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I J- wiuusuiasmR Sunday Features r- 1 0 Si tup8 rr.fiTi-rririiii'ti i- ZaateS i J- i tliMTfMimfiffiifTiinrillilira-iOT tf-y aM2 dv r' 1 Ballad of the Red Berets 1964) and not much else. His personal background, he says, is his business. Green mirrors thousands of indignant young black men in the U.S. who are to be reckoned with, Many are sincere when they say they seek a better life for blacks. It has been said Green may be the most sincere man in East Hammond's black community.

"Sincere about asked one nervous citizen. "A guy can be sincere about wanting to blow up a church." Green says his organization some call it a gang bars narcotics, restricts the use of alcohol and prohibits the carrying of weapons "unless necessary" in its governing rules. The Mercenaries are ordered to respect and protect black women in the community and to guard against being the aggressor though permitted to Ridgell of Operation Pride, were seated in the back of the room. One young man in a floppy hat slid against the wall facing the door. Tacked above his head were some magazine clippings and picture cutouts of Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver.

Green, who was 26 on Saturday, is a sturdy man. His face bears faint reminders of the scrapes that come with growing up in the street. He wears his hair short. There are rings on several fingers of his large hands. Green lives at 1020 Ames St.

He is employed by a Hammond firm. The word on the street: Green is a tough man to put down. It's said he has been schooled in karate. Most of what is known about Green comes from sources other than himself. He'll say he was graduated from East Chicago Washington High School (in obey first the law of nature which is self-preservation: defend one's self." Some of the Mercenaries occupied the Grand Hotel at 1130 Conkey a few months ago.

One of the owners of the building, Hammond Civil Defense Director Charles Dahlin, has signed a trespass complaint. On Sept. 11, Dahlin gave police a detailed report on the Mercenaries' alleged takeover of the hotel. Police said the report was turned over to Deputy County Prosecutor Benedict Dankovis. There has been no further action.

Privately, Dahlin charges there is prostitution, guns, narcotics and fear in the hotel which he says the Mercenaries have ruined. Some of the charges are supported by other sources, including law enforce- (Continued on Back Page This Section) By GARY CALLOWAY Tiroes Staff Writer HAMMOND Bruce Milton Green, "chief" of the Mercenaries of the Black Stone Nation Hammond's "Red Berets," seated himself behind the desk backed against one wall of the small, barren room at 1118 Conkey St. The solid wooden door was pushed shut. The high windows in the store front were covered, blocking out most of the sunshine. The only light was provided by a ceiling bulb.

I had asked for the meeting with Green. I was directed to a gray metal chair and table in the middle of the room facing Green. James (Ticki) Tolbert, an officer in the Mercenaries, sat on Green's left. An unidentified young black man wearing square tinted glasses, was on his right. Several persons, including Arnold 1 i theJJ Jllvlilhu) Home Newspaper of the Calumet Region Chicago, Indiana; Calumet City Lansing, Ilinois, Sunday, October 4, 1970 i A i Sunny Sunny and wanner today; high in the mid 60s.

Parity cloudy tonight; low in the mid 40s. Partly sunny and warmer Monday. Details, Page 12A. Vol.LV.No. 92 alk By MARILYNN HEIIR Times Staff Writer HAMMOND A Hammond school board official has blamed behind-the-scenes negotiations for the delay in reaching a full agreement on a new teachers contract.

School board attorney Joel Levy contended Friday that the clandestine talks last month may also have cost school city taxpayers an additional $150,000. However, the persons involved in the talks including the mediator, a private citizen, and teachers' representatives, disagreed strongly with Levy's interpretation. A partial settlement was reached Sept. 21 on the steps of the Hammond Civic Center when the board agreed to add $200,000 to its previous package, along with a one-year "test" of binding arbitration. Rescue workers carrying the body of one victim pick their way through wreckage of the plane which carried Wichita State University football team members staff and fans to their death in Colorado.

Story, Page 8B. Grizzly Aftermath City Councilmen Offered Free Gas; Most Veto It Phone: 932-3100 Classified Ads: 8 a.m. 7:45 p.m. Circulation: 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. News: 6 a.m.

Until Midnight 11 Sections 122 Pages 30c CD Chief Charged in Shoplifting CALUMET CITY Hammond Civil Defense Director Charles L. Dahlin, 42, hat been accused by a discount center security guard with shoplifting a 38-cent bag of candy. Dahlin is charged with theft and battery in the incident which occurred Sept. 24 in Bargain Town USA, 777 River Oaks Dr. The security guard is identified as Anton Rozwens.

Police said Dahlin, who gave his address as Johnson Beach, Porter, was released after posting $1,000 bail. Dahlin lives at 7439 Woodmar Hammond. He is scheduled to appear at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 in Cook County Circuit Court in the Calumet City Hall.

Police said Dahlin at the time of his arrest accused Rozwens and other Bargain Town employes of beating him. He exhibited bruises on both arms. Dahlin was not available Saturday. Hammond officials named Dahlin director of the city's civil defense unit in March, 1968. Dahlin is a school teacher at East Chicago Washington High School.

He is on a one-year sabbatical leave which was granted in order for him to complete studies for his master's degree. Dahlin is also part owner and president of an East Chicago loan company and owns property at Johnson Beach, Hammond, East Chicago and other places. One of the buildings he owns, the Grand Hotel at 1130 Conkey in East Hammond, was occupied several months ago by members of the Black Merce- (Continned on Back Page This Section) Fall fashions for the man at your house Section Procrastination mars Region bus fuss Section Classified 4-13F Sports 1-9E Comics 10E Theater HE Editorials 6A TV Mag. Illinois 2B Letters 7A Business 13E Weather 8A Markets 14-15E Women's 1-11C Obituaries 14B WANT AD SELLS A-FRAME CAMPER When the Thomas Wayts, Ash Avenue, Hammond, decided to sell their 1968 Little Chief A-frame camper, they placed a Times Want Ad, Excellent results are reported. "We have always had good luck with Times Classified Ads," says Mrs.

