Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 80.

Kennedy And Macmillan Open Strategy Talks On Laos And Other Issues

Fourth Os Science Seminars Is Held

Taknadge (Bud) Campbell, microscopist and histologist in the industrial laboratory of the Decatur Central Soya plant, explained his profession to approximately 20 top students from Decatur Catholic and Decatur high schools in the fourth science seminar, Dick Galbreath, chairman of the science seminar project of the Jaycees, said today. The meeting was held in the physics room at Decautr high school. Campbell completed his undergraduate work at Hobart College, Geneva, New York, and at Cornell University, N. Y. From New York From 1940 to 1943 he worked in the biological laboratory erf New York State agricultural station, a division of Cornell University. From 1943 to 1946 he worked in the malariological division of the U. S. Army medical corps in the South Pacific theater. He spent the next 11 years at the biological laboratory at Cornell, and came to Central Soya in 1957. Microscophy Explained Microscophy is the science of the use of the microscope, while histology deals with the cell structure, Campbell explained to the high school students. Microscophy is used in everyday life to examine milk and water, to detect evidence in police work, to examine steel in bridges to determine their strength, and to examine clothing fabrics. Modern science applies microsophy and photom icrosophy to many problems, both research and commercial in nature. Central Soya, in its development laboratory headed by Endre Sipos, director, carries out various microscopic and histological projects on soy beans and on feed products. Quality Determined Here at the Decatur lab, Campbell explained, he and others worikng in this field can determine the general quality of a product, detect and identify any adulterants, or foreign materials, and study the effects of processing. In soybean processing, microscopic and histalogical techniques have been established by which soybean oil meal quality can be evaluated by studying the cellular arrangement. Samples of compounded feed are examined. The microscopist can tell the quality of the original material used in making the feed. It can also be established if the material was damaged in processing, or if it was an inferior grade. The way it was processed, and the way in which it was handled can also be determined. Positive identification of all ingredients can be made, either by examination with the naked eye or by microscopic study-— Many ingredients can be identified by the low-power stereoAdvertising Index Advertiser A & P Tea Co., Inc - — 3 ABC Westinghouse Laundromat -7 Burk Elevator Co 5 Constant Comment Tea —— 2 Cowens Insurance Agency 7 Doans Pills ——■> 7 D. & T. Standard Service 5 Evans Sales & Service — 5 Gerber’s Super Market ----.8 Holthouse Drug Co ... r 6,7 Ha filch & Morrissey .... 2 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co —- 2. 3,4, 7 Jani Lyn — 3 Kroger ........— —— 6 Model Hatchery 5 National Tea Co ----- 4 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Schmitt Meats - 2 Smith Drug Co —. 2. 7 Stucky & Co —— — 5 Teeple Truck Line 5 Tony's Tap 7

