The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 November 1967 — Page 11

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VOLUME 5

How Would ReApportionment Affect Hoosiers

By FRANK A. WHITE HOW WOULD Charles A. Halleck.' <R> Rensselaer, who has been a member of Congress for 25 years in a Second District gerrymandered by the late Governor Leslie, fare if every voter in Indiana had to pass on him next year? What would happen to First Dis- ] trict Congressman Ray Madden (D) who has been there almost as long, were the vote statewide? Or. how would Richard Roudebush (R) popular in the 10th district, or any other of our 11 congressmen fare, if a deadlock persists and they have to run at large? In addition to a long hot, riot tom summer, in Washington. Indiana's 11 congressmen have suffered continuous headaches over redistricting that no amount of tranquilizers will calm. HOOSIER POLITICAL figures gloss over the fact Indiana broke the law for more than decade by ig-; noring the Constitutional provision on reapportionment in electing Congressmen. The jolt came when the U. S Supreme Court handed down its famous, or infamous decision, j “oneman one vote. “A Federal panel of three judges reejcted the gerry-' mandcr that the Indiana Legislature offered to show voters of the districts are pretty evenly divided. A special bi-partisan committee of Legislators, threw their hands up. in near despair, until after the Novem- j ber 7 election, after several futile meetings They have not succumbed to bait by Gov. Roger D. Branigin that he will call another, of several special sessions, to enact any plan they come up with. I AM NOT SURPRISED at the deadlock after heading the acrimonious accusations party members hurled in ebbing days of the last session. For instance. Congressman Andrew Jacobs’ political life might terminate in the dispute over re-dis-tricting Marion county. Branigin has not withdrawn his offer for a special session if any agreement that looks like ft will meet federal specifications can be had. This deadlock that has not been jolted, has afflicted both Houses of Congress. Hoosier political leaders are frantically pressuring as this was written, for Congressional action on a conference committee report. The hoosier pressure is being leveled by both Republicans and Democrats of the Indiana delegation. The proposal would: 1» Defer any redistricting until after the 1970 decennial census 1)1 Forbid “at large” congressional rac-j es next time. This hot bill passed the House, but faces stiff opposition |, led by Senators Edward M Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Howard M Baker CR-Tenn.' when it lands in the Senate. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL | John J. Dillon thinks it will be sub- i ject to court litigation if enacted and I House Minority Ixsader Frederick T..’ Bauer (D-Terre Haute' also believes I 1 it will not solve the issue. House ■ Speaker Dr. Otis R. Bowen 'R-Bre ' men' said your guess is good as mine on a special session as did House Minority Leader Richard C. ' Bodine < IVSouth Bend > I SENATOR Walter Baran (D-Lake I County', co-chairman of the state i; committee, believes it is an impasse 1 and that the matter is headed again |' to a federal panel of three judges 11

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■ MANY GOOD ideas flop because i of poor communication to the public. Walter Weir, president of an adverI Using agency, said any advertising . man worth his salt, seeks to make i communications understandable to ' young and old of all walks of life from seven years schooling to a Phd., Weir said: I “We are destroying our greatest I resource, the capacity of human be- | ings to hear and be interested in. re j tain and believe what we say". Weir has been engaged in a study of "a type of thinking that is characteristic of children”. To a child, for instance, cows are cows, and not livestock. His agency has been talk-, ing to children six or eight years old. j They exist on a simplified approach and have really written some good commercials. When it comes to putting your message across, have you considered why the credulity gap? NEW HERD AVERAGE REPORTED TO LOCAL HOLSTEIN BREEDER BRATTLEBORO. Vt. — A new annual herd production average for milk and butterfat has been announced for the registered Holstein lierd owned by Harold Wdson. ; Mfiford. As reported by Holstein-Friesian ! Association of America, the dairy herd has completed its latest testling vear with an official, per-cow average of 17,(522 pounds of milk and 676 pounds of butterfat, based on 20 completed lactations. Purdue university supervised the weighmg and production testing procedures in cooperation with this : breed improvement program of the Holstein organization. ■ The results of participation in official production testing are useful to herd owners in measuring breeding progress, analyzing herd management and the development of ' outstanding cow ” families. Tais herds performance level 1 compares favorably to the average IU. S. cow's annual output of 8.090 pounds of milk and 299 pounds of butterfat. Production averages are calculated on the commonly cm- ; ployed, two milkings per day. 305day. mature equivalent basis to provide a comparison standard. . NEW VICE PRESIDENT I At the last annual meeting of Chore-Time Equipment. Inc., the board of directors elected Lawrence A. (“Larry") Myers as vice president in charge of all product research, development and engineering Mr. Myers has been with the com-. pany and a resident of Milford ? since July of 1958. He is a graduate | agricultural engineer, having graduated from Pennsylvania State college. In addition to his new office. Mr. Myers is also treasurer of the company. He lives with his wife. Barbara. I and their daughters. Susan and Patricia, and son. Byron, at the • west edge of Milford on road 1250 in the home which they built in 1960. .- J T J -UVVV.^W»< II X>*VWLV<.- 1 - U VVV<.V. ...Tnnna-rt ,

