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A JaLiA See Pags A 2 Journal and Courier Lafayette West Lafayette Ind Monday May 15 1972 Vol 53 No 1 16 60 15 Cents Okinawa Is Japanese Again Dissidence Mars Reversion TOKYO (AP) The United States re turned Okinawa to Japan today and Vice President Spiro Agnew said the trans fer opened a new era of full partnership between the two countries that fought the last great battle of World War II on the island Ending 27 years of American occupa tion the 73 islands and one million in habitants of Okinawa and the Ryukus ar chipelago reverted to Japanese rule at one minute after midnight to the din of sirens whistles and horns in the area Ten hours later Agnew read President proclamation of the turnover at a subdued Yokyo ceremony attended by Emperor Hirohito a moist eye Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and other Japanese leaders Reverson took place against a back ground of protest and threatened demon stration against the continued presence of US military forces in Okinawa The Tokyo ceremony was boycotted by the opposition Socialist party and by dep uties who will represent the restored pre fecture or state of Okinawa in the apa nese parliament Rainstorms flooded houses set off landslides and washed out most of the outdoor celebrations planned in the is lands There was no violence during the To kyo ceremony but tens of thousands of riot police were on the alert Agnew said the transfer the last major issue of the ends one era and begins a new one am con fident that this new relationship based upon full partnership is well launched with historic he said Agnew told the audience of 8000 in the Budokan hall of martial arts that place the highest value on our relations with Japan balanced relationship between our two countries based upon inter dependence equality and reciprocity is he continued only to our mutual well being but also to the contin ued political and economic development of the rest of The audience stood during a speech by Emperor Hirohito in whose name 110000 Japanese soldiers died defending Oki nawa 27 years ago US casualties in the March 12 July 2 1945 battle were 13000 dead and 27000 wounded The 71 year old emperor expressed sympathy for the sacrifices made by the Okinawan people during and after the He said the return of the islands was long cherished desire of the and voiced deep gratification over friend ly relations between Japan and America Prime Minister Sato dabbed tears from his eyes with a handkerchief as Agnew read the proclamation of reversion then handed it to him The prime minister re gards reversion as the climax of his polit ical career and has indicated he may soon retire Staunchly pro American Sato suffered severe setbacks from what Japanese commentators call the the US measures to curtail Japanese ex ports to the United States and the Nixon administrations failure to consult with the Japanese before it announced the trip to China Sato spoke in an emotional voice of the millions who died during World War II who are living today renew our pledge to work for the protection of free dom and he said The prime minister also promised to help build Okinawa into a prosperous prefecture 47th while pre serving the nature and traditional culture of the islands 900 miles to the south Supreme Court Roundup Amish Win Exemption Emperor Leads Cheers Vi i 3'" Emperor Hirohito (second from right) leads the Banzai cheers during cere monies in Tokyo marking the formal Reversion of Okinawa to Japan Empress Nagako (extreme right) and imperial household aides join the cheer (AP Wire photo) rom Schooling Laws WASHINGTON (AP) The Amish people won unanimously today in the Supreme Court an exemption from state laws compelling them to continue their schooling beyond the eighth grade Ruling in a case from Wisconsin the court said a compulsory formal educa tion after the eighth grade would grave ly endanger if not destroy the free exercise of their religious beliefs Chief Justice Warren Burger who delivered the opinion said strong the interest in universal compulsory education it is by no means absolute to the exclusion or subordina tion of all other Enticing Health Insurance Policies Always Meet Their Claims Lafayette Man In Custody As Kidnaper A Lafayette man was arrested Satur day on a charge of kidnaping but his al leged victim a 19 year old Princeton girl a witness in a narcotics crackdown in Gibson County turned up here claim ing she been kidnaped Donald Lee Well Smith 30 of 1644 16th St was arrested at that address by state police His later appeared at the state police post claiming she had come here of her own free will State police sent both Smith and the girl back to Princeton for authorities to sort out the story there Meanwhile another man Johnny John son of Evansville was arrested there during the weekend on a conspiracy to kidnap charge also related to the girl in Tippecanoe County Both Johnson and Smith are now being held in Gibson County jail in lieu of $25000 bond Smith was out on bond on a charge con nected with the safe burglary last year from the Riehle Brothers Tavern Schuy ler Avenue ifteen persons have been arrested since the grand jury probe into drug vio lations began earlier this year Among the 15 persons arrested were two adults charged with plotting to kill a state