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VOLUME SEVENTY-FIVE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1967

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NO. 170

Roachdale Baptists Will

Dedicate New Structure

The Lebanon Quartet and the North Salem girls quartet will provide special music at 5:30 p.m. Saturday as the Roachdale Baptist Church members begin their dedication ceremonies. Rev. Robert Lamb of Palestine, pastor of Sugar Creek Baptist Church, will bring the message Saturday evening and the Sunday morning dedication messages will be presented by J. T. Harvill, a foreign missionary to Mexico, and Rev. E. Harmon Moore, Executive Secretary of the Southern Baptist Conference in Indiana. The Sunday services will begin at 10:00 a.m.

Sunday afternoon services will start at 2:30 p.m. with Trinity Quartet of Indianapolis bringing special music and Rev. Charles Smith, Area Missionary, bringing the closing message.

Rev. Eugene Ryan, of Lanoke, Arkansas and a group of his congregation are journeying from Lanoke by chartered bus to participate in the ceremonies.

Wtih the dedication of the new $65,000 structure, the 100 member congregation is climaxing a four year dream. The church sprung to life as a mission in a downtown Roachdale store buidling. This building was used only a brief time until a two story frame house was rented. Rev. Dan Zoehler was the first pastor and in April, 1968, the present minister, Rev. Homer Cochran came to Roachdale to conduct a revival and the mission had eight additions. This was the first of its membership. With the membership continuing to grow, two acres of ground were purchased and ground was broken for the new building on April 25, 1964. The first services were conducted in the Educational wing in February, 1965 and a room in the wing has been used as a temporary auditorium until the permanent one could be completed. The new auditorium will seat two hundred wtih a church office, pastors’ study and the church library located in the annex. The building was built by labor donated by the members and friends of the church.

Seek Cause For Airplane Crash

AURORA, UPI — Authorities today probed the charred wreckage of a twin-engine private airplane that crashed and burned near here Tuesday, killing six persons. Four of the dead were Pennsylvania funeral directors on a flight to the nearby Aurora Casket Co. from Pittsburgh. Another victim was Raymond Kern, 43, Aurora, the pilot and sales manager for the casket firm which owned the Cessna aircraft and the airstrip along U.S. 50, about three miles west of here. The four funeral directors were identified as Thomas A. Darroch, 38, Aliquippa, Pa., William F. Gross, Frankston, Pa., Richard Leska, Homestead, Pa., and Bob Wolf, Wilkensburg, Pa. The sixth victim was Arthur J. Villa, 50, Pittsburgh, a casket salesman.

Another Quake

MOSCOW UPI — The 763rd earthquake in 13 months shook the battered central Asian city of Tashkent Tuesday, the Soviet news agency Tass said. No injuries were reported. The quake measured four on the 12- point Merc alii scale.

20 Years Ago

Fred Snively was appointed chairman of the local committee to support Operation Naval Reserve according to an announcement by Mayor Walter Ballard. Local visitors in Indianapolis Included Mr. and Mrs. John A. Friend, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Albin and Wilmer Albin, Jr.

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County Church Council Meets This Evening

Monon Hearing Dates Announced

WASHINGTON UPI — The Interstate Commerce Commission has announced hearing dates in its investigation into a petition by Monon Railroad to discontinue two passenger trains between Louisville, Ky., and Chicago.

Hearings will be held June 12, in Chicago; June 14, Rensselaer, Ind.; June 15, Lafayette, Ind.; June 16, Crawfordsville, Ind.; June 19, Greencastle, Ind.; June 20, Bloomington, Ind.; and June 21, Louisville.

Two Men Killed On RR Crossings

By United Presi International Indiana’s 1967 highway fatality toll today stood at 429, compared with 522 a year ago.

Howard Rhoades, 56, Hagerstown, was killed Tuesday when his truck collided with a train Find burst into flames just south of New Castle. Authorities said Rhoades may not have heard the train’s whistle because of his truck’s radio, which was still blaring when rescuers approached the flaming truck. William R. Burke, 46, Indianapolis, was injured fatally Tuesday night when a New York Central Railroad freight train struck his car at an Indianapolis crossing. He died about 90 minutes after the accident.

The annual meeting of the Putnam County Council of Churches will be held at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Greencastle this evening. The program will be on Church World Service, a project of the County Council. “The Long Stride,” a halfhour film, will explain the needs which caused many denominations to cooperate in forming this organization for aid to war and disaster victims and the ways in which Church World Service works to reestablish refugees in a self-supporting life. The County Council Missions Committee will follow the film with a report on Putnam County’s work for Church World Service. Russellville Christian Church will provide special music.

General Strike Darkens France

PARIS UPI—A 24-hour general strike to protest President Charles de Gaulle’s demands for six months’ supreme authority switched off the City of Light and much of France today.

Labor unions claimed 10 million workers stayed at home to support opposition against Parliament’s granting De Gaulle the power to rule by decree for six months.

