Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 27 November 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 278.

Russia Asks France x Join Agreement To Ban Nuclear Test

Canadian Cold Front Breaks Mild Weather By United Press International Frigid air Jr o m the north slashed through the middle of the nation today, while the Northwest braced for more snow and rain. The Canadian - bom cold front abruptly broke the mild, autumn weather in the Midwest, turning skies cloudy and plunging temperatures from the Great Lakes to Texas. Snow mixed with rain pelted the northern Rockies, northern and central Plains and upper Mississippi Valley during the night. Readings neared zero in eastern North Dakota, and the mercury dipped to 2 above at Havre, Mont. Steady rains in Oregon and Washington heralded the approach of a moisture-laden Pacific storm, which the Weather Bureau said would cause showers and snow flurries from the northwest coast to Idaho and the northern Rockies today. Offshore oil drilling near Santa Barbara, Calif., was postponed because of predicted bad weather like the storm Saturday that sunk a $1 million oil barge. Winds of hurricane velocity reached a peak of 75 miles an hour. Generally clear skies Sunday in the South and Southwest were expected to turn cloudy today, with mild temperatures persisting. Scattered snow flurries were forecast for the Great Lakes region with light showers accompanying the cold front from the lower Mississippi Valley northeastward into parts of New England. From the Midwest to the South and central Plains states it was expected to be cloudy and colder.

Changes Made By President -.* - -

WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Kennedy returned to his White House duties today, ending a Cape Cod Thanksgiving work-and-relax holiday which was climaxed by the first major reshuffling of his New Frontier administration. The President arrived at nearby Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland by jet plane at 10:11 a.m. EST and completed his trip to the White House by helicopter. He was accompanied from Hyannis Port, •- • Mass., by his wife .and daughter, Caroline, who c e 1 e b r a t ed her fourth birthday today. Immediately on tap was a 10:30 a.m. EST meeting on budget problems. Ken n e d y’s reassignment of Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles from his post as No. 2 man at the State Department to “a new high policy position” was thd big news in a reshuffling of 10 officials announced Sunday night. Bowles had been expected for j a long time to leave his high command station—but the timing and wording of the weekend White, House’s disclosure generally came as a surprise. Declines Comment Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said Bowles’ new assignment “will be announced shortly.” Salinger refused to answer any questions. beyond the bare bones of reporting the assorted transfers of White House and diplomatic personnel. Three White House aides will move to the State Department as part of that shift. One State Department official will go to the White House. The other moves are all within the State Department. They boil down to this: W. Averell Harriman, 70-year-old former governor of New Hork

DECATUR DAIEF DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Five Gamblers Are Ordered To Prison EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPD—Federal Judge Cale J. Holder today ordered five syndicate gamblers j to prison* immediately and gave a sixth a one-week stay of execution of sentence. Holder denied a request for a stay made by gamblers arrested in connection with a multi-million dollar football betting operation broken up by federal agents in Terre Haute in 1957. He ordered five of them taken to Vanderburgh County Jail to await a trip to a federal penal institution, and gave a one-week stay to Jules Horwick, Chicago, who asked for time to arrange personal affairs for his son. Horwick was ordered to report to a U.S. marshal at Indianapolis next Monday. The five denied delays in execution of sentence were Philip Share and Irwin Gordon, Las Vegas: Leo Shaffer, Chicago; E. M. Wyatt, Terre Haute, and James E. Tamer, Detroit and Miami. The requests for stay were lastditch legal maneuvers to keep the men from going to prison immediately. Mrs. Mae Gander Dies Early Sunday Mrs. Mae Gunder, 85, of Fort Wayne, a native of Decatur, died at 4 a.m. Sunday at a South Whitley rest home, where she had been a for nine years. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Viril R. Kite of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Minnie Shott of Celina, 0., Mrs. Dessie Martin of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Bessie Koppock of Pine Mountain, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. lona Eckart of South San Francisco, Calif.; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Mungovan & Sons funeral home after 7 p.m. today. Services will be held Tuesday at the funeral home, with burial in Lindenwood cemetary.

