Logansport Pharos-Tribune and Press (Newspaper) - February 28, 1968, Logansport, Indiana Home Paper Of 41 Communities INDIANA 46947 Founded in Leased United Press International News Photo Wires WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 28 1968 All Departments Phone Price Per Copy Ten Cents Hanoi Tells France Peace Terms Bombing Halt Termed Necessary Sufficient PARIS French government declared today it has received specific assurances from Hanoi that an al halt of American air raids on North Vietnam was a ry and sufficient step towards the opening of Vietnamese peace negotiations The government in an official declaration issued after today's cabinet meeting led by ident Charles de Gaulle said it fully endorsed the warning by United Nations Secretary Ge- neral Thant that unless peace talks open soon the war risks escalation into a threat to world peace The statement read to newsmen by Information ter Georges Gorse was the first official word from Prance that she had sought explanations of the Hanoi position following the recent flurry of North mese statements on its ing position The French have frequent contacts in Paris with the Hanoi government through Mai Van Bo the North Vietnamese general delegate in France and Hanoi's top diplomat in the West Bo provides one of the key pipelines into the West for Hanoi's thinking on peace conditions diplomatic observers said Thant while visiting Paris earlier this month held a minute session with Bo He refused at that time to disclose any information obtained from him Gorse said the cabinet dis- cussed Thant's recent public statement that North Vietnam was ready to move to the negotiating table shortly after the unconditional halt of U.S air raids Gorse said this declaration of Thant according to which the unconditional cessation of the American bombing of North Vietnam would be a necessary and sufficient condition for the opening of peace negotiations corresponds to the information explicitly received by the French government The Council of Ministers cabinet believes like the United Nations Secretary Ge- neral Thant failing the opening Of such negotiations the war of destruction presently pursued in Southeast Asia continue to take on an and a character risking every day to threaten increasingly world Gorse said Discuss Added Troops WASHINGTON Earie G Wheeler of the Joint Chiefs of with President Johnson at the White House today to report on the need for more U.S troops in Vietnam Wheeler arrived back in Washington shortly before rise from a three-day trip to Saigon and was presumed Police Arrest Fifth Suspect A fifth suspect in the burglary of Lincoln Junior High School on Feb 11 was jailed Tuesday Ronnie E Henderson 19 of 1844 Woodlawn Ave was charged with second-degree burglary after he was arrested at his home by Police Capt James Steinman Henderson was named in an affidavit filed Tuesday by George Wildman Mark Rivers 18 of Rt 6 Raymond P 22 of 10th St Benjamin Overmyer 21 of Rt 5 and William J quale 22 of 110 St were also named in the affidavit All five are charged with second-degree burglary and bond was set at each Overmyer and Pasquale have been released on bond carrying a request from Gen William C Westmoreland for a substantial troop buildup Westmoreland is said to be seeking up to more men than the current troop ceiling of Wheeler submitted to Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara before leaving for Saigon a proposal to call up reservists and National Guardsmen Wheeler said on arrival at Andrews AFB in suburban Maryland that he was still optimistic about the outcome of the war but conceded that North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces have the initiative in some parts of South Vietnam Wheeler was joined at the White House breakfast meeting by MeNamara incoming De- fense Secretary Clark M Clifford Secretary of State Dean Rusk Richard M Helms director of the Central Agency and other military and intelligence At the airport the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said he was convinced the U.S outpost at Khe Sanh just below the Vietnam Demilitarized Zone was defendable He declined to discuss either the draft or prospects for possible further reserve callups but if he carries a tion from Westmoreland for substantial troop increases the Johnson administration will face some tough choices on whether or how to meet it TO ATTEND STATE Delegates to Hoosier Girls State to be held June 23 to June 30 are seated left Becky Myers Pioneer School and Claudia Gerni and Diane Druck High School Alternates for the event are standing from left Pioneer High School and Mary rington and Diana Crump Logansport High School Staff Photo Bayh Names Name Cass Delegates Three Youths To Annual Girls State Three youths have been nominated by Indiana ator Birch Bayh to two military academies Tom McClintic 701 W ington St at Twin Lakes High School has been nominated to the United States Military Academy at West Point N.Y Nominated to the United States Naval Academy at An- Md were Stephen drum Rt 1 Camden a1 senior at Carroll High School and ert Vessely Rt 1 Medaryville a at West Central High Scl Landrum was among the list of principal nominations of Rep Charles Halleck earlier this month All nominees must now com- pete for the vacancies at the various service academies Bayh said the selections were made on the basis of ing records of scholarship scores on college en- trance examinations and super- ior physical fitness It is my opinion that every one of these nominees would if selected