Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 62.

Kennedy Issues Appeal To All Sides In School Aid _ I Avoid Religious Dispute

Seek One-Day Special Meet

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Welsh and Indianapolis Mayor Charles H Boswell today opened a double-barreled campaign to persuade members of the Indiana Legislature to return for a oneday special session to re-enact a “lost” bill. The need for a special session became apparent early this week. It was discovered that an important piece of legislation affecting Marion County failed to become law through a mixup in the waning hours of the 61-day session which ended eight days ago. The bill, passed by both houses, created a Marion County Thoroughfare Commission with authority to float a $24 million bond issue to finance expressways in Indianapolis. •Welsh met with Senate president pro tern S. Hugh Dillin of Petersburg and other party leaders in his office Tuesday. When the meeting ended. Dillin held an impromptu news conference in Welsh’s outer office and explained what had happened to the bill. “Unfortunate Error” He said Its loss was “an unfortunate error," and added that nothing could be done about it until the next session of the legislature in 1963. He said Welsh had discussed the possibility of a special session, but had rejected the idea because a special session cannot be confined to a specific measure. Dillin said such a session could run as much as 40 days and nothing would prevent lawmakers from considering such controversial subjects as reapportionment, repeal of "right to work," new tax measures, teachers pay or any other matters unsolved in the regular 61-day session. In addition, many lawmakers Less Than Half Os Sections Reported With the Red Cross rural drive ending this week. 112 of the 328 section workers had reported, and so far nearly one-half the amount raised last year has been turned in, Homer Winteregg and Silvan Sprunger, Red Cross drive Cochairmen, said today. St. Mary’s township is the closest to being complete, as of Tuesday afternoon, with 15 of the 18 units reporting. Kirkland has 19 reporting, and five remaining out. Union has 13 reported and 11 out, and Root has 22 reported and 14 out. Others are under 50%. Co-Chairmen Checking The county co-chairmen will check with township chairmen after Wednesday, and try to speed up the clean-up operations of the campaign. Winteregg said. Root township had six sections completed Tuesday, including four 100% sections. Reports were as follows: Section 4, Mrs. Ida H. Fulling. $9; 11, Elmer Gerke, $lO 100% 12, Elmer Kukelhawn, s2l, 100%: 13. Amml Miller, $6; 14, Otto Boerger, $14.05, 100%'; 30, Norbert Selking, $9, 100%. Others Report Five sections from Blue Creek township also reported Tuesday, including the following: Section 15, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Schaadt, $6.28; Frederick Myers, $5; 20, John Burkhart, $4; 28. Mrs. Elisha Merriman, $2; 32, Mrs. Dee Tinkham, $7.50. Union township, section 33, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Geimer, $7; 34, Carl Thieme, $7; 27, Mrs. Louis Krueckeberg, SB. Mrs. Oscar Miller of section 17, Washington township, reported 100% participation with $5. Mrs. Doris McDermott collected $4.45 in St. Mary’s zone 3. Miss Ann Seaman, Red Cross solicitor for Monmouth, turned in $15.50, an increase over the sl3 collected there last year. ♦

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left the state on vacation immediately after the session, including the Senate president, Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, who is in Florida. That apparently ended the matter. But later in the day, Boswell called on Welsh and implored him to make every effort to resolve the situation. Boswell, a close friend of fellow-Democrat Welsh, said the traffic situation in Indianapolis was “desperate” and would get worse because of traffic flowing into the city from new interstate highways. Welsh then agreed to consider a special one-day session. But he set out several conditions which he said must be met before he would issue the call. Agree In Writing “A two-thirds majority of the members of each house, together with the leadership of each party in each house, must agree in writing that a special session should be called at which the sole and only subject to be considered shall be the Indianapolis thoroughfare bill," Welsh said. He also stipulated that the session be held within the 16 days remaining in March. Boswell immediately began preparation of petitions which he intended to mail to each of the 50 Senate and 98 House members. Legislators signing the petition would agree to Welsh’s terms. Sources close to Welsh indicated he would work to persuade Democrats to go along with Boswell’s petition. Republican forces, which control the House, are led by Ristine and House Speaker Richard Guthrie, neither of whom has indicated any reaction to the special session possibility. But Guthrie is from Indianapolis and it was expected he would agree. Ristine also may agree, especially in view of the fact that the original thoroughfare' bill passed the- Senate without a dissenting vote. The last special session was in 1951 and it ran the full 40-day limit imposed by the Indiana Constitution. Russel L. Gibson Dies Last Evening Russel L. Gibson, 61. of Hoagland, died at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been seriously ill since Dec. 9, and hospitalized for the past three weeks. Mr Gibson had been an employe of the Pennsylvania railroad for 44 years. He was a member of the Methodist church at Hoagland and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. Bom in Ossian March 31, 1899, he was a son of George and Mary Double-Gibson, and was married to Gladys Dague Feb. 2, 1926. Surviving in addition to his wife are three daughters, Mrs. Max (Helen! Weileman of New Haven, Mrs. Frederick (Wanda) Hamrick of Decatur, and Sharon, at home; three sons, William J. Gibson, with the U.S. Army in Korea, Wade L. Gibson of Fort Wayne route 10, and Lloyd, at home; five grandchildren; two brothers, Oliver Gibson of Portland, and George Gibson of Mishawaka, and four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Rupright of Burdette, Kan., Mrs. Rebecca Grim of Markle, Mrs. Lon Marchant of Portland, and Mrs. Anna Myers of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Homer Lynch officiating. Burial will be in the Tricker cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. 12 PAGES s

