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VOLUME SEVENTY-FIVE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1967

UPI News Service

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Ind. 43 South Closed At U.S. 40

Yesterday morning this sign appeared at the junction of being planned. U.S. 40 and State Road 43. Until further notice, 43 south to and widened. Cloverdale is closed as a major road Improvement program is

The present highway is to be straightened

Banner Photo—Don Whitehead

Youth Center Dissolved By Board Of Directors

Tbe board of directors of the Greencastle Youth Center recently voted unanimously to dissolve the corporation and transfer remaining assets to the Putnam Friend of Youth Foundation. The Youth Center has been inactive since 1956, but the board still felt that they had a commitment to the community for the money received through public solicitation to be used for the youth of the community. Attorney Roy Sutherlin transacted the dissolution at the Youth Center and arranged for the transfer of assets to the Friend Foundation at the direction Of the board members; namely, Robert Harvey, Lee Loudermilk, Murray Lewis, and John See. The assets of the Youth Center amounted to 34,412.82, of which $3,000 was designated to be put In a permanent fund of insured savings, securities or certificates and only rents, profits or income therefrom could be used for expense. The balance of the money was designated to be used for the com pletion of the lodge at Camp

Friend.

The Youth Center was form' ed in 1053. The building that now houses the Blue Wolfe Teen Club was purchased by the center. In 1956, when the Center found itself in financial difficulty, the Lions Club stepped in and purchased the building on contract, thus relieving the Center of a great financial burden. In spite of the fact that the Center was not functioning since 1956, the board did vote to contribute generously to the city swimming pool when funds were being solicited for that

project

The Putnam Friend of Youth Foundation owns and operates Oamp Friend and Fern Cliff and the Youth Center funds will be used as specified. The Friend directors recently met at Camp Friend to make plans to complete the lodge and to make the camp ready for the coming camping season. The board voted to install a fence and gate on the property facing the Manhattan Road and re pair the culvert in the road into the camp. Camp Friend will be the site for a Boy Scout Jamboree during the first week in May, and for Brownie Day Camp the first week in June. Fern Cliff is now being readied for the Girl Scout Day Camp in June. Both camps are available to all chaperoned groups in Putnam County. Reservations may be made through Donna Eppelheimer at QL 3-9433. 20 Years Ago Miss Anna Marie Eraberg was home from Christian College at Columbia, Missouri. Marriage license: Jean EitelJorge and Burnace Pritchard, Jr., both of Greencastle. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wood returned home from a visit in Mississippi.

Circumstantial Case Says Speck's Lawyer

Prof. Tsoo To Speok Thursday Dr. Wen-yen Tsao, professor of Chinese at Wabash and DePauw, will discuss the subject of “China Today — and Tomorrow” at the Republican Workshop Thursday evening, April 6. The meeting is scheduled for room 207 of the DePauw Memorial Student Union Building with dinner at 6 p.m. to be followed by the program at 7 p.m. Professor Tsao is not only both experienced and knowledgeable on recent events in China but is also a keen and penetrating observer of the local and national political scenes. His presentation will be followed by a discussion period. All who are interested in Professor Tsao’s topic are invited to attend the meeting. Dinner reservations should be called in by Wednesday evening, April 5, to Mrs. Howard R. Youse or Mrs. Hugh F. Henry. Heavy Damage From Explosion INDIANAPOLIS UPI—Damage was estimated at $200,000 in the explosion Monday of the main plant of the Indiana Asphalt Paving Co. here. An Indianapolis police officer said the blast was heard a mile away. No one was reported injured seriously in the explosion, which occurred minutes after workers had left for the day, but about a dozen windows in homes in the area were shattered. Four children in front of a nearby house were hospitalized when knocked to the ground by the shock of the blast. They were children erf Mr. and Mrs. Willie Johnson and ranged in age from 18 months to 10 years. A plant spokesman said the blast was probably caused by accumulation of gas and dust in an air filtration system, which also housed the plant’s main manufacturing facilities.

Vets Arrive

MANILA UPI—A group of American veterans of Bataan and Corregidor arrived by chartered plane in Manila Monday for ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of Bataan. Led by Arthur Bressi, national commander of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, the group numbered 165 with their wives and children. Two other veterans’ groups are scheduled to arrive

later this week.

