Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 57.

SIOO Million Damage Estimated In Slowly Subsiding East Storm

U. S.-Russian Cooperation In Space Sought

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy has proposed to Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev U.S.-Soviet cooperation in the use of weather and communications satellites, it was reported today. Kennedy disclosed at his news conference Wednesday that he had written Khrushchev on the subject of space, but said he would not reveal his proposals until the Soviet leader received the letter. Officials indicated that Kennedy called on Russia to join with this country to carry out a United Nations resolution on outer space passed by the General Assembly last January. The resolution: —Declared that outer space, including celestial bodies, are open to use by “all states” and that the UN. charter applies-there. —Asked the World Meteorlogfcal ' Organization to study possibilities for an international system of weather reporting satellites. —Proposed study of international systems of communications satellites. Register With U.N. —Called on all countries to register with the United Nations all objects they launch into sustained orbit or beyond. The United States on March 5 complied, registering 72 objects launched as of Feb. 15, 1962 and promising further biweekly reports. Russia has not yet complied. Khrushchev, in a letter to Kennedy Feb. 21 congratulating astronaut John H. Glenn on his orbital flight, said it would be good “if our countries pooled their efforts —scientific, technical and material—to explore outer space.” The United States had made similar general proposals in the past. Kennedy, in a reply on the following day, told Khrushchev he had instructed U.S. officials to “prepare new and concrete proposals for immediate projects” in space. In his State of the Union message Jan. 30, Kennedy also referred to join weather prediction programs, communications satellites and called for U.S.-Soviet cooperation "in preparation for probing the distant planets of Mars and Venus.” •To Mars Together” Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in a speech Feb. 22 that Russia, the United States and other countries should “join now under U.N. auspices” in the “early planning” of interplanetary travel. “Perhaps,” Stevenson added, “their children will sail to Mars together.”

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Huston Bever, Jr., Church of God) BEWARE Scripture: II Peter 3:17 On one occasion Jesus tells those who have gathered about him, the story of one sheep that was lost. Now Jesus never says at any time that this sheep was a black sheep, he says the sheep was lost. Probably lost by just drifting, by becoming too occupied with the world about him. It is so easy to get lost spiritualty, to become so interested in the good things about you that you fail to give heed to the danger warnings. The story is told of a man who purchased a barometer. He was so proud of this instrument that every time he passed through the room, he would take time to stand and admire it and then read it. As he looked at it on this particular day, he was amazed that it indicated there was to be a tornado. Thinking the instrument was broke, that surety the warning could not be true, he left to do business in a nearby city. On returning he found the barometer had given a true reading, a tornado had leveled his home. Some people treat God’s word pretty much in this same manner. They read it, they admire it, but they do not believe it, at least they do not act upon it. Peter says, ‘‘beware," er be on your guard, that this does not happen to you.

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On other international affairs, Kennedy told his news conference Wednesday: —He favored having Berlin and Southeast Asian crises discussed at next week’s Geneva foreign ministers’ disarmament talks “if these matters come up and if any progress can be made on them.” —His position on a summit conference has not changed—he would attend if such a meeting could “most effectively” climax lower level agreements or if he thought “a trip to the summit might avert a war cr if we were faced with an extremely dangerous situation.” —The United States “will have some suggestions” to make to the Japanese government in the next few days on the status of U.S.adrpinistered Okinawa. BULLETIN SANTO DOMINGO (UPI — street mob of more than 1,006 youths attacked the U. S. embassy’s downtown offices today, smashing and burning three cars. Draft Board Closes Monday And Tuesday James K. Staley, chairman of the Adams county selective service board, announced today that the office will be closed Monday and Tuesday of next week while the clerk attends a state clerk’s conference in Indianapolis. INDIANA WEATHER Know beginning in late afternoon, becoming mixed with or changing to rain tonight. local accumulations of 1 or 2 inches. Cloudy and a little cooler Friday with snow flurries likely. Low tonight 28 to 32. High Friday low and mH 30n. Sunset today 6:44 p.m. Sunrise Friday 7:07 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Cloudy and warmer with rain by afternoon or night. Lows 25 to 35. Highs 35 to 45. Dcratar Temperatures Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 34 12 midnight .. 23 1 p.m 34 1 a.m 23 2 p.m. ...'. 33 2 a.m 23 3 p.m 33 3 a.m 23 4 p.m 33 4 a.m 22 5 p.m 32 5 a.m 22 9 p.m 30 6 a.m. 22 7 p.m 28 7 a.m 22 8 p.m 28 8 a.m 22 9 p.m 24 9 a.m 28 ,10 p.m 23 10 a.m. 24 11 p.m 23 11 a.m 27 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, 0 iachea. The St. Mary’s river wan at 4.30 feet

