Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1962 — Page 1

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Badly Needed Rain Falls Over Indiana By United Press International Badly-needed showers fell on Indiana toddy, but whether it will rain long and hard enough to dent a late-sumfner drought remained to be seen. The rain started during the early morning hours and continued well into the day. By 7 a.m. precipitation totaled .70 at Evansville, .18 at Indianapolis, .01 at South Bend and a trace at Lafayette. Forecasts called for scattered showers and thunder howers through the day, ending tonight. No more rain was seen at least through Monday. Farmers hoped the precipitation pattern would not fade away before it dumped enough rain on the state to help alleviate a soil moisture shortage. The shortage has been in evidence several weeks, with depleted supplies of moisture particularly noticeable in the far south and far north. Temperatures are expected to become tamer as the weekend progreses. Highs Friday ranged from 89 at Indianapolis to 95 at South Bend and Fort Wayne and 96 at Evansville. Overnight lows this morning ranged from 68 at Indianapolis to 72 at most southern and northern checkpoints. Highs today will range from the 70s northwest to 88 south, lows tonight in the 60s, and highs Sunday in the 80sThe outlook for Monday was mostly fair and a little warmer. DECATI’H TUMPEBATVREB Local weather data for the period ending at 10 a.m. today. 12 noon 89 12 midnight .. 74 1 p.m 89 1 a.m 69 2 p.m 90 2 a.m 74 3 p.m. 89 3 a.m 66 4 p.m 88 4 a.m 65 6 p.m. 86 5 a.m 66 6 p.m 86 6 a.m 64 7 p.m 82 7 a.m 64 8 p.m 76 8 a.m 73 9 p.m 74 9 a.m 75 10 p.m. 76 10 a.m 70 11 p.m 71

Cuban Buildup Concerns U. S.

WASHINGTON (UPD—Russia’s rapid buildup in Cuba of men, military technicians and modern equipment —< possibly including ground-to-air missiles — was watched by the United States today with some concern. U.S- officials said some electronic gear had been sighted in the Soviet shipments which could be turned into a system for monitoring U.S. missile launchings from Cape Canaveral on the Florida coast only a little more than 100 miles from Cuba. American experts believe the military buildup, including 3,000 to 5,000 men and technicians, will not increase significantly the very limited offense capability of Fidel Castro's Cuban army. Instead, the equipment appears to be designed to improve Cuba’s coastal and air defenses. The large number of technicians seem to haye been sent to teach Cubans" how to use it. U.S. Action Uncertain American officials who reported the buildup Friday night declined to say what if any action the United States planned to take. They said only that this country was watching the situation closely and with some concern. The buildup has come about rather rapidly, according to officials. Shipments began in late July and more cargoes are on the way. The develoment apparently means Russia decided some months ago to give the Castro regime more support as at least a semi-member of the Soviet Hoc. Raul Castro, Cuba’s armed

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INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with showers or thundershowers likely. Cloudy and cooler tonight with some rain and drinle early tonight. Sunday mostly fair and mild. Low tonight In 60s. High Sunday around 80. Outlook for Monday: Mostly fair and a little warmer. Truck Crashes Rest Home, Three Killed Electra, Tex. (UPD—A driverless butane gas truck belching flame struck a mailbox Friday and headed straight down a sidewalk into the front door of the ‘‘Hillcrest Haven” rest home, killing three elderly patients. The home, housing 42 persons, was almost gutted. Five other patients were injured, two seriously. The driver of the truck, Danny Craighead, had aimed his flaming vehicle at a grassy field. He jumped from the truck, his clothing afire. Screaming dived through windows in panic. Bedfast patients moaned for help. Attendants and nurses rushed to the rescue. Electra Police Chief Jack Green described the scene: “People were coming out windows. It was terrible...there were moans and screams. I saw one little nurse carrying, like a baby, an older woman out in her arms from a side door.” Police id entitled the dead as Mrs. Maud Barker, Mrs. Mary Lee Sorrels and Myrtle Hunt. They were all from Electra, a town of about 5,000 population 25 miles west of Wichita Falls. The most seriously burned, Mrs. Gertrude Hopper and Mrs. Boney Moore, were hospitalized in Electra. NOON EDITION

