Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 223.

New York Police Scoff At Russian Reports Os Assassination Attempt

Opposing Building Os Service Station

An inquiry to city officials by several parents of students of the Catholic schools in Decatur has touched off an investigation of the building of a proposed service station at the southeast corner of Monroe and Fourth streets. The station is already under construction. The first inquiry came about three weeks ago, when some of the parents asked about the state fire laws in regard to placing a business that handles inflammable materials too close to a school building. City attorney Robert An- " derson queried the state fire marshal twice, and received word recently that the state law reads that “gasoline tanks and pumps shall be more’ than 85 feet from” ... a school building. A measurement by a representative of the state fire marshal showed that the “exposure distance between the service station building and the school was approximately 150 feet." While the tanks will be behind the building, nothing was said about the pumps. It is assumed they will be in front of the building. Safety Factor The state highway department also reported that they have granted permission for the station to cut into Monroe street, which is a state highway, for their access drives. A building permit from the city has also been issued to the firm constructing the station, as the area is zoned commercial, and there is nothing that could prohibit the permit. The angle of the building, however, seems to imply that the station would need an entrance on Fourth street. This situation, if it arose, would add to the already' overburdened traffic problems of Fourth street. With trucks and autos coming out onto Fourth street, there would be considerable danger to small children either entering or leaving the school. Another Permit In the opinion of Anderson, however, it would be necessary for the company to obtain a further permit if they would desire an entrance into Fourth street. Their notification of such, from a letter on file with the records and correspondence relative to the common council of the city of Decatur, is as follows: “However, according to the records, you have not obtained a permit for an entrance on Fourth street. Fourth street is a city street and is under the control of the common council and board of public works & safety of the city of Decatur, Indiana. “So that there will be no misunderstanding on your part, this is to advise you that you cannot cut into the sidewalk, or make an entrance onto Fourth street without first obtaining approval from the common council of the city of Decatur, Indiana and/or board of public works & safety of the said city. Advertising Index Advertiser p age A&P Tea Co., Inc. 3A Beavers Oil Service, Inc. 6 Burk Elevator Co. ... ... 7 Budget Loans 2A Cowens Insurance Agency ..... 3 Doan’s Pills 3 Evans Sales & Service 7 Gerber’s Super Market 8 Holthouse Drug Co 3 Kohne Drug Store ... 3,7 Kroger 1A Model Hatchery 7 J. J. Newberry .... 4A National Tea Co 4, 5 Quality Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. 6,7 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 7 Smith Drug Co. 3 Stucky & Co. 2A Sprunger Implement Co. A. Teeple Truck Lines 7 Thomas Realty Auction & Securities Co. 7 Tony’s Tap 2A

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Advised of Date “It is true that the building inspector granted a building permit for the erection of your building, but this merely means that you are entitled to build in this area for the reason that this is located in <ta commercial area. “However, merely granting a building permit for a building does not mean that you also can erect entrances into that building without the proper approval in the manner stated above.” The company was also advised that if they desired to come before the council, the next meeting would be Thursday, September 22, at 8 p.m., and the one following , that would be October 4, at the same time. Both will be in the city council room at city hall, and both, as all council meetings, will be open to the public. Kennedy Scores Stagnation Os Administration NASHVILLE. Tenn. (UPD-Sen. John F. Kennedy said today the years of the Eisenhower administration have been marked by “stagnation and retreat in nearly all the aspects of our national life.” The Democratic presidential nominee said in a speech prepared for delivery in Nashville that the nation must be aroused to face the threat of communism and provide leadership to newly independent countries around the globe. “That is wnat tne new frontier is all about—the challenge to all Americans to rebuild our national strength — to strive toward new heights of greatness — to start America moving again,” Kennedy said. His Nashville speech came in the midst of a day of intensive campaigning in the border state of Tennessee. He left Washington at 8:47 a.m. e.d.t. for the series of speeches. Singling out the accomplishments of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Democratic candidate said the development of resources is not only important in America but is vital to world peace too. “All over the globe new and struggling nations are working to eliminate poverty and misery,” he said. “They are looking for leadership and help in this effort. Hie great issue of our time is whether they will look to Moscow for this leadership — or whether they will look to America.” INDIANA WEATHER North 3rd Ind. Cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Thursday with some scattered showers or thundershowers beginning tonight and continuing Thursday. A little warmer tonight. Low tonight 56 to 62. High Thursday 65 to 72. Cent. A South Ind. Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon. Increasing cloudiness and a little warmer tonight with scattered thundershowers likely west central late tonight. Thursday considerable cloudiness and a little warmer with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Low tonight 60s. High Thursday 80s. Sunset today 6:44 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 6:32 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Considerablecloudiness with show- , ers or thundershowers. No "important temperature changes. Lows la the 60s. Highs 73 to 83.