I and ex-ambassador to the Soviet Union and Britain, will become assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs. He will succeed Walter P. McConaughy, 53-year-old career diplomat, who will switch to “a major ambassadorial Post." Bowles, 60, will be succeeded as second in command of the State Department by George S. Ball, 53, now under secretary for economic affairs. Ball’s successor in rank will be George McGhee, the department’s 49-year-old counselor- and chairman of its policy planning council, who will become under secretary for political affairs. Walt W. Rostow, 45-year-old deputy special assistant to the President for national security affairs, will take over McGhee’s present State Department duties. Aide to President Brooks Hays, 63, a former Democratic congressman from Arkansas, will become a special assistant to the President. His post as assistant secretary of state for congressional relations will be taken by Frederick G. Dutton, 38, who has been Kennedy’s special assistant for Cabinet affairs. Timothy J. Reardon, long-time aide of Kennedy’s, will take over Dutton’s Cabinet duties. Richard N. Goodwin, Kennedy’s 30-year-old deputy special counsel, will become deputy assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs. This is a new post in which he will continue a field of specialization he has followed all year at the White House. The timing of Harriman’s start in his new Far Eastern post will be governed by how soon he can leave his duties as a U.S. participant in the Geneva conference on Laos.

MOSCOW (UPD — The Soviet Union today asked France to join it, the United States and Britain in a four-point agreement to end nuclear weapons tests. Calling for a “new approach” to a test ban, the Soviet Foreign Ministry gave foreign correspondents copies of a draft agreement to be presented to the three-power | test ban conference resuming Tuesday at Geneva. Neither the draft agreement nor an explanatory statement issued at the same time, formally invited France to the conference table. But the draft called for the Big Four powers, including France, to sign the agreement. Up to now, the nuclear test ban talks in Geneva have been conducted among representatives of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union. But France went ahead on its own and developed a nuclear capability through tests in the Sahara while these talks have dragged on without result. Thus, it has become the fourth member of the so-called “nuclear club.” The Soviet draft called, as before, for a control system linked to an agreement on general and total disarmament. But it proposed that each signatory use “national systems” for detecting nuclear or thermonuclear explosions. Copies of the draft had not been sent to the U.S. embassy in Moscow when newsmen saw it, but the Soviets were expected to inform the U.S., British and French ambassadors shortly. The draft agreement contained these specific points: —The parties to the agreement will not carry eut .any kind of thermonuclear tests in the atmosrph ere, outer space or under water. —The states involved will use “national systems” for detecting nuclear and thermonuclear explosions. —No states will carry out any underground nuclear tests before they agree on a control system that would be part of an international control system for an agreement on general and total disarmament. —The agreement would be signed by the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France, and would be “open for adherence by all states.” At the same time, the Ministry published a statement of explanation of the draft. The statement said the Soviet government proposed to “sink all weapons, both convention and nuclear, in the deepest part of the ocean.” “Humanity now has no other recourse but to wreck its entire military machine and create a world without armies and without weapons,” the statement said. “Otherwise, the nations will be hit by a crushing tornado of nuclear war and within a few minutes not only individual cities and inhabited points will disappear from the earth but entire countries can be turned into deserts... “The Soviet Unicn believes in the strength of ideas and not in the strength of weapons.” The statement said the problem sf-disarmament would have been solved long ago if it depended on the Soviet Union alone. Advertising Index Advertiser Page A & P Tea Co., Inc. 3 Adams County Shrine Club .. 7 Adams Theater ... 8 Burk Elevator Co. 5 Cowens Insurance Agency 4 Central Soya Co., Inc. 5 Decatur-Kocher Lumber, * Inc. 5 Decatur Missionary Church 2 Decatur Community Fund, Inc. 8 Evans Sales & Service, Inc. 5 Holthouse Drug Co. 7, g Haugks 4 Paul Havens Chevrolet- ' Buick, Inc. 5 Charles Hoffman 5 Indiana & Michigan Elec. Co. 6 Ned C. Johnson, Auctioneer 5 Kelly Dry Cleaning 3 Kohne Drug Store 3 Lincoln Service 5 Myers Cleaners 7 Northern Indiana Public Service Co. t 2 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co. 2, 6 Sherman Hotel 7 Teeple Truck Line ..5

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 27,1961.

