The Logansport Press from Logansport, Indiana • Page 1

Home Edition Home Paper Of LOGANSPORT, INDIANA. 46947 Price Per Copy, Ten Communities FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 21,1970 Founded in Logansport Faces $9.12 Tax Rate 1.12 Increase From Logansport taxpayers face a property tax rate of $9.12 next year upon the basis of the advertised budgets ana levies of the various local tax units. This is an increase-of $1.12 over the $8 rate they are paying this year on each $100 assessed valuation. The only levy that is down is the public library rate, which has dropped a little more than four cents That is principally due to the fact that the 1970 budget included funds for the library expansion program now under way.

The total Eel township rate is up despite the fact that the township budget itself is lower next year than this year in sharp contrast to most budgets. The Eel township budget is down from $14,029 to $11,192, but the total township rate is up from 6 cents to 9 cents to met anticipated increased: poor In' 70 relief expense. Most poor relief expense throughout the country now comes from hospital ana medical expense of poor relief recipients. The biggest increase in any of the levies is in the school corporation, up 51 cents. The civil city is close behind with an increase of 45 cents, while the county rate is up 17,5 cents.

The state rate of one cent is unchanged since it already is at the minimum. A comparison of the 1970 and proposed 1971 rates to be paid by local citizens folows: Unit 1970 1971 Schools $4.26 $4.77 Civil City $2.55 3.00 County 82 .995 Library 30 .258 Township 06 .09 State 01 .01 Totals $8.00 9.123 Mother Second Victim Of Pulaski Auto Crash WINAMAC-A 22-year-old Pulaski County woman, Mrs. Jo- done Eichelberg, became the socond traffic victim in the county this year. She died at 10 p.m, Thursday in Pulaski Memorial Hospital of injuries suffered in a two-car crash on Aug. 10, which claimed the life of her three-year-old son, Eric.

Mrs. Eichelberg suffered a fractured leg, broken ankles, internal injuries and a possible concussion when she was thrown from her car after it hit another acto at County Road 700 North and County Road 300 West, sev- High School Orientation Plans Laid The orientation schedule for students attending Logansport High School has been announced by Principal Hugh Leeman. Students will report for registration at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 31, and upon arriving in the building will be given homeroom as- siynments.

Following a homeroom meeting, students will follow an abbreviated school day schedule with each class lasting 10 minutes. School will be dismissed that day at 11:10 a.m. The first full day of school will be Sept. 1, with classes running from 8:25 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Lunches will be served on this day and the price for a meal will be 40 cents or purchases can be made from the ala carte line. Book rental fee for high school students is $8, with additional fees in certain laboratory-type course. Fees are payable on the first Ml day of school. Student activity tickets, priced at $10, will be sold Sept. 2, Lee- ir.an said.

en miles north and three miles west of here. Robert C. Engle, 28, Rt. 1, Kewanna, driver of the second car, was hospitalized here with injuries. Sheriff Loren Knebel at the time of the crash that the removal of a-Uop sign af'the intersection was undoubtedly a factor which caused the crash as the Eichelberg car failed to yield.

Both the mother and baby were thrown from the car wreckage. She is survived by her husband, David D. Eichelberg, Rt. 4, Winamac; her stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs.

Chester Safranski, Rt. 2, North Judson; a brother, Charles Eiler, Rt, 2, North Judson; two stepsisters, Mrs. Diana Trinowsky and Miss Lou Ann Safranski, both of North Judson. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday at Fry and Lange Funeral Home.

The body will be taken Sunday to St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Denham of which she was a member. Friends may call there until services at 2 p.m. Sunday, which will be in charge of the Rev. William Kaeppel.

Burial will be in McKinley Memorial Gardens here. BLIGHTED CORN Blight has reached Into Indiana corn fields In varying degrees. Some fields are seriously affected, such as the one above at Yorktown and High Street Roads. Leon Johnson Cass County Extension Agent said adverse weather in the spring forced some fanners to replant because of flooding of fields by rain and some didn't get planted until the weather had cleared. These late planted fields are the ones serious damage.

Fields planted at "normal" time and not washed out are less seriously affected or not at all. Southern counties and states will lose more corn than here due to blight because of warm humid weather that prevailed over long periods of time. Johnson said "abdut. 2 to 5 percent of Cass corn fields have been'affected." (Staff Photo) Sue Surritte Crowned Harvest I Surrittee, 14, Rt. 3, Kewanna, was crowned queen of the annual Harvest Festival when it opened here Thursday night.

The petite brunette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Surritte, will be freshman this fall at Kewanna High School. She-was crowned by Linda Hubeny, queen of the 1969 festival and by Lois Pence, television celebrity. First runner up was Linda Hogan, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Hogan. Second runner up was Dianne Evers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Evers.

All were judged previously at a tea at the home of Mrs. Bea Urbin, but the decision was not announced until last night. Midway and exhibits opened at 5 p.m. and musical stage entertainment was by The Southern Gentleman. Friday youngsters will reign as.

they parade at 2.p.m, and engage in contests for which awards will be given. There will be free stage acts at 4 and' 8:30 p.m.' The big parade of more than 500 units will be at 2 p.m.. Saturday with a theme of patriotism. Capt. Stubby will be grand marshal.

