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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1966 ’Indiana Semicentennial Year

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NO. 234

Major Racial Violence Erupts In Omaha, Neb.

OMAHA, Neb. UPI—City policemen were rushed into Omaha’s near north side early today to put down what was called an “outbreak of major violence.’* Scattered gunfire was heard in the streets and police said there were several reports of Molotov cocktails being thrown. Several fires were burning In the area. Authorities said the disturbance began shortly after midnight when about 160 Negro residents of the area began milling around an intersection. There were no reports of major injuries Omaha Public Safety Direc tor Francis Lynch was notified of the disturbance and rushed to the scene to assume direction of police. All two-man police details were doubled, and all officers were issued riot

guns.

At S a. m., CST (5 a. m. EDT), police Capt. Lewis Stokes described the outbreaks as still a local police matter. At that time, however, there was still at least one major fire under way and numerous reports of looting. The disturbance broke out at the same intersection which saw several days of violence and looting eariy in July. On that occasion, the Nebraska National Guard was called out to patrol the streets. Police said the disturbance early today began shortly after a Negro man was arrested on charges of drunkenness. A large crawd gathered and began to chant, “let that man go.” One witness said police surrounded the area and fired their riot guns into the air, breaking up the crowd.

Pleads Not Guilty To To Slaying 8 Nurses

Seek Dismissal Of Klan Cases HATTIESBURG, Miss. UPI— Defense attorneys planned to call today for dismissal of federal conspiracy indictments against 15 alleged Ku Klux Klansmen in the nightrider slaying of a local Negro leader early this year. U.S. District Court Judge Harold Cox was to arraign the 15, allow them to enter pleas, and hear the motions for dismissal of the two-count indictments. The defendants include Sam Bowers, reputed imperial wizard of the Klan’s militant white knights. One defendant, Hattiesburg hardware store owner Mordaunt Hamilton, Sr., charged in a motion that the indictment was faulty and should be dismissed because it did not accuse the 15 pf “willfully” taking part in the conspiracy. Hamilton’s attorneys contended this was critical to the charges brought under federal statutes. The Indictments accused the 15 of conspiring to intimidate Vernon Dahmer, Sr., 58, a Negro store owner and former president of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, because of his efforts to get Negroes to vote. The second count charged that the defendants “did intimidate. threaten and coerce” Dahmer to halt his efforts in voter registration by the Jan. 10 firebomb and gunfire attack on his home and grocery. He died as a result of burns he received in leaving the flaming house. At an earlier preliminary hearing, FBI agents testified they had statements from some of the defendants implicating the others in a secret meeting in a swamp, when Bowers allegedly ordered the attack on Dahmer. 20 Years Ago Earl O’Hair was visiting in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Robbins and Mrs. Edwards were in Richmond and New Madison, Ohio. Mrs. Frank Bittles left for Dermont, Arkansas, to make her future home,

Gilley To Run For Co. Council Charles R. Gilley, of Fillmore, has been appointed by Republican County Chairman Bob Poor to run for County Council from the Second District on the Re publican ticket Mr. Gilley graduated from Greencastle High School in 1949 and served in the U. S. Army till 1953. He is presently employed at IBM, and is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Moose Lodge and the Fillmore Volunteer Fire Dept Charles and Betty, his wife, have two sons, Marvin 14 and Kevin 7. Drugged Youth Leaps To Death BERKELEY, Calif. UPI — A 20 - year - old Berkeley youth jumped three stories to his death Sunday while “flying high on LSD,” police said. They said the victim, Vernon P. Cox, took his first and last dose of the controversial dream drug at a “trip party” with three companions.

The witnesses told police Cox was “in touch with reality one minute and the next minute he lost control.” They quoted him as saying that “as long as I’m on a trip, I think m go to i Europe.” His companions said they restrained him from leaving the apartment several times, but finally Cox ran into the bedroom, climbed on a bed and lunged through the closed window to an alleyway three stories below. “You know how that stuff (LSD) works,” a police spokesman said. “He probably thought he was a bird and tried to fly out the window.” Cong Move Near S. Viet Capital SAIGON UPI — U.S. Air Force B52 bombers struck Communist positions only 25 miles from Saigon today amid reports more than 5,000 Viet Cong guerrillas had been moved within striking distance of the South Vietnamese capital. The eight-jet stratofortresses from Guam pounded a Communist troop staging area and base camp 25 miles northwest of the capital. The muffled explosions rattled windows in Saigon as the war moved closer to the city of 1.4 million residents. The International Control Commission (ICC) announced earlier it was investigating Communist complaints resulting from B52 attacks Saturday and Sunday against the six-mile wide demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Viet Nam at the 17th parallel. It was the first time American planes had struck in the DMZ buffer area, set up by the 1954 Geneva accords on Indochina. U.S. spokesmen said the North Vietnamese were using the area as a troop haven. Meeting Tuesday A Madison Township Community meeting will be held Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Community building, (No. 10 School). A report will be given on the ice cream supper. All township residents are urged to be present as very important business will be discussed. Please mark this date and plan to at-

tend.

