Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1961 — Page 1

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Reds Seek To Even Series

SERIES ALL EVEN NEW YORK— The Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Yankees, 6-2, at Yankee Stadium this afternoon to even the 1961 World Series at one game each. The third game win be played at Cincinnati Saturday. NEW YORK (UPD- The New York Yankees, still without the services ofMickeyMantle,banked on right-hander Ralph Terry today to make it two in a row in the World Series over the Cincinnati Reds. Terry, a 16-game winner, was opposed by another right-hander, Joey Jay ,a 21-game winner for the National League champions. It was a bright sunny day, in contrast to the cold, cloudy weather of Wednesday when the Yankees beat the Reds, 2-0, on the superb pitching of Whitey Ford and home runs by Elston Howard and Bill Skowron. For a time before today’s game it appeared as if the Yankees would be further crippled by the loss of left fielder Yogi Berra. When Berra reported to the park, he said he had developed a stiff neck during the night and doubted that he would be able to play. Berra in Cleanup Spot However, after treatment in the Yankee clubhouse, he told manager Ralph Houk that he would be ready to start. Houk immediately announced that Berra, who batted sixth Wednesday against lefty Jim O’Toole, would be elevated to Mantle’s cleanup spot. Mantle reported feeling much better but said his right thigh, where he had an abscess that was lanced during the weekend, still was too painful to play. For the Reds, victory in today’s game was a virtual must because failure to split two games with Mantle out would leave them little hope of a comeback against a Yankee team that apparently will be fortified by Mickey’s return when the series shifts to Cincinnati on Saturday. With right-hander Jay, a 21game winner, going for the Reds, Houk planned to send the left handed hitting Johnny Blanchard to right field — if Mantle can’t make it. Roger Maris, baseball’s new home run king, again would shift to center. , Manager Freddie Hutchinson of the Reds also will put a left handed hitter in right field — Jerry Lynch, the deluxe pinch hitter. Otherwise he will go with the same players who looked so feeble against Ford. Terry, who threw the home run ball which enabled the Pirates and Bill Mazeroski to beat the Yankees in the 1960 series, came back this year to win 16 games, including the American League pennant clincher. He lost but three games. Weakness — Gopher Ball A right-hander with a wide variety of equipment, Terry's chief weakness has been the number of gopher balls he throws. But he improved this season and in many respects is regarded by the

Atlas Missile Is Fired 9,000 Miles

CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) — The United States today fired an Atlas missile more than one-third of the way around the world in a torturous test of its nose cone. The silvery, 82-foot Atlas blasted from its launching pad in a fury of flame and smoke at 8:42 a.m. Seconds later, it climbed into low-hanging clouds and thundered into the sky to the southeast. About 50 minutes later, the nose cone, blackened by sun-like heat on its burning path back through the atmosphere, plunged into a target area about 9,000 miles down the Atlantic missile range, in the ndian Ocean southeast of the African continent. The rocket’s jam-proof inertial guidance system guided the slender nose, one of the largest ever built for America’s family of CIBMs, on its way. Two airplanes and a ship comprised a recovery teamhthat stood by near the target area for an attempt to retrieve a small data capsule riding in the Atlas nose. This was the longest shot ever attempted with recovery plans. However, the distance of the rocket was a few miles short of the longest flight ever made by a ballistic missile—9,os4 miles by another Atlas last July 6. No recovery was attempted on that occasion.

