The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 November 1965 — Page 1

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YEAR'S HOOSIER TRAFFIC TOLL HITS 1,311

2 Negroes Plead Guilty To Service Station Theft

Two defendants, who were

scheduled to go on trial today, changed their pleas to guilty to a charge of theft in the Putnam Circuit Court. Judge Hamilton ordered them to return to court Monday. Nov.

Walkout Is Continued By Aircraft Machinists

29. following a pre-sentence investigation. Trial of two Indianapolis Negroes was scheduled to get underway in the Putnam Circuit Court this morning with the start of selecting a jury to hear evidence in the case. The two, Jesse Peterson. 39. and Dennis Patrick, 28. are charged with taking a hag containing money from the Clark Service Station, comer of Washington and Locust Streets, early on Sunday morning September 26. When the two drove away from the station the money was missed and city police were notified. They m turn notified the State Police Post at Putnamville giving a description of the car, carrying Mississippi license plates, and the two occu-

pants.

Forty-five minutes later, the pair were taken into custody by Plainfield police and returned to Greencastle. When apprehended, the bag and the money were found in their possession Undergoes Surgery Art Agnew underwent major mrgery at the Putnam County Hospital this morning. His room Number is 203. He would like to bear from his friends. Mrs. Agnew who is confmed to the Clay County Hospital in Brazil with double pneumoma, was released from the hospital ■ short time this morning to b# with Mr. Agnew. Her room number is 204. $2,000 Is Raised By Band Parents When a small group of workers can raise two thousand dol-lars-plus—in a span of fourteen months, that group is both dedicated and hardworking. Such a group is the Reelsville Band Parents Organization, under the direction of Robert Stockwell. band director and Robert Bain, president. With smorgasbords. fsih frys, spook house, car washes, contributions drives, etc., sponsored by the parents or the band members, the first mile of the road toward new uniforms was successfully run. The two thousand dollars was paid on the uniforms and the “plus” within the year went to pay for twirlers and majorette costumes, awards for graduating band members and general expenses of the

group.

The next meeting of the Band Parents will be held on Tuseday, November 23. 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. This is a very important meeting in which new projects must be chosen and started if the second mile of the journey is to be completed. All members or interested persons are urged to attend and help decide these issues. 20 Years Ago The historic trial of Herman •ioering, Rudolph Hess, and 19 other top Nazis charged with taking the lives of 20.000.000 persons on the battlefields and in concentration camps during World War n, started in Nuerberg, Germany. Mrs. Maude Snider was hostess to the Golden Link Club. Mrs. Lee McNeeley had the pro-

gram.

Meeting Held By Bainbridge Lions The Bainbridge Lions Club enjoyed a very splendid catfish supper prepared by a committee of members headed by Ivan Proctor aided by Clarence O’Hair and Rev. Doolin backed up by President Paul Collett. Following the meeting. President Collett welcomed John Raymond and Dallas Pearson back to active membership in the club and introduced Bill Baker to the club as a guest. He also announced that Donald Phipps. Jack Clifford and Virgil Sharp had been appointed to help the program committee in the planning for the Christmas party for the club and their

wives.

The evening following the dinner was spent in playing Rook. Euchre and Bridge in the Den of the club. President Collett reported a successful completion of sale of Fruit Cakes and the probable Zone Ladies night in the spring for clubs in the zone. 'Hie club voted approval for participation

in it-

Paul J. Radford Dies In Florida Paul J. Radford. 71, a native of Roachdale and former resident there and in Crawfordsville. died unexpectedly at 6 p.m. Saturday at his home in Ocala. Fla. He was born July 31, 1894. to William and Vina Edwards Radford. A graduate of Roachdale High School and Purdue University, he was in the U.S. Navy in World War I and attended radio school at Harvard. He was married in Ladoga Sept. 2, 1923 to Lena Hicks, who died Dec. 3. 1962. In February of 1964 he was wed in Ocala to Mildred Shuler, and they have lived there since. Mr. Radford owned his own creamery business for a time after World War I. He worked for Hy-Grade and Farmers Produce dairies, was an agent for State Farm Insurance and served as an engineer for the Soil Conservation Service. In Ocala he was employed by the public schools. While in Crawfordsville he lived at 208 W. Jefferson St., where a son, Robert W., survives. Also surviving are the wife; two small grandchildren, Paula and Philip Radford, and two brothers, John and Lodell Radford of Roachdale. Mr. Radford was a 50-year member of the Roachdale Masonic Lodge, was in the Kiwanis Club while here, wa^ a member of the Purdue Agriculture Alumni, and served as a trustee and deacon here on the First Christian Church and later as a deacon of the Christian Church at Ocala. He was a charter member of Byron Cox Post, American Legion. Services are announced for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bright Funeral Home In Crawfordsville, where friends may call after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. Howard F. Miller will officiate, and burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at North Salem. High Court WASHINGTON UPI — The Supreme Court meets today to hand down decisions and orders before recessing for two weeks to write opinions. The justices were hearing cases last week so a large number of orders is not expected.