CHICAGO UPI — Richard Speck today pleaded innocent to charges that he slaughtered eight young nurses in their townhouse apartment July 14. He mumbled his profession that he is guiltless in what has been called ’'the crime of the century.” The voice of the 24-year-old Dallas drifter was so low that Alexander J. Napoli, chief justice of the criminal court, ordered him to “Speak up!" It was the first time Speck had been seen by anyone except policemen, doctors and a few visitors to his closely guarded hospital bedside since he was found in a skid row flophouse July 17, bleeding from self-in-flicted wounds. Today, he seemed docile, awed by the power of the law arrayed against him, and perhaps a little fearful. He was a tall, slim figure, wearing a white shirt with the collar open. He towered over his court-appointed lawyer. Public Defender Gerald Getty. Hie tattoo on his arm which led to his identification «nH capture—“Bom to raise hell” —was clearly visible to reporters. Napoli assigned Speck’s case ■certain to become one of the courtroom classics of the d«*oade —to Judge Herbert C. Paschen. Speck was surrounded by deputy sheriffs when he was brought from a bullpen into a courtroom where everyone—including policemen—had been searched for weapons. Dates Set For Fair On Square The “Fair On The Square” committee of the Chamber of Commerce have met and formulated plans for making the 1966 event one of the biggest and best celebrations Greencastle and Putnam County has had as yet. Richard Sunkel, chairman, and his committee have done much of the planning for a very successful event. Better get your thinking cap on and start preparing your costume for the Fall Festival, “Fair On The Square,” which will take place Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9th and 10th. An appropriate theme, “Sesquicentennial,” was selected by the committee. Elizabeth Ann Cannon is chairman of the Booth Committee. Watch the newspapers for more details in the days to follow.

SMOKE STACK COMING DOWN Shown above is a workman cutting sheets of metal with an acetylene torch from the smokestack at the heating plant at DePauw University. The present stack is 18 years old and the walls are becoming thin, so plans are to remove 50 to 60 feet of the top of the stack and replace it with new metal sheets. The protruding objects seen are the wood scaffolding that was installed. Holes were cut into the stack and the wood platform inserted so the workers could get to the top.

Seek To Avert Nurses' Strike

SAN FRANCISCO UPI — State conciliators called the negotiating teams for 33 bay area hospitals and more than 2,000 nurses back to the bargaining table today in an effort to head off a major walkout in 48 hours. But, prospects for settlement of the pay dispute were dim. A spokesman for the militant California Nurses Association (CNA) said Sunday, “as far as we’re concerned, they (the hospitals) don’t even have a proposition on the table.” Chief state mediator Thomas J. Nicolopulos said during a 10hour bargaining session which ended early Saturday that the dispute was “on the critical list.” He scheduled today’s talks for 2 p.m. (PDT). The nurses submitted twoweek notices late last month to back their pay demands. The U.S. Public Health Service said in Washington that if the

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GOTEBORG, Sweden UPI — Local authorities are troubled by a young woman who wants to pay her income tax — but is not allowed to. She is a prostitute apparently trying to make her profession accepted. Prostitution is illegal in Sweden and money from “crimes” is not taxable.

nurses actually did quit, it would be the first such walkout in the nation. The CNA said it was seeking a pay scale of 3600-3700 a month. The hospitals offered 3500-5570. The hospitals have already begun reducing their patient load, and most are just admitting emergency cases at this time. A move was also under way to transfer convalescent patients out of the hospitals. The CNA said it has set up a pool of nurses who would go on emergency duty during a walkout. The hospitals have urged ex-nurses to offer their services in the event of a strike. 25 Are Missing FALMOUTH, England UPI— Helicopters, planes and lifeboats today mounted a search off the Cornish coast for a pleasure boat carrying 25 persons, including some children, missing since Sunday. The 45-foot motor cruiser Darlwin left Fowey for Falmouth, 35 miles away, at 4 p.m. local time. Rescue officials believe it ran into one of the freak squalls which hit the southwest coasts of England and Wales.

Strike Of Airlines May Be Prelude To Strike Series

Defiant Machinists Face Action By Congressmen

Rights Marchers Are Attacked By Angry Whites CHICAGO UPI — Dr. Martin Luther King was expected back in Chicago for a first hand report today on racial tensions which sent angry crowds of whites into the streets of their all-white neighborhood to attack civil rights marchers. The violence flared Sunday afternoon when an integrated band of King supporters tried to march through the Gage Park area of the south side and conduct a “prayer vigil” on behalf of open occupancy. There had been scattered harassment and rock throwing during similar vigils in the neighborhood Friday and Saturday nights, but nothing to match the bitterness of Sunday afternoon. Jeering crowds of whites chanting “white power!” hurled bricks and bottles at the 550 marchers, who included Roman Catholic priests and nuns as well as youths from the toughest Negro street gangs in the city. Residents of the all-white neighborhood opened fire hydrants to stop the marchers, broke windows and overturned dozens of automobiles and set them afire. Police said 50 persons were hurt, although a check of hospitals indicated only about half that number sought treatment. Seventeen persons were arrested, while other white residents were crammed into police squadrons and released a few blocks from the disturbance. Many of the marchers left their cars in a parking lot at Marquette Park, and while they were marching angry whites swarmed into the park, turned the cars over and set them afire. Police said two cars were shoved into a lagoon, and at least 13 others were destroyed by fire. A total of 44 cars were either damaged or destroyed. Silent Thieves LONDON UPI — Detectives have been warned that thieves are using the roar of jets at London Airport to drown out the noise of cracking safes with explosives.

