Muncie Evening Press from Muncie, Indiana • Page 2

PAGE TWO MUNCIE EVENING PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1973 Reese to quit in November Peckinpaugh will be new Democrat party treasurer Plat boot bids will be studied The plat book dation committee will meet and he is representative of the Thursday to consider two bids. By WARREN COLLIER Darrel Peckinpaugh, Muncie city attorney, today was named to succeed the late Earl Manor as treasurer of the Del aware County Democratic Central committee. County chairman Leon Scott announced the appointment today. At the same time he said he has chosen four new precinct committeemen to serve in areas that were left without committeemen when the Board of County Commissioners approved a redisrict ing measure. Scott said he appointed Pec- klnpaugh under authority granted him in May, 1972, as county chairman.

"At a Delaware County Central Committee in May, 1972, members authorized the county chairman to fill the treasurer's post," Scott said. "Under that authority, I am appointing Mr. Peckinpaugh." The county chairman said the young attorney will continue to "carry on the job in the fine tradition established by Mr. Manor." "Mr. Peckinpaugh will make us a good treasurer," Scott said.

"He is well informed on the Campaign Practices Act submitted Monday to County Commissioners for the updat ing and numbering of the county's plat assessment books, according to committee member Auditor Jerry Thorn burg. The committee will make a recommendation on the two bids to commissioners. The bids were taken under advisement by commissioners Monday. Bid figures were about $80,000 apart. The bid from Cole Associates, South Bend, was for $154,000 and a bid from Sidwell Chicago, totaled $232,383.

The plat book committee drew up specifications for the bids which were used in legal advertising. The committee is made up of local abstractors, county officials, assessors and. realtors. 'MISS TEEN' JUDGES Discussing plans for the Indiana Miss U. S.

Teen beauty contest are the judges and the reigning national queen who is also state director, Miss Nellie Thompson (right). Judges are (left to right) Guy Miller, Mrs. Frances Miller, Bruce Altman and Mrs. Jackie Sharp. Evening Press Photo.

younger members of the Dem ocratic party in the county. I am pleased to have him and happy that he has accepted." Peckinpaugh, an associate of Warner, Peckinpaugh and Warner, was graduated from the Indiana School of Law and prior to that earned a degree from Purdue University. He has been active in Democrat politics the last several years and served in 1967 as chair man of the Delaware County Young Democrats. The new party treasurer also served more than two years as a deputy county prosecutor. He is a past president of the Mun cie Bar Association and is a member of the Muncie Kiwanis Club and Jaycees here.

Peckinpaugh and his wife, Gloria, live at 717 Haines with their two children, Vanessa and Jill. Committeemen appointed today by Scott include Hurley Goodall in Precinct 12, Lillian Hirons in Precinct 10, Hubert Garrett in Precinct 18 and Wil liam Chambers in Precinct 23. Garrett had previously been elected as committeeman in Precinct 12, but the redisricting moved him out of that precinct. Other committeemen were also shifted from their districts when the redistricting was approved, making new appointments necessary. Scott said there will be other appointments announced to fill vacancies created when committeemen were moved from their precincts.

Wrongful death suit jury called Miss Teen title contest revived "some problems'" between him A venire of prospective jurors for a $50,000 wrongful death sujt was issued Monday by Circuit Court Judge Alva Cox. The trial is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Thursday. The plaintiff, Toney R. Pritchard, contends his 4-year-old son, William, drowned in a backyard swimming pool owing to tlie negligence of the defendants, James A.

and Betty J. Johnson. Pritchard is represented by attorney Betty Shelton. The defendants are represented by Jack Slagle of the law firm of Single and Shirey. Named on the venire are Stanley Dobbs, 1815 Hoyt; Timothy R.

Coffman, 3101 E. Jackson; yWilliam B. Boswell, RR 13; Cecil B. Resor, 518 N. Elm; Robert M.

Barlow, 212 Miller, Albany; Melba Allred, 2209 S. Walnut; Roy L. Flick, 2604 W. 29th; Melvin Boxell, RR 12; Betty Baker, Daleville, and Carol J. Bishop, 211 Hartford, Eaton.