Robert L. Kirk To Visit Purdue As One of ‘l3 Old Masters* L.\FAYETTE — The pursuit of success and happiness has come full circle in a mere 15 years for one of the 13 "Old Masters" who’ll visit Purdue university next week for days’ face-to4ace counsel with students. . In the early 19505. Robert L. Kirk j was a Purdue mechanical engineering student, brushing elbows with r I groups of successful men and women brought in for the early Old , Masters programs. > Sunday afternoon. Nov. 5. Kirk will return to share with today’s | students the keys to success and philosophy of life he has forged since his 1952 graduation. He is now vice president of Litton Industries i and lives at Falls Church, Va. Kirk is the oriy Purdue alumnus I among the 13 notables to be brought i in for the 18th annual Old Masters program, to extend through a final breakfast Wednesday, Nov. 8. Thru Monday and Tuesday— day and night — they'll have personal con-' tact with thousands of students in | group discussions and receptions. I in classrooms, in activity groups and at meals in campus housing' units. i Each of the visiters has been assigned three student hosts to escort them on their busy on-campus ! schedule, and the value to the escorts seems well appreciated. More i than 150 students competed for the 39 escort assignments. Ann Vanderford, daughter of Mr. ; and Mrs. Jack Vanderford, r 4 Syracuse. will host for Lawrence B. j Perk’ns. Chicago architect whose; Crow Island School, Winnetka, 111., j was ranked first among schools by architectural record. NIPSCo PAYS sl2 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES Northern Indiana Public Service Company— one of the largest taxpayers in Indiana—has paid almost sl2 million this year in property taxes toward the operating costs of schools and state and local governments. Dean H. Mitchell, NIPSCo chairman, announced today. The utility’s November tax installment of $5,874,027, added to its spring payment of $5,874,033, brings the company’s total state and local taxes for 1967 to $11,748,060. | “Just as with every other taxpaying company in America," Mitchell said, ’these tax dollars are collected from customers as a part of their service bill. In fact, almost . 9 cents out of every dollar of re-1 venue received from customers ;goes for federal, state or local taxjes.” Stanley W. Evans. NIPSCo War- : I saw district manager, said that to- , tai local taxes paid by the utility in Kosciusko County in 1967 amounted Ito $295,811, of which $81,475 went to the city, of Warsaw. Tax payment checks have been sent to NIPSCo managers weH a-1 head of the November 3 deadline jto make sure county treasurers re’ceived them in plenty of time. Homecoming At First Brethren Church The rally day and homecoming services held at the First Brethren j church at Milford Oct. 29 were well attended at the three services and potluck dinner. The primary depart- j ment furnished the opening music j for the entire Sunday school by singing three activated songs. The senior choir had special music for the morning worship period, and 1 a musical program for the afterl noon was well attended. Mrs. Charles Kerlin sened as emcee for the fol-' lowing program Invocation by the' pastor, Rex-. Albert Curtright: wel- ' come. Edwin Huber; organ and pi-H ano duet by Miss Kristi Lichtenwalter | 1 and Connie Geiger. The junior choir led by Mrs Steven Baumgartner 1 sang a spiritual ’T’ve Got Shoes", j ’ A humorous reading. “Church Mu- ’ sic”, was given by Ed Huber, and Mrs. Paul Mathews gave the read-! ing. "Common Folks". The senior • choir sang a special number followed J by two specialty numbers by Rev. Curtright. A mixed quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bixler. Mrs. Gail Geiger and Mr. Huber sang two! numbers. “Whispering Hope” was! sung by Mrs. Doris Wolferman and; Mrs. Don Wolferman. and Glen Bixler sang "It Is No Secret" and also led in favorite hymns selected by the congregation. Remarks by Mrs. David Street of Goshen and A. C. Scott of Pleasant Lake were appreciated Robert Rassi gave the benediction. Xmong the out-of-town people attending one or all of the sen-ices were Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Scott, Pleasant Lake: Mr. and Mrs. Cart Tiedemann. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller and children of EJkhart; Mrs. David Street. Goshen: Mrs. Fred Autenreith. Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Barry Rassi and sot. Peru: Mrs. George Bullock and daughters. Jeanine and Rebecca. Warsaw; Lawrence Randall. Mrs. Maxine Robinson and daughter Joan. Mrs. Walter Kehler, Leesburg: and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grubaugh. Turkey Lake. OVBRCOMB PREJUDICES Oar early years are spert in learning our riders’ prejudices — and our later years in trying to overcome them.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1967

