Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX. No. 15.

Six Americans Held In Cuba

HAVANA (UPD— Six U.S. citizens accused of being members of a force trained in the United States to seek overthrow of the government of Fidel Castro were captured while trying to land by boat in Cuba, the government press said today. The six men, all said to be former U.S. Army or Air Force men, were accused of trying to link up with “alleged counterrevolutionaries” in Pinar del Rio, Cuba’s westernmost province. The Cuban newspapers said the men were part of a group trained by former Cuban Sen. ‘Rolando Masferrer under the “protection of (Allen) Dulles’ Central Intelligence “Agency.” Identify the Men The men were identified as: Alford Eugene Gibson, 32, Durham, N.C. Leonard Louis Schmidt, 21, Chicago. George R. Beck, 24, Taunton. Mass. Tommy L. Baker, 24, Dothan, Ala. Donald Joe Green, 28, Clover, S.C. James Beane, 34, Cedar Falls, N.C. The government claimed the Americans contended they had landed in their boat because they were “lost.” But it said the men later identified photographs showing Miami, Fla. “training grounds” for anti-Castro forces. It was also claimed that the group jettisoned - weapons when they sighted Cuban naval vessels approaching. Cabine Issues Decree

The cabinet decreed today that employes of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo who do not live on the base must get special government passes to travel to and from work hereafter. The cabinet also decided to re-

Capital Excited Over Inaugural

WASHINGTON (UPD — Inau-gural-excited Washington* today is a whirling kaleidoscope of sights and sounds and colors — buntingdecked avenues, souvenir vendors. glittering parties, celebrities. bewildered tourists and. most of all, problems, On the eve of John, F. Kennedy's inauguration, the capital is jammed with gay crowds, visitors looking for a place to sleep and a place to eat and the best-known faces of the entertainment and political worlds rushing to receptions in their black limousines. Biggest Worry—Weather Officials estimated that a total of one million persons would witness Kennedy’s swearing-in at the Capitol at noon Friday and the parade afterward, which will feature some 32,000 marchers, a dog sled, mules, space vehicles and just about everything in between. The biggest worry troubling inaugural planners ,js the weather. The Weather Bureau said there was a “good chance" snow would fall here this afternoon or tonight and possibly continue into inaugural morning, but stop before the oath-taking. However, the bureau said it didn't expect the snowfall to amount to much. Another problem is where to put all the people swarming here to see their next President on his inauguration day. Every Room Booked Every hotel room is booked. A few rooms in motels and private homes are available but are going fast. The Inaugural Housing Committee is sending tourists to hotels 40 miles away in Annapolis and Baltimore. Md. Some 1,800 West Poiht cadets arc housed in 72 Pullman cars on a siding. The more famous made reservations far in advance. And there are plenty of celebrities here, ranging from former Presidents Harry S. Truman and Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and former Vice President Henry A. Wallace to entertainers Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Jimmy Durante, Janet Leigh and Gene Kelly. Named Treasurer Os Purdue 4 eronaut * cs " LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPD—Lytle J. Freehafer, business manager and assistant treasurer of Purdue University, has been elected treasurer of the Purdue Aeronautics C6rp. Freehafer succeeds Dr. R. B. Stewart, vice president and treasurer of the university, who has been treasurer of the corporation since it was organized in 1942.

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move busts of Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley and Leonard Wood from the Maine Memorial here and replace them with busts of Abraham Lincoln and “other Americans well known for their indisputable democratic values.” The U.S. eagle on the monument is to be replaced by a dove. Earlier, anti - Castro student groups had called "for a nationwide schoolstrike designed to force the government to halt its second round of firing-squad executions. t “Students, the moment has come to put an end to the inhuman shootings!” said handbills distributed by the so-called Democratic Constitutional Legion. “It’s in your hands Aid and promote the national student strike which is about to begin.” Another group, the Revolutionary Student Directorate, has been pasting stickers on walls and cars around the university campus urging “an indefinite student strike if the executions continue.” Firing squads have taken six lives this week and the death penalty has been demanded in the cases of two more men on trial before military courts. One student leader has been sentenced to serve 12 years in prison, and another faces trial on charges which could carry the death penalty. Several students were arrested Wednesday, but no charges were filed against them. Three members of the Electrical Workers' Union —a focus of resistance to Premier Fidel Castro’s government—were executed Wednesday on charges of complicity in the transformer bombing which blacked out central Havana for several hours on Nov. 30. A fourth was sentenced to prison for 30 years.

