Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 135.

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First Tractors To Cuba By June 22

DETROIT (UPD—The Tractors-for-Freedom Committee was prepared today to send a first batch of 100 tractors to Fidel Castro not later than June 22 in return for soldiers captured in the abortive Cuban invasion last April. The committee’s promise to Castro to follow the first shipment up with four more of 100 tractors each left the next move up to the Cuban premier. But Castro made a three-hour speech in Havana Thursday night without making a single reference to his deal with a committee of U.S. citizens headed by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Walter Reuther. and Dr. Milton Eisenhower. Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., leader of the Republican party’s conservative wing, blasted the committee Thursday night on a television program (NBC-TV Jack Paar Show) for allegedly usurping the powers of the federal government in negotiating with Castro. Goldwater said it left the way open for other Communist nations to bypass the federal government in The commute inursday night responded to Castro’s latest move by proposing to send a six-man delegation of agricultural experts to Cuba to personally confer with Castro on the controversial plan to exchange tractors for prisoners. The proposal, interpreted as a partial concession to Castro’s re-

No Surrender Os Asia--Johnson

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson said today the United States will not surrender Asia to the Communists without a fight and announced a series of steps being taken to help Red-threatened South Viet Nam. Johnson, who recently returned from a 30.000 - mile fact finding mission to southeast Asia, said ‘‘there has been substantial improvement in the situation in Viet Nam.” In a speech to the 1961 conference of United Press International editors and publishers, the vice president said communism “can be stopped in its tracks” in Asia if the United States will work “intelligently and effectively” with countries which are trying to raise their living standards. He listed the following actions which have been taken to help South Viet Nam combat the Communist guerrillas and remain free: 1. Viet Nam has called up 6,000 additional troops as the first step in an increase of 20.000 men in its army. It is also increasing its civil guard from 30,000 to 60.000 men. The United States is providing funds and materiel to support both increases. 2. A team of American experts headed by Dr. Eugene Staley of the Standard Research Institute will leave for Viet Nam next week to advise its government on economic and financial problems. Mobile Team Formed 3. A mobile team of health experts from the armed forces and Public Health Service is now being formed for six months intensive work in improving health and sanitation facilities at the village level, where disease now impedes both military resistance and economic progress. 4. President Ngo Dinh Diem of Viet Nam has reorganized his government and is sending one of his top officials. Nguyen Dinh Thuan to Washington next Monday for consultations with U.S. officials on the specific aid needs of his

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cent demand that prominent members of the committe must come to Cuba to work out the arrangements, came after two days of intensive discussion by the committee, Castro was notified of the offer by cablegram. The cable also included other proposals, among them a carefully-outlined plan for dispatching the tractors to Cuba. The cable said, "we are prepared to dispatch 100 tractors not later than two weeks from today to be followed by additional consignments in lots of 100 each until the total of 500 is delivered. „ . This gesture was specifically a reply to Castro’s May 17 proposal to exchange 1,200 prisoners, captured during the aborative April invasion of Cuba, for 500 American tractors. However, negotiations seemed to be on the verge of disintegration this week when Castro tacked on to the original proposal his stipulation that committee members must come to Cuba. Actually, the committee’s decision to send a group to Cuba came as something of a surprise. Earlier Thursday, a spokesman for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, honorary chairman of the committee, said “the committee has never considered Castro’s demand for one or more of the committee to come to Cuba seriously. ”

country. 5. A special unit has been set up in the U.S. government “to work on the specific problems” of strengthening Viet Nam. Johnson cited these actions as concrete evidence that the United States intends to "put up a fight” for freedom in southeast Asia. Os the need to raise living standards, Johnson said: “It is pretty difficult to get a man worked up about freedom when he has a per capital income of S4O a year.” The vice president said that “we must follow every dollar of aid with American judgment and management brains” to make sure it is wisely used. He said this has not been done too Well in the past, “and as we say down home in Texas I found a good many gates open.” Robert Gates GOP District Chairman FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD— Robert Gates, son of a former Indiana governor, moved, another rung up ttie political ladder Thursday night with his election as 4th District Republican chairman. ' Gates, a Columbia City attorney and Whitley County GOP chairman, is the son of former Gov. Ralph F. Gates. He has more or less followed in his father’s political footsteps. Like father, he was Indiana department commander of the American Legion. The elder Gates, also a Columbia City attorney, was GOP state chairman shortly before his nomination and election as governor in 1944. Young Gates was elected without opposition as 4th District chairman to succeed Thomas A. Gallmeyer of . Fort Wayne, who designed after/his election as state chairman a few weeks ago.

