Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 69.

(Additional picture* on pages 4 and I) DEDKATF. NEW ELKS HOME SATURDAY— ’Die new home of the D '* c «‘ ur ® Second street. will be formally dedicated Saturday afternoon at 2°“ *** L. M . vn lhl . top day event scheduled to open Thursday evening■ JJ® from 1925 until Dccemof the large residential type home which housed the fraternal organizau n , ber 29 of last year. The old home is now being razed. —

Dedicate Elks Home Saturday

Formal dedication of the new Decatur Elks lodge home will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock as the highlight of the three-day celebration of the fratenral organization’s occupation of the new building on North Second street. The dedication celebration will open Thursday evening, with registration at 4 o'clock and a smorgasbord served throughout the evening, starting at 6 o clock. A variety of entertainment is planned for the opening night, which a will be stag affair, limited strictly to members of the Decatur lodge and visiting Elks from other Elks lodges in Indiana and Ohio. Friday will be Decatur fraternal organizations day. Members of various fraternal organizations in the city have been invited to visit the new home Friday evening for entertainment and to inspect the new Elks Registration Friday will open at 1 p. m A smorgasbord will be served from 6 until 8 p. m.. and a dance from 9 p. m. until midnight will conclude the day s activities. Ladies Party Friday — As-a special feature for the ladies the Emblem club will hold a card party Friday afternoon, starting at 2 o'clock, and all Elks ladies are invited to attend. A light lunch will be served and prizes will be awarded to the winners of the various card games.. There will be no admission charge and all Elk: ladies arc invited to be present. Dedication Saturday The formal dedication program will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, with George Bair, Sr., exalted ruler, and his staff of officers conducting the ceremony. Guest speaker for the dedication will be Robert L. Dehority, of Elwood, special representative of the grand exalted ruler of the Elks lodges of the United States. There will be special entertainment tor the ladies immediately —ies. A cocktail hour will be held following the dedication ceremonfrom 5:30 to 6:30 p. m. The dedication banquet will be served at 6:30 o’clock Saturday evening, and a dance from 10 p.m. until 1 a. m. will conclude the three-day dedication ceremonies.

ejCenleti (By Rev. Vernon Riley, Monroe Friends Church) “God - Hunters” - Psalms: 42nd chapter, verses 1-9 As the hart “The animal called a dedt, longs for water, a^ e £. a long run pursued by hunter and dogs, searcheth for the flowing' stream findeth rest and satisfaction from thirst As the soul of man longeth for the living God. As God created man, breathed m him the breath of life and man became a living soul, made in the image of God. Genesis, Chap. 1. Needless to say, since God made man in His own likeness; stamped on his soul His own image, man is not fully satisfied outside the will of God. Humanity mav seek pleasure and many things of this life but always there is a longing for fellowship and a higher power Those who minister to the heathen tell us that those who have X never heard of God and salvation, long for a n^J e ’ bigher life than that found in their idol worship. May we still be God-hunt-ers finding God satisfying the soul. . In His presence is fullness of joy and at His right hand there are pleasures forever

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER W ADAMS cntlfTY

ELKS SPEAKER—Robert L. Dehority, of Elwood, special deputy to the grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, will deliver the address at the services dedicating the new Decatur Elks lodge home Saturday afternoon. Water Pressure Off Wednesday Morning Ralph E. Roop, superintendent of the municipal- water department, announced today that water pressure will be off from 8:30 until 10:30 o’clock Wednesday morning for customers living east of the St. Mary's river. The pressure w® be turned of? while a valve is being installed on the new water main crossing the river. Late Bulletins COY, Ala. (UPD— A freight train hit a school bus at a crossing here today and a hospital report said at least eight were killed. A spokesman at Wilcox Memorial hospital in Camden, 20 miles away, said one of the children — all Negroes — was dead on arrival and “I understand seven others were killed outright.”