PEORIA, HI. UPI — The defense for Richard Speck, charged with killing eight nurses, will hinge on the contention he was wrongly arrested on circumstantial evidence by police goaded on by the horror of the crime. The defense said “this defendant is not the perpetrator of this crime.” “I expect the evidence to show that the entire city was numb, not looking for a perpetrator, but a name man, Richard Speck . . .” said Public Defender Gerald W. Getty in opening remarks Monday. Prosecutor William Martin made it plain the prosecution would build its case against the 25-year-old drifter from Dallas on the story of Corazon Amurao, 23-year-old Filipino nurse who escaped the slaughter the night of July 13-14 by rolling beneath a bed. “I expect the evidence to show that no one ever did see the girls killed but that everybody saw the results and everybody in the country knows the results. Nq one saw the girls killed,” said Getty. The state today began Its parade of witnesses, estimated to number up to 160, to the stand in an effort to prove that Speck entered a duplex apartment on Chicago’s south side and killed eight young women with his hands or a knife. Martin, who addressed the jury for nearly an hour, related the events of that night, drawing mostly from Miss Amurao’s recitation to police. 3 More Killed In State Traffic By United Preu International Three deaths Monday raised Indiana’s 1967 traffic fatality toll to at least 270 compared with 349 a year ago. Jacqueline Rose Becher, 15, St Meinrad, was killed Monday night when a car in which die was riding skidded into two Southern Railway yard engines at a crossing at Dale. Five other teen-agers were injured, two critically. Injured critically were Connie Hagedorn, 15, St. Meinrad, and Thomas Rickelman, 18, Mari ah Hill. The driver, Janice Hagedorn, 17, St. Meinrad, and Jane Rickelman, 16, and Judy Gogel, 17, both of Mari ah Hill, were reported in fair condition at a Huntington hospital Robert D. Lee, 49, R. R. 1, Monroeville, was killed Monday night when his car collided with a truck on U. S. 30 near New Haven. Ralph Montgomery, 53, Moores Hill, was killed Monday when his car went out of control on Interstate 74 in Decatur County and struck a culvert.

Ease Limitations Ralph Spencer, County Road Supervisor, announced today that the six ton load limit placed on all county roads earlier this year due to the freezing and thawing conditions has been lifted. However, all load limits previously placed on bridges and some roads will remain in effect. 147 Air Missions Blast North Viet SAIGON UPI — American jet fighter bombers blasted North Vietnam with 147 missions Monday in the greatest air raid of the year, an American spokesman said today. The onslaught followed the loss of the 500th U.S. plane shot down over the Communist Nation. Gunfire from U.S. 7th Fleet warships off North Vietnam’s coast joined in the stepped-up squeeze on the Hanoi war effort. The heavy shelling ripped into coastal defenses and cargo craft that are a keystone in the Communists’ line for feeding troops and supplies into South Vietnam. Only light and scattered ground fighting was reported in South Vietnam today. American B52 heavy bombers struck twice today along the Cambodian border north of Saigon where the most massive American ground operation of the War - Operation Junction City - has been sweeping through fixe crumbling Viet Cong stronghold called War Zone C. Both raids were against Communist base camps about 65 miles northwest of Saigon. Three Entered Pleas Of Guilty Larry Clark pleaded guilty to furnishing alcoholic beverages to a minor when he appeared before Judge Francis N. Hamilton in the Putnam Circuit Court Monday. Dale Clark also pleaded guilty to being a minor in possession of alcoholic beverages. Larry Clark was fined $50 and costs and Dale Clark was fined $1 and costs. Jack Langston changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on a false crime report charge. Judge Hamilton continued his case and ordered further investigation.