Robert G. Smith 1 Is Appeal Agent Decatur attorney Robert G. Smith has been named government appeal agent for the Adams county selective service board, i James K. Staley, chairman of the board, announced this noon , Smith replaces the late attorney I Earl B. Adams, who served in that capacity for many years. Other members of the local > board are Hugh J. Andrews, Rob- ; ert H. Ashbaucher, Donald C. Sweeney, of Berne, and Ralph E. Roop. Medical advisors are Dr. John B. Terveer. Dr. Arthur H. Girod, and Dr. Norman E. Beaver. Smith is a veteran, and is a former commander of the Decatur post of the American Legion. Good Cooperation Given By Citizens City engineer Ralph Roop reported at the meeting of the city council Tuesday that Decatur citizens have co-operated greatly with a request by him as to the costly habit of Decatur people throwing everything, including the proverbial “kitchen sink," into their garbage. Roop requested a news story at the last council meeting held January 3. to wake Decatur residents up to the fact that they are slowly tearing down the city's million-dollar sewage and garbage disposal plant. Roop reported Tuesday that about 75 per cent cooperation has been received, but that the cooperation of the other 25 per cent wa's also needed. He jokingly explained that milk cartons have dropped from an average of 350 to 50... Tuesday, January 3, costly repafa?B were needed to remove seven barrels of plastic and milk cartons from the plant's digestors. Such items as shoes, curtains, toys, mops, and "many, <many milk cartons and plastic bags have been found lately, all adding up to time-consuming and costly work on the machinery. Roop thanked the city people for the quick and almost full cooperation received during the past two weeks, and requested that the other 25 per cent join in with the others in keeping the sewage and garbage plant the fine piece of machinery that it is.

Family Bible To Be Used For Kennedy Oath WASHINGTON (UPD — When John F. Kennedy raises his right hand to take the presidential oath Friday, his left hand will rest on a Douay version of the Bible. The Douay version is the basic English Catholic translation of the Bible. It was translated in the 16th Century by Catholic scholars of the English college at Douay, France. The copy Kennedy will use is a family Bible, which has been in the possession of his grandmother, widow of former Boston Mayor John F. (“Honey Fitz”) Fitzgerald. Mrs. Fitzgerald, who is in her 90’s, has been ill in Boston and will be unable to attend the inauguration. Warren Administers Oath The Bible was delivered Wednesday to Chief Justice Earl Warren, who will administer the oath to Kennedy, by Thomas Fitzgerald, the President-elect’s uncle. It will not be opened to a particular passage and Kennedy will place his hand on top of the Bible. The U.S. Constitution specifies the oath which a new President must take, but it says nothing about resting his hand on a Bible while he takes it. The custom originated with the first President, George Washington, » who also added the words, "so help me God,” to the presidential oath. Not Setting Precedent Only one President since Washington has taken the oath without resting his hand on a Bible. That was Theodore Roosevelt, and the omission was purely an oversight resulting from the confusion which attended his swearing in I after the death of President William McKinley. Although most of America’s Protestant presidents have used Bibles in the King James version, Kennedy is by no means the first to use a different translation. Eisenhower’s Bible, for example, was an American Standard version. File Application For Radio Station Here An application for a 250 watt, day-time radio station for Decatur has been received by the Federal Communications Commission, according to word received here. The application came from Airon, Inc., of route 2, Roanoke. The station would operate on 1540 kilocycles. No further information on the application is available at the present time. 80 More Volunteer Blood Donors Needed Mrs. Cletus Miller, chairman of the blood program for the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross, has announced the urgent need for at least 80 more volunteers far blood donations Monday. January 23. Currently, there is a need for 40 donors of type O, positive and negative; 20 donors of type A, positive and negative: 10 donors of type B positive and negative; and 10 donors of type AB, both positive and negative. Anyone interested in donating blood can make an appointment to do so at a certain time. Mrs. Miller has stated that the only times completely filled at the present are 10:15 and 1:15. Walk-in donors will also be welcomed, but they may have to wait a little longer than if they had an appointment. Advertising Index Advertiser ***** Arnold Lumber Co., Inc ——4, 7 Adams Theater ---— 3 Beavers Oil Service, Inc —5 Burk Elevator Co — 5 Bower Jewelry Store _ 2, 3 John Brecht Jewelry - 4 Decatur Social Club 3 Eagles Lodge —— 7 Ehingers - 3 Evans Sales & Service 5 Gambles —— 7 Goodin’s I.G.A. Market 4 Holthouse Furniture Store 2 Habegger Hardware * 6 Hammond Fruit Markets, Inc -.8 H. & M. Builders, Inc —6 Lords — 3 G. C. Murphy Co 8 Moose -7 Glenn C. Merica, Auctioneer ... 5 Model Hatchery .... —. 5 Miller-Jones 3 Phil Neuenschwander, Auctioneer - 5 Niblick & Co 3 Schafers — 8 L. Stnith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 J. F. Sanmann, Auctioneer .... 5 Smith Drug Co -6, 8 Stewarts Bakery 6 Teeple Truck Line 5 Teen Togs ............... 2

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 19, 1961.

