Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 160.

Orders Reappraisal Os U. S. Military Power In View Os Russ Acts

Pressure Mounts Over West Berlin

BERLIN (UPI) — West Berliners detected a speedup jh the war of nerves over this isolated city today, but they calmly placed their faith in the united States to puU them through any crisis. From Moscow to Washington the increase in the pressure on West Berlin was perceptible over the weekend. The * Russians showed some flashy new airpower in Moscow and Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev let it be known the Soviet r. • Union was beefing up its armaments. A 159-truck Soviet military convoy during the weekend rumbled over the Helmstedt route that connects West Berlin with West Germany 110 miles away. Nora tad Sounds Warning In Washington, the House Foreign Affairs Committee released testimony given less than a month ago in which NATO's European commander, Gen. Lauris Norstad, warned that any serious Soviet move against Berlin would bring reaction from the entire might of the Western alliance. In Paris, informed sources reported that the 15-member NATO alliance had reached virtual agreement to boost NATO’s frontline divisions in Europe from 22 to 30 should Khrushchev touch off a full-scale Berlin crisis. West Berliners, living in a city completely surrounded by Communist territory, have learned to bet their future on U.S. determination to hang on in West Berlin. Humphrey Visits City Kurt Hirschmann, a waiter in a sidewalk case along Kurfuerstendamm, Berlin’s Broadway, put it this way: “If they give up on Berlin they might as well give up Rotterdam or, if the Russians so chose, Paris.” As if underscoring Western interest, U. S. Sen. Hubert Humphrey, D-Minn. f flew in here Sunday night and was warmly greeted by Mayor Willy Brandt. Humphrey emphasized he was here only in his capacity as deputy Senate majority leader, and not on an official mission, "but I will report my findings to the President.’’ I Northern School District Rejected A report requesting a separate administrative district composed of the three northern Adams county townships was filed with the Adams county school reorganization committee at its meeting Saturday, but was rejected by the committee. The report requested that a separate administrative district composed of the three northern townships be created by the committee in their final reorganiza- _ tion plan. However, by a vote of six to two, the county committee rejected the report because of insufficient average daily attendance in the proposed district. The stajkeschoW stdtiv reorganization ccgTimmeeV recommends a certain average daily aWndtmce in a school district, and the quest failed to meet the recommendation. The study group from the three northern townships included: William Schnepf, chairman; Bob Rice, Herman Bleeke, Irv Fuelling, Arthur Bieberich, and Erwin Buuck. The county committee expressed hope that the Ball State Teachers College report on the distribution and use of existing facilities Jn the southern pert of the county will be completed by the date of the next meeting. No further word had been heard on the report by the Saturday meeting.

DECATUR DAIEF DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY HKWBPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Two From County District Winners Miss Judy Mosser and John Rumple won 4-H district contests last Fiday at North Manchester. Judy placed first in the meat and meat products demonstration contest with a demonstration on “The Big Fish Story.” John Rumple won the boy’s division of the public speaking contest. Both Judy and John will compete for state honors during the Indiana state fair. Other contestants entered from Adams county were Donna Shoaf, who demonstrated strawberry shortcake, and Pauline Ripley, with a demonstration on “Clay Magic.” "The Big Fish Story” presented by Judy Mosser told of several interesting ways to prepare and serve salmon. Judy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh David Mosser of Jefferson township. She is completing her sixth year of 4-H club work and has a total of 30 projects. This is Judy’s first demonstration in the district contest. She is an active member of the Work and Win 4-H club and was coached by her leader, Gail Bgly. — —r —— “There is no better environment in which to raise children than that which is furnished by every day farm life,” says John Rumple in his winning speech titled “Raise Them On the Farm.” John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rumple of Jefferson township and & ten year member of the Go Getters 4-H club. He is also president of the county junior leader organization and has a total of 66 projects. John was coached by Stuart Lehman, Berne - French school speech instructor. Donna Shoaf placed third in the district demonstration contest with a demonstration on “American As Our Flag,” showing how to make strawberry shortcake. Donna is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shoaf of Washington township and is in her seventh year of 4-H club work. “Clay Magic,” demonstrated by Pauline Ripley, told how to make pottery dishes by the slab method. Pauline is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Ripley of Blue Creek township. She did an excellent job and would have placed first in the district craft contest, but was disqualified since she was not in high school during the 1960-61 school year. Pauline is in her fifth year of club work and is president of the, Up and At It 4-H club.

