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Home Paper Of 41 Communitiei Founded in aroe Leased United International Kewfi, Photo "Wires LOGANSPORT, INDIANA. 46947 "TUESDAY'EVENING, APRIL 27, 197T Phone 753-7511 All 'Departments Price Per Copy, Ten Centf Services Set For Glen Hosier, One Of Indiana's Finest Sons Funeral services for Indiana State Police Detective Sergeant Glen R. Hosier, 44, 77 18th will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church. The Rev.

Melvin Seeger, the Rev. Ernest Lawshe and Capt. David Cox will officiate at the service. Burial will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Hosier died Monday at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. He was admitted to the hospital the night of April 13 after being critically wounded in a gun battle with a murder suspect in Peru. Born Nov. 17, 1927, in Greenfield, he was the son of the Rev. Herman R.

and Edith Trees Hosier. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Fowler Masonic Lodge, of which he was Past Master in 1964, Scottish Rite of Indianapolis, Salvation Army board, Elks, Fraternal order of Police, Delphi, and the Holco Conservation Club in northern Indiana. He Red Space Ship Lands Near Lake MOSCOW Soyuz qp space ship nearly landed in a lake and rescuers had strapped on aqualungs to dive after the three cosmonauts, Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper said today. The Soviets have never disclosed whether Soyuz spacecraft can have always parachuted to ground Moscow science sources said their information is they cannot. "It was still very dark when one of the helicopters of the recovery group noticed Soyuz 10's parachute and it seemed that the spacecraft was descending into a steppe lake," 1 the Communist Youth League newspaper said.

"The search group men already were putting on their aqualungs, but right near the earth a light morning wind nudged the parachutes and the cosmonauts landed within 44 yards of the lake," it said. Soyuz landed Sunday in Soviet Central Asia after two days of earth orbital flight and one docking with the unmanned Salute Sputnik. A Kremlin message to the returning cosmonauts confirmed that this was only the beginning of a long space project for the super-Sputnik. The congratulatory cable was part of the publicity and hoopla for the three spacemen when they returned to Moscow Monday. What it said about Salute's future carried the authority of the Communist Party and the government.

"Scientific and technical experiments and research, constituting the beginning of work with the Salute Orbital Research Station, were carried out during your flight," the message said. The unmanned Salute, a huge tub of scientific gadgets bigger than the manned Soyuz spaceship, still was in earth orbit for its second week when Soyuz 10 returned home early Sunday. The Weather FORECAST Increasing cloudiness and scattered thunderstorms likely tonight, ending Wednesday morning. Partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon. Lows tonight in the low 50s.

Highs Wednesday mid 60s. East to southeast winds increasing to 12-20 miles per hour today, continuing tonight, precipitation probability percentages 60 tonight, 30 Wednesday. MONDAY 11 a.m 53 1p.m. 2 p.m. 3p.m.

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10 p.m. 11 p.m. Blid ..57 ..56 ..56 ..59 ..58 ..53 ..49 ..44 ..42 ,,,40 TUESDAY 1 a.m 40 2a.m 42 3 a.m 41 4 a.m 411 3 a.m 40 6 a.m 40 7a.m 41 8 a.m 43 9 a.m 45 43 11 a.m 42 noon 41) 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 40 was a Navy veteran of World War II.

His marriage April 20, 1947, in Logansport, to the former Martha Baker, who survives. Surviving'with the widow are the mother, Lakeland, Fla; two daughters, Kay, a student at the University of Denver; and Barbara, at home; one son; David, at home; two brothers, Tributes Paid To Det Hosier By MARGO BOWLES Staff Writer Law enforcement officers and citizens alike today mourned the loss of a fellow officer and a good friend, Indiana State Police Detective Sergeant Glen R. Hosier. The 44-year-old sergeant died Monday, 13 days after suffering a mortal head wound in a Peru Shootout with murder suspect and ex-convict, Linzie Lee Mallard, a man. he sought for questioning in the April 10 slaying of a Peru woman, Mrs.

Judy Wells. For many there were no words to express their grief, only a look, a nod of understanding, yet not understanding the violent death of a man so strong, so alive, and so dedicated to his vocation. Dealt a double-dose of tragedy in the first four months of this year, local police went about their duties Tuesday in numbed silence. In cold statistics, Hosier was the 23rd state police officer killed in the line of duty since 1933. He.was the 12th shot to death, the second thus far in 1971.

The first was State Trooper John Streu, 25, also of Logansport, shot to death Feb. 20, in Lake County along witbJhe.St. John town marshal, as they investigated two suspicious nien in a car parked behind an elementary school. Contacted at his Indianapolis office Tuesday, Indiana State Police Supt. Robert K.

Konkle issued the following statement to the-Pharos-Tribune Press. "We are deeply saddened at the loss of Sgt. Hosier. He now joins those men who so loved their communities, their state, and their nation, they not only risk, but give their lives for the protection and the benefit of all. "Sgt.

