Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 265.

Soviet Russia Shifts Tactics

MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union appeared today to have shifted tactics in a move to get Berlin talks with the West going. There was no sign of any changes in the basic Soviet demands. Western diplomatic sources said the Kremlin now 'is willing to negotiate a new status for West Berlin prior to the signing of a Soviet peace treaty with East Germany. According to the new Soviet design,4he formula would proceed this way: —The United States, Britain, France and Russia would agree on a new status for West Berlin guaranteeing complete freedom for residents and free access to the city. Would Sign Treaty —The Soviet Union will sign a separate agreement with East Germany stressing East Germany’s duty to recognize West Berlin’s new status. —The Western powers wil sign an agreement recognizing the sovereignty of East Germany and West Germany should concur. —After agreement on the first three points, the Soviet Union and East Germany would sign a peace treaty. It was understood the Soviet position was relayed to Western diplomats in recent informal talks. It appeared to carry out remarks to newsmen by Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev at a Kremlin reception Tuesday that a solution to the Berlin problem should be sought patiently and that the two sides should not push each other. Lift Unilateral Threat The key difference between the new and old positions is that the Soviet threat of unilateral action in signing a separate peace treaty with East Germany apparently has been lifted. The Russians have said before that they are willing to guarantee Alied access rights to West Berlin But they are standing firm so far on their demand that control over these rights be handed to the East Germans —a positidn that has brought vigorous Western objections. Gas Prices Climb In Indianapolis Area INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Gasoline prices climbed in the Indianapolis area today in what appeared to be the latest break in a price war which has plagued the industry on and off for years. Most major dealers raised prices six cents a gallon .to 28.9 cents from 22.9 for regular and from 26.9 to 32.9 for premium. Last summer, gasoline sold as high as 32.9 and 36.9. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and a little warmer tonight and Saturday except chance of showers southwest. Low tonight 33 to 40. High Saturday 55 to 64. Sunset today 5:34 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 7:25 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy north, mostly cloudy central and south. Some rain likely south. Lows 35 to 45. Highs 55 to 65.

. - ■ - ; ' — •• • —’ ’ v .- ■ ;i ■:>- ; A: '**&£ 1 mRhHHK La -»&* ' z Bt ■MrF.-..r2r : «*&• 4ML ft wß#®. |£. j| b -' ' '*■ wIHB Mr =• . f /fi '** —i GRACEFUL CURTSY— PearI Acquaye, 6, a native of Ghana, curtsies to Queen Elizabeth II after presenting her with flowers at the London Airport. The Queen left for an 11-day visit to Ghana apparently unperturbed by fears for her safety in the West African country.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT only daily newspaper in. adams county

Gifts Suggested To Mental Patients The joy of the festive holiday season will be experienced by mental patients throughout the state of Indiana through the efforts of the citizens of this county and the Adams county mental health association. Mrs. Chalmer Barkley, chairman of the Christmas gift project, suggests the following gifts for men — dress and sport shirts, sweaters, pajamas, tobacco, cigars, pipes, shaving cream and lotions, raincoats and bathrobes. Gifts for men are usually in greater demand and residents are requested to consider gifts for men. Those preferring to purchase gifts for women may select washable dresses, blouses, skirts, nylon hose, stretch anklets, sweaters, nightgowns, pajamas, girdles and brassieres, jewelry, toilet articles, billfolds and raincoats. Suggested gifts for either are stationery, cartons of cigarettes, billfolds, playing cards, instant coffee, toilet articles and shoe shine kits. Gifts may be left at collection centers throughout the county which are located at Uhrick Brothers, exter.tion office, Decatur, Yager's Furniture Store, Etrne, Zurcher’s Mobil Station, Monroe, and Dorothy Laßue’s, Geneva. Rotary Foundation Outlined To Club The Decatur Rotary club welcomed two new members and heard Glen O'Laverty of Bluffton describe the Rotary foundation, at its weekly meeting held Thursday night at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Clarence Ziner was program chairman. Warren E. Schmitt, of the Decatur Canning Co., and Roger Schuster , of General Electric, were introduced to the club by president Tom Allwein. They will be formally inducted into membership at next week’s meeting. O'Laverty, a former district governor, told the club that although the Rotary foundation began in 1909, it did not really become active until 1946. At that time, following the death of Paul Harris, Rotary’s founder, each Rotarian was asked to contribute $lO into the foundation fund. Nearly four million dollars was raised and the income from this endowment has provided the funds for the foreign student exchange program. Each year about 130 graduate students go to some country other than their own for a year’s study. The foundation pays travel expenses and tuition costs. These average about $2,600 for each student. Paul Havens invited club members to participate in the Rotary district bowling tournament to be held at Logansport Sunday, Nov. 19. Next week the club will view the movie, “Washington at Work.”

