Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1959 — Page 2

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Births At the Adams county memorial hospital: Daniel A. and Rozann Marie' Kwasneski, 251*2 South 2nd St., arc parents of a five pound. 12 ounce daughter, born at 9:27 a.m. Saturday! ' A girl weighing eight pounds, 12 Ounces was born Saturday at 9:44 “BROASTED” I' GOLDEN BROWN CHICKEN SHAFFER’S : Restaurant 904 N. 13th St. Call 3-3857 4

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a.m. to John Toni and Fredia Virginia Hughes Smith, Box 239, Monroevile. A boy weighing, seven pounds, j three ounces, was born at 3:21 I a.m. Sunday to Daniel and Delilah IA. Eicher Wickey, route one, Berne. „ Theodore and Nancy Parrish Pyles, route six, Decatur, are parents of a daughter, born at 11:54 a.m. Sunday, weighing seven pounds, 12 ounces. Rawley and Sharon Gray Jones, 163 Compromise St., Berne, are i parents of a son, born at 5:29 p.m. ' Sunday, weighing eight pounds, two ounces. A daughter weighing, six pounds, one ounce, was born at 1:55 a.m. today to David A. and Lauranell Carter Macklin, 512 Marshall St., Decatur.

Defends Wesf Point’s Educational Standards

EDITOR’S NOTE: Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, atomic Navy pioneer and outspoken critic of American education, recently criticized the academic standards of the nation’s service academies. In the following dispatch written exclusively for United Press International, the superinetndent of West Point tells what future officers are studying there — and rejects the charge that their education compares unfavorably with that provided by civilian colleges. By Lt. GenGARRISON H. DAVIDSON Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy Written For UPI <- WEST POINT. N.Y. J (UPDWest Point has only one(real purpose — to graduate young men who are prepared for and dedicated to a lifetime as officers in our regular military services. In furtherance of this objective, the single task of the four-year curriculum at the Military Academy is to develop that dedication and those qualities and attributes essential to continued development of the individual throughout jhis lifetime career. | The test of the West Point eduI cational effort, its total curricuhim, is/j'h the record of its gradu1 ates. While that record stands 'without challenge, it is reasonable to question whether West Point Is adjusting to the changing requirements which the future will place on America’s professional officers. Is the academy adjusting wisely and well to these needs, considering the entire span ; from entrance standards through I the complicated content of its four-year curriculum to graduation day? First Engineering School West Point’s educational philosophy stems from the early part of the last century and its great superintendent. Sylvanus Thayer, who introduced exacting academic standards, small classes, and a requirement on every cadet for continual effort. Founded as the first engineering school In the United States, the Military Academy has gradually shifted its curriculum and educational philosojphy so as to be keyed to the changing pattern of an officer’s career and his post-academy educational needs. The academic curriculum is about 60 per cent pure and applied sciences and 40 per cent social sciences and humanities. Measured by civilian itaking into account the relatvely ! brief vacations and the longer school year, the curriculum is equivalent to approximately 160 I semester hours at a civilian college. , West Point’s academic courses are generally similar in content to those in civilian colleges using simlar textual material. However, the teaching methods vary

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in that classes ate srftall, class periods are somewhat longer than normal, and the general climate of West Point assumes that the student has studied each lesson and Is prepared to participate in classroom discussions each dayInstructors Are Volunteers Academy instructors pre selected from among officer volunteers who possess an aptitude for teaching. The entire Army officer corps is available from which to select fewer than 100 officers a year, most of whom are sent to the fine st civilian graduate schools to prepare specifically for their teaching assignments and to broaden their educational vision. For well over 100 years individual cadets have been assigned to classes in homogeneous groups and according to their demonstrated interest and capability. West Point has, since World War 11, progressively developed advanced courses for the specially : gifted students and for those with . some prior college work — some , 30 per cent of the student body. Recently West Point officials . completed a 10-year self-evalua- . tion and survey, assisted by a committee of the Commission on . Institutions of Higher Education . of the Middle States Association .of Colleges and Secondary . Schools. The purpose of the eval- . uation was to determine the t academy’s continuation as a de- . gree-giving institution. Academy Rated Tops The, summary appraisal of the , chairman of this board of civilian » educators read as follows: “Even i in an association devoted to the i pursuit and interpretation of edu- ; cational excellence, there is only . so much, room at the top; this space is reserved for a few, including, in the commission’s judg- . ment, the United States Military t Academy.” t Those at the Military Academy are well aware that a glorious history is not enough to assure 1 an equal contribution to our coun- - try in the future. West Point’s > teaching staff is also aware that » the academy’s continued value to . the nation lies in its ability to . adapt itself to the times. This, . West Point is doing and will con- > tinue to do. j-- „ „ „ ■ Portland Resident Critically Burned PORTLAND, Ind. (UPI) —Lawr- , ence” Coats, 63, was reported in ' serious tondition at Jay County • Hospital “today of burns sustained : Saturday in a gas explosion at his 1 home. Authorities said Coats was painting an upstairs room when gas from an uncapped pip? exploded, blew off the front of the building and set fire to the paint. The gas apparently was ignited by a space heater. I

