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OBAY'S INDIANA NEW; Sports News, Pages 77-J9 Business News, Page 26 Comics, 14-15; TV, 39 Gathered for The Great Hoosler Daily By Its Staff Reporters and 120 Special Correspondents Wednesday, May 30, 1962 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Pag 21 ard reatest i 3 Car Qualifying No. Driver, Car, Color, Starting Position Speed 50 I 100 150 200 I 250 I 300" I 330 I 400 I 500 Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles 1 A. J. Foyt, Bowes Seal Fast, 5 149.074 Pearl, rd and black trim, rd numbcri. 2 Eddie Sachs, Dean Van Lines, 27.

Whit, blu numbtn. ,146.431 Rac 3 Rodger Ward, Leader Card, 2 149.371 Whiti, rcd-blut trim, whiti number on Hutld Iron), red numbtr rear. 1 Shorty Templeman, Forbes, 6 149.050 Whllt, red numbers. 5 Bud Tingelstad, Konstant-IIot, 10. 147.753 Black, black numbers in gold circlet.

7 Len Sutton, Leader Card, 4 149.328 Gunmetal blue, wnite trim, red numbers. 9 Dick Rathmann, Chapman, 13 147.161 Pale gold, cream trim, cream numbers. 12 Lloyd Ruby, Thompson Industries, 24.146.520 Cream, blue trim, cream number front, blue number rear. 14 Don Branson, Mid-Continent, 11 147.312 Oronge and blue, blue numbers In eranae circlet. 15 Jim McElreath, Schulz, 7 149.025 Red, white trim, yellow number trent, white number reor.

17 Roger McCIuskey, Bell Truck, 9 147.759 Yellow and white, white numbers. 18 Bobby Grim, Morcroft, 15 146.604 White, white numbers In red circles. 19 Chuck Huise, Federal Engineering, 16.146.377 Light blue, silver numbers. 21 Elmer George, Sarkes Tarzian, 17. 146.092 Pole blue, light gold numbers.

26 Troy Ruttman, Jim Robbins, 30 146.765 White, black trim, black numbers. 27 Don Davis, Rose Trucking, 12... 147.209 Black, red trim, white numbers. 29 Bob Christie, North Electric, 31 146.341 Dork blue, blue number In while circle Iront, white number reor. 32 Eddie Johnson, Polyaire Foam, 18.

.146.592 Light blue, while numbers. 34 Dan Gurney, Thompson Enterprises, 8.147.886 Silver, blue trim, blue numbers. SHORTY I TEMPLEMAN MARSHMAN WAHU 38 Johnny Boyd, Metal-Cal, 28 147.047 Bright yellow, black numbers. 44 Jim Rathmann, Simoniz, 23 ...146.610 Block and gold, gold numbers in black circles. 45 Jack Turner, Bardahl, 25 146.496 Block, oronqe note, white numbers.

53 Paul Goldsmith, American Rubber, 26.146.437 Pearl, red and black trim, red numbers. 54 Bobby Marshman, Bryant Heating, 3.. 149.349 Block, gold numbers. RflCP DflVPrC RripfpH aflernoon for their annual meeting. Instruc- ius.c tviircis uii-icu tions were given to the drivers by USAC and Speed- The 33 drivers for this year's 500-Mile Race way officials.

Several awards were presented. gathered in a section of the Tower Terrace yester- The NEWS Photo. Larry George. 67 Chuck Rodee, Travelon Trailer, 21. .146.9685 pearl, purple trim, purple numbers.

.146.681 62 Paul Russo, D-C Trucking, 14. While, blue ond red trim, blue numbers. Atkins Sentenced ROUTED BY RAIN ,146.318 Fans Hurt 73 Jimmy Day wait, Albany, 33. Blue, pronge numbers. As Tax Evader ,146.831 83 Allen Crowe, S-R Racing, 22.