Also Donald V. Harris, 406 N. Main, Gaston; Lowell G. Boyd, 2104 Yorkshire; An- Halloween Costumes, Masks, Pumpkins and Items! drew Bonner, Willard and Grant; Harold L. Frazier, 704 N.

Mulberry; Raymond C. Bess, RR Richard G. Beck-man, 208 W. 13th; John R. Barber, RR 11; Lois J.

Coffman, 4306 Burton; George W. Adams, 1337 W. 14th; Jerry Ault, 2303 S. Mulberry, and David E. Fishera, 3520 Kilgore.

Also David L. She, 734 N. Elm; James Edward Bowman, 3821 E. Jackson; Carol R. Jackson, RR 2, Gaston; Arnold G.

Allen, 3201 W. Jackson; Otto Lang, 2001 N. Walnut; Lonnie B. Koontz, RR 1, Gaston; Terry P. Elton, 416 Mc-Kcuzie; John A.

Brinson, RR William L. Mort, 3707 E. Jackson: Charles M. Ashburn. 2202 W.

Purdue; Susan Berger, RR 6, Yorktown; John C. Love 1248 N. Elm, and John Baldwin, 2113 Oliver. Held on drug charge Lora Lee Hall, 18, RR 10, was arrested Monday night and charged with possession of marijuana. Patrolmen Larry Hammond and John Hayden made the arreet.

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Pop-up carry handle. Two lone brown color. 0J The official resignation of County Council member Jerry Reese will not be submitted until the council's November meeting, Council President Dick Fisher said today. Auditor Jerry Thornburg said Reese is to contact him soon to inform Thornburg when he will be back in Muncie during the last two weeks of November, and a council meeting date will then be set. "He wanted to be here in person for the meeting," Thornburg said.

Reese infor mally resigned from the coun cil seat early In October, due to moving from Muncie to Florida. He attended the Coun cil's Oct. 23 meeting but did not submit his formal resigna tion then. Fisher said no formal consid eration has been taken by the council toward choosing a sue cessor for Reese. 'I don't know if we could re ally do that until we actually receive his resignation," Fish er said.

"So far, we have no official resignation from him. The name of former Union Township Trustee Marion Clawson is prominent among Democratic party sources as the most likely successor Reese' council seat. to Window sill gardens are popular here A pilot program to supply Muncie city schools' fourth grade classrooms with window sill "mini-gardens" has proved so successful the program Is being opened to all schools and grades throughout the county, according to County Youth EX' tension Agent Jim Eppley. Eppley said today the win dowsill garden kits, self-con tained with a variety of garden and flower plants, will now be available to any schools inter ested in ordering them for classrooms. The kits are supplied through Purdue University at a cost of $1 each, which Eppley said the individual schools will have to pay.

In the pilot test project, a few schools were supplied free. "The response was tremen dous, with an enrollment of over 1.400 kids in the city schools' fourth grades alone," Eppley said. The kits are plastic green house units which can be placed on wmdowsiiis, and ob- served throughout the growing! process, the youth agent said, Teachers' or School1 Officials may obtain the kits by contact' ing the County Of fice. Ray Cain (CMtinutd From Pati Oni) 1 through volunteer work." he said. His new position will find him coordinating 1 the, efforts and administering programs, of clinics in -Anderson and Dr.

Hanus Grosz, president of Psychiatric Clinics of Indiana, said the operation serves as an alternative to pri vate psychiatric treatment and that offered by tax-supported services. Plans call for expand-ing Into arpas hcre no exist' ini services are available, in eluding alcoholism and drug abuse. "We need a full-time administrator," Dr. Grosz said, "and feel he will play a very Important role In our pro gram." Cain is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee, and did his graduate work at Indiana University. He and his wife, Agnes, live at RR 1, Gaston.

They have two daughters living at home and two ions in the Air Force. In reviewing his years with the United Fund and CSC Cain said, "My personal experiences, have been very rewarding, with a real sense of accomplishment which has been brought about through the efforts or" volunteers." MUNCIE EVENING PRESS csscitirnoN itm PvV twrt firtv f'K t'iiiii? inn Nnrn. tr. tt 12 ft tf'ih i Hrnirt. im coM-' leant 1 Munti.

