Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 6 July 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 157.

City To Aid School In Building Street

Discussiion of a new street to be constructed by the city school board, and acceptance of two bids for street repairs and construction of two new water mains, were the major items of a short city council meeting held Wednesday night in the city hall. The street to be constructed by the school board will be an extension of Rod street, that will lead to the Southeast school. The school board had originally specified that they would build a 26 foot wide street, as an extension of Rod street, that, would lead to die Southeast school. In a letter to the city council, the city school board requested that the city pay for an additional four feet of width and also curbs on the street. ■ Agreed To Help The school board explained that their funds would not permit them to build a street any wider than 26 feet, but a 30-foot street would be much more ideal, and requested that tiie city council help them. After some discussion, the council unanimously agreed that a 30 foot street would be much better, and they agreed to pay for the extra four feet of street and the curb. Meshberger Bros.’ Stone Corp.’s bid on streets to be resurfaced, and the Yost Construction Co. bid

France Ready To Negotiate

ALGIERS (UPI) - France was reported today ready to resume negotiations with the Algerian rebels despite one of the worst bloodbaths in nearly seven years of fighting in Algeria. French officials said 80 Moslems were killed aed 2M wounded- Wednesday in violent demonstrations throughout Algeria. In addition, 13 French soldiers were killed and 50 wounded when rebel commandoes attacked army posts guarding the east Algerian port of Djidjelli. It was feared that the death toll was even higher than the official figures. Although one French official said the rebels did not achieve their aims, the Moslems’ general strike in Algiers and other major cities was almost 100 per cent effective. , The French charged that Moslems were “terrorized” into obeying the strike call. Premier Michel Debre told the French Senate Wednesday night that the government is ready to resume negotiations with the Algerian rebels. Observers noted that Debre made no menion of the violent rioting in Algeria. Debre did not indicate when the talks, broken off by the French June 13 for a “period of reflection,” might be resumed. The French administration in Algeria charged that Moslem rebel guerillas pushed women and children ahead of them in clashes with French troops and riot police. French security forces fired into the mobs on several occasions Wednesday. Many of the wounded and dead were women and children. The bloodbath followed a rebel appeal to the Moslem populace to “protest” against a French Advertising Index Advertiser Page M A & P Tea Co., Inc -'3 Arnold Lumber Co., Inc -----7 Bower Jewelry Store 3 Burk Elevator Co — 5 Margaret Bratin Religious Store 3 Drive In Theater 8 Driver Training 5 Erie-Lackawanna Railroad 2 Evans Sales & Service 5 Equity Dairies, Inc 4 —-Allen Fleming ... 5 Arthur H. Girod, M.D. 5 Gambles —7, 8 Haflich & Morrissey 3 Paul Havens Chevrolet-Buick, Inc .. —5 Pauline Haugk Real Estate —5 Hammond Fruit Markets, Inc — 2 Itch-Me-Not 6 Jani Lyn 3 Lords — 2 Lady Bugs ... 3 v Model Hatchery 5 Miller-Jones —— — 2 Myers Florist —— 3 Smith Drug Co —2, 6 Sheets Furniture Co 6 Schmitt Meats 8 D. R. Smalley & Sons, Inc 5 Teeple Truck Line 5 Thomas Realty & Auction Co ... 5 T-4-L- 8 / Win-Rae Drive In ...

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on construction of the new water mains, were accepted by the council last night, on the recommendations oR street commissioner Adolph Kolter and city engineer Ralph Roop. Meshberger submitted a bid of $32,675.72 last Thursday on resurfacing four streets, and it was the only bid submitted. Yost and Baker and Schultz submitted bids on the construction of the water mains on First street and Grant street, and the Yost bid of $9,200 was low. * Unpaid Bills The council had some discussion on a bill owed the city by one of the local junk yards. The junk yard has owed the city for some time for the purchase of some and has promised to pay the bill, but hasn’t. City attorney Robert Anderson was instructed to inform the junk dealer that court action would be taken if the bill wasn’t paid. Mayor Gage said he had heard from the engineers for the water towers, and he was informed that work is ready to begin on their installation. After the bills were read and allowed, the regular meeting adjourned, although the councilmen stayed for about another hour to go over some of the budgets that have been handed in already.

