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VFW Delegates Differ On Arms Pact THE NEWS INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1972 103rd YEAR PAGE 33 Don't Quote Me cM LJt ikJ l55 olJ lL. Sanders J. Morgan C. Morgan R. Lucas More Phones Kept Busy Boosting Sharp By DAVID DAWSON Reactions to President Nixon's strategic arms limitation agreement with the Russians range from "it's a pretty good deal" to "it will make us a third-rate power" among delegates to the Veterans of Foreign Wars state convention here.

Most of the veterans interviewed said they were inclined to support the President's policies, but several had reservations about specific parts of the agreement. DONALD LUCAS, 58, a retired boil-ermaker from Fort Wayne, said he believes that the apparent numerical superiority the Soviets would have under the treaty is unimportant. "It won't make a big difference," Lucas said, "because our technology will stay ahead of theirs." A farmer from Franklin, 62-year-old JOSEPH TUCKER, disagreed. "All the Communist countries have broken treaties down through the years. They won't cut down on their arms, because they're trying to overcome us every day." JIM BUTTERS, a retired department service officer with the VFW tion, 24-year-old JERRY MORGAN, said that some sort of arms limitation is needed.

"There's too much nuclear stuff around," said Morgan, a former Marine. Morgan said asking if Russia can be trusted is like asking if the U.S. can be trusted. "We have to have just as much faith in them as they have in us." Except for Morgan, all those interviewed said the Russians can't be trusted. CHARLES MORGAN, 58, who works at Fort Harrison, said, "You've got to remember who's been backing up Vietnam.

The Russians have al- Police Put On 'Fatality' Hours nick said: "Yes, but I think that will be up to Mr. Pearcy to tell you." End of another "let the chips fall where they may" investigation. NAMES IN THE NEWS LEWIS SMITH, who has been in General Hospital since New Year's Day when a camper furnace blew up, celebrated his 15th birthday today. He's the son of HOMER SMITH, 3233 Newhart Dr. BENJAMIN SPOCK's Monday speech at 7:30 p.m.

will be in Room 122 of the Christian Theological Seminary. Spock is the presidential candidate of the People's Radical party CARL WEINHARDT, director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, will address a meeting of the American Association of Museums on Monday in Mexico City WILLIAM HAZEL, 8450 Maurice, has more than Father's Day to celebrate Sunday: It's also the birthday of three of his five children J. R. KELLY, Dayton, president of the AMA, will be in town this weekend for the races at Raceway Park. He's president of the American Motorcycle Association, not the American Medical Association Former Purdue basketball star BOB FORD will provide color commentary for Saturday's 7 p.m.

TV coverage of the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star basketball game from Louisville Soon to become an administrative assistant to OWEN H. MEHARG, director of the city's Department of Administration, is NANCY WILBUR, a secretary in the Department of Transportation BRAD HINER, son of The News' Washington bureau chief, LOU HINER, has been elected president of his high school's 600-member senior class at Falls Church, Va. New president of the Comprehensive Health Planning Council of Marion County is ELTON T. RIDLEY, director of Indiana University hospitals Indianapolis Patrolman RAYMOND WALTON is one of 80 American policemen who completed a nine-month management training program at Northwestern University's police administration school. He graduated yesterday DONALD J.

SALMERI has been promoted to manager of Olds-mobile's Indianapolis sales zone Deputy Mayor JOHN WALLS will attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors opening tomorrow in New Orleans. PRESIDENT NIXON and three of his Democratic opponents plan to address the group next week Today is PAT PATTERSON'S 50th anniversary of working for The News and The Star. He's in the advertising makeup By DAVID MANNWEILER With a little help from our friends: ITEM That flap over the use of state telephones by those who want Owen Circuit Judge William T. Sharp for governor, apparently isn't the only partisan dialing being done on Sharp's behalf.

Sources inside one of the five Republican gubernatorial camps say the Marion County Republican Central Committee had workers telephoning state convention delegates to tell them about a meeting Sharp had planned for delegates. Mannweiler Supposedly the callers were opening with, "This is the Marion County Central Committee and Sharp for Governor The same tipster says L. Keith Bulen, 11th District chairman, put a stop to the double reference when he heard about it. ITEM "What am I supposed to do with this?" the motorist grumbled when the police clerk handed him a receipt for his traffic fine. "Keep it," the clerk advised.

