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VOLUME SEVENTY-FOUR

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1966

•Indiana Sesquicentennial Year 10l Per Copy NO. 211

Find Present Draft System Adequate

WASHINGTON UPI — If the Pentagon’s new draft proposals were put into effect today, few of the nation’s young men would notice the difference—the system would work pretty much as It does now. Therein lies the key to the massive study of the draft the Defense Department under took two years ago. The department labored mightily under an assignment expected to bring forth a mountain of suggestions. Instead, the Pentagon proposals have more of the appearance of a mouse. The fact is that with all its faults and the study acknow-

ledges that most of the complaints against the system are correct—the Defense Department likes the draft better than any alternative. It just could not come up with any better way to keep the military amply supplied, either during peacetime or during war emergencies. The military insisted the draft was important either to tab young men directly or to encourage them to enlist because they might be drafted later. At first glance, it would appear that President Johnson’s newly created 20-member Citizen’s Commission on the Draft

also might draw a blank. But its mandate is a good deal broader and deals with all phases of service; for example, it will study Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara’s idea for some kind of universal war on peace service. The Pentagon study was somewhat narrower in scope, confined mostly to the draft itself. Thus what the report amounted to was an official imprimatur on the draft system for at least the next decade. Only one substantial change was suggested: That the drafting start at the bottom of the 19 to 26 age group, rather than the top.

"Good Guys" Indy Bound ST. LOUIS UPI—The “Wan dering Wheels” were headed for Indianapolis and points east today, hoping to prove there are really “good, clean-cut kids left.” The “Wheels,” organized by Taylor University football coach Bob Davenport, are a group of singing cyclists peddling their way from San Francisco to Washington, where they hope President Johnson will interrupt his busy schedule to chat with them and be serenaded. Most of the youngsters, IB to 32 years old, are from Indiana. The group was organized by Davenport, the former UCLA star fullback, three years ago. *T wanted a way to show Americans that there are really good clean-cut kids left,” he ■aid. Davenport said motorists frequently stop along the highway, asking what the group is “protesting.” *T just tell them it is my way of giving the fellows some Sunday school with a he-man flavor,” Davenport said. He ■aid the towns where the ‘Wheels” stop for overnight lodgings have been “just great,” finding them sleeping quarters and making them comfortable in every way. Davenport said he hopes the group will reach Indianapolis late Wednesday or early Thursday. Five Remain

Governors OK Viet Move LOS ANGELES UPI — A survey of state governors indicated today that an overwhelming majority support President Johnson’s decision for a step-up in bombing of North Viet Nam. With two of the governors absent and others not yet on the scene of the National governors’ Conference, the indicated margin approached eight to one. Public statement by some of the governors and a UPI poll of others showed 23 supported the decision to bomb oil depots in the Hanoi and Haiphong areas with only three dissenting of noncommittal. The 23 Included 17 Democrats and six Republicans. Tool Erupts MANILA UPI — Taal, the killer volcano, erupted today for the first time since last September. Police Immediately ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents of lakeshore towns opposite Tears island. Witnesses said the volcano was spewing out steam and volcanic ash every 10 minutes. No casualties were reported and the volcanology commission said the eruptions were still considered “minor.” Taal volcano is located 40 air miles south of Manila. Its eruption last September killed an estimated 200 persons.

City Police Arrest Three Greencastle City Police Offi cer John Pursell busied himself over the Fourth with three arrests, all on public intoxication charges. At 7:48 p.m. Monday Officer Pursell apprehended Carl J. Stanley of Slidell, Louisiana on East Franklin Street. Less than an hour later Pursell placed James A. Ham, 43 year old, of Hess Trailer Park under arrest and then had a lull in his activities until 11:15 p.m. when he picked up William E. Chaney, 30, on North Madison Street for public intoxication and assault with a deadly weapon. JaUed Charles Morrison, 41 years old, of Greencastle, was brought in at 10 p.m. last night by State Police Officer John Danberry on a public intoxication charge and bedded down in the Putnam County Jail. Fringe Benefit SEVENOAKS, England UPI — Trash collector Wladyslaw Rejmus was hired by the local council Monday and took over the $19,600 home that goes with the job. The house is considered to be the most fashionable in the area.

