The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 October 1968 — Page 1

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The Daily Banner

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VOLUME SEVENTY-SEVEN

GREENCASTLE. INDIANA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1968

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Dad’s day planned at DePauw Saturday

Nearly 1,600 parents are expected to converge on Greencastle this weekend for Dads’Day at DePauw University. Virtually every entertainment group on the campus will be doing its thingwith an academic twist — a Dads’ Institute of Liberal Arts — tossed in. The non-credit, tuition-free DeGaulle’s successor at DePauw Friday General Charles DeGaulle’s would-be successor as President of France last spring, Francois Mitterrand, will speak at DePauw University Friday (Nov.l) at 11 a.m. in Meharry Hall. Mitterrand is said to be the undisputed political leader of the non-Communist left in France. Three years ago he was instrumental in forming the Federation of the Left. Three years ago he was instrumental and various left-of-center splinter groups in what is the nearest thing to a French Labor Party. The actual elevation of Mitterrand to the French presidency almost occurred in June. When it appeared that DeGaulle, in the face of massive student demonstrations and a general strike, would resign, Mitterrand was the man judged most likely to succeed. But subsequent elections in June solidified DeContinued on Page 9

institute Saturday morning is aimed at giving collegian’s parents a peek at some current developments as well as letting them sample the wares of DePauw’s professorial ranks. Professors John J. Baughman and Thomas A. Davis are slated as speakers for a pair of 40minutes lectures, beginning at 9:15 a.m. in Meharry Hall. Dr. Baughman, head of the history department, expects to probe the background and results of the French student uprising last spring. He was there on sabbatical leave. Dr. Davis plans to review "The Uses, Dangers and Potential of Computers.” He is an associate professor of mathematics and is currently working on finding new ways to use computers in DePauw’s teaching and research. Other major events of Saturday include the annual Dads’ Association luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in Bowman gymnasium, DePauw’s conference football game with Butler at 2 p.m. in Blackstock Stadium, and evening performances by three student singing groups — The Madrigal Singers, Men of Note, and The Collegians — plus a band concert and the theatrical production of Muriel Resnik’s situation comedy, "Any Wednesday.” All of the entertainment features except the band concert are booked for Friday night too. John W. Fauver, president of the J.N. Fauver Company, Inc., Continued on Page 9

Dairymen name officers for District 12 ‘Special to the Banner’ BAINBRIDGE, IND. — Dairy farmer membersof Miami Valley Milk Producers Association’s District 12 elected seven of their number to represent them on the association’s advisory council at the district’s annual banquet meeting Monday night in Bainbridge. District 12 includes Hendricks, Putnam, Parke, Clay, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Owen, Boone and Fountain Counties. Named to one-year terms on the advisory council were Frank Thomas, Jr. and Dwayne Walter of the Danville area; Herschel Gentry, Jr., Pittsboro, Route 1; John D. McGuire, Roachdale, Route 2; Dallas Nichols, Greencastle, Route 3; Leon Tippin, Bainbridge, Route 1; and Elton Rusk, Hillsboro, Route 1. In a report made by members of the association’s staff, the dairy farmers were told chat those in dairy farming are in much better shape economically than any other segment of farming. It was pointed out that the price paid to dairy farmers for their milk has remained strong and increased while prices of other farm commodities have shown weakness and have been much lower than is desirable. The speakers pointed out that the dairy farmers’ success in the market place has been the result of his well-organized and well-managed marketing cooperatives. They said that coopContinued on Page, 9

Clerk abides with no write-in judge ruling Ennis Masten, Putnam County Clerk said today his office and the Putnam County Election board will abide by the decision on write-in voters handed down yesterday by Federal James E. Noland. The federal judge yesterday refused to order the Indiana State Election Board to require provisions for write-in voting at Tuesday’s election. Noland ruled against the New Politics Party, which sought to require that such votes not only be permitted but counted as well. He said to order such voting "would clearly bring confusion and disorder to the 1968 election.” Masten attended a hearing yesterday in Indianapolis as a member of the Putnam County Election Board and county clerk to protest the allowing of write-in votes. He said following the hearing that the refusal was best for Putnam County. He pointed out that those who have already voted by an absentee ballot would not have had the chance to write-in their vote. Judge James Noland of the Southern Indiana Federal District Court denied a petition in which the New Politics Party sought to mandate Governor Branigin, the Indiana Election Board, and the election officials of 91 counties to make provisions for write-in votes. The Marion County Election Board met shortly after Noland issued his denial and decided to allow write-in votes on paper ballots only, but not on voting machines. Marion County also plans to permit the George C. Wallace Party to have poll watchers which so far has been a first-time concession by any of the 92 county election boards. However, county clerks and voters who testified during the federal hearing Tuesday concerning the write-in situation in Bartholomew, Delaware, Mon. roe, Putnam, Shelby and St. Joseph Counties indicated that without a federal court order, write-ins will not be permitted. In addition, New Politics Party chairman C. Harvey Lord said that representatives in Lake, Vanderburgh, Tippecanoe, Wayne, Madison and Allen Counties have told him that they do not expect to be able to cast write-in votes. Lord said that even though it will be "a painful process” he will ask members of the party in these counties to request write-in ballots and make affidavits if they are turned down, which the party will forward to the federal district attorney. "We don’t expect to make a showing because we have had too many reversals, but we want to keep the issue of writeins alive. We expect to be on the ballot in 1970.” Noland said, in turning down the write-in request, that, "To Continued on Page 9 Kidney transplant successful Mrs. Ronald Sutherlin, of South Jackson Street, is confined to the Veterans Hospital in Indianapolis today following a successful kidney transplant at the Robert Long Hospital Wednesday. Her sister, Mrs. Betty Phelps, Indianapolis, formerly of Greencastle, donated the kidney. Mrs. Sutherlin is the former Carol Pettit.

