Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 117.

Flood Washes Over Town In Oklahoma

By United Press International A million * dollar flood washed eight feet deep over the town of Wister, Okla., today in a new outburst of spring torrents. On another flood front, National Guardsmen and volunteers kept up an around the clock vigil on levees guarding western Tennessee communities from the highest Mississippi River levels in 11 years. Fresh rains threatened to bog down cleanup operations in Southern Illinois, just recovering from a SSO million flood. The new rains sprang from a storm center hovering near the IndianalKentucky border. The Wister flood was triggered by a two-hour deluge which hit Canaval Mountain with 5.6 inches of rain. The rain water swept down creek beds. One wall of water was four feet high as it raced towards the eastern Oklahoma community. At least 100 persons were driven from their homes and more families fled at Poteau, Okla. National Guardsmen and civil defense workers went on duty to prevent looting. Red Cross officials at Wister estimated the flood damage at $1 million. The Mississippi River flood in Tennessee had already covered a half million acres and was not expected to crest until Saturday. Four hundred persons were taken from their homes before the waters cut off the Goldust-Ashport area in Lauderdale County. Scattered thundershowers and storms prevailed in the northern Gulf states, upper Ohio Valley, southern New England and the western Rocky and Sierra moun-

Reject Veto In Russ Plan

GENEVA (UPD — The Western Big Three decided today to reject the veto provisions in a Soviet plan for Laos on grounds they would cripple any effective policing of a peace in the Southeast Asian kingdom. High Western sources expressed hope the Russians would modify their proposals and some sort of compromise could be worked out at the 14-nation conference here. U.S. roving ambassador Averell Harriman. British Foreign Secretary Lord Home and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville aligned their position at a meeting this morning. „ Harriman told his Western colleagues that the plan proposed by Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko was "sprinkled with vetoes.” and they agreed that the proposals would paralyze the peace-keeping machinery which the Western powers hope to install in Laos. Home and Coiive de Murville considered it a hopeful sign, however, that Gromyko recognized the necessity of neutralizing the land-locked jungle kingdom and withdrawing foreign troops. One high Western source speculated that the Russians were "putting up their highest price to star wih” in expecation of hard and perhaps fruiful bargaining. Secretary of State Dean Rusk called a staff meeting for a reAdvertisinq Index Advertiser Page A & P Tea Co., Inc - 3 Arnold Lumber Co., Inc —4, 7 American Legion 1 Begun's Clothing Store 7 Burk Elevator Co -x - 5 Bower Jewelry Store 3 D. &T. Standard Service ...— 5 Decatur Drive In Theater 3 Equity Dairy Store 2 Evans Sales & Service — 5 Ehinger’s --- 3 Evans Grocery 4 Allen Fleming —- 5 Gambles ® Goodin's I.G.A. Market 2 Hammond Fruit Markets, Inc — 2 Husmann's Decorating House .. 6 Paul Havens Chevrolet-Buick, Inc 3,4, 5,6, 7 Itch-Me-Not 6 L. O. O. Moose — 4 Model Hatchery ~ 5 Myers Home & Auto Supply —.4 Price Men’s Wear - 2 Phil & Miz Auction Co .. 5 Niblick & Co -2, 3 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Stucky Furniture Co - 2 Sheets Furniture 8 Smith Drug Co 6 Stewarts Bakery — 6 Teeple Truck Line 5 T-4-L V. F. W. 6 Win-Rae Drive In 3 Dr. Melvin I. Weisman 5 Western Auto Store 7

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tains. At Milwaukee, Wis., Messmer High School students waited hopefully under partly cloudy skies for a chance to launch an instrumentloaded 12-foot balloon to a projected height of 28,000 feet. The balloon project, delayed a week pending federal approval, finally got a go-ahead Wednesday when students assured the Federal Aeronautics Administration the sphere would not be in the air—and thus an aircraft hazard—longer than 90 minutes. A device is set to rip a hole in the balloon at 28,000 feet. Messmer physics teacher Larry J. Bossman said recovery of the helium-filed balloon with its camera, altimeter and thermometer, “depends on the good will of the people who find it.” Off Milwaukee’s shore in Lake Michigan, small craft owners were warned of heavy winds throughout the day and showers extending through the northern Great Lakes. Other showers were on tap for Indiana, struggling together with Illinois and Tennessee to mop up from weeks of rains and multi-million-dollar floods. The Red Cross reported that approxpmately 400 pe r son s had moved out ahead of the Mississippi River floodwaters in the Gold Dust-Ashport-Ripley area about 50 miles north of Memphis, Tenn. The U.S. Weather Bureau predicted a gradual clearing in the Midwest late today and a broad band of warm air from the Pacific Northwest into the lower Missouri Vwlley, branching into New England and the Gulf states as the cold front moves toward the East Coast.