Americans Run Into Difficulty WASHINGTON UPI—America’s uphill struggle to revitalize the crippled NATO alliance is running into some complications —some of her own making, and some caused by French President Charles de Gaulle. President Johnson’s decision to open the Viet Nam war throttle another notch by bombing the oil installations in the Hanoi-Haiphong area has resulted in strained relations with some of NATO’s staunchest European adherents, notably Britain. The new French-Soviet agreement to seek a solution of European problems with a minimum of U. S. influence caused concern over the possible effect on the Western alliance. The effect of the Viet Nam action on NATO cooperation is likely to be temporary, in the view of officials in Washington. Britain is too dependent on the United States for political and economic support in other areas to permit her dismay over Johnson’s tactics to affect basic cooperation on European issues. The other Western allies, with the exception of France, still feel that American power provides their only real security. President de Gaulle’s efforts to achieve a closer working relationship with Moscow poses long-range perils for the cohesion of the alliance. If his program results in any progress with Russia in easing tensions over problems of German reunification and European security, the other Western Europeans will begin to place more faith in his assertion that NATO has been “outmoded” by changed conditions and is not so vitaL The task of the United States in holding NATO together must take into account the strange new role which DeGaulle has chosen to play in and out of the alliance. High and Low NEW YORK UPI — The highest temperature reported Monday in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, was 112 at Needles and Blyth, Calif. The lowest reported Tuesday morning was 39 at Kalispell, Mont.

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New Mark Set In National Deaths

The nation’s motorists smashed all previous records for Independence Day holiday traffic

The view above is one of the many burst that hundreds of spectators saw at Windy Hill Country Club last night. As it was billed hundreds more enjoyed the fireworks from the comfort of their own home. Photo—Don Whitehead

Relief Comes To Nation In Record Heat Wave

By United Press International Thunderstorms and gusty winds pounded toward the Atlantic coast today, ending a long siege of blistering summer heat which rewrote the record books. In a fiery Fourth of July finish, the heat wave pushed temperatures past the 100-degree mark for the third straight day Monday in the mid-Atlantic states. An estimated 1,300,000 persons jammed the Coney Island beach in New York City. New record highs for the date were established at Philadelphia, with the 103 reading, Baltimore with 100 and Wilmington, Del., with 102. The mercury hit 104 at Harrisburg, Pa., for the third consecutive day. New York City, which broiled under an all-time high of 107 on Sunday, enjoyed a “cool” high of 98 Monday. But by nightfall Monday, cool Canadian air began its surge down across the lower Great Lakes, triggering heavy down-

pours. Three persons were struck and killed by lightning near Warren, Ohio. Fairborn, Ohio, reported more than 2% inches of rain, and nearly an inch fell at Detroit, Mich. A double-barrelled thunderstorm slapped Huntington, W. Va., with up to 2 inches of rain and high winds which ripped barges from their moorings on the Ohio River and wrenched branches from trees. Considerable crop damage was reported Monday in three western North Carolina counties after a storm ripped the area. Winds hit nearly 60 miles an hour in South Dakota and hail 11 inches in circumference belted Detroit Lakes, Minn. New York City hospitals reported numerous cases of heat prostration during the hot spell, which saw temepratures climb past 100 degrees on Saturday and Sunday. The heat buckled roads and railroad tracks and even jammed a drawbridge when the metal expanded.

At Large

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. UPI —Five trusties who fled from the Indiana State Prison over the weekend remained at large today. Officials said the five escaped from a dormitory outside the prison walls Sunday night by using a ladder to get over a barbed wire fence. The fugitives were identified as William Henderson Moore, 87; Elvis Burton, 40; Clifford Gibson, 27; James Heniman, 35, and Robert Allen Johnson, 29. Moore was sentenced from Hancock County to 2-5 years for second-degree burglary and 8-10 years for safe burglary. Burton was sentenced from Bartholomew County to 1-10 years for grand larceny and Gibson was serving a similar term imposed in SL Joseph County. Heniman was sentenced from Hancock County to 5-10 years for safe burglary and Johnson was sentenced from Boone County to 10 years for robbery. Substitute Buses CASTELTHORP, England UPI — The local bus company here paid taxi fares of those forced to take cabs when scheduled buses failed to ar-

20 Years Ago Miss Madonna Grimes was on vacation from the Central National Bank. James Black was admitted to the Putnam County Hospital. Miss Elizabeth Stoner attendid a bona show in Wabash.

