Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 154.

House Votes S4O Billion Defense Money Bill; Ike Vetoes Federal Pay Hike ——lyw— ■——— 11 ■ ———— - I—■ 1 ■

American Oil Properties In Cuba Seized WASHINGTON <UPT> — Cuba’s seizure of American oil properties has played into the hands of the Soviet trade offensive in Latin America and poses a knotty diplomatic problem for the United States on how to beat it. U.S. officials feared that Wednesday’s takeover of the Texaco refinery in Cuba and the threatened seizure of American Esso and British-Dutch Shell refineries would thrust Cuba toward greater reliance on Iron Curtain barter trade. The Texaco seizure came after the three big oil firms refused an order to refine Soviet crude oil which Cuba is importing in exchange for sugar. Cannot Collect Bills Premier Fidel Castro’s currency restrictions have' prevented the American firms from collecting some SSO million in bills they were owed for their Cuban operations. Cuba has expropriated S3OO million to $450 million in other American properties without compensation. To put it nftildly, these difficulties for private enterprise are unlikely to encourage free world investment in Cuba. Meanwhile, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev made it clear in Romania last week that expanding trade with underdeveloped areas was a main item of Soviet policy. Signs Trade Agreements Cuba has signed trade agreements with East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia recently. The State Department Wednes* day blasted the action against Texaco as “a naked seizure . . • to contravention of the norms of conduct by responsible government.” For the United States the problem was how to curb the Commu-nist-like “infection" in Cuba without putting Washington in the role of unilaterally cracking down on a small Latin American neighbor. 12 Page*

Bodies Os Two Boys Found

MAUSTON, Wis. (UPD—Bodies of two of the six boys missing ' from the Ukrainian youth camp since Tuesday night were pulled from the Wisconsin River todays They were identified as those oi Ihor Lewytzfcy, Minneapolis; Minn., and George Trytchan, Chicago. * Lewytzky’s body was the first one found when the dragging operations were resumed today. It was about one-quarter mile downstream from where the boys disappeared Tuesday night when they let go of a guide line while wading across the river. Trytchan’s body was located about 50 feet away. Two other bodies were located and th&i lost again in the same area when the grappling lines of the searchers broke. The search was called off Wednesday night because of high water on the river, which is about a mile in width at the point where the bodies were found. It was slowed by continued high water and by underwater objects. In an effort to lower the water level the Wisconsin Public Service Commission ordered the dams above the scene closed. Skin divers were to be employed today. The boys still missing are Oleh Szeremeta, Roman Kuczama, Orest Nikorowycz and Orest Kurylak, all of Chicago.

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New Scout Troop Is Presented Charter Decatur’s newest Boy Scout troop. St. Mary’s troop 64, was presented its charter Wednesday evening at a program at the Catholic school. Carl Braun, institutional representative. accepted the charter on behalf of St. Mary's parish from Dan Freeby, neighborhood commissioner, southern district, culminating months of organizational efforts. David Terveer, troop advancement representative, presided at the meeting and introduced the troop leadership committee. Lowell J. Smith, veteran Scout leader, responded with a splendid talk on “Scouting to Decatur,” and gave many valuable suggestions and advice to the Scouts, parents and Scout leaders in attendance. The Rev. Robert Jaeger, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s church, spoke briefly on the troop chaplain’s responsibility. The program was climaxed with an impressive candlelight ceremony under the direction of Medford Smith, Scoutmaster of troop 64. and aided by assistant Scoutmasters James Roop and Don Miller, who invested the following Scouts with tenderfoot badges.’ Mariano Alonis, Ronald Andrews, Stephen Bentz, David Braun, David Equ ia, Franke Equia, James Eiting, Tom FaYchild, Al Fullenkamp. Pat Gage, Joe Gase, Ralph Geels, John Gerber, George Gordon, Jose Guerra, David Hackman. William Hain, Ed Hammond, Jim Heimann, John Heimann, Lawrence Heimann, Dan Hess, John Hobbs. Don Kaehr, Domingo Lopez. Jr., Tom Lose, Gerry Meyer. Harold Meyer, Larry Meyer, James Miller, Peter Miller. Richard Miller. Robert Miller, Thomas Miller, Dan Rickord, Joel Salazar, Ronald Schnepp, Bill Schooler, Leo Schurger, David, Teeple, Stephen Teeple, William Tricker, Thomas Vian. Ridgeville Youth Is Accidentally Killed MUNCIE. Ind. (UPI) —Leslie J. Liefe. 18, Ridgeville, was shot and killed accidentally Wednesday while riding in a car with four teen-aged companions on a crow hunt east of here.

