The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 October 1968 — Page 2

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The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

Wednesday, October 2, 1968

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TODAY'S EDITORIAL Facts on Crime / iNE OF THE most unfortunate developments in the ’ ' current presidential campaign is the insinuation that public sentiment in favor of “law and order” is somehow a cover for racism. To be sure, third-par ty candidate George Wallace has corrupted the phrase to some extent. But to most Americans, Negro and white, it means exactly what it says—security in the possession of life and property from the depredations of criminals. When Americans speak of law and order they mean simply that they want relief from the crime wave which cur rently grips the country. This crime spree, although hardly even acknowledged by U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, threatens the very fabric of American life if allowed to continue. Statistics newly released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show clearly why the people are concerned. In the eight years since 1960, the number of criminal offenses has increased 89 per cent and the crime rate (the number of offenses for every 100,000 in population) has increased 71 per cent. During this same period, the population expanded only 10 per cent. The FBI estimates that in 1967 two in every 100 Americans became the victims of serious crimes. Crimes of violence (limited to murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) increased 73 per cent in eight years. The crime rate rose 57 per cent. Crimes against property (limited to burglary, larceny 850 and over, and auto theft) increased 91 per cent. The crime rate for this category rose 73 per- cent. Larceny showed the most substantial increase—107 per cent in the number of offenses and 87 per cent in the rate. America, in short, has a crime problem which cannot be ignored. Those who are genuinely concerned about it cannot be dismissed with insinuations of racism. Criminals come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and so do their victims. Confronted with an unprecedented crime wave, Americans are demanding greater protection of their lives and property. They deserve to be heard rather than vilified. WILLIAM F. 1 BUCKLEY, JR.’s | ON THE RIGHT (

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McDaniel: students vote easier in own state

A few weeks ago a book appeared by Roy Cohn on Senator Joe McCarthy in which the author contributed his own recollection of what had gone on during the Army McCarthy hearings and the period immediately before when Cohn served as Chief Counsel for McCarthy’s investigating committee. The book is by all accounts a fascinating document. Indeed the editors of Esquire, who are not to be confused with McCarthyites, excerpted a large hunk of it and ran a picture of Mr. Cohn on the cover, with a halo ‘round his head, to make it absolutely clear that they considered the whole thing something of a joke. Still, it was an interesting editorial decision. It said at least this, that there is a considerable appetite, even now so many years after Senator McCarthy’s death, for what the whole business is all about; and that Roy Cohn’s book is highly revealing for any one who has such an appetite. But oh, how the guardians of the demonology have reacted! One reviewer recalls how McCarthyism hit him in his particular circumstances, causing one “matron” to report him to the FBI as a “security risk” “after I had publicly confessed admiration for Adlai Stevenson” - which may be an argument against silly matrons, but is hardly one against Senator McCarthy or Roy Cohn. It is, needless to say, unlikely that Mr. Cohn’s book will cause what is so long overdue, namely a thoughtful reexamination of the great McCarthy controversy. The result ofthat, whenitcomes-

ator caused more people to make bloody asses of themselves than anybody in the history of the world. People lie Robert Hutchins, I mean: who, during the heyday of McCarthyism, gravely reported that such was the reign of terror that it required an act of physical courage to contribute money to Harvard University. Senator McCarthy said some foolish things. But none so foolish as those of his principal detractors. What makes Roy Cohn’s book so very interesting is its confirmation of a basic datum oi contemporary America. It is that certain points of view are not publicly tolerated - for fear of ending, as McCarthy did, drunk, invalided, discredited. McCarthy producted, in the opinion of the reviewer for the New York Times, “a healthy revulsion against the reckless kind of super-Americanism he represented. He may, indeed, have run the demagogue business into the ground for the next generation or so. At least we have had only a few cardboard imitations of the breed since he passed this way..” I read the situation differently. What has happened, most anxiously in the last two or three years, is a banquet of wanton anti-Americanism - which has come about in part as a result of an over-reaction to McCarthyism. And to this, a reaction in turn is now brewing. The indiluted anti-Americanism of such folk heroes as Benjamin Spock and the pot-set intellectuals is creating a resolute though un-

