Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1962 — Page 1

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BACKSTAGE VlSlT—Astronaut John H. Glenn, left, meets Kudy Vallee after watching the Broadway snow in which Vallee is starring.

Proposes Spot Checks Made Os Suppliers INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — State Auditor Dorothy Gardner said today that because she is the official paymaster of Indiana, any investigative division established to check on supply cheating should be attached to her office. Mrs. Gardner maae her comment after Deputy Commissioner James H. Berg of the Indiana Department of Administration requested the State Budget Committee to create a three-man staff of inspectors to make spot checks and determine whether suppliers deliver the quantity and quality of merchandise specified in their bids and, invoices. .. The budget committee has not taken any action yet on Berg’s request, but it did view evidence which his staff plans to present to a grand jury in support of allegations that a vendor delivered substandard food to blind, deaf and mentally ill patients. Berg has taken the firm, Koehler Restaurant Supply Co., off the list of those eligible to bid for state business and said that a second food supply firm, not identified, would be removed Monday. However, Mrs. Gardner reminded the budget committee that Berg’s request was similar to one she had made to the House Ways and Means Committee during the 1961 Legislature which was turned down. “There should be checks and balances where the public dollar is involved,” Mrs. Gardner said. “I am under a bond of SIOO,OOO and should have the means to

Flight Recorder Os Liner Still Sought

NEW YORK (UPI) — Searchers worked through a second frigid night at the scene of Thursday’s jetliner crash that killed 95 persons, but today still had not found the vital flight recorder of the doomed aircraft. Federal and independent investigators have given top priority to finding the recorder since it could strengthen or dash widely held theories that control failure caused the American Airlines 707 to plunge into a channel off Jamaica Bay two minutes after leaving Idlewild Airport. By early today, police said 80 bodies had been recovered from the chilled water of Pumpkin Patch Channel. Searchers worked in a 13-degree temperature that caused even the surface of the channel’s salt water to freeze. The plane carried 87 passengers and eight crewmembers on a flight bound non-stop to Los Angeles. Recorder Contains Log The desperately sought flight recorder —a supposedly indestructable yellow sphere — contains a running log of the plane’s speed, altitude, gravity forces and direction. It was hoped the information would help the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) come up with the “probable cause” of the crash. Federal Aviation Administrator (FAA) Najeeb E. Halaby advanced the theory Friday that control system failure bad caused the huge Boeing-built jet to falter in a left-hand turn at about 800

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verify that the state received what my office is paying for.” The auditor said that long before she became the state paymaster, she was aware of shortchanging by suppliers to state institutions. “The requirement that the lowest bid must be accepted puts the burden on the persons who are accepting the merchandise,” she said. “While I was superintendent of the Indiana Women’s Prison I returned many shipments because they did not meet specifications.” Mrs. Gardner said she felt Berg’s disclosures have demonstrated the need for investigators which she tried to obtain last January. “However, I don’t think the Department of Administration should have the investigative staff,” she said. “This is like having die department verify its own sales. What government needs is a more careful regard for the system of checks and balances established by the Constitution.” ..“My office has the responsibility. It should have the right to verify so long as it must pay for the purchases, and that is what I have been trying to do,” Mrs. Gardner said. Gary Man Confesses Robbing Gas Station GARY, Ind. (UPI) — Sheriff’sdeputies arrested Charles Bullington, 24, Gary, today and said he admitted holding up a gas station and attendant and robbing him of S2OO. Bullington, who identified himself as an ex-convict sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory in 1955 from Indianapolis on a robbery charge, was arrested when officers spotted a car answering the description of one used in the holdup of Earl Sabo and a station customer. NOON EDITION

feet and plunge into the swampy channel area some three miles from Idlewild. Speaking in Washington, Halaby said, “there was no evidence of sabotage or pitot error, and apparently no indication of power plant (engine) failure.” In Halaby’s theory, “it appears to have been some kind of mechanical failure in some part of the control system.” Recover Mach Cash Recovered from the water Friday was some $60,000 in cash and travelers checks on the body and in a black leather bag carried by oil company executive W. Alton Jones. About $16,500 — including a SIO,OOO bill in a gold money clip, and a $5,000 bill—was found on the body. The bag, which Jones had carried to his seat, contained $43,186 — $35,686 in cash and $7,500 in SIOO travelers checks. Business associates and close friends of the late Cities Service and Richfield Oil Corp, executive were not surprised by the discovery saying he had a habit of carrying large sums with him. Jones, who was going to the West Coast to join a party including former President Eisenhower for a fishing trip into Mexican waters, was an art and antique collector who liked to make spot purchases for cash when a particular item caught his fancy. Eisenhower wall fly to New York to attend funeral services for Jones on Monday.