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michoscope, and more may be identified by studying cellular make-up of the ingredient. Cell Structure Studies Os course much of the matter so examined has a complex cellular arrangement. Often it is too massive to examine without further treatment. The material is then embedded in paraffin, and sliced very thin. A microtome is used to do the slicing. Specific stains are applied to the slices for better vision. Micro-Pictures Photomicrography is a method of taking pictures through a microscope. These pictures, or photomicrographs, are used as permanent records. They serve as documentation in patent work. They also are used to show changes in the product made by processing. They are reprinted in pamphlets and brochures to demonstrate Central Soya products. In conclusion, Campbell stated that microscopy and histology have unlimited possibilities in explaining chemical and physical changes in processing, and upgrading products of all types. They will also help inrustry perfect new and useful products. The science seminars provide top students the opportunity to see how science is used in everyday occupations in this area. Blue Creek, Preble Drives Completed The Blue Creek and Preble township Red Cross fund drives were both completed today, and both exceeded last year’s figures, Homer Winteregg and Silvan Sprunger. co-chairmen for the Red Cross drive, said this noon. In Blue Creek, the fourth township to complete its drive. $145.48 was raised this year, compared with $140.05 last year. Elisha O. Merriman was the township chairman. Final sections were: 27. Oliver Painter. $9; 33, Mrs. Russell LeFever, $4; 34, Earl Sipe. $7.70. In Preble township, Mrs. Arnold Scheuman brought in section 16, with $11.50. Preble township raised $305 this year, compared with $304.45 last year. In Geneva, the solicitors turned in the following amounts: Pauline Ineichen, $4.08; Elma Hodgin. $6: Mrs. Peter Bollinger. $7.50; Mrs. Ruth Kamman. $13.. 50: Geraldine M. Bergman, sl475: Mrs. Clarence Buckingham, $14.80; Mary Pusey, $13.50; Mrs. Arley Sprunger. $6.75; Billie Teeters, S3O: Myron P. Simmons, $45; Mrs. James Cook, $5.15; Mrs. Herman Bixler. sls: Alice Schlagenhauf, $15.50; Alpha Chew, sll.50; Catherine Fravel, $9.25; Margaret Rhoades, sl3; Mrs. Hugh Stauffer, $4.50. In Hartford township, the following reports were made: Sec. 1, Adam Liechty, $11.50; 2, Norman Becker. $8; 3. Jack Hasinbiller, SB, 100%; 13. Mrs. Amo Morris. SB, 100%; 14, Leroy Yoder, $4.25; 16, James Barboden, $4: 24, Deßoy Stauffer, $9; 25, Hazen Roth, $2; 26, same. $6. (Continued on page two) INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and colder tonight and Thursday, scattered snow flurries likely north portion. Low tonight 28 to 33. High Thursday 33 to 38 north, upper 40s and low 50s south. Sunset today 7:13 p. m. Sunrise Thrusday 6:21 a. tn. Outlook for Friday: Cloudy, with not much temperature' change, chance of occasional rain or snow north and occasional rain south late in day. Low Thursday night 20s north to low 30s south, high Friday 30s north to upper 40s south.

KENNEDY AND MACMILLAN WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan today begin marathon strategy talks on the Laos crisis and other major East-West issues. • Their conference came against a background of rising hope that Russia soon would join Britain in a formal call for a cease-fire in Laos, where Soviet-supplied rebels were battling Western-backed government forces. Diplomatic sources said Britain had a tentative Russian agreement that a “verified” cease-fire must precede the 14-nation political conference on Laos that the Kremlin wants. Kennedy and Macmillan, flanked by delegates of top advisers, planned to begin talking at the White House at 11 a.m., EST, and continue until shortly before dinner. They set aside a 45-minute period this after noon to meet without aides in a private session. The two leaders will confer again Thursday and on Saturday. Macmillan will go to Boston Friday for a speaking engagement. Cover AU Issues The British prime minister said when he arrived in Washington Tuesday night that he expected the Anglo-American talks to “cover all the great issues of the day.” American officials said the top subject was Laos, but the talks would range across all principal international issues — the Congo, disarmament, nuclear test ban. admission of Red China to the United Nations, and European trade. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Lord Home held lengthy discussions Tuesday to arrange the agenda for the Kennedy-Macmil-lan talks. Interest in a possible solution in Laos overshadowed all other issues. Kennedy said Tuesday night after conferring for more than two hours with Rusk and other top U.S. officials that he was “hopeful” for a cease-fire in Laos. Going WeU British officials appeared somewhat more optimistic than American authorities regarding an early cease-fire, but the State Department acknowledged that matters seem to be going well so far. Hope for an early end to the fighting stemmed from diplomatic reports that the British ambassador in Moscow. Sir Frank Roberts, had secured an informal agreement from the Kremlin to j call for a cease-fire in Laos within the next few days and convoke the International Control Commission (ICC) to police the truce. Britain and Russia were cochairmen of the 1954 Geneva conference in which Laos gained its independence. The ICC, composed of representatives of India. Canada and Poland, supervised the peace in Laos from 1954 until 1958. Wanda Oelberg On Program Committee Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, executive of the Adams /ounty Red Cross chapter, was appointed as one member of a three-member program committee for the 12-county association of Red Cross chapters in the two-state Fort Wayne area Tuesday night A total of 16 representatives from the area chapters met at the Fort Wayne-Allen county chapter house, and informally discussed public relations. ’ The interest in the meeting, plus the interest of those attending in seeing how other chapters of the Red Cross handle other phases, led to the appointment of the committee to decide when the next meeting would be held in June, and what would be discussed. Mrs. Lincoln Duncan, of the Defiance,, t)., chapter, and Neil Robson, of the Fort Wayne chapter, were also appointed to the committee. Representing the Adams county chapter at the meeting were Mrs. Oelberg and Dick Heller, Jr., who was also a member of the panel.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 5,1961.

