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BY MARK STEELE Sports Editor THE MIS-MATCH of the year occurred yesterday in the opening game of the 1968 World Series. What was billed as a show down between the first 31-game winner in more than 37 years and a consistent 20-game winner, the latter traveled from the Ghetto to Glory as records fell by the wayside. Yesterday was Bob Gibson’s day in St. Louis, but Denny McLain can at least say he was there. Gibson displayed one of the most devastating pitching performances since Don Larson handcuffed the Dodgers in 1956 with a no-hitter. The greatest competitor in the majors today single handedly beat the Tigers, firing fast balls, curves and sliders by the meat of the Detroit lineup to gain 17 strikeouts, a major league record. If Detroit expects to win the series or even a game, they’ll have to do it without beating Gibson. You can’t win the ball game with a 31-game •winning pitcher if your team can’t score. Mayo Smith was said to have made a crucial decision before the series by inserting Mickey Stanley at shortstop to enable 16-year veteran A1 Kaline to get in his first World Series.

Kaline almost proved his worth by knocking a two-base hit in the top of the sixth giving Detroit its only scoring opportunity, but Gibson threw past Cash for the third out, to retire the sides. Kaline was a three-time strikeout victim. It will be interesting to see if Smith will pitch McLain against Gibson again on Sunday. If the Tigers want a win at Detroit they’ll have to come back with McLain on Saturday. While Gibson was setting records for most strikeouts in a World Series game, most consecutive wins in World Series competition and most complete games, the Tigers undoubtedly approached a foultip record. When Gibson fanned Kaline, Cash and Horton in the ninth, the trio fouled no less than 30 pitches. The Omaha, Nebraska native did get some fine support from shortstop Dal Maxville. Maxville, a most underated fielder, stabbed two Tiger line drives that might have gone for hits. Another standout on the Cardinals teany was outfielder Lou Brock. Brock stole second base after reaching first on a third inning fielder’s choice and homered in the seventh for the final 4-0 score.

By EUGENE J. CADOU INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)—More than 400 state and Indianapolis police, deputy sheriffs and a number of Secret Service agents guarded Gov. George C. Wallace as he came to Indianapolis today. Authorities took steps to prevent violence, but there was little doubt that the presidential candidate would be heckled at the Weir Cook Airport at approximately 11:30 a.m. and on Monument Circle at noon. Indianapolis has a Negro population of nearly 25 per cent. Negroes and many college students have interrupted his speeches during his past campaigning in Indiana. As a large crowd, including many out of their offices for

luncheon, gathered on the Circle, police with rifles were stationed on the roofs of buildings circling the spot of Wallace’s oratory. Was Heckled Before When Wallace last ran for President, he was interrupted and denounced by students at Indiana and Purdue Universities and the University of Notre Dame. This was in the Democratic presidential primary of 1964 when Gov. Matthew E. Welsh was running as a standin for President Johnson. In that contest, Wallace was able to garner almost 30 per cent of the vote, carrying Lake County, a Democratic citadel, and adjoining Porter County. Polls taken recently by The Indianapolis Star and The Indi-

anapolis News give Wallace ap. proximately 20 per cent of the total vote, placing him a shade in front of Democratic VicePresident Hubert H. Humphrey but far behind Republican Richard M. Nixon, who carried the state by 220,000 against John F. Kennedy in 1960. This is indeed Nixon country and Humphrey and President Johnson might possibly be classified as forgotten men among Indiana organization leaders. On the other hand, Democratic state candidates are faring well, according to the polls. Democratic Sen. Birch E. Bayh Jr. is substantially ahead of his GOP rival, William D. Ruckelshaus, and Lt. Gov. Robert L. Rock is shading his Republican opponent, Secretary of State Edgar D. Whitcomb.

Scratching Probable Reports are current that the Hoosier Democratic chiefs are asking Democrats who do not fancy Humphrey to scratch him and vote Democratic otherwise. As Wallace campaigned in Indianapolis, another presidential candidate, Negro comedian Dick Gregory, sought write-in votes at Richmond, Anderson and Muncie. He was to speak tonight in Indianapolis. Gregory is the nominee of the New Politics Party, which is on ballots in some 10 states, but not in Indiana. The state election board rejected petitions from the party on grounds of improper notarization. Attorneys for the party said they planned legal action to mandate the election board to accept write-in votes.