DECATUR SPRING OPENING THIS SATURDAY

Historical Society To Meet March 29 The history of Root township and its schools will be featured at the March meeting of the Adams county historical society at the Monmouth school at 8 p.m. next Tuesday. Gerald R. Durkin, president, said today. The history of the school and township will be related by students of the senior speech class, under the direction of their instructor, Mrs. Huge Andrews. Dan Shields MC The story will begin with the early Indians who were residents of the area, the French, and will name each original purchaser in four of the sections. Dennis Shields. Monmouth senior, will be master of ceremonies for the meeting. The public is invited to attend. There is no charge for the meeting. Part of the history will deal with the early one-room schools, another with the churches, another with the taverns. First Schools A plywood map of Root township will be shown on which the location of the early schools, cabins, Piqua road, etc., will be marked. A map of Monmouth in 1890 will be shown. An exhibit of local relics, in-cluding-an Indian pipe of French design, and a copy of a newspaper published in Monmouth in 1870, entitled “The Cyndian,” will be open for inspection. A brass sextet will furnish several selections of music during the evening. The students themselves have brought in a large amount of historical material. It has been gathered as a class project, and they will receive credit both for their composition and for its delivery. They have been most* interested in tracing the families of students back to their early arrival in the community. Several families have been residents of the same farm for over 100 years. Advertising Index Advertiser a Page A & P Tea Co.. Inc. Ashbauchers’ Tin Shop 2 American Legion 8 Arnold Lumber Co., InC. 2 Bowers Hardware Co 2 Boardman Sewing Machine Shop 3 Beavers Oil Service — —1 Burk Elevator Co. —7 Butler Garage, Inc. —7 City of Decatur 8 Decatur Chamber of Commerce 6 Decatur Ready-Mix Corp. 2 Ehinger’s “Boston Store” 3 Fasteeth 6 Daniel Emenhiser, Painting Contractor 5 Haugks 5 Kocher Lumber & Coal Co. —2, 4 Kohne Drug Store 3,7 Kohne Window & Awning Co. — 2 Kies Electric —■* 5 Jack Laurie—Custom Floors 5 Monmouth Music Association ..3 National China & Equip. -Corp. 5 Oldsmobile . 6 Petrie Oil Co. 2 Rash Insurance Agency — 2 L. Smith Insurance Agency ——7 Smith Drug Co. ——3, 6,7 Sears-Roebuck & Co. 8 ■Die Suttles Co. „ 6 Shaffer’s Restaurant 8 Stop Back News Stand ——l— 7 Teeple r - 7 Yost Gravel-Readymix, Inc. 2 Yost Construction Co., Inc. 4

Decatur, Indiana, TiHndtoy t March 22, i96o*

United States Rejects Demand For Liquidation Os U.S. Overseas Bases

Six Power Outages i Here This Morning High winds- and cold weather caused six power outages in Decatur early this morning varying from a few minutes to several hours In the different sections of town The underground cable on Short street behind the steam ptant. I which contains the main lines for I Krick-Tyndall, the Yost line, and several others, went out. causing stoppages at 12:15, 12 30, and 1:40 a. m. Same As Jan. 3 L. E. Pettibone, light and power superintendent, reported that this ■ was the same cable and the same ' joint that went out Sunday. JanuI ary 3. A jump around the break Ito another circuit fixed the outI age. High winds broke an anchor cai ble chi the single I&M line south from Fort Wayne to Decatur, causing two brief outages at 3:40 i and 3:45 a. m., -and a 50 minute outage from 4:10 to 5 a. m. On the last case, the steam plant was able to carry the entire load, and the city was out of lights only I briefly. Three Lines Needed The Indiana-Michigan superin- [ tendent explained that only one j line has been 'run into Decatur to I provide emergency electricity for the city during the two-year period which it has taken for the city to decide whether it will build sub-station, or sell its plants to I&M. If the electric utility is sold to I&M, three lines, one from the south, one from the northeast and one from the northwest, will guarantee good electric service to the city, the spokesman said. At present, when an I&M line goes out even briefly, this trips all the breakers at the city plant, because the electric load on the equipment is suddenly increased. It then takes a varying period for the turbines to be synchronized (Continued on page three) INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with snow flurries extreme north, clearing south and central and much colder tonight. Wednesday fair and cold except chance of snow flurries near Lake Michigan. Low tonight 5 to 15 north, 12 to 20 south. High Wednesday 28 to 33. Sunset today 6:59 p. m. c. d. t. a Sunrise Wednesday 6:44 a. m. c.d.t. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy and warmer. Lows 12 to 24. Highs 30 to 38.