Johnson Draft Lottery

Faces Blackball Action

Elite Communist Troops

Beginning at 7:30, the ladies of Bethel Church will serve coffee and dessert during an informal fellowship time. The program will follow, and the meeting will end with the election of County Council officers for 1967-68.

Bethel Church is located at 702 Crown Street at the corner of Crown and Apple Streets. Representatives of every congregation in Putnam County are not only cordially invited; they are urged to attend and to join in the work of the County Council of Churches.

Smoke Routs Guests

At 2 a. m. EDT the lights began flickering out all over France as work and play using gas and electricity lost their power source. The trains stopped running at midnight. Paris buses remained in garages. Subway cars lay like stilled snakes in underground tunnels. The army mobilized trucks to take to work those Frenchmen who still had a job to do and wanted to do it. But banks, restaurants, movie houses and stores were shut There was no school because teachers struck. Garbage piled up uncollected. Water pressure was expected to be low throughout the day. A parliamentary debate on the special powers bill had been set for today. But it was postponed until Thursday to give members more time to study the controversial measure. De Gaulle sought the measure to bypass a sometimes squabbling Parliament so his government could push through priority economic and social legislation.

Hit Key Marine Outpost

Tea 4-H

Is Enjoyed By Girls, Mothers

Gun Duel Staged At Texas School

HOUSTON UPI — Students firing rifles and shotguns from darkened dormitories at a predominantly Negro university fought a gun duel with hundreds of police today. Rifle squads o£ police finally stormed the dormitories and arrested more than 300 students. Three policemen and one student were shot in the night of violence at Texas Southern University. Advancing 20 yards at a time officers rushed infantry-style up to Lanier and Bruce halls on the TSU campus. They ran into the three-story modem brick dorms, smashed down doors with fire axes and shot locks off doors to get at the students. Officers said they found a shotgun, three .22 caliber rifles and two Molotov cocktails along with a length of chain in the doors.

TOKYO UPI — Smoke from a basement rubbish fire circulated through the Nikko Hotel in downtown Tokyo Tuesday, chasing many American and other guests into the streets. No Injuries were reported.

MASONIC NOTICE

Called meeting Applegate Lodge No. 155 F&AM, Fillmore, Friday, May 19th at 7:30 p. m. Work in M.M. degree. Members bring pie. Visitors welcome. Ralph Jordan, W. W.

32 RHS Seniors Get Diplomas

Thirty-two seniors at Roachdale High School received their high school diplomas Sunday evening. May 14, in the school auditorium. Music was furnished by the Roachdale Music Department under the direction of John T. Wilson, Music Instructor. Dr. Raymond (Dutch) Struck, Hanover College, delivered an inspiring Commencement Address before the vast audience. The class was presented to Superintendent Charles Frazee, North Putnam Community School Corporation, by the class sponsor, Donald Steward, for their diplomas. Cheryl Elaine Rohn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rohn, R 1. Ladoga, received high honors as class Valedictorian. Carol Elaine Lawler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Lawler, R. 1, Roachdale, was named class Salutatorian.

4 Yonks Killed

One hundred and fifty-five 4-H girls and their mothers from Greencastle and Madison Township attended a tea Monday evening, May 15, in the senior High School cafeteria. This was the first year for such an event and the turnout of guests was high.

SAIGON UPI — About 3,600 Communist troops today surrounded a key U.S. outpost on the North-South Vietnam border and beat back American Marine breakthrough attempts. But Leathernecks vowed to wipe out the North Vietnamese attackers.

WASHINGTON UPI — The House Armed Services Committee was set to blackball President Johnson’s proposed draft lottery today in approving a bill extending the nation’s selective service law another four years. The House panel also planned to safeguard college deferments by making it difficult to draft undergraduates until they get a bachelor’s degree or reach age 24.

Miss Pat Samsel served as mistress of ceremonies and she and Ruthie Miller led in group singing. Leota Boesen from Northeast School gave a junior demonstration entitled “Exploring in Ceramics.” Betty Sendmeyer, County Extension Agent, Home Economics, gave a flannelgraph talk on the philosophy of 4-H Club work and what a first year member has to look forward to in the coming years of 4-H. Ruthie and Brenda Miller, accompanied by their Mother, Mrs. Raymond Miller, sang the song, “I Remember You.” Mary Luzar then played a beautiful piano solo. Janet Spellbring from Bowl-

“The North Vietnamese army wants Con Thien as a birthday present for North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh. They’re not going to get it,” Maj. Gen. Bruno Hochmuth, leader of the 3rd Marine Division, told United Press International correspondent Thomas Corpora. Ho will be 77 Friday.

