Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX. No. 8.

Gov. Welsh May Accept Package Deal Offer For Reapportioning Assembly

Negroes Attending Classes At College

ATHENS. Ga. (UPD — Two Negro students reported without incident today for their first classes at the University of Georgia. Only the silent stares of fellow students greeted the arrival of "Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, both of Atlanta, when they showed up for classes at 9 a.m. They were ordered admitted to the university by federal courts. A group of girls in Miss Hunter’s dormitory, outside which a boisterous student demonstration took place Tuesday night, accompanied Ker to her first class in psychology on the main campus. Holmes was picked up in a residential section shortly before 9 a.m. by Dean of Men William ; Tate who then took him on a leisurely fide around the campus j before they went in through a | back door of the biology building | for classes. Tate himself had difficulty finding Holmes’ classroom and they wandered through a number of corridors before finding the proper room, a large empty theater-type laboratory. > Handshake and a Seat Dr. R.B. McGee of Bristol, Tenn., head of the Zoology Department. shook hands with Holmes at the entrance of the lab and the Negro went to a seat on the front row. About 15 students were in the i lab lecture room at the time. No one sat next to ifelmes but students were in the row right behind him. ~ - - Most students have accepted the arrival of the two Negroes with considerable calm. One girl in Miss Hunter’s dormitory. said her father had telephoned he was coming for her but she told him in tears that she liked the university and had no intention of going home because of the Negro girl’s appearance. Miss Hunter stayed in her dormitory room Tuesday night and heard the echoes of the demonstrations outside. She was welcomed to the dormitory Tuesday by a delegation of approximately 15 girls who said they would “make her welcome.” - Came From Atlanta Holmes said he spent Tuesday night in Atlanta where he had gone to “pick up some clothes.” ine two Atlanta Negroes were to have begun classes Tuesday, but they stayed in Atlanta — 70 miles to the west — while Federal District Judge W. A. Bootle knocked down a. section of thfe state’s 1956 appropriations that would have cut off funds for the university the minute the Negroes reported to class. In Washington, the Supreme Court refused to stay desegregation of the university for another state appeal. Student leaders said Tuesday night’s rowdy demonstra-| tions were touched off as much | by the Supreme Court decision as by the actual admission of the Negroes, in the state capital in Atlanta another move was expected today technically withholding f,und s from the journalism school where Miss Hunter is registered and the College of Arts and Sciences where Homes is registered. This, however, was expected to have little effect on the actual operation of the two departments. Lives In Dormitory Holmes is staying off the campus at a private residence. Miss Hunter was assigned to a private room normally used for visitors at Myers Hall, one of the larger dormitories for woman students. Two Myers girls — Charlotte Jones, president of the Women’s Student Government Association, and Judy Alexander — quickly announced they were moving out of the dormitory to escape living; under the same roof with a Negro. But Miss Hunter received friendly treatment from most other dormitory inmates. About 15 girls soon crowded