trooper who last October began working as an undercover agent Gibson County Prosecuting Attorney George Ankenbrand said Sunday he was unsure he could make the kidnap charges stick because his witness was threat ening to He described her as an associate of the Henchmen motorcycle club unit at Evansville In other actions today the court: Rejected an appeal from a lower court ruling that requires Norfolk Va to provide free bus service to some 24000 children assigned under desegrega tion plans to schools more than walking distance from their homes Agreed to decide whether a federal law against extortion can be used against union members who use violent tactics against their employers in hopes of gaining a better union contract Rejected an appeal by Edward Hanrahan and 10 police officers facing trial resulting from the 1969 raid slay ings of Black Panther leaders red Hampton and Mark Clarke in Chicago The Amish descendants of 18th cen tury Swiss Anabaptists believe a high school education is a deterrent to salva tion in that it involves worldly Jeaming They and the closely related Old Order Mennonites reside in 19 states Indiana is one of nine states in which they have been subjected to prosecution for refus ing to send their children to high school Burger said states undoubtedly have a responsibility of imposing regulations to further the education of But he went on this interest must be meas ured against legitimate claims to the free exercise of religion Almost 300 years of consistent relU gious practice and the unchallenged testimony of experts in education and religious history support the Amish posi tion that their religion would be threat ened by forced higher education way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be con demned because it is Burger said The Amish are self reliant the chief justice continued and there is nothing to suggest they become burdens on the community by ending their education at the eighth grade Today's Chuckle You have reached middle age when your wife tells you to pull in your stom ach and you already have This is the first in a series of three articles dealing with mis leading advertising utilized by certain accident and health insurance companies and of steps planned in Indiana to help curb the deceptive practices) By PAUL JANES Associate Editor believe everything you read and hear about accident and health' in surance policies that are supposapi to pay you from $600 Jo $1200 a onth while you are hospitalized The small print in your policy may impose some limitations that are men tioned only casually if at all in the advertisements And you may end up with no benefits whatsoever even though you are hospitalized for a con siderable length of time Of increasing concern to the Indiana Insurance Department and to insur ance agencies throughout the country is that has been injected into many insurance advertisements which misleads many persons espe cially the elderly The rich policies are ad vertised in newspapers magazines on radio and TV and in direct mail solic itations The newspaper and magazine adver tisements often take up a full page and the radio and TV of often are presented during prime time Ev erything sounds wonderful until the time arrives to try to collect benefits under the policies Michael Saldino assistant Indiana insurance commissioner and director of the complaint division of the Indiana Department of Insurance insists that some of health insur ance is like buying a ticket on the Irish Some of the fine prjnt exclusions are frightening Saldino says A policyhold er may learn for example that he is not covered for at least the first two policy years for any kind of illness he Twister Wrecks New Home S'" IB hOBI IB gwB lrjCTl ommmM Mr and Mrs John Summitt search the debris that once was their home on the northeast side of Indianapolis after a tornado ripped through a new subdivision Sunday afternoon Damage estimates to homes a church and an apartment complex were over $1 million (AP Wirephoto) had before he acquired the insurance And it is not uncommon for a com pany to that a policyholder has had a certain ailment in years past even though there is nothing in his medical history to so indicate There was no reimbursement to a man for hospitalization for a gall blad der operation as it was reported that 10 years earlier he had suffered fleet ing pains resembling those caused by gall bladder disease An 82 year old woman hospitalized sfor kidney blockage received no insur ance benefits after the company decid ed the obstruction had existed prior to the time she acquired her policy Surgery for glaucoma an eye dis ease did not qualify a woman for assis tance under a health insurance policy as the company involved said it had learned she had a pre existing heart condition Just what a heart condition had to do with glaucoma was not ex plained An elderly woman complained to Sal dino that she bought a Medicare sup plement plan for $3 a month and could not collect a dime under the plan after being hospitalized 11 days The policy Saldino found specified that benefits would not be paid until after 60 days of hospitalization and until the policyhold er herself had paid initial deduc tible charge of ew people stay in the hospital long er than 60 days and this accounts for the low monthly premium insurance statisticians