Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 83.

Murderous Attacks On Moslems OAS Answer To de Gaulle’s Appeal

New Satellite In Orbit By Soviet Russia MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union’s second Sputnik launched in three weeks rode an elliptical orbit through space today, sending back data that could be helpful for a manned flight to the moon. The new satellite—named Cosmos II — was launched Friday night. Its weight was not announced, but the Soviet news agency Tass said its purpose—like that of Cosmos I, launched March 16—was to gather data on cosmic ray radiation and other dangers man might encounter in space. Moscow Radio said the satellite is functioning normally. Friday night’s announcement said the Sputnik also was part of a program to study the construction of space vehicles. This led Western observers here to speculate that the satellite was launched as part of the research necessary before a manned flight to the moon or the planets can be attempted. (This theory was supported by Heinz Kaminski, director of West Germany’s Bochum Observatory Kaminski, who said he heard the satellite’s signals “loud and clear” said the Sputnik was prelude to the launching of a manned spaceship that could circle the earth for days.) The Sputnik’s wide-swinging oval orbit took it 969 miles out from earth at its farthest point and brought it to within 132 miles of the earth at its nearest point. Decatur Temperature" Local weather data for the period ending at a a.m. today. 12 noon 59 12 midnight .. 40 1 p.m 59 1 a.m 89 2 p.m 56 2 a.m. ..... 89 3 p.m. ... 56 3am 88 4 p.m 56 4a m 37 5 p.m 56 5 a.m 86 6 p.m. .... 54 6 a.m 86 7 p.m 52 7 a.m. ............ 8« 8 p.m 50 8 a.m 36 9 p.m. 48 9 a.m 48 10 p.m 46 11 p.m 42

7 Americans Held By Cuba

HAVANA (UPD—An official of the Swiss Embassy, which represents U.S. interests here, visited the Cuban Foreign Office Friday night to inquire about seven American skindivers seized Thursday off northeastern Cuba. No result was reported immediately. A government announcement early Friday said the Americans, believed to be members of a party of sunken treasure hunters which sailed recently from pompano Beach, Fla., are “apparently frogman.” It said Cuban authorities are “investigating their presence on our soil.” No Cuban official reference to the Americans as possible "frogmen” appeared to be potentially ominous. Premier Fidel Castro’s government charged at the time of the abortive invasion of Cuba a year ago that U.S. “frogmen” cleared the invasion approaches for the attack. Calls Presence “Innocent” Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a news conference Friday night in Baton Rouge, La., that the Americans’ “presence in Cuba was innocent . . . we are moving promptly to obtain their release. We don’t believe there will be any difficulty.” The State Department said in Washingtn Friday that the Pom-

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Chas. Skillen Dies From Heart Attack WINAMAC, Ind. (UPI) — Services will be held hete Monday for Charles E. Skillen, former chairman of the Indiana Democratic State Committee. The 65-year-old political figure suffered a fatal heart attack Friday in the yard of his home here. He was the state chairman from 1952 to 1961. Services will be held at 2 p.m. at the Winamac Methodist Church with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis. Skillen, who described himself as a “grass-roots Democrat,” became state chairman late in the second administration of Gov. Henry F. Schricker. He was replaced by J. Manfred Core after Governor Welsh . took office in January, 1961. A protege of Schricker, Skillen began his political career on the county level and became 2nd District chairman in 1942, midway through Schricker’s first term as governor. During his nine years as state party chairman, Skillen failed to see a Democratic presidential candidate carry Indiana and Welsh WBB the only Democrat od. But Skillen helped the party d. But Skillen helped the party win congressional seats to off-year elections and saw the Democrats take the majority of mayor offices in the state in 1955 and 1959. He is survived by his widow, Violet, two sons, a daughter, a brother and three sisters. At Indianapolis, Welsh said he was “shocked” to learn of Skillen’s death. “He carried the title of ‘Mr. Indiana Democrat’ for many years. He served his pgrty and his state well. His death marks the passing of one of our most colorful Democratic figures. He" will be missed,” Welsh said. Core said he recalled how proud Skillen was of the fact he was “a grass-roots Democrat.” “We will all miss him as a campaigner and colleague,” Core said.