Sheriff Jack Ripley said it was “a bunch of damned foolishness” to take the boys into the river with only a length of clothesline to hang on to. Cross at Dusk L Camp leader Rostydau Bojaowyz, 21, was leading the boys across the 75-foot-wide river at dusk when he suddenly stepped into a hole and went under. The 18 boys clinging to the rope —and ordinary clothesline —panicked and let go. Bojaowyz quickly recovered his footing, but was unable to save his campers. Twelve of the boys, and 14 others who jumped in from the shore to help, were rescued after grasping tree stumps or limbs. Dist. Atty. Roland Vieth said “apparently this was a well-mean-ing operation, but it showed a dis- ! tinct lack of judgement. It was an operation that might have been Questionable for the U.S. Marines.” , Camp Director, Dr. Walter Pomirko suffered a mild heart attack during the search. He said the boys often waded the river when it was low and apparently “didn’t check the river” before going in Tuesday. Pomirko said the Chicago headquarters of the camp notified him to close it for the season. It was founded two years ago.

WASHINGTON <UPI) — The House by a vote of 402-5 approved a S4O billion defense money bill today, all but completing congressional action on the year s l biggest appropriations measure. The legislation, carrying $441,- , 608.000 more than President Eisenhower requested to finance the nation’s defense efforts, was sent to the Senate for anticipated quick . and overwhelming approval. The bill is a compromise be- ‘ tween differing versions passed earlier by both houses. It would j provide $39.99 billion tot the armed forces in the fiscal year starting at midnight tonight. i Hie bill, among its many items, carried $293 rfNllion to build another conventionally powered dir- ’ craft carrier. The House at first ’ refused to grant this administraj tion request but agreed finally to , do so. Also in the measure were extra funds added by Congress to put the Air Force's 870 supersonic bomber program on a full development status. iTie budget called for $75 million to build two prototype B7os. The bill upped this to $265 ‘ million. Other congressional news: ’ Adjournment: Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson formally proposed that Congress re- ! cess Saturday and return Aug. 8, after the political conventions, but almost solid Republican opposition to the plan developed. Pay Rise> President Eisenhower vetoed as “indefensible by any light” a bill to raise the pay of federal workers by $750 million a year. But he offered to approve a “modest increase” tied to the 2.1 pet cent rise in the cost of living since the last general pay boost in 1958. Minimum Wage: Democratic Leader John W. McCormick (Mass.) predicted the House would pass today one of two rival elec-tion-year plans to hike the sl-an-hour federal rpmimum wage and cover additional workers. Liberal Democrats thought they could put across their measure, designed to boost the wage floor to $1.25 over three years and extend coverage to 3.5 million more employes. Medical: The Senate Finance Committee held the last of two days of public hearings on- rival programs of medical care for the aged. But the rush to clear a bill for Senate action subsided with the decision of Congress to meet again in August after the political conventions. \ , H Officials Discuss Use Os I & M Fund The city councilmen and Mayor Don Gage had an informal meeting Wednesday' night at which time plans for the money which Decatur will receive from I&M Friday were discussed. The councilmen discussed ways of using the money, investing it and other plans. There isa lot of red tape that the council must go through, as they are limited by law as to what they may do with the money. No decisions were made. The council and I&M will have lunch Friday and at approximately 2 p.m. they will return to the city hall and the money for the light plant will be handed over then. INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloud Ine ss , scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly central and south this afternoon and tonight. Chance of locally heavy rainfall central and south. A little cooler extreme north. Friday mostly sunny _ north, mostly . cloudy, scatt'ered showers and thundershowers south. A little cooler most sections. Low tonight near 60 extreme north to upper 60s extreme south, high Friday 70s north to lower 80s extreme south. Sunset 8:17 p.m., e.d.t. sunrise Friday 5:21 a.m. Outlook far Saturday: Considerable cloudiness *nd mild with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low Friday night 60 to <B, high Saturday 74 to

