Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 110.

Air France Liner Crashes In Sahara Desert; All 69 -ND ■ On Board Reported Killed

Ask Improving Os Water Works Park

Picnic tables, lighting, and better maintenance and supervision were requested for the city park (water works park) by neighbors in that area meeting with the Jaycee park committee Tuesday night, Williarrf Snyder, acting chairman of the committee, said today. Representing the people of the park area at the meeting were Miss Joan Wemhoff, Mrs. Gerald Bixler, Mrs. Helen Heimann, Mrs. Lester Strahm, Cliff Hoverman, and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Howard. Snyder, Ralph Smith, Jr., and Dick Heller, Jr., represented the park committee. The five-man Jaycee park committee will meet before next Tuesday to summarize the four plans presented for the city parks so far. These plans, together with the typewritten requests at the groups, will be presented next Tuesday to the city park committee of the city council. Heavily Used Park The first request of the group was for more picnic tables. Last year, they pointed out. only one had been placed in tne park, while previously three large ones had been in use. The city park is used, day in and day out, by far more people than any other park, they stated. It is the location of the city swimming pool, and hundreds of children gather there every day. Several waste containers for refuse are needed throughout the park, because of its heavy use, and because candy and ice cream , 6re sold at the pool. Previously just one waste container, in front of the pool, was in use. Care of Park The park itself should be mowed periodically to keep it looking neat, shrubs should be trimmed, the trellis around the pool painted, and some flowers planted. Roses used to grow around the swimming pool, they pointed out. The ground between the swimming pool and trellis should be ( filled in with gravel, banked by a retaining fence so that it doesn’t get into the park, and benches placed in the area so that parents and spectators may watch the swimmers. At present the dirt in the area has been scattered, water stands in puddles, and it is unattractive and unsanitary. Stop Signs Stop signs are badly needed at the two corners of Closs street, at the corner of Park and Fifth street, and at the corner of Short and Fifth street, they stated. There has never been any sign , there, because when trucks were hurrying many times a day between the plant and the diesel plant, or coal pile at the railroads, no stop signs were desired. Now that no trucks use the route, stop signs are badly needed, because hot-rod traffic around the corners endangers the groups of children as they walk to the pool. Rats in Area Also, members of the group pointed out, the Park street side of the city property is quite unattractive. Something should be done about the rats that infest the building, the unused cooling fans that attract the neighborhood children, and the general appearance. It was suggested that the cooling pool be used as a wading pool; it formerly was the swimming pool. Another set of swings is also needed, and the residents wondered what happened to the large slide which was removed this past week, just after it was installed. Night Swimmers The problem of older boys using „ the pool, late at night, changing their suits in the neighbor’s driveways, and causing a great deal of noise and disturbance, as well as possibly siphoning out neighbor’s gas, was discussed. The area residents suggested that the pool be kept open later

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for those who desired to use it. that lighting for the entire park, as well as just the swimming pool, be installed, that the police check it regularly after 11 p.m., that the fence be repaired, and that the back gate, by the water works, be kept locked. One-Way Suggested Another suggestion was making Maple street, the one-block street in front of the swimming pool entrance, one-way. This, plus resurfacing the street, and marking the vertical parking area, plus posting the entire block with 20 mile per hour signs, would greatly help protect the children, they felt. A summer recreation director, to head up programs in all the city parks, is badly needed, they felt. The corner lot, where the North Ward school stood, should be repaved, basketball goals with possibly metal nets rather than just rims, and restoration of the tennis courts, should also be done. A back stop might be placed behind the various courts. Declares Eichmann iRabid Anti-Semite JERUSALEM (UPI) - Adolf Eichmann was a more rabid antiSemite than Adolf Hitler, the prosecution charged today. A document was introduced purporting to prove that Eichmann urged the extermination of Jews at a time when Hitler and the German army opposed it. Going into the fifth week of Eichmann’s trial, the prosecution began forging a chain of evidence that Eichmann, despite his protests to the contrary, personally ordered the execution of Jews and even was willing to go beyond his authority to bring it about. Today evidence was offered that Eichmann considered Hitler to be too soft toward the Dutch Jews. The issue was whether children of mixed marriages—half Aryan and half Jew—should be sent to extermination camps. The document was a letter to Artur Seyssinquart, Nazi governor of occupied Holland, from one of his subordinates. It referred to a recent ruling (apparently made without consulting Hitler) that Dutch Jews of mixed ancestry should be killed along with full blooded Jews. The letter noted that Hitler and the German army were opposed to this on the grounds that many one-quarter Jews were in the German army and would have to be discharged under the new regulations. But Eichmann was in favor of the rule, the letter said. 15 Pupils Injured As Auto Hits Bus MITCHELL, S. D. (UPD —A car crashed head-on into a school bus Tuesday night killing the driver of the car and injuring 15 of the 243 students of the bus. Emil H. Rochel, 43, Kent, Wash., was killed instantly. Nine of the 15 injured students were admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital here. The students, from St. Mary,s High School at Salem, S. D„ were returned home from South Dakota’s first state parochial high school track meet here. Jobless Pay Claims Decline In State INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —Unemployment insurance claims in Indiana last week dropped to 69,866, compared to 73,432 the previous week. .-e® Director. Lewis F. Nicolini of the Indiana Division of Employment Security attributed the decrease to the recall of large numbers of laid-off workers by industries around the state. He said there were no significant new layoffs reported during the week.

