Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 169.

School Group Meets Aug. 1

The county school study committee will meet August 1 with the intended purpose of deciding on the type of school district or districts which it will recommend to the people of Adams county, it was-learned today. In the special meeting Monday night, Dr.» Merle Strom, of Ball State Teachers College, explained to the committee what other reorganization committees were doing in setting up school boards, number of members, manner of elections, qualifications for board members, and what research has been done on the questions. A question and answer session followed. Most Boards Elected Dr. Strom explained that most of the plans included an elected, rather than appointed, board, with the board members elected from districts based on either population or pupils. The boards have been continuous; that is, with elections staggered every two years so that the majority never changes office at the same time. - Many of the plans have called for a minimum residency ii) the district, usually one year. Most have called for biennial elections with-'a non-partisan ballot, and nomination by petition. Questions Answered In the question and answer session, it was asked if all the board members must be elected, or if part could be elected and part appointed. Dr. Strom said that it was possible, but that there would be some question as to whether the state board would approve it. Dr. Strom added that several plans had called for part of the members to be elected from districts, and part would be “floating members,” elected by one group one year, another the next. Ibis was usually used where there was Some conflict of interest between city and rural groups, ■ AsseU.Liabilities The problem of assets and liabilities was then discussed. In practical terms, this means how the school buses and school debts would be distributed among the new districts. • A handbook explaining in general terms what is possible under Indiana law is being drawn up by the attorney-general and the budgeting committee. The publication of this has been delayed, however, although the state committee has a rough draft copy. Since there is no law on the subject, the recommendations have been quite vague. As a general rule, it appears that in the sub-dividing of an indebted corporation, the smaller portion, which will be assuming the debt of the larger group with which it joins, will relinquish its part of the debt of the corporation it is leaving. This is possible since all the newly created areas will be larger, with a better tax base, than the old areas. Future Steps At the meeting August I,' the committee will first decide how many districts the county will be

■ '.‘UW.- I 1 • F. /Os - CHIEF TALKS TO COMMANDER—Congo Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, right, talks with Col. Joseph Bobutu, commander-in-chief of the Congolese army, in Leopoldville.

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divided into, and the boundaries. It will then choose the number of board members for each school board, method of selection, residence requirements, distribution of assets and liabilities, and other problems. This will then be drawn up into a resolution, creating the types of districts desired. It may be approved by petition of 55% of the voters voting in the new district, or by ballot at. the coming elections this fall. Public meetings, with a 'full explanation of the plans, and the alternatives, will be held throughout the county. Official Tally For Burdick By 1,118 BISMARCK, N.D. (UPD — The results of the special North Dakota Senate election were made official by the state canvassing board Monday. The official tally gave Democratic Rep. Quentin Burdick an edge of 1,118 votes over Republican Gov. John Davis. Burdick had 104,593 votes and Davis 103,475. Western Union Asks For Rote Increase WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Western Union Telegraph Co. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to approve ah 8 per cent rate increase on all interstate telegrams, effective Aug. 17. It also asked permission to hike charges on certain special services.

Castro Hits U. S. State Department

HAVANA (UPD — Fidel Castro got up from his sick bed Monday night to denounce Roman Catholic priests as “fascists” and accuse the U.S. State Department of bribing his old friends to defect. The young prerpier, stung by public outcries against his growing attachments to Communist countries, derided “those false Christians who go to church to conspire instead of to pray.” He called on “good Christians” to chase out of their churches “those who want to make the temple trenches” against his revolutionary regime. He charged that two Roman Catholic anti-Commu« nist > demonstrations in the past two days were coordinated by the state department. Three-Hour Harangue The bearded revolutionary leader interrupted a 10-day convalescence from pneumonia to deliver an emotion-packed, three-hour harangue on television. He claimed to have evidence showing that one ranking Cuban ambassador had been offered large sums of money and other Cubans had been promised protection for their property against any

Decatur Sidewalk Sale—Wednesday 9:00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M.

