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fwwjjg The Palladium-Item, Richmond, Ind. Monday, May 15, 1972 Readers' Views Reader! invited to mbmlt letters to this column. Signed name) nd. addresses must accompany each letter, but a signature may be City, County Budgets Too High Dan Blocker, Star Of TV's "Bonanza," Is Dead At 43 1 JiiiiiSA "Z0 The tax rate paid by Richmond property owners in 1966 was $7.18 and in 1972 it is $10.44. The taxpayers' money should be spent for the benefit of all not for a small group of people.

A good example is the new golf course that will cost over half a million dollars, for a few people. It will continue to be on the back of the taxpayer every year, as it will not be self-supporting. There are a number of private golf courses where the golf player can pay his own way. Why not build a lake for the fishermen and a building for the checker players? E. P.

H. Richmond. INGLEWOOD, Calif. (UPI) Dan Blocker, the hulking, 260-pound actor who played "Hoss Cartwright" in the television "Bonanza" series, died Saturday at the age of 43. Blocker, known for his good naturedness off the screen as well as on, died at Daniel Freeman Hospital of pulmonary embolus, a respiratory condition involving a blood clot, according to his doctor.

Blocker underwent gall bladder surgery recently. A native of Bowie County, Blocker was one of the mainstays of the long-running series, playing the elder son whose shy attempts at romance and heavyhandedness when the family was threatened often served as the plot for the show. He occupied much of his free time with his wife, two sons and twin daughters in their San Fernando Valley home only a few miles from the "Bonanza" studios. In recent years, he turned to the writing of fiction. A spokesman for NBC-TV, which carries the 14-year-old series, said shooting was scheduled to get under way this month for next season's production.

A hefty 200-pounder at the age of 10, Blocker once weighed more than 335 and fought a weight problem for many years. A network spokesman said the operation he underwent "several weeks ap-peared to have no complication, but the actor woke up Saturday morning feeling ill. He went to the hospital and died hours later. Blocker came to Los Angeles in 1956 for post graduate work at UCLA and to earn side money, auditioned for and won a role on the television series "Gunsmoke." Weighing 14 pounds at his Pressing A Point Buttons, Ringling Bros, clown, brings a smile to 11-year-old Sally Farrell with an Eskimo buss during his annual visit to Boston Children's Medical Center. Sally underwent open heart surgery shortly after Buttons made his (AP Wirephoto) Mayor Byron Klute Attends State Conference On Aging Mayor Byron E.

Klute attended an annual state conference on aging and the aged Monday at Purdue University, as a member of the Indiana Advisory j. Committee of the State Commission on Aging. The theme of this year's conference is Indiana's proposal for responsibility, legislation and action in the field of aging, Mayor Klute said. Featured speaker was John Martin, U.S. commissioner on aging and special assistant to President Nixon for aging.

Mayor Klute said he will meet Tuesday in Indianapolis with three other Hoosier mayors and four city attorneys to make a presentation to the Indiana Legislative Council. Mayor Klute said the Indiana Association of Cities Deaths And Funerals Steel Industry Optimism ''Sprouting Like Flowers" News Briefs Daryl Lane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lane of Williamsburg, has been chosen to appear in the 1972 edition of Outstanding College Athletes of America. Lane, a sophomore at Barringtpn College, Barrington, Rhode Island, is enrolled as a physical education major and is one of five Barrington College students selected for this honor.

Vegetable plants and bedding flowers, potted Big Boys and Geraniums, Decoration Day flowers. Jackson Son, 314 West South, Centerville, also Liberty. (Adv.) The Sojourner Truth Federated Club will meet Wednesday at 3 p.m. with Mrs. James Boner, 600 South Tenth St.

The Outdoor Retreat for the Women's Association of First Presbyterian Church scheduled Thursday at the home of Mrs. James Logan has been cancelled due to the weather. Circle 4 of First Presbyterian Church will meet 8 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Joel Rhodes in Centerville.

Members are asked to note the meeting change. Wallpaper, bundle bargains, 12x15 room, 15x15 room, $9, including sidewall, border. Sargent's Wallpaper, South 5th and Phone 962-6342. (Adv.) Thomas Burrell, president of the Organization for Community Neighborhood Unity, said members of his organization will not cooperated with the survey of senior citizens that is to be taken by the French Give Elizabeth II Big Bonjour PARIS (AP) Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, arrived in Paris Monday for a five-day official visit symbolizing the improved relations between the two countries since agreement on British entry into the European Common Market. President George Pom-p i abandoned France's veto on the British application last year, welcomed the royal couple at Orly airport.