The Great Lakes Navy Band will lead the parade and also will'give a concert at 3:15 P- Other stage entertainment will be free acts at 4 and 8 p.m. Five Dead In The Weather FORECAST Fair and cool tonight. Increasing cloudiness and warmer Saturday with chance of a shower by evening. Low tonight low and mid 50s. High Saturday low and mid 80s.

Precipitation probability percentages 5 tonight, 30 Saturday. THURSDAY lla.m 74 noon 77 1p.m. 2p.m. 3p.m. 4p.m.

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9a.m. 19 a.m. 11 a.m. noon DAY ....61 ....59 ....58 ....57 ....56 ....55 ....54 ....58 ....65 ....67 fil 1 p.m 2 p.m 71 SUDBURY, Ont. (UPI)-The sky blackened and fat raindrops splattered against the workmen aloft on the smokestack of the International Nickel Co.

smelter. The first hint.it wasn't just one more summer thunderstorm came in a telephone call to radio station CKSO. "My house isjblowing away, my house is blowing away," screamed a terrified female voice. Then the line went dead. It was after 8:30 a.m.

(EOT) Thursday and a killer a tornado- lashed without warning across the mining counry of Northern Ontario, shrieking through four communities. Knocks Over Buildings The storm knocked over buildings like dollhouses, picked up railroad cars and heavy industrial machinery and blasted apart houses in puffs of lumber. It sank boats, started fires from downed electrical wires, sailed roofs through the air Wee frisbees, splintered thousands of windows and snatched pedestrians and bowled them along the ground. Sudbury police identified five dead. The city's hospitals reported more than 200 persons injured, 44 of them seriously.

Six of those were listed as critical. Sudbury Mayor Joe Fabbro estimated damage to bis city at $5 million and declared a state of emergency. Len Turner, mayor, of nearby "model town" built for company's, smelter damage at $1.5 million. The storm also sliced through Copper Cliff and, in Field 45 to the' east, police said half the buildings in town'were blown down, including lumber mill that was the main industry foe the town's 600 residents. At the main works 'of the International Nickel in Sudbury, men were working on a which completed, would be' the tallest such structure in the world at 1,250 feet.

"It was hell on earth," an unidentified worker said. "We- were holding on to each other. lying on the platform, and pieces of it were being blown away: It was swaying about six feet in "each direction. Some of the men wanted to jump of and we had to hold them back. "That's it," he said.

"I'm. everybody else is too." Now You Know The earliest form of street lighting was the flambeau, a torch of twisted fiber coated with an inflammable and placed in metal holders fastened to the outside walls of Storm The hardest hit areas in Sudbury were the commercial and residential. sections," said Mayor Fabro. "Some houses in the $60400 to $80,000 range were lust 'wiped out. It's still too early to tell the full extent Will Hayward, head of the Sudbury weather office; was uncertain about what; to call the storm.

"We don't know what it "We're calling it a freak wind, development, and there is the possibility it was a tornado," Hayward said. To Be In Richmond RICBMOE0, Ind. (UPI) A benefit performance 1 by entertainer Frank Sinatra and comedian Jerry Aug. 29 here to raise funds for the; family of Dan A. Mitrione, former Richmond-police chidf who was murdered, in Uruguay, may bring in $70,000.

Civic leaders here-met "with two of Sinatra's advisers.Thurs- day night to hammer out details of the benefit, which will be held in Civic Hall at the Richmond-HiglTSchool. The hall seats 4,200 persons, and tickets will run $15, $20 and $25. Sale of tickets will begin Monday morning in Richmond, Dayton, Ohio, andCincinnati, Ohio. SUE SURJUTTE Two Injured Mi Accident West of City Two-young men were injured, one hospitalized, in a single-car accident' on U.S. 24, a quarter of a mile west qf Logansport, at 9.40 p.m: Thursday.

Douglas Landes, Delphi, fair condition at Memorial Hospital Friday with head lacerations and a possible concussion. Landes was a passenger in the auto driven by Larry L. Frye, 20, of Burnettsville. Frye was treated for back abrasions and released from the hospital, police said. According to investigating officers Frye was traveling west on.U.S.

24 at a high rate of speed when he apparently lost control of his auto. Frye's vehicle went, into the median strip, sliding approximately 114 feet before striking a. road sign. The auto continued to slide another 240 feet before striking a pole, police said. Frye was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol.

An estimated $1,700 damage was done to his 1966 auto. State Trooper. Earl McCullough and Deputy Sheriff Ronald Woolley investigated the ac- Poor Levy Increased For Most Harrison township is the only township in Cass County which is certain to have a reduced poor relief levy next year. Auditor Fred Bowyer, who sets all of the poor relief rates upon the basis of projected needs, reduced the Harrison levy from 3 to 2 cents, but he raised most of the others. Poor relief rates usually are set a little higher than necessary when they are advertised so tax officials can reduce them if necessary to make the total tax rates in each tax unit end in an even number.

