The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 April 1968 — Page 1

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The Daily Banner

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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, APRIL 15,1968

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Formal protest lodged

By ARNOLD DIBBLE SEOUL (UPI>- United Nations officials lodged a formal protest today against an Easter night Communist ambush that killed two America and two South Korean soldiers 800 yards from the truce village of Panmunjom. South Korean officials said President Johnson will be asked for strong U.S. military aid. They said President Park Chung-hee would ask for the ‘‘firmer*' U.S. commitment to guarantee Korean security. Park mee‘< Johnson at Honolulu Wednesday. North Korean infiltrators poured an estimated 200 rounds of automatic weapons fire into a U.S. Army truck carrying the four men. The truck was traveling from the U.N. ad. vance camp just outside the Demilitarized Zone to the joint security area which surrounds Panmunjom. It was the first major incident involving infiltrators since North Korean terrorists raided Seoul in January. It followed North Korean seizure of the U.S. naval intelligence ship, USS Pueblo. North Korea still holds its 82 man crew captive. Infiltrators ambushed the truck as it carried U.N. security guards into the joint security area in a regular change of the guard. The American dead were not identified. A patrol sent into the area by the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division found none of the attackers. The attack occurred 800 yards south of Panmunjom, the village where the U.N. and Communist truce supervisors meet. The ambush brought U.S. casualties in Korea this year to four killed and 41 wounded. 5 arrests, 3 jailed Rita Clawson, 27, Nineveh, Route 1, was lodged in the Putnam County jail Friday afternoon by Sheriff Bob Albright charged with issuing bad checks. Norris E. Baldwin, 39, Greencastle, Route 1, was jailed at 2:52 Saturday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Bob Ziegelman for theft and public intoxication. According to Sheriff Bob Albright, Baldwin is alleged to have taken merchandise from the J.C. Penney, G.C. Murphy and Ace Hardware stores. Two DePauw students were ticketed at 9:20 Saturday night by Officer Russell Rogers on East Franklin Street. They were charged with riding a cycle without helmets. They were Cecil Castor, Indianapolis, and John Martin Alman, Birmingham, Michigan. Robert Murphy, 42, city, was booked at the jail at 8:55 Sunday morning for public intoxication by Assistant Chief John Vermillion.

SHERWOOD CHURCH BUnNS—Tlie Sherwood Christian Church was virtually destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. Three fire departments were called to the scene. Bain-

bridge, Fillmore, and Greencastle, at approximately 5:00 a.m., but were unable to contain the already blazing building. An investigation is underway by local authorities.

Break-ins precede fire at Sherwood Christian

The second major fire in Greencastle in less than six weeks time occured early Saturday morning when the Sherwood Christian Church was virtually destroyed by flames. The estimated loss in this conflagration was $125,000 to the building and $25,000 to the contents. On March 6, The Daily Banner was destroyed by fire at a loss of several hundred thousand dollars. State Trooper Jack Hanlon and Sheriff Bob Albright reported Sunday that the safe in the church office was forced open and $45 stolen. Entrance was gained through an office window.

Albright said that the Northeast Elementary School building was also entered Friday night. Articles taken included a typewriter, an adding machine and a tape recorder. These were recovered when officers found them in a woods west of the school. An intensive investigation is being conducted by Hanlon and Albright and some arrests may be forthcoming. Holden Busy HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — William Holden continues his film activity with the starring role in "The Wild Bunch” for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

In commenting on the fire following the church break-ins, Albright was non-commital but indicated it could have been started accidentally and not by deliberate arson.

Sisterhood Anniversary NEW YORK <UPI) — The National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods this year is celebrating the 55th anniversary of its founding. The Federation was organized in 1913 by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations through the efforts of Rabbi George Zeppin and Mrs. Abram Simon, who was the organization’s first president.

By CHARLES -V BELL VATICAN CITY (l?I)-Pope Paul VI declared his ‘absolute neutrality” in the Vietnam conflict Easter Sunday and emerged today as a possible mediator in peace negotiations. In a carefully worded Easter message to the world, the Roman Catholic pontiff called for a ceasefire and ‘‘honorable and fair” negotiations to end the Vietnam war.

