Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 199.

Two U. S. Army Officers, American Diplomat Are Found Safely In Congo

Send Food To Turk Village

NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) —A Turkish Red Crescent truck loaded with food left here under U.N. escort early today to break the Greek “starvation siege” of the Turkish village of Kokkina. A U.N. official said the food was badly needed in Kokkina, last Turkish stronghold on Cyprus’s northwest coast, which has been cut off by Greek Cypriot forces for 17 days. The Greeks attacked the village two weeks ago, and Turkey retaliated with a four-day air assault that brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of war. The Greek Cypriots promised Tuesday that they would lift thgjr siege of Turkish communities on this embattled island, but until today not a single trtrckload of food had reached Turkish districts here or elsewhere. The Greeks promised to let the UN. send limited supplies of food into Turkish area Friday. They reneged on the promise at the last moment, but then said food deliveries would be allowed today. The United Nations said Greek Cypriot officials are allowing Kokkina far less food than its people need. They said the Greeks are estimating the village’s needs on the basis of a population of 878, whereas there actually are about 1,400 persons there. Shooting was heard in Nicosia Friday night — six shots near the Turkish Central Police Station about 11 p.m. and three near the Nicosia General Hospital about an hour later—but U.N. officials said that so far as they can determine no one was hit. President Makarios said Friday night he has been assured that Greece “is in full preparedness and never will abandon the Cyprus people.” Makarios also repeated his rejection of former Secretary of State Dean G. Uacheson’s proposal for a Cyprus solution, saying it cannot serve even as a basis for discussion between Greeks and Turks on this em-

Houston Battling Sleeping Sickness

HOUSTON (UPD — Health officials today awaited the arrival of three men from the U.S. Public Health service to aid in their battle against mosquitoes suspected of spreading deadly encephalitis. Pumpdr l trucks enveloped areas of the city Friday with insecticide fog in an attempt to wipe out the mosquitoes, which were suspec‘ed of causing at least 14 deaths so far. Two persons died Friday and Dr. Josephe Melnick of Baylor University College of Medicine said more deaths and new cases were expected before the epidemic spends itself. Encephalitis, commonly called “sleeping sickness,” is a disease that affects the brain and the spine. It is carried by the female culex mosquito, 9- bloodsucking insect that feeds from sundown to dark. AH cases diagnosed so far have been of the “St. Louis a strain of the disease, ordinarily found only in the lush Rio Grande VaUey of Texas, where heavy rains along the Rio Grande from the Gulf of Mexico inland provide the breeding ground for the mosquito. So far, there have been more

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battled island. The bearded leader of Cyprus’s Greekssaid he received assurances of Greek support from Greek Defense Minister Peter Garouphalias, who talked with Makarios and Cyprus Defense Minister Polycarpos Gorghadjus for hours Friday. Makarios did not say whether he discussed his government’s bid for Rv.sian military aid with Garouphalis. The Greek official told newsmen Friday that his government will “retort with armed defense” if Turkey ’ “takes any forceful action against Cyprus.” Nicosia continued tense but quiet, with Greek and Turkish residents facing each other from gun positions arrayed on either side of a “neutral zone” dividing the city. I * NOON EDITION Eight Persons Die In Two-Car Crash SANFORD, N.C. (UPI) — Eight persons were killed in a two car collision today leaving an eight-year-old boy as the only survivor of two families. The accident occurred eight miles south of this central i North Carolina city on U. S. Highway fl and involved a station wagon and an automobile. The state highway patrol reported the two vehicles crashed at the crest of a hill on the two-lane highway.- The patrol said the cars were so badly mangled by the impact that it was impossible to tell in which direction either was headed. Mr. and Mrs. Edsel M. Newberry of Laurinburg, N.C., a daughter, Evelyn, and a son, whose name was unknown, were killed in the car. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bone of Carrboro, N.C., and two of - their sons were killed in the station wagon. A third son, David Bone, was taken to Lee County Hospital where he was reported in critical condition.

