The Logan Daily News from Logan, Ohio • Page 1

WEATHER Considerable cloudiness and warmer, with a chance of showers tonight and Tuesday. Lows tonight in the low and mid-50s. he og ily ews TELEPHONES Circulation, Advertising 385-2108 Editorial Department 385-2109 Society 385-2100 One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Year, No. 229 Logan, Ohio, Monday, September 29, 1969 Ten Cents Cleveland Youths Deny Dies Unexpectedly Roswell B. Perkins, 65, president of the Farmers Merchants Bank, died unexpectedly after suffering a sudden heart attack late Saturday afternoon at his home on Greendale Rd.

He had worked as usual at the bank Saturday morning and had played golf with friends at Hocking Hills Country Club in the afternoon. He was watching a televised football game when he was fatally stricken. A resident of Logan since 1941, Mr. Perkins was an outstanding leader in highly successful industrial development program and had received many state, district and local honors for his efforts. He was named as one of the charter members of the Ohio Development Financing Commission by Gov.

James A. Rhodes. While he had planned to retire in the near future, he was still active as chairman of the Logan Trade industrial development committee and as a member of the finance committee of Immanuel United Methodist Church. Among other activities, he was a member of the Logan Rotary Club, the Izaak Walton League and the Hocking Hills Country Club. He had been an employe of the BancOhio Corporation for 46 years, first working at the Ohio National Bank in Columbus before coming to Logan in 1941.

He became president of the Farmers Merchants Bank, a Ohio affiliate, in 1946. Born in Columbus May 21, 1904, he was a son of the late Wesley and Anna Edwards Perkins. He is survived by his wife, Robert H. Rheinscheld Dies, Age 58 Robert H. Rheinscheld, 53, of 105 N.

Wheatland Columbus, died at 2 a.m. today at St. Anthony Hospital, Columbus. Son of the late Henry W. and Bertha Smelts Rheinscheld, he was born in Washington Hocking County.

He was associated with Columbus Plastics, until retiring in July. He was a member of St. Vincent DePaul Society and Holy Name Society, Columbus. Survivors include his wife Catherine two daughters, Catherine E. and Rachel, both of the home; two brothers, Harold of Logan and Gerald of Smyrna, and three sisters, Mrs.

Dorothy Warthman. Mrs. Katherine Howdyshell and Mrs. Lillian Hildabolt, all of Logan. Requiem mass will be held at ,10 a.m.

Thursday at St. Aloysius Church, Columbus, and burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Columbus. Friends may call at the Egan- Ryan Funeral Home, 403 E. Broad Columbus, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Friends may contribute to St.

Vincent DePaul Society or Franklin County Cancer Society. Florence Oviatt Perkins, to whom he was married April 21, 1926, in Columbus; a daughter, Mrs. Dale (Nancy) Mowery of Fountain Valley, a son, Raymond A. of Avon Lake, six grandchildren; a brother, Fred of Columbus and a sister, Mrs. Joe (Rosalie) Agee of Auburn, Calif.

Memorial services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Immanuel United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Hugh Robinson officiating. Private family services will be held at the graveside in Oak Grove Cemetery Tuesday morning. Friends may call at the Heinlein Funeral Home today from 2 to 9 p.m.

Gas Station Holdup Here Last 2 Suspects British Force Willy Brandt Seeks All Arrested Nabbed In Slayings Tries To Stem To Oust Kiesinger At Lancaster Mercury Hits Freezing Here Early Today By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Showers and thundershowers in the western Midwest and in Florida marred a generally clear national weather picture early today. In much of the area from Michigan to West Virginia and Western Maryland, temperatures fell into the 30s. Moist tropical air brought locally heavy showers to parts of Florida Sunday night and early today, with West Palm CINCINNATI (AP) Police here flew to New Mexico Sunday night to bring back one of two suspects wanted in connection with the robbery of a savings and loan firm and the murder of four women. John Leigh. 20, has waived extradition to Ohio to face four first degree murder charges.

Watterson Johnson, 22, asked for a lawyer. The pair were arrested early Sunday morning sleeping in a car near Gallup, N.M., by a state policeman. They said they were hitchhiking with the driver, David Earl Randall, who met them in Memphis, police said. The pair were given a hearing before a U.S. commissioner in Gallup who fixed their bonds at $500,000 each.

They were charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Police Chief Howard Makin, of suburban Delhi Township where the killings occurred, Sgt. Russell Jackson, head of the Cincinnati police homicide squad and Sgt. Harry Bode, Hamilton county police, flew to Albuquerque and drove to Gallup. Two other suspects were in Hamilton county jail awaiting grand jury action on murder warrants in the case.