Another Filing I For Committeeman The second Democratic candidate for precinct committeeman to file who is believed favorable to Dr. Harry H. Hebble for reelection as Democratic county chairman signed up today at the county clerk’s office. James H. Kortenber, of 349 Mercer avenue, filed for precinct committeeman in 3-C precinct in Decatur, where Fred Striker, husband of state vice-chairman Mrs. Mabel Striker, is presently serving as precinct committeeman. Kortenber will be running against Dee F. Fryback, whose application was notarized by Al Anderson. Previously, Robert Butcher signed up for reelection as precinct committeeman in 1-A, where he has served for a number of years. Theodore F. Wemhoff is running in that precinct on the Anderson slate. Dr. Harry H. Hebble stated that Kortenber had talked to him before filing, but that he was not pressuring him, or any candidate to run. He stated that he would abide by the decision of the voters, and that he feels that competition is good for the Democratic party. He stated that he hopes that everyone working in the primary will work just as hard to elect Democrats this fall, regardless of the outcome of the precinct committeeman elections. He admitted that some of the Anderson candidates were very good men, but he added that there were some other good men who I were also considering running in the various precincts. Cold, Dry Weather Eases Flood Threat By United Press International Cold, dry weather eased the flood situation in Indiana today, but forecasts called for rain or snow Sunday which won’t help any, although it may not be enough to hurt. Cities along the Ohio River on the state’s southern border watched the big stream creep higher, heading toward crests well above flood stage next week from Louisville to Mount Vernon. But the river’s rise, although it caused some concern and inconvenience, was far less serious than it would have been a generation ago before millions of dollars were spent in floodwall and levee protection after the disastrous 1937 overflow. Temperatures dipped to lows ranging from 11 at South Bend to 36 at Evansville early this morning after reaching highs Friday ranging from 23 at Fort Wayne to 39 at Evansville. Highs today will range from 28 to 45, lows tonight from the 20s to 37, and highs Sunday from 31 to 52. Occasional 1 ight rain or snow changing to rain was expected Sunday in the southern two thirds of the state, with snow possibly mixed with rain or freezing rain in the northern third. More snow flurries north were predicted for Monday. Robert Kolter Files For Preble Trustee Robert M. Kolter, trustee of Preble township, filed today for reelection as trustee of that township. Kolter, a building maintenance contractor, is completing his first term of office. This was his first public announcement that he is running for reelection, subject to the Democratic primary May 8. Root township Democrats filed a complete group of candidates, with Edward Louis Selking running for township trustee, as previously announced. Candidates for members of the advisory board are Russell Fleming, route 3, Everett Singleton, route 2, and F. W. Aumann, route 1Delegate Candidate Files From French A third candidate for delegate xto the state convention, with his list of names including that of Al Anderson, filed today with county clerk Richard D. Lewton. Menno Augsburger, of route one, Berne, filed today for delegate from district five, which includes French township. North Hartford, South Hartford, and North Wabash precincts. Augsburger is the present precinct committeeman from French township, but was not a delegate to the last state Democratic convention. Man Shot To Death In South Bend Home SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD — A man identified as DeLloyd Templeton Srhith, South Bend, was shot to death in his home early today and a man who lived in the same house was jailed on a murder charge.

