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Jeffersonville Evening News (Newspaper) - February 27, 1965, Jeffersonville, Indiana93rd year As Clark county a daily newspaper weather partly Cloudy and warmer tonight. Sunday mostly Cloudy and warmer Low tonight in Tho 30�. Highs sunday in Tho 50s. Mon Day continued mild but turning sharply Collar during Tho Day. Morning lows mid 40s. Amp 93rd year no. 83 Jeffersonville Indiana saturday february 27, 1965 United press International wire service Price five cents tearful tourney aftermath a for Clarksville High school basketball action for the 1964-65 Campaign came to an abrupt end when the generals were bombarded by the new Albany bulldogs at the Jeff fieldhouse in sectional play last night. A tearful cheer Leader Cindy Smith left is comforted by Linda Hills As the faces of other generals boosters in the Clarksville Section Mirror the sadness and disappointment of the occasion. Pictures and accounts of Bhe tournament games appear on the sports Page. / a i reporter describes Block Muslim session editor s note a up re Porter who is White found Cov ring the convention of the Hack muslims to be a disquiet no experience. His Eye witness account of the meeting follows by Wesley g. Pippert United press International Chicago a suddenly it White Many a world any Nore. It was a Black Many a world and my Only claim to it belonging was a notebook and l Lead Pencil. I was uncomfortable. It was Nore than just being a White Nan covering a meeting of the Hack muslims. It was the tension that kept exploding into frenzied a it Lause at the shrill words of he Little Man whose eyes never seemed to Stop darting. It was heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay handsome in a a avy suit and a White Necktie Tilting his Boyish face to catch a very word then shouting and it ringing his big hands together n wild enthusiasm. It was the Stark contrast of he choir like gathering of Nero women resplendent in White and the dark suited in it massive negro men who ringed he platform and the podium rom which Elijah Muhammad poke and who seemed to be everywhere. Watch crowd it was the four negro men who stood at the Corners of the Dat form their eyes constantly weeping the vast coliseum rom behind their dark glasses t was the upper Balcony de erred except for men who Tood scattered about As sent ies. It was the guards who moved n shoulder to shoulder a n d crowded about the podium whenever Elijah Muhammad or by of his family began speak no. We newsmen were told we Ould enter the coliseum at 2 >.m. The hour came and went my we stood at the door of the ancient old coliseum stamping or feet in the cold. Cassius Clay came singing and strutting and banked by a half dozen equally Well dressed Nen dozens of women All of hem with White headdress Long bite gowns White purses White shoes White earrings ame. There were cars big cars a from Illinois Kentucky Georgia. Few enter in time the door opened and he negro Doorman permitted a new of us to enter. Another newsman tried to squeeze in. In was banged against the Loor and tossed out. Once inside we waited again. A . Came and went. We noticed the signs advertising a Temple clothiers a a a shabbat restaurant a a South Park Bakry a a Temple grocery and Market a a Omar upholstery a Temple cleaners a and others a All a part of Muhammad self help finally we were permitted Side for the frisking. We were old to put everything in our Tats. I pulled out my Check ook my identification packet a Lead Pencil my notebook and a Book of matches. A Small negro in a suit like he others confiscated the matches. He made me take off my rubbers. He told me to lift one foot then the other while he examined the soles and heels. He examined my tie pin. Careful search facing me his hands glided Over my body under my armpits and behind my neck. He slapped Between his hands every part of my Topcoat and suit jacket. I wished he would have said something Ari thing. But he did no to i i walked Down the aisles and onto the floor of the 7,500-seat coliseum and i remembered the last time i had been there was for a pro basketball game several years ago. The coliseum Isnit used much anymore. There at the other end of the coliseum was the platform and to the rear of the platform was the podium. The negro guards surrounded it. The women in White banked the platform to the rear and the rear of the platform was a picture of Elijah Muhammad and beneath it was a sign asking for support for Muhammad a three year program. Enthusiastic crowd m u h m ads a a ministers arose to speak and the crowd called out a Wallah they applauded they stood they shouted almost ceaselessly. Then Elijah Muhammad arose and the crowd burst into shouts. For two hours he spoke and for twp hours they kept shouting. Often his voice cracked. Often he coughed. But the Audi ence grasped for every word. I had difficulty understanding