The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 August 1965 — Page 1
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VOLUME SEVENTY-THREE
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, AUGUST, 30, 1965
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
NO. 263
STEEL STRIKE AT MIDNIGHT TUESDAY
Betsy Churns In Warm Atlantic
News Of Boys
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Marine Lance Corporal Michael D. Casida, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen R Casida of Route 2, Cloverdale, Ind., is serving with the 1st Shore Party Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pen-
sified today while churning dleton Calif
harmlessly across the open
ocean.
MIAMI U PI — Hurricane Betsy, nourished by the warmth of the tropical Atlantic, inten-
Furnaces In Mills Are Being Cooled
The 1st Shore Party Battalion acts as a nucleus for the task
Betsy became the second hur- organization of landing parties ricane of the season Sunday, m su PP ort of Marine units in lashing the Leeward and Virgin amphibious assaults and subseIsktnds with heavy rain and ^ ,ent operations ashore,
playing the role of a slight spoiler in the United States’
space program.
The churning storm forced astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad to cut their record-breaking space voyage
one orbit short.
At 6 a. m. EDT Hurricane Betsy was about 230 miles north of San Juan, P. R. near
latitude 22.7 north,
65.7 west. Its position was based on peripheral ship re-
ports.
Praise Spacemen
By United Presj International The Soviets today conceded the space endurance record to L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. and congratulated the Gemini 5 astro-
nauts for courage.
The completion of the eightday, 120-orbit flight was frontpage news in Moscow and
'Inherit The Wind' Cast Is Excellent
Toll Rises
HONG KONG UPI — The toll in last week's U. S. Marine transport plane crash rose to 59 today with the death of one
of 13 survivors.
Authorities said the victim
Last Friday night the Put-
PITTSBURGH UPI — The fiery blast furnaces of the basic steel Industry dimmed today in preparation for an expected nationwide strike at midnight
Tuesday.
With the collapse or negotia tions, it appeared that only a Taft-Hartley injunction initiated by President Johnson could
nam County Playhouse opened avert a shutdown of 80 per cent
it.s run of "Inherit the Wind,”
the play based on the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial,” to an
enthusiastic audience.
of the industry.
fender of fundamentalism. His
lATIcr : tn — it. a fine performance as the •i/vn ir-3 e °^ €r European capitals on both died at Queen Elizabeth Hospi- em0 ti 0 nal. crowd-pleasing de-
sides of the Iron Curtain. Non - Communist nations in Asia joined the acclaim. Only
Th« hurricane carried winds Communist China remained si-
U. S. Steel Corp. and other members of the "big 10” producers began the costly 48-hour process of banking furnaces
nings Bryan, Jack Cook turned ^ cooling coke ovens Sunday .
Representing William Jen-
tal. His name was withheld
pending notification of relatives court room
m the United States.
The plane was flying vaca
Contract talks broke off Sunday night and Johnson sum-
of 80 miles an hour and was lent, maintaining its record of tioning Marines back to South moving toward the north-north- completely ignoring American Viet Nam when it crashed in west at 12 miles an hour. space achievements. Hong Kong harbor.
antagonist, Jerry moned his two special envoys.
Thomas, excelled as the taci- Sen. Wayne Morse. D-Ore.. and turn, logical Clarence Darrow. Undersecretary of Commerce
Lerov Collins, back to Washing-
Among the creditable sup- ton tQ confer on the impendinj:
porting actors were Gayle
Cape Kennedy Awaits World's Space Champs
Bostwick as John Scopes, Margaret Henry as his girl, and John McFarland as her father. Jim Shepherd, who presides over the trial, Peg Smaltz, Bryan's wife, and Peter Hill, the cynical journalist and commentator, H. L. Mencken, were
also effective.
LOCAL MEN AT LINEMAN'S SCHOOL PLAIN FIELD—Among 24 apprentice linemen learning the ropes of line service and safety at a Public Sendee Indiana training school are students (left to right on pole*: Robert Treash, 936 Jackson Street. Brazil, and Joe Harper. 4 Larabee Street. Greencastle. School Supervisor Ralph Young (le<t) 523 South 6th Street. West Terre Haute, and Cecil Phillips, P.O. Box 43. Greencastle. teaches the two pole-top life-saving techniques Agitation In Viet Nam
ABOARD USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN AT SEA UPI —
Gordon Cooper and Charles engineers Conrad, cosmic champions with problems
about it — to medical doctors anxious about their health; to
worried about the that plagued their
SAIGON UPI — Student agitation against the military government spread today to Da Nang. South Viet Nam’s second
largest city.
