The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 April 1968 — Page 1

The Daily Banner

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VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1968

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Mrs. Roth is honored The Girl Scout motto “To help other people at all times,” has been a part of the philosophy of Mrs. Ernest Roth of Bainbridge for the last three years. Mrs. Roth has served as the president of the Covered Bridge Girl Scout Council. The council, of which Greencastle is a part of and has received $3,000 from the United Fund Agency, and has over one thousand young girls in scouting from Putnam County. Mrs. Roth has been active in scouting for almost twenty years and lives in Bainbridge. She was honored at a coffee today at 9:30 a.m. at the home of Mrs. J.L. Stamper, Mrs.( Stamper is the District Director for this area of three coun-i ties of the council. All Brownies, Girl Scout leaders and their assistants were invited. Mrs. Calvin Dyer serves the neighborhood chairman. Mrs. Dyer is currently working with the Covered Bridge Girl Scout Council on plans for a Girl Scout Festival to be held in May. The Council has been strengthened under Mrs. Roth’s leadership as well as many Girl Scouts in the Bainbridge and Greencastle area. Friends interested in scouting are welcome to come Tuesday at 9:30.

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High and the low pay last respects to King

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By H.D. QUIGG UPI Senior Editor ATLANTA (UPI)—The men who lead America and the men who sweep its streets came to Atlanta by the thousands today to pay their last respects to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at a funeral unique in the nation’s history. The body of the slain

integration leader lay in state in his red brick Ebenezer Baptist Church, awaiting family services at 10:30 a.m. EST and the team of prison farm mules that will draw his casket through the streets of Atlanta. His followers searched through the night for a wagon to carry the casket. Behind the coffin will come

Richmond seeks federal help

Dental health

'FAVORITE SON SIGNS'—Signs boosting Governor Roger Branigin as a 'favorite son' candidate for president of the United States have appeared in many places locally. Bran-

igin will run in the May 7 primary against Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Eugene McCarthy in the presidential preference race.

This is a notice to all school representatives of the dental health summer program of stannous fluoride treatments. This has been offered to all students in grades 2 and 5 and 8 in all school corporations in Putnam County. The meeting to schedule times for treatments will be held at the Greencastle Gas Office at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Please bring envelopes and money to turn over to the treasurer at that time. Committee in high gear INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) - The “Branigin for President Committee” has its campaign machinery in high gear in efforts to send “favorite son” Governor Branigin to the Democratic national convention this summer armed with the state’s 63 delegate votes. Branigin entered the May 7 presidential preference primary as a proxy for President Johnson, then decided to remain in the race on his own after the President withdrew.

Rights bill facing crucial House test

By ANN WOOD WASHINGTON (UPI)—A civil rights bill to ban housing discrimination and punish the racial violence Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., deplored faced a crucial House test today at almost precisely the hour of his funeral. The showdown was to come at a meeting of the House Rules Committee, which agreed March 19 to decide today whether to send the Senatepassed bill to the floor for a yes-or-no vote Wednesday. Strategists for the bill were confident they had more than enough votes in committee. Once the measure got by rules, they felt King’s assassination had swung the balance in the House in favor of accepting it unchanged and sending it on to the White House. But there were still a number of potential threats. At the start, the committee planned to hear final witnesses before voting, and Rep. Richard Bolling, D-Mo., urged supporters to arrive promptly at 10:30 a.m. and stay in attendance to prevent any procedural upset. The bill, put together by the

Senate and passed 71 to 20 on March 11, would outlaw discrimination in the sale or rental of 80 per cent of the country’s homes and apartments by 1970. In an unforeseen mirroring of the events of the past five days, it also would set stiff federal penalties for racial violence, either against minorities or by them. In provisions that might have been applied to King’s slaying, the bill would prohibit interference with persons in exercising their rights or encouraging others to do so. Penalties would range as high as life imprisonment if the

interference resulted in death. To crack down on civil disorder, the bill would set penalties of up to five years in prison and $10,000 in fines for crossing state lines or using interstate facilities to promote rioting, supplying weapons for use in riots, instructing rioters in the use of weapons or explosives, or interfering with officers or firemen during civil disorders. In addition, the bill would establish a set of rights for Indians in their dealings with tribal councils and courts.

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Bainbridge Lions attend 25C Social

On March 27, eleven Bainbridge Lions Club members and their wives attended the annual 25C Social in Lafayette. A capacity crowd of 640 members from the 25C District were present. Dinner arrangements were made by Immediate Past District Governor Lloyd Harrison. Flower s for the ladies were by courtesy of Past District Governors of 25C. A prize was given to the one who knew how many Lions members ^here are in the world. The figure is 851, 988. Door prizes were presented to Mrs. Norman Evens, Gordon

Hanks, both of Bainbridge, and Art Zaring of Greencastle and several others. Entertainment was furnished by “Up With The People,” a group from Cass and Howard counties. The motto of this group of young people is “Love, Honesty and Unselfishness.” This group of young Americans are endeavoring to show the world that not all our youth are hippies or users of LSD. Anyone wishing to start a group may write to “Up With People,” 833 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, California, 90017. Indiana has 12 such groups.

