Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX. No. 244.

Change Name Os School District

The name of the north school district in the three-unit tentative plan was changed from the Decatur Community School to the North Adams Community School during the six-hoiir meeting of the county school study committee Monday night. People in the three north townships of the new district had objected to the name, since the other districts would be called Adams Central Community Schools and South Adams Community Schools. It had been proposed originally because most other .county seat reorganizations had kept the name of the county seat in their official title. The vote, however, was unanimous on the change. Fuhrman Speaks Elbert Fuhrman, speaking for the peoples committee, which was also represented by Arthur Bieberich, Robert Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rice, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fleming, presented several proposals, including the above. Fuhrman also suggested that since a new high school would be needed in the north district soon, that it be built at the south edge of Decatur, and that two schools be operated in the North Adams district. Two Schools Suggested At the desire of the peoples committee, the following resolution was passed by the county study

East Germans Fire On Three

BERLIN (UPI) — Communist, police today fired on three East German youths who crashed through border barriers to West Berlin in a makeshift “armored’ truck. The Reds fired 15 rounds from their machine pistols at the truck but the youths escaped without injury. Two East German soldiers scrambled through the barbed wire fence into West Berlin during the morning, police reported. They said no shots were fired at the defectors—a 20-year-old sergeant and a 19-year-old private. A stray Communist bullet fired by a policeman in a border cemetery narrowly missed a woman in her fifth-floor flat in the French sector of West Berlin. A West Berlin policeman was injured slightly by the explosive charge of a tear gas grenade tossed by a Communist policeman at West Berliners watching the Reds disinter bodies from another cemetery in expanding their, ’ "death zone.’ The Communists also continued to evict more residents along Bernauer Strasse — where houses are in East Berlin but face West Berlin. One of the moving men took advantage of his job by jumping from a second-floor window into a sand truck parked below. Communist police dropped tear gas grenades out of the windows on the crowds of West Berliners watching the evictions. West Berlin police said there were no reports of any injuries At least nine other East Germans were reported to have | reached West Berlin during the morning. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and warmer tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and mild north until turning cooler with some chance of a few showers late Wednesday or Wednesday night. Lows tonight in the 50s. Highs Wednesday 75 to 85. Sunset today 6:03 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 6:58 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy and cooler with a few showers. Lows in the 50s. Highs 75 to 85. COMMUNITY FUND Collected previously „ $ 6,445.00 Monday’s collection — $ 774.00 Total to date $ 7,219.00 Goal $24,862.00 Still needed $17,643.00 How much is mercy worth? Have you given your share? Ten agencies, and share: Little, Pony Leagues, $2,000; Crippled Children, $1,200; Red Cross, $5,876; Youth Center, $5,000; Mental Health, $850; Salvation Army, $1,320: Girl Scouts, $2,525; Boy Scouts, $3,278-; American Field Service, $1,500; U. 5.0., $513.

, Cl VI TO YOUR COMMUNITY FUND TODAY!

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committee: Resolved, that one high school is recommended in the south part of Decatur, and one at Monmouth, unless the future school board does not find this plan to be feasible. This was also passed unanimously by the committee. The committee emphasized, however, that when voting on the plan, voters must keep in mind that this is only a suggestion, a recommendation and carries no weight otherwise. It is not a conditidn of the creation of the new district, as is the number of school board members, how elected, etc., which cannot be changed by the board itself. County Unit Moved A plan to submit a county unit plan as the final county plan, rather than the three-district plan, was moved by L. A. (Gus) Mann, of Geneva, and seconded by R. H. Everett, of Pleasant Mills. A long discussion in executive session followed, but action on the plan was deferred until a later meeting. The two areas involved in the motion have low per-pupil assessed valuations, and would gain tax money if the county were one unit. The north area, where there is good per-pupil valuation, would lose proportionately, and would therefore pay higher taxes for similar schools. The county study committee will meet again next Monday evening.