By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press International UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) — The Russians reported today they had received word of an assassination plot against Premier Nikita Khrushchev but New York police discounted the report as “part of the Russians’ continuing propaganda battle.” | Russian security police said they had received word of a plot to assassinate Khrushchev during the day with a gun hidden in a press camera and that the plot would be carried out as Khrushchev moved about the city. Khrushchev ignored the reported threat and drove in a heavily guarded police motorcade to this morning’s U.N. session although no important developments were foreseen until this afternoon when an East-West battle was expected over admission of Communist China. Deputy Police Commissioner Walter Arm said the Russians had tipped the State Department that “former Gestapo agents” were coming to New York disguised as press photographers. Blames Gestapo Agents Lt. Gen. Nikolai Zakharov, Khrushchev’s chief security officer, told the State Department the tip had come from the Russian trade mission in Bern, Switzerland. The Russian said a special gun had been built in a movie camera and installed in an automobile by the “Gestapo agents.” Khrushchev beamed and smiled during the morning U.N. session but for the first time he appeared grim and angry as he returned to his Park Avenue headquarters. He strode rapidly into the building without a word to newsmen. Security men gave no indication they expected anything out of the ordinary but Zakharov won a fight with the State Department and New York police to precede Khrushchev in his motorcade. Previously he had brought up the rear behind New York police and detectives. A high police source said the police department holds the view that the Communist bloc “would love to see American newspapermen roughed up and every camera broken and taken apart.” Sees Propaganda Pattern “We view this all as part of the same propaganda pattern that was planned even before they said they were coming here,” the police spokesman said. A first report by the Soviet trading corporation, Amtorg, said the attempt would be made in front of the Russian headquarters as he left for the U.N. session. A continued on page three Meet September 29 On War Centennial Judge Myles F. Parrish has made announcement of the organizational meeting of the Adams county Civil War centenial committee. The meeting, requested by the state centennial committee, created by the 1959 general assembly, will be held in the Adams county circuit court room Thursday, September 29, at 8 p.m. The meeting will be open to the public, and any interested persons are urged to attend. Those specifically requested to be present or send a representative are: the president of the local historical society; superintendents of schools; interested teachers; mayors and presidents of town boards; presidents of daughters of the Union, sons of Union veterans, and any other Civil War organization active in the county; all veterans organizations in the county; township trustees, and all editors in the county. Judge Parrish will call the meeting to order and preside until the committee chooses a permanent chairman. The group will hold a general discussion concerning the kind of program that could be presented in Adams county to help celebrate the centennial. If possible, as a result of the organizational meeting, some committees will be selected to work on various phases of the program adopted.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1960.

