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RUSH VILLES REPUBLICAN Voi. 249 Established 1840 Rush ville, Indiana, Tuesday, January 3, 1967 Six Pages Ten Cents Mr. Campbell Funeral To Be Thursday New Officers Assume Work Jack Ruby Dies Today Of Caneer DALLAS, Tex. (AP) Jack Ruby, the slayer of accused presidential assassin Lee Har- Several changes in courthouse offices were effective today. Mrs.

Esther Hilligoss has as! sumed her duties as county re! corder, with Mrs. Helen Bran- Funeral services for Dudley am serving as deputy. (Dud) Campbell, 68, retired lo- Mrs. Norma Starkev has been Ceil insurance official and uroni- 1 a 1 inent church and civic I emp'T the treasUr: 0swald' died Park' Will be held at the Wvatt fS Hospital, where he had Moore Memorial at 2 formorly held by Mrs, been suffering from cancer Thursday with the Rev. Rich- Mrs' Dil1- former rc' since Dec- 9- ard Merriman officiating.

Buri- has accepted a new po- Ruby was moved to the hospi- al will follow in Zion Cemetery as secretary the tal after complaining of an ill- at Raleigh where Masonic COUnty health bein8 ap' I ness which Jail doctors had been graveside rites will be conduct- to the post by treatinS as a bad cold for three e(j board upon recommendation of weeks. Dr. Frank Green, county health Mr. Campbell, whose home officer. The position is a new was at 1234 Park Boulevard, one following the formation of died suddenly at 11:30 p.m.

Sun- lbe joint health department as day at the MacArthur Beach I required by law on Jan. 1. Hotel in Venice, where he 2 Accidents Occur Monday MR. CAMPBELL and Mrs. Campbell had gone two months ago to spend the winter.

A Rushville resident since 1923, Mr. Campbell operated an insurance business here for 38 years before selling the firm on July 1, 1963. Prior to entering the insurance field he taught school for 10 years at New Albany, New Salem, Mays, Raleigh and I.S.S.C. Home. He was a veteran of World War I and a Republican member of the City Council here the late and early Active for many years in affairs of the Main Street Christian Church.

Mr. Campbell was an elder. Sunday School teacher and choir member there. He formerly served as chairman of the church's building committee and also was chairman of the church board for two terms. A talented violinist and vocalist, Mr.

Campbell was a member of a family musical quartet and he also sang with several vocal groups in this com- munity. He was born in Indianapolis on November 11, 1898. the son At the hospital, his illness was first diagnosed as pneumonia and then as cancer which had spread into the lymph glands, lungs and pancreas. X-ray and surgery would do no good, doctors said. A product of the Chicago slums, Ruby was little known even in Dallas until he stepped in front of the television cameras with a snubnosed re- Two auto crashes were inves- vojver and sh0t Oswald in the tig.ted Monday by the County Jail basement.

department. That was on Nov. 24, 1963, and At 9:30 a.m. a car driven the one-time Chicago tough kid by Marion Whitaker, 35, Lud-! had gained the world renown low, left Road 3 two miles friends said he always had south of Milroy and crashed in-; wanted. I to a fence on the Ralph Nie-j He spent the rest of his life hoff property.

behind bars. Whitaker told officers he lost In Chicago today, Elmer control of the auto when his Gertz, one of his lawyers, said hands slipped on the steering Ruby like a man of 80 wheel. He was wearing gloves. when Gertz saw him just Damage to his car was listed before Christmas. Ruby was 55.

at $100 and fence damage at In room when he died $50. were his brother, Earl Ruby of Cars driven by Bonnie Hart- Detroit; his sister, Eva Grant of well, 32, Route 7, and Donald Dallas, and Eileen Kaminsky, Shields of Glenwood collided at another sister from Chicago. 7:45 p.m. on a county road a Visitors were rare after Ruby mile north of Mauzy. was jailed.

He was inaccessible I Roy Harrold announced to- Mrs. Shields was admitted to except to his family, lawyers I day that he was resigning as Rush Memorial Hospital for and investigators. a director of the Rushville Na- treatment of injuries. One visitor in the county jail tional Bank after twenty-one Mrs. Hartwell braked to slow was Chief Justice Earl Warren, years 0f service as a director, down and as she did so the who was present when Ruby xbe resignation will take effect brakes grabbed causing her car was given a lie detector (poly- at the expiration of the pres- to veer into that of Shields.