Democrats' Dollars Drive Is Extended Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Adams county “Dollars for Democrats” fund drive has been extended from November 30 to December 7. Robert Kolter, general chairman of the drive, in announcing the extension date,' also stated that many of the precinct workers have, their areas almost completed, and contributions are heartening. This year’s drive has a $3,00# goal, which would amount to about 50 cents per registered Democrat. All of the precinct committeemen have cooperated well with the drive, and most of them have volunteered to supervise the collections in their precincts. Kolter emphasized the fact that a large part of the money returns to Adams county for use here. One-third of the donation goes to the local organization, one-third will be used throughout the state in the congressional and legislative races next fall, and onethird of the money is forwarded, to the national organization. The state legislature is of particular importance to Indiana Democrats who did the work to elect a Democratic governor in Indiana last year. Hoosier Democrats are planning a vigorous campaign to give Gov. Matthew Welsh a state house and senate with which he can work harmoniously. Any person who has not been contacted by a solicitor is urged to contact either Kolter or the precinct committeeman, and they will receive a call. •••••••••••••••••••••a : © 5 SHOPPING : • DAYS LEFT • USE CHRISTMAS SEALS : AND HELP Fim -

Community Fund Is Short Os Goal

The Decatur Community Fund is still $2,600 short of its goal of $24,800, despite the fact that this is the lowest goal in the area, and the only one not to reach the minimum so far, Ed Hagan, drive chairman, said today. So far $22,200 has been collected, towards the goal of $24,800. All workers are asked to finish their collections at once, and turn them over to their captains, so that captains can make a final report. A list of those who still have to report will be run later in the week. - Retail Still Out All divisions except the retail division are pretty well wrapped up, with the entire industrial division already in, Hagan stated. Purpose of the drive is to hold a one-time drive for ten city agencies, all of them badly needed to help local people either here or away from home. The importance, for example, of the USO, one of the ten agencies, has been greatly increased by the calling back to duty of more than 30 local men. One of their principal off-duty places of

Brutal Killing Os Girl Is Under Probe MISHAWAKA, Ind. (UPD— Authorities here admitted Sunday night they were "at a standstill” in the investigation of the brutal slaying of 14-year-old Mary Koontz. The high school freshman’s body was found Saturday in a clump of trees near her home. She had been missing since Thanksgiving night when she left her home here to go to what she told her parents was a church supper. The partially disrobed body was found by two teen-age hunters who at first thought the body was a department store mannequin but reported their find to a couple in a nearby farmhouse who called police. The body was covered by a girl’s coat, skirt and sweater, and her underclothing lay nearby. She had been strangled by the strands of a red and white scarf hat. Capt. Ed James, a spokesman for St. Joseph County Sheriff William J. Locks, said the investigation Sunday consisted primarily of routine questioning of friends and acquaintances of the slim, darkharied girl. Pupils in her freshman class were among those questioned. James said all off-duty men in the department had been called in on the investigation which is being conducted by both the sheriff’s office and the state police. Earlier, State Police Detective Sgt. Ralph Achenhausen reported that there were no neighborhood church suppers scheduled Thanksgiving night, and he theorized the girl had given the church supper as an excuse to go out on a date. A 16-year-old boy who lives near the Koontz home was questioned about scratches on his legs but he said he got them from hunting the day before. Nathan Joseph Dies At Hospital Today • f ■ Nathan Joseph, 81, of Convoy, 0., retired Pennsylvania railroad .employe, died at 10:30 a.m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of two weeks. He was bom near Convoy Dec. 25, 1879, a son of Joshua Calvin and Louisa Couch-Joseph, and was married to Dora Ingmire Aug. 4, 1904. His wife preceded him in death. Mr. Joseph was a Spanish-Amer-ican War veteran, serving three years in the Philippine Islands. He was employed by the Pennsylvania railroad for 31% years before his retirement. Surviving are two sons, Harold Joseph of Convoy, and Loran Joseph of Van Wert, O.; one daughter, Mrs. John (Fern) Dierkes of Decatur, and eight grandchildren. One daughter, two sons, three brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Smith funeral home at Convoy, with burial in the lOOF cemetery at Convoy.

relaxation is the USO center, where a ‘home away from home’ atmosphere is maintained for them. Other Services Also, the Red Cross maintains its services to help those in service, and their dependents, according to its charter from congress. It verifies information for the U. S. armed forces, and help servicemen prepare papers when that is necessary. _ Other agencies which are helped by the Community Fund are •the Boy and Girl Scouts, the Youth Center, the Little League and Pony League, mental health. Salvation Army, American Field Service (exchange students), and Crippled Children. Every person who has not yet been solicited, but who wants to make a contribution to the ten worthy causes supported by the community fund, is asked to mail his or her contribution to Robert Boch, First Satte Bank, Decatur, Ind., c/o Decatur Community Fund, Inc. Make checks payable to the Decatur Community Fund, Inc.