I ALGIERS, Algeria (UPI) —An Air France Super - Constellation {crashed in the Sahara today, killing all 69 persons aboard. Five | Americans were among the dead. The plane vanished on the Fort I Lamy-Marseilles leg of a flight ifrom Brazzaville in West Africa Ito Paris. The Wreckage was spotted by search pilots near an • oasis and caravan center in the • desert which was the graveyard • for scores of World War II planes. 1 The wreckage was sighted from l the air by search planes in the 1 Hamada de Tinrhert region south ■ of Rhamades. also known as Ghamades. This is a small desert town just across the Algerian ! border in Libya. .. f The plane was reported carrying the family of Alan W. Lukens, ’ charge d’afaires fcr the United ‘ States in Bangui, capital of the ; Central African Republic, among its nine crew members and 60 • passengers. , Lukens’ mother, wife and three children were reported aboard, but he apparently was not. State Department records in , Washington listed the home addresses of Lukens and his mother . as Philadelphia, Pa. The wreckage was found by a ; four-plane search unit that set out ■ from North African bases to sift the Sahara after the airliner vanished en route from Fort Lamy, in Chad, to Marseilles shortly before midnight Tuesday. The plane was last heard from shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday when it passed Edjele, a radio check point in the desert about ■ halfway between Fort Lamy and Marseiles, where it was due this morning. Ferdinand Bleeke Dies At Fort Wayne Ferdinand Bleeke, 89, of 3130 Broadway, Fort Wayne, and a nativxyof Adams county, died at 12:40 p.m. Tuesday - at the Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Bleeke was associated with the Anthony Wayne Bank in Fort Wayne until his retirement. He at one time served as Adams county clerk 1911-1917. Surviving are his wife. Matilda; two daughters, Mrs. Hedwig Heine and Mrs. Marie Bohn, both of Fort Wayne; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren? Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Emmaus Lutheran church, the Rev. Erwin Tepker officiating. Burial will be in Concordia Lutheran cemetery. Friends may call at Wellman's funeral home after noon Thursday. Alleged Fort Wayne Bank Robber Seized CLEVELAND, Ohio (UPDRichard C. Ruip, 24. Akron, Ohio, was held here today on a charge . of robbing a Fort Wayne, Ind., . bank of $5,200. I Ruip, also charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for burglary at Canton, Ohio, was arrested Tuesday in a running gun- ; battle with FBI agents between ! Canton and Dover. ’ He was treated at a Dover hospital for a finger wound and then brought here for arraignment be- ‘ fore U.S. Commissioner Herbert ' A. Horn. The commissioner set bond of $50,000 on each of the two 1 charges. He will be given a hearing May 18. The warrant charging him with the April 17 robbery of the Peoples Savings and Trust Co. branch in the Fort Wayne suburb of ’ Waynedale was issued Tuesday shortly after he was returned here ; on an unlawful flight charge. ’ The bank robbery occurred only . a few days after Ruip escaped for the second time from the ’ Stark County jail at Canton. It was his third escape from deten- ‘ tion in Ohio this year. I 12 PAGES

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday May 10, 1961.