The Pope also stressed his ‘‘heartfelt affection” by all nations involved in the long, bloody war. His words were heard by more than 200,000 persons in St. Peter's square and by millions more on television. Pope Paul refrained from specifically nominating himself a mediator but left the impression he would be willing to serve.

Cancer Crusade in county on April 19

With emphasis centered on cancer’s seven warning signals, the American Cancer Society is preparing to launch its. 1968 educational and fund-raising Crusade on April 19th. Once again, April has been set aside by Congress as Cancer Control Month and President Johnson is expected shortly to make the period officially Cancer Control Month by proclamation. According to Bill Huxford, Crusade Chairman, the Crusade will focus attention on the fact that too many people are not familiar with just which early signs could indicate cancer. While the public is slowly acquiring knowledge of the signals, Mr. Huxford continued,

‘‘surveys show that too many cannot name most of the signals.” A nine percentage point gain in awareness of this vital information is most welcome, but it is a slow step forward over an 11 year period. That’s why the Cancer Society is stressing the value of knowing these signals. Plans for the all-out April Crusade, Mr. Huxford explained, include nationwide distribution of 40,000,000 leaflets listing the seven warning signals of cancer. Every family in Putnam County will receive this leaflet, most of them to be distributed in person by Cancer Society volunteer workers during April.

Vatican ob-ervers said it was the first time they could recall the Pope making such a declaration of impartiality on the Vietnam issue, although he has avoided taking sides in the conflict. The appeal for peace, coupled with a new plea for victory over racism, was one of the strongest in Paul’s five-year reign. ‘“...The whole civilized world (yearns) for the difficult peace in Asia where it seems the war can never end, where the collision of the greatest powers keeps the world in suspense with the anguished fear of a gigantic conflict which would overwhelm all in frightful ruin,” the pontiff said. The frail, 70-year-old Pope, speaking from the balcony of St. Peter’s as a light rain fell called for a peace settlement which guaranteed freedom to both North and South Vietnamese. (In a commentary monitored in Hong Kong, the Peking Peoples Daily charged the United States has no intention of entering into meaningful peace talks on Vietnam. The official Red Chinese organ advised the Vietnamese Communists to keep fighting. The commentary said the U.S. peace offer was merely a “trick.”) 3 .

(In Jakarta, the Indonesian foreign office said it had not received any of.fi c-il replies from Hanoi or Washington on its offer to host preliminary talks on the Vietnam wa T \ But the official Indonesian news agency quoted a U.S. State Department spokesman as saying Jakarta is acceptable to the United States if Hanoi agrees.)

LBJ flies to Honolulu for war strategy talks

By HELEN THOMAS AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI>— President Johnson flies to Honolulu today for a Vietnam war strategy review with top-level Pacific military commanders and a meeting with President Park Chung-hee of South Korea.

Johnson was to depart Bergstrom Air Force Base near Austin about 9 a.m. CST aboard Air Force One on the eighthour, 4,000.mtle flight to Hawaii. He will speak briefly on arrival at Honolulu International Airport at 1 p.m. and will

Seniors honor business leader

A prominent Hoosier business leader whose name will be announced Tuesday will receive DePauw University’s alumnus-of-the-year award. The presentation will be made Tuesday evening at the university’s annual senior-alumni dinner at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Student Union building. Selected by vote of the senior class, the recipient will receive DePauw’s Old Gold Goblet. It is given on the basis of the winner’s eminence in his work and service to his alma mater. The presentation will be made by David Jensen, Barrington, m., president of the student body. In addition to the traditional Correction The name of Hubert A. Seller was unintentionally omitted Saturday from the list of Republican candidates seeking the nomination for County Commissioner from the Third District in the May 7 primary. Mr. Seller, a well known Jefferson Township farmer, was among the first to file his official declaration for this office prior to the March deadline.