than 100 cases reported in Houston since the epidemic began. Health officials confirmed at least two deaths were caused by the disease and another 10 were probably caused by it. Thousands, of citizens helped in the campaign to wipe out the deadly mosquitoes and three men from the communicable disease section of the U.S. Public Health Service were on their way to Houston to create an emergency diagnostic laboratory. Sixty trucks cruised a 25-square-mile section of town, fogging it with malathion or DDT insecticide, and Mayor Louis Welch said no cost would be spa’-ed in the bat’le. Homeowners were a'ked by Boy Scouts going door-to-door to drain bird baths and garden pails periodically to eliminate mosquito breeding places and to prevent standing water anywhere, or change water in ponds "regularly. Jeppesen Stadium, site of pro football games, was sprayed to pro*ect fans. Most of the encephalitis cases were in lower economic brackets, among people in areas with poor .drainage or sanitation.

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (UPI) — Two U.S. Army officers and an American diplomat who were feared captured by pro-Communlst rebels 'in the eastern Congo have been found “safe and sound,” the U.S. Embassy here reported today. They are Lewis R. Macfarlane, 26, of Seattle, Wash., and Col. William A. Dodds, 50, and Lt. Col. Donald V. Rattan, 39, both of the Alexandria, Va., area. The trio disappeared Wednesday after the rebels stormed Bukavu, provincial capital of Kivu Province, in a surprise attack that nearly succeeded in giving the rebels command of the entire eastern Congo. Macfarlane is vice consul of the U.S. consulate in Bukavu. He was serving as an interpreter for Dodds and Rattan, described as “counter-insurgency experts” who were sent to Bukavu from Leopoldville to assess the military situation. % (In Elizabethville, a radio message was monitored from the U.S. Embassy in Leopoldville which was addressed to all ham radio operators. It urged all American missionaries to leave the eastern Congo.) Rebels Boated The Americans disappeared, and were presumed to have been trapped by the rebels, before Congolese army troops routed the rebels Friday in the government’s most important victory yet in the four-month-old rebellion. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said the Americans were spotted by a reconnaissance plane on a hilltop waving their arms. A short while later they were picked up. They were “safe and soqnd,” the spokesman said. The embassy report gave no details of where the trio was spotted but they were presumed to have been sighted among the hills over-looking Bukavu, a city situated on two peninsulas jutting into Lake Kivu, about 1,000 miles east of Leopoldville. The U.S. Embassy in Rwanda, a tiny country to the east of the Congo,, reported to Washington officials the trio had been found safe. That report did not immediately indicate whether the Americans had been flown to Kigali, capital of Rwanda. Leader’s Death Reported Leopoldville Radio reported today that rebel “general” Nicolas Olenga, who led the rebel capture of Stanleyville Aug. 5, was dead. The radio gave no details of Olenga’s death. It was not iihmeditely known whether Olenga may have been killed Friday when Congolese army troops with the help of Katangese gendarmes flown in aboard a U.S. transport plane, routed the rebels from Bukavu af’er a fierce three-day battle. Olenga had led rebel attacks in Kivu Province and other parts of the eastern Congo earlier this year before he launched his march northward to Stanleyville. The United Nations said firing was continuing in some isolated parts df Bukavu today. It was presumed the government troops were clearing out the remainder of the rebel force, street by street. Three hundred persons were reported to have been killed, including seven Europeans, before the army pushed the rebels westward out of Bukavu. It was said parts of the city, which is the Congo’s fifth largest with 150,000 persons living there, were devastated during the fighting. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms today atul tonight. A Httle cooler tonight Sunday mostly cloudy and cooler. Low tonight upper 50s north, M to Ct south. High Sunday mid to upper 70s. Outlook for Monday: Decreasin< cloudiness nd plessnni.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Saturday, August 22,1964.

