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THE TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS DIAL 232-0581 COMPLETE WIRE SERVICES OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Vol. 175. TEN CENTS. FINAL EDITION Terre Haute, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1967.

HILL 885 BATTLE RAGING Americans Root Out Dogged Reds By GEORGE ESPER SAIGON S. reinforcements poured onto Hill 875 near Dak To today as American artillery and planes fought doggedly to root out last entrenched North Vietnamese. With at least 246 Americans killed, 860 wounded and an estimated 1,290 North Vietnamese killed, the cost of the 20-day-old campaign around Dak To has been exceeded in the war only by the 30-day campaign just before Thanksgiving 1965 in the la Drang valley and around nearby Plci Mei. In that one 371 Americans and 105 South Vietnamese were killed, 558 Americans and 248 South Vietnamese were wounded, 1,771 Communists were killed and 138 were captured. At noon today, after 72 hours of fighting, two U.S.

battalions appeared to be in nearly full control of Hill 875. They were clawing their way toward a bunkered ridge line leading off I the crest and still held by the enemy. The Oak To fighting has become the longest sustained battle of the war, but U.S. officers believe the fighting is petering out. They believe the 174th North Vietnamese regiment, in reserve to the northwest to Dak To, was committed to Hill 875 as a diversionary move so North 32nd and 66th regiments could slip away to the Cambodian border on the southwest and sanctuary from pursuing American troops.

have to give the enemy his said one senior U.S. officer. he had outstanding morale and discipline. He stood his on Hill 875. The battle for Hill 875 since noon Sunday has cost 79 American paratroopers killed and another 178 wounded, including seven killed and 38 wounded in a fierce clash at dusk Tuesday.

Another battalion of U.S. infantrymen moved onto the hill today, increasing the American strength to 1,500. South Vietnamese headquarters reported that two more battalions of government troops also had been moved to Dak To. U.S. fighter-bombers continued their round-the-clock hammering of the deep bunkers in the side of the bill.

I S. bombers mounted three raids today on nearby areas. The eight-engine Stratofor- pounded suspected troop concentrations 12 miles northeast of Dak To, suspected enemy support bases and infiltration and withdrawal routes 16 miles west-southwest of Dak To, and a suspected enemy area 15 miles north-northeast of Dak To. Elsewhere in South Vietnam, I a multibrigade force of U.S. 25th Division and South Vietnamese troops pressed a new operation iii the Viet Cong infested Iron Triangle north of Saigon.

U.S. headquarters re ported two company-size actions 20 and 31 miles northwest of Saigon Tuesday, with five U.S. in Continued on Page 13, Col. 6. Continued On Page 2, Col.

6. JFK Assassination I Marked By Services BUS unidentified newsman checks the remains of a school bus after a moving van and an auto piled into the back of the bus on S. 40, east of Cumberland. One boy on the bus was killed. Five people in the automobile were also killed.

S. E. Sebastian, Hancock County sheriff, said was the worst accident seen in nine years on the AP Wirephoto. Man to Man Truck-Bus-Auto Crash Kills Six Fighting Is Real Savagery By PETER ARNETT HILL 875. Vietnam (AP) Hour after hour of battle gave the living and the dead the same gray pallor on Hill 875.

At times the only wav to tell them apart was to watch when the crashed in on the exhausted American paratroopers. The living rushed unashamedly to the tiny bunkers dug into the red clay. The wounded squirmed toward the shelter of trees blasted to the ground. The up in bunkers or face down in the move. Since Sunday the most brutal fighting of the Vietnam war has ebbed and flowed across this remote hill in the western sector of the Dak To battleground.

The 2nd Battalion of the 173rd Airborne Brigade went up 875 first. It nearly died. Of the 16 officers who led the men across the ridgeline Sunday, eight were killed and the other eight wounded. Eleven of the 13 medics died. The battalion took its first casualties at midday Sunday as it crested Hill 875, one of the hundreds of knolls that dot the ridges in the Dak To fighting region near the Cambodian-Laotian border.

All weekend as the paratroopers moved along the jungle hills enemy base camps were uncovered. The biggest was on 875 and Company lost several men in the first encounter w'lth CUMBERLAND. Tnd. (AP) Six persons were killed and 13 i injured Tuesday in a fiery collision on U.S. 40 that involved a school bus taking 35 pupils home from classes.

Only one of those killed was aboard the bus. and state police credited the unidentified driver of a stone truck with preventing an even greater loss of lives. Authorities said a furniture van crashed into the rear of a car which had behind Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Indiana Traffic Deaths 1,364 Nov. 22 Last Year 1,363 the bus discharging pupils a half-mile east of Cumberland. The one pupil killed was Randy B.

(learids, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mires and a pupil at South Hancock High School in New Palestine. The other dead, all occupants of the ear, were listed as: James O. Stafford, 37, a Lawrence mail carrier.

