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Sheriff named to Governor’s crime council

Governor elect Edgar Whitcomb today announced the naming of Putnam County sheriff Robert Albright as one of five members to serve on the Executive Committee of the Governor’s Law Enforcement Commission. Serving with Albright are Nobel Piercy, Marion County prosecutor, Mayor Harold Zise of Fort Wayne, State Representative Ray Crow and Attorney GeneralElect Theodore Sindack, who is group chairman. The new committee met Wednesday. Albright said the committee will gather information and use it to develop proposals for new laws to be presented to the next General Assembly. One pet program Albright is fostering with the help of state representative John Thomas, is to have additional funds allocated to his county department to finance the caring of escaped prisoners from the State Far mat Putnamville. Albright claims the law requires escapees from the State Farm to stand trial and that the sheriff’s office houses the escapees and does most of the paperwork where escapees from other penal institutions are returned and simply have their time extended. He feels the legislature should be willing to pay more if his department, elected by county voters, is going to spend so much time working for the state. The “pet” project, however, is a side factor in Albright’s interests in state government. Rumors have been circulating that Albright might be in line for a new position through governmental appointment to either head the state farm or have a top ranking spot in the State Farm First Christian group to discuss civil disorder Beginning Sunday, Dec. 1, the adult class of the First Christian Church will discuss one of America’s most pressing problems, civil disorder. The group welcomes the attendance and participation of anyone interested in such discussion on the Sunday of Dec. 1, and the seven following Sundays. Led by Mrs. John B. Boyd, the class will use as a point of departure the “Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,” (Kerner Report”) in summary form. This federally commissioned report details why disorders happen and recommends preventive measures. Interested individuals or parties can attend the discussions, occurring from 9:30 to 10:20, in the chapel of the First Christian Church’s Bethany House.

program, Albright denies knowledge of any planned appointment. Democrats will be giving up the administrative duties with a new Republican administration taking office next month. It is presumed that institutional heads will be replaced by Republican appointees. Albright was chairman of the Indiana Sheriffs for Whitcomb in the recent election campaign. Wednesday the special committee met to plan the special conference on crime for Jan. 6 and 7. Whitcomb will be the speaker. Two break-ins reported at Russellville RUSSELLVILLE, Ind.— The Putnam County sheriff’s office today are searching for burglars who reportedly stole an estimated $1,040 in merchandise herefrom the Don Lashley owned hardware store and the Spencer Lumber Co. Wednesday. Deputy sheriff Tom Brown and state detective Kenneth Wolfe itemized the stolen goods at the hardware store to include electrical appliances and tools, and a battery charger. The sheriff’s department said entrance into the building was made after glass in the rear door was broken out. Merchandise valued at $300 was missing at the lumber company. Burglars reportedly entered the building by prying open a front door. William Spencer, the owner, discovered the break-in. Included among the stolen items were a new and used chain saw, an electric torch and drill. A stolen truck from the lumber company was later found abandoned two miles south of Russellville. N. Viet wants U.S. to ignore S. Viet By LOREN JENKINS PARIS (UPI)—North Vietnam today demanded the United States ignore the South Vietnamese government in talks on ending the Vietnam war. At the same time the South Vietnamese were demanding the United States ignore the Viet Cong in the negotiations expected to open next week, American sources said. These issues of protocol and procedure will dominate the opening rounds of talks the United States had hoped would plunge promptly into the basic military and political questions on settling the war, diplomats said. Continued on Page 2

FINGERS CROSSED- Lloyd Cooper, Greencastle Athletic Director looks out over his school's new 5,000 plus seat gymnasium which is to be used Saturday night when Greencastle hosts Cloverdale. Supt.

Joseph Rammel said today that there is a legal technicality involved in using the gym, but said he is planning on the facility being used Saturday night. --The BANNER Photo, Dennis Abell.

Wabash Valley budget I requests made

Wabash Valley Assn, requests for inclusion in the 1970 Federal Budget were made last week by President H. Phil Pearce of Carmi, Vice Pres. Frank Kirn of Lafayette and Howard Mendenhall of Mt. Carmel, 111. Starts were requested on the Lincoln Reservoir in Illinois and the Patoka and Lafayette Reservoirs in Indiana. The Patoka Reservoir is already two years late in getting started. Both the Lincoln Reservoir in Charleston Illinois and the Lafayette Reservoir in Indiana were ready to start last year when the engineering was finished. Actually, if it had not been for Vietnam, not only might these three reservoirs been nicely started by now; but, the Big Pine and Clifty Creek Reservoirs might have been started this year. Land acquisition funds have been asked for these two projects. In addition to the new construction starts, Engineering and Design funds for the Louisville and Helm Reservoirs in Illinois, the Big Walnut, Big Blue and Downeyville Reservoirs and the