threat to partition Algeria. Political observers felt the Moslem support of the rebel call for strikes and demonstrations strengthened the hand of the rebel leaders in future negotiations. The high death toll of Moslems was certain to win support from Other Moslem Nations for the rebel cause. First Civil Rights Voting Suits Filed r WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Justice Department filed its first civil rights voting suits in Mississippi today, charging that Negroes in Clarke and Forrest counties have been unlawfully deprived of their right to vote. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy announced .the filing of twin suits under the civil rights laws of 1957. and 1960 in Federal District Court for the southern district of Mississippi. The suits accused the voter registrars of the two counties and the state of Mississippi with discriminating against Negro applicants to register. The Kennedy administration has brought similar suits in Alabama and Louisiana. There are also voting suits, brought during the Eisenhower administration, pending in Tennessee and Georgia. ■Die attorney general said that Justice Department investigations “have disclosed a clear-cut pattern of discrimination” in Clarke and Forrest counties. This information was turned over to state and local officials, he said, but “the situation has not been rectified.” Kennedy said that the Justice Department was forced to meet its responsibility to protect the fundamental right of all American citizens to vote “in these counties and elsewhere.” INDIANA WEATHER Fair north tonight and Friday. Mostly cloudy and mild with occasional showers south and-.central tonight and Friday. Low tonight in 50s north, 60s south. High Friday 76 to 86. Sunset today 8:16 p. m. Sunrise Friday 5:24 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Generally fair with not much temerature change. Low Friday night in 60s, high Saturday mostly in 80s. Decatur Temperatures Local weather data for the 2i hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 70 Midnight .66 1 p.m 7<2 1 a.m. .— 66 2 p.m. . 74 2 a.m 66 3 p.m. ... 76 3 a.m 65 4 p.m. 74 4 a.m 6 p.m 76 6 am 63 7 p.m. .. 74 7 a.m. 63 8 p.m. 69— 8 a.m 72 9 p.m. 68 9 a.m. 70 10 p.m 67 10 a.m 72 11 p.m. 67 11 a.m. Rain Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a. m. today, .74 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.24 feet.-

Employment At Record High During June 1 WASHINGTON (UPI) ’ — New Labor Department figures pointed today to the persistence of high unemployment despite the recovery of the economy from the business recession. The figures also showed a record number of Americans with jobs in June. But the 68,706,000 employment total topped last year’s level.by only 17,000-a tiny growth in jobs for a full year. Most encouraging of key June job statistics was the gain of 500,000 jobs among adult men. This rise, divided about equally between farm and non-larm work, apparently reflected in part the speed up in industrial activity which began in April. But a record rush of 2.5 million teen-agers into the job markeF last month boosted unemployment to 5.6 million, a 20-year June high. The outpouring of teen - agers also prevented a reduction in jobless rate—a key measure of the unemployment situation. It stood at 6.8 per cent, the level around which it has fluctuated since December, 1960. This meant that 68 out of every 1,000 persons in the labor force , was out of a job and Looking for work last month. The Kennedy administration is aiming for 4 per cent unemployment or less. Top officials have expressed doubt it can be achieved before 1963. The failure of the jobless rate to dip in June tended to confirm this doubt. Officials said a significant decline was not likely before autumn, when the economy is expected ’to begin growing at a faster rate. j About 900,000 of the 2.5 million teen-agers entering the job market were listed as unemployed. Some 300,000 more found only parttime work, although they had sought work fulltime. The remaining 1.3 million presumably found jobs—many of them in summer resorts, on farms, in food processing and construction. among Teen-agers ucnEitiics m next three months will help tell economists how strong the business expansion is, at least in terms of jobs.

