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Retirement Dinner For Cloyd Moss

Windy Hill Country Club was the setting for 80 peopl* who came to honor Cloyd Moss, manager of the local Penney** Store, at his retirement dinner. Left to right is Mr. Moss’ son, Jack, and his wife, Betty, from Bringhurst; Mrs. Moss; Vern Lindstrom, District Manager of J. C.

Penney’s from St. Louis; Mr. Moss, and David Glenn, manager, J. C. Penney’s store at Frankfort. Local and former employes gave Mr. Moss the banquet and store managers from Indiana and Illinois were in attendance. Banner Photo—Don Whitehead

Weekend Talks Collapse In TV. Radio Walkout

WASHINGTON UPI —Federal mediators worked today to try to get the nation’s three largest broadcasting networks and the striking American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) back to the negotiating table. Weekend talks collapsed Sunday night when AFTRA representatives said they were “walking out on the negotiations’' because the networks had “entered” on some of the positions they originally had taken early in the talks. George Fuchs, a National Broadcasting Co. vice president speaking for the networks, said NBC, American Broadcasting Co. and Columbia Broadcasting System were “willing to continue ... discussions.” But Donald Conaway, chief negotiator for AFTRA, said he saw no point in continuing the negotiations. He said AFTRA was prepared to strike “indifinitely” in the absence of a “fair and honorable agreement.” Meantime, NBC’s Chet Huntley, one of the few well-known television personalities still working, said he was picking up backers in his campaign to pull newscasters out of AFTRA to form a union of their own. Huntley and David Brinkley, the partner who isn’t working during the strike, were in Chicago today to receive an award from the National Association of Broadcasters. Asked if there had been any tension between himself and Brinkley over the strike, Huntley said; “None whatsoever, I can assure you.” He said he was “thoroughly confident we could do better” in a union separated from AFTRA. Brinkley said later he had “nothing to say” about the strike or Huntley’s proposal for a new union. Historic Letter WASHINGTON UPI _ A letter from Christopher Columbus to Queen Isabella—dated 1493 and describing America’s discovery—will feature an exhibit marking “National Library Week” at the Smithsonian Institution here April 18. The one-week showing of the letter and 12 other original manuscripts will trace the early history of the country by explorers, and navigators, military powers, and the pioneers. 20 Years Ago A drive conducted by the Boy Scouts netted 2,640 pounds of paper for which they received $113.20. Mrs. Ray Fisher was confined to her home by illness. Mrs. Minta Snider left for a visit with relatives in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida.

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Students Win At Science Fair Six students from Greencastle Junior High School and one from the Senior High School represented the Greencastle Community Schools at the 14th Annual West Central Regional Science Fair held at Indiana State University on Saturday April 1. The winning students and their projects were as follows: Paul Wagoner won first place in the Junior Physical Science Division with his project “A Cybernetic Servo-Mechanism System.” John Liston won third place from the Indiana Psychological Association in the Junior High Biological Division with his project “Can You Tell Color By Light?” Catherine Ryan won an Honorable Mention in the Junior Biological Division with her project “Does A Guppy*s Learning Rate Increase?” The other students and their projects were as follows: Mary Adamson, “Learning Retention of a Hamster;” Jo Ellen and Vicki Earl, “Blood Typing;” and Gordan Sutherlin, “Teaching and Testing by Computer.” Bulletin Sheriff Bob Albright reported at 10 o’clock this morning that a break-in and robbery at Hunt’s Paving Company, south of Belle Union, was being investigated. Albright said the office, a warehouse and trailer were broken into and approximately $1,600 worth of office equipment, a two-way radio and tools were stolen.