port on the Western strategy meeting and for fixing U.S. plans for the afternoon conference session. Summit fever appeared to have i struck the delegates and Russia I and the United States were disagreeing in the politest terms since the U 2 incident. Conference delegates seemed far more interested in the possibility of a meeting between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev than in the business at hand. The, general feeling here was that the Big Two meeting would take place in Vienna during the first week in June. Rusk would neither confirm nor deny reports that a meeting had been set. An Austrian government spokesman in Vienna said that the U.S. embassy had informally asked the Austrian government if the meeting could be held there but there was nothing final yet. Most speculation has centered on June 4 as the date. BULLETIN Mrs. Adolph Sehueler. of Preble township, died at her home about 1:15 o’clock this afternoon. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. WASHINGTON (UPD — The Senate Banking Committee today cleared for Senate action one of President Kennedy's priority domestic programs — a $4.9 billion catch-all housing bill. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and a little cooler tonight. Friday mostly fair, a little warmer in afternoon. Low tonight in the 40s north, 46 to 52 south. High Friday 63 to 68 north. 64 to 72 south. Sunset today 7:55 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:27 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Mostly fair and warmer. Lows in the 50s except upper 40s extreme northeast. Highs mostly in the 70s. Decatnr TSemprraturew Ixical weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon . 60 Midnight ........ 48 1 p.m 60 1 a.m 49 2 p.m 64 2 a.m 47 3 p.m 60 .3 a.m 48 4 p.m 60 4 a.m 49 5 p.m 59 5 a.m. ~ 50 6 p.m. 58 6 a.m 50 7 p.m 57 7 a.m 50 8 p.m 54 8 a.m— 52 9 p.m 51 9 alm 52 10 p.m <SO 10 a.m 54 II p.m 48 11 a.m 56 Rain Total amount for the <24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .19 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 2.93 feet.

Orders System Os State Food Buying Changed INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — State purchasing director Eugene Bainbridge today announced a “complete overhaul of specifications” for food buying and said that in the past some produce has been so inferior or spoiled it had to be thrown away. Bainbridge said that federal inspection to determine quality, quantity and conditions for all state food purchased has been instituted beginning Wednesday. Previously such federal inspection was required only for meats. The state spends about $22,000 a month fqr produce at its state hospitals, penal and other state institutions. “We are aware of instances in which inferior or spoiled foods have been delivered and had to be thrown out,” Bainbridge said. “This is a flagrant waste of the taxpayer’s money. We find that the division in past years has not had any procedure at all for any inspection and verifying that the state was getting exactly what it was paying lor.” Baingridge explained that he has requested that federal food inspectors check all shipments to state institutions of fresh produce and processed foods a the point of origin. Plan Rigid Checks “Quality, quantity and condition will be rigidly checked and reported to us.” Bainbridge said. "Shipments that do not meet standards will be rejected. Venders who do not adhere to specifications wil be dropped from the list of approved bidders.” Bainbridge said he expects the new system will save money by eliminating waste “caused by buying food that is unfit for consumption.” He said these other results also would be achieved: —“lnsure wider and more competitive bidding because venders will have the assurance of fair and competitive standards.” —“Protect the healthful diets of persons being cared for at stata hospials and other instituions.” Bainbridge also announced that under the new plan all food bids will be microfilmed the moment thev are received at his office and before being seen by the buyers. Loophole Now Closed Bainbridge said he could not verify there had been any dishonesty in the past with food purchasing but he said ‘for a reason we have been unable to determine, in previous years this procedure of microfilming was followed for all bids except food. We have closed this loophole to prevent any tampering with bids. Bainbridge went on to say that in his opinion “the loose, sloppy irregular procedures of the previous administration left room for constant irregularities." Although Bainbridge did not specify the extent or type of food delivered in a spoiled state, it was learned from other cabbage was one of the offending products.