Sky blue, white numbers. as Fights Wooarcv w. Atkins, 48, Muncie oil company executive, ,146.336 86 Ebb Rose, Rose Trucking, 32...., Rote end black, black number front, rote number was given a two-year prison Spring Up ,146.9687 sentence yesterday for income 88 Gene Hartley, Drewry, 20. Red, charlreute note, gold numbers. Downpour Ends That Uproar on W.

16th Street evasion. ,146.963 Federal Judge Cale J. Holder Police were kept busy quel 91 Jim Hurtubisc, Jim Robbins, 29. Maroon, white numbers. also fined Atkins $7,500 and ling fights among race fans and taking persons involved to fixed an appeal bond at $15 .146.157 96 Bob Veith, Meguiar, 19.

Red, gold numbers. 000. He had been free under 2,000 bond ,150.370 98 Parnelli Jones, Agajanian, 1. Peorl, red and blue trim, silver numbers. was convicted March hospitals or jails last night and esrly today on the west side.

Two teen-age youths were arrested at the Guif station at 16th and Tibbs about 11 17, of evading $26,442 in fed era! income taxes for 1953 and i The governmenf con SPEEDWAY TIME CHART Oscar Greeorv. 40. 230 Tibbs, the station owner, said tended he failed t0 rePrt 570, By PAT REDMOND The riotous, night-long picnic on West 16th ended abruptly early today in a downpour. Mother nature, with wind, lightening and torrential rain, did what Indianapolis policemen, Marion County? deputy cheriffs and state police couldn't do disperse the milling crowds of beery-breathed youths. MICKEY McCARTY SAYS: 769 in taxable income for the the two youths started a dis MPII wo-year period.

MPII 136.36 136.57 was treated at General Hos FELLOW TAXPAYERS: Be The all-night drinking bout pital. 136.78 136.9!) 137.20 nina tne nauni- was reaching the exolosive. WSWM Pobert Bodish, 19, 5001 ing notes of anything can-happen" stage Thrush, said he was attacked when the rain hit. 'taps" sound Time 1:03.9 1:03.8 1:03.7 1:03.6 1:03.5 1:03.4 1:03.3 1:03.2 1.03.1 1:03 1:02.9 1:02.8 1:02.7 1:02.6 by four youths in the 3600 block of Wesf 30th about ed by a U.S. Few Changs: 1'TL general worked nearly all night on a different call and next morning summoned the brigade bugler to try his new melody.

He made a few minor changes and ordsred it to be played as last call in his brigade. Police breathed a sigh ot' relief when thousands of high Armed Forces color guard be 11.45 p.m. and knocked down. He was treated at General for The lineup of cars, which began forming yesterday, stretched three and four abreast from the Speedway-, back to U.S. 52 long before; midnight.

Restaurants, taverns and concession stands were doing a booming business. At two spots, small combos were playing music for crowds of "twisters." A religious organization had set up near the Speedway and school and college age youths quit their quests for excite Time 1:01.8 1:01.7 1:01.6 1:01.5 1:01.4 1:01.3 1:01.2 1:01.1 1:01 1:00.9 1:00.8 1:00.7 1:00.6 1:00.5 1:00.4 1:00.3 1:00.2 1:00.1 1:00 :59.9 Time MPH :59.8 150.50 :59.7 150.75 :59.6 151.00 59.5 151.26 :59.4 151.51 :59:3 151.77 :59.2 152.02 :59.1 152.28 :59 152.54 :58.9 152.80 :58:8 153.06 :58.7 153.32 :58.6 153.58 :58.5 153.84 :58.4 154.10 :58.3 154.37 :58.2 154.63 :58.1 154.90 :58 155.17 MPII 140.85 141.07 141.29 141.51 141.73 141.96 142.18 142.41 142.63 142.86 143.08 143 31 143.54 143.77 144.00 144.23 144.46 144.69 144.93 145.16 145.40 Time 1:05.9 1:05.8 1:05.7 1:05.6 1:05.5 1:054 1:05.3 1:05.2 1:05.1 1:05 1:04.9 1:04.8 1:04.7 1:04.6 1:04.5 1:04.4 1:04,3 1:04.2 1:04.1 1:04 fore the start 145.63 145.87 146.10 146.34 146.58 146.82 147.06 147.30 147.54 147.78 148.03 148.27 148.52 148.76 14901 149.25 149.50 149.75 150. 150.25 head injuries. of today's ment and ran for their cars. Pvt.