At least five persons were killed on Indiana highways during the weekend, increasing the 1967 traffic death toll to at least 267. Leonard Matthews, 87, Nashville, was killed at Nashville Sunday evening when he stepped into the path of a car. The driver was not charged. A two-car head-on collision Saturday night killed both drivers, John Barrett, 21, Lebanon, and Robert S. Rogers, 31, St. Louis, Mo. Authorities said Rogers, was in the wrong lane of divided U.S. 31 near Greenwood. Joe Uhls, 49, Indianapolis, was killed Saturday morning as he stood by his car stalled on a railroad track at Indianapolis. It. was hit by a Belt Railroad freight train. The car smashed into him. Bobby L. Cooper, 19, Muncie, was killed in a car-truck collii sion on U.S. 421 southeast of Greensburg early Saturday. Two Killed In Georgia Mishap TIFTON, Ga. UPI — A car went off the road and overturned on Interstate 75 near Tifton, Ga., Sunday, killing an Indiana University graduate student and a Bloomington, Ind., high school teacher and injuring two IU coeds seriously. Dead were Philip J. Reed, Bloomington, who would have been 26 Tuesday, and Miss Katherine Brown, 22, Syracuse, N.Y., a high school teacher at Bloomington. Injured seriously were Miss Oksana Petruniw, 20, Indianapolis, a juninor at IU, and Kathy Koop, 24, Punta Gorda, Fla., a graduate student at IU. The group was on Easter vai cation and had been visiting the I parents of Miss Koop in Florida.

Five Arrested, Three In Jail Five arrests were made in Greencastle during the weekend and three persons were lodged in the Putnam County jail. Donald E. Smith, 33, Gosport, was arrested at 8:55 Saturday night by City Officer Larry Rogers for disregarding signal lights at Bloomington and Washington Streets. Truman Kean, 31, Mooresville, was jailed Saturday night by local officers and booked for public intoxication. James Bryan, city, was arrested Saturday morning by Officer Bill Masten, lit Locust and Simpson Streets, for failure to have a registration. Glen Hoady, 18, and Robert J. Boiler, 17, both of Salem, were jailed Saturday night by Sheriff Bob Albright and charged with being minors illegally in possession of alcoholic beverages. Sisters Perish In Anderson Fire ANDERSON UPI — Two young sisters were killed early today when fire swept their family’s two-story frame home. Three other members of the family suffered bums. Authorities said Sandra Miracle, 12, and her sister, Joyce, 14, were found dead in an upstairs bedroom. Their mother, Mrs. Ellen Hook, 34, suffered severe bums over most of her body and was hospitalized in critical condition. The father, Walter Hook, 42, suffered minor bums and another son, Glen, 10, sustained a broken arm and minor bums when he leaped from a second story bedroom window. Cause of the fire was not determined, but fire officials said the inside of the home was virtually destroyed.

Fair Enough

SAN FRANCISCO UPI— Persons attending the San Francisco State College folk music festival weren’t allowed to smoke during the performances. But they could burn incense.

Deadline At Hand For Teamsters Union Strike

Gen. Westmoreland May Be Replaced In Vietnam

Seeks Death Penalty In Richard Speck Trial

Yanks Score Biggest Victory Of Viet War SAIGON UPI — U.S. troops following their greatest victory of the war trapped remnants of a crack Viet Cong regiment in thick jungle and Air Force jets splashed napalm about 40 yards from the Americans to finish the job, military spokesmen said today. American infantrymen ducked behind fallen trees and crouched in their foxholes as FI00 Supersabres dumped the flaming jellied gas and bombs on the frantic survivors of the 272nd Regiment of 2,500 guerrillas. “The Forward Air Controller (FAC) marked the target and we rolled in and strafed the position, just 40 meters (43 yards) from where the friendly troops were,” said Supersabre pilot 1st Lt. Harry S. Freedman, 24, of Baltimore, Md. There was no immediate count on the Communists killed in the F100 attacks Sunday in the War Zone C fight about 70 miles northwest of Saigon. That was expected after U.S. troops sweep through the area. The fight took place near the Cambodian border where outnumbered U.S. units in the past two weeks have stunned the 272nd Regiment with successive kills of 622 to 900 guerrillas in one battle and 581 in another, the latter Saturday. These were the greatest kills chalked up in single fights by American forces in the war. In the napalm-support strikes the GIs heaved smoke grenades and the FAC in a light plane dropped smoke rockets to mark the target for the flame and fury of the FIDOs. U.S. spokesmen reported that over the weekend in the northern provinces Marine reconnaissance teams called in pinpoint strikes of another kind, artillery, to wipe out two Communist patrols. A total of 25 guerrillas were slain. The Leatherneck action came in their Operation De Soto, a push that has driven the guerrillas from the rice rich lowlands near the coast. O.E.S. Notice Regular stated meeting of Greencastle O.E.S. No. 255, Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Members and visitors welcome. Leona Tuttle, W.M.

