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KOKOMO (Ind.) TRIBUNP Nday, Mor. 31, Deaths To Head Engineers Earl Hcmmogcr (center), Howard Counly Highway eningeers, has been selecled lo head the Indiana County Engineers for iho next year. Also elecled were Ed Kyle (left), Steuben Counly, secretary -treasurer, and Kent Hunibar- ger, Davies County, vice president. The election was conducted during a meeting of the engineering group at Purdue University. Thieves Hit Bank At Sharpsville For Second Time SHAIU'SVILLE-For Iho second lime in a little more than five months, thieves broke jnlo Ihe State Bunk al Slmrps- U.S., Cong vilc.

Rank County officials and Tiplon Sheriff's Department were making a check Friday to determine if anything was taken in lire urcakin. which occurred sometime a night or early Friday. Entry lo Hie building was gained by usinij an electric drill lo drill Ihrougli a window on the south side of the building. The holes were drilled lo release locking pins on the window. Authorities said Ihey believed ffom Pogs Ona) Ihe headquarters of the Viet 9lh Division.

The kittle is another step in llie fivc-wcek-old Oijcration Junction City in War centered about 60 miles northwest of Saigon. The Vicl Cons replied wilh a barrages into llie American positions. Helicopters braved heavy Red fire- lo bring in reinforcements and haul out ihc rlend and wounded Americans. The a from Viet Cong attack on a 1st Division reconnaissance platoor of 50 men lhal was hartlj hurl. A company was seal to relieve il and was pinned (tow for atxmt three hours before ai strikes und artillery lifted Ihc pressure.

U.S. officers said the air Soldier's Letter To 'Dear Abby' Pays WASHINGTON A Airman 2. W. King wrote columnist Abigail Van Buren ast Christmas that many of his buddies in Thailand weren't get- ing mail. Three months and 50.000 lel- ers laler King has asked for an did to the a day deluge.

The Post Office Deparl- mcnl said Thursday King had told Ihem he cannol clislritmte all Lie letters he is gelling from Ihe Miss Van Buren's readers. King was his unit's posl- mastcr. W. Chester Compbell WALTON W. Chester John J.

Kazlas, 32, 903 Forest Campbell, 60, Logansport R.I?. 3, died at 1:10 a.m. Friday in Ihe Memorial Hospilal at X)gansporl where he was ddmillcd Thursday nighl. Born July 2, 1806, in Wasliinglon Township, Cass Counly, he was the son of Benjamin a (Snydcr) Campbell. He had resided i a Community all of his life.

On Feb. 24, 1929 he was married to Lola Berlel. who survives. He was a member of the Seven Mile EUB Church and Ihe Farm Bureau. Surviving in addition to the widow are his mother, who resides on Logansport.

R.R. a son, i i a E. of l.ogaiibport; a daughter, Mrs. Doris .1. Dishon, Walton R.R.

nine grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Lybrook, Chicago. Funeral services will be al 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Wolf Funeral Home with the Hev. R.

J. DeBore officiating. Burial will be in the Deer Creek Cemelery, west of Onward. Friends may call al the funeral home after 6 p.m. Friday.

Withholding Of Milk From Dairy Here Is Ended Withholding of milk from Crescent Dairy by Kokomo area farmers ended about 11 a.m. Friday, Max Smellier, owner of (be firm, reported. SmeltMr said be had four holdouts until a.m. Friday. Two farmers called him then lq 'nave Iktir milk picked dp, a third one called an hour later and IJbe fourth one tie- phoned about 11 a.m., he said.

The holding action against Crescent began at p.m. March 15, when a nation-wide milk price protest was ordered by the National Farmers Organization. James Weaver TIPTON James Weaver, 104, one of Tipton Coun ty's oldest citizens, died at 10 p.m. Thursday in the Tiplon County Memorial Hospital fol lowing a one-month illness. His home was at 131 W.

North St. Progress the intruders were scared off a entering the buiMing. They lefl behind a blue bug conlaining llicir loots. It was believed that the bank's vault bad not been tampered with. On Ocl.

28. SS.OOft was a from the hank after buvslars chiseled their way through four layers of i i brick into Iho bank Realtors (Conlinutd fiocn order to reach those brokers who are not among Ihc 33- mcmber board of realtors. In the human relations commission of Ihe city and possibly to the mayor. "We are pleased that Mr. Decker and Mr.

Johnson gave us Ihe chance lo our case to (hem, and we a llrem for taking it under study," Joyncr said. Others at Ihc meeting included Mrs. Harry E. Kriksen, co-chairman of the local EVAACP bousing commillec; Mrs. Kenneth Fowler, secretary of the NAACP chapter; and Mrs.