Two Bridges Are Inspected By Board Most of the Adams county commissioners meeting Monday was devoted to inspections, as the commissioners held their weekly meeting. The commissioners inspected two bridges in the county, one the Kintz Bridge on Monroe extended. Also inspected was the boiler at the Adams county jail. The group also approved a bill on a federal aid project on construction of a bridge in Monroe township. The county must pay half the expense of the construction, which amounts to $9,783.43. Sixty-five per cent of that figure will be paid now, and the rest when the bridge is completed. Baker & Schultz of Decatur was the successful bidder on the job, at a bid of $19,566.86, Pipeline Worker Is Found Dead In Bed Verne R. Wining, 60, of Columviana, 0., a worker with the Buckeye Pipeline Co., was found dead in his bed this morning at the Rice Hotel. Death was attributed to a coronary occlusion, a sudden heart attack. He had had no previous heart trouble. Wining had joined the pipeline company here about a week ago, and planned to work here until Thursday. His twin brother, Vance N., has been working for the company here since signing on at Markle last spring. 1116 twin woke up this morning and discovered that his brother, sleeping next to him, had died about 11:30 p. m. Monday. The son of Henry and Edith Strickler Wining, he was born October 28. 1900 in Columbiana, O. Surviving are two children, Thomas, at the Great Lakes Naval training base, and Gerry, at home. The body will be moved today from the Zwick funeral home to the Warrick funeral home in Columbiana, Oj - where arrangements are still pending. Burial will be in the Columbiana cemetery. Selective Service Sends Three Today Three Adams county young men were sent to Indianapolis today by the selective service board, one for induction and two for physical examinations prior to induction. Paul E. Gerber was sent for army induction, and Anthony Conrad Gillig and Lynn O. Lehman were sent for examinations.

Arthur J. Manley Dies This Morning Arthur Jefferson Manley, 52, farmer, residing in Harrison township, 10 miles west of Van Wert, 0., on U.S. highway 224, died at 2:07 o’clock this morning at the Van Wert county hospital. His condition had been critical since he underwent surgery nine days ago. He was born in Harrison township, Van Wert county, April 28, 1909, a son of Jefferson and Phoebe Beard-Manley, and was married to Monica White Dec. 28, 1940. Mr. Manley was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church in Decatur. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Arthur Jefferson Manley, student at Findlay College, and James Robert Manley, senior at Crestview high school; one daughter, Kathleen Marie Manley, a student at Crestview South; and three sisters, Mrs. John (Cora) Roth of Kirkland township, Mrs. Carl (Dora) Kessler of Struthers, 0., and Mrs. Walter (Flora) King of Detroit, Mich. Funeral services will be conducted at 9:15 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the lOOF cemetery at Convoy, O. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. The Holy Name society will recite the Rosary at 8 p.m. Wednesday. 50 County Residents Involved In Strike Between 50 and 60 Adams county residents are involved in the strike at the Dana Corporation at Fort Wayne, Charles Graves, of route one, president of the AIW local 903, said today. Graves emphasized that the strike concerns only a disagreement on the factory rules and management clause in the contract. No money issue, such as a wage increase or bonus, is involved. The company broke off negotiations Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock. There were 1,200 members of the 1,450-man union at the 2)6 hour strike vote meeting Saturday morning, and 991 stayed to vote. Os those 991, 96% voted for the strike. Graves explained. The AIW local does not have a strike fund, and each worker will have to take care of himself and his family during the strike. Graves stated that he had been up for the past two nights setting up the details of the strike, so that picketing would be perfectly orderly. No violence of any type is contemplated, as both sides have agreed that some 40 maintenance people and the office employes will be allowed to cross the picket lines, and that no scab laborers will be hired to replace strikers. The police are not even patroling the lines, since both sides have agreed on the picketing. Jobless Pay Claims Decrease In Area Unemployment in Adams county took another big dip, as the total of regular and long-term unemployed went to 140 from 164 a week earlier, Richard P. App, manager of the Fort Wayne office of the Indiana employment security division, said this morning. Only 11 new claims were filed last Friday, compared with 17 the preceding week. And there were only 75 continued claims, compared with 101 the week before. This meant a total of 90 regularly unemployed, 28 less than the week ending October 6. In the long-time unemployed, those off the six-month regular list, five new and 45 continued were reported, compared with seven and 39 the week before. This meant 50 long-term unemployed, compared with 46 the previous week, a slight increase, which was more than offset by the regular claims decrease. Only those persons covered by unemployment compensation insurance are included in these figures. Deeatnr Temperatnrea Tx>cal weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a m. today. 12 noon 51 12 midnight .. 42 1 p m. 51 1 a.m 42 2 p.m 54 2 a.m. 41 3 p.m 55 3 a.m » 41 4 p.m 55 4 a.m 41 5 p.m .... 56 5 a.m 41 ■6 p.m 54 6 a.m 40 7 p.m 52 7 a.m 41 8 p.m. .... 48 8 a m ... 46 9 p.m. 45 9 a.m 54 10 p.m 44 10 a.m 60 11 p.m 43 11 a.m. 60 Rain Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, 0 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.16 feet.