David Atha, 16, rural Cloverdale, was lodged in the Putnam County jail at 5:10 p.m. Friday by Deputy Sheriff Bob Ziegelman, The youth was booked for trespass at the Fillmore School. Two college students were arrested Friday night and jailed for public intoxication. William L. Holton, 20, was taken into custody on Main Street and slated at 8:04 p.m. by Officer John Pursell. William P. Beatty, 21, was jailed at 9:02 p.m. by DePauw Security Officers Russell Clapp and Russell Coleman. Charles Gregory, 26, Fillmore, was booked at 11:18 p.m. for public intoxication by Sheriff Bob Albright. Herbert Lee McGraw, 20, Avenue D, was arrested and jailed at 4:20 Saturday afternoon by Officers Russell Rogers and John Purcell on a warrant charging assault and battery. John T. Moag, Larchmont, New York, was arrested at 10 p.m. Saturday for reckless driving in Robe-Ann Park. Marvin Overshiner, 24, 1040 Avenue D, was arrested at the Monon Grill at 5:43 Sunday morning by Officer Alva Hubble and booked at the jail for public intoxication.

City police also reported that Maxine Lovins, Greencastle, Route 4, was arrested on Elizabeth Street at 6:45 Sunday morning for failure to exhibit registration and for operating an unsafe vehicle.

By HORTENSE MYERS RICHMOND, Ind. (UPI)— Mayor Byron E. Klute and other city officials headed for Washington today to explore with federal officials possible avenues of assistance for the two-block area of downtown Richmond destroyed Saturday in a thunderous explosion and fire. At latest count, Richmond police listed 43 bodies recoverec from the rubble. Of that, 37 had been identified. Only six remained on the missing list. Two persons originally on the missing list turned up alive. One was a hitchhiking college student, Bruce Barnes, age and address unknown, who turned up Monday in Akron, Ohio. He had been dropped near the scene of the explosion by a motorist about five minutes before the blast. William Bradshaw, 72, Richmond, also was found safe and sound Monday after being on the missing list. Two Still Critical Seventeen persons remained hospitalized here, two in critical condition. Another was hospital, ized here, two in critical condition. Another was hospitalized at Indianapolis. Sen. Brich Bayh, D-Ind., spoke to businessmen Mondaynight at a local country club, explaining government regulations concerning aid. It was generally agreed that a number of problems are involved in securing any federal assistance. Bayh noted that no Office of Emergency Planning funds would be available because no federal buildings were lost in the explosion and fire. He said Small Business Administration loans at 3 per cent

121 survive crash of British airliner

By JOHN SIMS LONDON (UPI)-In the late afternoon Monday a jinxed Boeing 707 airliner named “Whisky Echo” swept wide over a heavily populated area near London’s Heathrow Airport, its left wing blazing. Hundreds on the ground watched in horror. For the 126 persons aboard the aircraft, the emotion was infinitely worse. “The first thing I got into my head was Oh, God, please don’t end everything!’,” British pop singer Mark Wytner recalled. Wynter and 120 other persons on the plane were still alive today. Their survival was credited to a cool New Zealander, pilot Charles Taylor, 47, who set the big plane down on the airstrip after one of its engines fell off into a gravel pit.

High level talks held on Vietnam

By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter THURMONT, Md. (UPI)— President Johnson planned to sit down today with Ambassador

and Defense Secretary- Clark M. Clifford at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Mary, land’s Catoctin Mountains. Johnson disclosed Monday

Ellsworth Bunker, the ranking that he had received his first

U.S. civilian official in Saigon, for a second round of high-level talks on Vietnam. Bunker, who was flying in trom South Vietnam, was to join the Chief Executive, Secretary of State Dean Rusk Two alarms City firemen answered two fire alarms Monday. At 12:43 p.m. they made a run to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house on Taylor Place. They reported a blaze in a 1956 Chevrolet. At 11:45 p.m. they were called to the Delta Gamma sorority house at 801 South Locust St. when fireplace wood in the rear of the building caught fire. No damage was reported.

formal word through diplomatic

channels from Hanoi on preparations for preliminary talks leading to peace negotiations. “We shall be trying to work out promptly at a time and place for talks,” he said. U.S. officials indicated that a reply