Deane Dorwin Head Os Community Fund Deqne T. Dorwin. Decatur high school speech teacher and guidance counselor, was unamimously elected president of the Decatur Community Fund for the coming year, the Rev. J. O. Penrod, retiring president, said today. Doriwin who served the past year as first vice president has been active on the board for several years. Other officers elected at the meeting were: first vice president, Ted Hill; second vice president, Wilbur Petrie; secretary, Rev. Penrod; treasurer, Mrs. Leo Curtin. Elected to serve on the board for three years were: Noble Nicodemus. representing labor; Miss Kaye Alberson, representng retail merchants; and Mrs. Leo Curtin, representing women’s organizations. They succed Charles Morgan, Mrs. Lloyd Cowens, and Carl Braun, who have served for the past three -years. Rev. Penrod thanked all of the members and officers for their fine cooperation in making the 1960-61 year a very good year, with the final report showing the fund just $95 short of its goal. A USO representative wrote that Decatur will be the recipient of a very fine trophy by the national united services organization board for its service to youth in the armed forces. The award will be presented this fall. Reports from all the member organization were read to . the group, and accepted.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 18,1961.

Canada’s Leader Joins Kennedy In Warning On Alignment With Reds

Youngest Kennedy To Visit Italy NEW YORK (UPI) — Edward (Ted) Kennedy, youngest brother of the President, left Wednesday night for a visit to Italy to help commemorate the Italian centennial and unification. Fort Wayne Store Is Robbed By Masked Men FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI) — Two men wearing Halloween masks and carrying a shotgun robbed a carryout here of an estimated S4OO W’ednesday night. Police were searching for the men, described as about 35 years of age. The shotgun was found abandoned about half a block from the restaurant. Confirmation Rites At Lutheran Church Fourteen young people will be received into communicant membership at the Zion Lutheran church, through the rite of conformation, at the 10:30 o’clock service Sunday morning. Members of the communicant ctess ere John Auer. Susan ust. Judy Aumann, Lizabeth Dickerson, Thomas Engle, Jane Jacobs, John Kenny. JoAnn Gallenberger, Harold Mailand, Susan Ostermeyer. ~ Linda Reidenbach Beverly Spiegel, Karen Webert and Karen Witte. The confirmation service will include an examination of the children on the basic doctrines of the Chrisitan religion. The pastor, the Rev. Richard C. Ludwig, will then administer the rite of confirmation and welcome the newly-confirmed children into communicant membership. The choir, under direction of Karl Reinking, will participate in the rite of confirmation, and will also sing “O Lord Increase My Faith.” Sunday. May 28. the children will attend their first communion, in a class, in the 10:30 a. m. service. After this service, the childlren, their parents and families. will be invited to attend the Walther league (Zion’s young people’s group >, carry-in dinner at noon in the parish hall. They will be received into the Walther league. Following the dinner, newly elected officers of the league will be installed.

Offers Prisoners In Trade For Tractors

MIAMI (UPD—Premier Fidel Castro offered Wednesday night to trade captured invaders for 500 U.S. tractors in a deal recalling Adolf Eichmann's wartime offer to exchange Jewish prisoners for trucks. In a 2Vi-hour speech broadcast by Radio Havana, Castro said the 1,000 men captured in last month’s invasion will be used as forced labor if they are not ransomed by the United States. But Castro, unlike the Germans, did not threaten to kill his captives if the trade was not made. The Eichmann offer to spare Jewish lives for trucks never was worked out. “If the imperialists don’t want their worms to work, let them trade them for tractors. ..” Casto told a hysterical cheering audience at a farm fair"Criminals” Not Included "If Kennedy recognizes that they are his friends, that the Central Inelligence Agency is responsible, let them pay us something to rescue them. If they don’t want to rescue them, they will have to work hard, hard, hard, digging ditches and doing other work.” I The bearded Cuban said the ex-

Albert Reidenbach Dies Unexpectedly Albert O. Reidenbach, 69, a native of Convoy, 0., died unexpectedly Wednesday at his home, 2220 Oliver street, Fort Wayne. He had resided in Fort Wayne for the past 40 years, and was a retired employe of the American Hoist & Derrick Co. Mr. Reidenbach was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran church. Surviving are two sons, John and Stanley Reidenbach of Fort Wayne; a brother, Thomas Reidenbach of Van Wert, 0.; and three sisters, Miss Emma Reidenbach of Convoy, Mrs. Ida Saam of Van Wert, and Mrs. Mary Germann iof Ohio City, 0. i Services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at the D. 0. McComb & Sons funeral home, the Rev. Herbert Lindemann officiating. Burial will be at Convoy. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today. i o ■ Local Man’s Brother Dies At Fort Wayne Gail L. Bumgerdner, 62, of Fort Wayne, a brother of W. M. Bum’gerdner, ' Decatur agent for the Erie-Lackawanna railroad, died suddenly about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Fort Wayne of a heart attack. An employe of the Farnsworth Corp, until his retirement five years ago due to failing health, he was a native of South Whitley, and had lived in Fort Wayne for 25 years. A veteran of World War 1, he had been injured in a gas attack, and never regained his full health. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran church. Surviving are the widow, Flor* ence; four sons, Jack, of Marion; Keith, of Columbus. O.; Dave. Fort Wayne, and Dale Fagen, of Kansas City, Mo.; four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Sweet, Mrs. Beverly Mcßoberts, and Mrs. Joseph Neiswonder. Fort Wayne; Mrs. Jay Jackson, Albion; two sisters, Mrs. Florence King. South Whitley, and Mrs. Ada Biddle, Elkhart; the brother in Decatur; and 18 grandchildren. Friends may call at the D. O. McComb and Sons funeral home, Fort Wayne, after 7 p.m. today. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, the Rev. Erwin Schnedler officiating.