Jaycees Projects Outlined At Meet

A complete explanation of the Decatur Jaycees and their current projects was given to the merchants who accepted the invitation to sit in on the organized confusion of a Jaycee meeting Tuesday evening. The general membership and the merchants also heard from Lynn McDougall of the various boosters for the Civil War centennial planned by the Jaycees. Ralph Smith, Jr., a member of the city parks project committee, reported that considerable groundwork had been done by the committee and meetings and spot surveys were planned to find out from people living near the various city parks just what facilities and additions were desirable. Floyd Mcßride, chairman of the steam locomotive project, reported on the receipt of some letters from different railroad lines. One line had some engines available, but was not sure as to the advisability of putting them in public places because of the lack of care that might follow their installation. A letter has been returned to the company assuring it that the locomotive would be treated as a permanent part of Decatur’s city parks, and given proper care. Science Talk* Accepted Dick Galbreath and Geue Zinef' reported that the science seminar has been very well received by local high school students. The fourth session was held last night, and the better science students of both high schools have been very interested in the meetings. It was announced that the time of the meetings may be advanced one-half hour, as many of the students are also participating in spring sports, and can not make the 7 p.m. starting time. The religion in America project, chairmaned by John Eichenberger, was brought up to date. With the immediate passing of the Easter season. Eichenberger reported that this would be a good time to urge all families to continue the church attendance habits they developed during the Lenten season. McDougall, in presenting the projects, stated that the Jaycees will have the money-raising projects to help offset various expenses and prizes. A portable soft drink dispenser is being procurred from the Coca-Cola bottling works in Fort Wayne, and there was discussion last night about also getting a popcorn maker.

Laos Ready To Halt Warfare

VIENTIANE. Laos (UPI) —The pro-Western government declared today it is ready to lay down arms and talk with the Communist Pathet Lao rebels as soon as the major powers agree on a ceasefire. Brig. Gen. Phoumi Nosavan — deputy premier, national defense minister and the strongman of the government — made the statement through the government-op-erated Lao Press news agency. He said the objective of the major powers — particularly the United States. Britain and France — appears identical to, that of the royal Laotian; government: “The end of hostilities.” (The United States and Britain still were seekings assurances from Moscow that it agreed on the necessity of an effective cease-fire prior to the start of an international conference on, the future of Laos.)- — . Cabinet Meets Phoumi and other Laotian officials discussed the proposals for a Laotian settlement, as outlined in British and Soviet notes, at a two-hour cabinet meeting Tuesday. It was called after Phoumi reported that rebel paratroopers

Forage Caps Available Dave Moore will be in charge of the hat and bonnett sales. The familiar forage caps of the Civil War era, in both blue and gray, have been secured by the Jaycees through the cooperation of the J. J. Newberry Co., and will be available for both men and boys. There will also be officers’ hats, of a western style also available for those of higher rank. In addition to the caps, the Jaycees wives have been busy making some very attractive bonnets which will be available for the ladies and young girls who want to get in the spirit of the times. The bonnets are adjustable, and will make a nice sun shield during the coming summer for many of the local southern belles. Floyd Mcßride and Dick Heller will be in charge of a picturetaking project. Mcßride is making a life-size cutout of a Civil War soldier, with the face removed. Anyone interested will be able to step up to the cut-out, have a Polaroid picture taken, and in a matter of seconds see how they might have looked, had they been in the service 100 years ago. Runoff Election For Texas Senate Seat DALLAS, Tex. (UPl)—John G. Tower, 35, the lone Republican in a wide-open race to name a replacement for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in the U.S. Senate, today held a runaway lead over his nearest rival in traditionally Democratic Texas. But there were so many candidates in the race, he fell far short of getting a majority of the vote and will have to face interim Sen. William A. Blakley in a runoff election within the next four to six weeks. Tower quit his job as a government professor at Midwestern University, Wichita Falls, Tex., to twice become the biggest Republican vote-getter in the history of the state. There were 71 candidates on the ballot, but 1 was killed in a traffic accident and 6 withdrew. Os the 64. only 6 were considered “serious” contenders.

