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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1967

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KROGER STORE TO ENLARGE—The former service sta- largement, when completed, will make the local store one of tion shown above will make way for a new addition to the the best and most modern in this and surrounding communGreencastle Kroger Store on North Jackson Street The en- itiea. LBJ denies any serious rift over bombing raids

WASHINGTON UPI — President Johnson denied Friday there is any serious rift between American military and civilian leaders over the bombing of North Vietnam. Johnson said he feels honest differences of opinion have been “blown out of all proportions.’* In the wake of a Senate report sharply critical of Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara over bombing restrictions, the chief executive said that as far as he is concerned, there is “no deep division” whatever between McNamara, the Joint

A variety of summer camp and conference experiences will be shared at a “Continental Breakfast’’ on Sunday morning, Sept. 3, at 9:00 at the First Christian Church. The “early bird breakfast’’ has been planned by the Fellowship 6:6 Class and is an attempt to influence others in the wide variety of worthwhile summer-time experiences for many ages of people. Those who will be participating will be Janice Jeffries and Debbie Graffis who attended a Chi Rho Junior High Conference at Indian Lake near Indianapolis. Mrs. Evan Crawley. Sr., participated in a Disciples of Christ Musician's Workshop. Craig and Mark Monnett attended a High School CYF Conference at Barbe Camp. Dee Monnett represented First Christian Church at an Indian Lake CYF Conference.

Any child residing in the Greencastle Community Schools district who will be five years old on or before September 1 of the school year is eligible to enter Kindergarten. A birth certificate, or hospital certificate. must be presented at enrollment time for verification of age. An enrollment card, including emergency information. will be completed at school when the child registers. Money hurts SADDLE BROOK, N. J. UPI _ Toll collector Clarence Mack of Montclair has filed charges against a motorist on the Garden State Parkway, charging he fired a quarter from a coin gun that hit him on the chest. Mack claims George Thomson of Berkley Heights shot him last Saturday with a gun intended to shoot coins into automatic coin machines. Police said Mack waa not injured by fee allot

Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and the White House. The Senate prepardness sub-committee after three weeks of hearings on the air war policy, charged Thursday that restrictions placed on American pilots in their forays over North Vietnam went against recommendations of military leaders. At an important news conference, Johnson said that of about 350 potential or significant bombing targets in North Vietnam, there had been agreement among all military and civilian of-

Mrs. Charles Poe, Mrs. Joe Liechty and Mrs. Ed Hammond attended a CWF Retreat at Indian Lake representing Christian Women's Fellowship. Rev. Thomas Carpe, associate minister, was a participant in an Institute for Church Renewal and Christian Education. The guest participant will be Wayne Lewis of First Baptist Church who attended a Green Lake, Wis., workshop on Christian Education. Disciples and Baptists hahe many cooperative materials. Jane Secrest and Janet Lanham attended Camp Winmore. Other children Christian Camp participants will be Suzan Stamper and Sharon Stamper who attended Camp Berean. The September 3rd event will be at 9:00 a.m. in Fellowship Hall at First Christian Church.

A completed medical report is due the first of school. Parents should record the child’s medical history at the top of the form and the physician and dentist complete the lower part of the form. These forms may be secured from any elementary school. Each child entering school must also present a physician’s certificate indicating that the TB test has been taken. Kindergarten organizational procedures are as follows: Tuesday, September 5 Registration (8:30 — 3:00 p. m.) Wednesday, September 6 Parent Orientation Meeting in Kingarten Room with no children (1:30p. m.) Thursday, September 7 First Day for Morning class (8:3011:15 a. m. — no p. m. class.) Friday, September 8 First Day for Afternoon Class — 12:45 . 3:00 p. m. (no a .m. Class.) Monday, September 11 First regular Day for both Kinderf&rten Classes,

ficials on striking 300. He said that of 50 remaining “significant targets,” no decision had been made and the final say would be his. The President pointed out that in 36 years in Washington, he has been intimately associated with the military and asserted: “I have never known a period when there was more harmony, more general agreement or a more cooperative attitude-or more able men in control.” McNamara told the senate subcommittee a week ago today that most significant targets had been hit and outlined his opposition to the calls by some in Congress and the military for escalating bombing. A reporter asked Johnson today if McNamara had threatened to resign if the bombing was stepped up. The President said that was “absolutely” untrue, and added: “That is the most ridiculous report I have seen since I became President.”