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i into the Negro’s tastefully-decor-ated room and welcomed her to the dormitory. Girls who attended I said the reception was friendly 'and warm. “We are glad to have you here,” one of the girls told Miss Hunter. <.• : _ _ Bill Proposes Pay Boost For State Officials ■' <• —• • I INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A bill I to raise the pay of nine elected! state officials, ranging from gov-' ernor down, by 33 to 57 per cent was introduced in the Indiana House today. The measure, co-authored by two members of the State Budget Committee, reflects the findings of a special 10-member study committee which delved into the ratio between state executives’ pay and that of persons with corresponding responsibilities in business and industry. The resulting pay scale recommendations would bring the annual pay of the Hoosier governor up from 915,000 to $25,000 but would reduce his annual expense account from $12,000 to $6,000 for an overall hike of $4,000 a year. None of the proposed pay hikes would be effective for the incumbent officials but would start in 1965. For the other elected officials the bill offered hese changes: Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor and Treasurer, now 11,500 annually, increased to $16,500. Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction, now 11,500 a year, increased to SIB,OOO. Clerk and reporter of the Supreme and Appellate Courts, now 7,500, increased to $9,000. Rep. John E. Mitchell. D-Flat Rock, co-author of the bill with Rep. John F. Coppes, R-Nap-panee, said that passage of the measure would “set the policy for administrative pay scales.” Both men are members of the budget committee which named a group of Indiana business, farm and labor leaders to review the salary scale of Hoosier governmental executives. Mitchell said the group felt that salaries of no administrative appointees should be raised until the legislature sets the policy by deciding what elected officials should receive. Should the general assembly adopt the recommended new salary schedules for the elective leaders, then the appointive department heads would get corresponding pay except , for certain instances in which / these heads already are getting more, in proportion, than the new scale would provide. Members of the special committee which prepared the recommendations for the budget committee included Byron L. Stewart, Anderson; Arch J. Cochrane. Chicago; Charles R. Small, Kokomo; Donald 'H. ' Clark, Bloomington, and these Indianapolis men—J. Howard Alltop, Frank Mussetter, Charles C. Saville, Scott Olive. George Dqpp, and Dallas Sells. Governor's Second Message Is Delayed INDIANAPOLIS t UPD — Goveronr Welsh’s second message to the Indiana Legislature, based on finances, has been postponed to next Monday. Welsh originally planned to deliver the message Thursday but found, he said, that time for preparation was inadequate. He then postponed it to 12:30 p.m. CDT Monday.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-Gover-nor Welsh indicated today he might be willing to accept a “package deal” on reapportionment of the Indiana Legislature. The “package deal” presumably would include immediate reapportionment and an amendment to the state constitution providing for future reapportionment of the ' House on a population basis and the Senate by districts according to the so-called “federal plan.” Welsh did not commit himself to the compromise, but said he will “consider it.” / Welsh told newsmen attending his first press conference that any approach other than immediate reapportionment of both houses of the General Assembly on a population basis “would be avoiding the constitution.” He conceded that reapportionment will be one of the hottest issues in the current session and indicated he would be willing to compromise with rural interests which seek to prevent reapportionment on any basis. Most observers believe the federal plan for reapportionment [ could pass the Legislature, but give little chance to immediate I reapportionment of both bouses on a population basis. Supporters of the federal plan perhaps would be willing to compromise to avoid a Welsh veto. — — On another subject, Welsh said he “is fully aware, of stories that my election is going to be contested.” , — “The action of the Republican Secretary of State in certifying to the Legislature that I was elected should be very conclusive,” he said. “In addition, I have a certificate signed by,..the outgoing ! Republican governor.” Welsh termed reported attempts to challenge his 23,000-vote victory last Nov. 8 “frivolous and not worth serious consideration. Welsh also had these comments on a number of unrelated subjects: —lie has not been asked to intervene to save Richard Keefer, Fort Wayne, from death in the electric chair Jan. 31, for killing his wife. If asked to intervene, he will “weigh the case on its merits.” —His program to streamline state government is under way and his executive secretary and administrative assistant already have turned in keys to stateowned cars. —He will take “a long hard look” at any legislative proposal giving cities authority to levy taxes without a referendum. —He believes in extension of home rule for Hoosier cities. —He would veto any bill outlawing the agency shop clause. —He is “favorably inclined” toward a proposal that personal property taxes be paid when applying for auto license plates. Henry J. Zuber Dies At Fort Wayne Home Henry J. Zuber, 76, a self-em-ployed carpenter-contractor, died shortly before noon Tuesday at his home, 2922 Smith street, Fort Wayne. He had been in ill health for eight years and suffered a stroke Friday. He was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic church and its Holy Name society. He and his wife, Clara, celebrated their 50th weddihg annivarsary in 1959. Surviving in addition to his wife are four brothers, Anthony. Albert and Rinehart Zuber, all of Fort Waylie, and Frank Zuber of Davenport. la., and four sisters, Mrs. Mary Vachon, Mrs. Melinda Hoevel and Mrs. Frances Smith, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs,. Marcella Minick of New Haven. Mrs. Henry Heimann, of near Decatur, is a niece of Mrs. Zuber. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Mungovan & Sons funeral home and at 9 a.m. at St. Peter’s church. The Very Rev. Msgr. John A. Bapst will officiate. The body will be brought to Decatur for burial in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 11,1961.

Launch Study Os Appointees

WASHINGTON (UPD — The Senate today begins scrutinizing President-elect John F. Kennedys cabinet appointees. Republican Douglas Dillon, now undersecretary of state in the Eisenhower administration, was called before the Senate Finance Committee for expected approval as Kennedy’s Treasury secretary. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was scheduled to begin hearings Thursday on Kennedy’s nomination of Dean Rusk to be secretary of state. Former Minnesota Gov. Orville Freeman's appointment as agriculture secretary will be considered Friday by the Senate Agriculture Committee. Sen. George D. Aiken, R-Vt., a committee member, said Republicans would question Freeman about his “beliefs and ideas” but would not "persecute” him. Some members of the Senate Armed Services Committee were reported to be dissatisfied with Defense Secretary-Designate Robest S. McNamara’s plan to more than 1.5 million he received from the sale of his Ford Motor Co. stock in a special trust fund to avoid conflict of interest charges. Senate leaders are moving to complete hearings by Inauguration Day so all the new administration’s cabinet members can be confirmed swiftly as soon as their nominations are submitted. Dillon won advance endorsement from two finance committee members — Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, D - Minn., a severe critic of Republican fiscal policies, and Sen. George A. Smathers, D-Fla.

