Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 48.

Nation’s Capital Gives JL ■ Astronaut John H. Glenn All-Out Welcome Today

Travel Segregation Law Ruled Invalid

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Supreme Court today instructed a federal court in Jackson, Miss., to overturn the state’s travel segregation laws as unconstitutional. The court declared there was no necessity for a three - judge federal panel to evaluate the issue. The high court said it has “settled beyond question that no state may require racial segregation of interstate or intrastate transportation facilities.” The Supreme Court did not directly rule the Mississippi laws were unconstitutional but it said similar rulings have been made in a number of prior cases. “The question is no longer open. It is foreclosed,” the opinion said. The three-man federal panel was set up when three Negroes brought challenges to state and local segregation statutes as practice in Jackson. The three judges had voted, 2-1, to delay action on their case until state courts had ruled. The panel said the state courts should examine the laws first on the basis of the many “freedom rider” cases now under consideration. . _____ _____ _____ Scores of “freedom riders” were arrested in the Jackson area and convicted of disorderly conduct. Their cases now are progressing through the state courts, however, and they were not involved in today’s ruling. The three plaintiffs involved in today’s appeal were not “freedom riders.” The decision centered essentially on the setting up of the three-judge court in their case; The high court said the threejudge panel was not needed because there was no serious constitutional question left un-

Sees Hope Os Summit Talks

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan appeared today to be prepared to move toward a summit conference with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the condition that Russia demonstrate good faith. The White House disclosed Sunday that the President, though rejecting Khrushchev’s second recent bid for a summit meeting, told the Soviet premier he hoped progress on disarmament would make such a conference possible before June 1. Macmillan dispatched his own reply to Khrushchev today. He appeared even more willing than Kennedy for a heads-of-state confrontation. Macmillan told Khrushchev that he was prepared to meet with him “fairly soon” if progress was shown in lower level disarmament talks, beginning March 14 in Geneva or, on the other hand, the discussions appeared stalemated. Urge Gromyko Presence Macmillan echoed Kennedy’s statement urging Khrushchev to send his foreign minister, Andrei Gromyko, to meet with the British and American foreign secretaries at the opening of the Geneva talks. Kennedy said in his message to the Russian leader that Secretary of State Dean Rusk would “present my views with complete authority.” The President added that he hoped “developments in the conference and internationally would make it useful to arrange for the personal participation of the heads of government before June 1.” That is the date the disarma-

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answered. In other actions, the Supreme Court: —Asked a Birmingham, Ala., integration leader, the Rev. F.L. Shuttlesworth, to try to obtain a hearing and bail from state courts within the next five days. If he fails to get them, he may appeal his case again to federal courts. Shuttlesworth has been in jail since being arrested in the company of several other Negroes who took seats in the white section of a city bus. Mrs. Gladys Wise Is Taken By Death Mrs. Gladys Wise, 66, of 809 Russell street, died at 3:10 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. She was born in Garrett Dec. 22, 1895, a daughter of Josiah and Mary Ann Krahn-Watts. Her husband, Homer Wise, preceded her in death Dec. 5, 1981. Mrs. Wise was a member of the auxiliaries of the DAV, VFW and American Legion. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Gould of Kendallville, end Mrs. Treva Applewhite of Hollywood, Calif. Two sons, two daugh-: ters, one brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2p.m. Tuesday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Sylvester Martin officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetary. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

ment conference is supposed to report back to the United Nations on its progress. By use of the word “internationally,” the President obviously meant that part of his price for a summit would be a continued easing of pressure on Berlin. Kennedy coldly reje ct e d Khrushchev’s assertion, in his lengthy and argumentative message last Thursday, that the United States was not sincere in its approach to disarmament because it was considering a resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests. Cites Red Tests He said, “It is strange for the Soviet Union, which first broke the truce on nuclear testing, now to characterize any resumption of testing by the United States as an aggressive act.” The testing preparations he had ordered, the President said, constituted "prudent policy” in light of Russia’s atmospheric nuclear tests last year. He said it was Russia’s multi-megaton explosions that put testing issues “back into the context of the arms race" and forced American preparament talks. INDIANA WEATHER Partial clearing and much colder tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and continued cold. Lows tonight 12 to 17 north, 18 .to 25 south. Highs Tuesday in the 20s north, 28 to 38 south. Sunset today 8:34 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:22 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy and cold with occasional tight snow. Lows 15 to 25. Highs mostly tn the 20s north and central, mld-30s south.