Adams County Native Dies At Marion, 0. Word has been received here of the d£hth July 1 in Marion, 0., of Mrs. Mindwell Augusta Annen, 80, a jnative of Adams county. Her ht/sband. Franklin D. Annen, died --April 15 of this year. She was born in Adams county Nov. 17, 1880, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Arnold Case, and was married to Franklin D. Aiuieu Sept. 1, 1909. Mrs. Annen was a member of the First Presbyterian church at Marion, O. Surviving are two sons, Robert C. Annen of East Greenbush, N.Y., and Donald F. Annen of Flint, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Glossier of Marion, O.; five grandchildren, and two brothers, Irven Case of Anaheim, Calif., and Almon Case of Oxford Midi. Funeral services and burial were held at Marion.

WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Kennedy has ordered the Defense Department to re-appraise U'S. military power in the light of increased Soviet arms spending and new threats ,to Berlin, it was revealed today. The review—which could lead to a stepped-up defense effort — was first disclosed in Senate testimony by Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric. It was later confirmed in a formal statement by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. Gilpatric said the President ordered the' review Saturday after Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev announced that Russia was calling off its planned reductions in military manpower. Khrushchev said this was being done because of the current world situation, obviously meaning mounting tensions over Berlin. McNamara said the United States had no choice, in view of Khrushchev’s latest threats, but to “re-examine our needs.” “This we are doing,” he said. At the same time, the defense chief gave the nation assurance that “we are strong — if not stronger than any potential agressor.” McNamara said “Nothing that has developed in the United States or the free world calls for increased militarism.” He said America had demonstrated at Geneva its desire to lighten rather than add to arms burdens and world tension. “However, the fact that the Soviet Union proposed to increase its military spending cannot be overlooked,” he said. “The simplest precaution calls for still another examination of our defense posture.” If the defense review leads to the -conclusion that military spending should be boosted, revised budget requests will be submitted to Congress, Gilpatrick told the subcommittee. Subcommittee Chairman A. Willis Robertson, D-Va., asked Gilpatrick whether the President's top military advisers would be free to give their own personal views on preparedness to the subcommittee. Gilpatrick gave assurances on this point. But he said an appearance by Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Kennedy’s new military adviser, -“presents a different question.” Questioning by Robertson and Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, R-Mass., indicated congressional concern that the White House and Pentagon were not moving fast enough to counter Khrushchev’s threats to Berlin. The defense review was disclosed shortly after Kennedy flew back here from a Cape Cod weekend of rest and work. With Congress also returning to Washington today after a long Fourth of July holiday, the President was expected to start work immediately on generating aU possible support for such keystones of his legislative program as foreign aid, ’aid to education and tax revision. » He meets today with his newly formed Citizens Committee for International Devzlopment, a group of business and professional leaders dedicated to support of the foreign aid program.

INDIANA WEATHER Fair and a little warmer tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and warm. Low tonight 57 to 63. Tuesday in the 80a. Sunset today 8:15 p.m., sunrise Tuesday 5:26 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Scattered thjmdershowers north and Central. Partly cloudy south. No important temperature changes. Lows 55 to 60. Highs 80 to 87. Deratur Temperatarra Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 85 Midnight 67 1 p.m 84 1 a.m 65 2 p.m 84 2 a.m St. 64 3 p.m S 3 3 a.m *- 62 4 p.m 82 4 a.m - 60 5 p.m; 82 5 a.m 59 6 p.m. 82 6 a.m. 58 7 p.m 80 7 a.m 59 8 p.m 78 8 a.m. 1.. 70 9 p.m 74 9 a.m 75 10 p.m. 72 10 a.m. 81 11 p.m 70 11 a.m. 84 Sain Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a. m. today,, (L Inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.18 feet. •

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 10, 1961.