pano Beach expedition was on the way to Kingston, Jamaica, to examine sunken wrecks dating back to the days of the Spanish Main. The converted shrimp boat Pisces, in which the party was traveling, had been unreported since Tuesday, and the U.S. Coast Guard had been searching for traces of the vessel. In Beach,. Mrs. Grdon S. Patton of Jackson, Miss., and Ocean City, Md., said her husband, a 62-year-old retired charter-boat captain, was the leader of the expedition. Identifies CsWipaatons She identified his companions as Fred Dickson Jr., of Ocean City, N.J.; John Sterry of Brewster, N.Y.; underwater photographer Frank W. (Mike) Freeman of Kerby Hills, Md.; Johnny Johnson of Washington; Bernie Nistead of Brooklyn and Joe Campbell of Alexandria, Va. Mrs. Patton said the course her husband had charted for the trip to Kingston would have taken the Pisces within 75 times of eastern Cuba—a "calculated risk” which he said he was prepared to take. U.S. observers speculated that the boat, perhaps disabled in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti, may have fallen prey to one of the Castro regime’s fast, Soviet-built pdtrol boats.

ALGIERS, Algeria (UPI) — The outlawed Secret Army Organization (OAS) today answered President Charles de Gaulle's appeal for support of his Algerian referendum with murderous attacks against Moslem civilians. OAS gunmen killed six Moslems and one European before 9 a.m. Four other persons, including one European, were wounded. The attacks sent the year’s casualty toll soaring to 3,479 dead and 7,338 wounded. At least 40 persons were killed and 24 wounded to terrorist attacks throughout Algeria Friday.

The six Moslem victims were picked off in less than two hours. Three of them were killed a few yards apart near the central post office to downtown Algiers. At dawn, seven plastic explosions rocked a Moslem section of this city, demolishing several shops. The OAS called for a massive general strike in Bone to protest the Algerian independence referendum to France. AU Ot Algeria’s labor unions controlling European workers appealed for defiance of the Algerian provisional executive and disobedience of its orders. The unions said Sunday’s referendum was an “iUegal vote.” Informed sources said the 12 Moslem and European members of the provisional executive, which will govern Algeria until independence, would formally install themselves and hold their first willing meeting today. Sjnce the cease-fire last month, the executive has been blocked from working by disputes over who would hold which jobs. But agreement was reached this week and the French government said a non-rebel Moslem would hold the key job of "delegate in charge of public older.” He is a lawyer, Abdel Kader el Hassar, of Tcuncen. » , Robel Moslems won the economics «nd< general affairs (interior) tx>sta; The executive’s president is a rebel leader, Abderrahmane Fares. Show Cancer Filins Monday, Wednesday

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The Cancer society films to be shown Monday night, will _also be shown Wednesday at 1:30 pm-, Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg. chairman of the Adams county Cancer society, said today. The films will be shown Wednesday afternoon so as not to conflict wiht the cooking school to be held at the Youth and Community Center at the same time Monday evening- LThe films, "Life Story,” which outlines cancer of the colon and rectum, Jnd “The Other City,” will be shown at 7:30 p.m- Monday, and again at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Both filmings will be at the I & M building. For those persons attending Monday evening, Dr. John B. Terveer will be present hold a question and answer discussion following the films. There is no admission charge, and the public is invited and urged to attend. The annual cancer crusade will be held the week of April 23. Advertising Index Advertiser P«e Adams Theater -- 6 Heavers Oil Service, Inc —3, 6 Burk Elevator Co. 5 Weldon M. Bumgerdner 6 Chic Dry Cleaning & Laundry „ 6 Citizens Telephone Co 3 Decatur Ready-Mix Corp. —.... 4 Decatur Kocher-Lumber, Inc- — 5 Evans Sales & Service, Inc. .... 5 First State Bank of Decatur .... 6 Allen Fleming „ 5 Gillig & Doan Funeral Home .... 3 Husmann’s Decorating House .. 3 Walter Koos x— 4 Reynold Electric 4 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co. 3 Teeple Truck Line 5 Villa Lanes —— i 8 Church Page Sponsors 2

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 7,1962.