Musical Variety Program Friday

The instrumental department of the Decatur public schools will present a musical variety program Friday evening at 8 o’clock in the high school auditoriumgymnasium. The junior band will open the program with “Our Director,” conducted by Tim Singleton. The rhythm band and songlute orchestra will play and sing “The Story of Beethoven,” which was written ' and arranged by Clint Reed, instrumental music instductor in the public schools. This selection is built around Beethoven’s First, Sixth and Ninth Symphonies. Tom Sharp will narrate a short story, including some of the humorous ■and tragic happenings in Beethoven’s life. Peggy Hill and Larry Macklin will give special assistance. The entire junior band will conclude its part of the program with “Merrily We Roll Along,” directed by Jim McConnell, third grade student. The twirling corps, under direc- i tion at Eddie Morgan, will present a colorful pageant, and a “Bach Fugue,” played by the high , school band, will be the basis of ’ a game contest among the chil- ; dren in the audience. i Miss Arlene Adams, soloist from 1 the Arthur Godfrey daytime television show, will be featured guest ' artist, with Chester Longenberger < at the piano, Larry Macklin on the trap drums, and Clint Reed ] on the string bass. “Tango for < Band” will be directed by Roger j

Floodwaters Surge I—' ' Toward New Highs

By United press International Floodwaters surged toward new highs in Missouri and Indiana today and the East Coast felt the sting of a massive oceanbound storm system. Prospects of fair to partly cloudy skies west of the Appa-; lachian Mountains offered scattered relief to flood-torn areas of the Middle West. But the high water menace from nearly a week of rain remained for hundreds of communities. The Ohio River climbed more than a foot above flood stage at Madison. Ind., at inches an hour, routed homeowners at Evansville, Ind., and erupted in flash floods at New Albany, Tell City and Cannelton, Ind. Indiana's White River roared toward crests Thursday and through the weekend at Bedford, Shoals, Williams and Petersburg. Flash flooding on the Blue River was reported at Fredricksburg, and more than 200 families were evacuated ahead of a crumbled levee on the White River south of Columbus, Ind. Evacuate 4,000 At St. Louis, Mo., a Red Cross spokesman estimated total evacuations in eastern Missouri and southern Ilinois at 4,000. A 20foot crest, 9 feet over flood stage, was expected on the Meramec River at Sullivan, Mo. The airport runway at Smartt Field in St. Charles, Mo., became a refuge for 17. house trailers and Centralia, virtually isolated by floodwaters Tuesday, launched emergency .water supply measures. The Red Cross said evacuations could total 1,500 persons by week’s end at Mount Carmel in Wabash County, Illinois, on the ’ Wabash River. As the storm moved east Tuesday, rains gorged the Salt River and sent water 10 feet deep into business sections of Shepherdsville, Ky. Fire Chief Clenn Howell placed a $1.5 million preliminary estimate on damage to /

Miss Arlene Adams Harris, and the “Strauss Waltz,” by Larry Macklin. One of the highlights of the evening will be Miss Carol Popp, formerly on Fort Wayne television with her Carol and Corky show, yzbo will draw caricatures of three of Decatur’s leading citizens in conjunction with the playing of “Carnival of the Animals,” by Saint Concluding numbers will be the “Firebird Suite”-r and “Jumping at the Woodside.” Tickets are available at all four Decatur public schools and also at the Decatur Music House. The public is invited to attend.