By United Press International Damage estimates mounted to well over SIOO million today in the slowly subsiding storm tides which battered the Atlantic Seaboard and transformed scores of oceanfront communities—some ot them plush resorts — into vast quagmires. From sunny Florida to New York, thousands of persons were driven inland by the erupting sea which sent mountainous, galewhipped waves pouring over beaches and into towns. The erratic storm was expected to move harmlessly out to sea following its initial assault on Tuesday, but instead it swerved back for another lethal, day-long attack on coastal dwellers Wednesday. And in some areas more punishment was predicted for today. The death toll from this and other storms raging across the nation since Tuesday has climbed to at least 40. Damage In Millions Authorities said they would be unable to get a clear, over-all picture of the damage until floodwaters recede, but preliminary estimates indicated d estruction figures would be well over SIOO million. H. Matt Adams, New Jersey commissioner of conservation and economic development, placed damage in his state at S3O million but added “I think we’re low in that estimate.” .Douglas Moore Jr., a Virginia civil defense official, estimated that Virginia Beach alone suffered a “conservative sls million in damage.” Damage to North Carolina’s Outer Banks and the Maryland coast also was heavy. While their homes and property were being lashed by the savage winds and floods, thousands of persons were forced to leave behind most of their possessions. Shelters Set Up Hie Red Cross set up 37 shelters in 28 towns in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, providing for 5,350 persons. Between 5,000 and 7,000 persons were rescued from Virginia beaches, around 1,000 from the island community of Chincoteague, Va., where "many residents were lifted off rooftops by amphibious vehicles. About 1,500 persons escaped from the summer resort of Long Beach Island, N.J., but by late Wednesday night officials said about 300 residents still were marooned on the storm-wrecked island, a thin strip of sand which is less than a mile wide. Officials said the stranded victims were in serious need of medical supplies. Hie 1,200 residents of another resort community, Ocean City, Md., were ordered to leave Wednesday, but some of them refused. State police field commander Maj. George E. Davidson said the entire area “looks like a lumber yard. It’s utterly shocking," he declared. Light Ship Damaged The high winds and waves ripped a gash in the side of the 133-foot Chesapeake light ship at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and the Navy rushed four vessels to aid the ship’s 16 crewmen. The Coast Guard said early today the anchored ship “appeared to be holding its own” in the churning 25-foot waves. The Coast Guard in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday night abandoned the search for the 40-foot yawl Guinevere which was reported sinking Tuesday about 100 miles off the Georgia coast. An English couple, Rodney and Heather Straulo, and an unidentified seaman aboard the vessel were presumed drowned. The roaring sea made search operations for the storm-tossed vessel all but impossible. National Guard units were dispatched to devastated areas of New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina to prevent looting. New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Hughes wired the White House asking President Kennedy “as a matter of extreme urgency” to declare disaster areas in those regions where the Garden State was most severely struck.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 8,1962.

Attempt To Halt School Plan Vote

Opponents of the county’s proposed three-unit plan will attempt to keep it off the May primary ballot at a special meeting of the county school study committee, tonight at 8 o’clock in the board of education room on the second floor of the court house. One or two members of the committee, seeking to prevent carrying out the consolidation of districts, have come up with the idea that it is illegal to hold the election so soon. Attorney-General Ruling - Gail M. Grabill, secretary of the board, stated that he checked this point with the director of the state school reorganization committee, J. B. Kohlmeyer, this morning. Kohlmeyer stated that the attorney general has ruled that it is the intent of the law to provide for a special election at any time. He also pointed out that many districts, including neighboring Wells county, have reorganized under this same provision, called the third alternative, and that their reorganization is not illegal. The nine members of the corns mittee will decide this evening Whether or not to petition the court. If they do not, they could petition the court for the fall election; or it may be that a special election would be held at another time. Obvious Stall Grabill pointed out that it is obviously a stall on the part of certain members of the committee opposed to ever putting reorganization into effect. He stated that the only petition possible is a petition in favor of reorganization; therefore, the only '‘right’’ that could possibly be infringed on is the right to put reorganization into effect before May 8. No one favoring any of the I three reorganization plans has i started a petition, nor is anyone j favoring reorganization opposing' the vote on May 8, Grabill pointed i