New Violence By African Rioters

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (UPI) — Rioting Africans protesting laws forcing them to carry identity cards burned two schools, government buildings and automobiles in the town of Langa near Capetown early today. The new violence followed a day of fighting, arrests and bloodshed in which 67 persons were reported killed and 237 wounded in several South African villages and towns. Police counted 54 of the dead and 191 of the injured in the Vereeniging area, 40 miles south of Johannesburg, where the protest was concentrated. The slaughter started when police fired into a mob of 20,000 Africans besieging the Sharpeville native township police station. Police used Sten guns and .303 bullets. Fighter planes and light bombers screamed low over the crowds but held ther fire. Machinegun Crowds The battling spread to Langa late Monday when police broke up a meeting. Hordes of natives ran through the area stoning buses and setting fire to Police machinegunned the crowds when they broke into

Try Americans In Cuba Court

HAVANA. Cuba <UPD — The semi-official newspaper Revolucion said today the two Americans captured when their plane was I shot down Monday will be tried Iby a revolutionary court. I It said four Cubans arrested at | the scene of the incident also will I face the revolutionary tribunal in I Matanzas. Rebel army commander Juan Almeida announced that the I American fliers were captured I “while trying to land for the pur- ' pose of taking out of the country .as a fugitive from justice, former I police commandant Damaso IMontesino Alvarez, and other per- | sons.” I Cuban revolutionary troops shot down the Piper Comanche near the provincial capital of Matanzas. The pilot, Howard L. (Swedei ' Rundquist of Miami, was woundled in the leg- His co-pilot. W.J. Shergales of West Hollywood, Fla., escaped injury. Plane Based in Honda The incident was expected to touch off a new outbreak of violent press and radio attacks on the United States. The plane was | based in Florida. , There were reports that Premier Fidel Castro was personally investigating the incident. The premier was said also to have questioned four Cubans arrested near the scene of the at- - . —■■ ■ I Exchange Student Is Lions Club Speaker Life in Norway was compared with life in the United States for the Decatur Lions club Monday night by Terje Strom, exchange student from Moss. Norway, staying with the Robert H. Heller family this year. D. L. Hawkins, a member of Boy Scout troop 62 sponsored by the Lions club, led the pledge of allegiance. Dr. R. E. Morris, program chairman, provided the speaker. Next week's speaker will be Gerald Strickler, Decatur auctioneer, real estate man, Aber-deen-Angus breeder, and basketball referee, who will speak on his recent trip to Costa Rica. r Civic Music Explained Jack Dailey represented the Civic Music association at the meeting, and explained how the five

chants of “kill the white man” and started hurling stones at everything and everyone in sight. After police armored Cars cleared Langa’s maine square bodies lay strewn about. Firing from both sides could be heard sporadicallythrough the night. Early this morning the town hall, library, tax offices, secondary school and St, Cyprian’s mission school were in flames. • Police Are Shocked Police themselves were shocked at the bloody Monday. The Pan-African Congress started what was to have been a peaceful campaign by telling natives to leave their identity passes at home and surrender themselves at police stations for arrest Under South Africa’s apartheid (segregation) policies, all nonwhites are required to carry identity cards. The non-whites outnumber the whites about 11 to 1. The Pan-African Congress aimed to have so many placed under arrest for not carrying cards that it would cripple business operated by whites. ? •

