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Vidette-Messenger, The (Newspaper) - September 19, 1970, Valparaiso, IndianaVol. 65 12 pages Valparaiso Indiana 46383, saturday september 19, 1970 Over a cup of Coffee meet Lars of he Porter Cohly conservation club Are angry Anil disturbed about an incident wednesday night Al the club grounds on Indiana no. According to Les Large club member an unidentified person entered lie grounds and look the organization s Flag and Standard. The Cost involved is unit Largo said. Now Low come thai will steal an Raineri and upal Kinlic con a person by can Flag that is owned by an other person or or. And mrs. Roger Henderson recently travelled to so Paul Minn to Allend the reunion of the battalion of Tho cd. It was the 23rd. Meeting of the fulfil and made mrs. Henderson wonder aloud if any other outfit has a record of this standing. Most of the 03rd were Midwest men they meet every year around labor Day. Of the original 1000 men 700 Are still living. I s. Henderson also said that As soon As she and her husband got lost. Paul they were passed by a truck carrying a Large tank labelled Owens Corning Valparaiso Bill calling for a constitutional convention was signed by the governor on Jan. Is 1849. Voters cast for the to opposed. On oct. 7, 1850, the 150 delegates deliberated 127 Days until feb. .10, 1851, and the now and present Constitution was proclaimed effected nov. 1851. Did you know that inst Lule Street used to be called Maple Street mrs. William Dodd of 507 inst Lule said she and some of her neighbors would like to Haye the original name Back As 4l i flew p rising a building and Institute is Julle and deed on her properly. Lists the Street As Maple mrs Dodd says and that would be in keeping with the other nearby Beech and Elm. There is one Maple Street Fiere but it s Only a Block Long and is on he other Side of town mrs. Dodd says. A Reader Joseph. Lewis Wriles Coffee i have noticed Over the years that one Railroad which passes through Valparaiso has always maintained its Crossings and right of Way in a commendable manner namely the grand trunk Western. A neat Job was done on the crossing at Calumet and also at Washington. More recent was the crossing at Roosevelt Road where crossing boards were Laid neat and level to connect with phone 462-5151 fifteen Hussein agrees to cease fire at news conference Hep. Earl lamp Grebe at news conference Here lie loll of his recent trip to Vietnam. Congressman said he was lir ought closer in graininess Anil horror of War hum on earlier trip to Smith East Asia. Pm staff Pluto tells of War s Grimness by i1ehniiart unlike my first trip this Ime we saw the grim the gory Side of the 2nd District congressman Earl f. Land Grebe told newsmen today in reporting on his recent fact ending Lour of i i Laos Cambodia and Vietnam Bat Elfield areas Lle Field areas. Landgrebe made the round the world trip which also took him to India and Rome with his son the Rev. Roger Landgrebe of Gary or. O Neill and a retired military officer from Lafayette. Speaking at Lembke motor said he and or. Martin j. O Neill visited both americ an and Vietnam Iio Pilais. We viewed open air receiving areas in Saigon handling go-70 patients at one time being brought in Heli copters worked on at operating tables watching with tears in Pur eyes helpless that we could do nothing this was the real the grim the gory Side of i in emphasizing his bewilder ment because the United Stales does not proceed with a full scale War against tie encroach ment of the communists in Laos and Cambodia All the Way to Hanoi instead of at the 38th parallel Landgrebe said he and his entourage saw Many Laos and cambodian soldiers sloshing through Monsoon mud wearing shoes without laces in. A area where the commies have driven cambodians out of their Homes into the Jungles in order to escape the red onslaught. They Are great people but they Are really being Landgrebe stated. Stressing again and again the need for the military might of the . To be shown in the Middle East to bring about peace Landgrebe said he wondered Why Seato head quarters at t sont rooms into the violated areas. 8e was told by authorities there Pride for being an Ameri the land of free land of Hope the land of Promise for peace for the whole Landgr cube said he and or. O Neill visited pfc. John a. Just lying Here. You stand physical destruction of men in Ilic Hospital Al women and children. We flew j Camp Drake near Tokyo. He s a Var areas where enemy bombs. Killed 75 civilians an orphanage Oom cd killing 12 kiddies you just Don t read of these horrors in the papers Back Home. These terrible Intro lilies cause me to he said he fell after getting to America several Days ago an even greater sense of Valparaiso men at Bangkok both having been flown in from the battlefields to meet the beside the bedside of John congressman they were James Tomczak and then you ask Carter son of or. And mrs. Yourself do. We. Go off Kenneth a. Carter 302 Madison into different directions. Why Don t Nixon Agnew the Senate House sit Down behind closed doors and talk about this War Lalk about our future because if we Don l do something we re going to bleed ourselves when asked whether we were winning the War in Vietnam Landgrebe replied i simply can t answer that. We Are in some areas other areas we Are he mentioned meeting two and