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Astronaut John H. i Glenn Jr. received an all-Out welcome in the nacapital today, and told Congress his earth-orbital flight foreshadowed accomplishments “beyond description or comprehension at this time." Addressing a joint meeting of Congress following a triumphant ride down Pennsylvania Avenue, the Marine officer said: “Our efforts today are but small building blocks in a huge pyramid.” He said he was aware of “the tremendous honor being shown us by this joint session,” and added: “When I think of past sessions that involved heads of state and equally notable persons, I can only say I am most humble to know that you consider our efforts to be in the same class.” Glenn told Congress that the cheers of thousands of persons along the parade route from the White House to the Capitol gave him the same “hard-to-definite I feeling inside” that he still gets when the American flag goes by. Efforts of Many In his speech, the astronaut again stressed that his threeorbit trip around earth Tuesday “involved much more than one man in the spacecraft in orbit.” “There was, of course, the vision of the Congress that established this national program of space exploration,” he said. “Beyond that, many thousands of people were involved: Civilian contractors and subcontractors in many different fields; many elements, civilian, civil service and military, all blending their efforts toward a common goal.” In Congress, along the parade astronaut said the accomplishwas John Glenn s day. He received one of the biggest welcomes ever accorded a national hero. Appropriately, a Marine band blared to put the parade into motion at 11:21 a.m. CST. Glenn smiled and waved to his mammoth cheering section as his open-top limousine rolled along Pennsylvania Avenue and one block of 15th Street. Crowd Is Six Deep It was chilly, and the skies were heavily overcast. But this took nothing from the enthusiasm of the crowd, including thousands of school children. In some stretches they packed the curbs six deep for a view of their hero. Just as the parade started — almost as though prearranged — the heavy rain that had been falling all morning slacked off. Gaily colored umbrellas and rainwear cut through the weather gloom, as did the smiles and cheers of the happy crowd. In his speech to Congress, the wstronaut said the accomplishments of Porject Mercury so far would lead to more orbital flights, rendezvous experiments in space, and finally the landing of men on the moon. He described his experiences and feelings in orbit, most of (Continued on Page Eight) Advertising Index Advertiser Pa «? A & P Tea Co., Inc — 3 Adams County Shrine Club -.--4 Ashbauchers’ Tin Shop , 2 Adams Theater 8 Citizens Telephone Co. 4 Burk Elevator Co. 5 Chic Dry Cleaners & Laundry 8 Cowens Insurance Agency 4 Decatur-Kocher Lumber, Inc. 2, 5 Decatur Ready-Mix Corp. - 2 Evans Sales & Service,; Inc. 5 Holthouse Drug Co. -7, 8 Habegger - Schafers 5, 6 Happy Humpty Drive. In ...... 8 International College 4 Neri C. Johnsen. Auctioneer - Realtor ... 5 Kelly Dry Cleaning 3 Kohne Drug Store 6 Kiddie Shop - 3 Kohne Window & Awning Co. — 2 Myers Cleaners 6 Myers Home & Auto Supply .. 6 Niblick & Co — — 2 Old American Insurance Co. .. 8 Petrie Oil Co. —7 Prioe Men s Wear —7 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co. -3, 6, 8 Clark W. Smith, Builder ,2 Teeple Truck Line 5

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 26, 1962.

Sixth Great Winter Storm Hits Midwest By United Press International Winter’s sixth great storm spilled heavy snow on parts of the Midwest today and stung the northern Plains with polar cold. Thirty-five mile winds fanned near-blizaard conditions in parts of Nebraska and lowa, cutting visibility to zero and closing highways. Heavy snow warnings were up early today for parts of Nebraska, lowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Sleet and freezing rain brought hazardous driving warnings from Oklahoma to Illinois. A cold wave warning was up in parts of New Mexico. The cold knifed down from Montana and North Dakota toward New Mexico. Below zero temperatures were reported in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota early today. Butte, Mont., reported 25 degrees below zero shortly after midnight. Wyoming’s Big Horn River was on the rampage for the second time in three weeks, keeping 60 persons from their homes at Worland Sunday. In southern Ohio rivers were rising, blocking 18 roads. Ohio counted five deaths from its 7- inch snowfall during the weekend. Hail the size of mothballs pelted St. Louis, Bolivar. and Pevely, Mo., Sunday night, covering the ground at Humansville, Mo. Decatur Lions Club Meets This Evening The Decatur Lions club will meet at the regular time this evening to hear Ted Pogue, of the National Federation of Independent Business, Inc., Harry Schwartz, program chairman, said this noon.