WASHINGTON (UPD — President Kennedy today appealed to all sides in the dispute over aid to parochial schools to discuss the issue “in such away as to maintain the strength of the country and not divide it.” What is involved, he said, goes far beyond the question of education. Against a background of mounting furor over his stand that federal aid to parochial and private schools is unconstitutional, the President—himself a Catholic—said: “I am hopeful that when the smoke is cleared, there will continue to be harmony among the various religious groups of the country.” Need Religious Harmony He told his news conference that such religious harmony was “an important ingredient of our national strength” at this very difficult period for the nation. He said he hoped Congress would go ahead and enact his calling for $2.3 billion in grants to public schools. Once this is passed, he said, his administration would be happy to cooperate in the study of assistance to non-public schools—in the form of loans. In a reference to his own Catholic religion, the President said religious groups were entitled to state their views. But he added that it would be unfortunate if they changed these views “merely because of the religion of the occupant of the White House.” In the past, he said, there has not been “this public major encounter" when education bills had come up before Congress. He said he didn’t know why the issue now had expanded along religious lines. Kennedy stuck to his position of last week that across-the-board loans to parochial and other private schools would be unconstitutional. Opposed by Church Kennedy’s stand has been opposed by the Catholic hierarchy, including Francis Cardinal SpeUman. on grounds that omitting aid to parochial schools is unfair. Kennedy said today there “might be some form of loans to non-public schools which would be socially desirable and did not raise constitutional questions,” but he said he would have to wait and see them before passing judgment. , „ , / Other highlights of the President’s news conference: Opposed the idea of an artificially shortened work week backed by some labor unions. He said the American productive effort for the foreseeable future should be based on the 40-hour. five-day week. He also said it was vital to reduce unemployment as soon as possible to at least 4 percent of the work force. , m —He said the United States will be ready to proceed with general disarmament negotiations by no later than August. —The armed services have been instructed to provide a greater percentage of defense contracts for small business, not only in production of military hardware and supplies, but in research and development. Credit for Israel —Kennedy said the Export-Irn-port Bank will authorize $25 million in credit for Israel to purchase agricultural machinery and electrical power equipment to help speed the development of the Israeli economy. , —He wiU ask Congress for money to resume detailed planning of Libby dam in Montana, the largest remaining dam site in the upper Columbia basin. He said this would provide desparately needed power for the Northwest. Meeting Friday On School Reorganization Parents and taxpayers of Prebel. Root, and Union townships are invited to attend an open meeting Friday at 8 p. m. at the Monmouth high school to discuss the proposed school reorganization plan. Robert Rice, of Root township, will preside at the meeting, which was suggested Tuesday night at a PTA meeting at Monmouth.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 15,1961.