Hosier had a distinguished career in law enforcement and enjoyed an outstanding reputation among all with whom he came in contact. "The sacrifice made by his family in supporting him in his law enforcement career is now heightened in his tragic loss. There is no way that nor anyone can repay our debt of gratitude. "On behalf of the Governor of Indiana, the State Police Board, the members of the Indiana State Police, and myself, we thank the Hosier family for giving this state one'of her finest sons, "To Logansport, it is the graw- est of tragedies to lose two of her sons in so short a period of time, but it brings home to us the hard fact that freedom is not free; that while some may enjoy, others sacrifice for their benefit." Hosier served as a patrolman with the Loganspo.rt Police Department for seven years prior to joining the Indiana State Police force in 1955 as a trooper. Michael E.

Long, now Logansport Chief of Police, was a patrolman with Hosier "back in 1949," a.nd both men climbed the ranks in their respective departments. "He was a dedicated man the finest I ever worked with, and a true friend," said Long. "There was never a time I called that he wasn't there-to help us (city police) night or day. "I don't know what to say, except that he was the kind of a man you wanted on your side. I don't think he ever really knew the true meaning of fear," Long said.

Many officers decried the system of justice that played a part in Hosier's violent death at the hands of a man known to be violent, yet free to walk the streets. To State Trooper Richard Keyes, "It shouldn't be." Keyes was a trooper when Hosier joined the State Police Department. "For my money he was a real good policeman and an excellent detective. A man that would back you up 100 percent," said Keyes. "Many, many times he did things for people that nobody ever knew about.

People would go to him with a problem completely outside the realm of police work, and he would go that extra mile to help out. He was just an all-round good a good guy to have on our side," Keyes said. Keyes said "it's a' poor system that would turn a man (Mallard) with his record back out in society. It just shouldn't be. They say they're sick, then they say they're rehabilitated and they put them back in society.

They're not' sick, just criminals and mean people and they don't belong in society," Keyes added. Hosier was a close, personal friend of Cass County Sheriff Rex Harris. "I think if there is any one word that best described him, that word is professionalism," said Harris. "I never knew any other officer as professional in police investigatons as Glen. When he was involved in an investigation, it was always thorough and complete and very professional." "I think another thing that made him outstanding was his availability.

No matter what time or where you needed him, he always made himself available." Grim-faced officers Tuesday went about the task of completing funeral arrangments for a fellow officers slain in the line of duty. Flags throughout the city flew at half-staff in honor of the serseant. State Police Sutrt. Konkle and officers from throughout the state of Indiana, as well as surrounding states, were expected to be in Logansport to attend Hosier's funeral. Pallbearers for the slain sergeant will be fellow officers Richard Keyes, David Redding, Richard Roth, Robert Sabatini, John Gavlor, and Jack baugh.

Honorary pallbearers will include city police and members of the Cass County Sheriff's Department. Collect 26,392 Pounds Of Paper To Save Trees Students at Columbia Junior High 'School collected a total of .26,392 pounds of newspapers in a "Save The Trees" paper drive held Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday. Jim Adkins, an eighth grader, received a five-dollar prize for collecting the most paper, which was 1,549. pounds. The two homerooms that were high are eighth grade classes of Lee Gaumer, with 5,526 pounds, and J.

T. Hubenthal, with 5,033 pounds. They will be entertained with a party in the near future. Students honored for obtaining at least 1,000 pounds of newspapers are eighth graders, Nathalee Terbiish, Jean' Handy and Chris Wells, and 'ninth grader, Cindy Douglass. Columbia.

Elementary'School students were responsible 1 for 2,430 pounds of newspapers. Jim Handy and Jeff Newport, who attend the school, turned in the high total of 288 pounds. Stephen Lingenfelter, a teach: er at Columbia Junior High headed the drive which was conducted throughout. Cass County. Donald, Lakeland; and Gerald, South Bend; two aunts and several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fisher Funeral Home, where Elks services will be held st 7:30 p.m.- Wednesday and Masonic services at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The body will lie in state at the church one hour before services. The family requests donations be made to the Salvation Army Building Fund Drive.

Purdue U. Names New President Ind. (UPI)Dr. Arthur Gene Hansen, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, was announced today as Purdue University's new president, successor to Dr. Frank L.

Hovde. The selection of Hansen after a long search following Hovde's announcement many months ago that he would retire this year, was made public this morning by Maurice G. Knoy, president of the Purdue board of trustees. Hansen, 46, is a Purdue alumnus. He received his bachelor's and master's degree here, the first in electrical engineering and the second in mathematics.

Hansen will assume the office July 1, the day after Hovde steps down to become a special Purdue Research Foundation consultant on industrial relations after a quarter of a century at the helm of the Hoosier school; one of the nation's biggest and best. Knoy announcement' at a meeting of university vice presidents, deans, student leaders." announcement also was in Atlanta, where Hansen revealed he has resigned as head of Georgia Tech. A Midwesterner, Hansen was born at Sturgeon Bay, He got his first degree at. Purdue in 1946 and his second in 1948. He was a math and research instructor while pursuing his master's.