GIVE TO YOUR COMMUNITY FUND TODAY!

CROP Kickoff Is Slated For Monday Night AlU.workers, township leaders, and county leaders of the CROP drive are urged to attend the kickoff meeting of the drive Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Adams Central school cafeteria, Homer Winteregg and Ben Mazelin, cochairmen for the county, said today. Mazelin announced the workers for the south part of the county as follows: Monroe Township David J. Schwartz, chairman; Rene Brandt, William Zurcher, Clayton Holloway, Ray Bluhm, Loren W. Myers, Charles Workinger, Harold Schwartz, Dan Habegger, Ben' Mazelin, Howard Nussbaum, Mrs. Dan Striker, Mrs. Ralph Hoffman, Laurel Mattax, Amos H. Habegger, Paul Liechty, Leroy Lehman, Edward Von Gunten. French Township Palmer E. Moser, chairman; Sam Gerber, Elmer Isch, Frederick Gerber, Ernie Isch, Raymond Baumgartner, George Ringger, Jr., Howard Bluhm, Ralph McAlhaney, Ivan Sprunger, Everett John P. Bertsch, and Harry Wulliman. North Wabash Erwin Bayman, chairman; Eugene Farlow, Merlin Norr, Carl Nussbaum, Homer Miller, Sylvan Bauman, Herman Burke, Leroy Biberstein, Robert Gerber, Jerome Hawbaker. Hartford Township Ralph Miller, chairman; Willard Steiner, Clyde Striker, Merle Alberson, James Garboden, Leroy Yoder, Richard Glendening, Carl Shoemaker, Roy Fields, Theodore McCune, William Joray, and Charles Weikel. Jefferson Township Marcus Luginbill, chairman; Mrs. Floyd Baker, Magdalena Amstutz, Mrs. Andy Myers, Robert Lehman, and Mrs. Walter Amstutz. Blue Creek Township Lester Sipe, chairman; Mrs. Clifford Roe, Elisha Merriman, Charles Burkhart, Frederick A. Myers, Milo Fuchs, Harry Raudenbush, Don Raudenbush, Chalmer C. Miller, Earl Sipe, Harry Mazelin, William Kauffman, and John H. Sipe. Winteregg asked that all township chairmen in the north sector inform Mrs. Elmer C. Beer, route one, Berne, immediately of the names of their workers, if they have not already done so. Many have already reported. Two Soldiers Die In Indiana Traffic By United Press International Indiana traffic accidents killed two soldiers, one a Hoosier riding through a state forest with a party of friends and the other a lieutenant apparently heading for a weekend leave in Wisconsin. Lt. Robert Sutton, 22, Green Bay, Wis., stationed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis, was injured fatally this morning when a car containing two servicemen smashed into a railroad overpass railing on U.S. 41 at St. John in Lake County. Dwight W. Lundy, 18, home on a visit from Ft. Riley, Kas., was killed late Thursday night in a one-car crash inside the Martin County State Forest. Sutton and Nels Anderson, 20, Milwaukee, also of Ft. Harrison, were northbound apparently heading home when their car for an undetermined reason swerved across the four-lane highway and hit the Monon Railroad overpass railing. Both men were taken to St. Margaret’s Hospital at Hammond, where Sutton died about 90 minutes after the accident. Lundy was riding in a car with five other young persons, all of whom were injured. The deaths raised the Indiana traffic fatality toll for 1961 to at least 904. Lundy was a passenger in a car driven by Miss Etta Lou Jones, 17, R.R. 3, Shoals. Police said the car was rounding a circle “at excessive speed” and hit a tree. Also hurt in addition to Miss Jones was Miss Joan Neukam, 17, R.R. 3. Shoals, in critical condition: Dewey M. Hendrix, 21, Shoals; Darrel Sheetz, 18, and his brother, Robert, 15, Indian Springs. All were taken to the Daviess County Hospital in Washington.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 10, 1961.