Church Os Nazarene Dedication Sunday

The new church home of the First Church of the Nazarene, Seventh and Marshall streets, will be formally dedicated at a special service at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Dr. Paul Updike, of Marion, superintendent of the Northeastern Indiana district, Church of the Nazarene. Will have charge of the dedication service. The church will carry out the theme of dedication and a victory celebration throughout all services Sunday, opening with Sunday school at 9 a. m., followed by the morning worship hour at 10 o’clock. The Rev. J. T. Trueax, of Saginaw, Mich., pastor of the local church from 1942 to 1947, will be the guest speaker at the morning worship service and the evening evangelistic service at 7 o’clock. The morning services will be followed by a carry-in dinner at 12 noon at the Monmouth school gym. A special youth rally will be held at 6:30 p. m., preceding the evening service. Rev. Lykins Paster The Rev. C. E. Lykins has been’ pastor of the church since 1954, and was recently given an extended call to remain for his ninth year.

Views Clash Over RS7O Bomber Plan

WASHINGTON (UPD—Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara has said< the pre-administration program to build the controversial 2,000-m.p.h. RS7O bomber was "one of the worst-managed” he ever saw. ; " But the Air Force is confident that McNamara is overestimating the problems remaining to be solved in the construction of the hypersonic reconnaissance and missile-firng plane, once called the 870. Air experts contend that steady progress toward their solution has been made for several years. . Congressional testimony highlighting this sharp clash of views was released today, and posed a billion-dollar question: Whether the'money Invested so far in the plane has been well spent. Dr. Harold Brwn, 34-year-old Defense Department director of research and engineering, gave McNamara's view of the management problem in an appearance before the House subcommittee in defense appropriations last March 20. Plagued With Problems After testifying that a billion of the $1.3 billion appropriated for ’the planes so far has been spent, Brown said the prgram had been plagued with management problems. “The secretary of defense, a much better management expert than I, said it whs one of the worst-managed programs he ever saw until he reoriented it last March,” Brown continued. Rep. Phil Weaver, R-Neb., asked whether there had been "considerable waste.” “I think there has been, yes,” Brown replied. “I wouldn’t say there has been any waste since the beginning of last year — at least there was not as much. "What is left — S3OO million—is well managed. There now is a single project of freer at Wright Field who knows what is going on.” Brig. Gen. Fred J. Oscani has benn the project officer at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, since mid--1961. r Gen. Bernard A. Cchriever,

Razing of the former church building was started June 6, 1961, and the new church was opened Dec. 24 of last year. Along with the church construction program, a parsonage in Stratton Place was purchased last July. Total property value of the congregation is now well over SIOO,000, with an Indebtedness of slightly less than $40,000 outstanding. Organised in 1936 The Decatur Church of the Nazarene was organized in the spring of 1936, with 19 charter members. It was the outgrowth of the Decatur Gospel Tabernacle group, who felt the need of identity with a fully organized denomination. Seven of the charter members are still on the churh roll: Amanda Ward, Norman Ward, Elvira (Ward) Habegger, Orval Sudduth, Vera Sudduth, Thurman Sudduth, and Mrs. Ed Roe. First pastor of the church was the Rev. Paul Brandyberry, 'who served for six years. He is now pastor at Corona, Calif. Other pastors, in addition to Rev. Lykins and Rev. Trueax, are: Rev. Ralph Carter, 1947-1951, now pastor at Stinesville, and the Rev. R. D. Wood, 1951-1954, now at Pasadena College, Pasadpna, Cal.

