Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 136.

Two Bank Robbers Shot To Death By Police In Gun Battle At Detroit —

Isabel Costello Is Granted Scholarship Mbs Isabel Costello Miss Isabel Costello, a graduate of the Decatur high school last month, has been awarded a $355 tuition scholarship to the Warner Beauty College at Fort Wayne. — Miss Costello is a daughter of Mrs. Louisa Costello, of 701 Dierkes street. The scholarship was offered by Mrs. Laveda Cook, manager of the beauty school, during the recent vocational seminar held by the Decatur Rotary club. The scholarship was awarded by the scholarship committee of the service organization. Announcement was also made today that Miss Costello, Miss Katherine Bischoff, Miss Monica Marklund and Stephen Blythe will be honor guests at next Thursday’s Rotary club meeting. Miss Bischoff and Blythe are recipients of the first SSOO Rotary club scholarships awarded this year, and Miss Marklund, of Sweden, has been the foreign exchange student in Decatur for the past year. Next Thursday will also be the charter night meeting for the Boy Scout troop sponsored by the Rotary club

Hope Os Peace In Laos Increasing

KHANG KHAY, Laos (UPI) — Hopes for a peaceful solution to the Laotian crisis rose today with the confident prediction by Prince Souvanna Phouma that a final , agreement will be reached on a coalition government Monday. Souvanna, who is premier-des-ignate of the proposed coalition government, met Friday in this rebel stronghold in the Plain of Jars with pro-Western Premier Prince Boun Oum and Commu- » nist-backed Prince Souphanouvong * and settled all but one major issue. This involved the selection of three cabinet members from among Boun Oum’s followers. Souvanna said the differences" were so small that they could have been settled during Friday’s, talks “but we took too much time over lunch.” Souvanna, leader of Laos’ neutralist faction, predicted the three princes would sign the final agreement when they meet here again on Monday. The princes hammered out their difference during a two-hour morning session when the toughest issue Was settled. This involved who would get the key defense and interior (police) ministries. They were handed over to Souvanna without any public guarantees that the two posts , would not be allowed to slip into the hands of Souphanouvong’s followers. Souvanna won the premiership and defense ministry. The interior and foreign ministries went to his neutralist followers. The education ministry was given to

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER in ADAMS COUNTY

Mrs. Vemon Hurst Is Named Chairman V. L. Tatlock, Terre Haute, state campaign charman for the 1962 MS hope chest campaign now being conducted throughout the state, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Vernon F. Hurst, 104 N. 15th street, Decatur, as chairman of campaign activities in Adams county. Tatlock stated that money is needed to carry out the program of the Indiana chapter of the national multiple sclerosis societyThis program incldes research — to find the cause and cure for multiple sclerosis; patient ser•vice, which provides help for MS patients through the MS clinic at Indiana University medical center in Indianapolis; the loan of needed equipment and personal counseling; and education to keep the patient and general public informed about multiple sclerosis. ‘‘Multiple sclerosis is the greatest cause of chronic disability among young adults,” according to H. Houston Merritt, .M D., professor of neurology, Columbia University. This is a disease of the central nervous system which generally strikes young adults between the ages of 20 and 40. Once MS hits, it stays tor life, often becoming progressively worse, resulting in partial or complete paralysis. The cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown and as yet there is no cure or specific treatment. Mrs. Hurst is now recruiting volunteers to assist her in the MS hope chest campaign- She requests all volunteers willing to help in ths cause to contact her at the above address or to telephone her at 3-4489 at once. Service Station Attendant Robbed KENTLAND, Ind (UPl)—Police said a Kentland service station attendant was knocked unconsious today by strongarm robbers who held him up and escaped with $75.