15 Killed In Algiers Riot

ALGIERS, Algeria (UPI) — Europeans fighting to keep Algeria French touched off an hour of slaughter around Algiers University today in which 15 persons were killed and a number of others wounded. *■ Terrorists believed to be members of the secret army organization (OAS) pulled guns from beneath their clothes and cut down Algerian natives. The killings started at Algiers University where Moslem students went on strike this morning to protest « similar wave of violence by Europeans in which 20 persons were killed last Saturday. A European walking in the street pulled a gun from beneath his coat and fired at a group of six Moslems standing nearby. Four fell dead and two were wounded. A block away another Moslem was shot dead and another wounded in the Rue Michelet. Two hundred yards up the road and just around the comer, a third gunman opened fire and three men and a woman fell dead. Another man was wounded. Within minutes the fourth link of the chain of killing was forged when a Moslem tailor was shot and killed in a nearby street. A half hour later, three more natives were shot dead in the area. Security forces rushed to the scene of the shootings and set up road blocks. As the day approached for an expected cease-fire announcement between France and Algerian rebels, the OAS obviously was

Stepfather Os Local Resident Is Dead Carl Brockmeyer, 55, lifelong resident of Fort Wayne, died late Friday night at the Veterans hospital in that city following a week’s illness. He was a World War II veteran, a member of the American Legion Post 47 and the Brewery Workers Union. He was employed at the Falstaff brewery. Survivors include his wife, Marjory: four stepdaughters, Mrs. William Pollack, Mrs. Everett Grabach and Miss Patricia Fisher, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Lloyd Mcßride of Decatur: four stepsons, Ronald, Robert, Norbert and James Fisher, all of Fort Wayne; three sisters, Mrs. Gerald Schooley and Mrs. Russell Saltenright, both of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Clara Lerch of Bellevue, 0., and 11 stepgrandchildren. Services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Tom Mungovan funeral home in Fort Wayne, the Rev. Lawrence Gollner officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Friends may call at-the funeral home until-time-of the services. Mrs. Edna Beery Is Taken By Death Mrs. Edna Beery, 80, former resident of Decatur, riled at 6 pan. Saturday at the South View, rest home at Bluffton. She was born at Portland and had lived in Wells county for the past 50 years. Her first husband, John Feiter, died in 1936, and her second husband. Charles Beery, died in 1958. “Surviving are one daughter. Mrs. Max Niblick of Liberty Center; three grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; one brother, R. M. Tilburg of Florida, and one sister, Mrs. Cora Turner of Toledo, O. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, the Rev. Wyman Hull officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