Robert Rlunkaid. strikes ripped open the jungle roof anil uncovered what was evidently a major Communist Cfinip, with log bunkers and a tangle of entrenchments. The raid on North Vietnam's Thai Nguyen steel planl was led by Col. Robin Olds of Washing- Ion, D.C., who riownerl 24 enemy planes in World War II anrt a I 21 nearly three mouths ago i I bisgest air a i i of Hie Vietnam war. The i of a jcls came in low and "walked their bombs across the a spokesman said.

Virna Lisa Breaks 5-Year Contract I A Hilly A Movie slar Virny Lisj says she save up Hollywood for "(he happiness of living hesicle my husband and my son." Tile I a i a weekly magazine "Gcule" quotes Hie 30-year-old actress ns saying she broke a five-year contract last year with Hollywood producer George A- clrod. She maineil l-'ranco Pcsci, an architect, in I960. They have a four-year old son, (Conlinutd from Fogl On.) proposed three-year contract. Ic predicted that the final settlement would be somewhere between llie two figures. Printers on the day shift now are paid S151.85 a week, and there arc pay differentials for night and overnight shifts.

A printers union official said that as a result of the meeting the advertising pages on Sunday would be "exceptionally small." He added that "to say the paper would be 25 or 30 per cent less than a in size on Sunday would be conservative." None of the 10 unions involved lias reached a contract settle- Hours past the contract expi rations, representatives of the eight unions in addition to the printers and deliverers waited at a midtown hotel to watch developments. They gave no indication of immediate strike ac- ion. 'I be expired contracts covered 13.0DO regular employes and 4,000 parttime workers on the five newspapers. All tlic unions have sought pay increases, ranging up to 20 per cent. In addition to the Daily Ncwsi the newspapers involved are the New York Times.

Hie World Tribune, the Lon gls- land Daily Press and the Long Island Star-Journal. The live papers are represent- 1 by the Newspaper Publishers ssociation of New York City in with the nine craft lions. They bargain separately Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Leather man-Morris Funeral Home here with the Hev. Harold Davis off! elating.

Burial will be in the Cicero Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Saturday. Mr. Weaver was born March 3. 1863, in Hamilton County and was the son of George and Mary (Myers) Weaver.

On Oct. 24, 1894, in Cicero, he was married to Clara Simpson, who preceded him in death Oct. 1, 1962. He had resided in Hamilton County and Indianapolis and came to Tipton to live in 1914. He attended the Presbyterian Church.

A school teacher, he hud also been employed as a maintenance carpenter for the Old Nickel Plate Railroad. Among the survivors are four children including two sons, Hershell Weaver, Indianapolis, and and dred Hitt and Mrs. Elizabeth Weather Elsewhere By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Albany, cloudy 50 29 Albuqurque, clear 58 Atlanta, clear Bismarck, cloudy Boise, cloudy Bos ion, clear Buffalo, cloudy Chicago, cloudy Cincinnati, cloudy Cleveland, cloudy DCS Moines, cloudy 83 Fairbanks, snow 30 fort Worth, cloudy Helena, cloudy Honolulu, rain Indianapolis, cloudy 80 Jacksonville, cloudy 74 Juneau, clear Kansas City, rain 79 Us Angctes, rain 63 Louisville, cloudy 80 Memphis, cloudy 81 Miami, clear 74 Milwaukee, cloudy 77 clear SO New Orleans, cloudy 80 New York, cloudy 61 if Okla. Cily, cloudy Omaha, clear Philadelphia, clear Phoenix, clear -Pittsburgh, cloudy rtlnd, clear Pllnd, rain Rapid City, clear Richmond, clear St. Louis, cloudy San Diego, cloudy San cloudy Seattle, cloudy Tampa, clear Washington, clear Winnipeg, snow (M-Missing) Jess Weaver, Huntington, two daughters, Mrs.

Mil- Cameron, bo In of Tipton; five grandchildren grandchildren. and 14 great 26 71 62 62 1.1 59 51 60 60 70 60 36 61 39 66 39 35 49 31 33 24 32 69 50 47 40 64 39 32 Omer Ford funeral arrangements for Omer Ford, Washington D. C. are incomplete there. Mr.