Love Conquest All In Tale Os International intrigue!

Love conquers all! Or so it would seem in recounting the tangled, intriguing romantic tale involving Wendall Baumgartner, a Parma Heights. Ohio, teacher, and his East Berlin, Germany, sweetheart. It has been called a romantic tale of chivalry out of the Middle Ages I. . . like the story of Sir Walter Scott. Baumgartner is a brother to Mrs. I Harold Kaiser of Milford. End Os A Journey i The story involved Baumgartner and Miss Ruth Matysiak, a resident of East Berlin, whom Baumgartner ; met four years ago while visiting there with a fellow Parma Heights • teacher, Roman Matysiak, brother to j Ruth. Since that first meeting the two have met. always in East Berlin, and the two set out to employ every method possible to bring the 35-year-old East Berlin nurse to the United States. The long tale and the triumphant journey ended at 9:10 p.m. Oct. 27. when the couple stepped off a Pan Am Jet at Cleveland’s Hopkins Inj ternational airport, into a host of I newsmen and television cameramen. They hope to be married in two or' three weeks, it was learned. International Case The case turned into a case involving international attention. The Cleveland home newspapers, The Plain ' Dealer and Press, played the story | on page 1. It even rated an editorial in the October 9 Plain Dealer. The editorial said the case “reconfirmed that truth indeed is stranger than fiction". Baumgartner had successfully employed a professional ring to smug- ! gle his East German fiancee out of Czechoslovakia and into West Ger- j many after she was able to get to I j Prague. The editorial said further: ‘The : East Germans had refused to let, Ruth Matysiak leave for West Berlin! and marriage unless the United | i States Mission in West Berlin official- i ; ly transmitted to Blast Germany documents affirming Baumgartner’s i-, dentity. This step would have im-1 plied U. S. recognition of the East | German regime, which was what the | j Reds really wanted”. I Baumgartner is mum on the de-! ; tails of how he brought his tall, dark I beautiful sweetheart to freedom, but The Plain Dealer said it cost him “a-1 ; bout $10,000”. He did say. however, “We agreed I there would be no payment until she was out. I was told by people in respectable positions that the group I, I was dealing with had a good record".: Baumgartner flew from West Ber- , lin to Nurnberg September 15 and; rented a car which he drove to. Prague. Later he made arrangements with | a Czech cab company for a trip to the airport to meet Ruth’s plane. ■ “This was the most dangerous part of the operation”, he recalls. He said • it seemed the cabby was driving the j old taxi 100 mph over the rutted road. ' Baumgartner said. “We proved the j difference between freedom and tyr-, anny. There the government owns the people. They owned her. It’s the opposite in the United States where the people own the government”. Miss Matysiak spent a couple of weeks in an escapee camp where she ' was interrogated by American intelligence. 1 It all seems in the past now as they can sit back and muse about j the chances he took smuggling her ■ clothes, silverware, glassware and a > fur coat out on his 30 trips through ; the Iron Curtain last summer. Baumgartner hopes to bring his • bride-to-be to Milford in the near fu-1 ture to introduce her to her future, relatives.