John Knehl who was a member of Landgrebe s sunday school class. Both Are great americans great the mothers of Kujoth soldiers were in today s audience at Hie press session. Questions asked of Landgrebe Lalk involved the Arab Israel conflict debate Prospect with his democratic his no vote on women s liberation and Campus unrest. Beirut Lebanon a Cairo radio said Loday King Hussein has agreed to an egyptian cease fire proposal hut shortly after the broadcast Jor Dan s military governor gave palestinian guerrillas an Ulli Malum to surrender or face fir ing squads. Tie ultimatum from Field marshal hah is maj Ali had a three hour deadline in appeared to mean the egyptian cease fire Effort had collapsed. Maj Ali said in a broadcast by radio Amman thai the guerrillas who did not surrender would be executed As mutineers. The Cairo broadcast said Abdel Nasser of Egypt had proposed to Hus Sein that he and the guerrillas accept a 24-hour cease fire. According to Cairo Hussein agreed. Cairo said the agreement had been worked out Early Loday in a meeting Between Hussein and Gen. Mohamed Sadek Egypt s army chief of slate who had flown to Amman Early in the fighting. It said Sadek then went Inlo conference with Yasir Ara fat Over All Leader of the guerrilla movement and other officials of the cd neral committee of the Palestine liberation organization. Maj Ali s announcement made no mention of the egyptian initiative. Lie dressed that the ultimatum was imposed under the martial Law decreed by Hussein at the snarl of the fighting of thurs Day. The egyptian Effort and a Jali s Ull Malum came in the third Day of fighting. Casualties were reported soaring past Royal army forces were reported a lacking the Gerril the North. Maj Ali s proclamation said this is the last warning la the fedayeen. All guerrillas must Lay Down their arms and surrender by . Anyone who resists the Royal forces Atler this time limit will he treated As an outlaw ant killed and tried by court martial on a charge of armed Mutiny against the a lilo relies. This crime is punishable by the deadline was 10 . Edt. Maj Ali repeated earlier ass to ances that guerrillas wishing o surrender would not he harmed. In Beirut guerrilla spokes men said before news came of maj Ali s ultimatum that Nas ser s proposed cease fire had virtually no Chance of accept Ance by the guerrilla Leader hip. The iraqi news Agency said guerrilla spokesmen in Baghdad denounced Nasser s efforts As an affront to the dignity of he Arab Cairo radio said Sadek cabled of the Nasser. The guerrillas reply presumably was expected to emerge from Sadyk s mecking with Ara fat. Sadyk reported to Nasser that he was received by Hussein Early today and the King promised to announce the As soon As meanwhile King. Hussein s army launched heavy artillery and tank assaults against guerrilla strongholds in Northern Jor Dan As the number of dead and wounded soared past Hussein a acceptance cease fire proposal to president watching says. . Let. Thieu pull Rug Indianapolis been made in Paris by John is. Sci lower a special correspondent Washington a will american forces in the Mediterranean bolstered president Nixon kept continuous watch to Day on the crisis in embattled Jordan with american lives and the survival of the Hussein government his primary con Cern. The positioning of military forces was described officially As a precautionary step in Case Nixon decides intervention in is necessary to Rescue the More than 400 americans in the new sidewalks for pedestrian a Valparaiso resident sent a article to a Chicago newspaper which she said May help remove some of the the Rumor mentioned in tuesday s pm that the Federal. Aviation administration had ruled out All Northwestern Indiana Sites for a Jetport facility and decided definitely on the Illinois location at Joliet. The opening paragraph of monday s article mentioned that the Faa has ruled out All but one of the Illinois Sites not Indiana for a third major added airs. Majorie Esser Man 1508 Lafayette personally i am hoping that Illinois gels the Jetport. What is so attractive about haying a Jetport in one s backyard with the air and noise pollution accompanying state Highway officials Hope to have inters i ate 91 open to traffic cast to . 421 by the fall of 1973. That would leave a Section of Hie missing link from nations have to Seato. Route 421 to unfinished. Indiana 35 still the country. Nixon was prepared if necessary to inter Vene for other if neigh Boring Iraq enlers tic civil War Between King Hus Sein s forces and the palestinian or if the country be comes in danger of falling under guerrilla control. The president. Was keeping watch from his Retreat at Camp. David my. Accompanying hint were staff Kissinger and Hal Deshari. Word that american forces in the Mediterranean being killed by t Roliene Lar .1ml none of the beleaguered i struck by a police car As Porter an 18-year-old Topeka kan., youth stationed Al Porter Nike base was killed at a. M. Today when he was he applied for help 1 intend to find out in Washington Why Seato troops in Cyprus Haven t been sent in to help. Here we have american soldiers fighting these bloody Battles. We have troops in Cyprus but Are gelling no help. This is an unusual situation and i intend to get some Landgrebe said to saw on his second trip to the Middle East violence strife fear and ran across