Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 288.

Reds Tighten Traffic Grip

BERLIN (UPI) — The East German Communists today tightened their grip on East-West Berlin border traffic by ordering the installation of movable barriers at the seven remaining border crossing points. The move would make it impossible for Western Allied military vehicles to pass through the Friedrichstrasse crossing — the only point still left open to nonGermans—without coming to a complete halt. The East German news agency ADN said the new order was “in the interest of orderly border traffic.” ADN quoted an Interior Ministry announcement which said that vehicles carrying civilians must as usual identify themselves at the checkpoints. “Vehicles with military personnel in uniform will pass the barriers according to already existing regulations,” the ministry said. Aimed At West The new order was another move in the Communists’ campaign to regulate traffic and limit Western access rights in the divided city. — Until now, Allied military vehicles simply sped across the border through the Friedrichstrasse crossing—-the only opening the Allies may use along the 25mile city border. But the erection of barriers gives the East Germans, whom the Western Allies do not recognize, the power to regulate the flow of U.S., British and French official traffic and even try bar it if they wished. At Friendrichstrasse, 20 East German soldiers began building the barriers 10 yards in front of the Communist wall. Allies Move Troops The latest squeeze on Western Allied rights in the Red-encircled city came as the U.S. Army ignored Communist threats and sent more troops through East German territory. The large-scale movement of two battle groups, consisting of 3,000 troops in 350 jeeps and trucks, began Thursday and was scheduled to end next Wednesday. Advance elements of the First Battle Group of the 19th Infantry traveled from West Germany to Berlin Thursday without incident. 1

Early Release Os Reserves Planned

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Alli Army reservists called to active] duty in the Berlin crisis probably will be back in civilian life by next June 30, it was learned today. The Army tentatively plans to start releasing the 119,500 members of the National Guard and organized reserve early in 1962 as trained draftees become available to take their places. First releases may come next month, with momentum picking up until all are out by June 30. The Navy and Air Force, however, presently plan to hold their mustered reservists on active duty for a full one-year tour which will expire in most cases next Oct. 1. The Navy has called up 8,357 reservists and the Air Force has summoned 28,000 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members. In approving President Kennedy’s Berlin buildup plans, Congress authorized a one-year callup of as many as 250,000 reservists of all services. The actual mobilization stopped just short of 156,000. The Army, with administration agreement, now plans to have a larger regular force instead of relying on call-up of reservists in

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One Man Killed In Car-Truck Accident By United Press International A man was killed and another survived by superhuman effort in a stark drama on an Indiana highway today. — - - State police said Charles Robert Bush, 34, Oolitic, died in the crash on Indiana 37 about a mile north of Bedford after he apparently lost control of his auto and hit a farm truck in the side. The truck’s gasoline tanks burst into flame and the driver, Everett Elmo Stalcup, 45, R.R. 1, Bloomfield, was trapped in the burning vehicle. , But, he told police, as the flames were singing his hair, he put his back against the jammed right door of his truck and gave a tremendous shove. The door gave way, and Stalcup jumped to safety, only a second away from cremation. The truck, loaded with 13 tons of shelled corn, was almost completely destroyed by flames. The death sent the Indiana 1961 highway toll to at least 988 compared with 1,035 at this time last year. Three deaths were recorded Thursday. Viola Bontrager, 15, died at LaGrange County Hospital Thursday night several hours after her father was killed when a car struck their horse-drawn buggy. The father, Samuel Bontrager, 59, was killed when the car hit the buggy as he turned into the driveway of their home in the Amish country near Topeka. Four other children were injured less seriously. — Joseph Kromel, 54, R.R. 1, San Pierre, was injured fatally Thursday when his car collided with a truck at the inttrsection of U. 5.30 and U.S. 421 in LaPorte County. Kromel died two hours later at ’Potter Memorial Hospital in Valparaiso. Police said Kromel and his wife, Zelma, 35, who was injured seriously, were thrown from their car by the impact of the collision with the truck loaded with cattle. Robert J. Hagan, 23, Stanhope, lowa, driver of the truck, was charged with failing to stop for a traffic light. He was not hurt.