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Watch out for school buses! That warning is being issued by the Indiana State Police as a reminder to motorists that in a few days they will again be sharing streets and highways with Indiana's fleet of 7,263 school buses. “A motorist meeting a school bus.” State Police Superintendent Robert A. O’Neal saM, “meets one of his most important driving responsibilities.” Indiana school, police and safety officials work hard at protecting the 521,700 children who ride school buses. From July 28 through August 18, every Hoosier school bus driver attended one of several statewide safety workshops sponsored annually by the Department of Public Instruction. During the first week of September, troopers will begin inspecting all school buses for mechanical defects. In addition, the troopers on patrol often follow school buses o n morning and evening routes on the lookout for careless drivers and. sometimes, careless school bus chauffeurs. Last year (1966-1967), there were 467 accidents involving school buses. One

No Banner Monday Due to the fact that Monday. Sept., 4 is Labor Day and a recognized holiday. there will be no edition of Th* Daily Banner on that date.

Now you know By United Pr»»» International The dog days of summer are so named because Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, is at its brightest in the Northern Hemisphere during this period.

SAIGON UPI — Viet Cong terrorists out to spoil Sunday’s national election rained rockets on sleeping U.S. Marines and Da Nang Airbase today. They blew up three buses packed with Vietnamese civilians. U.S. servicemen in South Vietnam warned the Communists have laden popular street vendors with boobytrapped cigarette lighters, fountain pens, candy bars and clocks in yet another move to create havoc for the presidential voting. One Marine was killed and 38 wounded when 140mm Communist rockets crashed into six billets at the Leathernecks’ 4th Logistic Command post five miles from Da Nang. Rockets also hit the air frieght section or the sprawling airfield, wounding four America’,>= and damaging seven cargo planes. U.S. officials said huge B52 bombers flew three raids today over the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), blasting suspected strongholds of North Vietnamese soldiers menacing American Marines strung along South Vietnam’s northern border. The raids, 13th of the week by the Soviet Union expels American diplomat MOSCOW UPI _ The Soviet Union Friday expelled one American diplomat and refused to let another reenter the country. The official Soviet news agency Tass said Richard Dabney Chapman, 38, first secretary of the American Embassy had been ordered out of Russia because of “activities incompatable with diplomatic status.” It said Brice Meeker, agricultural attache who was out of the Soviet Union on acation, would not be allowed to return for the same reason. Chapman refused to say why he thought he and Meeker had been expelled. But the move appeared to be in retaliation for an American warning to the Russians that two Soviet diplomats who recently left the United States would not be allowed to return because of their alleged espionage activities in the United States. They were Nokolai F. Popov, former first secretary at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, and Anatoly T. Kireyev, counselor at the Soviet mission in New York. Both were named in the arrest of two U.S. Army sergeants last month for conspiring to deliver U.S. secrets to the Soviets.

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child was killed and 92 were injured. Superintendent O’Neal pointed out that children, getting on or off school buses, sometimes forget safety rules. “But you,” he told drivers, “can never forget. Watch out for school buses!”