Ford, a native of Kokomo, died Thursday in the Veterans Hos- pilal in Washington following a hearl attack suffered two weeks ago. PEEP SHOE I Twice as smart with its twin flcxibla Instep Ihis light, lilting open shoe double! your walking pleasure, loo! Beautifully balanced on a short ihaped heel with eosy-rounded and Socialites' very ipecial cushioned fit. TWIN VIEW $15 IN PLATINUM OR WHITE the newspaper Guild of York, which represents ith ew ditorial, business office and ainteiKince employes. The five apcrs have a combined daily rculation of nearly 4 million. The Post, the city's sixth ma- or newspaper, is not a member Ihc association and ncgolialcs cparately wilh the unions.

Markets I I A A I A -USDA) --Hogs trading noderalely active; butchers leady lo 25 higher; sows moderately active; steady lo 25, in- lances 50 lower; bulchers 1-2 200-250 Ib 18.75-19.00; mixed 1-3 80-250 Ib 1S.25-18.75; 250-270 Ib 17.75-18.25; 2-3 2JO-20 Ib 18.0018.25; 250-270 Ib 17.00-18.00; 270300 Ib 17.00-17.75; sows mixed 1-3 300-100 Ib 15.75-16.25; 400-500 Ib 15.25-16.00; 2-3 500-600 Ib 14.75.50; 350-550 Ib. 14.50-14.75. Catllc 100; calves none; sheep not enough to lesl markel; sleers load largely choice 24.00; cows utility and commercial 17.00-lS.Qi). He was horn in Kokomo and was the son of Francis and Belle (Freemr.n) Ford. Among the survivors are the widow, Atha; a son, Robert of New Bern.

N. a daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Dillon of Mary land; a brother, Ray Ford of Quincy. four sisters, Mrs. Blanche Phipps, Camarillo, Mrs.

Mary Ford, Frankfort; and Mrs. Effie Scott and Miss Anna Pearl Ford, both of Chicago, nad several grandchildren and nieces and nephews. John Ault The body of John D. Aull. six, was removed from Ihe Allen Funeral Home in Bunker Hill to Ihe Henderson Funeral Home in Olive Hill, Ky.

Sen-ices will be conducted there Sunday afternoon and burial will be in the Memorial Gardens Cemetery. He was Ihe son of Mr. and Mrs. Murlin Ault, New Haven. His falher is a relircd military man.

The child died Wednes day night in the Bunker Hi! Expect Showers To Dampen State By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Showers and thundershowers are likely to dampen Indiana tonight and Saturday as March goes out like a wet lamb and April arrives. Mild temperatures are expected, although the Weather Burea forecasts slightly cooler readings in northern Indiana Saturday. Sunday should be warmer again in the norlto, with little change elsewhere. The chance of showers will continue. Low temperatures tonight are forecast in the upper 50s anrt trie lower 60s.

Highs Saturday are expecled to range from Uie upper 60s to the lower 80s. For Ihe next five days, averages 6 to 12 degrees above normal are forecast, with a warming trend Monday and Tuesday Acllievcnlcn i I Enter Contest Students at the Seventh-Day Advenlisl poster contest this week. Teresa Rob- School here are entering 30 temperance erls, seventh grader, left, and Sandra posters in the state Adventist poster con- Kralzer, sixth grader, show their entries, test, to be judged in Indianapolis in which placed the Counly WCTU tern- April. Cindy Roberts, grader, peronce poster contest. front, displays her poster, which was first place winner in the loca Advenlist (Pholo by Mike Clifton) Two Scout Leaders Honored at Tipton TIPTON Kenneth Zatoudek and Ralph Cline.

two long-time Tipton County leaders (or Boy Scouts, were awarded the coveted Statuette Awards Thursday night at the Annual Caribou District Recognition Dinner held in the 4-H Building at the soulh edge of Tipton. More than 100 persons attended the affair to honor adult lead- nH tn Vio- i as well as the objectives of the Caribou Dislricl and the Kiktha- i we mind Council of which Ihe Tiplon District is a part. The Kikthawenund Council now has 14,000 boys in it's juris- diction and by 1980 will have Cub Pack 315 Has Meeting A bean and straw game, conducted by Den No. 2, highlighted Ihe monthly meeting of Cub Scout Pack 315 of Alto held at the Western Elementary School cafeleria. .000 lioy Scouts.

Flans arc IjeinTM made to finance nut evelop outdoor facilities for its great number of Scouls but grealest need probably will )e in tile adult leadership which voluntarily usually diffi- ult to gel. New officers introduced id den and Iroop leaders were led for their outstanding work. Hospilal Notes Admissions: Virgil Woods iplon; Patricia Mohler, Allan Don Kirby, Atlanta; Vasco "ry, Tiplou; Nancy Patterson 'ipton; Edith Floyd. Kcmplon Carcn Dell, Tiplon; Jforri 'ood. Tipton; Vivian Bucknei liarpsville.