rightwing strongman Gen. Phouministry went to another rightwinger* Luean Insinsiengmay. The information and combined ministry of economy and planning was given to the Communist-sup-ported Pathet Lao faction headed by Souphanouvong, so-called “Red prince of Laos” and broth-er-im-law of Souvanna. Sources said Souphanouvong probably would be named information minister. The princes agreed that the rightists and Father Lao each should have four cabinet posts. They also agreed that the remainder of the cabinet positions should be split and divided equally between Souvann’s neutralists and Vientiane politicians With neutralist sympathies. Five-Year-Old Girl Dies This Morning Carlene Marie Gerber, five-year-old daughter of Richard and Marilyn Wasson-Gerber, Bluffton, route 4, died at 2:25 a.m. today at the Clinic hosiptal in Bluffton after an illness of three days of meningitis. Surviving are the parents; one sister, Marlene; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Orval Gerber of Bluffton route 4, and Mrs. Mae Wasson of Craigville route 1. Servicees will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Goodwin funeral home in Bluffton, the Dev. Fred Pflugh officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 noon Sunday.

DETROIT (UPI) — Two bank robbers were shot to death Friday night when they tried to battle their way out of a police cordon after they robbed a suburban Taylor, Mich., bank of some $22,000. The men holed up in a drainage ditch in a wooded area in suburban Southgate, Mich., after they were run down police. A small scale-gun battle followed with an estimated 50 shots fired. Police identified the bandits as Robert Chalmers, 28, Romulus Township, Mich., and Orie Wyatt, 37, Hamilton, Ohio. They said Wyatt flew here Friday morning from Covington, Ky. Wyatt entered the Taylor branch of the National Bank of Wyandotte shortly before closing time, witnesses told police. Wellington S. j Labelle, 59, a customer, told officers he followed the bandit intol the bank. Once inside, the desperado pulled a gun and shoved it in the back of the bank manager, La Belle said. The gunman then forced the manager to lead him behind the tellers* cages and the robber scooped up the money from the cash drawers. As Wyatt fled with his loot, officers said, La Belle followed him and a bank teller pushed an automatic alarm button. The bandit jumped into a waiting car, driven by Chalmers, and La Belle got in his car and followed. During the ensuing chase, the bandits fired two shots at La Belle, both piercing his windshild. At the same time, Taylor police, alerted by the alarm, picked up the chase. Chalmers, in his panic, lost control of the car and it slammed into a utility pole. The two gunmen jumped out of their wrecked vehicle and commandeered a passing car driven by Lanny Adams. Adams’ wife and small child were passengers in the car... Det. Doyle Vaughn and his partner, responding to the bank alarm, spotted the two men as they jumped into the commandeered car. Vaughn said they followed the speeding car “and they spotted us just about the same time we spotted them.” When they realized they were cornered, the bandits ordered Adams to pull into a driveway. He did and the men jumped from the car and fled on foot into a wooded area. Vaughn said they followed the men, shooting as they went and a car from the Southgate police department, which was also following the car, pulled up. Another Taylor police car also quickly arrived at the scene. The bandits took refuge in the ditch and a small-scale gun battle developed. Patrolman Lawrence McDonald of the Southgate department said, “they took cover to a ditch and began shooting. I saw one shot kick up dirt about a foot from (patrolman Joseph) Alec’s leg and another one just missed (patrolman William) Habar’s head.” “I went into a flanking position and as I came up on the ditch,” McDonald said, “one of the men was wounded. “When I got about 25 feet away, I hollered at them to drop their guns. One of them rolled over and pointed his gun. I fired. **l went over to disarm him and hhe only lasted about five seconds. He had on GI fatigue pants. They were loaded with money in the big side pockets and he had some money in his shirt, McDonald said. “They meant business, he added, “thank God they weren’t good marksmen.” The wounded man, Wyatt, was taken to Wayne County General Hospital where he died about three hours later. All the stolen money was recovered. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy, occasional periods of showers and thunderstorms and not much temperature change through Sunday. Lows tonight tn the 60s. High Sunday middle 80s. Outlook for Monday: Considerable . cloudiness with periods of scattered thundershowers.

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HOUSE OF BLOCKS—Workers guide a large, boxlike room into place during construction of a four-story apartment house in Krasnodar, U.S.S.R. The prefabricated concrete units containing doors, windows and plumbing facilities are being built to alleviate the country’s housing problem, according to information from an official Soviet source.