PEORIA, HI. UPI—The trial of Richard Speck, accused of the systematic murder of eight nurses last summer in Chicago, gets down to actual testimony today, with the first of an estimated 160 prosecution witnesses to take the stand. First order of business was swearing in the jury, which it took six weeks to select Judge Herbert C. Paschen is presiding at what he calls “the trial of the century.” Chief prosecutor W i 1 li a m Martin, who indicated during the tedious selection of jurors that the state would seek the death penalty for Speck, will produce a parade of witnesses in an attempt to show that the 25-year-old drifter from Dallas forced his way into a duplex apartment the night of July 13, 1966. The prosecution will contend that Speck, one by one, with his hands or a knife, murdered the eight young nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital. Public defender Gerald W. Getty will represent Speck. A 23-year-old nurse from the Philippines, Corazon Amurao, will be the state’s star witness. She was in the apartment the night the nurses were slain. She said she managed to escape the slaughter by rolling beneath a bed and hiding. Getty, who has defended 402 murder suspects and never had one executed, was expected to base his strategy on the Chicago police department’s handling of the identification and charging of Speck. The names of the seven men and five jurors were withheld until after they were sworn in, in accordance with Paschen’s rigid restrictions on news coverage of the trial. Paschen said at the completion of the jury selection last Thursday that Speck would get ‘the fairest trial that it is possible to give him.” Moose Notice Members of the Moose Lodge will meet at the Moose Home tonight at 7:30 and then go to the Rector Funeral Home to pay last respects to Brother Harold Gorham. Was He Masked? WICHITA, Kan. UPI— Wichita police have the horse. Now they are rather curious about the rider. Officers said they had a report of an intoxicated man riding through downtown Wichita on a white horse Saturday night. They checked and found the horse, but the rider had disappeared.

Draft, Taxes, Social Security Face Congress

WASHINGTON UPI — The slow-starting 90th Congress returned from an Easter vacation today hoping to mount a stretch drive to carry it past the draft, taxes, social security and the finish line by Aug. 1. With little but the ouster of Adam Clayton Powell to show for the first three months of the session, many members felt the Democratic leadership was overly optimistic in predicting that Congress would be heading home in mid-ummer. The first major bill before the

lawmakers was President John-1 in aid to Latin America over

son’s proposal to restore the 7 per cent investment tax credit for business and industry. The House-passed version was up for debate in the Senate today. A fight was shaping up over a “rider” which would set aside the provision enacted last year allowing taxpayers to earmark $1 as a political campaign contribution. Also awaiting Senate action was the President’s request for a resolution endorsing his

the next five years. Not much action was expected in the House this week. On Wednesday members faced the annual hassle over financing the controversial House Committee on Unamerican Activities. The committee’s request for operating funds was cut from $400,000 to $350,000 this year, but opponents plan to wage a floor flight in an effort to abolish the panel altogether. Most of the important pieces

These include:

Social Security: The House Ways & Means committee has been holding hearings for several weeks on the administration’s proposal for an average 20 per cent increase in social

security benefits.

Draft: The House Armed Services Committee is expected to start hearings in late April on the administration’s request to extend the draft act another four years. Johnson has proposed to alleviate "inequities”

of legislation are still in the,by drafting 19-year-olds first;

restricting college deferments; and ending most graduate de-

ferments.