change offer did not include “criminals” — presumably meaning the prisoner who he says once served ousted ex-President Fulgencio Batista. “Not these but the others would we trade for 500 bulldozers,” Castro said. “The priests we send free (a reference to his demand that all but a hand-picked few foreign priests get out of Cuba)... “We won’t trade them one by one. It has to be as a group, since they would try to get the richest on“s. It has to be the complete k . .that we have prisoner. .. Soldiers For Pigs “Spain once traded Napoleon’s soldiers for pigs, but we are going to be more delicate even if Kennedy is not Napoleon.’ He said the prisoners are “eating comfortably in jails.” “They will have to work well to earn their bread, so they will be put to work for the peasants,” he said. This remark drew wild cheers and shouts of “let them work!” from the audience. He said Cuba has only 8,000 tractors, and urged the nation’s farmhands to redouble their efforts to bring in larger harvests.

OTTAWA (UPI) — Canada’s Prime Minister John Diefenbaker joined with President Kennedy today in a warning that any Western Hemisphere alignment with foreign communism—obviously referring to Cuba—threatens “peaceful and democratic evolution” in Latin America. Diefenbaker, whose government maintains diplomatic and trade relations with Cuba, agreed with Kennedy "that the alignment of a regime in the Western Hemisphere with Communist leadership abroad was a matter for serious concern.” The matter of forging a common hemisphere front against Communist incursions was believed to be one of the major subjects during the two leaders’ talks here. The joint communique winding up the President’s 42-hour visit to Canada also included a call for reinforcing the strength and unity of the Western alliance so that a strong defense can be maintained against the threat of communism abroad. In an obvious reference to Cuba, the communique described Communist alignments in the hemisphere as a threat to “peaceful and democratic evolution of the Latin American peoples.” In General Terms This as well as a number of other points, were phrased in general terms which were spelled out only slightly more fully by American and Canadian officials Wednesday after 2% hours of talks between Kennedy and Diefenbaker. There was no reference in the joint statement to Kennedy’s call in a speech Wednesday to the Canadian Parliament for a buildup in both conventional and nuclear military striking power of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. However, the President and prime minister said they "examined certain aspects of U.S.-Cana-dian defense arrangements and the international defense commitments which both countries have assumed, notably in NATO.” “They expressed the conviction that a strong defense must be maintained until such time as effective disarmament measures can be secured under proper safeguards,” the communique said. “They agreed that it is more than ever necessary that th?

Yosl Is Awarded Fire Station Bid The Yost Construction Co. of Decatur was unanimously awarded the contract for the addition to the fire station, as the city council received bids at the city hall this morning. A total of three bids were received, from Yost, the Hawk Construction Co. af*Vort Wayne, and fj-om Habegger Construction Co. of Berne. One Bid Irregular Yost submitted a bid of $30,000, while Hawk Construction submitted a bid of $30,888, and Habegger Construction’s bid was $29,500. City attorney Robert Anderson explained that while the Berne Construction company’s bid was the lowest, it was highly irregular in that there was no non-collusion affidavit, nothing was signed, etc. Anderson explained that since the Habegger bid wasn’t signed in any place, there was no way the city could hold the firm to the bid. Thus, that reduced the bidders to two, and the Yost company bid was the lowest. With the three deductions for inside painting, overhead doors, and concrete driveway, all of which can be done later, the Yost bid was also lower than Hawk at $25,850 as compared to $26,218. Bid Under Appropriation Wlith a total of $27,000 appropriated for the construction of the addition to the firehouse, the Yost bid of $25,850, with deductions, was under the appropriated figure. Bids had been received on May 4 for the addition, but all were over the appropriated sum.