Castro Snubbed By Eisenhower

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower will confer with some foreign leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly session Thursday after noon in New York, the White., House said today. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty declined to identify the leaders the President will see after he makes an address to the U.N. assembly in the morning. The White House has repeatedly said, however, that Eisenhower has no plans to see Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev during his trip to New York. Eisenhower earlier snubbed Cuban Premier Fidel Castro by omitting him from the guest list at a luncheon Thursday for representatives of 18 Latin American nations. The dominican Republic also was excluded. The United States and the Latin American nations broke off diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic last month. Hagerty told newsmen he does not know yet how many foreign officials would meet with the chief executive in his hotel suite at the Waldorf-Astoria. Overnight in New York But the President will stayovernight in New York City to allow time for the discussions, Hagerty said. It was learned that the President would not see President Gamel Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic Thursday. But officials did not rule out the possibility of a meeting with Nasser next Monday when Eisenhower goes to New York to speak to a Catholic charities dinner. The lunch for the 18 representatives of Latin American countries will be held on the 42nd floor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Hagerty was asked about the omission of Cuba and the Dominican Republic from the lunch list. “We have no diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic and we’re certainly not going to invite Cuba,” Hagerty replied. Snub No Surprise He would not cite any specific reasons for omitting Cuba who is represented at the U.N. General Assembly by Castro. But the apparent snub came as no surprise in the light of deteriorating . U.S.-Cuban relations. During the day, the President worked on the final draft of his U.N. speech in which he is expected to propose a U.N. aerial watchdog plan and a sweeping aid program to newly independent continued on page three Historical Society Will Meet Tuesday The fall and winter series of the Adams county Historical Society meetings will open Tuesday at 8 p.m., at the Decatur public library. The first meeting of the new season will feature a concert of folk singing. Miss Joyce Allen, a high school student from Decatur county, will present the program. Miss Allen is a well-known folk singer, president of the Indiana junior historical society, and a serious student of Indiana folk-lore. Robert Montgomery, Cambridge City teacher, and president of the Hoosier Folklore Society, will introduce Miss Allen. The program promises to be one of the most unusual evenings yet presented to members and friends of the Historical society. It will be open to the public, and all are invited to attend. In October, the Historical Society will begin the first of several programs dealing with the Civil War. In conjunctiim with the soon-to-be organized county centennial committee, the society hopes to recall much of the great struggle during the four ; year-centennial.

Jaycees Discuss Various Projects The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting since formally applying for a charter in the community meeting room above the First State Bank. Several new members were on hand, and the Fort Wayne Jaycees, Decatur’s sponsors, also had two representatives present. During the regular meeting, several community projects were discussed, as were fund-raising projects. One of the projects thoroughly discussed was that of a science seminar. The seminar, sponsored and set up by the Jaycees, would offer supplemental lectures for above average students by various local engineers, doctors, chemists and professional men. These lectures would not be on a children’s level, but on the level of advanced college students. The seminars have proven very successful in other cities of all sizes. October 21 has been set as the date for “Charter night” for the local Jaycees. The Fort Wayne club will handle the affair, and Jaycees and their wives will attend. Any young men interested in affiliating in the. community service organization may receive more information from any of the club’s officers: Ted Hill, Gene Andy Colace, Richard Sullivan, Lynn McDougall, Jack Petrie, Dick Mies and Jack Heller. Oalus Strickler Dies After Long Illness Oatus Strickler, 83, a native of Adams county, died at 5:50 o’clock Tuesday evening at his home in Willshire. O. He had been in failing health for six years. He was born in Adams county Feb. 23, 1877, a son of William and, Lydia Avery-Strickler, and was married to Lillie Brustetter June 10, 1896. Mr. Strickler, a retired section foreman for the Nickel Plate railroad, was a member of the Willshire U. B. church. Surviving are his wife; three sons, Floyd Strickler of Willshire, Charles Strickler of Petersburg, Mich., and Kenneth Strickler of Decatur; four daughters, Mrs. Guy (Florence) Jewell of route 1, Rockford, 0., Mrs. Lloyd (Leola) High of Ohio City, 0., Mrs. Alvin (Bertha) Andrews of Marion, 0., and Mrs. Ottis (Geraldine) Agler of Willshire; 19 grandchildren; 33 great - grandchildren, and two brothers, Ben Strickler of Sheridan, Ore., and Earl Strickler of Centralia, Wash. One daughter, two sons, five brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the Willshire U. B. church, the Rev. Wilbur Sites and the Rev. L. A. Middaugh officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 p. m. today. The body will lie in state at the church from noon Friday until time of the services. Adams County People Attend Nixon Rally A busload of interested Decatur and Adams county people left about 8:30 this morning for Fort Wayne to attend the Nixon rally held there this morning. Vice -president Nixon —visitedinthe Allen county city for several hours this morning, and made a speech at the court house square in Fort Wayne.

