Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX. No. 32.

Kick-Off Meeting Held By Red Cross

g . • /4 wCTRhfrF CHRIS INNIGER, center, Monroe township co-chairman, gets the last word on the Red Cross drive from Homer Winteregg, left, and Silvan Sprunger, right, co-chairmen of the county drive. Inniger was one of the more than 35 Red Cross workers who attended the kickoff meeting Tuesday night.

More than 35 workers from 10 of the 12 townships in Adams county turned out Tuesday night for the single kick-off meeting of the Adams County Red Cross drive, which will be held during the month of March, Homer Winteregg and Silvan Sprunger, cochairmen of the drive, said today. The meeting started at 7:30 p.m. in the Adams Central school cafeteria, and a young man from the high school showed the Red Cross movies on the school projector. Space Age Movie The first movie, “Meanwhile, Back on Earth.. .’* recounted the history of the founding of the Red Cross during the Civil ' War* told what the Red Cross does today, projected it into the future, in the space age, to help even then. The second movie, “Neighbor to Neighbor,’.' shows how one Red Cross worker in the city solicited his neighbors, and gave nine important points for each solicitor to remember. Those who go door to door were given the answer to many questions that people who don’t want to give may ask, and were shown how to use a positive approach in asking for help. a Blood mobile Slides Slides of the December bloodmobile visit to Decatur, with an explanation of each step a person goes through to give blood, were then shown. The blood collected in Adams county goes to the blood bank at Fort Wayne, and is available there for all hospitals in the area. The importance of this fact was brought home by mentioning that Mrs. L. E. Archbold, who has for many years helped in the kitchen during the local bloodmobile visits, was injured last Sunday in an accident at Phoenix, Ariz., while on a trip. While it is not known if she needed blood, it would be available to her, because the people of Adams county cooperate in the blood bank program. Chairmen Introduced The township chairmen and cochairmen were then introduced, and the meeting adjourned for coffee and cake. The township chairmen then picked up the packets for each individual section in their township, to be given to the section workers. Several township chairmen have already picked out their workers, and others still have to be appointed. Literally hundreds of people take part in the program. Last Years Achievement Last year, the various townships and towns gave as follows: Blue Creek—sl4o 05 French—s22l.so Hartford—slsl.92 Jefferson—sl3o.ol

ADVERTISING INDEX

Advertiser Pare A & P Tea Co.. Inc .... 4 Arnold Lumber Co., Inc .. 7 Beavers Oil Service, Inc .. 4A, 5 Begun's Clothing Store 6A Bower Jewelry Store 2A Burk Elevator Co 5 Brooks SA, 7A Bohnke Cabinet Shop 5 John Brecht Jewelry ...... 4A, 8A Cowens Insurance Agency ..... 7 Evans Sales & Service 5 Ehinger's .... 3 Fager Appliances & Sporting Goods 5A E. F. Gass Store 3 Gerber’s Super Market 8 Gambles 6A Hol thou se Drug Co 6A, 7A Hammond Fruit Markets, Inc .. 6 Haflich & Morrissey .... 4A Holthouse Furniture ... 5, 6 Husmann’s Decorating House . 4A Habegger Hardware 8A P. N. Hirsch & Co ............ 3A Pauline Haugk Real Estate — 5 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co 6

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

K i r k 1 and—5196.60 _ _Z Monroe—s32o.sß Preble—s3o4.4s R00t—5312.50 St. Mary’s—sl2s.Bo ■ Union—s2l3.7o Wabash—s2l2.9B Washington—s27o.72 TOTAL—S2,6OO.BI Each township chairman hopes to beat last year’s record, and every worker will be asked to do the best job possible. In Workers Kit Workers will be given an official Red Cross solicitor’s kit. which will be plainly marked. In it will be the names and addresses of each person visited last year in that section. Workers are asked to write in > the names of any new families, or any that might have been missed, > perhaps because they were gone I at the time of the visit last year. I Every family must be visited, Winteregg stressed, so that this can ■ be truly a representative county • effort. Each kit will also include a booki let that answers many questions [ that may be asked, like “Red Cross ■ didn't give me a leave” (Red Cross only transmits information — military commanders give or deny leaves —Red Cross can’t even rec- ' ommenri), etc. Membership cards, window stick- ! o-s, and lapel pins are also included. Decatur lady Hurt In Arizona Wreck Mrs. L. E. Archbold, 67, wife of former county agent L. E. Archbold. narrowly escaped severe injuries Sunday in a two-car collision in Phoenix, Ariz., that caused more than $2,250 damage. Mrs. Alice C. Archbold, of 110 S. 11th street, was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Phoenix for treatment after the collision Sundav afternoon. Police there reported that she was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, 68, who escaped unhurt. A car driven by Michael T. Johnson. 17, of Phoenix, failed to yield the right of way to the Decatur couple's vehicle, and struck it in the right side, overturning it. Word was received just last week that the Archbolds had given up trying to reach the west coast of Mexico from Nogales, Ariz., because of heavy rains, and were driving to California to spend a few w'eeks with children and grandchildren there.