Four-State Manhunt For Badlands Killer MOAB, Utah (UPI) — The FBI joined small-town marshals today in the four state manhunt for a stocky killer and the teen-aged girl he kidnaped. Sheriff John Stocks said the " odds were 1,000 to 1 that 14-year-old Denise Sullivan of Rockville, Conn., would be slain by the same man who killed her widowed mother and wounded a traveling companion. • “At first I thought there was about 1 chance in 100 the girl might be found alive,” Stocks said, “but now I feel the figure is no better than 1 in 1,000.” Slain by a .22-caliber bullet in the back of the head Tuesday was Mrs. Jeanette Sullivan, 41, mother of the missing girl. The thiriFvictim of the holdup-shooting near Dead Horse Point in the Utah Badlands was Charles Boothroyd, 55, also of Rockvile. He underwent facial surgery to remove two bullets Wednesday night and was reported in fair condition today in Salt Lake City. Because of the rocky, uninhabited country, locating the blue and white Ford in which the bandit and his captive were thought to be riding was difficult, even from the air. There are few roads in the Colorado River country, an area slashed by canyons. Most of the roads are uranium mining trails. An all-day search Wednesday that utilized both planes and helicopters failed to produce results. Ground parties also were used throughout the hundreds of square miles of possible hiding places. Ohio Pastor Heads New Merged Church PHILADELPHIA (UPI) — The Rev. Dr. Ben M. Herbster, 56, Norwood, Ohio, took office. Wednesday as president of the newly formed United Church of Christ with a pledge to “work, pray and strive that all men shall ' have a decent chance at life.” Dr. Herbster was elected to the four-year term by a vote of 513-165 over the Rev. Dr. James E. Wagner, Philadelphia. The new two-million — member church was formed with hte merger of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 6, 1961.

Rusk Makes Last-Ditch • * - ' '• i Appeal To Congress On - *’■ *■ Foreign Aid Requests

I wTsav’ ' I * - Is - u K 'M ■ <*. V*' >xßooi I l” awl ~4T X X 'HI 1 I < » k ; ,\Jr . 11 KI AGREE ON LAOS— American rt>ving ambassador, Averell Harriman, right, chats witih Laotiain Prince Souvana Phouma in Paris. After meeting with the neutralist prince, Harriman said “we are agreed on the whole Laotian, problem and the solution that must be found for it.”

Caroline Kennedy Rescued From Pool WASHINGTON (UPI)— Caroline Kennedy slipped through an innfer tube into water over her head at a swimming pool last week and was rescued by the daughter-in-law of a senator, the White House said today. The 3-year-old daughter of President Kennedy was pulled from the water by Mrs. William Saltonstall, daughter-in-law of Massachusetts Sen. Leverett Saltonstall. Mrs. Saltonstall, a mother of two children and expecting another, jumped fully clothed into the pool when she saw Caroline was in trouble. The incident occurred at the suburban Washington home of Jacqueline Kennedy’s step - sister, Mrs. Newton Steers. Caroline suffered no ill effects. The President’s daughter had been attending the birthday party of Ivan Steers. She was playing in the swimming pool with the other children at the party and was floating in a little rubber inner tube when she slipped through it into water over her head. Jane Saltonstall, in her early 30s, was standing with a group of the other mothers when she spotted Caroline without the tube. White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said that Mrs. Saltonstall leaped into the pool to get the little girl. Salinger said he didn’t believe that Caroline knew how to swim. Caroline’s mother was not at the birthday party. The President’s daughter was accompanied by her “Thursday ’’nurse,” Salinger said. He explained she is the nurse who works on Thursday when the Kennedy children’s regular nurse, Miss Maud Shaw, is off. The substitute nurse was not identified. . ' Secret Service men were guarding the premises but were not near the children when the incident occurred, Salinger said. He said that Caroline suffered: no ill effects and was soon back playing in the water with the other children after being brought to safety by Mrs. Saltonstall. Louisville Editor Institute Speaker BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UPI) - Norman Isaacs, managing editor of the Louisville Times, will address the awards dinner of the Indiana University High School Journalism Institute Friday. Isaacs recently returned from a European trip.