Estes’ Gift List Sought

WASHINGTON (UPI) — House investigators today hunted for Billie Sol Estes’ cash gift list, which was reported to be so full of high-ranking officials that Estes couldn’t keep track of who was on it. Chairman L. H. Fountain, DN.C., of the House subcommittee investigating the Estes case, said the search would start at the Post Office Department. He hoped to learn some of the names on the list by looking over records of money orders Estes mailed out of Pecos, Tex. Former Assistant Agriculture Secretary James T. Ralph told the subcommittee Friday that he got money from Estes for no discernible reasoa. He said it embarrassed him so much that he complained and was told that the Texas financier didn’t know his name was on the list. Ralph, who got fired because of the Estes cause, said Estes was “just the kind of man my mother wanted me to be. He did not smoke, he did not drink and he did not chase women.” Perhaps, he said, he should have followed the advice of a “wise old sergeant" who once warned him “a man who neither smokes, nor drinks, nor chases women — stay away from him.” Manuel Mentions List The gift list was first mentioned by Robert Manuel, an ousted counsel for the Republican minority on the subcommittee. Manuel, in a statement Friday, said testimony in a closed session of the subcommittee told of “a list -e£> individuals to whom Estes allegedly sent gifts in the form of money orders.” Fountain denied any such testimony was taken. But he said the subcommittee had heard of the possibility of such a list and was hunting for it. Ralph admitted Estes sent him two SIOO money orders, and also testified his assistant William Morris, received money orders. But he said both he and Morris endorsed them over to the Democratic party — one of Ralph’s going to the party in California. Ralph testified that Morris told Estes of the embarrassment the money caused his boss. Ralph said Morris told him “Billie Sol didn’t know my name was on the list.” Manuel told reporters it was his understanding Morris had a

copy of the list. Morris was fired by the department for refusing to explain his connections with Estes. Demoted Over Policy Ralph was first demoted from assistant secretary because of policy differences with Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman. He was later fired, while training to become an agriculture attache to the Philippines, because he charged personal teler phone calls to Estes. Howard Von Gunten Dies Al Fori Wayne Howard L. Von Gunten, 53, superintendent of the Fort Wayne city parks for 14 years, and well known in Decatur and Adams county, died of a heart attack Friday morning at his home in that city. Mr. Von Gunten was a native of" Berne, and was employed as a foreman for the Indiana Engineering and Construction Co. before joining the Fort Wayne park department in 1938. He was a member and trustee of the First Missionary church and a member of the building committee of the Fort Wayne Bible College. He was past president of Indiana state parks and a member of the American institute of park executives, national shade tree conference and a number of •syte and national organizations. . Surviving are his wife, Florence; two sons, Fred and Ted, both of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Miss Rita Von Gunten of Fart Wayne, and Mrs. Ann Roof of Flint, Mich.; a brother, Harry Von Gunten of Fort Wayne, and two sisters, Mrs. Ivan Falb and Mrs. Wilmer Lehman, both of Fort Wayne. He was a first cousin of Herman Von Gunten of this city. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the First Missionary church in Fort Wayne, the Rev. Cornelius Vlot officiating, Burial will be in Covington memorial gardens. Friends may call at the D. 0. McComb & Sons funeral home after 7 p. m. today. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p. m. Monday.

Space Agency IsOgSemli I For Astronauts WASHINGTON (UPI) — The national space agency is thumbing through more than 250 applications in a search for five or 10 more astronauts. Among the new crop may be the first American to fly to the moon. , The applications came in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s announcement April 18 listing basic qualifications. The application deadline was June 1, and NASA expects to make its selections next fall. The armed services supplied 53 of the applications after preliminary screening of an even larger group of test pilots. More than 200 of the applications came from civilians. --— The civilian group, which included many persons patently unqualified, will be screened down to 15 or 20, a NASA spokesman said. He said the agency will “take a hard look” at about 70 applications, military and civilian, before paring the list down further. The applicants left after the first screening will be interviewed and given written examinations on engineering and science next month. After that, the ones still in the running will be given rigorous physical examinations. The selections of the astronauts who will join the original seven will be made, probably in September or October, by Robert R. Gilruth, head of the manned spacecraft center at Houston. They will join the first seven in the post-Mercury Gemini and Apollo programs, after undergoing intensive training. The Gemini program calls for astronauts to orbit the earth tor up to a week in two-man space craft Apollo is the project to land men on the moon before 1970. The first Gemini flights, which will include training in coupling spacecraft and rockets in orbit, will begin late next year. The first Apollo training flights, orbits around the earth, are scheduled for 1965.