WASHINGTON UPI— With an eye on the scheduled Gemini 7 space shot, federal mediators planned to try again today to settle the strike against the McDonnell Aircrafe Corp., builder of the space capsule. William E. Simkin, director of the Federal Mefiation and Conciliation Service, scheduled bargaining sessions with representatives of McDonnell and the striking International Association of Machinists IAM. Sources said weekend sessions Saturday and Sunday made "some progress.” but there was no indication a settlement was

near.

Today's bargaining session was scheduled for 9 a.m. EST. The strike by nearly 17,000 IAM members began last Thursday when workmen walked out of McDonnell's St. Louis headquarters and four other Installations, including Cape Kennedy. A prolonged strike could delay the scheduled Dec. 4 launching of the Gemini 7 spaceship because McDonnell technicians are needed to check the capsule before daunching. To fill the gap, the company has sent '*6 of its own supervisory engineers and technicians to Cape Kennedy to take over the work of the machinists who are on strike. A major issue involved in the dispute is “job specifications.” The IAM has claimed that “loosely drawn language” ha* kept some workers who perform high-grade Jobs in lower job classifications. The union also is requesting 20-cent-an-hour pay increase for each year of the contract. McDonnell has offered 9 cents, plus fringe benefits. The Labor Department has kept President Johnson informed of the progress of the mediationt alks, Simkin said he did not expect any White House intervention in the dispute, although the administration Is concerned about the walkout. In addition to Gemini capsules, McDonnell makes the Navy's Phantom F4 jet fighter that is being used in Viet Nam, Porduction of the Phantoms Production of the Phantoms has halted because of the strike. Gen. Eisenhower To Be Transferred AUGUSTA, Ga. UPI—The doctors, nurses and military men who have hovered around former President Dwight D. Eisenhower since he suffered two mild heart attacks recently prepared today to move their famous patient to Washington. Railroad officials were putting together an eight-car train to move Eisenhower and his entourage safely and as quickly as possible to Walter Reed Hospital. The Army laid down strict security arrangements for the move, scheduled to begin tonight. Eisenhower’s doctors also issued a special order asking newsmen not to photograph or observe any phase of Eisenhower's departure. Newsmen will be represented on the train by three pool representatives. More than 100 persons were engaged in taking care of the five-star general during his stay at the hospital, which he entered early Nov. 9 with chest pains. The next day he suffered another attack. But last week, the former Chief Executive began a rapid recoven,*. Saturday he emerged smiling and waving from his hosptial suite for his first public appearance^

Bogus $10 Bills Reported Here Counterfeit $10 bills are being circulated in this area according to the Central National Bank. These bogus bills have also been reported in the Terre Haute and Brazil area*. The phony $10 Federal Reserve note has serial No. A60249264G; Series 1950D; Face Plate G943; Back Plate 1754, in a yellowish green color. Any such bogus bills should be reported to the U.S. Secret Service immediately. Now You Know By United Press International The estimated population of Tokyo as of Oct. 1 was 10,861,850, according to an announcement from the city.

Painting Theft MILAN UPI — Police recovered three stolen paintings Sunday worth a total of $320,000 and arrested four men in connection with the theft. By coincidence, the pamtings were recovered hours before the Maian-Inter Soccer Game. They were stolen before the same game last year from the home of collector Mario Buscaini while he and his family were at the stadium. Riot Quelled ADEN UPI — British and Arap troops used tear gas Sunday to break up a riot that followed the slaying of an Arab — apparently by extremists of the National Liberation Front The riot erupted after a group of young men marched toward the shopping area shouting anti-British slogans. A Jewish-owned bar was set afire during the melee.