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 30, 1960.

Cool Reception To Nikita In Austria

VIENNA, Austria (UPD-Sovict Premier Nikita Khrushchev flew . into Vienna today with a message of friendship and peaceful coexistence and received the most indifferent reception he has experienced on any visit to the West. Even the 140,000 Viennese who voted for the Communist Party in the last elections stayed off the: sun-drenched streets and by con-1 trast his reception in America 1 was almost friendly while in France it bordered on the enthus-, iastic. The nine-day official visit is Khrushchev's first to the West since collapse of the Paris summit talks and bis reception was chilly if polite. The only applause } came from handfuls of Communist militants carrying Red flags —and {here were few of them. Mentions No Names The Austrian people, staunchly anti - Communist, although their government officially is neutral, cold shouldered the arrival and his 10-mile ride into town. About 2,000 people gathered at the airport and heard the Soviet j leader promptly take a swipe at “some people who favor the cold war and arms.” He mentioned but these are the terms he has used recently in referring to the United States and its Allies. On the drive into town. Khrushchev passed a few scattered groups of spectators, some of them waving flags half-heartedly. The route was lined by policemen on both sides at 50-yard intervals but they were not needed. Khrushchev heartily praised Austrian neutrality. “The increase of friendly relations between our two nations is a convincing example for coexistence between states with different social and economic structures,” he said to Austrian President Adolf Schaerf. Chats with U.S. Ambassador He said the Soviet people were i “convinced that peace will win despite the machinations of some , people who favor the cold war and ] arms.” 1 Schaerf, Chancellor Julius Raab j and other government officials ( greeted KrhushcheV as a 21-guri salute boomed out. Schaerf told Khrushchev that on his visit to Moscow the premier had shown himself to be “a warm - and merciful friend of Austria. •“We hope that your visit will help further develop the good relations between our nations,” he _said. j — —■ — - At an Indian embassy reception ( in Moscow Wednesday night • Khrushchev chatted for, 25 min- ; utes with U.S. Ambassador Llew- 1 ellyn Thompson in what seemed i to be a cordial conversation, al- ( though Thompson would not say what they talked about. Khrushchev told newsmen at the 1 reception the Soviet government ’ would do "all possible to prevent ] the international situation from < deteriorating but it does not pend upon us.” S “I don’t think there is danger . of war,” he added, “but there are j unimportant problems uru,settled, and unless they are settled they might cause war.”

wkaweuxr ’t.4. unj. ■ ■ Jf .1 I ■swMfSWf?’ ONE STEP FURTHER— Beating swords into plowshares is fine, but former William A. Weller of Portersville, Pa., has gone One ifetter He’s turned a plow into a mailbox holder. t -1 ■ AI; '