; Cancer Crusade Is Slated Next Month Voluntary health agencies are an integral part of democracy and as such they are a tower of strength, the American way of life. They have made the nation stronger through better health and through a better understanding of other people's problems. The American Cancer Society, which will conduct its annual education and fund raising crusade April 10 through April 15, is such an organization. It is made up of all kinds erf people—people with A great desire to serve their fellow man and rid civilization of the profound tragedy cancer is. Is Many Things The American Cancer Society is many things. It is doctors in their offices trying to detect cancer early, when it is most curable. It is scientists in their laboratories seeking new cures and possible means of prevention, and it is dedicated volunteers manning detection centers, providing comfort and service to cancer patients. It is also more than just people. It is great corporations, businesses and institutions cooperating in the effort to save lives today and in : the search for the eventual conquest of cancer. The American Cancer Society is an organization driven by a sens? i of urgency. There are more than . 1,000,000 Americans alive today I who have been cured of cancer. [ This would have been thought impossible a few decades ago. but 45,000,000 Americans now alive will die of cancer if greater advances are not made. The American Cancer Society wants to see these lives saved, cancer conquered, and then go out of business. Belongs to People The society belongs to the people —to anyone who wants to join the struggle to destroy the disease that brings so much hardship and tragedy to so many families. The Cancer Society is not included in the Community Fund but is on its own, therefore house to bouse campaigns, etc., will be conducted through April 10 to the 15th and it is hoped that the people of Adams county cooperate to the fullest extent with those working for this great organization. Youth Is Held For New Haven Slaying FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD-A teen-age boy was held here today on open charges after giving himself up to New Haven police for the fatal shooting of his grandfather. Police said Edward Hall, 16. New Haven, walked into the police station late Tuesday and said “I understand you’re looking for me. I’m Edward Hall and I shot my grandfather.” Police said Hall claimed he shot and killed Edward Brennan, 60. at Brennan’s New Haven home during an argument over money. The boy said the shooting was accidental, police said. Hall said he was cleaning his shotgun and was holding the weapon, muzzle-down, while talking to Brennan. He said Brennan made a lunge for the gun and as Hall backed away, he raised the weapon and during the struggle, it went off. the charge hitting Brennan in the chest. Hall was held on the open charge pending an investigation by the Allen County coroner’s office, police said. Drivers Warned On Using 1960 Plates 1 INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Today 1 is the final day for Hoosiers to purchase their 1961 auto license • plates without the danger of arrest. The deadline is tonight at midnight, and police indicated they will start arresting car owners ' whose autos bear the blue and • white 1960 plates at 12:01 am. (CST) Thursday.

Pres. Kennedy , Suggests New ■ Disarm Talks I 7 ■ WASHINGTON (UPD — President Kennedy said today he has > suggested to Russia that new • East-West disarmament negotiai tions begin by “August at the i latest.” f The President told a news conl ference that the United States r first proposed September but later ■ shifted to August. Other officials said the matter was taken up with Soviet Premier . Nikita Khrushchev by U.S. Am- ’ bassador Llewellyn Thompson last Thursday and the Russian leader , was opposed waiting until Septem- , ber. , The President said that now ’ that Arthur Dean, chief U.S. dele- .. gate to the nuclear test ban talks I in Geneva, has left for the dis1 cussions which resume next week, the administration is “going to • concentrate our attention” on gen- ’ eral disarmament and “we hope ! progress can be made.” 1 The President said Adlai Steven- • son, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has been discussing ; with the State Department “pro matters.” which involve i what type of forum to nave for r the resumed disarmament talks. Kennedy said “We will be pre- . pared to resume either the 10 t national conference or some other I similar structure, conferences . structure.” The 10 nation disarmament conference, with five Com- , munist nations and five Western nations, broke down last summer ’ with a Russian walkout. The President said he was "hopeful” that the nuclear test ban talks in Geneva would enable Britain, the United States and Russia to come to an agreement ■ “which would provide adequate security” for all involved. On other foreign policy matters, the President said: —The United States is “deter- > mined to support the people and government of Laos” against the efforts of the Soviet supported rebels to overthrow the royal Laotian government. —He is “hopeful” of a favorable response in Latin America to his 10-year program of aid conditioned upon the willingness of those governments to undertake social, legal and political reforms. —The Export-Import Bank is granting Israel a $25 million loan to purchase U.S. agricultural and electrical power equipment for programs which “I think, will help speed the development of Israel’s economy.” —He said “I have no plans” to go to the United Nations, which has resumed its 15th annual General Assembly, and “I do not expect to appear before the assembly.” Name Karl Sprunger As Deputy Warden MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (UPD— The appointment of Karl Sprunger, 51, to replace former deputy warden Robert Hock at 1 Indiana State Prison here was confirmed today in Indianapolis by Arthur Campbell, chairman of the I State Board of Correction. Sprunger left his former job as 1 custodial superintendent at the 1 prison to assume his new duties ! today. Hock’s discharge for undisclosed reasons brought on a state investigation of charges involving trafficking with inmates at the prison. Governor Welsh will reveal find- ' tags of the investigation at a news ’ conference in Indianapolis tomor- ; row morning. A former police chief at Berne, ■ Sprunger was assistant supertar tendent at the Indiana Reforma--5 tory from 1949 to 1953, while Ward 1 Lane, present warden at the state • prison, was reformatory superintendent. -* -)• t ** 1 ,

