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VOLUME SEVENTY-THREE
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23,1965
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
NO. 154
STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSORS INDIAN BOY
Fatal Accident
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TERRE HAUTE UPI—Paul
Hubbs, 36 ? Terre Haute, died in
St. Anthony 5 ■ Hospital
Thursday about 30 minutes aft-
er he was struck in the head bem £ a i t ' irkeci
C3.t
by a wheel that apparently
Cat Attacks Boy
TERRE HAUTE UPI — A 3-year-old boy was hospitalized
here muIti P le cuts anci scratches
here Thursday after reportedly
by a neighbor’s
GHS Pupils Will Help Bylas, Ariz., Youngster
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broke loose from a machine at the Gartland Foundry plant
here.
Authorities said Hubbs was operating a machine that smooths iron castings when the
cone-shaped grinding flew off and struck him
head.
Authorities said Robert Wilson, Jr., son of Mr. and Jlrs. Robert Wilson. Terre Haute, was in satisfactory condition. An investigation was being conducted to determine if the boy was bitten by the cat. Of-
wheel ficials said it appeared he was in the only scratched by the animal’s
claws.
Bank Opens Parking Lot For Customers
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Paul Collett Heads Lions At Bainbridge
More Tornadoes Hit State
Paul Collett was elected president of the Bainbridge
GIVE CONCERT AT UNIVERSITY
Three tornadoes were reported to have touched down this morning east of Marion, a
Folksingers Steve Addiss and Bill Crofut presented s concert in Meharry Hall today. The two young musicians were originally scheduled to appear at DePauw University in January. However, the State Department sent them on a tour of Southeast Asia and they returned only recently from South Viet Nam. The two 29-year-old Harvard and Allegheny College multi-linguists make frequent appearances on NBC and CBS TV.
Palm Sunday twisters^ that killed 132 persons and injured
more than 1,200 others.
Annual Vehicle Safety Check Set For May, June
In line with his concern for Improved traffic safety in Indiana. Governor Roger D. Bramgm today announced that more than 100 Hoosier communities and industries through out the state have indicated they will take active part in Indiana's Annual Vehicle Safety Check during the months of
Florida Rites For Fx-Citizea Funeral services for Charles Steegmiller, former Greencastle resident, were held today in Melbourne, Florida, at the Brownlie Funeral Home. Burial was in Melbourne Cemetery. He died Wednesday at Brevard Hospital in Melbourne. Mr. Steegmiller was born November 29, 1892 in Frances-
ville. Ind.
Jim Clifford and Ivan Proc-
Lions Club following a chicken tor, 2-Year Directors dinner at the Bon Ton Cafe \ report of the coming this week. Spring Fish Fry and Carnival In addition to Collett, other t 0 be held on the streets of officers elected were: Bainbridge June 9-12 indicated Gilbert O’Hair, First Vice pIans f or Bands of Cloverdale
President an d Bainbridge two evenings, dianapolis said the tornadoes. Norman Evens, Second Vice other entertainment is being apparently small, were “conPresident planned with the Stafford Rides firmed. "No injuries were reHarry Elliott, Secretary furnishing fun for all and the p or ted, but early indications
Albert Harshbarger, Treasur- Lions doing their usual ‘
er job of furnishing good eats for ert dama ge.
Harold Doolm, Lion Tamer all.
Claude Etcheson and Claude After the reports and elec- The twisters were Fowler, Tail Twisters tios. the group moved to the between 6:25 and 6:40 a. m. EST Gerald Proctor and Virgil Lions Den where Thomas J. while thunderstorms were
The Greencastle Semor High Student Council is sponsoring Edwin a 11-year-old American Indian boy from Bylas, Arizona, through Save the Children Federation, international child welfare organization of Norwalk, Connecticut, it was announced today by Dallas Johnson, Director of the organization’s American Indian pro-
gram.