chief f the Air Force Systems Command, and Brockway McMillan, Air Force assistant secretary for research, led the assault on McNamara’s frequently expressed views. Disputes Statement Schriever referred obliquely to a statement by the Pentagon chief that radar for a plane traveling three times the speed of sound “may well lie beyond what can be done on the best basis of present scientific knowledge.” “When I was in the Pentagon in 1950 to 1954 and was bead of the development planning, we initiated work in the reconnaissance strike area, which included sidelooking radars, processors, etc.,’’ Schriever said. “The technical feasibility of these systems was not even questioned in thse days so far as my background indicates. As early as 1958 the general operatinonal requirements specified a side-look-ing radar for the B 70.” Side-view radar in a 2,000 m.p.h. plane is one of the specific technical items McNamara has said may be impossible in the next several years. McMillan agreed with Schriever. The assistant secretary an - Swered affirmatively when asked whether the necessary radars could be completed by the time the plane is built. The Air Force favors spending $491 million on the RS7O during the year beginning July 1, whereas McNamara wants to hold the spending to sl7l million. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. Sunday partly cloudy and warmer with chance of showers north late in the day. Low tonight 36 to 44. High Sunday upper 50s north, lower 60s south. Outlook for Monday: Cloudy and colder with scattered light showers or snow flurries north. NOON EDITION

• I'WWi 4 ’'' s -A**** ' •» e < * ■ •*ri* * j» *« ip&ifeiß 1 .. •. LJ w JsEr rv k #«r VIB v■ I -| *v. fl flifl fljFfl , I I ■ ’ ■ THE TWO WINNERS of the Decatur B. P. 0. Elks lodge 993 scholarship contest are shown above receiving their $25 defense bonds from the co-chairmen of the Elks scholarship committee. George Laurent, left, is shown presenting a bond to Miss Katherine Bischoff, Decatur high school senior. Deane Dorwin is presenting a bond to Richard Lautzenheiser, Geneva high school senior. The two winners of the first county-wide Elks scholarship contest also received gold pen and pencil sets from the lodge, and their winning applications are currently being judged in the state contest. Ten Hoosier young people will be awarded S6OO scholarships, and they will also be entered in the national contest to compete for 144 Elks scholarships ranging from S7OO to $1,500.

Opal Beitler Is Miss Buddy Poppy Little Miss Opal Beitler, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Luther Beitler of route 5, Decatur, has been selected Miss Buddy Poppy of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars organization, and is competing in the state competition at Indiana today . The tiny miss represents the local organization in competition with other girls to name a V.F.W. state-wide Miss Buddy Peppy. She was announced as the winner of tbe Jftcal Miiffi Buddy. Poppy competition Friday afternoon, by Commander William Grant. Miss Denise Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Ray, 310 N. First St., was runner-up in the local competition. Three youngsters finished in a tie for third place in the competition, Susan Ann Stetler, Patty Reidenbach and Vicki Grant. The V.F.W. Buddy Poppy sales in Decatur this year will be May 18 and 19, Grant explained. Support Order For Racial Integration NEW ORLEANS (UPD—A Roman Catholic lay leader who backed desegregation of parochial schools here received police protection today because of threatening telephone calls. Police confirmed a watch had been placed on the home of HatId Dittman, a member of the funding committee of Catholic Laymen Supporting School Integrate (CLASSI). The organization Friday announced its formation and threw to Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel the first public support for his order for racial integration this fall of 153 southeast! Louisiana parochial schools. CLASSI issued a statement, bearing Dittman’s name and those of six other men on the committee, which pledged the group to “show good example” by worshiping with Negroes. Dittman and the other committee members could not be reached for comment immediately. f CLASSI’s statement praised Rummel, denounced his critics and promised segregationist demonstrators could expect “positive counter-picketing in even greater numbers.” Rummel’s order, issued last week, called for desegregation of all grades in Catholic primary and secondary schools in the 10parish (county) archdiocese of New Orleans. Mayor Victor H. Schiro called a meeting for noon Monday to discuss the city’s public school situation, brought to a boil by a federal judge’s order to desegregate all elementary schools in September. Schiro invited the city’s legislative delegation to the meeting to make recommendations “and-or introduce legislation” to offset the effects of the order issued Tuesday by U.S. Dist. Judge J. Skelly Wright.