The general spoke after the

three Communist regiments ringing the Marine-U.S. Army Special Forces camp repulsed a Leatherneck tank column and an Infantry charge in bloody fighting. Hochmuth vowed, “We’ll pin their ears back and we have enough air and ar-

tillery to knock them out.” The battle for Con Thien, less

than two miles below the border Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), has cost heavy casualties. Incomplete reports put the toll

thus far at 26 Marines slain and

22 wounded in just one sector of the battle where 298 Com-

munists have been killed. Marines tried a pincer breakthrough Tuesday. Pushing from

The committee was scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. EDT to act on the bill.

The Senate last week approved a four-year extension of the draft which would generally leave in the hands of the President the wide discretionary powers he now enjoys.

But Chairman L. Mendel Rivers and other key members of the House panel agreed at a secret session Monday to curb some of the President’s powers. The so-called “policy committee,” made up of the 10 senior members of the 31-man armed services committee, drafted a bill at Monday’s meeting which would:

—Allow the president to draft undergraduates only by finding “that the needs of the armed forces require substantial restriction or termination of student deferments.”

ing Green gave a senior demon-1 outside the Communist ring stration that won a blue ribbon from the south came an ar-

SEOUL UPI — A five-ton U. S. Army truck carrying soldiers to a surveillance position near the Korean Demilitarized Zone went out of control and overturned, killing four American soldiers and injuring 14 others, U. S. spokesmen said Tuesday.

To Moke Cots

DURHAM, England UPI — Spies, murderers and other prisoners in the top security wing of Durham Jail may soon be making cots for victims of the Vietnam war, a prison spokesman said Tuesday.

at the State Fair on “How Safe Is Your Lake ?”. 4-H girls and leaders from the various schools were recognized as follows: Overall leader, Greencastle, Mrs. Paul Aker, and assistant Mrs. James Hockema; Northeast, Mrs. John Pershing; Jones, Mrs. Jack Torr and Mrs. Tom Albin; Miller, Mrs. Randall Crawley and Mrs. Thomas Graff is; Ridpath, Mrs. Mike Petro and Mrs. Earl Gos(Continued on Page 3)

DPU Awarded Grant

DeMolay Notice

Stated meeting Omnes Chapter, Order of DeMolay, tonight

Congressman John T. Myers in a telegram to The Daily Ban- ! ner Tuesday afternoon reported ; that the National Science Foundation had awarded $9,100 to DePauw University for the purchase of instructional equip-

at 7:30. Bring rituals. Mothers I ment. The telegram was sent Club will serve refreshments, from Washington, D.C.

mored column led by five tanks. It headed down a three-mile road through Communist besiegers. It got only about 400 yards. Firing machine guns from roadside trenches, Communists blocked the push. UPI correspondent Thomas Cheatham reported the fighting so heavy and so close that the Communists had to silence their mortars for fear of wiping out their own ranks. Inside the key outpost fortress, guardian of the border where five North Vietnamese (Continued on Page 3)

—Allow the President to institute a draft lottery only by informing Congress 60 days in advance that such a system would be “in the national interest.” This would give Congress two months to decide whether to amend the draft laws withdrawing Johnson’s authority to set up a draft lottery.

Nation Enjoying Milder Weather

By United Presi International

Three Lodged In Putnam Co. Jail

Two Of The Bainbridge Student Awards Winners

At the recent Honors and Awards Convocation at Bainbridge High School, Miss Mary Rayfield (left) is shown receiving the American Legion Oratorical Award from Raymond Baldwin of Cassell C. Tucker Post 58. Miss Carolyn

Smith (right) received the DAR Civic Award from Mrs. Florence Boatright of Washburn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Marvin Holt, 20, Brazil, was lodged in the Putnam County jail Tuesday afternoon on a Circuit Court warrant charging failure to provide. Arthur Earl Davis, 49, city, was jailed by Sheriff Bob Albright Tuesday night on a nonsupport charge. William Brock, 18, Robinson, Illinois, was booked at the jail Tuesday night by state police for driving while under the influence of intoxicants.

Most of the nation was doing a double take today. Through the cold and snow and sleet and hail, spring appeared to have arrived at long, long last. “Remarkably clear and mild weather prevails over the nation,” the weathered U. S. Weather Bureau joyfully intoned in its morning summary. The lone holdout was the | lower Ohio Valley, where a few showers and thundershowers fell. It was coolest from the Great Lakes to New England, where the mercury registered in the upper 20s through the 40s. A heat wave, which reached 102 Tuesday, continued in southern California. Temperatures in the 90s were recorded in southern Oregon Tuesday, extending into the 80s to the Canadian border. It was 84 at Blythe, Calif., before the sun rose, and iS at Glen Falls, N. Y.

NOW YOU KNOW

By United Press International

The French physician Laennec invented the stethoscope.

NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

INDIANA WEATHER: Generally fair today and tonight. Partly cloudy and a little warmer Thursday. High today around 70. Low tonight mid 40s. High Thursday 70 to 75. Precipitation probability percentages 5 today and tonight, 10 Thursday. Outlook for Indiana: Increasing cloudiness Thursday night with chance of showers north. Mostly cloudy Friday with chance of showers. Little temperature change. v

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