The Holland Evening Sentinel from Holland, Michigan • Page 1

The Holland Evening Sentinel SUBURBAN DELIVERY Zeeland, Saugatuck, Dooglis, West Hudsonvitle. Fennville. Hamilioa, East Monlello WEEK DAf EVENINGS Virginia Park, Jenison Psrlc, Macaiawa Park, Norlb Drive He. 2 SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 20 HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, 49423 SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1968 TWELVE PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS Gift of $600,000 Holland Presented to Hope In Bar Room HH HH JIHK Construction of the loiig await- 5 coMege President Dr.

C. A. an- new structure be named the ed Hope CoEege student cultur-1 der Werf. "De Witt Cultural Center" Pres-' al center became, a realitv to- The Executive Committee of jj idem Vender Werf announced, day with the presentation of; the Board-of Trustees has "We are proud and happy to a gift to the college bv i animously concurred that the participate this fme project ---r brothers Dick and Jack De Witt, founders and owners of Big Dutchman of Zeeland. The gift is the largest single gift ever received by Hope College and signals the start of construction of the proposed structure according to Councilman Bertal Slagh Dies at 70 Holland Councilman Bertal H.

70, of 345 College morning in Holland Burned While Fighting Fire I which the Board of Trustees of Hope College has generously allowed to be named "The Del Witt Cultural Center." We arejj impressed with the tremendous! enthusiasm shown by the stu- i dents Hope in helping launch great project and with the: I careful planning of the commit- tees in charge. We acknowledge HAMILTON Two persons the zeal and -enthusiasm shown! were injured and three Dr. Vander Werf and his! were overcome bv smoke while immediate associates," the nors said, figntmg the blaze that broke We wish to take this oppor out on the Harold Lohman farm i tunity to thank our own De Witt Police Halt Disturbance Of Youths TOO Negroes Roam In Grand Rapids; 11 Persons Injured GRAND RAPIDS (UPI) farm animals co 62, nelped make glft And to take this opportunity to and thank all tfip- 1 south side earlv today stoning citizens v-ititcio, ate Police 1 Holland, attended public schools Holland Hosoital todav. here and Holland Business College. He was associated with his brother, Edner, in Singh Gift Shop which was founded by their father, Bert Slagh, as a wallpaper business 72 years ago.

One Hamilton fireman, Dale Haverdink, was released from Holland Hospital after treatment of feead injuries. Firemen cated service to God and Coun- try. Let us continue to work to- Guard commander was gether for progress." i formed, Grand Rapids Final drawings for the build--Supt. William A. Johnson said ing which will be located east Afc dawn he calkd tt situa I THea.

were ove rcome by smoke of the Nvkerfc Hall of! heat were Da le Maatman, Music on 12th are being bon calm i Van Doornifc. Hamilton Fire Chief Andrew I Dykema said they received the Slagh sen-ed as councihuan Gordon Boerigter and Man-in 1 prepared by architect "Charles -E. Stade of Park Ridge, HI. "Through the magnificent gift' of Dick and Jack De Witt, the fire call at a.m. Friday dreams of thousands of mem- and were at the scene until 2 i bers of the Hope family over the jp.m.

Friday. Assistance was pas four years will now become given by firemen from the a realitv The De Witt Cultural Graafschap and Overisel fire the hub of Hope's a TM campus and the heart of cultural life of the community, will serve countless students and citL Bertal H. Slagh of the old third ward from 1941 to 1953. He was elected as First Ward Councilman in 1961 and won reelection in 1965. Slagh was a member of the Traffic and Safety Commission until it was dissolved and had also served with the Holland departments who were at the scene until noon.

The blaze destroyed the three- story 120-foot-square wood barn and the brooder house that was 25 feet from the barn. Fifty hogs in the barn were killed in the fire along with steers. Allegan county sheriffs deputies said almost all of the 4,500 chickens were lost in the fire. Dykema said moderate winds and winds created by the fanned made fee situation "like a fire storm" during the height of battling the blaze. The Delwia Lohman residence, located 100 feet from the barn was damaged on the At 2 a.m.

today 18 Michigan State Police from the Grand Haven Post were sent to Grand Rapids to assist the Police Department there in trying maintain order. The officers returned to Grand Haven 6:30 a.m.- after things quieted down. The trouble began about mid night when four unoccupied residences in the predominantly zens of this area for decades to Negro Jefferson and Franklin come. It will stand as a noble street area caught fire in an tribute to two men of vision and "obvious arson attempt," John- faith who we are proud and for- son said. A crowd formed near tunate to claim as leaders of i the fires, which were close to(continued on page 10.) gether, and as one fireman moved to hook his hose to a hydrant the crowds jostled him and injured the firefighter with rocks and bottles, he said.

