The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 March 1965 — Page 9

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'VOLUME 4

Lakeland Legion Posts Mark 46th Legion Anniversary

Hoosier Blood Shed In Vietnam Is Our Affair

By FR.XNK WHITE WHEN HOOSIER boys 1 blood- is being shed m Vietnam, foreign affairs become home town concent. It is a breath of fresh air that the phoney talk about Americans being ripped away. It shows we are in a hot. shooting war in Southeast Asia. We hear a lot - of talk about negotiations. and Yank get out of Vtetnam. We hear little about what Secretary of State Dean Rusk put ■so bkntly and VfeH, that Communist Red China get out of South Vietnam and leave neighboring countries alone Another thing that should be scotched, is that this is a partisan. Democratic war We become involved m Vietnam through the stock foreign aid program under President Eisenhower. a Republican. President Kent • ,iy. ' .. ’ !'■ ■ dent Johnson, continued our committment to defend, a free country from Red takeover and to stand by our committments. . -- REMEMBER 10 YEARS ago when Jthn L Lewis, the most pOW erful figure of his day in Labor circles, sneered at the AFL—CIO . union 1 ’ . He said ft would part like "a rope of sand ‘ and his mine worker's would have none h Today, the AFL-CIO was the most powerful lobby ■in /the 94th ■ '. of the Unto-i Slates Don't mistake the impact of the AEL—xTO; or misjudge it L State President Dalia-. Sells soft- spoken and for years a Baptist I liy school teacher. LIVING RIGHT 'is no guori of escaping hard knocks 1’ enson told 000 I nhersity of Kentucky students "If you wish a sheltered and uneventful We. you arc living m the wrong generation. “No one cai or ease, or undisturbed comfort: But '.we.- c.ii. promise you this Wccan promise enormous challenge o great danger As with them we can prom;'-*- you trr.eniih over all th - ■ ■ "■ ' ■ , ■ ' HOW PHONEY are out times is. shown by the accorded the shotgun slaying of M.,i- >im X a loader of a splinter Negro group of vicious extremists. The record, shows tiiat . Mafcom x. who so polts, and elsewhere; in Indiana, drew a ■lO year sentence for bujrglariy. m MM6, • - He burglarized because be had not only peddled marijuana. but liad become a cocaine addict, ' re- . qu«r:ng s2t‘ ve-ri; <.f >in:.l- a. to s&tisfy .c; uncontrollable u?;m> ute. He lost his job in a night duh because it was found he was a hustler or procurer on the side He spe red in supplying; white- ■ • girl'. to Negro men and Negro women to wfute men He served six years m prison. He rode to national headlines by saying “the chickens came home ?<> roost” when Pres dent Kennedy was so foully murdered ' . - Malcolm X rode the tide of civil disobedience in civil riots to the headlines He was a blotch on A . mericQ and it is well society is rid of him. : TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (.TAIMED 37.800 lives in the USA in 1964. and over a thousand of these were of Hoosiers This was a 10 per cent increase over the preceding year. The National Safety Council

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X'OW ITS—INDIANA STATE UNI- sign to the Terre Harte campus The name change was effective as of VERSTTY - Stadents tested *e when Indiana State college official- February 8. The sign has since been teaks of “University” on an entrance Jy became Indiana State University, changed with matching lettering.