1 graph) test. In the test, Ruby ent term which ends when the Damage was listed at $250 to i denied that there was any annuai election takes place this the Hartwell auto and $400 to spiracy connecting him the month. that driven by Shields and own- assassination of President John Ro oBier course ed by the Spencer Chemical; E. Kennedy. I Corporation.

i Ruby denied knowing Oswald, Arrest Of Armed Group In Florida Squelches Plan To Invade Haiti MONDAY MISHAP Considerable damage resulted yesterday afternoon at First and Jackson Streets when a driver got something in his eye. The car crashed into a fire hydrant and eventually came to a halt astride the sidewalk. Driver of the vehicle, James E. Beagle, 26, 229 West Second Street, was charged by city police with reckless driving. Roy Harrold Not Candidate For Bank Director Because Of Dispute Things Going On In Rushville Tonight Lions Club, Durbin Hotel Kiwanis Club, Durbin Hotel Bible Study, First Pentecostal Church Home League, Salvation Army Eagles Lodge City Council Jaycees, Jaycee Hall Welcome Wagon Newcomers of Albert and Laura Lee Cherry club Campbell, and was married on Alcoholics Anonymous, 1112 June 18, 1929, to May Taylor, Nor(h Ar(hur and he denied personally knowing Dallas Police Patrolman J.D.

Tippit whom Oswald also was accused of shooting to death on an Oak Cliff Street soon after President Kennedy was killed. Since being taken to the hospital. Ruby had insisted on another lie detector test in an effort to prove there was no conspiracy. Experts and doctors said the advanced state of his cancer prevented the test from having validity. Ruby had been only cessful when he shot Oswald and was thrown to the floor by Dallas police.

was open to me, even if I had 1 a desire to remain on the said Mr. Harrold. probably would not have been elected anyway since I saw fit to disagree publicly with Philip Willkie over the erection of a bridge over Main Street near the corner of Second and Main to link the present bank build- I ing with the one across Main street which was formerly occupied by the American National Bank. believed it would serve no useful purpose and would be I an eyesore to the community. It would have been a waste of I money for the bank and was not needed for the reason giv- over the street to further its own interests to the detriment of its competitors.

The city attorney agreed with that position viNe Street Department are Public Given Reminder On Trash Piek-Up The employees of the Rush- and other attorneys likewise agreed. In spite of the advice of the city attorney, three members of the city council saw fit to approve the building of the bridge. do not know what the outcome of the dispute will be but I do hope that such a structure making a New resolution to provide better pick-up service on garbage and trash during the new year. The motto is: will do our part, if you will do yours, and observe, and follow a few simple Garbage should be drained, who survives. Mr.

Campbell was graduated from Butler University where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. In addition to his church membership, he was a member of Phoenix Masonic Lodge and the York Rite, the American Legion Post and the Eagles Lodge here and the National Retired Teachers Association. Mr. Campbell was an honorary member of the Music Study Club and a former member of the Rushville Rotary Club. Surviving with the widow are two daughters, Mrs.

Philip (Nancy) Badger of Hieksville, Long Island, N.Y., and Mrs.) Larry C. (Joyce) Spillers of Davenport. Iowa: two sisters, Mrs. Norma Perkins and Mrs. Grace Chase, both of Los Angeles, and three grandchildren.

A brother and a grandchild preceded him in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday. At 52, Ruby was known as the en; namely to provide more operator of the Carousel Club, a storage space for the bank. It Princess Theatre Continued on Page Three Normal Weather Due To Remain By The Associated Press Seasonable weather prevailed over Indiana today with daytime highs predicted in the 30s over most of the state.

With most of the state under partly cloudy to overcast skies, the chance of light snow was forecast for the northern half. Slightly colder weather overnight was expected to drop Wednesday morning tempera- tures to the upper teens in the north and mid 20s in the south, Highs Wednesday were forecast in the 30s. was not needed because the floor space in the bank building is being more than doubled by the present remodeling pro- gram. I believed then, and I still believe, that the bank had no legal or ethi- cal right to use the air space Roy Wills, 70, War I Veteran, Dies Monday Roy Wills, 70, 402 East Seventh, died at 1:05 a.m. Monday at the U.S.

Hospital in Indianapolis where he had been a patient since December 19. A World War I veteran, Mr. Wills spent most of his life in Rushville. He was born in southern Rush County on December 2, 1896, the son of Henry L. and Clara Hines Wills, and was graduated from New Salem High School and Indiana State College.

is never erected. Main and Sec- wrapped in newspapers and kept ond is just as important an in- in a container with a lid on it tersection to Rushville as Illi-1 to prevent freezing as much as nois and Washington street (the, possible, and prevent dogs crosssroads of America) is to; scattering it on the Indianapolis. Can you imagine ground. a bridge being built from the Paper and cardboard should Claypool hotel across Illinois be burned in a separate con- street to the building on the tainer. Unburnable trash such northeast corner? i as glass and tin cans should is not the first time I be put in containers to be pick- ever disaggreed with Mr.

