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Sen. Fullbright raps LBJ's Vietnam policy

WASHINGTON UPI—Sen. J. William Fulbright, in a slashing attack on President Johnson’s Vietnam policy, contends that the Southeast Asian conflict is “turning the Great Society into a sick society.” The Arkansas Democrat’s charge, made in a Senate speech Wednesday, signaled a new round of congressional criticism of the President’s conduct of the war, including a call from Sen. Edward W. Brooke, E-Mass., previously an administration supporter, for an end tq the bombing of North Vietnam. One of Johnson’s key advisers, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, had an opportunity to launch a counterattack against the increasingly vocal Capitol Hill critics at a news conference today. Fulbright’s speech Wednesday was a point-by-point reply to Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen’s impassioned defense of the President’s war policies last week. While Dirksen had suggested the war effort would protect “the holy fabric of

freedom,” Fulbright said the fabric of freedom in Vietnam is “threadbare indeed.” “Nor can it be said that this endlesa and unsuccessful war is doing much to strengthen freedom in our own country,” he added. “On the contrary, it has given rise to an unhealthy atmosphere of suspicion and recrimination, both within the government and in the country at large. “At exactly the moment when it seemed that, at long last, we were about to take those long-overdue measures which might bring freedom of opportunity to those millions of Americans who have not achieved it, the war put an abrupt end to domestic reform, claiming first priority on our resources and energies, turning the Great Society into a sick society.” Brooke’s call for an end to the bombing was made in a speech at Springfield, Mass., Wednesday. He said he concluded after his visit to Vietnam last March that nothing but “unilateral withdrawal” would get the Communists to talk peace.

Cloverdale schools in full swing says Supf.

The Cloverdale Community Schools are now in full swing with all faculty positions being filled, according to Supt. Arthur L. Johnson. The curriculum has been strengthened by the addition of art in both the elementary and high school. Also, graphic arts and basic electricity have been added to the industrial arts department. An intensive secretarial laboratory wa» started in the business department last

Miss Brock cited by Hospital Guild Miss Beverly Jean Brock, senior student in Terre Haute’s St. Anthony School of Nursing, has been awarded a Grant-In-Aid by the Putnam County Hospital Guild, it was announced this week by Guild President, Mrs. Forst Fuller. According to Grant-In-Aid chairman, Mrs. Thomas Slaughter, acceptance of this scholarship means that Miss Brock will come to the Putnam County Hospital immediately following her graduation from nursing school. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brock, Coatesville, Beverly graduated from Stilesville High School. She attended Indiana University before entering the 33 month school of nursing program in September of 1965. She has done some substitute nursing at the local hospital and will come to it as a permanent nursing employee highly recommended. In addition to those grants offered by the guild, there are like ones available from the hospital. Inquiries concerning the qualifications should be directed to Mrs. Slaughter or to Mrs. Dorothy Toney, Acting Director of Nurses at the Putnam County Hospital.

year and it has been strengthened and !■ proving to be a very popular and valuable high school course. Cloverdale Schools have joined the other school corporations in Putnam County in establishing a county-wide special education program. Harold Kessler has been hired by all the school corporations of the county to coordinate and direct the special education programs. It is hoped that a work-study program in special education may be started in Cloverdale for eligible high school students during the second semester of this year. A kindergarten will again be operated by the school corporation during the second semester. A youngster must be five years old by Sept. 1, 1967, to be eligible for the kindergarten class. If federal funds become available, a reading improvement program in the elementary school will again be operated during the second semester. New teachers in the Cloverdale Schools this year are: Barbara Winders, Grade 3; Donna Staley, Grade 3; Ruth Schopmeyer, Grade 5; Rita Garrett, Grade 6; Bill Henson. Grade 6; Roy Anderson, Jr. Hi Social Studies: Bruce Tone, Jr. Hi English: Susan Sunstein, French and English: Ruth Barker, Typing: Vera Anderson, Vocal Music; James Schopmeyer, Guidance; Linda Nally, Art.

Cloverdale man hurt A traffic accident at the intersection of Washington and Bloomington Streets Wednesday resulted in William E. Bitzer, 43, Cloverdale, being admitted to the Putnam County Hospital with injuries. William L. Spalding, 31, Martinsville, was hurt in the mishap but did not require hospital treatment. Officer Bill Masten reported Bitzer was going east on Washington in a 1964 Pontiac. Spalding was going north on Bloomington in his 1966 Mustang at the time of the accident.