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nwn rrir at Hn drift MMbl At Munri Cvtnlni Pom. ntONC 2S2-5921 it few Cox (Continued From Pigi One) concluded that it was not the result of a political deal, but of arms-length bargaining. The committee's investigation centered around the charge that ITT had received favor able terms because one of its subsidiaries had offered to contribute up to $400,003 to help the city of San Diego finance the 1972 Republican convention when it was scheduled to be held there. Cox told the committee that he was confident that the leak to the Times had not come from any members of his former staff as special prosecutor. For one thing, he said, very few staffers knew about it and he docs not believe they have been guilty of any leaks.

On Monday, Cox said he has no evidence that he was fired by Nixon because the adminis tration feared his probe was getting too close to the White House. The committee is hold' ing hearings on his dismissal (Earlier Story, Page 14) Driver cited after crash A two-car accident Monday evening at Wheeling and Min- netrista did a total of $350 damage to autos driven by Wynn E. SwindeU. 20, 837 N. Jefferson, and Ethel L.

Ashby, Anderson. Swindell was cited by Muncie police for a' false registration plate. Cars driven by Eric K. Coo per, 20, 710 Riverside, and Louise M. Rcichart, 54, 56 Warwick, collided at Bethel and Ball, doing $375 damage to the vehicles.

An evening crash at Kirby and Madison did $300 damage to a car driven by Roy Linares, 28, 722 S. Ebright, and $100 to the car of Joe Vance 35, 1609 E. First. Linares was ticketed for no valid operator's license. TV set and gun stolen Thieves broke into the home of Marcus Wise, 518 Cromer, Monday evening and stole television and a rifle.

Cash totaling $136 and a car ton of cigarettes were taken in a break-in at the home of John Rocccr, 613 E. McGalliard Monday. Tom Dudclston, 215 N. Graf ton, reported to police this morning that a tape player valued at $70 was stolen from his car while it was parked at Parkview Apts. on E.

Centenni al. Trains must curb Frankfort racket INDIANAPOLIS (LTI) The City of Frankfort gained author ify Monday to regulate most of the railroad whistling and bell ringing that goes on in that city, The Indiana Public Service Commission gave final approval to a twice-amended city ordl nance under which the municl pality can modify a state law requiring prolonged ringing and whistling at intersections, The TSC gave the city tempo rary authority May 25. The changes ordered since include a provision that permits emer gency sounding of whistles and bells and elimination of some crossings considered hazardous. Frankfort is served by Penn Central, Louisville Nashville, and Norfolk Western rail roads. i By GARY DAVIS It's on.

Nope, it's off. Ah hah, it's on again. Such has been the changing status with' in the past two days of the In diana U.S. Teen: contest, to be conducted Friday, Satur day, and Sunday, 9, 10 and 11 at Muncie's Civic The ater and Quality Inn Motel. The state pageant is all sys tems go, and will be held here under the supervision of the reigning Miss U.S.

Teen Springport's 18-year-old Nellie Thompson. There had been considerable doubt until the pageant's na tional director, Ray Kruger, Lake Charles, notified the Evening Press early today that mteaaaiB. I Sirica (Continue From Paga One) not go to the grand jury in vestigating Watergate and re lated matters. The U.S. Court of Appeals, in upholding Siricafs order, -set out specific areas such as na- tional security as matters that should be 'Withheld from the grand i Nixon fired Cox -when prosecutor refused to go along with a nrnnnsprl Presidential compromise on the tapes.

But a mid a nutilie unrnar and falls for his impeachment, the Presi dent a week ago agreed to com ply with Sirica's order. Today's meeting with Bui hardt was the first contact be tween the Judge and the White House since then Depending on the extent of the material the President wants held back, the review procedure and subsequent argu ments could take a' considerable amount of time. In other Watergate-related developments today: The Scnae Watergate com mittee agreed to try to rein state an agrement cancelled by the White House to give the panel access to relevant presi dential tape recordings. The proposal was withdrawn when Nixon decided to obey a court order and give the tapes to U.S. District Court Judge John J.

Sirica for review. A spokesman for Sen. Wil liam P. Saxbc, R-Ohio, said Saxbe has discussed a possible appointment to succeed Elliot L. Richardson as attorney gen eral.

