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Putnam County MHA Camgaign
Mrs. Russell Pierce, president of the Mental Health Association in Putnam County, today announced plans for the organisation’s 1966 fund raising
drive.
The County campaign will be launched on April 28th and continue through May, Mental Health Month. Hie goal this year will be 62,613, an increase of 6272 over last year to finance the Association’s expanding program of service to the mentally ill and their families
Mrs. Pierce said.
Robert H. Morrison af Greenaastla has been named chairman of the MHA fund campaign in the county. He is an automobile tire dealer, one of the county’s prominent young business men who has accepted many civic responsibilities in the past several years. At present Morrison is Zone Chairman of the lions Club, a member of the Presbyterian Church, Chamber of Commerce and the Elks Lodge. In addition he has been proinrinentiy identified in both Boy and Girl Scout fund drives along with other community betterment
programs.
Chairman Morrison is very enthusiastic with the City and County organization he selected to carry out the Fund Campaign, the details and names to be announced in a
few days.
Three Arrested Two Are Jailed Three arrests were made by State Police and a Greencastle Officer Friday and early **<■
morning.
Donald M. Thornton, 50, Indianapolis, was booked at the Putnam County jail Friday afternoon for public intoxication by State Troopers John Danberry and Ted Settle. Barbara Pierson, 23, who gave both Arlington, Va^ and St. Louis, Mo., as her home address, was jailed at 11:30 pan. Friday by Troopers Danberry and Don Collin a She was charged with uttering a false instrument (bad check). City Officer James Grimes arrested Eugene W. Jr., 20, San Marino, Calif., at 1:15 this morning for reckless
driving.
20 Years Ago Anne S. Nichols, of Greencaa&£ received her M. D. degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine. Miss Ruth Ann Pease was Visiting in Chicago. Mrs. W. M. McGaughey was hostess to the P.E.O. Maurice Hurst entered Into partnership with H. L. Frasier in the operation of the Gulf Oil Station, comer Washington and
Cat Is Killed Due Te Sadist
Greencastle Police felt a little disturbed yesterday when they received a telephone call from a woman in the campus district who reported that some-
one had set a cat on fire.
The cat was repotted to have been set afire by an unknown prankster and bad to be killed
as a result of the burns.
Several citizens called the matter to the attention of The Banner, and we sincerely hope that the prankster or pranksters who pulled off the little trick know that their deed has been recognized, and not liked by any who know about this
sadistic action.
Lodge Te Report On South Viet WASHINGTON UPI — U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge is due home soon for talks on what President Johnson cautiously sees as a brightening political picture in South
Viet Nam.
There seemed to be no urgency about the Lodge trip, officials said, noting he had planned to come home for visits with his family and consulta-
tions earlier.
That trip was delayed when Buddhists began demonstrations which threatened to topple the regime of Air Marshal Uguyen Cao Ky. Officials interpreted Lodge’s willingness to leave South Viet Nam at this time as evidence of some easing of the political tensions. He was expected to come to Washington in the near future, stay a few weeks, and then return to his post. Johnson’s view of the situation came Friday during an impromptu news conference. He said he believed a constitutional government would arise from
the turmoiL
Johnson said the South Vietnamese would work out the situation “in good time,” and from their effort “a nation will be bora, a constitutional government will exist.’’ The Honolulu conference with leaders of the Saigon regime had nothing to do with the unrest, Johnson said, and it was clear officials felt some reports of the demonstrations were ex-
aggerated.
Gen. DeGaulle Rejects Demand PARIS UPI — President Charles de Gaulle Friday formally rejected President Johnson’s demand for a two-year deadline to get U. S. troops and bases out of SYance A note handed to U. S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen by foreign Muster Maurice Couve de MurviUe said De Gaulle’s deadline of April 1, 1967 must
stand.