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Kennedy Warns Russia Sign Test Ban Pact Or U. S. Will Resume Test

Draff Increase Is Favored By Vinson WASHINGTON (UPI) - Chairman Carl Vinson, D-Ga., of the House Armed Services Committee said Friday night the draft should . be increased to keep the Army at its present level — “a level that has kept the peace.” Vinson told the Reserve Officers’ Association that reservists called to duty for the Berlin crisis should be replaced by Regular Army troops when they are released despite any “soothing words” from the Kremlin. I “The only way to assure the I survival of this nation is to maintain our armed strength to the fullest extent possible at all times,” he said. He received the association’s 1962 "Minute Man” award. President Kennedy has announced that reservists would be released from active duty by next fall or earlier, letting the Army drop back to a level of about 960,000 men from its current strength of about 1,008,000. “It would be folly” to reduce the present level, Vinson said. "We need this force level and we must not allow it to be reduced simply because it has met a present crisis successfully. If we re- > duce this force level, we can expect another crisis.” “It can be maintained at Its present level by increasing our draft calls and redoubling our recruiting efforts,” he said. Advertising Index Advertiser —Page Adams Theater 3 Beavers Oil Service, Inc. 6 Burk Elevator Co., ——- 5 Bowers Hardware Co, Inc. 4 Citizens Telephone Co — 3 Decatur Ready-Mix Corp. 4 Evans Sales & Service, Inc. 5 First State Bank of Decatur 6 Allen Fleming 5 Gambles 5 Gillig & Doan Funeral 3 Habegger-Schafers _4, 5 H. & M. Builders Inc. 6 Mies Recreation ........ 6 Pike Lumber Co. —... 5 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co. - 3 Singleton Radio & TV Service .. 4 Teeple Truck Line 5 Villa Lanes ..... 6 Church Page Sponsors — 21

West Approves (P Kennedy Decision

By HARRY STATHOS United Press International President Kennedy's decision to resume nuclear tests in the atmosphere was cheered today by Britain and Frence, but drew fire from the Soviet Union and Japan —the only nation ever to experience the horrors of an atom bomb. The British Foreign Office said the resumption of tests was “necessary to ensure toe preservation of freedom in the world.” Kennedy’s offer to delay the tests in favor of a Big Three summit meeting if Russia signs a fully-effective test ban treaty" with provisions for inspection provides “a further opportunity for the Russians to sign a treaty banning teste altogether,” the Foreign Office said. But the Soviet news agency Hass said Russia will reject Kenkedy’s offer of a nuclear test ban treaty because it considers the United States’ insistence on inspection “completely unacceptable.” Calls It Blackmail Tass accused Kennedy of having “tied up the forthcoming United States nuclear tests in the artmosphere with disarmament negotiations . . . thus making a clumsy attempt to justify himself before the world public. Moreover he made use of maneuvers strongly reminiscent of blackmail.” Japanese Premier Hayato Ike-i

103-Year-Old Lady Dies At Lafayette LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPI) — Mrs. Orra S. Norwood, 103, one of the oldest residents of the Indiana Soldiers Home, died Friday. Mrs. Norwood was the widow of George C. Norwood, one of Indiana’s last veterans of the Civil War. She had been a resident of the home since 1956. Civil War Meeting At Geneva March 14 The Adams county schools, in co-operation with the Civil War centennial committee and the Historical society, will bring a program on Wednesday afternoon, March 14, commemorating the Civil War. The program will be held at the Geneva school and will begin at 1:15 p. m. Judge Myles F. Parrish of the Adams circuit court will preside at the meeting. After the salute to the flag led by the Geneva Boy Scouts, he will present the Geneva school band which will play sev-, eral appropirate selections. The judge will then introduce the two speakers for the afternoon. One will be Bradley Mitchell, a teacher in the Geneva schools. Mitchell has been active in centennial committee activities ’and will talk on the part played by Indiana during the Civil War. The second speaker will be Gerald Vizard, of Decatur, Adams county school superintendent. Vizard has been interested in the Civil War ever since he first heard Union veterans of that conflict tell of their experiences. Later he visited a number of the actual battlefields and also supplemented his knowledge with extensive reading on the subject. For his topic he will give a detailed description of one of the more important battles of that war. In connection with this meeting, the history students of the county have been working in an essay contest on some topic related to the war. If the contest papers can be judged in time the winners will be announced during the meeting. All history students of Adams county schools, both public and parochial are invited to attend the program. The general public is also invited. There will be no ad--1 mission charge.

da protested Kennedy’s decision and said it was governed “by strictly military considerations.” Ikeda expressed hope that a nuclear agreement could be reached between the United States, Britain and Russia before the April tests begin. About 200 Japanese police clashed with 100 ultra-left Zengakuren students who were on their way to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo to protest the U.S. move " Police had been alerted to the student mdrch and dispersed the mob after arresting three leaders. Fear “Dangerous Fallout” Japanese newspapers have expressed fear over “dangerous fallout” from the U.S. tests. Kennedy’s announcement was hailed by the French government, government sources said. A government spokesman pointed out that Frence already has said it has no objection to experimental testing. The Australian government also backed the U.S. decision, although External Affairs Minister Sir Garfield Barwick said he deeply regretted the move. The Australian official said his country would not stand in the way of any decision to permit the United States to conduct tests near Christmas Island if Britain feels it is essential to the maini tenance of international security.

