Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 141, Decatur, Adams County, 15 June 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 141.

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Sees Passage Os Key Bills

WASHINGTON <UPI*— Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson «ud today he behoved -most- of the key bills before can be passed before the July 11 Democratic national convention. But he refused to say flatly Congress would not return to work in August. Johnson, who returned from a visit to his home state of Texas early this morning, told reporters -We will take up every bill we can before we leave" f(|r the presidential conventions. “I beheve most of.the bills we have talked about can be acted on by the Senate." he said. Other congressional news: Housing: The House Banking Committee approved a $1.865,600,000 housing bill by a 19-2 vote. The bill would extend no-down-payment financing to non-veteran home buyers for the first time. It also would provide slum clearance funds and funds for more federal lending to build college dormitories. Boxing: A convict guarded by two deputy marshals maintained silence today after telling Senate investigators he had been threatened with violence if he testified about Frank Carbo, reputed "underworld czar” of boxing. Irving Mishel, serving a 10 to 20 year term at Clinton State Prison m New York for larceny, was described by the subcommittee counsel as a one time "underworld banker” in the fight game.” Waste:' Commerce Secretary Frederick H. Mueller accused Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.‘ of making unfair attacks in connection with the State Department’s purchase of $89,400 worth of furniture from a firm headed by Mueller's son. Mueller said neither the government nor his son acted improperly in any way. Minimum Wage: The House Labor Committee tentatively agreed today on a bill boosting the federal minimum wage gnadualy to a $125 an hour bringing aboutl four milion more workers

Decatur Church Membership Is 7,350

Membership in Decatur’s 16 churches now stands at 7,350, representing 88 per cent of the 8,272 population of the city, according to a survey made by the Decatur Daily Democrat. While many Decatur church .members live outside of the city, many others who live in town attend churches outside of the city, and several of the churches count those who are official members by various categories, rather than all who attend. Decatur’s churches have expandeded greatly in the past ten years. Nearly every church has had some sort of expansion program, and several were even started within the past ten years. Largest Congregations Largest congregation in Decatur is that of St. Mary’s Catholic church, whose 3,020 baptised members represented 40 per cent of the city’s total. The congregation of Zion Lutheran church numbers 895, the next largest. There are 803 communicant members of the Evangelical United Brethren deno mination attending the two city — churches, 408 at Bethany church and 395 at Trinity. The next largest denomination is the First Methodist church, with 661 members

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under the law. A for- ; mal vote on the measure was i postponed until Thursday. Defense' A Senate group, including presidential hopeful Sen. Stuart Symington 'D-Mo.t; charted a drive today to increase the $40,385,000,000 defense money bill which already contains more than one billion dollars asked by I resident Eisenhower. The Defense Department appropriations bill, representing the biggest chunk of the governments cold war expenditure, was scheduled for floor action by the Senate. Lively debate with presidential year overtones was expected. Flag Day Services Held Last Evening Praising the Elks for helping remember the American flag, protected in many wars by the blood of fighting soldiers. Robert Gates, of Columbia City, former state commander of the American Legion. spoke to the largest crowd to attend Flag Dayjteremonies in several years. Gates, speaking to the first indoor recognition of Flag Day. told the group that the United States is not seeking domination of foreign countries, but rather is seeking to extend the rights of liberty and justice for all to all. Gates' speech followed a recital of the history of the flag by George Bair, and a ceremony by the Elks officers on the importance and place of the flag. The ceremony was also sponsored by the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Following the ceremony a lunch was served to the guests who attended. This was the first I Flag Day ceremony to be held in the new Elks home.

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP FIGURES 92 Assembly of God 8 5 Church of Christ Church of God *“ Church of the Naxarene ——- Decatur Missionary Evangelical United Brethren — Bethany 408 s Trinity 395* 220*** First Baptist Church — * ———— First Christian Church First Methodist Church 320*** First Presbyterian Church an**** Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall an* Nuttman Avenue United Brethren in Christ 1020 St. Mary’s Catholic Church Zion Evangelical Reformed (U.8.C.) ——- Zion Luthern Church (Missouri Synod)-—uao Total Attendance -—-—4--♦Communicant members only—total much greater. ♦♦Average Sunday attendance. ••♦Unofficial estimate. ♦•♦♦.Preaching house to house—total greater..

