Logansport Pharos-Tribune and Press (Newspaper) - May 6, 1968, Logansport, Indiana Final Edition Home Paper Of 41 Communities aros LOGANSPORT INDIANA Founded in Leased United Press International News Photo Wires MONDAY EVENING MAY 6 1968 All Departments Phone Price Per Copy Ten Cents Indiana Face Important Bulletin Cass Polls Open At 6 Tuesday WASHINGTON UPI House Ways and Means Com- today approved ident Johnson's income tax increase proposal in return for cuts of at least billion in the coming fiscal year Federal Aid Is Available For Bridge Cass County has a total of in Federal Aid ary funds now available to it for the construction of a new Davis Street bridge according to a letter received by John McCloskey president of the Cass board of commissioners from Ned Fairman Fairman consulting engineer on the project warned however that if the problems involving the Penn Central Railroad which have been delaying the project are not resolved prior to June 20 the county is in danger of ing these funds The funds available include the allocated to Cass and funds waived by three other counties to Cass because the other counties did not need them They include from White County from shall County and from Delaware County Fairman said if Penn Central gives reasonable assurance that it will act soon to abandon the section of track which the new bridge will cross an extension of time for the Federal Aid funds due to expire June 30 will be sought by Fairman However if are not resolved prior to the expiration date and if the time extension is not granted Cass will lose these federal funds Fairman pointed out The railroad's board of tors still has not acted on the track abandonment because it is too busy with problems ed with the merger it was re- ported Judgment Delayed On Youths Testimony in the cases of four youths arrested the night of April 26 in connection with an alleged beer party at 218 E Miami Ave was heard in city court Monday Following the presentation of evidence Beth Clemans IS of 218 E Miami Ave Kenneth Ausperk IS of Rt 5 Stephen J Sprinkle 18 of Rt 1 ton all charged with illegal possession of alcohol and Roger Sallee 21 of Walton charged with contributing to the of minors were ordered to return to court in 30 days for judgment Appearing on the witness stand were police officers Ted Lowry George Martin and Ro- bert Rozzi and defendants er Sallee and Stephen Sprinkle Judge Frank Tolbert told the youths that lie would take the evidence under advisement for 30 days at which time they were to return for his decision He said his decision at that time would be based on their conduct in the interim and their cooperation with the police con- the procurement of the alcohol Voters of Cass County will go to the polls between 6 and 7 p.m Tuesday to select their nominees for the fall election For 189 Cass County citizens confined to homes and hospitals by illness the election was Monday Eight absentee voting teams were going around during the day to deliver the ballots to the voters and to pick them up er they are voted Seven absentee voting teams had been named previously The eighth chosen because of the large number applicants confined to their homes is com- posed of Mary Leffert 1808 ferson St Democrat and ence Hoffman E Market St Republican Saturday was the absentee voting in the clerk's office and for application for absentee ballots A total of 173 were sent out and 138 voters returned them after marking their choices Those will be dis- by the election Tuesday to the proper precincts An additional 104 voted in son in the clerk's office ing 17 on Saturday Inspectors of the 29 election boards of Cass County were sworn in Monday as they ed up their voting machine keys and election supplies The in- will swear in the other precinct election board bers Tuesday morning before the polls open Both parties held instruction meetings for the precinct tion board workers Sunday after- noon Canvassing board clerks to assist the county election board in the official tabulation of the vote Tuesday night were named Monday They are Jack bers and Robert Champion Sr for the Republicans and Victor Tanguy Sr and Frederick noli for the Democrats An exceptionally heavy cratic vote is anticipated both because of the battle for control of the party here and because of the fight for the state's votes involving Roger Branigin and Sens Robert and Eugene McCarthy Tuesday's Indiana primary is the first of five primaries Six Injured In Collision Six persons were treated Memorial Hospital for injuries sustained in a accident at the intersection of Sixth and High Streets at p.m -Sun- day Forrest D 54 of Rt 4 Warsaw driver of one of the cars was treated for a cut on his head Driver of the other car Louis A Webster of 1925 Rogers St was treated for pain in his right shoulder and