10 Steel Producers Sign New Contracts PITTSBURGH (UPD — Great Lakes Steel Co. signa a contract with the United Steelworkers today to complete formal agreement between the union and the nation’s “Big 11” steel producers. The other 10 signed Friday. Great Lakes’ formal acceptance was put back to 3 p.m. EST today whie both sides settled plantlevel differences. Steelworkers President David J. McDonald views the contract as the start of a strike-free era. McDonald said the agreement with the industry -ia“meet historic” and may “eliminate for all time basic steel strikes in America.” He made the observation Friday after the USW signed with U.S. Steel Crop., represented by R. Conrad Cooper, who was management’s chief negotiator during the 1% months of bargaining. “It is our great pleasure that the job has been concluded satisfactorily,” Cooper said. He praised the “extremely high degree of cooperation” which prevailed during the talks. Other companies . agreeing to terms Friday were Bethlehem, Pittsburgh, Youngstown Sheet & Tube, Armco, Repblic, Inland, Jones & Laughlin, Wheeling, and Colorado Fuel and Iron. The Steelworkers endorsed the contract last Saturday, three months before the current pact expires June 30. It is expected to form the pattern for the smaller companies and the aluminum industry. Rochester Sophomore Crowned I. U. Queen BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UPD — Judy Vernon, Rochester sophomore, Friday night was crowned queen of the Indiana University Coronation Ball. —

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Albert N. Straley, Wren Circuit E. U. B. Churches! UNWISE COMPARISONS "For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves; but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise!” — II Corinthians 10:12 Times have not changed much so far as human nature is concerned. People still follow this old habit of rationalizing unwise conduct. It is not difficult to find someone who falls short of proper behavior to make yourself look a little more respectable, but this does not make you any better, and besides that, it removes the possibility of you ever becoming better. The background of this verse would indicate that Paul, in dealing with the Corinthians, had some trouble about his authority. Self-willed people in the Corinthian congregation disputed his position as an apostle, who served as an authority on faith and conduct. They had some other ideas and they were promoting them vigorously. Paul’s temper flared a bit when he first faced this egotistic group. He had made sacrifices for the Gospel which they could only dream about, but yet they pretended to be the wise people! Then he remembered Jesus Who loved evryone and died for them, and asked no prominence for Himself. This was a refreshing note in a pagan world. So Paul began to evaluate these disputes,.and concluded that they were not even related to Jesus in any vital way. They were merely “writing their own testimonials!” Their words had no divine approval rooted and grounded in truth. A little thought would demolish them. When you look at the verse again you conclude that Paul was very restrained in his dedication. As ever the Word of God is a safe rule for faith and conduct. Let this verse encourage humility in us who follow the steps of Jesus.

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Valuable Prizes At Cooking School Many valuable prizes will be awarded to women attending the free cooking school, which wfll be held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Monday night at 7:30 o’clock and Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 . The free school is sponsored jointly by Decatur Merchants and the Decatur Daily Democrat, and is the first held in this city for a number of years. " The school wil Ibe conducted by Miss Susan Lowe, nationally known home economist. Dooes to the center will be open one hour before each session starts, and ladies are urged, to arrive early as there will be no reserved seats. There will be at least 15 displays probably more, prepared by local merchants and national firms in connection with the cooking school. Included in the gifts to be persented during the two-day show are Betty Crocker cook books, stainless steel, mixing bowls, sacks of groceries. Westinghouse electric blanket and “dog-omatic, gift certificates, recipe booklets and many other valuable prizes from local merchants. BULLETIN CAPE CANAVERAL (UPD — High-altitude winds today forced scientists to again call off an attempt to launch .America’s new high-energy _ Atlas-Centaur rocket on its maiden flight. No new firing date was set, but sources indicated the shot probably would be attempted Monday at the earliest.