Train Tickets Tuesday

Hugo A. Weissbrodt Dies At Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD — ’ Hugo A. Weissbrodt, 74, member of the Indiana State Highway 1 Commission, died unexpectedly today of an apparent cerebral hemorrhage. 1 Weissbrodt, of Fort Wayne, 1 died as he was being admitted to St. Joseph’s hospital shortly ’ after he was stricken ill. Weissbrodt was a former works manager of the International Harvester Co. plant here and former secretary of the Fort Wayne Convention Bureau. Surviving are his widow, a son and a daughter. Weissbrodt, a Republican, was appointed to the commission early this year by Governor Welsh when the state administration shifted from Republican to Democratic. At Indianapolis, Welsh said Weissbrodt “will be sorely missed.” “He was an outstanding, able ; citizen of Indiana who was doing an excellent job and thoroughly enjoyed serving the people of Indiana as a member of the State Highway Commission,” Welsh said. Trio Arrested As Forgery Suspects ANDERSON, Ind. (UPD—Three persons were in Madison County jail today as suspects in a crosscountry check-forging spree which authorities said netted thousands of dollars. Police said the three admitted the charges and confessed to passing forged checks in Oklahoma, Nevada. Missouri and Indiana where they netted about S7OO. Byrl Lindholm, 22, his wife, Tina Rose, 16, both of Portland, Ore., and Loren Lee Brunner, 17, Anderson, were arrested at a midtown jewelry store in Indianapo- , lis Saturday when they tried to I buy a watch with a bad check. Police said they admitted steal- . ing checks and checkwriters in ; numerous cities in their operation. Late Bulletins CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles (UPD—Five pro-Castro 1 Venezuelan students today hijacked an airliner with 46 persons aboard for a “leaflet raid” on Caracas and forced the pilot at gunpoint to fly the plane here. i — Decatur Temperature* i Local weather data for the 48 1 hour period ending; at 11 a.m. today. I SATI'RDAY NIMtAY , 12 noon 46 12 midnight .. 38 1 p.m. . .. 47 1 a.m. 38 2 p.m 48 2 a.m 36 3 p.m. .. .... 48 3 a.m. 36 4 p.tn. . 46 4 a m 38 5 p.m. .41 5 a.m. .." 40 6 p.m 41 6 a.m 39 7 p m4O 7 a m. . 38 8 p.m 39 8 a.m 39 9 p.m 39 9 a m. . 41 10 .p.m 39 10 a.m 46 11 p.m. 38 11 am4B SrADAY MONDAY 12 noon 48 12 midnight ..44 1 p m 49 1 am 43 2 p.m 50 2 a.m 42 3 p.msl 3 a m 42 4 p.m. 49 4 a.m 42 5 p.m. 48 5 a.m42 —a>p,nh-........... 47 6 a.m. s 441 7 p.m 47 7 a.m. . 39 8 p.m 4G 8 a m 38 9 p.m 46 9 a m. 36 10 p.m. 46 10 am 37 11 p.m45 ll a m . 37 Rain Total for the 48 hour period ending at 7 n.m. today, 0 Inchon. The St. Mary's river wan at 2.07 feet.