They are Raymond Kassow, 24, and Carl Ingle, 31. All of the suspects lived in Cincinnati. The slayings took place Sept. 24 in the office of the Cabinet Supreme Saving Loan Co. in which $275 was taken.

women, a teller and three customers, were shot to death in the vault. The victims were Mrs. Lillian DeWald, 41, the employe, and Mrs. Luella and Henrietta Stitzel, and Mrs. Helen Huebner.

The mercury plunged to the freezing mark 32 degrees at Logan early today for a new low, and it was a cool 59 at 11 a.m. Cloudy and warmer weather, with possible showers, is forecast for Tuesday. Beach measuring nearly IV 2 inches during the period. A storm system moving eastward from the northern Plains caused thunderstorm activity to develop in the western Midwest. FTost warnings were up in much of northern Michigan and the Weather Bureau said there was a threat of frost for portions of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio.

West Virginia and Western Maryland. Clear, dry weather dominated the eastern third of the nation and most of the West, with mild to warm weather in the southern states causing predawn temperatures to range from the 50s to the 80s. Nationally, predawn temperatures ranged from 33 at Houghton Lake, to 86 at Yuma, Ariz. Reds Hope To Inflict Heavy U.S. Casualties Graham Attracts Record Crowd ANAHEIM, Calif.

(AP) A new attendance record was set at Anaheim Stadium Sunday by evangelist Billy Graham. A crowd of 49.500 overflowed the seating area on to the field to hear Graham in the third day of his 10-day Southern California crusade. The previous attendance high of 46,500 at the home of the California Angels was set during the All-Star game in 1967. The stadium has 42.500 seats. SAIGON (AP) The U.S Command has a captured enemy document stating that goals are to inflict heavy American casualties to prevent de-escalation of the Vietnam war while the United States is in a position of strength, official sources said today.

The informants said the document was captured north of Saigon Sept. 5 and outlines a program for implementing the Communist command's battle plans. However, the disclosure was coupled with an announcement that enemy activity had dropped to its lowest level in Saigon and 11 surrounding provinces since the week ending last July 26. One source said: intentions remain obscure and his immediate goals are un- Hocking Hills Show First Tinge Of Fall Colors The Hocking Hills are taking on the first tinge of their famed fall colors and visitors are flocking to area state parks to enjoy the autumn scenery. The Class A camping area at Old Cave was filled with 136 units over the weekend, while 20 units camped in the primitive area and 26 people stayed in the scout camping area.

A total of 8,734 visitors registered at the parks over the two- dav period, including 3,526 Saturday and 5,208 Sunday. clear. There has been no evidence of a large-scale effort planned for the immediate future. The captured document said heavy American losses in past campaigns had forced the United States to halt the bombing of North Vietnam and to withdraw 25 000 troops during the past summer. It emphasized what it termed Viet Cong and North Vietnamese diplomatic successes compelling the United States to fight passively and negotiate at the same time in Paris.

Under one heading termed of the United States in the near the document said American policy is to de-Americanize the war gradually with emphasis placed on the preservation of U.S. manpower and materiel strength, trying to end the war in a strong position. The document instructed enemy troops to destroy the South Vietnamese government and its administrative machinery; increase military action and expand the armed forces; heighten the role of the Viet revolutionary government. An official U.S. assessment of the war said elements of four North Vietnamese divisions threatening the 3rd Corps military zone had pulled back to base areas along the Cambodian border, and the enemy 5th movement northward toward the Cambodian border further complicates the situation and offers no tangible indication of the Irish Violence Northern Ireland (AP) British commandos landed in Northern Ireland today to reinforce 3,000 troops trying to stem a new wave of firebombings and street battles between Roman Catholics and Protestants.

One hundred Royal Marine of a force cited during the Korean war for fighting its way to a surrounded U.S. Marine from their base in Fhigland shortly after midnight. Another 500 were due later today. Belfast streets, still littered from weekend fighting in which 10 persons were injured, blazed anew with firebombs that set a bus and store alight. The Royal Ulster Constabulary arrested two men in connection with the arson.

A British army spokesman said: whole area is bubbling with Catholic districts in Belfast, where street barricades came down earlier this month after army guarantees of safety, were blocked again following the weekend violence. Residents threw' up at least two dozen barricades. On Sunday night, mobs InJrled rocks and bottles at British soldiers setting up roadblocks. Troops fired tear gas to clear the crowd. British troops armed with rifles and gas masks used gas to clear mobs from streets near the city center and uncoiled more rolls of barbed wire to fence off the trouble districts.