The sponsorship will provide
bank, while transacting their the clothing, school suplies, perbanking business. This new sonal books and spending money service is being made available vrhich will enable the child to as an added convenience to take part in school activities. Central National Bank and The average Indian youngster Central Insurance Agency pa- i eaves sc hool before the eighth tron!5 - grade, often for lack of thes#
bare essentials.
Customers may now T park their cars in the new Central National Bank parking lot. located within a few steps of the
The parking lot, located at the rear of the bank building.
Grimes, 1-Year Director* Funeral Sunday For Doyle Clover
city hit by one of Indiana's will eliminate the time consum- Part, of the sponsorship con-
ing efforts and flustration in tribution will be pooled with the attempt to find a parking funds donated by other sponsors space near the bank. to help the members of the tnbe Banking has kept modem at accomplish self-help projects of
Tlie Weather Buieau at In c en t ra ] National — A their own choosing. Indian men,
Walk-In Banking window to w’omen and young people are serve customers two extra contributing all the labor to hours each day and now, a such projects as building health
.. new r parking lot has been added clinics, libraries and community ’ ne were thal ther€ was some prop ‘ to the long list of services and centcrs Sponsorshi p funds ar#
facilities offered by this “Full Service” Bank. And as improve-
repor ^ men ts come about in the bank-
ing world the Central will add them — and probably will originate more than its share,
Union Orders Steel Walkout
PITTSBURGH UPI — The
„ , ,, . . Doyle Clover, 54. Greencastle.
MP 11 p n 7 Imp ct ppo ! p»- ti rj r*T riT
b)9 life in Greencantl., where f . 2 > evening at him this year.
teh Clay County Hospital in
Brazil, where he was a patient LeOVG Refuge
for one day.
He wa* bom March 14. 1911, in Pierceton. Ind., the son of
Wilkinson
Royer from the Management shown on weather observers’
Corporation of America showed radar equipment east of Leba- j Uj , t as Paf . m pas t.
movies of the 1964 “500” Race. non . nor th of NoblesvUle, southMr. Royer indicated that the east 0 f Huntington, southwest company he represents are the of Bluffton. east of Fort Wayne owners of Tombstone Life who and east of Muncie.
sponsored the car driven by
Jim Hurtibise last year and will Vhe tornado activity, coming again sponsor the car driven by only 12 days after the worst
N. Y. Continues War On Crime
NEW YORK UPT
New
supporting Federation summer camps where boys and girls learn vocational skills while they earn back-to-school funds. To combat the language barrier which is considered a major reason why Indian youngsters lag two years behind their nonIndian classmates in school, the Federation sponsors kindergartens to teach English to five-year-olds before they enter first
grade.
Founded In 1932, Save the
he was a member of the Public Works, serving as street commissioner for several years. He moved to Florida fifteen years ago, and was an employee of
basic steel Industry, bellwether tiie Van Craim Theatre for the Chester and Bertha
May and June. Governor Brani- possibility of a strike for the gin has expressed his interest fi rs t time in six years,
in better roads, better drivers and better cars. One vital part of this continuing program of traffic safety is the annual mo-
tor vehicle inspection..
“Vehicle maintenance is the
Clover.
Air. Clover was an employee of the Indiana State Farm for eighteen years, where he was in charge of the Dairy Department. He was a member of the
of the nation’s booming econo- past nme years,
my. today was faced with the He was a member D f the
Presbyterian Church in Green-
castle.
Following nearly five months Survivors are his wife,
of unproductive bargaining on Bonnie L.