I tack on the plane in the belief I that they hoped to flee Cuba in lit. The Cubans were identified as ex-Maj. Lazaro D. Montesino. a one-time police official; his ! daughter Gladys and her husband I ex-Maj. Santiago Rodriguez, and I Miguel Sanchez, not otherwise identified. Cuban authorities charged that Rundquist planned to land the ! light plane on the "White Way.” ia highway running along Cuba's north coast, to pick up the four Cubans. Denies Charges The wounded American denied any such plan He said he did not know any of the Cubans involved. ■ nor did he know that any Cubans I were waiting to be picked up in the area. Rundquist said he and Shergales who had been fishing at Salt Key in the British Bahamas, were using Cuba's north coast as a guide to the return flight because their compass had failed. (Private* airfield operators in Florida said Rundquist rented the plane Sunday, ostensibly for a flight to Fort Lauderale and Sebring, both in Florida. iThe 'Miami firm which employs Rundquist as an auto salesman said he pleaded illness as an excuse for his failure to report for work Monday.) _____ concerts each year are made opssible by the civic-minded people who subscribe and buy tickets for the concert series each spring. The members of the association vote on the types of program they desire. Strom was then introduced, and he explained how the fjfst question he usually is asked is, “Is the United States different from what you expected?” Strom explained that the Norwegian Vikings were here many years before Columbus, and that many of the early pioneers were of Norwegian stock, so that the U. S. is really quite similar to Norway in its way of life. Family Speak English Terje's entire family speaks English, and they have subscribed for several years to such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek. The next question asked is how he was selected to come to the U.S. The young student explained that he had won an American Field Service scholarship. In July he was told that he had not been selected to come to the United States, and it was on Aug. 18 as he sat in a barber chair that his mother excitedly informed him that he was to leave in 10 days for the U.S. and Decatur. Norway, he explained, is located in the northwest corner of Europe, as far north as northern Alaska. It is about the same size as Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio together, but has one million less people than Indiana alone, giving everyone plenty of space. J Moss Near Oslo flis home town, Moss, is about 30 miles, south of Oslo, the capital, and about 200 miles from Gotheburg, where Decatur’s first exAt 21,000 population, it is the second largest city of Norway, and an important seaport. Terje has one older sister, who has just graduated from college in Switzerland, and an older brother who is attending college After World War II his father started a plastic factory in Moss, and has now purchased a second factory. They manufacture many plastic articles, and Strom showed these to the Lions club members. They also export items, especially wall tile, to Germany, Sweden and Iceland. Electricity Plentiful Norway has most of the electrical appliances that are common (Continued on page three)

GENEVA (UPD — The United States today summarily rejected Soviet demand* for the liquidation of overseas bases as the first step toward disarmament- It said American troops would remain as long as they arc needed "to de-1 fend the free world's security.” U.S. delegate Frederick M. Eaton told the 10-nation disarmament conference that it would bo "neitb-i er profitable nor fruitful” to discuss overseas bases here. He was replying to repeated So-| yiet demands for the "liquidation I of foreign bases” Eaton said American troops are stationed abroad by invitation of the host countties. He sharply reminded Russia’s Valerian Zorin that the Soviets also have troops stationed outside their borders, but with this difference —they were not always invited. They have gone there sometimes as the result of direct attack or political action and have been used on occasions against hostile populations, Eaton said. Eaton did not refer specifically to the Hungarian freedom uprising of 1956 or the East German workers' revolt against the Communist regime in 1953, but his meaning was clear. French delegate Jules Moch earlier in the meeting pointed out that under the Soviet disarmament proposals, Russia’s “internal security forces” would still be strong enough to force Moscow’s will on smaller nations. The only safeguard. he said, was the creation of an international police force. Hie West proposed at today’s three-hour meeting a limited nuclear disarmament agreement with iron - clad cheat - proof controls as the first step toward r total East-West ban on nuclear warfare. , , „ . Moch told the Soviets that this "is the only serious, honest and solid way to approach the problem.” . „ , Canada’s Gen. E.L.M. Burns also stressed the importance of effective control measures. He said "it is our experience that all too often agreements are not carried out”, and "there are mqny means of evasions, and of concealment of weapons”

