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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1966 -Indiana Sesquicentennial Year

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Melanie Priest Is 1966 11 r 11 kjB Putnam Co. Fair Queen

1965 FAIR QUEEN CROWNS MELANIE PRIEST Mias Janice Barrett, 1965 Queen, crowns Melanie Priest 1966 Putnam County Fair Queen as the climax to last night’s ceremonies at the Fairgrounds. Darla Zeis; Beverly Rector, Queen runnerup, and Brenda Sutherlin watch the coronation. Banner Photo—Steve Hurst

Strike Legislation Looms

WASHINGTON UPI — Senate leaders cleared the decks today for swift action on a bill aimed at ending — at least temporarily — the costly 26-day airline strike. At the same time, Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz was to meet with union officials to discuss the strike which has grounded United, Eastern, Northwest, National and Trans World Airlines. There was little prospect of any new bargaining aessions, however.

Receives Nixon CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy UPI—Pope Paul VI Monday received former U. S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a 30-minute private audience. The meeting between the pontiff and Nixon, who last met on the occasion of Pope Paul’s coronation three years ago, was described as cordial. Details of their talk were not revealed.

Dolnick Takes Over INDIANAPOLIS UPI — Indiana correction commissioner Bernard Dolnick today assumed command of the trouble-plagued Indiana Girls’ School, replacing Supt. Alfred Bennett Bennett, formerly director of classification and treatment for the Indiana Department of Correction, will remain with the department, but in another job.

James E. Palmer Resigns Pulpit Rev. James S. Palmer, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, announced today that he is resigning to accept a pulpit in Harrodsburg. Rev. Palmer has been pastor of the Greencastle church for the past seven years. He said that his last sermon will be delivered here this coming Sunday. During his sojourn in this city. Rev. Palmer has spent his time not only preaching but visiting the Putnam County Hospital, the various nursing homes and many people confined to their homes by illness in Putnam and Owen Counties. He has many friends who will regret to see him leave but all wish him well in the future. Youth Suffers Cuts And Bruises Paul A. Elmore, 17, Greencastle, Route 4, suffered cuts and bruises on his arm, leg and forehead in a traffic mishap Monday morning on the West Walnut Street Road. Sheriff Kenneth Knauer reported that Elmore was going west on his motor bike and was approaching the Walker Lane intersection. According to the sheriff, a car driven by Leamon L. Littrell, also on Route 4, came out of Walker Lane in front of young Elmore. The youth managed to get behind the auto but lost control and was thrown from the motor bike. He was taken to the Putnam County Hospital where he was treated and released. Dispute Settled SAN FRANCISCO UPI—The San Francisco Bay area nurses dispute was settled early today when negotiators came to terms on an interim contract.

Crowned as 1966 Putnam County Fair Queen last night was Melanie Sue Priest of Bainbridge. At 9:40 in the arena, Janice Barrett, 1965 Putnam County Fair Queen, slipped the crown on the head of the 17 year old Butler University freshman. This climaxed the one and a half hour of suspense before a large crowd eagerly awaiting the judges’ selection. The girls made three appearances before the audience. First in street dress and were introduced to the public by Norman Knight, Master of Ceremonies. After a hurried change, the contestants next appeared in bathing suits, followed by a change to evening dresses, at which time the MC asked each girl a question, which the girls had to ad lib the answer. Melanie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Priest of Bainbridge. She was vice president of the Senior Class, Latin Club, and was State vice president of the Junior Classical League. Other activities she participated in were the National Honor Society and Honor Thespian. She was selected Best Thespian and DAR Good Citizen. Melanie plans to attend Butler University where she plans to follow a career in Radio-TV and minor in drama. This will be nothing new to her, as she did a weekly radio program from WGRE while in high school. First runner-up was Beverly Rector of Fillmore. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rector, Bev will enter school this fall as a senior. She is a member of the Fillmore F.H.A. chapter of (Continued on Page 2) Two Runs Made City firemen made a run in the township truck at 3:24 Monday afternoon to the home of Barbara Hedge, on Ind. 43 north, to extinguish a grass fire. At 4:10 p.m., the rescue truck was called to Mason Hall to administer oxygen to David White, who was then taken to the Putnam County HospitaL

Action Is Taken On South Putnam Issuance Of Bonds

VFW Post Sponsors Bike Safety Program

New Attorney For This City

Members of Gen. Jesse M. Lee Post 1550 Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct a Lite-A-Bike program this coming Saturday, August 6, at the following locations in Putnam

James Houck, Prosecuting At- County,

tomey announced today that

VFW Post, Greencastle, 10

a. m.

