The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 36, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 October 1968 — Page 9

The Mail PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Est. 1888) Syracuee-Wawa.ee Journal (E.L 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567 yEk H W Entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office Indana Xgggpr Subscription: $4.00 per year in Kosciusko County: $4.50 Outside County

Homecoming Saturday The first homecoming game will be played at Wawasee high school on Saturday night with special events scheduled by the senior class of the school. Included in the activities are a parade, queen contest and dance for high school students. It is the sincere wish of Wawasee high school’s football team and student

National 4-H Week...

This is national 4-H club week and with its observance Indiana 4-H club members will commence a new project year. The theme of the week is “4-H—A World of Opportunity.” During the week the state’s 94,191 members are completing activities of the past year and are enrolling for the coming year. More than 40 projects are offered to 4-H members in the state with foods the leader. Last year 46,205 members participated in foods projects at various levels. Enrollments in other projects

Fire Prevention

Last year in the United States, 12,200 persons lost their lives in fires. Thousands more were injured. Prop, erty damage resulting from fire reached a staggering $1.7 billion. With care, a huge portion of this z shameful waste could have been avoided. During the October 6 to 12, all of us will be asked to redouble our efforts to cut down on this enormous toll of life, limb and property; to check our homes and places of business against hazards which might at some unexpected moment burn us out and threaten our very persons; to remind ourselves that fires can indeed be avoided through the exercise of care. As T. Lawrence Jones, president of the American Insurance Association, reminds us, Fire Prevention Week is “nor just another crusade to be taken lightly.” It was conceived and is repeated at this time every year, as a deadly serious reminder to all Americans that fire prevention is a relatively simple task, but one which must be kept in mind at all times.

A Living Record

This week, October 6 to 12, is National Newspaper Week so it gives us a chance to “toot our own horn.” This newspaper is a living record. It gives accounts of the thousands of things which happen each year—marriages, births, deaths, social activities, politics, school news, legal notices, advertised products and such. It enables everyone in the community to keep up on the activities and allows people to express their views through the letters to the editor

Two From County Named To Bayh Committee Two key appointments to the Senator Bayh for Senator committee in Kosciusko county were announced this week in a joint statement by Senator Birch Bayh and Bob Murphy, county coordinator. They are: John Kleeman, who

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will head the press committee and John Hall, who was named chairman of the block committee. Senator Bayh is seeking reelection to a second six-year term in the U.S. Senate in the November 5 election. The Senator Bayh for Senator committee in this county will work in cooperation with county chairman Paul Conkle and the

body that there will be an overflow crowd at next Saturday’s game. Why not attend and support the Wawasee Warriors and enjoy the homecoming activities as well. An invitation has been extended to former graduates of Milford, North Webster and Syracuse. It is hoped all will attend the homecoming activities.

are crafts 19,043, safety 16,864, health and physical fitness 14,627, personal development 13,310 and community service 13,261. Participation, according to Purdue university, remains high in farm projects, but comparatively new projects such as photography, weather, geology and personality are also drawing large numbers. There are 3,503 clubs now active in this state. The clubs are under the leadership of 4,289 adult leaders and 11,795 junior leaders. We join in the salute to 4-H during its week of national recognition.

How simple it is, for example, to put that cigarette—or match—out before discarding it, rather than tossing it carelessly away, perhaps to kindle a fire with consequences you will never forget. How simple to clean out that kitchen stove, rather than taking the risk of a badly charred room or gutted home which can be the result of an accumulation of grease. Fire Prevention Week is a time to think of these things; to throw out old newspapers and other unneeded collections of combustible materials; to check — or have a serviceman check—electrical appliances and wiring and heating equipment. It is a time to pledge ourselves to making fire prevention a year-round job. That is the message Fire Prevention Week seeks to convey. Can any of us afford not to listen—and act?

column. The free press of the United States is the background of free speech and is the average man’s guarantee of personal liberty, religious freedom and protection against political and judicial persecution. Dictators are afraid of a free press. The free press gives us life, freedom from political oppression, liberty and the pursuit of happiness under our constitution. It also serves as a living record of this country’s history.

county Democratic organization to re-elect Bayh.

Senator Bayh and coordinator Murphy described the new committee chairmen as “energetic and dedicated citizens who have, in the past, contributed a great deal to their community./ We’re extremely pleased that they have joined our campaign effort.” Senator Bayh, 40, farmer and attorney, was first elected to the Senate in 1982 in an upset victory over Senator Homer Capehart. Bayh is a member of the powerful public works and judiciary committees of the Senate as well as of several important subcommittees. He is chairman of the subcommittee on constitutional amendments and author of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution. As a member of the public works committee, he has been responsible for the appropriation of more funds for Indiana Public Works projects than were appropriated in the state’s entire history before he became Senator. Approximately 60 per cent of the Senate’s legislation must pass through the judiciary committee. Many Farm Trucks WASHINGTON—More than one out of every five trucks in the nation today is used on the farm —a total of nearly three million farm trucks.