his voice through the Loudspeaker which boomed in the noisy auditorium. Once i turned and asked a Muslim guard what Muhammad had said. His hands beat together furiously. But he said not a word. Bid to Amend transportation Bill Defeated by Eugene j. Cadou United press International Indianapolis up a the Indiana Senate today Defeated an Effort to Amend a school transportation code Bill by requiring taxpayers to furnish bus service to private and parochial pupils. Sen. A. Morris Hall a mar Ion tried to insert the amendment in a House Bill up for second Reading in the Senate. His motion carried out the terms of a Bill introduced by two roman Catholic members of the House which required transportation of private pupils in Public school vehicles at a Cost estimated at $2 million a year. Voting with the majority in defeating the transportation Bill amendment was sen. James Plaskett new Washington. The original House Bill was amended in committee this week however to permit but not Force local schools to extend free transportation to the private pupils. Halls motion was Defeated. 25-21 on a Roll Call vote after a a flurry of debate during which Senate president pro Tern Jack Mankin of Terre haute said compelling schools to furnish transportation would a produce havoc with the a this is our Chance to Gie equal privileges to All children a said sen. Marie Lauck a Indianapolis. But on a Roll Call showdown Halls motion lost with four other republicans and 16 democrats joining him in support of the proposal. Only eight working Days remained for the legislature to Settle Many major issues. The Senate finance committee aimed at completing review of the states $1.7 billion budget by tuesday with the Senate to sit As a committee of the whole on wednesday. The House produced a reapportionment plan for itself which is to be combined with one already adopted by the Senate. This like the new map for Indiana a 11 congressional districts both will be thrown into conference committees. The House plagued by failure of its electronic voting equipment struggled through a Friday night session which was highlighted by a running Battle Over the so called a lit to Norb this measure authored by rep. Forrest French jr., Danderson a United Auto workers Union member Calls for creation of an Indiana labor relations Board and authorized Union representation of state employees and does not close the door to the possibility of a strike against the state. Mother of Jeff resident Dies funeral services for mrs. William h. Arnold 82, Mother of a Jeffersonville resident were held today at Pearson a funeral Home 149 Breckinridge Lane Louisville. Burial was in res Haven memorial Park. Mrs. Arnold died Friday at 2 30 a. M. At the Kentucky Baptist Hospital. She resided at 408 Bauer Louisville and was the former Mary Young. She was past president of the Crescent Hill woman a club and a member of the Crescent Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband two sons George y. Arnold Jeffersonville and William h. Arnold Louisville a daughter mrs. John s. Grimes Indianapolis and two grandchildren. A singular Honor a Homer Brumbach right is the first native of Clark county to be nominated for the 33rd degree of masonry and he will receive the highest masonic Honor in september in Cleveland. A member of Jeffersonville chapter 327, order of Eastern Star and the Clark masonic Lodge 40, of which he is a past worthy Patron and past master Brum Bach was honoured by the o. E. with a Surprise presentation of a badge bearing the symbols of the orders to which he belongs. The symbols from the top signify Church and scottish rite Blue Lodge Eastern Star and shrine. Pictured with Brumbach admiring the badge is the Rev Clifford Scholey. We paper shows outright red by Donald h. May be met within South Viet Nam United press International Washington up a not adequate the state department today it made Public massive new Evi it added however that Dence of outside communist a clearly the restraint of the support and direction of the past was not providing Ade guerrilla War in South Viet quaely for the defense of Nam. It termed it a aggression South Viet Nam against Haas real As that of an invading Noil a open without specifying what kind the 71-Page a White paper a it said the United states in which sought to justify u. S. South Viet Nam a will Contin bombings in North Viet Nam be necessary measures of de said the communist inf Ultra sense against the communist Tion into South Viet Nam has armed aggression coming from increased to a new High and North Viet that communist guerrillas there Viet Cong guerrillas who Are relying More and More on once relied largely in locally weapons provided by comm captured arms no a Are re nist countries. Ceiling a Large and increasing the report said that the i quantities of military supplies it Nam conflict is no longer from North Viet Nam much of an a indigenous