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy has given Russia six weeks to sign a firm nuclear test ban agreement or see the United States take the “grim, unwelcome” step of resuming atmospheric testing. Despite the President’s warning that uncontrolled testing might send the arms race “mushrooming out of control,” early reaction from Moscow indicated the Soviet Union would reject what Kennedy called a monumental stride toward peace. Some three hours after he told a nationwide radio-television audience he had given a go-ahead for atmospheric tests, the Soviet news agency Tass labelled the President’s inspection and control plan as “completely unacceptable.” Anti-Missile Missile Barring some dramatic reversal by the Kremlin, this apparently meant the United States would embark during the last two weeks in April on a Pacific test series designed to match the "substantial gains in weaponry” achieved by Russia in its recent massive test series. Kennedy hoped the forthcoming U.S. tests would help develop an anti-missile missile system to knock down hostile rockets and lead to more efficient nuclear weapons generally. While he mentioned only atmospheric shots, it was possible space shots also would be involved. A Reassuring Note On a reassuring note, the Chief Executive said Russia did not appear to have a missile capable of carrying Khrushchev’s boasted 100-megaton bomb, the equivalent of 100 million tons of TNT. But he said any further Soviet advances might encourage “aggressive designs” by Moscow. The President’s announcement, which won strong bipartisan support in Congress, said the U.S. test series would be completed in from two to three months and would result in an “absolute minimum” of radioactive fallout. Expressions of approval came from Britain and France, the other two atomic powers. Japan, target of the only A-bombs dropped in anger, delivered a letter of protest to the White House even before Kennedy went on the air. The President nimself said he acted reluctantly and only because last fall’s Soviet test series, climaxed by the detonation of a 50-60 megaton superbomb, had enabled the Russians to develop “some novel designs and techniques.” Willing To Meet Even so, Kennedy said he would be willing to meet in Geneva with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to sign a nuclear test ban with airtight inspection controls if Khrushchev would agree. . The Tass statement said, however, that the U.S. President “did not risk anything, knowing full well that the U.S.S.R. rejects the system of inspection proposed by the U.S.A, and Britain as completely Unacceptable.” And it went on to say that Kennedy’s speech proved that he viewed the March 14 Geneva disarmament negotiations “as a convenient opportunity to weaken the unfavorable attitude of the world public to the resumption of the American nuclear tests.” Kennedy reported his fateful decision only after months of intensive deliberation by U.S. and British scientists, the National Security Council (NSC) and the nation’s highest military and intelligence officers. They came to the conclusion that the Soviet*test series indicated “highly sophisticated technology. • .and some substantial gains in weaponry.” INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and not so cold tonight. Sunday snow likely, possibly mixed with rain or freezing rain north. Low tonight in the 20s north, 30 to 37 south. High Sunday 31 to 37 north, 4$ to 52 south. Outlook for Mon- . day: Cloudy and turning colder with possible snow flurries north.

Home Town Honors Glenn

NEW YORK (UPI) - Astronaut John Glenn, the Marine who took New York single handed, goes home today for a welcome that promises to be his warmest if not the biggest. Tiny New Concord, Ohio, doesn’t hope to match the size of the tributes to Glenn in Cape Canaveral, Washington and New York. But the warmth of their welcome promises to match the heat of the spaceman’s rocket engines. Virtually everyone in the Ohio college town knows the lieutenant colonel as John. Glenn, his wife, children, parents and in-laws, leave the Waldorf Towers today in a motorcade which will take them to Newark Airport in New Jersey for his final tumultuous salute east of the Appalachians. Sees Broadway Show The airport has been renamed “Glenn Field” and thousands are ’ expected to turn out on “Glenn Day” for a brief glimpse of the globe-girdling astronaut. . A special 500-man contingent of state, local and airport police lias ‘ been assigned for the brief cere- ■ monies at which Gov. Richard J. Hughes and Newark Mayor Leo . P. Carlin will preside and make ’ Glenn an honorary citizen of Newark. Glenn is scheduled to board a plane for the flight to Zanesville, Ohio, and a motorcade trip to his hometown. The plane is scheduled to leave at 8:45 a.m. EST. The astronaut, who roared into New York Thursday like March weather, capped his visit Friday night by attending another Broadway musical. The curtain on “Camelot” went up several minutes late because the audience gave Glenn, the other astronauts and their families a standing ovation. Actress Julie Andrews, who plays Queen Guinivere in “Camelot,” returned from a one-week vacation to give a sort of “command performance” for the astronauts. Visits U.N. Glenn conquered the diplomatic world of the United Nations Friday and was given the personal i greetings of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev from Russian Am-