Remove Coin Devices From Indiana Parks INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — State conservation director Donald E. Foltz announced today that he has ordered removal of all coin operated amusement devices from Indiana state parks. Foltz said he made an inspection trip to Dunes Park Hotel this week and “learned that the H & A Novelty Co. of Gary had placed pinball machines at the Dunes each summer for the past eight years.” “I discovered also,” he said, “that on May 15 eight coin-oper-ated machines, four of them pinball machines marked for amusement only, and four of them devices such as a hobby horse, rocking boat and the like, had been placed at the park by Variety Sales of East Chicago. These were ordered removed immediately and have been taken away.” Foltz said there was “no evidence gambling was involved.” But he added that the machines “do not contribute to the recreational and outdoor atmosphere of the state parks and have no business in them.” “I have ordered concessionaires in all state parks to remove immediately any such coin-operated devices that may exist, with the exception of juke boxes and cigarette regardless what may have been the practice in former years.” Foltz said form contracts for major concessionaires at state parks are being revised to include a clause making it a violation of the contract to place any coinoperated amusement device on state park property. Seek To Extradite Venezuelan Rebels WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (UPD —A group of Venezuelan officials arrived here today to seek the extradition of seven fugitive Venezuelan army rebels who landed here Thursday night aboard a hijacked plane in a blaze of gunfire. Venezuelan authorities _ cam e here aboard a military plane for talks with government officials about returning the fugitives as soon as possible. Reports from Caracas said President Rom u1 o Betancourt called in the Netherlands ambassador. H.M. Boom, to present his government’s extradition request personally. The seven men—all ex-officers—-were being flown from prison at Puerto Cabello to Caracas for court martial proceedings when they seized control of the plane. All were to stand trial for participating in the attempted overthrow of the Betancourt government last year. The abortive revolt was led by Venezuelan Gen. Jesus Maria Castro Leon. He was scheduled to have flown with the group to Caracas but at the last minute did not go. The defendants demanded the right of selecting defense attorneys for their court martial in Caracas, rather than in Puerto Cabello, and that was the reason for the trip.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 9, 1961.

Governor Welsh Orders ft Drastic Reduction For Spending To Save Cash

Urges End To War In Laos

GENEVA (UPD — U.S. Ambassador Averell Harriman made an appointment with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko today to urge firmly that the Communists comply with the cease fire in Laos. A U.S. spokesman said Harriman would give Gromyko a copy of a note sent by the United States to Moscow urging an end. to the Laos war. Western diplomats’"laid Asian Communists may be pressuring Russia to back down from the Vienna cease fire pledge on Laos. Officials said this appeared to be the only answer to continued truce violations by the Commu nist-supported rebels in Laos and the Red stalling tactics here in Geneva. Barrage of Abuse Communist China and North Viet Nam have stepped up their barrage of abuse at the United States over Laos, both in lobby talk here and on their official radios in Peiping and Hanoi. It started right after Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and Pres|dent Kennedy agreed in Vierm* last week on the “importance of an effective cease-fire” in Laos. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, back in Geneva after a two week absence, went into a caucus today with the Communist Chinese. North Vietnamese and Polish delegates this morning. Gromyko flew in from Moscow Thursday night. He had been in Vienna last weekend when Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and President Kennedy agreed on the need of an “effective ceasefire”

