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

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The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

Monday, December 2, 196b

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Herald Consolidated "It Waves For AH" Business Phone: 01 3-5151 -0L 3-5152 LuMar Newspapers Inc. Dr. Mary Tarzian, Publisher Published every evening except Sunday and Holidays at 1221 South Bloomington St.. Greencastle, Indiana. 46135. Entered in the Pos 0»tice at Greencastle, Indiana, as second class mail matter under- Act of March 7. 1878 United Press International lease wire service Mem ber Inland Dai ly Press Association. Hoosier State Press Association All unsolicited articles, manuscripts, letters and pictures sent to The Daily Banner are sent at owner's risk, and The Daily Banner Repudiates any liability or responsibility for their safe custody or return By carrier 50C per week, single copy IOC Subscription prices of the Daily Banner Effective July 31. 1967-Put-"fh* C .‘i! UntV n 1 vear, *12.00.6 months. $7.00-3 months, S4.50-lndiana 3°^ th ^ ,na , m a COUr t r l Vear ' f 14 * 00-6 months. S R.00-3 months, s7‘nn'Af? U |[f d | 6 c r d,a,la 1 vear. $18.00-6 months. $10.00-3 months $7.00 All Mail Subscriptions payable in advance. Motor Routes $2 K per one month. ‘ TODAY’S EDITORIAL Back To The Shop 4 UTOMOBILES aren’t the only products being called back to the factory because of defects. The F-111A, the Air Force version of the controversial TFX jet fighter plane, is going back to the shop for major alterations in its wing structure. The Air Force recently announced that five of the planes, then on duty in Thailand, are being returned to the United

States.

This decision follows a series of tragic crashes, both , in the United States and in the war zone, which suggest serious flaws in the plane’s design. Following the most recent crash, the Air Force temporarily grounded the F-111A, and now comes word that the wing carrythrough structure will have to be reinforced. This is not the first change in design for the ill-fated plane. Numerous tests and alterations have so far failed to perfect the aircraft. This is the plane upon which the tactical air capability of the United States largely depends. Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara argued for development of a plane suited for use by both the Navy and the Air Force in order to realize financial savings. The F-lll was the result. The Navy has already found its model unsaatisfactory and canceled further purchases. The Air Force is still struggling to make its plane fly properly. I& the process, lives have been lost and upwards of $6 billion spent. Congressional experts who have followed the history of the F-lll are not at all optimistic that it can be salvaged. Some, including former Air Force secretary Sen. Stuart Symington, call for grounding the plane permanently and proceeding with alternate plans to meet air defense needs. The Senate Investigations Subcommittee plans to probe the matter further when Congress convenes in January. If the safety of the plane cannot be demonstrated convincingly by then, the lawmakers should seriously consider Senator Symington’s suggestion.

SAVE HIM, OH GREAT ONE!

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—Shotgun

He is reported in fair condition in Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Explanation of the Friday afternoon incident on how the gun became loaded has not been released by authorities. Greencastle Police Sgt James Grimes reports that an investigation is in progress, and that the matter should be illuminated to some degree when it is possible to interview the injured man, who was immediately transferred to, Indianapolis’ Methodist Hospital. Grimes reported that both barrels of the double- barreled weapon were loaded, one shell having been discharged in the incident. Ammunition in the shotgun carried the Ward brand name. Investigation of the display facility showed that the gun could have been loaded in the display rack which immobilizes one end of the weapons contained. Shipley, apparently in the process of buying the gun, received the wound while sitting and discussing purchase with a Wards’ employee. The discharge continued into the ceiling. The question remains why the loaded gun was being handled. Shipley had worked in the sporting goods section of the Ward’s store. He ran for school board in the Mill Creek Community School Corporation last spring where his wife is a school teacher. He was associated with the Ralph Hicks Insurance Agency.

Bayh poll indicates Hoosiers favor gun

control; cuts in space and aid

A Gift With A Promise

It’s that time again. Time to make up a Christmas list. Time to go shopping in search of the “right” thing for Aunt Emma. Cousin George, and—of course—the better half. You can make your Christmas shopping easier for yourself and more meaningful for those on your list by giving the gift with a purpose and a promise—U. S. Savings Bonds. Last June the Series E Bond interest rate was increased to 4.25 per cent—the maximum allowed by law—when the Bond is held to maturity of 7 years. At the same time, the rate was raised for the companion Freedom Shares—to 5 per cent, when held to maturity of 4Ms years. And Freedom Shares were made available for over-the-counter purchase at banks and other financial institutions when bought with a Series E Bond of the same or larger denomination. So why not give the gift that keeps on giving to the favorite people on your list? Your bank can supply you with attractive gift envelopes

A statewide poll of Indiana, conducted by U.S. Senator Birch Bayh, indicates that Hoosiers favor gun controls, reductions in space and foreign aid spending, and that barely more than half are opposed to the recent tax surcharge. An overwhelming majority of Hoosiers said crime control was mainly a local and

state responsibility.