"When you get four of them, you get a bicycle." ITEM Marion County Prosecutor Noble R. Pearcy said today he found no reason to censure a deputy prosecutor who was robbed by four men and whose XKE sports car was burned on Northwestern Avenue at 2:20 a.m. June 3. Pearcy ordered an investigation after George Hillman, 30, a deputy prosecutor, reported the loss of $250 in cash, a $2,000 ring and his car, which was later found burned beyond repair in the 800 block of West 29th. "I found nothing reprehensible on his part that would cause me to censure him," Pearcy said, although he added he was unaware of all the facts and suggested contacting John R.

Barney chief deputy prosecutor. Pearcy said that he had told Barney to look into the matter. Barney said he didn't know Hillman and didn't make the investigation. He said he talked to Myron Budnick, who talked to Hillman. When asked what Hillman was doing at 2:20 a.m.

on the day of robbery, Budnick said, "That's his business, not mine. He only works for me three hours a day and he's on time and does a good job." Was Hillman working for the prosecutor's office at that hour? Budnick said, "No, not to my knowledge." Asked if he was told to find out what Hillman was doing at the time, Bud crrvffii arvfH By PAUL BIRD Enforcement of traffic laws in the city gets an evening and weekend boost, beginning today, with the transfer of a squad of motorcycle patrolmen into the hours when most fatal traffic accidents are occurring. Maj. George Pollard, head of the Indianapolis police traffic division, said he has rescheduled 20 cycle men and three field sergeants so their weekly assignments include the hours of 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Pollard said he hoped both the announcement and the ensuing arrests will help dramatize the fact that most serious accidents are caused by law violations. "A public awareness is needed that the hours I spoke of are dangerous hours to drive and that the danger comes in disregarding traffic laws," Pollard said. Pollard said he made the change, a part of his "selective enforcement" program, because a review of the 28 fatal traffic accidents in the city so far this year showed 13 occurred in those hours and 14 of the total were on weekends. Among the victims were 11 drivers, nine passengers, seven pedestrians and one motorcycle rider, Pollard said.

The motorcyclist was killed last night, becoming the year's first Thursday fatality. Only two of the fatal accidents had the influence of alcohol listed as a major contributing factor, he said, adding that the top two factors appear to be speed and reckless driving. "Those are all things we can control by enforcement," Pollard said. He said the Alcohol Safety Action Project team of 20 men, on special assignment in a federally-assisted assault on problem drinking drivers, already seems to have had an affect. Of 1,743 arrests on charges of driving under the influence of liquor since the ASAP team was added in January, Pollard said 1,042 were made by team members themselves.

The ASAP unit requires erratic drivers to take a Breathalyzer test for traces of alcohol. The transferred cycle men, who had been working day shifts of 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., join six radar men already on the 5 p.m.

to 1 a.m. high-fatality shift. In addition, the 20 ASAP men are on 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. and 9 p.m.

to 5 a.m. shifts, and 13 cycle men are working the regular 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. middle shift. That means between 9 and 11 p.m., The Cowards find an address in 19th century Franklin.

Branigin Gifts Grow To Extensive Library Tucker who lives in Indianapolis, said, "If the terms are going to be unequal, they should be unequal in our favor." Butters said he could see the possibility of a nuclear Pearl Harbor. "Limitation of arms happened before, in 1923. It made us into a third-rate power then, and it may now." A welder from Mishawaka, 46 year-old ED SANDERS, said he supports the President, even though the Communists can't be completely trusted. "They're going to be Communists, regardless, but they're afraid of us," Sanders said. One Vietnam veteran at the conven- The NEWS Photo, John Flora.

ple who use the collection," Coward said: 1 Franklin students doing historical research for undergraduate classes. 2 Visiting scholars engaged in historical research or seeking source material for books. 3 Genealogists tracking down references to Hoosier ancestors. "We're working on the third edition of the catalogue for the collection," Coward said, holding an inch-thick paperback copy of the 1965 second edition. "It'll be about three times as thick as this one." Postoffice Seeks To Make Friends Of Mail Users The Indianapolis postoffice has begun a grassroots campaign to develop better relations with its customers under a customer-oriented manager program.

The program involves the 25 branches or stations of the Indianapolis network within Marion County? Each superintendent or manager in charge of the branch or station will send to each mail customer in his area a letter explaining the program. It involves acquainting the residents with the names of the personnel in charge of the branch or station, who serve as "local postmasters," and the telephone number to contact them. Customers are urged to call the branch with any information they wish to pass on, requests or complaints regarding the mail operations, rather than to call the main office. When the U.S. Postal Service reorganized last summer, one of the objectives set was to take the postal service to the people and to develop better relationships with the public.