Swimming Pool To Open Here Tuesday Weather permitting, the Decatur swimming pool will open for the summer season Tuesday, Hubert Zerkel, Jr., and John Rosier, supervisors, announced this morning. The pool, one of the few free swimming pools in the state, will open Tuesday at 1 p. m., and will remain open until 4:30 p. m. This schedule will be followed Monday through Saturday, with Sunday hours of 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Evening hours are 7 o’clock until 8:30 o’clock, Monday through Friday. Zerkel, the Northwest elementary school principal who takes over the principalship at the Lincoln school next fall, and Rosier, a teacher at Monmouth high school, will once again be the pool supervisors. Pool Repairs The pool has been completely “renewed"* for this summer’s activities. New piping has been laid about the entire pool area, new cement laid and a new paint job put on. The Decatur city council had voted at the first of the year to have the repdlft 1 made at the city’s free swimming pool. • Rules for the pool will be the same as in previous years, with childrenrequired ,to pass a a 50r yard swimming test before they are permitted to go beyond the rope. All swimmers are required to take a shower before entering the pool and running and tag games are not permitted. ' Other Bules Only one person may be ofc a diving board at a time, and no pushing will be tolerated. No “ducking” is permitted, and there will be five-minute rest periods every 30 minutes. In making the announcement, the supervisors suggested to parents that children under six years of age be accompanied by an adult, .and that children should not stay in the pool more than an hour at a time, in order to avoid chilling and fatigue. Also, money and any other valuables should not be left in the dressing rooms.

Decatur Newsman To Be Navy Guest a/ * ;

John G. (Jack) Heller, vice president of the Decatur Daily Democrat, has accepted the Navy’s Invitation to a week-long demonstration of Navy - Marine Corps capabilities off Norfolk, Va., June. 17-23, including a day in a nuclear sub, the Shark, a landing aboard the USS Forrestal, first of the super-carriers, and a night on the ship. Heller has received temporary access authorization tor “confidential” clearance tor the purpose of cruising about a nuclear submarine. Will Leave June 17 Heller will leave from the naval I air station at Glenview, 111., for Norfolk, Va. Lt. Cmdr. Stanley Williams, and Lt. Cmdr. Jack MacKercher, of Chicago information office, will accompany him. j The plane will leave Glenview ’ at 9 a. m. Sunday, June 17, and Heller is Invited to spend Saturday night at the bachelor officers quarters at the base. It will take him 3% hours to fly to Norfolk, and he will stay at the bachelor officers quarters there. After getting settled, Heller will be escorted to the amphibious base at Little Creek, Va., to meet Rear Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., commander of the amphibious training commmand. He is scheduled to become the Navy’s chief of information in August Nuclear Sub Ride Monday, June 18, Heller will cruise in the nuclear submarine, USS Shark. Tuesday and Wednesday he will be the guest of the admiral to witness a combined Navy-Marine Corps landing demonstration at the amphibious center. At 8 a. m. Thursday he will