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Governor Welsh Orders ►. , w - i v 11 - u 1 *' *" ' , a No Reduction In State School Aid-Cut Taxes

State Financial Picture Brighter

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Governor Welsh today ordered that no reduction be made in the distribution of state aid to Indiana schools next January, because the state’s financial picture has brightened. Welsh announced at a news conference that a threatened 4 or 5 per cent slash in aid, which would have meant higher local property taxes for millions of Hoosiers, would not materialize because the outlook now indicates gross income tax revenues for the quarter ending Dec. 31 will be per cent greater than for the same period last year. Welsh also said that a moratorium on merit pay increases for state employes would be lifted, and general fund construction projects halted by a June order would be approved again “if actual general fund revenue collections permit.” Welsh, however, turned thumbs down on any change in his previous order for a five per cent reduction in the number of state employes. He said this is "good public business and will remain in force.” Welsh explained at length that he is not reversing his orders on reduction of personnel working in state mental institutions because this branch of government must economize along with the others. The governor said the improved financial picture came to light in a check of large business and industrial firms, and that it was “sufficient reason to order the regular January school distribution to be made.” “This will amount to $35 million and will make unnecessary the local property tax increases based solely on an expected decrease in state aid to schools,” Welsh said in a prepared statement. He said a check of 500 large firms employing 250 or more persons indicated that gross income tax receipts for the last quarter of 1961 will total $48.9 million, compared with $43.1 million for the same quarter in 1960. Cuts Tax Rates The announcement was happily greeted in local communities throughout the state, for it meant in most cases a reduction in the local school tax rate for next year. —. Richard Worley, chairman of the State Board of Tax Commissioners, said that most school budget makers had prepared their 1962 budgets on the basis of Welsh’s warning that a reduction was possible. But with the state making its regular distribution, the budgets will be reviewed and the amounts necessary to be raised by local property taxes will be cut, thereby enabling school corporations to reduce their proAir Guard Units To __ Deploy To France FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD — The Indiana Air National Guard now on active duty as the 122nd Tactical Fighter Wing of Tactical Air Command, will be deployed to France during November. Capt. Rex Broome, public information officer, said that both the 1,800-man wing and the wing's F-84F jet fighters will be deployed to French air bases. It is not known at this time what air fields will be used by the wing, Broome said. The 122nd will be assigned to operational control oL the Air Force European command. Commander of the wing is Brig. Gen. William R. Sefton. 33 From Adams County Thirty-three men from the northern part of Adams county are members of the 122nd.

