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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1968 UPI Now* Sorvict 10c Por Copy NO. 54

10 distinguished chemists to help DPU brainstorm science curriculum

DPU RECEIVES LONE STAR CHECKS—Two checks totaling $4,166.66 bring smiles to DePauw University President Dr. William E. Kerstetter, right, and Lone Star Cement Corporation officials V. C. Foster, left, and G. F. Messinger. One check for $2,500 was given to DePauw by the corporation for

general operating expenses; the other for $1,666.66 represented the second payment on a $5,000 grant Lone Star awarded DePauw last year toward its Ford Foundation challenge grant. Mr. Foster of Indianapolis is regional comptroller of Lone Star. Mr. Messinger is manager of the Greencastle Lone Star installation.

LBJ signs Social Security increase

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. UPI—President Johnson gave the go-ahead to an elite commission today to propose a revolutionary overhaul of the nations "outmoded” welfare system.

SAIGON UPI — American jet bombers struck near the North Vietnamese capital of Hanoi today for the first time In 1968 and reported shooting down two Communist MIGITs that tried to stop them. Communist reports from Hanoi claimed "many waves” of American bombers struck the city in “barbaric fashion.” They claimed three U.S. planes lost. American spokesmen announced no U.S. losses but said two Air Force F4C Autos damaged in local traffic mishaps Slick streets, due to ice and snow, resulted in two local traffic accidents Tuesday but fortunately no one was hurt in either mishap, city police reported this morning. The first accident occurred at 5:30 p.m., at the intersection of Fifth Street and Avenue B. Brenda C. Brann, 7 South Arlington, lost control of the 1965 Chevrolet she was driving on a slick spot and crashed into a utility pole. Officer Russell Rogers estimated the damage at $400 to the automobile. The second mishap was at 8:45 p.m. at the intersection of Broadway and Berry Street. Officer Larry Rogers reported that Nicholas Kourousis, 30, 303 West Washington Street, was driving a 1966 Mercury. When he applied the brakes, the car skidded and hit a parked 1966 Ford belonging to Davey L. Jurich, Martinsville Street. Damage to the Jurich auto was set at $200 with very slight damage to the Kourousis car, according to Rogers.

Alfalfa weevil, corn insects, and the fertilizer and cutting methods necessary to produce ten tons of alfalfa per acre will be discussed at an Extension School at the fairgrounds Thursday at 9:30 a.m., reports County Agent Paul Jackson. The alfalfa weevil virtually destroyed the first cutting of alfalfa on many Putnam County farms last year. The insect is expected to be damaging again this year unless early control measures are adopted. These measures will be explained at the Thursday morning meeting. Insects which are damaging corn will also be discussed in detail. Extension Entomologist Glen Lehker will assist in presenting the technical data «s Wiese insects.

Johnson created the special commission in signing Tuesday night the record high minimum 13 per cent increase in Social Security benefits for 24 million Americans, starting in March.

Phantoms reported downing the Sovietdesigned jet fighters on the fringes of Hanoi. In other developments, American spokesmen said almost 1,000 Communists have been killed In the first three days of the New Year in South Vietnam fighting. They reported a major Viet Cong rocket bombardment of the giant U.S. war base at Da Nang, 360 miles north of Saigon, and the nearby virtual destruction of a Marine platoon by the Communists. Troops reported fighting exploding up and down South Vietnam. In South Vietnam, guerrillas lugged a huge Soviet-built 122mm rocket launched into the hills overlooking the sprawling Da Nang base, from which U.S. planes strike North Vietnam. They shot at least 25 rounds 7,000 yards into the base — the sixth such attack in less than a year. The rockets exploded on the runway and taxiways, ripped a hangar and ravaged a line of American and South Vietnamese aircraft. U.S. spokesmen said three American planes were destroyed, one of them a $2.5 million F4C Phantom. Five other planes were damaged, they said. They reported four Americans wounded. However South Vietnamese spokesmen said at least 18 Americans were hurt and nine U.S. aircraft damaged. They reported the destruction of four of their own L19 scout planes and eight other aircraft damaged. In the air another C47 Dragonship swept over the rocket side and sprayed the area with fire from miniguns, which can spurt 6,000 rounds a minute. The Communist rocket fire abruptly ended. About the same time, 15 miles to the south, guerrillas hit a Leatherneck civic action platoon with mortar fire. Within minutes the Communists had overrun the Marine unit, U.S. spokesmen said.