By JON SHAFER INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)—With Oct. 7 as the deadline for voter registration, a sizable number of voting-age college students find themselves faced with a problem — and even worse, where to take it. Nine DePauw University students thought they had the second problem solved Monday when they appealed to the Indiana Election Board for help. The delegation appeared before Governor Branigin and Thurman DeMoss in an attempt to settle the matter of legal residence. Five of the students told the Election Board they tried to register last spring but were denied, and two others told of a similar experience last week. They claimed they were legal residents of Putnam County, although each had lived elsewhere in the past. DePauw is located in the Putnam County seat of Greencastle. The board told them it had no authority to issue injunctions, but would advise county clerks and county election boards that if a student otherwise meets qualifications as a resident voter, he cannot be denied registration solely because he is a student. This isn’t the first time a student over 21 has run into a snag of this sort. The question of what determines legal residence has become an especially knotty problem for college and university students. U.S. Attorney K. Edwin Applegate said a clerk or registrar may state what is required by law, but cannot withhold the registration blank in the event the registrant desires to register. However, he warned that the applicant must make sure he meets the residence requirements “lest you subject yourself to possible perjury.” Yet what remains out of all this is a rather nebulous matter of properly interpreting 15 sub-paragraphs in Burns Statutes on residence. In the fog of these legal complexities, the safest path to the voting booth, says State Sen. Marlin McDaniel, is for college students to register in their home towns or communities of immediate previous residence. McDaniel, who headed a subcommittee on student registration for the Indiana State Republican Central Committee, said Monday the committee rec-

ommends that students vote absentee wherever and whenever feasible. Voting in the county in which a college or university is located is another matter. MeDaniel hinted, however, there is more risk involved. That, he said, stems from two of the 15 sub-paragraphs in the statutes more specifically relating to residence. This does not mean students cannot be considered residents in the county where they are attending a college or university. He gave examples of graduate students or married students who expect to remain at an institution for longer periods. The crux of the matter, he said.

PLAINFIELD, Ind. (UPI)— Four inmates of the Indiana Boys School here faced charges of felonious assault and auto theft today in connection with an attack on a school custodian and a flight from the institution. Anthony Kuharich, the Indiana correction commissioner, said the four were transferred to the Hendricks County Jail at Danville to await trial on charges filed after the beating of Cecil Gentry, 65, Plainfield, a custodian. Gentry was in Robert W. Long Hospital at Indianapolis with a fractured jaw, cuts and bruises suffered when he was beaten with a mop stick and kicked. Named in the charges are Michael W. Crawford, 16, Kokomo; Sam Bostic, Jr., 16, East Chicago, and David B. Cartwright and Thomas L. Humphrey Jr., both 17, Indianapolis. All were recaptured after allegedly stealing a car. Kuharich said one of the problems at the Boys’ School has been that an unofficial opinion from a former Indiana attorney general bars transfer of youths under 18 from the school to the state reformatory. Kuharich said he plans to dis. cuss the matter with Atty. Gen. John J. Dillon to see if there is a legal way for making such a transfer to an institution of greater security for youths who cannot be handled in a school situation. He said of the few who use violence against the

is one of personal intention to remain in the county. But he cautioned that “per. sonal intention to remain” must be supported with property tax receipts or other public records showing a student will remain or will be returning for continuing study at an institution. In some cases public record may not be necessary, he said. McDaniel added that a student knows in his own mind his intentions as to establishing resi. dence in the community where he attends school. He said a student should be on generally safe ground if he knows he will continue his education for a reasonable period of time, and that registration in this case should be no problem.

school staff; “We have no place to put them and they know it.” Kuharich said prosecution in Hendricks Circuit Court will be sought for others if there is any repetition of the attack on the custodian. Conviction would mean a reformatory sentence. Hopeful Agents NEW YORK (UPI)—American Express Co. is bringing 100 travel agents and editors from the Pacific and Far East to the United States to help promote tourism and ‘'alleviate some of the current balance of payment deficit,” according to AMEX President Howard L. Clark.