KITCHEN KLATTER — By—- — J SHIRLEY GRAFF Pumpkin Pancakes 1 cup pancake mix 2 tablespoons sugar teaspoon cinnamon Mi teaspoon nutmeg 1 egg (beaten) IM cups milk 2 tablespoons shortening M cup canned pumpkin Combine pancake mix. sugar and spices. Beat egg, shortening, pumpkin and milk together. Add to pancake mixture, beating until smooth. Bake on hot griddle or frying pan. Serve hot with butter and syrup, honey or powdered sugar. KXTCHKN KLATTXJI to a fratur* M The MalbJonmal which each week brtns* rm a favorite recipe ot community hmnemaken. Do you have a favorite recipe that rm would like to ahare with others? Mall in your special choice to Kitchen Blatter Bdltor. The Man-JournaL Milford or Syracuse, Indiana. It may be just th* mips tluit MMBMsiB cis® is Looking for*

Bi Service Notes

' 7 ■ I 'UI f # ■ K SPECIAL AGENT—Gene A. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Miller of r 1 Milford, formerly assigned to the 226th military police company. : Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. was recently accepted as a special agent (equal to a civilian detective) by the department of the army, criminal investigation di ision. Agent Miller attended a two-monlh , criminal investigation course at Fort Gordon, Ga.. and graduated in the upper half of his class. He will also receive narcotics training at Fort Gordon, prior to being transferred to the 18th Military Police Brigade i (Criminal Investigation), APO San Francisco. 96491. Agent Miller will depart for his Viet Nam assignment November 26. Pvt. Bond Complete# Training CAMP PENDLETON. Calif. — Marine private Chester W. Bond, son of Mr. and Mrs Wylie N. Bond

of r 1 Leesburg, completed two weeks of training under simulated combat conditions in the fundamentals of day and night patroling, employment of infantry weapons, survival methods and assault tactics at this marine corps base. This individual combat training is given every marine after his graduation from recruit training. Taught by combat experienced non-com-missioned officers of the infantry training regiment here, it prepares the young leatherneck to become part of the marine air-ground combat team. While in the field he was taught, jhow to use hand grenades, a com--1 pass and the principles .of map reading and land navigation. He . learned how to detect and disarm mines and booby traps and, while being exposed to live machine gun I fire, he learned to advance safely from one point to another. I From this course, he is scheduled to go on to more advanced training before being assigned to his permanent unit. ■ Loren Losee Is Recent Graduate PORT HUENEME, Calif. - Equipment operator second class Loren L. Losee, USN, son of Raymood R. Lcsee of r 2 Nappanee, was graduated as honorman from the equipment operator school, naval schools, construction. Port Hueneme, Calif. He earned the title by maintaining an over-all average of 89 per cent during the course. While attending the school he received instruction in basic geology and the use of rotary percussion type drills. Petty officer Losee entered the service in February 1955.

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With SENATOR i VANCE HARTKeM ' Indiana j | Homecoming In Indiana

HOMECOMING IN INDIANA This is the time of year when “back home again in Indiana” has special meaning for me, when the green trees of summer turn to red and gold. This fall I have been able to return home to Indiana several times—for a variety of meetings, dedications ' and speaking appointments—but most of all because I enjoy these homecomings. The nearer home I am, the more the heavier problems of our times seem a lesser burden. Running through my mind as I write this are lines from an unknown author sent to me in the morning mail: "Now the time has come to harvest The fields of golden grain, God’s bounty overflowing From every fertile plain. "The haystacks now are ready In rows the bundles stand They await the farmer’s wagon. God bless this fruitful land”. Somehow these verses speak of In-