Jefferson township, which had the highest poor relief rate in the county this year, will have the same 7-cent levy next year. This remains the highest. Eel and Deer Creek townships wiil have 6-cent rates compared to 3-cent levies this year, while the Noble township poor rate is jumping from 1 cent to 5 cents. Two townships will have 4- cent levies. They are Tipton, which had a 1-cent rate this year, and Washington, which had a 3-cent levy, Clinton's poor rate is going from 1 cent to 2 cents.

All of the other townships in the county will have 1-cent rates next year. They are Adams, Bethlehem, Boone, Clay, Jackson and Miami. Four of those townships, Adams, Bethlehem, Jackson and Miami, had no poor relief rates this year. and Clay had 1-cent levies this year. In each case in which any substantial raise has been made in the rate it has been due to hospital and medical expenses of poor relief recipients, it was reported.

Estimated poor relief expenses for each township for the coming year are as follows: Adams, $300; Bethlehem, $200; Boone, $700; Clay, $200; Clinton, Deer Creek, Eel, Harrison, Jackson, $500; Jefferson, Miami, $600; Noble, Tipton, $2,500 and Washington, $2,500. Cambodians Claim Big Victory PHNOM PENH (UPI)-Jubilant Cambodian troops today claimed victory over Communist forces on the approaches to Phnom Penh in a 24-hour battle in which 500 North Vietnamese were reported killed. Cambodian commanders rushed reinforcements into the area just north of the capital to set up a new defensive ring protecting the city against an estimated 2,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong believed in the region. Although the threat to Phnom Penh eased.after heavy fighting Thursday around the village of Prek Tameak nine miles northeast of the capital, Communist gunners fired rockets and mortars into Cambodian positions directly across the Mekong River from the royal palace. This was the closest bombardment of the city's cultural center to date.

Jets Keep Watch Field commanders said the battered North Vietnamese force on the east bank of the river appeared to be regrouping. The city is on the west bank. U.S. Air Force F4D reconnaissance jets swooped low over the battlefield to keep tabs on Communist movements as skies cleared after five days of monsoon rains. Temperature NEW YORK highest temperature reported Thursday by the U.S.

Weather Bureau, excluding Hawaii and Alaska, was 106 degrees at Palm Springs and Imperial, Calif. Today's low was 36 degrees at Hibbing, Minn. Vandals Hit Street Signs Vandals obliterated at least five traffic control signs on Holland Street from Daisy to Water Streets Thursday night. City employes said the signs, including speed and stop signs, were painted with black spray paint. Vandals painted obscene words on the signs, changed speed designations, and in some cases completely obliterated the stop signs.

Motorists would have been unable to read the signs at night, employes noted. An empty spray paint can was found in the street at the intersection of Holland and Water Streets. Dog Causes Cycle Crash Michael R. Morgan, 23, of 2031 Oakland was in fairly good condition Friday at Memorial Hospital with injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in the 300 block of 12th Street at 11:45 p.m. Thursday.

Morgan sustained a fractured right leg and a skinned right elbow. Morgan told investigating officers he had just turned south on 12th Street when a dog ran out in front of his motorcycle. The dog hit the front wheel of the motorcycle, causing Morgan to lose control and strike a parked car owned by Patricia Loner of 311-12th police said. The motorcycle, with Morgan still on it, skidded an estimated 22 feet after striking the parked car, police said. An estimated $200 damage was done to the crash bars and fuel tank of the 1968 motorcycle, according lo officers.

Folk And Rock Festival Set "Percipience" will be the theme of a music festival Aug. 30 from 6 to 10 p.m, at Spencer Park under the sponsorship of Cass County Churches United. Although the informal musical program is being planned especially for the teenagers of Cass County, anyone may attend. The festival will feature several local folk and rock combos including The Sociables, The Mob, The Sweat Bbnd, The 350 South and The Sound Reaction. Mrs.

Jesse Beedle, a- member of the adult planning committee, said that the festival is being planned, "Because we believe church people have a responsibility to the community life of its youth in their entertainment." "Because we believe youth are expressing their desire to feel, to sense, to understand and discern through the idiom of their music, and that God is in much of it," said Mrs. Beedle. Festival committee members are the Rev. John Tobin, chairman; Mrs- Richard Wolf, Mrs, Beedle and Steve Land, adults; and Mary Kay Wolf, Ruth Beedle and Becky Trinnen, youth. Red China Seeks Change LONDON China has' launched an international diplomatic offensive after years of political isolation.

The regime of Mao Tse-Tung, having ended the disrupting cultural revolution and its diplomatic withdrawal behind the Chinese wall, apparently considers the time ripe to claim a place on the international scene. Its declared aim is to promote revolutions wherever possible, to resume contacts where they may prove useful and, above all, to wrest Communist leadership from Russia. In Asia, Peking has won North Korea over to its line, strengthened its position with Hanoi and established Prince Sihanouk as leader of a Cambodian government-in-exile. Peking's new Asian posture implies a corresponding weakening of Soviet influence. The change has been noticeable above all in Hanoi, where the Kremlin has lost ground..