forces minister, made a mysterious visit to Moscow last month and some Cuban observers feel he sought and obtained the supplies. Moscow Radio has announced that a number of ships were sailing for Cuba. But it identified the cargoes as machine tools, wheat, agricultural equipment, lumber, fertilizer, cereal and a floating harbor crane. 20 Russian Ships Sighted As many as 20 Russian cargo ships have reached Cuba in the past month, U.S. officials said. Despite frequent reports by Cuban exile groups that Russian troops are landing on the island, officials here said none of the arrivals was seen to wear a formThe military cargoes were said to have included a large quantity of t ransportation, electronic ; and construction gear, such as communications vans, radar vans, military trucks and mobile generator units. Civilian equipment also was reported to be included. From the shape of some of the crates and other data, it is believed the shipments may have contained Soviet ground to air missiles, comparable to the U.S. Nike. Russia already has given such missiles to Iraq and Indonesia. They probably are not capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Officials here have seen no evidence that Cuba is getting any long-range missiles from Russia—missiles that could reach the United States. «

Ex-Rotary Official Speaks Here Sept. 6 ■ 1 'J Ki Leon F. Montague Leon F. “Monty” Montague, a past officer of Rotary International, will be guest speaker at the Eotary club of Decatur Thursday evening, September 6, as arranged by program chairman Clarence Ziner. Montague is an old Kansas cowhand who has long been interested in beautiful lawns and is now traveling and speaking through the courtesy of Scotts, Marysville, Ohio. He started his education in a oneroom school. This led to degrees of bachelor of science and master of science from Kansas State University, graduate work at Harvard University, and membership in Phi Kappa Phi national honorary scholastic society. He was reared on a cattle ranch and spent his early years raising purebred Hereford cattle. On one of his Kansas farms during the 30’s, he grew five million tree seedlings annually for the government’s dust bowl shelter belt project. “Monty” has been a Rotarian for 30 years, serving as president of the Rotary club of Abilene, Kansas, and as governor of his Rotary district. Prior to becoming a member of the staff of Rotary International, he had organized 17 Rotary clubs and has visited Rotary clubs in 48 states of the U.S.A, and in 17 other countries. When Montague lived in Solomon, Kan., he was the “honorary” landscape architect for the city council and board of education. When the world headquarters of Rotary International was erected in Evanston, 111., he was largely responsible for the beautiful lawn which has received the national “Plant America” award of the America association of nurseymen and the “certificate of commendation” of the men’s garden clubs of America. When “Monty” became 65, Rotary International’s compulsory retirement age, he wanted to retire “to something” so became associated with O M Scott & Sons. This century old company specializes in grass seed, weed killers, and lawn fertilizers, and is sponsoring his stimulating address “Turned Out to Grass,” as a contribution to more fruitful retirements for the golden years.' Since his retirement from the world headquarters staff of Rotary International June ’3O, 1959, Montague has spoken to more than 50,000 business and professional leaders in major cities throughout the United States and Canada. Two Small Atomic Blasts Fired Friday WASHINGTON (UPD — Two small atomic plasts were set off underground Friday at the Atomic Energy Commission’s. Nevada test site. Equal to 20,000 tons of TNT or less, they were the 48th and 49 th announced shots in the series started late last year.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 25, 1962.

Top Military Advisor Is On Hurried Tour HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (UPD —Preuident Kennedy today dispatched his top military adviser on a hurried tour of American installations that would be directly involved should the build-up of Soviet personnel in Cuba lead to trouble. Shortly after Kennedy reached the Cape Cod White House Friday night, his office announced that Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor would leave almost immediately on a quick trip to Mexico, Panama, the new “strike” command headquarters at Mac Dill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla., and the Atlantic Command at Norfolk, Va. Ostensibly Taylor’s trip was to prepare him for taking over Oct. 1 as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Currently he is stationed at the White House as military representative of the President and his four-day “personal orientation” tour began from Washington this morning. The White House insisted no emergency led to Taylor’s mission and that the Cuban situation was not involved. The U.S. bases in Panama, Florida and Virginia, however, were so-called unified commands geographically and strategically located so that responsibility for coping with any new difficulty in Cuba would be in their area of responsibility. Taylor departed as the President and his chief advisers studied continuing reports from Cuba of the arrival there of from 3,000 to 5,000 Soviet “technicians” and new weapons, possibly surface-to-air missiles. Friday night after dinner, the Chief Executive made a spirited plea for political effort this fall to regain for the Democrats at least 15 congressional seats won by Republicans in 1960 in the Middie West. r ~ The President spoke via long r distance telephone to leaders fw , the 14-state Midwestern Dano- . cratic Conference at French Lick Ind. His Saturday schedule included some official paper work this morning with the small staff that accompanied him from Washington, and probably an afternoon cruise on Nantucket Sound. Roadblocks Set Up Following Robbery Local law enforcement authorities joined forces with other law officers in the area Friday afternoon in an attempt to nab a daylight armed bandet and his girl friend companion. a The robbery occurred early Friday near a Haag drug store located on State street in Fort Wayne, near the circumurban highway. The call went out to all area law enforcement departments for road blocks. The Decatur city police and Adams county sheriff’s department joined with the Indiana state police in setting up road blocks around Decatur, but to no avail .

