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BLOOD DRIVE FOR YANKS IN VIET NAM

Premier Ky, Buddhist Leaders Seek South Viet Nam Democracy

SAIGON UFI — Premier Nguyen Geo Ky and the Buddhist leaders seeking his ouster both claim the same goal — a democracy tar South Viet Nam. At the root at their differences Is the question of timing. Premier Ky formally declared in Us January state tf the nation address that "democracy is the only factor which oan defeat

"It there la no democracy, we leae the reason for our struggle, let alone the means of

victory," he said.

The Buddhists subscribe to these words but they part eompany with Ky over the timetable for achieving this end. Through Ky, the Vietnamese ruling generals disclosed a plan tat January that would assure them of two more years In power before turning over con trol to an elected government. The generals promised a "democracy building council” would be set up In February. That promise has not been ful-

J This failure alone was not enough to provoke the Buddhist lesiVndilp, but It helped. One highly respected Vletnama who regards Hmarif as n moderating Influence between the and Catholics, who i want a government change, the current unrest

this way!

"For the past two years we have asked the people to fight as that they can have national democracy, and

i Is wrong. We must give tfesm sovereignly, democracy and justice so they wiR fight the rynwmml«t« "AD of file governments since Diem have wanted to win the war before allowing the people to have a voice in government." Now the Buddhists seek the overthrow at Ky'a government because they claim it cannot

win the war.

Critics of the Buddhist leaders In South Viet Nam charge that In playing politics they are aiding the Viet Cong by stirring

up trouble.

After Premier Ky came into power last June it quickly became evident that he lacked the power to bring about the changes needed to win widespread popular support Ironically, it was the United States which unwittingly seemed to have dealt Ky a blow which kept him on the defensive for the first few months when he mould have consolidated his

Putnam Co. Girls Will Attend Baton Session

2 Escape From Women's Prison INDIANAPOLIS UPI —Two inmates from the TimHm* Women’s Prison escaped at gunpoint

Monday from the State Central Hospital where they had been taken for mental treatment Hospital Supt Dr. C. L. Williams said a male visitor apparently smuggled the gun In to the women, identified as Opal Zimmer, IndianapoHa, and Peggy Eccert, Huntington. Williams said n woman accompantad the man to the ImqittaL He aald the two necepnne used the gun to force three attendants to surrender their keys.

n 3-B year term for second degree knrglery and fits Zimmer wesson was swelag a 1-6 year tmn an a check charga. 20 Years Ago Don Marketto was in charge at a music program at the Rotary Ch* hmchsoa meeting. Uha C. R. Burnaby was la

l IBra. Douglas Lawson, was a patient in

Mrs. Bvsrett Jones was hostaas to the Woman’s Study Chib.

12 Books Are Depositories

INDIANAPOLIS UPI — The TmHua. State Board of Finance Monday took belated action to designate 13 banks as official

stats depositories.

Stats Treasurer Jack New said the banks already have state funds on deposit. However, a check of his office records showed no record of approval having been sent by registered mail to the banks as re-

quired by law.

The banks are First National of Cloverdale, Bast Enterprise State Bank, National Bank of Greenwood, Jamestown Citizens State, Kentland Bank, Lynn Cttiaena Wawirfng Co., Middletown Farmers State Bank, State Rwifc of Russellville, Seymour National, Western State at South Bend, Thomtown Home National, and Wakarusa Exchange State Bank. Many Miners Stay On Strike PITTSBURGH UPI — Some Illinois coal miners returned to work today after a one-day wildcat strike but thousands of others remained out of the pits in eight states in defiance of their union leadership. More than 58,000 of the nation’s 100,000 soft coal miners walked out Monday in a show of force to put pressure on negotiations between the United Mine Workers UMW and bituminous coal operators. UMW leaders who had not ordered the strike, telegraph the striking miners to "return to work

forthwith.’’

In Illinois early today, miners began returning at the Freeman Orient No. 8 mine at Waltonville, the largest pit in southern Illinois, and at another major mine near Johnson (Sty. UMW leaders expected other Illinois miners to return later in the

day.

But In Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama and Utah there's no report of any move to end the walkout, which resulted from dissatisfaction with the progress of negotiations between the UMW and the Bituminous Goal Operators Association BCOA. Loses Both Legs In Plant Mishap NEW CASTLE UPI _ Lawrence Walker, 38, Now Castle, tort both togs Monday when a sheet of start fell on him in a New Castle factory. Walker, who was taken to the Ball Memorial Hospital at Munde, was injured tax the Ingersoll Start Division plant of the BorgWamer Co. He suffered a crushed right leg below the knee and a compound fracture of the left ankle. Officials said the mishap apparently happened when an overhead crane hooked a corof the metal and pulled the aheet off a stack. David Russell, 34, R. R. 1, New Castle, another worker was injured slightly, but was not hospitalised.