say After extensive studies the Pennsyl vania Insurance Department said the odds for staying hospitalized long enough to collect promised benefits from $600 to $1200 a month are one in 230 Then over and above this there is one chance in three that the insurance company involved will disallow the claim a An advertising brochure recently dis tributed in Indiana advised prospective policyholders they could receive $1000 a month if hospitalized and then went on to explain circumstances under which benefits of $100 a week would be paid Similar can be found in other accident and health insurance advertising Sal dino says He has received complaints of seri ous or not so serious nature against several companies among them Union idelity National Home Life Assur ance Gerber Insurance and Inter national Life Insurance Some have made minor or major changes in their advertising claims at the request of the Indiana Insurance Department Saldino says the department re voke the certificate of au thority to operate in Indiana if it does not act in good Generally the certificates of author ity come up for renewal in ebruary and March and it is at that time that the insurance department is most suc cessful in forcing changes in advertis ing methods Approved as of May 10 was a brand new regulation governing standards of advertising accident and sickness in surance in Indiana The regulation was prepared by the department The regulation could do much to help curb misleading accident and insur ance advertising NEXT: Honesty Is Goal Indianapolis Cleaning Up After Tornado By Tlw Associated Pres Thankful Hoosiers were poking today through rubble from at least one tornado and thunderstorms which hurt more than a dozen persons none seriously Sunday afternoon The twister apparently along and not unleashing its full fury struck Indianapolis shortly after noon and then careened northeastward au thorities said They were not sure of the exact number of tornadoes sighted over the state during the day According to reports from various law enforcement officers about 30 persons suffered some sort of minor injuries and damage could run to at least $1 million A major disaster perhaps was averted because the first tornado hit the east side of Indianapolis and then much open ground as it moved east away from the city said Elroy Yeagler a forecaster for the National Weather Service He said many persons could have been hurt or killed if it had first hit on the southwest side of the city and then raked nearly continuous residential areas as it moved off More damage and possible injuries were averted because the tornado ap parently did not touch the ground with its full force it had come down in total full strength it would have been total deva said Ed Osbume deputy di rector of the Civil Defense for Marion County The scene of what could have been the worst tragedy was the Heather Hills Baptist Church on east side About 500 persons were unhurt when the tornado slammed into the church building tearing down a wall and ripping off one section of the roof The Rev Glen1 Eveland 35 had just finished a sermon entitled Power of and he was greeting depart ing worshipers when the menacing fun nel cloud was sighted and everyone re turned to the building The Rev Mr month old son Eric Andrew was asleep upstairs in the nursery when the twister hit Pieces of ceiling material were found in his bassinet after the tornado but the infant was not hurt In Anderson a tornado demolished two mobile homes and damaged nine houses our persons suffered minor injuries In another spot Mrs Russell Quick of rural Greenfield said she the base ment just as it (the tornado) hit the Her home and a were damaged A huge funnel cloud also touched down in Eden in Hancock County blocking Indiana highways 9 and 234 with debris Hancock County Sheriff Robert Se bastian said two persons suffered minor injuries near Mount Pleasant Three mo bile homes were flipped over a railroad car tossed on its side and several busi nesses were damaged in the area he added Two touchdowns were also reported in Markelville in Madison County where a car and a camper truck were over turned Two funnel clouds were sighted by a pilot east of Peru along the Wabash River In ort Wayne a heavy hailstorm and thunderstorm caused minor dam age but no personal injuries On the east side of Indianapolis where the most damage occurred Maj Earl Gilleland of the Marion County Department said 10 persons were taken to local hospitals for treatment but their injuries were minor Two of the injured were deputy sher iffs who stepped on nails while looking for several construction workers at a housing development which was hard hit by the tornado Deputies said at least 50 homes in the area were damaged including about 25 that were being lived in Part of an apartment complex also had its roof tom off Mines Stay TiU POWs Are reed Nixon Says WASHINGTON (AP) Three wives of men missing or captured in Southeast Asia emerged from a meeting with Presi dent Nixon today and said the chief exec utive told them North Vietnamese har bors stay mined until prisoners are Mrs Phyllis Galanti whose Navy lieutenant commander husband has been held' prisoner in North Vietnam since 1966 said Nixon told the three member delegation that last we may have some 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