Agree To Resume Steel Negotiation

WASHINGTON (UPD—Chances for a fast steel settlement appeared dim today despite swift union and management agreement with President Kennedy’s call for a resumption of bargaining by next Wednesday. There were indications that steelworkers’ President David J. McDonald and his aides would take a tough stand against paring down union demands any further at the reopening of talks. Spokesmen for the nation’s big steel producers said at the break-, off of negotiations last Friday night that the union’s package proposal was too big for the companies to accept and remain competitive. Both sides, however, announced ■they were willing to resume discussions on a new contract within three hours following the President’s appeal for a quick agreement? No Deadline Pressure One government official said, however, that since present pacts do not expire for nearly four months there is no deadline pressure on the parties. The Kennedy administration’s prestige is riding on the outcome of the bargaining since the President and Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg have appealed for an early, non-inflationary settlement without a strike. Kennedy told his news conference Wednesday the public intereSt was deeply involved since an agreement in advance of the June 30 contract expiration date would strengthen the economy. A settlement also would be

out. The county committee has spent 2% years working on the plan, and it should be put up to the general public to decide if they want it, or if they want the state committee to reorganize the schools in the county, Grabill said. Husband And Wife File For Congress INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A husband and wife team from Rensselaer was entered today in Democratic congressional races in Indiana districts miles apart. Mrs. Elisabeth McNair Savich visited the secretary of state’s office in person this morning and filed her declaration of candidacy for Congress from the 11th District. Her husband, Ted, filed in the 2nd District race Wednesday. Besides the rarity of a married couple both seeking to' go to Congress, the situation was unique also because it was the first time anyone could remember when a candidate had filed for a nomination outside the district in which he lived. Rensselaer is in the 2nd District comprising 12 counties in Northwestern Indiana. The 11th District in which Mrs. Savich filed is a one-county district made up of Indianapolis and its environs. Indianapolis and Rensselaer are about 120 miles apart Mrs. Savich previously had inquired if there was any reason why she couldn’t seek the 11th District nomination. Startled officials studied the state’s election laws and couldn’t find anything to prohibit it.

“symbolic as a test of our ability to manage our economy in a competitive world," Kennedy said. Under administration prodding, the talks began Feb. 14 in Pittsburgh, and continued for 16 days in the earliest bargaining in the history of the industry. But both sides said they were “far apart’’ at the breakup. Union Trimmed Demands Union sources said the steelworkers had trimmed their demands about as low as they could and would take a firm line at any future sessions with company negotiators. , These sources said the package proposal presented by the union would fall within the outer limits suggested by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in its “guidelines” for wage bargaining. The council said that as a general rule that wage-benefit increase in productivity—a gain estimated at from 2 to 3 per cent a year. When the talks were recessed, the steelworkers were reported to be seeking a package that would cost from 10-12 cents an hour and the companies were said to be oAering a package worth 6 to 8 cents per hour. But costs are hard to compute in this year’s negotiations since both sides agree that job security is the central issue. Union demands for seniority changes, restrictions on outside contracting of work and limitations on overtime are designed to preserve jobs for 450,000 steelworkers and not fatten their pay envelopes.

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SNOW SCENE— Washington, D.C., looks like a picture post card after its heaviest snow of season.

Upholds Right To Experiment With Pay TV WASHINGTON (UPI) — The U.S. Court of Appeals today upheld the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to experiment with pay or subscription television. The test case came on an FCC grant to the RKO Phonevision Co. to conduct a three-year trial of the new type of service in Hartford, Conn. The grant was opposed by the Connecticut Committee Against Pay Television, an organization representing Hartford theater owners and other interested local groups. The g roup claimed the FCC lacks power under the law to authorize a broadcast system which requires direct payment of fees from the public. The group also asserted that the commission was wrong in granting a temporary license without knowing what programs would be broadcast and in concluding that they would serve the public interest. RKO Phonevision had bought the assets of television station WHCT in Hartford. It proposed to use the outlet for its pay television trial. The FCC granted the application in February, 1961. RKO proposed to provide subscription programs for about 40 hours of a total 70-hour weekly broadcasting schedule. During the 40 hours the signal would be garbled to prevent general reception. Subscribers rent a deco di n g mechanism to convert the signal to a normal image on the screen. The subscribers also would be required to pay for individual programs. The decoder, according to today’s opinion, will cost an estimated $7.50 to $lO to install, with rental charges probably not more than 75 cents a week. Subscribers may stop the service at the end of any month. RKO hoped to get as many as 40,000 subscribers. Individual programs, the opinion said, will vary in cost from 25 cents to $3.50, with most predicted to fall within the 75-cent to $1.50 range. Subscribers would be billed through a record kept by a paper billing tape inside the decoder, which operates like a meter. There will be no commercials during the 40 hours of pay television. Advertising Index Advertiser Page Arnold Lumber Co.. Inc. ...... 7 Adams Theater 8 Burk Elevator Co. . -5 Bower Jewelry Store 3 Equity Dairy Store --— 6 Evans Sales & Service, Inc. .. 5 Allen Fleming 5 Gambles 6 Habegger-Schafers — 5 Haugks 4 Paul Havens ChevroletBuick, Inc. 5 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 8 Lengerich Awning & Railings ..5 Mies Recreation .27 Model Hatchery 5 G. C. Murphy Co 2 Niblick & Co. ....3 Phll-Miz Auction Co. 6 Pleasant Mills Lions Club 7 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Sheets Furniture 2 Smith Drug Co. .1...... 3 Schwartz Ford Co., Inc 5 Teeple Truck Line 5 Uhrick Bros. - 6 Villa Lanes -.... 7 Zintsmaster Motors -7