a new contract, the Wage bailie. Fla.: two daughters, secretary of the Indiana State
Policy Committee of the Unit- -^ ra - Ireda Zapp, Mrs. Martha ed Steelworkers Union (USW) Kin o- both of Eau Gallic, Fla.;
Thursday ordered the union’s '• uo sons ’ Robert E. Steegmil- church in Pierceton personal responsibiUty of every 450 000 m€mbers employed in ler - United States Air Force -
WASHINGTON UPI — The Interior Department says that six more of the world’s population of 42 whopping cranes
natural disaster in Indiana his- York's “war on crime is shift-
tory. was not predicted, al- ing to s second front today — Children Federation aids childthough forecasts had called for from the cit y’ s of sub ‘ ren. their families and cornoccasional showers and thunder- ways to the dark streets above. mim j t j es j n Southern Apstorms throught the state to- Mayor Robert F. Wagner paIachian ji 0un t a i n3i
dav and tonight. Thursday night announced that . Amencan For more than an Hour Thurs- 500 additional uniformed police-
men - - most of them rookie
on thg
Indian reservations
and in many countries abroad, through the sponsorship pro-
have left the Aran«a« wildlife day night, a three-county area
stricken by the Palm Sunday ^°P S ~ ' v ‘” patro1 the gram, an international self-help
between the strategic high- K
refuge in Texas for the birds’ summer quarters near Great
Slave Lake in Canada.
devastation was involved in a tornado warning. But although
Only one of the rare white heav >' thunderstorms were re-
crime hours of 7 p. m. add 3
a. m.. starting tonight.
'The days ahead will be days
Steegmiller Eau Wan , n To „. n5hlp Lions ^ birds is still at the winter nest- of open war _ we against the
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Farm Rifle and Pistol Club, and a member of the Methodist
criminals,” Wagner said on specialy televised program.
operator in Indiana,” Governor
Branigin said, and he expressed 1 wa i^ out _
the hope that every vehicle owner in the state would see to
The WPC said the stoppage. if it comes, will have been
it that his car was safety check- forced <<inevitably ^ appar ,
* - .. Survivors are his
basic steel to prepare for a May Callforma and Melven Steeg- HeIen . one daughter, Janice
miller, U. S. Air Force. Shreve- ButIer Greenca3tle( R 4 . three port. La., and six grandchil- sons> Jam „ clover of pierce .
dren.
To Bg Honored
traveling on the many miles of our new interstate highways for the first time this year, I
PALM DESERT, Calif. UPI Former President and Mrs.
With so many of our drivers ently intentionally’ by the “big
IT steel producers.
“We direct our local unions
to begin preparations for a Dwight D. Eisenhower will be
strongly urge that they have shutdown which, it now appears honored Saturday night at the Their cars in top operating con- be forced upon us by the “Republican Roundup” at the dition before they start out. By industry on May 1. 1963,” the Date Festival grounds in near-
utilizing the opportunity afford- WPC statement said . by Indio^
ed by the Voluntary Vehicle ——
Safety Check Lane nearest his home, sometime during May or June, each driver in Indiana will have made a good start toward greater safety on the highway
this summer. ” the Governor con- Mrs . j osep h B. eluded Sharp gave a program on “InFloyd A Kline, sir.. Director diana the Beautiful” illustrated of the Indiana Office of Traffic with color slides taken in our Safety, the coordinating agency s tate park system. The most
for the annual Safety Check, is appealing feature of this pre- s ., e( 'j a | beautv
following through on Governor mentation to the Washburn Branigin’s instructions to utilize c’hapter. Daughters of the all stale resources to ensure the American Revolution, was the
ton, Robert and Stanley of Greencastle; one brother, Clyde
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ing grounds. and Hamilton Counties, no dam
aging winds occurred. The alert
NOW YOU KNOW told of heavy thunderstorms As many a* 300.000 women and “the possibility of a torwife, are believed to have been exe- nado just west of Waynetown cuted for witchcraft in Europe amJ warned residents of the
in the 300 years between the three counties to take neces- dered night patrols on every end of the loth century and the sar\ precautions for the next 1 subway train, will cost the city
scholarship fund and an annua! collection of used clothing for the children of Appalachia an individual, school or group need contribute only $12.50 a month or $150 a year to sponsor an
“We are going to win. They Amer i c ’ a n Indian child, are going to lose.” child living abroad.