Melvin Duvant, 18, sta Speedway race, turbance at the station. Phillip Ripberger, 18, 4755 Andover Square, was arrested for being drunk and his 17-year-old brother was taken to the Juvenile Bureau. Gregory was taken to General Hospital for treatment of cuts suffered in i scuule with the youths. Cliff Arellano, 27, Ar.ckrson, and Ira Pender, 35, Beech Grove, were arreted for being drunk following fight tt 16th and Sharor, about 3 a.m. today.

David Garhnd, 23, from Ontario, Canada, was taken to Genera! Hospital for treatment of head injuries following a fight at 16th and Belleview about 3:30 a.m. Bernard Egeihoff, 19, 2267 N. LaSalle, suffered shoulder injuries in a fight at S. 52 and 16th about 11:45 p.m. He Police patrolling the area tioned at Ft.

Harrison, said he and also at TfT'' 137.41 137.C2 137.83 138.04 138.25 138.46 138 68 138.8'J 139.10 139.32 139.54 139.75 139.97 140.19 140.41 140.63 ir was hit in the head by an ofr many muuarys had been busy up to that point, breaking up fights which erupted in the beer-drinking emeieries ject thrown by someone. His glasses were broken and his 1:02.5 1:02.4 1:02.3 102.2 throughout the country, lies a century of crowd. face cut, requiring treatment the singers and musicians Thousands of revelers had at General. Buglers of neighboring units heard the appealing notes and adopted them. The poignant tune soon spread throughout the army and it became known as "taps." However, it did not appear in official regulations until 1891.

:02.1 ignored the ominous flashes of Charles Dickens, 19, Dayton, 1:02 lightning in the southeastern was arrested for disorderly 1:019 skies, wandering the length of the line of parked cars on conduct and being drunk following a fight in the 5600 block of West 16th about 1 a.m. today. 16th. Some were caught blocks from their autos when the rain BOMB GIVES EARLY START hit. It was just 100 years ago this year when a compassionate general composed the plaintive bugle call during a lull In Civil War fighting.

He was Daniel Butter-field, an upstate New York businessman who went into action as a regimental colonel and soon was made commander of a brigade in the Army of the Potomac Drum Sianal: Jthe competed with the blaring music from concession stands. The group's pamphlets, dis-" tributed by bible carrying; youths, littered the along with hundreds of empty beer cans. The true track "infielders" shut themselves in from the noise and lights by hanging newspapers or blankets over their car windows. As the rain swept the area, the question arose: "How muddy is that infield gonna be?" HMSBSMHSSSMSM ittS tually is older than the music POLICE DOGS USED AT TROUBLE SPOTS All 14 of the city's K-9 (po WEATHER FORECAST it now designates. It is de rived from "taptoo" or "tat sung by David Cochard.

10:53 a.m. Speedway owner Tony Hulman gives order: "Gentlemen, start your engines." 10:54 a.m. Pace lap behind Studcbaker Lark convertible begins. 1 1 a.m. Race begins.

liceman and dog) teams were in the area, and were used a drum signal sometimes combined with bugles, that summoned soldiers back to the several times to disperse quick-growing crowds at the barracks. trouble spots. Ear for Musk: By the U.S. Weather Bureau (Eastern Standard Time) Temperature (24 Hours to 6 A.M. Today) Actual Predicted Record This Date 66 (5:00 a.m.) Upper 60s 36 (1889) p.m.) Near 90 94 (1895) i 8 i ng One motorcycle policeman, formal musical training, Gen.

whar didn't want to be identi Bugle calls still are part of daily military life, though Year Ago 42 72 fied, spent most of his time Vandals Smash Electric Sign on duty stopping youths, confiscating their opened beer modern warfare has elimi nated much of their impor Term Is Suspended Barometer (Sea Level) little cooler; high today mid 80s, low tonight upper 60s. tance in battle. Some 22 calls cans and tossing the cans onto 7 a.m 30.09 1019 the embankment of the New Butterfield had an exceptional ear for music. He put his talents to good use after early experiences in battle. He had been distressed to find that in the heat of the fray his men responded to other types of bugle calls of other units.

