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State still short on moisture

LAFAYETTE, Ind. UPI — Soil moisture gradually increased last week but still was rated short to adequate. That was the report today from Robert E. Straszheim, agricultural statistician at Purdue, in his weekly crop summary. “Combining of oats and completion of wheat harvest were among the major farm activities during the five days favorable for field work last week,” the report said. “For the second week in a row soil moisture was on a gradual increase, but both topsoil and subsoil moisture retained the previous week’s rating of short to adequate. “Deficiencies continued in some northwestern and west central counties and most of the central counties. Ample moisture prevails in most southern counties. “Wheat harvest is virtually complete, with less than 5 per cent of the crop remaining for

STATE FAIR ENTRIES—Girls competing in 4-H projects at Robertson. Charlotte Porter, Donna South, Beverly Hurst, the County Fair and winning honors enabling them to ex- (second row) Cindy South, Karen Earle, and Nadine Eubank, hibit at the State Fair are (front row, left to right) Susan

harvest by the end of the week. This is the same as a year earlier but the average is 10 per cent remaining for harvest. “Oats harvest continues slow with only 50 per cent of the crop now harvested. This compares with 90 per cent combined at this time last year and 70 per cent for average.” “About half the corn crop has tassled. This is behind the 65 per cent for both average and last year. About 25 per cent of the crop has silked which is also behind both last year and average. About 35 per cent of the soybeans have set pods compared with 56 per cent for average and 40 per cent last year. “Pasture condition improved slightly last week and is considered mostly fair.”

Try and Stop Me

By BENNETT CERF-

GARDEN TRACTOR PULL—An enormous crowd was on den Tractor Pulling Contest. Shown above are some of the hand Friday night at the Putnam County Fair when the out> tractors before the pull started, side arena became the center of activity with Lawn and Gar-

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Russ boat seized by Coast Guard JUNEAU, Alaska UPI—The U.S. Coast Guard late Thursday reported seizure of a Russian fishing vessel in the Aleutian Islands for violation of America’s 12-mile fishing limit. It was the third seizure of a Soviet vessel this year. A spokesman said the cutter Avoyel took the refrigerator trawler SRTM 8-457 in tow about 10 miles north of Akutan Island, and headed for Dutch Harbor about 30 miles to the west. The spokesman said the SRTM 8-457 was the same vessel seized last March 22 off Seal Cape in the Shumagin Islands, near the Alaska Peninsula. When the 230-foot Avoyel approached the 180-foot Soviet trawler, the Coast Guard said, Russian crewmen were observed throwing “unidentified material overboard.” Upon boarding the craft, coast guardsmen found no fish, the spokesman said. However, the spokesman said the vessel apparently was fishing when sighted. The spokesman said the Avoyel, with the Soviet craft in tow, would arrive in Dutch Harbor on Unalska Island about 1 a.m. Friday, Alaska time. Here, the case would be put in the hands of the U.S. attorney for Alaska. The penalty for violation of U.S. fishing waters is any combination of a $10,00 fine for the captain of the craft, one year in jail and seizure of the vessel and contents. Following the seizure of the SRTM 8-457 last March, its captain, Leonid M. Duschenko, was fined $10,000 and released.

Search ended for missing climbers MT. McKINLEY NATIONAL PARK, Alaska UPI—Searchers abandoned attempts Wednesday to locate the bodies of seven mountain climbers who climbed to the top of Mt. McKinley, America's highest peak, but probably died on the way down the mountain during a fierce windstorm. Ranger Art Hayes said that further attempts to find the frozen bodies might prove hazardous to rescuers. The last words from the illfated explorers came July 18 in the form of a radio message from the south peak of the 20,270-foot McKinley. The radio report said that all was well. The climbers probably were blown off a mountain ledge by strong winds while descending from the peaks, Hayes said. Winds blowing from 80 to 150 miles an hour could have been responsible for the deaths. Three bodies were located about 18,000 feet up the slope on Saturday by a five-man searching team, but they were forced to retreat to the 12,000foot level of the mountain by harsh storm activity, leaving the bodies behind. The victims were Jerry Clark, 31, a University of Oregon student from Syracuse, Ind.; Hank Janes, 25, Portland, Ore., formerly of Southport, Ind., and son of Paul N. Janes, assistant managing editor of the Lafayette, Ind. Journal & Courier; Walter W. Taylor, 24, West Lafayette, Ind.; Stephen A. Taylor, Chicago; Dennis Luchterland, 24, Scarsdale, N. Y.; Clark McLaughlin, 23, and John Russell, Eugene, Ore.

A COUPLE of intrepid African hunters were hawig a few /a. snifters in their tent late one afternoon, when the more restless one suddenly announced, “I think I’ll g« out int# the bush and shoot me a lion.” “Nonsense,” snapped the other. “It’s too dark out there now.** “You underestimate my talents,” jeered the first. “I’ll bet you fifty bucks I can kill a lion within the next 30 minutes.” Scarcely had the bet been accepted when the proposer was out of the tent, trusty rifle under his arm. Thirty-five minutes later a huge lion poked his head into the tent. “Are you the guy,” he inquired politely enough, “who made a bet with that poor sap out there?” “That’s me,” was the ungrammatical reply. “Good,” nodded the lion, licking his chops. “You’ll never be able to collect, but I thought it might amuse you to know that he owes you fifty dollars.” * • • Grandma Markham sent her grandson a fine new shirt for fate birthday. Unfortunately, it had a size 13 collar, and the boy had a size 15 neck. His thank-you letter read, “Dear Grandma. The shirt is great. Thanks a million. I’d write more—but I’m all choked up.” * * * To Jack O'Brian goes the brass ring for the best simile of the month: “as secure as an alligator in a handbag factory.” Q 1967, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate

Bayh attacks electoral college

HONOLULU, Hawaii UPI — Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh Friday i renewed his charge that the I present American electoral col- 1 lege system of electing the nation’s president is "dangerous, antiquated and undemocratic.”' Bayh addressed the annual meeting of the American Bar Association in Honululu, where he repeated his call for a constituational amendment providing for the direct election of the president. Presently, hearings are being held on proposals to change the controversial method of election before Bayh’s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. Bayh said the electoral colIge system created a dangerous flaw in the election of the president because it was not a true indicator of public voting. Under the present system, it is possible for a presidential candidate to be elected with fewer popular votes than his opponent.

“By inflating the value of these popular votes, therefore, the electoral system effectively denies to millions of Americans an equal opportunity to influence the outcome of presidential elections,” Bayh said. Bayh added that it is important for the people to feel they are instrumental in the election of the nation's chief executive. “I see . . . only grave dangers which could divide this nation at a critical hour if the president-elect lacked a popular mandate,” he said.

NOTICE Office Closed r ' \ August 8-23 Dr. D.). Steele

Mauna Loa, 13,600 feet in height, is the largest volcanic mountain in the world in cubic content.

DANCE AMERICAN LEGION POST 58 SATURDAY, AUGUST 5th 9:30 p. m. to 1:30 a. m. Bill Grimes - Tommy Hardwick Featuring Kay Sutherlin on Piano

‘ - (By DAVID NYDICE) » Parents have a job to do If their child is entering a school for the first time in September. It is possible to make the adjustment easier and reduce the usual fears. Some of the following suggestions are also useful for any child who may be apprehensive about his new class and teacher. The basic problem for anyone 1 facing a new situation is fear of the unknown. Therefore, the obvious solution is an orientation which makes the student more familiar with the many •new things he will encounter. | “The orientation falls into sever--al areas. The child should be registered And assigned to a class as soon «s possible. Many school offices ’are open during the summer. An early start gives the principal more time to obtain

and may have concerns which seem minute to you but gigan

tic to him.

A new school or class assignment requires some adjust

necessary records and information necessary for proper placement. Perhaps a tour of! the building and a look at the new classroom is possible. Show

the child around the grounds. If j ments on the part of the stu- sonable steps are taken. possible, he might spend some

time in the playground.

lent. Parents should make every effort to assist the child in this adjustment. The new situation can be most pleasant and successful when some rea-

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It is helpful to find out if any | children in the neighborhood ‘ will be in the same grade or possibly the same class. Becoming acquainted with one or more of these children will be of definite assistance to your child. Your child may arrange to go to school on the first day with one of these new friends. The parents in the neighbor-1 hood are also helpful. They can familiarize you with the best way to walk to the school in order to avoid dangerous crossings or to cross where ; policemen are assigned. The school office or other parents can be helpful in giving you the details on opening time, school calendar, lunch arrangements and other rules which jour child should know. As a parent, you should reassure jour child that all the details have been reviewed. He should have an opportunity to ask questions and receive an- 1 swers no matter how unimpor- ’ tant it may appear to you. Remember that he is a child

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Foreign News Commentary

(By PHIL NEWSOM) Presumably non-aligned India has been anjthing but nonaligned in its attitude toward the Arab-Israeli conflict. During United Nations debate on the subject, India’s delegate enthusiasticallj' endorsed every Arab and Soviet proposal which would have blamed Israel for the six-day war and would have forced Israeli forces to withdraw behind old truce miles. The result is that Prime

any better there than within the partj'. Officiallj*, the government explanation for its all-out support of the Arabs and especiallj’ United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser is that Nasser foiled attempts by Pakistan, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to form a Moslem bloc which would be poised against India. A second reason is that a friendly Arab world is necessary for the progress of India’s

Minister Indira Ganghi, who political and economic relations, retained her job after last Therefore, the reasoning goes, last winter’s disasterous elec- it is in India’s national interest

to support the Arab cause. Beyond the generalities, there is a simpler explanation.

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tions only by partj' compromise, is coming under new fire from persons high up in the ruling

Congress partv at home.

Among the‘critics has been Most of India ’ s forei & n P olic y Mrs. Vijava Lakshmi Pandit, is based u P on her relations, or one-time chief Indian represen- lack of them ’ ^ Pakistan tative to the U.N. and former ^ whom two 5 ears a g° she ambassador to the Soviet Union fought a war over Kashmir Her criticism is the more which is 80 per cent Moslem, noteworthy since she is a sister Cultivation of the Arabs has of the late Prime Minister been to prevent them from linJawaharal Nehru, Mrs. Gand- i n g up with Pakistan, which,

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like the Arabs, also is Moslem. Neutralizing the Arab states, then, is the main objective of India’s “non-aligned” policy.

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So sharp has been the criticism that at one meeting of the party’s executive committee Mrs. Gandhi, with a flash of her

father s temper, declared she According to legend, the yard might as well not attend future was established by Henry I as meetings and threatened to the distance from the point of take her case to the people. his nose to the end of his thumb There is doubt she would i when his arm was outstretched.

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