Congress Back Into Session

WASHINGTON (UPl)—Members of Congress returned from their third 10-day recess of the session today and, immediately became involved in the' problems of Berlin,; rearmament and testing of nuclear weapons. Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that President Kennedy has ordered a reappraisal of U.S. military power. Gilpatric said the reappraisal was ordered in light of increased Soviet arms spending and new threats to Berlin. While Gilpatric was testifying, Chairman Chet Holifield, D-Calif., announced that the joint Atomic Energy Committee will hold public hearings later this month on detection of nuclear weaixms tests. Holifield, who has urged Jihs U.S. weapons tests be resumed, scheduled testimony for, July 25, 26, and 27 on detection developments and identification of nuclear explosions. The members of Congress also had sharp battles of federal aid to education and foreign aid ahead of them. The lawmakers were not ready to jump immediately into these two fights. Their schedule called for action this week on less controversial subjects such as President Kennedy’s cultural exchange program, smaller import allowance for tourists, and a national seashore park on C!ape Cod. Final adjournment of Congress appeared to be many weeks away.. Labor day was the an 3 nounced loal, but mie-Septehzer Advertising Index Advertiser Page A & P Tea Co., Inc. 3 Burk Elevator Co. —— 5 Cowens Insurance Agency £— 4 Drive In Theater 6 Evans Sales & Service 5 Erie-Lackawanna R. R 3 Farm Bureau Insurance 2 E. F. Gass Store - — 3 Holthouse Drug Co. 4 Pauline Haugk Real Estate — 5 International. College — 2 Emerson Lehman, Auctioneer — 5 Masonic Lodge — 6 Myers Cleaners 4 Mahan Heating & Air Cond., Inc. 6 Northern Indiana Public Service Co —— — 2 Oakwood Park & Trailer Sales.. 4 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Stewarts Bakery 2 Teeple Truck Line 5 Thomas Realty & Auction Co. .. 51 Win Rae Drive In 3 Elmer Wendel — - 5 Zintsmaster Motors 61

250 Dead In Sea Disaster J . #■

BEIRA, Mozambique (UPI) — An estimated 250 persons died when a Portuguese. . ship ran aground and burned in a major sea disaster off the east African coast, semi-official but unconfirmed reports said today. The ship, the 2,000-ton “Save,” with 550 persons aboard apparently was forced aground on a sandbank 200 miles north of Beira and 500 miles north of Lauenco Marquest during a storm Friday or Saturday. The reports said its cargo of gasoline and ammunition in the forward hold exploded, with flames enveloping the ship. The vessel was reported carrying 200 white Portuguese troops, 300 African laborers returning from mine work in r South Africa and a crew of 50- Most of the dead were reported to be. Africans.

was a more likely target. The unofficial 10-day Fourth-of-July recess ending at noon today was put to use by most members either to rest or renew acquaintance with the electorate. Similar off-time was taken at Easter and over Memorial Day. " The House program today featured relatively non-controversial bills including one long sought by Kennedy, both as President and senator, to convert 40 miles ts spectacular Cape Cod seashore in to a new national park. The Senate came back to a docket including Kennedey’s bill to cut from SSOO to SIOO the dutyfree import allowance for returning overseas travelers. Operator Os Boat Fined, Sentenced George F. Elliott, 39-year-old Winchester resident, was fined a total of sllO and costs, and received a suspended sentence of 120 days in jail, on two separate counts in city court this morning. | Elliott was arrested following the drowning of James Robert Paschal, 21, at Rainbow Lake June 16, as he was operating the boat in which four persons, including himself and Paschal, were riding. _ Two Counts Elliptt was arrested for operating the boat in a reckless manner and for failing to have life preservers of any type in the boat. He pleaded guilty to both counts in city court June 26, but Judge John B. Stults took the case under advisement until this morning. The currently unemployed Winchester resident was fined SIOO and sentenced to 90 days in jail on the reckless operation charge, and fined $lO and given 30 days in jail for the charge of failing to have any type of life preservers in the small 10-foot craft. Both sentences were suspended. Lay Out Fine Judge Stults pointed out to Elliott on June 26, when he pleaded guilty, that the charge of operating the boat in a reckless manner was not due to any reckless driving on his part, but that the small, homemade boat was definitely overloaded, which comes under the classification of a reckless operation. Elliott claimed he didn’t have any money, and will thus lay out the sllO fine, which amounts to $l2B with costs.

The reports said bodies of some of the victims were washed ashore in shark-infested waters. Apparently they were drowned while trying to swim to shore against an ebbing tide. Survivors reached a remote, ininaccessible beach cut off by swamps. Planes from the nearest some mzdicai help and ferried out some medical help and ferried out Many of the survivors were reported badly injured. A light plane landed on the beach Sunday afternoon with a doctor to treat the most seriously injured survivors. Witnesses who flew over the stricken vessel reported it was burning from steni to stern and that there was a large hole in one side. Black smoke belched % from the ship and could be seen 50 miles away.

