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VOLUME SEVENTY-FIVE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1967

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Communists virtually wipe out 134-man U. S. Army company

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SAIGON UPI — A Communist force virtually wiped out a 134-man U.S. Army company before being destroyed in a Mekong Delta rice paddy battle, American spokesmen revealed today. U.S. officials withheld until now Monday’s destruction of Alpha Company of the 4th Battalion, 47th Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division to allow time for informing relatives at home. Rarely in the war has an American company suffered so heavily. Alpha was destroyed in a seven-hour fight during which 249 of an estimated 300 Communists were killed and in which American losses were reported as 32 men killed and 126 wounded. Maj. Clyde J. Tate of Fort Riley Kan., a 9th Division intelligence officer, told newsmen 75 per cent of the American casualties were men of Alpha. That meant about 120 of the company’s 134 men were killed or wounded in the fight. Tate was asked if that meant Alpha was virtually wiped out “That’s right,” he said. Alpha paid the price for being the first U.S. unit to spot and engage the Communists in the fighting just south of Saigon. Tate said Alpha was a routine search and destroy mission when pinned down by recoilless rifle, automatic and small arms fire coming from Viet Cong bunkers. The company was caught in a clear stretch of rice paddy. The major said contact with the company was broken. Helicopters whirled in to pick up the unit. But the Communist guns turned on the helicopters which could not reach Alpha. Two mors U.S. companies landed from

special armored barracks boats. The Communist fire blazed at them but the new units suffered far less heavily. Aided by the concentrated fire of specially built pint-sized “delta battleships”— designed as a modern style of the Civil War ironclad Monitor, the Americans overwhelmed the Communists. U.S. troops today reported killing 39 guerrillas and smashing a Communist battalion’s attempt to rebuild raiding bases near major American airfields and camps farther north, on South Vietnam’s central coast. The 10-hour battle Wednesday cost six American lives and 22 more men of the U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry Division

suffered wounds in the Bong Son plain 280 miles northeast of Saigon. One company, about 200 men, of the 1st Air Cavalry found the Viet Cong battalion dug into well fortified positions only a few miles from a big American jet base. Thousands of Communists have been killed the past two years trying to set up raiding bases in the area, just below their inland mountain hideaways. The U.S. company found itself outnumbered 3-to-l. Two more companies whirled into action on helicopters. American artillery and air strikes hit the Communist positions, spokesmen said.

Big Raccoon watershed approved by committee

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KAPPA DELTA PHI INITIATES—Maxine Haskett (right), The new members are (right to left) Mrs. Jeanne Pritchard, President of the Kappa Delta Phi Sorority in Greencastle, Is Miss Diane Buis, and Mrs. Rose Buis, pictured above presenting three new Initiates hand books.

WASHINGTON, D. C.—Western Indiana’s proposed $4.6 million Big Raccoon Creek Watershed project was approved Wednesday by a House Public Works subcommittee after the value of the project was emphasized by Rep. John Myers, R-Ind.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman John Myers (R. Ind.) Wednesday urged approval of funds for the Big Raccoon Creek Watershed project in an appearance before the House Public Works Committee. The Watershed project includes more than 133,000 acres In Parke, Putnam, Boone, Hendricks and Montgomery

Rain averts a possible showdown in Atlanta

ATLANTA UPI—Rain averted a possible showdown between police end militant Negroes over e curfew in riotwracked Dixie Hills Wednesday night There was a chance of—and an official hope for—more rain today. Shortly before the showers, the city’s first in 18 days, Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., had acceded to the urging of Negro leaders and eased the dusk to dawn curfew to a midnight starting time. Only a few Negroes milled around the Dixie Hills shopping center, focal point of two nights of rioting that claimed one life and injured at least nine other perOfficers interrupt filming of movie NEW YORK UPI — It was a scene right out of a Hollywood spy thriller. In fact, it was a spy movie being filmed on the streets of New York. But no one bothered to tell patrolmen David Mahan and Melvin Schwartz about it Actor James (“Our Man Flint”) Coburn, in the midst of filming his latest spy movie in Greenwich Village Wednesday night, was racing down McDougal Street with two Chinese agents and two movie cops in hot pursuit. The make-believe policemen were screaming, “stop, stop.” That’s when Mahan and Schwartz stepped into the picture. They grabbed Cobum. While the first policeman grabbed Cobum by the arm, the other thrust his nightstick into the 39-year-old actor’s face, cutting him slightly and ruining his makeup. He refused medical attention. A Paramount Pictures spokesman said the filming would probably be delayed a day while Cobum’s cuts heal