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an economic loss of $8 2 billion dollars resulted from wage Joss, insurance overhead, property damage • and medical expense Despite this carnage, the 94th State I>‘gLskiture turned deaf ear ft> bills that would help cut highway killing. It failed to enhet a kiw th.it would require compulsory inspection of motor vehicles bnce a year at of $2 50 each for the inspection Such inspection shows 6 per rent of the mrtor vehicles on Indiana , highway's have faulty brakt-s. one or other corm-tablc faults If I keep my auto m tip top condition why should not other drivers be forced to do likewise’ REMC Directors To Attend 30th Annual Meeting Plans to start building the Hoosier .Energy 200.000-kilowatt generating on the White River near Petersburg will be aired at the 30th annual mivting of Indiana Statewide Rural Electric Coopei to be held at Indanapolis Thursday and FriMarch 11 anif 12 .stale lire expected to attend the event at the Claypool 'notel The Kosciusko county REMC is urn- of 39 rural electric coojx-ratives hdding membership ,in the central William Orr said. County REMC leaders and '.'.-ir wives are planning to at- : stalewiile affair. ‘ I, - <;.>>, Robert L Rock, reprethe Branigin administration, will make a major address at the Thursday lunchism. He is planning to > include in hfe talk a discussion of. opportunities for REMC' to continue • : i diana s rural areas. Members of a six man Hoosier study team, inciud.ng Indiana state-. J wide's general manager, A. D. Mueier. w 11 re{»rt on the r January tour <?f Rio Grande do Sul. southernmost state of- Brazil Hus South American state has been designated as Indiana s counterpart in the Partners ' red by ti e V S State Department's Agency for International Development. study team's report will cpm- ; ivmei.t the topic of trie annual hanquet address the same mening James H Boren of Washintgon, I* C , director of the Partners of toe A ...c>o- Program, will gne a comprehensive presentation of the pur--poses and signifiance of the Partners program ds a means for budding ■ ward greater international good w ill and progress among all .the 4 Indiana RE.MC leaders will wind up the meeting when Jack T Conway, deputy director in the Office of -EctHiomig will discuss ■tt’.at agency's program Friday af’.erinbon. Directors of the Kosciusko epunty ' RE'i' ■ pereotmd Who plan to attend the wide annual meeting yiclude: Mr and Mrs Arden Warner, Mr. and Mrs Past Hollar, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ringgcnberg and Mr. and Mrs W .ii.am Orr Visit .Mrs. Bow ersox Rev. Ralph Wagoner, Mrs/Esther Osborn, and Mrs. Estella Swartz v.i'ited Mrs. Elsie Bowersox at toe Elkhart General hospital Thursday, March 4. Mrs. Bowersox's condition remains unchanged.

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

Boy Scout Council To Honor Leaders With Banquet The executive board of the Pioneer Trails Council, Boy Scouts of Ameriia. will hold its annual appreciation banquet to honor the council's limit leaders at 6 30 p. m. Thursday, March 18. at the Eby's Pines restaurant east of Bristol. The speaker will be Frank W. Braden. regional Scout executive, region seven, Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Braden is a veteran Scouter, administrator, trainer, speaker. As top Scout executive of region seven of the Boy Scouts of .America.'he has the r.f:ty </ administering the largest area of Scouting in the world, comprising the four midwestem states—lndiana, Michigan, Illinois. and Wisconsin—one-sixth of all the boy members and adult leaders in the .United State' He was bom and educated in Indiana, became a . Scout at' the age of 12, achieved the ronk -f Ec-a’.n- Sc'Utmnster and camp director. He attended Indiana State Teachers college at Terre Haute and taught in toe public schools of that city. In 1926 he Ixxame a professional Scouter and has served as a local executive in some of America s largest local councils—Toledo, Cincinnati, and Cleveland. O.: he .has served 12 years on the national staff of the . B S A . and traveled extensively 'representing toe B S A.—Hawaii, , ITierto R'ico. Cuba. England. France. Beligum. Holland. Switzerland, and Germany. He has, spoken in every sizeable city in America, is a champion of the training of Scout leaders. In 1948, sen ng as the rational coordinator of training for the Boy Scouts of America, he was responnational ty;v,> of S< <>ut leader training to the I’nitwl States. , This training program has had much to do with ti.e extcr.'.on of the quality of Scouting in .America Wood Badge training is rn.u in intecra’. successful, and ■iceepted criterion of quality program in this country.. jUUW IX FEBRUARY meftting The Warsaw Branch of toe Aican Association of Vniversity ’w : its FHrraary meeting at the home of Mrs Fred Potter Joe .Beeaon. viefe principal and I mathematics chairman of the War- ; saw Comirmmity Schoofe .was the Speaker Mr Beeson showed the trim "M for Tontonwt’’ [which explained why we need modI ern math ar.d then he explained ; the ocwitent, method of teaching and the emphasis placed on modern . nxito. = -7* i The next meeting will be held on ’’ ICtaeto • ■ .wishing', to become a member may attend this meeting. BRIDGE CLUB ENJOYS SPAGHETTI SUPPER Mrs Joy Sim<. Syracuse,-' entertained her bridge club recently in her home with a spaghetti supper. Prizes were won by Mrs. J. B. Cox and Mrs Floyd Disher. Mrs Robert Clevenger will be the hostess to the club at toe next meeting. Returned from Florida Rev and Mrs. Kennard Robinson and Dr. and Mrs. George Stdhm have returned from a three-week Florida vacation.