Viet talks back in forefront By United Press International The U.S. bombing of North Vietnam was back in the forefront of presidential campaign debate today with Hubert H. Humphrey pledged to a complete halt—contingent upon signs from Hanoi— and Richard M. Nixon readying a position statement. Humphrey told a national television audience Monday that as president he “would stop the bombing” of North Vietnam as soon as he had any “direct or indirect” sign of Hanoi’s “willingness to restore the Demilitarized Zone.” A pause, which he said could he terminated if “North Vietnam were to show bad faith,” would be followed in stages by other moves to settle the war, Humphrey said. These would include “systematic reduction” of U.S. troops as the South Vietnamese took over more of the fighting; an “internationally supervised cease-fire and supervised withdrawal of all foreign forces,” and free elections in South Vietnam with the Viet Cong’s National Liberation Front participating “if they were willing to abide” by the result. A Nixon aide said the former vice president would comment on the issue later today “after he has had a chance to review the full text of the speech.” In a statement Monday, Nixon expressed agreement with Defense Secretary Clark Clifford’s view that the South Vietnamese should take over the fighting. He said that as president he would “advance this program far more vigorously than has the present administration.” Questioned on domestic issues in a Detroit appearance, Nixon said he did not see any possibility of specific laws that could be used to curb campus and street disorders. He chided the Johnson administration for not using the existing law covering interstate movement of individuals intent on fomenting riot. In Chicago, third party candidate George C. Wallace motorcaded through the noon hour crowd on busy State Street as he kicked off a four-day northern campaign tour. In suburban Cicero, he told a rally one of the first things he could do as president would be to press for repeal of the federal open housing law “and let them know that a man’s home is still his castle.” A Wallace position paper issued in Washington called for industrialization of rural areas to provide training and jobs for the unskilled who are leaving the countryside to live in overcrowded cities. Other developments: Edmund S. Muskie—The Democratic vice presidential candidate described Nixon as “somewhat of a modulated Wallace” in his law and order appeal to voters. “Mr. Nixon is like a surfboard rider in the crest of a wave running with it toward the shore,” Muskie said in a Washington appearance. “We need a man with a craft of

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DEAR HELOISK: Recently someone told about fastening a piece of cardboard to her son's door with masking tape and letting him thumbtack his art work to it. 1 would like to add my idea to that. Tape just the top of the paper to the cardboard on the door and write the date on the back. Every time a work (.1 art comes home, tape it right on top of the previous picture and date it. At the end of each year, parents not only have shown pride in their child's work, but they have a "book" that shows their child's progress. And for heaven's sake, save it! What a treat to look at and remember when they are grown. If children know their parents are proud of their efforts and know they will bo saved and cherished. I bet a doughnut they'll try even harder. Mrs. W. B. Green. Jr. DEAR HELOISK: Did you know that baking soda in the bottom of ashtrays during card parties will squelch cigarettes and eliminate stale odors? E. G. It works, folks! Ileloise DEAR HELOISK: When applying paste wax to floors, slip your hand into a plastic bread wrapper and secure it on your arm with a rubber band. Then wax away with your cloth. This can be discarded when the job is finished and leaves no messy hands. Saves rubber gloves, too. Mary Brooks LETTER OF THOUGHT DEAR HELOISK: We are hardly ever busy in the morning, but when the afternoon rolls around one would think the famine had begun. So shop in the morning before the fruits and vegetables have had the toiture test!

And since rudeness is on the increase don't forget vour manners when you go shopping! The cashier's feet may hurt, too! Helpful Henry "The grocery man' DEAR HELOISK: If you have a wide medicine cabinet in the bathroom that has two sliding minor doors, slide one mirror aside (exposing the shelves i just before running a tub of hot water or taking a hot shower. When finished bathing, slide the mirror shut. You'll have one clear mirror instead of two steamed and foggy ones. Reggy D. DEAR HELOISK: 1 have really hit on a wonderful idea for all of us mothers of small children who wearwhite leather shoes. Instead of using shoe polish. 1 use a cream kitchen wax to clean my baby's shoes. It removes the dirt, covers the scuff marks and leaves a nice shine that lasts a long time. And best of all. it doesn't rub off. La Donna Range DEAR HELOISE: Just a hint to you ladies who enjoy a brisk eup of tea with lemon . . . If you run out of lemon, tr ya smidgen of orange, grapefruit or pineapple juice or a wedge of one of these. Tastes every bit as good Frances Hengler DEAR HELOISE: Next time you shampoo your - hair, try putting face cream on your eyelids and around your eyes. Then you can keep your eyes open to see what your reaching- for Continued on Page 3

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