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The Daily Banner GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1968

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“It Waves For All”

UPI News Service 100 Per Copy NO. 185

Tpr. Fred Leedy Tpr.

Pistol meet held

Vandalism tab $500 to 2 DePauw students A pair of DePauw University students pleaded guilty in Putnam Circuit Court Monday to malicious trespass charges in paint vandalism on the campus early Memorial Day. Judge Francis N. Hamilton levied $200 and costs fines each on William Sweeny, 19, Indianapolis, and Michael DeVor, 21, New Canaan, Conn., and ordered the youths to pay $500 in estimated damages. The breakdown of damages was $30 to DePauw, for paint on the Administration Building and the Campus Boulder; $320 to the Pi Beta Phi Sorority house and $150 to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority for paint on their porches. Cost of the painting spree, which also reportedly affected some automobiles parked in the area, ran about $475 to each of the students. Judge Hamilton said if school were still in session he would have been inclined to find some work around the community for the two to do under supervision. In other Monday court action: Russell Coons, 30, Terre Haute, entered a plea of guilty to non-support of a minor child. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered by Judge Hamilton. Michael Corliss, 30, Bainbridge, changed his plea to guilty of malicious trespass, and Judge Hamilton took the change under advisement.

Tiger Cub hurler Jay Frye tossed his second no-hitter in a week Monday as Greencastle took another high school sectional baseball title by blasting Reelsville, 13-0. Coach Steve P a c q u i n ’ s Cubs came up with four unearned runs earlier in the day to reach the finals on a 4-2 victory over Cloverdale. Reelsville topped Fillmore, 4-1, to get a shot at Greencastle. The Cubs scored five times in the first inning against Reelsville, with a pair of hits and a bevy of errors. In the second, doubles by Kenny Losin, Jon Edmonds and Darryl Pierce paced a four-run barrage, and four more came in the third. Reelsville’s Ron Wallace was tabbed with the loss. Frye teamed with Rich Lear last Thursday as the pair of

By RAYMOND LAHR LOS ANGELES (UPI)—Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene J. McCarthy collided today in the California primary in which victory was necessary to survive as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Published polls put Kennedy in front by narrow margins. A turnout of nearly three million Democrats was expect, ed. The winner gets 172 of California’s 174 Democratic National Convention votes, the largest harvest to be taken from any of the 1968 pres idem tial primaries. The nominee chosen by the convention needs 1,312 votes. Only the victor can stay alive as a major contender for the Democratic presidential nomination and even he may be running uphill against Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, who entered none of the presidential primaries. No GOP Contest There was no contest in the Republican presidential primary. Gov. Ronald Reagan was the unopposed favorite son who will take 86 California delegate votes to the GOP National Convention. Democratic forecasts were complicated by the presence on

Sgt. Joe Flynn

The Putnamville Police Post hosted the annual Police Pistol shoot yesterday afternoon at the Putnamville Range. Participating in the annual event were several teams from the surrounding area, including the local representatives. Winning the team championship, at the shoot, was the team from Lafayette, with a high score of 2,800 out of a possible 3,000. Also scored were 91 X’s. These

United Press International William Witherspoon listened,

“overjoyed,” to the news on the

prison radio.

pitchers threw a 26-1 no-hitter at Roachdale. In the preliminary Dee Monnett scattered four Clover hits to top Cloverdale’s Rick Ford. Two of the hits came in the second inning, when Billy Steele tripled with one on and scored on a passed ball. Ford allowed no earned runs. All the Cub tallies came on stolen bases and throwing errors. Greencastle goes to the Franklin Regional Saturday to meet the yet undecided winner of the Bloomington Sectional at 12:30 p.m. The Franklin winner, Whiteland, tangles with the Martinsville winner at 2:30. Martinsville doesn’t have a Sectional champ yet, either, in the rain beset tourney. Last year the Cubs got by Martinsville in the regional opener, but went down to Bloomington in the finals.