He was injured slightly "-firemen "were stoned as they tried to put out the blazes." The "grouped and re- SAIGON (UPI)--North Viet-1 grouped during the night, rang- North Viets Ambush Unit, Of Marines namese troops ambushed a EXAMINE CLOTHING-- Holland Der. Sgt. Dennis Ende (right) examines one of the articles of which was worn by Felipe Sanchez, 26, of 143 East 16th at the time he was murdered at the Seaway Bar, 100 West Seventh Friday night. Sanchez was shot twice with a .38 caliber revolver. Police are holding Rudolph Guzman, 30, of Austin, Texas, on an open murder charge.

Other Holland police pictured (left to right) are Det. Sgt. Gilbert Tors, Gpl. Ron Myrick, Patrolman Jack Langeland and Chief Leslie Van Beveren. (Sentinel photo) Thailand TIDON, Thailand (UPI)--The "from five to 50 at one fi rst guerrilla attack on a U.S.

1 cars, i base in Thailand was aimed at I exterior as' were a tool shed: columnipfU.S._ Marine tanks on he said. Seven the house and the orais-i 5011 1 Vietnam's northern coast I containing white persons, were American air raids erv which was lust feet American headquarters stopped by the youths and some; intn nrth Vietnam milifarv it iroin North Vietnam, militarv was destroyed. bousp thaH saicl today. Five Leathernecks persons were dragged out "andj i-atm-a. onri Ibeaten." the police chief said sources sai today.

Police Reserve and had been ve tla fa jtanksT A veteran of World War completed" of jwere killed and 33 wounded- Fighting from behind the Eleven civilians, all white Thev said the band of! Holland i equipment in the barn ianKS me -wannes KUiea persons, were injured. ive guerrillas that penetrated this; brooder house were also des-; before the battle were hospitalized at St. Mary's nor theastern Thai base and) estimate flf tfae (broke off near An Hoa. 40 miles -S- war bastion at a charter member OL Dy kema he was covered Da Nan the spokesmen said. the Willard G.

Leenhouts Post, i instance. Dykema said. Prisoners He was a member of Hope Reformed Church. Slagh had served as president of the Retail Merchants Association and had been a director of the Tulip Time-Board- Surviving are the wife Billie; two- daughters, Sirs. Robert J.

Vos of Wichita, and Mrs. Lynne Vissehers of Holland; three granddaughters; sixj -----brothers and sisters, Edner pnnfor pl nn Slagh of Holland, Mrs. Harvey The ambu sn on the sandy Hospital, three suffering from skull fractures. opened fce Friday night Johnson said nine Negroes intent on destroying U.S. had been arrested, including i warplanes that bomb the North, of the blaze is unknown coastal plain was the latest in a two juveniles "on a variety of Four Americans were wound- ed in the raid, all of them in a transport heavily fire in the assault.

of Communist attacks charges;" and shellings there in the past He described the outbreak as C141 jet week and disclosed a significant! a "simple manifestation of mob! damaged by buildup, perhaps for! reaction--other than that. I can! Another plane, an RF4D recon-i ALGIERS (UPI)-Algeria has a thrust toward Da Nang. I give no cause." inaissance jet. was lightly! nn-f-nr? r-T I 1 i indicated it would release today officers said, some, if not" all, of the 24j Israelis taken prisoner from a hijacked El Al Pope Plans Document Around 4 a.m. EDT two lum- damaged.

A power plant nearby 1 ber yards began blazing near 1 took several hits. the Negro section "in continuing VATICAN CITY (UPD--Pooe 1 arson," Johnson said. One lum- Officials said two guerrillas were killed and one was Mrs. Hazen (Violet) Van Kampen of Holland. Another brother Gerald (Red) Slagh died in: March of 1960.

He is also sur- folk singing and sports stars, i said today. Paul VI plans to issue yard was totally destroyed others fled across document on birth control-! and the fire was extinguished. flat fields surrounding the base. officers declined to call Communists, although carried Red Chinese-made rifles, the kind used by row Slagh of Sun Valley, i normal for here." he said. Communist soldiers in Vietnam.

vived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral services are sched-j tiled Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in Dykstra Funeral Chapel. Burial is to be in Pilgrim Home ceme- tery. Relatives and friends rnayj meet the family at the Dykstra Chapel Sunday from 2 to 4 and 8 to" 9 p.m.

and Monday from! 7 to 9 p.m. ordered all flags in the city be 1 flown at half rnast until after i interment. Weather Occasional showers and thundershowers ending tonight. Lows 56 to 62. Partly sunny and a little cooler Sunday.

Highs upper and low 80's. Fair Monday and becoming a little warmer. The sun sets tonight at p.m. and rises tomorrow at 6:33 a.m. Temperature at 11 a.m.

today was 76. The water temperature at Holland State Park today is 70 degrees and the air is 71 degrees. For the 24 hour ending 5 p.m. yesterday the instruments recorded the following: Local Report Maximum, 81. Minimum, 67.

