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The Daily Banner

INDIANA STATE LIBRARY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA “It Waves For AH”

VOLUME SEVENTY-SEVEN

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1968

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UPI News Service

No. 32

Will Christmas mail be late?

Andy Beck mails Christmas card to grandma.

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He watches as postal clerk emptys mail bag.

by DENNIS ABELL Managing editor If you are planning to mail a serviceman a Christmas present overseas, it may be too late for a before Christmas Day arrival, warns Clair Albin, Greencastle Postmaster. Albin pointed out that presents may still reach the servicemen on time if mailed in the next couple of days, but that federal postal notices recommended such military packages be mailed no later than Dec. 2. He also pointed out that where it did cost a user $5 to mail 100 sealed Christmas cards last year, the new six cent stamp has raised the price to $6. The postmaster suggests that people who want to mail cards out of state but within the United States, should get the job done before Dec. 11. He also suggested that all other Indiana mail be dropped in boxes no later than Dec. 16. “I am not saying that the cards will not get through before Christmas if they are mailed after Dec. 16, but larger post offices become more jammed each year," Albin said. The postmaster pointed out that no additional help will be hired this year at Greencastle, but that present employees will be working overtime hours. He said the mail will be cased seven days a week with employees working Sunday mornings. “We have always been able to clear the office of Christmas mail by Dec. 24,” he said. There will be no expanded window service this year. Albin said he has been told to keep the windows open just during regular hours. Both the money order and stamp windows will be open until noon on Saturday. In mailing packages he said the mail going out of the country should go by Sam mail ( space available on a parcel airlift). Users can also mail packages by pow mail, which is partly by land and partly by air. He said all contents should be placed in a box of either metal, wood or fiberwood. He said each box should be well tied with strong cord and that the contents should be cushioned with some-

kind of material, like newspapers. “The name and address of both the sender and the receiver should be placed both outside and inside the package so the package can be identified, if the outside label is marred,” Albin said. Items not t o be mailed include matches, lighter fluid, tobacco and coffee. “Servicemen can obtain these items on their posts anyway,” Albin said. Greencastle has eight post offices and Albin says the quickest way to speed up the sending of Christmas greeting cards is to use Zip code. Greencastle’scode number is 46135. “If people do not know what Zip code to use for a certain area, they can call the post office here or come to our lobby where a booklet of Zip code numbers is kept. The lobby is open 24 hours around the clock,” he said. In speaking of mail to Vietnam, Albin said the serviceman can send mail to the states quicker than a parent can get mail to him. “The reason is because mail going to a serviceman is held up in many cases at the post until the military man comes from a field mission. On the other hand, servicemen can send their mail right from their field positions.” If mail users do not want to spend six cents for stamps, to cover the regular one ounce mail delivery, they can go a third class rate where a six cent stamp will purchase two ounces of mail. Albin points out that, under third class rates, mail is not returned to the sender. “Last year our biggest problem involved packages mailed third class to people who no longer lived in Greencastle. The packages piled up,” he said. The price of stamps have been on the rise for the last three years. In 1966 mail went out for three or four cents. Last year stamps were four or five cents. Said Albin, “Mailers should remember when sending out cards to include their return address and the receiver’s proper Zip Code.

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by SHAUN HIGGINS Staff Reporter Noah Hadley, Extension Economist at Purdue University., addressed a group of 75 farmers here last night, in the first of two Extension meetings on farm management. Hadley, speaking at the fairgrounds Community Building, told farmers about the impact of improved technology, the economic climate for the upcoming decade and the trends in farm production and consolidation. The Purdue economist told the group that financial success in farming depends on the economic climate of the nation and the individual competence of the farmer. Hadley said the economic climate is good for farming, as well as for non-farm employ-

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He forecasted the National economy, as based on the Gross National product, will continue to increase steadily at three to four per cent a year. The United States, he said, will continue to operate at a near full-employment capacity and high wages will continue to be paid to urban consumers. The market for non-farm employment will continue to increase, he

stated.

Along with these trends Hadley anticipates a growth of almost two per cent in the demand for food and a stabilization in prices. On the foreign market scene Hadley felt that hard money markets, which comprise about twothirds of American farmers’ foreign markets, would expand at a rate of two to two and a half per cent per year. The Agency for International Development (AID) will probably spend as much or more in the foreign aid field as they currently are, according to the econ-

omist.