the ballot of an uncommitted slate of delegates led by state Atty. Gen. Thomas H. Lynch, originally a proxy for President Johnson before the Chief Executive said he would not seek reelection. The Lynch delegates are largely pro-Humphrey, although the vice president has shunned any identification with a slate expected to run third. It offers only a convention outlet for Democrats eager to vote against both McCarthy and Kennedy. A poll taken Sunday by the Oliver Quayle organization and broadcast Monday night by the National Broadcasting Co. indicated Kennedy 39 per cent, McCarthy 30 per cent, the uncommitted slate 13 per cent and undecided voters 18 per cent. Poll Favors Kennedy Another poll taken Saturday and published Monday by the Los Angeles Times gave Kennedy 36 per cent, McCarthy 31, the uncommitted slate 15 and also showed 18 per cent in the undecided class. The Kennedy campaign crew, which had poor.mouthed about its prospects in Indiana, Nebraska and Oregon, displayed more confidence about the outcome in California, now the •*)

are marks on the target used in case of a tie, that count 10 points each, to determine the winner. Winner of the J. Don McLean award was Sergeant Joe Flynn of the Mooresville Post. Flynn scored 583 out of a possible 600, with 20 X’s. The J. Don McLean award is an annual award presented in rotation to the outstanding shooter at the meet. It is a set of Gold and Silver

Kirk of Wichita Falls, Tex., got the word he stormed: “I’m so mad I’m speechless. We don’t know what to do.” And Louisiana’s attorney general, Jack Gremillion, harrumphed; “Ridiculous!” The reaction was mixed but there was general agreement that Monday’s decision on capital punishment by the U.S. Supreme Court means, in effect, the dismantling of death row, U.S.A. Witherspoon’s appeal brought the ruling that jurors cannot be automatically rejected because they are opposed to capital punishment. The decisior meant, for all practical purposes, that most of the 486 prisoners awaiting execution in state prisons will be spared. Nearly all were convicted by juries from which persons expressing scruples about the death penalty were excluded. Speck Will Appeal One of those 485, Richard Speck, will appeal his sentence for the infamous slaying of

nation’s most populous state. McCarthy said he usually finished strong, adding: “That’s what I feel we’re going to do here.” McCarthy stopped campaigning at 6 p.m. Monday, saying, “You can’t change voters after 6 p.m.” Told that Kennedy had a late schedule of activities, McCarthy remarked; “It’s an indication of his insecurity, I guess.” South Dakota Contest McCarthy and Kennedy also were competing today in the South Dakota primary, with pledged slates of delegate candidates who will have 24 national convention votes. During this frenzied campaigning, Humphrey has been amassing most of the delegates in states choosing them by convention procedure or in primaries which do not bind the delegates. The UPI standings on the even of the California vote showed; Humphrey, SeOVa delegate votes; McCarthy, 238; Kennedy, 196V2; George C. Wallace, 2; uncommitted, 24, and favorite son candidates, 291. Former Gov. Edmund G. Brown, a pro-Humphrey member of the Lynch delegate slate, announced Monday that he would vote for McCarthy.

pistol grips that the trooper gets to keep from the winning of the meet to the next meet in which they again have to be won. The Indiana Bankers Association Award was won by Trooper Fred Leedy with a score of 570 out of a possible 600, with 19 X’s. Leedy is with the Pendelton Post. Trooper Harry Bolinger, of the Bloomington Post, won a

the fact that 250 of 520 potential jurors examined were rejected because they disapproved of capital punishment would be a major contention of that appeal. Witherspoon’s case will be returned to the Illinois courts for resentencing. His attorneys said the Supreme Court decision had “left the door ajar” for another appeal, this one to reverse the guilty verdict. The court specifically ruled that all condemned men found guilty by a jury from which opponents of capital punishment were systematically excluded, would have their death sentences set aside. Thus, not only did the ruling open the door for countless appeals for a commutation of the death sentence, but meant persons sentenced under those conditions might possibly also appeal conviction by a jury devoid of capital punishment

foes.

All but 13 of the 50 states have the death penalty on their books as does the federal government. Eliminates Death Penalty In Texas, Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin said the ruling “effectively does away with the death penalty in all states. It would be a very, very remote case where anyone would get the death penalty.” There are 26 persons on death row at Huntsville, Tex., prison and eight others waiting to be transferred. Atty. Gen. Phil Hansen of Utah said the four condemned men in that state will be granted stays of execution by the decision, but added it will “not necessarily” mean they will escape execution. In Montana, Atty. Gen. Forrest H. Anderson said the ruling won’t make much difference “because we haven’t used Abby eyes Florida By ORVAL JACKSON TAMPA, Fla. (UPI)—Abby, grown weak and flabby during a night of milling around off the coast, headed for the Punta Gorda area south of here today with winds that reached hurricane force only in gusts. It was expected to strike inland by noon, struggle across Florida and spill into the Atlantic near Cape Kennedy early tonight. “Abby is just barely of hurricane force with the highest winds estimated at 75 miles an hour in a few squalls near the center,” the Weather Bureau

said.

