Lancaster Eagle-Gazette from Lancaster, Ohio • 1

uraaater Weather Sunny, warm today, high In low tn 50s. Sunday, sunny, warm. Society 4 Sports 8, 9 Vital Statistics 13 Business News 14 YOUR NEWSPAPER S1JSCE 1809 LANCASTER, OHIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1968 ESTABLISHED 1809-No. 43 24 PAGES 13c PER COPY Dr. E.

B. Roller Dead; I' 'f murder Charges Filed. 7 ant greeting for everyone vis-j country doctor, physician and surgeon, became an inspiration (Turn to Page 13, Col. 5) Arrangements are being completed by Kistler Brothers Funeral Home, Lithopolis, with burial in Lithoplis Mausoleum. The family suggests contributions be made to the Aladdin Shrine Crippled Children, Columbus.

r. By MARY CLARK Eagle-Gazette Staff Writer Dr. E. B. Roller is dead.

Fairfield County's oldest practicing physician, with 63 years service, died at 3:25 a.m. today in Mercy Hospital, Columbus, where he had been unconscious since April, following a beating at his home in Lithopolis by two Columbus men. An affidavit was filed this il ltine his familiar green resi dence, shaded with huge awn ings, on Lithopolis' main street, watched medical knowledge grow and change greatly in his years. Bespectacled, with a wisp of white hair, Dr. Roller once said: "Doctors had to do things for themselves in the old days.

Until the mid -twenties, most of the babies I delivered were born at home." Dr. Roller's flower and rock garden, behind his house, attracted many friends who just came to pass the time and talk. DESPITE amputation of his right leg in June, 1961, he con-tinued to make house calls and mix his own drugs, rather than write prescriptions for his pa tients, from a wheeicnair. lie was still doing this in 1965. Dr.

Roller, who served as Saigon morning by Fairfield County Prosecuting Attorney E. Raymond Morehart charging Fred A. Grambo, 51, and William R. Gallagher, 35, with felony mur derthe killing of another in perpetration of robbery. GRAMBO has been in the local jail since his arrest in mid-April, however, Gallagher has been free on bond, 'i Dr.

Roller, who would have been 90 on Aug- 1, is survived by nieces and nephews. gar Grove Rd. south of Lancaster yesterday, at 2:25 p.m. The driver of the other car, Edward L. Francis, 44, Logan, was headed in the opposite direction, and hit the Spangler vehicle when it STATE HIGHWAY Patrol Cpl.

Don Schick is shown completing his report on this accident that seriously injured two Lancaster residents. One of the persons Injured, Michael Snyder, 17, of 138 Beech-wood was reported In Mishaps Injure Several Seriously A-C Football Star i Victim Of Accident Under Constant Rocket Barrage "i crossed over into his side of the road. Spangler was also injured seriously in the mishap, and was reportedly doing well in Lancaster-Fairfield County Hospital (Photo by Ned Webb.) These whooping cranes, new- ly hatched, are on exhibit at the Patuxent Wildlife Re- search Laurel, Md. v. -I "The grand old man of med icine" was born the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Elijah Roller, in 1878 at Greencastle. He entered Starling Medical School in 1890 antt graduated in 1905, opening his practice the same year in Lithopolis. A FORMER staff member of Mercy Hospital Dr. Roller made his rounds in the early 1900's with a horse and buggy, He bought his first automobile a Maxwell in 1911, which made it possible to rush a patient to the hospital at a top speed of 38 miles an hour.

Dr. Roller, who had a pleas captive population of whoop- ers, rarest of birds, to a rec- ord 22. (UPI Telephoto.) ally control the flow of water through the channel, 'keeping it at a constant level, regardless of flood conditions elsewhere. With automatic equipment, there would be no chance.of human error. Extra water would be diverted along the by-pass, back into the South Fork.

THE SOUTH FORK by-pass would in turn change the course of the river, so that it would run parallel to Interstate 70. Also heroine to stem the tide of ris ing floodwaters would be four flood-control dams along the south fork. (Turn to Page 7, Col. 3) Tags Dr. E.

B. Roller killing one civilian and injuring eight other persons. The attack was the first time since Tuesday that the higfi explosive shells have into the city limits, on tnat day. 26 rockets hit during the busy morning hours and killed persons. "Each time a vouey oi (Turn to Page 13, Col.