Memorial Rites Held

For John F

Police Report One-Car Mishap City police investigated a one-car accident at Bloomington and Apple Street* at 4:26 Saturday afternoon. Police said Harold Williams, 25. city, apparently dozed at the wheel of the 1960 Ford »edai? "he was driving.' The car left the pavement, went up over a curb and hit a utility pole and street sign. Williams suffered facial injuries when his head hit the windshield, police reported. Damage to the car was estimated at $500. Damage to the utility pole and etreet sign was estimated at $25. Vern M. Masten Dies In Hospital Vern M. Masten, S3, Stilesville, passed away in the Putnam County Hospital at 5:50 this morning. Mr. Masten was admitted to the hospital on October 31. He waa bom April 4. 1S82, the son of Cyrus and Laura Hadley Masten. Next of kin, acording to hospital records is a brother. Eral, Clayton Rural Route. Football Fan RIO DE JANEIRO UPI — Football, South American style, had a new fan today — Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. D.-N.Y. The touring senator was so enthused after watching the soccer game between Brazil and Russia Sunday that he broke a date with Secretary of State Dean Rusk so he could visit the players in the locker room. He is a touch football devotee.

Kennedy FREIDERICKSBURK, Tex.— UPI—President and Mrs. Johnson planned to attend memorial church services at noon CST today almost two years to the hour after the assissination or John F.Kennedy. The first family chose St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in this central Texas city near their ranch for interdenominational rites honoring the first Catholic ever' to occupy the Whtte House. - '" ' ' Members of the public were invited to join the tribute to Kennedy on the second anniversary of his death in Dallas from a sniper’s bullets. Clerkymen selected to conduct the special sendee were the Very Rev. Joseph J. Hildebrand, pastor of St. Mary’s Dr. John Barclay of the Central Christian Church in Austin. Tex., and Rabbi Judah Fish of the congregation Akudas Achim, also in Austin. Varclaq offered a prayer at Kennedy's inauguration in 1960. Johnson, who completes his second year in office this afternoon, was sw’orn in as President within an hour after doctors pronounced Kennedy dead from massive head wounds at 1 p.m. CST two years ago. The President also designated Atty. Gen. Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach to place a wreath on Kennedy’s grave in Arlington cemetery, across the Potomac River from the nation's capital, at noon. CST. Johnson Sunday personally led an estimated 25.000 persons In a silent salute to Kennedy during an outdoor rally in San Antonia for Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez. D-Tex. Recalling Kennedy’s visit to San Antonio a day before the assassination in 1963. he bowed his head for nearly a minute while the huge crowd remained hushed. (Cntinued on Page 3)

Six More Killed On Ind. Highways

Negro Leaders' Homes Ripped By Explosions CHARLOTTE, N. C. UPI —

Car Is Wrecked Saturday Night No one was hurt but an automobile was damaged in a traffic accident at 10:10 Saturday night, Deputy Sheriff Percy Rice reported this morning. The accident occurred west of the Somerset Church in front of the James Tippin home. Rice said Kenneth R. Boiler, Greencastle, Route 1, made a left turn onto the county road and the car left the highway, w r ent over a culvert into a ditch and the Tippin fence. Boiler's 1965 Mercury waa damaged an estimated $600. according to Rice. Boiler was accompanied by Charles Bannon, also of Route 1, when the mishap took place. Chas. Whitehouse Funeral Tuesday Charles S. Whitehouse 74, Quincy, died Sunday at his residence. He was bom July 19. 1891, in Kentucky, the son of Austin and Sarah Wren Whitehouse. He was a telegrapher for the Pennsylvania Railroad at the Union station in Indianapolis, and a member of the Quincy Methodist Church. Survivors are: one daughter, Henrietta Tooley. Indianapolis and ons sister. Emily WTiitler, Quincy and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the W'hitaker Funeral Home in Cloverdale. Rev. Duane Dunkin and Rev. H. S. Blasdell will officiate. Interment will be in the Combs Cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home in Cloverdale. Two Arrested Russell A. Stamm. Jr.. 19, a DePauw student, was arrested at 2:25 Sunday morning by City Officer Bill Masten for failure to stop at Hanna and Locust Streets. James Phillips. 29. city, was lodged in the Putnam County Jail at 8 o’clock Sunday morning by State Trooper John Danberry. Phillips was booked for public intoxication.

A series of explosions early today ripped the homes of four of the top Negro leaders of this city, including that of a United States Commissioner and the state president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. No one was injured in the bombings that went off within minutes of each other shortly before 3 a.m. EST. “They're trying to kill us.” cried Kelly Alexander, the state president of the NAACP. “If this had been a frame home, they would have killed my chil-

dren.”

Police threw up a barricade around the area, a residential section of brick, ranch-style homes in the northwest section of Charlotte. Detective Capt. William Me Call assigned a team of officers to the blast area and would not conunent. The front of Alexander’s home was blown out as was that of his brother. Fred Alexander, Charlotte's only Negro member of the City Council, who lives next door. Other homes damaged belonged to Negro attorney Julius Chambers who recently was named a United States Commissioner for the Middle North Carolina District, and Dr. Reginald Hawkins, a dentist. Man Held For Three Slayings COEUR D'ALENE. Idaho UPI — Lawrence Boswell, 32. was being held today on a first degree murder charge in connection with the bloody slayings of his mother, father and nephew. Boswell was arrested at the farm home south of here where Kootenai County Sheriff's officers found the bodies of Walter G. Boswell, 69, his wife, Minella, 68. and their 14-year-old grandson. Ronald Reddy. All three had been shot to

death.