So he decided to write a distinctive signal for his brigade. and Club Window Sunrise, 5:20 Sunset, 8:05 still awaken soldiers and sum mon them to mess, mail, re treat and other duties. How York Central underpass at the Northern Indiana Partly Here is the sequence of events preceding the 40th running of the 500-Mile Race: 5 Speedway gates open on aerial bomb signal. 8:30 a.m. 33 starting cars parked on pit apron.

9:30 a.m. Parade of bands down track. 10 a.m. Purdue University band plays "On The Banks of the Wabash," as cars are placed In starling positions, 1 1 rows of three cars each. 10.0210:29 a.m.

Special events and introduction of celebrities. 1 0:30 a.m. Inspection of track by L'SCA officials. 10:40 a.m. Purdue band plays "Star-Spangled Banner.

10:45 a.m. Combined U.S. Armed Forces color guard and bands play taps. 10:50 a.m. Balloons released over track, "Back Home Again in Indiana" Speedway city limits.

Humidity yesterday: High, Broken windows and a dam ever, the age-old problem cloudy and a little cooler to-day, some scattered thunder-showers likely; fair and cooler "Wouldn't your mother be 90; low, 53. aged electric sign were among items of vandalism reported to of who wakes the bugler re mains unsolved. Precipitation for 24 hours proud of you if she could see you now," he repeated to the weaving, bleary-eyed youths police during the night. ending 7:30 a.m., .17 of an inch. Total precipitation since A $100 electric sign at the fillwanner Electric 2538 he stopped.

"Find your car and A former bank vice-presi-J dent who embezzled over a two-year period be-' cause he wondered "what it would be like to be today. Robert Leavitt, 41, 8046. Charlecot formerly of the People's Bank Trust yesterday was given a two-year suspended sentence Federal Judge Cale J. Holder. Holder told Leavitt the sentence was suspended because January 1, 17.57 inches.

Ex W. 16th, was smashed about cess. .99 of an inch. Total degrees below 65 since July 5,681. Normal, 5,576.

4:30 a.m. today. A window at the Lafayette Supper Club, 2030 Lafayette was smashed by two who threw a beer bottle through it shortly after mid tonight; tomorrow fair with little temperature change; high today 80-86, low tonight 55-63. Southern Indiana Considerable cloudiness and warm with scattered thundershowers today and southeast tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and a little cooler; high today in 80s, low tonight in the 60s. Hourly Temp.

Humidity 6:00 a.m 66 94 7:00 a.m 66 94 stop wandering around." The crowd of merry-makers was described as "about average" by several of the on duty lawmen. A tired Red Cross worker at a first aid tent at 16th and U.S. 136, said about 15 per-sons had been treated by midnight. One of the youths Indianapolis and Central In After some hard fighting in the campaign in Virginia and his weary troops settled down for the night, the bugler sounded "extinguish lights." Butterfield thought It was not as "smooth, melodious and musical as It should be," says the National Geographic Society. He felt the final call should bring comfort and peace to tired, troubled men.

The sounding of "taps" before the start of the 500-mile race has been a tradition at the Speedway since the first race in 1911. The ceremony is designated as a fitting salute to the nation's war dead, for which Memorial Day originally was set aside In 1868 by General John A. Logan, then commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. diana Considerable cloudiness and warm with periods night, of Leavitt's World War II record in France. Leavitt re A rock was thrown through of light rain; scattered thun-dershowers this afternoon; ceives compensation for war a window at the home of Dar-lene Alexander, 2024 N.

Good- brought in had been slashed time injuries as the only sur let, about 10 p.m. cloudy and warm tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and a in the face by a broken beer bottle. vivor of a tank crew that was hit..

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