Legion Has Birthday (An Editorial) During the month of March. The American Legion is observing its 46th anniversary. The Legion was founded. March 15-17, 1919. during a caucus, attended by representatives of the various outfits of the Amer- . ican Expeditionary Force, in Paris, France. f As these war-weary delegates assembled for the I’aris meeting, they brought with them the raw materials with which to build an association of veterans dtxbcated to a continuation of their services as civilians wherever needed through an expressed devotion to God ' and .Country. Today. The American Legion — made up of the men and women who served in the uniform of this nation during World War 1, World War 11, and the Korean War — continues its service of distinction to community, state and nation. From its v< ry beginning, the Legiori has endeavor ‘ ed to develop conviction of Americanism in order that the people of this great nation shall never lose sight of their precious heritage and future citizens shall be well instructed in their civic responsibilities. Thousands of Legionnaires have devoted their time and talents to a comprehensive child welfare program I in order that America’s children shall be better pre- , pared to face the physical demands and spiritual challenges of tomorrow’s increasingly complex world. American senice officers express, the organization’s ‘‘devotion to mutual helpfulness" as they ; labor in the Legion’s program of rehabilitation in order that this nation's debt for the sacrifices of those who j answered her call to arms in time of Avar shall be satis- [ fied with equity and dignity. The American Legion's program of national security is based on the premise nation’s military strength shall be maintained at a necessary to champion the cause of peace and freedom against the challenge of would-be aggressors. Through its many contributions and services performed for tiie’betterment of its respective communities. Tiie American Legion., has Become identified throughout the land as an organization good for any I . home town. On this 46th anniversary of The American Legion. i we salute the Lakeland posts — the Ancil Geiger Post 226 at Milford, Wawasee Post 223 at Syracuse, and the ’ Herbert Kuhn Post 253 at North Webster — and the millions of Legionnaries . throughout the nation r in their continued endeavors dedicated to God and Country. I * .. ■ . .

LOSS OF 9.6'< IN BOND SALES i Bruce Wright, chairman of the Kosciusko county U. S Savings Bonds committee, has received a reptSit revealing that the county's savings Bends sales for January were compared with $102,873 for * corresponding period of last year. The state’s sales for January , were $11,969,576 which is a loss of 9.6 per cent compared with last January-. | j Thirty-three of the state’s 92 coun- ; •ties reported sales gains for the ,'month when compared, with sales of January. 1964. CIRCLE ONE, WSCS j MEETS WITH MRS. BUSHONG j Circle one of the Women’s Society > jol Christian Service of the Syracuse j Methodist church held its March 4 ] meeting with Mrs. George Bushong iThe co-hostesses Mrs. L. Hoke and 1 Mr<. Jay Peffley served’salad and ! coffee at 1 o’clock. I There were 14 members and two, guests, Mrs. Ruth Kenyon and Mrs. • Robert Searfoss, present. Mrs. Willard Nusbaum gave devotions. Mrs Robert Searfoss gave the lesson frt a the study book. “The Church’s Mission Among New Nations”. The meeting wa. .n charge of the chairman, Mrs. Ralph Clingaman. ' The next meeting will be April 11 at the Lake Wawasee home of Mrs. .(’lingaman. ___________ . | Hex H. D. Club Has Program On Indiana The Hex Rural Home Demonstration club held its March meeting J Tuesday, March 2. in Hex Grange ( hall with 12 members and one child present, L Mrs. Eugene Brown, vice president, , presided in the absence of the president. Mrs. Merle Darr. Mrs. Ernest Richards gave the devotions taken from the 103rd Psalm. Mrs. Milton Shuder gave the history of the song of the month, "My Wild Irish Rose” followed by group singing. Mrs. Tom Robinson gave the lesson. entitled "Recreation in Indiana”. Mrs. Arthur Shannon gave the health and safety remarks and roll call was answered with bouse cleaning hints’. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting by the hostesses. Mrs. Eugene Moser and Mrs. Robert Moser.