I Yankee high command as one of the most accomplished pitchers in baseball. Jay, a six foot, four inch 225pounder who was the first Little Leaguer to become a big leaguer, was one of the big reasons for the Reds’ surprising National League pennant triumph. Acquired from the Braves in a deal which sent shortstop Roy McMillan to Milwaukee, the hard throw- / ing right hander finally lived up ? to the promise he showed when 1 he first came up to the majors. f He is the first Cincinnati pitch- : er to reach the 20-victory class i since Ewell Blackwell posted a 22-8 record in 1947 and pitched s the clutch victories for the Reds . in their pennant drive. r i Girl Fatally Hurt ’ When Hit By Door » FORT BRANCH, Ind. (UPD — i Pamela Ann Schmits, 2-year-old 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schmits, was injured fatally Wednesday night when an overj head door being installed in the > family garage by her father slipped and hit her on the head. ’ Coroner Robert Wade said death f was caused by a fractured skull. I Farmer Killed When » Run Over By Tractor • MILTON, Ind. (UPD—Ben Dan- ' iels, 74, route 1, Milton, was killed and his son, Bud, 42, injured ’ when a tractor ran over them Wednesday at their farm near here. The younger Daniels who was 1 operating the tractor, told author- ; ities that he saw his father fall ’ from a wagon which he was hitching to the rear of the tractor. He said he stopped the tractor and ’ went to his father’s aid but he ! apparently left the tractor in 1 reverse. t Advertising Index ■ Advertiser Page Adams Theater 8 ■ Arnold Lumber Co., Inc. 7 . Buick 8 t Bower Jewelry Store 3 I Beavers Oil Service, Inc. 7 t Burk Elevator Co. 5 > Clay Drain Til Mfrs. Ass’n. .. 5 1 Drive In Theater 8 Equity 2 f Evans Sales & Service _x 5 ■ Allen Fleming 5 ’ Gambles . 6 Holthouse Drug Co. 6,7 ( Habegger-Schafers 8 • Paul Havens ChevroletBuick. Inc. 5 i Kohne Drug Store 2 ; Kaye’s Shoe Store 4 > Mvers Home & Auto Supply 4, 6 ! Model Hatchery 5 , Niblick & Co. 3 s Price Men’s Wear 7 t Rambler 2 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co. 2 ■ Stewarts Bakery 3 f Stucky Furniture Co. 14 [ Teeole Truck Line 5 > Uhrick Bros. .... 6 i Win Rae Drive In 3 k

Two other Atlases also have traveled 9,000 miles. Development Lab To Switch To Chicago Central Soya announced today that because of the increasing emphasis on research and development of chemurgy products, the activities ot the Decatur development laboratory will be transferred in the near future to the chemurgy research laboratory at the company’s Chicago plant. Dr. Edwin W. Meyer, director of research for the chemurgy division, will direct the combined activities at this location.- — Some of the present personnel of the Decatur development laboratory will move to the chemurgy research laboratory in Chicago, while others will remain in Decatur. Those planning to move to Chicago include Endre F. Sipos, Alan P. Michels, Joseph R. Yaste, and Talmage G. Campbell. Troy L. Fennig and Raymond L. Shell will remain in Decatur and join the feed research department, whose director is Dr. W. W. Cravens.

Body Os Slain Girl Is Found Near Chicago CHICAGO (UPD-The ravished and apparently strangled body of an 7-year-pld girl was found Wednesday night by her father, lying face down in stagnant water of a suburban Elmhurst swamp. Edward Elliott began searching for his daughter, Yvonne, when she failed to return from a store where he had sent her an hour before to buy cigarettes. The nude body lay with the little girl’s hands bound in a towel behind her back, a cloth of the type mechanics use to wipe grease stuffed in her mouth as a gag. Her red blouse was knotted tightly about her neck and the rest of her clothing was strewn about the low-lying vacant area, some distance from the road where her father found her bicycle. On the ground beside the body lay 20 cents change from the dollar her father had given her for the cigarettes. In a pocket of her skirt Du Page County sheriff’s deputies found a 50 cent piece, .apparently the remainder of the change. The cigarettes were missing and the store owner could not recall having seen the girl. Sheriff Lawrence Springboro ordered an autopsy for later today at Elmhurst Hospital, where the body was taken. Authorities were questioning two men, magazine solicitors seen in the area before the slaying. Also undergoing questioning were two juveniles caught when the area was cordoned off and bloodhounds employed in the search. Springboro planned to send deputies to all service stations and garages in the area today in an effort to locate the source of the mechanic’s cloth. Elliott sent his daughter to the store about 6:30 p.m. When she failed to return by 7:30 he began searching for her. First he found her bicycle and carried it home. When he found she was still not back, he returned to the area where the bicycle had lain and began a search. Back from the roadway he stumbled on Yvonne’s body. Elliott rushed to the nearest telephone and called the sheriff’s office at 8:10 p.m. Chief Deputy Sheriff Herbert Mertes said the blonde third grader “wasn’t dead too long when authorities arrived. “I’d figure less than an hour.” Blood Center Heads Are Speakers Here Dr. Harry C. Harvey, director of the Fort Wayne regional blood center, and Mrs. Helen McCrory, chief nurse at the blood center, gave a very educational as well as enlightening talk to the eight staff aides and three new workers at the orientation class for blood program aides held Wednesday at the Red Cross office. The orientation class was attended by Mrs. Merlin Seiling, Mrs. Robert Johnson, Mrs. Lee Fleming, Mrs. Woodson Ogg, Mrs. Lawrence Rash, Mrs. H. F. Kraft, Mrs. Lloyd Bowmen, Mrs. Edgar Reinking, Mrs. L. E. Archbold, Mrs. Charles Beineke, Mrs. Joe Call, and Mrs. Ferris Bower. In his talk, Dr. Harvey stressed the fact that the best bottle of blood available comes from the Red Cross. The Fort Wayne area blood program serves over one and a half million people in the area. The volunteer blood donations, pioneered by the Red Cross, is a non-profit organization and since the organization of the Fort Wayne regional Red Cross blood program Feb. 21, 1951, no one has paid for blood supplied in this area. Moreover, residents of this region can receive blood without charge, even in other areas, if the hospital Mill accept blood from a Red Cross center on a one for one replacement basis. Usage of the bloody however, is ever increasing. Dr. Harvey went on, and it is necessary to “beat the bushes” for more donors. Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, executive secretary of the local Red Cross, and Mrs. Donaki Green, volunteer field representative, gave the afternoon orientation. It was learned also that the next Red Cross mobile unit visit will be Oct. 23 at Berne, and donors in Adams county are urged to donate at this time. The next visit of the unit in Decatur will be January 8.