Marion Indiana Flood Protection Levee were requested. Congressman John Myers of Covington, Marion Burson from Congressman Springer’s office and representatives from Senators Dirksen, Percy, Bayh and Hartke’s offices accompanied the group to the Executive Office Building where they met with Carl Schwartz, Chief of the Natural Resources Section of the Bureau of the Budget. No promises were made but there was hope expressed that Engineering and Design Studies, the Comprehensive Study of the entire Wabash Basin and the Survey of the Cross Wabash Waterway would be funded. As for news starts in construction the question of funding will depend on the instructions of the President regarding Public Works expenditures. The total amount requested by the Association for this year was $10,637,000—4 million more than last years appropriations. It was pointed out that these were investments in natural resource developments which paid off in Continued on Page 3

City employee trapped in tile cave-in

A city employee was half buried in dirt on a tile laying project for a brief period of time Wednesday while other employees tried to free him. William Albright, an employee of the city sewage department, was taken to the Putnam County Hospital with chest injuries following a cave-in at 10:55 a.m. The accident occurred at the McMains International Harvester Ind. 43 and Frazier Street in the north section of the city. Albright was buried from his chest down. The fire department used a trenching shovel to free Albright.

Weather watcher

Mostly cloudy and cool today. Clearing and colder tonight. Mostly sunny and continued cool Saturday. Winds west to northwest 12 to 22 miles per hour today. High today low 40s. Low tonight mid 20s. High Saturday low r to mid 40s. Precipitation probability percentages 10 today, 5 tonight and Saturday.

Small cMd stares below—where’s dad?

"By FREDERICK H. TREESH MANNINGTON, W. V A. (UPI)—A lad of 11 stood in stoic silence as the truck-mounted drill bored into the hillside, spewing great clouds of limestone dust into the air. “He stared down at the hope like he was looking for a miracle,” said driller Marlin Cartin, his voice on the verge of cracking. Beneath the wooded hill,under nearly 1,000 feet of soil, rock and shale, lies a coal mine, its miles of tunnels wracked by explosions, filled with fire and lethal carbon monoxide and methane. Somewhere in that chamber of horrors are 78 miners, among them the father of the boy who stood beside the drilling rig. Hardly any hope yet exists that the miners, entombed in Pittsburgh Concolidation Coal Co.’s No. 9 mine by an initial explosion nine days ago, are still alive. But no one can be sure. Remember Hominy Falls? Six miners presumed to have

drowned in a flooded mine at Hominy Falls, W.Va., earlier this year were brought out alive after 16 days. Life At Stake If a miracle were to be wrought here, it had to be through the four-inch holes in the earth drilled by men like Cartin, a 26-year-old ex-Marine from Huntington, W.Va. Using mine maps and surveying instruments, rescue officials pinpointed eight places on the pastoral hills over the sevenmile long mine to make the test bores. Down 600,800, sometimes 1,000 feet, the drills went. The 30-foot an hour rate of a “high speed” drill seemed painfully slow when life was at stake. As each drill broke through into a mine tunnel— mine officials were sure they were drilling precisely at the places the trapped men were working when No. 9 blew up— a sensitive listening device was dropped into the hole. For an hour and a half, rescuers listened for any sign of life. They said the

microphones could pick up a whisper at 100 feet. All they heard were falling rocks and dripping water. Hope Dwindles Then air samples were taken. As each sample was returned to the mine laboratory and found to contain lethal levels of carbon monoxide and methane — the natural gas that millions of homeowners burn in their furnaces across the land—hope dwindled. The mood became increasingly more solemn at the neat, white frame homes that dot the corkscrew mountain hollows around Mannington and its twin community, Farming, ton, and at the Little James Fork United Methodist Church at the mine head where families each day for a forenoon prayer service and folksy “group therapy” by the Rev. Barnes and other area clergymen. Perspiring and visibly nervous in the glare of television lights, Corcoran told a news confer, ence: “No one but me has final

authority to decide whether this mine will be sealed. “I tell you that as long as there is any hope at all for the life of any man in that mine, I will not give the authority.” Such an order actually would be signed by an official of the West Virginia Department of Mines. Families Fled In Tears When the question of sealing the mine was first raised at a news conference in the cinder block company store, some members of miners families fled the room in teraful anguish. While the portals still were open and drilling continued, hope— howev er faint— re mained alive. Hope for 78 men. Sealed or not, Mannington No. 9 is destined to be closed for a long time. Consolidation is trying to find jobs for those among the No. 9’s 361 miners not involved in the explosion at its other mines in the northern West Virginia area.