Most Os Airline Victims Died Os Suffocation And Burns-Reports Indicate

Sweeping Probe Os Airlines Is Urged

WASHINGTON (UPI) — A sweeping investigation into safety practices of non-scheduled airlines appeared likely today following Wednesday night’s Imperial Airlines crash at Richmond, Va., killing 7>. Chairman A. S. Mike Monroney, D-Okla., of the Senate Aviation subcommittee urged such a probe in a telegram to the Civl Aeronautcs Board (CAB). And responsible sources at both the CAB and the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) indicated the two agencies would take a closer look at the operations of the supplemental carriersTheoretically, the non-scheduled airlines operate under the same board safety regulations as the scheduled airlines. But a CAB spokesman said “it may be that some of the smaller non-skeds are cutting corners when they’re financially hard-pressed.’ <• Crackdown Expected T’he FAA which acts as ‘.‘policeman’ over the flight, maintenance and pilot training operations of all airlines, also is expected to crack down on any deficiencies. The FAA may pay particular attention to the small nonskeds. “The violations we’ve encountered in the past have involved mostly those, carriers with small operations and big financial problems,’ an FAA official said. The non-skeds’ overall safety record in the past two years has not compared favorably with that of the scheduled carriers. CAB records show that excluding all-cargo flights, the suppiementals compiled a passenger fatality rate of 3.57 per 100 million passenger miles in 1960, with two fatal accidents kiling 94. Thus far this year they have suffered three fatal crashed with fatalities totaling 01. Some Blame Congress The scheduled airlines’ fatality rate in 1960 was 0.75 for allpassenger flights, with 307 deaths in 11 crashes. But the regular carriers flew more than 40 billion passenger miles in 1960 compared with the suppiementals’ estimated 2.6 million. Nobody will say so publicly, but some government and industry ofcials privately believe Congress

Advertising Index Advertiser Page Adams Theater 8 Beavers Oil Service, Inc 4,7 Burk Elevator Co 5 Begun's Clothing Store 8 Chevrolet 7 Carling's Black Label Beer 7 Evans Sales & Service - 4. 5 Fairway 8 F. O. O. Eagles „ ?- Ellenberger Bros., Auctioneers 4 Allen Fleming r——• 5 Hammond Fruit Markets, Inc -- 2 Paul Havens Chevrolet-Buick, Inc 8 Husmann’s Decorating House — 2 Ideal -Suburban Homes, Ine -=■- 6 Kent Realty & Auction Co 5 Klenks 6 Kohne Drug Store 2 Morningstar Auto Sales 2 Myers Florist 3 Model Hatchery 5 Herman L. Miller & Wilkins Bros 5 Niagara of Fort Wayne, Inc..- 6 Niblick & Co 3 Phil-Miz Auction Co 6 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Stewarts Bakery 2 Smith' Drug 8 J. F. Sanmann, 5 Stucky & Co 5 Andrew Schrock 5 Teeple Truck Line 5 Uhrick Bros 6 Victory Bar 7 Villa Lanes 3 Walt’s Standard Service 6 Zurcher Mobil Service 6 Zwick Funeral Home r 2

is partly to blame for the nonsked situation. They claim it was congressional pressure on the Pentagon, on the ground of helping small business; that keep some supplementals in a business they were not financially or technically equipped to handle. Pledges Ecuador To Trade With All QUITO. Ecuador (UPl)—Newly installed ’ President Carlos J .Arosemena has pledged his government to a policy of diplomatic relations and trade with all nations “regardless of their social systems.” In his inaugural address Thursday, Arosemena said specifically his regime wil continue relations with Fidel Castro’s Cuba and will “patchup any breach that might exist.” Two representatives of the Castro regime — Charge d’Affaires Pedro Ramirez and Prensa La,lina correspondent Carlos Padilla —were ordered out of Ecuador this week for alleged Communist propaganda activities. Arosemena, a recent visitor to Moscow, led extreme-leftist opposition in congress to his predecessor, deposed ex-President Jose M. Velasco Ibarra. It was not certain, however, that he would follow the same line now he is in power. There are no Communists in his cabinet, most of whose members are regarded as friends of the West, and he is supported by the powerful pro-Catholic Conservative party as well as Castroite and Communist groups. (U.S. officials in Washington said it was “far too early” to say what effect the overthrow of Velasco and the installation of Arosemena would have on American aid to Ecuador.)

