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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1966-Indiana Sesquicentennial Year
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NO. 266
Grills Proposes New Tax Setup For Hoosier State
INDIANAPOLIS UPI— Sen. Nelson G. Grills, D-Indianapolis, unveiled the first two bills of a proposed new tax program for Hoosiers which would replace the sales tax with adjusted gross income taxes, provide freeholder exemption from property taxes, and increase tax exemptions. Grills said Wednesday that he sent copies of two bills which he intends to introduce in the 1967 Legislature to Governor Branigin and Democratic state chairman Gordon St. Angelo. He said he plans to continue the work of drafting proposed legislation to carry out his full program during the coming weeks. “Reorganization of state government is the beginning.” Grills said. He said that as far back as the George N. Craig gubernatorial administration, the program for reducing governmental costs by reorganizing state government was outlined in the Heller study, and little has been done to implement it. Then Grills proposes to repeal the 2 per cent sales tax on the grounds that “the economic and political well-being of the overwhelming majority of the people of our state requires the
repeal.”
Bills to accomplish this, and also to establish a 8^4 per cent adjusted gross Income tax ac-
companied Grills’ letter.
Grills said his next step will be to draft and provide advance copies to lawmakers of bills to establish an adjusted gross income tax of 8 per cent on corporations, to repeal the present mortgage exemption on property tax anr replace it with a freeholders’ exemption to double the $1,000 tax exemption for persons over 65 years of age and raise the amount of income they could earn to $5,000, and to Increase the present $500 per depenctart exemption from In-
come taxes to $750.
"This type of tax program imposes a burden on industry it could afford to pay and provides property tax relief for persons with lower incomes and with families and protects persons who are retired,” Gills said. Mercury Drops
To Frosty 30 ly United Praia International
FDR Jr. Will Accept Liberal Nomination
5,000 Yanks Killed In Viet SAIGON UPI — The number of Americans killed in action in Veit Nam was officially placed today at 4,993. U.S. military spokesmen said it was a “safe assumption” that the toll had passed 5,000. The U.S. Military Command said 74 Americans were killed, 570 wounded and 10 were missing or captured last week. The figures cover the seven-day period ending Sept. 3. Spokesmen would not comment on the number of U.S. troops killed in the past five days but the average is at least 10 Americans killed in combat daily, even in weeks of light action. The miliatry spokesmen said they presumed that more than seven Americans had died
this week.
Communist losses for the week ending Sept. 3 were placed at 885 men, which made the “kill ratio” 4.7 to 1 for the Allies. Spokesmen said 109 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed, 309 wounded and 23 missing. Other Allied forces had 4 dead and 15 wounded. Students Riot In Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES UPI—Rebellious Argentine university students, enraged by the shooting of a fellow demonstrator, battled heavily armed police early today from behind barricades and atop roofs in the historic city of
Cordoba.
The Cordoba rioting was the only violence reported in a generally unsuccessful nation-wide student strike Wednesday protesting the seizure of eight traditionally autonomous national universities by Argentina’s mili-
tary regime.
The wounded student, identi-
A Canadian cold front usher- ’ fied as Santiago Pompillon, 24 ed wintertime temperatures ! of Mendoza, was shot in the into the Great Lakes states and head during one of a series of New England today, causing | clashes between police and
the mercury to dip to a frosty
30 in some places.
Otherwise, skies were
clouds in the nation’s Northwest and along the Gulf Coast.
nearly 1,000 students in Cordoba. The fighting began Wednes-
clear summer day evening and raged into toscattered with day. Eight police were injured
and at least 60 students jailed. Surgeons said Pompillin’s
WhUe Gulf moisture traveling ; brain was damaged by the po-1 north through Texas set off lice buIlet and ^ had litUe ' thunderstorms, southerly winds hope of savi him A iest was
through the Plains warmed up temperatures that were expect-
ed to rise to 90 from Texas to , .. _ i . Church
the Dakotas.