Kennedy And Eisenhower Confer On Eve Os Kennedy Inaugural As President

House Passes 9-Month School Term Measure INDIANAPOLIS (UPD -The Indiana House passed 84-4 and sent to the Senate today a bill to require all schools to operate on a nine - months minimum term basis beginning in 1962. The bill was introduced by Rep. George Stoeksdale, D-Huntington, who explained before the showdown vote that Indiana is the only state north of the MasonDixon line not now requiring a nine-months minimum term. “We could have as little as six months as the law now stands,” Stoeksdale said. The House also approved on second reading without amendment or debate a bill setting a 5-day 40-hour week for all supervisory employes of state mental institutions. The school bill was expected to end late April and early May commencements for many rural! area high schools around the state. > ' The state now has 99 rural school corporations with terms of less than nine months. About onefourth of them have eight-month terms and the others have eight and one-half month terms. One of the prime reasons for the shorter school term has been to free pupils from classrooms in early or mid-May so the older youths could help their busy farmer fathers with the spring planting chores. If the bill is enacted into law, it would postpone the end of school terms to late May or early June, a little past the normal planting season rush. Hie original bill provided that the nine-month terms be mandatory beginning next fall. But it was amended in committee to postpone the effectiveness to 1962.

Dr. Thomas Dooley Dies From Cancer

NEW YORK (UPD—Thomas A. Dooley, dynamic jungle doctor whose hospital in Laos made him "the* good American” to thousands of Southeast Asians, died Wednesday night of cancer one day after his 34th birthday. Dooley, a co-founder of Medico, Inc., which offers medical care for primitive peoples throughout the world, died at 9:40 p.m. EST. He had undergone surgery for chest cancer in August 1959 here and had been discharged as apparently cured. But a reoccurrence developed in late 1960 after he returned to his Laotian village for the work which has inspired scores of other Americans to follow his footsteps. Suffered Great Pain Dooley, who re-entered the hospital here Dec. 27, suffered a great deal from pains in his lower spine where the cancer had spread and was under almost constant sedation. Besides family members, the only person permitted to see him was Francis Cardinal Spellman who visited Dooley on his birthday Tuesday and drew from him his broadest smile since entering the hospital. “I tried to assure him that in his 34 years he had done what few have done in the allotted scriptural span,” Cardinal Spellman said on leaving the hospital. President Eisenhower also sent Dooley a birthday telegram, saying, “It must be a source of heartened gratification to realize that in so few years you have accomplished so much for the good of distant peoples and have

John Stults Named ; City Court Judge 1 I Bl j < - ■ J ■

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■ John B. Stults, 64, former mayor ‘ of Decatur, has been appointed city judge of Decatur by Governor j Matthew E. Welsh. , Stults.who served as city judge during . his term as B | mayor, will succeed -Richard J. Sullivan, Decatur attorney. The office was vacated when Sullivan l ? moved to the country. The law fl states that the city judge must . be a resident of the city, and proi vides that the governor appoint t the official if the office is vacant. Stults, a retired grocer, was ' elected mayor of Decatur in 1942 r over John M. Doan by 442 votes. i He served five years in the office, i > and was defeated for reelection in , : 1947 by 35 votes. r Stults worked for former grocer . ; Fred V. Mills until Mills retired in 1927, then opened his own store, j He retired about 10 years ago. He j • resides at 305 West Adorns street. , ' In addition to having served as ' city judge while mayor, Stults • ‘ also served on the Adams county « hospital board, of which he was t . president for several years. He j ’ and his wife are members of the < First Methodist church, and are < ’ lifelong residents of Decatur. ] ——-— ;