strength and unity of NATO be reinforced.” They also said they “discussed the need for accelerating economic progress and social reform throughout the hemisphere, as well as the need to strengthen the strong hemispheric trend away front dictaorship and toward democracy.” While the communique did not mntion Kennedy’s hopes that Canada would join in giving aid to underdeveloped Latin American nations and would join the Organization of American States, it said Diefenbaker “assured the President of Canada’s continued and increasing interest in inter-Ameri-can affairs.” Kennedy held out to NATO countries manning the defense shield against the Communist bloc a greater voice in the destiny of nuclear weapons supplied by the United States and based on their territory. In his first major presidential utterance outside the United States, Kennedy Wednesday afternoon told a warmly receptive joint session of the Canadian Parliament: “The time has come for all 'members of the NATO community to further increase and integrate their respective forces in the NATO command area, coordinating and sharing in research, development, production, storage, defense, command and training at all levels of armaments. "So let us begin. Our opponents are watching to see :■* we are divided, deceived or in doubt about our willingness to maintain our own freedom.” Polaris To NATO Kennedy called to the attention of the Canadian Parliament the fact that the U. S. would commit five Polaris atomic-missile submarines — “and subsequently still more” — to the NATO command area.

Chang Cabinet Resigns Today

SEOUL, Korea (UPI) — Premier John M. Chang formally resigned his cabinet today and republic of Korea President Posun Yun promptly declared his support for the new ruling military junta. The twin moves handed a complete victory to the revolutionary command which launched its grab for power only two days ago. The victory was achieved despite strong opposition from United States officials in Korea who had sought to restore Chang’s government in the early hours of the rebellion. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said there was no immediate comment and “I doubt if anything will be forthcoming soon.” Military Supports Coup Earlier today, all of South Korea’s top military leaders—army, air force, marine and navy ? had met and voted support for the coup. , Premier Chang emerged this afternoon from two days in hiding, met with 8 of the 15 members of his cabinet and announced capitulation. Chang looked tired and wan as he faced newsmen. Alongside him was Rok army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Chang Do Yung, chairman of the revolutionary committee which led the coup against what it called “corrupt and incapable” politicians. “I, myself, and the cabinet have decided to resign, assuming moral and political responsibility for what has happened,” the premier said. "We hope the people will understand this decision. As we retire, it is our sincere hope that no bloodshed should come." Gives Formal Approval Shortly after this, President

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Herman Lengerich Severely Injured Herman A. Lengerich, 60, route 5, was reported in improved condition at the Adams county memorial hospital this morning, after being admitted to the hospital in critical condition Wednesday night;’ suffering from injuries received when the tractor on which he was riding was struck by a semi-trailer truck. The accident occurred at 10:30 p. m., 3.4 miles east of Decatur on U. S. 224, near the Lengerich farm. Improved Since Night Lengerich was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition, suffering from injuries to the left leg and pelvis and very severe shock. He was reported to be much improved this morning, however. Die well-known farmer was traveling west when he was struck by a semi-trailer truck driven by Francis Kilkerson Roberts, 34, of Berlin, Ga., which was also traveling west. Roberts told investigating officers Charles Arnold; deputy sheriff, state trooper Gene Rash, and deputy Robert Meyer, that he didn’t see any lights ahead of him, arid saw the vehicle Lengerich was operating just before he struck him. Couldn’t Avoid The truck driver applied Ms brakes, swerved to the left, but couldn’t avoid striking the tractor. Both vehicles went into the north ditch, the truck rolling over. The tractor and the cab of the truck were both considered total losses. Although Lengerich was in an improved condition today, no Xrays were able to be taken as yet.

■ Yun issued a statement over ■ Seoul radio giving his formal ap- ■ proval to the military junta and i to martual law throughout the ■ country. ’ “It is regrettable that a miliary revolution had to be staged • in view of the present conditions ’ of this nation,” the president said, i “I nope the patriotic revolution will provide momentum to save ' the difficult situation.” Yun said affairs of state would ' be handled by the revolutionary ' committee “for the time being, but I hope affairs of the state will be normalized as soon as possi- [ ble.” He called on the nation to “resolutely support” the new regime. In the first hours after the rebel troops moved into Seoul on Tuesday, Gen. Carter B. Magruder, commander of U.S. and United Nations troops in Korea, called publicly for support of the fallen Chang government. The U.S. Embassy backed him up. Even after the announcements by Chang and Yun today, they still were standing on that position. To Submit Cabinet The military junta, which already had declared dissolution of parliament, was expected to submit a new cabinet to the president for approval. This was the second South Korean government to fall within 13 months under charges of corruption. President Syngmaa ßhee’s government was toppled April 17, 1960, by weeks of students rioting over rigged elections. If the military junta follows the plan it announced Tuesday, South Korea will swing even closer to the United States and the fight against communism, corruption and poverty will be stepped up.