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New 'Priority Mail' Seen By Sen. Hartke

MOORELAND — Seantor Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.) said here Sunday that the next logical step postal modernization is to merge air mail and first class mail into a single class of priority mail service. Speaking at dedication ceremonies for the new Mooreland post office, Senator Hartke said rapid adoption of the new airlift program* for first class mail has made air mail obsolete as a separate classification. Senator Hartke is a member of the Senate Post Office and Civil Service committee, in addition to the major committees of Commerce and Finance. “A single class of high priority mail has been made possible by interconnecting more than 500 cities with commercial air stop points in a nationwide airlift network,” Hartke said. “The airlift program involved

HOOSIER DAY Campaign Trail Loaded With Cheers, Jeers By FRANK WHITE

the use of all regular trunk and local air carriers in the country to interconnect schedules. As a result it is now possible for 75 per cent of all mail deposited before 5 p.m. to be delivered the day after mailing, with an additional 15 per cent delivered on the second day.” Hartke explained that with nearly all first class mail being airlifted, the separate handling of air mail within the nation’s 44,C"0 post offices, branches and stations hinders rather than increases efficient mail processing He urged more general use of Zip Code in mail addresses to assist the postal system in coping with “the mail explosion”, a national volume now exceeding 82 billion pieces of mail annually. Senator Hartke commended Mooreland postmaster Ralph E. Manifold and his staff for their

The red hot political campaign trail in Indiana is loaded with cheers, jeers, hopes and despairs. Here are events of the day — George Wallace, Presidential candidate, and his running mate, General Curtis LeMay, and his wife, came to Indiana. The day, that 2,200 of the public, were greeted by former Gov. Matthew E. Welsh at opening of a state headquarters for Citizens for Hubert H. Humphrey for President. It is at 143 north Delaware street, Indianapolis, telephone 638-2401. Pretty, youthful, dedicated Mrs. Nancy St. John of Martinsville working with the Secret Service, gave me the typed, initialed press badge to the Wallace affair on Monument Circle. Only two questions asked were, my birth date and Social Security number. Wallace fans, and curious, estimated at 12,C00 began to arrive from Camby, Muncie, Anderson, Terre Haute and elsewhere. I asked a young lady why she was ' for Wallace and this is the story. She said my parents were Democrats and I didn’t think otherwise of politics until in school. Then I began to believe some things were dreadfully wrong in this country. Especially was I fearful of Communism. I thought the Republicans and Democrats have succeeded one another all these years. They have been unable to correct our country’s ills. George Wallace impresses me. He is the only Presidential candidate who describes it as it is. He is not afraid to speak out

efforts in attaining a high level of postal efficiency in their operation serving this Henry county community. He noted that the Mooreland post office has been in existence since 1882, and that the newly constructed brick post office is a “continuing link in the nation’s earliest communications system. and Social Security Q—l am 65 and three years older than my wife. Will she be entitled to Medicare when she applies for social security benefits at age 62? A—No. She cannot be entitled to Medicare until age 65 even though she can receive social security benefits prior to that time. (W) CLUB

on the real issues. Note the gulf between what this Wallace fan and the next person I turned to. He is a seasoned newspaperman, whom you would recognize instantly, were I to name him. He said, as lusty cheers of “We want Wallace” filled Monument Circle. “What I hear frightens me. Wallace is the most dangerous man in America today. He is a Hitler, a Mussolini. God help us if he is President.” He scorned suggestion many fed up with crime in the streets, Hippies, Yippies and Dippies, wanted Wallace. He said: “That is not the way.” The crowd waited, jam packed in temperatures driven near freezing by a biting wind. Wallace who was 1% hours late because of an overheated press conference in Pittsburgh. His new named running mate was questioned by newsmen as to whether he would recommend using nuclear bombs in Viet Nam. Dick Smith, a York, Ala., publisher regailed the crowd with extemporaneous talk. His brother, Sam Smith, led a loud brass band. It played while the audience sang, “Gfod Bless America” and “When the Saints Come Marching In”. Girls in miniskirts passed buckets to collect money. There was a “pocket” of black protestors directly in front of the podium from which the eloquent Wallace spoke. Hippies and Yippies, bearded, greasy and filthy joined. Someone set a Confederate flag afire. Protesters interrupted, waved