spine Passengers in the auto treated for bruises abrasions were Mrs Stanley Locke 71 of Rt 1 Warsaw Olga Tusing 50 of Rt 1 saw and Zelma Kern 59 of Rt 1 Leesburg Webster's Bertha was treated for abrasions on her right leg Police said the auto was traveling north on Sixth Street and Webster was en route east on High Street when the accident occurred Damage was done to the front and right side of Webster's 1963 auto and to the front and left side of 1968 according matching McCarthy of of Democratic primaries in Wisconsin Pennsylvania and M a s s a- and in New of New York Unknown Factor unknown factor in the equation is Branigin agreed to in ident Johnson's place before the president withdrew Branigin stayed in the race however and advised fellow Hoosiers to give him a primary victory and i control over Indiana's delegation to the Democratic national convention The only Republican date former vice president Nixon was not in the state He was in Omaha Branigin finished his Saturday night and said the real issue in is control of the Indiana tion Kennedy with and offering hopes to nobody would object McCarthy delivered what he called his last major speech of the campaign at South Bend Sunday night and returned to Indianapolis Branigin The Minnesotan ignored in his speech at a South Bend High School but said neither Kennedy nor Vice President Hubert H Humphrey would affect the tion of the American people He said Humphrey ing us without vitality and while Kennedy's approach was to seek reconciliation through special committees for rate and ethnic and economic approach which assumes that division in ca is somehow inevitable and After an overnight visit to Washington Kennedy returned to the Sunday night for stops at New Albany arid at Evansville on the Ohio River in his audience of at Evansville Sen Vance Haftke former mayor of the city and a declared neutral in the Indiana primary The New York senator aimed at major population centers for the final day of his campaign His itinerary included Fort Bend La Porte Hammond Gary and Whiting in northern tier of EVERYBODY'S IN THE ACT Workers for the three Democrat in the Presidential primary Tuesday are winding up their in Logansport Pausing at Democratic headquarters arc several workers for each candidate Campaigning of Sen Robert are from left Mrs Pat McGee city and Miss Sally Early of Grand Rapids Mich for Sen Eugene McCarthy Jack Guerin of and Miss Jean Vickers of Minneapolis Minn and for Mr and Mrs William V Huff city Staff Photo Rockets Slam Saigon Five Newsmen Killed SAIGON UPI into the of Saigon tonight and Viet Cong forces their assault on Tan Son Nhut airport But stood the and Viet Cong failed to gain a foothold in city lighting raged In the Cholon of the city but in general the old Red nationwide spring offensive appeared to ing Already the Communists had lost more than military sources said several rocket rounds were fired into the city tonight the second night of such attacks But they apparently failed to strike any major targets One missile struck an automobile only two blocks from the joint U.S Public Affairs office in downtown In in the western part of the city Viet Cong bands opened deadly antiaircraft fire on helicopters supporting defense UPI photographer Charles Eggleston of a decorated hero of was killed he in the head while covering the fighting in the fifth newsman to be killed in Saigon in two days An American government source said the strikes against 119 allied positions every way except psychologically The main Communist targets were the Leatherneck tase just below Vietnam where Reds have been killed in a week and 240 Sunday and Saigon Red forces pushed toward the Tan Son Nhut air and and battled in the flaming streets of Saigon's Cholon Chinatown tion No total of allied toll was said to be high in places Saigon hospitals said at least 14 civilians were killed and 235 wounded Another fled battle zones in the In Cholon where fighting set off fires that gutted two blocks heavy smoke coiled up over guerrilla bands fleeing national police units Near Tan Son Nhut allied troops and gunships trapped the attackers in a cemetery Near the Phu Thi race track on fringe troops smashed at the main gateway to the city Down Copters U.S helicopter gunships were shot down U.S spokesmen cautioned that the Communists weaker thus far than in their February of the cities had to commit up to troops poised near Saigon The North Vietnamese still had about troops hammering Dong Ha spokesmen said The battle of Saigon roared in the and South Korean tropes were heavy along Plantation Road next to Tan Son Nhut airbase on the west Col Luu Kim Cuong the commander was killed at dawn In the nearby where Brig Gen Ngoc Loan The Weather Forecast and warmer Tuesday with chance of showers late Tuesday night Lows