become outstanding military leaders and would be a credit to our Bayh said Now You Know Adlai E Stevenson father of the twice unsuccessful cratic presidential nominee and grandfather of the current Illinois state treasurer was vice- president from under Grover Cleveland The Weather Forecast light snow probably developing late this afternoon or evening Snow and windy tonight with ways becoming hazardous Much colder northwest turning colder southeast tonight Cloudy windy and much colder day with occasional snow or flurries likely Lows tonight 8 to 15 northwest 15 to 25 Highs Thursday 10 to 20 north 15 to 25 south Sunset today p.m EST p.m CST Sunrise dav EST Six junior girls have been as delegates and nates to the Hoosier Girls State a workshop on government sored by the American Legion auxiliary from port High School -are Claudia Gerni sponsored by Tri Kappa and Diane Druck sponsored by the Elks Delegate from Pioneer is Becky Myers sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Miss Gerni is the daughter of the Rev and Mrs Alfred C Gerni of 422 Ninth St Miss First Contest In Cass Is For Coroner The first contest for a Cass County office in this year's mary election the second day for filing declarations of candidacy Manfred Wolf of Walton filed for the Republican nomination for coroner in opposition to Bruce R Ross 315 Front St Wolf is a Walton funeral di- rector while Ross 23 is em- ployed as a mortician by the Fisher funeral home Other declarations of dacy filed Wednesday with County Clerk Randolph Lanning were those of Chris Held for commissioner from the second district on the Republican ticket and George Banta county for er from first district on the Republican ticket Druck is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Druck Of 2401 North St and Miss Myers is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Myers Rt 1 Royal ter Skipper Feared CST TUESDAY 11 35 noon 36 1 p.m 36 2 nm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 neon 30 30 28 27 26 26 26 28 29 32 1.1 4 p.m 6 11 34 34 33 32 32 32 31 31 34 2 p.m PORTSMOUTH Va The skipper of a Coast Guard cutter which stood by while a Cuban cattle freighter rammed a lifeboat carrying three refugees said Tuesday he didn't intervene for rear of causing an international Incident I wasn't prepared to go out there and take action that might involve the whole nation and might be over my said Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Paul W Caviness skipper of the cutter Point Brown I still feel like it was my responsibility to get orders to go on in there and get fired on and fire he said But by the time orders to intervene came Caviness said the three alleged mutineers had Their fate was uncertain The captain of the freighter of July said they were picked up safely after the drama eight miles off the Virginia But one witness said they apparently died The master of the Cuban ship had been held at gunpoint by foil mutineers who wanted political asylum in the States when he brought the Point Brown to the scene the of July was steaming toward territorial waters and he turned to guide it hoping to bring it inside the three-mile limit But then he said he saw the ship drop anchor A few minutes later four presumably the tried to hoist the anchor but evidently could not manage it It was not known exactly what became of the fourth mutineer Caviness said he went through a lot watching the savage ramming and shooting of the hapless refugees but this happened in international waters His crew had manned the cutter's deck mortar The freighter believed bound for Canada lowered the lifeboat containing the three men and then she came right into dragging her anchor Caviness said She turned about again and rammed the lifeboat again She caught her bow and he said One man was seen clinging to the the others were swimming in the sea the 2Gth of July stopped between the cutter and lifeboat and I didn't see them any more Caviness said The tug Chock arrived at that point carrying Lt Cmdr Robert H Elkins and a Spanish interpreter He said the master of the Cuban ship who identified himself as Capt Ricardo Puri waved the tug alongside Elkins said Puri was anxious to explain what had happened He said Puri told him the men were good shape ex- cept for being wet and cold But said one crew reported seeing a body dangling from a lifeline High School are Mary Tri Kappa and Diana Crump Elks Thimlar sponsored by the American gion is the alternate from Pioneer High school Miss Harrington is the ter of Dr and Mrs James F Harrington 2613 Rolling Ridge Miss is the of Mr and Mrs Edwin Crump 1305 College and Miss Thimlar is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Riley Thimlar of 2 Royal Center Girls State to be held June 23 to June 30 at Indiana sity will give the girls ence in government from the precinct level to that of electing a governor The delegates will campaign and elect and serve in all of- fices both elective and tive Mrs Jack Maloy president of the American Legion Auxiliary of Unit 60 is interested in ing another organization to sponsor a fourth so that each county high school will have the opportunity to Have a junior girl attend Girls State each year No more than three girls in high school may attend The number attending is portionate with the size of the junior class in each high school Temperatures NEW YORK UPI The lowest temperature reported today to the US Weather Bureau excluding Alaska Hawaii was 7 degrees below zero at Devils Lake Tuesday's high was 89 at Calif Wife Gets Six Months For Slay ing Eleanor