Union Jacks and the French Tricolor flew alongside each other at the airport and lined the Champs Elysees, and Paris news- papers published "Welcome to Elizabeth" headlines in English. Police Advice Saves Falls-Bound Boater NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) A wrong-way boater was stopped by park police, just a few hundred yards up-river from Niagara Falls. Police said they sighted the 15-foot outboard, piloted by David A. Bishop of Buffalo, at the tip of Goat Island and warned Bishop he was in danger of being swept over the falls.

Bishop told police he had lost his way and was concerned because the water "seemed choppy." Up And Down, Around The World BIRMINGHAM, England (UPI) Officials of the new $26 million modern post office sorting center in Birmingham have been wondering why their telephone bills kept soaring despite control of personal calls. Monday they announced the reason: Some of the 2,500 employes were using emergency telephones installed in the elevators to make long distance calls around the world. Worms DDT "wiggler" or larvae stage of development, The larvae develop from eggs and, if they survive, turn into adult mosquitoes which then can carry many diseases, including sleeping sickness or encephalitis as well as malaria. ARS scientists say that mass production of the worms will enable man to spread them over larga areas arti-fically, much the same as chemicals are applied now. As with all control measures, however, there are drawbacks.

Cold weather inactivates the nematodes and polluted or salt water kills too many nematodes for them to provide adequate control of mosquitoes, some species of which can breed in such water. mmmmm and Towns legislative committee has requested the meeting and selected those who would attend. The purpose of the presentation will be to have the Legislative Council create a study committee to consider ways and means of funding, actual soundness and possible alternatives to present pension laws, the mayor said. Others scheduled to attend Tuesday's session include Mayor Randy Miller, Mich-i a City; Mayor Russell Lloyd, Eansville; Mayor Jerry Miller, South Bend; City Atty. Jack Campbell, Anderson; City Atty; John Cox, Evansville; City Atty.

David Keller, Fort Wayne, and City Atty. Charles Sweeney South Bend. of the members of its Steel i Committee were consuming the metal at or above a normal rate. IW said May steel deliveries in the automotive industry are expected to match or exceed those of April and that the demand from the farm, appliance, construction and containers industries was steadily improving. However, the magazine said that how much the domestic steel industry benefits from anticipated consumption growth depends on the level of steel imports this year.

Industry Week said steelmakers are generally pleased with the three-year quota agreements reached with European and Japanese mills. The quotas are expected to limit 1972 imports to 16.5 million tons compared to last year's import total of 18.3 million tons. The pact also set an annual growth rate of 2'2 per cent compared to the 5 per cent growth rate in the previous three-year agreement. The magazine estimated raw steel production for the week ended May 13 at 000 net tons compared with net tons turned out by mills the previous week. IW's price composition No.

1 heavy melting steelmaking scrap rose to its highest point since compared to $35.50. Reesimermis niclseni, which attack only mosquitoes. The procedures are described in the May issue of "Agricultural Research," a magazine published by USDA. DDT Is Cheapest At present, DDT is the cheapest and favorite pesti-c i for controlling mosquitoes in malaria areas of the world. Malathion, a potent but less persistent chemical, also is used.

tests over a two-year period have shown the worms infect 13 of 19- known kinds of mosquitoes in Louisiana and have a 100 per cent kill record among insects they infect, USDA scientists say. Although mosquitoes are the natural and only known hosts for the R. nielseni nematode, the worms usually kill only while the mosquitoes are in And Personals Earlham College students in the department of Human Resources. YMI social party Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., 320 South Fifth. (Adv.) The all-school assembly Wednesday for election of 1972-73 varsity cheerleaders at Richmond High School has been postponed until 8:30 a.m.

next Monday, authorities said this week. Richard's Nook has the best water in town, try our soup. 10 South Eighth St. 962-6930. (Adv.) St.

Andrew's Catholic School PTO will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria to select new officers for the 1972-73 year. No speical program has been planned. Hoosier Electric. Electric wiring, heating and repair.

Licensed and insured. Jack Butler. Ph. 962-9369. (Adv.) Second English Lutheran Church, 258 Pearl will be-g i Tuesday Bible study classes.

Classes will be held at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. each week. Interested persons are invited to attend. This week's study will include Romans 1:6 for the morning session and Jeremiah 1:6 for the evening.

