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VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1968

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Tornadoes take toll in Ohio, Kentucky

By ROBERT WESTON FALMOUTH, Ky. (UPI)— Tornadoes, swirling out of the Southwest, cut a 125-mile-long path of death and destruction through the Ohio River Valley Tuesday. Bulldozer crews waited for dawn to begin clearing rubble in communities where the twisters had destroyed power facilities. “We don’t know what we’re 0 going to find,” said a chief deputy on the Ohio side of the river. Twelve persons were known dead in Kentucky and Ohio. State police and hospitals put the number of injured at nearly 200. Hundreds were left homeless. Falmouth, nearby Dover, Ky., and Wheelersburg, Ohio, appeared to be the hardest hit, although damage or deaths were reported in at least seven other communities near the Ohio River which forms the border between the two states. Twisters were sighted in six other Ohio communities. Recover Four Bodies Falmouth Mayor May Goldberg estimated about one fourth of the city’s population of 2,550 were without homes. Four bodies, including a 10-month-old girl and a young boy, were recovered Tuesday night. Hospitals treated 91 persons, including children cut by flying glass when the twister hit an elementary school. Six bodies were recovered in Wheelersburg on Tuesday night while at Ripley, Ohio, an 83-year-old woman died when a tornado tossed her trailer home in the air and turned it over several times. A 13-year-old boy was killed, his skull crushed, when a tornado slammed into his home at Goshen, Ohio, and a young girl was critically injured when her home collapsed at Chillicothe. Tornado damage also was reported in southern Kentucky a.t Nicholasville. The U.S. Weather Bureau reported twisters also touched down in Big Rapids and Frontier, Mich., and Smithville, Tenn.

Curt Elliott, 68, was sleeping in his home in the southern residential section of Falmouth when the twister struck. “I didn’t know what hit me,” Elliott said. “I looked up and the roof was gone.” Treated For Injuries He was treated for eye injuries and face cuts, then spent the night in the high school auditorium. “It only last two minutes,” reported Donald Cregger, who lives on one of the two hardest hit streets in Wheelersburg. His home escaped heavy damage but the house of his neighbor, Mrs. Mary Atkins, 63, was blown off its foundations and into a vacant house. Cregger pulled her body from the rubble.

UPI reporter Richard Wheeler said the twister apparently came up the valley, bounced off a high ridge in neighboring Kentucky, then slammed into the northeastern ridge which forms part of Wheelersburg. “You can’t even count the number of houses on Sheila and Dogwood Streets,” Wheeler said. “Some have been moved to the foundations of other homes. Others are just piles of bricks.” At Dover, a small community of 500, 30 homes were leveled and the rest were heavily damaged. A 500-pound church bell was lifted as the First Christian Church collapsed and carried two blocks away where it slammed into a parked car.

McCarthy, Kennedy campaign in state

By United Press International Democratic presidential candidates Eugene J. McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy concentrated on Indiana today while prospective rival Hubert H. Humphrey returned to the state that turned back his 1960 presidential bid, West Virginia. In the Republican camp, former Vice President Richard M. Nixon campaigned in Oregon as his strategists examined California Gov. Ronald Reagan’s newly “availability” for the GOP nomination. Humphrey, who is expected to make his candidacy official next Saturday, quipped about it at a White House diplomatic reception Tuesday. He said it was like a girl going with a boy for 10 years and then telling the folks on the block that she’s got something to announce. The vice president was appearing in Huntington, W.Va., today. In the 1960 primary campaign. West Virginians went for John F. Kennedy, knocking Humphrey out of the race. Reagan opened the door to active candidacy a little wider

McCammon new Cub grid coach

James L. McCammon, an eleven year employee of the Greencastle School system, was selected by the school board as the new head football coach. The selection was made last night at a meeting held at the school. McCammon has been assistant football coach for nine years and head track coach since moving to Greencastle besides working in different capacities of the school’s basketball program. He will replace Robert Bergman who resigned to take a head coaching job at Rose Poly in Terre Haute. McCammon said that he knew the school board was meeting and that they were going to try and reach a decision so he waited until 11:00 before going to bed. “I was pretty disappointed when I didn’t get a call,” he said, “but everything was alright when Dr. Rammel called me at 1:00 MH drive The membership drive of the Mental Health Association in Putnam County will continue through May according to Mrs. Russell Pierce, membership chairman. Mrs. Pierce said, “Members are used to directly aid our county’s mentally ill and retard, ed. The Association recruits and trains volunteers for work in our state hospitals and community facilities. We have a special program to welcome home former patients and help them find jobs and new friends. “Our annual Christmas gift program is well known. Last year we provided over 800 gifts and every patient in a mental hospital received a personal Christ, mas present. We sponsor workshops for minister, industry, teachers, and other groups which work with the mentally ill. We also help our legislators in their search for facts, encourage and finance research, help prevent the mentally ill from being jailed and assist victims of epilepsy and their families. This year’s membership campaign will enable the Association to expand its services to the community in its fight against mental illness and its efforts to help the mentally ill.”