Jani Lyn ".. 2A Ned C. Johnson 5 Kroger .. .... 1A Lords .... 3 The Little Elevator Co 5 G: C. Murphy Co ..... 5A Model Hatchery 5 Miller-Jones 6A National Tea Co 2 Phil Neuenschwander, Auctioneer 3A J. J. Newberry Co .... 7A Niblick & Co ... 3 Pontiac 7 Schafers p 8A L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Smith Drug Co .’. lA, 2A. 4A, 8A Schmitt Meats 7 Shicky & Co 5 Sheets Furniture ............. 6A Sherwin-Williams, Co ......... 4A O. A. Spiegel, DC 5 Teen Togs 7A Teeple Truck Line ........... 5 Tony's Tap ...., — 7A Uhrick Bros .... , 5A Walter Wiegmann, Auctioneer 8A

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Jaycees Meet Tuesday Night, Talk Projects A report from the state directors on the mid-year meeting in Indianapolis, a progress report of the community development pro--ject, and attempts to obtain an unused steam engine for one of agenda at the Decatur Junior Decatur’s city parks were on the Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday night. The development of a science seminar, utilizing local men who have jobs in the scientific field, was also inaugurated at the first general membership meeting in February. Gene Ziner and Jim Brader, state directors from the Decatur club, and Jack Petrie were the Decatur Jaycees to attend the state mid-year convention. The theme of the Indianapolis meeting was “industrial development” which dealt with the many problems of communities in attracting good new industries. Another state project brought up was the “Atoms for Peace” mobile unit sponsored by the Indiana Jaycees. The unit contains various displays and lay-outs showing the various peaceful uses of atom power. Due to actions of the local state directors, the unit will visit Decatur June 6 and 7 - Shades of Casey Jones The Jaycees, who have their own lobbyist on hand at the capital, also furnish each local chapter with a running legislative report. The report details those bills which are of particular interest to the Junior Chamber, and highlights the other bills. Floyd Mcßride was named chairman of the steam engine project After discussion with members of the city government, Mcßride reported that they reacted favorably to a plan to obtain an unused steam locomotive to place in one of Decatur’s city parks. With the advent of the diesel engine, many of the younger children in this area have never had a close look at one of the “Iron Horses” that played such a prominent part in the development of America. If the engine can be obtained, the most logical location as of now seems to be Memorial park on South Winchester street. Because of the 200 ton weight of a steam engine, it is felt by all concerned that a park closest to a railroad track would be the most practical. The citv has expressed enough interest that if the engine can be obtained, it may take over the project from there. State. National Conventions The state directors also announced that the state JayCee convention will be held in South Bend May 18. 19 and 20. The national JayCee convention will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. Jack Petrie, chairman of the community development project that looks into every phase of the city's life, and shows the various needs, reported that response had increased in the past two weeks, and shortly, the analysis phase of the project could begin. The science seminar, which will be headed by Ziner, Roger Gentis, Dick Galbreath and Jack Heller, (Continued on page six) Weekly Story Hour Planned At Library Children who are five, six, and seven are invited to attend a weekly story hour, from 1:30 to 2:30 at the Decatur public library every Saturday starting this weekend, it was announced today. Girl Scout troop 212, under the leadership of Mrs. Ben Eichenauer and Mrs. Arthur Girod, have made extensive plans for the story hour, and all children of the age group indicated are invited. The story hour will be upstairs in the children's department of the library. Katy Smith and Linda Michels will have Charge of the first story. This is one of several community service projects which the Girl Scouts-carry out in Decatur. Another project of troop 212 is the taking of books to the Adams county memorial hospital for patients to read. Girls from Decatur, Decatur Catholic, and Monmouth schools take part in this troop, which is the only senior Girl Scout troop in Decatur. o K variety of story-telling methods will be used by the girls, including flannel boards, skits, and others. The girls spent last weekend planning the story hours at camp McMillen in Fort Wayne. They have many attractive handmade posters telling the story of their story hour.