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Communist Police Fire Shots Into West Berlin But No Injury Reported

■ ■ "WMM < ' nt? nnk/v nurni/nniiiT ■mb w j» Ail ' j BULLET STOPPER—A sandbag reinforcement shields a U. S. Army checkpoint against stray bullets at the Friedrichstrasse border crossing between East and West Berlin. The barricade was erected after East German police started shooting across border in effort to stop escaping refugees.

Seek Agreement On Plan For Secretary

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) —At least eight non-committed nations sought final agreement today on a plan to appoint an acting secretary general and five assistants approved in advance by the Soviet Union and the United States. The group hoped to have the plan ready for President Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko when they meet Friday in Washington. But it was not certain that either the Soviet Union or the United States would accept the proposals It is based on an outline published last summer by the late Dag Hammaskjold, calling for appointment of five assistant secretaries general on a geographic basis. U.S. Opposes Plan Under, Hammarskjold’s plan, ; the assistants would represent the United States, Russia and three non-aligned countries — probably [ from Asia, Africa and Latin ' America. However, the United States has ‘ opposed this plan on the ground ’ that it robbed the secretary general, or his interim replacement, of the right to select his own assistants. Russia has agreed to no depart--1 ure from its original “troika” ■ plan for three permanent secretaries general, except the tempo1 rary appointment of three deputies to assist an acting U.N. chief until April, 1963, when Hammarskjold’s term would have expired. Could Exercise Veto Under the plan said to be fa- > voted by the non-committed countries, the United States and Russia would agree upon a man to • fill the vacancy in the secretary ■ general’s office. That nominee would be obliged to give assurances that he would appoint five deputies acceptable to both the ; United States and the Soviet Union. The proposal then would go fori ward in two resolutions—one to ; the Security Council and the other to the General Assembly. The United States, Russia. Britain, France and Nationalist China could exercise their veto in the council over any appointee.

local Man's Mother Is Taken By Death Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Mae Ford, 83, of Blackford county, mother of Lester Wayne Ford, of 1228 Master avenue, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Baxter-Markin-Richman funeral home in Hartford City. Mrs. Ford died Tuesday morning of a heart attack. She had been ill about five years. She was born in Blackford county on April 4, 1878, a daughter of Richard and Mary Susan Kitterman Dick. She was united in marriage to James William Ford on December 16, 1896. He preceded her in death February 1, 1948. Surviving Mrs. Ford are three daughters, six sons, including Lester Wayne Ford of Decatur; 26 grandchildren, 58 great-grand-children, and two great-great-grandchildren; one sister and four brothers. One son, two brothers, and one sister are deceased. The Rev. M. T. Simon will officiate and burial will follow in the 1.0.0. F. cemetery in Hartford City. ~ INDIANA WEATHER Continued fair with little temperature change tonight and Friday. Low tonight in the 50s. High Friday mid and upper 70s. Sunset today 6:22 p. m. Sunrise Friday 6:46 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Fair and a DtHe warmer. Lows In the 50s. Highs in the 80s. Plan For Highway 24 Bypass At Huntington HUNTINGTON, Ind. (UPI) — Governor Welsh said here Wednesday night that a U.S. 24 bypass around Huntington has been placed on the state’s two-year program for engineering studies and right-of-way purchase. He also told local citizens that a proposal for continuation of the bypass on the west side of Huntington has been submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads for its approval.