a.m. and told me the news.” McCammon is a U.S. History and Sociology teacher at the

school and lives near town with his wife, Ann, and their four children. When asked to comment about the school board’s choice last year’s coach Robert Bergman said, “I recommended him, I think he knows football, and I’m sure he will turn out a fine program. Epic film at Art Center “TIME OF THE WEST” a classic movie of 40 minutes will be shown at 10:00 a.m., Friday. It was produced last year for the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior. It contains accounts of historically significant events in the discovery and settlement of the west. The Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Gold Rush, battles with the Indiana, hardships of the pioneers-all receive nostalgic and artistically sensitive treatment. Richard Peeler, DePauw art professor, says, “This is one of the most beautifully photographed and artistically-edited films I have ever seen.” Richard Boone, well-known Hollywood actor, is narrator. Anyone who has this hour free on Friday will be welcome-Art Center Auditorium, 10:00 a.m., April 26. Admission is free.

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Tuesday, indicating he is available for the nomination although he said he “could not conceive of myself soliciting that job.” Questioned further by newsmen, he said, “I am not an announced candidate for president,” adding the qualifier “announced” to his customary disclaimer. In the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday, McCarthy won an easy victory over his Democratic rivals. His was the only name on the ballot. Nixon won easily over Reagan and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York in the Republican ballot, ing, all write-in. In other developments: Eugene J. McCarthy— The Minnesota senator had an uneasy moment in a Newark, N.J., ghetto area when Negro youths briefly kicked and shook his limousine after one yelled “There’s a white man in here.” An aide later attributed the incident to “over-enthusiasm” among the sidewalk crowd. McCarthy told a South Orange gathering afterward that the President’s Commission on Civil Disorders had produced “the most significant political document to be published in America in this century.” He called for implementation of the report’s recommendations for a massive program to upgrade the opportunity available to Negroes. Robert F. Kennedy—Campaigning for support in Indiana’s May 7 primary, the New York senator said rising college costs threaten to make college once again “the haven for a privileged few. It must not be allowed to happen and I am not going to let it happen, if I am elected president of the United States.” At Kokomo, he called for a minimum $100 monthly Social Security benefit payment for individuals and $150 for couples. He said the average individual beneficiary now gets $25 a week, the average couple $40. Richard M. Nixon—In a swing into Oregon, Nixon predicted the Presidential nominees would be himself and Robert Kennedy. But he said if Kennedy loses the California primary, “that will knock him out of the ball game.” Amo youth Viet casualty Gilbert E. Buchanan, 19, Amo, was killed in Vietnam action near Saigon on April 18. He was the son of Mrs. Anna B. Buchanan, of Amo, and James L. Buchanan of Canton, Ohio. He has three sisters at home, Exie Elizabeth, Alma Lynn and Lillie Mae. Rev. and Mrs. Lewis M. Buchanan, of Stilesville, are grandparents. Services are pending at the Weaver Funeral Home in Coatesville. VFW Dads elect new officers Carl F. Myers was elected Commander of Fathers Auxiliary No. 1 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the meeting held at Gen. Jesse M. Lee Post 1550 on April 17. Other officers are: Senior Vice, Elmer Cox Junior Vice, Russell Thomas Chaplain, Frank Henter Quartermaster, Ernest V. Rader 2-Year Trustee, Russell Foxx 1-Year Trustee, Floyd Phelps

