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PUTNAM COUNTY'S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER

VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1968 UPI News Service 10c Per Copy NO. 57

Thailand Missionaries will be First Christian guests

Nation's farmers ready to battle for ever shrinking family plots

Rev. and Mrs. David Wen-Tzong Luo, missionaries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Thailand, will be special guests of the First Christian Church this Sunday. Mrs. Luo will teach adults meeting in the church parlor from 9:30-10:20 a.m., while her husband meets with adults in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at the same hour, and serves as a resource leader in a discus-

INDIANAPOLIS UPI—Dr. Earl Buta, Lafayette, paid his $2,500 assessment fee as the first Republican gubernatorial candidate Friday in a ceremony which seemed designed to clear new GOP state chairman Buena Chaney of any favoritism taint. Butz and Chaney shared a news conference at Republican headquarters in which Chaney thanked Butz for being the first to pay and said the headquarters, its staff and its files were available to all candidates equally. Butz, who resigned Jan. 1 as dean of agriculture at Purdue University, said he had heard and read news stories indicating that replacement of former GOP chairman Charles Hendricks by Chaney was a victory for Secretary of State Edgar Whitcomb, an unannounced candidate for governor.

sion concerning American involvement in Asia. During the morning worship service, Rev. Luo wall preach the sermon. Assisting in the service will be Charles Poe and the minister, Rev. Maxwell James Webb. The Luos will meet with the Junior High and Senior High Youth Fellowships at 6 p.m., sharing slides of Thailand and opportunities presented to young people in that nation. Born in Linchwan, China, Rev. Luo received his schooling in that nation while it was still under rule by the Nationalist government. Coming to the United States for further education, and residing here at the time of the Communist overthrow of the Chinese mainland, Rev. Luo decided to remain in the U. S. A. and continue his education. Graduating from the Universtiy of Wichita, he enrolled in the Walter George School of Law at Mercer University, Macon, Georgia. After two terms, and influenced by friends, he transferred his graduate study from law to the ministry and entered Brite College of the Bible, Texas Christian University from which he received the B.D. degree. Commissioned as a missionary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Rev. Luo was sent to Bangkok, Thailand in 1954, where he met Mary Hong, an experienced church worker who had been ordained to the Christian ministry b3 r the moderator of the Church of Christ in Thailand. After their marriage, Rev. and Mrs. Luo worked in Nakon Pathom, a short distance from Bangkok, and are now located in the capital city where he teaches in The Bible Training School and serves as pastor of a Christian congregation. Sharing this visit with their parents will be the four Luo children—AmyAnna, Janet and Irene. Members and friends of the congregation are invited to share in this special mission emphasis Sunday at the local church.

‘T think my presence here means I take Buena Chaney at his word that he is going to run this headquarters fairly for all candidates,” Butz replied. “I like him and I hope he likes me.” Butz said he hopes to open an Indianapolis headquarters in the Harrison Hotel soon and said that since the hotel is located less than a block from the GOP headquarters he probably would accept Chaney’s offer of using the party's duplicating equipment and other facilities. Butz, 58, who was assistant secretary of agriculture under President Dwight Eisenhower, termed himself now "an unemployed person seeking a job.” He said that he felt he should not be on the state payroll as a Purdue dean while seeking the nomination and did not intend to have anyone on the university payroll assisting in his campaign.

Elected to Board

The School Boai-d of the Greencastle Community Schools, at a special session, elected George F. Long, Jr., to fill the vacancy on the Board due to the resignation of Charles A. Poe. Mr. Long is the owner of Books Plus in Greencastle. He is a graduate of Greencastle High School and attended Indiana University. Mr. Long served three and one-half years in the United States Air Force. While stationed in England he met and married his wife, Gwendoline. In 1945 Mr. Long returned to Greencastle and accepted a position at the Sam Hanna Book Store. In 1953 the Sam Hanna Book Store was moved to the DePauw Campus and the name of the Washington Street store was changed to Books Plus, with George Long as manager. Mr. Long purchased the business in 1956. Mr. Long is well known in the community. His church affiliation is with St. Paul’s and he is a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Elks Lodge. Banks get call WASHINGTON UPI _ The government has called for all the nation's banks to report on their condition as of the close of business on Dec. 30.

Butz said Burr S. Swezey, Jr., president of the Lafayette National Bank, would be chairman of his finance committee and other organization personnel would be announced "in a couple weeks.” Butz said he already has a headquarters in downtown Lafayette. Butz cautiously said he probably would go a little further in exerting leadership were he governor now than has his fellow townsman, Governor Branigin. "I know Governor Branigin feels strongly we should have complete separation of powers—executive, legislative and judicial,” Butz said in answer to the query. “But there are times the executive branch has to exert strong leadership without infringing” on the other branches.