Fifty-five girls from Putnam County will be competing for awards In a contest recital to ba held April 16 at Ellettsvllle. The girls have been taking weekly baton twirling lessons from certified teachers of the Baton Twirling Institute with headquarters in Bloomington. Forty-four schools will be represented at the Sixth Annual Meet sponsored by the Institute. Area girls entered in Class C are: Diana Dowty, Lee Ann Gray, Becky Kerr, Sharon Mason, Vicki Miller, Cathy Stone, Terri Jo Walker, Barbie White, Mary Gibson, Donna Schlomer, Lori Patton, Brenda Rumley, Vicki Schroeder, Debbie Wiekert Charlotte Gasaway, Faye Ann Barnette, Nancy Adams, Cathy Cantone, Nancy Frye, Kathy Gammon, Ginger Gray, Darlene Lewis, Carla Long, Barbara Mager, Dawne Hasten, Sherri Chestnut, Kathy Dailey, Linda Dailey, Janice Murray, Debbie Owens, Charla Phillips, Karla Phillips, and Marcia West. Girls entered in Class B are: Elizabeth Chase, DeAnn DeBoer, Faith Long, Tina Voss, Pam Patton, Marla Stanley, Frieda Davasher, Loretta Robinson and Debbie Jones. Girls entered in Class A are: Cathy Barnette, Peggy Barnette, Diana Buis, Kathy Kiger, Jo Ellen Lemmick, Martha Zeller, Carmen Arnold, Corless Arnold, Diana Gaston, Brenda Heavin, Janet Woods and Judy Woods, and Anita Lisby. In addition to their class performance, some of the girls will be doing individual solos and duets. B52 Bombers Hit North Viet Ham SAIGON UPI — U. S. B52 bombers defined Soviet-built anti-aircraft missiles and struck North Viet Nam for the first time today. But U. S. infantrymen suffered a defeat in the south at the hands of the Viet Cong. The high-flying Strategic Air Command Stratofortresses from Guam pounded the vital Mu Gia Pas, a narrow neck through which runs the Ho Chi Minh Trail supplying Communist fore* es in the South. While faster-moving U. S. fighter planes which can more easily elude missiles have struck regularly in the North, It marked the first time U. S. officials have risked the slower, highflying bombers whose previous attacks have all been In the South.

Now You Know The first piano was made by Bartolomeo Chrlrtofori of Florence, Italy in 1709. Crack Passenger Train Derailed HOOPESTON, HL UPI — George Brown, 65, Evansville, was listed in satisfactory condition at Hoopeston Hospital after being Injured Monday night to a passenger train derailment here. Brown and three others were hospitalized, while 13 were treated and released for injur ies. received when 11 of 14 cars derailed on the Chicago and Eastern nttoote crack passenger train, the Georgian. Hie train originated in Chicago and was bound for Atlanta. Thera were about 150 persons on board. Cause of the derailment was not immediately determined. Hens Injured In 3-Vehicle Crash HAMMOND UPI—Six Roman Catholic nuns were among nine persons injured to a threevehicle crash Monday to Hammond. One mm was injured critically and four were hurt

AuthoritieB said the nuns, enroute from Brescia College, Owensboro, Ky., to Chicago, were injured when their car was hit from the rear by a truck. The truck then veered into another car. Police said the nuns were attempting to turn into an emergency parking area on the Tri-State Highway. Sister Mary Sara, 35, the driver, was injured critically. Hurt seriously were Sisters Rose Alice, 60, Lucita, 60, Mary Rosita, 47, and Mary Anthony, 55. Heated and dismissed at St. Margaret’s Hospital, Hammond, were Sister Anette, 34, Glen DeWitt, 26, Grand Haven, Mich., the truck- driver, Otto Cohen, 39, Gary, driver of the other car, and his wife, Beverly 39. 2 Cars Damaged In Local Mishap Two autos were damaged but no one was hurt to a traffic accident at College Avenue and Popular street Monday morning, city police reported. Oars involved were a 1963 Ford driven by Albert J. McMahel, city, and a 1961 Pontiac driven by Darlene M. Webb, Greencastle, Route 5. Officer John Vermillion estimated the damage at 3500 to the Ford and 3850 to the Pontiac.