Extension Agronomist Howell Wheaton will tell how Purdue people have produced ten tons of alfalfa per acre on the Normandy farm in Marion County. Wheaton will outline how farmers in Putnam County can use the information gained at Normandy to increase profits here. All Putnam County Farmers are invited to attend. Other Extension Schools scheduled for this winter include: “Farm Tractors" on the afternoon of Jan. 16. “Principles of Com and Soybean Fertilization” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 25, “Herbicides and Weed Control” at 1 p.m. on Feb. 27, “Cattle Feed Lot Tour” on Feb. 20. “Dairy Barn Tour” on Feb. 8. "Mechanized Hog Production” on March 5, and "Landscaping'’ or. March 27.

In doing so, the Chief Executive cleared his desk at the LBJ ranchhouse of all major legislation passed by first session on the 90th Congress. Meeting a midnight deadline, he also approved Tuesday night the landmark $9.2 billion bill extending the Elementary and Secondary Education act for two years and broadening its impact on poverty area schools. The $2.2 billion foreign aid bill—lowest in the 20-year history of the program—also was signed among a welter of other bills. As he signed the Social Security Bill, Johnson noted the "severe restrictions” imposed by Congress freezing the quota of mothers and children on welfare rolls to current levels. He directed Health, Education and Welfare Secretary John W. Gardner to work with state governments "so that compassionate safeguards are established to protect deserving mothers and needy children.” The President described the nation’s welfare system as "outmoded and in need of a major change,” and he gave his newly appointed commission on income maintenance programs a wide berth to come up with constructive improvements. The new Social Security law will provide new minimum benefits of $55 a month, instead of $44. The average monthly benefit for a retired worker and an eligible wife will go up from $145 to $165. In addition, taxes are going up to pay for the higher benefits—from the present maximum of $290.40 paid each be employe and employer to a maximum of $343.20 this year and higher in subsequent years. Jackson announces Calf Club winners Ten Putnam County farmers and farm families won awards in the 1967 Hoosier Gold Medal Calf Club, county Extension Agent Paul Jackson announced today. The Gold Medal Club is a beef calf gain evaluation project. Bulls and steers which gain two pounds or more per day from birth to the weighing day, and heifers which gain at least a pound and a half per day qualify for the Gold Medal show. Medals are awarded on the standing in the show. In 1967 P. M. McGaughey <6 Son A Suzan, Gerald I. Clodfelter, and Gerald R. and John A. Torr received gold medals. Silver medals went to David Carrington, Fred Devasher and family, Goff and Goff, Paul McGaughey and Son, and John R. Torr and Son. Kenneth Carrington and Nadine Eubank were awarded Bronze medals. Nominations for the 1968 Gold Medal Calf Project are due in the County Extension Office on February- 1. Any registered beef calf may be nominated.

Leaders confer BELGRADE UPI — Presidents Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia and Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania were meeting today reportedly to decide whether they will support a proposed world Communist summit conference to freeze out the Red Chinee*.

