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3 killed in semi Manhattan crash

WELCOME BACK-DePauw University president William E. Kerstetter addresses over 700 new freshmen in addition to returning upper classmen on the East College Lawn during Sunday afternoon welcoming speaches. Other

university faculty and student officials were also introduced. Homes of new students ranged from New York to Vietnam. The BANNER Photo, Dennis Abell.

Twenty-five minutes a^ter state police stopped recording a 3-day Labor Day weekend traffic count at 18 dead, three out of county residents lost their lives one mile west of Manhattan on U.S. 40 early today in Putnam County. State police listed the dead as Herbert C. White, 39, 2524 Indianapolis Avenue, Indianapolis; Rita Jo Elliott, 18, Perry Creek, of South Vigo County; and Sally Liechty, 19, 11 Royce Avenue, Terre Haute. Injured was Cheryl Drake, 19, of rural route 2, Terre Haute. The bodies of White and Rita Elliott were taken to Rector Funeral Home in Greencastle. The other body was taken to Brazil in Clay County. State Police said the White vehicle was traveling east on

U.S. 40 when it went out of control while passing a semi-truck. The car crossed the highway and struck head on a west bound double trailer semi-truck. Police said the semi jackknifed blocking the entire westbound lane of traffic. A second auto, driven by Cheryl Drake, also traveling west, struck the semi truck killing passengers Rita Elliott and Sally

Liechty.

The driver of the first car was White. The semi-truck driver, John K. Klingele, and a co-driver, John Peerson, both of Kansas City, were not injured. The accident occured at 12:25 a.m. according to police. Investigating state policemen were Randy Green, Ted Settles,

Gary Hood, John Danberry, and Sgt. Don Dovenshulte. At 5 a.m. today, C22 persons were shown killed in traffic accidents during the 78 hour period. Illinois and Michigan led the nation with 46 deaths each. Indiana missed its predicted death toll of 24 by only six fatalities. Last year 606 died during the holiday. In 1966, a record 636 persons were killed across the nation on the Labor Day Holiday weekend.

Both major parties feel Wallace has lost popularity

By HORTENSE MYERS INDIANAPOLIS (UPI ) — Both Democratic and Republican leaders believe that Hoosier voters will not love George C. Wallace in November as they did in May. But the former Alabama governor has the two major parties studying the results of the presidential preference primary in May four years ago and trying to calculate where Wallace will make the greatest inroads Nov. 5 this year. Wallace received nearly 30 per cent of the vote in a 1964 Democratic presidential preference battle against then Gov. Matthew E. Welsh. He carried two counties, including one congressional district and "eceived substantial support in most of the so-called “bedroom” counties surrounding the metropolitan centers. Officials of the American Independent Party, who are providing most of the manpower for the “George C. Wallace Party” in Indiana, also have studied the 1964 primary figures in planning their strategy. According to AIP officials, there now are Wallace organizations in 68 counties. Vigo County Organized The most recently organized

Named first alternate Miss Beverly McFarland of Monroe Twp. was named 1st Alternate at the 4-H Dairy Foods Demonstration Contest held at the State Fair. Her demonstration entitled “Dairy Delights” was one of ten in the Dairy Foods Category and represented county and district elimination events. Beverly, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McFarland, is 15 years old and will be a Sophomore at Bainbridge High School this Fall. Being in the Senior Contest for the first time, her placing was considered very good. Her 4-H Leader is Mrs. Bernice Steward of Bainbridge.