Roachdale School, 10 a. m. Cloverdale School, 10 a. m. Bainbridge School, 10 a. m. Fillmore School, 1:30 p. m. Russellville School, 1:30 p. m. Reelsville School, 1:30 p. m. Belle Union School, 1:30 p. m. Clinton Center School, 1:30

p. m.

Reflector tape will be put on all bicycles free of charge. This will help provide safety for all bike riders. The veterans say “one short piece of tape can prevent a short

life.’’

All parents are urged to as sist their children in getting his or her bicycle taken care of Saturday. Also, the veterans thank all school authorities who made school grounds available

for this project.

Any VFW member living in the above communities who can assist even for a few minutes is asked to be at the above areas at the scheduled times listed.

Badly Injured

Robert G. House, 26, Toronto, Canada, was badly injured when the motorcycle he was riding was involved in an accident with an automobile, a short dis-

and since that time had served a ^ ance eas t Mt. Meridian on

he had appointed Jerald D. Calbert as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Putnam County. Mr. Calbert is a graduate of Hanover College and Indiana University School of Law. He has been employed as Claims Manager of the Wolverine Insurance Company and is presently residing with his wife, Janet and two children in Plain-

field.

The Calberts will make their home in Greencastle at 903

Hillcrest.

Mr. Calbert will be associated with James Houck in the prac-

tice of law.

Two Sentenced To Reformatory Two young men entered pleas of guilty to escaping from the Indiana State Farm when arraigned Monday in the Putnam

Circuit Court.

Ernest L. Wilson, Jr., 23, Beech Grove, and Michael Eugene Taylor, 17, Wheatland, were each sentenced by Judge Francis N. Hamilton to serve 1-5 years in the State Reformatory at Pendleton. Wilson escaped from the State Farm on June 26, 1963,

3-year sentence at the Texas Department of Corrections for burglary.

Crazed Texas Sniper Kills 15

AUSTIN, Tex. UPI—A crazed scores of summer students, pro-

on an

Debate was to begin on a bill! approved Monday by the Sen-1 ate Labor Committee to give' President Johnson discretionary authority to order striking airline machinists back to work for up to 180 days while media-

tion efforts continued. ; student went on an 80-minute j fessors and visitors to the rollBut there was a move afoot j campus rampage with an arm- ing green campus, to relieve the President of any i ful of weapons Monday in the shortly before the tower’s further responsibility in the ! worst mass killing in U. S. clock struck noon, the first shot walkout. Senate Democratic j history. He shot 45 persons, ran g out. For the next hour and Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., ! killing his wife, his mother and 20 minutes, the lazy summer said he was supporting a sub- 13 others before a shaken off- campus was turned into a stitute bill by Sen. Wayne L. j duty policeman shot him dead hellish battleground of dead, Morse, D-Ore., to have Congress ; ato P 016 27-story University of | dying ond wounded, make the back-to-work order , Texas tower. When it was all over, 16 were mandatory. | Charles J. Whitman, a 24- dead—including Whitman—and ,. . , .. .. year-old architectural engineer- 30 others were wounded. e _.. Sai ^._ e ,!. S i ing student who once rejected The noontime terror ended

psychiatric help, climbed to a when patrolman Ramiro Martiledge near the top of the 307- ! nez slowly edged his way around foot tower and calmly stalked the observation platform and

GOP opposite. Sen. Everett M. Dirksen, 111., and House Democratic and Republican leaders would favor this approach. Johnson has made it clear through Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz and other aides that he would prefer Congress j to pass legislation making it mandatory for him to order the 35,400 striking machinists and ; ground service crewmen back

to work.

The measure the labor committee sent to the Senate gave the President discretionary authority. It would declare the strike had interfered with essential transportation services, but would leave it up to the Chief Executive to issue the back-to-work order and for how | long. Meantime. Johnson could appoint a special board to try to reach a new settlement in the

dispute.

20 Years Ago Dr. William Tipton and family were vacationing in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Verner Houck were at Spring Mill State Park. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Voltmer and son were visiting in Galva,

Iowa.

Tommy Bittles was spending a month at Brainerd, Minne-

sota.