Politics - 1968 Meet Your Candidates

An all-out campaign to smash narcotics rings in Indiana will be one cf the first steps considered by the Indiana anti-crime conference Secretary of State EDGAR D. WHITCOMB, Republican candidate for Governor, said. He said that narcotics offenses have increased about 15 times as fast as population growth. “That’s even worse than the overall crime rate, which has climbed about eight times as fast as the population”, he said. * s » Oregon Senator MARK HATFIELD will be in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Oct. 29, as the headline speaker at a SIOO-a-plate dinner to help raise Republican campaign funds in Indiana. The event will be at 7* p.m. in the manufacturers’ building on the state fairgrounds. It will be sponsored by the Marion county and Indiana state Republican central committees and the state and greater Indianapolis Republican citizens finance committees. * $ * Indiana’s rural electric cooperations were commended by RICHARD E. FOLZ for their role in bringing light to the farmer and industry to rural areas. FOLTZ, the Republican nominee for lieutenant-governor, said, “It’s very true, of course, that industry demands sufficient electric power to operate, and you certainly deserve credit for supplying that power in your area. New industry means more revenue for the community, and with that revenue, towns can build new facilities or improve them”. '* « * The Republican Sheriffs for WHITCOMB, an organization backing the election of EDGAR D. WHITCOMB as governor, will hold a dinner in his honor at 7 p.m. October 14 in the Murat Temple, Indianapolis. More than 1,000 persons are expected to hear WHITCOMB talk on crime and violence.

Harvard Names Brademas To Two Visiting Committees

WASHINGTON — U. S. Representative John Brademas has < been named a member of two i visiting committees at Harvard ; university, Cambridge, Mass., for the 1968-69 academic year. The third district Congressman was a Veterans National Scholar at Harvard where he graduated magna cum laude in 1949 and . was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, < national honorary society. He will serve as a member of visit- i ing committees to both the John i

War, violence and inflation were attacked last week as the three major problems that American women are concerned about in this election year. MRS. MARILOL WERTZLER, the Republican nominee for reporter of the supreme and appellate courts, asked “Why has the Viet Nam War not been brought to an honorable conclusion? This has been the second longest war in our history—second only to the Revolutionary War. New leadership in Washington can—and’willchange this deplorable situation”. Indiana Senator BIRCH BAYH will continue his blistering campaign via helicopter. He billed last Saturday as “whirl-in” ano has been meeting townspeople and delivering campaign speeches as he lands. Today BAYH is in South Bend and Elkhart and tonight he will fly to Indianapolis. After visits in several towns throughout the state he will arrive back in South Bend on Saturday night. ♦ ♦ # A Republican newspaper has en dorsed the Democratic candidate fcr Governor of Indiana, ROBERT L. ROCK. ROCK, presently Indiana Lieutenant Governor, was endorsed in a front page editorial in “The Franklin Evening Star” on October 2. The editorial said, “WE endorse ROBERT ROCK for Governor. He is, the man to lead Indiana into a new era of growth and prosperity unmatched in the state’s lifetime”. * # * Increased taxes and dictatorial government are all that the Democrat candidate for Governor has to offer Hoosiers, it was charged in Scottsburg October 3 at a Scott county Women’s Republican club rally. The charge was made by MRS. TRUDY SLABY ETHERTON, the GOP candidate for state auditor.

Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government and the department of romance languages and literatures. Visiting committees at Harvard serve as an important link, providing information and constructive criticism, between the various professional schools or departments of instruction on the one hand and the Board of Overseers, one of the two central governing boards of the university, on the other.

signs. One read “Wallace Can Go to Hell with Lurleen”, being disrespectful to Wallace’s late wife. Another read . “We Love Wallace”. Fights broke out and a wedge of police three times, with remarkable swiftness, cut through the crowd and arrested nine black or bearded protestors. Wallace ate at the SheratonLincoln. The 136 newsmen, including one each from Sweden, Paris and Germany, went unfed. The management said help walked out because of Wallace. No one was hurt seriously. Wallace entrained at 3 p.m. for Toledo. The 300 police and security officers came from atop buildings and everywhere to resume normal duties. That night my G. W. (Good Wife) and I accepted publicist Phil Smith’s invite to opening of the Humphrey headquarters. An old building, with a myriad of small rooms and narrow passage ways, was ablaze with colorful bunting and light. Humphrey fans, fat, slim, old, young, in Sunday best, jammed the building. Soft drinks and beer, dishes filled with salted peanuts, were for the asking. I didn’t hear a cross word. A band shook the walls. Welsh, Birch Bayh, Jr., Branigin and other principals were cheered. Welsh, always gracious, said he had not seen me often enough anymore. Leaning over, he warned with humor, “You and your girl friend, (Mrs. W.) must not forget there is a city curfew now.”