was in Vigo County where George Pease, Terre Haute was named county chairman. Vigo in 1964 cast 12,835 votes for Welsh and 7,430 for Wallace. Only 5,327 Republicans bothered to vote in May for the GOP presidential winner, Barry Goldwater, although 19,001 turned out for him in November in Vigo County. The figure is an example of why the GOP is worrying as much as the Democrats about Wallace’s impact, but admitting it less. Welsh and other Democrats interpreted the 1964 presidential preference results to mean that a sizeable number of Republicans crossed over and voted for Wallace. The next county Wallace organization to be set up will be Knox, according to a spokesman for the AIP state chairman, Fred Culp. Knox, the home county of Welsh, tallied 1,864 votes for Wallace in the 1964 to 5,260 for Welsh. In Marion County, the largest in the state, Wallace received 21,074 votes to 48,072 for Welsh in 1964—and again the figure apparently included some cross-ed-over Republicans since Goldwater received only 44,093 votes in a county which cast 143,015 for him in November. Won in Lake, Porter The two counties in which Wallace won over Welsh were

Lake and Porter. The votes in Lake were 42,712 to 40,185, and in Porter, 3,221 to 2,766. It was Lake which had given Welsh his margin of victory when he was elected governor in 1960. Since Lake also was the 1st Congressional District, Wallace actually won one of the state’s 11 districts. Certain Democratic leaders contend that while whites in Lake County still may swing heavily to Wallace in November, the blacks in cities such as Gary, the state's second largest city where they have a majority population, will be better organized this time and will reduce the Wallace vote total. In St. Joseph County, Welsh received 20,379 to 7,202 for Wallace; in Allen County, 13,424 to 4,672 and Vanderburgh was 17,250 to 6,399. These all contain cities with populations above 100,000. But suburbia surrounding the metropolitan centers, in which the population is predominately white, also is getting close scrutiny, particularly those ringing the Hoosier capital. These were the Welsh-Wallace vote totals for those counties in May, 1964: Hamilton 2,080 and 1,181; Hancock 2,176 and 1,467; Shelby 3,642 and 1,722; Johnson 3,066 and 1,181; Morgan 1,984 and 1,438; Hendricks 2,165 and 1,711, and Boone 2,302 and 879.

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The Estep reunion will be held Sept. 15th at table number 2 in the Robe Ann Park.

Julian Jarvis, Cashier of Central National Bank was in Indianapolis Tuesday to exchange views with other bankers, regarding changes in Federal Reserve policies aimed at improving credit conditions. The meeting was arranged by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Officials of the bank explained two sets of major changes in Federal Reserve policies. One makes it easier for bankers to meet their reserve requirements. The other—still in the proposal state— would further improve the ability of banks to meet the credit needs of their trade areas. Changes in the method of computing the reserves banks must keep with the Federal Reserve will allow them to use their resources more effectively. These changes will become effective next month.

Changes in the operation of the “discount window”—as Federal Reserve lending facilities are called—have been proposed to make funds more readily available to banks. Included in the proposed changes are provisions allowing banks additional funds to meet seasonal and unusual increases in local demand for loans. Officials of the Federal Reserve Bank sought bankers’ responses to the proposed liberalization of its lending policies. The meeting was conducted by A.G. Wolkey, assistant vice president in charge of bank relations for the Federal Reserve Bank. R.A. Moffatt, vice president in charge of discount operations, and C.E. Bierbauer, cashier in accounting, explained the changes in Federal Reserve policies. E.T. Baughman, vice president and director of research, discussed the economic outlook.

Five burglary suspects held Putnam County sheriff officials arrested five Indianapolis men early Sunday morning in connection with a Waveland tavern burglary in Montgomery County. Sheriff Robert Albright said 16 cases of beer were found with the men who were stopped because of a faulty tail light. Albright said the men may be turned over to the Montgomery County authorities, but that the arrested men were also suspects in recent burglars in Putnam County. Albright said some nine burglaries have occured in around Greencastle since Aug. 27. Arrested and being held are Herb Bukea, 19, John Anderson, 19, William E.Wilson, 19,RickClark, 18, Robert Brooks, 24. Brooks was arrested on charges of con. tributing to the delinquency of minors. The other four were arrested on charges of minors having possession of alcoholic beverages. Albright said break-ins were also investigated the last two days at the Kelly Feed Mill at Morton and the Roachdale Building and Supply where an estimated $250 worth of equipment was taken at each business. The Roachdale burglary was discovered around 10:30 p.m. last night. Police training funds made available Police Chief John Stevens has announced that Mayor Norman Peabody and the City Council of Greencastle have appropriated funds for specialized training for Police officers. These funds will be used during the year of 1969 for sending selected officers to various schools. This is the first time that funds have been made available for such training. Some schools that Chief Stevens has selected for officers to attend are: Narcotics School - Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Wash., D.C. Traffic Management & Accident Investigation - Northwestern U., Riot Control - Indiana University, Indianapolis Police Academy - Indianapolis, Patrolmen James Phipps and James Baugh just recently graduated from the Indianapolis Academy. Chief Stevens and Mayor Peabody will select the officers that will attend the various scho-