Two Americans Defendants In British Trial LONDON (UPD — Interest in Britain’s biggest spy trial in a decade swung today to a cottage bearing the address No. 45 Cranley Drive, Ruislip, Middlesex. To the casual passerby it is a somewhat rundown house in a middle class neighborhood. To the prosecutors in Old Bailey it is a triple-locked fortress communications center linked.to Moscow, a bank and a serious threat to the security of Britain and the NATO alliance. Since 1956, No. 45 has been occupied by Peter John Kroger, 50, a book seller and his 47-year-old wife, Helen, who the FBI says are really Morris and Dora Cohen of The Bronx, New York. They are two of five persons charged with violation of Britain’s Official Secrets Act and subject to maximum terms of 14 years in prison if convicted. Mystery Man The other three defendants are Gordon Arnold Lonsdale, 37, a mystery man and reported master spy; Henry F. Houghton, 55, an employe of the Portland naval base, and his fiancee. Miss Ethel Elizabeth Gee, a 46-year-old spinster. The case that Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, attorney general of the realm, is trying to build before the lord chief justice of Britain and a jury of 12 men is this: That Houghton and Miss Gee stole secret documents from the were able’ to do so because they were able to do sohbecause they were employed in confidential work at the base which is charged with planning co u rft e r-action against Russia’s 450 submarines in event of war; that they turned these documents over to Lonsdale. Lonsdale has a Canadian passport, but the prosecution believes he is a Russian. Lead To Cottage The next few steps of this alleged conspiracy led to the doorstep of No. 45 Cranley Drive. A search of the cottage, the prosecution contends, showed that . it was stacked from eaUar to attic . with the tools of international espionage and more than SB,OOO in . American currency and a sizeai ble amount of American travelers checks. Under the kitchen floor, it alleged, was a powerful radio, and when British agents tuned it in they got signals from the Moscow region. Detective George Smith of Scotland Yard testified Tuesday that Houghton offered to turn queen’s evidence after his arrest but the crown rejected the proposition. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, chance of snow flurries central. Not much temperature change. Low tonight 28 to 34 north, upper 30s south. High Thursday in the 40s north, 30s central, 40s south. Sunset today 6:52 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:55 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Showers or thundershowers and mild. Lows 35 to 42. Highs 50 to 60.

Additional Figures Released On Population Os Schools

Further figures on the present pupil population of school units in Adams county, and a projected population of the proposed Decatur community schools, were released today by August Selking, president of the Adams county school study committee. The proposed community unit contained 1,917 pupils in 1959, and would contain 2,231 pupils in 1965. Almost all of this growth, according to the chart, would be in the

Present Adams County School Unit Popualtion by Grade*

School Public School Grades Parochial School Grades Other Total' Corporation 1-6 7-8 9-12 TOTAL 1-6 7-8 9-12 TOTAL. Adams Central «9 150 236 875 83 19 27 129 1004 Berne-French 413 136 196 • 745 11 1..X, 747 Blue Creek Twp. 85 32 42 159 159 Decatur School City 767 244 331 1342 369 78 90 537 1879 Hartford Twp. 88 36 55 179 179 ■ Jefferson Twp. 85 32 39 156 1 157 * Preble Twp. 47 16 65 128 78 25 , 3 108 ' 2M i Root Twp. 104 40 76 220 133 41 39 M 3 433 St Mary’s Twp. 112 46 75 233 21 2 8 29 263 Snion Twp. 51 17 49 117 58 20 17 95 212 'abash Twp. 362 104 125 591 891 TOTALS 2603 853 1289 4745 742 185 183 1110 1 5857 I 1 Proposed Decatur Community Schools Decatur TOTAL Community Schools 1-6 7-8 9-12 1-12 7-9 10-12 1959 ... 1088 337 542 IM7 488 391 1960 -- 1068 345 595 2002 521 «9 1961 ——- 1084 338 703 2105 570 471 1962- 1074 345 745 MB4 581 589 1963 .... 1069 361 814 2244 581 594 1964 .... 1064 371 839 2274 572 688 1965 1044 339 848 2231 589 617 __2 ...... --- - .-