Student Nurses 18 Receive Caps—Indianapolisbound are these 18 student nurses who got their caps Sunday in ceremonies at DePauw University. Having completed the DePauw campus phase of their training they move now to Indianapolis for two more years of work. Then they’ll be candidates for B.S. degrees in DePauw’s School of Nursing. From top to bottom in the left row are Susan Cotts, Lakewood, O.; Chris Collyer, Long Grove, HI.; Phyllis Hoffman, Cincinnati, O.; Marcia Ride, Oakmont, Pa.; Nancy Wier, Canton, 111.; Cynthia DeVoe, Evansville; Marjorie Lentz, Toledo, O.; Sharon Schmidt, Wauwatosa, Wis.; and Kathryn Everman, LaGrange Park, 111. In the right row, top to bottom are: Janis Kress, Indianapolis; Mary Kilgore, Wilmette, 111.; Nancy Williams, Bloomington, 111.; Sue Ann Webb, Franklin, Ind.; Linda Hayden, Fort Wayne; Roberta Hicks, New Castle; Rebecca McPherson, Fort Wayne; Susan Carlson, Evansville; and Karen DeVoe, South Bend.

Voter interest centers on commissioners contests

Contests for nomination for county commissioner from the First and Third Districts apparently are of main interest to Putnam County voters as the May 7 primary draws closer. There are contests in these districts on both the Republican and Democrat tickets.

Three Republicans are seeking the nomination in the First District. They are Raymond Surber, Fred A. Cox and Fay Scott. Two Democrats are wanting the nomination in the same district. They are Claude Malayer, incumbent, and Kenneth Shannon. There are four candidates on

U.N. Assembly resumes session

By BRUCE W. MUNN UNITED NATIONS (UPI)— The U.N. General Assembly was resuming its recessed 196768 session today, facing debate on the Middle East crisis and a treaty to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. The first item of business was to accept the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, fabled home of the extinct dodo, as the 124th member of the world body. Mauritius won independence from Britain six weeks ago and was unanimously recommended by the Security Council for membership. The assembly was reconvening at 3 p.m. EST. Foreign Minister Corneliu Manescu of Romania, elected last fall as the assembly’s first Communist president, was presiding over the meeting, expected to last three to six weeks. The United States, the Soviet Union and Britain put their prestige and diplomatic ability behind the nuclear nonproliferation treaty approved in Geneva earlier this year. In the general

assembly it will face opposition from a half-dozen “near nucclear” powers who fear the pact will permanently relegate them to a second-rate status. The opponents included India, Argentina, Brazil and some African nations. There appeared to be little prospect of action on the Middle East crisis. Sporadic fighting has continued between Israel and its Arab neighbors and the United Nations has been unable to gain full compliance with the provisions of its various ceasefire resolutions. It has also been unable to send truce teams to the JordanIsraeli border or to place its patrol boats in the Suez. Reports persisted that Ambassador Gunnar V. Jarring of Sweden would return from the Middle East next week in hopes of starting talks at the U.N. ambassadorial level. The special U.N. envoy has been in the Middle East since December trying so far without success to set up a peace parley between Israel and the Arabs.

the Gop slate in the Third District for commissioner. They are Hubert A.Seller, Harold M. Query, Robert A. Ziegelman,Sr. and Chester L. Davis. There are three seeking the nomination on the Democrat ticket in the Third. They are Richard E. Huffman, incumbent, Arthur P. Jones and Jack Morrisen. Other contests on the countylevel are for County Auditor and County Treasurer on the Democrat ticket. Loren Heath and Clifford Hillis are candidates for nomination for auditor. Percy M. Rice and Phil Scroggin are candidates for treasurer. Charles Rector,Jr..incumbent, is unopposed for the Democrat nomination for coroner. Still on the county level, there are no contests for nomination for auditor, treasurer andcoroner in the Republican party. John Carson is running for auditor; Jewel W. Blue for treasurer, and Wayne C. Hopkins for coroner. There are no Republican contests in the congressional

race with John T. Myers, incumbent, and for Joint Representative from Putnam and Clay with John. J. Thomas, incumbent, as the candidates. It is a different story on the Democrat ticket with Ewell M. Stewart, Terrence F. Connors, John Hugh Latham and Elden C. Tipton seeking the congressional nomination. There are also two Democrat candidates for Joint Representative, A. Frank Little and Harold W. Roeschlein. Francis N. Hamilton is unopposed for Judge of the Putnam Circuit Court on the Democrat slate. For President, Richard M. Nixon is the Republican candidate. On the Democrat ticket, the presidential candidates are “favorite son” Gov. Roger D. Branigin, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy. Precinct committeemen and. state convention delegates will also be chosen in the balloting on Tuesday, May 7, by both Republicans and Democrats.