Pastor Daniel B. Tuhy will lead in discussions. Eagles social party, Monday night at 7 p.m. Open to Eagles members and guests. (Adv.) Second English Lutheran Church Women (LCW) breakfast will be held at 9 a.m.

Wednesday at the church. State Police Sgt. Ernst Alder will talk on "Self-Protection." The Fellowship Lodge, No. 106, of New Paris, Ohio, will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EDT instead of Saturday as previously announced.

Cam pout Is Held Over Weekend By Hoosier Sams A camp-out was held by the "Hoosier Sams" chapter of the Good Sam Camping Club over the weekend at Cherokee Campgrounds, southwest of Centerville, Friday evening was spent around the camp fire. A pitch-in supper was held Saturday evening with Frank Spalding giving grace. After supper, a pot of flowers donated by Mr. and Mrs. Steven May in honor of Mother's Day was presented to Mrs.

Florence Gaddis. Spalding presented a carnation to each mother present. Following a business meeting, a Chinese Auction was held to raise funds for the chapter. Mrs. Paul Freeh won the contest of naming the various slides of places shown over the United States.

The "Early Bird" award was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Freeh, with Mr. and Mrs. Pleasant Newman receiving the "Tail Gate Charlie" award.

A breakfast was served Sunday morning by the hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Spalding and Joe, and Frank Spalding. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs.

David Freeh and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Spalding, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Freeh, Mr.

and Mrs. Paul Benjamin, Mr. and Mrs. Chase Wagoner and Sam, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Gaddis, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Yager, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shiflett, Mr.

Frank Spalding, Mr. and Mrs. Pleasant Newman, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ridenour, Mr.

and Mrs. Gerald Grubbs, Frank Brattain, Joe Spalding, and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Jones. Guests were Mr.

and Mrs. John F. Jones, Mrs. Erma-dine Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs.

Larry Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. George Best. Judgment Set On Felonious Entry Case Judge James C. Puckett set 9 a.m.

Friday, June 2, for judgment on a guilty plea en-t Monday by Michael Wayne Hillard, 23. 125 South Second St. to a charge of entering to commit a felony. The lesser charge, filed Monday, is in connection with the July 21, 1971 break-in and theft from Philhower's Ser-vice Station, 2 South West Eighteenth St. Hillard remains at liberty on bond on the previous charge of second degree burglary filed in the case and to which he pleaded innocent last Nov.

8. After hearing glass break about 4:40 a.m., an off-duty police officer investigated and found Hillard inside the station. A vending machine had been pried open, the court was told during Monday's hearing. Editor, The Palladium-Item: The city budget under a Democratic administration and the county budget under the Republicans are too large. Proof for this is the way funds are transferred at almost every meeting, from one account where they are not needed, to be spent for an item that was not in the budget.

Politicians soon learn that they must spend the money budgeted before the end of the year or it will remain in the general fund and their department loses it. A budget states how much can be spent, but it does not necessarily mean that it must be spent. Why Must There Editor, The Palladium-Item: When you read this President Nixon's new proposals will be in effect. You may or may not be able to read this article depending on whether or not the earth is still capable of supporting life. World War III may break out at any time.

Just stop and ask yourself why. Why, at the press of a button, the world could be destroyed in minutes. Why must there be bombs and war. Why must innocent men die? For a country which believes that "All Men Are Created Equal" as stated in the Declaration of Independence, it is hypocritical to kill. Every man shares this People Must Make Editor, The Palladium-Item: As one participant in the local antiwar campaign I wish to respond to statements and questions posed by letters in 'Readers Views" and by Richmond citizens to me personally.

I "have not lodged equally vehement objections to the invasion of South Vietnam "by North Vietnam" (R. Miller, May 10, 1972) aloud, because it Is my first duty to express my concerns to the President' and Congress of which I am a citizen. A foremost objective of the local campaign is to encourage citizens to write or tele-graph David Dennis, Sen. Vance Hartke, and President Can't Turn Backs Editor, The Palladium-Item; The current Vietnam development and discussion with several protestors of the latest action has moved me to do more research and give careful thought to my personal opinion and evaluation. My first reaction was anger with protestors who evaluate the situation without sufficient experience or fact.

Then I decided that in order to substantiate my view, too, needed to be sure of the over-all picture. Too may people judge our entire government on a particular situation at a given time. In looking to the encyclopedia I found charts showing the rise and decline of U.S. troops in Vietnam from 1961 when involvement first began to a peak of over 500,000 men in 1968 and a gradual decline to less than 160,000 as of December 9, 1971 according to reports of the U.S. Department of Defense.

