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VOLUME SEVENTY-FIVE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1967

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NO. 174

Jr. High Students Will Perform In Red & Blue Circus

The greatest of all shows In the world today. The Red 4k Blue Big Top, will exhibit for your pleasure and approval on Wednesday, May 24, at 8 p.m. Downtown Gym, the most wonderful and remarkable living animals, daring feats of skill and Intelligence, a stupendous aggregation of wild beasts. In short, the most unique and hair-raising performance ever presented before a civilized audience. This greatest of all circuses has eighty-nine carloads of animals and paraphernalia and a troupe of over five hundred and twenty-three actors, freaks, showmen, clowns and roustabouts. The show had to be reduced to a one-ring act for this occasion on account of the size of the place in which we are giving it. This wonderful collection of animals and performers has been gathered from all parts of the Greencastle Junior High SchooL Tickets will be available at the door before the performance—adults 25c, students and children 10c. Popcorn, cokes, and peanuts will be sold throughout the performance by the students. Pony rides from 7-8, on blacktop—weather permitting.

Fire Damages Local Tavern An early Sunday morning fire heavily damaged the Double D Tavern on the north side of the public square. The blaze was discovered at 5:15 a.m. by Officer John Stevens who turned in the alarm. Stevens was cruising in a police car and when he turned in the alley at the rear of the tavern he saw smoke billowing out from the back of the room. Firemen reported that the heat was intense in the interior of the tavern and that the blaze apparently started in the vicinity of a walk-in refrigerator. In addition to the flames, smoke and water also added to the damage. Two trucks were dispatched to the scene and the firemen were able to confine the conflagration to the taveni, preventing the fire from spreading to adjacent business rooms. Everyone Voted CHILDRESS, Tex. UPI — It was a 100 per cent turnout in precinct No. 4 in the Childress County school board elections over the weekend. Seven votes were cast. Seven persons were eligible to vote.

Eight More Killed In State Traffic Accidents

By United Press International Eight weekend fatalities and one early today boosted Indiana’s 1967 highway toll to at least 445, compared with 548 a year ago. Thomas R. Hartsock, 23, R.R. 8, Crown Point, was killed about 4 a.m. today when his car rammed head-on into a big truck as Hartsock sped in the wrong lane of Interstate 80 on an overpass in Hammond. The truck, carrying 8100,000 worth of spices, was driven by Earl Paxton, 34, R. R. 2, Rochester. Paxton was injured. Gary police had notified Hammond police only 15 minutes before the accident that a car was traveling east in the westbound lane of the superhighway. But the Hammond officers were unable to intercept the car in time to avoid the collision. Marilyn Warren, 20, Cicero, HI., was killed and two other persons were injured Sunday night in a car-truck collision in LaPorte. Police said a car driven by the victim pulled in front of the truck. Arthur Scott, 20, R. R. 2, Claypool, was killed Sunday in i a two-car collision on Indiana 191 south of Mentone in Kosciusko County. Casto Upchurch, 17, Fountain City, was killed Saturday night in a two-car collision at the intersection of two Wayne County

roads.

Mike Murphy, 16, Albany, and Kay Lee, 15, DeSoto, were killed Friday night in a cartrain wreck at Albany. Mina Garcia, 27, her brother, Isaias, 22, and James Dominich, all of Goshen, were killed Friday night in a car-train collision at Milford. 20 Years Ago Bill Murray visited friends in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Mrs. Crystal Twomey spent the afternoon in Terre Haute. A total of 4.303 autos and trucks were listed for taxation in Putnam County. Mrs. Edgar Vancleave and daughter, Dorothy, visited relatives in Indianapolis.