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Nixon Speaks In Fort Wayne This Morning United Press International FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD— Vice President Richard M. Nixon today derided charges of U.S. ! military and economic weakness | and the assertion that the nation’s prestige is slipping throughout the world. Nixon made the statement in a campaign speech in the Allen County Courthouse square before a crowd estimated by Sheriff Chester Dunifon at 20,000. It was Nixon’s second campaign appearance in Indiana in 10 days. He was at Indianapolis Sept. 12. Nixon’s derisive comment on derogatory statements about the nation’s strength came as he again asked for a ban on such observations during the presence of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the United Nations. Nixon said, however, that he thinks it is “rather good” for the American people to get another look at Khrushchev so they can be reminded of how the Communist leaders behave. U.S. Strongest Power Nixon said the United States is not perfect. But he said it is the worlds strongest military and economic power. The Soviet Union will not catch the United States economy in seven years, as boasted by Khrushchev, “or in 70 years,” Nixon said. For his second appearance in Indiana since he started his intensive campaigning, Nixon chose a vulnerable congressional district. GOP leaders expect the state to give Nixon a 173,000 to 200,000 vote bulge in November, but the 4th District congressman, who won easily in 1956, barely won reelection in 1958 by 261 votes. Nixon was serenaded by a high school band on his arrival at Baer Field. Nixon, accompanied by his wife, Pat, flew from Michigan after a day-long campaign tour Tuesday, for a brief stop enroute to Louisville, Ky. Governor Handley, former Gov. Ralph F. Gates and Rep. E. Ross Adair, R-Ind., welcomed the Nixcontinued on page three Mrs. Mary I. Sorg Is Taken By Death Mrs. Mary T. Sorg, 74, of 929 Russell street, a resident of Decatur most of her life, died at 2:20 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been ill for six weeks and seriously ill for the past week. She was bom in Allen county Sept. 22, 1885, a daughter of Michael and Catherine Harkenrider. Her husband, Michael Sorg preceded her in death. Mrs. Sorg was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Catholic Ladies of Columbia, Rosary society and the St. Ann Grandmothers club. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Bernice Adams of Decatur; two brothers, Robert and Leo Harkenrider, both of Fort Wayne route 4; three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Sorg, Mrs. Henry Facks and Miss Esther Harkenrider, all of Fort Wayne route 4, and two grandsons, Joseph Adams of Chicago, and Walter Sorg of Fort Wayne. One son, Elmer Sorg, and one brother are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 9:15 a; m. Friday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic .cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services. The rosary will be recited at 8 p. m. Thursday.

Protests U. N. Aid To Congo Premier

LEOPOLDVILLE. The Congo (UPl)—Congolese strongman Col. Joseph Mobutu today accused the United Nations of preventing him from arresting deposed pro-Soviet Premier Patrice Lumumba. Lumumba is in his official residence which is guarded by Ghana ■troops of the U.N. Congo force. “I have made a strong protest to the United Nations for extending their protection to the former premier,” Mobutu told UPI. “I am awaiting their reply because I consider the Ghanaian troops are interfering in internal Congolese affairs.” Unconfirmed reports said Mobutu considered arresting Lumumba Tuesday on a warrant issued several days ago by President Joseph Kasavubu. The Ghanaian guards at Lumumba’s residence reported that Gen. Victor Lundula, deposed commander-in-chief of the National Congolese Army, took refuge there Tuesday night. Lundula has been under the protection of the United Nations command at Camp Leopold II tor the past several days. Mobutu made it plain he intended to play a major role in ruling the Congo even though he appointed a caretaker government to take over administration of the country until the squabbling politicians can come to an agreement. “My mission will not be fin- 1 ished until the chaos and anarchy of the past few months is ended,” the colonel said. “I will continue to see that order and security of the country, individuals and property is insured.” The anti-Communist “College of High Commissioners” appointed by Mobutu today formally moved into the main administrative building in Leopoldville, escorted by Mobutu's troops. Tbe members ceremoniously walked around thej