HONOR GHdS AND ALTERNATES

The following girls were named as alternates and honor girls in the 4-H Dress Revue which was held Sunday. Left to right arc; Donna South, Vicki Aker, Peggy Gross, Vicki

Judy, Carolyn Torr, Carol Evens, Diane Evans, Vicki Wallace, Donna Steele and Betty Mishler.

WASHINGTON UPI — Striking airline machinists, who defied President Johnson and their own national union leaders to reject a proposed settlement, today faced the threat of swift congressional action to end their

25-day walkout.

The rejection vote Sunday by rank-and-file members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM)—17,251 to 6.587, or nearly a 3 to 1 margin—was a stunning personal rebuff to the President, the first he has suffered since he began taking a hand in labor disputes. It also meant that no matter what Congress does, it seemed likely that the five strikebound airlines — Eastern, National, Northwest, Trans World and United—would remain grounded for at least a week more. The White House had no comment on the machinists’ action, nor did Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, who had worked with negotiators on the agreement the President proudly announced Friday night on nationwide television. But on Capital Hill, reaction was immediate and sometimes angry. Chairman Lister Hill, DAla., of the Senate Labor Committee scheduled a meeting, and committee members predicted a bill to end the walkout would be ready within an hour. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., promised quick action on any such measure, and Republican Lead-

WASHINGTON UPI — The airline strike may be the forerunner of a series of big strikes during the next 12 months as organized labor and the administration duel it out over President Johnson’s wage “guidelines.” At stake in big labor’s chaldenge to the “suggested” federal ceiling on wage increases are the stability of the economy and, in the view of Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, the future of collective bargaining. In January, Johnson’s economic report to Congress set an annual pay increase of 3.2 per cent as the maximum raise permissible to labor without risking inflationary pressure on the economy. This figure was determined by economists to be the average annual increase in national productivity. Thus, workers would be given pay raises equal to their Increased output without their employers being forced to raise prices. The assumption was that workers In industries experiencing large productivity gains— say 6 per cent or more—would still be entitled to just 3.2 per cent. That would leave room for 3-2 per cent pay raises to workers such as gas station attendants, whose productivity was likely to stay the same. Gasoline prices might go up, but the prices set by industries I with large productivity gains could be lowered. The result: No general inflationary price

rise.

In the case of the airlines, the International Association of Machinists was unwilling to accept the guideline figure. They felt they were entitle3 to a greater share of their particular industry’s high increase in productivity. The airline contract dispute

the Senate would have to act

today.

Queen Judges Are Announced The Banner learned today that the Putnam County Fair Queen judges for tonight will be Miss Eileen Smith, Miss Indiana of 1965 and runner-up to Miss America; Mrs. Sandy Smith, Counselor and instructor at Patricia Stevens Finishing School; and Tommy Wadelton, photographer for the Indianap-

olis Star.

er Everett M. Dirksen, HI., said was allowed to degenerate into

what federal mediators openly admitted was a “ridiculous” situation before the President, with Congress at his back, decided to step into the negotia-

tions.

This situation resulted from a pre-strike endorsement by the President of a settlement package considered to be within the guidelines. Having endorsed the package before the strike began, the President then told the nation the union must settle for a contract within the framework of the recommendations. The result has been chaos—a (Continued on Page 2)

Putnam County Fair Program TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 9:00 a.m.—Open Swine Show—Arena 8:00-10:00 a.m.—Open Flowers to be brought in (Industrial Building) 12:00 noon—Judging of Flower Exhibits 4:00 p.m.—4-H Flower Arrangement Contest—Arena 5:30 p.m.—Young America Contests—Oval 7:30 p.m.—4-H Dog Demonstration—Arena 8:00 p.m.—4-H Fitting Demonstrations—Arena 1:00-11:00 p.m.—Kissel Bros. Shows NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

INDIANA WEATHER: Generally fair and warmer today, Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight with chance of showers or thunderstorms late tonight. Tuesday showers or thunderstorms likely but ending and turning cooler in afternoon. High today low 90s. Low tonight about 70. High Tuesday mostly in the 80s. Outlook for Wednesday: Generally fair and cooler. Precipitation probability percentages 5 today, 30 tonight, 70 Tuesday. Minimum 55* 6 A.M 55* 7 A.M 63* 8 A.M 7o» 9 A.M 72» 10 A.M 80® 11 A.M g4» 12 Noon 88® 1 P.M gg»