Miss Adams County Crowning Tonight | “Miss Adams County,” who will represent this county in. the Junior Miss Indiana contest at Bluffton next month, will be anounced and crowned at 9:30 o'clock tonight at Monroe. Nine Adams county high school seniors presented their various the outdoor stage at Monroe Friday evening. The crowning totalents before a large crowd on night wil wind up the annual Monroe Community Days. The contestants were interviewed by the judges Friday afternoon and then dined with the judges at the Dutch Mill in Bluf\‘on before returning to Monroe and the talent show. Die judges for the contest are Jane Flaningan, so Fort Wayne station WKJG; Sally Tinkle, of Bluffton; and Larry Zimmerly, Decatur radio station WADM. Bob Shraluka, of the Decatur Daily Democrat, served ps emcee for last night’s talent show. Crown Tonight Mips Dianne Miller, the 1963 Miss Adatns county, win >®dwn thf queen in tonight’ ceremonies. In the event of rain, the affair will be held in the Adams Central school. The nine contestants are Nancy Fifer, Carmie Steffen, Patricia Diehl, Kathy Mallonee, Margaret Rowden, Deanee Ayala Marvene Wechter, Maris Moesctiberger and Tonya Moser. The new queen will receive a SIOO scholarship, and the runnerup will receive a wrist watch. In addition, “Miss Congeniality,” chosen in a vote taken amo v. the contestants, will be announced tonight, and will receive a additional prize- Each girl in the contest receives a gift. Hurricane Moving On Leeward Islands SAN JUAN, P. R. (UPD - Hurricane Cleo bore down on the Leeward Islands with 80 mile an hour winds today and was expected to crash across the tiny island of Guadeloupe early this afternoon. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, also in the path of the season’s first hurricane, were put on hurricane watch. A weather bulletin warned that winds would begin increasing in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico late tonight “probably reaching hurricane strength at St. Croix and the south coastal area of Puerto Rico late tonight and early Sunday morning.” The bulletin said that the hurricane watch in the area would be changed to hurricane warnings at noon EDT today and emphasized “this is a small but dangerous hurricane.”

;A,.« AEKIAL VIEW SHOWS derailed cars of a Canadian Pacific Ottawa to Montreal express train which collided with a loaded gravel truck at a grade crossing. Ambulances are on hand to remove bodies of the eight dead. Thirty of the injured passengers were rushed to Ottawa hospitals shortly after the accident —(UPI Telephoto)

James L. Printy Dies At Elkhart James Leßoy Printy, of 404 Vistula avenue, Elkhart, died at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Elkhart hospital, where he had been a patient four weeks with a heart ailment. His wife, the former Miss Nellis Dustman, was a former resident of Adams county. Surviving are his wife and one son, Virgil Printy, in California. Cousins of Mrs. Printy, who reside here, are Mrs. David J. Barkley, Mrs. Della Clark, Marie Marbach, Nellie Price, Bernice Prodbeck, John F. Helm and Chalmer Brodbeck. Funeral services will be" held at 10 a.m. Monday at the white funeral home in Elkhart, with burial at Urbana. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Security Is Tight At Convention Hall ATLANTIC CITY (UPD—Security is tight around the Convention Hall, and soon it will be more so. First there will be President Johnson and then coma the Beatles. The New Jersey State Police and the Secret Service are in charge of guarding the Democrats and the President. The Atlantic City Police Department, which is handling traffic and other local problems while the Democrats are in town, will have to take care of the Beatles because the state police are going to leave. Operating out of special headquarters set up in the huge auditorium, the statt police detail here, headed by Capt. Philip Wittcoff, has three working plans — "A,” "B,” and the “presidential plan" for Johnson’s arrival next Thursday. Under plan A, now in operation, 50 troopers are around the hall, many of them equipped with walkie-talkies. Plan B will take effect on Monday when the convention opens, and 250 troopers will be on guard. Twelve hours before Johnson arrives Thursday, the presidential plan will go into operation. Five hundred state troopers will be on guard in the hall, at entrances, exits and rooms, during 'Johnson’s visit. An elaborate television operation has been set up in the troopers’ headquarters, with closed-circuit sets ‘ located at strategic points so the police can see what is going on. In addition, three more sets are tuned to the three television networks to give the state trooper

