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Vol. 148 Established 1840 Mystery Angle Disclosed In Death Of Carthage Man Investigation is continuing in the case of a 31-year-old Carthage man who was found dead along a road northwest of that community near noon yesterday. Dr. Charles Sheets, county coroner, said today that the death of Edward Wayne Revolt was an apparent suicide but that he has made no ruling as yet in the case. death was caused by a blast from a single barrel, 12 gauge shotgun.

The charge struck him in the chest. Adding an element of mystery to the case was the fact that the shotgun had been reloaded and cocked. points to suicide except for Dr. Sheets said. Revolt had been under psychiatric treatment for some time and was described as disturbed yesterday.

The Carthage man had purchased the shotgun at a Knightstown store earlier in the morning and was visibly upset when he was in the store. The clerk notified European Trip Is Related At Rotary Meeting The local Rotarians heard an interesting and informative talk by Howard Earnest, manager of the Rush County Farm Bureau Association, on his 15-day visit to Europe, at their Tuesday noon luncheon meeting in the Durbin Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Earnest, who accompanied her husband on the trip, were introduced by Hugh Mauzy, program chairman.

Mr. Earnest thanked the Rushville Rotary Club for the opportunity of speaking to its members on their recent visit to Europe. He remarked that they had visited ll European countries, going first to Belgium before visiting Berlin. They spent IO days, he said, in Russia where the people seemed curious, honest and hospitable, adding that they are interested apparently in farming and seemed to be making progress in their agricultural plans. The speaker also said that they visited Hungary and Poland after which they flew from Warsaw to Berlin.

Mr. Earnest said he chose to spend most of his visit in Berlin where he took most of his pictures to supplement his talk. East Ber- Continued on Page Two Athletic Field Will Be Renamed, Honoring Hinshaw athletic field will be renamed Friday night in honor of the late Robert S. Hinshaw, former coach here and assistant commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association for a number of years. Dedicatory ceremonies will be held at halftime of the Rushville- Franklin game with a number of former coaches and school officials being present.

A large stone, bearing the inscription Field, 1962, will be unveiled at the northeast corner of the field. Those in charge of the program are Bob Waggener representing the Alumni Club, and Frank Moore, who will make the dedication. L. V. Phillips, former IHSAA commissioner, and Phil Eskew, his successor, will also be among the speakers.

Others who are expected to be present for the dedication are Herman Keller, IHSAA assistant commissioner; Luther Lockwood, of Columbus, former Rushville school superintendent; C. J. Sellars, of Mooresville, former RHS principal; Everett Light, of Indianapolis, former superintendent; Lewis Darst, Frank Wade, Glen Maple, Paul Dill, all former assistant coaches here, and others. Knightstown police but Revolt was gone by the time they arrived. The clerk later identified both the gun and the victim.

Revolt left his home in Carthage at 11:15 and his death apparently occurred about ten minutes later. The body was noted by a passing motorist near the left rear of his car at about noon. Town Marshal Hugh Trowbridge summoned officers and state police and they assisted Dr. Sheets in his investigation. Scene of incident is across the road from the Riverside Cemetery just northwest of Carthage.

Until he was forced by ill health to quit work six weeks ago, Mr. Revolt had been employed by the Kroger Dairy Company at Indianapolis the last IO years. A resident of Carthage since he was two years old, he was born in Gas City on July 18, 1931, the son of John and Fern Greer Revolt. He was never married. Mr.

Revolt was a member of the Fletcher Methodist Church at Carthage. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Fern Revolt, with whom he lived; two sisters, Mrs. Oliver Reed of Indianapolis and Mrs. Leonard Sullivan, R.

R. 2, Carthage, and two brothers, John Revolt, of Carthage and Donald Revolt of New Palestine. The Rev. Jack Wallace will conduct services at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hampton Mortuary in Carthage, where friends may call after IO a.m.

Thursday, with burial in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown. DISPLAYS HUGE Gayle Dickerson is shown with just one of the many large sunflower blossoms that are growing in her yard on the Nora Cavin farm, north of Rushville. This blossom is 17 inches in diameter. The plants also reach high in the air, and the weight of the blossoms is too much for the stalks. Farmer Boycott Of Markets Reaches Indiana; Effects Disputed Sites Thursday For oman Related Here Funeral service for Mrs.