Ch -YWTI A Stopgap wJieat Plan Approved

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Senate Agriculture Committee today tentatively approved an administration - backed stopgap plan to cut the government’s wheat surplus by slashing 1962 wheat planting alotments 10 per cent. The action came as the committee moved into the filial stages of closed-door debate on a pareddown version of the administration’s farm bill. The committee earlier had stripped from the bill the administration’s controversial proposals to set up broad new authority for adoption of future farm control programs. The one year (1962) wheat program tentatively approved as a section of the bill is almost identical to one which won preliminary approval for inclusion in the measure in the House Agriculture Committee last week. The Senate wheat plan provides: —A 10 per cent mandatory cut in 1962 planting allotments. In return, Mowers would get payments in cash or government surplus grain equal to 40 per cent of 'their normal return from the idle land based on 1959-60 average yields and 1962 support prices. (The administration proposal and the House bill would make payments at 50 per cent of normal return.) —Permission for growers to voluntarily retire up to an additional 30 per cent of their wheat allotments in return for payments at 50 per cent of normal return. (The administration proposal and the House bill would make these payments at 60 per cent of normal return.) ® The bill itself does not fix the; 1962 price support rate. Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman, however, had indicated that if his wheat proposal was adopted he would set supports at $2.00 per bushel. This year’s support rate is $1.79. -/) The Senate committee, today also approved a measure delaying the annual wheat grower referendum on acceptance of acreage and marketing controls to Aug. 25. Under present law, the referendum must be held by July 25. The delay would allow time for passage of the proposed wheat cutback program before the referendum.

b .. ! i 1 ; Reds Charge U.S. Planes Buzzed Ships MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union charged today that American planes buzzed Russian ships 300 times in the last six months in acts of “high seas piracy.” The official Soviet newspaper Trud said several of these incidents took place near Cuba and charged that "nearly all Soviet ships off Cuban shores are subjected to such provocations.” Trud said the “piratic sorties” are made from bases located outside the United States, including those in Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey. . The newspaper said the Soviet ship Gruzia was “repeatedly buzzed’ ’ recently while taking young Cuban farmers to the Soviet Union., “Their (the planes) actions were manifestly unfriendly,” it said. “The bombers and fighters flew right over the deck just above’ the masts. Planes buzzedL.the Gruzia at night, too, with their headlights switched on.” Other incidents took place near Japan and in the South China Sea, Trud said. Among the few details Trud offered was that an American hydroplane carrying the number 0144 circled over the Soviet ship I. Sechenov near Havana, a U.S. destroyer numbered 837 came “im- ' permigsably close” to the ship, and another hydroplane numbered 128387 dived at its deck at 4 a.m. on July 2, Bomb Hoax Reported At Vincennes Hotel VINCENNES, Ind. (UPD — A bomb hoax hit the Grand Hotel Wednesday, but no evidence of an explosive wah found in the threestory building. An annonymous telephone caller said a bomb was set to go off in the hotel at 3 p.m. The hotel also houses a restaurant, barber shop, finance office and radio station. The “all clear” was given following and intensive search by police and firemen.

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Secretary of State Dean Rusk went before Congress today to make a last-ditch plea for President Kennedy’s beleaguered $4.8 billion foreign aid request. Rusk was scheduled for a closed door meeting this morning with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which has been considering the measure off-and-on since its public hearlhgs ended two weeks ago. j - * Rusk’s appearance before the committee was his third since the group formally opened hearings last month. He made the administration’s opening appeal and later met with the committee again after his return from Europe with Kennedy. Although the Senate group has taken no action so far on any money items in the authorization request, most observers agree that the $4.8 billion total is in for rough sledding before the program finally clears Congress. Besides considerable opposition to the size of the requeet, Kennedy’s request for long-range borrowing authority to finance development loans to underdeveloped countries also is under heavy fire from many lawmakers. The House Foreign Affairs Committee, meantime, continued its public hearings on the same bill with a long list of scheduled witnesses including representatives of various private organizations and several House memThe AFL-CIO today gave “full endorsement” to the program. A spokesman for the labor organization told the House group that the program is “necessary" and ■ “right." "The administration's proposals, we feel,' will continue to do what’s right, and will do it better,” he said. More Blood Donors For Heart Surgery Seven more names have been added to the list of blood donors to aid Mrs. Lores Lehman, who will undergo open heart surgery July 28. New volunteers include Joe Smith, Mrs. Robert Hall, George Litchfield, William McColly, Roger Reynolds, Gene Moser, and Mrs. Paul Strickler. In addition, Litchfield and Elmer Fisher have cars available for the trip to Indianapolis. All names will be sent to Red Cross regional headquarters in Fort Wayne where volunteers will be checked as to blood type and productivity. From the complete list of prospective donors, 16 persons will be selected to make the trip. Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, secretary of the local Red Cross, and the Lehmans are gratified by the community’s response to such an urgent appeal. X