Governors In Session Today With Johnson WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi-dent Johnson meets with most of the nation’s Democratic governors today for a “working session" on federal-state relations, but with obvious political overtones. The Chief Executive scheduled a 2:30 p.m. EDT meeting, with the governors. Tonight there was to be a dinner at the White House in honor of the state leaders and their wives. At least three southern governors declined Johnson’s invitation— Orval E. Faubus of Arkansas, John J. McKeithen of Louisiana and Paul B. Johnson Jr. of Mississippi. Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, who testified Friday before the Democratic Platform Committee at Atlantic City, flew back to Montgomery, Ala., rather than Washington. The meeting came as most of the governors were on their way to Atlantic City, N.J., for the Democratic National Convention. which opens Monday. There was speculation that Johnson would reveal to them his choice for vice presidential running mate, expected to be Senate Democratic whip Hubert H. Humphrey, Mtnn. Some of the governors have come out publicly for Humphrey for the No. 2 spot on the party’s national ticket. It was understood that they did so only after receiving assurances they would not embarrass the President. But the White House would do or say nothing to support — or discourage—the speculation. When he announced Tuesday that he had invited the Democratic governors, Johnson said he had extended the same invitation earlier this year to the nation’s 16 Republican governors but. “unfortunately, they were not able to come.” Explaining the reason for the meeting. Johnson said that his adminintratibn had given, and expected to continue giving, “unusual attention to the constructive potential of federalstate relations.”

Decatur Lady Hurt When Autos Collide Mary Iva Grant, 32, of 1004 Schirmeyer St., was injured Jn a two-car accident at the intersection of Monroe and Second streets at 12:14 a m. today. The Decatur lady was operating a car that struck the right front of an auto driveh by Nancy Lee Ridenour, 21-year-old resident of Van Wert, 0., and she received a bruised left arm and possbile back injury, and was taken to the Adams county hospital for treatment and observation. The Van Wert woman escaped uninjured. . The mishap occurerd as the Grant car was northbound on Second stret, and the Ridenour auto was east bound on Monroe. The two vehicles collided in the intersection and both drivers told investigating city police officers that they had the green light. Damages were extensive to the Ridenour auto, being estimated at $350. Damage to the Grant vehicle was set at $l5O. command center the best possible coverage of the convention area.

Gov. Wallace Clouds Claim To Delegates

ATLANTIC CITY (UPD—Gov. George C. Wallace beclouded the Alabama delegation’s claim to seats at the Democratic National Convention today by his refusal to pledge support of President Johnson in the Nov. 3 election. The Alabama and Mississippi delegations both faced challenges at an afternoon session of the Credentials Committee which will recommend what delegates should be seated at next week’s convention. Both disputes will come up at a morning meeting of the Democratic Nationa 1 Committee which must prepare a temporary roll of delegates to be seated at Monday’s opening session. Party Chairman John M. Bailey has recommended denying seats to any delegates under challenge until the credentials committee reports. Challenge Is Filed A formal challenge has been filed against the all-white Mississippi delegation by a largely Negro delegation representing the Freedom Democratic Party. The rival group has challenged the regular party organization on grounds that it barred Negroes. from participation in party affairs. The Credentials Committee planned to take a look at the Alabama case on its own motion because voters in that state apparently will not be assured of a chance to vote for the Democratic national ticket in November. Wallace, who has become spokesman for southern critics of the national Democratic party, delivered a fiery ultimatum to the national party in an appearance before the Platform Committee Friday. He submitted a broad indictment against the party and said it would'lose the South if it failed to call for repeal of the 1964 civil rights law. He also said he had no illusions about the likelihood that the party would heed him. Threatens Third Party Wallace threatened formation of a third party after the 1964 election if Democrats and Republicans conduct a “me-too’ campaign. When he finished, House Democratic Leader Carl Albert, who is committee chairman, tried to head off questions but had to borrow time before his hammering gavel terminated the Wallace appearance.

