Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 72.

Expect Senate Revision Os Civil Rights Bill As Passed By House Vote

xjCenten l^fleditation (By Rev Robert R. Welch. St Paul Missionary Church) “A GOOD NAME” "A food namo U ratter to bo choaen than fraatriefcaa ’ Prov zz l Doubtless we arc all at times inclined to wish that we were rich We are quite sure that it would be of great advantage to us in many ways, and possibly it would. The scripture before us does not give us the least suggestion that it would not. Money is certainly among God’s many good and perfect gifts, and it is a good thing to possess But this proverb teaches us that there are some things worth more than money, some things money cannot One thing that money cannot buy is a good name. Now there are some strange things about names. Cne is that we have no choice in the matter of our names. And while it matters litUe what our name is. It does matter tremendously what we make of It ' *Tf my name is so valuable,” said Robert E. Lee to a group of men who simply wanted to use his name, the price thereof to be a liberal salary for no work done, ‘‘then I must be very careful how I use it. No. I cannot do it." So he kept the name of Lee untarnished, synonymous wit. all that is noble and true. Friend, likewise, guard your name well, it is your most valuable possession. -

Living Costs Rise To Equal Records

WASHINGTON (UPI) — "Hie nation's Hying costs, spurred by higher interest rates and medical bills, edged up™ last month to equal the all-time high set last November The Labor Department’s consumer price index reversed a twomonth downtrend by climbing .2 per cent. It was 125.6 per cent of average 1947 - 49 prices, an increase of 1,5 per cent above a year ago. • A sharp reduction in gasoline prices and the fifth consecutive monthly decline in food prices prevented the index from rising to new record levels. Mortgage interest rates, which have risen steadily since mid-1958, brought a rise in housing costs, the Labor Department said. Medical care costs went up .8 per cent last month—largest increase in 18 months. Substantially higher premiums for health insyr- - ance in Chicago, Seattle. Portland, Ore., Youngstown, Ohio, and Charleston, W.Va , were blamed. The outlook is fur further inThe outlook is for further inaccording to Robert J. Myers, deputy commissioner of labor statistics. "Things are likely to get a little worse before they get better -> he said. Meats, poultry and other food items will be more expensive in the next few months, he predicted, and moderate increases in service items also are in Pr FMd prices dropped because of lower costs of eggs, most meats, some fruits- and vegetables and fats and oils. Spring clothing, and house furnishings following January sales helped push up the living costs last month. Take-home pay of the average, factory worker declined by about! one dollar over the month It now averages $Bl.lO for a worke with three dependents. Local Man's Mothet Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Harold Bradford, 57, of Fort Wayne, died Thursday at St Joseph’s hospital in that city, where she had been a patient sinch March 7. Surviving in addition to her husband are a son, Paul Racine of Decatur; three daughters, Mrs, Eleanor Reed and Mrs. Betty Hedges of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Marcella Bittner of Springfield, O.; her mother, Mrs. Joseph Laier of Fort Wayne, and a brother, Frank Laier of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at the Mongovan 8c Sons mortuary, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John A. Bapst officiating. Burial will be in Prairie Grove cemetery.

DECATUR DAIIY DEMOCRAT

ii Spring Opening In ) “ Decatur Saturday " “Old man winter may still be ‘ around, but it will be ‘spring’ at your house if you attend the big ’ spring opening Decatur stores this Saturday.” , A total of $75 worth of groceries j are on display today at the Cham- ; ber of Commerce office, as first ; and second prizes for the lucky person who registers Saturday duri ing the annual Chamber of Com- . merce spring opening. ■ Stores that are members of the Chamber have signs in their win--5 dows, and any person 18 years of ■ age or older may register for the groceries. Two prizes will be awarded, a i first prize of SSO, and a second prize of $25. Merchants will take . the ballots to the Chamber office . by 6 p.m. Saturday, April 2, and the drawing will be made at 7 • o'clock that night. The spring opening with all the i new spring and summer items, is • an annual feature of the retail di--1 vision of the Chamber of Com- • merce. ‘ Miss Kay Aiberson, of the Kiddie 1 Shop, is chairman for the event 1 this year. An active member of , the Chamber, she has headed several similar promotions previous- — Each store that is a member of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce is taking part in the program. Special bargains have been advertised, and numerous | others will be shown Saturday. Special merchandise has been brought in by the merchants just for the opening. Decatur stores will be open urn til 9 p.m. Saturday, and area residents are invited to visit every store and see the many bargains that are available locally. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and not so cold tonirht, light snow likely north, probably beginning northwest late this afternoon or evening. Saturday mostly cloudy, some light snow north in forenoon, becoming partly cloudy Saturday afternoon. Warmer central and south Saturday. Sunset today 7:02 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Saturday 6:40 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy, cootinned relatively cold. Lows 18 to 32. Highs 32 to 45. ,

