The Kokomo Morning Times from Kokomo, Indiana • Page 4

4 KOKOMO find.) MORNING Thursday January 19. 1966 TOPICS OF THE TIMES Prayer worth meditating about Prayer in the public school is a hot Issue these days. It seems certain of our community feel such an activity hinders their freedom. What we would like to know is this: What about the freedom of those who desire the right to prayer in public schools? Also, who is the majority view? The Times in a recent survey of school officials has found that the public in this area is not opposed to all religious activities in the public school system. On the contrary, many are opposed to the elimination of religious training.

It is true there are a few in this section of Indiana who are opposed to anything which resembles religious activity in the school. They have a right to their view. But, do they have a right to impose their view upon the majority of their community. The Times does not feel the minority should prevail. Marion School Supt.

Bernard McKinzie has provided us with the best thought on prayer in school. He states, "Meditation prayer sets a tremendous climate for learning in the school." We are inclined to agree with this philosophy. Meditation can only provide a time'for the student to reflect upon life. Whether he offers a prayer, acknowledges an almighty being or simply thinks in a serious vain, meditation is a good practice. To say that all students must pray would be wrong, we agree.

But, to say that a student is forbidden to pray is equally wrong. The Times feels the best answer to the "prayer controversy" lies in providing a period of meditation. It is a period neutral to the mass of students, but full of meaning for the individual student. A meditation period does not force a student to participate in any religious activity to which he or his parents are opposed. Instead, it allows him to use the time for serious thought in the pursuit of his beliefs.

We feel a period of meditation in Times area schools is to be encouraged. Prayer -by meditation should definitely be a part of the educational training of well-rounded young people. More about: Publisher (Continued from pogc 1) Crown. During a short address the nearly 30 attending and in conversations with members of the city administration, and representatives ofvariouscivic organizations and business and industrial i Layden touched upon his plans for tne future of The He noted the rapid growth of the city and its destiny toward great importance and said The Times intends to both participate and contribute to this future. PERSONAL DELIVERY DEPUTY DAVID Snavely points to a hole in a car roof where a .22 caliber bullet penetrated during the moments when Pamela Hahn, 20, 4924 Kickapoo, was fatally wounded by four bullets.

The car was the one she was warming up when the slaying occurred. (Morning Times Photo) More about: Engineering (Continued from pogr 1) community as the marketing center of north central Indiana." He also mentioned the renewed attention that is being given to the development of Kokomo as a convention and tourist center. In accepting the leadershipof the chamber, incoming president, Herbert Williams, said, "It is a pleasure to be elected president of a group of more than 1,000 members and I accept this position with great humility." He will serve in that position throughout 1967. Dr. Haggai, a nationally know minister and public speaker whose five minute radio program, "Values for is heard over Radio Station WIOU each afternoon made several comments on national po- Heies and current programs.

"We art; all aware that we are in a battle for men's minds," he said. "And we are living in a world where the actions of the nation are directly reflected by the smaller towns and cities throughout the country." Commenting on President Johnson's Great Society programs, Dr. Haggai said, "This country's strength and stimuli that it has had in the past is the result of a free conomy. When the day comes that we lose this free economy, we will also lose our free choice, our free religion, and our free press," The son of a Lebanese immigrant, Dr. Haggai said, "My father used to tell me that when he came to this country, America didn't offer me anything but the opportunity to become." And in reference to the President's programs, Dr.

Haggai said, "The states and the communities are not doing the job that should be done and much of these programs are ours by default." San race riot is quelled SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (UPI) Quentin Prison guards, firing warnings shots and using tear gas, Wednesday broke upa potential race riot in the main yard where nearly 3,000 inmates had massed in two rival mobs. The confrontation involved nearly two thirds of the prison's convict population. The trouble began shortly after the noon meal when about 1,400 Negro inmates gathered at one end of the huge yard and Guards managed to prevent physical violence between the two mobs but some inmates smashed windows with rocks and broke benches with iron pipes. By nightfall, all of the Neeroes had been returned to their cells.

Prison officials waited for awhile before putting the whites back in cells. Founded July 22, 1964 MEMBER OF UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL In frufri There Is Freedom KOKOMO MORNING TIMES I A I I The Kokomo Morning Times is published each morning, including holidays, by the KokomoTimes Publishing Printing Corp. Corri.r dill.otod .1. Moil roui in Indiono I 2 0 0 per r'. Outt.do Indiono J20 00 per Moil rottt in odvonco.

moil lubicriptioni occoptod in Howard County or corficf lorwlco io mointointd. 01 locond mollor July 20, 1964 ot tht poll i i oi Koiiomo, Indiono. Undor tho oct of congrtf toelion I 3 2 2 2 poilol I3t Unitod Stotoi Codo 43i4l 379 Layden and his associates have an interim management agreement with the district federal court which went into effect shortly before Christmas. The agreement was made on an interim basis, according to officials involved to allow Layden to take hold here immediately, was done. This agreement, in turn, also allowed Layden and associates time to negotiate for a permanent arrangement and this negotiation is now underway.