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County Art League opens season Oct. 9

The Putnam County Art League will open its 1968-69 season at the DePauw University Art Center on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1968,

at 8:00 p.m.

There will be a business meeting followed by a film showing of “Frank Stella and Larry Poons: The New Abstraction”. “So called “cool” artists, Frank Stella and Larry Poons, explain their use of repetition, emptiness, and monotony. Stella shows how he makes huge geometric polygons from the initial graphpaper planning to the final form

on canvas.

Airman Hamilton completes

basic

SAN ANTONIO. -Airman Thomas J. Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Hamilton, 319 Higheall Ave., Greencastle, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to the Air Force Technical Training. Center at Lowry AFB, Colo., for specialized schooling as a supply specialist. Airman Hamilton, a 1964 graduate of Burris Laboratory High School, Muncie, Ind., received his B.A. degree in 1968 from DePauw University.

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Mostly cloudy with showers ending early this morning with partial clearing and turning cooler this afternoon. Clearing and much cooler tonight with a slight chance of light frost in low areas. Mostly sunny and unseasonably cool Friday. High today 68 to 74. Low tonight 45 to 50. High Friday 52 to 57. Precipitation probability per. centages 30 this morning dimin. ishing to 5 this afternoon, tonight and Friday. Vets meet Friday W.W. 1 Veterans of No. 114 will meet Friday, Oct. 4th at 6:30 p.m. for a usual pitch-in dinner at the American Legion Home.

Poons describes his method of working with a counterpoint of dots on canvas which the London Sunday Times termed ‘polychrome braille’ ”. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 8:00 p.m., again at the Art Center. There will be a film after the meeting about Barnett Newman. “In tracing the growth of Barnet Newman’s controversial “Fourteen Stations of the Cross, 1958-1960.” There are scenes of the artist’s home, his studio, and the work itself on exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum. The fourteen paintings, he says, are concerned with ‘the Passions as I feel and understand it.’ ” There will be no meeting in December. In January the League will conduct its 19th annual art show. The art show will be made up of three sections; one for children’s art, one for photography, and one for conventional art items or

objects.

The show will be held in the DePauw Art Center and will be Continued on Page 3 Greencastle families get membership Max Zaring and Family,Greencastle, have been elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph, Missouri, announces Glen Bratcher, secretary. Bobby and Mike Zaring, Greencastle, Indiana, have been granted a junior membership in the Amerlean Angus Association. This new junior membership entitles the member to register purebred Angus at regular membershp rates and to the privileges of the Association until the age of 21. At that time junior members are eligible to convert of lifetime memberships in the Association. There were 200 young people in the United States to receive junior memberships last month. There were 445 memberships issued to breeders of registered Aberdeen-Angus in the United States during the past month.

OFFICERS--New officers of the Putnam County Council of Churches include (left to right) Back row: Mrs. Ted Glidewell, president; Mrs. Glen Welliver, Newsletter editor; Mrs. Nettie Utt, Chairman for Christian Life and Work; Mrs. Flossie Rowins, Treasurer; and Mrs. Helen Copland, sec-

retary; Back row Rev. George Pyke, executive secretary of the council; Rev. Thomas Heinlein, Representative of the Greencastle Minsterial Association; and the Rev. Thomas Bailey, chairman for Christian Youth. —The BANNER Photo by Shaun Higgins

Mrs. Barnes receives 3,000 see

10 year award

“I reap many rewards in knowing that I’m helping others less fortunate than I,” said Mrs. Ashley Barnes, Executive Director of the Mental Health Association in Putnam County, when interviewed after she received a citation from the Indiana Mental Health Association for ten years of service as executive director of the

county chapter.

Mrs. Barnes began her active endeavors as a volunteer in the association fourteen years ago. From 1954 to 1957 she served as president. For two years she was a “Gold Lady” in the library of Central State Hospital, Indianapolis. Then, Mrs. Barnes accepted the job of executive di-

rector in the county chapter and has held this position since 1958. “What were my reasons for becoming involved in the association? Well,” she continued, “I had a friend whose son was in a mental hospital. Several times I went with her to visit him. This contact led me to a deep concern and compassion for these people. I also wanted a purposeful activity outside of my home and family. And, last, I felt - and still do - that the mentally ill are the most helpless people in this wide, wide world.” Her position includes varied responsibilities. Service to families is a major area. These people Continued on Page 6

No square pegs in oval holes for local builder

Putnam receives $111,857 in property tax relief

playhouse acting The Putnam County Playhouse held its annual meeting Sunday for the purpose of electing new board members, new officers, and for the reportof all yearly activi-

ties.

