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

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Inspection Agency Created By Welsh

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD - Both Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine and State Auditor Dorothy Gardner today criticized action of Governor Welsh in creating an inspection agency within the Department of Administration. Welsh Wednesday authorized the formation of an “inspection and quality control section” as part of the supply division of the Department of Administration. Immediately afterwards, Budget Director John T. Hatchett announced the creation of four new jobs and estimated the new section would cost about $25,000 annually. Ristine and Mrs. Gardner, both Republicans, took the position that while the idea of checking on suppliers to be sure they are not cheating the state is a good one, Welsh was putting his inspectors in the wrong department. “This is an unfortunate way to conduct inspections,” Ristine declared. “This is appointing inspectors who are inspecting the people who appointed them. Next will they hire ■ more inspectors to inspect the inspectors’" "' “Third-Party People” Ristine urged the Democrat chief executive to “use ’unbiased third-party people already in other state government agencies or use outstanding volunteer citizens who have no obligation to those they must inspect.” Mrs. Gardner, who had said earlier she thought any inspection section should be in her department, said today that “either the attorney general or the auditor, being elected officials, would be preferable tas the inspection agency. These appointments under the Department of Administration are unsound, and probably a useless expenditure of $25,000 of the taxpayers’ money.” The new section had been requested by Deputy Commissioner James H. Berg of the Department of Administration, following disclosure that some suppliers of foodstuffs were not delivering the type of produce specified in the contracts. As a result ot the investigation, handled mainly by Ned Green, a food buyer, Koehler Restaurant Supply Co. has been dropped from the list of eligible bidders and is the object of a pending Marion County grand jury probe. Berg said the investigation would cover all types of suppliers., He said he hopes to get the new agency into operation by April 1. While a chief inspector has not yet been announced. Green, who is a brother to Welsh’s administrative assistant, Clinton Green, is considered most likely to get the post “Attack Ob Waste” The four jobs created by Hatchett include a chief inspector with a salary range of $525-750 monthly; I two inspectors at $375-525. and a stenographer at $250-350. Berg said that the new section would “make a three-pronged at-1 tack on waste, inefficiency and illegitimate vendors.” He said the three purposes are: ADAMS THEATER FRL & SAT. (Evenings) 2 TECHNICOLOR Hits! It’s the Merriest Mixings Since Giris Discovered WWffiß RKHAROBEYMER lEBHHOIIK CEIfSHHOIH - ADMD THWUH - TRUE Ute Story ct The War’s Meat Decerated Soldier! AUDIE MURPHY Flaying Himself In “TO HELL AND BACK” Jack Kelly, Susan Kehner 0-0 Sat Mat.—’Boy From Oklahoma’ Will Regers Story-13:15 Smu A Mon.-AUDREY HEPBURN ♦ raPumj Award Nominee for “BroakfaM at Tiffany’s” WnsrtsUß Cemedy In Color!