Clara ae Moore Burton will be held it 1:15 p.m. Thursday at the Bap- ist Church in Lockland, O. A former local resident. Mrs. burton was a sister of Erman jodbey of Rushville.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. oday at the Vorhis Funeral Home Lockland. Film On Races Provide Program At Lions Club A film, of made available through the Perfect Circle corporation, was the program Tuesday night at the Durbin Hotel for the meeting of the Rushville Lions Club. John Merritt and Eckert Alsman arranged the program with Harold Michel acting as projectionist. The color presentation showed two 500-mile auto races at Daytona Beach, for stock cars, and the one at the Indianapolis speedway.

Guests present were Dick Anderson of the Quaker Oats Company, Bill Alsman and George Coons. Vice President Lowell Higgins presided and announced that tickets for the pancake dinner were now in the hands of all Lion members. A pancake and sausage menu will be served by the club at the Rush County Conservation Club building on September 22. Meals will be served throughout the day starting at 6 in the morning and continuing until 7 at night. Slogan for the day is the pancakes you can eat for a will be present during the day to provide entertainment of songs and other talents.

Proceeds from the venture will be used by the Rushville club in its charity program with particular emphasis on sight conservation and cancer therapy at the LU. Medical Center. It is hoped that facilities may be provided so that Rush County can participate as a collecting center in the national eye bank. The eye bank services 30,000 persons in need of corneal transplants. Beverage Board Approves License, Recently Rejected A liquor permit was granted here yesterday to permit the reopening of the Uptown Tavern, 105 West First Street.

The permit was approved by the county alcoholic beverage board at a hearing held in the courthouse. Police Chief James Ravenscraft testified at the hearing and the board voted its approval on the basis that there be no future trouble-making at the tavern. The permit was granted to Don C. Richey, Route Milroy. An earlier application in the name of a corporation had been denied by the board.

Bv The Associated Press Officials of the National Farmers Organization and stockyards operators in Indiana disagreed today on the effectiveness of the campaign to withhold livestock and grain from markets. The NFO, seeking to force processors to sign contracts to buy stock and grain through the organization at prices set in advance, was optimistic over results of the holding action. Stockyards spokesmen minimized its effect. Ed Pendergast, manager of the market institute at the Indianapolis Stockyards, said shipments Tuesday our receipts are not hurt too Pendergast said estimated receipts Tuesday were 3,330 cattle, IOO calves, 8,000 hogs and 1,400 sheep and lambs. A year ago the figures were 4,400, 250, 10,800 and 1,400.

A spokesman for the Evansville Producers Livestock Commission said receipts at Evansville were only about half as large as those a week ago, but he attributed the drop to a heavy run last week and a wait and -see attitude among farmers. W. K. Oyler, manager of the Lafayette stockyards, said, anything, our sales are a bit on the heavy He added. not in the radical part of Oyler said there had been no NFO observers around the stockyards Tuesday.

felt it Thomas Whiting of the Fort Wayne Union Stockyards said. moved a lot of hogs He added that he did expect the market to slow in a week or IO days. The NFO sent observers to count livestock trucks at main highway intersections and to estimate the arrivals of animals at stockyards. Glen Utley of Fort Branch, a national director of the NFO for Southern Indiana, said indications were that the normal run of hogs had been reduced by half and that cattle deliveries had been cut about a Justice Of Peace Fines 3 Motorists Three persons have paid minimum fines of $1 and costs, $18.75, after entering guilty pleas to traffic charges in JP Court here. They are: Donald F.

Meunier, 38, Clermont, improper parking on the roadway, cited on S. R. 244 west of Milroy on Saturday by State Trooper Elvin Comer; Willie Ashe, 30, Gary, improper passing, cited on U. S. 52 near New Salem on Sunday by Trooper J.

F. Kleiman; and Ron Cameron, 17, Route 6, cited August 28 by city police for speeding on North Harrison Street. Rushville, Indiana, Wednesday, September 5,1962 13 Killed As Oil Company Plane Falls RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) Thirteen men died in the crash and explosion of a two-engine private airplane on a farm southeast of here Tuesday night. It was the worst industrial aircraft accident in the history. The twin-engine Lockheed Lodestar, owned by the Ashland Oil Refining was carrying executives from subsidiary companies in Cleveland and Buffalo to Ashland, Ky.

for a sales meeting today. There were no survivors. The death toll of 13 exceeded by one previous high for an industrial aircraft accident a crash near Shreveport, La. on Jan. IO, 1954.