Mail Saddlebags On Display Here Some of the oldest mail saAdle*bags in Indiana’will be on display jat the Youth and Community Center during the rural letter car- ■ tiers* convention, ■ which opens 'Sunday and lasts until Tuesday. According to memorial records of the Lewis Publishing Co., of Chicago. Washington Jones and i his father, Lewis Morris Jones, of } Centerville, Ind., held tty? first contract for carrying mail from Centerville to Indianapolis.. Washington's son, Lewis Jones, made ; the trip from Centerville to Indianapolis carrying the mail in the saddlebags. After Lewis Joaes’ term as a carrier expired, he presented the saddlebagstphis.spn, Washington, who took them to (Northeastern Indiana with him in '1948. He regarded them as historical record. He let his children play with them, but having fully explained to them the saddlebags’ I significance, the children were very careful with them and they were handled with the best of care. Later, Jones presented to the old Indianapolis post office departjnehtrthe bust-size picture of his father. However, the picture was either destroyed or lost when the post office department moved to the present federal building. Levi Morris Jones was prominently identified with the early history of Centerville, having built the first hotel there, and he also erected the first brick dwelling, which is still standing. War governor. Oliver P. Morton and Mrs. Morton were both school pupils of Jones and for a long time they lived in the same house, a double house in Centerville. Jones even named his son, O. P. Jones, after Oliver P. Morton.. Red Cross Will Aid During Convention The Red Cross today announced the nurses and volunteers who will be working during the rural mail carriers' convention, July 3, 4. and 5. The nurses will be Miss Margaret* Eiting. Mrs. Charles Gauck, Mrs. Florence Aurand, Mrs. Arthur Miller, anti Mrs. Mark Colchin. / The first aid volunteers will be: Mrs. Noble Lobsiger, Mrs. Robert Teeple. Mrs. Virginia Robinson, Mrs. Owen Watkins, Mrs. Anna tyJhwaller, Mrs. Francis Howard; Mrs. Lester Ford, Mrs. Arthur Shoaf, Mrs. Theron Fenstermaker, and Mrs. Norbert Bleeke; Mrs. Robert Johnson will, be in -charge of home nursing. t

Truman Resigns As Convention Delegate INDEPENDENCE. Mo. <UPI>— Former President Truman remained silent today about hi« unexpected resignation as a Missouri delegate to the Dem<»cratic National Convention, while speculation increased on how his action {would affect the presidential [hopes Sen. Stuart Symington Truman had announced earlier he would support Symington for the Democratic presidential*Vnom--1 (nation. Truman, in n terse telegram Wednesday to Missouri Gov James T. Blair Jr., said he was resigning a delegate and also would not atfao'l the party's convention. beginning July 11 in Los Angeles. He gave no explanation His private secretary. Miss ■Rose Conway, said the 76-year-old former chief executive would hold a press conference Saturday “presumably to explain his reasons for deciding not to go to Los Angeles." Only last week, at a rally for Symington in Kansas City, Truman told 600 supporters of the Missouri senator: “I'm for Stu, and I’m going to stay with him until the last dog dies.” — Nearly S6OO Given ; To Chilean Relief Mrs. Wanda Oelberg announced ; today that $597.07 has been sent F as the final payment for the I Chilean relief fund from Adams f county. SSO of that money was t given by the Junior Red Cross. i Money was also received from • two bank collections, the Berne ■ Community Chest, the Decatur Rotary club, the Geneva Lions ■ club,"'the Pleasant Mills Lions club, the Monroe Lions, and the • Berean class. Individual donations were_received from the following: Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Gerke, Miss Glennys Roop. Mr. and Mrs. G. Sprague. Mrs. Gaylie Bittner, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zimmerman. Otto Boerger, Florence Schnitz, Cecil Harvey, Naomt Schug, Bertha Franz. Ferris Bower, Mr. and ’ Mrs. Chet Kleinknight. C. D. Hocker, Gertrude Holthouse, H. , T. Fields, Mrs. Pearlie Sielschott, Edwin Adler, Grover Ro- . mey and many more peopie as “A Friend.” Wilbur Petrie, chairman of the > Adams county Red Cross, ex- ; pressed his thanks for the cooperation by the people of Adams county. i Summer Schedule At 1 Decatur's Library Miss Bertha Heller, librarian, announced today that the Decatur public library will be closed all : dav Monday, July 4. and that summer hours will be in effect at the library-, beginning Tuesday During the summer months, the library \will open at 12 noon and close at\ 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Saturdays, and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, the library \will open at 12 noon and close at 6 -pm. rAdvertising Index Advertiser Pag ® A& P Tea Co., Inc ----- 3 Ashbauchers’ Tin Shop a Beavers. Oil Service, Inc — ? Burk Elevator Co a 5 Butler Garage. Inc i--- 5 Bower Jewelry Store 3 Blackstone - ; Fred Corah, Agent Decatur Ready-Mix Corp 7 Decatur Super Service —7 Decatur Drive_ln Theater 8 Decatur Dry Cleaners » Erie Railroad —— l Ehinger’s — -'"T'r Fairway 3 * •• ” Gerber’s Super Market » Goodyear Service Store ----6, 8 Goodin's I.G.A. Market -4 Gambles P. N. Hirsch & Co —- 1A Habegger Hardware 5 Haflich & Morrissey -3 Hblthouse Furniture Store -— 3A Jani Lyn ------ Kocher Lumber & Coal Co lA. 2A Klenks — ® Miller-Jones 2 Model Hatchery 5 J. J. Newberry Co 2 Niblick & Co 2, 4 Odrinex ’ C. L. Oliver Agency —— 5 Petrie Oil Co 1 Price Men’s Wear 2. 7, 8 Pure Sealed Dairy Schafers — -— L. Srpith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Sears, Roebuck & Co 5 Stewarts Bakery Sutton Jewelry Store — 3 Sudduth Market . 6 Smith Drug Co — 5 Snow Kone Stand 4 Teeple Truck Lines —... 5 Willshire American Legion .... 7 Walt’s Standard Service ...... 4A Zurcher’s Mobil Service 4A