More than 4,000 Vietnamese attended a Da Nang rally in which student leaders called for the ouster of Maj. Gen. Nguyen
Van Thieu. head of the ruling After an extended illness, military directory'.. Authorities Mrs. Katharine M. Mills passed made no attempt to disperse away at the age of 88 at the the crowd. home of her son-in-law and The student movement began daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Byron eight davs ago among youths in Spence. 800 W illow Grove Road. Hue. a Buddhist stronghold in Westfield. New Jersey. Surviv-
Former Director Of DePauw Halls Dies
Store Is Damaged By Fire Sunday
102.3 miles short of their target area Sunday at 8:55 a. m.
EDT.
"It is difficult to do some
3.3 million orbital miles behind Gemini 5 spaceship; to program tests because the -hip is runthem, headed back today to managers who already were nin g ^ fast,” said Manners. So where they started — living looking toward the Gemini 6 t be space agency elected to proof man can fly in space long flight in October. take them back to the mainenough to reach the moon and As they’ walked the decks and land rather than keep them at return. passageways of the Lake sea as has been the custom. An unusually rugged sched- Champlain, their faces betrayed First was a stop at Cape ule called for the nation's new- a weariness that not even fresh Kennedy for about three days. tho, ' ie who come -
shaves — their first since leav- Later this week, Cooper and ing Cape Kennedy in a fiery Conrad will be sent back to take-off Aug. 21 — or sun- t heir hometwon of Houston —
glasses could conceal.
"They are a little on the tired
crisis. They and other officials had a 7:45 a.m. EDT appointment with the President to report on the stalled talks and
make recommendations.
Neither United Steelworkers (USWi President L W. Abel nor R. Conrad Cooper of U.S. Steel Corn., the industry's chief bargainer, would comment on Morse s charge that both sides
were “irresponsible.”
Morse and Collins flew here
Terry Pehan were outstanding. Saturday at Johnson s request
and held day-long sessions with both Industry and union bar-
gainers.
Morse reported late Sunday
Several minor character actors rounded out this performance. Of these, Effie Hash, John Franklin. Libby Stewart, and
est space heroes, back “home” on earth barely 24 hours, to leave this recover carrier for Cape Kennedy after a night's sleep. Not even their families
would be allowed to see them side.” reported federal space during 11 days of “debriefing”, agency physician Howard K.
the space agency’ said. Minners.
Cooper. American s mara- fje examined the astronauts thon man in space, and right- on (j ae ir return to the carrier hand man Conrad spent nearly aboard a helicopter which
but not to their homes.
Instead, they must remain in seclusion at the Manned Spacecraft Center for seven to eight days of additional tests and
conferences.
A flood of congratulations record
poured in for
“Inherit the Wind” will run for two more performances on Friday, September 3. and Saturdav, September 4. at 8 o. m.
in Speech Hall. A lively and night that the negotiations were thought - provoking play awaits hopelessly deadlocked. Barring
court action, a walkout by 450,000 steelworkers appeared inev-
itable.
The last basic steel strike occurred in 1959-60 and lasted * record 116 days. The government blamed the shutdown for the economic recession of late
1960.
The issues blocking a settle-
ment :
Mercury Drops In Many Areas
By United Press International
A mass of cold air sent temperatures skidding toward
lows from the moun-
... . —Money. The United Steelmagmficent tains of Virginia to New Eng- workers union Wfmts a three _
eight days in orbit on an occa- pi uc ked them from the Atlantic s P ace performance that sent the i and today. Frost was expected contract with a 53-7 cent
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the northernmost part of the country. Da Nang is about 50 miles south of Hue. In Saigon, a delegation of students met today with Brig. Gen. Nguy’en Huu Co, the de-
ing also are a granddaughter, Mrs. Frank Bixby of Evanston, Illinois; a grandson. Thomas
Fire did considerable damage to Mrs. Walter Bright’s grocery store, in Belle Union, Sun-
Spence of Hyde Park, and five day afternoon.