‘attending, and the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church ranks next with 525 communicant memBuilding Projects Largest of the building projects completed during the past ten years was the building of the new St. Mary’s Catholic church, completed in 1954. The church presently has plans for a new sisters

More Bargain Tour Reservations Here A total of 27 persons, two over I the original Decatur quota, have j already signed up for the Decatur I Daily Democrat-Erie railroad bargain tour to Niagara Falls and Canada for the weekend of June 24-27, and eight more spaces were made available to Decatur area people today. Those who have already made reservations may pick up their tickets at the Erie station this week, Inexpensive Weekend The trip, which costs $32.75 for adults, and $22.75 for children 11 years old and younger, will leave Decatur by diesel-powered <The Erie Limited* at 9:43 Friday. June 24, and return at 4:33 a.m. Monday. June 27. The train fare, hotel in Niagara Falls, two sightseeing trigg, a continental breakfast on the way. and a sack lunch on the return, are included in the bargain fare. Those making the tour will travel in comfortable reclining seats, air-conditioned coaches to Buffalo. There they will transfer by bus to the Niagara Hotel in Niagara Falls, N. Y., just two blocks from the falls. Plenty of free time will be allowed for rest, relaxation, or enjoyment of the falls and many side trips possible. Falls At Night A special trip will be made to view the falls at night, lit by 4 billion. 200 million candlepower, with the gigantic rim. nearly a mile around, pouring 164.000 cubic feet of water per second in a great roaring spectacle 165 feet onto the rocks below. On Sunday afternoon the group will spend two hours touring the Canadian side of the falls, visiting the quaint neighboring Canadian community. Those who were born in the U. S. will not need any special proof of citizenship to re-enter the United States. Those interested in more information may obtain reservations or information at the Decatur Daily Democrat office.

convent and new addition to the school. The Zion Lutneran church has completed the educational unit, and started its parochial school, in that new building. Bethany E.U.B. church has made an addition to its building, and has also purchased a site for a new church in the future. The First Methodist church has

Decotur, Indiano, Wednesday, June 15, 1960

Mob Os Japan Students Battle With Police In Anti-Government Riots

! I Late Bulletins UNITED NATIONS rt’Pt*— ArgeoUna tod>» formally cu»ed Israel •( vielaling Ha naUanal aaverrignly in the rapture of former Natl NS Cal. Adolf Eichmann and a»ked the U. N. Security Council to order "Jmtt redrew.” WASHINGTON (UPD— The House Banking Committee by a 19-2 vole today approved a I sl.36s.ttN.Wt housing bill which would extend no-down-payment financing to non-vet-eran home buyers. Starts On Boating Venture To Toledo John Bonner. a 66-year-old World War I veteran, put his small 10 foot boat in the St Mary's river at Pleasant Mills j this morning on a boating venture which will take him to Toledo. Bonner was born and reared m Adams county. He lived in Pleas-, ant Mills with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Al Bonner, until 1917, when he moved to Payne, O. Bonner, who built the boat him-; self, expects to arrive in Toledo j about a week from Saturday. He says that he believes he will be the first person in the world make a coast to coast trip in a 10-foot boat. The first leg of his coast to coast trip was in 1914. when he and Ralph Fuller took | their home-made boats to Bluffton and started in the Wabash river and seven weeks and 1800 miles later ended up in New Orleans, John was about 20 years old at the time. Bonner, who works for the agriculture department in Payne. 0.. hopes to arrive in Defiance about Saturday night, where he will visit with some friends and attend the firemen’s convention. When he arrives in Toledo, his brother-in-law has promised to take him home the easy way—-by automobile. * . . , * He estimated -the trip as about 300 miles byway of the river, and although he said it had been a few years since he has rowed a boat," he figured he wouldn’t have any trouble making it. His boat has two iron bars which fit over the top and a canvas goes over them, so he will sleep in the boat at night. He also has small wheels on the boat, which will get him over some of the dams he will run into. Many Adams county people will remember Bonner as one of the first men to build an airplane in this area.