Assassin may be in Mexico

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UPI)-The assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. may have fled the country, according to indications today. The FBI has asked Mexicanauthorities to aid in the search. A police spokesman in Mexico City said Monday that a drawing of the suspect, a composite of descriptions by persons who saw the white sniper in the Memphis rooming house from where King was

shot, has been distributed throughout Mexico and at border crossing points. The Mexican spokesman refused to divulge any further information. “There is an investigation going on, that is all we can say,” he said. U.S. Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark, in Washington, said Monday the “trail has lengthened” since Friday, the day after jKing slumped to his death

would be sent to Hanoi very soon. In announcing Hanoi’s reply, the President was careful to note that the United States was keeping its war allies fully informed on the diplomatic exchange. Any hint by the United States of anything other than solidarity with the shaky South Vietnamese government could bring about the Saigon regime’s downfall. Thus it was expected that Bunker’s conference with the President would be more in the nature of an overall review of the situation in Vietnam, rather than concentrating exclusively on the reply from Hanoi. The White House disclosed that the official reply of the North Vietnamese government to the President’s April 3 message arrived about 4 a.m. EST Monday by cablegram through diplomatic channels, probably Laos.

Amazing Feat Another airline pilot marveled at the feat of Taylor, a World War II Royal Air Force pilot who once flew Queen Elizabeth. “It was like a motorist heading down a highway at 100 miles an hour and having to steer his car safely while half of it was in flames and it kept skidding from side to side,” Taylor’s colleague said. Fire erupted in a port engine of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) craft shortly after it took off on a flight to Australia. The engine fell off five miles from the airport. While stewards and stewardesses cautioned passengers to remain calm and prepared them for an emergency landing, airport officials cleared a runway. Taylor brought the 707 in to a perfect touchdown on three engines. Evacuate Passengers As the plane was still rolling to a halt, crewmembers put out escape chutes and sent passengers sliding down them. W’ynter said there was an explosion on the other side of the plane as he jumped out and several pieces of debris were thrown up into the air. “Whisky Echo,” as it was known bv its phonetic call sign, was left a twisted, burnt out hulk. Six months earlier the same aircraft had a similar mishap while taking off from Honolulu. An engine on its right wing caught fire as the plane started its takeoff run, but the pilot managed to stop it before it reached the end of the runway. Identification of the dead was incomplete. Americans aboard who survived the crash were listed as William Rawson, 35, of Annandale, Va.; William Deitsch, 27, of New York City, and Slim Selcu, of Arlington, Va. I

interest are available only when loans cannot be obtained from commercial institutions. There was some possibility of aid from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, but only for public facilities. Rescue workers returned to work today, sifting through the debris of eight shattered buildings. Officials speculated that if any more bodies are found, there would probably only be one or two. Klute said inspection of buildings not too badly damaged began Monday and as each building is approved it will be returned to public use. Inspectors looked for such dangers as loosened cornices and crumbling plaster. Although the blast and fire destroyed nearly two blocks of buildings, an area six blocks long was damaged. Head For Washington Mayor Klute and other city officials agreed to take up the problem in Washington and were scheduled to leave for the capital today. Damage in terms of money has been estimated at $30 to $50 million. The face value of insurance policies on the destroyed buildings is only $12.5 million. State Treasurer John K. Snyder said $3 million in state funds were being placed in two Richmond banks to bolster available loan money. State fire marshal Norman Fesler and other investigators joined Richmond Fire Chief Donavon Johnson to probe the cause of the catastrophe. However, no official ruling was expected for some time. The most prominent theory was that gunpowder in the basement of the Marting Arms Sporting Goods store was triggered. But it wasn’t determined whether the blast originated in the gunpowder or whether a possible gas leak could have been ignited first. The gunpowder was used by owner Don Marting to reload shells. Klute said looting had not been a problem.

an estimated 50,000 persons, marching four miles from the •church to Morehouse College in a last tribute to the man who won a Nobel Peace Prize marching on the dusty roads of the South. Humphrey Attends The mourners numbered Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, representing President Johnson; Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy, rivals for the presidency. Several governors, the ambassadors of most of the world's nations, dozens of lawmakers, athletes and entertainers came with construction workers, maids, milkmen and 1,000 garbage collectors from Memphis, whose strike King was supporting when he was killed. At the ceremonies at Ebenezer Baptist Church, closed to all but the family, close friends and nationwide television, a tape recording of one of King’s last sermons was to be played. The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, new leader of King’s Southern Christian Leadership Confer, ence (SCLC), was to officiate. After the ceremony, the casket was to be placed on a wagon drawn by two mules for the journey to Morehouse College. “Dr. King was particularly attached to the idea of the mules as being symbolic of the needs of poor people,” said an SCLC official. Children Present The widow and her four children were expected to walk behind the wagon for a block and then ride the rest of the way. At the quadrangle of Morehouse, King’s alma mater, tributes will be offered by the Rev. Andrew Young of SCLC; Roman Catholic Bishop John Wright of Pittsburgh; Dr. Joseph Lowrey, chairman of the board of SCLC; Deacon Charles Collier of the Ebenezer Church and Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen. Mahalia Jackson will sing “Precious Lord, Take my Hand,” a favorite of King’s which he requested seconds before he was slain. The service was to end with the anthem of his movement—“We Shall Overcome.” The body was to be taken by hearse five miles to South View Cemetery for burial, with Abernathy and the Rev. Victor Williams presiding. Others expected to attend included Mrs. Medgar Evers, wife of the slain Mississippi Negro leader; Governors Nelson Rockefeller of New York, George Romney of Michigan, Harold Levander of Minnesota, Raymond Shafer of Pennsylvania, and Otto Kerner of Illinois; Mayor John Lindsay of New