OWLT DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 8,1961.

House Republicans Plan sl6 Million Addition To State’s Biennial Budget

Sites Are Chosen For New Towers

The city of Decatur, through its city council, entered into a contract with William Darling and Associates Tuesday night at the regular city council meeting, for securing the engineering services of the Darling firm in the building of two new 500,000 gallon water towers. At the meeting, the council decided upon the two sites for the construction of the two water towers. One will be located on the southwest corner of the city water works park, the same block on which the swimming pool is located, and the second on the vacant lot on the corner of Studebaker and Line streets. The council members also gave Darling, who was present at the meeting, authority to purchase soil borings and to begin testing on the grounds, with the City later reimbursing him for the cost of the soil borings, which will run about S3OO. Locate Given Opportunity Lt was also agreed upon that separate bids will be taken on the construction of the tanks and their foundations, giving local companies a chance to bid on the foundation. 4 Before the proposed site on the southwest corner of the water works was approved, councilman Frank Braun raised the question of whether or not the city swimming pool would ever be enlarged. To the question, Mayor Donald Gage explained that if the pool would ever be enlarged, the new water tower would not interfere with enlarging at all, as the pool could be extended to the east or the south. Darling appeared at the meeting. explaining different phases of the building of the water towers and answered any questions that the councilmen had to offer. He stated that the estimates which he had given the council in December were still the same and also explained the need for the soil borings. Rating Bureau Agreed He explained that the proposed sites for the tower, which the council later approved, would be proper for the construction of the towers, as there was adequate room for them. Darling also revealed that he had written to the Indiana rating bureau, and they were in agreement with the construction of two 500,000 gallon tanks, and the proposed sites. He then requested that the coun-

Civil Rights Parley Topic

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy said today he will use the “moral authority and power of the presidency” when it will be “most useful” in the matter of school integration and civil rights. Kennedy told a news conference that the administration is “carefully considering” what steps to take in connection with implementing a federal court order for desegregation of two public schools in New Orleans. The President refused, however, to say what specific steps he thought should be taken in New Orleans, where an organized drive by segregationists has been under way to prevent white children from attending schools that have admitted Negro pupils. Then he said to the 297 reporters attending the conference in the new State Department auditorium : “I will at such time as I think

cil decide immediately on whether or not the proposed sites would meet their approval, in order that his firm may go ahead and purchase the soil borings and begin work. The council then approved the sites, the taking of separate bids, the reimbursement for the soil borings, and the contract with Darling and Associates. Street Lights Mayor Gage brought up a problem before the council, concerning street lights. He explained that he has been getting requests for street lights and that something is going to have to be done about the requests. The councilmen discussed the matter, all of them agreeing that there were many lights in town that were useless, but still burning and costing the city money. Gage revealed that I&M has a map of every street or alley light in the city, and that sometime, the map should be gone over and some of these lights that aren't doing anyone any good, be torn down and erected somewhere else. The matter was then referred to the electric light committee. City attorney Robert Anderson brought up the matter of the erection pf the traffic light at 13th and Nuttman. He explained, as had been done at earlier meetings, that the state highway commission has agreed to furnish the major electrical equipment and the city would have to furnish the labor, concrete bases, installation, etc. After some discussion, it was decided to defer the matter to the next meeting. Needs Dishwasher Mayor Gage explained to the council that Dick Linn, manager of the Youth and Community Center, which has been hit hard by taxes, has requested that an automatic dishwasher be purchased for the building. The council decided to give Linn the go-ahead to buy the device and they would later reimburse him for it through some of the interest of the bonds which the city now has. The five councilmen, Mayor Gage, city attorney Anderson, and clerk-treasurer Laura Bosse, decided to meet Wednesday of next week for the purpose of ironing out and discussing some of the problems of the appropriations which must be made before July 1 of this year. With the reading and approving of the bills, another city council meeting closed. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 28.