Meeting Is Held By School Beard Bids for the purchase of a school bus was first on the agenda of the Greencastle Community School Board last night. Dais Shoup, president, opened the bids. Successful bidders were Schoolcraft, Inc. for a 60 passenger Wayne bus body and King Morrison Foster Co. for a Ford chassis. Lennox and Matthews, architects, were present to show plans for the proposed high school auditorium. The School Board told them what the local drama and music staff wanted. The tong discussion centered around the traditional type stage as we are used to, or the new open stage concept There was also discussion as to seating capacity—should it seat all the student body at once? Numbers proposed ranged from 850 to 1000. In order to stay to the over-all budget of 32 million for the entire building project it was moved that the open stage plans as sketched be used and one size of orchestra pit storage, seating, etc., be drawn in detail for further approval. Roy Sutherlin, school attorney, made his report Land acquisition is to process. The Building Corporation has been formed through the Secretary of State and duly recorded at the county recorder’s office. Petitions are being drawn up which will have to be carried and 50-150 patron signatures obtained. The School Corp. will deed land to the Building Corp. This is the same procedure followed when the present high school was built The pay back schedule will involve another 3190,000 a y?ar for 30 years, Minutes of previous meeting were read and accepted as corrected. John See, business manager, presented the claims which were approved. A printed financial report covering from Jan. 1 to March 31 was distributed. The Board then went into executive session for discussion of teacher evaluation sheets prepared by the principals. Several members of the Jaycees were present to learn functions of local governing agencies. Palmer Sworn In WASHINGTON UPI — With much of the African diplomatic corps looking on, Joseph Palmer H was sworn in Monday as assistant secretary of state for African affairs, succeeding G. Mermen Williams. On Dean's List Russell Elliott, son of Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Elliott of 329 High Fall, Greencastle, has been placed on the Dean’s List at Illinois Wesleyan University. He was included on a supplemental list released by Dr. Everette L. Walker, Vice-Presi-dent and Dean of the University, following the release of the original list recently. To be on the Dean’s list a student must have a grade point average of 3.250 or higher during the first semester of the 1965-66 school year. An average of 4.000 is straight-A.

Set Aprill 8-19 For DePauw Donors

Annexation Has Group Opposed

One-Car Wreck Injures Couple A severe gust of wind during Monday afternoon’s rain caused a westbound 1964 Volkswagen to start sliding broadside on U.S. 40, east of Mt. Meridian. Deputy Sheriff Percy Rice reported that the car hit a divider island in front of Stuckey’s and turned over on its side. Miss Paula Preston, 20, Wichita, Kansas, was thrown through the windshield and suffered cuts on the face and head. Her fiance, Peter Didenate, 23, also of Wichita, who was driving, received a cut over his right eye. Both were taken to the Putnam County Hospital where they were treated and then released. Rice said the Volkswagen was a total loss. Ft. Benaiug To Get Hew Brigade WASHINGTON UPI — The Army will activate a new brigade with a strength of 3,815 men at Ft. Benning, Ga., to June, the Pentagon announced. The outfit—second of its kind to be organized in the Army’s buildup for the Viet Nam crisis —will be commanded by Col. George D. Rehkopf of Chevy Chase, Md. The unit will be designated the 199th Infantry Brigade. The Army said' ’’Basic combat and advanced Individual as well as unit training will be conducted by the brigade at Ft. Benning." The first such training brigade, the 196th, was activated at Ft. Devens, Mass., last September, the announcement said. Need Information Everyone who knows where in Putnam County a veteran of the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War or Spanish-American War is buried is requested to send the name of the veteran and the location of his grave to Mrs. William Boatright, R. R. 4, Box 24, Greencastle. This Information is wanted for the Putnam County History to be published this year for the Sesquicentennial celebration. Many hundreds of these graves have been located, but you may know of one that is not on the list. Please help to make this record as complete as possible.

U. S. Counting On Military Regime

WASHINGTON UPI — The

United States appeared today to be counting more strongly than ever on the military regime to Saigon to hold power and push forward with the war

against the Communists. Officials here considered the

army the only truly cohesive force in beleaguered South Viet Nam, despite the disputes

among some of its leaders. Their feeling was that the

council of generals—with or without Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky— must continue to dominate the government for the present seems to have been bolstered

over the port several days. This stemmed in large part

from stiffening demands by an apparently united Buddhist

leadership who hinted at the possibility they would make a deal with Hanoi if they achieved a dominant influence or got control of the government. These demands, with so called "moderate" elements apparently having joined the more militant group led by Thich Tri Quang, seemed to have blasted Washington’s earlier hopes for dividing the Buddnists by "isolating" Tri Quang. Such isolation plainly was the objective of an official U. 8. statement last Friday. In it. Hi Quang was pictured os on extremist who had played a political role to trying to overthrow previous Saigon governments "without any dear picture that wa’ve aver beat able to get of

what kind of government he wortd like to see." Assistant Secretary of State William P. Bundy, who made the statement, contrasted Tri Quang's position with that of "moderate Buddhists.” He de scribed the Buddhists movement as a variety of groups and implied the' United States felt it could work with them. Since the start of the Bud-dhirt-led turmoil aimed at unseating Ky, the United States has taken a rather detailed attitude. Officials here have asserted that the unrest as a healthy manifestation of new democratic political forces at work. Behind this facade, however, individual nffirtola are gravaly.