Laredo, Tex., got 1.68 inches of rain Wednesday night. Midland recorded .58 inches. Early morning temperatures ranged from 38 at Pelleston, Mich., to 92 at Needles, Calif. The weather bureau said cold fronts would stretch from Min- j-
NEW YORK UPI— Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., was all set today to accept the New York gubernatorial nomination of the party of his choice. His second choice, that is. Rebuffed by the Democrats, who sent his father to Albany 38 years ago in what proved to be the stepping stone to 12 years of presidential power, FDR Jr., agreed Wednesday night to run for governor on the Liberal ticket. The Liberal party, which normally endorses the Democratic candidate, is pursuing an independent course in this year’s election and will place Roosevelt’s name in nomination at its state convention here tonight. He is expected to win the nomination easily. The chief victim of Roosevelt’s decision to run as a third-party candidate is almost certain to be Frank D. O’Connor, who was nominated for governor by acclamation on the first ballot Wednesday night at the Democratic party’s state convention in Buffalo. Political observers estimate that FDR Jr., endowed with a name that still commands great respect in heavily Democratic areas, could draw as many as 600,000 votes, the vast majority of which would otherwise go to
O’Connor.
Various polls have indicated O’Connor has a sizable lead over Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, who will be nominated for a third term tonight at the Republican state convention in Rochester. But the entry in the race of Roosevelt, who once was elected to Congress on a liberal ticket could change things de-
cisively.
In still another state concention, at Saratoga Springs, the Conservative party Wednesday nominate college professor Paul L. Adams as its candidate for
governor.
Dissatisfaction with O’Connor prompted the Liberals to look elsewhere for their gubernatorial candidate. It was the first time the Liberals failed to endorse the Democratic nominee for governor since the smaller party was established.
I summoned to administer the last rites of the Roman Catrolic
Plan Square Dance Here Friday Night
Shorthorn Sale One of the strongest drafts of Polled Shorthorns ever offered in the country will be sold Saturday, September 24th at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds at Noblesville. Consignors from Putnam County are: Barrett Farms, Glatwyn Farms, both of Greencastle and Forest Hadley and daughter of Coatesville.
October Draft Call Increased To 49,200 Men WASHINGTON UPI — The October draft call is being increased from 46,200 to 49,200 men, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. It already was the highest monthly call since the Korean war. The department also issued a draft call for 43,700 in November. The November quota will be the second highest monthly total since the buildup for the Vietnamese war began. The new October quota will be the highest monthly draft since 53,000 men were inducted
in May 1953.
The Defense Department said the October draft was revised upward to include the first of 40,000 “sub-standard” men who are to be accepted during the current fiscal year from among former rejectees. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said last month that the services would accept 40,000 men this year, and 100,000 annually thereafter, from among potential draftees with a fifth grade education, aptitude in at least one specialty such as me-
S. Putnam Board Votes To Borrow $1,750,000
Scout Finance Campaign Will Start September 15
Astronauts Poised For Gemini 11 Blast-Off
Chances Fade For Rights Bill
WASHINGTON UPI — The chance of Senate approval of the civil rights bill dropped
chanics, and only slight physical ' almost to zero today with word
from Sen. Everett M. Dirksen
ailments.
The Defense Department said "all inductees in the October and November calls will be assigned to the Army.” The department’s announcement said the December draft was expected to be “substantially lower” than recent
months.
“Army training operations during December will be scheduled to avoid the entrance of new inductees into active duty during the Christmas holiday season,” the department said. Cong Terrorists Active In Saigon SAIGON UPI — Premier Nguyen Cao Ky announced at his birthday party today he would run for president if
that he couldn’t back it even stripped of the controversial opening housing section. Asked whether his opposition to the House-passed measure was confined to just the housing section, Dirksen told Sen. Philip A. Hart, D-Mich., the bill’s floor manager, that the sections dealing with discrimination in the selection of federal and state court juries were also “bad.” Even if a deal could be worked out to drop the open housing section, it would not work, Dirksen implied, because Atty Gen. Nicholas DeB. Katzenbach “doesn’t want any bill without Section IV”—the housing provision. Without the support of the Illinois GOP leader, all agree
CAPE KENNEDY UPI—Astronauts Charles (Pete) Conrad
The annual Boy Scout
The South Putnam Community School Board passed a motion Tuesday night — the second time around — to “borrow the entire amount ($1,750,000) from School Building, Inc.,” to finance the construction of a new Senior High School at the Junction site. However, this agreement does have a stipulation. After much fl-1 debate among the board mem-
nance campaign in Greencastle will be launched next week, chairman Charles Johnson has
announced.