| what may be a series of crises I like that over Berlin in coming years. It win have, under budget plans to be sent to Congress in January, 16 regular divisions instead of the 14 maintained by the former Eisenhower administration and until recently favored by the Kennedy administration. Army Secretary Elvis J. Stahr Jr. confirmed in a speech Thursday the 16-division plan. He said the Army hoped to replace “at an early date” the two National Guard divisions and supporting units now on active cfiity with two regular divisions. Coldest Weather 01 Season Hits State By United Press International The season’s coldest weather invaded Indiana today, sending the mercury tumbling into the teens above zero. Lafayette’s 13 apparently was the coldest reading recorded in the state since last winter. Fort Wayne recorded'a low of 14, Indianapolis and South Bend 17, Evansville and Cincinnati 20 and Louisville 23. A trace of snow lay over tipstate points, including South Bend, and police reported a few scattered slick spots on highways in the extreme northeastern portion of the state. The colder weather did not establish a trend, forecasters indicated. They said it would warm up a little tonight with lows ranging from 18 to 30. Highs Thursday ranged from 34 st South Bend and Lafayette to 42 at Evansville and Louisville. Highs today will range from 30 to 43, and Saturday from 30 to the 40s. The five-day outlook called for temperatures'averaging near normal central and south and 3 to 5 degrees below normal north. Normal highs are 32 to 46 and normal lows 17 to 29. ....

Rusk Defends UN Operation In Katanga WASHINGTON (UPI) — Secretary of State Dean Rusk said today the Congo faces civil war and anarchy unless secessionist Katanga Province is integrated into the country. Rusk, at a news conference, staunchly defended United Nations military operations against Katangese forces and civilian snipers. He said it Was vital for the U.N. forces to protect themselves and maintain their communications so they could proceed with their mandate to stabilize the country. He said the United States regrets the loss of life in the bitter fighting “but the United Nations must not be prevented from fulfilling its mandate.” " Rusk said the United Nations has not asked the United States for military equipment or supplies beyond the big transport planes now ferrying U.N. personnel and war equipment into Katanga. The United States fully supports U.N. Acting Secretary General U. Thant’s decision to use military action to “restore the freedom of movement” of the world organization’s forces in the Congo, the secretary said. Rusk said the United Nations had to act in a military response to repeated Katangese attacks against U.N. troops and personnel. He said the U.N. military position must be secured .again before there is any use talking about a renewal of the cease-fire agreement with Katanga.

Truman Tears Into G. 0. P. In Speech BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (UPI) —Harry Truman gave ’em the ol’ Harry Thursday night. He was the star of a SIOO-a--plate Democratic show in the grand ballroom of the plush Bevorder to drop the atom bomb on Japan in World War 11, and complacency of Americans. In a very serious moment, he said the United States is “confronted by an even greater threat to our survival” than at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor just 20 years ago. The dinner, attended by about 1,000 persons, was held in honor of Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore., and proceeds over the cost of the victuals went to his campaign fund for re-election next year. Truman sprinkled his talk with salty asides and at one point said, "I hope my wife isn’t listening. She always eats me up when I use Missouri language.” The 77-year-old former president disclosed that he had offered Morse the post of attorney general in his Cabinet in 1948. “He didn’t exactly tell me to go to hell,” said Truman, “but he came close to it. He said he would be more useful to the state of Oregon as a senator—and he was right.” Then he asked, “How in hell did anybody get in this Western Hemisphere if we didn’t let them get there?”

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American Planes Fly UN Troops Into Battletorn Elisabethville In Congo

' if* - * BOATS HIGH AND DRY — Thdse boats wound up on dry land when the reservoir of Piqua, Ohio, burst. City’s water supply rushed from under them into the Miami River.

Kennedy Sets Basic Item*

PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPI) — President Kennedy appeared today to have settled on the heart of his legislative program for the next Congress. The New Frontier legislative recommendations next year will center on at least eight basic items, aside from his proposals dealing with national security and the cold war. The Chief Executive supplied the items Thursday in his speech to the AFL - CIO national convention in Miami Beach. After reviewing legislative accomplishments in the last session —accomplishments for which he gave organized labor a large measure of credit — Kennedy told the labor delegates, "We are coming back in January and we are going to start again.” Then he ticked off what must be done, in his opinion, and his recommendations were expected to be the foundation of the domestic portions of his State of the Union Message in January. His main points: Unemployment — “Unemployment compensation must be placed bn a permanent, rational basis of nationwide standards.” Medical care — “Those who are older and retired must be permitted under a system of Social Security to get assistance and relief from the staggering cost of their medical bills.” Education — The President said he would renew his fight next year for federal aid in school construction and teacher salaries. Re-training — “We need a program,” he said, for retraining workers pushed out of jobs when technology changes production methods and industries move to new locations. Civil Rights — He did not promise specific legislative recommendations, but said the fate of “minority citizens” required national attenton so that all persons, regardless of race or color, will “have an opportunity to make a life for themselves and their families, to get a decent education, so that they have a fair chance to compete and then be judged

INDIANA WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, not quite so cold tonight Saturday cloudy and a little warmer with some snow likely, possibly mixed with rain. Low tonight 18 to 24 north, 25 to 30 south. High Saturday 35 to 44. Sunset today 5:20 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 7:54 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Cloudy, rain or snow north, cloudy, rain south, no important temperature changes. Lows 25 to 35. ffigte 40 to 48.