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Complete course in heating, cooling

Robert T. Jones

Robert T. Jones, R.R. 1, Jamestown, and Jack Robinson, R.R.l, Markleville, Greencastle sales representatives for Public Service, Indiana, recently completed a five-day course in electric heating and cooling. The training session held at the electric company’s division of. fices in Terre Haute covered the various methods of electric heat, insulation standards, and other technical matters. Purpose of the training is to better equip company personnel to assist customers and dealers in the area of electric heating and cooling. More than 20,000 families served by Public Service Indiana now have electric heat and nationally the number of electrically heated homes is estimated at 3 million.

Weather watcher

Jack Robinson

Mostly sunny and warmer today. Partly cloudy and warmer tonight. Partly cloudy, warm and windy Wednesday with chance of showers late Wednesday or Wednesday evening. High today middle and upper 80s. Low 30 Wednesday. Pi Chapter to meet The Pi chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa will meet Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 7 a.m. with Mrs. Kay Scholl. Lodge meets tonight The Fillmore Rebehah Lodge 652 will meet tonight at 8 p.m.

Will Humphrey’s ‘new day mix with new politics?

By GEORGE J. MARDER CHICAGO (UPI)—Hubert H. Humphrey inherited a party tortured by cataclysmic change. When his turn finally came to be head Democrat, the process of change was tearing at the fabric of the party which had survived, in one form or another, since the days of the founding fathers. It was undermining the coalition of labor, southern Democrats, machine politicians, and ethnic groups which had brought the new deal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt into being and nurtured its successors through the new frontier and the great society. The party veterans didn’t seem to understand what was hajjpeuing.

The dissension this week in Chicago did not stem entirely from the war in Vietnam, although that in itself was enough to split the party. There was something struggling for recognition within the party called new politics, or participatory politics, or you name it. It was turbulent, noisy, rambunctious. It was as vague in meaning as its name. But it knew what it wanted. A leader who would commit himself, without equivocation, to ending the war in Vietnam. A leader who could communicate with, if not embrace, the beatniks and the peaceniks and the hippies and the yippies and the middle class and the new class who clamored to end the

war and begin a new era. A leader who would convert the ugliness and the grimness of the convention city demonstrations into something dignified like the march on Washington. Robert F, Kennedy was at home with it. In varying degrees, so were Sens. Eugene J, McCarthy and George

McGovern.

Hubert Humphrey tried to accommodate himself to it. But the new politics demanded a commitment to end the bombing of North Veitnam without condition. That Humphrey was not willing to give. Jaycees to meet The Greencastle Jaycees will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the city council chamber.

Indiana may not meet 1971 highway deadline

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)- Indiana may be unable to meet the 1971 deadline for having interstate highways within the state complete or under construction, according to state highway director Martin L, Hayes. Hayes said that a probable slowdown in federal funding of interstate highway construction could prevent Indiana from putting its final 200 miles under construction as scheduled. A 32.8 mile stretch of Interstate 70 from the Indianapolis bypass route of 1-465 southwest to Ind. 43 near Cloverdale will be opened in ceremonies today attended by highway officials and Lt. Gov. Robert L. Rock. Hayes said the remaining rural portion of 1-70 running from 1-465 east to Greenfield, should be open in December. The only portion of 1-70 remaining to be put under construction is part of an 18-mile inner loop within Indianapolis. 1-65 will form part of the loop. The 200 miles yet to be put under construction include 100 miles of 1-64 from U.S. 41 to