Two Are Fined For Traffic Violate Two motorists appeared in justice of the peace court to plead guilty to charges entered by state police. One driver appeared at noon today after being issued* an arrest warrant for failing to appear when scheduled Sept. 12. Coy Shepherd, 36, of Kendallville, pleaded guilty to the charge of speeding Aug. 28 and paid the $1 fine and costs charges. Shepherd failed to appear after being cited a few months ago. James J. Black, 44, of Prairie View, 111., pleaded guilty to an improper passing charge pressed by state police. Black was arrested at 6:45 p. m. Sunday and appeared shortly thereafter to answer the charge. He was arrested on U. S. 27 about one mile north of Decatur. A warrant for the arrest of Melvin R. Hall, 21. of Elkhart, who failed to appear Sept. 4 to answer a state police charge of speeding on U. S. 33, was issued. Two Plead Guilty To Traffic Counts Two local motorists pleaded guilty to traffic violations Friday night in justice of the peace court and were fined $1 and costs for the infractions. Both had been arrested by city police. Chris Hiity Schwartz, 28, of 518 Mercer, pleaded guilty to speeding on Winchester street Nov. 11 at 7:45 p.m., while Forest Gordon Railing, 35, of 1227 Lewis drive, pleaded guilty to failure to yield right of way on U.S. 27 on the 11th at 10:55 p.m. Cadet Lt. Fuelling Cited At College Cadet Lt. Clinton P. Fuelling, of near Decatur, has been cited by Col. Leon E. Bell, Jr. professor of air science at Ball State Teachers College, as a distinguished military student. For his honor, a cadet must maintain a high academic standing and possess high qualities of leadership. As such a student, the cadet may be eligible for a regular commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Fuelling recently completed the required number of hours of flying time and soloed. admitted Miss Linda Kiess, Decatur; Master Edward Peterson, Decatur; Mrs. Corval Clifton, Ohio City, Ohio; Mrs. Glenn Grogg, Berne; Mrs. Goldie Redding, Geneva. DISMISSED Mrs. Ezra Habegger, Geneva; Mrs. William Denney, Portland; Baby Edward Hornick, Decatur; Walter Whittenbarger, Decatur; Jese Lautzenheiser, Decatur; Rufus Meshberger, Berne; Lawrence Scheiman, Decatur; Master Gary Ginter, Decatur; Mrs. Donald K. Moser, Decatur; Mrs. Joseph Wolpert, Decatur; Mrs. Jack Zehr and baby girl, Decatur; Carl Fluthrow, Monroeville; Mrs. Robert Dudgeon, Berne; Harold Smith, Green Springs, Ohio; John Wall, Geneva; Mrs. Rawley Jones and baby boy, Berne. *"3—Tf If) j l OVlf IM TUB JEWELRY STORE Decatur Indiana