u. S. Dana c. Travis died of a Skull fracture and crushed Chest suffered alien he was struck by the police car driven by Leonard Smith 24, or Chesterton a two year member of tire Porter police department the westbound patrol car driven by Smith had passed a Semi truck when the police officer saw a pedestrian in dark clothing running from the South to lire no Rah Side of u. S. 20, near Wagner Road in the area of the Nike base according to police. Smith attempted to Slop the patrol car which skidded go feet. Investigating the Accident besides Porter police was Deputy Coroner Carl Edmonds. The youth s parents have been notified. His body is at Carl Edmonds funeral Home. His death is the fifth traffic fatality recorded in Porter this year and the 25th in Porter county. At this time a year ago the county s fatality count was 38. Three other traffic fatalities in Indiana raised the year s toll to 75 More than a year ago. Reinforced came Friday from the Pentagon. The defense department ordered additional ships and planes into the East Ern Mediterranean. Air Force c130 transports capable of Fly ing out refugees or taking in paratroopers were already in position in the area. Officials privately expressed Hope Hussein could surmount tire crisis unaided. Through dip and Moscow and Iii talks Here will israeli Premier Golda Meir administration leaders strove to save the . Drive for peace Between Israel and the Arab states from the explosive pres sures of the jordanian conflict. An element of . Concern in this respect is the fear that if palestinian forces win control in Jordan their All out hostility to Ward Israel would Force israeli intervention in turn might trigger intervention by Iraq and Syria and Widen the Middle East struggle. Even in the absence of such consequences officials see no Chance for a peace sell Lement involving Jordan if the guerrillas Rule that country. Mrs. Meir said Friday egyptian israeli Negolia Lions Are impossible unless Egypt Rolls Back antiaircraft missile bases set up along the Suez canal in alleged violation of the military stand still agreement the two coun tries accepted in August. Inquiries As to whether Nixon has Given Hussein some Copi fitment of . Support if needed Drew uninformative answers from official sources. White House press Secretary Ronald l. Ziegler told a news Confer ence there is no commitment i m prepared to cover will ident Nixon s administration permitted South Vietnam pres ident Nguyen Thieu to pull the Rug out from under the Paris j peace negotiations former ambassador w. Averell Harriman said Friday. Harriman in Indianapolis to speak Al a private fund raising dinner for . Sen. R. Vance Hartke d-ind., also called Tho administration s economic poli cies a Miracle in incompetence and callous and he said vice president Spiro t. Agnew is a comedian who tries to Divide our he made the remarks in a news conference and in a speech pre political to War continues pared for delivery at the diner. Harriman to we cannot continue to give Thieu a veto on our policies any he said. Harriman said a prompt and announced schedule for with drawing american troops from Vietnam would compel Thieu government to undertake seriously negotiations for a responsible lie blamed Many nation s Domestic problems of the War saying we cannot cure our problems at Home until this tragic War is brought to an end he blamed the Nixon administration for inflation with con 2 sentenced to terms on state farm two men charged with theft of a Billfold belonging to mrs. Carl g. Smith it. 3, were sentenced in portei1 circuit court Friday to 6 Monelli stale penal farm terms and ordered 16 pay court costs. Both men Patrick Royce Anderson 27, of Jollet Iii., and Michael Lee lower 22, Kingsbury a d pleaded guilty monday after telling the court not wish to be represented1 by lower was also charged with carrying an automatic pistol without a permit. The men were apprehended to Riding rising living in sept. 11 in a Catiis after a to employment increasing to the highest Rale since the last re publican administration 10 years ago highest interest rates in Moscow during world War it 100 years and tight Money which and president Johnson have Cut housing Sador to the Paris peace talks said when lie new administration took Over in january of 1969, agreement had r been finally reached in Paris Between the two sides to commence negotiations for a peaceful settlement. However the new administration permitted presid e n t Thieu to pull the Rug out from under the negotiations. Presi Dent Thieu announced that he would not sit Down in the Pri vate meetings that had been arranged for although he knew full Well that it was Only in the private meetings that any pro Gress could be made. Two months later he was finally persuaded to participate but at the same time he announced that he would not in an circumstance agree to Tion government or permit the Elf to become a political party in South Vietnam. By then the Elf refused to sit Down privately with his representatives. No Progress has starts in the fac feb f the highest demand since world War ii and a Gross National product stagnant in real term Agnew said in a recent speech that he blames Harriman for every american failure in foreign affairs for the past two or three decades. This fellow does t know what he s Harriman said. I d like to ask him whether he was