Adams Central Board Seeking Principals Two candidates for the post of principal of Adams Central high school, and two others for the position of elementary principal and guidance counselor, were interviewed by the Adams Central school board at a meeting held Thursday night. — Silvan Sprunger, Monroe township trustee and president of the seven-member board, stated that the two new principals would be announced shortly. The two vacanices were foffned April 6. when Herman Frantz, principal since 1956, was appointed to the position of school superintendent. Hugh Tate, assistant superintendent in charge of the school for the past ten years, had been promoted to the office of superintendent by the creation of that office by the school board. Tafe, however. announced his resignation from the position, effective June 2, and Frantz was named the same evening to fill the vacancy, leaving the high school principal's job open. Additional State Aid By appointing Tate, and then Frantz, as superintendent, the school was given an additional unit of state aid for the coming year, and allowed the board to hire an elementary principal, who will also act as guidance counselor. The change to the new system has been proposed for the past three years, Sprunger explained after Frantz was named superintendent, as it will allow a broader educational program, with more emphasis on guidance, so that pupils may develop early the goals toward their future occupations. The north central association of colleges and secondary schools is gradually tightening its requirements in the g u ida nc e field, Sprunger reported. Members of the board include Sprunger. Robert Gay, Clark Smith, Martin Steiner, Fred Kaehr, Verl Lautzenheiser and Theodore Heller.

in Laos. “Pockets Are Empty” But when newsmen asked him at the airport whether he had brought a Kremlin reply to Western demands that the Communists agree to strengthen the truce commission in Laos, he replied: “My pockets are empty.” At the same time, he said he thought the conference could progress “if the West has this desire.” This indicated the Communists would continue to insist on talking about a long-range political settlement for Laos while the shooting still is going on in the little Asian kingdom. The United States, Britain and France have served notice they will not attend any more formal meetings until the truce becomes effective. Batter Loyalist Outpost Just this week, after the Khrushchev - Kennedy meeting, the Communist-supported rebels of Laos battered the loyalist outpost of Padong and overran it with infantry. With the 14-nation conference completely stalemated, there was a chance the three leading princes of Laos would get together and try to solve their own problems. Prince Souvanna Phouma, leader of the “neutralist” faction, flew into Geneva from Moscow Thursday with his half-brother, “Red” Prince Souphanouvang. Prince Boun Oum, premier of the pro-Western Vientiane government, was in Nice, France, waiting to hear whether they would meet with him there

Truck Driver Held After Fatal Wreck MEDINA, Ohio (UPI) — Mrs. Dorothy Staples, 42, Youngstown, was fatally injured in an auto accident at the intersection of Ohio 18 and 94 near here 'Thursday. Seven other persons were hospitalized. Police said the car in which Mrs. Staples was riding crashed into a tractor-trailer that made a left turn in front of the car. Driver of the truck, Robert Grogg, Wabash, Ind., was charged with traffic manslaughter and held in Medina city jail. Dr. John E. Doan Graduates Tonight A large group at relatives and friends of Dr. John E. Doan, who will be graduated from the University of Cincinnati, 0., medical school this evening, left at noon, to attend the ceremonies. . Dr. Doan is a 1950 graduate of Decatur high school, and spent two years in the Marines and two years in business before going to college. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green, O . in 1957. Married to the former Barbara Strickler, of Decatur, the couple have three children: Marilyn Jo, John K. and Douglas E. Doan. Following graduation, Dr. Doan will go to Columbus, 0., to take his Ohio state board examinations next week. He will then return to Middletown, 0., where he has been working in the receiving emergency ward, until July 1. In July, he will start his internship with the Youngstown, 0., hospital association, which operates four hospitals in that city. Attending the graduation ceremonies from Decatur wfH be his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Doan; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doan, Mr. and Mrs. David Heller, Mr. and Mrs. Vfc Strickler, Mrs. Kenneth Strickler and son Dan.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Welsh clamptd a moratorium on new construction and salary increases and otherwise • slashed state spending today in a move to prevent the complete exhaustion of Indiana’s cash resources next January. Welsh told a news conference that “drastic action” was necessary because the latest estimates of gross income collections were sharply reduced from those on which the 1961 Legislature based its biennial budget. » „ He said that if budgeted spending continued as scheduled without the moratorium and without reductions in spending of appropriations, the state next January will have obligations $9.4 million greater than its cash on hand. “Our latest reports now show that gross income tax collections for the current fiscal year ending this June 30 appear to be $8.3 million below the estimates on which the budget is based,” Welsh said. “If this proves to be correct, it means that the state would be broke by January, 1962. In fact, it would lack $9.4 million of having enough cash to pay its obligations this coming January, unless drastic action is taken before then to slash expenditures or unless revenue receipts take a sudden upturn above the origin nally estimated rate.” Speaking Os Cash Only Welsh was speaking of the state’s cash position only and his statements did not mean that the general fund surplus would be exhausted permanently. Figures that he and his budget director presented showed that while the cash position would be $9.4 million in the red in January without emergency action, a month later there would be $29 million on hand. Projecting the estimated income reductions through the remainder of the biennium, there would be only two other months in which the state’s cash would be exhausted—January and March, 1963. Welsh’s moratorium on construction spending eliminated all except emergencies. That on salary increases for all state employes was delayed “until such time as our financial condition shows sign of improvement.” In addition Welsh ordered an undetermined portion of all appropriations set aside in a reserve not to be available for allotment. Welsh, who shared his news conference with budget director John T. Hatchett, said “school aid will have to be reduced by October unless our revenues are substantially similar to those estimated in the budget.” Hatchett said the school distribution for October had been slated at about $25 millions. He declined to guess what size cut might be made in this figure. However, Welsh pointed out that school support is “the major item