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Great Manhunt On In Kansas For Murderer HOLCOMB, Kan (UPD -One of the greatest manhunts in Kansas history was organized today to search for the shotgun killer of a wealthy farmer, his wife and two teen-age children at their showplace home here. The murder invaded the home of Herbert W. Clutter, 48, former Eisenhower appointee to the Federal Farm Credit Board, late Saturday night or early Bunday,, shooting Clutter, his wife, Bonnie, 45. and their Children Nancy, 16, and Kenyon, 15, pointblank, nearly decapitating them. Three empty wallets found in the house indicated robbery as a motive but the possibility of a grudge killing also was being investigated. Shot One By One More than 50 officers including agents from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation were assigned to tracking down the slayer, who apparently woke the Clutters from their sleep, trussed and gagged them, and shot them one by one. One of the possibilities under investigation was that the killer was known to the family and gained entry by posing as a pheasant hunter. “Clutter ws a prominent man and it was a fine family — so fine that it’s difficult to envisage a possible motive,” said Finley County- Attorney Duane West, one of the townspeople who beleves the theory of a grudge killing is as good as that of a robber prowler, or psychopath. “Maybe it’s a better theory than most,” he said. There was no evidence of forcible entry. Townspeople said the Clutters customarily left their doors unlocked in this peaceful Kansas farm community in the heart of one of the world’s richest wheat areas. Holcomb owned a 1,000 acre ranch here and leased additional farmland. Found In Basement Kenyon’s body was found on the basement floor. On a couch in another room of the basement, officers found the body of his father, cladr in night clothing. Both, like the mother and daughter in their beds upstairs, were bound and gagged. The women were in their nightclothes, but Nancy, a high school honor student, also was wearing socks and mocassins. Neither MrsClutter nor the girl had been sexually molested, officers said. The gun with which the family was slain was missing, and the shells whose charge tore through the heads of the four victims were not found. The time of death was established at between 11 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday. A neighbor, Nancy Ewalt, 16, who called at the house Sunday morning to join the Clutter family for church, said no lights were on. The telephone cord had been cut. Small Arrowhead Brought To Office One of the smallest arrowheads found in this area, just % of an inch long and less than % inch wide, was brought in to the Decatur Daily Democrat office this . morning by Herman “Pete” Hockemeyer. Hockemeyer stated that he found the small arrowhead several years ago. His disc broke down, and while he was fixing it, he noticed the tiny piece laying on the ground. His farm is located about five miles northwest of Decatur along the St. Mary’s river, and* the field in which it was found was a piece of bottom land on the west bank of the river. Many years ago farmers in that area, and in Preble township used to find areas where large rocks, called niggerheads, had been piled, apparently to make a flat fireplace. They appeared to be quite old, hhd to have been placed there by Indians or by the early military expeditions that passed through this area. Ironing Board Cover Unbleached muslin is good material with which to cover the ironing board, as there is no danger of lint coming off when pressing suits or woolen materials.

Seeking New Ground To Prevent Warfare NEW YORK (UPD— Secretary of State Christian A. Herter said today the West is trying to “break new ground” in search of ways to compete economically with Communism and prevent an armed conflict that would mean the death of civilization. Hierter said he believes the Soi viet leaders share with the free world the belief that the course of world events must be changed 1 soon to* avoid the “mutual suicide” of a general atomic war. Hi also expressed hope that better cold war communications between East and West may be developing. Herter said it will take courage and strength on the part •f the American people and their i free world allies to build a new relationship with the Communists. In a major foreign policy address before the National Foreign Trade Council in New York, Herter said of East-West relations: “I believe that on certain fundamenl tals we can find a common language because we have a common Interest.” But he warned that the free world still faces a revolutionary movement dedicated to the eventual supremacy of Communism throughout the world. He said the competition in peace i “will take courage of a high order i and strong nerves over a long > time.” Herter said there were “few tangible results” from the US. ’ visit of Soviet Premier Nikita S. ’ Khrushchev except that the element of duress over Berlin "has , been submerged.” “Notning could be more fatal,” • he told the trade leaders, “than ■ to confuse relaxation of tensions ■ with relaxation of ourselves, and I one of the most serious dangers i ahead is that people will be tempted to do exactly that.” He said the free world can ex- ■ pect “many sorts of lures and pressures” from the Kremlin in the battle for economic sui premacy. Herter warned that i these will be “backed with mounting industrial power, designed to : confuse, subvert and take over.” He also warned Americans that the nation has been absorbed of i late “in mere enjoyment of a prosperous life behind our de- • fensive curtain of nuclear power.” 1 Private interests must be sub- ; ordinated to the public interest, he said, because “the fateful competition with Communism has placed a first claim on the energy and interests of us aIL”

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