BERLIN (UPI) — Communist police fired gunshots into West Berlin in two separate incidents today. West Berlin police reported No casualties were reported in either incident and West Berlin police withheld return fire. The shooting followed by less than 24 hours an exchange of gunfire between East and West German police. Wednesday night, Red policemen firing at two East German refugees trying to escape sent bullets into West Berlin, and West German police returned the fire. One of the refugees fell to his death from a rooftop and the other was captured. The latest incidents came as West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt took off for the United States to receive a Freedom House award In New York for his role in preserving this city’s position in the face of Communist aggression. Brandt, Clay Confer Before he left, Brandt had discussed Wednesday night’s exchange of gunfire between East and West Berlin policemen with Gen. Lucius D. Clay, President Kennedy’s personal representative here. Communist police first fired four machine pistol shots today at a West Berlin electric worker laying a cable along the border when he wandered about one yard into East Berlin, West Berlin police said. The second incident flared when Communist police began throwing rocks at a West Berlin police - loudspeaker truck near the border area where Wednesday night’s exchange of about 40 shots occurred. A police patrol car rolled up and a Western policeman ordered the Communists to halt the rockthrowing after the loudspeaker truck’s windshield was smashed. Threatened to Shoot A Communist policeman threatened to shoot unless the Western police withdrew. He then fired one machine pistol shot. West Berlin police reported. The shooting incidents intensified the tension in Berlin, which had been strained even before Wednesday night’s escape. The incident took place when East Berlin policemen pursued two East Germans across rooftops on the border as they sought to escape to the West. The East German policemen opened fire on the refugees and some of the bullets went into the Western sector of the city. West Berlin policemen returned the fire and were reported to have wounded one East Berlin policeman. One of the refugees, identified as Bernd Luenser, 22, of East Berlin, fell to his death from the rooftop. The other was captured by the East Germans. A city hall spokesman said West Berlin authorities take “a most serious view” of the incident. Shortly after his discussion with Clay, Brandt flew off to the United States for a weekend visit. He will receive the “Freedom House” award in New York.hthe first German to do so. He said he will accept it “in the name of the people of Berlin.” —- Brandt used his last hour before the flight for the talks with Clay on the exchange of shots across the border. Brandt said the question of strengthening West Berlin police and Allied troop patrols on the border will be considered by city authorities in consultation with the American, French and British commandants here. Brandt said he will give the American people a first-hand account of the tense Berlin situation during his visit. The East German army sent 500 troops to the East-West city border today to continue tearing down cottages, tool sheds and other small buildings to widen the “zone of death” they are setting up to make escape to the West more difficult. The Communists also called pn party members and youth organizations to turn out Friday to line the route from the airport to greet Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan.

Hopes Dim For Early End To Ford Strike DETROIT (UPD—Top bargainers for the United Auto Workers Union and Ford Motor Co. turned their attention today to plant level disputes which must be settled before 120,000 striking workers return to their jobs. UAW President Walter P. Reuther and Ford Vice President Malcolm L. Denise ignored national level problems and did not plan to meet again until Friday after- . noon, thus dimming hopes for a speedy end to Tuesday’s strike, which has shut down the world's No. 2 auto maker. Money Matters Settled Denise and Reuther, each working from his own headquarters, tried to iron out hundreds of disputes at 47 Ford plants. The at-the-plant problems, plus non-eco-nomic portions of a master national contract, are holding up full agreement between the union and Ford. Money matters • yere settled Tuesday just before the union 1 went on strike. Subcommittees I from both sides met today to ’ write final contract language on the economic package, which cov- ' ers such things as wages, pensions, and jobless pay programs. Recess National Meetings ' After meeting briefly Wednesday to review remaining issues, Reuther and Denise decided to recess the national meetings for two days and try instead for quick settlement of local problems concerning working conditions. By not meeting until Friday, the two men dashed hopes that the idled Ford plants could be reopened within a few days. Even if agreement was reached by next Sunday, if probably would be mid-week before normal production could be resumed. Decatur Temperature* Local Weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 52 12 midnight .. 48 1 p.m. 53 1 a.m 48 2 p.m 54 2 a.m 48 3 p.m — 54 3 a.m 48 4 p.m 54 4 a.m_ 48 5 p.m. ... 58 5 a.m 47 6 p.m 50 6 a.m. 47 7 p.m 50 7 a.m. ... 48 8 p.m 48 8 a.m. 52 9 p.m.. 48 9 a.m 58 10 p.m 48 10 a.m 80 11 p.m. 48 11 a.m 81 Raia Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, 0 Inches. The St. Mary’a river wan at 1.16 feet.