Links Ray with King’s murder

U.S. presses Hanoi for sincere action

By STEWART HENSLEY WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States today was pressing Hanoi again for some decision on a place to hold preliminary peace talks in an effort to determine whether North Vietnam was sincere or merely indulging in propaganda. President Johnson disclosed Tuesday night that American officials had been in touch with North Vietnamese representatives, presumably in Vietaine, Laos, on Monday and Tuesday and would meet with them again today in an effort to nail down a location for initial “peace contacts.” The Chief Executive told newsmen at a White House reception for foreign diplomats that he was trying to find out whether Hanoi’s agreement almost three weeks ago to begin talks at some “mutually suitable” site represented a sincere desire to end the conflict or was simply a trick. The President reported no progress Tuesday on possible site selection. The State Department said it maintained “hopefulness” for early agreement with Hanoi. State Department press officer Robert J. McCloskey described the situation this

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— The United States still has received no formal answer through diplomatic channels to its April 12 proposal to meet in India, Burma, Laos or Indonesia. Nor has it had an answer to its April 18 note suggesting four more Asian sites and six in Europe. Hanoi’s radio rejection of these proposals is not regarded as a formal answer. — He has seen “no evidence” that French President Charles de Gaulle or any other third party is actively engaged in trying to get the adversaries together for initial contacts. — The continued inability of the two sides to agree on a location three weeks after both expressed willingness to confer at a “mutually suitable” site has spawned a variety of theories in official Washington as to Hanoi’s motives. One of the most widely held theories is that Johnson’s March 31 order restricting bombing of the North and proposing “contacts” caught Hanoi off balance because it was planning its own “peace offensive” to be launched about the middle of May and accompanied by a new military drive to increase political pressure on Johnson for concessions.

By RICHARD B. LEGGITT DALTON, Gal. (UPI)—Fugitive James Earl Ray once bragged he was going to collect a “million-dollar kitty” put up by a Ku Klux Klan businessman’s association for the “removal” of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a prison friend of Ray’s said Tuesday. Authorities said there is no evidence any such fund ever existed. Ray, an escaper from the Missouri state prison being sought in the United States, Mexico and Canada, has been charged with conspiracy and murder in the assassination of King at Memphis, Tenn., April 4. Convict Raymond Curtis, awaiting an appeal of a murder conviction, said he had served with Ray in jail once and prison twice and first heard him mention King shortly after the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. “Well, somebody made a pretty penny on that,” he said Ray commented on hearing of Kennedy’s death. “Martin Luther King is going to get it someday. They have a million, dollar kitty started on him and someday, when I get out, I’m going to collect it.” He said Ray added that he had heard a Klan “businessman’s association” was putting money into a fund to be used to “remove King.” Curtis said he and Ray were in the Missouri state prison at the time. Ray fled the prison last year by hiding in a bread truck. He said Ray talked “a couple of times” afterward about killing King for “amillion-dollar bounty.” “I didn’t think much about it at the time,” said Curtis. “In

prison, you hear all sorts of hellacious ideas.” FBI agents have questioned him about his talks with Ray. Curtis said Ray never mentioned racial matters. “He didn’t have any prejudice. He didn’t care if a man was white or colored,” Curtis said. “He was only interested in money.” 3 arrested A traffic accident on West Walnut Street resulted in the arrest of two young men by Officer Alva Hubble at 11:15 Tuesday night. Daniel Benjamin Cooper, 21, Greencastle, Route 5, was charged with public intoxication and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Jeffery Shepherd, 16, Cloverdale, was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol. City police reported that Cooper lost control of the 1957 Fird sedan he was driving on the Monon Raildroad crossing while going west on Walnut Street. The car rammed against a tree, but no one was hurt. Earlier, Robert Steegmiller, 49, city, was arrested on West Columbia Street at 10:30 p.m. by Officer Russell Rogers for public intoxication. Urges truce SAIGON (UPI)— Thich Tinh Khiet, patriarch of South Vietnam’s militant Buddhist faction, called today for a May 11 truce in the Vietnam War to observe the Buddha’s birthday. However, Tran Van Do, South Vietnam’s foreign minister, said such a truce was unlikely because of the Communist violation of the Tet truce.

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ELKS OFFICERS—New officers for the Elks Club recently took office and pictured above are (left to right) Wayne Hopkins, Fred Girton, Keith Gos-

sard, Ray Brush, Murray Lewis, Eldon Boswell, John Bergen, and Jack Hamm.