Expect Thousands Here Over Holiday

Decatur, normally a quiet little ' city <>n the Fourth of July holiday, " will be the mecca for thousands 1 of visitors this weekend, attract--1 ed by the highly interesting post office exhibit nt the Youth' and r Community Center. r The exhibit, open to the public • without charge, will open at 10 d’clock Sunday morning and will i be on display throughout the day . and also all day. Monday, July 4, s The various displays to be shown a here as a feature of the annual i. Indiana rural letter carriers’ assos ciation convention, are valued at several million dollars. s One of the top features will be . a stamp collection, valued alone j at more than $1 million. The De- (. catur showing will be the first for . this collection in any city in the ’ Middle West. When on display in New York City, the stamp collecr tion attracted more than 700,000 persons. Many other displays from the l ' post office department will be shown here. They include all the 5 various modes of transportation ’ used down through the years by the U.S. post office department for delivery of mail. Banquet Monday The highlight of the convention itself will be the annual banquet at the Center Monday evening. The convention will close with a business session and election of officers Tuesday morning. Follow--1 ing the Tuesday noon luncheon, 1 the carriers will be guided on a ? tour of the Central Soya plant ’ here. 5 Approximately 500 persons are expected to attend the state con- > vention, but the exhibits will at- ? tract many thousands more. Suspend Business > Most business, as usual, will be : suspended all day Monday, in--1 eluding the post office. Only mail delivered will be special delivery, ■ with the post office lobby, open oh the usual holiday schedule, and . outgoing mail dispatches as usual. All federal, state, county and city offices will be closed Monday, . as will the First State Bank and the public library. The Daily Dem- . ocrat will not publish an edition I Monday. Exceptions to the Monday closing will be the theater, taverns, . some restaurants, confectioneries . and service stations. . Lovers of fireworks displays will have two opportunities to watch the pyrotechnics over the holiday. ’ The residents of the Highway Trailer Park, South 13th street, . invite the public to watch the fireworks there Saturday night at