address by the Goblet winner, remarks also will be made by DePauw President William E. Kerstetter, William Welch, Indianapolis attorney and president of DePauw’s national alumni association. Over 350 seniors and Green-castle-area alumni of the university are anticipated for the banquet. Previous winners of the Old Gold Goblet, established in 1941, have been such alumni of national prominence as Ford Frick, former baseball commissioner; the late Dow Jones and Company board chairman Bernard Kilgore; former ABC and TV A chairman David Lilienthal; former Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Shoup; scientist Percy Julian; former Secretary of the Interior Roy O. West; and historian Charles A. Beard. Airline Strike PARIS (UPI)—A strike by mechanics and navigators was expected to cancell all but six of 200 Air France flights in Paris today. The airline employes started a two-day walkout Saturday night to illustrate claims they are understaffed.

motorcade to a huge welcoming ceremony staged by Gov. John Burns of Hawaii at lolani Palace, the government house. Johnson was expected to receive an invitation to speik Tuesday morning before the 8th annual interparliamentary meeting of American and Mexican legislators in Honolulu. Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield is among them. His full-scale war and peace policy talks with military chieftains at Pearl Harbor also were expected to get underway Tuesday. Johnson was expected to confer with Adm. U.S. Grant Sharp, commander-in-chief, Pacific, who retires July 2, and Adm. John S. McCain, commander of American naval forces in Europe, whom the President named Sharp’s successor last week.

Park was the only Aslan leader Johnson was scheduled to see during his three-day stay in Honolulu, but this could change. Both Park and President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam are seeking Johnson’s reassurance that the United States is not backing down on its commitments to combat communism in Asia. Thieu has an invitation to visit Washington. Despite the bickering oyer a site to start preliminary peace contacts, talks “are continuing” with the North Vietnam government for a time and place to meet. Johnson’s talks with military leaders probably will cover plans to keep fighting while negotiating.

Many Easter services memorials to King

Demo governors still biding their time

Pope declares ‘absolute neutrality’

By United Press International The n a t i o n’s Democratic governors were offered the chance today to jump on one of the presidential bandwagons in their party’s hectic three-way race but indications were that most would continue to bide

their time.

Sixteen of the twenty-four Democratic governors gathered in St. Louis in a secret caucus expected to reflect an indecisive mood on the party's political

situation.

Several of the governors were expected to voice active support for one of the major Democratic presidential contenders: Vice

Style Show workshop

A Style Show Workshop will be held on Friday, April 19th, at the Farmer’s Building located on the north side of the State Fairgrounds. Anyone interested in style shows, and especially those who plan to compete in either a county or state contest, are cordially invited to

attend this meeting.

The workshop, in charge of

Mrs. Barbara J. Stillwelle, Wo- speech soon outlining his views men’s Director of the State Fair, on Vietnam, will be held from 9:30 until _With the filing deadline for 3:30 p.m. Included in the program South Dakota’s June 4 primary

President Hubert H. Humphrey, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, DN.Y., and Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, D-Minn. But there was little chance there would be any unified show of support for any of the three

contenders. '

The mood of many of the governors at today’s conference seemed to be summed up by its host, Gov. Warren E. Hearnes of Missouri, who said, “I’m going to play this down the middle. It’s too early to come out for any presidential candidate as far as I’m concerned.” In other major political

developments:

— Kennedy campaigning in Indiana, proposed a broad program under which persons now employed would be given greater opportunities for further education and training and more help in finding employment suited to their improved

skills.