$1 Household Tax Proposed

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A bill! to levy a "token” assessment of $1 on each family’s household goods was introduced today in the Indiana House by Rep. Anthony Adolfi, R-Indianapolis. Adolfi proposed to make the bill effective March 1, which would mean that households would be assessed under the new plan this year and taxes payable in 1962 would reflect the change. A $1 annual assessment on household goods would be a substantial decrease for most families. It would be equivalent to assessed valuation of only $lO to sls under the prresent assessment method. Another House bill, by Rep. Charles Edwards, R-Spencer. proposed to amend the 1959 School Reorganization Act, and a third by former House speaker James D. Allen, R-Salem, suggested a constitutional amendment reapportioning the legislature with 46 senators chosen from districts and 100 House members chosen on a population basis. In the Senate, the illness of Sen. J.J. Bailey bf Anderson reduced the Democratic majority from 26 to 25, a number inadequate for passage of any bills by a constitutional majority of the 50 senators without Republican help. Bailey was hospitalized with a kidney ailment and was expected to be away from the Senate for awhile. Democratic leader Hugh Dillin of Petersburg said he was “not worried about Bailey’s absence jeopardizing the majority. He said a constitutional majority is necessary only on final passage of bills and that probably no controversial measures would come up for such action until Bailey is back at his desk. Edwards said his school bill was aimed at “returning control to the local communities.” He

Other congressional news: Filibuster: Senate leaders mapped new efforts to bring to a vote their proposal to shuttle the seven-day-old filibuster fight to the Senate Rules Committee. Several attempts to nail down a voting time failed Tuesday night. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said the “petty, timeconsuming, emotion-filled, disrup- . tive” struggle over proposals to make it easier to curb filibusters might endanger President - elect John F. Kennedy’s legislative program. Teamsters: Senate investigators summoned top officials of New York Teamster Local 239 to question them about alleged payoffs to racketeers by union officials. A tape recording played at the opening of the hearings Tuesday quoted aides of Teamster President James R. Hoffa as saying the union boss had ordered the ouster of the leader of Local 239, who had been convicted of extortion and bribery. Hoffa was reported to said that the local chief might be returned to the union payroll after things "blow over.” Gerrymandering: Chairman Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., of the House Judiciary Committee said he learned from authoritative sources that President-elect John F. Kennedy wanted Congress to prevent states from gerrymandering their congressional districts. Celler is sponsoring a bill to halt the ancient political practice of gerrymandering — carving congressional districts into weird shapes to benefit the party in power in the state.

I proposed to reduce the minimum number of pupils required before a school corporation could build a new school from around 1,000 to 360. Other clauses would limit the tenure of county school committees, limit the state’s authority to press for agreement on unit plans of the counties, prohibit additional voter referendums if the first fails, permit township trustees to serve on county committees, and make it harder for county plans to be adopted. Senate bills introduced today would: Change telephoned bomb threats from misdemeanor to criminal offense punishable by 1-5 years imprisonment and SI,OOO fine. Sens. Jack Mankin, D-Terre Haute, and Martha Burnett, R-Indianapolis. Create a state board of registration for architects. Sens. Robert O’Bannon. D-Corydon, and Russell Townsend, R-Indianapolis. Change the penalty for second degree murder from mandatory life to an indeterminate sentence of 1(T years to life. Mankin. Provide gross income tax exemption for all sums donated to private or secular colleges and universities. Sen. Paul Bite. Evansville. ZTTZ Create an office of administrative assistant to the Indiana Supreme Court. Bitz. Meanwhile, a plan for “streamlining” state government through legislative action was under consideration in the Senate. Its author Sen. Nelson Grills, said the bill "is patterned after the Hoover Commission report and will save the state from $3 to $5 million a year.” He said the measure "goes a step farther’ than a similar proposal advocated by Governor Welsh. (Continued on page six)