—Personal inspection to see that materials received were to specification. properly stored and inventories properly controlled. —To carry out a program of education and training for institutional personnel which receives and handled supplies. —To correct and update specifications upon which bids are based and contracts are written. 200 Soldiers Protest Being Heid On Duty FT. POLK, La. (UPD—At least 200 off-duty soldiers in civilian clothes gathered Wednesday night I in front of the Ft. Polk Enlisted j Men's Club to protest being held on active duty. There were reports that as many as 600 members of the 49th Armored Division, a Texas National Guard outfit called to active duty last October, marched in front of the Enlisted Men’s Club. • These reports said a detachment of 20 military police observed the march. But Maj. Gen. Harley B. West of Dallas, commander of the 49th, said only about 200 soldiers assembled. “They were just a bunch of boys who want to go home,” he said. No Disorder, Rowdiness “Maybe as many as 200 soldiers gathered in front of the service < lub. Sohe of them were there for normal purposes. Others undoubtedly came to have a meeting,” West said. We said the soldiers milled around for about half an hour and then broke up. “It was orderly, there was no marching, there was no disorder or other rowdiness,” West said. Several protests have been registered by Guardsmen in the 49th since the dicision was called up last fail because of the then worsening Berlin crisis. Boycott Mess Hall Some enlisted men in a New Hampshire National Guard unit training at Ft. Bragg, N.C., were reported over the weekend to have boycotted the mess hall, because they did not know when l they will be released. And at Ft. Devens, Mass., en estimated 50 women walked picket lines, demanding that their reservist husbands either be released or told definitely when they will be able to return to their homes and jobs. Earlier this week, a group of Ft. Polk soldiers wrote a letter that said they ought not to have been called to active duty, and are being kept in service although the Berlin situation has improved. Copies of the letter were sent to all members of the U.S. Senate. Slate Traffic Toll Increases To 165 By United Press International Indiana’s 1962 traffic fatality toll reached at least 165 today with four names added to the list in a 24-hour period. A year ago, the toll was 155. Paul H. Clear. 61. Columbus, died Tuesday from injuries suffered Feb. 22 when he was struck by a truck as he crossed a city street. James Hardesty, 41, Bloomfield, who was hurt Monday in an accident on Indiana 45 near Stanford, died in a hospital. He was riding with Henry Allen, 53, Bloomfield, when the car skidded into another auto driven by Jerry Jackson, 18, Bloomington. Charles Naze, 19, Muncie, a sophomore at Ball State Teachers College and a member of the varsity basketball squad, was killed Wednesday night when his car collided with another at a county road intersection near Muncie. His companion, Mary Dinwiddle, 19, Attica, a Ball State freshman, was injured critically. Irvin Stephens, 47, Marion, an escaped patient from the Logansport State Hospital, was killed and two other escaped patients were injured Wednesday night when their car smashed into a U.S. 136 bridge over the Wabash River and struck another auto. Robert Smith, 34, Cloverdale, and Richard Swaney, 25, Covington, were injured land taken to a Danville, Hl., hospital. Pleads Guilty To School Vandalism SOUTH BEND, Ind. <UPD — Calen Richert, 16, pleaded guilty Wednesday in juvenile court here to charges of vandalism at the Washington High School but refused to n'ame his accomplices. Authorities said that Richart and other students caused damage estimated at around $5,000 at the school on Feb 28.

School Plans To Go Before Voters In May INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— Director J. B. Kohlmeyer of the Indiana School Reorganization Commission estimated today that as many as 150 reorganization proposals will be submitted to the voters May 8. The commission, created by the 1959 Legislature to carry out complete reorganization of schools throughout the state, will make a full re-evaluation of its progress at a May 16 meeting when the results of the referendums will be the main topic. Kohlmeyer said today, however, that he believes, in comparision with other states which have had similar laws, “we are probably making fast progress.” He reported that 74 counties have submitted plans which were approved by the commission, the latest being Allen. The commis- | sion has held hearings for four more counties which will be voted on later — Bartholomew, Cass, Dearborn and Ripley. Five others have submitted plans and are awaiting hearings— Benton, Hancock, Lake, Martin, and Starke. The director noted that of the seven counties which never have submitted reorganization plans, only two appear to be actual “holdouts.” These he identified as Daviess and Greene, which he called “apparently the only two inoperative county committees in the 92.” Two counties—Clinton and Ohio —were organized under a previous law and officials there did not at first believe they were required to go through the process outlined in the 1959 law. However, Kohlmeyer said Clinton had one district that did not meet minimum standards, and Ohio does not have a school board established as required by the newer I law. Kohlmeyer said that in two other counties—Warren and Whitley—the county committees have been enjoined from taking action by legal suits still pending. In Morgan County, Kohlmeyer said, “a difficult problem exists in trying to meet minimum standards.” He said a rapid population increase has complicated the reorganization for Morgan. However, he predicted that ell but Greene and Daviess eventually will prepare local plans. The state committee is required by law to drew up a plan in any county which fails to make its own. but Kohlmeyer said “we have too many other problems now to even think of doing that. The school plans going before the voters at the primary include units in most counties. So far, seven counties have been comcompletely reorganized — Brown, Floyd, Union. Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash and Warrick. Altogether, 23 districts or units, are in operation. and II more will become effective July 1. t , In the 16 counties in which elections already have been held. 10 districts failed and 16 districts were approved. In seven counties, 9 unions were approved by petition of 55 per cent of the voters, an alternative method to balloting. Beef Tour Wednesday Attracts 50 Farmers Aboiit 50 farmers made the beef tour Wednesday to the Lantz and Gerber farms in Kirkland township. and the Jim Gordon farm near Liberty Center in Wells county, Leo N. Seltenright, county agent, said today. Ken MacDonald, specialist on beef cattle, spoke on nutrition, and John Foley spoke on the economy of feed cattle building. Schools To View Conservation Film A film on the life of Bob White quail will be shown to most of the schools in Adams county in the next few weeks, Jack Hurst, district conservation officer, said today. The film has been secured through the soil conservation service office by Milt Spence, work work unit conservationist. In addition. Hurst has also received a copy of a list of places where young pheasant and quail are available for purchase, so that local people may raise them if they so desire. Teenager To Trial For Killing Mother SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD -A South Bend teenager was Informed Wednesday he will go on trial on first-degree murder charges next week in the shooting of his mother. John George Trittinger, 15, was indicted by a grand jury in the shooting of his mother, Mrs. Velena Trittlinger, in their home, Oct. 12, 1960. The boy’s attorneys were expected to plead insanity for the defendant. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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MUSIC DIRECTOR— William L. Gowdy, above, is the choral director of the annual music festival to be held by the Decatur, Berne and Bluffton high schools Friday at 8 p. m. at the Berne high school. Gowdy is chairman of the music department and director of choral activities at Elkhart high school. He is also minister of music at the First Presbyterian church in Elkhart.