In September, 1971, Congress voted to extend the draft law after a three-month lapse and, after much debate, did not add an amendment for U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam. This indicates that men (elected officials of our government) much more qualified than many of us, could PART 1 I -False; 2-Return of our POWs and an internationally supervised Indochi-nese cease-fire; 3-Kurf Waldheim; 4-a; 5-Hubert Humphrey. PART 2 l-c; 2-b; 3-a; 4-e; 5-d. PART, 3 l-a; 2-d; 3-e; 4-c; 5-b.

SYMBOL QUIZ l-D; 2-H; 3-1; 4-A; 5-F; 6-J; 7-E; 8-B; 9-G; 10-C. CHALLENGE Connie Stuart flCflMB 5 Dan Blocker birth, Blocker was said to be the biggest baby ever born in Bowie County. He once said he spent much of, his youth fighting older boys and smiled when he acknowledged they called him "The Big'n." Blocker was attending Sul Ross State College in Alpine, on a football scholarship when he was offered a non-speaking part in a school play. He said later it was then he became addicted to acting. He graduated in 1950 with a degree in drama and rejected a pro football offer to play in a summer stock production in Boston.

He later earned a role in the Broadway production of "King Lear" before leaving for UCLA to work on a doctorate. Blocker served in the Army during the Korean War, reaching the rank of first sergeant. He is survived by his widow, the former Doiphia Lee Parker, whom he married in 1952. Others he leaves behind are twin daughters, Debra Lee and Danna Lynn, and two sons, Dennis and David. eight grandchildren.

Services for Mr. Moore will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Girten-Schmidt Memorial Home with Rev. O. Gene Wells officiating.

Burial will be in Preble Memory Gardens at West Alexandria. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. J. M.

(Dick) Linginfelter CENTERVILLE J. M. (Dick) Linginfelter, 83, of 213 South Morton died early Sunday morning at Reid Me-, mortal Hospital following a short illness. He was a native of Friendsville, but had resided in Wayne County for the past 56 years. Mr.

Linginfelter was a retired farmer. His wife, Iva, died in 1965. Surviving are two daugh- ters, Mrs. Walter Hunt of Du- v. nedia, and Mrs.

Fred Rothard of Canton, a son, -Lloyd of Nampa, Idaho; a sis- ter, Mrs. Bess Spraker of Centerville; five grand-', children; seven great-grand-children; nieces and nephews. Services for Mr. Linginfel-ter will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Welfer-Mills Funeral Home with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Rev, Donald McKinney will offici-ate. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Shoplifting Brings $25 Fine Nancy Louise Walker, 62, 125 Garwood Road, was fined $25 and costs, with a 10-day jail term suspended, when she pleaded guilty Monday in City Court to a charge of theft by shoplifting. Costs were $25.

Police said Mrs. Walker was charged Saturday afternoon with the theft of assorted food and cigarettes, worth a total of $6.52, from the Kroger Supermarket in Richmond" Square Shopping Center. Judge Robert J. Delaney heard the case and imposed penalty. Additional Funeral Notice Information Hay Be Found Under The Number One Classification At The Start Gf Our Classified Pages TURN THERE DAILY Be War, Killing? earth, its resources and hazards.

Every man shares the same biological drives and emotions. Every man is conceived and born into this world the same way. Since all men are created equal, all men are brothers. When man kills, he kills himself, for man needs other men to live. If he kills all others, he will also die.

In Vietnam, our soldiers are trying to kill the enemy, their brothers. But why should one man have say on another's life, when both are equal? I feel war and killing are wrong. More effort should be put towards peace than war, if the life expectancy of the human race is to be increased. Gary Whitney, Richmond. Selves Heard Nixon.

Our government should represent the people, and in this precarious moment, I want to be heard. Our peaceful efforts do not express my objections to the violence of war for any purpose, and they may have little effect. However, they are in complete accord with the principles of American government. This country came into being because men disagreed with their leaders in England. Mr.

Miller, I champion your hope for universal peace, and only hope the United States as a nation could lay aside its political games and champion it also. Kathy Cole, Earlham College. On Reality see that gradual withdrawal of manpower was the reasonable answer to the Vietnam conflict. A recent printed sheet I read calls the President's ac- tion an "Unconstitutional seizure of congressionafr power an element of war." In reviewing the Constitution, I find it true that declaration of war is a power of Congress, but in no place can I find a definition of a blockage as an element of war, only a "control of who are what goes into or out of a place by use of a navy or army." I do not speak as a member of the often referred to "older generation." My husband and I are both still in our twenties and my husband has served in the military. An all out conflict or war would certainly involve us personally.