Don Holley, John Franklin, Jim Elrod, Melinda Zenior, and Steve Grimes were elected new members of the board. They replace Robert Hamontre, Bob Andersen, and Char Gilliland. The following officers were elected to serve this coming year for the Playhouse: President; Don South, Vice President: Don Holley, Secretary: Barbara Poor, Treasurer: Helen Houck. Continued on Page 6

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)—That $50 million local property tax reduction which the 1967 Legislature expected to achieve with a diversion of 8 per cent of the income and sales tax revenue was disclosed today to be $48.8 million. State Revenue Commissioner William L. Fortune made public the second and final figures on the distribution from the special property tax reduction fund. It will be the last such distribution unless the 1969 Legislature decides to re-enact the same type of legislation— and that probably could not be done without an increase in some other taxes, such as sales or income. The last distribution covering collections of sales and individual adjusted gross income taxes paid from Oct. 1, 1967, to Sept. 30,1968, totals $28,190,748. Of this, $15,035,275 represents8 per cent of the sales tax and $13,155,472 is 8 per cent of the income tax. The previous distribution made last year was for only nine months. The total then was $20,668,659, with the sales tax portion amounting to $10,645,517 and the income tax, $10,023,141. The figures indicate that while the sales taxes were as high as anticipated by the 1967 Legislature, the income tax was less, showing an increase of only about 1.5 per cent. The figures, as certified by Fortune by county, to the Indiana Board of Tax Commission, ers, will be used to reduce the taxes of each county in figuring the property tax rates for next year. The actual checks representing the amounts will be mailed later to the counties by the state auditor. Here is the county-by-county breakdown of the final $28 million distribution: Adams $135,705, Allen 1,742,141, Bartholomew 337,001, Benton 52,816, Blackford 73,057, Boone 145,062, Brown 22,355, Carroll 76,027, Cass 210,319, Clark 336,310. Clay 100,611, Clinton 152,251, Crawford 23,996, Daviess 108, 106, Dearborn 116,907, Decatur 94,546, DeKalb 140,687, Delaware 684,661, Dubois 139,332, Elkhart 780,030.

A Greencastle native is home this week in Greencastle involved in a modern art exhibit at DePauw University. He is a general contractor and has an idea “building in the round” is a lot more up to date thinking than patching square room together. Clifford Hickman, the son of Dr. and Mrs. C.P. Hickman, Greencastle, has designed and built his own “bachelor’s pad” in Santa Barbara, Calif. He even built the furniture for the “ hide away” home. At 28 years of age, he has created a different kind of a structure. The house is strictly organized and geometrical using a plangrid of four foot equilateral triangles. The rough stone in its vertical stationary masses rising from the ground joins the structure to nature and at the same time the machine-symbol finish of the horizontal balcony railings gives

Clifford Hickman the design a feeling of direction and motion, according to Hick, man. The wood casements set up a rhythm and further define the four-foot module. Construction started in 1964. The house was completed earlier this year.

Hickman says his design was influenced by the famous Frank Lloyd Wright's “Fallingwater,” in Pennsylvani a, which inspired the rough stonework contrasted with smooth, cantilevered balconies; and the Hanna house in Palo Alto in the use of 60 to 120 degree angles. Hickman is responsible for the working drawings, excavation, 324 tons of reinforced concrete, 60 tons Arizona sandstone, 2,500 cement blocks, 20 tons mortar, welding, wood framing, beams, flashing, soldering, plumbing, electrical, lathing, scaffolding, ceramic tile, casement windows and french doors,cabinets,staining and painting, landscaping, chairs and tables. The plastering, roofing, sewer, glazing, and engineering were sub-contracted. Pictures of the structure have been on display in the Art Center at DePauw University in connection with a exhibit of 117 different architectural designs. He

spoke to the design class today. Hickman’s father is professor of Zoology at the university, and author of serveral text books. Said the designer, “The reason for the triangular grid becomes apparent inside, where the triangles form hexagons and

Hickman's triangular creation let the space flow freely from room to room.” Exterior stone, 3,000 square feet on the walls, is a light tan. The plaster is a wheat tone. The wood trim and furniture (mostly fir and mahogany) is a warm red. dish-brown.