had jumped in the Vang Vieng area, about 65 miles north of this administrative capital on the highway to Luang Prabang, the royal capital. The move appeared to be aimed at seizing a vital air strip but there was no word on whether they had succeeded. Just last Friday the rebels seized Tha Thom in a similar drop. Both were carried out from Soviet-built planes. Letting the Vang Vieng air strip fall into rebel hands would put this capital in jeopardy and cut off supplies to roval troops. Officials Hopeful Phoumi said he and other government officials had “complete confidence” the major powers eventually would arrive at away to settle the Laotian crisis peacefully. “The national army is ready to end hostilities as soon as the order is given,” he said. . He said the royal government would “meet with any Lao leader” to negotiate a settlement. “I do not exclude the possibility of a general reconciliation within the framework of a meeting of various tendencies,” he said.

Minnie Gallmeier Dies Last Evening

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Mrs. Minnie Gallmeier

Mrs. Minnie Gallmeier, 97, lifelong resident of Preble township and widow of Henry Gallmeier, died at 6 o’clock Tuesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Bultemeier, seven miles north of Decatur on U. S. highway 27. Born in Preble township June 18, 1863, she was a daughter of Frederick and Henrietta Speck-man-Kleine, and was married to Henry Gallmeier Aug. 25, 1897. Her husband preceded her in death Dec. 31, 1939. Mrs. Gallmeier was a member of the St. John’s Lutheran church and the Ladies Aid of the church. Surviving in addition to the daughter are seven grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Three b others and three sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p. m. at the St. John’s Lutheran church. The Rev. Edwin A. H. Jacob will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services. Board Os Education In Session Today The Adams county board of education, composed of the 12 township trustees, met in executive session today, presumably to discuss the selection of a new county superintendent of schools to succeed Gail Grabill. The board met unofficially, since the official selection must be made between May 1 and 15. At least three men have applied for the position. Losing Merchants To Sweep Sidewalks Hie Decatur merchants, who have been divided into a north and south for the celebration of the Civil War centennial, are going to war. Each side has a commanding general, and commands will be named this week for each merchant. The war will be of the paper variety, instead of actual bloodshed, and the losers will dutifully pay their debts by sweeping tne walks of the winners. During the two-day downtown celebration April 14 and 15, the merchants will have blue or gray slips of paper on hand, depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon line their business is located. With each sale during the two days, the merchant will write down the number of dollars on the slip, and ask the customer to place 4 *the slip in a receptacle provided for it. Saturday night, the slips will be picked up, the sales totalled, and the winner declared. On the following Monday, the losing merchants will line up in their end of town, right shoulder their brooms, and march to the other end of town to pay off their toss. Added Suspense To add to the customer participation in the celebration, another feature will be a part of the event. Saturday, a pair of Civil War soldiers will roam the streets and business establishments of Decatur. They will enter each participating store twice during the day, and any customer they select will automatically be given a 10 per cent discount. With this sort of attraction, any customer in any store might receive an unexpected bargain at any time. The customers, as far as the pair of soldiers are concerned, will deserve the discount because they have been commissioned by die pair to buy supplies for one of the armies. To date, all of the city merchants have received the idea with favor, as they are anxious to do their part for the war effort.