When Mannington No. 9 does reopen, most of its former employes will don their heavy coveralls, their lighted helmets and trudge as before into its lime-whitewashed interior to once again extract its coal—it was coming out at the rate of 9,400 tons a day when the explosion hit. Everyone Touched Why do men court death or respiratory disability in the mines, generation after generation? Hardly an adult man or woman in this town doesn't have a father, brother, cousin or uncle killed or maimed in a mine, “Where the hell else can I make $31 a day,” one miner asked, probably speaking for the majority. To James Reger of Farming, ton, a miner for many years, “It’s a way of life.” “I used to work in construction. I was away from home a lot. Now I’m close to home.” About the deadly accidents, Continued on Page 3

Co. vocational training group meets Dec. 3

The Putnam County Vocational Training Center will hold its first general meeting for the publi first general meeting for the public on Tuesday, December 3at the Miller school at 7:30 p.m. The Vocational Training The Vocational Training Center has recently been organized to provide an opportunity for handicapped persons to develop independence and contribute positively to society. Heading the organization is Dr. J.D. Shonkwiler, President, Mr. Marshall McCammack, Vice President, and Mr. Chester Gra-

bowski, Secretary-Treasurer. In addition, also serving on the board of directors are Mrs. Doris O’Hair, Mrs. Bessie Rector, Mrs. Ellen Purcell and Dr. Paul Mendenhall. In stating the need of a training center in our County, Dr. Shonkwiler indicated, “those monies we now contribute to the rehabilitation of the handicapped through taxes go into training centers in Indianapolis and Terre Haute. This requires time and additional money for transportation to such centers. Parents, physicians and teachers of the

j-ndicapped can fully appreciate ne advantages of a local fac:iity.” “Our definition of a handicapped person,” Dr. Shonkwiler further stated, “is anyone who is unable to gain and maintain employment by reason of a physical, intellectual or emotional disabiliyt. The physical handicapped include absence or disability of limbs, vision, hearing or speech. The intellectually handicapped include all types of mental deficiencies.” The Putnam County Vocational Continued on Page 2

DePauw puts five players on All ICC conference

Scott Ralston

Virtually from stem to stern the Indiana Collegiate Conference all-league team is new this year, with a heavy emphasis on talent from Evansville. Results of balloting by the five ICC coaches for all-conference offensive and dfensive first teams were announced today by the ICC New Bureau in Greencastle. Offensive end and defensive back Mike Woodard of Evansville was the sole holdover from the 1967 all-ICC team. As last year, Woodard made both teams again this trip, being named to the offensive team unanimously and missing by two votes making it unanimously on the defensive squad. Three other choice plums in the post-season voting were picked up by individuals from Butler, DePauw and Valparaiso. Butler’s 5-9 halfback from Lafayette, Larry Gilbert, was voted Most Valuable Back in the league, while DePauw’s defensvie middle guard, 6-2 senior, Dick Schulte, of Indianapolis, was named Most Valuable Lineman. Valparaiso’s first-year coach Norm Amundson, who steered the darkhorse Crusaders to a per. feet 4-0 league record, was voted by his fellow mentors as ICC Coach of the Year. Gilbert, third in ICC rushing

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stats, edged out St. Joseph’s Karl Maio in the MVB voting, and Schulte beat out Woodard. Amundson’s closest competitor was DePauw’s Tom Mont. Third place finisher Evansville put six men on the two teams in

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addition to both-way Woodard. The Aces captured three more of offensive spots.-PaulGerhardt (tackle), quarterback (sophomore Craig Blackford), and halfback (Don Crane). Continued on Page 3

Bill Pope Dick Schulte

CERAMIC WINNER--Connie Hittle, right, was awarded the Flair, Inc. Purchase Award by Bob Eppelheimer, owner of the Greencastle business firm at DePauw University's Art Center Sunday. The brown-blue and white glazed rectangular pot, for which Miss Hittle will be paid by Flair, Inc., will remain in the University's Art Center ceramics collection. Connie is a 1967 alumna of DePauw and is presently employed by Indiana

University in Bloomington. The ceramics show, where this award was made during its opening last Sunday afternoon, will continue at the Art Center until December 18. Over 230 pieces were submitted in the competition by 51 Hoosier craftsmen. Eighty-two were retained for the final show. The grand prize award was won by another Bloomington potter, Lina Hamman.

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