The note was reported to call on the United States to cease arguing about legal technicalities on details of putting De Gaulle’s deadline into effect Bohlen called on Couve de Murvfle at the Foreign Ministry at 5 p. m. and remained for 25 ramutea. He was holding the note •• he left but refused to harass its contents or say what Ooure de Murvile had told him until he communicated them to warning* on. But FYench sources said the note stood firmly by De Gaulle’s
PARAPLEGICS, SCOUTS GET $2,700 FROM DPU Presumably the ugliest man on the DePauw University campus is Buddy Rogers, (left), of St. Petersburg, Fla. Rogers, his Phi Gamma Delta fraternity brothers and coeds of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority won the title for him. They led the.campus in per capita giving—$4.13 per person—in the annual “Ugly Man” contest sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega. Bob Behrman, right, Lafayette Hill, Pa., is president of the scouting-service honorary which this year raised over 62,700 through novel money-earning schemes dreamed up by paired living units. The drive resulted in a gift of 62,050 for the National Paraplegic Foundation, Indianapolis chapter—its largest gift this year—and 6500 for nine Putnam County Boy Scout troops. Bishop Roberts Hall and Alpha Chi Omega sorority led the campus in total giving. They raised 6707.00.
81 Soldiers Die In Plane Disaster
First Christian Children To Give Original Play
“Our Bible,” an original play given by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade boys and girls of the First Christian Church,, will be broadcast over radio station WORE at 6:45 Wednesday, April 27. This year is the 150th anniversary celebration of the American Bible Society. Americans have distributed over 700 million copies of the Holy Bible. The children participating are part of the weekday program of Christian Education of the First Christian Church. This is one of the outstanding programs for elementary children in the city. Boys and girls come from all over the county each Thursday after school to participate in Choir and Bible study. Enrollments are now being taken for next year. Cast in the play “Our Bible” are: Mary Scheid, Jerry Long, Tammy Scheid, Mark Hampton, Randy Kelly, Gary Williams, Ricky Kelly, Timmy Harris, Electa Cancilla, Bobby Kelly, Julie Poor, Sharon Stamper, Julie Masten, Cindy Poor, Jeffrey Simpson, lisa Poor, Karen Hamilton, Freddie Wall. Rev. Maxwell Webb is the minister of First Christian Church. Co-ordinator of the program is Mrs. J. L. Stamper. Traffic Toll 425 An accident near Valparaiso killed a teen-age wife from Gary and raised Indiana’s 1966 traffic fatality toll to at least 425 today compared with 376 a year ago. Mrs. Marcedez Lopez, 19, was killed and her husband, Pedro, 24, was injured seriously when their car was involved in a twovehicle collision on U. S. 30 about three miles east of Valparaiso Friday night in the weekend’s first fatality. False Alarm LONDON UPI — Burglar alarms throughout the city drowned out Big Ben early today when a power failure triggered thousands of the median-
Wilson Issues Union Appeal LONDON UPI—Prime Minister Harold Wilson, launching a campaign to “sell” his government’s controversial wage-price policy, urged unions Friday night to abandon restrictive practices which hamper production. “Do everything in your power to insure that not a working practice is tolerated which increases industrial costs or holds back productivity,” he told Scottish union leaders in Aberdeen. Government sources said Wilson will emphasize this line in speeches at union meetings between now and next fall, when Parliament will be asked to approve legislation requiring unions seeking raises or companies planning price increases to notify the government in advance. If the proposed increase exceeds the government’s 3.5 per cent guideline, it may be blocked pending a full inquiry by the Prices and Incomes Board. Many unions oppose the proposed system as an interference with collective bargaining. In Friday night’s speech, Wilson said Britain’s prestige as a world power depends on its ability to pay its way through increased productivity and a strong currency. To End Vacation PALM DESERT, Calif. UPI —Former President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower will return to their Gettysburg, Pa., farm April 30, it was disclosed Thursday. A spokesman said they plan to return home from their annual winter vacation by special rail car foam San Bernardino. The Eisenhowers arrived at this desert resort last Jan. 10. They maintain a home on the fairway on the Eldorado Country Chib.