made one major addition to its church, and has another in the planning stage. In addition, a new parsonage has been purchased in Stratton addition during the past ten years. The First Presbyterian church has purchased a new manse, and converted the old manse into Sunday school rooms. A new church building or addition to the old church are under consideration. The Jehovah Witnesses have completed a new Kingdom Hall, located on Monroe street, during the period. The Zion Reformed church has also completed a new addition to their chureh during the past ten years. Compared With Bluffton The neighboring city of Bluffton recently completed a similar survey, showing 4,344 church members in that city, a gain of 27 per cent in the past t„en years. This represent 59 per cent of its census total of 6,252 for 1060. Wells county gained 8 per cent in population during the same period. The First Methodist church of Bluffton, with 976 members, is the largest church in that city, the First Baptist with 767. and the First Reformed With 729, being the next largest. ,

Berne Tavern Permit Is Again Rejected The application for a tavern in] I Berne bv Melvin and Lulu WalI chle, was turned down by the Ad .ams county alcoholic beverages , board for the fourth time Tuemfoy. iziss't 250 Berne people fill'd the foxxirt room again to protest th<* I application The Rev. Gordon Ncucnschwnndcr and people representing other groups in Berne talked to the | • board, giving their reasons for , not wanting another tavern in | 'their town. Petitions from the! ■ Berne businessmen, the Berne i i ministerial association, the Berne-: (French parent-teachers association, the Mother's study club, the j Berne Mother's riub. the M. W. friendship home demonstration club, the Women’s Christian Tern-1 I perance club, and one with about ] 200 high school students were pre-1 ' sented to the board. f i Rev. Neuensch wander, saying ' the feeling in the community had ] i not -lessened and the people didn't want things that would tear down their God. gave five reasons that ■he believed should convince the I board that the application should : not be permitted. The reasons ■ were that the people of Berne took pride in their churchesi commun**y. and schools, they didn’t want their children subjected to the evils of drinking, there are enough taverns in Adams county, it would I bring increasing traffic hazards. and it would bring to the town of Berne undesirable people. He then presented to the board a petition of 176 non-registered voters and one with 1,210 registered voters requesting the application be turned down. Other Berne people then gave their ideas on why anI other tavern should not be permitted in Berne. Robert Smith, attorney for the Walchles. brought former Adams county sheriff Bob Shraluka to the front and Shraluka told the board that during the two years he was deputy and four years he was sheriff, he never once had a call to the tavern the Walchles formerly owned ’in Berne. He also stated that the Walchles came to Decatur, before they bought the tavern in Berne, and cleaned out an establishment that hadn't been too desirable in the past and made a decent and clean tavern out of it. Attorney Smith told the board that he wasn’t in the court room to argue for the Walchles, rather he was there to see that justice was done. He related that he knew no law that prohibited the Walchles or any other American from Establishing a tavern wherever he pleased. He Said, however. that the law did give the county alcoholic beverages board the power to turn down an application, but he could not see why the board would do such a thing since there is no actual law against it, just a large group of people protesting. He said that as long as their establishments were run according to law he could see no reason why the board would turn the. Walchles down. After about fifteen minutes deliberation the board refused the application of the Walchles. who have spent about SIO,OOO in buying a building in Berne and remodeling it. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight, chance of few scattered showers or thunder- . showers extreme north this afternoon and north tonight. Not so cool tonight. Thursday partly cloudy, chance of scattered showers or thundershowers northwest by afternoon or evening. Low tonight 60 to 66. High Thursday 70s extreme north to the 80s south and central. Sunset today 8:14 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 5:17 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Change of a few showers and turning cooler late Friday. Lows 62 to 0. Highs 75 to 85.