Ten distinguished Industrial chemists will speak and DePauw University will listen Friday and Saturday when they arrive here to offer their solicited views on DePauw's chemistry curriculum. Eight of the 10 visiting scientists are DePauw alumni. They have moved into Industry’s front ranks after having been products of DePauw’s liberal arts education. Scheduled to take part In the twoday exchange are: Dr. Richard T. Arnold. President, Mead Johnson & Company, Evansville. Dr. Lloyd W. Beck, Associate Director, Research Division. The Proctor and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Otto K. Behrens, Director of Research, Chemistry, The Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis. Dr. Robert Davidson. Director, Chemical Research, Armco Steel Corp., Middletown, Ohio. Dr. L. Hake, Assistant to the Director, Human Health Research and Development Laboratories, The Dow Chemical Company, Zionsville. Dr. Percy L. Julian, Director, Julian Associates, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Emmett F. Kaelble, Group Leader, Research & Development, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Jermoe Martin, Scientific Director, Commercial Solvents Corp., Terre Haute. Dr. Glenn A. Nesty, Vice President, Allied Chemical Corp., New York, New York. Dr. Bernard Sturgis, Manager, Patents A Contracts Division, E.I. DuPont De Nemours A Co., Wilmington, Delaware. All but Arnold and Martin are alumni though Martin is a DePauw parent. Dr. Howard Burkett, head of DePauw's chemistry department, said the ten men and DePauw’s chemistry faculty will discuss the university’s chemistry curriculum, staff, equipment, money for research and what staff members can do to keep themselves up to date. Beyond these specifics Burkett said the confrontation would not be overly structured. He predicted the question some industrialists raise about the relevancy of science education in liberal arts colleges would be probed and also whether science programs in liberal arts schools should receive substantial industrial philanthrophy. Both of the latter problems are now under study by the Research Corporation of America at DePauw and some other selected small liberal arts colleges throughout the country. c The brainstorming session comes on the heels of a recent national conclave in New York that tackled one of the hot potato subjects in the chemical profession today—the gap between industry and the universities. “We have never invited industrial people—in this number or stature—in to get their views on our products,” Burkett said. “We are convinced in our belief in the liberal arts science program, but Cambodia opened to Yank forces PHNOM PENH. Cambodia UPI — Prince Norodom Sihanouk today issued a statement giving American troops freedom to chase Communists fleeing Vietnam into Cambodia’s border jungles. The chief of state, in the statement containing remarks made in provincial speech Sunday, said he would not send his 35,000-man army against U.S. troops engaged in such “hot pursuit.” Sihanouk lashed “some Cambodian and foreign” critics of his decision to allow the Americans freedom or border action. Sihanouk said his refusal to oppose any such American “hot pursuit” was in no way an invitation for mass border crossing by U.S. forces in neighboring South Vietnam.

ATLANTA UPI — Health officials feared today that the return of children to school from the holidays will give momentum to outbreaks of Asian flu that apparently are affecting more than half of the nation. The National Communicable Disease Center (NCDC) reported Tuesday that 12 states have documented outbreaks of Asian flu, three states have “probable” outbreaks and 12 others are listed in the “possible” category. Doctors said the intensity of the current virus appeared to be remaining relatively mild. NCDC experts said that the most exact view of the scope of Asian flu in gained through school absenteeism figure*, which hav* bees blank lor th*

we’re willing to look at it critically during this two-day gathering. “We’re going to talk about the wide variety of training students coming to DePauw have and how best to design a curriculum taking advantage of this preparation; and we’re going to examine how—in a liberal arts atmosphere—we can best adequately prepare students to go into graduate school or industrial research. “We're going to talk about DePauw with chemists of different generations, with a variety of industrial backgrounds, and with people who know and are interested in DePauw," Burket said. “This is going to be a brainstorming session. I’m sure not everyone is going to agree and we are not going to put into action everything that is suggested of course. What we construct ultimately (in the chemistry curriculum l is going to be our responsibility, but I am certain that what comes out here this weekend is going to be constructive and