Much Os Nation Is Pelted By Rainfall By United Press International Thunderstorms and scattered heavy rain pelted the nation during the night from the Gulf Coast of Texas into the Ohio Valley and east into the middle and north Atlantic states. Tornadoes or funnel clouds skipped across Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan. High winds and cloudbursts caused minor damage in Texas, and hail, from golf ball to baseball size, fell in a wide area about 20 miles east of Dallas. Junction, Tex., reported 2 inches of rain and more than an inch fell at San Antonio, Austin and Waco. Bowling Green, Ky., reported 1.41 inches and lesser amounts fell throughout the Midwest and the Northwest. Sudden downpours in suburban Chicago knocked out electricity and gas service Thursday night. Overtaxed sewers turned streets into rivers and flooded more than 1,000 basements, At Herrin, Hl., Thursday, a 14-year-old boy was burned seriously when lightning struck a tree attached to a rope he held.

of expense outside of highways” and “this will put the local school people on notice.” Hatchett said the 1961-62 budget called for S3B million in hew construction, exclusive of highways. These included universities and state hospitals and state penal institutions. He said sl4 million of that figure had been scheduled to come from the general fund. He did not say this would be the total reduction. , Hatchett said projects already underway would be completed, but no new ones will be started. Welsh pointed out he had asked the Legislature to provide additional revenues “to pay for the increased and needed appropriations it made. The Legislature determined that estimated revenues plus dipping deep into surplus would be just barely enough to cover the appropriations.” Upsets Schedule However, Welsh said the sharp decrease in gross income tax collections had upset this schedule. Asked about an earlier report indicating that gross income was on the increase, Welsh explained that the figure was misleading because the State Revenue Department had processed returns more rapidly this year than at the same time a year ago. Welsh said the decrease in gross income was due to “less business activity than expected. The recession was more severe than generally thought.” However, he said emphatically that he expects to meet the state’s financial problems without a special legislative session. “Our present projections indicate that by the end of the next budget period. June 30, 1963, revenue will be $16.8 million below that predicted last winter by the economists and tax experts,” Welsh said. “This takes into account adjustments for tighter tax collection. With cash receipts running much lower than expected, the month the next General Assembly meets, January 1983, we would be $23.7 millions short of having enough cash to meet our current bills.”