Lt. Gen. Sir Ian commander of British forces in Northern Ireland issued an appeal for calm and said he called in the reinforcements to relieve overworked soldiers in Belfast and Londonderry. Robert Keith McNeil Dies The Rev. John Lloyd Flvans of Nelsonville conducted a private memorial service Sunday evening for Robert Keith McNeil of Whiting.

at the home of his aunt Miss Mary Louise Bowen, 19(5 N. Market St. He died Sept. 24 at St. Hospital, East Chicago, 111.

Son of Mrs. Grace Bowen McNeil of Logan and the late Dr. C. P. McNeil, he is survived by his mother, a brother Dr.

Edward B. McNeil of Chicago, a sister Mrs. Richard (Jean) Humphreys of Morgantown, W. and several nieces and nephews. Apollo 11 Crew Starts World Tour HOUSTON (AP) The three Americans who went peace for all to the moon embark today on a world tour to promote good will on earth.

Bearing personal greetings to foreign heads of state from President Nixon, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins are scheduled to visit 22 nations in 38 days. They will present to each country a replica of the moon landing plaque bearing the inscription came in peace for all and signed by each astronaut and the President. The astronauts, scheduled to leave Houston today for the first stop in Mexico City, will be accompanied by their wives.

The three are the first astronauts to undertake a world tour in behalf of the United States and the first three-man American space team to go abroad. Their itinerary does the exception of take them to Communist controlled nations or to the warring countries of the Middle Flast, although they have scheduled stops in Iran and Turkey. Col. Borman, commander of the Apollo 8 lunar mission, visited the Soviet Union this spring, prior to the Apollo 11 moon shot. In addition to replicas of the moon landing plaque, the astronauts will present heads of state with metal discs bearing reduced to the size of a pinhead from 73 nations wishing the Apollo 11 mission success.

The original also was left 011 the moon. F'rom Mexico City they will go to Bogota, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in South America before flying to the Canary Islands Oct. 4. In western Europe they have stops in Madrid, Paris. Amsterdam, Brussels, Oslo, Cologne, Berlin.

London and Rome. After visiting Belgrade Oct. 18-19 they go to Ankara, Turkey; Kinshasa. The Congo, and Tehran, Iran. Asian and Pacific stops are Bombay, India; Dacca, Pakistan; Bangkok, Thailand; Darv in and Sydney, Australia; Guam; Seoul, and Tokyo.

They will stop at Honolulu enroute to Houston. BONN (AP) F'oreign Minister Willy Brandt, whose Social Democrats showed the only gains in West federal elections Sunday, notified its parliament today he will try to form a new' coalition government and seek election as chancellor. Brandt issued a statement saying: into account the results of the Bundestag election, in connection with the particularly controversial questions of the election campaign, 1 intend to seek the approval of the majority of the Bundestag for my election as federal At the same time, the Social Democrats notified federal President Gustav Heinemann they would try to form a coalition government with the small Democratic party, breaking their present alliance with Chancellor Kurt George Christian Democrats. If they are successful and Brandt succeeds Kiesinger, it would be the first German government in 39 years to be headed by the Social Democratic party. The Social Democratic party (SPD) won 42.7 per cent ol the vote a gain of 3.4 per cent since the 1965 elections.

The Christian Democrats won per cent a loss ol 1.5 per cent and not enough for them to ride alone The biggest loser was Walter School Democratic party which captured 5.8 per cent of the vote compared to 9.5 per cent in the last elections. The Democrats now have 30 seats in the 49(5 seat Bundestag or lower house ol the parliament. If Scheel agrees to form a coalition with Brandt, the two parties could outvote the Christian Democrats 254 to 242 in the Bundestag. It chooses the next chancellor. New Czech Bosses Begin Purge Of Party Liberals PRAGUE (AP) A weekend purge that swejtt reformer Alexander Dubcek and his supporters from Communist party and government leadership spread today throughout Czechoslovakia.

Reports reached Prague of new regional shakeups from eastern Slovakia to northwestern Bohemia in the Communist party and in the National which controls organizations outside the party. Communist bosses, toeing the pro-Soviet Line, had promised a sweeping party shakeup of organizations, state and economic apparatus, science and in announcing the purges Sunday. President Ludvik Svoboda said a new government would be announced today. Nine cabinet members were thrown out or had their jobs abolished. Dubcek, 47, the former Communist party boss and still very popular, was ousted from the ruling Presidium and removed as president of the National Assembly.