guerrilla War it originally coming from com but has become a a totally new Monist China and other com Brand of Monist countries the report it said u. S. Policy before a Aid. The recent bombings in the it gave these details North had been based on the an increasing number of Hope a that the danger could weapons from outside communist sources have been seized in South Viet Nam. They include 57mm and 75mm recoil less rifles,., dual purpose machine guns rocket launchers and Large motors and anti tank mines. Many of the new weapons cannot be used with captured ammunition and depend on outside Supply. John Schlafer expires today John l. Schlafer a native of Jeffersonville died today at a nursing Home in Louisville. He lived at 4809 Raven Road Louisville. He was a member of St. Luke Schnirch Jeffersonville. Surviving Are his wife mrs. Margaret Schlafer and a daughter mrs. Robert Susiner Louisville. Quot funeral services will be monday at 10 a. M. At the Mcdaniel funeral Home 4339 Park blvd., Highland Park with burial in Evergreen cemetery. Open House underway an apartment has been completely furnished for the open House being held today and tomorrow at the recently completed units for the City a senior citizens. Mayor Richard l Vissing left is shown at the open House discussing the new units with redevelopment trustee Durward Mitchell. Hours for the open House on Frederick Avenue is until six of clock tonight and from 1-6 p. M. Tomorrow. Mayor Vissing has urged the Public to inspect the facilities. Modern weapons a one captured Viet Cong Soldier reported that his entire Ruben Lucas rites monday funeral services for Ruben w. Lucas 82, father of a Jeffersonville resident will be monday at 2 p. M. At the a Walt Chapel Salem. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Lucas died Friday at 12 55 p. M. At Washington county memorial Hospital. He lived at r. 1, Salem and was a retired Farmer and trucker for the Salem cheese and milk co. He was a member of Bunker Hill Christian Church. Surviving Are two daughters mrs. Audrey Lottich Jefferson Ville and mrs. Fay Welborn Maxwell a son Ivan g. Lucas Salem and four grandchildren. Magdalen Ball Dies at Home mrs. Magdalen Ball 82, died at 4 a. M. Today at her Home in Bennettsville. She was a member of St. Joe Catholic Church. Surviving Are a daughter mrs. Dorothy Kleehamer Ben Nef Casville two songs Arthur Ball Sellersburg and William Ball Memphis. J funeral services will be at 9 a. M. Monday at the St. Joe Church with burial in the Church cemetery. The Rosary will be prayed at 6 p. M. Sunday at the Haas funeral Home Sellersburg. Company. Had Boon supplied with modern chinese communist weapons. More recent a dramatic proof was the capture of the South vietnamese coast of a cargo ship carrying thousands of weapons and More than a million pounds of ammunition largely from communist China Czechoslovakia and North Viet Nam. The cargo and a Cache of arms found nearby on Shore included also More than one thousand stick grenades 500 pounds of int 500 anti tank grenades More than 1,500 rounds of various recoilless Rifle ammunition 2,000 Mauser rifles More than 100 carbines 1,000 sub machine guns and 15 Light machine guns. Large quantities of chemical components for explosives including red phosphorus made in red China have been captured. The communists have made efforts to disguise the origins of the arms the report said. It said a captured document ordered forces to remove markings if necessary by Chisling a so that the enemy can not use it As a propaganda cites Case histories the report presented Case histories of North vietnamese officers technicians soldiers and intelligence agents who either were captured or defected and described their training in the North and their entry into South Viet Nam usually through Laos. It said North Viet Nam maintains an intelligence unit it Calls the Central research Bureau in Hanoi which infiltrates agents into the South. Since 1959, the report said nearly 20,000 Viet Cong officers soldiers and technicians Are known to have entered South Viet Nam under orders from Hanoi. It said there was evidence but no proof that an additional 17,000 crossed Over and that there were probably Many More who infiltrated but were not detected. 5 Hurt in one of five Fred Stadlman Dies in Hospital Fred John Seilman 75, who lived in the Indiana hotel died at the veterans Hospital Louisville Friday. A native of Ashland wise., he had lived Here the past 10 yes frs and was employed As an Interior decorator. He was a Veteran of world War i and a member of the american legion. Survivors include two Sisters mrs. Verna Ellison Jeffersonville and mrs. Grace Shanner Nashville Tenn. And a half brother Leonard Seilman Maitlan Fia it funeral services will be at 2 . Monday at the Coots funeral Home. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery St. Louis to. Five persons were injured in one of five traffic crashes occurring at sixth Street and the expressway in Jeffersonville yesterday. Treated in the Clark county memorial Hospital emergency room were Claire i. Rissler 34, of 616 Redwood dr., Jeffersonville Back and head injuries James d. Cook jr., 37, of r. 3, Jeffersonville facial cuts Geraldine Quebbeman 39, of 2235 Lombardy dr., Jeffersonville head and neck injuries and the Quebbeman woman a two children James six years old and Douglas eight years old both treated for head and neck injuries. The Quebbeman woman and her children were passengers in a 1962 Sedan driven by the Rissler woman. Investigating Jeffersonville police said both cars were travelling North on the expressway at 5 56 . And the Rissler Sedan was slowing Down in a line of traffic. However the Cook Sedan failed to Stop in time and slammed into the rear of the Rissler car. T damage estimated at $275 was listed to the Cook car and approximately $100 damage was reported to the Rissler Sedan. Auto Hitt railing at about the same time a 1962 Sedan driven North by Lana f. Jung 19, of r. 1, new Albany skidded on the Slick pavement near the overpass and struck a curb and guard railing on the West Side of the Highway. Damage was estimated at $200. A rear end collision took place with a 1960 Coupe driven by William p. Deweese 53, of new Albany a being struck from the rear by a 1960 Sedan driven by James s. Lynch 30, of new Albany. Damage estimated at $500 was listed to the Lynch Sedan and approximately $30 damage was reported to the Deweese car. The same location was the site of a crash at 4 38 . Investigating officers said an unidentified car travelling in front of a 1963 Sedan driven North by Woodrow Ricketts 52, of 722 parallel ave., Sellersburg stopped abruptly. Ricketts stopped in time but a 1958 Sedan driven by John s. Wall 55, of new Albany which was following the Ricketts car skidded and rammed into the left Side of the Wall Sedan. Approximately $80 was listed to the Ricketts car and the Wall Sedan received approximately $40 damage. A minor crash was investigated at the a trouble spot at 7 39 . Involving a 1959 yellow cab of Jeffersonville driven by Goethal Pool 57, of Jeffersonville and a 1963 Auto operated by Louis Marlow 23, of new Albany. An estimated $1,500 damage was caused in a collision at 6 34 . On tenth Street 300 feet East of Western ave. Police said a 1964 Sedan driven by Earl Pearcy 67, of 113 Elm St., Clarksville pulled from a supermarket parking lot on the South Side of tenth and attempted to Cross the heavily travelled thoroughfare. However the Pearcy Sedan pulled in front of a 1965 Sedan driven East on tenth by Robert Raymond Myers 31, of 96 Allison ln., Jeffersonville. Myers swerved to the left in an attempt to avoid the crash but his vehicle struck the left Side of Pearcy a car. An estimated $1,000 damage was listed to the Pearcy Auto and approximately $500 damage was reported to Myers Sedan. Another minor mishap took place at 8 49 . At tenth and Western. Autos involved were driven by Martha j. Mcdonough 29, of 216 w. Carter ave., Clarksville and James Roy Gabbard 20, of Marengo ind. Thelma Kelly expires at 35 Thelma Kelly 35, a former resident of Hibernia died Friday morning at Anderson where she made her Home. She was the former Thelma Vest. Survivors include her husband George Kelly infant daughter Rita Mae Kelly three Brothers Robert Vest Jeffersonville Leonard Vest Hibernia and the Rev. Joseph Vest Georgetown and seven Sisters mrs. William Whitaker Jeffersonville mrs. Roy Graebe mrs. Wilson Graebe and mrs. Leonard Perkinson All of Hibernia mrs. Amos Lykins Scottsburg mrs. Kenneth Jones Burkburnett tex., and mrs. Ora Shields Hartford City ind. Funeral services will be held monday at the Baptist Church in Austin. Friends May Call at the Buchanan funeral Home Austin. Orange services set sunday funeral services for Warren t. Orange 44, 514 Chippewa drive Jeffersonville will be sunday at 3 p. M. At the Coots funeral Home. The remains will be taken to Richardson funeral Home Russellville for services at 1 p. M. Monday. Burial will be in the Maple Grove cemetery there. Orange died at 4 a. M. Friday in St. Mary Hospital Cincinnati. He was a member of the methodist Church. Services tonight for fire victim funeral services for mrs. Ethel Peterson will be held at 7 of clock tonight at the Coots funeral Home. Burial will be at Frankfort ind. Mrs. Peterson died Early Friday morning in a fire that destroyed her Home at 927 Mechanic Jeffersonville. A great moment a Joyful Providence basketball coach Pete Murphy is lifted off the floor by one of his players yesterday after the pioneers erased an 18-Point deficit and scored a Well earned Victory Over Georgetown to Advance to today a semifinal round of the Jeff sectional tournament. Pictures and account of tourney play appear on the Sporte Page. A

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