Soot on Carpets If some soot has fallen onto your carpet, don’t try sweeping it up until it has been covered with a thick coating of dry salt. The soot can then be swept up properly, without a smear or stain being left. Trade in : good town — Decatur

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To Reduce Support On Dairy Products WASHINGTON (UPD — Politicians today pondered the Impact of a pending election-year reduction in price supports for butter, cheese and dry skim milk. The Kennedy administration, which a year <ago fulfilled its campaign pledge to boost dairy price supports, now is going to cut them below the levels which prevailed when it came to power. The reduction will take effect April 1. The die was cast when the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday rejected, 20-13, President Kennedy’s request for legislation that would have required the government to keep supporting the price of milk used in manufactured dairy products at the present level of $3.40 per 100 pounds until next Jan. 1. As a result, the level is expected to be cut to about $3.11 per 100 pounds. This could reduce government props for wholesale prices as much as 5 cents a pound for butter, 3 cents a pound for certain cheeses and lesser amounts for skim milk powder. During the past year the Agriculture Department has spent close to $550 million buying up these products to maintain prices. Republicans and Democrats from dairy states already were trading blows over which party was to blame for the impending price cu ts. Some, but not all, dairy state democrats conceded privately that Republicans proba-

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THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE a capella choir will present a program of music at the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock. This choir of 39 voices is directed by Dr. Clyde W. Holsinger, head of the college’s department of music. The a cappella choir, one of three at the college, was organized by Dr. Holsinger in 1946, and makes annual concert tours to churches and high schools in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Dr. Holsinger is a'graduate of Manchester College and holds degrees of master of music and Ph. D. from Northwestern University school of music. He was director of music at Berne and in the Wilbur Wright high school in Dayton, 0., before returning to Manchester. He is presently editor of Indiana Musicator, official publication of the Indiana music educators’ association. The Rev. John D. Mishler, pastor, invites the public to attend Sunday’s concert.

bly would benefit politically. There was less dispute about the probable economic impact. Consumers should get tower prices. The Treasury expects to save SIOO million in price support outlays. The Agriculture Department figures that income of dairy farmers may be cut as much as $250 to S3OO million a year. On Wednesday’s final showdown vote, committee Republicans voted, 14-0, against the administration proposal. Democrats favored it, 13-6.

Treasury Agent To Speak Here Monday “So you”re going to have an audit” will be the title of the address by Neil Sadler, U.S. treasury department agent, to the Decatur Lions club next Monday night. Sandler, a lawyer and aon-ln-law of Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Kalver, of Decatur, will explain what it means when a person gets a notice from the bureau of internal revenue that his tax form is

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being audited, and how to pre* pare for the audit and face it without worry Following his short address, the program will be open for questions on federal tax matters. *’ Polishing Damp Shoes Damp shoes may be given a high polish by adding one of twc drops of paraffin oil to the polish. Ulis also prevents the leather from cracking. Trade iu £ good town — Deer