BUIXimN TOKYO U’Pil — Prime MInI • t e r NoboMtkr Ki«hi called «n emergency caMnel meeting early today to di»«u« the riot* against the F.iaen bower visit and his own government. There were ancao 1 lirmed reports the cabinet would discMO dissolving the Dirt (parliament*. TOKYO (UP!*— A mob of mor? (than 12.000 left wing university j ■ctixients t»Wi?d 5.000 poMce in sbkxxiy untiAt'A«vnment riots on I the national parliament grounds tonight At least one student was ■ killed. Some reports said four 1 were dead. Hundreds were injured I and scores were arrested. I The new vtotnee against the] I govrnment of Premier Nobusuke 1 Kishi and the U S -Japan security I part came virtually on the eve of I President Eisenhower’s visit next i Sunday. It set off fears of a situa- | tion similar to that in Korea which toppled the regime of President , Syngman Rhee in April. - Police confirmed that one wom--1 an demonstrator was killed. News--1 pape'rs said two were dead. The Socialist Party, bitter foe of Kishl and the security treaty, claimed I four were killed. It said eight more were so critically injured ! they were not expected to live through the night Ait least 199 were injured seriously. with estimates of about 11,000 leas seriously hurt. I At least 56 students were ar- ! rested, and police said more arrests Aepe likely. Massed for Protest Rally Veteran observers at the scene said they had not -seen so many ambulances on the move since the end of World War 11. Hospitals near the Diet (parliament* building set up emergency cots to take care of the overflow of injured. The deaths were the firsrt in the recent series of riots and demonstrations. Ironically, the bloodshed came just when it had appeared that the President had a reasonable chance of a relatively peaceful welcome during his visit. w Today's violence started when an estimated 10.000 members of the extreme leftist Zengakuren students organization massed outside the parliament grounds for a pretest rally. They stormed the grounds despite the presence of 5.000 police and 16 armored cars. They charged to within 20 feet of the parliament building before P°h^ e beat them back, battling all the way. It was in this assault that the fatal violence occurred, along wtth the numerous injuries. Sack Diet Building When news of the deaths spread, thousands of demonstrators who had taken part in more or less orderly protest marches earlier converged on the parliament a t fc ‘ a - By 9:30 pm., the mob had grown to more than 12.000. Shouting angry cries of "murderers and “assassins" at police, they surged back into the parliament Police fought back to bar them Advertising Index Advertiser Page A & P Tea «■ Arnold Lumber Co., Inc 3 Bower Jewelry Store Butler Garage. Inc —— a Burk Elevator Co a Budget Loans ‘ Cowens Insurance Agency Cadillac « Decatur Drive-In Theater Doans Pills r ” Fager Appliances & Sporting Good.? . 1 Gerber's Super Market —----- “ Holthouse Drug Co -----—3, t>, < Holthouse Furniture Store —— a Haugks x Pauline Haugk Real Estate —-. 5 Johnson & Schnepf, Auctioneers 5 Kohne Drug Stori; b Kroger " Model Hatchery \ Phil Neuenschwander, Auctioneer - - I Price Men's Wear ‘ Powelson Amusements. Inc 7 Standard Food Stores 4. L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Smith Drug Co 3 Stucky & Co 2 Stucky’s Soil Service —l— 5 Teeple Truck Lines 5 TUny s Tap -—— 3

fnwn the mom parliament bmld The rtotar* showed their utter > jk-fiimce <4 the government bj I s.H-kitig one of toe Diet laukkiw and urinating en maane on tLc I twrluMnerg ground*. Plan Dirt Recrxa In other developments' —A sopkesman for Kishl’s pro-i Western, ruling Labvrai-Demucrat-1 lie INirty said the government i would cxdl a five or »ix-day par-1 kamentury reccsa and delay rati-1 1 fication of the security treaty dur-; tng President Eisenhower'* visit. I —■Die giant leR w-u* 3.600.000member Sohyo Labor Federation j and the equally red-tinted Social-1 ist Party agreed not to demonIsUNfie against President Eisenbow- | ter along the route he will take i from the airport into the center of Tokyo Sunday. —Strot< newspaper editorials urged against a repeat perform-, a nee of the violence that greeted While House Press Secretaryi James C. Hagerty and his party at Haneda Airport last Friday. But toe deaths and the large number of injured in the new brawling cast dark shadows of more serious trouble ahead that might coincide with the President's visit. Several newsmen were hit by a barrage of stones—some of them as big as grapefruit — hurled bythe rioters. The violence apparently wns triggered triten a truck driven by a rightwing political group backing President Eisenhower's visit this Sunday plowed through a group of demonstrators, injuring several.