County Farm Bureau Open House April 7

Believes Prolonged War Could Wreck Demo Party

Americans May Be Pressured To Confess

4 Hoosier GIs Killed In Viet WASHINGTON UPI — Four Indiana servicemen Monday were reported killed in Vietnam recently, two of them from Fort Wayne. The Defense Department said Marine Cpl. Walter J. Nerad Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Nerad, was killed in action, and Marine Pfc. Barry Cullison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cullison, died from non-hostile action. Both were from Fort Wayne. Marine Lance Cpl. James E. Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Harrell, R. R. 1, Cortland, and husband of Mrs. Ruth Harrell, Louisville, Ky., was killed in action recently, according to word received by his parents. Army Spec. 4 Daniel L. Al-

berts, son of Mrs. Edith Alberts Vietnamese news conference.

Vorhees, Muncie, died from nonhostile causes, the Army said. Chicago Voters To Elect Mayor CHICAGO UPI — Democratic Mayor Richard J. Daley who runs the nation’s last big city political machine, puts his prestige on the line today in an election quest for an unprecedented fourth four-year term. Daley has predicted he will win by a 2-1 margin. His chief rival, Republican John L. Warner, a losing candidate in several campaigns for lesser city office, predicted an upset at the polls. “Chicagoans cannot afford another four years of the Daley administration,” Warner said Monday. He • said Daley’s administration was the costliest in the city’s history. There were two write-in candidates: Dick Gregory, the Negro comedian who hopes to draw the Negro vote away from the Democrats; and Lars (America First) Daley, who runs at the drop of a ballot for anything. Two Nominated WASHINGTON UPI —President Johnson sent to the Senate today for confirmation the postmaster nominations of Howard J. Green, Cross Plains, Ind., and Joe Silotto, Dana, Ind.

WASHINGTON UPI — The State Department says it is concerned over the possibility American prisoners in North Vietnam are being subjected to brainwash techniques aimed at wringing “confessions” from

them.

Without verification by neutral observers that prisoners are being treated according to the Geneva Convention,” “Hanoi’s professions of humane treatment cannot be accepted,” department spokesman Robert J. McCloskey said Monday. The statement was prompted by photographs published in the current issue of Life magazine, recent news film from North Vietnam and reports of American prisoners being paraded through Hanoi. The Life article included a

WASHINGTON UPI — The new national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) believes that a prolonged war in Vietnam could destroy the Democratic party. Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith, who served as U. S. Ambassador to India, made the statement Sunday in accepting the ADA presidency. He was elected to succeed Rep. Don Edwards, D-Calif., to head the liberal organization. Some generals and State Department officials visualized a war of 5 to 10 years in Vietnam, Galbraith said. ‘This disaster could, indeed, mean the death and burial of the Democratic party,” and, he said, would mean the loss of some or all of the liberal senators and House members who have pushed Ada-approved measures. Like Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N. Y, and former White House adviser Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Galbraith called for a halt in U. S. bombing of North Vietnam to pen the way

for peace talks.

Of Vietnam, he said the air

full-page photograph of a pris- attacks on the North “were

oner identified as Lt. Cmdr. Richard A. Stratton, a Navy pilot captured in January. He was shown dressed in striped pajamas, socks and sandals and bowing to reporters at a North

The Life story, written by free-lance photographer Lee Lockwood, said someone who said he was Stratton read in “a voice unmistakably American” a five-page “confession” over a loudspeaker from behind a curtained doorway. Then Stratton appeared and, at the command of a Vietnamese officer, bowed from the waist repeatedly at the audience, “like a puppet” and without speaking or changing expression. North Vietnam signed the 1949 convention on the treatment of prisoners of war in 1957, but it added the reservation it would retain the right to try prisoners as war criminals “in accordance with the principles laid down by the Nuermberg court of justice.” No Americans have been subjected by the North Vietnamese to trial under that World War H war crimes court, but such action was threatened by Hanoi during the summer of 1966. The threat was forgotten when worldwide indignation was aroused. Another Check TOKYO UPI — Police said Monday another check believed to have been forged by James R. Ringrose, one of the FBI’s “10 most wanted men,” has turned up here. Ringrose, arrested in southern Japan last week, is suspected of cashing 17 other forged checks worth nearly $14,000 in two trips to Japan.

Gun Kennedy Plot Link?

By Unitod Pratt International Former Terre Haute Police Chief Frank Riddle has added another area of mystery, at least as far as the public is concerned, in the assassination

of President Kennedy.