DECATUR SPRING

WASHINGTON <UPI> — Sen Richard B Russell iD-Ga.) said today he would be "very much surprised” if the Senate did not change the five-point ctvtl rights bill approved by the House. Senate leaders hoped the House measure could be passed without change and tent directly to the White House. Otherwise, a timeconsuming Senate-House conference would be necessary to work out a compromise. But storm signals arose from both liberal senators wanting a stronger bill and embattled Southerners fighting any civil rights legislation. Russell is the leader of the Southern bloc. The House finally passed its bill by a 311-109 vote Thursday The measure includes most of the administration's civil rights pro-| posals. including a plan for courtappointed referees to safeguard Negro voting rights. Side tracks Own Measure The Senate promptly sidetracked its own measure and sent the House bill to the judiciary committee, headed by Sen. James O. Eastland (D-Miss.). But it Instructed the committee to report, \ the measure back by next Tues-1 ) dayThe Senate defeated. 72-19, an Eastland motion to refer the bill !to his committee with no time; limit. Easrtland told newsmen he would not call a committee meeting until its regular session Monday morning. Although many members were confident the Senate would not change the House bill, Russell did 1 not agree , , i Russell, who has masterminded 1 the strategy of 18 Southern senaI tors in toe civil rights fight, specifically cited an amendment adopted by the Senate to its own measure. Sponsored By I>auscne

Sponsored by Sen. Frank J. Lausche <D - Ohio), toe amendment would extend to all federal court rulings penalties provided for interference with school desegregation rulings. The House bill contains milder penalties and limits them to school oases “I would be very much surprised to see the Senate reverse itself on the Lausche amendment,” Russell told reporters. He said he was confident the same amendment would be offered to the House bill. Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (RN Y.), a judiciary committee member who favors a stronger bill said he was not a bit concerned about toe necessity of going” to a House-Senate conference committee on the issue. Keating said any effortsto weaken the bill can be in the judiciary committee- But te would not predict what ruecess he would have m efforts to strengthen it. Advertising index Adams Theatre — - Affolder & Miller ------ Adams County Artificial g Beavers Oil Service, Inc. - « Butler Garage, Inc. —a Burk Elevator Co. , a Budget Loans ’ Verlon O. Baxter —- " Fred W. Corah, Insurance - * Chevrolet - — * „ Cowens Insurance Agency * Conrad’s "66” Service - 7 Decatur Super Service —, ‘ Ehinger’s “Boston Store” —— 3 Family Inn . Fort Wayne Tent & Awning Co. 4 F. O. O. Eagles — - — 7 Holthouse Drug Co. 2 Pauline Haugk Real Estate 5 Kohne Drug Store — 5 Kane Paint & Wallpaper Store.. 2 Lengerich Awnings & Railings— 5 Moose ® F. McConnell & Sons 4 Mies Recreation 7 Model Hatchery 5 Maico Hearing Service 4 Petrie Oil Co. 8 Schafers ‘ «■ 3, 8 L. Smith Insurance Agency 5 Smith Drug Co. 3 Shaffer’s Restaurant 2 Singleton Radio & TV Service- 4 Stop Back News Stand — 8 Studebaker --i-— 2 Teeple —— 5 Zesto -— 3 Rural Church Page Sponsors — 6

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER Os ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 2s, 1960.