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MANILA (UPD—President Eisenhower said tonight that new weapons make war "a complete absurdity" and for that reason there must be no retreat in the efforts to negotiate for a peaceful world. He spoke informally at a banquet given in his honor at Malacanang Palace by Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia, who hailed him for his World War II record and his current leadership in the quest for world peace. In an exchange of toasts at the end of the dinner, Eisenhower held open the door to Russia for a fruitful negotiation of the differences that led to collapse of the summit conference in Paris last month. Eisenhower delighted his -Filipino guests by coming to the banquet wearing a colorful native barong tagalog —a lightweight shirt worn here in the evening as formal attire. It is the festive dress of the Filipino man. Addresses Philippine Congress The U.S. President devoted his remarks almost entirely to the vitaL need for maintaining working diplomatic contact and epn- • tinued negotiations with other countries of the world. “We must not for one moment give up our effort to induce those hostile to us... to see the path to reason,” Elsenhower said. In a world constantly develo • ing more powerful weapons, the President Said, war is “absolutely impassible" as a solution to international differences. He said that nations joined together in a common belief in freedom should remain willing to use i “every reasonable idea” in keeping ppen the avenue of diplomatic negotiations. In an earlier speech today Eisenhower accused international Communist leaders of trying to pervert and seize national movements throughout the world for “their own evil objectives.” ; He called on free world nations to march ahead with the help of God. and meet the threat of a philosophy that demands "subservience to. a single ideology, to a strait jacket of ideas and approaches and methods.”

Miss Betty Bowers Is Taken By Death Mix* Betty Jam* Bower*. I®. of route 1. Monroeville, died Tuesday at the Adams county memorial hospital, where «b< bad been a patient for the past stx month*. Miws Bower*, a native of Allen county, was a junior in the Hoagland high school. Surviving are the parent*. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bowers; two brothers. Albert U Bowers of Fort Wayne, and John D. Bower*, at home, and two sister*, Mr*. Beverly Yingrt of Muncie, and Miss Louise Ann Bowers, at home. Funernl services will be c<>n-. ducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Grace Evangelical United Brethren church, Monroeville. the Rev. J. C. White officiating. Burial will be in the IOOF cemetery at Monroeville. Friends may call at the Marquart funeral home in Monroeville until 1 p.m. Friday, when the body will be removed to the church. . No Polio Cases In Indiana This Year INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —Th e Indiana State Board of Health reported today that there still had been no cases of polio reported in the state this year, up to last weekend. A year a*e°v nh»e-coset. were on record and the five-year median Is 14 cases this time <rf year.

Annual Homestead Picnic Set July 4 Plans for the annual picnic of the Homestead Community association. which will be held Monday, July 4, were made at the annual meeting of the association recently. Residents of the Homestead will be advised later as to what each should bring to the picnic. The usual softball game between the kids and the "old kids” will start the event, followed by other types of recreation and entertainment. Doyle Collier and Mrs. Don Jefferies were elected to the board of directors for three-year terms, succeeding Norman Steury and Robert Worthman. Officers elected by the directors are: Jim Cowens, president; Doyle Collier .vice president; Mrs. Don Jefferies, secretary, and Earl Chase, treasurer. Other directors are George Buckly and Robert Gay. Cowens succeeds Steury as president. Committees appointed for the ensuing year are as follows: Park—Herb Banning and Lawrence Anspaugh. co-chairman; Norman Steury. Mark Colchin, Donald Sliger and Robert Gay. Christmas decorations — Doyle Collier and Harold Hoffman, cochairmen; James Habegger, Eugene Rnodel, Vernon Seitz and Lohnas Mclntosh. Improvements—Grover Levy and Vernon Aurand, co-chairmen; Al Beavers, Earl Chase, Eugene Mitch and Don Jefferies. Picnic—Jack Macklin and Norman Kohne, co-chairmen. Welcome — Paul Saurer and George Buckley, co-chairmen; Mel Tinkham. Social and recreation — Robert Worthman and Bruce Baughn, cochairmen: Jim Cowens, Roily Ladd. Paul Bevelhimer and Dick Macklin. Dues—Doyt Schaadt and Jerome Ginter, co-chairmen; John Koors. Kenneth DeArmond, Paul Saurer, George Buckley. Doug Gilpen and Lawrence Beavers.

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