Bulletin BRUSSELS UPI—Fire roaring through Belgium’s largest department store with the noise of a giant jet plane trapped scores of shoppers on the upper floors at noon today. A heavy death toll was feared. Shoppers could be seen jumping from upper floors with their clothes in flames. Unofficial reports said police had taken at least IS bodies to nearby hospitals from the seven story department store L’lnnovation which was featuring an “American Week.” The fire broke out at 1 p. m. and was still blazing two hours later. Heat from the flames could be felt for Mocks. Miss Alabama New Miss USA MIAMI BEACH UPI —The line would still be forming today if the boys had heard what Sylvia Louise Hitchcock exclaimed Sunday when she awakened and realized she actually was Miss USA. “I still don’t believe — somebody pinch me,” said the 36-24-37 Miami Beauty who came to the pageant wearing the standards of Alabama. The brunette University of Alabama coed was picked by six judges Saturday night from 51 contestants representing every state and the District of Columbia. She had to depend upon her charm. She forgot her good luck piece. “I have a little Buddha - you rub his belly for luck, but I didn't have him on me,” she

said.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hitchcock of Miami, the new beauty queen is an art major at the Alabama Univer-

sity.

Her studies, however, probably will take second place during her year-long reign as Miss USA. She will represent the United States in the Miss Universe contest in July.

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Clean Up, Fix Up Week Greencastle Mayor Raymond S. Fisher (shown above) Issued a proclamation stating that May 21 through 27 is CLEAN-UP, FIX-UP WEEK in the community. Fisher urged everyone to support the city officials during this week and be especially conscious of littering our city grounds and working for home improvement. The proclamation follows: n Proclamation

WHEREAS: The Greencastle Community foresees our nation’s desire to strive for the riddance of slum areas, littered highways, and unsightly residences, and WHEREAS: The citizens and local governmental officials also recognize the need for a definite plan not only on a national level hut on a local level; and WHEREAS: An attempt should be made by all citizens to clean-up, fix-up, and otherwise be conscious of unsightly or littered areas... NOW THEREFORE, I, Raymond S. Fisher, Mayor of Greencastle, Indiana, proclaim May 21-27 AS CLEAN-UP, FIX-UP WEEK, and urge every citizen to work for the betterment of the community’s health and welfare by taking action to see that all littered and unsightly areas are reported and eliminated. DONE UNDER MY HAND THIS 10th DAY OF MAY, 1957 RAYMOND S. FISHER, Mayor of Greencastle, Indiana

Raias Highlight Nation's Weather By United Press International Heavy rains drenched the Atlantic and Gulf coasts today in an arc running from southern New Jersey through the Carolinas to Louisiana. Unseasonably chilly weather coated the northeast quarter of the Mississippi Valley today, driving early morning temoeratures below freezing in Michigan. Mild spring weather extended across the Great Plains to the Pacific Coast, giving Williston, N. D., a temperature reading identical to Atlanta’s early today. Clear skies reigned over most of the nation outside the Gulf Coast rain shield, where almost two inches of rain have fallen at Jackson, Miss, in six hours. Two forest fires in the tinderdry brush area of southeastern Arizona scarred nearly 5,000 acres of brush forest Sunday, and forced the evacuation of a dozen homes in Oracle, Ariz.

One fire, defintely man-caused according to Forest Service officials, consumed 650 acres of the Coronado National Forest.

Tentative Program Set For Putnam County Fair

Defense Aid For Thailand Is Urged By Prof. Darling

New Angle Added To Kennedy Assassination

Police Arrest Six, Four Jailed Six persons were arrested Saturday and Sunday and four of the group were lodged in the Putnam County jail. William A. Phillips, Reelsville, was jailed at 9:30 p. m. Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Bob Ziegelman on a public intoxication charge. At 11:45 p. m., Robert Hobbs, 35, Greencastle, Route 4, was booked at the jail for public intoxication by Officer Alva Hubble after being taken into custody on North Indiana Street Mike Lazier, 19, city, was jailed at 1:55 Sunday morning by Officer Hubble for public intoxication after being picked up at Vine and Franklin Streets. At 12:45 a. m., William E. Rogers, 21, Auburn, was arrested on South Jackson Street by Hubble for having too many occupants in the vehicle he was driving. Lee W. Milne was arrested by Officer Bill Masten, at 1:13 Saturday afternoon, for reckless driving on Locust Street. At 10 p. m. Sunday, Ephriam Dickson, 45, Rockville, Route 1, was jailed and booked for disturbing the peace.