Swedish Girl Is Exchange Student ■ m ; ’’V Miss Monica Marklnnd Miss Monica Elisabeth Markluncf of Myckle, Sweden will be Decatur's foreign exchange student for 1961-62, it was announced today by Dr. James Burk, president of the local chapter of the American Field Service. Miss Marklund will reside with her American ‘'parents,” Mr. and Mrs. Lowell J. Smith, and will attend the Decatur high school. Miss Marklund is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vemer Marklund and her father is employed by a company that mines copper and gold ore near her home town. Tlley reside on a farm, but they do not cultivate it themselves, renting out the land to a neighbor. Myckle Is In the northeast section of Sweden in the center of large mining and timber operations. The new exchange student is an attractive looking brown-haired youngster, five feet, five inches tall, 17 years old and weighing 123 pounds. She has one 19-year-old brother. Living not far from the Polar circle, she is very fond of winter sports and is adept at skiing, skating and ice hockey. She also likes basketball, handball and high jumping, and among her hobbies are stamp-collecting, the study of English literature, classical painting, cycling, swimming and hiking. She has an excellent scholastic record, being an A student in most of her subjects. She has had five years of English and also speaks German fluently. This will not be Miss Martlund's first trip to America, as last summer she visited with relatives in this country for six weeks and spent some time in New York, Washington, Chicago, Indianapolis and Michigan. Like all youngsteis, she likes to dance, go to the movies and the theater and listen to good music. Upon finishing her high school studies, Miss Marklund hopes to continue in a university where she plans to become a language teacher or an interpreter. From the picture enclosed with the announcement, the new exchange student bears a resemblance to Ingrid Bergman, famous Swedish movie star, , The exact time of her arrival in this country has not been announced, but the foreign students usually come here during the month of August. This year the American Field Service program is an agency of the Decatur Community Fund.

Certify 25 Donors For Heart Surgery Twenty-five persons who volunteered to donate blood for Mrs. Lores Lehman, who will undergo open heart surgery July 28, have been certified by regional office of the American Red Cross in Fort Wayne. Os these, 16 will be picked to make the trip to Indianapolis, and the remaining will stand by in case of emergency. Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, secretary of the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross, explained that this certification means that the donors have been found to be productive and that their blood type matches that of Mrs. Lehman. Mrs. Lehman’s requirement is type A positive. Volunteers include Herb Banning, Bill Snyder, Dick Wertzberger, Mrs. Randolph Brandyberry, Arthur Suttles, Merlin Lister, Carl Gerber, Paul Kohne, Mrs. Marvin Conrad, Thomas Hickernell, Joe Smith, Mrs. Robert Hall, George Litchfield, William McColly, Roger Reynolds, Mrs. Paul Strickler, Robert D. Shoup, Leon Youngpeter, Larry Keller. Miss Karel Thieme, and Lea Feasel, all of DecaturFrom Berne, the donors are Robert Moser, Ellis Hirschy, Mrs. Calvin Nussbaum, and Mrs. James Moser. Providing transportation for the group will be Ned Johnson, Elmer Fisher, Gerald Strickler, and Bob Worthman, all of Decatur. The Northeastern Indiana heart association has agreed, to furnish mileage and meals for those making the trip- . ‘ ■“