against winning the War War against the United nations being established whether he was opposed to the Mai shall plan to Stop Ping Stalin s tracks in r taking Over Western Europe. These Are the things that i was involves in. He. Does t know about hem. He s a comedian and a great Friend of Bob Hope. The Only Dif Ference is that Bob Hope talks about things that Are a lot of fun. This vice president of ours tries to Divide our people. I Don t think that s the kind of politics we ought to Man notified slate trooper Thomas Frailey that they were attempting to sell a to her and woman in a laundromat in inputs. After slopping the car described -1 woman Frailey. Found lower s gun in the Glove compartment Anci clip and ammunition in the Back seat he testified Friday during a search of the continued he found credit cards belonging to Carl Smith and Betlina Shamplain Medford Ore. Mrs Smith later identified lower As the Man who grabbed Hir. Wallet from a table at the Maytag laundry. Calumet shopping Center sept. 10. Anderson was waiting in lower s car while the containing ?25, was taken he admitted. The stale recommended sentencing on both a pupils against who quit a Iii Schmo during his senior year joined the army and pc eyed an undesirable lower told the court he been told that his discharge would be automatically made Liono Rable six months after his but that it 1968 discharge had t. Heavy blow to american Hopes Indianapolis a the latest Battle in the political Tele vision commercial War is Over a piece of film which has t been broadcast yet. Gordon Durnil Campaign coordinator for rep. Richard l. Roudybush the Republican candidate for . Senator said the film depicts onside agitators going across stale lines to incite Riols or civil to said in is part of hundreds of feet of film shot for possible use in n commercial attacking Iho voting record of . Sen. Vance Hartke d-iml., on Bills to regulate civil disorders. Harloc s Campaign manager Jacques Leroy issued a stale current work on interstate 94 includes a Section in North Porter county to 3.2 Miles West of. 421 and a segment Between Roulo to and Iho Michigan line. Political winds Are prevailing against nips co s fact Are obviously being used erection of an million and the latest a Forl is n further sex mint saying half truths and but and Oul misrepresentation of Dillon to its present Michigan City lakefront Plant the news dispel cd reports. Rep. Earl under be says lie fms no objections la the proposed Mcnern Long unit. His nov. 3 opponent bpm Ocrant Philip Sprague Bays to won t Miiko n decision until Fri army corps of Enron ears report is issued on a lither n permit should ims granted for Anler in the Zirul discharge facilities. Ample of n Man who has no acc Porter county weather fair and Warrior through Sun Day lows tonight in Iho Law i Alghi sur stay in Iho Low mid 60s, pro. I Par cent tonight and sunday Ord to run on. So the demanding that television experts must resort to the quit winning it and Call and deceptive techniques of for an investigation by the big Campaign practices com the Chicago Sun times of Congress. Ported Friday that seven commercial which shows pie types from Chicago actor portraying a Viel Cong Lii red As actors for the Flop aiming a Rifle Al the a the newspaper said an has been suspended b actor quit without collecting stations but still is a Cine fee because he found by others. The spoken Lex commercial Halke with voting to Leroy had lambasted Trade with communist Roudybush commercial which Supply arms it to organize adult adult education classes arc weeks meeting twice to organized by the for two hours Robab Community schools monday and thursday fron Knuff assistant to to 9 . First class would superintendent monday ocl. 5 and the subject offerings will session would thursday on the number of persons requesting n particular class. 3, Knauff said. Prospective students should Contact Iho administration of minimum of students enrolment forms will h necessary in order to have a sufficient Nuti her o classes will be offered forms Are a Curnet personal in Ernst and with Tho fee to Warron pro vement not for High n Portl Culner class i credit. A Rolls Nilion fee will be notified. Inch class plus cos Dale for l Nihil Eulals will be sept. 30, Knuf can ssh to in session and. Hie Viel Cong. Durnil said the commercial now being prepared will he based on of Latke s vote against an amendment introduced by sen. Hussell b. Mixing a la. The amendment would have made it a Federal offence to Cross state lines for the purpose of obstructing interstate com Merce. Leroy said in was True that Halke voted against the Amend ment which the Senate Defeated 64-27 on March 6, docs. But he said the Day More Harilko vol ii for an amendment which made it n Federal Offens to Cross state lines for the Pur pose of inciting n riot. That Bill passed the Senate 82-13 and be Washington a israeli prime minister Golda Meir inflicted a heavy blow on Amer ican Hopes for a Middle East peace settlement telling presi Dent Nixon that there will be no peace talks until Egypt removes the missiles Israel claims were implanted along the Sun canal i. In violation of the standstill lag Cement. Came Law. Leroy snid Halke voted against the mixing amendment be cause he thou Gill it was anti designed to crush peace new Yor k

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