This yearly solicitation is the major fund raising effort for
support of the community’* .
three Boy Scout troops, three | Cub Packs and one Explorer Post. All seven units, involving
and Richard F. Gordon eased up | nearly 400 Greencastle boys,
their training today while ground crews began final preparations for Friday’s flight of Gemini 11. Space agency spokesmen said it would be generally “a light day” for the eager astronauts, already pronounced fit for their three-day assignment. They did plan more work in a Gemini mission simulator to keep themselves in fine tune and were scheduled to meet with project officials for status briefings on the flight At launch Complex 19, ground crews were making final checks of the Gemini spacecraft and its Titan 2 booster, paying particular attention to the guidance
system.
Several hundred yards away at Complex 14, fueling of the big Atlas booster rocket began. The final countdown for the launch starts late tonight. The Atlas is scheduled to start the Friday space show with blastoff at 8:48 a.m., EDT — carrying an Agena satellite into orbit for Gemini 11 to chase
are part of the Kenabegwinn District, Wabash Valley Coun-
cil, B. S .A-
“drafted.” As he celebrated, the that any move to halt the exViet Cong rocked Saigon with P ec ted Southern filibuster a fresh wave of terror blasts a & ainst the measure would fail and death threats. | ~ and 50 would ^ bm - at least Thus far the terror campaign. ' ^ or this ' Vear ’ * n 1116 Senate. which has wounded dozens of Administration forces abanpersons, had not disrupted plans doned any hope of salvaging
for Sunday’s elections and the
down for a assignment.
tricky rendezvous
Outling plan* for the
drive, Johnson announced that a kick-off dinner for the volunteer workers is to be held at 6:30 p. m., Thursday, Septem-
Conrad and Gordon arc due to ber 15, in the DePauw Memorbe launched 97 minutes later. I ial Student Union. Personal
bers, it was finally agreed that before any formal action would commence, the 19 remonstrators would be given another opportunity to withdraw their names from the petition. If a sufficient number of names is not with-
September 12, then
Superintendent Donald Hedrick has permission to start the necessary proceedings to finance the school from School Build-
ings, Inc.
At the start of the meeting, Supt. Hedrick read the resigns tion, for persona! reasons, of Mrs. Janice Hickman, kindergarten teacher at Putnamville. Lee Zieg recommended the board send a letter of recommendation to Mrs. Hickman, as “she is a credit to the teaching
profession.”
Contracts were signed for Ar. lene Schorer and Mrs. Earle, who share the teaching duties of the kindergarten at Putnami ville. James Chestnut’s contract was signed as he will run the shuttle bus between Belle Union and Fillmore as was Helen Hurst’s contract as school nurse. All custodians have been hired with the signing of Isaac
Breeze’s contract.
Enrollment in South Putnam schools is up 91 from last year, reported Hedrick, with 1,362 this year compared to 1,271 last year. Reelsville has 535 in 1966 and had 461 in 1965. Put-
1966 namville's 3 grades has 40, the
same as last year. Fillmore enrolled 657 and Belle Union gained 4 more than their 1965 total
of 126.
A bill from Biefield, the school architect, of $16,000 for
government sent dragon dancers parading through the streets to whip up enthusiasm for the voting. At least four blasts in Saigon today injured a dozen persons, three of them children. The giant military Post Exchange in the Cholon district was sealed off because of a bomb threat but no bombs were found. Fire destroyed a U.S. warehouse, burning $750,000 worth of paper napkins and other supplies, but a short circuit, not arson, was blamed. Masonic Notice Stated meeting Greencastle Council No. 107, R. & S. M. Friday evening Sept. 9, at 7:30 o’clock. Important business will be discussed relative to upcoming degree work. A good attendance is urged. John W. Schmitt, 111. Master
solicitation by the workers work completed up to the pres-
the President’s original request for a total ban on housing discrimination long ago and embraced the House’s modified ban. This would exempt existing single-family homes, boarding houses and owner-occupied apartment buildings with four units or less—about 60 per cent
of the nation’s dwellings. But this has not satisfied
Dirksen, who contends that the open occupancy section is “ab-
solutely unconsitutional.” Storm Hits Formosa TAIPEI, Formosa UPI—One
person was killed, 17 were in-
jured and 14 homes destroyed Mike Trueblood (student), Coan Wednesday when 80-mile-an- | Pharmacy, John Gresley (stuhour winds from typhoon Cora dent), Mac’s Men’s Wear, Paul lashed northern Formosa. Po- Sexton (student), Headley lice said the storm unleashed Hardware, Bruce Nicholas
The mission got a go-ahead from mission director William C. Schneider Wednesday following a 75-minute meeting to review all phases of the flight,
which will be the next-to-last in Named by chairman Johnson
the two-man Gemini flight as team ca pt a j ns f or ^e drive i vyritten to the IQ neHtinnerc re series. In December, three-man - i wntten to the 19 petitioners re-
Apollo missions begin.
begin immediately thereafter, with the campaign scheduled for completion by October
1.
ent time was presented to the
board.