Dr. Joseph A. Rammel, Superintendent of the Greencastle Community Schools, announced today that Business Manager, John H. See, will be returning to the classroom the second semester of this 1967-68 school yaer. Mr. See had requested to return to the classroom by the 1968-69 school year. The teaching position in the Business Education Department became available at this time due to a leave-of-absence at the high school. During the past fourteen years that Mr. See has been with the Greencastle Community Schools many improvement* in both facilities and curriculum have been accomplished for the welfare of students in this school district. Mr. See came to the Business Office six years ago when, due to the increased enrollment and financial affairs, the School Board deemed it necessary to employ a Business Manager. Mr. See has been very cooperative in this post. In addition to the routine business matter* of the Business Office, Mr. See attended board meetings and presented the monthly financial report. Other duties involved the application and evaluation for Title Funds. He has also served as editor of “Your Greencastle Schools,” which is a publication of the Board. Mr. See has twenty-seven years of teaching and athletic coaching exper-

Nearly 10,000 vending machines for postage stamps, including the machine at the Greencastle Post Office, will be converted over the next three months to reflect the new postage rates, Postmaster C. T. Albin said today. New postage rates go into effect January 7, the postmaster noted. The new rates raise first class postage to 6-cents an ounce, air mail to 10-eents an ounce, and postal cards to 5-cents. The job of converting the thousands of vending machines found in post office lobbies from coast to coast is so massive that it will take several months to complete, the postmaster said. Five different types are involved, he said. Most of the machines now provide 5cent and 4-cent stamps for a nickel,

past two weeks because of the Christma* holidays. Medical authorities in several state* viewed the reopening of schools with apprehension. “After the kids get back together. I expect the roof to blow off in about a week,” said Dr. Paul 'White of the Virginia Health Department. Virginia schools reported as high as 20 per cent absenteeism before the holidays. •We anticipate that any flu virus that’s around will gain momentum as school resumes.” said a spokesman for the Massachusetts Health Department. NCDC officials said that much of New England had been spared the epidemic so far, but predicted it would »tnke th* area before winter end*.

that we can utilize some of the Ideas.” Allied Chemical Corp. Vice President Nesty, a 1934 alumnus, is scheduled to keynote the opening session Friday at 10 a.m. in the Roy O. West Library. He wrill be introduced by Burkett who will offer some “ground rules” for the exchange. Nesty was quoted w’idely recently when he stated that students about to embark on careers in chemistry see little idealism in contributing to an ever-rising domestic standard of living—evidence he felt that industry isn’t as attractive to graduates as it ought to be. He said the companies luring graduates into industry nowadays are those which offer the chance to help less fortunate people. The conference's concluding session will be held Saturday morning when the 10 visiting chemists wrill be invited to offer specific recommendations or suggestions. It will adjourn after a luncheon in the Memorial Student Union.

ience, and enjoys the contact witit students in the learning process. Mr. and Mrs. See reside on Gardensld* Drive. They have three sons and a daughter. Tom is a graduate of Purdue University and he and his wife live in Indianapolis. Louis is now a student at Purdue. Kevin is a senior at G.H.S., and Melissa is a student at Miller Elemen- / tary School.

quarter or dime. After the conversion, the machines will provide 5-cent and 6-cent stamps. A new model will offer 1-cent, 5-cent and 6-cent stamps. The postmaster said that the vending machines located in the lobbies of post offices are not to be confused with the commercial stamp vending devices found in many stores. Such commercial machines provide a margin of profit and are not controlled by the Post Office Department, he said. “Post office vending machines can be a big convenience to postal patrons.” Mr. Albin said. “The devices permit mailers to ignore waiting lines at stamp windows or to buy stamps to mail letters after the windows are closed”

The Western United States will continue to be spared, the NCDC said, because of immunity built up in a 1964-65 outbreak. The California Department of Education said Tuesday that absenteeism was running about normal with no evidence to indicate that flu is a factor in the absences. The NCDC listed the states with documented outbreaks of Asian flu as Michigan, Florida, New Jersey, Alabama, New York, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Georgia, Wisconsin and Louisiana. There was “probable” Asian flu in Indiana. Virginia and Missouri, the NCDC said, and “possible” flu in Ohio, Maryland, Washington, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Texas.

Jet bombers strike near capital of North Vietnam

Extension school slated here Thursday morning

John See will resume teaching at high school

Stamp machine will be changed at Post Office

Fear further spread of Asian flu