Democrats Map Election Drive

FRENCH LICK. Ind. (UPD - Midwest Democratic leaders were planning for the fall election campaign today which they hope will regain the 15 congressional seats Republicans captured in the area two years ago. President Kennedy told the delegates to the 14-state conference Friday night that “it is vitally important that we win these states back. Time and again we have seen important matters which benefit the entire United States won or lost in the House or Senate by one or two votes. So, every district is important, .every House seat, every Senate ’seat, every seat.” Kennedy, like most other 'invited national party leaders, was unable to attend the conference but he addressed the delegates briefly by telephone from his Cape Cod home at Hyannis Port, Mass. In addition to setting the goal of 15 House seats in the Midwest this fall, Kennedy p remised to campaign "all through the fall.” “We will be seeing you soon on the campaign trail,” he told conference delegates. ‘ Democratic National Chairman John M. Bailey and Governor Welsh both reported to Kennedy that the conference had come up with some sound plans for regain-

East German Soldier Reaches West Berlin In Hail Os Bullets

Fear More Infant Deaths From Drug WASHINGTON (UPD — The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fears there probably will be more infant deaths in this country caused by the drug thalidomide. FDA administrator George P. Larrick said Friday that his agency was thoroughly convinced that there has been one such death already. » “Unfortunately it now appears that there probably will be more,” he added. Larrick discussed the drug dur,ing a filmed television interview with Rep. Jessica M. Weis, RN.Y. More than 200 women were reported to have received thalidomide during their pregnancy, Larrick said, and there probably were some unreported instances of its use. He said of the more than 200 women, 27 still have not given birth- “We’re watching these cases with great care,” he said. Larrick said all but one of the others “have had normal deliveries.” The FDA chief said the “raretype" side effect cannot be discovered until a drug is given to human beings. “In the first place, people are not exactly like animals,” he said. “There is no way yet known where you can do a complete testing job on animals." Mrs. Dollie Schnepp Dies This Morning Mrs. Dollie Schnepp, 61, wife of Freeman Schnepp, 615 Short street died at 9:45 o’clock this morning at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where she had been admitted earlier this week. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burrell, she was born in Adams county March 19, 1901. Surviving in addition to her husband are her parents, who reside at 728 High street; two daughters, Mrs. Dean (Iona) Parker of Wolf Lake, and Mrs. Charles (Patricia) Krummen of Sacramento, Calif.; four grandchildren; one brother, Clyde Burrell of Fort Wayne, and one sister, Mrs. W. R. (Mary) Klinger of Leawood, Kan. The body was returned to the Zwick funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

ing the lost congressional seats. Panel discussions on the campaign were the major items on the agenda today along with a meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association. The editors will play host to convention delegates tonight at an outdoor dinner at which Welsh will be the principal speaker. At Friday night’s banquet session, Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner leveled twin blasts at the Reublican congressional leaders, Sen. Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois and Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana. He charged that Halleck and Dirksen “continue Jo let themselves be guided by special interest groups and the privileged few.” Kerner specifically accused Dirksen of “flouting the public interests in order to protect the drug industry.” Turning to the weekly Washington television show conducted by Dirksen and Halleck, Kerner called for Indiana Democrats to join their fellow party members in Illinois in bringing down the curtain on the showThe session will end Sunday with election of conference officers and adoption of various resolutions.