stepping up its campaign. More than 100 persons were killed in violence across Algeria during the weekend. One of the most spectacular weekend attacks was a bazooka barrage by the OAS which blew up a French ammunition and fuel dump in Algiers Sunday. The bazooka attack was fired from a hilltop into the LaCoste barracks of French mobile security forces on the outskirts of Algiers. The dump exploded with a roar but only one man was killed—a sergeant driving by at the time. His wife was seriously wounded. The deaths across Algeria over the weekend brought to nearly 3,000 the number killed and injured since the beginning of the year. In addition the OAS has been building up its fighting force with money and weapons seized in raids on banks and armories. There are more than 400,000 French troops in Algeria but they may be hard put to cope with any increase in the tempo of violence that probably will come with formal announcement of a cease-fire between France and the Algerian rebels. Despite reinforced armored patrols in Algiers and Oran over the weekend it was the bloodiest in two months of battling between the rival European and Algerian rebel factions. In the two hours between noon and 2 p.m. Sunday, 10 different terror attacks had killed 7 and wounded 15 in Algiers.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Morgan, of 617 Winchester street, were appointed superintendent and matron of the Adams county farm and county home, effective about the middle of March, the county commissioners announced today. Morgan, a native of Blue Creek township, farmed for some 20 years before moving to town. He is a veteran of 19% years at the Decatur General Electric plant, where he works the night shift. Former Employe He also worked 2% years at the county farm, and is familiar with the work there. He worked another four years for the county highway department He is a lifelang Democrat. Mrs. Morgan is the former Luella Graves, of Columbia City. The couple have four children: Paul Morgan and Mrs. Ruth Worthman, both married and Richard and Leon Morgan, at home. They have nine grandchildren. - The Morgans' ’are active meinbers of the First Presbyterian church of Decatur, where Morgan has served as elder and trustee. World War Vet A veteran of World War I, where he served with the 199th Field Artillery, Morgan is a former commander of Post 43, American Legion, and served this past year as president of the annual reunion of the 139th. He is also a member of the Decatur Moose lodge, and the Decatur V. F. W. Three other candidates were considered for the job The appointment is for one year, to complete the contract of Frank Kitson, who is resigning because of poor health. Kitson had asked to be relieved March 1, or as close thereto as the commissioners could find a replacement. The superintendent has charge of the more than 20 patients of the county home, as well as the good-sized farming operation connected with the place. Glen L. Chronister Dies Sunday Night Glen L. Chronister, 69, farmer residing on Decatur route 6, died at 10:10 p. m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of six months of complications. Born in Adams county June 30, 1892, he was a son of Albert and Anis Smith-Chronister, and was married to Fauna Clemmons March 30, 1918. Mr. Chronister was a member of the United Brethren church of Christ. Surviving in addition to his wife are three daughters, Mrs. Lewis H. Bowman of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Richard C. Bowman of Hammond, and Miss Eleanor Chronister, at home; five grandchildren; one brother, Fred Chronister of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. Clarence Merryman of Huntington. Funeral services will be cohducted at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Black funeral home, the Rev, Leon Lacoax and the Rev. L. A. Middaugh officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services. Snow Covered Body Found In Driveway FOWLER, Ind. (UPI) —' The snow-covered body of Louis Charlesworth, 67, was found in the driveway of his country home Sunday shortly after his aged mother reported him missing since Friday’s snowstorm. Coroner John Hooker said heart attack Friday afternoon Charlesworth apparently died of a when his car became stuck in asnowdrift.

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KENNEDY AND GLENN— President Kennedy, his chin jutting in a pose reminiscent of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, checks his tie as he sits with astronaut John Glenn on the speakers’ stand in Cape Canaveral.

Personal Property Assessment Higher

Adams county’s average assessment for household goods and for total farm property is slightly above the state average, while its average for cars and trucks is slightly below, Walter Koos, county assessor, said today. The new method of assessment, which will be used this year, is expected to raise the personal property assessment. The new assessment will be figured at onethird of the room-by-room valuation, or exact total property valuation, as each individual taxpayer figures it, with help from his local assessor. Tax Payer Responsible Each taxpayer will be responsible this year to see that he gets every piece of personal property assessed;’ otherwise, there is a mandatory fine of $lO per item, up to 30 days after assessing ends, and then 25% of the total valuation of personal property. Household Goods In 1961, Adams county reported an average assessment of $284 for household goods reported on form 15. The state average was s2ll, with Allen county having the