Wagner's latest action, coming only two weeks after he or-
beginning of the 19th century, to 2 hours.” But an all-clear according to the World Alma- was issued soon after the 9:35 nac. p. m. EST warning.
$17 million a year. It was part of an all-around beefing-up of the police force.
Mrs. Sharp Is D.A.R. Speaker; Mrs. Henry Elected New Regent
with mountain scenery and pioneer restoration. Mrs. Sharp wove into her narrative the interesting historical details unique to each park and its
The meeting was held in the home of Mrs. William Johnston
...... . , , with Mrs. Raymond Neal and
.success of thus timely safeU p.o- genuine affection and apprecia- D ° .Mrs. Ross McCullough as cogram. Mr. Kline stated that the ^j on shown by the speaker for severe winter weather has left the beauties of Indiana. Each much to be desired in satis- slide showed the personal factory vehicle maintance This touch. Mrs. Sharp pointed out year s Vehicle Safety Check Pro- that flood control has been the gram, carried out successfully, fi rs t consideration and that re-
hostesses. Mrs. Carl Huckelberry, vice-regent, presided. The meeting was opened as usual with the pledge of Allegiance to the flag and the singing of “The
could the difference bet- creation ha, been the bv pro- ® lilr Sp *" 8,ed B “ ner -" Sev5ral i
lterns of business were covered : including election of officers for the new year. The following were selected: Regent, Mrs. Hugh Henry; Chaplin. Miss Car-
Mr. and Mrs Sharp had visit- ne Pierre; Treasurer. Mrs. *d fourteen slate parks from the Floyd Yo. hum: Assistant Treavery first at McCormick’s Creek surer, Mrs. Truman Yuncker; to the very latest at Racoon Recording Secretary, Mrs. Ross Creek. Pictures had been taken Runyan; Assistant Registrar, in all four seasons and one in- Mrs. Perry Michael; Historian, teresting sequence was a set of Mrs. Glenn Irwin; Correspond-
Pvt. Donald Agnew was home before and after pictures of Ra- ing Secretary, Mrs. Elmer Sci-
on a 10-day furlough. coon Creek. Indiana state ler.
Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Killinger parks contain such a variety in- After the program, the meetwere in Brown County. eluding Potowatomie Indian ing was adjourned for a social Mrs. Hiram Jome was hostess lands, cave formations, virgin hour with punch and cake m to the Progress History Club. timber and deep canyons along a lovely Easter theme.
ween life and death for many duct. The combination of God’s Hoosier highway users. creation and man's effort to
preserve it
pledged their total suport and ant theme,
cooperation to the 1965 Indiana
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20 Years Ago One-half of Berlin was
Russian hands.
Mrs. Edington's RitesPending Mrs. Hazel Edington. wife of Dr. Will Edington. city, died this morning at the Putnam County Hospital. Funeral arrangements will b« announced later by the Hop-kins-Walton Funeral Home. Friends are asked to give to the Cancer Fund instead flower* if they s o desire. Now Chairman WASHINGTON UPI — The Senate Thursday formally named Sen. A. S. Mtke Monroney, D-Okla.. chairman of tho Post Office and Civil Service Committee to replace Sen. Olin D. Johnston, D-S. C.. who died last Sunday. Monroney. 62. ha* been a member of the committee aince he came to the Senate
in 1951.
Weather Showors Partly cloudy, occasional showers and thunderstorms today. Mostly cloudy, widely scattered thunderstorms tonight. Saturday mostly cloudv with scattered thunderstorms. Not much change in temperatured. High today 74 to 83. Low tonight 54 to 59. High Saturday 76 to 85.
ARLINGTON STREET WIDENING IN PROGRESS
The Arlington Street widening project is shown in its la test stages of construction. The project, which began a few weeks ago. i? drafted in such a way to allow a better control of traffic and safety. The completion date for the project i*
not known.
Minimum 6 a. m. 7 a. m. 8 a. m. 9 a. m. 10 a. m. 11 a. m. 32 noon . I p. xn.
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