Hurricane warnings were hoisted from Marco Beach to Tarpon Springs and tides were expected to be two to five feet above normal along the Gulf Continued on Page 8

Harry Bolinger

special award, presented bv the Public Service Company, in a five shoot paring with the top shooters of the event. Awards presented at the event were target pistols for the Public Service award, a target pistol for the Five shot group and the team winners as well as a gold and silver pistol for the winner of the Bankers award and the J. Don McLean award.

the death penalty for I don’t know how long. It’s hard to get one (a death sentence) under any circumstances this day and age.” Atty. Gen. Harvey Dickerson of Nevada said the decision also ends the death penalty in his state. Whashoe County (Reno) Dist. Atty. William Raggio, president of the National District Attorneys Association, said “The practical effect will be to abolish capital punishment for heinous crimes, something the people and their legislatures have refused to do for many, many years.” Bob Scott, an aide to Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas, said the decision means all 10 men awaiting execution in the state probably will be affected by the ruling. Rockefeller has imposed a moratorium on the death penalty since he took office in 1967, and Arkansas hasn’t had an execution since 1964. Claim No Effect In Florida, California and South Carolina, state prosecutors said they doubted the ruling would have much effect. They said their states did not systematically or automatically exclude those opposed to the death penalty, but rather denied a spot on the jury to those who said they could not administer the death penalty under any circumstances. More than 140 persons await execution in those three states. Between 1930 and 1960, 3,274 persons were executed in the United States, but in recent years the instances of persons put to death for crimes has slowed to a trickle. In 1966, only one man eas executed. Two died for their crimes in 1967, as the movement for abolition of capital punishment grew in intensity in the states that retained the death penalty. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal that execution of a criminal violates the constitutional prohibition against cruel and inhuman punishment. Swim classes start Registration for Red Cross swimming classes is slated for June 7 and 8. The announcement was made by Margaret L. Nelson, executive secretary of the Putnam County Chapter of the American Red Cross. The shelter house, located south of the pool, will be the scene of registration from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 to 3 p.m., Friday and Saturday. Junior and senior life saving classes will be conducted from June 10 to 21. The first session of regular lessons, for beginning and advanced swimmers, is scheduled for June 24 to July

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The second session of regular lessons will start July 8 and end July 19.

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Cubs sectional baseball champs

Kennedy given California edge

Death penalty executed

Wesley (Sonny) Evans heard e ight nurses in Chicago. Speck’s the decision and screamed so attorney, Public Defender Gerloudly his joy reverberated not ald Getty, said the appeal only in his tiny death row cell a i rea( iy i S being prepared, and

but to the far reaches of the 11story prison in Fort Worth, Tex. But when Dist. Atty. Stanley

LBJ vows no bombing halt

By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter GLASSBORO, N.J. (UPI)— President Johnson today rejected a Hanoi demand that all American bombing be stopped in North Vietnam. “An honorable peace requires some gestures on the other side toward peace,” he said. He added that thus far in the Paris talks, “we have met with little more than bellicose statements and evasions.” The Chief Executive made a commencement address at Glassboro State College where he met last June 23 and June 25 with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin. In the prepared text of his speech, the President said that the North Vietnamese representatives in the Paris talks had demanded that all U.S. bombing be halted “at a time when more North Vietnamese supplies and material than ever before are

flooding into South Vietnam.” “The other side has had nothing of substance to say (in Paris) to those of us who seek a just peace in Asia,” Johnson said. Stand Fast “So, until the men in Hanoi face the real problems of ending the war, we must stand fast. We must stand patiently and hopefully, but with determination, too.” The President, reviewing the “eventful and uncertain year” since he met Kosygin at Glassboro last year obviously wanted to rekindle the “spirit of Hollybush.” He told of his belief “that the old antagonisms which we call the cold war must fade — and will fade.” He listed, however, continuing international problems of which trouble in the Middle East was a primary source of concern. “The people of that region deserve a peace based upon a