Eight Killed By Explosion in Wisconsin , MERRILL, Wis. (UPD— A midafternoon blast levelled r aJC, Penney department store to six foot-high flaming rubble Monday, killing 8 and injuring 12, A similar explosion had demolished a grocery at the exact site nine years earlier. Police said today they still did not know what caused the department store tragedy. A focal utility official said the nearest gasoline was 10 feet from the one story building and that no leaks were discovered. Officials probed the possibility that trapped sewer gas might have triggered the blast. Victims From Merrill All of the dead were from Merrill, a town of 10,000 in north central Wisconsin, 100 miles northwest of Green Bay. • Three; ail women, were store employes. Also killed were a woman shopper and her daughter; another woman shopper and her* son, and Einar Seger, 55. former city clerk of Merrill. The explosion hurled clothing half a block, leaving it strewn atop utility poles and television antennae. Bricks pummelled nearby autos. 7 The blast itself tore away one of the store’s walls and its front windows. Minus the one Wad, the roof and three ; other walls caved in. Wisconsin National Guardsmen needed a tank to pull away the roof in an attempt to rescue those trapped.

r future U.S. invasion provided they , agreed to flee the island for propj aganda purposes. The speech followed the. second major anti-Communist demonstrat tion by Roman Catholics in Ha- . vana in as many days -r- a rally t broken up only by the, warning • shots and rough’ arm’ tactfcL of > revolutionary militia. . ; The wife, of.,ah American bus- • inessmqn, Mrs. Bertha Price, New i Haven, Conn., and her sons, Jes- . frey, 14. and Richard, 18, were - caught up in the melee .In an int cident that was expected to bring , a strong protest from the U.' S. t embassy. z > Mrs. Price and Jeffrey were pulled from their cat and manhandled by prb-Castro hecklers' as ■ they attempted ‘to drive past sub- ■ urban Jesus de Miramar Church. ■ Ariny intelligence .’(Dier) agents • then carted them .off to jail “for investigation” and held them sev- : eral hours. Mrs. Price was bruised i and shaken. “ . . - I Richard suffered minor head in- - juries but escaped arrest and was ■ able to inform authorities of the ’ incident.

ORLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 19,1960.

Russia Warns U. S. To Stay Out Os Cuba, Says Aid Available For Cuba

Sidewalk Sale In Decatur Wednesday Plans for the third annual sidewalk sale, which will be held in Decatur Wednesday, have been completed with the addition of a pony ride for the children. Tom Garner, retail chairman, announced this morning that Jay Osborne of Saddle Lake will bring six ponies into town and s,t up a pony ride on the east end of Court streets. The charge will be 20 cents a ride. The sale will be on the streets of Decatur and the merchants and their helpers are all planning to •dress In their “Gay Nineties” outfits. There will be all kinds of bargain sales on shoes, clothing, hardware, furniture, household goods, and many other items. The sidewalk sale is expected to bring people into Decatur from all over this area. Record Hop There will be six free acts going on in the streets during the day. Two of the acts will be of local color with Jack Dailey and his combo playing and little Mike Stonestreet, who has appeared on various television shows, also performing. At 8:30 p.m„ John Sheets and Joe McNerney disc jockeys for Sam’s Big Beat, will hold a record hop for the young and old on Second street in front of the Dec*.* tur Sporting Center. There will be two dance trophies given away, one for the best fast dancers and one for the best slow dancers. There will also be ten records given away by Sheets. Square Dance At the other end of Second street, in front of Beavers Oil Service, Max Kreps, well known in the Decatur area, will stage a square dance. The square dance will also begin at 8:30 p.m. The merchants are going all out for this sale by dressing in their old clothes and planning bargain sales anad staging contests of various types. It is hoped that the people will join with the merchants in dressing for the occasion and taking in the “fair.” This is- the third such sale in Decatur and looks to be the biggest and best ever. INDIANA WEATHER , Mostly fair tonight, some isolated thundershowers possible central and south. Wednesday fair, not much temperature change. Low tonight in the 60s. High Wednesday in the 80s. Sunset today 8:09 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 5:33 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Mostly sunny, no important temperature changes. Lows 60 to 68. Highs 84 to 89. Advertising Index Advertiser . Page A & P Tea Co., Inc —— 3 Ashbauchers* Tin Shop 2 Arnold Lumber Co., Inc 2 Butler Garage, Inc 5 Burk Elevator Co — 5 Bower Jewelry Store 3 John Brecht Jewelry 3 Bower Hardware Co —— 2 Chevrolet 4 Decatur Ready-Mix Corp 2 Decatur Drive In Theater ------ 6 Fager Appliances & Sporting Goods - — —3, 4 Foj-t Wayne Tent & Awning Co 2 Fasteeth _— ----- 4 Haflich & Morrissey 3 Haugks 2| Ivy Dry - T —- 6 Johnson & Schnepf, Auctioneers 5 Kohne Drug Store „4, 5 Kocher Lumber & Coal Co 2 Kohne Window & Awning Co .. 2 Mercury 6 Montpelier Auto Auction Co 5 Petrie Oil Co 4 L Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Schafers 6 Studebaker —..._i 3 Smith Drug Co 5 Sutton Jewelry Store 4 Shell Oil Co 5 B. F. Shroyer .... 5 Teeple Truck Lines 5 Yost Gravel-Readymix, Inc .... 2