More Freedom Riders Jailed

_ By United Press International A biracial group of five "freedom riders” arrived in Jackson, Miss., by train early today, were quickly arrested in the segregated Illinois Central waiting room and went to jail in time for breakfast The arrests, on the usual charge of ignoring a police order to “move on” from the “white only” depot waiting room, brought to 97 the number of “freedom riders” jailed in the Mississippi capital since May 24. The train arrived from Nashville, Tenn., at 6:42 a. m. CDT after an all-night trip from the Tennessee city. It was met by a handful of police officers and several sleepy newsmen. A waiting police wagon sped the five to jail, on breach of the peace charges, through nearly empty streets. The latest riders, all from the north, included Winonah Beamer. 19, Dayton, Ohio, a white girl whose fiance, David Myers, Nobelsville, Ind., is lodged in the Jackson jail for participating in an earlier "freedom ride” into the city. The others were identified as Patricia Bryant, 20, Elmira, N.Y., and Heath Rush, 20, Canterbury, N.Y., both students at Central State College in Wilburforce, Ohio; Del Greenblatt, Brooklyn, N.Y., a Cornell University coed, and Edward Bromberg, 24, Chester Hills, Mass. Miss Bryant is the only Negro in the group. Thursday, two groups of “freedom riders,” including New York : state Assemblyman Mark Lane 1 and Perry Sutton, president of the New York chapter of the National I Association for the Advancement (

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Parade Saturday, Horse Show Sunday A large parade, featuring competition for a trophy by four sheriffs posses from neighboring counties, will be held in Decatur Saturday night, sheriff Merle Affolder said today. Sheriff’s posses from Allen, DeKalb, Van Wert, and Huntington will compete for the trophy at 8 p. m. in a parade through downtown Decatur. The parade will draw attention to the sheriff’s posse’s second annual horse show Sunday at 12:30 p. m. at Belmont park. Features of the horse show, which is drawing a large number of entries, will be the quartermile, five-eighths mile, and half mile races, and the full mile chariot race. Already, sheriff Affdder pointed out, entries indicated that three heats ol six horses each will be necessary for the quartermile race. The public is invited to see the show, which drew more than 100 entries last year, and dinner will be served at the grounds. In case of heavy rain, the following Sunday will be the rain date. Decatur High School (Yearbooks Are Here The Decatur high school yearbooks are ready for distribution, it was learned this morning. The books may be picked up at the school in room No. 206, Monday. Toll Road Secretary Position Abolished INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Governor Welsh said today that the $20,000 a year job of Indiana Toll Road Commission secretary-treas-urer Lawrence Crosbie will be abolished effective July 14. The governor said he discussed the matter with members of the commission and they agreed to take action today to abolish Crosbie’s job.

of Colored People, were arrested in Jackson. Elsewhere, four Negro girls began summer vacation in New Orleans today, ending the most hectic year in the history of the city’s public schools. The 8-year-old girls were admitted to the first grade last November at two previously all-white schools. About 1,000 whitt students boycotted the two schools, but the Negro children passed the first year safely. They were promoted to the second grade Thursday. INDIANA WEATHER Fair with local areas of fog tonight. Saturday partly cloudy, chance of some isolated thundershowers late Saturday or Saturday night. A tittle warmer Saturday. Low tonight 57 to <3. High Saturday 77 to 83. Sunset today 8:12 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 5:17 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Considerable cloudiness and -" cool north with chance of showers extreme north. Fair and mild south. Lows 58 to 88. Highs 78s north, 88s south. Decatar Teatueratarea Local weather data for the 54 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today, 12 noon 74 Midnight 44 1 p.m. 70 1 84 2 p.m .. 81 2 am. ...... 8| 3 p.m 82 1 a.m. —i— 81 4 p.m 82 4am 44 5 pm. 78 8 a.m 84 6 p.m. .....— 48 4 a.m ....... 84 7 p.m —74 7 a.m- 88 Bpm 84 8 am. W 9 p.m. _4B 9 a.m. 14 10 p.m. 85 10 a.m. 14 11 pm 44 11 a.m ...... 71 Bai* - £ — Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a. m today, .29 InchMk The St..Mary*a river wan at 1.48 feet.