Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1962 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Publttßed Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT CO., INC. ■■tend at the Decatur, Ind., Port Office aa Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller, Jr.Preaident John G. Heller -— Vice Preaident <3>aa. Holthouae —— Secretary-Treasurer SslNMn'tptflMl RfttM By Maa In Adama and Adjoining Countiea: One year, SMJBt*— Six months. 35.50; 3 month*. 33.00. By Mall, beyond Adama and Adjoining Countiea: One year, .. By Carrier, 33 centa per week. Single copies, T centa. Decatur Police Salaries Decatur city police, their wives and families, have been quietly steaming the past few weeks because of the public’s general ignorance of the very low salaries r- which local officers get. For example — did you realize that a policeman’s total salary, including his uniform allowance of sllO is " $4,268 a year? That he has to buy his own gun, gun belt and holster, and that it costs him about S4OO above - what he is paid to pull his first tour of duty ? Did you know that all the city furnishes a policeman is his hat badge, shirt badge, handcuffs and case, cartridge case, and bullets? That a belt ’ ($11), holster ($6.50), hat ($5), gun ($71.50 for a Smith & Wessen .38) Ike jacket ($32.50), coat ($75), summer shirts (sl2) and trousers, sls), winter shirts (sl7) and trousers (sl7) all come from the policeman’s salary? That the policeman pays $13.40 a month for insurance, about sl2 a month for his pension, from his salary? I That the chief himself, after more than 20 years experience, earns less than SIOO a week? Did you know that every policeman except the chief, either has a second job or has his wife employed to make enough money to raise a family? The ten officers that make up the city police force have remained loyal and hardworking, despite the obvious neglect to raise their salaries to a livable scale. Men with 20 years experience are not earning a salary aqywhere near that their experience would demand in industry for work with similar responsibility. We talk about businesslike management in government, but we seldom realize that this would mean higher salaries and more employes in most cases. Ignorance of government is exceeded only by the ability of the ignorant to “discuss” government at all levels without the slightest recourse to facts. The citizenry of Decatur expects to have an efficient, neat-appearing, courteous, yet law-enforcing, police department. To have this, as much attention must be directed toward salaries as toward economy—other wise, a demoralized police force can be worse than no police force at all. Editorial Writer Today Dick D. Heller, Jr.

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The colorful, musical merry-go-round with the Gooding Amusement company is always the center of interest at the Red Men’s Lodge street fair this week and represents the latest development in the oldest ot all riding devices. Eye catching and ear snaring, the merry-go-round of today is a far cry from the first model built in 1937 by a German wheelwright who had stumbled onto the idea while cooling the hot rims of wagon wheels. „Jt was Michael Dentzel’s custom* to place the rim while hot. on a wheel, then as it cooled, it contracted, making a snug fit on the wheel. Then, to keep his children occupied he built a small bench on top of the axle and placed them in it, figuring they would be both safe and amused as he worked. To his amazement, the children were thrilled, so, too, were the the neighbor children. Pondering this, Dentzel decided to build a ride using the same principal. In 20 Years Ago Today June 25, 1942 — Normal electric service was restored in Decatur today, following completion of the tie-in line by the Indiana Service Corp- to the municipal plant, rendered temporarily useless by the turbine blast three days ago. An authoritative source said no evidence of sabotage was found at the scene of the city power plant blowup, and defective equipment is belived responsible for the turbine failure. Mrs. C. E. Holthouse and Miss Ethel Kleinhenz are attending the national convention of Delta Theta ' Tau sorority at South Bend. Members of the Decatur Lions club served doughnuts and hot coffee to the Indiana Service Corp, workers who stayed on the job all : night to complete the power tie-in : line to Decatur. > : The war department announced today the establishment of a Euro- i