6) Hanoi Won't QuitVntil U.S. Pullout PARIS (UPI) Hanoi's chief delegate to the Paris Vietnam War talks said in a statement published 1 today that North Vietnam will keep fightmg until American troops are gone and all U.S. bombing is stopped. ins sutieurcm, uj auq.i Thuy, repeated Hanoi's hard line on the Pans negotiations. Thuy delivered the statement at a recepuuu ui ueu.c organization Friday and it was "If the Americans do not cease unconditionally their bombings of North Vietnam, ana if they do not evacuate their.

troops from South Vietnam, our people will fight until, final victory," he said. W. Averell Harriman, the chief U.S. negotiator, warned the North Vietnamese in the last session of the talks that the wave of terrorist rocket and mortar attacks on the South Vietnamese capital could have "the most serious consequen ces" on the Paris talks. tfarlv Saturdav.

Viet Cong guerrillas mounted their first mortar attack on Saigon in tour days and the rebel Viet Cong radio station Friday boasted it would pound the capital with 100 rockets a day starting Monday. Although the United States is-not exoected to break off the talks, western conference sour-; ces said the Communist attitude could gravely peril the month-: old "official conversations." The western sources had taken some hope from the last session, however, that the North Vietnamese mieht agree to tone (Turn to Page 7, Col. 5) Freezer Sells First Night If vou are looking for fast actinz results, when you want. to sell an item, do as this sat isfied advertiser did, and place an Eagle-Gazette ciassinea Want Ad- To nlace vour ad. iust dial 654-1321.

o. Remams "critical" condition this morning In University Hospital, Columbus. Apparently the driver of the car at left, Charles E. Spanglcr, 25, of 725 E. Main skidded left of center on a slight curve on Su about 7:10 p.m.

The driver of the other car, Philip Ferrln, 18, Orient, was also found dead. Miller, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard E. Miller, was an outstanding student and ath lete at Amanda-Clearcreek High School.

He played guard and linebacker for last year's foot ball team there and was de- Stephen Miller Leaping Mercury Heat Wave Means Summer The bright sun warming the city today made Lancastrians almost forget the last two chilly days. Friday's daytime high temperature reading reached 70 degrees and overnight fell to a low of 49 degrees. By 7 a.m. today the mercury was reading 64. Weathermen reported thermometers rising by leaps-and-bounds to a high of 79 degrees at 11 a.m.

The barometer reading was 29.98 inches and rising. A light rain is forecast for tonight but clearing by Sunday morning. Officials report bun- day will be fair and slightly cooler. Opinion? (BIIU'WU JII.KI4"! Ill v' tga3fciiW'Jairat Ytaa 'Whooping It Up By JACK WALSH SAIGON (UPI)-In one of the war's heaviest bombardments U.S. B52s dropped from two to eight million pounds of explo sives on Communist positions in the very outskirts of Saigon, military spokesmen said today.

U.S. intelligence officers had said earlier this week that the Viet Cong was massing troops around the city, apparently for another thrust at the seat, of South Vietnam's government. The spokesmen said that in a 24-hour period Friday and today the B52s, each capable of carrying pounds of bombs, flew 11 missions against Communist staging areas within 50 miles of Saigon. Each mission consists of a formation of between three and 12 planes. of the.

strrikes were against the primary Viet Cong infiltration route running north west of the capital from Camobdia. Two raids were within 20 miles of the city's center. Some of the guerrilla em placements around the capital are used in the rocket and artillery barrages that almost daily hit the city. Vietnamese National Police officials have reported finding leaflets that told of plans for a 100-day rocket bombardment of Saigon. Today, recoilless rifle shells that sounded like "a big firecracker parade" crashed into the middle" of the city, "JZ 1 rio THIS SIDE tea 5 to 7An scribed by his coach, Jim Morrison, as.

"one of the finest boys I've ever coached." LETTERING in the sport three times in high school, Miller was named last year to the All-Mid-State and had accepted a scholarship to play the sport at Wilmington College this faii. The Pickaway County "s'her iff Office said there were no witnesses to the crash, and that Miller and Ferrin were the only two persons involved. The cause (Turn to Page 7, Col. II Girl Remains Mystery In RFK Murder LOS ANGELES (UPI)-A frumpy, well-built girl in polka dot dress today remained the major mystery in the assassination of Sen. Robert F.

Kennedy. An all-points bulletin for the mystery girl issued shortly after the shooting of Kennedy, June 5, still was in effect. At least three people claim to have seen her with Kennedy's accused killer, Sirhan Sirhan, 24, at the Ambassador Hotel the night of the fatal shootings As for Sirhan, who remains in county jail, a new facet of his odd religious life came to, light Friday when it was revealed he was briefly a member of the mystical Rosicrucian Order. Arthur Piepenbrink, supreme secretary of the order with headquarters in San Jose, confirmed that Sirhan, a Christian Jordanian immigrant, applied for membership several months ago. He was accepted and paid one'month's dues.