The farmer then can anticipate a growth in both domestic and foreign markets, he concluded. However, Hadley went on to say that improved technology will allow the American farmer to produce agricultural products at a faster rate than the demand

Noah Hud ley (right) talks with farmers.

calls for them, unless control is exercised. The economic climate, he said, will ultimately depend upon the types of governmental programs

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PTA to launch yule space-carpet

Everyone will want to fasten his safety belt at Northeast School on Monday, December 16, when the first SPACE-CARPET is launched at the PTA Christmas program. Count-down will be at 7:15 p.m. in the multi-purpose room when an original play entitled “Space-Carpet Christmas,” written by Mrs. John McFarland, will be presented. The play, which Mrs. McFarland calls a “Space Fantasy,” centers around a trip taken by Cindy (Louise Moore) and Billy (Gregory Jones) on Christmas Eve. Guided by a Space Fairy, (Susan Rattray), the audience will accompany the travelers to

Japan, Argentina, the Philippines, Germany and Afghanistan, ending with a brief visit to the Holy Land to recapture the magic of the first Christmas. Cast in the roles of “Hostesses” to tell about Christmas customs in their native lands will be three of DePauw University’s International students, Takako Kuge from Japan, Ana Maria Cue from Argentina and Evelyn Sevilla from the Philippines. The German mother will be played by a “real” German mother of Northeast School, Mrs. William J. Moore, who is coaching the second grade classes in the German words to

“Silent Night” and “O Tannenbaum,” which they will sing in the play. The Afghanistan family will be portrayed by members of the Jack Wright family (also patrons of Northeast) who recently returned from a two-year assignment in Afghanistan. Other features of the program will include a rhythm band by the kindergarten classes, a choral reading by the first grades and traditional carols sung by the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades. The strings group, directed by Mrs. Herman Berg, and the band, directed by Mr. Hugh Carter, will also play.

As preparation for the program children have been asked to read books and travel folders about the countries visited and to see the space show now on display in the DePauw Union Building. There will also be a contest in which the pupils create pictures, the most suitable of which will be chosen to illustrate the program cover. These pictures will remain on display for the parents to see on the night of the program. “We are especially pleased that this program affords every child in the school an opportunity to participate,” says Mrs. Roger Roof, chairman of the program committee. Visitors will be welcome. Mrs. Doris Gorham, president, will preside at a brief business meeting starting promptly at 7 p.m. A report will be made by the Ways and Means Committee on the success of the November Fiesta de la Olimpiada. Mrs. John Pershing will be in charge of refreshments, assisted by Mrs. Verne Baker, Mrs. Audrey Walton and Mrs. William Spence.

Dean of Hoosier writers buried today

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) - “Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen?” The ancient Biblical tribute was applied to Eugene “Jep” Cadou Sr., dean of Indiana political writers and UPI regional executive. Cadou, 72, died Monday and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery following funeral services in a crowded mortuary here today. Dr. Stewart Hartfelter, pastor of the Prentice Presbyterian Church of which Cadou was a member, turned to the words of King David, a great writer of centuries ago, for his funeral sermon. David, author of the Psalms, had paid tribute to a friend and countryman beginning with the sentence: “Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?” Gives New Insight Dr. Hartfelter, a friend of Cadou for 30 years as well as his pastor, paid tribute to his

friend and in so doing, gave many of the mourners a new insight into a man they had known mostly as a talented political writer, an amusing companion, and an astute observer of worldly events, but not as a churchgoer. “It would be redundant for me here and now to repeat the many honors and tributes which ‘Continued on Page 7 Weather watcher Partly cloudy, very windy and colder today and tonight. West to northwest winds 20 to 35 miles per hour today, gradually diminishing to 15 to 25 tonight. Partly cloudy with slowly diminishing winds and continued cold Friday. High today 30 to 37 with falling temperatures this afternoon. Low tonight 17 to 25. High Friday 28 to 34. Precipitation probability percentage 10 through Friday.

Mrs. Laverta Terry BLOOMINGTON-Mrs. Laverta Terry, a former Greencastle resident, has been appointed assistant to the dean of the junior division at Indiana University, according to officials at the school. Mrs. Terry is the daughter of Mrs. William P. Buckner, 902 S. Illinois, and the late Rev. William Pat Buckner. She was born in Brazil and her family moved to Greencastle when Mrs. Terry was three years old. She is a graduate of Greencastle High School. As assistant dean of IU’s freshman division, Mrs. Terry will counsel students and visit high schools throughout the state as part of the junior division’s educational opportunities program for disadvantaged students. Mrs. Terry has been teaching at Bloomington’s Central Junior High. She has also taught on the elementary and secondary education levels in Texas and Mississippi. She holds the A.B, in sociology from Jarvis Christian College in Hawkins, Texas and has completed graduate work at IU. In addition she attended Tougaloo College, in Mississippi, where she received the outstanding student award. In Bloomington, Mrs. Terry has been active in community affairs where she served in the Outreach program of the Community Action Program. She has also worked with the Community Development Conference and served on the Educational Task Force of the Human Relations Advisory Group. Her son, David, a former Bloomington High School basketball star, is attending Vincennes University. A daughter , Kay Ellen, is a junior at BHS.