— J. Irwin Miller, an Indiana industrialist heading the Nelson A. Rockefeller for President Committee, said in a television interview the New York governor plans to make a major

A man of peace once said, “I have a dream.” It was in the spirit of the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., that millions of Americans gathered Sunday to celebrate Christendom’s holiday of hope—Easter. Many of the services— conducted in churches, parks, stadiums, on mountain tops— were direct memorials to King. Others were filled with the joy of the resurrection and the hope that man, with God’s help, could improve an imperfect world. A special Mass was held at Chicago’s St. James Roman catholic Church for those who gave food, clothing and shelter for the homelass in last week's rioting in Chicago. The unrest hit scores of cities after King’s assassination. " Notes National Troubles New York City’s new Roman Catholic archbishop, Terence J. Cooke, recalled the “terrible suffering and anguish of our nation” following the slaying of the civil rights leader. “What we have all so recently experienced may serve to make more personal and intimate the message of this Easter Sunday,” he said in services at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The hundreds who attended a “rally of hope” in the University of Detroit Stadium were asked to sign cards committing them to a part in social justice programs. At New York City’s Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Easter collection was donated to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization King headed until his murder. Not In Vain The Episcopal bishop, Horace W. W. Donegan, said in his Easter message that Christ ‘‘in the manner of his suffering and dying, has shown us in his

glorious resurrection that no beaten and broken man, even a gentle preacher of nonviolence, Martin Luther King . . . has ever died in vain.” Across the nation, families gathered and many went to churches and cathedrals, mountain top and forest, to take part in Easter worship. Hundreds climbed 981-foot Mt. Davidson, at San Francisco, their way lighted by Boy Scouts holding flashlights, to attend sunrise services. The President and his family spent Easter at their Texas ranch, attending both Roman Catholic and Episcopal church services. A band of nonconformists known as Yippies said they had 10,000 to 13,000 participants in New York’s Central Park to listen to music, and in some cases smoke marijuana, at a “yip-out.” It was a demonstration against structured society and poverty. Plays Cardinal HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Italy’s director-actor Vittorn De Sica will play the role ol Cardinal Rinaldi in MOM "The Shoes of the Fishermai co-starring Anthony Qui: . Laurence Olivier and Da\. Janssen.

Gridder Returns HOLLYWOOD f U P I > Ex-footballer Jim Brown returns to Hollywood from h: Cleveland home to star in "Ti Split” at MC-M Now you know By United Press Internationa The first World Series between the National and American league took place in IQ 1 ',, when Boston of the America. League defeated Pittsburgh of the National League, five games to three.

will be modeling of 1967 winners, pattern and fabric selection, and accessorizing garments. Rita Fox, Fashion Coordinator for H.P. Wasson &. Co. will be in charge of the pro-

gram.

For further details contact Betty H. Sendmeyer, Area Extension Agent- Home Economics, at the County Extension Office, Court House.

less than a week away, slates backing President Johnson, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon have been filed. A slate pledged to Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was being formed until Humphrey asked his supporters not to go ahead with it. Supporters of Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy were reportedly forming a slate.

Open housing plans will be announced

By ED ROGERS WASHINGTON (UPI)- Federal administrators are expected to announce this week their plans for carrying out the “open housing” provisions of the 1968 Civil Rights act. There were signs that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which is to admininister this section of the new law, does not plan to permit it to operate negatively, that is, merely as individual complaints arise. The new law’s provisions against discriminatimon in selling, renting or leasing theoretically will affect an estimated 68 per cent of all the nation’s

housing when they become fully effective in January 1970. Generally, it leaves unaffect, ed only individual owners who sell or rent because of race, religion or national origin. The record of the formerly segregated schools of the South since passage of the 1964 Civil Rights act has shown that Negroes were slow to exercise rights to transfer voluntarily to integrated schools. The federal government has been seeking more court authority to require local school authorities to take “affirmative action” where merely opening the door to transfers got little results.

HUD Secretary Robert C. Weaver, who is to administer the new open housing law, turned aside questions about whether he will adopt some housing counierpart of the “affirmative action” policy. HUD sources said his reason for postponing policy statements was that he was still conferring with staff members and others. They said he plans to announce his plans In a news conference this week. The law requires him to start immediate “educational and counciliatory activities” to help achieve legislative aim of gaining “fair housing throughout the United States.”

SAFE OPENED—The charred remains of the safe at the Sherwood Christian Church are pictured above after fire destroyed the building early Saturday morning. Officials reported that the building was evidentially broken into and $2 taken from the safe along with $20 from a coke case.