BERLIN (UPI) — An East German soldier fled unscathed to West Berlin today under a hail of bullets from Communist border guards, West Berlin police reported. ' 1 The soldier was the first refugee known to get through the Communist-built Berlin wall successfully since the fatal shooting Aug. 14 of 18-year-old Peter Fechter which touched off the latest Berlin crisis. The escape was made as Western authorities in this tension-rid-den city awaited word from Moscow on their call for Four-Power talks to halt the incidents along the wall and ease the situation. Another East German who tried to get to the West by water this morning was caught. West Berlin said he tried to swim to freedom through the River Spee in downtown Berlin, but a Communist patrol boat fired on him and plucked him out of the water. Climbed Through Wiring Police said the soldier who got away worked himself through a triple barbed wire entanglement in the vicinity of Kiefholz Street at the border of the American sector’s Neukoelln district. The soldier was sgid to have been on a border patrol on the Communist frontier when he made his sudden jump through the barrier under cover of darkness. His colleagues opened fire bn him, police said. Communist guards fired 21 tommygun rounds at the swimmer. The refugee still was swimming in Eastern territory when picked I up, the report said- He was bellieved to have been unhurt. I Western patrolmen watched the incident but could not help the man because the Reds stayed clearly on their side of the border, police said. Police reported they heard a total of 13 shots of Communist gunfire at three different spots in East Berlin during the night. They had no details of these shootings, which were out of sight behind the wall. Crisis At Boiling Point Thursday night the Communists killed a second teen-age refugee within a week. The youth was shot while crossing the border and fell dead 15 feet inside the French sector. The frequent shootings at the wall have brought the crisis to the boiling point, resulting in riots and demands and counter demands by the Western Allies and Russia. Western officials here doubted the Soviets would agree to the Western request for a Four-Pow-er meeting, preferably in Berlin, to halt “further deterioration” of the situation. The officials said they did not believe the Russians had any wish to see calm prevail in the divided city. It was thought that the Kremlin would reject any Four-Power meeting on the ground that such a meeting would be interference in the domestic affairs of “sovereign” East Germany. The United States, Britain and France requested the Four-Power meeting in identical notes submitted in Moscow Friday. Fori Wayne Cashier Is Robbed Os $2,700 FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI) — A gunman believed to have been casing a drug store here for the ast week' held up a clerk as she headed for a bank Friday and robbed her of $2,700. Gloria Yoder, cashier of a Haag store, said the tall, slim bandit walked up to her on the street, pressed a gun against her and told her to give him the money. She said he fled in a white car which pdlice later found abandoned. Police said the man was believed to have transfered to a blue 1957 Ford driven by a redhaired woman. The man wore a straw hat and work clothes. The cashier said- she believed iMe man had been watching the store for several days before the holdup. BOOK LIST The book list for the Decatur public high school is published on page four of today’s Daily Democrat. The grade school list wil be published in Monday’s edition.

Teachers Are Named For Public Schools

A list of 72 faculty members for the four schools was anounced this morning by Gail M. Grabill, city public schools superintendent. Included were 14 faculty members at the Northwest elementary school; eight faculty members at the Southeast Elementary school; and 22 on the faculty at both the Lincoln schol oand Decatur high school. Also included in the list are eight special teachers. There are 13 new teachers in the Decatur public schools system for the 1962-63 school year, including three who attended schools in Adams county. Amonk the new teachers are Claudia Caston, a spring graduate of Valparaiso; Stewart Schnepf, just graduated from Hanover College; Marian Giessler, a Ball State graduate who taught at Adams Central last year, and the wife of elementary physical education teacher and Decatur high wrestling coach. Also New Other new teachers are: Hubert Feasel, teacher at Adams Central last year; Charles Swales, who formerly taught in California; ; Bernadine Van Skyke, from Union [ City’s school system; Robert . IScheidler and Phyllis Houk, both lof whom taught at Hoagland last e year; John Clark, who taught at » Huntertown; Magdalena Johnson, I Wren teacher in 1961-62; and Phyl- . lis Irwin, who taught the past three years in Indianapolis. The latter two teachers were just recently hired to accomodate the new pupils from Washington township. Ann Kerr, who substituted at the high school last year for ten weeks, has been added to the full-time faculty at the Lincoln school. Lincoln Faculty Faculty at the Lincoln school includes: Hubert Zerkel, Jr., principal; Beulah Parrish and Helen Zwick, kindergarten; Madeline Snell and Ruth Petrie, grade one; Mary Jo Hoffman and Mary Agnes Wemhoff, grade three; Claudia Caston, grade four; Audrey Bleeke, grade five; Veronica Linn and Robert Doan, grad six. Stewart Schnepf. and Jerry Mitchel social studies, grades seven and eight; Raymond Lehman, science, grades seven and eight Charles Swales and John Clark, mathematics, grades seven and eight; Charles Abel, English and I social studies, grades seven and'