Bayh Urges Christmas Gifts For American Servicemen Overseas

WASHINGTON, D. C. (Special' - While we haven’t yet celebrated i Thanksgiving, the post office warns that now is the time to start thinking of sending Christmas mail to our servicemen who are overseas. I know the families of servicemen have already begun thinking of Christmas gifts and when to mail them, but I want to take this space to remind those other Hoosiers who plan to send gifts to servicemen that the mailing deadline is near. Last year, and for many years past, hundreds of Indiana senice 'organizations, civic clubs and fraternal groups have made highly successful efforts to send gifts and greetings to our men overseas. I hope that these groups, and others like them, will again begin thinking and | planning what they are going to do to make the holidays brighter for our servicemen. It is very important that we show American servicemen, abroad that we still remember them and appreciate their efforts on our behalf. We can do this by sending Christmas messages and gifts to all the servicemen we know and by urging organizations to which we belong to do likew’ise. The gifts that servicemen want most, according to reports from USO officials, include shaving equipment, foot spray, shampoo in plastic bottles, penlites, insect repellent, first-aid kits, medicated cleansing cream, small face towels, miniature sewing kits, large work handkeri chiefs, hard candy in tins, paperback I books, threeinch recording tapes, medical scrub brushes, foam insoles for combat boots, heavy work socks, one-inch paint brushes, small crossword puzzles, Kool-Aid, pipe cleaners, flints, and canned soup. Each of us can easily add to this list from our own personal experience. Fbr those who are not sending packages to a specific group or unit, USO Clubs in Viet Nam will distribute the gifts. These packages should be mailed to: Director, USO Club, in care of GI Mail Call. (Name of USO Club location), .APO San Francisco, Calif., 46243. USO Club locations, any of which can be designated on the packages, include Saigon. Da Nang No. 1. Tan Son Nhut, Nha Trang, Di An. Cam Ranh Bay. Freedom Hill, Da Nang East, Gold Gate Da Nang, Da Nang Liberty Center. Vung Tau and Aloha Cam Ranh Bay. For any organization or individual wishing to send Christmas messages or gifts to servicemen overseas the postal regulations are. Parcels weighing more than five

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diana to me—just as the beautiful color film, “Ain’t God Good to Indiana", produced by television station WFBM in Indianapolis. I was privileged to be host to some 200 members of the Indiana Society of Washington when we gathered in the Senate Auditorium to see this magnificent photographic poem. It proved to me • that you can take the boy out of Indiana. but you cannot take Indiana out of the boy' All of us were moved by this filmed "visit" to Indiana’s rippling streams, its covered bridges and and dunes—our bustling cities, factories and farmlands. These words from our unknown poet come back to me: “Now the autumn leaves are falling As the pumpkins orange grow And the harvest moon is shining On the stubbled fields below. "The bam doors now are open Gently swinging wide. To welcome all the harvest That God helped place inside”.

pounds should be mailed from October 16 to November 11 if regular postage rates are to be used. Greeting cards and parcels that weigh less than five pounds and do not measure more than 60 inches in girth (distance around the package) should be mailed between October 21 and December 1 if regular postage rates are to be used. Parcels and greeting cards bearing airmail postage should be mailed between December 1 and 11. Gifts should be securely packed in cartons of wood, metal or doublefaced corrugated fiber board. Fragile items should be surrounded by cushioning materials such as excelsior or shredded paper. Matches, lighter fluid, and similar flammable items are prohibited. Mailers should check with their local post offices for details on these and other restrictions as well as size and weight limitations to certain areas. Mailers are reminded that thousands of extra packages will be in the mail at this time of year, and in spite of the best efforts of the Post Office Department and the military postal service, some never will reach their destination because they have been wrapped poorly or addressed incorrectly or illegibly. Packages should be wrapped securely and addressed correctly, including the five-digit APO or FPO number. To further insure delivery, both the mailing and return addresses should be placed inside the pack- ■ age. Anonvmous mail will not be accepted by the post office and all mail must be addressed to servicemen or women by name. Mail should not be sent to the Pentagon for Armed Forces personnel serving overseas. Correctly addressed and properly wrapped packages, gifts and cards put into the mail before the deadlines will reach the servicemen before the holidays. SAVINGS BOND S.ALES UP Joe Ettinger, chairman of the Kosciusko county U. S. savings bonds committee, has received a report revealing that the county’s savings bonds sales for September were $54,966 compared with $53,464 for the corresponding period of last year. The state’s sales for September were $11,010,536 and $10,604,617 for a like period of 1966—a gain of 3.8 per cent. Forty-eight of the state’s 92 counties reported sales gains for the month when compared with sales of September 1966.

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