Clerk Ennis Masten and his staff prepare voting materials for precincts.

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Voting places change in only two precincts

Putnam County Auditor Eston Cooper announced today that only two definite changes have been made in polling places for the Nov. 5 election. Of the 39 precincts the two changes were made in North Russell and West Madison. Voters registered in North Russell will vote Tuesday at the American Legion Post rather than the school where voting took place in the spring primary and also in the general election in

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Voters in West Madison, accoring to Cooper will not be voting in the Brinerstown school but at the Brinerstown building. The Auditor also said there is a possibility that voters in the Amish protest hue colored safety signs INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The gaudy colors of a triangular vehicle plate required for slowmoving vehicles offended the Amish and prompted Indiana State Police Tuesday to suspend enforcement of the law temporarily. The suspension came after a delegation of Amish men appeared before Governor Branigin to protest the brilliant hues used on the sign. They said the sign violates the Amish religious code against ostentation and display. Several have been arrested because of refusal to display the sign on their horsedrawn buggies. The signs are yellow-orange with a red border. Arthur Raney Jr., acting state police superintendent, said he hoped that even after the requirement was lifted "safety, minded” persons would continue to display the triangles during the temporary suspension. Raney said the only way to suspend enforcement of the law for the Amish was to suspend it for all. In the meantime, Branigin said he would look into the possibility that alternate signs be devised for use by the Amish, possibly something more toneddown which would be accept, able to them. Raney said Ohio has such alternate signs.

North Second precinct will not vote at the Armory in Greencastle but at the Northeast School. He said furnace problems at the Armory may cause the switch. He said, the election board still plans to have its balloting at the Armory. The other precincts include: North Jackson, Bailey’s Garage; South Jackson, Keck Store Building; North Franklin, library basement; South Franklin, Fitzsimon’s garage; Fincastle, Community House; North Russell, Legion Home; South Russell, Margaret Ramsey residence; North Floyd, Chesley Day residence; South Floyd, Sibbett Cabin (Dutch Huffman Place), East Monroe, Lion Club Room; West Monroe, Brick Chapel Church Annex; North Clinton, Morton Sales Barn; South Clinton, Van Bibber’s lake; East Madison,#10 School Building; West Madison, Brunnerstown Store Building; North Marion, School building; South Marion, County home. Other voting precincts include: North Greencastle Twp., Fairground Community Building; North First, Jones School; South First, Courthouse; NorthSceond, Armory; South Second, Jr. High School building; East Second, New High School building; West Second, state highway garage; North Third, Miller School gym; South Third, campus Laundromat; South Fourth, Mrs. Keer’s residence; Fox Ridge, Community building; Limedale, Roy Albright residence; North Washington, Reelsville fire department; South Washington , Reelsville School building; East Jefferson, Belle Union School building; West Jefferson, Ira Williams residence; Millcreek, James Sallust truck stop; EastCloverdale, Cloverdale School building; West Cloverdale, Cloverdale fire department building; North Warren, Putnamville School Building; South Warren, Putnamville School Building.

Saturday is deadline for requesting absentee ballot

Deadline for making application for voting absentee ballot in the upcoming general election is this Saturday, Nov. 2, County Clerk Ennis Masten reports. Anyone who expects to be absent from the county on election day may vote absentee, but unless they are confined because of illness or other cause, they must vote in the clerk’s office in the court house. Masten requests the cooperation of those who qualify to vote absentee by mail to make application immediately in order to give his office time to process the applications before the deadline.

O’Rourke new area Heart representative

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Sunny and warmer today. Fair and warmer tonight. Friday partly cloudy and warmer with chance of showers late Friday. High today 70 to 77. Low tonight 48 to 54. High Friday 77 to 82. Precipitation probability percentages near zero to. day, 5 tonight, 30 late Friday.