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1837 he built the first merry-go-round, a crude affair by the standards of present day. but it proved to be sensational success. That first ride was powered hand. Horse power eventually took over but was soon replaced by steam power about the same time the inventor’s son, G. A. Dentzel, came to this country to build his first merry-go-round in 1867. Floyd Gooding, owner and general manager of the Gooding Amusement company, bought his first merry-go-round while still in his teens and started his career in the amusement ride business. Today, the Gooding company sends 14 of these merry-go-rounds, along with 100 other rides, through 17 states each season. Gooding has been supplying rides for more than 50 years and is grateful to Dentzel for his imagination and mechanical genius fii organizing his idea for one of the most popular of all rides that have been devised in the past century. pean theater of operations for United States forces, with Maj. Gen. Dwight D- Eisenhower as commandnig general. Decatur Giris Are Recent Graduates X Several Decatur girls were recent graduates of Fort Wayne Commercial college. Graduation services were held Friday evening for 64 students who had completed their respective courses. Three girls from Decatur completed the key punch clerical course. They are Janet Sue McKean, Mary Beth (Snyder) Pepple, and Thelma June Walters. Faye Ann Bittner, Kathleen Ann Hain, Marilyn Sue Myers, and Kaye Ann Noack completed the executive secretarial course. Barbara Jean Harden completed the course in automation accounting. The program opened with the processional and the Rev. Msgr. J. William Lester gave the invocation. Vert Oberlin was the master of ceremonies. A welcome to the graduates was given by Kenneth Dippold, president of Omega Psi fraternity and a response was given by Victoria Nowak, president of Beta Chi sorority. Several accordion selections were given by the “Party Dolls" of the Fort Wayne music center. The speaker of the evening was Rev. Philip C. Philbrook, of the First Baptist church. He spoke on “The Framework of Worthwhile Living” and gave the old as well as the young many things to remember. Many of the graduates received special recognition and awards in various classes. The diplomas were then awarded by Mrs. Mary E. Weber, the school president. Rev. Lester pronounced the benediction. Many parents and friends gathered in the reception room later for punch and cake. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

I & M Offers To Buy Portland's Utility Three appraisers, including L. C. Pettibone, former head of the Decatur electric utility, valued the Portland power plant pt >1,599,<7O, and IltM has offered that city >1,638,000 for its plant. Pettibone, who headed the Decatur plant at the time it was purchased by I&M. continued working for I&M until a year ago last April, at which time he retired. He had not worked for I&M long enough to earn a pension, and the city had no pension system. The other two appraisers were Pete Vandebunt, retired Westinghouse manufacturer's representative from Fort Wayne, and Edward Smith, a retired GE manufacturer's representative from Fort Wayne. Smith is also an electrical engineer. The report was finished in May, but kept secret until this past Friday, when I&M's offer was also made public at a city council meeting. The proposal in many of *3tts details was quite similar to the offer made to Decatur, except the price was lower. Remarks made at the Portland city council meeting indicated that one or two of the councilmen would like to see a higher offer made for the electrical system. Chicago Produce . CHICAGO (UPD—Produce: Live poultry: Roasters 21%-23; special fed white rock fryers 18-18%." Cheese: Single daisies 38%-40; longhorns 38%-40%; processed loaf 36-38; Cheddars: 40 lb block 37-38%; brick 37%-41; Swiss: Grade A 47-52; B 45-50. Butter: steady. 93 score 57; 92 score 57; 90 score 54%; 89 score 53. x Eggs: unsettled. White large extras 26%; mixed large extras 26%; mediums 23; standards 24%. If you have something to sell or trade —- use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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WASHINGTON (UPD—Backers of a controversial >ll billion pension bill for veterans of World War I said tadMr they were about over the top in tnfcir drive to force the bill to a House vote. Opponents said they feared the bill’s supporters were right. They said they believed also that the bill, once it got to the House floor, would be passed. The bill has been blocked in House Veterans Affairs Committee. However, the Veterans of World War I 6t the U.S.A., Inc., a 215,000-man ex-service group that sponsored the bill, said 192 House members had signed a petition to discharge the bill from committee and bring it to a vote in the House.

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House sources confirmed the count, except that they said an additional name or two might have been added. To make the petition effective, 218 signatures are needed (a majority of the House). The veterans group said “it now appears virtually certain” the required number will be obtained. - Veterans Committee Chairman Olin E. Teague, D-Tex., a decorated and wounded infantry veteran of World War 11, says World War I veterans now are covered, and should be, under the same non - service - connected pension laws that apply to veterans of World War II and Korea. Teague says action to increase

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The Veterans Administration says the first year cost of the bill would be >492 million. The cumulative cost through the year 2,000 was estimated at >ll.B billion.

In support of the bill the World War I veterans contend servicemen of that wair got short shrift in veterans benefits, that they now are old and in many cases hard up. They contend this group now deserves special consideration.