concerned over the damage the total anti-Communist effort has suffered. They are aware that continued turmoil, which occasionally has shown anti-American undertones, could intensify sentiment in the United States for a withdrawal from the conflict. This concern presumably is one of the reasons Washington has tried consistently to minimize the gravity of the situation in Viet Nam. The Johnson administration has publicly marked Ky as expendable if it is necessary for the Saigon council of generals to get rid of him in order to re ■toza psora.

Plans for annexation seemed to catch a slap in the face last night as approximately thirtythree people from the nearby Sherwood Addition landed a petition in the laps of the Greencastle City Councilmen in protest of annexation. The petition stated that the property owners in and contiguous to the area known as Sherwood Addition protested the plans and petitioned the Council to vote against it. The petition had thirty-two signatures with only twentytwo valid because some husbands and wives both signed it. Along with the petition a letter was also read before the Council in behalf of the people of Sherwood. The letter stated that there were certain conditions under which an area should be considered for annexation. It was the general opinion of the people represented by the letter that the city of Greencastle was unable at this time to fulfill the conditions and therefore it would be unjust to annex the Sherwood Addition. The conditions focused around fire protection, police protection, etc. After throwing the matter out for discussion, the Council voted to pass the ordinance on, the second reading by title only. Ordinance Number 3 was also passed on the second reading by title only. Other business at the meeting involved a report from Police Chief Newgent. Newgent reported that during the past month his 16 employees had drawn a salary of 35,730, maintenance had cost 3H8.85, the department had received 63 complaints and cleared 42, and had issued 1,597 parking tickets with 915 being returned. Claims totaled 35,385.47 and were allowed by the Council. Fire Chief Cassell Balay also reported to the Council. During March his department has answered 20 alarms, made 29 inspections, and his 10 employees had worked a total of 2,760 hours. Balay also read a letter from the state rating board to the Council.

Apt Title

DENVER UPI — Title of a Kiwanis Club speech planned Wednesday by Thomas B. Borden, a state forester “The Life and Loves of Smokey the Bear.”

The Delta Chi fraternity at DePauw and the Red Cross will sponsor a blood drive for ths American troops in Viet Nam. It will be open to all DePauw students, faculty, and university employees and their families. The drive is scheduled for April 18 and 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the basement of Gobin Church. Donors should allow themselves about one hour. All students under 21 must have parental consent forms filled out when they give blood. This blood will be processed and given directly to the United State Department of Defense. The Fort Wayne Regional Red Cross Blood Center will provide a staffed bloodmobile. Members of the Putnam County Medical Association and local registered nurses will serve as volunteers in the blood drawing. Others who will be helping are members of the Tri Kappa Associates with Mrs. Lloyd Skinner as chairman. Some volunteers are still needed. Anyone willing to label blood bottles or operate a typewriter may call the Red Cross office at OL 3-4614 or call John Raab or Pat Pritchett at the Delta Chi fraternity, OL 3-3188. Students, faculty members and other DePauw employees and their families may sign up for a convenient time to donate blood on the sign-up board to the foyer of the Roy Q. West Library. Home Interest Rates Increased WASHINGTON UPI — Th6 Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Veterans Administration (VA), In a move affecting millions of prospective homeowners, have raised their interest rates from 5.5 to 5.75 per cent on home loan mortgages. The increase, announced by both agencies Monday, came in the face of mounting pressures for higher rates among conventional lenders, who have been attracting most of the investment money in the real estate market in recent months. Only once before In its 32year history has the FHA interest rate been so high. That was from September, 1959, to February, 1961. The rate has been as low as A 25 per cent frqm 1950 through 1953. The higher rates on government—underwritten home loans apply to all mortgages negotiated after Monday. They do not. apply to the millions ef loans outstanding now. VA mortgages helped build 52,000 new homes last year; another 113,000 non-new homes were purchased with mortgagee backed by the VA.

NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

INDIANA WEATHER: Mostly cloudy and cool with a few periods of light rain mostly in south half through Wednesday. High today 44 to 50. Low tonight 35 to 40. High Wednesday 45 to 52. Outlook for Thursday: Mostly cloudy and cool with some rain likely south half of state. Minimum - - 38* 6 A.M - .... 38* 7 AM. 88* 8 AM. 88* 9 AM. 39* 11 AM. •12 Noon 40* I A**A4. 40

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