By United Prets International Not since the grange rebellions of the 1870s has the nation's farmer been as ready to battle for his ever shrinking family plot than today. His adversary, say farm trade unions from the plains of New Mexico to the dairylands of Wisconsin, is the corporate farmer, who has begun to use mass production, extensive capital and managerial skills to sculptor a profit from agriculture. Canneries, such as Libbys Co. and Coca-Cola Co., and numerous food chains have long been involved in agriculture in quest of raw and related materials. But this past year many firms, previously divorced from farming, have entered the field to reap new profits. The result has been a spontaneous uprising by farmers across the Midwest and Southwest. The National Farmers Union, conducting strong battles against “corporate encroachment” in more than 13 states and in Washington, has called for a total boycott of non-agricultural firms involved in farming. Such a boycott could include not only farm machinery, but canned goods, rubber products and even passenger cars. In several states, including Kansas. Oklahoma and North Dakota, the issue will be debated in state legislatures in 1968. Despite opposition by farmers, who say’ the corporations will spell "the end of the family farm,” the ventures have received support from some agricultural economists. They foresee a day when the nation's food supply would come from factorytype farms using the most efficient means of production and capable of injecting virtually unlimited capital into the farm economy. Under the system, some economists say, the nation’s 3.5 million farms could be reduced to as few’ as 500.000. It was only 20 years ago that there were nearly seven million farms in the »country. CBK Industries, a Kansas City. Mo. f based conglomerate which previously confined itself predominately to women's apparel and asphalt production, is putting the "factory in the field” approach to the test. The company last summer exchanged some of its stock for 10,000 acres of corn and soybean land in southern Texas. The firm says it hopes to increase the acreage to 80,000 in five years. J. R. Dominick, president, envisions dividing the farm holdings into 10,000 acre tracts, each supervised by a resident

Putnam County Hospital Administrator Frank C. Baker started his duties wdth the new year, and according to those with whom he has worked thus far, he came in "with his boots on.” To welcome Baker and his wife in their new post, an open house is being held next Sunday, January 14, from three to five o'clock in DePauw r ’s Union Building. Groups cooperating with the Four Yanks may get Asylum in Sweden STOCKHOLM UPI—Four American Navy deserters, who asked for political asylum in Sweden to escape the Vietnam war, will be told next Tuesday whether they can stay, the government announced. Government sources said it was virtually a foregone conclusion the Aliens Commission would allow the four sailors to stay when it meets next Tuesday to consider the case. The Aliens Committee recommended they be granted asylum and the commission nearly always follows the committee's recommendations. The Aliens Committee is an advisory panel and the Aliens Commission makes final decisions. The four are Richard Bailey, 19. of Jacksonville. Fla.: John Barilla. 20, of Catonsville, Md.; Michael Lindner, 19. of Mount Pocono, Pa., and Craig Anderson, 29. of San Jose. Calif. They flew to Sweden from Moscow Dec. 29 and said they wanted to settle in Sweden, a neutral country, because they opposed U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The quartet has been living with Swedish families in suburban Tyresoe while looking for a place to live if they are allowed to stay. They have also ■ tailed Swedish language classes.

manager. A superintendent, earning perhaps $20,000 would overlook the operation. Some have questioned the efficiency of such a venture, however. "Studies show that a 300-acre farm operated by one man is the most efficient,” says Jay Naman. president of the Texas Farmers Union. “Farms over that size actually are less efficient.” Many’ persons, including Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, contend that corporations would cause higher

WASHINGTON UPI — FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said Friday the American Communist party finds the black power movement "tailormade” for its efforts to stir up racial unrest. Hoover, in his annual report to the attorney general, said the Communist party was also deeply involved in last fall's massive peace rally in Washington and the April 15th antiwar demonstrations in New York and San Francisco. The FBI chief said the Communist party leadership is "pleased with the disturbances on campuses and the disruption of city life by war protesters and riots in the ghettoes.” According to Hoov’er, the increasing prominence of the black power concept during 1967 has “created a climate of un-