The crash of a Continental Oil Co. plane near Mar ion, Ohio, on July 1959, took IO lives. It was over Lake Milton about 8:30 p.m. when witnessses heard sounds that indicated trouble and saw the plane go into a spin, crashing in bright orange flames that lit the sky. The tremendous explosion littered Glenn 40-acre farm field with human and mechanical wreckage.

One piece of the fuselage was found a mile away. The blast dug a crater five feet deep and about 20 feet in diameter. Among those the Frontier Oil Co. said boarded the plane at Buffalo were Clayton G. Maxwell, OO, vice president of Frontier; Newton A.

Bricka, 43, transportation manager; James A. Mahan 37, manager of marketing; James Whittaker, 52, assistant manager of oil burner division, and Joseph A. Collins, 64, manager of the oil burner division. An Ashland Oil Co. spokesman said four men from another subsidiary, Allied Oil of Cleveland, also were aboard.

They were Twelve Pages Seven Cents Council Hears Objections, Approves Traffic Changes Clarence Duttlinger of Wheatfield, another NFO national director, said potters at Rensselaer and Kouts reported are looking He said the situation was very quite Duttlinger said. Don Miller of Trafalger, district NFO chairman for Johnson, Shelby, Bartholomew and Decatur Counties, said observers were stationed at Columbus and Greensburg. last there seems to be a determined effort among farmers, that here is an opportunity to do something for Miller said. Other Items Come Before Councilmen In other items before the City Council last night the group purchased a new truck for the street department, wiped a nine-year-old annexation measure from the books and approved the rental of a mechanical street sweeper. The council accepted the low bid of Farthing Dodge Sales for the purchase of a one-ton truck at a price of $2,195.

Unsuccessful bidders were Busard Oldsmobile and Christian Chevrolet. The annexation repealer was passed on final reading after suspension. The measure erases an ordinance adding a small area on the south side of First Street to the city. Mayor Chamberlain said that the area involved was of no particular value to the city and added that it was doubtful if the city could provide ser- vi es to the area in a reasonable length of time. my feeling that annexation should originate with the residents involved and not the the mayor said.

The annexation measure has been in Rush Circuit Court since its passage following a remonstrance by citizens living in the area. Councilmen approved a resolution authorizing the mayor and clerk-treasurer to enter an agreement with the Elgin Sweeper Company, Elgin, 111., for the rental of the street sweeping equipment. City Attorney Phillip Badell ruled it was not necessary to advertise for bids on the project. The city will pay about $250 per month for the rental. The council also Things Going On In Rushville Tonight Euchre Party, American Legion.

Odd Fellows Lodge. Women of the Moose. Jaycee Business Meeting. Mahoning Council. Princess Theatre.

Kiwanis Hears Officials From This District Robert Mason, district secretary of the Indiana District Kiwanis Club, was the principal speaker at the regular Rushville Kiwanis Club meeting held Tuesday evening at Cafe. Mr. Mason, of Shelbyville, described the district convention held at Muncie last week. He stated that 837 people attended the convention. The first program held on Sunday evening was a memorial for 73 Kiwanians who died during the past year.

It was reported that four new Kiwanis Clubs were organized in the state this year and there has been a net gain in membership of 237. There were 590 who attended the banquet on Monday evening. There are 8,729 members in clubs in the Indiana district. The speaker was introduced by Kenneth Wedeking, a member of the attendance and membership committee. Other members of the committee are Kenneth Fields, chairman, Irwin Detweiier, and Omer Vakoc.

Nod Stiffler presided at the meeting, Worth Hodson returned thanks, Joe Emerson entertained with dinner music, and Robert Barnett, led club singing. Lt. Governor Herschel Phillips of Brookville was present and announced that a special effort is being made during the month of December in Division IX of which the Rushville Club is a member, to excel all other divisions in activities during the month. Von Knight, chairman of the education and fellowship committee, introduced a new member, Don Smith, principal of the Rushville Junior High School. Earl Chamberlain, his sponsor, gave an educational talk and presented Mr.