Burdick Takes 521-Vote Lead

■ BISMARCK, N.D. (UPD—DemI ocratic Rep. Quentin Burdick t strengthened his narrow lead in ■ the., stnptch of North Dakota’s , down-to-the-wire special senatorii al election today. Republican —Govr John Da vis, carrying his party's hopes in this wheat belt weathervane contest in a presidential election year, re- ‘ fused to concede pending a check ; by county canvassing boards but J said he would retire from politics if he’s beaten. ’ —Jack Swensen, state GOP execu- ’ five- director, called Burdick the 1 “apparent victor." But he said ’ some counting errors had been > discovered and “apparently there is reason to believe that other er- ’ rors may have been'made.” i With only 19 precincts still un- ! reported out of the state’s 2,312, Burdick held a 521-vote lead. He ; had 103,871 votes to 103,350 for I Davis. Recount Is Likely _ [ The count was unofficial and, it was obvious that an official cant vass would be needed to deter,mrhe the victor. A recount was , likely, but~Davis told United Press : Internationa “I’d have to be supplied with information that somei thing was amiss before I could ask for a recount.” The edge Burdick held was so ’ razor-thin that debate was sure to rage for weeks over the election’s significance in predicting which way the farm belt will go in the November general election. Davis discounted the outcome as a test of wheat country sentiment. “If it does turn out that I’m defeated, it’s the city vote that beat me,” he said. “The Demo- ' crats just worked harder in the cities and they got more people out to the polls.” • Some Returns in Mail The two-term governor and war ' hero conceded that precincts still missing at 12:30 p.m. “generally come in Democratic.” But he added: “I’ll wait until the county canvassing boards meet to check over the vote. If it’s against me, I’ll A ’

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approximately 9 o'clock. Th# Drive-in theater, southeast of Do catur on U.S. highway 33, will present its annual Artworks show Monday night, some time after darkness sets in. Dick Harman Dies Wednesday Evening (Dick) Harman, 85. of 710 Elm street, owner and operator of the Harman Market. Seventh and Adams Streets, died at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening at Parkview memorial hospital. Fort Wayne, where he had been admitted earlier in the day. He had been ill four days with a heart condition. Mr. Harman, formerly employed at the Mutschlef Packing Co. and the General Electric Co., haa opj erated the market since 1948. He was born at Willshire. 0., Oct. 16. 1894, a son of William and Abigail Erickeson-Harman. and was married to Virgie Stetler Dec. 23. 1919. Mr. Harman was a member of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church and the Loyal Order of Moose. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Donald C. Harman of Decatur; one daughter, Mrs. Harry (Betty) Mauller of Decatur; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Cornelius Harman of Wren, 0., and Oscar Harman of Ddcatur route 5, and one sister, Nora Harman of near Peterson. One son, Robert, is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. The Moose lodge will hold memorial services at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Decorate City For Carriers Convention Decorations for the rural mail carriers’ convention were going up all over town today. Welcome signs have been put on all the stores and also pennants with the original 13 stars and stripes. The convention opens Sunday.

retire from politics.” Votes from remote western plains communities were strag- . gling in with the issue still in doubt at mid-morning. All counting was—believed to have been completed at local level but some election workers had mailed the returns to county seats on slowmoving mail trains’ without telephoning their results to state election headquarters. Discovery of an error by one auditor, in Dunn County, early today took about 130 votes away from Davis and added to Burdick’s total. The Democrat, riding a wave of apparent farm belt protest votes, had recovered from an 11,000 vote deficit and turned the race into a neck-and-neck contest. Neither Burdick nor Davis would claim victory or admit defeat early today. The race was so close that both sides indicated they would call for—’ a recount if they lost. And observers Said an official canvass might be needed to decide the winner. The uncounted precincts were practically all in rural areas, where Burdick looked for his greatest strength. Burdick hoped to win on protest votes of farm- - ers embittered over policies of Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Bensori. 1 See-Saw Battle °^TBe / )electiari2became a see-saw battle. (la when Burdick. lawyer who hoped to become the state’s second Democratic! senator, took a last minute lead with an assist from a bloc of Sioux Indian votes. But the lead lasted, only a few hours before Davis moved in front again. Then weary vote counters stopped tabulating for the night before the race could be decided. , NO PAPER MONDAY The Decatur Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Monday. July 4. which is Independence Day