Wayt. "We plan to use Times Want Ads whenever we have something to sell." Low-cost Want Ads are proven result getters. To place one Just dial 932-3100, ask for ad assistance. HTA Requests Mediator "brought to the attention of the board of public works that many councilmen, in assisting the administration in its many programs in their districts as well as the city generally, have been required to do (Continued on Back Page This Section) Hammond-East Cost But Levy said the extra money may not have been needed and that, if it hadn't been for the outside talks, a complete agreement might have been reached on Sept. 20.

Levy blamed the National Education Association, mediator Edwin Forsythe, and "a local citizen" for "interfering" with the negotiations. He said he believes the "local resident's good intentions were used and misused." Mrs. Mildred Pilot of 7137 Knickerbocker Parkway said she was contacted on Sept. 20 by Robert Channon, general counsel for the NEA, to help settle the two-week strike in the city's public schools. She admitted she talked to three board members.

She asked at least one (Continued on Back Page This Section) cluding non-salary items in the salary package. "This means that teachers stand to lose close to $75,000 total from the board's salary offer," HTA president Clayton Marquardt said. Items in dispute include $46,206 to insure premium increases; $22,000 additional pay for coaches; $2,100 for elementary safety patrol sponsors; and additional factor for "lane changes" on the salary schedule and pay for an extended four-week contract with counselors. "None of these changes were brought up as salary items during negotiations prior to this time," Marquardt said. Referring to the misfiguring on the original $500,000 figure Marquardt said: "We point it up time and time again that the $500,000 actually amounted to $575,000 and the additional $200,000 was to be added to that for salaries." He said hte HTA is "confident a mediator and or fact finder will rule in our behalf." 1 A iff M' American Can to Expand HAMMOND The American Can Co.

has announced a $3 million expansion of its Hammond plant. The project is expected to mean an additional 400 to 500 employes for the company. American Can, located at 2501 165th cuts coils of tinplate into sheets to fabricate containers. Calumet Construction Co. will be in charge of design and general contract work.

Mayor Joseph E. Klen said he ha3 been negotiating with American Can officials to bring the expansion program to VISTA PICK OPPOSED WASHINGTON (UPI) An Iowa congressman has asked the Senate to reject President Nixon's nomination of Carol Khosrovi to be head of VISTA. The congressman said many other House members share his feelings that he has been arrogant and uncooperative. "She has alienated many in the house by her arrogance and doctrinaire approach," Rep. William J.

Scherle, R-Iowa, said in a letter to all 100 senators. the city. The company, he said, had been considering other sites besides Hammond. The mayor said he has been assured there will be strong participation by local contractors. The plant started operations in 1958.

The Hammond facilities cover 325,000 square feet. The Hammond operation is the company's largest processing center. The plant ships its output to American Can plants in Austin, St. Paul, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Hoopeston, 111., Maywood, and Englewood, 111. Saturday seeking support for the Youth Advisory Board rally and march today.

They circulated leaflets advertising the rally as a call for Baran's resignation for insulting Mexican Americans. YAB spokesman Tony Davila said he expects several thousand people to participate in the rally, beginning at 12 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 522 Deodar, and proceeding down Main Street to Washington Park. At a meeting Saturday, the YAB decided to extend the boycott Monday. Leaders urged it include Mexican American students in elementary schools as well.

Jesse Gomez, the city council's only (Continoed on Back Page This Section) HAMMOND The school board will officially hear a request from the Hammond Teachers Association for a mediator or fact-finder to enter the lagging contract talks. School Board attorney Joel Levy said the board will be brought up to date prior to the regular meeting Monday on the status of negotiations. He added "it's now up to the board to call the shots." Following an impasse reached Thursday night, the HTA called for mediation or fact finding. The HTA maintains the board is trying to subtract close to $75,000 from the Spet. 21 offer," made by the board on the steps of the Civic Center.

The association claims misfiguring by the board in its original $500,000 across-the-board offer throws art additional $75,000 into the negotiating pot, bringing the total amount to $775,000. The HTA charges the board with in ''J By JERRY MORTON Times Staff Writer HAMMOND The public works board has authorized the street department to supply up to 20 gallons of free gasoline per week to each city councilman who asks for it. The decision was made very quietly after the board had adjourned its regular meeting last Tuesday. It came to hfe in loud controversy Saturday. Some councilmen said they will not take it.

Others called it "illegal" and "ridiculous." City Atty. John E. Leeney said a suggestion for gas allowances was made by Councilman Edward Hartman. The city attorney said he later conferred with City Engineer Thomas Con-ley, also a works board member, who agreed that such an authorization was justified. A letter from Leeney to Street Commissioner William Becker informed the street department about the board's action.

The letter stated that it had been 'r. suspensions for protesters. Latins To Rally EAST CHICAGO Mexican-American students and adults, angered at an alleged slur by Washington High School Vice Principal Mitchell Baran, scheduled a mass rally today to demand his resignation. The school boycott, triggvred with a walkout Friday, will continue Monday and include elementary students unless demands are met, leaders say. School officials, however, have exonerated Baran and issued suspensions to the 600 students who left their WHS classes.

Baran allegedly called Mexican Americans "lazy and ignorant" in an exchange with two women which school leaders say was a mlsunoV rstanding. About 200 persons went door-to-door Latins hear East Chicago school board announce "indefinite.