Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1962 — Page 8

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Twelve Lake County Persons Indicted

HAMMOND, Ind. (UPD—Twelve prominent Lake County residents, including the sheriff and the mayor of Gary, will be arraigned in U.S. District Court here at noon Saturday on charges of evading federal taxes on more than a quarter of a million dollars in income. Sealed indictments, handed dowfi Feb. 7 and opened Wednesday, charged Mayor George Chacharis, 54, with concealing _ $226,686 in income during the years 1955 through 1958. The indictments charged that the hidden income, which Chacharis evaded about $160,000 in taxes, was in the form of payoffs which the mayor received from construction frrms doing bus-; iness with the c.ty. Special Deputy Atty. Gen. Jay Goldberg, who conducted the investigation under the direction of Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, said the investigation of Chacharis led to the indictments against the other defendants, including Sheriff Peter Mandich, 46, a former Gary mayor. Engineer Charged The eight-count indictment involving Chacharis also accused Harold Zweig. Gary city engineer, of evading taxes on $19,573 in income for 1956-58. Mandich and three others were charged with obstructing federal officials in their efforts to colect taxes from Chacharis and Zweig. The others named in the indictment were John Diamond, 40, chief of the auto license branch at Gary; Peter Chacharis, 58, brother of the mayor; and Wilmar Chulock. 45, an accountant with offices in Chicago. The indictments were made public just nine days after a $25-a---plate birthday dinner for Chacharis which raised an amount variously estimated at $25,000 to $75,000. It was first announced that the money would go to the mayor for his personal use but it was later repwied "the funds would be turned over to the Democratic Party. Plans were announced last week for a similar dinner, at SSO a plate, to be held in April to honor Mandich, who recently announced he would not seek re-election as sheriff.

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Kept Secret The contents of the indictments also were kept secret pending, completion of the trial of Metro Holovachka, former Lake County prosecutor, on tax evasion charges. A federal jury here early Wednesday found Holovachka guilty on three counts of evading about $39,000 in income taxes for 1955-57. Mandich anc several others of those indictea sire witnesses for the government in the Holovachka trial. Another indictment charg ed George Parol, 60, retired Gary citv traffic engineer and a former police cantain, with failing to re- , port $6,581 in income which he I elleeedlv received from a firm ! which installed traffic lights for I th“ city during the period he was ' traffic engineer. Separate indictments charged five members of the 1955 Hammond City Council, one still a member of the council, with failing to report a total of $13,000 which they received from the Missouri Valley Dredging Co. Still On Council Four were accused of failing to report $2,000 each and a fifth, Arthur L. Bradbum Jr„ 54, was charged with failing to report $5,000. The other four were G. Homer Wolf, 48, who is still a member of the council, Nicholas Gasparovic, 48, Adolph Swiontek, 55. and Elmer Rose. 53. Those named in the indictments ■were not arrested but were notified by telephone to appear Saturday before Judge Robert A. Grant. The indictments indicated that the payments to Chacharis were made through dummy corporations of which he and his brother were officers, using the name "Combs.” Authorities said the firms were threatened with “economic reprisals,” including loss of business, if they did not make the payments. The indictments charged that a conspiracy involving Chacharis, Zweig and the other four impeded the government’s attempts to learn who owed taxes. If you hav« something to sell or trade — use <h< Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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Special Services At Trinity Church Evangelistic services will begin Sunday at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church on Ninth street. The Rev. Erhardt Lang, the guest evangelist, will be present to bring the messages in each service. The services will be held at 8 a m. and 10 a.m. Sunday and at 7 o’clock each evening. Rev. Lang is the so n of the Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Lang, who for many years have been missionaries of the Evangelical United Brethren denomination to the country of Japan. Although Rev. Lang is of German decent, he was born fa Japan and spent his boyhood days in that country. At present he is a naturalized citizen of the United States, where he has been studying in preparation for the Christian ministry. Rev. Lang is well known fa the Evangelical United Brethren church as a speaker at Women's, Society of World Service conventions, youth rallies, and evangelistic services. He served for an' entire year as youth evangelist for i the Evangelical United Brethren' denomination; traveling in almost every annual conference. Rev. Lang first came to Decatur some four years ago when he served as youth evangelist at the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church. He received his liberal arts degree at Albright College in Pennsylvania, and he will receive his bachelor of divinity degree with the 1962 graduating class at United Theological Seminary at Dayton, Ohio, where he is now studying. The public is welcome to attend these services which will be held each week night except Saturday at 7 p.m. Cleaning Ashtrays Those stubborn.and unsightly tobacco stains on your copper or brass ashtrays can be removed if, after first washing thoroughly, you brush over them with some denatured alcohol.