Michigan Blasted By Spring Blizzard

By United Press International A surprise springtime storm dumped as much as 10 inches of snow in the east today. Up to four inches of snow was forecast for New York City before the storm moves out to sea. Many schools in northern Ohio were closed when blowing snow made highways slippery. Winds up to 58 m.p.h- piled up drifts twofeet high. In 'Pennsylvania the snow was accompanied by winds of 35m.p.h. and weathermen warned the gusts might increase to 60 m.p.h. during the day- A four-mile traffic jam developed on a highway to Harrisburg, and near Lewistown three men were killed when their station wagon skidded into a truck. Storm in Michigan The snow set a record for Pittsburgh. The March snowfall there now totals 21.7 inches, Vz inches more than a record that stopd 54 years. The snow ranged from 2 inches in eastern Pennsylvania to 10 inches in the western part of the state. In western Michigan a spring storm closed roads and caused widespread damage. Hurricane force winds of 75 miles an hour blew down trees and utility wires in Muskegon and Grand Haven along the Lake Michigan shoreline. .What some witnesses described as"a small tornado flattened an 80 by'4o foot cement block building at Grand Haven., “It was almost completely leveled, with nothing but a little bit of one wall standing,” a state police trooper said. ’ « ' . The Muskegon Weather Bureau said the destruction in Grand Haven was probably caused by a "roll cloud” — described as a tornado in a horizontal instead of a vertical position.

Six Conti

Increase Insurance On County Buildings The Adam* cauntv rommlssteo* era rccelv rd nn Insurnito® »ui from agent Ted HU, of the fehm Smith Insurance Co., H their weekly meeting Moadny tn the offices of county auditor Ed Jabcrg. The survey showed that the tuul value of the county buildings was grossly under-valuated. The revisions In the new Insurance contract. however, now brings the i* - sured value more in line. An Increase of about 8120.088 hl insured property over the old figures puts the county buildings IB a better insurance light. The total of the new insured property is about J 686.000, while the eld figures were about $540,000. Revisions were made to do away with too much insurance on county personal property, and to increase the value on those buildings that required it. And by using an 88 per cent co-insurance plan, the • • new rate is reduced greatly in al instances. The 80 per cent co-insurance plan, in effect, is that the county property Is insured to 80 per cent of actual value. Should, however, the county not insure any specific building at that rate, ft would be penalized by paying a proportionate difference in any loss. Most of the county property will be included in the 80 per cent bracket The new contract will cover the next five years as of the effective date, March 7. Leland Smith wil act as the agent for all the insurance agents named by the county, giving the fire insurance to one company which also allows for a better rate. The commissioners also inspected , several bridges around the county in yesterday’s all-day sea,s*on. . ■ i

The winds reduced visibility to near zero over much of Michigan. Many county roads were drifted closed- Up to four inches of new snow fell on the state during the night. Snow Hits Pennsylvania Fresh snow was also dumped on western Pennsylvania. The snow up to six inches in the mountains, was accompanied by 40 mile an hour winds. Another late-season storm staggered parts of North Carolia and Virginia Monday. Up to 24 inches of snow fell In parts of North ,/arolina, already hard-hit by a succession of winter storms. Schools which reopened Friday foj- the first time in two weeks closed again. Ten inches of snow accumulated at Mt. Pisgah near Asheville, N. C , and a six inch faH was measured on Mount MitchellHardest hit was the Maple Springs Gap area near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park which got up to two feet of snow. Five inches ot new _snow clogged roads and closed schools in parts of southwest Virginia. Zero Readings Common A new Mast of cold air blew into the country from Canada. Readings near zero were common in the Dakotas and Minnesota. The mercury dropped below freezing in much of Dixie. The cold was responsible for several deaths in the South. A 38-year-old woman was found frozen to death in Toccoa, Ga., and a 54-year-old man died in a snow-covered mountain cabin in Wilkesboro, N. C-, ness aggravated by lack of food and fuel. • . An exploding heater started a house fire in Jacksonville, Fla., which claimed the life of an 80-year-old man.