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it is most useful or effective attempt to use the moral authority and power of the presidency.” Opportunity for All Much of Kennedy's conference was devoted to civil rights. In talking about the New Orleans case in particular, he said: “As far as New Orleans goes. . .my position is that all students should be given an opportunity to attend public school, regardless of race.” In another highlight of the conference—his third since entering the White Kennedy said his top mmtary aides have not yet given him a final answer whether there is a “missile gap” between the United States and Russia. _ •—. .. ' He said he hoped a preliminary study will be completed by Feb. 20, but t£at “today we are not prepared to make a judgment.” The White House Tuesday had (Continued on page six)

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—lndiana House Republicans will move this afternoon to add sl6 million to the billion-dollar biennial budget to carry out the terms of proposals to increase aid to schools, Rep. John Coppes said. Coppes, a Nappanee Republican who heads the House Ways and Means Committee, said the GOP motions to amend the budget bills which came out of committee this morning for an all-day showdown would include sl2 million more for state school aid and $4 million more for state universities and colleges. The sl6 million additions to the budget proposed by outgoing Gov. Harold W. Handley’s administration were recommended by Democratic Governor Welsh. But Welsh warned in a news conference this morning that it would be “irresponsible” for the legislature to approve spending beyond anticipated revenues. The sl6 million additions would make it j necessary to dip deeply into state reserves unless methods of increasing revenue are adopted. Coppes made the statement regarding GOP majority plans when the House recessed for lunch after wading through 20 of the 65 pages in the two budget bills. During the morning, amendments were approved which reduces the revenue department budget by $21,400, reduced the motor vehicle bureau budget $134,000, added $40,000 to the attorney general’s office budget, added $36,000 to the cor-porate-division of the secretary of state, and added an. undetermined amount to the intangibles tax division. The attorney general increase is for hiring 10 women to handle an increased work load. The secretary of state increase is for updating records and investigating not-for-profit corporations. The intangibles tax increase is for adding investigators to crack down on tax liability. Rep. Birch Bayh, representing the House Democratic minority, said the Democrats as a group would not move to amend the budget bills, but that individual Democrats might. Welsh pointed out that the budget presented to the Legislature by the outgoing administration of former Gov. Harold W. Handley “could threaten the financial integrity of the state.” “Increased appropriations, no matter how essential, must be matched with increased state revenue,” Welsh said. “The deficit originally built into the budget must be removed. We must live within our means. Must “Pay As We Go” “Certainly in a period of worsening economic conditions as this is, we cannot plan to do less than pay as we go. If business conditions continue downward or do not improve, this can affect the revenue estimates that are not now high enough to balance the budget. Current economic conditions obviously do not warrant an attempt to solve the deficit by arbitrarily increasing estimates of revenue.” Welsh challenged House Republicans to either accept his proposals for raising additional revenue or “find means more acceptable.” Part of the Welsh revenueincreasing program includes a reduction in the state gross income tax exemption and a tax on out-of-state sales of Indiana - made products. Weigh said he was willing to consider “any reasonable proposals" offered by the GOP. He also said the difference that divides Republicans and Democrats on the budget “are becoming smaller.” "In my judgment, they will be even less when members of the House have had the chance to go through the budget item by item," he said. “When all the political oratory is done, when the hard work of responsibly examining the budget and meeting the needs of the state is upon them, I hope and I believe they (Republicans) will choose rightly.”