sons, after Wednesday night’s rain. Two police patrol cars were on duty in the Negro apartment district. Allen imposed the curfew early Wednesday to restore order, but said later it would be lifted if calm prevailed. H. Rap Brown, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), had vowed Wednesday that “black people will not abide by the curfew.” He called Dixie Hills "a Nazi concentration camp” patrolled by “police armed to the teeth and canine dogs.” State Sen. Leroy Johnson and other Negro leaders asked Allen to lift the curfew because it would keep residents indoors in the 90-degree heat and cause hardships on night workers. Allen, In modifying the curfew, said “the only thing the curfew says is that you may not congregate in large groups on public streets. No one will be kept from leaving their home on personal business.” Police Lt. W. K. Perry, Chief of Homicide, said an investigation had begun to determine who shot and killed Timothy Ross, 46, during Tuesday night's rioting. Ross and three other Negroes, including Reginald Rivers, 9, were struck by gunfire as they sat on steps in front of an apartment. Witnesses said a policeman fired the shots, but police said it was the act of a sniper. Rivers remained in critical condition with wounds of the side.

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NEW YORK UPI — President Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin today apparently were close to agreement on a Soviet-American summit conference, probably to be held Friday.

Counties. Total cost would Include $1,835,617 in federal funds and $2,765,742 in non-federal funds. Congressman Myers praised the work of the Big Raccoon Conservancy District and the Soil and Water Conservation District officials in Boone, Montgomery, Parke and Putnam counties for their sponsorship of the important watershed, which has been in the planning stage since 1960. “Total annual benefits in the Big Raccoon Watershed are estimated at $154,662. In addition to the many obvious benefits, this will be one of the first watersheds located above a reservoir site and will have a direct effect on siltation at Mansfield reservoir,” Myers said. “If this siltation is allowed to continue unchecked, Mansfield could lose most of its potential value as a recreational area much needed by the people of central Indiana,” Myers warned. The Seventh District Congressman said the watershed will provide supplemental water supply and recreational facilities for nearby communities, erosion control upstream from Mansfield Reservoir which will improve recreation and fishing at the reservoir and improve drainage throughout the five county area to prevent flood damage. Six floodwater retarding structures, one fish and wildlife structure and 14.8 miles of channel improvement are included in the project. DPU grad named to state supreme court INDIANAPOLIS UPI — David M. Lewis, former Marion County prosecutor now practicing law, was appointed Wednesday to the Indiana Supreme Court by Governor Branigin. Lewis, a Democrat, fills a vacancy created by the recent death of Judge Walter Myers, Jr. Lewis, who is vacationing at Clearwater, Fla., said, “I’m very happy to have a chance to serve.” He was scheduled to return to Indianapolis Monday after a week’s rest. Lewis, 58, is a graduate of DePauw University and holds a jurisdoctor’s degree from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Indiana Bar Association, and is past president of the Indianapolis Bar Association. He is also a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Lewis and his wife, Betty, have three sons, Capt. David Lewis, Jr., a U.S. Air Force lawyer; Frank and Charles. Lewis has practiced law in Indianapolis since 1932, and served as prosecuting attorney in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1940.

A smorgasboard dinner preceded the candlelight ritual of three Initiates into Kappa Delta Phi Sorority Tuesday evening, at 6:30 o’clock at the DePauw Union Building. Tables were set with bouquets of blue daisies and yellow mums, tall blue can-

dles and place cards with a blue daisy on each one for twenty-three members and guests. Ritualistic initiation ceremony was conducted by officers of Gamma Phi chapter for Mrs. Rose Buis, Miss Deane Buis and Mrs. Jeanne Pritchard.