Among the many attending were: Mayor John Miller and City Attorney Ralph Helms; Lou -i Powell and Robert Harner, from the Kokomo Waterworks; jDwight Swanson, Public Service Ed NicHaus, president of the Kokomo Common Council; E. R. Behnke, Stellite; Hamlin Welling, Delco Radio; Don Horseman, Continental Steel; Bob Ross and Mike Layden, Indiana Bell; John Walters, Chrysler; Charles Cameron and Joe Leap, First National Bank; Chester Schwartz, United Fund; Kenneth Crook, Kokomo High School principal; R. J. Lembke, Sears; Lawrence Decker, president of the real estate board; Robert Englin, representing the Kokomo Mall; Layden, Gregory, Herman, Hemphill, Ed Hubbard, Dave KirkPatrick and Ken Francis, all of The Times staff.

MAYOR JOHN MILLER (left) discusses the future of the Kokomo Morning Times with founder Frank Gregory and publisher Elmer F. Layden Jr (right) during a reception-lunch attended by government, civic and business leaders of the community at the Kings Crown Wednesday noon. (Morning Times Photo) CHESTER H. SCHWARTZ (left), director of the Howard County United Fund shakes with Mike Layden, uncle of Elmer F. Layden Jr.

(left) and brother of Elmer F. Layden one of the famed Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. Others are Frank Gregory, founder of the Times (center) and Robert Hemphill. (Morning Times photos) More 4H members honored i I I i Heard shots (Continued from Poge 1) and Deputy Sheriff James Moffitt that she shots while in her children's bedroom. She looked out her window but failed to see anyone fleeing from the scene.

Danny Hahn graduated from Tipton High School in 1959 and was a three sport athlete at the school. He played four years of football and was vice president of the junior class. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hahn, Goldsmith, and is well liked and respected.

Principal Charles Edwards who knew Hahn throughout his high school career said, "Idon't believe Dan could do anything such as he is suspected of doing. In school he was a student leader, very personable and easy going, as well as a good student." Funeral services for Pamela Hahn will be Friday at .3 p.m. in the Filer's Chapel with the Rev. Harold Cline officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m.

Thursday. Mrs. Hahn was born in Kokomo April 14, 1946 the daughter of James and Paulene (Moon) Green. She had lived in Kokomo all her life. She was graduated from Kokomo High School in 1964 and the Indiana Business College.

She was a clerk in an inspection department at the Delco Radio plant. Survivors include a child, Jami Lynn, who will be two- years-old Saturday, her husband, mother and brother, and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Harry (Freelove) Moon of Tipton. Indoor stadium MOSCOW (UPI) --The city of Leningrad is building a seat indoor with a field large enough for soccer, the official Tass news agency reported Wednesday. Evelyn Nesbit, dies in rest home SANTA MONICA, a i (UPI) --Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, "the world's most beautiful girl" and central figure in New York cabaret society's most sensational murder trial 50 years ago, is dead.

The onetime showgirl who was a model for artist Charles Dana Gibson, originator of the celebrated "Gibson Girl," died Tuesday at a convalescent home in this Los Angeles suburb. She was 81. Mrs. Thaw lived in a limbo of obscurity in her declining years sharp contrast to the days when the name Evelyn Nesbit flashed on the marquees of Broadway and European capitals. That name made headlines of a different sort on the night of June 25, 1906, when her millionaire husband, Harry K.

Thaw shot and killed architect tanford White in full view ol bejeweled society belles and their escorts in white ties and tails at the roof-top supper club in the old Madison Sqqare Garden in the heart of Manhattan. Thaw later claimed he shot White because his wife, 20 at the time, confessed intimacies with White which she said took place before her marriage to the millionaire. In two sensational trials, Mrs. Thaw testified in her husband's behalf but she once said "White was the only man I ever loved." David Horoho, David Fisher, Joe Kelly and Paul Raver above, were 4-H members of the honored for soil conservation by Dan Thomas, Howard County Equipment Co. dealer here, during last night's Soil and Water Conservation District dinner at the Electric Living Center.

Below are members of the county soil judging contest sponsored by the SWC and the extension service. They are (from left) Mike Clair, Ronnie Newhouse, Rolla Parsons, Murel Hanna, all of Eastern High School Receiving the trophy for the school is Ronald Rich, FFA advisor, and presenting it is Hubert Ball, Howard County Farm Bureau Co-Op. Paul Zell, Harrison Township, was named to the 5-man board of district supervisors during the meeting. (Morning Times photos) More about Chrysler (Continued Page 1) may have a master cylinder push rod bolt that does not meet Chrysler standards, the company said. The second defect occurred in 570 of 714 Coronet, Charger, Belvedere and Satellite cars equipped with the 426-cubic-inch hemi engine where a possible interference may exist between the starter cable and the steering shaft lower bearing collar set screw.

The third possible defect was in 650 of 6,665 Imperial and Chrysler cars equipped with auto pilot. The company said the routing of the instrument panel wiring harness may allow contact with the auto pilot brake switch operating lever..