Utilities’ Value Is Slightly Lower

I A total of 27 utilities, assessed by the state and including electric, gas, pipeline, telephone, telegraph, bus and railroad companies, have been assessed at $5,137,- . 400, $167,170 less than a year ago. The 1960 assessment will be the basis for tax rates in 1961. Because the sale of the Decatur . electric utility was delayed last year, the assessment of the Decatur property of Indiana & Michigan Electric Co., will not be placed on the books until next year, and will first affect the 1962 tax rate. It is expected to add some $500,000 to the assessed valuation of the county.' The utilities Include 11 telephone companies, six gas or pipeline companies, four electric companies or cooperatives, three rail- ; roads, and- one telegraph, Pullr K Gloria Koeneman Is State WinneP* I■ • . 6 • Miss Gloria Koeneman, ! daughter ■ of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Koeneman of Preble township, and wellknown rural youth and Farm Bureau worker in this area, was awarded first place Monday in the state-wide “June is dairy month” promotion contest, winning S2OO. The contest was open to the 12 Hoosier youths who attended the first national youthpower congress in Chicago last February 10-13. Three delegates each were chosen from the 4-H junior leaders, future farmers of America, future homemakers of America, and Indiana rural youth. Miss Koeneman represented the Indiana rural youth. Farm Bureau Sponsored The contest was sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation and 49 food processing and distributing organizations of national scope. A major emphasis of the conference was on milk and dairy products. The American dairy association of Indiana decided to encourge each of these young people, who learned a great deal about the importance of dairy products, to speak during dairy month. Point System Under the terms of the contest, each contestant scored 1,060 points for each five minutes or more spent talking 'before any meeting of Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, farm group, labor group, women’s organizations, church or school group, Chamber of Commerce, etc. Miss Koeneman gave 39 dairy talks during the month, averaging more than one a day. She spoke to six school and church groups, nil )e home demonstration groups, four Farm Bureau, nine 4-H, four rural youth, six service clubs, and one Girl Scout troop. These were located in five counties. She also received 500 points for each advance news story published, and she had 63 of these; and 1,000 for each news story after the meeting, and she had 66 of these, from 13 newspapers. She earned 1;000 .points for each of two radio shows, two TV shows, three feature stories, and then made a scrap book of her entire experience, and earned the maximum; of 5,000 points for that. 148,500 Points ; Her grand total of pointe was 148,500, far outdistancing her nearest competitor. The award was presented in In- ; dianapolis Monday, at a luncheon I meeting there. The Indiana con- , test has drawn much favorable I national comment, as well as i greatly pleasing the dairy and i farm industry in Indiana. A total i of S6OO in prizes was distributed ! to the state winners.