Final Report Made By County Recorder A total of 714 deeds were recorded in 1960, up over the past two years, but slightly lower than the 1955-57 figures, Mrs. Mabel Striker, recorder for the past eight years, stated in her final report. Fees collected amounted to $5,117.30, and 3,661 instruments were recorded, averaging more than 10 a day. Number of instruments recorded, and the fees collected, for 1960, were: 714 deeds, $1,468; 455 mortgages, $1,689.20 ; 26 mechanic’s liens, $19.80; 895 chattel mortgages, $449.50 ; 233 releases, $248.90; 26 assignments, $30.50 ; 4 powers of attorney, $5.60; 21 articles of incorporation, $133.40 ; 20 plats, slo4.io'; 830 marginal releases, $166.20; 322 miscellaneous, $802.10. Also recorded without charge under the law were 31 bounds, 23 old age assistance, 43 reports of separation, 17 honorable discharges, and one state of Indiana. Deeds Mrs. Striker also released the following comparative figures on deeds from 1952 through 1960: Year —— Farm Town Total 1952 318 429 747 1953 _„l 358 304 662 1954 .... 254 390 644 1955 361 399 760 1956 341 435 776 1957 374 369 743 1958 336 309 645 1959 324 355 679 1960 342 372 714 Fees have gone up steadily, but the number of instruments to be recorded has decreased. Also, the instruments are now recorded by a photographic process, which eliminates any possibility of error, rather than by copying on a typewriter. 1952 318 429 74720dp Fees A yearly comparison on total number of recorded instruments, and the fees collected, shows: Year Instruments Amounts 1952 4,755 $3,276.55 1953 ... 4,537 « $3,235.40 1954 3,856 $2,967.75 1955 4.606 $5,098.10 1956 ... 4,178 $5,267.93 1957 4,197 $4,952.40 1958 3,597 $4,523.70 1959 3,824 $5,025.90 1960 —- 3,661 $5,117.30 Chattel Mortgages Chattel Mortgages have also varied year to year. The following shows the number of mortgages made on chattel, or personal property like automobiles, and the number of releases from chattel mortgages. Year Mortgages Releases 1952 1,467 1,325 1953 1,381 j 244 1954 .... 1,082 915 1955 1,114 i >055 1956 1,068 916 1957 1,074 943 1958 870 797 1959 853 740 1960 895 690

Central Soya Board Deciares Dividends The directors of Central Soya, Fort Wayne, have declared a quarterly cash dividend of 27% cents per share on the capital stock of the company payable February 15, to stockholders erf record at the close of business January 27, according to an announcement by Harold W. McMillen, chairman of the board. This is the second quarterly dividend of the current fiscal year and a continuation of the company's record of cash dividends, which has been uninterrupted since 1942. Advertising Index Advertiser < Page A & P Tea Co., Inc ... 1A Arnold Lumber Co., Inc 7 Beavers Oil Service, Inc 5 Burk Elevator Co 5 Budget Loans 7 Cowens Insurance Agency 7 Doans Pills 2A Evans Sales & Service ...i.... 5 Fairway ... 3,7 Gerber’s Super Market 8 Holthouse Drug Co 3A Holthouse Furniture 5 Haflich & Morrissey .. 3 Hammond Fruit Markets, Inc .. 4 Kroger 4A Model Hatchery ....5 J. J. Newberry Co 6 National Tea Co ... 2 Phil Neuenschwander, Auction- • , ' eer 3A Pontiac i 4 Ruth's Beauty Salon 3 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Smith Drug Co 3,4, 6 Schwartz Ford Co., Inc 5 Sears Catalog Sales Office3A Stucky & Co 4 Ed Sprunger, Auctioneer 5 Stop Back Barber Shop7 Teen Togs 3 Teeple Truck Line 5 Tony’s Tap 2A Uhrick Bros 2A Walter Wiegmann, Auctioneer . 6 12 Pages

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TOM SHARPE, upper left, was named winner of the Decatur high school American Legion oratorical contest, and will represent the school in the county finals,' Miss Monica Badenhop, upper right, and Miss Janet Miller, not pictured, tied for runner-up honors. Ron August, center, acted as master of ceremonies.

Tom Sharpe Winner Os Oratory Contest Tom Sharpe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Laveri Sharpe, of 1039 Master Drive, won the Decatur high school American Legion speech contest elimination Monday afternoon. Sharpe won out over Miss Monica Badenhop and Miss Janet Miller, who tied for second place. It was the first time in the- 23 years that Decatur high school had participated in the contest that there was a tie for second place. The girls will decide by lot who will be -alternate for the county contest. Subject of the contest this year was the first ten amendments to the constitution, and their meaning. All three students are members of the Decatur high school speech class. A class elimination was held in December, Deane T. Dor win, speech teacher, stated. The orations are 10 to 12 minutes long, and must follow prepared copy. Ron August acted as chairman of the program, which was given before the entire school. Tom Grabill aR| Tom Cravens were timekeepers. Five faculty members were judges, including Miss Catherine Weidler, Miss Charlotte Vera, Mrs. Dorothy Schnepf, John Butler and Paul Bevelhimer. The county contest will be held at a date to be announced. For two years the state finals were held in Decatur, as well as other parts of the state contest. Begin Construction ' Os Platter Bridge The Yost Construction Co., of Decatur, began construction work this afternoon on the new $220,000 Platter bridge over the Maumee river on Webster road in Allen county. The formal ceremonies were attended by Allen county commissioners and other officials.