Antitrust Charges On Drug Firms Out WASHINGTON (UPD— A Federal Trade Commission examiner today threw out antitrust charges against six of the nation's major manufacturers of “wonder drugs.” FTC hearing examiner Robert L. Piper said he could find no substantial evidence that the six firms had conspired to monopolize the antibiotics industry as charged in a July 28, 1958, complaint. —Named -as defendants —in the FTC complaint were American Cyanamid Co., Bristol-Meyers Co., its subsidiary, Bristol Laboratories, Inc., Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., Olin Mathieson Chemical Copr., all of New York, and the Upjohn Co.. Kalamazoo, - Mich. Officials of companies involved called the action “a complete vindication of our position with respect to the baseless charges made against us by the .government.” Piper's initial decision would dismiss charges that the six had attempted to monopolize the production and distribution of broadspectrum antibiotics tetracycline, c|jJ.ortgtracyclme, and oxytetracycline. The FTC had said the conspiracy involved price fixing, illegal licensing arrangements and a falsely obtained patent on tetracycline. Piper's decision is not final. It may be appealed, stayed or docketed for review by the five-man commission.

RICHMOND, Va. (UPl)—Most of the 77 victims of Wednesday’s fiery airline crash survived the impact only to die of suffocation and burns in a scrambling attempt to, escape, early medical mxirts indicated today. Yhe plane’s captain, Ronald Conway, told newsmen today that two engines had failed and another was not giving full power when the plane plunged into a ravipe near Richmond’s Byrd Airport. Dr. H.H. Kirnitschnig, acting Virginia state chief medical examiner, said autopsies on the first 17 of the victims showed that all died of suffocation. These findings, compiled with the fact that many of the bodies were packed closely together in the wreckage, indicated a frantic jamup at the door as flames flashed through the craft. Had “Fuel Problem” Conway, talking to the press after giving his account of the accident to federal officials, said the first sign of trouble was a “fuel problem” encountered shortly after it left Baltimore carrying 74 Army recruits and five crewmembers. Conway and flight engineer William F. Poythress were the only survivors of the tragedy. Both escaped with minor injuries. The pilot told a news conference he did not have the controls at i the time of the accident. He said his ’co-pilot, Capt. James Greerilee, suggested Conway concentrate on the engineer’s panel instead. “We were flying all right down to the last,” Conway said. “Then we. saw the trees coming tip. We prepared to set in nose high and at the slowest possible speed. /‘The impact didn’t feel too severe to me. Everyone in the cockpit got up. “Bright As Daylight”

"Then I realized the plane was on fire. It was bright as daylight.” When the door leading to the passenger compartment was opened, he said, only smoke and flames were visible. He said there was a small door on one side of the cockpit, but he and the other crewmen hesitated to use it because of the fire. The only other escape route were the windows on each side of the cockpit, he said. “I figured if anyone could get through there it would be me because I’m slender. I asked Greenlee and the flight engineer (Poythress) to jump out the door and start roling,” he said. Conway said he climbed through the window and hit the ground. “I looked back,” he said. “The entire plane was engulfed by flame.” Then he saw Poythress running toward him, he said. To Move Bodies Conway held the news conference as authorities prepared to move the charred bodies of the crash victims from the local hospital morgue to nearby Ft. Lee, Va. Poythress did not participate in the conference. Meanwhile, Civil Aeronautics Board officials began collecting parts of the demolished plane. They will .be taken to the United Air Lines maintenance facility at Washington National Airport and reassembled, so far as possible, tp aid in investigation of the accident. Holiday Air Rates On For Servicemen NEW YORK (UPD — Trans World Airlines today put into effect special rates 40 per cent below economy fare for servicemen and their dependents overseas who want to fly home for visits. The reduction .announced Thursday"' apply to round”” trips from Europe, the United Arab Republic, Saudi Arabia and India if the trip is completed within 45 days. Servicemen’s dependents also can get one way flight from Europe at the new rate. A round trip from Paris to New York under the new scale would cQst $315,40 compared to the economy fare of $525.60.