Bayh’s poll was mailed as part ? of his newsletter to constituents in late summer and early fall. The results of the poll were based on approximately 25,000 re-

Bonds and Freedom sponses from residents of all

for , your

Shares.

And for the younger set, why not an album and starter collection of U. S. Savings Stamps? They are available at most post offices in denominations ranging from 10* to $5. Make this a truly promising Christmas—for your loved ones and your country. Innovative Priest NEW YORK (UPD—-Father Joseph McNamara, OMI, assistant chaplain of Manhattan College, has very definite ideas on a priest’s role at a college. The result: midnight Mass on campus, confessions in dormitories, and daily Masses in campus buildings. “Service is my conception of the priesthood,” says Father McNamara. “You have to bring religion to the congregation, and at a college it means making yourself and, more importantly, making the sacraments more available to the stu-

dents.”

parts of Indiana. On gun controls, the respondents were asked what kind of gun controls they would like to see and could check any or all of five proposals. The results; 71.8 per cent favored outlawing destructive weapons such as machine guns or hand grenades.—61.7 per cent favored a ban on the interstate mail-order sale of all firearms. — 53.7 per cent said they would approve restricting the sale of handguns to persons over 21 and the sale of rifles and shotguns to persons over 18. —39.2 fa-

vored registration of all handguns, shotguns and rifles. — 19.5 per cent favored registration of handguns only. — 14.3 per cent opposed any form of gun controls. On America’s money problems, respondents were asked if they would favor a major belt-tighten-ing program at the federal level. 81.7 per cent said they would. These respondents then were asked which three of 10 listed federal programs they would cut first. The results: 91.3per cent listed foreign aid among the first three federal programs they would cut.

Truman in fine health Dr. Graham

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)— Former President Harry S. •Truman is not afflicted with Parkinson’s disease and is in “fine health,” according to his personal physician. “The president has nothing at all,” Dr. Wallace D. Graham, Truman’s doctor, said late Monday. “He is in fine health, in good health.” “If he had Parkinson’s,” Graham added, “I doubt he would be making his morning walks, as he does five days out of seven.” “I doubt if any man past 80 doesn’t have some shaking when he picks up a newspaper, or a cup of coffee,” Graham said. “I probably have some myself.” It was the second time in recent years Truman had been rumored to have a serious ailment. He has suffered from occasional dizzy spells, and a few years ago, it was erroneously reported he had a stroke. ' Sources close to the family said at the time that “vascular problems” were diagnosed as the cause of the dizziness, and there had been no stroke.” Mrs. Janne Levey, president of the Parkinson’s Institute in Miami, Fla., said Monday Graham had asked the center

for assistance in treating the 84-year-old former chief executive for symptoms similar to those of Parkinson’s disease. She also reported Graham had asked for an experimental drug, L-dopa, in treating Truman. The disease affects the central nervous system, causing twitching of the hands and slowing of body movements. In advanced stages, it causes a fixed facial expression and tremors, but does not affect the intellect. “She had no business putting that out in the first place,” Graham said. “I told her that I had a patient with Parkinsonian syndromes. I haven’t ordered any (L-dopa), but I may get some.” He said the patient he had referred to was a young woman, not Truman. Mrs. Levey said the publicity was touched off by a statement by an attorney for the institute, Everett Dudley. The attorney had mentioned Monday Truman was suffering from what might be Parkinson’s disease. Progress HOLLYWOOD (UPD—Roddy McDowall, who started out with Lassie, will star opposite Ewa Aulin (who played “Candy”) in “The Easy Bed” for Euro-International.