Tfrey were presented with our national flower, a yellow rose and a gold pin of recognition and welcomed into the sorority. Committee in charge of arrangements was Margaret Kendall, chairman, Ruth Pell, Imogene Richards, Pauline Ruark, Donna Stanley and Maxine Haskett

Its Patrick Lyndon Nugent if you please

Debt ceiling measure is approved

WASHINGTON UPI — The Johnson administration went to work on the Senate today to assure speedy acceptance of its hard-won House bill to raise the national debt limit $22 billion by June SO. A wide-open administration lobbying nffort to get the House to reverse its previous rejection of an increase in the debt ceiling paid off Wednesday in a 217 to 196 victory. The House bill would put a permanent limit of $358 billion on the public debt the next tw r o years, but permit temporary fluctuations up to a Twvipuiw j3g§

billion so long as the permanent limit was not exceeded as of any June 30, the date fiscal years end. The normal cycle of government receipts and disbursement w r ould permit compliance with this. As of now, the legal debt ceiling stands at the “temporary” figure of $336 billion. This authority expires next Friday. If Congress has not completed work on the new bill by then, the legal ceiling will revert to the “permanent” figure of $285 billion. Since the actual debt now is some $45 billiop about that amount, the govern-

ment’s financial standing would be technically unauthorized and emergency adjustments would be needed in its borrow and bill-paying to bring it into line. The administration, if it conducts business according to plan, also expects to go well beyond $336 billion in debt before the summer is over. The $22 billion the House bin would raise the debt ceiling over its present temporary limit would be the largest increase in borrowing authority given the government since World War Q.

AUSTIN, Tex. UPI—Patrick Lyndon Nugent, a day-old robust Texan, probably will meet his grandfather, the President of the United States, this weekend. The President is scheduled to pay a call Saturday on his daughter, Luci, and her new-born son at Seton Hospital. Johnson and Lynda Bird are expected to go to the Roman Catholic hospital in 'Austin to see the 8-pound-10-ounce baby, who looks like his father, Patrick J. Nugent, with fair skin, blond hair and blue eyes. The baby’s pediatrician, Dr. B. Phillip Kocen, has described the baby as “a robust Texan.” Pat, 23, and Luci, 19, named their son for the President, who has always longed for a son, and for Pat’s paternal grandfather, Patrick Nugent, an Irishman who settled in the Midwest. The five-man medical team attending Luci said Patrick Lyndon arrived in the world in “perfect shape.” A few hours after delivery, the baby was crying and Luci was allowed to feed him glucose and water from a bottle. Pat reported that Luci is feeling “fine, gay and cheerful—as she always is.” Black-haired, blue- eyed Luci, who took childbirth in stride, was expected Trial scheduled in Putnam Circuit Court Trial of John Evans, 81. Bloomington, charged with theft, was scheduled to start this morning in the Putnam Circuit Court with the selection of a jury and with Judge Francis N. Hamilton presiding. Evans was specifically charged with taking two rifles, tw'o shotguns and $100 from the Blue & Bridges Service Station, located at U.S. 40 and Ind. 43 five miles south of Greencastle, last March 9. Evans was arraigned on March 17 and entered a plea of not guilty. Bond was fixed at $10,000 and his trial was set for May 1. However, when he failed to appear on May 1, his bond was forfeited. The defendant was returned to the Putnam Court on a warrant on May 22. At that time, a continuance was asked and a jury trial was requested. Judge Hamilton then set his trial for Thursday morning, June 22. Since May 22, Evans has been confined to the Putnam County jail. Manage County Home It was announced today that Mr. and Mrs. Wain Baker have taken over the management of the Putnam County Home. They said their main objective is to see that the residents are “one big happy family.” Mr. and Mrs. Baker invite all the church congregations in the county to visit the home and conduct services at any time either day or evening. They also expressed the hope that the various clubs, sororities and other organizations will continue to visit the home as they have in the past. Visitors are always welcome and the Bakers ask the cooperation of the entire community in their new duties.