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House Drops Fraud Probe

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Republican - controlled Indiana House today washed its hands of an election contest it had ordered investigated, and the Democraticcontrolled Senate advanced a measure carrying out the terms of a GOP reapportionment plan. The House by voice vote accepted a report from the GOP half of a committee named to investigate Republican charges of fraud in the election of Governor Welsh, which, in effect, withdrew the Republicans from further participation in the probe. But the Senate shortly afterward rejected the House move and authorized the probe to be continued by Senate Democrats. Sen. S. Hugh Dillin said the House GOP members were “shirking their duties” and that he was “surprised and shocked” by their withdrawal from the probe. He said their action was “childish.” The Senate, with all Republicans and 25 of the 26 Democrats lining up against Sen. Nelson Grills of Indianapolis, accepted a majority report from Grills’ own committee moving forward to second reading the "federal plan” reapportionment resolution but without any recommendation for passage. The House had instigated the election inquiry. But under the terms of a law governing the investigation, the joint legislative committee turned out to be evenly divided politically and’ the divergent factions could not agree on anything. The Senate, by a 49-1 roll call vote, rejected a minority report signed by Grills recommending indefinite postponement of the resolution which would delay reapportionment to 1965 or later. The showdown came after more than an hour of debate which Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine fruitlessly tried to stop, but which continued after the membership overruled his efforts to break it off. The reapportionment measure virtually came back from the dead. The spark of life was generated by the Senate Legislative Apportionment Committee, which only 48 hours earlier had virtually closed the coffin and nailed down the lid. Few legislators were sure exactly what happened in a confusing session Tuesday when the reapportionment issue exploded qn the floor for the umteenth time. Groundwork for the explosion was laid Monday night when the committee, headed by Sen. Nelson Grills, D-Indianapolis, met to consider four measures it had been holding for weeks. Three of the measures were joint resolutions calling for reapportionment on the so-called "federal plan,” whereby the House is reapportioned by population and the Senate is frozen by districts as it now exists. The fourth measure was a concurrent resolution calling for the creation of a study committee which would probe the matter and report back to the Senate. Recommends Study The three joint resolutions were sent out to the floor without recommendation. The study committee measure was recommended for passage. Grills and Sen. V. Dewey Annakin, D-Terre Haute, signed minority reports on three joint resolutions asking that they be withheld indefinitely. Four committee members who did not attend the meeting later signed the minority report with Grills and Annakin, thus transforming it into a majority report on a 6-5 vote basis. Grills then was forced to call all four measures back into committee and the situation was the same as before the meeting was held. Sen. C. Wendell Martin, Repub-

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lican leader in the Senate, inter* xupted proceedings late Tuesday and invoked a little-used rule in an attempt to blast the measures from committee. His effort failed on a straight party-line vote. Grills ordered a meeting of the committee immediately upon adjournment late Tuesday. The committee met and Sen. Paul Hatfield, D-Evansville, moved that Senate Joint Resolution 1 be sent to the floor without recommendation. The measure, introduced by Sen. Willis K. Batchelet, would amend the Constitution to provide for reapportionment on the “federal plan.” It would have to pass both houses in two consecutive sessions and be approved by voters at a referendum, a lengthy process with little chance of success on the basis of legislative history. Only about one cut of every 25 proposed constitutional amendments passes all steps and becomes law. Public Invited Io View Cancer Films The public has been invited to the showing of two films at the Youth and Community Center Friday night, dealing with the dread disease cancer, Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg explained this morning. Although the Cancer society is sponsoring the showing of the films, the meeting is not a society meeting, rather it is open to the public and anyone is invited to attend. It is hoped that a large crowd • will be in attendance to see the films, which will be very educational. Case Histories The first film to be shown is “Time and Two Women,” and will be 15 minutes in length. It deals with a carefully controlled pres.-n---tation of cancer of the uterus, and cytology, emphasizing the curability of the disease. The film dramatizes the case histories of two women — one whose cancer wrs discovered too late and one vho was saved because of early detection and prompt treatment. The second film, which runs a bit over 22 minutes, is perhaps one of the most dramatic of all the Cancer society films. It was made possible through the cooperation of an entire city, Racine, Wis., whose 75,000 people were a part of the actual filming. The film depicts Racine as becoming a silent city, without life, with the dishes still waiting to be washed, the bicycle wheels still spinning, a lifeless city. 7 Danger Signals z The film also pinpoints the A. C. S. message through seven peo-ple-seven danger signals. It is a film that leaves a lasting impression. Dr. C. William Freeby will be present at the meeting and will answer any and all questions concerning the films and the dread disease, cancer. The public is invited to attend the affair, and it is hoped that many people will take advantage of the education that the films bring, and will be present, Mrs. Krueckeberg said. INDIANA WEATHER Fair, little temperature change north tonight and Thursday, fair and cooler south and central tonight. Low tonight 12 to 18 north, 18 to 28 south. High Thursday 35 to 48. Sunset today 8:13 p-m. Sunrise Thursday 7:45 a.m. Outlook lor Friday: Fair to partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 25. Highs in the 38s.