Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1962 — Page 4

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Berne Student Is Given Scholarship FRANKLIN, Ind. — Charles R. Bentz, R. R. 1, Berne, has been awarded the General Motors scholarship from Franklin College. Charles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roger Bentz, is a senior student at Berne-French high school. In school there he has made an excellent acedemic record and will graduate well in the upper ranks of his class. The General Motors scholarship at Franklin was established by

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that corporation Ln 1955 and is awarded annually to one of the outstanding freshman applicants. The amount of the scholarship may include full expenses, including tuition, fees, room, and board. It is renewable. The young scholarship waaw has included varsity football _in his extracurricular activities. He also has served as editor of his school newspaper. He is interested in 4-H work and is president of the youth fellowship of the Cross United Church of Christ, where he is a member. At present, Charles plans a premedical course of study at Franklin. followed with graduate work toward an eventual career in medicine.

Bad Weather ; Is Threat To Space Flight CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) — U.S. sp ace officials said t oday that bad weather in the Atlantic Ocean gives them only a chance of blasting astronaut Scott Carpenter into orbit on Saturday. With -Carpenter and the Project Mercury launch team already moving like clockwork through the final 48 hours of technical

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preparations, scientists kept their fingers crossed and their eyes on an Atlantic Ocean weather pattern that was described as quite similar to the one which caused numerous delays in the flight of astronaut John Glenn Jr. in February. Weathermen said that winds of 25 to 30 miles per hour and waves seven to 10 feet high were churning up the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Azores Islands. That would be the area where Carpenter's Aurora-7 spacecraft would be expected to land if something went wrong with the flight just before he kicked into orbit. Mercury orficials said that the situation—though similar to that before the Glenn flight — was a little less intense. There was no

indication, howavas, ijhht it would let up in time for a shot Saturday. > An official statement released by the space agency also said that ** intermittent c loudiness i n the launch area (here) may be expected to cause temporary delays.” If the weather or a last minute technical snag does not stop him, Carpenter will be hurled Saturday into the three-orbit path blazed by astronaut John Glenn. Carpenter will perform a hodt of new experiments for American scientists who want to know more about the murky world of space. The timetable calls for a launch between 8 a .m. and 1:30 p.m., EDT, to give recovery forces enough time to scoop Carpenter out of the sea before night falls.

Heavy Fife Damage At Portland Plant _ PORTLAND. Ind. (UPD—Spontaneous com bustion or defective wiring was blamed today for a fire which awept a Shelter Manufacturing Co. warehouse here and destroyed 00,000 hard rubber automobile steering wheels at an estimated loss of $500,000 to $750,000. Jay County firemen were joined by firefighters from Fort Recovery, Ohio, in battling, the flames which several times shot hundreds of feet into the air. The firemen were able to keep gasoline tanks located near the warehouse from

exploding during their three-hour fight. The warehouse was located about six blocks from the Portland business district Few persons were in the quonset-type building when it caught fire. The fire broke out at 4:40 p.m. and the building collapsed about 40 minutes later. A three-story brick shipping office next to the warehouse also was razed by the tire. The main manufacturing building about 100 yards south was not endangered, firemen said. The local plant is one of nine operated by the firm, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of steering wheels. The company was founded here but last year moved its headquarters to Detroit. Elisha Merriman Is First To File Elisha Merriman, defeated by Clair Carver for the Democratic nomination for Blue Creek township trustee, is the only primary election candidate who had filed an expense account as of noon today. Merriman filed expenses of $8.50 for candidate cards, in the office of the county clerk. All primary election candidates, with the exception of precinct committemen and delegates to the state convention, must file expense accounts within 30 days of the May 8 election. The deadline for filing is June 8. All candidates, regardless of whether or not they were victorious, are required by election laws to make a report of expenses incurred in the primary election campaign. New Additions Are Unveiled At Berne A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at Berne Tuesday evening for the “unveiling” of the city’s 104th and 105th additions. The lots are owned by Mr. and Mrs Jerome J. Yager, 2and their daughter, Rosalind. The ceremony which drew about 75 spectators, was attended by deputy sheriff Robert Meyer, Berne city officials, Berne plan commission, and Meshberger Brothers, which will build the streets in the addition. The addition is the first to be annexed with paved streets, curbs, and water system already installed. * Savings Bond Sales Lower During April T. F. Graliker, chairman of the Adams county US. savings bonds committee, has received a report revealing that the county’s savings bonds sales for April were $38,896 compared with $41,701 for the corresponding period of last year. The state’s sates for April were $10,689,172 and $10,012,606, for the same period of 1961'8 gain of 6.7 per cent. Forty-eight of the state’s 92 counties reported sales gains for the month when compared with April 1961.

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Beer Prices To Be Increased Monday Taverns and clubs in Decatur have Joined the “trend’ 'of surroundtag cities and counties in raising the price of beer, in bottles, cases, and six-packs. Beginning Monday bottled beer will be 30 cents, with premium beers also going tip a nickel. Prices on the six-pack and case are also expected to rise. A combination of circumstances, apparently, are behind the price increase. Bottled beer in Huntington has been 30 cents for nearly tour years, and the same price was established in Wells county about s a year ago. .w Increased costs of operation, both labor and supplies, are reportedly forcing the price hikes at the supplier level. Beer in New Haven was up five cents on the bottle on Thursday of last week, and the same hike was expected in Fort Wayne Monday of this wee». Prices have reportedly been up tor some eight months in cities and counties to the north and west of Decatur and Fort Wayne, and prices rose in Ohio last week. Although prices have not b e e n hiked in Decatur as yet on cases and six-packs many surrounding areas have seen a 25 to 30-cent increase on 24-bottle cases and 10 cents on six-pack cartons. Man Kills Wife And Commits Suicide GARY, Ind. (UPD — Harold Pilotto, 38, fatally wounded his wife, Anne Lorraine, 39, then killed himself with a shotgun Wednesday at their home south of here, according to Lake County sheriff’s deputies. Authorities said neighbors told them they heard a shot about 10 a.m. Wednesday but the bodies were not found until about 5 p.m. The neighbors said the Pilottos had domestic problems for several years. , 25 Firemen Injured In New York Fire NEW YORK (UPD — An eightalarm fire leveled a clothing store here Wednesday .injuring 25 firemen. Authorities said 10 men escaped possible death or serious injury when part of a roof, under which the men were standing, collapsed. New York Stock Exchange Prices MIDDAY PUCES A. T. & T., 119 Vi; DuPont, 220%; Ford, 90V4; General Electric, 70%; General Motors, 51%; Gulf Oil, 39%; Standard Oil Ind., 49; Standard OU N. J., 53%; U. S. Steel, 56%.