which develop in the next few years. He pointed out that a certain degree of land retirement, such as that exercised at the end of World War n, will be necessary if the farmer is to capitalize on the otherwise promising future markets. But, he added, the farmer must also realize that he is going to have to go into farming on a big basis. According to Hadley the age of the small farmer is long past. Hadley stated the farmer must be able to obtain at least 400 or 500 acres of land if he is to remain competitive. “For those who are unable to build up the resources, income opportunities outside farming will become more attractive,” he said. Hadley predicted only one of every four of today’s farmers would be farmers in 1975. “The man who wants to be competitive over a period of time must have a large volume and be able to increase this volume. Without it the chances are not too good in farming,” he stated. Hadley stated that within seven years 20 thousand Indiana farmers would be producing over 85 per cent of the state’s agricultural product. By 1975 nearly all farm products in Putnam County will be produced by only about 170 farmers, he said. Hadley told the farmers if they were to remain competitive they must be aggressive in their efforts to gain control of more land resources. The farmer must also select enterprises and crops for which offer his special -advantages, Hadley said. The Purdue economist also said the farmer must keep constantly informed ofchangesinthe economic climate and be ready to adapt to trends. Finally the farmer must be able to keep up with technological developments and evaluate thei financial value. Hadley will speak again next Wednesday. He will discuss farm specialization and capitalization. The session will being at 7:30 p.m. Pvt. Covert graduates (PQ0397) SAN DIEGO (FMTNC) Nov. 20- -Marine Private Michael M. Covert , son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Covert of 407 E. Hanna St., Greencastle, was graduated from eight weeks of recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot here. He will now undergo from two to four weeks of individual combat training and then, after leave at home, will report to his first Marine Corps assignment.

Reporters want to call a spade a spade

by SHAUN HIGGINS Staff Reporter (ED. NOTE: This article concludes staffer Shaun Higgins’ three part series on the reporter’s and editor’s daily dilemmas and the parts they play in society.) Despite the fact that many reporters get an almost sadisOnly 19 More Shopping

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tic pleasure from reporting only bad news, most prefer simply to call a spade a spade, without elaborate embellishment. Ernie Pyle’s World War II reports told the public what war was like. Pyle did not say war was good. His comments showed the horror of the daily lives of the GI’s in Germany and the Pacific; they did not advocate such life. Pyle was hard-nosed, he was tough, and he sacrificed his life to keep United States civilians up-to-date on the private action on the front lines. This was no joy-ride for Ernie Pyle. Marguerite Higgins’ and Bernard Fall, both of whom met death covering the Vietnamese conflict received not pleasure from the death surrounding them. But, like the soldiers they saw, they had a mission. It was to find truth in the midst of chaos. The motion picture industry has depicted all reporters as rude, embittered cynics, who consistently ignore ethics in their

search for a byline. The movies picture reporters as perverted sadists who rise from bed at three in the morning to chase down an ambulance in hopes of finding front-page gore. Some reporters are like this. Some reporters, the bad ones, like nothing better than a fatality. But most only have to cover one auto accident, one fetal explosion or riot-scene to have their fill of it. They would be content, after this initial exposure, to cover bean suppers and weddings for the rest of their career. Reporters who covered the Democratic Convention in Chicago, and the televsion cameramen who report from Vietnarqese streets while bullets buzz around their heads are not having fun. If they live long enough, they may eventually receive some small satisfaction in knowing they

did their part to clarify a situation for their listeners and readers. If the reporter receives any satisfaction from covering a riot or a war, it is from knowing that he has helped others understand the reasons behind the incident and the nature of the conflict. On a local level the reporter seldom risks his life for news. But sometimes he must lose the love of many citizens. Truth can play no favorites and the reporter must call a spade a spade. Unfortunately many feel they must make every story superimportant. They see themselves as movie reporters and they assume the image. They often blow things out of proportion, making mountains out of molehills. On the other hand, many small newspaper staff members refuse

to believe that anything of importance can happen in their areas. These make molehills from mountains. Both types are guilty of avoiding obligations. The reporter who blows stories out of proportion does not belong on a newspaper but in a comic strip. The reporter who cannot see anything important in his area belongs to the national losers’ hall of fame, not in the press. The public itself decides who stays and who goes on a newspaper staff. If it is a responsible public it chooses wisely, and its decisions are judicious. If the public cannot or will not be responsible, the quality of a paper is destined to decline. Either good men will be forced off the staff, or bad personnel will be retained. The problem of good and bad reporters and the power exercised by the public in determining what they will and will Continued on Page 7