This issue concerns me because many say why should we fight for someone else. I believe we are fighting not just for the people of South Vietnam but to keep Communist infliction from a weaker people. I wonder what would happen if, after several incidents of pulling out or turning our back, the Communist population decided that the United States herself was the next logical target. Where would all the people go who "didn't want to be involved in war." What could our nation accomplish if all of us should turn our backs on reality? Mrs. C.

Fields, Centerville, Ex-Marine Takes May Queen Title BALTIMORE (AP) Burly ex-Marine Edward R. Sim kept a stiff upper lip and basked in his role as first male elected May Queen at Baltimore Community College. "It started out as a joke," he explained. Wearing a tiara over his flowing blond hair and a togalike "gown" designed by his girl friend, Sim added that his biggest complaint about the $4,000 affair was that "it's an inappropriate use of student activity funds." CLEVELAND, Oiho (AP) -Industry Week said Monday that steel industry optimism is "sprouting like spring flowers" irv the sunshine of economic recovery. The business weekly said economic statistics lend support to the expectation that domestic consumption of steel will reach a record 106 million tons, compared to the 100 million tons consumed in 1971A Industry Week said the National Association of' ing Management Inc.

of New York reports that 80 per cent Government Needs Citizen Interest INDIANAPOLIS (UPD -Gubernatorial candidate Otis Bowen said Saturday the key to good government is participation "in the gravely serious business of politics." Bowen, speaking at an Indiana Jaycees' mock political convention for high school pupils, said "Politics can only be as good as, and no better than, the people who are directly involved." "Those who are elected officials must seek answers to society's problems which justify themselves by the service they render to the public," he said. Robert V. Shellhorn Word has been received here of the death Sunday evening of Robert V. Shellhorn 69, at a nursing home at Reseda, Calif. He had resided at 7025 Tunney Ave.

Mr. Shellhorn was a former Richmond resident and had resided here on South Fourteenth Street. He was a retired employe of the Motor Freight. Surviving are the widow, Lucille; a daughter, Mrs. Marlene Wilson of Canon City, a son, Ronald, a career officer with the U.S.

Army, now residing in Richmond; a brother, George Shellhorn of Centerville; 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services for Mr. Shellhorn will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Lorenzen Funeral Home at Reseda. Burial will be in California.

William H. Gabbard CAMBRIDGE CITY William H. Gabbard, 57, of R. R. City, died Monday morning at Reid Memorial Hospital following a short illness.

He was born in Metamora and was the superintendent at Bertsch and Co. here. Mr. Gabbard was a member of the First United Methodist Church and Lodge No. 5, Surviving are the widow.

Alma two daughters, Mrs. Mary Ellen Williams of Cambridge City and Mrs. Bette L. Bohlander of Mount Auburn; one brother, Harry of Con-nersville, and seven grandchildren. Services for Mr.

Gabbard will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fisher Mortuary at Cambridge City with Rev. lr-vin King officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery-Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Masonic services will be held at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Ray Moore EATON, Ohio Ray Moore, 73, died unexpectedly Sunday morning of an apparent heart attack at his residence on R. R. 4, Wayne-Trace Road, Eaton.

He was a Gasper Township trustee and had retired from the Parker-Han-nifin Corp. here. Surviving are the widow, Carrie; three sons, Leland of Eaton, Leon of West Manchester and O. also of Eaton; a brother, Roy Moore of Ty-ner, three sisters, Mrs. Faye Engstrom of Peoria, 111., Mrs.

Zoe Tincher of Hamilton, Mrs. Sturlock of Tyner, and Ktarwn Equipment Supplies For Club Church Schools RICHMOND RESTAURANT SUPPLY INC. 33 Main Ph. 962-1 175 USDA Scientist Says May Take Place Of WASHINGTON (AP) -Government scientists say they have scored what could be a major breakthrough in the control of disease-bearing mosquitoes without the use of DDT or other chemical pesticides. Agriculture Department scientists, who directed the research, say the use of tiny parasitic worms which bore holes in misquito larvae "holds particular promise" for controlling the insects.

The tiny worms, called nematodes, are being field-tested by the U.S. Public Health Service in El Salvador and by the World Health Organization in Taiwan and Thailand. A key to the experiment was the development of a low-cost method of mass producing a species of nematodes,.