York; three of President Johnson’s Cabinet members and Supreme Court ’ Justice Thurgood Marshall; entertainers ranging from Marlon Brando to Leontyne Price, and former heavyweight champion Muhammed AH. Never in American history has a Negro been accorded such a funeral, there is no record of a national mourning of this magnitude ever before held for someone never connected with the government.

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Kindergarten Round-up

The Greencastle Community Schools will not have a Kindergarten Round-up this spring. Kindergarten-age youngsters and their parents are most cordially invited to visit the kindergarten during the remaining days of April and the month of May. Please call the school principal for an appointment to visit. To be eligible for kindergarten enrollment a child must be five years old on or before September 1, 1968. At the time of your visit, or if you will contact the principal of your school, you will receive a pre-enrollment form and the schedule for the first week of school for kindergarten students. The schedule for the first week of the 1968-69 school year as pertains to kindergarten is as follows: Wednesday, Sept. 4, Registration and Parent Orientation Meeting Thursday, Sept. 5, First meeting of all morning kindergarten youngsters (8:30-11:15) Friday, Sept. 6, First meeting of all afternoon kindergarten youngsters (12:45-3:10) Monday, Sept. 9, All kindergarten youngsters attend as the First Normal School Day At the meeting of the parents on Wednesday, September 4, the parents should bring either a birth certificate or hospital certificate and a completed medical Guilty FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI)— An Allen Circuit Court jury returned a verdict of guilty of first-degree murder charges late Saturday against Morris Lee Jones, 19, in connection with the slaying of a Fort Wayne tavern owner.

record form. It should be noted that each child entering any public school will present a physician’s certificate that the child has taken the Tuberculin test.

James E. Robinson, Springfield, HI., sophomore at DePauw University has captured the university’s $200.00 Borden Prize for scholastic excellence. Awarded annually by the Borden Foundation of New York City, the honor goes to the DePauw freshman who has compiled the highest grade average. Announcement of the winner occurs during the recipient’s sophomore year. The cash award was made Sunday night to Robinson during the Rector Scholarship Foundation dinner. Robinson is a mathematics major. He outstudied his nearly 700 freshman classmates while earning a 3.97 grade average. Special guests at the Rector banquet over which Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Louis Fontaine presided were President and Mrs. William E. Kerstetter and Dean Robert H. Farber.

Ready to talk says Hanoi radio

By ALBERT E. KAFF TOKYO (UPI)—a North Vietnamese envoy is ready to meet with Americans at Phnom Penh or any other place acceptable to both sides for talks on ending U.S. bomb raids over North Vietnam, Hanoi Radio said today. An English language broadcast stressed Hanoi’s past insistence that the initial talks be held for the purpose of obtaining American agreement to stop all the bombing “and other acts of war” against North Vietnam. Only after that, the broadcast said, can formal peace negotiations begin. (In Washington, officials indicated some meeting place other than Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, would be preferred because the United States has no embassy there and would not have adequate communications facilities. Cambodia broke off diplomatic relations with the United States in 1965.) Quoting Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh the broadcast said that “a representative with ambassador rank of the government of the Republic of Vietnam is ready to make contact with a representative of

the U.S. government in Phnom Penh or in another place to be mutually agreed upon.” It said Trinh’s statement was in answer to questions by Charles Collingwood, a correspondent for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) who recently visited North Vietnam. Trinh’s statement said that in the course of the opening contacts “the American side will specify the date when the unconditional cessation of the U.S. bombing raids and all other acts of war against the Democratic Republic of Viet, nam will become effective. Much of the remainder of the broadcast consisted of familiar attacks on the United States and on the Saigon government. Two jailed Lloyd Baynard, 44, city, was arrested on Apple Street at 10:50 Monday night by Officer Larry Rogers and jailed for public intoxication. Claude S. Duncan, 59, no address, was arrested on Indiana Street at 2:20 this morning by Officers Alva Hubble and James Baugh for vagrancy and public intoxication.