inspired so many others to work for all humanity.” Raised Medical Standards Dooley’s jungle hospital in Mount Sing close to the Communist Chinese border in strife-torn Laos was established after he and Dr. Peter D. Comanduras of Washington, D.C., set up Medico in 1958. Dooley, a bachelor, worked up to 20 hours a day trying to bring the medical standards of his village “from the 15th Century to the 20th Century,” but he still found time to raise more than $1 million for Medico by writing, lecturing and fund raising programs. He worked right up to the time he entered the hospital for the organization. Medico now has 17 projects in 12 underdeveloped nations. The announcement of Dooley’s death was delayed until early this morning to permit notification of his family.' Burial In St. Louis Malcolm Dooley, a brother, said that the body would be taken immediately to the Arthur Donnelly Funeral Home in St. Louis, the doctor’s native city. He will lie in state at St. Louis Cathedral where Mass will take place. Burial will be in the family plot at Calvary Cemetery. Dooley is survived by his mother, Mrs. Agnes Dooley, who is in St. Louis, and two brothers, Malcolm of Huntington, N.Y., and Edward of Cleveland. Another brother, Earle, was killed in Germany in World War 11.

WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower today gave John F. Kennedy a full, up-to-date report on world problems affecting U.S. security—problems Kennedy must shoulder when he becomes president Friday. The historic second meeting between the outgoing President and the incoming chief executive lasted more than two hours. It covered the crisis in Laos, the Cuban situation, the gold problem and others confronting this country. Feeling “fine—very good” on the eve of his inauguration, Kennedy said he had a “very cordial” discussion with Eisenhower. After the two men conferred alone, they were joined by six CabineJ. aides. “We had an opportunity to talk with the President and his responsible officers on some of the major problems abroad facing the United States today so we can more easily assume our responI sibilities tomorrow,” Kennedy i said. After leaving the White House, Kennedy conferred for a half hour | with Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, I chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on military matters. Lemnitzer told reporters, “we discussed procedural matters relating duties of commander in chief of to his taking over tomorrow the the U.S. armed forces.” He said they did not discuss organization of the Pentagon. During the White House discussion, Eisenhower, the oldest man to ever serve as president, offered to assist Kennedy, the youngest elected chief executive, when he takes office. Kennedy thanked him for his aid. The two leaders had what was described as “a full discussion of the current world situation.” “World areas under discussion included the Far East, Africa, Western Europe and the Caribbean,” according to a joint stateipent issued by the White House after the meeting. Eisenhower and Kennedy first met alone in the President’s office and then in the Cabinet room with their top advisers. Those who joined Eisenhower and Kennedy were Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates, Secretary of Statedesignate C. Dougas Dillon and Defense Secretary-designate Robert McNamara. Kennedy told newsmen as he was leaving the White House that he and his three Cabinet appointees “had an opportunity to get the thinking of the President and the responsible officers on some of the major problems that face the United States.” The president-elect appeared in a chipper mood on the day before his inauguration. When asked how he felt, he said, “Fine — very good.” Asked if he was excited. Kennedy smiled, hesitated and answered, “Interested.” Both Kennedy and Eisenhower hoped their meeting would again symbolize the unity of the nation despite the fact that the White House is being taken over by another party. Late Bulletins WASHINGTON (UPD —The House Republican leaders took a unanimous stand today against a Democratic plan to liberalise the House Rules Committee by enlarging its membership. WASHINGTON (UPD—Pres-ident-elect John F. Kennedy, today appointed Najeob E. Halaby, West Coast electronics executive, as head of the Fed- i eral Aviation Agency, i INDIANA WEATHER Occasional snow and colder 1 tonight. Locally heavy snow accumulations in excess of four 1 inches near Lake Michigan. Mostly cloudy and cold Friday ! with some light snow or snow flurries likely. Low tonight 10 , to 22. High Friday generally in the 20s north, 24 to 32 South. Sunset today 5:50 p.m. Sunrise Friday 8:01 a.in. Outlook for Saturday: Cloudy and cold with , snow flurries. Lows 10 to 20. i Highs 27 to 37. |