Each letter attempts to do that by giving information about the branch, the number of customers it serves, collection hours, window service and any other particular services. Evening Prayer Father, grant to me today the quietude and assurance of your abiding presence. Put Thy word deep into the inner recesses of my soul, and keep me back from presumptuous sins. Then, my Master, though darkness may surround me, Thy word will give me light and illuminate my paths. Amen.

Rev. C. E. French West Indianapolis Church of God Beckwith ways been against us there's no reason they shouldn't be now." Morgan's mistrust was echoed by ROBERT LUCAS, 37, Washington, a veteran of the Korean conflict. But he said he would nevertheless support the agreement, because "the President knows what he's doing." The prevailing view was expressed by 4th District VFW Commander WD LIAM BECKWITH, Kendallville, who said, "If they make an agreement and stay with it, I'm in favor of it.

We've been fighting too many years now, and we've got to cut down our money for weapons." a peak number of 49 men will be concentrating on the kinds of traffic violations that lead to accidents, and the 33 specially assigned men will stay on the street to 1 a.m. or beyond. Mother, 4 Girls Terrorized A 43-year-old Northeastside mother, her 13-year-old daughter and three other girls, ages 12 to 19, were terrorized jn the woman's home for several hours yesterday by a youth who raped the oldest girl and attempted to rape the daughter, police said. The woman told police the youth, described as white, about 19, 5 feet 9, 185 pounds, wearing a multi-colored shirt, purple trousers and "mod" sunglasses, forced his way into her home about 10:15 a.m. armed with a knife.

The youth took the woman to a "bedroom, bound her hands and feet and threatened her while awaiting her daughter's return, she told police. The youth told her he had watched her home and her daughter for weeks, she said. When the daughter and two friends, ages 12 and 15, returned to the home, the youth had the daughter tie up the other girls, bound the daughter to a bed, cut her clothing away, and attempt to rape her, investigators were told. A 19-year-old sister of one of the daughter's friends arrived to pick up the friends, investigators said, and was bound, then freed, and raped in the living room. The attacker left the house shortly after 2 p.m.

Police took the daughter and the 19-year-old to General Hospital for treatment. The other girls and the mother were unhurt, police said. They said the youth had used materials in the house, such as electric cords, nylon stockings and towels, to bind the victims. Police Chief Winston Churchill said he is assigning the eight-man Crime Action Team to pick up material on all open rape cases today because of a 53 per cent increase in forcible rape the first five months of this year, largest increase among the major crime categories. the National Safety Council showed today.

Based on traffic deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles, Indianapolis has a 1.6 registered vehicle death rate. Milwaukee, Denver and Seattle are tied for second with 1.8 rates, while San Diego is next at 2.4. Current statistics show 27 fatalities in the Indianapolis police jurisdiction compared with 25 at this time last year. Traffic deaths in Marion County outside the city police boundaries stand at 26 the same as last year. National Safety Council officials also reported the first four months of 1972 have been among the worst for traffic safety in the history of the U.S., with 16,320 deaths.

Traffic Slowed Indiana Bell Telephone conduit construction along Lyndhurst Drive between Vermont Street and Rockville Road will slow traffic in that area for about 15 days, a Bell spokesman said. The work, which began today, is part of a $130,000 project to expand one exchange and set up circuits between it and others on the Wcstside. Traffic on Lyndhurst during the work will be assisted by patrolmen, the spokesman People In The News 'Nice Place To Visit, But I Wouldn't C7Y, STATE SUMMARY Mother Sues State On 'Father Law7 By JOHN FLORA Staff Reporter FRANKLIN, he began donating books to his alma mater, former Gov. Roger Branigin couldn't have known what he was starting. Today what began as overflow from Branigin's personal history library has become Franklin College's David Dem-aree Banta Collection, one of the finest collections of Hoosier history in the state.

"The nucleus of the collection," explained Robert Coward, head librarian at Franklin's B. F. Hamilton Library, came from Roger Branigin's personal library. His father wrote a history of Johnson County about 1913 and Roger has been interested in Indiana history all his life. "In the late 1950s, he started giving books to us.