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Free tickets for the three Santa Claus train rides here Saturday, will be distributed by many Devatur merchants, Tuesday, Chamber of Commerce officials announced today. These free tickets for children -of Decatur and vicinity, may be - obtained at the stores listed below f any time Tuesday and until all f are exhausted. Tickets for adults 1 who wish to accompany their children on the train, will also go , on sales Tuesday at the C. of C. 1 office. 7 There will be three trains Saturday, at 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 5 4 p.m. The trains will leave from 1 the Erie-Lackawanna depot on 1 Winchester street, and make the t round trip to Ohio City. Santa Claus will be on each ! train, and will be assisted in entertaining the children by Bozo, the 5 popular TV clown. . Stores where the tickets will be j available Tuesday are as 1 Beavers Oil Co., fitters Hard- ' ware, P. N. Hirsch & Co.. Bowers Jewelry Store, Decatur Daily 1 Democrat. Jani Lyn, Schwartz ' Ford Co., Phil Macklin Co., First Oil Co., E. F. Gass Co., Gerbers 5 State Bank. Gambles Store, Petrie 5 Super Market, Decatur Music f House, Western Auto Store, Ha- • flich & Morrissey Shoe Store, i Bob Heller Real Estate, Haugk Heating & Appliances, Holthouse Drug Co., Holthousc-On-The-High-way, Adams County Trailer Sales, Arnold Lumber Co., Begun’s Clothing. F. McConnell & Sons, Fred E. Kolter, Standard Food, Kiddie Shop, Kohne Drug Store, MillerJones Shoe Store, G. C. Murphy, Newberry Store, Niblick & Co., Parkway 66 Service, Price Men’s Wear, Habegger - Schafer Store, ( Sears-Roebuck Co., Sheets Furni- ‘ ture, Leland Smith Insurance, Smith Rexall Drug Store, The I Suttle’s Co., Uhrick Bros., Hi-Way > Service Station, Klenk's, Decatur Record Store, Myers Firestone Home & Auto Supply, Kay’s Shoe ' Store. Wertzberger Confectionery, L John Brecht Jewelry, Culligan Soft Water, and Decatur Hatchery. * » »

Central Soya Files 11 * Charges On UMW

Central Soya, Inc., hopes to have the 259-24 vote favoring the United Mine Workers as the bargaining agent for their Decatur employes set aside because of an alleged violation of NLRB rules concerning additions to official sample ballots, it was learned today. Central Soya Company filed a charge of unfair labor practices 1 Friday against the United Mine Workers, in connection with the ! election two weeks ago of a union i to represent the Decatur Central i Soya workers, W. O. Druetzler, 1 personnel manager, stated. Charge Interference ' The company charged that Di«- ; trict 50, UMWA, engaged in con--1 duct which interfered with the i free and uninhibited choice by ; employes of a collective bargain- > ing representative, and impro- ’ perly influenced the results of the i election. , The charge further specified i that November 13. the UMW sent i a letter, an election notice, and a sample ballot to those involved. The ballot was a reproduction 1 of the official ballot, with the word inserted in fourj

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Break Ground For Sv flood Control Plan • WABASH, Ind. (UP I)-Governor ' Welsh win head a list of state, I federal and municipal officials i participating in ground-breaking ■ ceremonies marking the opening > of the s6l million Upper Wabash flood control project Tuesday at the site of the Salamonie Reservoir dam near Dora. Climax of the ceremonies will come when the first charge of explosives is set-off by Rep. J. Ed- * ward Roush, District congressman. Other on the program are Sen. Vance Hartke, Sen. Homer Capehart, Brig. Gen. Jackson Graham and Col. James Lewis of the Army Corps of Engineers. Also speaking are Rep. Richard Roudebush and Robert Kellum, secretary of the Indiana Flood Control Commission. The C. & C. Construction Inc., Fort Wayne, was awarded the contract for construction of the outlet part of the project by the Corps of Engineers on a low bid of $1,237,000. Eight bids were received on this phase of the construction. Three reservoirs are included In the Upper Wabash project-Sala-monie, Mississinewa and Huntington. Bids for the Mississinewa Reservoir will be received shortly after the first of the year. Final plans are now being prepared for the Huntington Reservoir on the Wabash River. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and colder with diminishing winds tonight. Tuesday fair, not much temperature change. Low tonight in the 20s. High Tuesday in the 30s north, 35 to 43 south. Sunset today 5:23 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:44 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Partly cloudy with no important temperature changes. Lows 23 to 34. Highs 38 to 45.

places and an “x” inserted in the box unler the name of the UMW, the charge further explained. \ Marked Ballot It is a violation of the national labor relations board rules to reproduce the official ballot, marked ‘'sample,” with the addition of an “x” in any of the squares, the charge concluded. The Central Soya company hopes to have the results of the election set aside if the charge is sustained by the board. The election, held November 16, with nearly all of the eligible voters taking part, favored UMW over the Brewery Workers, 259 to 24, with five votes for no union, and 24 questioned ballots. The Brewerly Workers, Local 261, has represented the local Central Soya employes for about ten years. Some of the union leaders became dissatisfied with the way the union represented them, and made contact with’ the UMW, district 50. This led to their expulsion from their offices far the Brewery Workers local, and the struggle between the two groups in the election 11 days | ago.