But the spokesman said Saxbe has not talked about the matter with President Nixon and quoted the senator as say ing, "until I do, than where it stands." The Clcccland rialn Dealer earlier quoted authoritative sources as saying Saxbc'i nom- ination to succeed Richarson may be announced today or Wednesday. -Sen. John V. Tunney, in a Senate speech, called for Nixon to resign "for the common good." -Several hundred law students and lawyers began lobbying Congress for the appoint ment or a Watergate special prosecutor ana continued inves-ligation of possible Impeach ment proceedings against Nix on. Jewels, furs stolen from Angela Lansbury LONDON (AP) Burglars nave taken jewels and furs valued at $25,000 from the Chelsea apartment of actress Angela Lansbury.

Miss Lansbury is Marring here in (lie musical "Gypsy." Potke said the bur- glary oiturrcd over the week- a and Miss Thompson had been rectified, and that the contest was again scheduled. Previously, there had been two "problems" Kruger had "dethroned" his national queen, Nellie, and decided to forget about the Indiana con test. Miss Thompson, however, had contended that Kruger had no authority to vacate her crown, and she never discontinued preparations for the beauty affair. The temporary ousting of Miss Thompson was the appar ent result of Kruger's recent stay in jail in Morristown, after Miss Thompson and two Tennessee girls filed criminal charges against him The incident occurred during the Tennessee Miss U.S. Teen competition.

The charges were dropped after Kruger was confined overnight, but Morristown Sheriff Charles Long warned Kruger against returning to the city. Miss Thompson would not elaborate on the nature of the charges, and called the affair a' "misunderstanding" and a "crossing of wires." Kruger had sent releases to the -news media Monday an nounced cancellation of the contest; Later Monday, though, he contacted Miss Thompson and jiiade what he called business adjustments, telling Nellie he would retract his earlier firing of her. The pageant will be the first for Indiana in the five-year history of Miss U.S. Teen. Miss Thompson won her right to compete last year via a written entry to the national Single females who won't be 20 years old before July' 28, 1974 are eligible to enter.

Deadline for entering is Saturday, with applications and in formation obtainable through Miss Thompson at P.O. Box 1304, Muncie. Jill says hubby is 'babysitting' HUNTINGTON, Ind. (AP)-Hoosicr William D. Ruck- clshaus, who has held four jobs in the Nixon Administration, now spends his time "baby' si'ling," Joked his wife, Jill.

Mrs. Ruckclshaus. who re mained in her job as White House assistant after her husband was fired as deputy U.S. attorney general, spoke to a Huntington College audience Monday night. Ruckclshaus was fired for re fusing to dismiss special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox.

Hi3 wife said Monday night "it Is very much up to the Presi dent now to restore confidence" in the government. She said her husband has received "hundreds of letters and telegrams of support." At a news conference before ner speech, Mrs. Ruckclshaus said President Nixon must re store the confidence he gained In the 1972 election. She said, however, that the appointment of another special Watergate prosecutor by the White House "may not be a step in the right direction." She said her husband would not work in the Nixon administration again because their dis agreement over Cox's firing was "so wide." She added that she probably will leave her While House job in the near future, but she has few projects she wants to complete first. MOTOROLA' QuasaKH COLE TV FOR WORKS IN A DRAWER MatOT'a Mttrix-flr'jht Picturt Tub, Color Tuning, Piug-lrt circuit modules.

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White takes over Marathon station The Marathon service station at Jackson and Tillotson has been leased to Raymond O. White a lifelong Muncie resident. White recently worked two yenrs as a mechanic at Stadium Marathon, Bethel and Tillotson. He has worked part-time for the past 17 years as a mechanic and attendant in local stations. White has completed a four-year apprentice training pro gram at the Muncie Trade School, and is a graduate of Marathon's dealer development program and a course taught by Chevrolet Division, General Motors.

Jurors end probe Delaware County Grand Jury concluded its Investigation Monday of a Juror in a recent Circuit Court trial. The grand jury will reconvene at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and may re turn an indictment at that time, deputy prosecutor Alan Wilson said. LODGE NOTICE Delaware Lodge 48, FiAM, will present the Master Mason Degree Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Dinner1 will be served al 6:30.

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