Smith with his Kiwanis pin and attendance button. Glen Wisler, new manager for the Rushville Production Credit Association, was a guest. In addition to Lt. Governor Phillips others from Brookville were Lawrence Sheet, Gene Hillman and Rev. Charles Query.

It was announced that Ladies Night will be September 18, and Clarence Cross, chairman of the program committee, is obtaining the special program for the occasion. identified as Jay P. Alexander, 51, will sign an agreement with the executive assistant to the presi- State Highway Department where- deht, Allied Oil; Robert Wulff, 37, by the city will use the mechanical manager of retail fuel oil sales; sweeper on state roads through Wayne T. Wiggins, 37, sales manager, and W. H.

Parr, fuel oil sales representatives for Allied at Ashtabula, Ohio. From the home company, there here and the state will pay the city about $160 per month for the service. Approval was granted for the painting of the exterior of the 1 new shingle roof on the tool shed in Memorial Park. The mayor announced that new arch-type traffic signals will be installed at First, Second and Third Streets on Main. The signals will be provided by the state and installed by the city.

was John W. Drennan, adminis-! Park Restaurant and placing a trative assistant for marketing. An Ashland accountant was believed also to have been in the group. Chief pilot Blaine Berkstresser was aboard, and copilot Ronald Roberts of Ashland also was scheduled to make the trip. First on the scene of the crash 18 miles from this northeastern Ohio city was Richard McKenzie, who lives nearby.

He said he heard a whistling or screaming noise, somewhat like the noise of a jet plane. He saw the red lights of the plane moving in a spinning pattern, then saw a tremendous crash. Flames shot more than 50 feet above the wreckage, he said. Bloomington To Double Area If Ordinance Stands August Reports Of Departments Given To Council Reports of city department heads for August activities were received at last City Council session. Dog Warden Willard Myers reported that 22 animals were taken to the pound, four were released to their owners, homes were found for three and 19 were destroyed.

Four were on hand at the beginning of the month. Fire Chief Roy Stewart reported six city alarms, four in rural areas and three false. No city fire loss was listed. Four fire trucks consumed 83 gallons of gasoline and traveled 191 total miles during the month. Police Chief James report included the following items: reckless driving 3, drunken driving 2, public intoxication 6, disorderly conduct 4, stolen bicycles 8, petit larceny 7, vandalism 3, breaking and entering 5 and juveniles turned over to the probation officer 24.

There were 12 property damage accidents in the month. Tickets paid at 50 cents totaled 462 and 41 paid $1 fines. Local unpaid tickets totaled 64, trucks unpaid 26 and dealers 9. A total of 719 tickets were issued in the month. Police cars traveled 5,298 miles in the month, consuming 537.3 gallons of gasoline.

The August report of the city nurse, Jane Brown, also was received. Mercury Dip To Mid-40s Likely Here BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Bloomington will become a second class city with its area doubled and its population increased 30 per cent if an annexation ordinance adopted Tuesday night stands. The annexation cannot become effective until after a 30-day waiting period. Heated hearings preceded the action, and some sources expect a court fight against the ordinance.

The Indiana Supreme Court knocked out a similar move in 1959, The City Council, acting unanimously in a 15-minute session, added a circle of suburban areas to the city and boosted its population by about 8,000 to an estimated 35,000. The council indicated it will order a special census to establish the new population figure. Mayor Mary Alice Dunlap said salary increases for which city of- the ficials will be eligible as a result of reclassification of the city will not be included in the budget until the fiscal year 1965. By The Associated Press A late summer cool snap dropped early morning temperatures as low as 49 degrees in Northern Indiana today. And indications were tempera tures would fall even lower tonight before sunny weather brings a warming trend Thursday.

A five-day forecast said the warmup would continue through Friday but that cooler weather would return over the weekend. Temperatures as low as middle 40s in the north and cen tral areas and in the mid-50s were predicted for tonight. Clearing skies Thursday were expected to lift them to the upper 60s in the northern two thirds of the state and into the low 70s farther south. Franklin Store outlook was for and warmer weather. FRANKLIN, Ind.

(AP) -About 20 Guns Stolen At Woman Known In County Is Dead Word has been received here of the death Monday of Mrs. Eula Robinson of Campbellsville, who was known and related here. Mrs. Robinson was found dead, apparently of a heart attack, in the Campbellsville Board of Health office about 3 p.m. Monday.