Library unfolds world of books

The Greencastle-Putnam County Public Library has developed a program to usher youngsters into the magic world of books and literature. The Summer Reading Club opened Monday, with 29 children registering. Registration will continue through June 22. Upon registering, participants begin selecting books they want to read. At the end of the program, July 20, diplomas and awards will be presented. The diplomas are given to youngsters who read at least 20 books, including five nonfiction. Awards will be presented to a boy and a girl from both the city and county schools who select the best variety of books. Presentation of diplomas and awards will be made during a party planned for July 27 at 10:30 a.m. at the library. The wonderful world of books and a summer of reading fun are open to children enrolled in the first through fifth grades of the Greencastle city schools of the Putnam County schools. To participate, youngsters must have library cards. In addition, they must select books of their grade level or above. Play tryouts Tryouts for the second play of the season for the Putnam County Playhouse are scheduled for June 6 at 7 p.m. in Room 201 of Speech Hall. “The Heiress,” a melodrama of 1850, will be presented August 8, 9 and 10. Dr. James Elrod, a professor at DePauw University, will direct the play. Two men in their twenties, three women in their twenties and three middle-aged woman are needed for roles in the play, according to Elrod.

Librarian’s will help the children with the selection of books. Displays of non-fiction material for the very young will be exhibited for easier location. There is no charge for the Summer Reading Club. Mrs. Sylvia Taylor is librarian. The library, located at 102 East Walnut, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. All children in the area are urged to participate in a summer of reading. Through the pages of books, the mysteries of life, foreign lands, science and the arts are unfolded. Last year 74 youngsters earned diplomas and passports to new and exciting worlds. Scorpion hopes dim NORFOLK, Va. (UPI)-Navy ships and planes continued their massive search of the Atlantic for the missing nuclear submarine Scorpion today, but hope of finding the 99-man crew alive was all but gone. Ashore, officials prepared for a formal inquiry. The court of inquiry is expected to convene Wednesday morning to investigate all facts and circumstances of the Scorpion’s disappearance nine days ago. A staff investigator for the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee also was on hand at Atlantic Fleet headquarters here as an “observer.” An armada of five destroyers tracking the Scorpion’s intended course across the Atlantic had covered nearly 2,000 miles Sunday without finding any Continued on Page 3

true and lasting settlement,” he said of continued tension between Israel and the Arab countries. The President also cook the occasion of Glassboro re-visited to urge again Soviet-American steps toward general disarmament.” “For our part,” he said, “the United States is ready to move in the direction of disarmament — if our two nations can reach binding guarantees which preserve the security of each. The United States is ready to begin discussing such agreements— now.” Summit Meeting Johnson opened his speech to the largest graduating class in the history of Glassboro College — which Johnson and Kosygin made famous with their summit meeting last summer—with the comment: “The world will remember Glassboro, I hope, as a place where understanding between nations was advanced by the United States and the Soviet Union.” He recalled how he and Kosygin talked for two days at Hollybush— the college president’s home—and said his return to this little southern New Jersey town was a “good time to reflect upon” the progress towards peace and other world matters “and to talk about the difficulties which remain.” The President had a pre-noon appointment back in Washing, ton where he was welcoming his 14th foreign visitor this year— President Jose Joaquin Trejos Fernandez of Costa Rica. Johnson did not arrive back at the White House from a sixday visit to his Texas ranch until about 1 a.m. EDT and was up and in the air headed for Glassboro soon after V.. The “spirit of Hollybush”— named after the home o' college President Thomas E. Robinson — faded rather quickly after Kosygin’s return to the United Nations for a sharp public criticism of the United States. But the meetings remain the outstanding symbol of Johnson’s ventures into personal diplomacy. Diplomatic representatives from both sides arranged the sessions, after several days of maneuvering, while Kosygin was at the United Nations to argue the Arab side of the June war with Israel. The , two men met on two separate occasions, the second after Johnson had stopped off in Texas during a brief west coast trip to see his new grandson, Lyn Nugent. The leaders’ discussion of their mutual grandfatherhood figured prominently in the discussions, with both saying they did not want the youngsters to inherit a wartorn world. Johnson’s anniversary, month return to Glassboro came amid increasing reports that he would like to visit the Soviet Union some time before he leaves the White House in January. The White House has termed the reports “just bunk.”

SPECIAL AGENT—John L. Davis (center), son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Davis of R.R. 1, Upland, Ind., is decorated with U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Wiesbaden AB, Germany. Agent Davis’ wife, the former Wilma C. Stattner, pins on the medal he

was awarded for meritorious service. Davis, assigned to the Office of Special Investigations at Wiesbanden, attended Jefferson Township High School. Mrs. Davis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Stattner, R.R. 2, Cloverdale, Ind. Colonel Donald C. Gruber, his commander, looks on.

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