14 Persons Killed On State Highways

By United Press International Fourteen persons died on Indiana highways over the weekend, six more than the eight persons killed during the long 102-hour Fourth of July holiday weekend. There were four double-fatality accidents during the period as the state’s 1961 highway toll was raised to at least 493, The latest weekend victim was Chester Williams, about 80, R.R. 1, Rushville, who was killed Sunday night when a car struck him as he crossed U.S. 52 at New Salem. The driver of the car, Delbert E. Conley, 18, Shirley, swerved when he saw Williams but his car struck a mailbox and then hit the elderly pedestrian. Billy Ray Arnett, 13, Greensburg, was killed Sunday afternoon when a pickup truck he was riding in skidded off Westport Milhausen Road near Westport in Decatur County and rolled over. Arnett was riding in the truck’s bed, police said. The driver, James Sturgill, Westport, was injured slightly. A two-car head-on collision late Sunday on U.S. 20 in Portage to6k the life of Mrs. Almeda Tima, 37, Livonia’, Mich., and injured nine persons, one of them P6lice Said’ a car driven by Carlton Carlson, 28, Cedar Lake, lowa, crashed head-on into the vehicle containing the Tima family and driven by the dead woman's husband, Frank. 35. The injured in the Tima car, all taken to Mercy Hospital at Gary, were Frank Tima, serious; daughters Carrol, 14, critical, and Anita, 12, serious; son Raul, 2%, serious, and grandmother Rosemetro Tima, 60, Lincoln Park, Mich., serious. Ran Red Light At Gary Methodist Hospital in fair condition were Carlson, his wife, Dixie, 21, and their two children, Doreen, 4, and Carl, 2. Ternie Ortaz, 19, and Nancy Snyder, 14, Fort Wayne, were killed Sunday morning when a car driven by Ortaz failed to make a 1 curve and hit a tree on a Steuben- ' County road near the SteubenLaGrange County line. Mrs. Honor Schenk, 39, Indianapolis, was killed Saturday night in a crash at an Indianapolis intersection. Police said a car driven by an Indianapolis man ran a red light and crashed into the Schenk vehicle. Five persons were injured, none critically. Donald M. Hafer Sr., 63, Lima, Ohio, died at Riverview Hospital near Noblesville Saturday afternoon from injuries received in a crash late Friday night near Westfield. He was a passenger in a car driven by Freeman Culver, 24, Lima, Ohio, who was in the same hospital in critical condition. A three-car coiision Saturday took the lives of Oba Bean, 75, Sullivan, and his wife, Doris, 63, and sent four persons to Mary Sherman Hospital at Sullivan. The accident occurred on U.S. 41 near Shelburn. Guardsman Killed Two persons, one an Indiana National Guardsman, were killed Saturday afternoon when a jeep leading a convoy of 15 guard vehicles collided with a speeding car near Kentland on U. S. 41. Police said a car driven by Donald A. Clark, 32, East Gary, swerved into the path of the jeep

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driven by Charles E. Knox, 20, Crawfordsvile. Both men were killed. Three others were injured in the accident. The convoy was from Crawfordsville enroute to Camp McCoy, Wis., for annual training. Police said they spotted Clark’s car speeding at an estimated 100 m.p.h., but were unable to intercept before the crash. A firey two car head-on collision on Indiana 37 south of Bedford early Saturday took the life of Richard Lee Dawes, 22, Indianapolis, and Thomas Sanders, 22, Carbon. Sanders was identified as a soldier from Port Knox, Ky. Police said Dawes was speeding and his car crossed the center line and hit the Sanders vehicle. Two persons were injured. Mrs. Nancy Malone, 20, Boonville, also was killed early Saturday when her car crashed into a bridge abutment along U.S. 460 west of Boonville. The dead wornRhoades Infant Dies Late Stmday Night Kevin Allen Rhoades, infant son of Charles D. and Mable J. Cau-dle-Rhoades of Decatur route 4, died at 11:08 o’clock Sunday night at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. The boy was born at 4:30 p. m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital and was taken to the Lutheran hospital two hours later. Surviving in addition to the parents are two sisters, Anita Kay and Regina Ann Rhoades, both at home; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Caudle of New Haven, and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Rhoades of Avilla, and the greatgrandmothers. Mrs. James Caudle of Milford, 111., and Mrs. Mamie Bailey of Monroe. 1 Graveside services,, conducted by the Zwick funeral home, will be held at 10:30 a. m. *l\icsday at the Decatur cemetery, the Rev, Gerald Gerig officiating. Hilda Morningsfar Is Taken By Death Mrs. Hilda E. Momingstar, 66, 213 Rugg street, died at 3:40 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been admitted several hours earlier. A former resident of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Morningstar had made her home with Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Baker in this city since October of 1960. _ Her husband. George E. Momingstar, died in 1947. Surviving are a son, George E. Momingstar of Fort Wayne; five grandchildren, and a sister/ Mrs. Della Kampe of Detroit. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the ChalfantPerry funeral home in Fort Wayne, the Rev. Oscar A. Eicher officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Ff lends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.