NEW ORLE/NS UPI — It was five anti-Castro Cubans who were angry over handling of the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion not Lee Harvey Oswald — who assassinated President Kennedy, Dist. Atty, Jim Garrison said Sunday night. Oswald never “touched a gun” Nov. 22, 1963, Garrison said. Hie Central Intelligence Agency CIA knows Oswald did not kill Kennedy, Garrison said in a televised interview. He said the CIA was doing all It could to stop Garrison’s investigation of the assassination. He said the CIA is more powerful than the Gestapo was in Nazi Germany. In Detroit, a lawyer for the late Jack Ruby’s family said Sunday that Garrison’s investigation was "trumped up.” Alan Adelson said Garrison told him in New Orleans that Oswald, Shaw and Ruby were all employed by the CIA. "1 know for a fact that Jack Ruby never met or knew Oswald or Shaw,” Adelson said, "and I can prove it in a court of law. “Garrison told me he has an eyewitness who saw Oswald and Ruby together in New Orleans, but If he’s anything like the rest of Garrison’s witnesses, he’s got to be paid off, doped or hypnotized. They just don’t exist.”

Britain Cracks Down On Hong Kong Red Rioters

HONG KONG UPI — Britain i cracked down on Communist-: led rioters today after 10 days of stiff upper lip restraint. ’

a British colony. . Police fired tear gas during a dozen clashes with rioters in the colony’s Kowloon district. But

Club-swinging police shattered j the most vicious fighting erupt-

jeering, acid-throwing mobs in a splash of blood, tears and little red books of Mao Tse-tung slogans. Many persons were injured and police arrested scores in what oldtimers described as the worst rioting on Hong kong

ed on Queen’s Road, the main street of Hong Kong island’s central business district, where rioters hurled bottles of acid. The rioters ignored a formal weekend warning no further riots against the crown colony’s British rulers would be permit-

island in its 125-year history as ted. They massed between the

Man Wounded In Left Shoulder i Thomps Allen, 59, who lives on the Parke-Putnam County line road south of U.S. 36, was shot in the left shoulder while working in a field on his farm about 2:30 Sunday afternoon. Allen came to the Putnam County Hospital for treatment and the incident was reported to Sheriff Bob Albright by the hospital. Albright said an investigation of the shooting was being made. Curiosity Kills KALAMAZOO, Mich. UPI — A curious raccoon crawled into a utilities company’s substation regulator Saturday and caused a short which cut off power to several hundred hjmes. The animal was lolled.

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Presented Scout Plaque At a recent meeting of Gobin Methodist Church’s Boy Scout Troop 43, Professor Charles Johnson (right), assistant scoutmaster, was presented a plaque by Doug Smith (right), for devoted service to the troop. The Johnsons are moving to Steven’s Point, Wis., in June.

25-story Hilton Hotel and the tall Communist Bank of China for a march uphill to the governor’s mansion. Police warned them again, got only jeers of “scum” and “imperialist running dogs” in response and charged into the hundreds of men and women, striking with clubs that sent blood spurting into the noon hot main street. Police arrested at least 37 of the first mob of rioters, 14 of them women and most of them smeared with their own blood. But other mobs formed throughout the rich colony Communist China was trying to humble as she did the nearby Portuguese territory of Macao earlier this year. Hong Kong, once a placid jewel in troubled Asia, rocked with riot. Demonstrators hurled acid at police from rooftops. Bus drivers delivered loads of rioters and headed back for more. Mobs jumped whole units of police throughout the colony which the Communists have criticized for, among other things, allowing U. S. Navy warships to rest after Vietnam war duty. The rioting flared throughout midday. By mid-afternoon a relative calm had been wrought by police tear gas and truncheons.

Today's Banner Included In today's issue is a special section by merchants designed to help you during CLEAN-UP FIX-UP WEEK. DON’T MISS IT.