Hansen became president; of Georgia Tech in 1969 after three years as dean of the college of engineering at the Atlanta school. Last year, Purdue conferred an honorary doctor of engineering degree on Hansen. "We are particularly happy," Knoy said in his announcement, "that he comes to us as one of our own graduates and that he alone, among all other for the position, was nominated by all of the-constituents of faculty, students and alumni. He was, as well, the first and unanimous choice of the Deadline Of 1974 Under Law Loganland county commissioners must their; county council, districts, jn. respective counties under'a new state The.

law, signed April 9 by Governor Whitcomb, carries an. emergency clause: It is designed to make the county council districts more equal in popula tion. Cass County's four council districts are very unequal in population at present, but they could not be made equal because the law previously banned splitting townships to form council districts. The new law permits the division of townships but not precincts. The 1970 showed Eel township, with 20,275 residents, has slightly more than half of the county's 40,456 population.

This would' entitle dt to two. of the four district councilmen instead of the one that it presently has. perfect, each of the new council districts would' have to have 10,114 residents: At the present time, District 1, represented by Council Pres. ident George Huberith'al, has oril'y 5,445 residents; slightly ijnore than half of the proper number. It Adams township, jtfJth 892 people, Beth- Boone, 1,618, Hamson, 861, and Miami, 1,059 District 2, represented by Herbert presently.

has 8,711 residents. It townships of Clay, Clinton, Jefferson, 984; Noble, and Washington; 1,678, District 3,. Eel. is represented, in the' council by George -Bender. 4, like district is small, only 6,025 is repre- sented- by Eldon Miller.

It only three townships: ijeer Creek, with 1,061 people; Jackson, Eel township would Jnake two council districts it- splf, the commissioners may fjjid it more convenient to divide the township into- parts of several council districts; new law provides, only that the new council''districts must be of "contiguous, "compact territory, with each of said four districts to be of substantially equal The law requires the auditor CASS CROWNED Miss Debra Downhonr, JO, was crowned queen Sunday.in,Gary. MaryAnn McBride of Michigan City, Miss Indiana Universe of crowned her. Mike Miller, Gary, emcee, is in the center. The IU senior is the daughter of. Mr and Mrs.

Richard Downhour. Rt. 1, The 36-25-36 brunette has five brothers and sisters. She was judged on a basis of talent and poise and will be entered in the: Miss USA-Universe pageant In Miami Beach in May First rnnheniFwas Panlette Keibler, Miss Sellersburg; second runner- up'Patricia King, Miss South Gary; third Debra Huber, Miss Muncie, and fourth runnerap, Tracy Duffin, Miss Hendricks County. to special session, if necessary, to.

effect the of the -districts. The commissioners have- until Jan: 1, "1974, to get the revision of the 1 districts completed. The law 1 specifies that the redistricting must take place after decennial census and on or before January 1 of each year succeeding -in which for county 0 council shall be held. The'next county council election will not be.until 1974. Now You Know 'The group of body cells, that produce.

is called the Islets of Langerhans. Women Plan Breakfast The' annual fund-raising Community Breakfast sponsored by the 'Women's Bureau of the Logans' port Area Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday at the former'Sears building at Broadway and-Fifth Street. The public is invited'to attend'the breakfast, according to Mrs. George Ross, chairman of the Women's Bureau. Orange juice, coffee, doughnuts and milk will be served from 7:30 a.m.- until noon.

Donations will--be accepted' for. the breakfast, arid funds raised used for the bureau's b'eautification projects. As a part of the-fund-raising the Bureau's annual geranium sale will be conducted'. during the breakfast, according to Mrs. Ross.

One of the main beautification projects the bureau. had this spring was the removal of weeds and- the planting of flower seeds along the r-iverbanks of the Sixth Street Bridge. This project, however, was cancelled after the Bureau was notified by the State Pollution Control Commission that they could hot spread the weed- killing chemical they had planned to use'. Plan School MAYOR FOR Ed Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Johnson, 2727 E. Broadway, heard all about the duties of a mayor from Engene Monahan during Good Government Day Monday. Students from Logansport High School were elected to city offices and other-students were appointed to positions and worked with their counterparts Monday to learn the functions of various city offices. Speeches.were given during a program in the morning before students visited the city offices. Key Club sponsored the annual program.

(Staff Photo by Tom Hudgiflgs) Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Logansport high school, under construction last fall, will be formally held at the site on May 8, it was announced Tuesday. Dr. Ted Hughes, superintendent of said the program will begin at 10:30 a.m. on the Usher street side of the new facility. Participating will be members of the board of trustees, -Logansport Community High School Building Corporation, which is financing the bulk of construction, members of the administrative staff, representatives of the architects 'and the contractors.

Because' of the late fall start on- construction, formal groundbreaking- ceremonies 'were delayed until this' -spring. Dr. Hughes said the complete pro-; gram, would be announced later..