. on what’s in here and not on t what’s outside.” 5 Plant re-investment —He will renew his plea to Congress for , a tax credit to be used as an i incentive for new plant invest- , ment. . Stand-by powers — “It is my J intention to ask the Congress at its next session for standby au- , thority . . . to make grants-in-aid i to communities for needed public j works when our unemployment begins to mount and our economy to slow down.” Reciprocal trade — Moderniza- , tion of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act to put this country in a stronger competitive po- , sition with products of other nations. To help domestic areas hard-hit by competition after tariff barriers are lowered to some extent, Kennedy will ask Congress to provide “a recognition of the national responsibility in the period of transition for those industres and people who may be adversely affected.” Welsh Neutral On -- Senate Nomination INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—lndianapolis Mayor Charles H. Boswell, i who already has the conditional support of former Democratic national committeeman Frank McHale in his still unofficial bid for the party’s senatorial nomination, ' apparently lost out Thursday in an attempt to get support from Governor Welsh. 1 Following a visit from Marion County Prosecutor Phillip Bayt, who spoke on behalf of Boswell, Welsh said, “I listened and made no commitment.” McHale, in a talk at Logansport Wednesday night, said he would ’ .back Boswell as senatorial candidate if Lafayette attorney Roger 1 Branigin does not run. Bayt, a former Indianapolis mayor, said in his visit to Welsh, ] “I told him what an A-Number 1 candidate Boswell would make.” Bayt said he accompanied Boswell on several speaking trips throughout the state and was impressed with his ability as a campaigner. The governor had given similar non-committal indications earler when asked to support former Speaker of the House Brch Bayh, Terre Haute, for the nomination. Bayh, a strong supporter of Welsh, already has announced as a candidate for the nomination, subject to the June party convention. The Republicans are expected to renominate the incumbent, Sen. Homer Capehart.

Exchange Student Is Rotary Speaker Miss Monicathis year’s American Field Service exchange student from Sweden, gave an interesting comparison between her country and America to the Decatur Rotary club at its meeting Thursday evening at the Decatur Youth and Community | Center. Wilbur Petrie was program chairman. Miss Marklund began by briefly describing the American Field Service, begun in 1914 by American ambulance drivers, which has grown to a large world-wide organization. There are 2,222 foreign students spending a year in America under A.F.S. sponsorship. The speaker hoped these exchange contacts could help toward peace. Although Sweden has a similar standard of living with an abundance of automobiles and TV sets, the speaker said she missed the long dark winters and the midnight suns of summer. Living near the Arctic circle, her home has only two or three hours of daylight around Christmas. She described the thrilling beauty of the Northern Lights. “Politically, Sweden has always wanted to be neutraL She has carefully avoided foreign alliances and pacts and has not Joined NATO. Her king is merely a figurehead but well liked by the Swedish people. “Sweden has socialized medicine. After a stay at the hospital, the ' patient may have 90 per cent of his hospital expenses returned. This plan is very expensive and accounts for the high taxes in Sweden. It is possible for people to Use private medical and dental services if they prefer. * The speaker said America has ■much better roads. Their highways are narrow. Cars drive on the left side of the road. There are no billboards on Swedish highways. Swedish TV has no commercials. They use the English versions of some of the same programs seen in America with a Swedish translation shown on the screen. Miss Marklund thought Swedish schools were more difficult than here in America. More stress is placed on languages and she had taken six years of English. She also had studied German and French. Classes meet every week day, including Saturday, and a minimum of four hours of homework per night is expected. The speaker said that marriage comes considerably later in Sweden, the average age for men being about 27 and for women about 25. Miss Marklund felt that American marriages were too early, before the people had matured enough to accept its responsibility. Next week’s program will be the ahnual Rotary speech contest.'