Rocket Fired By Air Force

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPD —The Air Force today launched its first “Blue Scout” rocket on a planned 17,000-mile journey into space that may herald new high altitude nuclear tests and early flights by models of earth-orbiting gliders. The four-stage solid propellant rocket, officially known as "Blue Scout Jr.” and one of a family of three destined for extensive space exploration by military and civilian agencies, blasted into the sky at 8:02 a.m. c.d.t. It was America's third space shot since Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s arrival in New York City for the United Nations session. On Monday, the Air Force fired an Atlas missile 9,000 miles, and the Navy sent a radiation package 1,200 miles above the Pacific. A Fast Getaway The 40-foot rocket left the pad with a burst of speed and a gleaming white exhaust trail common to all solid-fuel missiles. It seemed faster than most. - Within three minutes, thrust totaling more than 50,000 pounds had pushed the rocket out of sight to a speed of more than 22.000 miles per hour, about 3,000 miles per hour less than the velocity needed to escape the gravitational pull of earth. This was the first of 12 shots, including two attempts to orbit earth satellites, planned for Blue Scout within the next year. The rocket, costing “considerably less” than $500.000 per copy, is based on the federal space agency’s Scout tested July 1 at Wallops Island, Va. Authorities said Blue Scout

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building to signify possession before being assigned to their offices. There were shouts of “Good luck” from a crowd outside the building. Lumumba refused to concede defeat and responded to the announcement of the new government by voicing veiled threats of armed resistance. At the same time, the United Nations command launched an investigation into reports of atrocities against supporters of Lumumba in the North of Katanga Province. The atrocities allegedly were committed by gendarmes loyal to secessionist-minded President Moise Tshombe of mineralrich Katanga. U.N. officials here said 68 Baluba tribesmen were slain in the village of Luena alone. They said the final death toll probably would be higher. But in Elisabethville, capital of Katanga, a senior U.N. military official said “we have no news whatsoever to indicate any kind of massacre by the Katange gendarmerie in the North.” Mobutu, who seized power last week to end the struggle between Lumumba and President Joseph Kasavubu, Tuesday appointed a 15-man “College of High Commissioners” to govern the Congo. The colonel named Justin Bomboko, former foreign minister under Lumumba and now a Kasavubu representative in New York, to head the commission which promised to rule only until the rival political factions could reach agreement. The commission was composed mainly of youthful students and university-trained Congolese, who refused the title of minister. It pledged to protect the Congo from Marxist-Leninist Imperialism.”

could "conceivably” pay its way by locating a “safe area” for high altitude testing of nuclear explosions, and in developing a system of detecting similar tests by other nations. Peak Altitude 17,060 Miles Today's Blue Scout debut was planned as a round-trip flight for a 32.8 pound payload of radiationmeasuring devices and missile test equipment. If all went well, the instruments would reach peak altitude of 17,000 miles in about 3Ms hours. The trip would send the rocket Into both of the high-energy Van Allen radiation belts surrounding the earth. Air Force authorities said the payload would take another 3% hours to return to earth, and probably would burn up on reentry into the atmosphere about 7,000 -miles southeast of Cape Canaveral, somewhere off the west coast of Africa. No efforts were scheduled to attempt a recovery of the pieces, ZThe instruments included a device to measure tow-energy radiation particles, an X-ray detector, a neutron detector, two Geiger counters and a magnetometer. Details of the paytoad’s purpose were cloacked in secrecy. But authorities acknowledged that one use could be “to find a safe area for high-altitude nuclear explosions.” The United States has been under a self-imposed ban since October, 1958, against testing nuclear devices. But military agencies have been chafing at the bit for a resumption that would allow the testing of new defense techniques.