Steven Stafford, 5. his son. William L. Shields. 4, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas L. Shields, Indianapolis, nephew. John A. Shields, 2, brother.

Sherri Kav Canada, 5. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Canada. Lawrence.

The van driver, Clarence Hanley, 50, Salina, was injured seriously. Police said the semi trailer truck plowed into the rear of auto, catapulted over it. smashed through the rear of the school bus and caught fire. Three pupils were trapped inside the bus until the driver of the stone truck used its crane to pull Hic bus from the blazing semi. Donald Kitley, 41, Rt.

New' Palestine, driver of the bus, said he had just discharged two youngsters when a big furniture van slammed into the car, smashed over it and penetrated the rear of the Kitley, who escaped injury, said after the crash he saw flames start up from the front of the truck. Motorists immediately stopped to help evacuate children from the bus. Twelve pupils were injured, and all but three were released after treatment at hospitals. Jeannette Sanders, 17. and Margene Ortel, 17.

both of suburban Indianapolis, were listed in critical condition at Community Hospital in Indianapolis. Debbie Ostermier, 16. suburban Indianapolis, was reported in lair condition. Randi R. Kirby, 16.

said just as he stepped from the bus he looked around and saw the truck coining. looked like it was slowing he said. threw my hands up over my head to protect myself when I saw the truck was going to hit. Glass flew everywhere, and flames started coming out of the The youth ran lo help other children get off the bus. Tina Peters, 16, Cumberland, said after the crash of the kids started screaming and She said Debbie Ostcr- Continued On Page 2, Col.

7. By TOM JOHNSON DALLAS, Tex. (ZP) Churchmen of three faiths hold a simple, one-hour observance today at Dealey Plaza, where gunfire cut down President John F. Kennedy four years ago. A city park spokesman said he anticipated that more than the usual number of floral wreaths would be placed at the site by anonymous persons today.

Bishop Thomas K. Gorman of the Dallas-Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese. Rabbi Gerald Klein and the Rev. S.M. Wright of the Peoples Missionary Baptist Church were asked to conduct the service.

Mayor Erik Johnsson also was a scheduled speaker. Ever since the assassination, mourners have placed bouquets and wreaths at Dealey Plaza, and for a while, the nearby two-square-block area was near' ly covered by flowers. Now, with the passage of time, fewer flowers are to be seen. Tuesday there were only I three. Two bore no message but the third had a note attached that read simply: Still, visitors come to Dealey Plaza.

They take photographs of the Texas School Book Depository. where, the Warren Commission said, the fatal shots were fired from a sixth-floor window. They walk down the sidewalk parallel to Elm Street, where the president was hit. They point to the triple underpass, through w'hich the presidential motorcade rushed to Parkland Hospital, five miles away. Mostly, though, they just stand and look, perhaps reliving in their minds the tragic event that happened there Nov.

22, 1963. Dallas leaders have decided not to make Dealey Plaza the official Kennedy Memorial site in Dallas. The Kenedy Memorial Plaza, a block-square park, is to be two blocks to the east. Plans call for the memorial plaza to be completed in early! 1969, or after the fifth anniver-; sary of the assassination. PRESIDENT'S WREATH Col.

Haywood Smith of the Marines, a White House aide, places President wreath today at the grave of President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery. Kennedy was slain four years ago today. Assisting are Et. Leif Aamot of the honor guard and cemetcr superintendent John Metzer.

AP Wirephoto. Kennedy Brothers Local Farmer Visit JFK Grave The Weather By U. S. Weather Bureau (Weather Map On Page 8.) Ii a.m .15 Noon 9 34 2 p.m 40 River stationary. LOCAL CONDITIONS Highest temperature yesterday.

lowest temperature last night, 33: precipitation, .01. By MARTHA COLE WASHINGTON (AP) The two brothers of President Kennedy went in the cold mist before daybreak to his grave iii Arlington National Cemetery today, the fourth anniversary of his assassination. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D- came at 6:45 a m.

and stood silently for a moment at the spot where Kennedy is buried and the eternal flame flickers. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D- N.Y., came shortly after 7 a m. but, apparently seeing television FORECAST TERRE HAUTE AND ly iloudy and a little colder tonight, rarity sunny and a little warmer Thursday.

Low tonight 25 to 33. High Thursday 48 to. 53. Precipitation probability percentages 20 tonight, IO Thursday. cloudy and a little i older tonight.

Low 25-33. Partly sunny aor) a little warmer Ihursday. High I 48 53 Preripitation probabilities 2o per gv I nflcd Press International cent tonight and IO per cent Thursday. cloudy today with a i hance of a little occasional snow. Tartly loudy and a little colder tonight.