posed tax rates. , Worley said the reductions wquld range from 2 to 12 cents per SIOO of taxable property. The governor’s announcement .also meant that a few school corporations which did not take into consideration the possibility of a lower state distribution rate were spared the chore of cutting expenses or digging up the money from other sources. Cut of $1,400,060 Had a four per cent reduction in sihool aid been decreed, it would have reduced the January distribution from $35 million to about $33.6 million, a cut of about $1,400,.000 Welsh also announced that the anticipated improvement in gross income tax revehues would make it possible to permit merit pay increases,, to state employes and open the door to the lifting of a moratorium on construction projects. “The upturn in revenue is encouraging,” Welsh said. “It may mean that we can reasonably expect to do most of those things included in the budget by the 1961 Assembly.” Welsh said the thawing of merit pay increases, which were delayed for months, would amount to about SBOO,OOO from the general fund contingency appropriation. “New general fund construction will be approved if actual general fund revenue collections permit,” Welsh said. “We should have this information the latter part of November.” Personnel Cuts Still On But Welsh said since Indiana “has been forced into treading a narrow chalk line because of the deficit budget, a continuing study of revenue prospects will be made, and expenditures will be trimmed to meet the state’s ability to pay the bills.’! “Personnel other economy measures I have ordered are good public business and will remain in force,” he said. Welsh said he will present to the 1963 Legislature “a balanced budget” because "deficit spending is dangerous.” At length in his prepared release, the governor went into detail on why he felt he could not reverse his order on reducing personnel, including that for mental hospitals. Historical Society Meets Next Tuesday The history of Indiana’s New Harmony communities, including the Rappitc and Owenite —communal movements, and presentday developments there, will be outlined by David J. Schwartz to members and the general public, who are invited to attend the meeting of the Adams county Historical society at 8 p.m. next Tuesday in the Adams Central school cafeteria. Members of the society were urged to note the change in location of the meeting, and make arrangements in advance for transportation to the Adams Central site. Schwartz is a well-known Monroe township farmer and civic leader, and has been interested in the New/ Harmony community for many years. He is one of the organizers of the county Historical society.

The general public, as well as any interested school children, are invited to attend the meeting. Membership in the Historical society is open to anyone, and costs just $1 a year.

U. S. Reads Cautiously To Nikita Speech WASHINGTON (UPD — U.S. officials reacted cautiously today to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s speech softening his year end deadline for a Berlin settlement. State Department officials said they had not yet received a full text of Khrushchev’s speech to the 22nd party congress in Moscow. But the initial reaction was “let's not jump too fast” to evaluate what he said. White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said there would be no comment today on the Russian leader’s remarks. He said the White House was getting a translation of the lengthy speech. Khrushchev originally set a year - end deadline for signing a peace treaty with the East Germans during his Vienna talks with President Kennedy last summer. But officials noted today that for the past several months he has not talked about the deadline. And it had been a somewhat vague deadline to begin with. In addition, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko’s recent talks here with Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk had given some officials the impression that the deadline was tentatively off. However, officials noted that Khrushchev, as far as his speech had been reported here today did not modify a bit his demands for Berlin itself. They also noted he qualified his statement on the deadline, relaxing it “if the Western powers display readiness to settle the German problem.’ And he warned that such a settlement could not be put off “to infinity.” Meanwhile, Kennedy was reported “seriously concerned” that Allied differences on Berlin strategy have been blown out of true proportion. Aides said Kennedy felt the recent cancellation of Allied strategy talks in London was a tempest in a teapot, that undue dire significance has been read into it and that all this dangerously damages the Allied cause. The proposed meeting of Allied foreign office experts was vetoed by France. Widely differing interpretations of the incident quickly began floating around Washington and world capitols: —French President Charles de Gaulle feared that the United States and Britain would make concessions to Russia on Berlin against the interests of Western Europe —a kind of “sell-out.” Advertising Index Advertiser Page Arnold Lumber Co., Inc 2 Ashbauchers' Tin Shop ------- 2 Bower Jewelry Store 3 Burk Elevator Co — 5 Dodge — 6 Decatur-Kocher Lumber, Inc —2 Decatur Ready-Mix Corp 2 Evans Sales & Service 5 Fasteeth 4 Fairway 6 Allen Fleming 5 Ned Johnson, Auctioneer-Realtor 5 Kohne Drug Store 3 Kohne Window & Awning Co 2 Klip & Kurl Beauty Salon 3 Glenn C. Merica, Auctioneer 5 Oldsmobile 4 Petrie Oil Co 6 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Smith Drug Co .... 3 Stucky & Co — 5 Andrew Schrock S—, 2 Teeple Truck Line 5 Uhrick Bros —— ——3, 4