Ben Cannon transacted business in Indianapolis.

pumped six pistol slugs and a shotgun blast into the sniper, a Texas junior with a B average. Soon after Whitman’s bloodcovered and limp body was carried from the tower, police found the young man’s wife and mother. The wife, Kathleen, 23, was stabbed to death in the Whitman apartment. His mother, Mrs. C. M. Whitman, was shot to death in her home. Whitman, an ex-Marine, exaltar boy, ex-Eagle Scout, left three notes, one a rambling two-page letter which said his

Janeiro to the state

located at Austin.

capitol,

Connally said he was “shocked and grieved” by the slayings. President Johnson wired his condolences to Paul Bolton of Johnson's radio television station KTBC in Austin. Bolton is

mother would be better off in heaven and that he hated his father "with a mortal passion.’’ Police also found a camera with a note which read: “Please have films developed, Charles Whitman.” The film was sent to Dallas for processing.

The stunned university was the grandfather of one of the silent as a tomb today. Uni-j victims - Paul Sonntag.

versity officials cancelled all classes and ordered flags flown

at half-staff. Stated meeting of Texas Gov. John Connally cut Chapter Order of Eastern Star short a trip to South America j No. 330 will meet tonight at and flew back from Rio de I 7:30. Visiting members welcome.

O.E.S. Notice

U. S. 40, Monday afternoon. State police at the Putnamville Post reported that the young man was taken to Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis. The name of the driver of the car was not available this morn-

!ing.

NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International

The average American consumes 315 eggs, 96 pounds of

sugar and 305 pounds of milk Cargile Jackson was charged and cream each year, accord- j with public intoxication by ing to the 1966 World Almanac. | O’Hair.

At an early 9 a. m. meeting, the South Putnam Community School Board yesterday in the Courthouse accepted the petitions of 637 legal signers of the school corporation and passed a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds of the school corporation in the amount of $190,000 for the purpose of constructing and equipping a high school building at the Evans site at the junction of State Road 43 and U. S. Highway 40. Minutes of the July 26 meeting were read and approved which stated the South Putnam School Corporation had authorized the purchase of five shares of stock in the South 43 Water Company at $100 a share, and that Principal Helm of Reelsville presented to the Board detailed illustrations of the proposed bus routes for the new high school building. All routes will be shorter than the longest route now, and approximately $20,000 will be saved in doubling up of some routes. A budget of $700,000 was approved by the School Board. This represents a tax increase of over 40 cents per $100 of assessed valuation in the school district. The school tax rate last year was $3.94 per hundred. This year, if approved, it will be $4.42 per hundred. Superintendent Hedrick stated a portable classroom for Fillmore has been incorporated in the budget and the decision will be made after further study whether it is needed. Also, the superintendent reported he expects to fill most teacher vacancies within the week. Five vacancies exist now plus a janitor’s position at Fillmore. Lucky Youngster DOVER. England UPI — Graham Houghton, 13, suffered only a broken leg after falling 125 feet off a 350-foot cliff near here Monday. A ledge broke his

fall.

Two Are Jailed Two Carmel residents were lodged in the Putnam County jail at 8:30 Monday night by Gilbert O’Hair, Bainbridge

Town Marshal.

Herman Cummings was booked for drunken driving and

Putnam County Fair Program

to be

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3

rrnvpianrf 8:00 a m.—4-H and Open Sheep—Arena 8:00-10:00 a.m.—4-H Garden and Flower Exhibits

entered (Community Building)

12:00 noon—Judging of 4-H Garden Exhibits and 4-H

Flowers

5:00-6:30—4-H Horse and Pony Show (Halter Classes)(Outside Arena) 5:30 p.m.—Young America Contests—Oval 7:00 p.m.—Sheep Shearing Contest—Arena j7:30-10:00 p.m.—-4-H. Horse, and .Pony. Show .(Action Classes)—(Outside Arena) 1:00-11:00 p.m.—Kissel Shows Carnival in Operation NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

1966 PUTNAM COUNTY FAIR QUEEN CONTESTANTS Left to right: Melanie Priest, Bainbridge; Diane Lewis, Cloverdale; Beverly Rector, Fillmore; Darla Zeis, Greencastle; Brenda Sutherlin, Reelsville; Lynn Hostetter, Roachdale; Karen Spencer, RussellviUt. Banner Photo—Steve Hurst

INDIANA WEATHER: Chance for a few showers this morning, clearing and turning a little cooler and less humid this afternoon. Fair and cooler tonight and Wednesday. High today in the low 80s. Low tonight in the upper 50s. High Wednesday about 80. Outlook for Thursday: Continued fair and a little cooler than normal. Minimum 66* 6 A.M 69® 7 A.M 67® 8 A.M 66® 9 A.M 70 0 10 A.M 72° 11 A.M 74* 12 Noon 75« 1 P.M 7$®