I&M Over-Assessed By $653,550, State Learns

A dual local-state assessment, amounting to an over-assessment of about $653,550 has been discovered in Washington township against the Indiana-Michigan Electric Company, it was learned today. I&M, like other utilities, is partly assessed by the state, and partly by the township assessor, Will Winnes, and his deputies. Apparently there was an overlapping of assessments, according to a representative of the state tax board in Decatur this week. Three Over-Assessments It was discovered that the assessment on the old service station of $7,870 was left on the books when the new I&M office building was added to the assessment rolls. In addition, the some of $468,190 was doubly assessed in Washington township on electrical items which should have been assessed only by the state. And another $177,490 was also over-assessed cm another piece of property owned by I&M in Decatur. Not Unusual The state tax board representative said that such prrors are not * unusual in such matters, because of

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bassador Valerian Zorin. Then in an unprecedented welcome 600 U.N. diplomats and other spectators put aside protocol and stood to cheer the astronaut for a full minute. Glenn called space flight an ioternational team effort as well as a national effort and saluted the United Nations as the natural center for international cooperation in space. He expressed hope that “we will be able to work together in peace.” From Ohio Glenn returns to Washington and then his home in nearby Arlington, Va., for the weekend. Judge Believes Ban Somewhat Outmoded EVANSVILLE, Ind- (UPI) — Federal Judge S. Hugh Dillin believes that a ban on courtroom photography, television and regarding is ’‘somewhat outmoded." Dillin, former president pro tern of the Indiana Senate before his appointment to the federal bench a few months ago, told the Evansville Press Club Friday that Conon 35 of the American Bar Association code of ethics has been outmoded by technological advances In cameras and electronic equipment. Canon 35, barring the use of such equipment in courtrooms, has been incorporated into rules of judicial procedure in some states, giving It the force of law. Dillin noted that he had welcomed television cameras and recording equipment into the Indiana Senate while presiding over ft during the 1961 session. Decafur Tra*entim Local weather data for the 84 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon ™ 15 12 midnight .. 10 1 p.m. IS 1 a-m. 9 2 p.m. ... 18 2 a.m. 9 3 p.m. 5... 18 3 a.m. 9 4 p.m. ..—...a.. 18 4 a.m 8 5 p.m 18 S a.m. 8 8 p.m. —.V... 14 8 a.m 8 7 p.m 18 7 a.m. — * 8 p.m 12 8 a.m. 10 9 p.m 12 9 a.m 14 10 p.m 11 10 a.m 17 11 p.m 10 11 a.m. 18 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, 0 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 12.08 feet.

the compexity of the assessment of electrical and other utilities; in fact, just a few years ago an error was found in the local Citizens Telephone Company assessment. However, it will work a hardship on the county, city, and township taxing units, who used the inflated assessment to figure their*" tax rates, and it will cut the assessed Value of Decatur-Washington taxing unit Unite Loose 841.8 M At the present tax rate of $6.30, the amounted to be removed would have raised $41,173.65, which would have been distributed as follows: state tax ($.01) $65.36; county tax - ($1.16) $7,581.18; Washington township tax ($.19), $1,241.75; Decatur' school tax ($3.00), $19,606.50; library tax ($.19) $1,241.75; city tax ($1.75) $11,437.12; total, $41,173.65. The tax on I&M in other townships, towns and cities is not affected, only in Washington township and Decatur-Washingtpn. The correction on the reoords has not actually been made as yet, pending a full investigation by the county auditor, county assessor, and other interested parties.