Debate On Kuwait Resumed By U. N.

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) — Diplomats predicted today thit the Security Council would toss the Kuwaiti crisis to the Arab states to solve themselves. ~ The 11-nation council scheduled another afternoon session but there was no known move among the delegations to submit any resolution for a vote. The Soviet Union and the United Arab Republic; which Wednesday supported Iraq's demand for immediate withdrawal of British forcek from Kuwait, stopped short of offering a resolution. The council’s most likely procedure, informed sources said, would be to take note of efforts within the Arab world to settle the quarrel and hope that these efforts prove successful. Ambassador Adnan M. Pachachi of Iraq accused Britain Wednesday of “gunboat diploma-

Seven Cents

Kuwait Bids Arab land s Sen d Troops KUWAIT (UPI) — Kuwait k* vited other Arab nations today to send troops to defend this oil-rich little sheikdom against a possible attack by Iraq. With the United Arab Republic demanding withdrawal of British troops from here, the deputy chief ruler, Abdullah Al-Mubarak AlSabah, said Kuwait was “ready to receive any proposal from any Arab country to praticipate in Kuwait's defense.” The only country that has sent troops so far, besides Britain, is Saudi Arabia. About 4,000 British soldiers have dug in along the northern border with Iraq, in addition to Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti troops. Despite a stream of denials by the Baghdad press and radio, British military commander Brig. Derrek Hosford said he believed Iraqi forces were planning an attack. So far the battle has been one of words. Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem has laid claim to this desert land which lies on a great lake of oil. Kuwait has reIjected the claim and has received support from most other nations involved. - , ■ > Reports Windows ; Damaged By Vandals A case of vandalism was reported to the city police department Wednesday afternoon, with approximately $l5O damage being done. A. R. Ashbaucher, 628 N. Second street, reported about 3:33 p.m. Thursday, while he was sitting at a desk at the Ashbaucher Tin Shop, someone used an air gun to shoot a hole in the front window. He stated the shot possibly could have been fired from a moving car. A short time later, Ashbaucher called again, stating that some rocks were thrown at the window. The police department investigated, but could find no one near the scene. A total of three smaller windows were broken by the thrown rocks. The air-gun shot caused about $125 damage, while the rocks inflicted about $lO damage. The police department is continuing the investigation. ' ■ Indiana U. President Is Hospitalized INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Presi- * dent Herman B. Wells of Indiana University was listed in satisfactory condition at Robert Long Hospital today. Wells was hospitalized for observation of an indigestion problem.

cy” in sending troops and warships to oil-rich Kuwait on the Persian Gulf. The British position, backed by the United States, has been that aid was dispatched to Kuwait because of Iraqi threats to annex the tiny sheikdom, which supplies about 40 per cent of Britain’s oil. Britain ended its protectorate over Kuwait last month but agreed to provide military assistance if requested by Kuwait’s ruler,——. .... The crisis was caused by a statement on Jun e- 24 by Iraqi Premier Abdul Karim Kassem, laying historical claim to the neighboring sheikdom. The Iraqi government has insisted that it will not use force to implement the claim, and that the presence of British troops in Kuwait threatened Iraq’s security and Middle East peace.