wounded by the Israeli air raid. Amman Radio said two civilians were wounded and a house damaged by the Israeli artillery fire against Irbid Sunday night. It said more fighting erupted later today and reported Israeli tanks ex. changed fire with Jordanian forces in the Northern Jordan Valley. The broadcast said no Jordanians were injured but two Israelis were hit in the valley exchange. But the major blow in the Israeli-Jordan fighting took place 37 miles deep inside Jordan from Israel. Israeli spokesmen said their forces destroyed the Wadi El Abyad vehicle bridge and the Hejaz rail bridge and then safely returned him. Jordan said the Israelis hit the bridges by using covering jet plane fire and then landing troops by helicopter to do the bridge blowing. Key Links The two bridges formed key links between Amman, 60 miles to the north, and Maan, 60 miles to the south. They lay due

east of Sodom, at the southern tip of the Dead Sea. Amman Radio said the Israeli helicopter-borne troops “withdrew before our forces arrived on the scene. As a result, two civilians were killed and four wounded. Six cars were destroyed.” In Jerusalem, the Israeli communique said the bridge raid followed a “marked increase in guerrilla activities against Israel.” Israeli officials said that after the bridge raid, the Jordanians threw Russian, made rockets against the Degania-Alef, Tel-Katzir and Neve-Or farm settlements just below the Sea of Galilee. For that, the Israelis said, they shelled Irbid. Amman Radio however claimed the Israelis fired on Irbid at the same time as they were hitting the bridges. In Jerusalem Israeli spokesmen blamed an agreement signed Nov. 16 between Jordan’s King Hussein and Arab guerrilla groups for stepped up border strikes.

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JIM BISHOP: Reporter

— 55.2 per cent listed the space program. —44.9 per cent listed the poverty program. Programs that few Hoosiers listed among the first three they would cut included education aid, flood control and water resources programs, law enforcement assistance, Project Head Start, the school lunch program and the summer job program. All respondents then were asked if they believed the recently enacted tax surcharge was an important part of the effort to make ends meet at the federal level.

I wish I had a buck for every time I swore off golf. Better I should wish for a good tee shot. The game—let’s face it, gentlemen— is an exercise in masochistic frustration. A man has to enjoy pain to get out there laughing and scratching, thinking that THIS time he’s going to break ninety. Jim Murray pointed out the idiocy of the game when he discussed the trap shot. “They don’t want you to hit that little white ball,” he moaned. “They ask you to hit the planet it’s sitting on.” According to my figures, there are eleven separate things a golfer must remember before he starts his back swing. Then he must keep his head down and is not permitted to see what happened. Wally Lehmann has invented a small window shade that fits onto the peak of a golf cap. When he tees his ball up, he pulls the shade down and reads all the rules about relaxing, slow back swing, don’t tee up too high, follow through, cock the left eye at the pill, flex the knees, assume a slightly sitting posture, bring the left shoulder sharply up under the chin at the top of the backswing, place the clubhead behind the ball, do not bend the left arm. and stand there paralyzed. Bob Hope plays a smart game, but he’s one of those nuts who has a 170-yard hole behind his bedroom window. That’s in case another sleepwalker comes into the boudoir and taps him on the shoulder. Hope had his big opportunity when he played Jackie Gleason, but the walking snack bar clobbered Hope. “He hits a pretty good ball for a guy who can’t see it,” Hope sniffed. Mike Douglas gets some golf in, and plays a fair game. He’s afflicted with one of those even dispositions, and never blows up. Gleason plays as though he’s starring in The Desert Song. Don Adams of Get Smart finds time for those careful little chip shots into the lake. Buddy Hackett putts, misses, and says: “It don’t count. We wuz talkin’.”

This year I broke one hundred consistently. I’m surprised that I didn’t think of the solution before. I lie. In our set, we don’t count lost balls on the premise that losing one is sufficient punishment. All the guys mark tie ball on the green, giving it a two-foot nudge toward the cap while dropping the marker. Jack Kofoed, the columnist, comes off his feet like an Oriental trampolinist when he hits the ball. But, to see golf at its finest, you must play a foursome with Thomas Ferris, a topflight pulllie relations counsellor. I*tn having him done in murals for the bathroom. He admits to 240 pounds, b«i, pounds or knots, he’s a whiz. His hair is graying; his belly hides his knees, he plays lefthanded and the only time he feels confident is when he is stymied by a long line of trees. Mr. Tom hooks frighteningly. He aims to the left, placing the left foot behind the right, the sports shirt flaps wildly, his cherubic puss is a study In venom, and he lashes. The bill goes left, starts climbing on both engines, straightens out down the wrong fairway, begin^to fade back and holds its breath while it clears the traps to die on the green. The ball is picked up thirty feet from the pin and he says: “Gimme a four.” Bernard Castro the maker of those convertible couches, is no youngster, but he can bust your garters hitting 175 yards straight down the fairway. Rocky Marciano is the most Continued on Page 8

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