The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 September 1967 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1967
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“LIVING FLAG”—A human “Living Flag” is formed by more than 10,000 Naval Training Center Great Lakes sailors at Soldier Field in Chicago. The first human flag was formed in Chicago by Great Lakes Navymen in November of 1917, seven months after the United States entered World War I. This year’s ceremonies commemorated the 50-year anniversary of that “Living Flag,” and rededicated the principles of America, and demonstrated the Mid-West's support of U.S. fighting forces. Marines kill 160 Cong but suffer 54 deaths
Michigan faces closed classrooms teachers demand new contracts
in city schools Superintendent of the Greencastlo Community Schools, Dr. Joseph A. Rammel, reported a record enrollment in the Greencastle schools. A total of twenty-five hundred thirtyone students enrolled as follows: Kindergarten, 199; First Grade, 187; Second Grade 211; Third Grade, 218; Fourth Grade, 216; Fifth Grade, 199; Sixth Grade, 181; Seventh Grade, 212; Eighth Grade, 185; Ninth Grade, 193; Tenth Grade, 181; Eleventh Grade, 172; Twelfth Grade 161; and 16 in Elementary Special Education. This new record total is five hundred and seventy more than the total which enrolled ten years ago. Several more students are expected as the week progresses due to absences caused by family moves and vacations. Report is issued on Cancer Crusade Alan Stanley and Phillip Elliott, cochairmen of the Putnam County Cancer Crusade, report that the 1967 Crusade was a success even though it was down from the 1966 all time record. The total amount was $4,744.47. This is equal to 18.2c per capita compared to the state average of 11c per capita. The national average is 19.5c per captia. They report the receipts as follows: Special Gifts, $1181.34; Busi-ness-Industry & Organizations, $1167; North Putnam, $1142.73; Greencastle City and Township, $1021.60; South Putnam, $231.80 for a total of $4744.47. The chairmen wish to express their sincere appreciation to all who so generously contributed their time and money to this worthy cause. In the event you were missed in this erusade, the chairmen encourage you to •end your contribution to the Unit Treasurer, Mrs. Russell Vermillion, 600 Ridge Avenue, Greencastle. Now you know By Unitad Press International The first human inhabititants of North America did not originate on the continent but migrated to it, probably from Asia across the Bering Strait.
SAIGON UPI — U.S. Marines moved into a valley of rice paddies with tanks today, trying to hem in two badly mauled battalions and end a fierce two-day fight that had cost the Reds 160 dead and the Marines 54 dead and 84 wounded. Shooting resumed in Que Son Valley along the northern coast as the battered Communist battalions sought escape routes after a 20-hour battle. Military spokesmen said the Marines struck through tne valley with tanks and called in artillery and C47 Dragonships for cover as they sought to ring the valley. The Que Son fighting started Monday and was the largest of several battles that erupted on the heels of the Vietnamese presidential elections Sunday. First reports indicated more than 300 Communists were killed in fights that ranged from assaults in the Mekong Delta to skirmishes below the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). A Communist force opened up on a Marine unit barely a mile from the Con
Thien base, killing two Leathernecks and wounding 47. Sixteen of the Marines were hospitalized. But the Marines reported killing 37 Communists in the Monday afternoon clash. At least 57 Viet Cong were killed in a clash with South Vietnamese army troops along the central coast, about 100 miles southeast of Que Son, government spokesmen said. South Vietnamese casualties were said to be “light.” Distinctive features COMMERCE CITY, Colo. UPI — Mrs. Estelle Hadley asked a local newspaper for help in locating the owner of a stray cat. The owner should have no trouble in identifying it. ‘The cat looks as if he should be wearing corrective lenses as he is cross-eyed and corrective shoes as he is bow-leged,” Mrs. Hadley explained.
DETROIT UPI - A half million Michigan children face closed classrooms this week as teachers in 38 school districts insist they will not work without new contracts. Stalled contract negotiations between the Detroit School Board and the city’s 11,500 teachers left little chance that classes would begin as scheduled Wednesday for 300,000 students. Nearly 30,000 students were expected to be without teachers in nine outstate districts where classes were to begin today. Teachers in the other 29 districts planned to boycott the opening of clasSf Wednesday. Tom Hill, a spokesman for the Michigan Federation of Teachers (MFT), said teachers in a number of school systems in the Detroit area would "definitely be on strike by 9:30 a.m. EDT.” Strikes also appeared unavoidable at Henry Ford Community College, the first college ever closed by a teacher strike, and Kellogg Community College at Battle Creek. Teachers at these colleges are represented by MFT locals. Walter C. Averill Jr., of Saginaw, president of the Michigan Association of School Boards, said early today boards are being advised to ask courts to order teachers back to work if they don’t show up for classes. “It’s been clearly stated by the governor that where teachers do not show up for work, they are on strike regardless of why and what they call it,” he said.