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Zany Bargain Hunt On In Washington WASHINGTON (UPD — Washington shoppers flexed their elbows, put John Glenn Jr. out of mind and plunged into the zaniest bargain hunt of the year today. Some even stood all night in the cold rain to be among the first — and in many cases, the last—to pick up such bargains as a 49-cent TV set, a 22-eent power mower and a 99-cent typewriter. Neighbor Glenn of Arlington, Va., and his historic space flight were temporarily put aside as residents of the area partook in the annual Washington’s Birthday sale. They shoved, kicked and clawed their wav into shops featuring “fantastic” sales. Many have been at it for years—ever since 1919 when a local haberdasher unloaded some sun-faded shirts at 50 cents each. The list of bargains has expanded since then but the actual number of items has not changed much. The few ridiculously lowpriced products went to the pros, the determined shoppers who spent part of Wednesday night on the sidewalk so they would be at the front of the line. Some bargains today include; Air conditioners at $9; refrigerators, $9; automatic washers, $8; electric sewing machines, 99cents; 10 old cars at sl9 each and a radio-TV-phonograph cons sole, 99-cents. CONTINUED AID (Continues from Page One) later today to celebrate his 30th birthday with Robert and his wife. Robert Kennedy concluded his visit to Rome with a jam-packed day Wednesday which included an audience with Pope John XXIII and meeting with Premier Amintore Fanfani and Foreign Minister Antonio Segni. Mrs. Kennedy had some trouble with a familiar product of the Italian scene—a motor scooter. Taking a spin around a Roman square on _a tiny scooter Wednesday, Mrs. Kennedy and a small Italian car collided. The scooter tipped over and Mrs. Kennedy slid to the ground but was not hurt. “I just couldn’t find the brakes,” she explained.

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Milwaukee Girl Is Top Cherry Baker CHICAGO (UPD — A girl who can bake a cherry cake has won the national crown formerly reserved for the champion cherry pie bahpr. t Marcia Jensen,’ 17, Milwaukee, submitted the winning recipe for “Cherry Buried Treasure Cake" in what used to be the annual Washington’s Birthday national cherry pie baking competition. Contest taking the attitude, “how many ways are there, anyway, to bake a cherry pie,” voted to open the contest this year to any and all original recipes using red cherries. In past years, know-how in baking a cherry pie counted for something in the competition. Contestants came to Chicago for a bakeoff and the pies rather than the recipes came up for judging. This year, only the recipes were judged. That was fine with Miss Jensen, a self-styled “creative” cook who would like ultimately to work in the field of experimental foods, dreaming up more recipes.

Miss Jensen’s concoction consists of a layer cf tart red cherries sandwiched between a crunchy nut-filled crust and a topping of yellow cake. Miss Jensen planned to use the SI,OOO scholarship she got as a prize to study home economics at the University of Wisconsin. Vera Cruz School Benefit Saturday The public is invited to attend the benefit dinner sponsored by the Vera Cruz opportunity school, which will be served from 4 to 8 ,p.m. Saturday at the American Legion home on West Washington street in Bluffton. Fans attending the sectional basketball tourneys will have ample time between sessions to attend the dinner, for which the price is $1.50 for adults and $1 for children. The menu will include ham or steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, slaw, cottage cheese, mandarin orange salad, relish tray, rolls, pie or ice cream and and coffee or milk. More information may be obtained by calling Homer Ginter residence, 3-9463.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1962

Three Are Wounded In Robbery Attempt ATTICA, Ind. (UPD—A filling station owner fired a blast with a shotgun at three burglary suspects today and wounded all of them. Police said Richard Beedle, proprietor of Beedie’s Service Station at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Indiana 28 a mile northwest of here, pulled the trigger when he heard a glass break at his station. Michael Wagoner, 19, Potomac, 111., fell wounded in the leg. The other two men escaped but were arrested at Potomac, an Illinois town west of Attica, a short time later by Vermillion County, 111., sheriff’s officers. The other two were identified as Robert S. Levis, 20, also shot in the legs, and John Smith, 19, shot in the face. They were taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital at Danville, DI., and Wagoner was taken to Community Hospital at Williamsport, Ind. Trade iii a good town — Decatur