Dismissals; Flossie DeVo 1 Anna Achcnhach. At anlu; Ura Jones. Kokomo; Joycr, Tipion: Palricia Vm 'icklc, Kokomo. Bivlhs: Mr. and Mrs.

Amo 'nUcrson, Tiplon. girl, AUirc 0. Air Force Now Recruiting For Blue Angels Project Blue nr Sram designed to recruit v.omt nlo wearing the S. Air For ilue. has been Inunchcd ociil recruiters.

Given lop priority in Proje Blue Angel is an nil-out dri to recruit registered nurses duly with the Air Force. Young women have co plptcd Ihe degr in nursing or i Ihrcc-ye ro'scs (raining course at accredited school of nursi arc elisible. Applicants must between 20 and 35 years of aj For further information, pr pcctive Blue Angels may Incl T'Sst. Robert Kccver the second of the Koko Post Office. Board Head Dies SHARON, Conn.

CAP) Rnlph II. Tapscoll, SI, forn president and board chairn of Ihe New York Edison trie died Thursday. and cooler wealher Wednesday. Normal ranges would be highs of 50 to 63 and lows of 32 to 42. Rainfall during the period is expecled to range from one-half to one inch, as showers Saturday and about Tuesday and Wednesday.

Indianapolis recorded a record 80 degrees Thursday. Tiie previous record for Die day was 76, set in 1M3. Air Force Base Hospital follow ing an extended illness. sresenled to the following boy by cubmaster Floyd Barnetl: Wolf award--Jeff Miller; goli arrow--Jimmy Homick, Jimni; Harmon, Jimmy Shoffner ati Bret Shoffner; silver arrow-Kevin Dunham; gold and silve arrow--Gerald Justus; one yea pin Bruce Clark and Je Palchclt; bobcat badge--Rich ard Tubbs and Brett Dunlap. Minister Dies DONCASTER, England (AP) Lord Williams of Banburgh, who rose from miner to minister of agriculture, died Wednesday al the age of 79.

Marquiss Dies GIFFORD, Scolland (AP) William George Montagu Hay, 83, the Marquiss of Tweeddale, died Thursday. Funerals EARL MOORE-Scrviccs 10 a.m. Saturday, Peacock Funeral Home. MRS. DORA K.

KESSLER-Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Denver Mclhodist Church. JOHN DEPPINETT-Funcral Mass 10 a.m. Salurday, St. John's Catholic Church, Tipton.

Attorney KOKOMO CASH A I MARKET Friday, March 31,1367 Thursday, March 30, 1967 Corn, shell, No. 1 per bu.jl.32 Corn, No. 2 per hu. 1.30 Corn, ear, per cwt 1.86 Oals, per bii. (A Sryr.ejns, per Ira 2.73 per 1.61 (These prices In effect al 4:30 p.m.

March 30, 1967.) Commander Awarded CHICAGO (AP) Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the commander of American forces in Vietnam, has been honored with the United Service Organizalion Dislinguished Service Award. The award was accepted Thursday by Gen. Harold K.

Johnson, U.S. Army chief of slaff. Kenlfnutd from Pagi Ont) House then would be faced with (lie problem of continuing his exclusion or reversing it and possibly substituting other pun ishincnt. In Bimini. Ihc Bahamas, where Powell has been living since his exclusion, he ami other Negro leaders announced Thursday the start of a nation- Invention by Delco Men Patented by Grv General Motors has receive a patent for an invention by Rollar.d Bucll and Richard Jenkins, il was announced Fr day by Donald M.

Snider, at ministralive engineer at Dele Radio Division. The palent covers a transi: torized multiple vollage regul; lion system. Jenkins is slaff engineer fo military and digital syslen engineering. Bucll is a senii projecl engineer in the san section. wide "black third force." political power Superior Court "It may become a Uiird party." Powell said, "we discussed that." He said he and other Negro leaders will make a nationwide tour soon lo "campaign for the black man." Powell said a national conference of all "elccled black officials" will be held in Los Angeles May 28.

Cases Filed Ronald Warren Beaver Marlys Hazel Beaver, divorc Married June 18, 1964. separali March 29. 1967. Ronald J. Whitaker vs.

Arlei Whitaker, i Marrii July 15, 1962, separated 29, 1967. Doris Blades vs. lxwt Blades, divorce. Married Au 30, 1957, separated March 2 1967. Custody of three childr sought.

rotate Claude W. Mills cslate. Final report approved. Estate closed. wait Itel are timelesi! TRY A TRIBUNE WANT AD CONVENIENT TERMS.

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