Water Plant Profit Lower During 1961 The Decatur water plant showed a net profit of $35,329.66 for 1961, with operating revenues down 1.1% to $140,565.15. This profit was 21.4% lower than last year, the statement issued by the city auditor showed. Salt tonnage was up 7.3% to 1,743.10 tons, with the cost up 7.2% to $25,449.26; the per-ton cost was down .1% to $14.60 a ton. A total of 296,287,100 gallons of water were pumped, 2% less than 1960. A total of 292,942,200 were pumped through the plant, and 65,574,600 gallons, 22.4%, was used at the plant. A total of 3,367,342 gallons of water were used at the swimming pool, up 5.6% from 1960. A total of 190,957,042 gallons of water were sold, down 5.7%, with a 16% loss in the mains, down 5.9%. Administrative mid general “expense of the department showed a 35.3% increase, to $14,537.73, despite less water being used. Operation, supervision, engineering, and maintenance of wells costs were up 111.9% to $4,483.64. Power and pumping expense were down 19.6%, to $12,409.45. The largest part of this was purchased power, down 12.4%, to $9,045.84. - __=—■■■ Purification expenses were up .3%, to $38,937.03, despite less water being used, primarily because of the increase of 124.4% to $1,767.45 in the maintenance costs of the purification system. Transmission and distribution expenses were also up 46.4%, to $23,362.35, despite less water being distributed. Maintenance costs were all higher. Accounting and collecting expense increased 43.3%, to $lO,789.23. The utility plant was valued m service at $913,666.91, with $9,819.12 in the cash-bond and interest redemption fund; $79,772.31 tn the depreciation fund; $153,464.26 in the water tower construction fund, and $235,413.17 4n the improvement fund. In addition, $43,765.28 is in the cash fund, SSOO in petty cash, $11,427.02 in accounts receivable from customers; $114.52 miscellaneous accounts receivable; $28,241.17 jn,- material and supplies; $818.19 iiuiasurance.

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highest, $448, and Crawford the low, with $94. The average value for cars and trucks was $370, compared to the state average of $3Bl, showing that Adams county does not have as highly valued vehicles, on the average, as most other counties. Orange county has the lowest valuation, at $192 per car and truck. Marion county has the highest, at $491 per vehicle. Other Farm Items Other assessed valuations for 1961 in Adams county are, with the state average in parentheses: farm implements, $842 ($623); farm tractors, $334 ($338); beef cows, S6B ($78); milk cows, SB6 ($81); other cattle, $50... (s46u. sheep $9 ($9); sows, $45 ($34); other hogs, $8 ($9); poultry farm flocks $3 ($3); total farm property, $2,355 ($5,057). White county, with a total farm property average valuation of $3,595, is highest in the state, and Marion county, with $250 each, is low. Marion county is where Indianapolis is located, and does not include many farms.

Sewage Department Shows Net Surplus The Decatur sewage department ended the 1961 year with a net surplus of $10,521.76, thanks to the interest from more, than $925,000 transferred to the bond redemption fund from the sale of the Decatur light plant. A total of $24,352.07 in interest prevented a large loss by the department, which paid $45,137.50 in interest on its long-term debt. Sewage charges were up 2.2% for the year, to $86,880.52. Operating costs were $59,638.96, just $14,000 higher than the interest. Most of the expense came from the operation of the sewage and garbage disposal plant, at $23,547 - 39, up .5%. Part of the increased cost of operating the department came from an addition of $2,160 to the salaries of general officers and executives. Bonds valued at $915,000 are still outstanding on the sewage treatment plant. Candidates To File Beginning Tuesday. Tuesday, candidates for political office in Adams county and on the state level may begin filing declarations to seek nominations, and they may file until March 29. This year all such applications must be notarized, acording to 1961 state law. Several ofice seekers have already announced htat they will be candidates this year in the Democratic or Republican county primaries. _ Decatur Temperatnrea Local weather data for the 48 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. SATURDAY SVYOAY 12 noon 24 12 midnight _ 14 1 P.m 23 1 a.m. . 15 2p m -.... 23 2 a.m —lB 3 p.m 22 3 a.m 17 4 p.m — 22 4 a.m. 18 5 p.m 21 5 a.m. 20 6 p.m 20 6 a.m. .. 20 7 p.m 18 7 a.m |1 8 p.m. ............ 17 8 a.m *2 9 p.m. 15 9 a.m 24 10 p.m 15 10 a.m 25 11 p.m. .......... 15 ar a. msw SUNDAY MONDAY 12 noon 27 12 midnight .. 80 1 p.m 28. 1 a.m 81 2 p.m 30 2 a.m. 81 3 p.m 31 3 am. .'. 82 4 p.m. 31 4 a.m. 84 5 p.m. 31 5 a.m 88 6 p.m 30 6 a m .... 38 7 p.m 28 7 a.m 39 8 p.m 28 8 a.m 40 9 p.m. 27 9 a.m. 40 10 p.m >7 io a.m ............. 88 11 p.m- 28 11 *.m. ............ 39 Preci pi tatlea Total for the 48 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .38 InchM. __ The St. Mary's river wan at 8.88 feet.