She was employed as a custodian there. A lifelong Campbellsville resident, Mrs. Robinson had visited here several times. A sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Porter of Rushville, plans to attend funeral services at I p.m.

Friday in the Campbellsville Christian Church. Survivors include a son in Campbellsville and one in Indianapolis, a daughter in Louisville, and a brother in Indianapolis. Present Prosecutor Has No Opposition Only one vacancy exists in the two parties in the fall election lineup. County Clerk Dallas Hardwick said today that the Republican party filled its ticket with the addition of Carlos S. Branson as a candidate for the Walker Township advisory board.

Only vacancy in the Democrat party's slate is the prosecuting attorney position and the Republican incumbent, C. Jack Clarkson, will be unopposed for that office in the November voting. The Weather COOL Bus Route Time Hik Trustee Says Major changes in traffic ordinance, providing way streets, were approved last night on first reading by the City Council. The measure proposes, among other things, that Perkins Street be one-way southbound and Morgan Street one-way for northbound traffic. The action amends the 1951 traffic ordinance.

The proposed amendments were detailed in last edition. Less than a dozen persons were on hand for a hearing on the proposed changes. Vote of the council was unanimous. It is expected that the amending ordinance will be before the group for second reading at its next meeting. Final passage probably will not be accomplished before next month.

Mayor Earl Chamberlain opened the meeting by explaining that the traffic changes were the work of a state traffic survey group which visited the city sometime ago for a two-week study. A local citizens traffic advisory group then conducted several meetings, adopting some of the proposals and discarding others. First to speak in opposition was Donald Alexander, Rushville Township trustee. He said that the action in making Perkins Street one-way southbound will involve about 270 children in public and parochial schools. Three townships, Rushville, Jackson and Union, and eight school buses are involved.

made a dry run yesterday on the bus route and it will add IO minutes or more to each the trustee said. children are on the buses an hour and 25 minutes each trip and if you add ten or 15 minutes, be on the bus around three hours a day. Some of the parents are unhappy about the prospect of their children being on a bus for such a Marshall Axsom, Webb principal, pointed out that the recommended limit of the state is that bus time not exceed one hour and ten minutes. Mr. Alexander said that none of the trustees or advisory boards were consulted by the citizens group in its meetings on the traffic changes.

He added that Harold Dick, city superintendent, and Jack Brown, the school representative on the advisory council, know nothing of the school bus routes. Objections to the one-way traffic and other changes also were voiced by Robert Newby, Marion Finney, Donald York and others. The hearing brought out that emergency vehicles will be permitted to proceed against the traffic on the one-way streets and John Thomas, who is chairman of the advisory council, said that it has been proved to be safer that way. School children on bicycles also will be permitted to ride against the traffic. Virtually all of the objections heard at the hearing pertained to the proposal to make Perkins Street one-way south.

A few complaints were voiced concerning the parking limitations on one side of the street. total between one-fourth and one- half an inch in showers about Saturday. For the southern and central Brother Of Local Resident Is Dead Robert L. Maze, 58, of New Castle, brother of Malcolm Maze of Rushville, died Tuesday while working at the Chrysler Corporation plant there. Mr.

Maze, who had been in ill health for several months, had visited in Rushville on several occasions, In addition to the brother here, he is survived by the widow, one son, his parents, three sisters, another brother, two stepdaughters, a stepson and two grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Macer Funeral Home closing time and unlocked a rear Precipitation Trace in New Castle with burial in door. 1 (Data by U.S. Weather Station) South Mound Cemetery Fair, quite cool tonight; low in mid 40s.

Fair, slightly warmer Thursday; high in low The long-range forecast for the 20 guns valued at $500 were re- north called for temperatures to ported taken early today in a average about five degres below burglary of the DePrez Scott Sunset today 7.07 normal highs of 74-80 and lows of Hardware Co. in downtown Sunrise Thursday 6.14 a.m. 55-58. Rainfall was expected to Franklin. I LOCAL TEMPERATURES Police said a small quantity of I 8 today ammunition was taken along with today 62 the shotguns, rifles and pistols.

Officers said preliminary inves- Tuesday, September 4 portions the prospect was for ligation indicated someone may Highest ...80 temperatures averaging four to have hidden in the store before Lowest 57 eight degrees under the normal high of 78-85 and low of 57-62..