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1965

Richard Roberts Kinder Mfg. Co. Representative A streamlining of sales service by Kinder Manufacturing Company of Elkhart recently created the appointment of Richard E. Roberts as special sales representative to the trayeHraik-r industry-in trie Elkhart area? ■ * Kinder manufacturers a wide range of furniture and bedding for both the mobile home and travel trailer fields. Previously, Roberts had served both mobile home and g .« 1 ■F' IB ■F ■ *■ Mil RICHARD E. ROBERTS SALES REPRESENTATIVE .! travel trailer manufacturers ac- i cording to Keith Swihart, Kinder ■ sales manager, the new position fill- , •ed by Roberts will definitely improve , the service requirements of the travel trailer manufacturer. “Travei trailers have their own special supply needs, ” he emphasizes, “and we intend to do our best to serve hese manufacturers.” Roberts, a native of Rosedale, and a graduate of Indiana State univerrity, resides at 2406 Kirby Drive with lis wife and three children. Prior o joining Kinder two years ago, he tad worked in sales capacity with an rrea mobile home manufacturer. Congratulation to the American Legion on its anniversary.

Is 'Eldercare' Better Than 'Medicare' For Us?

By SENATOR VANCE HARTKE As just about everyone knows, the American Medical Association has long fought to prevent adopj tion of ‘ medicare” meaning hosj pital and health care benefits for the elderly (doctors and drugs ! are not included ‘ — as a part of the social security system. Now, I with the handwriting on the wall, they are feverishly drumming up I support for their alternative “eldercare" proposal. They say it is better. Is it ? First, they say "medicare" does 1 not go far enough , — they want I now to include doctors’ fees and drug costs. This would seem a i little inconsistent, to. say the least, when they have always cried "socI ialized medicine." and when the > “medicare" bill has special lan- | guage to protect free choice of I doctors and hospitals. Second, Uiey object to using the sound insurance procedures of the social security approach.This sounds fine, and a lot of people are writing me. to say as

Phone Co. Assets Go To United Telephone

It was announced today that all assets of the Southern Indiana Tele- > phone Company, Inc., Aurora, Indiana. including its subsidiary. The Ohio River Telephone Company. Inc., Rising Sun, Indiana, were trans- ; ferred to United Telephone Com- i pany of Southern Indiana. Inc.. War- i saw, Indiana, as of March 1 The 1 announcement was made by T. A. 1 ! Danielson, president of the United : iCompany, following the formal dos- i ing held’ on Monday afternoon in In- ] dianapolis. : j United Telephone Company of ( {Southern Indiana, Inc., is a wholly- : owned subsidiary of United Utilities, 1 Incorporated, Kansas City, Missouri, i The nation’s second largest indepen- t I dent telephone system. Operating ’ 'Company of Southern Indiana. Inc., i as well as Ohio Telephone Service ; Company and United Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc., are located ; in Warsaw, Indiana. Management personnel for United of Southern Indiana, including The Ohio River Telephone Company isubsidary, are also located in -Warsaw The new board of directors for ,both Companies are: T. A. Danielson, president and chief executive officer; G. A. Steele, chainnan of the board: J. C. Cluen. vice president — operations; H. D. Clingenpeel, '.ice president; and L. R. Stoops, secretary-treasurer. United of Southern Indiana, formerly The Southern Indiana Telephone Company, Inc., provides service to nearly 7,000 telephones throughout the Aurora. Gujiford, and Lawrenceburg exchanges. Board numbers of the former company were: R. V. Achatz. Aurora. pr,esi-