After Hedrick informed the board that Mrs. Bucheit had given the board permission to appraise her land, the letter
are Jay Allen, Allen Ellison, , Clinton Gass, Jim Headley,
With everything else clicking Hugh Henryj Donald Holleyt smoothly, the weatherman fore- Donald O rlosky, Charles Poe,
cast satisfactory conditions for
the double launch.
Thanks Expressed On behalf of the freshmen rushees, the DePauw University Circle K would like to express its appreciation to the following for the use of their automobiles to shuttle the rushees to the campus from the Armory: Ann Davis (student),
and Michael Schneider. These men will enlist a task force of other citizens interested in the
questing them to reconsider their decision was read to the board. None had cancelled their names according to Mr. Hedrick. John W. Voyles, vice-presi-dent of School Building, Inc., Indianapolis, outlined to the
Scouting program to canvass board and the audience what a the community. | lease-rental agreement with Bruce Nicholas will head up ^ Sch ° o1 Buildin S- ^c., would en-
He informed the board
the business and industry solici-
tail.
flash floods and 5,000 persons fled their homes to higher ground.
nesota to Wyoming and along the Washington and Oregon coasts Friday. Now You Know By United Prett International Seeing Eye dogs watch traffic, not signal lights, to determine when it is safe for
This Friday night, during the “Fair on the Square,” a big square dance is scheduled for everyone who likes to square dance and join in the fun. The dance will start at 8 p. m. on the public square and it is hoped that a big crowd will turn
out for the event.
Also, there will be a free dance party on September 18 for all square dancers with
their masters to cross streets, the place to be announced later.
20 Years Ago The Four Leaf Clover Club met with Mrs. James Torr. William Jones went to Muncie to enter Ball State. Mrs. Ralph W T est was hostess to the Alumnae Chapter of Delta Theta Tau. Miss Helen Werneke was vacationing in northern Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Hollowell spent the day in Indianapolis. Dr. J. A- Troop was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kilgore in Princeton, New Jersey.
The group sponsoring Friday’s square dance invites all former dancers that would like to refresh their dancing ability and those who might be interested in taking future lessons.
Scout Notice
All boys, 14 years and over, who are interested in re-organ-izing Explorer Post 99 of the First Christian Church, are asked to meet with Murray Lewis next Tuesday, Sept 13, at 8 p. m., in Fellowship Hall on Poplar Street All Putnam County boys are invited.
prospects.
Chairman Johnson, who resides at 613 Anderson and is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at DePauw, has long been active in local Scouting activities. A former Boy Scout, he previously served as a member of the Pack Committee for Cub Pack 43 and this past
Walter Frye, Jr., First-Citizens summer assisted Scoutmaster
Elton Weston of Troop 43 during the troop’s week of camp-
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(IBM), Herriott’s Paint Store,
Banks & Trust Company.
tation, along with special gifts that the comrni tment made last
March with the low interest rate still holds and would continue, providing the architect is not stopped from continuing
with the school plans.
Voyles stated that before they will finance a school, all plans are presented to the various state agencies for approval. Nine such approvals are needed. His company could provide 100% of the financing, but he recommended the school corporation take advantage of the
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NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
PUTNAM COUNTY COUNCIL WORKS ON BUDGET
The proposed 1967 county budget was studied this week by the Putnam County Council. Members of the council shown above ar* (left to right), Norman Knights, Paul
Murphy, Paul Whitman, Kenneth Shannon. Eddie Buis, William Mullinix, Charles Rady. Auditor Eston C. Cooper with back to camera. Banner Photo—Don Whitehead
INDIANA W’EATHER: Fair and slightly warmer through Friday. High today near 80. Low tonight in low to mid 50s. High Friday in low to mid 80s. Precipitation probability precentages : near zero today, tonight and Friday. Outlook for Saturday: Part- | ly cloudy and a little warmer. Minimum 49° 6 A.M 49* 7 A.M 49° 8 A31 54* 9 A.M 60® 10 A.M 68® 11 A.M 70® 12 Noon 73* 1 PM 74®