homes and shops. Tornado Hits New York In New York state, a tornado Tuesday lashed the base of the Catskill Mountains and ripped an eight mile swathe on its path to the Atlantic Ocean. Near Liberty, N.Y., hotels and hospitals switched to emergency generators when the twister knocked out power lines. The funnel cloud overturned a dozen cars and a school bus but no serious injuries were reported. Whiplash winds and rains were expected along the Atlantic Seaboard today from New England to Florida, diminishing in late afternoon. Behind a cold front stretching the length of the coast. Damaging hail accompanied .85 inch of rain during the night at Albany, N.Y., and .4-inch of rain fell in 10 minutes at the Washington National Airport. The weather picture in the western states ranged from chill showers across thfc Dakotas, Montana, Idaho and the Pacific Northwest to fair and balmy conditions in the Southwest. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and a little warmer tonight and Thursday. Low tonight in the 40s. High Thursday 5:35 a. m. Outlook day 7:47 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 5:335 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Fair and warmer. Lows 45 to 55. Highs 73 to 83. Decatur Temperature* Local weather data for the 24 hour period endlns at 'll a.m. today. 12 noon 53 Midnight 45 1 p.m 54 1 a.m 44 2 p.m 56 2 a.m 44 - 3 p.m. .59 3 a.m. 43 4 p.m. 60 4 a.m. 42 5 p.m. .59 5 a.m. 41 6 p.m 67 6 a.m 41 7 p.m. 6£ 7 a.m. 48 8 p.m 51 8 a.m 49 9 p.m 50 9 a.m 50 10 p.m 48 10 a.m. 55 11 p.m 46 11 a.m 59 Total foi- the 24 hour period fending at 7 am. today, .81 inches? The St. Mary s river was at 12.59 feet. . ' "•■ a ■

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Major Probes Dominate News From Congress WASHINGTON (UPI) — Four major committee investigations dominated Congress today. They involved price fixing, strikes at missile bases, wiretapping and the disaster of the Texas tower radar station. 7 The Senate Antitrust subcommittee heard electrical industry executives testify about price fixing in their business. John K. Hodnette, Westinghouse executive vice president, appealed for a “breathing spell” during which the manu--1 facturers can demonstrate their , loyalty to free enterprise and their determination to wipe out ’ price fixing. Hodnette asked the subcommittee not to tamper with present antitrust statutes on grounds that “these laws are adequate. I think , they’re good laws. All we need to , do is apply and enforce these ‘ laws.” ( There were these other invest!- . gative developments: | Missile Bases: C. J. Haggerty, presient of the AFL-CIO building trades department, said organized • labor was not responsible for the major delays in construction of U.S. space and missile bases. He contended that inefficient management and multiple changes in construction plans caused the lag in completing the bases. Wiretapping: A New York witness urged the Senate Constitutional Rights subcommittee to recommend some form of federal wiretapping law to eliminate present legal confusion. Prof. Alan F. , Westin of Columbia University said “unauthorized t a p p i n g or eavesdropping should be made a crime.” But Chairman Goodman ( A. Sarachan of the New York Commission of Investigation said wiretapping was an essential tool to help put criminals behind bars. Texas Tower: The Senate Preparedness subcommittee resumed its investigation of the accident last Jan. 15 which cost 28 lives on the radar tower off the New Jersey coast. Cmdr. Edmund Foster, a Navy engineer, traced some of the troubles with the tower back to 1957 when it was anchored to the ocean floor. But on-site repairs were made at that time, he explained, and they appeared to be satisfactory. , Other congressional news: Astronaut: The Senate Banking Committee said it hasn’t decided when to hold hearings on a resolution which would strike a special medal of honor for astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. , John Birch: Two congressional members of the John Birch Society urged the House Rules Committee to approve a special investigation of the organization, but the committee deferred action. Secret Service: U.E. Baughman, ■ Secret ’Service chief, told a House Judiciary subcommittee that when , a president leaves office he should be provided with Secret Service protection for perhaps six months or so. As an example, Baughman said tourists are “running all over” former president Dwight Eisenhower’s Gettysburg farm, , and Eisenhower can not ask Secret Service help to ward off such curiosity-seekers. , ■ I ■l' . •