A suggestion that the United States prepare now for meeting problems that might arise for Thailand after an American withdrawal from that key Southeast Asian country has been advanced by DePauw University’s new political science department head. Professor Frank C. Darling, writing in the monthly Asian Survey and quoted by the New York Times, has urged that the United States take these two measures to assure the security of Thailand after an American pullout following a Vietnam settlement: 1. training a Thai force to deal with guerrillas, and 1. negotiating a bilateral mutual defense treaty with Thailand. Since 1961, and the American involvement In the war in Vietnam, Thailand has been developed to serve as an air base for the Vietnam war, and as a major rest and rehabilitation center for United States soldiers, Darling writes. In Thailand itself, the number of American military personnel has been expanded from 400 to more than 30,000. And though the end of the Vietnam War and the consequent withdrawal of these soldiers will pose difficulties for Thailand, Professor Darling forecasts that Thai leaders "will welcome the reduced social problems caused by the removal of large numbers of foreign military personnel from their country.” However, he expects that the Thai leaders "will probably request some new assurances that the United States will continue to defend them against future aggression.” Professor Darling believes this assurance can be provided through the training of Thai forces to meet “the only kind of warfare they will ever be expected to fight” — against guerrillas. A second assurance would come with the mutual defense treaty similar to the United States pact with Japan, to assure Thailand “of American determination to deal with new large-scale military threats” from outside the kingdom. Darling’s article, entitled “America and Thailand,” cited the long United States influence (Continued on Page 2) NOW Y00 KNOW By United Preu International The Nile River, from its remotest source at the head of the Kigera River near Lake Tanganyika to the Mediterranean Sea, is the longest river in the world measuring about 4,100 miles.

The Executive Committee of the County Fair Association and the County Extension Agents have set up a tentative program for the 1967 Putnam County Fair. The Fair will officially open at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 30 with the 4-H Dress Revue. At 7:30 that evening an Interdenominational Church Service will be held in the inside arena. On Monday, July 31st the 4-H Swine Show, the Young America C o n t e s t s, the 4-H Sheep Preliminary Trimming and Fitting Contest, and the County Fair Queen Contest will be held. On Tuesday, the program will consist of the Open Swine Show, Young America Contests, Farm Bureau Pet and Hobby Parade, and a Talent and Marching Band Show, and a Trained Border Collie Exhibition. The 4-H and Open Sheep Shows will be held on Wednesday, along with the Flower Arrangement Contest, Flower Judging, GardenJudging, Sheep Shearing Contest, 4-H Livestock Fitting Contest, and both Action and Halter Classes in the 4-H Horse and Pony Show. Thursday, August 8 Beef Cattle will be shown in the arena, Horse and Pony in the outside arena, and the Livestock Auction will be held in the evening. Friday’s program will consist of 4-H and Open Dairy Shows and the 4-H Showmanship finals in the arena. A Farm Tractor Pulling Contest in the outside arena in the afternoon, ant, a Lawn and Garden Tractor Pulling Contest in the outside arena in the evening. Highlights of Saturday’s program will be the West Central Indiana Beef Calf Show. An American Quarter Horse Point Show in the outside arena, starting at 9:00 a.m. and running throughout the day and evening. Saturday night a teen dance will be held in the Community Building and a square dance in the Industrial Building. A flower Arrangement Contest for adults will be offered for the first time at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 2nd. Escapee Faces Serious Charges A State Farm escapee, who tied up two persons and stole their automobile, wound up In the Putnam County jail late Sunday afternoon in the custody of State Thooper Don Collins. Sheriff Bob Albright reported that Ronald Houchin, 27, Mitchell, escaped from the Penal Farm Friday. Houchin held up Ernest Jones and Raymond Jones, at their home south of Putnamville, tied their hands and took their car Sunday. Collins apprehended the escapee a short time later.

NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

INDIANA WEATHER: Fair to partly cloudy through Tuesday with a warming trend tonight and Tuesday. High today upper 60s to low 70s. Low tonight upper 40s to low 50s. High Tuesday mid 70s. Precipitation probability: 5 per cent through Tuesday. Outlook: Partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday night and Wednesday. Minimum 44* 6 A.M 46» 7 A.M. m..................53° 8 A.M. 54* 9 A..AL ...... 59 10 .............64 11 A.M 64® 12 Noon 67* 1PM AS* • * e«iM«a««e*«*«aaeM»«tae*»MeM*aMa*«e«*e«M«»**®ee»ee«*•••••«• ••!••»••••••••• ■•■•••a VO