GENE AUTRY, Okla. UPI— A chartered airliner carrying a group of young Army recruits crashed on a second attempt to land in a thunderstorm Friday night killing 81 of the 98 persons aboard. All but one of those killed apparently died within moments of the crash. But hours after the accident, one person died in a hospital. The four-engine turbo-prop, carrying 92 soldiers and a crew of 6, burst into flames as it plunged into a hillside, ripped through thousands of yards of trees and into a herd of cattle. The crash was the third worst military air disaster to occur in the United States. It was the second major crash of its type involving a chartered airliner. The plane was operated by American Flyers airline which the FBI said was recently investigated for engine failures. An FBI spokesman said “no indication of intentional damage” was found. It was the airline’s first crash in 27 years of operation. The recruits, who had left Ft. Ord, Calif., included 64 soldiers assigned to Ft. Benning’s airborne training school, and possibly earmarked for duty in Viet Nam. All volunteered for the assignment. The plane was piloted by American Flyers President Reed Pigman who was killed in the crash. It missed its first approach for a landing at Ardmore, Okla., Industrial Airparks where it was to refuel and change its crew. N. Y. Paper Strike Seems Certain NEW YORK UPI— Nine industry unions agreed Friday to back R New York Newspaper Guild strike against the city’s three merging papers called for 4 p. m. Sunday. A management official said there was "no possibility” the papers will publish Monday. “It does not look hopeful at this moment,” said Mayor John V. Lindaffy following separate City Hall talks with union officials and representatives of ^ the new merged entity, the World Journal Trihuns, Jaa*
County Contests Of Local Interest
DePauw Will Confer Six Honorary Degrees
Hamilton Acts On Two Cases Vernie Lee Little, 45, was sentenced Friday by Judge Francis N. Hamilton to serve 1-7 years in the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City for non-support. The sentence was suspended on certain conditions and providing that Little pay 64,564 in back payments for the past eight years to the Welfare Department. In other Putnam Circuit Court action, Charles Hendricks, 48, Spencer, pleaded guilty to theft by deception for a bad 610 check to the J. C. Penney Store. Judge Hamilton fined him $500 and costs and sentenced him to one year at the Indiana State Farm. The fine and sentence were suspended on strict conditions and Hendricks will be in custody of Mildred Hervey, County Probation Officer. Hospital Fire Takes 29 Lives LAPINLAHTI, Finland UPI —Fire raced through an overcrowded wooden mental hospital in this central Finland village early today, killing at least 29 patients, most of whom were locked in their rooms. Seven of the 36 patients in the institution and six other persons, including two children, managed to flee the flaming building. Most of these suffered from burns and smoke inhalation. Three patients were listed in serious condition at nearby hospitals. Police said they counted the bodies of 18 women and 11 men. They said all the patients living on the second-floor of the two-story building were kept in locked rooms with barred windows and had no chance to escape. The hospital was built in 1932 to care for 28 persons. But eight more had been living there because of lack of space elsewhere. Hunt Scattered Ceng Remnants
DePauw University plans to confer honorary degrees on six men at its 127th annual commencement Sunday, May 29, according to President William E. Kerstetter. To receive honorary doctorates along with approximately 400-plus undergraduate candidates for bachelor degrees are: George W. Gore, Jr., president of Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, Fla., Doctor of Laws; Thomas C. Mann, under secretary of state for economic affairs, Washington, D. C., Doctor of Laws; Howard C. Sheperd, retired chairman of j the board of First National City Bank of New York, Bronxville, N. Y., Doctor of Laws. Also James E. Doty, presi-dent-elect of Baker University, Indianapolis, Doctor of Divinity; Myron F. Wicke, general secretary, Division of Higher Education, Board of Education, The Methodist Church, Nashville, Tenn., Doctor of Humane Letters; and John W. Cusic, assistant director of chemical research, G. D. Sarle & Co., Skokie, 111., Doctor of Science. A 1923 graduate of DePauw, Dr. Gore has been president of the Florida institution since 1950. He accepted the post after serving 23 years as dean of instruction at Tennessee A & I. DePauw honored the Negro educator in 1952 with a distinguished alumni citation. Mann, who will deliver the commencement address, assumed his present duties last year after serving as ambassador to Mexico and in other key assignments connected primarily with Latin American affairs. He is a graduate of Baylor Univer-
sity.