to bounce back today and be able to eat regular meals. Nugent had said he had a hunch they would have a baby girl. So did Luci, apparently. Otherwise, she would not have had the nursery in their $70,000 new home painted pink to match the pink bassinette and bathinette. Pat came through the experience with flying colors. He drove Luci to the hospital Wednesday morning shortly after midnight. He paced the hospital floor as all husbands do and showed an overwhelming joy when he was taken to the delivery room to see his newborn son. At the doctor’s prodding, he told Luci, just coming out of the anesthetic, that

they were the parents of a baby boy. When Luci saw him, she smiled happily and said “what a beautiful baby we have.” “Isn’t he an elephant?” Nugent said later to reporters. Mrs. Johnson was beside herself with happiness at being “a grandma.” Patrick Lyndon sleeps in a crib adjoining Luci’s hospital room under constant guard by the Secret Service. The couple, both Roman Catholics, have not yet picked Godparents for their child. The baptism is expected in about 10 days but Pat said arrangements have not been made yet. Luci will stay at the hospital about four more days.

GOP seeks Demo support to cut space program

WASHINGTON UPI —House Republicans hoped to pick up Democratic support today for their drive to cut back the UB. space program. The controversy over the tragic January Apollo fire was almost certain to be revived writh the opening of debate on the space agency’s proposed $5 billion budget for fiscal 1968. The House Space Committee trimmed $100 million from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s $5.1 billion request, but GOP Congressmen were thinking in terms of much bigger cuts. Rep. H. Allen Smith, R-Calif., said Wednesday he was “wondering if we couldn’t cut a billion or two for one year.” The chief targets of the GOP minority were the nuclear rocket project and the program to find long-range applications

of Apollo research. Rep. James G. Fulton, R-Pa., the ranking Republican on the space committee, said $350 million should be cut from the $445 million sought for the Apollo Applications Program. The possibility t h at Republicans could win enough Democratic support to make significant cuts was raised Wednesday when the rules committee sent the bill to the floor. Rep. William Colmer, D-Miss., chairman of the rules committee, observed that the proposed NASA authorization was “approximately as much money as it took to run the whole federal government” when he first came to congress in 1933. Rep. Delbert Latta, R-Ohio, a member of the rules committee, voiced the opinion that “this year we have enough trouble on earth to take care of and not enough money to do it.”

Officers are installed by Greencastle Jaycees

The Greencastle Jaycees held their 11th annual installation banquet on Saturday, June 17. The purpose of the banquet was to install the new officers for the coming year and present awards to haed working Jaycees of the past year. About 90 people attended the banquet. Bob Smith, state vice-president of the Indiana Jaycees, installed Don Barnes as the new local Jaycee president. Other top officers installed were Larry Elam and Jack Flint as vice-presidents, Jim Alexander as secretary, and Dick Hatcher as treasurer. At the banquet, Larry Elam walked away with just about every award given. He received the outstanding Spoke award, given to a first year member; he also was presented the outstanding Speakup award. Larry was named the outstanding Internal Committee Chairman for his work on club membership, and received an appreciation award for hia work on the new park. Last but not

least, Mr. Elam was awarded the coveted Jaycee of the Year award, presented by last year’s president, Jim McCarter. Other award recipients: Bill Debore, external sports chairman: Tucker Gray, outstanding committee chairman: Joe Kerr, outstanding sparkplug; Wyatt Brummett and Bob Koenig, special appreciation award for their outstanding work on the new Jaycee park. Fish fry Saturday The Putnamville Lions Club members have just completed their new Clubhouse and everyone is invited to come and see it The Club has set Saturday June 24th for their annual fish-fry to be held at the school grounds. There will be special entertainment by “The Jades.” Plenty of fish and eats.