George W. Ball Is Named By Kennedy

PALM BEACH. Fla. (UPI) — President-elect John F. Kennedy completed organization of the top command of his State Department today and settled down for intensive work on his inaugural address. Kennedy, who flew back to his father’s Palm Beach home early today after a hectic round of conferences in the East, announced the appointment of international lawyer George W. Ball as under secretary of state for economic affairs. Ball is the third associate of Adlai E. Stevenson to be named to the incoming administration. Ball’s law firm has offices in Washington, New York, Paris and Brussels. He is a longtime political adviser to Stevenson who will be ambassador to the United Nations in the Kennedy administration. Another Partner Considered William M. Blair Jr., another Stevenson law partner, is reported in line for a top federal job. W. Willard Wirtz, a Chicago law partner of Stevenson, was named recently as undersecretary of labor, and Newton ,N. Minow will be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Before leaving Washington Kennedy conferred With political associates well into the evening. Theye were these news developments from the front steps of his home in the Georgetown section of the nation’s capital: — Henry H. Fowler. 52, a Washington attorney who held various federal positions during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, was named undersecretary of the Treasury. Fowler participated in a meeting Tuesday between Kennedy, outgoing Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson and Vice President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson who discussed the gold crisis and international balance of payments. Duke Head Protocol — Angier Biddle Duke, Tobac-

Seven Cents

INDIANA WEATHER Fair with no important temperature change tonight and Thursday. Low tonight in the 20s. High Thursday in the 40s north, 45 to 55 sooth. Sunset today 5:41 p. m. Sonrise Thursday 8:06 a. m. Outlook for Friday: No important changes. Lows 28 to 34. Highs 48 to 58. All Bank Officers, Directors Reelected The annual meeting of the First State Bank, established in 1883, was held Tuesday afternoon, with an increase of $571,500.82 in deposits as part of the good news for bank depositors. Assets are now $17,543,447.12. T. F. Graliker, president of the bank, reported that there were no changes in the organization. The year 1960 saw the completion of the remodeling program at the bank. ” While no boom year is expected in 1961, the bank does not believe that it will be a very bad one, either. G. W. Vizard was reelected chairman of the board, Earl C. Fuhrman, vice-president, and H. H. Krueckeberg, cashier. Directors of the bank are L. M. Busche, Fuhrman, Graliker, Krueckeberg. and Vizard. Assistant cashiers are R. E. Glendening, E. M. Caston, William Lose, Jr., A. J. Heimann, and Robert T. Boch. Highway Worker Is Killed In Accident TELL CITY, Ind. (UPD —Lloyd M. Underhill. 47. Uniontown, was crushed to death today when a Perry County highway department truck he was driving with a load of limestone was wrecked at the bottom of a hill.

co fortune heir, former diplomat and now an official of numerous international organizations in New York City, was named chief of protocol in the State Department, replacing Wiley Buchanan. — Sen. Henry M. Jackson, DWash., outgoing Democratic national chairman, reported most of the essential federal appointments will be made by Inauguration Day. Jackson and the man expected to succeed him, John Bai--1 e y, Connecticut Democratic chairman, conferred with Kennedy at some length on jobs. C. C. Is Voting On Director Nominees Ed Hagen, Chftlmer Bollenbacher. Ed Jaberg, and Dr. John Sapulding .have been nominated to serve on the board of directors for the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, and voting is now in progress by the members of that organization, Fred E. Kolter, executive secretary. §aid today. Hagen, manager of the Decatur ■ - area Indiana & Michigan Co., and ' Bollenbacher, of the Central Soya Company, are nominated from ~ the industrial division- M. J. Pryor, manager of the Decatur NIPSCO office, is the outgoing member of the board representing industry. Jaberg. county auditor, and Dr. Spaulding, local dentist, have been nominated from the professional division, where George Thomas, Decatur realtor, is presently serving. Members of the Chamber received ballots for each membership in the organization. The ballots must be returned not later than Friday.