The bodies of Boswell and the boy were found in a manger covered with hay in the barn of the farm located a mile south of the little north Idaho community of Worley. A three - hour search uncovered the body of Mrs. Boswell in a shallow grave about 100 yards from the farmhouse. Sheriff John Bender said Boswell was shot twice in the head and once in the chest. The (Cntinued on Page 2)

By United Preu Internationol A relatively low weekend traffic fatality toll of six gave Indiana a 1965 total of 1,311 deaths today compared with 1,226 a year ago. The toll was the lowest for a 54-hour weekend in several months. It included one Friday night, three Saturday and two Sunday. John Michels, 21, Columbia City, was killed Sunday night in a two-car head-on collLssion five miles south of Columbia City on Indiana 14. Authoritie> said Michels tried to pass a car and swerved off the highway to avoid a collision with a third auto approaching from the opposite direction. But the driver of the third car swerved, too, to miss Michels, and the two cars smashed. The driver of the third car was Leo Radcliff, 52, Hamilton. Donald L. Hinkey, 18, Lngansport, was killed Sunday when his car went out of control on a Cass County road two miles west of Logansport and struck a bridge. The car catapulted over the bridge and clipped off a utility pole. Three other 18-year-olds were hurt and taken to a Logansport hos-

pital.

William Norris. 42. Washington, burned to death Saturday night when his car went out of control on a curve of Indiana 9 about 12 miles south of Shelbyville, overturned jnd burst into flames. Becky Walls, 18. Indianapolis, died Saturday night of injuries suffered earlier in the day when a car in which she was riding was forced off a parkway by another car. Robert Peters. 23. Greenfield, driver of the car in which the girl was riding, and three other passengers were hurt. Ora Shaneyfelt, Jr., 34. R R. 4. Winchester, was killed Saturday night when a train hit his pickup truck at a crossing in Randolph County. Joseph Zeimkowski, 46, Hammond, was killed Friday night in Portage when his car smashed into the rear of a truck on U. S. 20. Hoosier Bank Robbed Today HENRYVILLE UPI — The Henryville State Bank was robbed today, possibly of as much as $15,000. State police reported the robbery. said two men were involved. and indicated the loot “may have” totaled “about $15,000.” The suspects were last seen running from the bank. There was no immediate report of a car used in the getaway.

Gov. Connally Remembers Two Years Ago Today

AUSTIN, Tex. UPI — Gov. John Connally planned business as usual today, but it couldn’t be quite as usual. For when he dre.ssed this morning and at breakfast, the governor was certain to remember that two years ago m Dallas President John F. Kennedy was killed and the governor seriously wounded by an assassin’s bullets. Connally remembers Nov. 22, 1963, as if it were yesterday. His scarred wrists, back and leg are a daily reminder of what happened that sunny afternoon a* the sleek presidential limou-

sine drove through cheering crowds. “The crowd was immense and spontaneous. I thought the President was in high good humor. About the time we arrived in Dallas the sun broke clear and it looked like it would be a perfectly beautiful day.” Connally recalled. He spoke freely but with moist eyes in an interview. He recalls the shots. The first struck the President and the second ripped into Connally. "I remember hearing the third shot and knew that someone had been hit a fatal blow,” Connally said. “There wae

blood all over me and the car.” At 48. Connally looks healthy. He is grayer than two years ago, but his features seem to glow. He has announced for a third term next year and is a solid favorite to win. But the assassination left its mark. “I think about it almost constantly, every day,” he said. “Can’t properly use a fork with my right hand. I’ve tried lifting weights to strengthen it, but sometimes there is pain. “I try not to consciously think about it. but every time 1 take a shower or go swimming, I see the scars.”

NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

INDIANA WEATHER. Fog and occasional drizzle with morning, becoming partly cloudy this afternoon. Partly cloudy and turning colder tonight and Tuesday. High today low to mid 50s. Low tonight 30 to 38. High Tuesday 45 to 55. Outlook for Wednesday: Mostly sunny with little temperature change.

Minimum , r 6 A.M 35® 7 A.M 34® 8 A.M 35® 9 A.M 37° 10 A.M |0* 11 A.M i;f 12 Noon in 1 P.M 46°

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