One question, on the member ship application which Sirhan answered "yes" was: "Do you practice good citizenship and obey the laws of the country in which you live?" Piepenbrink (Turn to Page 7, Col. 2) A YOUNG 1968 graduate of Amanda-Clearcreek High School was killed in a head-on crash in Pickaway County yesterday, an accident that also claimed the life of an 18-year-old Orient, Ohio, youth. Six other Fairfield County residents were injured yesterday afternoon two accidents, both happening within an hour of each other. Stephen A. Miller, 17, Rt.

1, Stoutsville, was found dead In his car after an accident on AshvUle-Fairfield Rd. in Pickaway County yesterday, at Maddox Lets 'Mule Train' Use Higliivay DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (UPI) The symbolic Poor People's mule train headed down Interstate 20 toward Atlanta today after a daylong squabble with Gov. Lester Maddox Friday over use of the superhighway. The 13 wagons and their 130 occupants rolled along the four-lane road under an agreement finally ironed out that would permit it to travel from 3 a.m., until 7 a.m., EDT on the busy thoroughfare.

Wagonmaster Willie Bolden got the caravan onto 1-20 about 3:45 a.m., and it began its 35-mile trek with an escort of three highway patrol cars in front and three in the rear. The caravan was traveling in the outside lane of the highway allowing traffic to pass on the Inside lane. Traffic congestion and safety had been the principal reasons Maddox gave for ordering state troopers to halt the train Friday morning near Douglasville. The mule train, conceived by the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

as the dramatic embodiment of the Poor People's March on Washington, left Marks, last month and has been slowly (Turn to Page 7, Col. 2) What's Your Loca Flood Control Plan To Aid Buckeye Lake Is Studied They are the products of nine crane eggs captured recently in Canada. All nine eggs hatched, bringing the world's complete the planning phase of the program. The program would include digging channel by-passes for the south fork and the reservoir feeder canal, a channel dug long ago to transfer water from the south fork into Buckeye Lake. During last month's flood, too much water flowed down the feeder canal, causing the lake's water to reach an alarming level.

Had not several levies broken along the way, Buckeye Lake would have been flooded worse than it was. The by-pass would automatic By PAT WELSH Eagle-Gazette Staff Writer A proposed flood control pro gram on the south fork of the Licking River watershed area may someday help alleviate the threat of serious flooding in northern Fairfield County, including the Buckeye Lake area. The project Is only a proposal at present, still very much in the embryonic state. It was discussed at a recent meeting of federal conservation officials with various civic leaders of the area, and much remains to be done to 1 Jjl "1 at" oed Fee On License Imp Please Obey Mayor William E. Burt said this week that, beginning Monday; enforcement of the no parking areas designated over many streets in the city by signs similar to the one shown above would be in full effect.

The signs give the days that no parking will be permitted between 9 and 7 a.m. The mayor asked citizens to comply with the signs. "It seems to me that the increase might be all right, if it would be used to improve the many, county and township roads, which need repair." ME. i "I think the price of license tags should be increased in order to improve highways. Truck licenses have been increased several times in years gone by, but no change has been made for the cars.

In my opinion, this should be made." Thomas Spires, 1501 E. Chestnut St. "I am sure money is needed for highway improvement, but I do not know for sure if increase in price of automo-bile license tags is the proper way to secure it." W.B. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Ohio Legislature recently passed legislation permitting local governments, specifically counties, to add $5 to the cost of license plates, with the money to be used for local purposes. Although only a few counties have initiated the increase, the Fairfield County Commissioners do have it under advisement.

Following are the public reactions to the local increase.) 1 "If this additional revenue, which I understand will be. used in Fairfield County, is needed for improvement and progress, this increase seems to be a just and favorable means of assessment-Mrs. Opal Wackcr, 201 Skyline Dr. "If it is necessary to increase the cost of license tags to maintain the highways as they should be, I pess it would be all right. However, I feel that all the extra money should be used in Fairfield Casto, 732 Cherokee Dr- "It seems to me that much money is already being spent on highways and I feel that the increase in cost of license tags would create a hardship for many people." C.R.

"I think the Increase would be all right. If people continue to drive automobiles, money is needed to keep up the (Turn to Pago 7, Col. I) HOTPOINT Chi Typ Deep Fr $75. Coll XK-KXX. 1.