Local Girls To Aid Kennedy Memorial

When the Kennedy memorial library is completed in 1966, at least 16 Decatur young ladies will know that they have had a part in building it — and they offer the public a chance to help, too! The library will preserve nearly every scrap of information that the late martyred president was connected with — from his personal doodles to his complete office. Need $lO MHlion The $lO million memorial will be built by contributions — most of them very small —by the common people from all over America, the people whom the president loved and tried to help through his 1,000 days as president. The Kennedy family could have built the library themselves. But it was the family’s feeling that the thousands of people who loved the P:-’*dent might want a chance to contribute, says Stephen Smith, the president s nrotner-in-iaw, tne family’s business manager, the key figure in the fund raising for the library, and one of those who accompanied the late president to Decatur in 1959. Three Girls Organize . There are at least three local girls who more than agree with the Kennedys, and who wanted to do something themselves to help preserve the president’s office just as it was when he used it, the 2% million microfilmed documents Interviews with his associates, including 100 hours taped with his brother, Robert; his tons of letters and personal correspondence; motion pictures, his books and original notes for them, some of his 7,000 gifts and a $4 million institute for politics and public serviee. - , . These girls are the Misses Linday Krick, Sandra Singleton, and

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After a shouting match with Rep. Ray Madden of Indiana, Wallace was asked by Harold Reynolds Jr. of Vermont if he would support President Johnson in November. Wallace refused to commit himself and said he wanted to see both party platforms and hear the presidential nominees of both partits before making a decision. ‘l’m not going to let any party take me or my state for granted,” he said. Kennedy Endorsed By Mayor Wagner NEW YORK (UPI) — Atty, den. Robert F. Kennedy, undaunted by charges of "carpetbagging.” today was past the first major hurdle in his quest for the Democratic nomination as U. S. senator from New York. Mayor Robert F. Wagner Friday virtually cleared the way for Kennedy with an endorsement in which he referred to ‘‘the appealing nature of his (Kennedy’s) great public achievements” and "the dazzling magic of his name.” Kennedy, who has yet to announce his candidacy, had said earlier he would never seek the office without Wagner’s endorsement,. which climaxed nearly two weeks of behind-the-scenes political maneuver'd?)?. A spokesman for Kennedy said Friday night the attorney general will disclose his political plans early next week. This was expected to be a statement of availability prior to the Democratic st at e convention here Sept. 1. Edwin O. Guthman, the Justice Department press officer, quoted Kennedy Friday night as saying he was “very grateful” for the mayor’s statement. In announcing his support of Kennedy, W-a gn e r rejected pleas from Rep. Samtiel S. Stratton, D-N.Y., to remain "neutral” at the convention. Stratton, a declared candidate for the nomination, has vowed to fight Kennedy down to the wire in the struggle for the seat now held by Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R-N.Y.

Rosemary Clark. They decided that something more concrete should be done locally to give every person in Adams county a chance to give toward the library. Get More Help Then they talked to their friends Already more than a dozen have responded — Shelly Jones, Karen Barkley, Dianne Mitch, Andy Cook, Lanna Hay,. Sally Fletcher, Cheryl Knudsen, Peggy Smith, Cheri Colter, Sharon Mcßae. Lois Croizer, Linda Kenworthy, ar.d Barbara Frauhiger. So’ the girls decided to hold a car wash. But they had problems. Where should they hold it? How would they collect and deliver cars, since none of them had drivers’ licenses? Gulf Super Service They talked it over, and started checking with various service stations. They talked with the manager of the Gulf Super Service at Fourth and Monroe, and he gave them the greenlight. He would be pleased, he told them, if they would conduct the car wash Saturday, August 29, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The girls then contacted some boys, and had no trouble lining up some (they could still use some volunteers!) to help pick up and deliver cars. Thus, Decatur’s biggest effort to date to help the Kennedy memorial library, which the president originally planned to build himself as sort of an office where he could help young people who were learning about government service. He didn’t live to occupy that office, but those who want to do more than just shed a few tears in his memory are invited to help through the car wash a week from today.