Wonderful Stay In Japan For Tourists

By Dick Heller, Jr. 2:40 p.m. J. S. T. (1:40 am. Decatur) Tuesday afternoon August 21, 1962 A wanderful 4% days in Japan ended this morning at Handea airport as the Indiana agricultural group, honored with an interview with the head of the airport, boarded a Chinese CAT jet for Taipei, Taiwan. J -- _ The group thoroughly enjoyed the stay in Japan, and took hundreds of slides of Japanese farms, large and small, scenery, homes, and pepole to bring back the story of the cleanest, politest people we have visited. Western Type Our first afternoon in Japan we visited the farm of Mr. Soda, after lunch with the deputy agricultural attache of our country. First we went by bus to Mr. Soda’s retail outlet, and he joined up for our first surprise—Mr. Soda was dressed, not in kimono, but in Texasstyle hat and boots, sent to him by American friends before the war, after he studied in America. Soda-san comes from the north-ern-most island of Japan, Hokkaido, a land much like Montana. There he owns a large beef farm, with 16,000 acres of grazing land, covered with Aberdeen Angus cat tie. Near Tokyo, he owned two small

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eight; Eloise Andrews and Ann Kerr, English, grades seven and eight; Magadalejja Johnson, third grade teacher; and Phyllis Irwin, seventh and eigtht grade science. Northwest Teachers Northwest elementary school — Floyd A. Reed, principal; Janice Schroeder, kindergarten; Marian Gissler and Helen Fetters, grade one; Mary Helen Moran and Carol Bieberich, grade two; Marnell Shepherd, grade three; Evelyn Better, grade three; Irene Priedly and Leona Feasel, grade four; Vera Van Buskirk and Glennys Roop, grade five; Paul Liechty and Dorothy Eichenauer, grade six. Southeast Teachers Southeast elementary school — Sylvester Everhart, principal; Mildred Kocher, kindergarten; Ruby Swickard, grade one; Margaret Schnepf, grade two; Joyce Iliff, grade three; Kay Daugherty, grade four; Wilma Andrews, grade five; John Eichenberger, grade six. High School Decatur high school — Hugh J. Andrews, principal; Merritt Alger, • mathematics; John Butler, English; Phyllis Houk, vocational home I economics; David Clayton, com* t merce and general mathematics; II Richard Collins, band; Harry Daily. 11 science, mathematics and golf itjeoachj Deane Dorwih. speech and . I guidance; Maynard Hetrick, corn--1 merce; William Journay, agricul- : ture and biology; Amos Ketchum, industrial arts and mechanical drawing; William McColly, commerce and basketball and baseball coach; M. Eeanor Pumphrey, librarian; Dorthy Schnepf, English; Lowell Smith, social studies and photogaphy. Charlotte Vera, French and Lation; Catherine Weidler, English, Rebecca Worthmari, physical education and health and safety: Robert Worthman, physical education, health afnd safety, football and track coach; Robert Scheidler, Lation and English; Harry W. Yeoman, social studies and assistant football coach; Hubert Feasel.art. Special teachers include: Kathryn Kauffman, elementary art; Helen Haubold, high - school vocal music and elementary music supervisor; dint Reed, elementary band and vocal music; Gary Giessler. elementary physical education and high school wrestling coach; Bernadine Van Skyke, elementary physical education; Jerry, Leitz, float- ’ ing teacher. ’

farm; , on one he had 100,000 laying hens, mostly leghorns and hybrids; on the other, 180 Landrace hogs imported from the United States to get more length and meat in the Japanese animals. Soda-san uses the large board to obtain semen which is then sold in a regular artificial breeding program fo®*hogs. Eat More Met — While the average Japanese person eats only 7 pounds of meat a year, compared with our 340 pounds, each year more meat is eaten. The Japanese still average 200 pounds of fish each in a year, and plenty of soybeans, to get their protein. - -p -• Soda-san rode to the first farm in the bus with us, with "his air conditioned Cadillac leading the way through the narrow streets past hundreds of open-faced market stores of all types. The 95-de-gree temperature and high humidity closed in around us, but no one seemed to mind. — The farm was a model in cleanliness. First, each vehicle passed through a decontamination wash; then each person stepped into an inch-deep vat to keep every germ out of the area. Before entering each building in which the singlebird cages were stacked with manure catchers between them, we were disinfected again. After touring the layer farm, and (Continued on Page Three)