—— — Dick Heller Named To Indiana Board

INDIANAPOLIS—Governor Matthew E. Welsh today announced the appointment of Dick D. Heller, Jr., of 519 North Second street, Decatur, as a member of the state board of the Indiana library and historical department. Heller, 31-year-old publisher of the Decatur Daily Democrat, is one of the founders of the Adams county historical society and presently serves as historian for the organization. He is a member of the Indiana Historical society, the Indiana Society of Pioneers, and the New England Genealogical and Historical society, the Fort Wayne Allen county Historical society, the Van Wert county Historical society, and the Kentucky Historical society. A graduate of Decatur high schobl and Syracuse University, he has attended Indiana University, the University of Maryland, and is at present studying for his master’s degree in history at Ball State Teachers College. A student of languages as well . as history, Heller reads and speaks Russian, German, Spanish and Latin in addition to English. He also has a speaking knowledge of Japanese. Function of Board The state library and historical board is charged with the management and control.of.the,state library and the Indiana historical bureau. The state, library, .serves as a general library for the government, preserves record and.dowments of the state, extends services to local libraries and schools of Indiana, and maintains services for the blind. The library is open to the public. The historical bureau issues and distributes historical publications relating to Indiana, cooperates with local Historical societies and Harley B. Smith Is Taken By Death Harley B. Smith, 77, of Fort if Wayne, a native of Adams county, I died Tuesday at the St Joseph hos- . pital. Mr. Smith, retired, formerly i operated a hammermill at Berne. He was bom in Adams county July 21, 1883, a son of Barkley and Amanda Stacy-Smith. Surviving are one son, Lawrence S. Smith of Decatur: four daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Virginia) Houser, formerly of Decatur, now living at Mt. Summit, Mrs. Olus (Margaret) Redy of Portland, Mrs. Robert (Betty) Derickson of Grenda Hills, Calif., and Mrs. John Zizelman of Monroeville; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Clinton Smith Mich., and one sister, Mrs. Roxy La monos Fort Wayne. Two brothers and five sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Yager funeral home in Berne, with the Rev. Benj. G. Thomas officiating. Burial will be in MRE cemetery at Berne. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 p.m. today.

t high school grades, 9-12, which i would increase from 542 to 848, I nearly 300 pupils. A breakdown of the 7-9 grades, - and the 10-12 grades, shows that , about 100 of the gain is the forr mer group, and 200 in the latter group. t While the proposed unit would 1 contain some 2,105 pupils today, . it would also contain more than ■ 1,000 parochial pupils, not countbed in the projected population

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I rf^'"' g jßk j 9 * Dick D. Heßer. Jr. schools in promoting interest in the history of Indiana, conducts an archeological survey of the state, and serves as headquarters for the Indiana Historical society. Five Members The board which governs these two state administrative agencies consists of five members appointed by the governor for terms of four years, at least one member being appointed each year. The state board of education? the Indiana library association, the Indiana Historical society, and the Indiana library trustees association each recommends one person out of the five to be appointed. The governor himself selects the fifth. The board selects directors of toe state library and state historical bureau. The state library has an annnual budget of nearly $300,000, and toe state historical bureau has a budget of about $40,000. Present members of toe board are James P. Goodwin, Brookville; Harry W. Schacter, IndianapoHs; Lyman S. Ayers, Indianapolis; M. O. Ross, Indianapolis; and Herbert H. Heimlich, Lafayette. Advertising Index Advertiser Page r A & P Tea Co., Inc 2 Adams Theater ---- » 3 I Beavers Oil Service. lac _i.—| 7 Burk Elevator Co ——7 Briede Studio —3 ' Cowens Insurance Agency 4 Evans Sales & Service 17 Gerber’s Super Dollar Market 4, S Holthouse Drug Co 6 Holthouse Furniture.... 7 Haflich & Morrissey 1 3 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co 1A Kroger —— 8 Kiddie Shop 3 Model'Hatchery 17 National Tea Co., Inc —l— 2A, 3A Niblick & Co.l 3 Phil Neuenschwander, Auctioneer — ... ... 4A Pure Sealed* Dairy — —-i 2 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 7 Smith Drug Co 4, 6 Schmitt Meats -j. 8 Teeple Truck Line..*..'-1 7 Tony’s Tap 6 Walter Wiegmann, Auctioneer 4A

k figures. Os the 11 school units in Adams county today, six have parochial , students. There are 1,110 parocht ial students in Adams county, and ■ 4,745 students in the public ■ schools, for a total, including two other students, of 5,857. The pro I posed Adams Central community , schools would inchide 129 paroch- > ial students from Adams Central ■ and 29 parochial students from i St. Mary’s.