Roy Chilcote Seeks Sheriff Nomination

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Roy “Ike” Chilcote, of Decatur, today announced that he would be a candidate for sheriff of Adams county on the Republican ticket Chilcote, 57 years of age, served as a member of the Decatur police force for 22% years." He attended special police training school for eight weeks. Prior to joining the police force he was employed by the Cloverleaf Creamery in Decatur. At the present time he is employed by the Decatur school board. Roy and his wife, Zelma. reside at 376 Stevenson street They are the parents of three children, all of whom are married. The Chilcotes are members of the Decatur Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Chilcote stated that if he is nominated and elected he will devote his fuH time to the office and promises impartial enforcement of the laws.

Optimists Hear Os Central Soya Plans

The Decatur Optimist club today heard of recent changes at the Decatur Central Soya plant; heard of plans for the future; and also got preliminary information on a kite building and flying contest which will be sponsored in early April. Guests at the meeting included Tom Allwein, Decatur Central Soya plant manager, Warren Druetzler, personnel manager at the Decatur plant, Joe Jones, Soya vice president in charge of manufacturing, and Howard Waters, company personnel manager. Tom Schlvtterback, youth work chairman, announced tentative plans for the kite contest. The contest will be held in the afternoon of April 8, with the rain date April 15. The kites must be home made, by youngsters from 6-12. and parents are allowed and encouraged to help. The contest is open to both® boys and girls. There will be several categories for prizes, which will be announced at a later date. Youngsters from the Decatur, Pleasant Mills, Monmouth and Adams Central school areas will be eligible. The committee working on the contest, in addition to Schlotterback, includes Carl Braun, cochairman; Dr. C. W. Freeby, Bill Kuhnle, Ralph Gordon, Bin Barger and Bob Boch. Recent Investments Individual, community and company responsibilities were the topics of the presentation made by Waters. Some of the recent developments within the Soya company were discussed by the head of Soya’s personnel department,

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Additional Snowfall Forecast For State By United Press International Showers and snow flurries were forecast today for Indiana, with heavy snow seen as a possibility in the northern third of the state. Snow was predicted to begin this afternoon upstate and become “possibly heavy” tonight, diminishing to flurries Friday. How-' ever, temperatures were expected to drop only a few degrees below freezing during the night. Elsewhere, showers this afternoon may be mixed with snow in the central portion. More showers will fall tonight and snow flurries may come in the central area Friday. A chance of more rain late Saturday was seen by the Weather Bureau. , Temperatures reached highs Wednesday ranging from 35 at Indianapolis to 41 at South Bend. Overnight lows this morning ranged from 25 ait Lafayette to 36 at Evansville. Highs today v?ill range from the 30s to the low 40s, lows tonight from 28 to the mid 30s, and highs Friday from the low to upper 30s. Noffsinger Rites Friday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Roferta Noffsinger, who died Tuesday morning at Fort Wayne, will be held at 2 pm. Friday at the Monroe Methodist church, the Rev. Willis Gierhart officiating. Burial will be in the Ray cemetery, west of Monroe. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 p.m. Friday until time of the services. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home until 12 noon Friday.

and the reasons for these actions were told. In keeping with the meeting. Waters stated that Soya's outlook company-wide and locally was one of optimism. It was brought out in the discussion that the Decatur plant had received more capital improvements in its feed plant operations than any other Soya plant, and that these investments were made with the positive ideas in mind that they would pay off in the future. Jones pointed out that from his position in charge of manufacturing, he could verify the fact that 50% more money was spent for capital improvements in the past two years in the Decatur plant than in any other plant in the Soya system. Competitive Field ' Jones also pointed out the fact that the feed business was more 5 competitive today than at any other time. A recent public announcement from General Mills was made stating that they were closing 30 feed mills and going out of the business. Spencer-Kel-logg, a company in the feed business for many years, has also recently closed down. In summation. Waters stated that the company was grateful for the invitation to speak to the city’s newest service club. He added that it was hoped that a better understanding of some of the generalities of the feed business and spieifies pertaining to local problems would be of benefit to the company, the city and the employes of the local plant.