man and bus company. Cities, Towns Decrease All six city-town taxing Unite showed a decrease this year, although five of six had increased last year; Hartford and Jefferson were the only townships showing an increase in assessments for utilities. The largest assessed utility valuation in the county belongs to the Erie railroad, with a valuation of $770,750 for tax purposes. Next is the Cloverleaf, with 712,880. Indiana-Michigan Electric company is third, with a valuation of $665,780. It is expected to be the largest next year when the Decatur purchase is Included. Townships Listed Township assessments of utilities, with the value per township, 1960 for 1961 taxes first, and 1959 for this year’s taxes in parentheses, are: Blue Creek. $55,150 $56,780); French $81,870 ($82,650); Hartford, $158,970 ($150,230); Jefferson $29,840 ($29,040); Kirkland $432,670 ($439,340); Monroe, $389,620 ($393,0®); . . PTeble, $585,560 ($584,010); Root, $585,820 ($600,680); t St. Mary’s, $695,040 ($736,550); Union, $38,280 ($41,610); Wabash, $330,960 ($372,740). Berne, $162,410 ($163,490); De- , catur-Root. $89,160 ($92,840); De- J catur-Washington, $740,500 ($744,- < 100); Geneva, $63,570 ($63,770); Monroe-Monroe, $28,200 ($28,090); j Monroe-Washington. $6,550 ($37- < 300). I <1

Belgian Troops Quitting Congo

LEOPOLDVILLE (UPI) — Belgium began withdrawing its troops from the capital city of Leopoldville today artd Dr. Ralph Bunche, chief United Nations representative in the Congo, said the pullout would be completed by Saturday night. Bunche said withdrawal of Belgian troops from other areas of the Congo would have to avtait the buildup of the rapidly expending U.N. forces. The U.N. troops were pouring in by the hundreds and it was believed complete Belgian withdrawal would be carried out soon. Bunche said U.N. forces would take over the .task of maintaining peace in the capital and ensuring the protection of people and property in the capital. Forty Belgian technicians will remain at Leopoldville airport which, however, will be held by U.N. troops, he said. An entire company of Belgian paratroopers will be out of the town by tonight. . More Troops Due Bunche said more contingents of U.N. troops including forces from Burma, Canada, and some Latin American nations will arrive soon to.ubjfa UjN. A Swedish battaifcn arrivMFWednesday. * Premier Patrice Lumumba had demanded Belgium withdraw all its troops by teqpy and threatened to call in Soviet troops-to expel them if they did not leave. Western diplomats already were expressing fears .that Lumumba would bring in a wave of Soviet “technicians" to replace departing Europeans even .if he did not carry .out his threat to call for Soviet armed intervention. Tens of thousands of whites, terrorized by rampaging African rebels, already have fled the Congo and more were leaving today

- BULLETIN UNITED NATIONS (UPD— The Security Council, with Russia and Poland abstaining, voted today to shelve United Nations debate on Cuba’s dispute with the United States pending action by the Organisation of American States. The vote followed a sharp ex eh an ge of “hands off” warnings by the United States and the "Soviet Union. UNITED NATIONS (UPD—Russia warned the United States today “Don’t touch Cuba” and said it would use its military might for the Cubans if Cuba asked for it. Soviet Ambassador Arkady A. 'Sobolev told the Security Council the “Soviet people will not remain indifferent if armed intervention is undertaken against Cuba.” “Nobody in the leading circles of the United States should have any Illusion that the people of the Soviet Union will not use their military might for Cuba if Cuba asks for it,” Sovolev said. “We merely mean to say: ‘Don’t touch Cuba; leave it alone.’ Let it do what it deems proper. Don’t threat it with your might because other people also will use their might.” Sobolev said “This is not meant as a threat against the United States. But as a result of the aggressive actions of the United States, a situation has been, created which is a threat to international peace and security." Sobolev indicated a possible veto for an Argentine-Ecuadorean resolution unless a Soviet amendment were adopted. This would kill a proposal to adjourn the U. N. debate on the Cuban-U.S. dispute until the Organization of American States reports on the issue. Cuba voted Monday in Washington with the other hemispheric countries to refer the quarrel with the United States to the OAS. Blames the U.S. Washington, Sobolev said.

