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PUTNAM COUNTY'S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER

VOLUME SEVENTY-FIVE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1967

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WINS ROOSTER CROWING CONTEST—Paul Schrader proudly holds up his rooster “Kentucky” for the camera moments after it won the Young America Rooster Crowing Contest at the Putnam County Fair last night. The roosters were given one half hour in which to crow and Kentucky won the contest 7 crows to nothing. Egypt calls for peace in Yemen civil war

Egypt issued an “urgent” call for peace in the five-year Yemen civil war to free Egyptian forces there for any Joint Arab action against Israel, the Cairo press said today. Earlier, bullets flew across the Jordan River in the first Middle East cease-fire violations since July 15. The government-aligned Cairo newspaper Al Ahram said Egypt made the call for peace in the Yemen and claimed the British in Aden were plotting to keep Egyptian troops “away from the field of battle” with Israel. The call, which Al Ahram termed “a major step designed to achieve Arab solidarity, which is necessary for any joint Arab action,” was made Tuesday at the Arab Foreign Ministers Conference in Khartoum, capital of the neighboring Sudan. At Jerusalem, an Israeli army spokesman said Jordanian positions each of the Damya Bridge over the Jordan River twice opened fire Tuesday on Israeli

troops on the west bank. He said Israel returned the fire in two exchanges half an hour apart. No Israeli casualties were reported. In Amman, a Jordanian army spokesman said Israeli forces opened light arms fire against Jordanian troops on the Jordanian end of the Damya Bridge. He said the Jordanians returned the fire in a 10-minute exchange.

On second honeymoon NEW YORK UPI — Patrick Nugent and his wife, Luci Baines, daughter of President Johnson, leave New York today for Nassau on a second honeymoon. They began their holiday Tuesday night by taking in the hit Broadway musical “Cabaret,” after arriving from Washington where they left their 5-week-old son, Patrick Lyndon, at the White House.

11th District is stumbling block in Congressional remapping of State

INDIANAPOLIS UPI—A 12-member legislative subcommittee trying to carve out new Indiana congressional district* planned to report “progress” today to the parent Indiana Legislative Council. The “progress,” however, was not enough to bring about an agreement on new districts to replace the ones established by the 1965 Legislature but ruled unconstitutional by the federal courts. Rep. Jack Smitherman, R-Mooresville, defined the “progress” as “general

Seven defendants appear in court Thomas Terrell, 67, city, charged with resisting an officer in an affidavit signed by John Pursell, appeared before Judge Francis N. Hamilton in the Putnam Circuit Court Tuesday afternoon. Terrell asked for an opportunity to consult with an attorney and this request was granted and he will return to court later. Ronald Smith, 23, pleaded guilty to malicious trespass and was fined $50 and costs. Mack Minor, 45, Mt. Meridian, charged with non-support of minor children, was given time to confer with an attorney. Leon Ward, 28, city, pleaded guilty to non-support of minor children. He was ordered to pay $35 to the clerk of the court each Friday and was then released on his own recognizance and his case was continued generally. Jack Spears, 16, Roachdale, and Earl Falconbury, 16, North Salem, each pleaded guilty to second degree burglary at the Barnard grain elevator in Roachdale last May 30. They will return to court fqllowing a' pre-sentence investigation. James A. Yeagley, 25, Ladoga, Route 2, pleaded guilty to reckless driving. He was fined $250 and costs and was sentenced to serve 20 days in the Putnam County jail. The jail term will be served for 10 successive weekends from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Sunday, starting this Saturday. He was also ordered to dispose of his automobile and his driver’s license and auto plate were revoked. He was given 30 days in which to pay his fine and costs.

Red Chinese premier escaped kidnaping HONG KONG UPI —Rebellious army troops in Communist China barely missed kidnaping Premier Chou En-lai last month, a Japanese newsman reported today from Peking. The soldiers were waiting to capture Chou and his party at one Wuhan airport July 23. but the premier learned of the trap and avoided it by flying to another city airport, the correspondent said. In a related development, Peking Radio said today that Communist party Chairman Mao Tse-tung’s forces had offered an olive branch to the "bad leaders” of the Wuhan uprising.