Highs today 35 to 42. Lows tonight 24 to 30. Thursday partly sunny and warmer. NOW YOU KNOW Temperature street thermometer, 8 a.m.. Sis 2 p.m..

41. The original Ku Klux Klan was formed on Christmas Eve, 1865. as purely a social club by six young Confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tenn. Families Gather To Give Thanks was the theme of the message pre sented to employees of Goodwill Industries as they met, for the first time, in the beautiful chapel of the Lutheran Student Center. Rev.

Robert Stuenkel, campus pastor for students of Indiana Slate University and Rose Poly, invited the handicap pod men and women of Goodwill to hold their Thanksgiving observance at (he Student Conter. Rev. Denver Shipley of (he Free Methodist Church was the guest speaker and he listed the many things we have to be thankful for By MARY ANNE PIERCE Tribune Staff Writer Thanksgiving, 1967 will find most Americans counting their blessings and gathering in the spirit of fellowship and charity as did their ancestors in 1621 during the first feast of thanksgiving. Homes throughout the country will be filled with families gathering for the holiday. In many of those homes, thoughts will turn to loved ones spending Thanksgiving in some remote jungle outpost or at a mess hall.

And many Thanksgiving prayers will be made in hopes that loved ones will be returned home safely for next holiday. Turkey will head the traditional Thanksgiving menu, whether it be the new frozen turkey roast variety, that with each slice brings a blend of white and dark meat, or the old style twenty-pounder that mom spends hours thawing, basting and fretting over only to have the kids wreck her efforts with one battle to determine who gets the wishbone. It will be a toss-up in most homes to see if frozen or fresh oysters, mashed potatoes, cranberries, hot rolls and pics are used to make up the remainder of the menu. Blessings will be shared with others in many private homes and in public institutions and hospitals. The Salvation Army, 121 S.

8th will be an example of traditional Thanksgiving fellowship and charity as volunteers distribute over 40 baskets of food to needy families. The food donated by other thoughtful individuals, churches, civic organizations ana schools. The Lighthouse Mission, 119 Ohio will see that at least 25 homeless persons are cared for during the holiday Forty-five inmates at the Vigo County Jail will also sit down to turkey and all the trimmings as will 88 elderly residents of the Vigo County Home, IOO youngsters at the Glenn Home and those at the Vigo County nptrntinn Center. cameras behind the grave, left quickly. At 9 a.rn Lt.

Col. Haywood Smith, Marine aide at the White House, brough! a wreath from President Johnson. The colonel stood for a moment and then saluted Six honor guards at the grave clicked their heels and saluted at the same time. Others came in the early morning, swelling the count of visitors which already has reached 21 million. No special ceremony wasi planned at the site.

Each year on this date Kennedy relatives and old friends have in quietly to bring flowers and stand a while in remembrance. In downtown Washington, the 12:10 p.m. Mass at St. Cathedral was to be offered for Kennedy. Kings and queens and heads of state gathered there four years ago for his funeral Mass.

When heads of state I sit Washington now they make it a part of their official schedule to place a wreath at the Kennedy grave. Anyone may bring flowers to the Kennedy grave, and many I do. Tuesday there wfas one yellow rose lying on the granite, and behind the grave a spray of carnations, two baskets of gladioli and a red rose. It was, a quiet place. Mothers hushed their toddlers as they climbed the white marble steps.

Some men removed their hats for a moment. Two women brushed away tears Disarms, Nabs Runaway Boy By JACK HUGHES Tribune Staff Writer Andrew Drake. 67. of RR 2, faced down two guns and captured a 15-year-old runaway from Gibault School Wednesday, ending an overnight search for the boy described by authorities as of being The youth, identified as Joseph John Olinger of Fort Wayne, left the Catholic home for boys between 5:30 and 5:45 m. Tuesday.

State Police Troopers Tincher and Don Bovensehulte picked up the runaway youth ai the Drake farm home where he was being held by the senior citizen. The Drake farm is about 2 miles west of Pimento. Ile said that he was working in the barn when the boy came down from the hayloft where he said he had spent the night. Drake reported that the youth then pulled a gun and ordered the farmer to drive him to Fort Wayne. The citizen grabbed the gun and struggled with the boy.

The youngster then pulled a second gun. Drake reported. you think I wasn't mighty busy for the next few i The struggle continued until the older combatant had both guns and the youth Continued On Page 16. Col. 5.

The Country Farson LEGAL FIG LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Placing legal fig leaves on presentations of the human is not the business, the state Supreme Court declared Tuesday. The court, ruling that the International Nudist Sun was not an obscene publication, said it followed the U. S. Supreme finding that the nude human form in a nonsexual context is not obscene. The state court thereby affirmed an original judgment by the Los Angeles Municipal Court which had been reversed by the District Court of Appeal.

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