Will- ed up. kie since serving on the board. Xhe pick-up schedule is the In the past I have gone along same as in the past years with with the majority for the sake the downtown area and all terri- of harmony. Anyway one vote tory east of Morgan Street be- in opposition would mean noth- picked up on Monday and ing on a board of five members. Tuesday.

Besides Mr. Willkie controls the xhe west of Morgan stock in the bank and there- street to the Nickel Plate Rail- fore elects the road and north of the I Railroad is serviced on Wednesday and Thursday. The section west of the Nickel Plate Railroad and south of the Railroad east to Morgan Street is picked up on Friday and Saturday morning. As only one pick-up per week is possible, it is necessary that Approval of a compromise set- garbage and trash be put out tlement of a damage suit was on fbe Bays allotted for that granted this morning in the i section. Rush Circuit Court.

If these suggestions are fol- The case, venued here from lowed, every effort will be made Hancock County, involved an give the citizens of Rush- accident which occurred in 1964 viBe better service during the on the New Palestine school new year, Street Commissioner playground. Plaintiffs in the Edward Lushell said, case were Mr. and Mrs. John Crane and their daughter, Marcia Jo, and the defendant was Evelyn Boring. Mrs.

Boring was a physical education teacher in the school and the girl, now 15 suffered a compound fracture of the arm Compromise Approved In Venued Case KEY WEST, Fla. band of heavily armed Latin exiles and American adventurers was arrested in the Florida Keys Monday night, apparently squelching a vest-pocket invasion of Haiti. However, one of the invasion organizers said today that a boatload of commandos got away. Rolando Masferrer, a former Cuban senator who hoped the invasion might eventually lead to the overthrow of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, Accident And Thefts Reported To City Police City police investigated a one- car crash here yesterday afternoon and have received three complaints of thefts. The accident occurred at 4:15 p.m.

at the First and Jackson Street intersection. A car driven by James Earl Beagle, 26, 229 West Second Street, smashed into a fire hydrant. Beagle told officers that he lost control of the auto when something got into his eye. He was traveling west on First and attempted to turn onto Jackson. After breaking off the hydrant, the car continued on up onto the sidewalk.

Damage to the car, owned by Loren K. Tillison, 820 East Roosevelt, was listed at $800. Beagle was charged with reckless driving and directed to appear in court within five days. Raymond Forkner, manager of the Rush County R.E.M.C., reported to police this morning that a large quantity of copper wire had been stolen from the firm some time between Saturday and this morning. Mr.

Forkner indicated that the stolen wire was valued at $559.91. Entry to the building was gained by prying open a window on the south side. The intruder went to the storeroom and removed the wire. The stolen wire included 613 pounds of no. 6 and 154 pounds of no.

4. The wire, all new. was in 200- pound rolls. A car, stolen from a garage here on Sunday, was recovered yesterday at 7:30 a.m. in the 300 block of West Seventh Street.

The car was owned by Mrs. Jesse Wyatt, 506 North Main Street, and was removed from a garage there. Jessie Hayes, 223 West Third Street, reported that $10 in change was stolen by a person who broke into the residence. The thief gained entry through the back door. The theft occurred sometime between Dec.

21 and today. Roy Lee, 832 West First Street, reported the theft of two spin ner hubcaps from his auto parked in the backyard of the residence. Also reported was a possible break-in at the Allied Heating firm, 224 Buena Vista Avenue. The front door was found open at 6:30 p.m. last Friday and the incident was reported to police last evening.

said 50 men were aboard the ship. in international said Masferrer, who had tried and failed to launch a Haitian invasion in November. can be done about Masferrer, arrested with dozens of other uniformed commandos at a beachfront home in the middle of the Florida Keys, said the ship was to have rendezvoused with two other boatloads of invaders on a Haitian shore this week. Joining forces with rebels inside Haiti, the commandos expected to oust Haitian dictator Francos Duvalier within a week, Masferrer said. Father Jean Baptiste Georges, former education minister under Duvalier, was to be made president.

Thirty days later, Masferrer said, he would have an army strong enough to invade Cuba, striking across the narrow Windward Passage that separates Haiti and Cuba. But U.S. customs agents surrounded the beachfront at Cocoa Plum Beach on a remote section of Key Vaca north of Marathon Monday night and broke up the plans. Twenty-one Cuban and Haitian Miami and New arrested and carried to Key West. Father Georges was among them.