Ted Kennedy Wins support

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UPD— Ted Kennedy is riding a steamroller towards Washington. The President’s 30-year-old brother scored a smashing political victory early today when he won the endorsement of the Democratic state committee as candidate for United States senator. President Kennedy telephoned his brother to congratulate him. But young Ted missed the call. He was en route to Municipal Auditorium to make his acceptance speech. Within an hour, however, Ted returned the call. He said the President “expressed good wishes and said some other words as well.” He did not elaborate. Edward Me Cormack Jr., his opponent and nephew of House Speaker John Me Cormack, saw the handwriting on the tally sheets. McCormick Concedes Defeat At 12:28 a.m. when the roll call of the 40 delegations was just past the halfway mark he strode to the convention platform and conceded defeat. That action automatically gave Kennedy the convention’s endorsement. But Me Cormack said he would challenge Kennedy again in the fall Democratic primary. That is his right under Massachusetts law because actually this convention was only a popularity contest. But the way the Kennedy votes were rolling in Friday night and early today few political experts gave Me Cormack much of a chance in the next round. Massachusetts normally is a Democratic state and Kennedy is given much better than an even chance to defeat the Republican senatorial nominee in the November election. Confident Os Victory . *•- ; 'i Friday Kennedy made a brief . prediction: “We are confident of victory. It won’t be close.” Shortly after the roll call of the ' delegations started Friday night it was apparent that the young man knew what he was talking (Continued on Page Three) Decatar Trmper*tnrea Local weather data for the period ending: at 9 a.m. today. 12 noon 74 12 midnight .. 60 1 p.m.... 74 1 a.m 59 2 p.m74 2 a.m. — »9 3 p.m 74 3 a.m 69 4 p.m 74 4 a.m■■■ 69 5 p.m 70 5 a.m 58 6 p.m>67 6 a.m. .?. 56 7. p.m65 7 a.m 66 <8 p.m 62 fl a.m, 70 9 p.m. 60 9 a.m 74 10 p.m....60 . 11 p.m 60 Rai* .Total for the 24 hour period end- ' ing at 7 a.m. today, .04 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.80 feet.

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John G. HeUer .JA,, board a Navy plan? land fly to the USS will be operating off the coast. He will land there, and stay overnight to witness air operations. He will be launched from the carrier about 3 p. m. Friday, to return to the Norfolk, Va., naval air station. He wiH leave for Glenview Saturday morning, and arrive in Chicago in the afternoon. The trip was arranged byCmdr, H. H. Swandson, U. S. Naval Reserve, of Fort Wayne, who is assistant district public affairs officer. This will be Hellef’s first trip on a nuclear sub, and first landing and takeoff on an aircraft carrier. He will send back stories, with pictures if possible, each day, so that readers jnay learn of the defense preparedness of the U. S. Navy.

Local EUB Pastors Relumed To Charges Three local pastors were returned and two area pastors were transferred at the 118th session of the annual conference of the Indiana North Conference, E.U.B. church, ended Friday evening. The Rev. Kenneth Angle, of Union Chapel, The Rev. Joe Penrod, of Trinity and the Rev. Eubjrman Milter, of Bethany were returned. In adidtion to the ministers, three lay members, Freeman Schnepp, Chalmer ftollenbacher, and Maurice Teeple, attended the* meeting. *! < Former Pastor Retire > 1 t ■'< Two of the six retiring pastors honored at the conference had previously been assigned to Trinity church in Decatur: the Rev. Glen T. Rosselot, and the Rev. Raymond R. Wilson. They were given certificates of special recognition, and the combined years of service of the six totaled 246 years. The Rev. Paul Temple, of Geneva, who has been at that church for a number of years, was transferred to the First E.U.B. church of Kendallville. The Bey, Armour Keller was transferred from-the Claypool church to Geneva. Craigville Split The Craigville circuit, the assignment of the Rev. Freg Pflugh in the past, was split up on his transfer to the Claypool church. The Rev. Nernon Denny was assigned the Craigville - Lancaster Chapel churches, and the Rev. Darrell Clements was assigned to the Tocsin church . Tn an impressive service ’Ordination of new ministers, five men were ordained a setters by Bishop R. H. Mueller, of the west central area. Two, James O. Nutt, of Celina, 0., and Brooks W. Heck, of Huntington First E. U. 8., were from this area. The conference superintendents, Dr. Wilson S. Parks, Dr. Marshall Chambers, Dr. V. A. Carlson, and the conference secretary. Rev. Merrill D. Geible, assisted in this service of worship and ordination. Seven were licensed to preach, including Floyd Neville, of Petroleum. i 711 NOON EDITION