed numerous craters in great detail. The pictures appeared to viewers to “come up and hit

you in the face. ’*

(Continued on page 3) It's Cookie Time For Girl Scouts It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time once again in Putnam County! Girls from 19 troops in the county will be knocking on doors beginning Friday, March 26. All cookies will sell for 50c per box this year. There will be five different kinds: the everpopular chocolate mints, peanut butter Savannahs. 4-flavor cremes, Scot-teas butter cookies, and chocolate vanilla creme

sandwiches.

For each box of cookies a Girl Scout sells, she earns 5c for her troop treasury. The rest of the cookie profit goes into the Girl Scout Council to help maintain camps and camper-

ship funds.

Cookies are shipped here from Chicago and delivered to “cookie stations” in Putnam County. Those in charge of stations are: Mrs. Robert Jackson, Greencastle; Mrs. Leo Schmidt, Roachdale; and Mrs. Barbara Hess, Bainbridge. Mrs. Robert Eppelheimer is general cookie chairman for the county. Leaders pick up ordered cookies at assigned stations and distribute them to the Girl Scouts to sell. This year Putnam County will have available 678 cases of cookies: 464 in Greencastle, 72 in Bainbridge, 65 in Roachdale, 43 In Reelsville. 22 in Fillmore, and 12 in Russellville. There are 12 boxes of cookies in each case, making a total of 8,136 boxes to be

sold!

Hillis At Capital WASHINGTON, D. C. — In Washington this week seeking support for a Constitutional amendment on state apportionment is Clifford Hillis, Greencastle, Ind., president of the Putnam County Farm Bureau. He is among 78 of Indiana’s 92 County Farm Bureau presidents who flew here yesterday for two days of orientation on pending farm legislation and visits with the Hoosier Congressional Delegation.

Postmaster C. T. Albin announced today that the Post Office is publicizing the Crusade Against Cancer by printing a special five cent commem-

orative stamp in conjunction with the cancer drive. The stamp will be placed on sale April 2- It will be in purple, orange and black colors on a white background.

have been welcomed with parades and appearances at a joint session of Congress. Johnson told Grissom in a joshing tone that “apparently the Molly Brown was as unsinkable as her namesake and we are all mighty happy about Nearing Peak WHITEHORSE. Y. T. UPI — Sen. Robert F. Kennedy hopes today to become the first person to stand atop a majestic 13.900-foot Yukon peak named for his slain brother, the late President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy, D-N.Y., a rookie climber, and seven alpine experts slept Tuesday night at camp No. 2 at the 11,500-foot level of Mt. Kennedy, the highest unsealed peak in the St.

Alias range.

said the rate reduction was another step in the utility’s continuing program of bringing low cost power to all its customers. Previous rate cuts made in 1963 and in 1964 saved residential customers $1.2 million annually. Total reductions in the past two years have saved customers in excess of $2 million. The latest round of rate adjustments reflects increased economies of operation and reductions in federal income tax rates, said Blanchar. Electrically heated schools and churches served by the util-

three-orbit ride around thi globe ended in a safe but slightly-off - target splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday, were slated for physical tests and interviews aboard this fighting ship today. Ahead of them lay the acclaim of the nation—in a news conference at Cape Kennedy, Fla., Thursday and a personal meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House Friday. And behind them now was a near-perfect space voyage that put the United States back in business in a manned space race after a 22-month lapse by demonstrating the value of the two-man Gemini spaceship. “We are ready to proceed with the Gemini program,” wa? the way Charles Mathews, Gemini program manager summed up the result of t h * Grissom - Young flight, the first by a two-man U. S. space-

craft.

Next step is a four-day voyage in late June or early July and, after that, a seven-day trip later this year in which U. S. astronauts will partially match last week’s Soviet efforts by opening the hatch ol their craft and taking a peeb around space. All in all, nine more Gemin: shots lie ahead — all of them preparation for an eventua: U. S. landing on the moon, anc all of them possible now thsl Grissom and Young h a v *

ity will also benefit. Cost of proved that the Gemini capsul*

electricity for heating will drop works.

from 1.5 cents per kwh to 1.2 “We now have a machine cents, a 20% reduction. that will take men into space A feature of the new rate for as long as two weeks a.i plan is a “heat with light” pro- long as they’re willing to go.’’ vision which can result in sub- said Robert R. Gilruth, chief of stantial savings to a business the U, S. Manned Spacecraft location that Is electrically Center near Houston, Tex.

heated. Most commercial customers who take advantage of the new electric heating rate, will also qualify' for a 1.2 cent rate for electric air condition-

ing and water heating.

The new rate schedules have been filed with the Public Servive Commission of Indiana for

approval.

School Measure Up For Debate

WASHINGTON UPI —Hons? Democratic leaders, confident of strong support, today called up the administration’s $1.3 billion school aid bill for debate. Designed primarily to aid grade and high schools serving poor children, the bill also would offer funds to buy books and help build "shared time”

The annual basketball ban- teaching centers for public, priquet of Belle Union High School vate an( I parochial school stuwill be held Friday in the high dents.

Belle Union Net Banquet Friday

school gym. A pitch-in dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Presentation of athletic awards is scheduled for 7:30

p.m.

This annua] event is sponsored by the P.T.O. and everyone is cordially invited to attend.

Youth Killed By Gun Blast

Democratic leaders felt they had enough votes to win pas' sage, even without Republican support. But approval of the bill was not expected for two

or three days.

The bill Is the second major administration proporal to come before the House this year The first was the Appalachia development program already en-

acted into law.

Brother Dies

BROWNSTOWN UPI

CL0VERDALE SENIORS VISIT COUNTY JAIL Seniors of the Cloverdale High School visited and inspected the Putnam County jail Moj mng. Pictured with the top group is Sheriff Kenneth Knauer, while Deputy Sheritt Paul Mason stands with the bottom group. The Cloverdale students also spent some time observing proceedings in the Putnam Circuit Court.

William Dean Baker, of BoliA nar, N. Y., died suddenly Sun-

teenaged boy from Pennsyl- day morning at his home. Mr. vania apparently intent on re- Baker was the brother of Mrs. .sisting arrest was killed here Doris Weber of Greencastle. Tuesday night when a shotgun Funeral sendees will be held he dragged from beneath a car Wednesday afternoon in New seat discharged. York.

State Police Trooper John Agan said he pulled over a car reported stolen from West Virginia after receiving a dispatch that the occupants had failed to pay for 20 gallons of gasoline purchased at Salem. Agan ordered the two youths out of the car. They ignored two such orders. Agan said he saw Michael Russo, 17. Meadville. Pa., pull a weapon from beneath the seat and there was

a shotgun blast.

The other youth climbed 6 from the car but did not raise 7 his hands as he walked toward 8 Agan, who was accompanied 9 by a Brownstown policeman. 10 Agan fired once, wounding John 11 R. Peach, 16, Greenville, Pa., 12 slightly in the thigh. 1

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