Volunteer fire departments from Fillmore, Cloverdale and Eminence went to the scene. The flames damaged the rear
sional chilling, often cheerful and always fantastic voyage 120 times around the world. In the process they rewrote the record book for manned space-
flight.
For the next 11 days, they were to do little more than talk Now You Know
Ocean after they 1 anded at
Two Place In Baton Contest
United States surging ahead of in mountain valleys of Montana
the Soviet Union for the first and Idaho,
time in manned exploration of
(Continued on Page 21 Two Get Tickets
Two inches of snow fell yesterday at Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, but melted
quickly.
Two teen-agers were given tickets by City Officer Paul Walters Sunday night for traf-
fic violations.
great grandchildren.
Mrs. Mills was born at Walt
fense minister, and registered ham, Vermont, the daughter of complaints about universal con- William Hunt and Lucy Lee scription imposed by the mill- Hunt. After graduation from tary regime. Beeman Academy, New Haven,
A student spokesman blamed Vt., she taught in \ ermont pub- Kimball Larkin of part of the unrest on the pres- be schools. She married William
ence of American soldiers In Frank Mills.
South Viet Nam. The delega- After the early death of her tion requested written clarifica- husband. Mrs. .Mills and her tion of the role of U.S. combat three year old daughter. Beatroops in the war effort. Co re- trice Annette, moved to a home jected the request. in Middlebury, Vt. She was In fighting Sunday. American asked to become director of the Marines rooted out an esti- newly established women’s dormated company of 100 Commu- mitor3’ system at the college, nist guerrillas and took over which was started with Battell possession of a Tillage area Cottage. Soon she was given five miles south of the Da Nang additional responsibilities, in- ' • base. eluding manager of the college's
According to some astronomical calculations, another yet undiscovered planet may lie be-j-ond the orbit of Pluto, the
section of the building but the most distant known planet in cause of the fire is unknown. the earth’s solar system, acThe building is owned by Mrs. cording to National Geographic
this city, magazine.
Anita Lis by, 6 year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lisby, Coatesville, won 2nd in strutting and 6th in solo competition at the Grand National baton twirling contest in
Miami, Florida. Her brother 1( ,: 35 p. m.
Dale won 3rd in the boys solo Cynthia Ann Snyder. 19. was division. charged with passing on a He teaches baton at Fillmore double line on Ind. 240 at 8:45
School. p. ni.
increase in wages and benefits The “big 10” producers offered a package they say is worth
40.6 cents.
-Duration of the contract The union sought an agreement retroactive to May 1. when an interim pact averted a strike.
Johnson May Invoke T-H Law
The mercury dipped to 45 de-
grees at Pittsburg, Pa., early companies demanded today, breaking the previous it become effective Sept. 1
Terrv F Clark 18 w a s i0W for the date which had -Vacation benefits. The USW
’ , . stood since 1934. The weather loncnintre. ,,-rltten intn thp
charged with reckless driving b id ten t ures were d langru " " rit ten into the on South Bloomington Street at . e i 1 P k r industry proposal would strip — — on - T ’ a degrees above fieez- ioq.OOO steelworkers of vacation
mg in northern New England. bene fjt s they receive under th*
A storm center pushed north- current contract,
eastward across the nation’s mid.section during the nighl, spreading showers and thunderstorms from the central plains into the Great Lakes states.
Grand Island, Neb.. reported NEW YORK UPI — Casey hail, winds up to 55 miles an Stengel today announced his rehour, and 2.24 inches of rain in tirement as manager of the six hours. New York Mets..
A high union source said Sun(Continued on Page 21
Casey Retires
12 More Killed On State Roads
'Desert Rat' Dead
LONDON UPI - George Erskine. a
Gen. Sir wartime
WASHINGTON UPI —Pres- dispatched to Pittsburgh ident Johnson meets with his Saturday; Labor_Secretary
top advisers today to plan
By United Press International
The Leathernecks killed five Bread Loaf Inn. seat of the
Viet Cong, military spokesmen famous Writers Conferences. Twelve weekend deaths today Mtm terrorists in Kenya, died imported. 1927 she became Director raase d Indiana’s 1965 traffic toll Sunday, night at his Somerset
of Halls at DePauw University, t0 at ^ east compared with home. He was 66.