House Adopts Salary Boost

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana House today accepted a committee report recommending passage of a bill to raise the pay of elected state officials, including the governor. By voice vote, the House approved on first reading a reporl : of its ways and means committee ■ endorsing an amended measure • for substantial salary hikes for ! Statehouse officials. 1 The bill was amended in com- ’ mittee to reduce the raises outlined in its original form. Rep. John F. Coppes, R-Nap , panee, chairman, said that the • committee felt the $25,000 annual , pay recommended for the governor was too sharp a hike over • the present $15,000 salary and voted to recommend a yearly : stipend of $20,000. A study committee of Hoosier business and labor executives had proposed that the governor be given a 67 per cent salary icerease but that his maintenance ■ allowance be. cut from <12,000 to i $6,000. The Ways and Means ComI mittee decided the allowance t should be SIO,OOO, making the ! over-all payment to the governor i $30,000. The study committee recom- ; mendations as incorporated in the House bill introduced by Coppes and Rep. John Mitchell, D-Flat Rock, would have given the superintendent of public instruction and the attorney general the biggest percentage hikes, from $11,500 to SIB,OOO a year. But the committee amended these to call for $15,000 a year, the same figure it also decided should be paid to the lieutenantgovernor, secretary of state, treasurer and auditor. Agree On Two The only point which the study committee and House Ways and Means agreed was on the pay of the clerk and the reporter of the Supreme and Appellate Courts. These two officials now receive $7,500 but would get $9,000 under the proposed new schedule. The pay hikes will not affect the present terms of office. For the governor, the increase would be effective in 1965 and for the others in 1963. The Wednesday sessions of the legislature were devoted largely to opening an investigation of alleged fraud in. Lake and Clark County voting. The House and Senate each named a committee of seven members under terms of a 1945 law which gives the lawmakers authority to look into allegations of fraud in election of a state official. Under terms of that law, House Speaker Richard Guthrie formally notified Governor Welsh that his election was being contested. Welsh Lashes Out Welsh, who was getting ready to depart for the presidential inauguration in Washington, charged that the contest is “striking at the foundation of our representative system—the principle of the separation of the branches of government.” He warned that “we cannot permit the General Assembly to shift to the British system of the legislature naming a prime minister to serve at its beck and call.” However, the divided character of the, legislature makes it likely that the 14-member election contest committee may never be able to function and the whole contest may be stalemated. The GOPcontrolled House named seven Republicans, the Senate named seven Demorats. The 1945 law does not specify how the 14-member committee should function when equally divided politically. To Meet Today The House portion of the committee was unable to get a quorum for a meeting of the Republican half and decided to meet 2 ’ 2 i i — r

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e a again today. Indications were g that the Republican segment expected to pick out a spokesman g for its half, probably Rep. Edward Madinger, Indianapolis. y. House majority leader Glenn •t Slenker of Monticello said he une derstood a bill was being pree pared to amend the 1945 law so ir that only members of the General Assembly could offer such contest petitions. He said that under the present law “anybody, even a resident of another state, could stymie our Assembly just by in- —• *■ troducing petitions.” e The two petitions were filed by ‘1 non-members of the legislature ’* Mrs. Cornelius VerPlank, of the r Gary Crime Commission, for Lake d County, and Edmond Higdon, y Clark County Republican chairman. a The Senate passed the first of “ its own bills Wednesday, one afe fecting Vanderburgh County and which would make e ' metropolitan' jAhn commissions a ° separate unit of county governe ment. The vote was 43-3. - . e r Rydell Chairman Os e Industrial Division s Gene Rydell has been elected t chairman of the industrial division [_ of the Decatur Chamber of Comi merce, not Ed Hagen, Fred Kolter . reported today. A story in Tuesi day's Daily Democrat related Hagan as being elected chairman. 1 Hagan, however, was chosen vice , president of the board of directors I and Rydell was elected to the position of chairman of the industrial , division. ! Spectacular Parade b ■ Inaugural Feature WASHINGTON (UPI) — If you 1 love a parade, Friday is your i day. J A procession of 32.000 military f men, civilian dignitaries and performers, ranging from Shriners • on mule back to pretty girls on colorful floats, will salute John F. ‘ Kennedy in a three-hour march 1 after he takes his presidential oath at the Capitol. 1 The new President will lead the : way to the White House at the 1 head of the spectacular parade up ‘ Pennsylvania Ave., acclaimed by ; tens of thousands along the historic route and viewed by tens of millions on television. “Frontiers” Parade Theme Then, from a reviewing stand in front of the Executive Mansion, he will watch the panoramic portrayal of past, present and future, and of frontiers conquered and yet to be conquered. The theme of the parade is “World Peace Through New Frontiers” and the frontiers will take many forms — the exploration of space depicted by a Discoverer satellite recovered from orbit, flight to the edge of space by the Xls rocketship, descent to the ocean depths by a bathyscaph, discovery of the New World by a Virgin Islands float shaped like a ship of Columbus, America's westward expansion by horse riders and Indian floats. • Weapons Display Kennedy has promised to strengthen the nation's defenses and the armed forces will parade rr prime examples of weapons they are ready to order. The President and the nation will see for the first time a halfsize scale model of the Air Force’s experimental 2,000-mile-an-hour 870 bomber. The 60-foot Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile, a Thor space-booster and a bomb-er-carried Hound Dog missile also will be displayed.