Nehru Advice, No Troops Into Asia

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Indias Prime Minister Jawahrlal Nehru left President Kennedy today with this advice: Don’t send troops to fight Asian Communists. Concluding a four-day visit here, Nehru was scheduled to fly to New York where he will address the United Nations General Assembly this afternoon. Kennedy and Nehru agreed on broad principles in a joint communique they issued late Thursday. But officials said they could not cite any evidence that the talks produced changes in either man’s stand on critical problems. A U.S. official said Nehru advised Kennedy to consider the propaganda that Ho Chih Minh, the wispy-bearded president of Communist North Viet Nam, could make of the return of “white troops” to Viet Nam, a former French colony. ' Seek Nuclear Ban The warning came as Kennedy WAS WEIGHING Gen. Maxwell Taylor’s secret recommendations on how to help South Viet Nam defeat Ho’s guerrilla forces and their local Communist allies. In their joint communique Kennedy and Nehru agreed on: —"The urgent need for a treaty banning nuclear tests with necessary provisions for inspection and control.’ This was Nehru’s stand before the talks. U.S. and Indian officials said he also urged Kennedy to accept another moratorium on U.S. nuclear testing, try to get Russia to accept “rough and ready” controls against cheating while the moratorium continued, and then seek a formal treaty. Kennedy flatly rejected this approach.

Atlas Rocket Blast Fails

CAPE CANAVERAL (UPD—An 82-foot intercontinental rocket carrying a tiny monkey named Goliath in its nose cone blew up in a boiling mass of burning rocket fuel today less than one minute after it was launched. The nose cone carrying the 1% pound squirrel monkey and many times his weight in delicate scientific equipment plunged into the ocean surf, bringing a sudden end to what had been planned as a 5,000-mile flight through space. The giant Atlas rocket blasted from its pad at 8:56 a.m. CST but a half-minute later it suddenly leaned flatly and in a split second am explosion turned “the silvery missile into an inferno. Scientists conducting the shot deliberately blew it up when it veered. The wreckage tumbled back to the cape and into the Atlantic Ocean. Some of the wreckage struck near Atlas pad No. 14, where the federal space agency is preparing another rocket for an attempt to fire a baby chimpanzee into space next Tuesday. However, none of the debris apparently hit the rocket itself. Small recovery ships marked Decatur Temperature* Local weather data for the 24. hour period ertding-sit 11 a.m. today, 12 rroon- - in 12 midnight 26 1 p.m. 40 1 a.m 25 2 p.m 40 2 a.m. 24 3 p.m 40 3 a.m 23 4 p.m. .40 4 a.m. 22 5 p m. . . 38 5 a.m 22 6 p.m. 37 6 a.m 22 7 p.m. . . 36 7 a.m 20 8 p.m. . 34 8 a.m. 24 9 p.m. . 32 9 a.m. 30 10 p.m. 30 10 a.m. .... 34 11 p.m. . .... 28 11 a.m. 36 Raia I Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 am. today. 0 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.05 feet.

SEVEN CENTS

Access To Berlin —“The legitimate and necessary right of access to Berlin.” Officials said the two leaders agreed that Western access to Communist-encircled West Berlin must be guaranteed, but no effort was made to reach agreement on how, when or with whom these gurantees should be negotiated. —“The common objective of the United States and India that Laos be a genuinely neutral state, free of domination by any foreign power, and that each nation in the area have the opportunity to make its own choice of *0 MBBi it will take in seeking to solve pressing economic and social problems under conditions of peace.' —"To develop the United Nations as the most effective instrument of world peace.’ Decatur High Open House This Evening National education week will be bbservad at the Decatur high school tonight with the annual open house. The observance will open with a musical program by the school’s vocal and bend departments, followed by visits by parents and other interested persons to various classrooms in the school, following the schedule affecting the students. The public is invited to attend, in addition to the parents. The musical program will open at 7:30 o’clock. Basketball season tickets may be obtained at the principal’s office before and after the program.

the spot, about 100 yards offshore, where the wreckage hit and began attempts immediately to salvage the wreckage. Milder Weather In Store For Hoosiers By United Press International Mild weather developed in Indiana today, and maybe the next five days will bring Indian summer. Temperatures ranging between the 20s at night and the 40s during the day eased their grip on the state. Instead, readings will range from the 30s and 40s at night to the 50s and 60s during the day between now and next Wednesday. The fiVe-day outlook called for temperatures averaging 4 to 9 degrees above normal highs of 45 to 56 and normal lows of 28 to 37. For the north, the outlook was for not much day-to-day change. For central and south portions, it was for “a warming trend throughout the period.” Highs Thursday ranged from 44 at South Bend to 57 at Evansville. Overnight lows this morning ranged fr0m..22. at. Fort Wayne—and 23 at South Bend to 37 at Evansville. Highs today will range from 48 to 65. lows tonight from 34 to 45, and highs Saturday from 58 to 68. Sunday temperatures may duplicate Saturday’s. Little or no rain was indicated for any section of the state from now through midweek.