They accumulated to the point where we had several hundred volumes. "The collection was formally dedicated in 1960 as the Banta collection Branigin didn't want it done in his name in memory of the prominent Franklin native of the mid-19th century who served as the first dean of the Indiana Law School and was a founder of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. "Since 1960 we've had enormous growth," said Coward's wife Hester, curator of the collection, "and the collection includes more than 10,000 volumes." 7802 Laws Most of the material in the collection, the Cowards explained, has come through former Gov. Branigin and his contacts around the state. "He still comes down every month or two with a couple hundred books to add to the collection," Coward said.

The collection includes a variety of materials, including a 1699 edition of the missionary Father Hennepin's account of his travels through what is now Indiana. Another prize find was a complete set of Acts of the Indiana Territory published in 1802. The local history section includes practically all of the county histories ever written in Indiana and about 100 atlnses showing who lived where in virtually every county in the state at the turn of the century. Also included Is a respectable collection of early editions of works by such Hoosier authors as George Ade, Booth Tarkington, James Whitcomb Riley and Theodore Dreiser. The Hoosier authors section was enlarged today with the donation of several first editions of books by Kin Hubbard, creator of Abe Martin, given by the heirs of the late Paul Shidrler, a photographer for The Indianapolis News from 1904 to 1956.

"There are three basic types of peo 0 By LIZ BROWN The vice-presidency isn't the best job around, former Treasury Secretary JOHN B. CONNALLY said in Honolulu. Connally, midway through a multi-nation tour on behalf of PRESIDENT NIXON, was asked about speculation he might replace Vice-President SPHtO T. AGNEW on the Republican ticket this fall. "It's not the best job around; you're just the vice-president," he said.

"It's a good job if you want to be president," Connally added later. Officials at Luton Airport near London said the singer-actor left there aboard an executive jet chartered under an assumed name. They said they were under orders not to disclose the aircraft's destination. HAROLD DAVISON, Sinatra's European agent, was quoted in a London paper as saying the singer left London after abortive discussions involving his comeback from retirement to star in a film musical, "The Little Prince." Sinatra flew to London earlier this month ostensibly to discuss the part after failing to appear before the House Crime Committee about his role as vice-president of the defunct Berkshire Downs race track at Hancock, Mass. SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK says women should have more power in environmental matters.

Mrs. Black, a U.S. delegate at the United Nations environment conference at Stockholm, said delegates will be urged to sign a petition to that effect. American anthropologist MARGARET MEAD and British economist BARBARA WARD initiated the petition. Mrs.

Black said it has been signed by all women all women journalists covering the conference and "Quite a few male delegates." Mrs. VELMA JOHNSON) better known as "Wild Horse Annie," received the Interior Department's public service award for hor campaign to save the wild horses and burros that roam the West. Interior Secretary ROGERS C. B. MORTON presented the award to Mrs.

Johnson, a Reno, secretary who was cited for leadership that contributed NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP)-A suit has been filed in Federal Court here alleging a state law discriminates against women and mothers. Mrs. Barbara Mejerle of Versailles filed the suit, contending the manager of the county auto license branch at Versailles refused to allow her to sign an application to obtain a beginner's driving permit for her son. The suit states Mrs.

Mejerle was turned down June 5 and 6. Branch manager Roselyn McKittrick said Indiana law states the father must sign the application. The father later signed for the youth. But Mrs. Mejerle charged that the provision makes her and other women "second class citizens." Her suit is a class action, asking that the state law be declared unconstitutional.

Defendants named in the suit are Joseph R. Root, Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles commissioner, and Ally. Gen. Theodore L. Sendak.

Death Rate Lowest Indianapolis ranks first with the lowest registered vehicle death rale among cities with a population of to 750,000, latest statistics from Shirley Black women's power. to passage of laws to "manage and protect wild free roaming horses and burros within a large context of ecologically sound management of the pub- lie lands." Vice Adm. WILLIAM P. MACK, until recently commander of the U.S. 7th 'Fleet In the Pacific, took over as the 47th superintendent of the U.S.

Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Adm. Mack, 57, replaced Vice Adm. JAMES who is being to San Diego to assume com-1 jnand of the US. 1st Fleet, Jn Moscow, world chess champion BORIS SPASSKY said his American "challenger, BOBBY FISCHER, "appears to be suffering from a persecu-' tion mania and thinks that Soviet chess players are determined to harm him." Spas.sky referred to repealed reports that Fischer allegedly has been accusing I he Russians of efforts to prevent him from taking Spassky's world title and of contriving to hold the championship matches against his will at Reykjavik, Iceland..