Howard Sheperd is the only native Hoosier among those to be honored next month. He joined the First National City Bank immediately after graduation from DePauw in 1916. He became president of the bank in 1948 and chairman of the board four years later. Originally from Vincennes, he served five years as president of the DePauw Board of Trustees. Dr. Doty, whose election to the presidency of Baker University was announced April 20, has been serving Indiana Protestantism as executive secre(Continued on Page 2), April Showers. SAN ANTONIO UPI — The “Battle of the Flowers’ ’parade
With the May 3 primariei only 10 days away, voter interest is beginning to pick up in Greencastle and over Putnam County. The big race on the Democratic ticket apparently is that for the nomination for County Commissioner from the Second District. Victor R. Hurst, the incumbent, is seeking renomination but there are six other candidates in the field. They are Kenneth Knauer, who is completing his eighth year as sheriff; Glen V. Campbell, James G. Reasor, NaDean Sillery, Paul Emery and Clarence S. Marshall. From all indications, t h i i race should prove most interest-
ing.
The Democrats also have two other contests on the county level. Paul Mason, deputy sheriff, is running for the nomination for sheriff. His opponent Is George Hecko, former Indiana State Trooper. Frank Sutherlm, incumbent, also has opposition for the nomination for County Assessor in Chester F. Query. On the congressional end state level there are contests for the nomination for Seventh District Congressman and Joint State Representative. Seven Democrats are in the race for Congress. ‘Ihey are Jack H. Hank in, Elden C. Tipton, Ronald L. Drake, James A. Dinsmoor, John H. Latham, William H. Herring and John William Riley. Three are after the nomination for Joint Representative. They are Harold W. Stewart, incumbent, Harold W. Rosechlein and A. Frank Little. James M. Kirtley, incumbent; has no opposition for the nomination for Joint State Senator. On the Republican side of the ledger, on the county level, are two contests. Bobby G. Albright and Austin O. Jeffries are seeking the nomination for sheriff. Albert R. Hewlett and Waldo E. Shoemaker are opponents for the nomination for Second District Commissioner. In the congressional raeo there are six candidates: John T. Myers, Thomas A. Mont, Daniel B. Crane, James B. Kessler, Gerald W. Landis and Lawrence R. Jones. Three Republicans are competing for the nomination for Joint State Senator. They are Sherman O. Kessler, David L. Todd and Joseph W. Harrison. John J. Thomas is unopposed for the nomination for Joint State Representative. Now You Know
SAIGON UPI—Victorious U. S. Marines and South Vietnamese troops today hunted down scattered remnants of a Communist force they smashed in a two-day battle this week. About 3,000 Leathernecks of Maj. Gen. Lewis J. Fields’ 1st Marine Division, with an approximately equal number of South Vietnamese, criss-crossed rice paddies and hillocks 335 miles north of Saigon, mopping up the Communists who couldn’t get away. Allied forces counted 322 dead Communists on the battlefield. They estimated that the bodies of at least another 200 guerrillas had been carried away during the night . U. S. and South Vietnamese casualties were repented ’light.” Marines said the Communist force, which apparently included regular North Vietnamese troops, broke up into groups of one or two and fled toward the nigged hills to the west. Many Communists dropped their guns and fled during a record pre-attack in which they were hit by more than 4,000 artillery sheila —td 100 tons of
became confronted with the elements Friday and the flowers came out second best. Rain caused a day’s postponement of the seven-mile-long parade, a 'highlight of the weeklong San Antonio celebration.
By United Prtii International The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea, which has an area of 143,550 square miles, according to the World Almanac.
NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
INDIANA WEATHER: Rain and some thundershowers today, ornjtginnai thundershowers quite likely continuing through much of tonight and Sunday. Not much temperature change. High today 67 to 73, low tonight 58 to 66, high Sunday in the 70s. Outlook for Monday: Mostly cloudy and mild.
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