Introduces Amendment To Modernize National Electoral Procedures

WASHINGTON. D. C. — Senator Birch Bayh introduced today a proposed constitutional amendment deigned to modernize national Sectoral procedures. Bayh, chairman of the Senate Sub- ( committee on Constitutional Amend- ; ments introduced in the form of a , resolution proposals for electoral re- ■ firm which had been urged by Pres- , ident Johnson in a special message to the Congress. An identical meas- j ure has been introduced in the House , of Representatives by'House Jud;-j c’arv committee chairman Emanuel } ( D-N. Y.). The proposed amendment would liminate the Electoral College as it j j now constitu’ed. States would cont nue to , cast the electoral votes to Which they are entitled: But the eke- , t ral vote" of a state would be re- ( c ured Id be cast for the candidates for President and Vice President who eceive the greatest number bfpop- ( clar votes in that state. The existing system permits electors to cast their ( xkes as they choose —although for t e most part, electors vote accordj;g to the mandate of the majority ti their states. * I The proposal sets up a system by which the. responsible state officials would simply transmit to the Congress the popular vote for each candidate for President and Vice President and the number of electoral \7tes cast for the candidates receivj g the greatest number of popular votes.

their doctor may have asked them to “A’ote for ‘eldercare’, not ‘medicare’’. From one town of 6,000 for instance. I have received 8 about a hundred mimeographed letters, identical except for signatures. What are the facts which lie below the surface? ’ For one thing, all the elderly in the country will get the same benefits under "medicare,” regardless of where they live. But "eldercare” leaves it all up to the states, as does the present Kerr-Mills "medical assistance to the aged” ’ < MAA I program. Wfiat difference -does that make? Just this: thF people in wealthy states, where the state can put in high matching money do fine —but residents of poor states do not. Under MAA,programs. West Virginia gives only 12 days of hospital care but Florida gives 90 days. An average monthly payment in Illinois for a beneficiary* in a recent month was $430.22, but’ in Tennessee it was onlv $61.31. Three states — New York. California, and Pennsylvania —are spending a third of all federal matching funds, which come from

dent, treasurer and general manager; Dr. James Pfiefer, Lawrenceburg: and Harry E. Purcell, Jr., Rising Sun. The Ohio River Telephone Company provides service to nearly 2,500 telephones through the Patriot, Rising Sun, and Vevay exchanges. Ri/ V, Achatz served as president and Harry’ E. Purcell, Jr., served as secretary-treaisurer and general manager. Other directors of the Company vvere: Kinsey Hastings. Vevay; and William Green, Jr., and Harold C. Poellman, both of Rising Sun. Danielson stated that Harry E. Purcell, Jr., has been named district manager and will be responsible for the operations of the. 6 exchanges in the 2 Companies. Mr. Purcell's office \vill be located in the Com- ’ usiness office in Aurora. Danielson further stated that plans are being formulated to entpr into a service improvement and dial conversion program, which, when completed, will provide the citizens of these communities with the best possible telephone service. He also stated, that citizens will be kept informed as program dating information becomes available. The acquisition of the 2 Companies increases the number of telephones served by United Utilities’ Indiana operation to over 106,000 and the number of exchanges tb 86. With the exchanges, all exchanges are dial operated. 1 Ohio Telephone Service Company provides dial service to ail it' 34. W telephones through 19 exchanges located in Western Ohio.