JAYCEE COMMUNITY PARK PROGRESSES—Construction of the eight to ten acre lake dam in Jaycee Community Park is progressing as the picture above shows. The dam is one of the main projects of the park and its completion will

mean months cut off of the original scale of completion of the park. The Jaycees plan to work throughout the entire winter on the park by setting up park benches, building a log cabin, and constructing playground equipment. The Jaycees hope to open the park some time next year.

Massive manhunt for sheriffs slayer continues

WTNAMAC UPI —Police and volunteers most of them farmers, staged a massive manhunt today for a man who broke out of a county jail after shooting and killing a sheriff who “never had a chance.” Aided by planes, helicopters, tracking dogs and the shotgun-toting farmers, police scoured northern Indiana woods and farm fields for Arthur James Lewis, 29, of Gary. The fugitive, believed heading for his home in Gary, was thought to be armed with the pistol used to slay the sheriff and a .38 caliber revolver taken from the jail. Sheriff Milo (Mike) Lewis, 50, no relation to the wanted man, was only trying to do Arthur Lewis a favor. Arthur Lewis, who was being held in the Pulaski County jail while awaiting

trial on robbery charges in a neighboring county’s court, had asked the sheriff permission to make a telephone call. “He never had a chance,” said Deputy Sheriff Fred Anderson, who, as the radio dispatcher, was the only other official in the small county jail at the time. The inmate pulled a .25 caliber pistol out of his pocket when the sheriff ushered him into the office. Anderson said Sheriff Lewis first tried to talk the prisoner into returning to his cell, but failing, tried to subdue the prisoner. “He (the prisoner) shot the sheriff in the neck and the shoulder and then jammed the gun into my ribs and told me to give up the keys to my car,” said Anderson. “Lewis dragged the sheriff into a middle office and ordered us into the cell.”

A short time after the dying sheriff and Anderson were locked in the cell, a passing Winamac policeman released them. Lewis died about four hours later. Investigators speculated the prisoner, who had an arrest record going back to 1956, obtained the small automatic pistol from one of several visitors he had received.

A car was stolen this morning at Kouts, about 10 miles southwest of Wanatah, and authorities said it was possible the thief was Lewis. Officers said a car fitting the description of the stolen auto, with a driver matching Lewis’ description, was seen heading north on Indiana 49 at Malden, about four miles north of Kouts.

Annual meeting held by County TB Association

Gene Clodfelter heads FB drive for members

Russell Township Farm Bureau Director, Gene Clodfelter, was selected to be the 1968 membership drive chairman for Putnam County by the board of directors at their October meeting. He will work with the regional fieldman, Don Pierson, in selecting the township workers and making plans for the annual membership drive. The evening meeting was opened by devotions given by FBW leader, Mrs.

British airliner crashes in Mediterranean, 66 perish

Promoted

W. F. Long, Greencastle IBM Plant Manager, announces the promotion of Robert L. Chadd to Manager of the Machine Maintenance department second shift. Mr. Chadd joined IBM in September of 1966 in the Maintenance area as a Tool and Modelmaker, the position he held until his promotion into management. Mr. Chadd, and his wife, Sandra, and their daughter, Crystal Rae, reside on Rural Route 1, Bain budge.

NICOSIA, Cyprus UPI — A BriUsh European Airway (BEA) Comet jetliner with 66 persons aboard crashed into the Mediterranean at dawn today. Rescue planes flying over the area 160 miles west of Cyprus reported wreckage

Registration continues Registration will continue this Saturday for children’s art classes at DePauw University. Some openings are still available after last week’s initial registration session, according to Professor Richard Peeler. Twenty weekly Saturday morning classes for school age children (grades 1-121 are offered in the program. Instruction in the different skill levels is provided by university art students under the supervision of faculty members. Fee for the seven-month course, which also includes an. art movie each week, is $8. Registration this Saturday will be held from 10 a. m. until noon.

and bodies in the water, but no sign of life. The plane was en route from London to Nicosia with a stopover at Athens. It carried 59 passengers and a crew of seven. Helicopters and rescue ships sped to the scene. It was the third crash of a Comet jet airliner in the Mediterranean, but the first in 13 years. Also, it was the first serious crash of the Mark IV model since it was put into service in 1958. On Jan. 10, 1954, a British Overseas Airways Corp. (BOAC) Comet crashed off the Italian island of Elba, killing 35 persons. Three months later, a second BOAC Comet plunged into the sea near Naples, killing 21. The plane today was scheduled to land at Nicosia at daybreak. Within three minutes of its arrival time, the Cyprus Civil Aviation authorities asked the Royal Air Force headquarters here for a rescue team to be sent to the plane’s last reported position—about 100 miles from the island of Rhodes, a Greek resort.