CHEERLEADERS ATTEND CAMP The Roachdale High School cheerleaders leading squad of Roachdale has dance routines, and pep rallies. Pictured are Beverly Hirt, Vicki Gibson, Carol spent an exciting week at the Smith-Walbridge Midwest Cheerleading Camp Janet Hennon. at Syracuse, Ind. At Smith-Walbridge they participtaed in cheerlaading, "

Five Appear In Circuit Court Five juveniles appeared in Circuit Court today and pleaded guilty to being passengers in an automobile containing alcoholic beverages. The auto was driven by Larry G. Sorrell, 18, of Knightstown. Sorrell was fined $100 and costs and his driver’s license was suspended for one year. The other four minors involved, Jack Lee Thacker, 18, So. Huber Road, Indianapolis; Michael Rutherford, 18, Mitchner Street, Indianapolis; Dan F. Witherd, 16, Route 9, Indianapolis, and Shirley Nield, 16, Schoolhouse Road, Indianapolis, also had their drivers’ licenses suspended for one year. Saturn “1" Orbits Satellite CAPE KENNEDY UPI — America’s mighty Saturn 1 rocket today orbited the world’s heaviest satellite, its 29-ton second stage, and used it as a flying fuel laboratory to prove the vehicle can double as a moonship launcher. The 92-foot rocket-satellite, launched at 10:53 a. m., EDT, after nearly a two-hour delay, was whirling around earth about 115 miles high in an engineering test critical to the Apollo moonshot program. The successful launch marked another step toward using an identical Saturn 1 to orbit Apollo astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward Whit, and Roger Shaffee in November. The object of the mission was to see if the 92-foot long rocketsatellite can control its tricky liquid hydrogen fuel in the weightlessness of space and keep it ready for an engine restart—a feat that must be performed for an Apollo moon-

shot.

To see what happens with the high energy fuel in the absence of gravity in orbit, two television cameras were rigged to peer inside the second stage’s fuel tanks and flash “live” pictures back to earth. Schedule Double Funeral Service BEDFORD, UPI — Double funeral services will be held Wednesday for two life-long friends who drowned while swimming in a quarry on the west edge fo their hometown a week ago today. Phillip Ormstrong, 17, and Garold Bowling, 18, had been playmates all their lives. Police speculated after recovering their bodies Monday that Bowling got in trouble while swimming and they both drowned as Armstrong tried to help him. Their shoes and socks were found on the side of the quarry last Wednesday. Bowling’s car was nearby.

deaths during the weekend. With late reports still coming in, the record for the worst summer holiday of all time— Labor Day 1965—was in jeopardy. A United Press International tabulation showed that at least 565 persons were killed in traffic accidents between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Monday. The breakdown: Traffic 565 Drownings 257 Planes 25 Miscellaneous Total 927 California led the nation with 49 traffic deaths. Texas had 41, Ohio 30 and New York 29. Only Alaska, Delaware and Hawaii reported no highway fatalities during the holiday. In its pre-holiday estimate, the National Safety Council predicted between 510 and 610 would die on the nation’s highways during the holiday period. The highest previous fourth of July toll was set last year when 557 persons died. The worst summer holiday on record was Labor Day 1965, when highway accidents claimed 575 lives. AFL-CI0 Ready To Return MIAMI BEACH UPI — James R. Hoffa has declared his— teamsters union “ready to return to the AFL-CIO,” but he said it would not happen until “honorable terms” are offered and jurisdictional problems worked out. Hoffa made the statement in his “state of the union” report, which was being formally presented today to the 19th international convention of the Teamsters. Sen. Eugene McCarthy, DMinn., also was speaking to-

day.

The convention began Monday with union leaders calling Hoffa the modern day “hero” of the labor movement. “As the world’s largest union, we stand ready to return to the AFL-CIO if and when honorable terms for reentry are offered,” Hoffa said in his opening address. The Teamsters were expelled from the AFL-CIO in 1957 following a report on the union by a congressional committee. Before a return can be made, Hoffa said, “serious problems of jurisdiction must be worked

out.”

He said that if the Teamsters rejoined it would be with the reservation that when other unions “failed to organize their jurisdiction” the teamsters would have the right to step in and do so. Long Masquerade WOLVERHAMPTON, E n - gland UPI — An auto mechanic was remanded in custody for a week Monday for allegedly posing as a doctor in a hospital for three months. The prosecution charged that John Wright, 25, issued 640 prescriptions and signed numerour death certificates during his bogus tenure.

NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

INDIANA WEATHER: Partly cloudy, continued warm and humid through Wednesday with some scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers possible. High today 88 to 93. Low tonight 65 to 70. High Wednesday 90 to 95. Outlook for Thursday: Little change with chance of afternon or evening thundershowers. Minimum 67° 6 A.M 67* 7 A.M 73 • 8 A.M 77» 9 AM. 76® 10 AM 7g® 11 A.M 84® 12 Noon go® 3 P.M. g^o