eight-engine jets on the no-man’s land, were designed to discourage any Communist blitzkrieg into South Vietnam on election day. Almost 6 million South Vietnamese prepared to elect a president, a vice president and 60 senators at some 8,000 polling places, many guarded by American soldiers and a few watched by 22 observers appointed by President Johnson. Hand grenades burst and sniper fire echoed in some sections of Saigon. Viet Cong mines placed in roads to discourage voters from traveling to the polls took at least 72 lives. The Communists’ week-long campaign of bombings, minings and assassinations, the most intense of the war, has killed or wounded more than 1.000 persons since Sunday. A heavy wave deathdealing was feared on today’s election eve. A bus jammed with women and children was blown up on highway 4 near My Tho in the Mekong Delta, killing 10 Vietnamese and wounding 13. South Vietnamese officials said two other buses were blasted in the northern provinces near Hue. At least 16 civilians died and 33 others were wounded. A Communist hand grenade that failed tf' explode was thrown early today at the Saigon home of American Brig. Violate motorcycle law Three returning DePauw University students were arrested by city policeman Bill Masten Friday for a violation of the new Indiana motorcycle law. All three were charged with operating their vehicles without wearinr helmets. William Sweeney, 19, was arrested at 12:55 p.m. at Locust and Seminary. Godfrey McGovern, 19. was arrested at the same location at 1 p.m. James Grainger, 19, was arrested at 1:45 p.m. at the intersection of College Avenue and Hanna Street.

Members of the Putnam County Council will convene next Tuesday morning for a two-day session during which time they scan the proposed county budget for next year. Members of the Council are Norman Knights, chairman, Edwin Brown, Jesse Williams, Paul Frederick. Charles Colley, Louie Hirt and Fred Thompson. Proposed levies for the coming year

are: County revenue 94 County welfare 16 Bond or sinking fund 08 Cum. bridge 20 Hospital cum. bldg 20 Current levies are: County revenue 55 County welfare 13 Bond or sinking fund 08 Cum. bridge 20 Hospital cum. bldg 20

Gen. Winant Sidle, information chief for the U.S. Military Assistance Command. In Saigon, an American soldier was shot from behind as he walked down the street and another was wounded by a Vietnamese girl in a flowing black au dai native costume. Military officials warned U.S. soldiers to keep off the streets unless on official business. The buddy system was urged for protection. The official election campaign ended Friday with all 11 presidential candidates saying at a joint news conference they would do their best to stamp out corruption and bring about peace without surrendering the nation to the Viet Cong.

Pictured above is “Rex” with his kill, a badger weighing 15 pounds or more. Rex is a fine 2-year-old English Shepherd dog belonging to Trent Boesen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Bosen, Greencastle, Route 2. Recently, while Mr. Bosen and Trent were in the barn yard, they heard Rex barking and when they went to the scene near the bam they found that Rex had killed the badger, an animal which is not commonly found in Indiana.

The proposed county revenue rate of 94 cents is 39 cents higher than the present rate. The proposed county welfare rate of 16 cents is three cents higher than the current rate. The proposed levies for the bond or sinking fund, the cumulative bridge and hospital cumulative building fund are the same as the present levies. Following the meeting of the Council, the Putnam County Tax Adjustment Board will meet on Monday, September 11, to begin a study of the proposed budgets of all the taxing units in the county. Members of the County Tax Board appointed by Judge Francis N. Hamilton are William R. Padgett, Ward D. Mayhall, O.B. Foster and Sam Hostetter. Other members are Fred Thompson, who will represent the County Council; Mrs. Beverly Wagoner, representing the Board of School Trustees, and Mayor Raymond Fisher by virtue of his offioe.

CRIPPLED CHILDREN BENEFITED—Wednesday, August 30th, a carnival was held on the lawn of the Freeman Lambert home on North College Avenue in conjunction with WTTV television for the benefit of crippled children. The carnival was arranged by Marcella and Denise Lambert, and Patty Thomas, who obtained articles for the various booths. They were assisted by Phetney Baker, Cathy and Barbara Carrington, Donna fichlomer, Laura Monnett and Robin

York. Hie girls had many carnival games, homemade candy and baked goods for sale, along with the many prizes, some of which were donated by the local merchants. The girls netted $37.50 and this amount will be sent to the Cross Roads Rehabilitation Center for Crippled Children, located at Indianapolis. The girls wish to thank the merchants and everyone who helped make the carnival a success. The abov# photo shows a part of the crowd at the carnival.

First Christian schedules special breakfast Sunday

Kindergarten students to register on September 5

watch for school buses

County Council will scan proposed county budget