Greencastle, Ind. She possessed a Y ear a go-
superior business and adminis- There were two double fatal- Heart Attack Fatal
trative abilities as her long ities during the 54-hour period.
service at Middlebury and De- Mrs. Laura Myers, 52, Go- MEMPHIS. Tenn. UPI—Rob-
on
W.
Willard Wirtz, Commerce Secretary Johnson T. Conor, and William E. Simkin, head of the
leader of the famous “Desert heacJ a threatened nation- Federal Mediation and ConciliRats” who later played a ma- "'ide steel strike, set for Tues- ation Service,
jor part in crushing the Mau day at midnight.
NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
the next move in his effort to
(Continued on Page 21
20 Years Ago
There was speculation in Washington and Pittsburgh, where the steel talks broke off
Gen Douglas MacArthur en- Pauw attests. She had a great shen, was killed Sunday night ert E Galloway, who played a tered the Grand Hotel, in Yo- talent for planning and serving in a two-car collision south of ke y role in the administration kohama on Japanese soil, along dinners and banquets for special Bristol on Indiana 15. Police of the Marshall Plan in Europe,
with 2.000 American occupation occasions, and received many said the accident occuned when be
troops - complimentary letters from col- a car driven by Eugene Walk, way, 70. died
President Truman received lege presidents, and from dis- 34, White Pigeon, Mich., made heart attack. <^ne of the first new cars to tinguished guests. For her. a a left turn into the path of one toll off the Ford Motor Com- special dinner, whether for the driven by Mrs. Myers’ husband, pany’s assembly lines in three Board of Trustees or for a stu- Kenneth. 56. Myers and Walk years. dents Christmas Party, was were injured and Myers was rePutnam County boys and something upon which she lav- ported in serious condition, girls returned to their respec- ished 016 utmost of loving care. David Wander, 22, and Mitive school buildings for the She retired in 1943. c i lae i Alford. 17, both of Bloom-
Fall term. AH who knew her will re- field, were killed early Sunday feuzersdorf near Vienna. They — —— member her as a woman with when their car went out of con- refused to leave the single-
Morse and Collins were to report to the group on the result? of their etforts. Shortly before leaving Pittsburgh Sunday night, an irate Morse accused
Sunday’, that the Chief Execu- b oth sides in the dispute of irtive was preparing to invoke responsibility,
the Taft-Hartley Ace to avert
such a strike. ‘ “Neither side can justify this
deadlock,” he said. “It is inex-
Johnson refused to say at his cusable and unjustifiable. No
buried today. Gallo- news conference Sunday’ just group in management and no Saturday of a what he would do if a strike group in labor in the United
loomed.
INDIANA WEATHER: Mostly cloudy and a little warmer through Tuesday with a few sprinkles likely today and scattered
We are trying to work states in this hour of crisis can showers or thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. High today in
Czechs Defect
VIENNA UPI — Two Czecoslovakian pilots flew over the
Iron Curtain Sunday night and it calt •>
landed in the village of Lan-
it out the American way, and justify being responsible in I hope we’ll be able to.” he 'bringing any segment of the said. "If not. we’ll have to look economy to a standstill.”
to the national interest and see Collins still held out some hope of an 11th hour settlement. “One thing that does of-
Called to the breakfast meet- fer encouragement—the parties ing at the White House today do not reflect acrimonious bit-
what it requires and then carry
“INHERIT THE WIND” Sept, t-4
a warm, sympathetic heart, trol and struck a sewer encase- engine plane until villagers were Sen. Wayne L. Morse, D- terness toward each other. As Early in her career at Middle- ment on U.S. 231 near Loo- convinced them they were no Ore., and Commerce Under-sec- long as they talk, and keep perbury. she became known as gootee. longer were in Communist ter- retary Leroy Collins, the two sonal bitterness out of the pic(Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 2) ntory. “special mediators” Johnson ture, we can be hopeful.”
upper 70s. Low tonight near 60. High Tuesday in upper 70s. Outlook for Wednesday; Showers or thundershowers ending from the west. No important temperature changes. Minimum 57* 6 AM 57’ 7 AM 58* 8 AM - 59* 9 AM 64* 10 AM 68* 11 AM 74'* 12 Noon - 76 ’ 1 PM - T7 s