despite the reassuring buildup of an international peace force under United Nations command. The Lumumba government has shown strong leanings toward the Communist camp. Leopoldvilel radio broadcasts at times amount to Communist indoctrination courses. ’ Meet Stiff Opposition , The buildup of the U.N. force continued steadily today but there were reports that some of Its troops were running into stiff opposition. from mutinous Congolese in the west. Lumumba threatened to call for Soviet troop help unless Belgian troops got out by midnight tonight. The Belgians, insisting they will stay until the U.N. force is capable of keeping order, gave their answer by fortifying their positions. Lumumba sounded his warning in a message to Dr. Ralph Bunche, chief U.N. representative here. But Lumumba’s own Senate rebelled against him and “energetically rejected” any Soviet interference in the Congo. Rejects Ultimatum Bunche also was reported to have rejected the ultimatum, delivered by Maj. Gen. Henry T. Alexander, British commander of Ghana’s armed forces, who flew in from Stanleyville. Belgium already had rejected two previous “ultimatums” from the M-year-old Lumumba. Alexander was dispatched to CLN. headquarters in New York to give Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold a direct report from Maj. Gen. Carl Carlsson von Horn, Swedish commander of the U.N. emergency force in the Congo. There were indications Von Horn sought a bigger force than originally contemplated.

"feigned regrets” about at least four “bandit incurions” over Cuba by U.S. planes flying out of Florida. "The U.S. government says it can do nothing about it.” he said. "Have any efforts indeed been made? In the light of its statements, and after the world-known U 2 spy case, everybody can assess the real value of such denials.” “It is hard to believe that the United States cannot establish order within its own borders and, on the contrary, appeals for intervention against Cuba.” Such an appeal, the Russian said, came from Rep. L. Mendel Rivers (UMS.C. >, who asked for an economic blockade against Cuba and occupation of the island, if necessary. Sobolev said an anti-Cuban secret organization known as the “White Rose” had headquarters in the Bronx section of New York. Council Favors OAS Sobolev had delayed a vote Monday on a resolution that in effect would transfer Cuba’s dispute with the United States from the Security Council to the Organization of American States. The overwhelming sentiment among the other nine members of the council was to let the OAS try to solve the problem as a family dispute and report bads. The council heard an 88-minute recital of allegations against the United States Monday by Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Road who asked for a pacific settlement of the dispute. ■ - - In Havana Monday night, Premier Fidel Castro said he wanted the United Nations to consider the case because the United States controls the OAS with “money, money, money.” U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, in a moderate reply to Roa which took only 24 minutes, said Castro apparently wanted assurance that the United States does not plan to attack Cuba. .Council Delegates Impressed—- “ Unnecessary though it most certainly seems to me, let me here and now give him this assurance, heaped up and overftowir«. The United States has no aggressive purposes against Cuba,” Lodge said. Other council delegates were impressed. Sir Claude Corea of Ceylon said the declaration "must be taken at its face value.” Tunisian Ambassador Mongi Slim said Lodge’s statement “leaves no doubt at all, in our view with respect to the peaceful intentions of his government.” In Washington Monday night, Cuba Joined in a unanimous vote of members ot the OAS council to call an emergency foreign ministers meeting to consider “threats” to democracy and unity in the hemisphere. Cuba left an opening for an out, however, by saying its attendance at the meeting was contingent on the “agenda and site.” Kennedy Slays On Leisurely Vacation HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (UPD— Sen. John F. Kennedy kept to a leisurely vacation pace today despite brief time out to nail down an agreement with President Eisenhower for secret foreign policy briefings. Mixing seagoing and seclusion, the Democratic presidential candidate planned a second day of boating and swimming with his wife, Jacqueline, and other family members in the warm blue watersol "Nantucket” Sound. On land, Kennedy maintained- a relaxed reading routine in his white-painted house a moment’s walk from the beach. A steady stream of sightseers’ cars Monday drove past Kennedy’s summer house in this scenic Cape Cod resort. Their view was marred by a six-foot grey picket fence erected before the nominee’s arrival Sunday to guarantee him privacy.

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