Seven Injured In Auto Crash

A total of seven persons, six of them from Decatur, were injured in a two-car crackup Tuesday at 2:40 p. m. on U. S. 27, two miles south at Decatur, as Adams county’s wave of traffic accidents continued into another day. Mrs. Leandra Guereea, 40 years of age, wife of Ezequiel Guereea, 721 N. Eleventh street, was the most seriously injured and is listed in serious condition at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne, following surgery late Tuesday. ■ Serious Condition Mrs. Guereea received two broken legs, both of them broken in the lower bone and the thigh bone also, severe lacerations to the forehead and scalp and right knee gnd lower right leg, and abrasions and contusions to the arms and hands. Also injured, and remaining in the Adams county memorial hospital, were, Mrs. Alice O’Campo, 23, 919 Harrison street in Decatur, driver of one car, four children, and Julian M. Cramer, 18 years of age, of Monroe, driver of the second car. Mrs. O’Campo suffers from a broken arm and multiple bruises and Cramer suffers from multiple lacerations to the bead, face, and legs. < Four Children Injured Os the children, Marcus, seven months, and Esther, 5 years, both Mrs. O’Campo’s children, received severe cuts to the head, tail bone, and hand, and a broken right leg and a contusion to the chin, respectively. Seven year old Richard Guereea received possible fractures of the left leg and pelvis, and Mario Guereea, 4, suffered severe lacerations to both legs. Both are children of Mrs. Guereea. The mishap occurred when Mrs. O’Campo was traveling south and stopped in her lane of traffic to make a left turn into the Floyd Rupert home. She stated she saw ■an oncoming vehicle coming down the road, but it was a safe distance away to turn. As she startAdvertising Index Advertiser Pa < e A & P Tea Co., Inc —- 4A Arnold Lumber Co., Inc 7 Briede Studio —- 3 Burk Elevator Co 5 Backestoe Cemetery Trustees — 5 Cowens Insurance Agency 7 Co-operative Real Estate, Inc — 5 Decatur-Kocher Lumber, Inc -- 4A D. & T. Standard Service 5 Dow Chemical Co — 2A Evans Sales & Service -- 5 Fairway 3 Fager Appliances & Sporting Goods 4 Gerber's Super Market 8 Holthouse Drug Co 4, 6 Haflich & Morrissey3 Pauline Haugk Real Estate —— 5 Paul Havens Chevrolet-Buick, Inc . 5,7 Kent Realty & Auction Co .— 5 Kroger ... 1A Merl Knittie, Auctioneer 3A Liby Monuments 4 S. E. Leonardson — 4 Emerson Lehman, Auctioneer 3A Model Hatchery — 5 National Tea Co., Inc 2 J. J. Newberry Co 3A Dr. Edward Peck 5 < L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 < Schmitt Meats ...— • Smith Drug Co 3,7 . Stucky & Co 6 Teeple Truck Line 5 ; Tony’s Tap — 7

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ed to turn, however, she was struck by Cramer in the right front side, in a near head-on collision. Cramer was alone in hie vehicle, white the other persons were riding in the O’Campo car. Mrs. Guereca, Mrs.> O’Campo’s mother, was in the front seat on the right side, and was pinned fa the vehicle. She couldn't be removed until a wrecker arrived and pulled the side of the ear away from her. Continuing Investigatfou State trooper Dan Kwasneskl and deputy sheriffs Charles Arnold and Robert Meyer investigated. No charges were filed as cd this morning, as the officers were still continuing their investigation. Both cars were total losses. This makes the third serious traffic accident near Decatur In the past four days. In those three serious crashes, a total of six cars were involved, 16 persons were taken to the hospital, and two of the 16 were transferred to Fort Wayne hospitals in serious condition. Casting Company To Exhibit Al Detroit The Decatur Casting Co., for the first time in its history, will exhibit the unique advanagesof gray iron casting at the design engineering show, Cobo hall, Detroit, Mich., May 22-25, Peter E. Rentschler, president of the company, said today. The local casting company specializes in light gray iron and alloyed iron castings, ranging in size from one ounce to 250 pounds. The astounding advantages of casting over other methods of shaping metal will be visually shown through hundreds of castings at the display, Rentschler explained. The company’s display has been geared specifically to appeal to the designer and mechanical engineer. Emphasis will be on the intricate design, close dimensional tolerance, material soundness and exceptionally smooth surface finishes. With today’s high standards for quality and close tolerances, the 41-year-old company will show its ability to meet these high standards, Rentschler promised. The local company is again working a five-day week, he explained, and business is about average, but the company is working hard to maintain its competitive advantage. < Algeria Peace Talks Scheduled May 20 PARIS (UPI) —The government announced today that peace talks with the Algerian rebels will open a week from Saturday In the French lake resort of Eviao-lee-Bains. The talks, originally scheduled to open in Evian on April 7, ware postponed because of the insistence of the Algerian refugee "government” that France must talk with it alone and with no other Arab group. Today’s brief announcement did not say specifically whether that controversy had been settled.