Discuss City Parking Lot

Another delegation of Decatur merchants appeared at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening and discussed with the council the possible purchase of the lot at the corner of First and Madison streets, the former site of the Kocher Lumber Co., to be used for a city parking lot. The interested merchants and citizens of Decatur went over the matter with the council and it was decided that the councilmen take the matter under advisement and come up with a definite plan of action at a later date. Parking Lot Earlier, an engineer had talked with the council on the possible purchase of the lot and converting it into a parking lot. The engineer gave some of the possible ways of converting the lot into the needed parking lot. William Darling of Fort Wayne, the engineer handling the construction of the new city water towers, appeared before the council and explained that the plans and specifications for the two 500,000 gallon towers have been completed. He further related that they are now awaiting the wage scale to be set before carrying on further. Appropriations Approved A letter from the state board of tax commissioners was read al the meeting, the letter granting permission for the additional ap propriations of funds for the new fire engine, the addition to the firehouse, and the new city streel sweeper. The appropriations called for ar additional SIO,OOO added to the al ready appropriated $32,000 forth( fire engine; $12,000 added to th< $15,000 for the addition to the fire house; and $12,000 for the stree sweeper. Ralph Roop, city engineer, re ported to the council that th< southwest sewer on Shirmeye street has been completed an that many petitions circulated i the area for laterals may have t be redistributed again due to th change of ownership of several c the properties. Connection Charges The preliminary resolution ap proving the schedule of connectior charges to the new Porter-Home wood sewer was adopted by the council. A legal explaining the charges will now be published and any persons with? objections to the charges should voice their opinion at the next council meeting or to their councilman. The council also approved an ordinance approving a contract between the city of Decatur and Meshberger Bros, for street materials. Street Repair Mayor Donald Gage and city engineer Ralph Roop explained to the council that they had contacted an engineer from Bluffton who had done work on the Bluffton streets to help in the repairing of Decatur streets, which will be done in the near future. The additional engineer was contacted by Gage and Roop and they will know in a few days as to his fees for surveying and laying out the streets to be completely tom up and rebuilt. A plat on another addition to Park View drive, the fourth such addition, was presented to the council by the Investment Build-

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LOOK-ALIKES—One is TV’s Annie Farge; one is the winner o< a national : Angel” look-alike contest", "Angel" being the show starring the real Annie. Contest winner, Terry Sue Heide, Pretty Prairie, Kan,, high school senior, is at left. She’ll be seen in a filmed episode of the show scheduled for showing May 17.

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ing Corp. After somu discussion, the council referred the matter to the planning commission. Unemployment Is Decreased During March WASHINGTON (UPI) — Labor Department officials, disappointed by the small decline in joblessness last month, warned today that unemployment may not go below four million this year. At the same time, however, they predicted the number of jobs would continue to hit new record highs as the economy pulls out of the recession in the months ahead. Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg announced Tuesday that unemployment fell by 210,000 last month to 5,495.000. the highest total for March since 1941. The decline, although it was the first in six months, was not as big as usual for this time of year when construction, farming and other outdoor activities get going again after a winter slowdown. Employment soared to a. March record of 65,516,000, an increase of 851,000 over February, to complicate the job picture. The report was regarded by Seymour Wolfbein, deputy assistant labor secretary, as a sign that both high employment and serious unemployment would continue through most of 1961. . He said it underscored President Kennedy’s warning that unemployment might still be 6 or 7 per cent of the labor force — from four to five million — even ' after recovery from the recession. ’ Wolfbein and other experts have 1 no pat answer to the question of 1 why unemployment and employ- > ment are both at record post-war * levels. f . Mrs. Lillian Liechty - Dies Tuesday Night Mrs. Lillian Liechty, 58, of Berne, widow of Dennis Liechty, died at 11:45 o’clock’’Tuesday night at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. She had been bedfast since Feb. 1. She was born in Adams county Oct. 22, 1902, a daughter of John and Lydia Lehman-Kirchhofer, and was a lifelong resident of the county. She was employed as a seamstress at the Berne Furniture Co. Mrs. Liechty was a member of the First Mennonite church. Surviving are two brothers, Albert and Tilman Kirchhofer, both of Berne, and three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Stucky of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Oren Moser of Berne route 1, and Mrs. Jesse Yoder of near Wolfe Lake. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Mennonite church In Berne. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home in Berne ofter 12 noon Thursday until time of the services.