GANDER, Nfld. UPI — A Czechovlovakian airliner carrying 69 persons and a full load of fuel for a flight to Havana crashed and burst into flames moments after takeoff today. At least 31 persons survived. Some of the survivors were so severely burned they were not expected to live. The four-engine turboprop plane rose a few hundred feet into the predawn darkness, then plummeted into a level, heavily forested area two miles east of Gander International Airport. Bursting into flames as it hit, the Soviet-built airliner tore up several hundred feet of Canadian National Railways track before it came to rest. Most of the 61 passengers and 8 crewmen aboard the IL18 plane were Czechs and Cubans, an airport spokesman said. Thirty-one survivors were admitted to James Paton Memorial Hospital, the only hospital in Gander. At least four were children. About half the survivors were in critical condition, said George Lister, assistant administrator of the hospital. “Some of them won't survive because they are burned too badly,” Lister said. The plane, belonging to Ceskoslovenske Keroline, the Czech national airline, had landed briefly at Gander to refuel during a scheduled flight from Prague to Havana. It took off at 2:30 a.m. local time (1 a.m. EDT) in good weather. Visibility in the area was reported to be 15 miles. A U.S. Navy public affairs officers at Argentia, Nfld., said the Navy was flying 100 pints of blood from the U.S. base to Gander to treat crash survivors. The plane crashed around 2:30 a m. local time, which is one and one-half
By United Prei* International Indiana traffic accidents over the long Labor Day weekend claimed 16 lives, well below the 25 deaths which safety experts had predicted. The deaths, along with three resulting from earlier accidents, raised the state's 1967 highway fatality toll to at least 957, compared with 1,041 a year ago. The weekend toll included three doublefatality accidents. Ishmael Adkins, 24, Warsaw, was killed Monday night when his car slammed into a highway sign pole along U.S. 30 west of Fort Wayne. Police said Adkins had been involved earlier in a property damage accident and was being pursued by the other driver when his car crashed. Nancy Theisen, 29, and John Penman, 49, both Griffith, were killed Friday night when the car in which they were riding went out of control and overturned on U.S. 41 at Schneider. Garland S. Sizemore, 49, Besoco, W.
The state’s Public Employes’ Relations act allows teachers to bargain collectively but prohibits strikes without spelling out penalties for striking. A circuit judge said last week teachers cannot be ordered to work if they have not signed master contracts. Confrontations between teachers and their schools boards were avoided at several districts where teachers represented by the Michigan Education Association and board members agreed to postpone school openings and continue contract talks. The Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) Monday rejected a state-appoint-
Seven arrests were made by officers during the long Labor Day weekend, Sheriff Bob Albright reported this morning. Three Indianapolis men were brought to the Putnam County jail at 6 p.m. Saturday by State Trooper Randy Green and each was booked for public intoxication in Lieber State Park. The three were Robert G. Mantel, 27,
hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. The Czech liner apparently was flying the same route that Stokely Carmichael took on his flight to Havana. He left Prague, stopped at Gander and went on to Havana.