tonight 38 to 45 northeast in day 68 to 76 Sunset today p.m rise Tuesday Commissioners Pass Dog Control Statute SUNDAY MONDAY 2 40 3 4 s 5 C 8 9 10 11 Mid An ordinance providing for the impoundment of dogs and other animals the destruction of dogs in certain Ceases and making violations a or was approved unanimously Monday by the board of county commissioners The new ordinance designed to of all animals in Cass County is effective im- mediately and will be Enforced by the county's recently pointed Animal Warden Frank Johnson The passage of the ordinance came after Sheriff Rex Harris reported to the board that more than 100 stray dogs had been picked up since Johnson his duties March 15 Harris said few of the dogs had been claimed Previously the control of an- imals in the county had been under provisions of statute The new more especially in regard to the period of con- finement of any animal taken into custody Under the ordinance dogs cats or wild animals kept pets found running at large will picked up and impounded for a period of not less than three days and thereafter be disposed of in a humane manner if not claimed by the owners Owners of animals impounded must pay impoundment fees board and any medical expense incurred while impounded before the an- imal will be released The ordinance empowers the Animal Warden to any premises which any animal kept or harbored for the purposes ofc checking the animal's license and further provides that the warden may upon any premises to check reports of cruel or South Vietnam police der and one of the Viet Cong's most hated enemies was shot and wounded Sunday troops hunted down roving guerrilla bands In the Cholon t Chinatown quarter where the Viet Cong executed newsmen fifth South cornered nests of On a street soldiers found the body of Hasso yon West Embassy ry his gouged out and shot in the back of the head A few blocks away a Viet Cong lieutenant colonel Nguyen Van killed U.S troops 14 thiles northwest of Saigon killed 167 Reds found what may have been the body of a North Vietnamese general Thousands of civilian refugees flocked into the center of Saigon untouched since Red mortar shells they get smashed ARVN Vietnam troops said Nguyen Huu Tu of guerrillas him from his house near the Phu Tho race track in February and Sunday raids cut supply roads Saigon f rod prices But there was no defeat among the allies At other battle troops Vietnam allies down fiery napalm strikes in smashing North Vietnam attacks Dong Ha Sunday spokesmen said least North were threatening Quang Tri South Vietnam's city Fighting flared all along the northern frontier The Marine bastion of Khe Sanh took 100 red shells almost destroyed in offensive US paratroopers killed 82 North Vietnamese Sunday sEight U S troops were wounded South eastern Move Begins Tuesday -is moving day for Wjlliam G Jones dent of the Southeastern School Cor- and his staff 1 office will be moved from its present location at 404 E Dutchess St in Walton to the new Lewis Cass High School his staff will be the first the on Indiana 218 at the west edge of ton The superintendent's new address will be Southeastern School tion Box 2038 Walton Indiana 46994 The telephone number remains the same Walton 4685 The superintendent's office suite is located at the corner of the new junior and senior high school Red Onslaught LONDON The Communist onslaught against Saigon and others South Vietnamese cities appears designed to help Hanoi a position of strength at the opening Friday tern diplomats said today It may also have been designed to the South Vietnamese regime on the eve of the talks they said However officials noted Sunday's warning by George Bail U.S to the United that the Communists are making a mistake they think they can im- prove their bargaining position in this No Major Business For Council Meeting No major scheduled as of noon Monday for meeting of the Common Council v Mayor Eugene he would ask the council pass J a resolution city hearings in connection with the proposed discontinuance by the Penn Central Railroad of two- passenger trains operating be- tween Cincinnati Chicago with stops in The only other the agenda was a ot monies within the same solons meet at 8 p.m in council chambers located third Informed western diplomats said the preliminary talks may develop later a- full-scale Vietnam peace conference But fact has indicated publicly for the first time its to discuss not merely an end to of the but also of interest to the two sides vis widely interpreted here as ing North Vietnam is prepared over a much broader field or assumed Of f said this could well mean that if agreement is reached to end exchange Vietnamese withdrawals or some scaling down of the level of fighting the preliminary Paris talks now planned a full dress for jty general Vietnam