Aircraft losses, accidental attacks occur

SAIGON UPI — U.S. forces today reported the shooting down of six American aircraft and three accidental attacks on troops and civilians. The roll call of Vietnam misfortune also included the Communist shelling of two ocean-going ships in a Saigon ship channel, guerrilla terror raids against civilian refugee centers and a Viet Cong..'.am Local young men injured early today Tw'o local young men were injured in a one-ear accident on East Seminary Street, near the Locust Street intersection at 3:30 this morning, city police reported. Injured were: Marvin Overshiner, 23, 1040 Avenue D, and Donald Calhoun, 22, 612 Crown Street. Overshiner w-as admitted to the Putnam County Hospital and Calhoun was transferred to the Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis. Officer John R. Stevens reported that a 1964 Chevrolet w-as being driven by Overshiner. He lost control of the auto and it went up over a curb and hit a Public Servicu utility pole.

coached attempt by children to bomb a key American fortress. American spokesmen said a Navy A4 Sky Hawk and an Air Force RF101 Voodoo reconnaissance plane were downed over North Vietnam during the course of 113 U.S. raiding missions Tuesday. It raised to 629 the number of U.S. planes lost over the North. The Navy pilot was rescued. But the Air Force pilot was listed as missing. In South Vietnam Tuesday Communist gunners shot down an Air Force F100 Supersabre aiding ground troops 100 miles southwest of Saigon. The pilot was killed. It was the 196th warplane lost in action in South Vietnam. The U.S. Army reported three of its helicopters were shot down while supporting the Mekong Delta sweep by more than 15,000 allied troops who killed an estimated 350 Viet Cong. In the accidental attacks: — Three Army helicopters Tuesday night mistakenly fired on men of the Army 1st Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade. They mistook the troops for guerrillas, killing one and wounding seven 15 miles northeast of Saigon. — Firing at guerrilla positions near Le Chi village in the Central Highlands, an Army artillery unit today hit the village, killing four Vietnamese and injuring 16, spokesmen laid.

— Air Force Supersabres hitting Viet Cong positions near the allied airfield near My Thou in the Mekong Delta late Monday killed two civilians and wounded six. spokesmen said. Full investigations were ordered for each accident. Dollar Days start here on Thursday Local and Putnam County residents can take advantage of three great bargain days this Thursday, Friday and Saturday while Greencastle merchants hold their semi-annual Dollar Day sales. The downtown stores have gone all out in this always popular event for the shoppers of the community. Values galore are being offered at low. low prices the next three days and the wise buyer, without a doubt, will take advantage of the opportunity. Many topnotch articles of merchandise have been marked way down for Dollar Days and as one prominent merchant said, “First come, first served, and the early shoppers will get the very best in bargains all three days.” Today s edition of The Daily Banner carries a number of Dollar Day ads that the smart shopper can’t afford to

agreement on 10 districts if the conflict on the 11th District can be resolved.” The subcommittee will meet here Aug. 14 to try again. It was the disagreement over the 11th District, now controlled by the Democrats, which prevented the 1967 Legislature from acting on redistricting after the federal court ruling. Governor Branigin has said he will call a special legislative session to act on redistricting if the subcommitte, made up of six Republicans and six Democrats can come up with an agreement on a plan which will be acceptable to the politically-divided legislature. Republican insistence on a change in the 11th District, now held by Rep. Andrew Jacobs, Jr., D-Ind., has been the

major stumbling block. The district now is made up of Marion County’s Center and Wayne Twps. and the GOP wants to switch heavily-Republican Washing* ton Twp. into the district in place of Wayne. Smitherman said that “all the Republicans want is a reasonable chance of a contest for that congressional seat.” But Smitherman s co-chairman, Sen. Walter A. Baran, D-East Chicago, said the Democrats had formulated a proposal for the 11th District that “the Republicans ought to accept.” Under the proposal, the district would be made up of the City of Indianapolis with the exception of the southwest side 24th Ward which would be lopped off to bring the district into balance.

New twist develops in wave of race violence

By United Press International Angry white crowds yelling “white power” tried to attack gangs of Negroes in Providence, R.I., Tuesday night, signalling a new twist in the current wave of racial violence that erupted 21 days ago. It was the first time in the current outbreak that police had to restrain whites from counter-attacking Negroes who hurled rocks and bottles.