Red Cross Workers Are Urged To Report With Just one week remaining in the rural Red Cross drive. $1,577.25 remains to be' raised, Homer Winteregg and Silvan Sprunger. co-chalrmtn of the drive, warned today. All section workers were urged to make their rounds immediately, so that the campaign can be com-, pleted oh time More than SI,OOO has already been reported and turned in. Washington Leaaa Washington township leads so far in the amount of money turned I in, $179,50. Preble township la close behind, with $165.25. IWnl is French with 6120.50. Union is 4th with $103.50. Other townships reporting are Kirkland. $97.50; Root. S4B 50; St. Mary’s, S4B 50; j Monroe. sl3 50 No reports have been received yet from Blue Creek, Hartford. Jefferson, and | Wabash townships. 100% Sections Three more sections reported 100% participation. They were; Fred Kaehr. Kirkland, section 33, $10; Dale Fruechte, Kirkland, sec-, tion 3, $8; Hubert Lengerich, Washington, section 16, $21.25. Township Reports Other sections where drives are included are: Preble township, section 15, Mrs. j Marvin Conrad, sl3; section 25, Martin Setting, sl3. Root township, section 18, Milton Fuhrman, $8; section 5, Mrs. Martin Braun, sl3; section 36. Winfred Gerke, $9; section 25, Robert F. Carr, $15.50. Union, section 8, Mrs. Hugo Blakey, $9.50: section 21. Simon Bleke, $18; section 15, Mrs. Edgar Thieme, sl2. Kirkland, section 23. Evan Yake, $7: section 26. Roy Reinhard, $10: section 10, Clarence Weber, $10; section 13, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore I Heller, $7; section 11, Homer Ginter. sl4; section 2, Mrs. Frederick Ehlerding, SB. Washington, section 25, C. L. Reber, $5; section 14, Hubert Gase, $3.50; section 9, Mrs. Raymond Becher and Mrs. Robert August,! sl3; section 18, Peter B. Lehman, $11; section 35, Mrs. George Thomas, $8; Bellmont Park, Mrs. Thomas Harrell and Mrs. Carl Baker, sl9; section 28, Henry Heiman, $9. St. Mary’s township, (because of the irregularity of the roads, river, and railroads in that township, the chairman has split the sections into districts.) zone 15, Mrs. Harold Kelley, $4.75; zone 13, Kenneth Mitchel, $12.50; zone 10, Noble Raudenbush, sl2; zone 14, Robert Bailey, $9.40; zone 4, Mrs. Charles Wagner, $6.

Ike And Aides Confer Today

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower met with his Cabinet today preparatory to conferring with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan next week on an Allied counter - proposal for banning nuclear weapons tests. Eisenhower and Macmillan are expected to reach quick agreement in talks beginning here Monday on a modified Western proposal to counter Russia’s new formula for suspending all tests. American and British officials acknowledged that circumstances are pushing the two Allied leaders towards a compromise. There was little doubt that the President discussed the disarmament situation with his advisers at this morning’s Cabinet meeting. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter probably will shed further light on the U. S. position at an afternoon news conference. The White House announced Thursday Macmillan’s hurriedly

OPENING THIS SATURDAY

Individual gifts, a friend, SSO; Mrv Sarah Snyder. $2; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brunton, $2. To Dedicate Elks t Home On Saturday 1 Formal dedication of the new Decatur Elks home will be held 1 at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon as I the highlight of the three-day celebrat ion of the event, which opened Thu rsday night. George hair, Sr., exalted ruler of the Decatur lodge, will open the dedication service. Special music ’ will be presented by Mrs. William 4 Gass, followed by the history of ! ; the Decatur Elks lodge by August ( Heimann, a past exalted ruler. The dedication by ritual will be I I exemplified by the local officers, and Marvin P. Rich, district dep- ! ( jttty of the Elks, will introduce thel , speaker. Robert L. Dohority, of Elwood. special deputy for the grand exalt-; ed ruler, will deliver the dedica- 1 I tion address. Rich will then present the declaration of the home, and after special music, Rich will ; make the dedication close, and the. i service will conclude with dismis- j j sal by Sherman Koos, lodge chap-! i lain. 1 A card party for the Elks ladies ( j was held this afternoon at the j I lodge home, sponsored by the Em- j blem club. Activities this evening 1 twill open with a smorgasbord from 16 to 8 p.m., followed by a floor j show from 7:30 to 9 o'clock, and al dance from 9 p.m. until midnight.! Tonight’s activities are for Elksj and their ladies, and members of other Decatur fraternal organizations and their ladies. Saturday evening, a cocktail hour will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 o’clock. The dedication banquet will be served at 6:30 p.m.. fol-. lowed by a floor show at 8:30 o’-j clock, and closing dance from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. . Bomb Scare Closes Mill Creek School LAPORTE. Ind. 'UPI) — A telephoned “bomb scare” closed the Mill Check school today and police investigating the source of the call picked up five children for questioning. Principal Noel King ordered school buses to take pupils back to their homes when the phone call was received by Lincoln Twp. trustee Roy Bulla just as buses were arriving at the school at 7:50 a.m. c.s.t. Police searched the building and in tracing the call picked up five pupils in the school. The children were not identified.

arranged trip to Washington for talks with the President. The British leader will arrive here Saturday afternoon and confer with Eisenhower early Monday. Their problem is to work out a reply to Russia’s proposal to ban all large and medium-sized test explosions and conclude a four to five-year moratorium on smaller; underground blasts which defy detection under any procedures the Soviet Union is willing to accept. Officials said it appeared virtually certain that-.the West would not reject outright the Soviet offer, despite the reported belief of Chairman John A. -McCone of the Atomic Energy Commission and some of his supporters that this would be the proper course. Macmillan wants to accept the Soviet proposal with the least possible modification. His attitude has strengthened the position of Herter, who is arguing for a compromise.