Demers 44 of Rt 1 Bunker Hill who with first fatal ing of her husband appeared in Miami Circuit Court day morning and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter Mrs Demers appeared before Judge John W Beauchamp of Wabash special judge in the case who sentenced her to a two to twenty-five year term in the Indiana Women's Prison and then suspended the sentence pending good behavior She was placed on for three years and ordered to serve a term in the Miami County Jail in addition to about one year she has ready served She was also dered to pay court costs prior to her release Judge Beauchamp was chosen as special judge by agreement of the state and her attorney R M Rhodes Mrs Demers has been in jail here since the fatal shooting last March 26 of her husband Staff Sgt Wilfred C Demers 42 at their home She is the mother of five children National Debt WASHINGTON sury accounts for the fiscal year through Feb Withdrawals Deposits Cash Balance Public debt Gold Many Cass Motorists Have No 1968 Plates More than Cass County motorists do 1968 auto registration plates although 1967 plates will no longer be legal for use Friday morning Gov Roger Branigin has an- that he will not grant an extension of the Thursday midnight deadline Governor Branigin does not have the power under state law to grant an extension anyway but occasionally the governor has in- the past asked state lice not to make arrests after the deadline Although state police always have complied with the nor's request it is not binding upon and county law en- forcement officers who may make arrests at any time after Feb 29 if they use with last year's plates The local auto license branch reported Wednesday that about plates have been sold compared with 7.600 last year an indication that ly cars in Cass County are still being operated with 1967 plates With only one re- maining before the deadline it will be impossible for all of the Cass motorists to have valid plates by Friday Although there was a late rush at the license branch day business was not arly brisk Wednesday es of the branch reported OK Lake Cicott Tavern An application for a new beer and wine permit requested by Lawrence J and J of Lake Cicott was approved by the Cass County Alcoholic Beverage Board lowing a public hearing on the matter in the city building courtroom morning Members of the board George E Ferguson Carl Wright John Bower and Allen Shafer state representative voted unanimously to approve Mrs application The hearing was staged before a crowd the ity of which opposed the application Persons speaking in opposition to the application included Paul Stuart Jefferson Township trustee Guy Brookie former Jefferson Township trustee Robert H Barr of Rt 6 and John Graham also of Rt 6 Logansport Speaking in behalf of the Mrs application were Clarence H Kapraun of Lake Cicott Richard A Babb of Logansport Jerry A mond Rt 6 Logansport and Cecil Percher of Lake Cicott State Police Sgt John Gaylor not speaking for or against the tion the audience that the ent parking for the proposed tavern on U.S 24 in Lake Cicott could create a traffic hazard area Mrs did state that she has made application through the highway department for a permit to construct a driveway that would alleviate any possible traffic hazard The local board last year denied the application for a permit following presentation of a petition bearing more than 300 names against the permit A similar petition was also sub- mitted during Wednesday's hearing Guy Brookie said there were 418 names on the new petition Stuart in objecting to the cation quoted Cass County Sheriff Rex Harris as having said that Lake Cicott would be a dangerous place to have a tavern and would create a fic problem for state and county Allen state representative on the local board pointed out that the state alcoholic beverage board can a local board on an approval but not on an objection to granting a permit Any further complaints con- the proposed tavern would to be taken to the state board he said Council Meets With Michoe The third in a series of meetings to acquaint members of the city cil with the operations of city will be held at p.m it was announced by Mayor Eugene Monahan Two council committees finance and auditing and claims will meet with City Controller Donald Michael in the latter's office the may Walter Long is chairman of the council's finance committee also com- prised of George Tichenor and John Vernon Chairman of the council's and claims committee is ton Platt with Wilbur Flory and enor as members Previous meetings were held with the police and street departments Powell Appeal WASHINGTON UPI The U.S Court of Appeals today rejected for- Adam Clayton Powell's lenge of his ouster by the House a ago The split decision by the judge court upheld a ruling last April by U.S District Judge George L Hart Jr that the Harlem Democrat could not appeal his exclusion Powell now self-imposed exile in the Bahamas was refused his seat last March 1 as the result of charges that he had abused official travel and payroll privileges and acted improperly toward New York courts Powell challenged the ouster on grounds that his constitutional rights were abridged by the action He con- tended the House had no authority to deny his seat if he met the re- of age residence and Attorneys for the House fighting the Powell challenge said the federal judiciary under the doctrine of ation of powers had no time to med- in internal affairs of the tive branch of government Hart held th's argument in his decision early last April