Maurine Aker. County President Morris Evens conducted the business meeting and told of plans for the annual business meeting on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm Bureau Building and the District Five Farm Bureau meeting on Oct. 27 at the Bainbridge Christian Church. A committee to make plans and make a study for improvements in the milk stand at the county fair was appointed as: Morris Evens, Gene Clodfelter, Mrs. Noble C. Fry. Attendance plans were discussed for the State IFB Convention in Indianapolis Nov. 12-13-14 and the National AFBF Convention in Chicago on Dec. 10-14. Reports of the FBW beef promotion listed the following women who assisted in the two promotion displays, one in a Greencastle and one in a Cloverdaii grocery store during September as: Mrs. Maurine Aker, Mrs. Gene Clodfelter, Mrs. Noble Fry, Mrs. Wendall Brattain, Mrs. Wm. Rowings, Mrs. John E. Aker, Mrs. Wilma Evens, Mrs. Charles Baldwin, Mrs. James Tippin, Mrs. Maurice Fordice, Mrs. Embert Gardner, Mrs. Melba Haltom, Mrs. Mabel Herbert and Mrs. Violet Price.

The Putnam County Tuberculosis Association held its annual meeting and kick-off dinner for the 1967 Christmas Seal Campaign Tuesday evening in the Union Building. Mrs. Carroll Hammond, president of the association, opened the meeting by introducing those present and giving a word of welcome. Mrs. Ted Glidewell, executive secretary, presented the annual report for the year 1966-67. This report showed that last year’s Christmas Seal Campaign grossed $4,303.14 with 19 per cent going to State and National Associations, this left a total of $3,485.54 net for use of the Putnam County Association. During the year, 5,702 school children and 249 school personnel were tested in the four school corporations with the Sterneedle test. 2,381 residents were xrayed by the State Board Mobile x-ray unit. The Putnam County Health office tuberculosis control register shows 23 active cases in Putnam County, with four patients in Sanitoriums at Rockville and Silvercrest. costing the county taxpayers $12,350.68 at Rockville and $581.16 at Silvercrest. There are two in mental and/or penal institutions and seventeen at home. The seal campaign chairmen in the townships were thanked for their continued service in bringing about a most success campaign. The program for the evening consisted of showing a film “The Hidden Disease” which is being used in the schools

explaining the Sterneedle testing program. Mrs. Saucerman, County Nurse, presented an illustrated program showing all that is involved by the health office in checking contacts of an active case of tuberculosis. Over forty-four different persons were x-rayed and/or skin tested because of their contact with the active case. The 1967 Christmas Seal Campaign begins November 14 with the mailing of Christmas Seals to all residents of Putnam County. Ward D. Mayhall will serve as general chairman for the campaign.

Officers elected by Jr. Heart Council

The Junior Heart Council of Putnam County met Wednesday at the Greencastle Senior High School. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: President, Shirley Allegree, from Cloverdale: Vice-president, Marjorie McCammack, from Fillmore; SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Callahan, Reelsville; and Reporter, Josie Jones, Greencastle. Delegates were appointed to attend the district and state meetings and Miss Shirley Allegree was elected as Putnam County’s Queen of Hearts candidate. Sh« will represent Putnam County at the District meeting at Bloomfield, Sunday, October 15. The Council also discussed long range plans for this year.

Murder indictment is returned by Grand Jury

A second degree murder indictment against Leonard J. Gann, 47, 911 North Street, Indianapolis, was returned by the Putnam County Grand Jury late Wednesday afternoon. Gann, a prisoner at the Indiana State Farm, is charged with the slaying of Jimmy Jackson, 30, 1624 North New Jersey Street, Indianapolis, who was also a Farm inmate, early last Friday morning. Jackson died from an ax blow on th«

side of the head while the two men were on a cattle watching detail at what is called the North Ranch area of the Putnamville institution. Gann requested advice of a lawyer before arraignment and Judge Francis N. Hamilton appointed Rexell A. Boyd as pauper attorney. Judge Hamilton indicated that Gann will likely be arraigned today and a trial date set. If found guilty of the second degiee

murder charge, the penalty is a Iff# prison sentence. Before completing their work, the grand jurors also inspected the county jail and county home. Some recommendations were made but both places were found to be in good condition. Members of the jury were James F. Fla ter, R. H. Clampitt, Bettye Liggett, John Dioniak, Winnie Allen and Mary M. Howard..

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