E LISABETHVILLE, Katanga, The Congo IUPI > — United States Air Force Globemasters with jet fighter plane escorts today flew United Nations troops into battletorn Elisabethville. As the American planes brought in 400 Ethiopian and Irish soldiers Katanga’s President Moise Tshombe returned from Paris and sought to rally his forces With a charge that the United States was “murdering Katanga.” > He also charged the United Nations had become a tool of international communism and accused the U.N. of bombarding Katanga hospitals and homes. The American Air Force, which suspended its Elisabethvile air* lift Thursday after one of its planes was hit by small arms fire from the ground, planned nine sorties in carrying troops and supplies in the Congo today. Fourth Day of Fighting The arrival of the Irish and Ethiopians today brought the U.N. troop strength in Elisabethville to more than 4,500 men as the fighting with Katangese forces raged in its fourth day. Although the fighting has been heavy in the streets and outskirts of the Katanga capital, a United Nations official said today U.N. casualties here were two dead. He said a third U.N. soldier was kiHed in the north Katanga city of Manono where order wag restorud after Katangeee ■ were disarmed. (In Leoppldville, a U.N. official said the United Nations jets being used to escort the American transport had been given .permission to peel off to hit any Ka tangese targets they may see. (In London the British government agreed today to provide bombs for U.N. aircraft with the stipulation that they be used only against grounded airplanes and Katanga airfields. Students Stone Embassy ..(Students demonstrated in Leopoldville against the British and French. They stoned the French embassy, breaking windows and ripped up the French flag. At the British embassy they damaged seven embassy cars by smashing windows and slashing tires. At the U.S. embassy they shouted “Long live the United States” and “Long live President Kennedy”.) The Prince Leopold African Hospital in Elisabethville was heavily bombarded by mortar fire Thursday night and this morning. Doctors and nurses told newsmen who visited the hospital that 30 to 50 hits were scored on it during the night. They claimed the firing came from the U.N. side. No one was hurt in the hospital. Abdul Latif Succar, third ranking U.N. civilian administrator here, said U.N. forces had fired mortars in the direction of the

Red China Speeds Propaganda Drive

TOKYO (UPI) — Communist China today mobilized a massive campaign against India that rivaled in ferocity some previous propaganda attacks on the United States. Red China’s press was filled with editorials and "statements” from various citizen groups denouncing India. Such campaigns focusing the country's attention on an outside enemy are common Communist tactics in times of internal stress. The Peiping regime launched the attack Thursday with a bitter attack on Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. It charged India with preparing to invade China: The Reds accused Nehru of staging an anti-Chinese campaign in India to get “more ‘assistance’ from U.S. imperialism. . .while internally supressing the forces of the people and diverting their attention so that the Congress (government) party could get votes in the coming elections.” The chairman of the “China Democratic League,” Shen Qiunju, issued a statement supporting

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hospital but they had been aimed at the Katanga Camp Tshombe 800 yards away. Tshombe Blasts U.S. Tshombe slipped back into Katanga Thursday night from Northern Rhodesia after a flight from Paris with a Stopover at Elisabethville. He quickly resumed charge today and lashed out in all directions at the United Nations efforts to expel white mercenaries from Katanga's armed forces and end its efforts to split off from the Congo. He was particularly bitter at the United States. “Today the United States is murdering Katanga, is murdering liberty...” Tshombe said. “The Americans are speeding dollars, planes and diplomats toward the Congo—everything but soldiers. The American man is too cowardly and too decadent to execute these dangerous needs while he can use the skins and the blood of Mr. Nehru’s men.” Indian troops comprise the backbone of the U.N. forces in Katanga but U.S. Globemasters have been ferrying in reinforcements. “The United States is in the process of killing Katanga the same way as Soviet Russia killed Hungary on the night of Nov. 3-4, 1956.” charged Tshombe. He appealed to the peoples of Europe and Africa to halt what he called the “menace to world liberty.” Ballistic Missile Launched Thursday VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. (UPI) —An Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully launched downrange Thursday over the Pacific in a combatreadiness test. It was the second such test in eight days for Strategic Air Command crews. Paper Collection Drive On Saturday A paper collection drive will be made by Cub Scout pack 3062 of .the Southeost elementary school Saturday morning. The area will include the regular Southeast school district, from the Erie railroad south, and from the Pennsylvania railroad east. Residents of this area are requested to have their papers along the curb or on the sidewalks in front of their homes. All members of the Cub pack and their fathers are asked to meet at the school at 9 a.m. tomorrow to conduct the drive.

the government accusations against India. He expressed "great indignation at Nehru's outrageous activities” and said “no good will come of the anti-China campaign started by the Indian government. ” The league is one of many “non-official” organizations used by the government to launch attacks onforeign countries. It is through such groups that China has made some of its strongest attacks on Russia in the dispute over Albania. Decatur Temperature* Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. . 12 noon 29 1! midnight .. IT 1 p.tn 29 1 a.m IS 2 p m 27 2 a.m. — IS Spm 26 3 a.m 15 4 p.m 26 4 a.m 14 5 p.m. 23 5 am 13 6 p.m 22 6 a.m 13 7 p.m 20 7 a.m 12 8 p.m. .. 19 8 a.m. 14 9 p.m 18 9 a.m. »18 10 p.m. 17 10 a.m 28 . 11 p.m 17 11 a.m. 26 jtaha Total -for the 24 hour periml ending at 7 a.m. today. 0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.35 , feet.