Another innovation would be the procedure for electing a President and Vice President in the event no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. Presently, the House of Representatives would elect the , President and the Senate would elect , the Vice President’ In the House, the votes would be cast by states—with , each state having one vote. | Under the proposed amendment, < the Senate and House would meet in i j lint session to choose from the ] three persons having the highest I number of electoral votes for Presi- J ' dent or Vice President. Each mem- j ber of the House and Senate would i have one vote. There would be no < balloting by states. < Finally, the, proposal would pro- 1 vide that if the President-elect has i died between election day and the time for counting electoral votes, < tie Vice President-elect would be en- 1 t tied to elected President. Present- ] ly. there is no provision to protect i the nation against the bossibility . that a President-elect could die bebre the-electoral votes are validatVISITS IN SYRACUSE Mrs. Helen Snyder of Edwardsburg, Mich., spent Sunday, Feb. 28, in the home of her brother, John Stetler, north of Syracuse. Other dinner guests were Sir. and Mrs. L. |C. Sheibley.'

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Indiana and all the rest, too. How about cost? Official estimates * say eldercare might run $4 billion or more in the first year, which is 5% of the entire federal budget. Medicare will cost each employed person tinder social security no more than 35c a week the first year, rising to maximum of about 48c a week by 1971. ' This is really an insurance premium. Under eldercare taxes will have to be raised somehow. But worse, there is the eldercare "means test," To qualify now under the Kerr-Mills plan, in some states you have to be all but destitute. If you sell your house when you retire, that is "income” which may cut you out of the program. Social security can operate at far less overhead: , 'eldercares uses private insurance companies I have looked into both plans and there is no doubt that the social security method is fairer, a better buy for the money, and soundly based on insurance principles. I would rather earn my rights than have to claim them only after I have nothing left but the poor farm. .

GARDENING CONTEST ANNOUNCED FOR YOUNGSTERS KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Youngsters interested in gardening will have a chance to compete for a varied list l of 100 cash and other prizes, in the 1965 Young America Gardens Contest just announced here by Flower and Garden Foundation. This year the top awards are a free trip to Disneyland tor older contestants, and deluxe bicycles for the younger ones. A long ■ J also be given. • More thaii 15.000 children and teen-agers have participated in these contests since they were started. Flower and Garden Foundation, sponsor of the annual event, is a nonprofit organization set up to promote greater public and private interest in gardening. It has concentrated its efforts on .young people. This year's contest .will require those who enter to plant eight packets of seeds furnished to them in the contest kit, and later in various ways ceport on the- results obtained. Zinnias,- marigolds, alysisum. celosia. tomates, and radishes are among the seeds to be distributed. The youngsters are to. work out their own planting plan in a 200 square foot area. Those from age 6 -o 19 may enter. ' To enter it is necessary to send.2s cents in coin (postage and handling fotpthe seeds and kit', name, address, and age to: Flower and Garden Foundation. Box 357, Rosedale Station. Kansas City, Kan. 66103. The name and address of an adult who will sponsor the entry’ should also be I given. As usual, the contest will be dividied into three regional sections east, mid-America. and west) and teen-agers will be judged separately from the younger group. Bayh Urges Aid Halt To Indonesia WASHINGTON. D. C. —'Senator Brch Bayh -D-Ind. l renewed today ppeals to th? State Department to halt all American aid to Indonesia. ! In the 88th Congress, Bayh sponsored an amendment to the foreign aid bill to cut off aid to Indonesia. The proposal passed the Senate but discretionary aid was restored in conference. Bayh said the United States has demonstrated “great patience with the demagogue w-ho holds the people of Indonesia under his fist. We continued aid despite Mr. Sukarno’s pub--1 harrangues directed at our ambassador. We continued aid despite Mr. Sukarno’s rash and unreasoning action in withdrawing from the United Nations. We continued aid despite unwarranted attacks on our embassy. We continued aid despite threats to take over American libraries in Indonesia. “Now, how long can we be reasonably expected to continue our forebearance? Can we ignore the expropriation of American-owned plantations in Indonesia valued at SBO million? I say emphatically, no’ “Our aid to Indonesia has been reduced with each new outrage. It is time w’e simply stop this aid completely. We cannot aid everyone. It is time to stop aiding .those who neither want our aid nor utilize it appropriately when thdy receive it. It is time to stop siving he ]P ants who care nothing for the needs of the people they rule It is time to stop supporting those who hold oni respect for this nation or the thing# for which this nation stands .

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