Customs agents said 79 were arrested and carried to Miami in two chartered buses. The jail in Miami said it booked only 52. The war in a motley collection of U.S. Army fatigues, camouflage uniforms and hunting been in the Keys five days getting ready for the invasion. A truck loaded with 1,000 pounds of dynamite was found on the highway Sun- Continued on Page Four Seven Are Fined In JP Court Newkirk Rites On Wednesday Mrs.

Alta Bly Newkirk, 90, of husband when she fell while playingI Indianapolis, whose 1 Glen E. Newkirk was a for- Rushville resident, died NEW FIRST Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Houston of Homer became the parents of the first baby born in Rush County during 1967 with the arrival of Melynda Ruth at 4:11 a.m. today.

Melynda Ruth weighed in at six pounds lOVfe ounces and measured 18 inches. She is the first child. Mr. Houston is employed at the Rodefeld Company here. The court approved a ment against Mrs.

Boring for ln St- Francls IIos' $500 and it was brought out that Mr. and Mrs. Crane had A native of Plainfield, Mrs. accepted $293 in a separate re-1 Newkirk had lived in Indianapo- Mr. Wills was a member of lease.

1 bs After working for Wesley Methodist Church and Rushville National Bank has Ithe Standard Oil Company as the American Legion Post here. fded a complaint on a note a bookkeeper, she was employ- He was formerly a member of against Wesley and Muriel Star- ed as a matron in the Indian- the Masonic Lodge. key, Route 7. The suit sets out apolis Police Department from Survivors include five sisters that the note for $473.72 was 11938 to 1948. Mrs.

Bertha Miller of Colum- executed on March 13, 1962 and bus, Mrs. Margaret Castle- that the balance due now is man and Mrs. Mabel Scott, both $270.62. That amount, plus in- of Rushville, and Miss Helene terest of $177.91, and an attor- Wills and Mrs. Norma Shobe, ney fee of $150, is sought in i both of Louisville, and Rob- judgment.

are a sister and a brother Mr. ert Wills of Middletown, O. In Henry Circuit Court recent- Newkirk is a brother of Charles The Rev. R. A.

Shumaker will ly, a jury found for the defen -1 G. Newkirk of Rushville. conduct services at 2 p.m. Wed- dant in a suit transferred to Services will be held at the nesday at the Wyatt Moore Me- that court from the Rush Court. J.

C. Wilson Funeral Home, morial, where friends may call Joseph F. Tolley was plaintiff 1234 Prospect, in Indianapolis any time, with burial in East in the damage suit and Fran- at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Burial Hill Cemetery.

1 ces M. Norris, defendant. will be at Plainfield. Mrs. Newkirk was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church and the Rebekah Lodge; in Indianapolis.

Surviving with her husband RAIN Partly cloudy and slightly cooler tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight in low 20s; high Wednesday in low 30s. Sunset Today 5:30 p.m. Sunrise .............8:03 a.m. LOCAL TEMPERATURES 8 a.m.

today 26 1 p.m. today 38 Monday, January 2, 1967 Highest 42 Lowest .....................................22 Precipitation None Seven persons have been fined after entering guilty pleas to charges filed against them in Justice of the Peace Court here Walter E. Moore, 33, 533V2 North Jackson Street, was fined a total of $62.50 on charges of reckless and drunken driving. right to drive also was suspended for a 60-day period. He was arrested yesterday at 4 p.m.

on North Spencer Street after police observed his driving. Moore was remanded to the county jail for non-payment of the fines and costs. Robert M. McLaughlin, 24, Route 7, was fined $25 and costs, $43.25, after pleading guilty to a reckless driving charge and his right to drive was lifted for 30 days. McLaughlin was involved in an accident on Road 3 a mile south of here on Dec.

17. Minimum fines of $1 and costs, $19.25, were imposed by JP Robert Hinshaw as follows: John A. Jackson, 29, Carthage, speeding on Dec. 25 on U.S. 52 three miles west; William R.

Ross, 17, Carthage, reckless driving in Rushville Dec. 22; Irene Oetzel, 20, Cincinnati, reckless driving Dec. 30 on a county road near here; and Claude F. Trent, 69, Route 5, Connersville, improper passing on Dec. 6 on Road 44 three miles west of Glenwood.

J.W. Parker, Route 1, Milroy, was fined a total of $17 on an assault and battery charge brought against him by Jean Parker after an incident which occurred on Jan. 1. Vicky Bergen has withdrawn a charge of assault and battery which she filed earlier against her husband, Kenneth. Anderson Man Held In Fatal Shooting ANDERSON, Ind.

(AP) Police held Reggel Marshall, 44, Anderson, on a preliminary charge of murder today in the fatal shooting of his son-in-law. Larry Horton, Anderson, was killed Monday night at home. Police said wife and son and Mrs. Marshall were in the home at the time of the shooting..