Knobs Hill; 25 miles of 1-65 from south of Lafayette to Lebanon; 25 miles of 1-65 from 1-465 to near Edinburg; seven miles of 1-69 from 1-465 northeastward in Marion and Hamilton Counties, and 25 miles of 1-94 in Porter and LaPorte Counties. If federal funds were received according to the original schedule, Hayes said, the December, 1971, deadline could have been met for getting all 958 miles of new interstate roads built. However, with an extension of the federal program to 1974, funds are not expected to be received at a rate to meet the 1971 schedule. Action taken at the commission’s meeting Thursday ineluded the adoption of a new policy for use of its roadside parks. The policy states that the parks were not planned to provide for overnight camping or largescale social gatherings. Commercial sales of any nature and promotional give - away projects by individuals or groups are prohibited.”

Other action:

— Rescinded a contract awarded June 27 to Kahl &. Mahon, Liberty, for $112,948 for a replacement bridge .1 mile east of Ind. 3 on Ind. 244. The action was taken because the work, which had not yet been started, would mean removal of the old bridge at a time when school buses needed to cross it. — Authorized the purchase of an additional 59 vehicles at an estimated cost of $112,000. — Approved a contract with Adams County Commissioners for joint financing of a new bridge on a parallel county road expected to cost a total of $180,000. . — Advised various cities and counties which want to have the highway research and training center, West Lafayette, to make skid tests that the state will first use the new testing equipment on state roads. The equipment which makes readings on the slipperiness of pavement surfaces, is scheduled to be delivered to the center in

September.

Honored Deborah L. Smith, R.R. #1, Bainbridge was among 447 Indiana University students who qualified for recognition at the University’s annual F ounders Day ceremony next May 1 by y posting all “A’s” in academic courses last semester on the Bloomington campus. The spring semester all-A list includes only those students who carried 12 or more hours of college credit; 12 being the minimum number of hours one can take to be considered a full-time student. Founders Day activities focus on scholastic achievement of the students, as well as teaching excellence of the faculty. Bond sales up Ward D. Mayhall, Chairman of the Putnam County U.S. Savings Bonds Committee has received a report revealing that the County’s Savings Bonds sales for July were $59,189 compared with $61,493 for the corresponding period of last year. The State’s sales for July were $13,443,965 and $12,446,846 for a like period of 1967--a gain of 8 per cent. On June 1, 1968, interest rates on E and H Bonds were raised to the legal limit of 4.25 per cent, when held to maturity, while the interest on Freedom Shares (Savings Notes) was hiked to a full 5 per cent, when held to maturity. Freedom Shares were also made available for over-the-COUnter purchase in combination with E Bonds of the same or larger denomination. Methodist now have only one Sunday service As an experiment for the month of September, Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church will have only one Sunday morning service of worship instead ol the usual two during the school

year.

The service will be at 11 a.m. which is a change from summer hours. All church school classes will now meet at 10 p.m. The church’s pastor, the Rev. Jameson Jones, Sunday preached on “The Summer of Our Discontent.” Miss Jessena Yaw, a senior music student at DePauw, whose home is Worthington, Ohio,

sang.

Sunday was promotion day in Gobin’s church school. Children moved up to new classes when they arrived, according to Supt. Robert Harbison.

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PREVENTING ACCIDENTS-State Policemen Ted Settles and Gary Hood stand with state highway officials including Edward Raines at the 1-70, Ind. 43 intersection where a barricade was erected Sunday to keep traffic from coming off of the interstate, crossing Ind. 43 and reentering 1-70. p r

Settles describe the situation as a death trap and said one motorist had even used an ax on the barricade to get his car through. 1-70 is closed west at Ind. 43. Last week it was opened east to Inderstate 465 in Marion County. The BANNER, Photo, Dennis Abell.