Panel Os Americans As Rotary Meeting Thr De ratur Rotary dub heard a panel n 4 Americana (roup from JVirdur University dlaeuaa racial and rotlgtoua prejudice* at It'S ladle* night meeting Thurrday evening at the Youth and Community Center, George Thoms*, vlce-prctideni. presided, and Roy Kitvff introduced thf profritn Mir* Alice AHwein spoke briefly urging support of the Adams County Music Association membirship drive early in April She said that thr youth of Decatur appreciated the opportunity to hear the good music which the Aasocia‘turn brought to the community. The panel of American* group jis a discussion organization that | has been active at Purdue for about 10 year*. It la similar to I ' other campus groups throughout I | U*n country patterned after the ] Original at the University of California. founded in 1942, to promote racial understanding during the' war years. William Stielstra. assistant dean of men. Introduced the panel and acted as moderator. Eunice Piet, a Catholic of Polish descent from Chicago, said that In I her grade and high school days ' over 90of her friends and contacts had all been Catholics. Since i being on the Purdue campus, she 1 now found herself in a minority I group and some adjustment in her | thinking was necessary. Jil Lewis, an Episcopalian, and : the Protestant on the panel, advocated a free choice in religious ' companions. She also told of her early association with Negroes and her later surprise as she found others who thought them different I or inferior. Alice Fisher, a Jew. from ! Brooklyn, New York, recalled sevi eral campus experiences in which she was told "I could like you if | you were not a Jew.” Malone Zimmerman, a Negro from Orangeburg, S. C., and a j sophomore in civil engineering, j told of his experiences of grow- ! ing up in the south. He defined integration as being complete when every American has all of the rights that every other American enjoys. An interesting question and answer period revealed some modification of ideas on the part of the panelists. The group thought Senator Kennedy was popular in his own right but was not too sure about what effect his being a Catholic would have on his political success. The problem of whether or not integration should include inter-marriage j was aired, with some conflict between what seamed theoretically correct and what was more practical. It was stated that a repeal of segregation laws might be better than new legislation favoring integration.

Hoosiers Shivering In New Cold Spell United Press International Hoosiers shivered through a new 1 cold spell today as the mercury j dropped to one degree above zero, and forecasts up to the end of Mafch indicated continued subnormal temperatures — and more snow. It was 1 above at Goshen this morning, 7 above at Fort Wayne, and Lafayette, 10 at South Bend, 12 at Indianapolis- and 19 at: Evansville. j The Indianapolis low tied the j all-time cold mark for March 25. j The five-day outlook for the per- | iod ending next Wednesday, the j day before March departs after its chilliest stand in 89 years of weather records, called for temperatures Averaging around 10 degrees . below normaL - 4 “Only minor day-to-day changes! in temperatures expected throughout the period,” the outlook said, adding that precipitation would be no greater than .10 to .25 of an j inch and occur as “some light! snow or snow flurries north Sat-, urday and a little rain or snow mainly south about Tuesday or Wednesday.” Temperatures ranged from 27 at South Bend to 47 at Evansville at high points Thursday before falling to points 20 to 25 degrees below normal early this morning. Forest Liqht Dies After Heart Attack FArest Light, former resident of Decatur, died at 6 o’clock Thursday evening at his home in Benton Ridge, 0., following a heart attack. His wife, formerly Jennie Helm, and several children survive,. Mrs. Nina Light, of Decatur, is a sister-in-law. Funeral services will be -held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Benton Ridge.