But he retained his seat on the Central Committee. Josef Smrkovsky, one of closest aides in the 19(58 reform era from January until the Aug. 22 Soviet invasion, was removed as vice president ol the National Assembly. A purge list showed that 29 men who backed Dubcek while he ran the country have left the Central Committee. The Czechoslovak news agency CTK said party chief Gustav Husak told a plenary meeting of the Central Committee last Thursday that new membership cards will be issued and that a future plenary session will deal with such a proposal.

Senate's Food Stamp Plan Faces Trimming In House One Bid Received For Water Line River Crossing One bid was submitted today when sealed proposals were opened in City Council chambers for a water line river crossing. The lone bid was submitted by Wayne Miller, Junction City, whose offer was $9,712.50 for laying 225 feet of 12-inch cast iron encased in concrete, plus valves and special castings. The new line under the lloek- nig River between the water well field and waterworks plant replaces one washed out in the May, 19(58 flood. The bid will be studied by the city board of control. WASHINGTON (AP) Backers and critics of a liberalized national food stamp program, successful last week in the Senate.

rate its chances for passage by the House at less than even. a long said Rep. Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash. think we will pass something much less A major stumbling block is the House Agriculture Committee, to which the Senate-passed measure first must go.

be tremendously surprised if our committee approved that type of legislation. In tact, it would astound said Chairman W. R. Poage, an opponent of the Senate program. The version approved by the Senate exceeds by more than $2 billion the amount proposed by President Nixon for food stamps over the next three years.

It also would provide free stamps to families whose incomes fall under $(5() a month. Food stamps now' are purchased by low income families who redeem them for more food than they could buy with cash. The government makes up the difference. Senate passage came after Sen. George McGovern, bypassed the Senate Agriculture Committee and brought the bill directly to the floor.

has introduced a bill similar to and said he, too, hopes to push it on the floor. He said the Senate action puts pressure on the House to pass at least some of the liberalized program. Flames From Derailed Train Peril Corning CORNING, Ohio families were being evacuated from this Perry County town of this morning as firemen attempted to extinguish flames from a derailed Penn Central tank car. The tank car and 1(5 others of a 73-car freight derailed just south of the corporation limits. There were no reported injuries The Highway Patrol blocked off Ohio 13 and is rerouting traffic over other roads.

The train derailed around 8:15 a.m. and firemen were still fighting the blaze two hours later. Corning is 12 miles southeast of New Lexington, the county seat. After Getaway Four Cleveland youths are in Hocking County jail charged with armed robbery following a brazen broad daylight holdup at the Westgate Sohio service station, at the junction of Rts. (5(54 and old U.S.

33, Sunday morning. Being held under $15,000 bond each are Victor Hitterman. 19; Larry Dean Veazey, 20; Robert Lee Moskey, 1 ft. and Richard Robert Yunak, 18. All four pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Judge James Stilwell iu Hocking County Court this morning.

They also face auto theft charges in Lancaster. They were picked up by Lancaster police at the south edge of that city 1(5 minutes after station attendant Mike Kerns was robbed of $40. according to Sheriff Paul Hartman. The four youths stopped at the service station at 8:43 a.m. in two cars, one of which turned out to be a car that had been stolen in Lancaster about 2 a.m.

Sunday. The bandits allegedly drew a gun on Kerns and demanded what money he had He handed over the $40 and then was ordered to go into the station. After Kerns entered the building, a shot was fired through the door, Hartman said, Kerns was able to get a description of the two cars and he immediately called the department. The stolen car was abandoned north of the Bureau store on old Rt. 33 and the four youths proceeded north on Rt.

33 in a 1970 Maverick, which they were driving when apprehended by Lancaster officers. Sheriff Hartman said the front door of the Bureau store was found standing open about 3 a.m. Sunday. The building had been ransacked, he said, by someone apparently looking only for money. All drawers had been opened and searched, he said.

A warrant was issued here this morning to search the auto being driven by the youths when they were arrested. A gun and an empty shell casing were found in the car. The Hocking department is investigating a break-in at the Salt Creek Valley Church on Rt. 56 near Haynes. It reportedly occurred between last Wednesday evening and Sunday morning.

A parishioner told deputies the intruders entered the building by prying open the front door, and stole an electric guitar, amplifier and desk lamp. Drop Charges Against Berets BULLETIN! WASHINGTON (AIM The Army today suddenly dropped murder charges against all eight (ireen Berets accused of killing a supposed double intelligence agent in South Vietnam. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Attorney Henry Rothblatt said today he will go into federal court here to seek the release of three of six Green Beret officers accused of murdering a reported Vietnamese double agent. Rothblatt said that if the court rejects his request he will ask for a hearing to show they cannot be tried fairly in a military court..