Stresses West Not Bluffing

WASHINGTON (UPD — President Kennedy is expected at his nieeting Friday with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to stress that the West is not bluffing in its pledge to fight if necessary for its rights in Berlin. The President, according to U. S. officials, undoubtedly will couple this warning with an offer to negotiate the smouldering issue < if Russia first recognizes the 1 West’s vital interests in the be- 1 leaguered city. i Message - For Khrushchev < Officials said Kennedy wants i Gromyko to take back to Soviet < Premier Nikita Khrushchev a i very clear understanding of the i extreme peril, involving the possibility .of nuclear war, ’ if the ’ Kremlin miscalculates the Allied < determination. 1 There may be some written i message for Khrushchev, officials said, but they thought it more i likely the President would simply i tell Gromyko what he wants him ] to report to his boss. 1 The State Department arranged 1

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Name Drive Captains For Community Fund Announcement was made today of the co-chairmen’s captains for the 1961 Community Fund drive. The co-chairmen were appointed last week to assist drive chairman Ed Hagan in raising the $24,862 for the 10 agencies. The campaign will open October 10. Each chairman has appointed five captains, who in turn will appoint five workers. In the industrial division, one captain was appointed to cover each factory, and in the schools, the principals were appointed captains. Co-chairman Louis Jacobs has named Dave Moore, Bill Snyder, Clarence Ziner, Wilbur Petrie and Dale Morrissey. Co-chairman Ferris Bower named John Eichhorn, Richard Wertzberger, Fred Corah, Ralph Habegger, and Don Bieberich as his captains. Co-chairman Lyle Mallonee appointed Bob Eiting, Carl Gerber, Vic Porter, Herb Banning, and Frank Lybarger as his captains, while co-chairman Gerald Strickler hasn’t announced his captains as yet. Captains for the factories, chosen by co-chairman Kenneth Gaunt, include. Jim Basham, Central ‘ Soya; Gene RydeU, Bag Service; Norman Steury, Decatur Indus- * tries; Lynn McDougal, Decatur Casting Co.; Dan Tyndall, KriekTyndall; Robert Bradtmuller, Wayne Novelty; Roger Gentis, Schafer Co.; Max Gilpin, Gilpin Ornamental; Donald Gage, Gage Tool and Engineering. s Co-chairman Laura Bosse has named Ralph Roop, Adolph Kolter, James Borders, Cedric Fisher, and Dick Linn as captains for the city offices. 17th Nuclear Blast Fired By Russians WASHINGTON (UPI) — Russia exploded one of the largest fall-out-producing devices in its current nuclear test series Wednesday, exceeding its 1958 testing rate. It was the 17th Soviet blast since the test renewal Sept. 1, compared to 16 in the 1958 series. Its explosive force equalled several million tons of TNT, making it one of the nine largest in this series. The shot also increased the chances that fallout in the United States early next year might exceed the record levels reached in the wake of Russia’s 1958 blasts.

the White House meeting after ' Secretary of State Dean Rusk in three New York talks with Gromyko found evidence that the Russians might be getting some idea of the basis on which the Allies would be willing to enter formal negotiations. Better Atmosphere Rusk was said to have reported to Kennedy that while there was no real “give” in the tough Russian position, there was a somewhat better atmosphere with Gromyko inclined to discuss issues instead of dictating terms. Officials, cautioned, however, against expecting any early diplomatic breakthrough. The White House, in announcing Wednesday that the KennedyGromyko meeting had been set for 5 p.m. EDT Friday had nothing else to say on the subject. Officials said the meeting could well be critical —a turning point in determining whether the Berlin crisis is going to be settled at the conference table or on the battlefield.