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Republicans File For County Office

, (Candidate* Us ted on Page 4) On toe last day to file for the primary election % the Republicans filled two of the three major coun'ty J4>sitions with Mrs. -Lavelle Death, license branch manager, as county recorder candidate, and Waldo J. Sauffer, of Berne, for auditor. The Republicans failed to < fill the county coroner position There, however, is the possibility of a late filing by mail. I On the Democratic slate, all the i county positions had been filled, j j and races developed for recorder with the filing of Rosemary Spang-; | ler, of Kirkland township, and! Mrs. Roy Strickler, of Decatur.' and for commissioner 3rd district with Delmas Bollenbacher, of j route 2, Berne, facing Loren Heller, route 1, Berne, incumbent. Judge Race Close In what promises to be the stellar attraction in local vote-getting j circles, the race for nominee asj judge of the Adams circuit court looms as most interesting. Incum-j : bent Myles F Parrish faces a) strong test from sheriff Merle As-; folder. Both filed on the Democratic ticket. No Republican filed' for judge. Although the complete primary! slate will not be definitely determined until the official certified I list is received by Lewton from the secretary of state, two candi-1 dates previously filed for the Democratic nomination for con-; gress, fourth district. They are Richard E. Houtzer, of Auburn, and Byron McCammon, Fort Wayne. E. Ross Adair, incumbent, is unopposed for the Republican nomination. For joint state representative, the only Republican race is in evidence. Gene Max Hindenlang. of route 6, Decatur, filed in Indianapolis Thursday, pitting himself j against Floyd Acker, of Decatur

Two Convicts Free Hostages

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) — The tall, young convict with cropped hair walked out of the prison factory at dusk Thursday, flipped away his cigarette and spat on the ground. Then he stuck out his hands to be handcuffed That defiant-action by Charles Raymond Farra, 25-year-old West Virginia kidnaper and robber, ended a 25-hour war of nerves in which he and a fellow convict gambled the lives of 18 hostages against the hope that 200 police would let them flee from the Tennessee state prison here. Farra and- Robert Rivera, 25, of Temple, Tex., armed with ,38 and .45 caliber pistols smuggled into the prison, seized more than 70 hostages in a strangely disorganized bid for freedom late WednesdayTreat Hostages Courteously They released all but 18. including three women, and entrenched themselves in a deputy ‘‘warden’s office in the prison clothing factory. They treated their hostages with elaborate courtesy but swore to kill them all unless given a fast car and a chance to shoot it out with police on the highway. At the end they traded their prisoners for a promise of no punishment, a temporary transfer to the county jail and efforts

Iwhd filed on Wednesday. » The incumbent tor joint reprei sentatlve from Adams-Wells coun--jtica. Burl Johnson, is unopposed ? on the Democratic ticket. The Democrat*, however, failed I to fill the precinct committeemen • ! slots from S. Preble, N. and 8- >; Kirkland. Two races developed yesterday when last-minute filings ■ | for committeemen in Geneva B | and Decatur 1-A were noted. Stanley G. Baumgartner will op- , pose Clarence E. Buckingham, for the Geneva post, while Robert C. Butcher, of 1062 Russell street, DeII catur, will match votes with DfCk ID: Heller, Jr., publisher of the Daily Democrat. Primary contests for state convention delegate? on the Democratic ticket ate Theron J. Fen- | stermaker, of Geneva, against Walter HofstetUr, of Geneva, lor district 9. J Frederick N, Kaehr, of route 4, ; Decatur, also filed for Kirkland . township member of the Adams Central school board. For county commissioner, 3rd district on the Republican ticket, 1 Carl Flueckiger, of route 1, Gei neva, filed to complete that ticket. Stanley D. Arnold, of route 6, DeI catur, is the -other commissioner nominee, coming from the 2nd district. The Republicans filled every committeeman and delegate post, but have no contests in any race. Call Answered by Decatur Firemen City firemen received a smoke call this morning about 11 o’clock to 122 S. 13th street to the residence of W. ETWills, where a motor in the house became overheated. Minor damage was noted to the motor, probably because it shorted out. No other damage was noted by firemen.

by lawyers to obtain their release on a writ of habeas corpus. The .agreement with state cor- : rections Commissioner Keith • Hampton that broke the stalemate promised that Rievera and Farra would not be placed in maximum security or solitary confinement and shall remain in the Davidson County jail 1 “throughout the legal proceedings brought in their behalf which are to include -a habeas corpus petition for both said prisoners.” Layers Represent Them j Hampton also agreed that as a result of their rebellion they would not lose any good time or honor time. Three lawyers agreed to represent them. Rivera's big grievance was that a fellow prisoner had prepared a writ of habeas corpus for him 1 but he could not get it notarized. He complained he , was denied legal counsel. Prison Warden Louis Bomar said Thursday night the weapons I used by Farra and Rivera may | have been smuggled into the prison a month ago by a guard who since has been fired. The guard not identified by Bomar, was not prosecuted for earlier smuggling offenses, but Bomar said he plansto “see what charges we can file against him now in the light of what has happned.”

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