WASHINGTON UPI—North Vietnam, keeping alive the possibility of trying U.S. prisoners as war criminals, has sought to enlist Stokely Carmichael’s support. Diplomatic sources report that the black power militant, on his current visit to Hanoi, conferred with Pham Ngoc Thach, president of the North Vietnamese commission for investigation of U.S. war crimes in Vietnam. Hanoi has boasted through its news agency that Carmichael examined documents “necessary for the trial of U.S. war crimes.” He was also escorted to areas said to have been under “savage” attack by U.S. aircraft. The possibility of a w f ar crimes trial greatly concerns U.S. officials. Implicit is the suggestion Hanoi may use this means slowly but systematically to liquidate several hundred American prisoners. The North Vietnamese claim that American military personnel who fall into their hands are war criminals, rather than ordinary prisoners of war, has another important consequence. Hanoi has put forward this charge as
Va., and his nephew, Donald Yates, 4, Josephone, W. Va., were killed early Saturday when the car in which they were riding ran off U.S. 30 near Bourbon and hit a tree. Joseph Gilles, 19, and Dennis Michael Bridson, 17, both R.R. 2, Brimfield, 111., were killed Sunday night in a two-car crash on U.S. 24 near Kentland. Michael Haynes. 19. Evansville, was killed Monday when his car went out of control on a Vanderburgh County road near Evansville and struck a tree. Gary McDow ell, 24, Indianapolis, was killed Sunday night or early Monday when his car ran off Indiana 67 north of Spencer and plunged down a 50-foot embankment. The w’reckage was not discovered until shortly before noon Monday. David Cramer, 60, Churubusco, was killed Sunday night in a three-car pileup on U.S. 30 five miles east of Columbia City. Carl Vendrick, 70, Fort Wayne, waa
ed mediator’s plea for binding arbitration and planned to go ahead with a vote on the Detroit School Board’s $600 across-the-board wage proposal. “We certainly expect them to reject the offer and we don’t expect any teachers to report for work until we have a settlement,” said Mrs. Mary Ellen Riordan, DFT president. Henry Linne, MFT president, said Detroit teachers might accept a $600 raise for beginning teachers with bachelor’s degrees, but were holding out for $1,000 for teachers with master’s degrees at the top of the scale. Those now make $10,000.
Donald Bentley, 28, and Walter Turner, 21. Harold D. Rabb, 28, 601 North Union Street, Roswell, New Mexico, was arrested by City Officer John Pursell and slated at the jail for public intoxication. Rabb was taken into custody on South Indiana Street. Glen McDonald, 43, Beech Grove, was jailed at 1 a.m. Sunday by Trooper John Danberry for driving while under the influence of intoxicants. Wayne Priest, 43, Greencastle, Route 2, was arrested by Sheriff Albright for drunken driving following a one-car accident. Albright reported that Priest totaled the 1961 Oldsmobile he w'as driving a half-mile north of the city limits on Ind. 43 at 5:50 Sunday morning. Priest suffered head and arm injuries and lacerations and was taken to the County Hospital. Don M. Tweedy. 31, Chicago, was jailed at 10:45 Sunday night by Trooper Jack Hanlon and charged w-ith drunken driving.
the reason it feels the 1949 Geneva prisoner of war convention is not applicable to the current hostilities. The convention provides for humane treatment of prisoners and International Red Cross inspection. Rep. John T. Myers here on Thursday Congressman John T. Myers will visit Greencastle to get a first hand report as to the feelings of area residents on current legislation. He will be in the lobby of the Putnam County Courthouse Thursday, Sept. T, from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. This person-to-person program is part of a tour of all the counties in our Seventh District. Every county resident is urged to come visit and express his views to Congressman Myers. Following this, Myers will be guest speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Greencastle Kiwanis Club. fatalities killed Sunday in a two-car collision on a Wabash County road near Lagro. Lucille Luce, 63, North Riverside, 111., was killed Sunday in a two-car collision at the intersection of Indiana 63 and Indiana 163 in Vermillion County. Lorine Evans, 75, R.R. 5, Brazil, was killed Sunday morning when her car was involved in a minor mishap with another car on U.S. 40 at Brazil and then struck a tree. Robert L. Drake, 39. Indianapolis, was killed early Sunday when his car struck a utility pole at Indianapolis. Benjamin T. Ivey, 24, Gary, was injured fatally Saturday in a car-truck collision at the interesetion of U.S. 20 and Indiana 51 in Gary. Ephraim Oyler, 30, Pendleton, was killed Saturday morning when his compact car went out of ocntrol and crashed on Interstate 69 in Madison County. Joe McGhee, 21, Indianapolis, died Saturday of injuries suffered Thursday night in & two-car crash at Indianapolis.
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HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF—Fourth generation—fifth if you stretch the point a bit—DePauwite Carole Kay Cones of Thomtowm, checked in at DePauw University Sunday with 681 other new freshmen. Carole's arrival had special significance. Her great grandmother, Bettie Locke Hamilton, was one of the first four coeds admitted to DePauw (Indiana As-
bury then) in 1867, exactly one hundred years ago. Carole’* mother, Mrs. Charles Cones, on the right, attended DePauw for one year in 1937-38. Mr. Cones is on the left. The fifth generation business comes with Carole's great great grandfather, Professor John Locke, a mathematics teacher at Asbury when his daughter was admitted with her three classmates.
Indiana records 16 traffic
7 arrests during weekend are reported by Albright
Czech airliner crashes at Gander, 31 persons survive
U. S. prisoners may face trial as war criminals