Taxes: No hearings have been scheduled yet on the President’s proposal of a 6 per cent surcharge on personal and corporate taxes to help finance the Vietnam war. Rights: A Senate judiciary subcommittee is holding hearings on a proposal to eliminate jury discrimination. No hearings scheduled, however, for bills to outlaw housing discrimination, of other items in the

WASHINGTON UPI—Muchdecorated Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, is believed to be in line to replace Gen. William C. Westmoreland in Vietnam. A top-level reshuffle could bring Westmoreland home to be Chief of Staff, the Army’s top post, any time in the next 15 months if he is willing to leave his post as U.S. military commander in Vietnam. Abrams, who led Gen. George C. Patton’s armored spearheads in World War n and broke through to Bastogne diming the Battle of the Bulge, is due back in Washington this week from a tour of Vietnam. He is 52 years old, 6 months younger than Westmoreland, and only a month junior to him in four-star rank. The reshuffle, if it occurs, is expected to send Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the new NATO headquarters in Belgium as Commander-in-Chief for Eu-

rope.

Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, the present NATO commander, will be 68 years old in August and will have served, three years as a retired officer recalled to active duty. Wheeler, 59, is reported to be highly regarded in Europe. His appointment to the supreme command would be regarded as a move to bolster th^ sagging morale of NATO. Gen. Harold K. Johnson, the present Army Chief of Staff, is regarded as a likely successor to Wheeler as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. This would leave open for Westmoreland the job as Army chief, for which he was in line when Johnson was appointed in

1964.

Melody Lingers On DECATUR, HI. UPI—A train made famous by a folk ballad may no longer sing down the

rails.

The Norfolk and Western Railway announced during the weekend it will ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to discontinue its “Wabash Cannonball.” NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International When President Johnson names a replacement for the retiring Tom C. Clark on the United States Supreme Court, the new appointee will be the 87th associate justice since the court was established in 1789. There have been 14 chief justices, including Earl Warren, who holds the position now.

WASHINGTON UPI — Federal mediators, working under the threat of a strike deadline, planned to meet again today with representatives of the teamsters union and the trucking industry in an attempt to hammer out a new contract. One source indicated Sunday night that there had been “some movement” in the mara- | thon weekend negotiating session, but he declined to estimate how near a solution the two sides might be. The talks recessed shortly after 2 a.m. EST today with another meeting scheduled for later in the day. Meantime, the union was tabulating what appeared to be an overwhelming vote to authorize a strike against 1,500 U.S. trucking firms if negotiators cannot work out a new contract. The voting returns from locals of the giant union ranged from 4-1 in Salt Lake City to 50-1 in St. Louis in favor of authorizing a strike. When the final vote is tabulated, the teamsters were to set a strike deadline, possibly for late today or Tuesday. The union’s contract with Trucking Employers, Inc., expired at midnight Friday but negotiations have continued with federal mediators attempting to bring about an agreement. The union has threatened a “selective strike,” staging walkouts at certain firms. The truckers have said they will shut down and lockout 200,000 employes if the teamsters try

this.

Trucking employes represent most of the nation’s larger trucking firms, hauling about 65 per cent of UB. truck cargoes. The teamsters are demanding 56-cent an hour wage increases while the truckers have offered 37 cents. An industry spokesman said this left the negotiators about $600 million apart on wages and fringe benefits. Wisconsin Hit By Flood Waters By United Press International Wisconsin battled its worst floods in 25 years today, while thundershowers from Maine to Kansas turned spring cold In much of the nation. Cold swept into the midwest on brisk northeasterly winds. The mercury was expected to drop out of sight in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa. It was cooler in the far West. Unseasonably warmth remained in the South and East. Gov. Warren Knowles placed 27 counties of Wisconsin under flood emergency Sunday after the worst floods in a quarter century drove more than 350 persons from homes. Damage at Eau Clair, Wis., alone was expected to climb to $1.5 million dollars.

NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

proposal to commit billion hands of various committees. ‘ selecting draftees by a lottery; civil rights package.

INDIANA WEATHER: Partly cloudy and rather cool today, fair and cool tonight. Increasing cloudiness with little temperature change Tuesday. High today mid 50s north to mid 60s south. Low tonight mid 30s north to low 40s south. High Tuesday mid 50s. Precipitation probability up to 70 per cent today, 5 tonight, 10 Tuesday. Outlook for Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with showers probable and little temperature change. Minimum 40* 6 A.M .j 40° 8 A.M 45* 9 A.M 46* 10 A.M 47* 11 A.M 50* 12 Noon 51*

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