Putnam jury returns judgement of $1,000 A jury in the Putnam Circuit Court Tuesday afternoon returned a judgment of $1,000 in favor of Gilbert E. Ogles. Mabel Ogles, Frank Ogles, Ruth Ogles, Meyer B. Cohen and Sadye Cohen. The case, u'hich started Monday morning was a land condemnation suit by the State of Indiana in connection with the improving of Ind. 43, south from U.S. 40 to Cloverdale, and involving acreage at the O. C. Drive-In Theater, at the southwest corner of the junction of 40 and 43. The state had offered to pay $760. The court-appointed appraisers had set a figure of $8,670. Ogles et al were asking $15,000. Members of the jury were Virgil W. Asher, Paul Cooksey, Wayne Bettis, Harold Alcorn, Betty L. Grounds, James A. Horn, Katherine Clark, Richard R. Cook, Helen N. Appleby, Melvin D. Ellis, Omer Osborn and Ross Kersey.

Violence also erupted in Milwaukee, where police battled snipers in a third night of upheaval, and in Chicago. There was evidence of mounting white resentment in Milwaukee as well as in Providence. Milwaukee police halted half a dozen cars filed with white men as the cars tried to pass into the sealedoff trouble area. At least four men in the cars had guns and a police sergeant said, “They’re trying to take the law into their own hands.” In Providence, police fought two battles—trading gunfire with snipers and trying to keep a wedge between rampaging Negroes and irate whites. A gang of 100 wiiites shouting “white power” surged toward rock and bottle throwing Negroes at one point, but police drove them back. Another group of 75 whites attacked a car, thinking a Negro was inside. They broke the front and rear windows before discovering the driver was white.

Two flee State Farm Two inmates at the Indiana State Farm escaped from the Putnamville institution last night, state police reported this morning. The escapees were identified as Roy Edward Shaffer, 19, Hammond, and Robert Carl Marr, 37. Grass Lake, Mich. Shaffer was sentenced in Crown Point for second degree burglary and Marr was sentenced in Fort Wayne for third degree burglary. They were discovered to be missing at 9:30 p.m.

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W. F. Long, Manager of the Greencastle IBM Plant, announces the promotion of Gordon R. Birt to the position of Department Manager. Mr. Birt Joined IBM in January. 1956, in the General Purpose Card Production area, and in September of the same year he w r as transferred to the Special production Project. In November of 1960 he was reassigned to the newly formed Paper Document area and held a variety of assignments in this area until his promotion to Management. Gordon, his wife, Carolyn, and their five children reside at Rural Route 5, Greencastle.

Lunar Obiter 5 speeds toward moon PASADENA, Calif. UPI — America’s Lunar Orbiter 5 moon scout sped on a near perfect course today toward an eggshaped orbit around the moon to photograph five astronaut landing sites and other mysterious features of the lunar landscape. The three-legged spacecraft, the last in the Orbiter series, was launched Tuesday night from Cape Kennedy. Officials at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory here said the launch was so accurate that only a “relatively small” midcourse maneuver would be required sometime tonight to place the 860-pound vehicle on a precise course. Orbiter is normal and healthy,” said a JPL spokesman, "temperatures and pressure and other internal quantities are close to what we anticipate. It was en accurate launch.” The exact time of the midcourse maneuver would not be detennined until additional tracking and analysis of computer data, the spokesman said. The spacecraft will travel 250,187 miles and should swing into its orbit at 9:44 a.m. PDT 12:44 p.m. EDT Saturday. It will start its two-week picture taking sessions the next day. Tuesday night’s shot, delayed two-and-a-half hours to allow squalls to pass over the cape, was the fifth of a Lunar Orbiter in less than a year-all the U.S. moon effort.

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FITTING CONTEST—They say practice makes perfect and that's exactly what these boys are striving for as they practice for tonight’14-H Livestock Fitting Contest to be held at

7:30 p.m. in the inside arena at the Putnam County Fair. Working in the picture are (left to right) John Perkins, Tommy Hendricks, and Art Perkins.