Order Will Reduce Local Tax Levies

Gov. Matthew E. Welsh’s announcement that the state will pay 100% of the state school distribution money for the first time in many years means a cut tn most property tax rates in Adams county. The Decatur tax rate will be cut four cents by the new state policy, reducing the Decatur-Washington rate to $6.30, and the DecaturRoot rate to $6.34. Current tax rates are $6.42 and $6.43. Other Cuts Vary Other school rates will be cut varying amounts, depending on the amount being carried as a balance in the fund. If the balance is too low, it will be increased, cutting,, the amount of the tax decrease. No rates will be any higher, of course, but some will not be decreased as much as others. Gov. Welsh made the announcement. fulfilling one of his campaign promises, after James C. Courtney, commissioner of state revenue,

Nikita Offers Deadline End

MOSCOW (UPD—Premier Nikita Khrushchev offered today to withdraw his year-end deadline for signing an East German peace treaty if the Western Allies “show readiness to negotiate” on Berlin. In a marathon speech to the opening session of the 22nd congress of the Soviet Communist party, he also announced that Russia will end its current nuclear test series by the end of this month after setting off a 50 megaton nuclear explosfcan, the biggest bomb ever exploded by man. He told the more than 5.000 delegates, Communist visitors from abroad and a handful of Western newsmen gathered in the glittering new, glass-walled House of Congresses inside the Kremlin walls that the West appeared ready to settle the Berlin and German problems on “a mutually acceptable basis.” First Firm Offer Khrushchev previously has hinted that he might not carry out his threat to sign a separate treaty with Communist East Germany by Dec. 31 if negotiations could be started. But his statement today was his first firm offer. In announcing that the current nuclear test series would wind up this month with the massive explosion. he said that Russia already has a 100-megaton bomb. “May God grant thaCwe never have to explode it,” he added, “because we might then blow in our windows.” Khrushchev said the Soviet war arsenal now includes intercontinental ballistic missiles and antiaircraft rockets for land, sea and air forces. He said the Soviet Union also is building up its nuclear-powered submarine fleet with - ballistic and homing rockets. Proposals Not Changed In offering to hold off on a separate German peace treaty this year, Khrushchev relieved the pressure of a time limit but did not change his proposals for a settlement. “The Soviet government as before insists on the speediest solution of the German problem,” he said. “It is against putting it off to infinity. “If the Western powers display readiness to<ssttle the German problem, the question of the time

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announced today that the collections for the first nine months increased 5.11% over last year. General Fund Up Almost all of this increase was in the general fund, from which the school money is taken. This is gross income tax money, and three-quarter collections were up $5,201,100.56, to $60,117,893.31. One of Gov. Welsh’s pledges to the people was a cut in property tax rates by increasing the amount of state aid to schools. The legislature backed him up, and he in turn took action to assure that tax collections would permit such payment without bankrupting the general fund. Motor fuel tax collections were down 2 27%, more than half a million dollars, which will slightly decrease the distribution to Decatur. Berne and Adams county for road use. Several others were down, but they were all relatively small amounts on a state-wide basis.

limit for the signing of a German peace treaty will not be so material; we shall not insist then that the peace treaty be signed by all means before Dec. 31, 1961.” Referring to the recent series of talks Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko had in Washington with President Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk and in London with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, Khrushchev said: “We had the impression that the Western powers were displaying a certain understanding of the situation and that they were inclined to seek a solution for the German problem and for the West Berlin issue on a mutually acceptable basis.” End of Capitalism Khrushchev’s offer to relax the Berlin deadline came after he warned the United States and its Western Allies that war would mean the “annihilation” of the capitalist system. He told his audience that West Berlin must be made a “free, demilitarized city” through the signing of a peace treaty with East Germany. The Soviet premier spoke for three hours and 50 minutes at the morning session, which was broken up by a short recess. The opening ceremonies were carried live by radio and television. but they ended their direct transmissions when Khrushchev started to speak. First accounts of his speech were provided by the official Tass news agency. Asks Troika Plan Khrushchev also: —Said the United Nations machinery has “grown rusty in the cold war,” again called for his system of a “troika” plan to run it, and demanded once more that Communist China be admitted to membership. —Claimed that communism is becoming the decisive factor in world development, and expressed confidence of communism’s victory over capitalism through "peaceful competition.” —lndicated that it might be feasible to banish world wars and followed through on his familiar theme of coexistence by conceding that capitalism could survive alongside communism in part of the world.