INDIANAPOLIS UPI—A ruling by Indiana Atty. Gen. John J. Dillon that counties have no power to enact air pollution control ordinances leaves the main responsibility of statewide air pollution regulation up to the State Boa i d of Health. The question of such county powers was raised by Indiana health commissioner Dr. Andrew C. Offutt, who said it was an important one since it concerns the state’s area of responsibility for con-

hospital board and staff in planning the affair to which all county residents are invited include the doctors’ association, the nurses’ organization, and the Hospital Guild. The problems which face Mr. Baker in Putnam County are the same as those which beset most hospitals today including nurse shortage; increased use of facilites with stepped up hospitalization and Medicare; increased paperwork and records in this connection; need for recreational activities to attract young doctors and nurses to the community; need for the provision of care for children while nurses who are young mothers are on duty, etc. But, according to Mr. Baker, with the cooperation of Putnam County community, these and like problems will be met and tackled. Baker is not unseasoned in meeting challenges since he has spent the past several years in hospital administrative work in the U. S. Air Force. His last post was with the U.S.A.F. Academy Hospital in Cold Springs. Colorado. Mr. Baker told a Hospital Guild worker this week that this would be his first experience at working with a hospital guild, but he was most generous in his praise of the work apparently being done by this group. "You'll like Putnam County and you'll find that folks will help you all they can.” replied the guild worker as she went on to help serve trays for the evening meal. "I already do!” answered Baker. The Bakers have two children: a girl four and an infant son. They have moved into the Burkshire Apartments for the present. They are looking forward to greeting county residents at the open house on Sunday, January 14 and to having them sign a guest register provided bj^ Candy Stripers, Y-Teen volunteer hospital helpers. Several hundred guests are expected to attend.

food prices — instead of lower prices, ns some businessmen claim. "If a few’ large firms can gain control of the nation's food production, operating their own supply-management programs,” Freman warns, “they could conceivably dictate food prices.” Tony Dechant, president of the National Farmers Union, says the corporate involvement in agriculture is "totally inconsistent with the best interest of thtf farmer.” Subordinate state-wide farmer* unions echo Dechant's sentiments.

rest and has come to mean to many’ Negroes the ‘power’ to riot, burn, loot and kill.” He said that much of the unrest stemmed from the speeches of Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown and others w’ho have “sowed the seeds of discord and hope to reap in 1968 a year filled with explosive racial unrest.” Hoover said "this black power development in the racial field is tailormade” for the Communist party, adding it had given the movement the following endorsement in November, 1967: "Therefore, there can be no question of the right of the Negro people to use violence to free themselves from oppression and to win full freedom.”

trolling air pollution. Offutt said that the state's enforcement powers have an exception for local governmental area* which have their own pollution control system. The only local governments having power to enact such ordinances are municipalities, leaving air pollution regulation for the rest of the state up to the State Board of Health. Offutt said his department is in the process of working on future air pollution control regulations which he hopes may be promulgated this year. Dillon's opinion said a 1953 law gave county commissioners certain powers to adopt health ordinances, but concluded this law’ "grants the authority to enact ordinances only in relation to the operation of food establishments, sewage disposal and the disposal of garbage and rubbish.” Operation of public dumps outside municipalities also is included in this law’. "While the boards of commissioners unquestionably have the authority to require such dumps to be operated in such a manner as to not contribute to the pollution of the atmosphere, no general power to adopt ordinances in relation to air pollution can be inferred,” Dillon wrote, and concluded "no other statutes conferring the power to enact health ordinances can be found. I reluctantly conclude that under present legislation, counties lack the authority to enact air pollution control ordinances.” Classes are offered in adult education The doors of Greencastle High School will be open again January 10 for second semester registration on the Adult Education Program. Many of the 170 persons enrolled in over 14 classes last semester will reenroll for this semester’s work. Classes are again offered in advanced typing, bookkeeping and shorthand. Precision instruments, machine shop and small engine repair are listed in trade and industrial work. In homemaking, sewing and nurse-aid training are offered. Driver education and physical fitness for men complete the offering at this time. Short courses may be offered later in gardening. lawn care and landscape planning. Instrumental Band Music for out-of-school youths and adults will be conducted by Mr. Haas for those who have had at least high school training. Harold W. Stewart, Director of the program, states the interest in high school credit for adults has increased to the point of requiring that two courses be offered. This semester the subjects will be in mathematics and social studies.

BANDSMEN RECEIVE SWEATERS — Greencastle High their four years in the Greencastle High School band. PicSchool senior bandsmen are pictured above after they were tured are (left to right, front row) Joyce Hammond. Mickey presented honor sweaters by director Robert Haas. The Larmore, Charles Farber, Steve Hanna. Mike Roach: (back sweaters are for their participation and achievementa during row) Tom Hardwick, Bob Bitzer, Jim Heustis, and Kevin See.

Butz officially in Governor race

Air pollution control up to State Health Board

Open house scheduled for Hospital Administrator

FBI Director discusses black power movement