Riddle, who retired Feb. 15 and joined the staff of the Indiana State Farm, said Monday the same kind of a rifle Lee Harvey Oswald was believed to have used to kill President Kennedy was left in a Terre Haute hotel room three days after the assassination in Dal-

las, Tex., in 1963.

Riddle said the weapon was ; ently used his own name and left by a traveling salesman • home address when he regisfrom San Antonio, Tex., wbQ ! tered at the hotel.

spent one night in the room and left a 6:5-millimeter Italian Mannlicker-Carcano wrapped in

a paper package.

The former police chief said the weapon was found by a maid several hours after the

man checked out.

Riddle refused to identify the man, but said he had given the salesman’s name to federal authorities and later to the War-

ren Commission.

He said he did not know what the federal investigators did with the information, but that the man appar-

Riddle said a check with SanAntonio a u t h o rities revealed the man was a crack shot with rifle clubs there, and was known to carry a membership card in the Young Communist League. The rifle was turned over to the Secret Service, Riddle said, and his report to the Warren Commission was in the form of a letter. He said he never appeared in person before the commission. “I would sure like to know where this guy was on the day the President was assassinated,” Riddle said. The former police chief said he planned no further investigation himself.

always the greatest blunder of this war” and were rejected in the 1964 presidential election for “their recklessness and danger.” “And the evidence is now in on their lack of military effectiveness,” he said. “So let us give a bombing suspension a really serious try . . . We are adequately aware in this organization that it takes two to negotiate. But this door has been opened ADA Let us try it.” After Galbraith’s election, the ADA adopted a resolution voicing “disenchantment and dismay over many aspects of administration policy in Vietnam and the parallel retreat at home.” Galbraith said he favored it. Flames Battled At Mink Farm MOUNT POCONO, Pa. UPI — Firemen battled for four hours Monday to contain a fire that destroyed a storage building and 500 mink pelts at the Cresco Mink Farm, four miles southeast of here. Fire Chief Ernest Bishing estimated the blaze caused $10,000 damage. Firemen were able to keep the fire from spreading to a live mink shed. In addition to the pelts, the storage building contained a large refrigeration vault with 30 tons of fish used to feed the mink.

Open House will be observed Friday, April 7, by the Putnam County Farm Bureau, Inc., and the Farm Bureau Insurance Company at the new Farm Bureau building located on

State Road 43, North.

The red brick building faces State Road 43 on the west, just north of the intersection of 43 and Elizabeth Street in Green-

castle.

All walls are paneled and the floor is covered with vinyl asbestos tile. The ceilings are of accoustical tile, and electric heat and air conditioning have been installed. The building houses a large main office, conference room, three private offices, a board room with seating capacity for fifty people, and a kitchenette. The J. & W. Construction Company of Bob Jefferies and Joe Webb were the general contractors. Future plans include an asphalt parking area on the north and east sides of the structure. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held last October 5. The County Farm Bureau, Inc., and the Farm Bureau Insurance company have been renting office space from the Putnam County Farm Bureau Co-op. Due to the growth of both organizations, it became necessary for larger office and meeting places. The directors of Farm Bureau, Inc. have recognized the need for several years and planned accordingly. The members of the building committee are John Cantonwine, Chairman, Embert Gardner, Morris Evens, Raymond Ad er, Clifford Hillis, and Mrs. Noble C. Fry. It was in 19X9 that several hundred farmers met and founded the Indiana Farm Bureau. By working together, they felt they had a better chance of solving their economic problems than they would have by working alone. Each county in Indiana now has a county organization that is affiliated with the State Office. The counties are also divided into township groups. The Farm Bureau officials and members feel that great strides have been made on behalf of Hoosier agriculture by their organization, i As Farm Bureau grew through the years, and as the need arose, other affiliated organizations were formed to serve Hoosier farmers—Farm Bureau Cooperatives, Livestock Marketing Associations, Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, Rural Youth Clubs, The Rural Acceptance Corporation and the Indiana Marketing Association. Ideas for Farm Bureau Policy origijnates in the minds of the individual members in the townships. Their ideas are presented at their meetings, and if accepted, may be sent to the county, and or state level. Resolutions dealing with na(Continued on page S)

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