Most of the rooms are on the main level, elevated for the view of the city and the ocean at the front, and open to patios at grade level in the rear. The dining room at the center serves to join the kitchen, living room, Continued on Page 3

Fayette 129,071, Floyd254,031, Fountain 92,868,Franklin46,133, Fulton 80,643, Gibson 127,366, Grant 448,308, Greene 114,556, Hamilton 219,987, Hancock 156,.

639. Harrison 70,449, Hendricks 217,903, Henry 257,348, Howard 534,153, Huntington 179,327, Continued on Page 6

GOP candidate Sharp tells Rotarian club Fortas was wrong

The controversy over the nomination of Abe Fortas as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court is demeaning the integrity of the nation’s highest court, it was charged here yesterday. Allen Sharp, Republican nominee for the Indiana Appellate Court, told the Greencastle Rotary Club; “Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States are at the very center of the current crisis in America relating to law and order with jus-

tice.

“It is especially essential that the conduct, independence and integrity of the federal judiciary be maintained so that people will have confidence in the court as a national institution. “The conduct of the principals in the Fortas controversy has tended to demean the integrity of the Supreme Court as a nation, al institution and to create future disrespect for the court and its decisions.” Sharp, a Williamsport lawyer, said there are two aspects of the conduct of Fortas that raised serious questions. First, he said, is the extent to which Fortas “apparently participated behind the scenes in partisan policymaking and legislative drafting, including matters which could conceivably come before the court.” The second, said Sharp, is Fortas’ acceptance “of an exorbitant fee for lectures delivered at the law school of American University.” He said, “There is no question that a justice of the Supreme Court or a United States senator may accept reasonable fees for lectures given. However, recently Mr. Justice Fortas re-

ceived a fee of $15,000. . .for 18 hours of lectures.” Sharp said the sum represents 40 per cent of Fortas’ annual salary of $39,500, adding that it was raised by Paul Porter, “aformer law partner of Justice Fortas, from a handful of clients from the law firm of Arnold and Porter formerly Arnold, Fortas and Porter.”

Allen Sharp He said,“This amount was far in excess of fees in any similar situation. Mrs. Abe Fortas is presently a partner in the firm of Arnold and Porter. This alone certainly constitutes question, able conduct on the part of one who aspires to be the chief justice of the United States.”

Hoosier reservists

Bids sought on to be inactive

Walnut bridge

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana State Highway Com mission will open bids Oct. 22 on a number of projects. Among them; Putnam— Bridge on county road over Little Walnut Creek .25 mile south of CUnton Falls. Steuben County—Test well on 1-69, .5 mile north of Indiana 727. Harrison — Grading, paving and drainage of 6.6 miles of Indiana 135 from 3.2 miles north to 9.8 miles north of the Ohio River near Mauckport. Vanderburgh — Demolition of 78 buildings along U.S. 41 in Evansville. Sullivan— Bridge on Indiana 58 over Busseron Creek 1.2 miles northwest of U.S. 41. Wayne — Bridge on county road over Greensfork Creek 2.25 miles west of U.S. 27. Wells—Raise present bridge on Indiana 303 over Wabash River .7 mile south of Indiana 116. Marion—Demolition of 112 buildings for interstate construction in the Indianapolis area, involving 1-65 and 1-70.

WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Defense Department Wednesday announced that about 16,000 Air National Guardsmen and reservists, including the 930th Tactical Airlift group from Indiana, would be phased back to inac-

tive duty by next June 30.

Defense Secretary Clark Clifford said the group included the Indiana reservist group based at Bakalar Air Force Base near Columbus and now stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base in

Ohio. c

The Hoosier airmen number more than 300 and were among more than 1,000 Indiana reservists and guardsmen called to duty by President Johnson April 11 to replace regular troops

being sent to Vietnam.

Originally all 665 members of the 930th were summoned, but later the order was cut in half when ground crews were removed from the activation or-

der.

Units also called at the time and still on duty included Company D of the 151st Infantry of the Indiana National Guard based at Evansville and Greenfield, and the 890th transportation Company based at Fort Wayne.