1960 election nearly ruined political forecasting

By HORTENSE MYERS INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The memory of 1960 discourages most political forecasters from making flat predictions about the outcome of the 1968 Indiana Statehouse elections, partic. ularly that for governor. Some polls show Secretary of State Edgar D. Whitcomb, the GOP nominee for governor, is ahead. Others have Lt. Gov. Robert L. Rock, his Democratic challenger, leading. It adds up to being too close for comfortable guessing. The first time Richard M. Nixon ran for president in Indiana, native home of his mother, his victory margin though great was not big enough to carry the Republican gubernatorial nominee with him. Then the lieuten-

ant governor, Crawford Parker, Republican, lost to State Sen. Matthew E. Welsh, by 23,177 votes. But Republican State Sen. Richard O. Ristine defeated his Democratic challenger for lieutenant governor—Earl M. Utterback—by 6,467 votes. Win All But 2 However, the Republicans won in all but two of the 13 Statehouse offices at stake in 1960. This time, Republicans are calculating that the vote for Nixon will be big enough to carry the entire Statehouse ticket of 14 into office. The GOP campaign planners figure the margin to be almost double the 222,762 margin by which Nixon carried the state over John F. Kennedy eight years ago.

But this time, as in 1960, there are differences at work which could mean that individual factors among the candidates could again produce a bipartisan Statehouse. Rock, as lieutenant governor, also is director of commerce and industry, commissioner of agriculture, tourism director, president of the Senate and chairman of the Indiana Legislative Council. In these roles he has campaigned indirectly for the governorship and has won friends in influential places throughout the state. Power Shows Up Evidence of his potency came when Rock won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination against a candidate supported by Governor Branigin and most other

Democratic state officials. The win was by two votes; but it only takes one to win. Whitcomb, as secretary of state, has not had the same opportunity for indirect campaign, ing but he did have the advantage of a more dramatic and widely publicized military career involving an eight-hour swim for life, a la John Kennedy. A paperback edition of Whitcomb’s book, "EscapefromCorregidor” emerged earlier this year. Whitcomb, 51, a Seymour lawyer, former state senator and ex-assistant U.S. district attorney, and Rock, 41, an Anderson realtor and former state legislator before election as lieutenant governor, have big and attractive families. Whitcomb’s

wife, Pat, a former fashion model and mother of his five children, and Rock’s wife, Mary Jo, mother of his four children, have proved themselves effective campaigners. Barbed Charges Hurled The issues have covered the range of state government and been barbed with sometimes personal charges, but the most frequent have been state finances, education, highways, and law enforcement. Whitcomb has taken the position that he not only is against any general tax increase in the first biennium, but would veto such bills if passed by the 1969 Legislature. Rock has not been so adamant.

B. Pat O'Rourke B. Pat O’Rourke has been named a field representative for Area HI of the Indiana Heart Association, Miss Carrie Pierce, Greencastle, president of the Putnam County Heart Association announced today. O’Rourke, formerly a public relations representative for the Indianapolis Star and News, will be working with 15 county Heart Associations. The 26-year-old Indianapolis resident is a native of Falls Church, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. He graduated from Morehead (Ky.) State University in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Economics and Sociology. His memberships include: The Indianapolis Jaycees, Public Relations Society of America (pending), United States Auto Club, Indianapolis Art Society, Indianapolis Press Club, Education Writers Association, Sigma Delta Chi, a professional journalism society, Downtown Quarterbacks Club, Morehead State University Alumni Association and the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. O’Rourke will be working closely with the officers and members of the Putnam County Heart Association to help them with their year-round program of Professional and Lay Information, Community Services and with the February drive for Heart research.

The absentee ballots must be received at the clerk’s office before the close of the polls at 7 p.m. on election day, November 5. They must then be sent by the clerk’s office to their respective precincts to be counted. All persons voting absentee must be legally registered in the county. Precinct committeemen of both major political parties as well as relatives and friends are contacting elderly and confined persons within the county to aid them in applying to vote absentee ballot. On Monday, November 4, the day before the election, absent voter boards or teams, consisting of a representative of each major party, GOP or Demo, named by county chairmen, will take ballots to these persons so that they may vote. The absentee ballot board said that 126 people have voted already. Voters will be able to vote in the courthouse before the absentee ballot board until 4 p.m. Saturday. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. election day. The County Clerk’s office will be open through the week from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. To qualify to vote by mail, a voter must fit into any one of five categories: (1) An elector who expects to be absent from the county by reason of serving in the armed services or Merchant Marines; (2) absent because of employment with federal or state government outside the state of Indiana; (3) absent by reason of attending school, college, university or other institution of learning outside of the county; and (5) absent because of employment because of employment outside of U.S. Jaycee rally set for Nov. 3 The Greencastle Jaycee fall road rally will be Nov. 3. Registration and departure will be at the Jim Harris garage. Registration will begin at 11 a.m. Departure will be at noon. Trophies will be given to the first and second places. Dr. Hurteman completes training FT. SAM HOUSTON, TEX. (AHTNC) - Army Doctor (Captain) Roy K. Hurteman, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hurteman, 8906 Flynn Road W, Indianapolis, Ind., completed the medical service officer basic course at Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., Oct. 11. The five-week course provides basic branch training and orientation for newly commissioned Medical, Dental and Veterinary Corps officers. Dr. Hurteman received his B.A. degree in 1963 from DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. His wife, Mary, lives at 101 Bloomington St., Greencastle, Ind.