Precipitation, none. One Year Ago Yesterday Maximum, 7.3. Minimum, 62. Precipitation, ,04. Suspect Surrenders To Police Victim Shot Twice With Revolver At Seaway Bar A Texas man is being held under police guard in the Holland jail following the fatal shooting of a Holland man at the Seaway Bar.

100 West Seventh at 10:35 p.m. Friday. Rudolph Vega Guzman, 30, of Austin, Texas, is being held on an open murder charge for the fatal shooting of Felipe Sanchez, 26. of 143 East I6th Holland police said. Sanchez was pronounced dead arrival at Holland hospital i by medical examiner Dr.

liam Westrate Jr. Police said that Sanchez was i shot twice with what was be? lieved to be a .33 caliber re- volver. The first shot went through his left arm and into 1 his abdoman and the second I shot struck Sanchez in the chest. I Police said the shooting took place in a narrow corridor ing to the restrooms at the bar. i Guzman fled the scene of the murder in a late model car and roadblocks were set up immediately throughout Western Michigan in an attempt to apprehend him.

Guzman reportedly gave himself up shortly after 1 a.m. day. Police said that Guzman went to the house of his former employer and after telling Hm what had happened he was pur- I 1 suaded to turn himself in. i Ottawa sheriff's deputies were then called to the house to pick up Guzman. He was taken to the jail and then turned over to Holland police who returned him to Holland.

Police said that Guzman used a snub nose .38 caliber revolver in the murder. The gun is in police custody. Two slugs were found at the scene of the murder and they were believed to have been fired from Guzman's gun. Guzman is expected to be arraigned later today before Holland municipal Jiidge John Galien on the open murder charge. wreck MURDER SCENE Holland patrolman Ken Gebben stands in fhe approximate location where Felipe Sanchez, 26, of 143 East 16th was standing when He was shoS" to death Friday night at the Seaway Bar, 100 East Seventh St.

Holland police are holding Rudolph Guzman, 30, of Austin, Texas, on an open murder charge in connection with the murder. (Sentinel photo! Stalinists Are Accused PRAGUE (UPI)--Deputy Premier Ota Sik todav accused Stalinists inside the Czech Communist party of trying to i reform program already being attacked by the Russians. Sik, one of the major reform leaders, wrote in the Commu- Zjjjjz nisi party newspaper Rude Pravo that the Stalinists "still exist among "'Some) still sit among us in more or less important positions in the state, political and economic apparatus." he said. "They are hoping an eventual misunderstanding could boost their dirty plans. "But they represent no one." it was as close as ar.y Czech reform leader has come in public to accusing the Stalinists, ouled from party control eight months of trying to oust the reformers now that Moscow Britain's Second Hi i States is putting pressure on Prague.

At the same time, Sik called on the Russians to show tbs restraint they showed in January when the reformers ousted Stalinist Novotny as Czech r-artv leader. i LOXDOX (UPD--David Birkbeck and his wife talked at home about donating their hearts for transplant surgery. Bv United Press International, Derby'Sidewalk Thunderstorms preceded 3 baie ls Bl 9 Success co'd front across Minnesota and Thousands of persons throng- the Dakotas today. Rain fell ed Holland's downtown shopping from North Carolina to Eastern a vf aj dav for the annual haa all ciscussed "Red Derov' Mrs. Birkbeck said, though "never for a moment believing that we would be called upon to make the Colorado.

sidewalk sale as merchants sported red -iost o. me rest 01 the nation derbies an placed merchandise enjoyed clear skies and pleasant on tables and racks outside their weather. door.s. Funnel clouds vere rcTortcd' re tha 3 Holland mer ch- ciouo.s rejoiiea ants participated in what Down- HOPE RECEIVES GIFT-- Dick and Jack De Witt, founders of Big Dutchman of Zeeland, (second and third from left) examine plans for Hope College's student cultural center with Hope president CA Vander Werf (left) and Hope College "Board of Trustees Chairman Hugh De Free. The De Witts Friday presented Hope with a 5600,000 i for the student cultural center.

Forde. 48. the world's and on the edge of Pierz, Even the weather cooperated j28th heart transplant patient. where heavy rain fell, as sunshine and warm tempera- Birkbeck, a spray Nearly 2'-i inches of rain tures greeted the shoppers and 'painter, was fatally injured soaked Spencer. Iowa, as Eighth St.

was closed to traffic early Friday in an automobile thunderstorms into: for their convenience. Jack Doctors at National i northwest Iowa from South; Btra and Gary Bartlett were in (Hope College photo) 'Heart Hospital were ready. i Dakota. 1 charge of the event. SPAPERf.