Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 233.

Schirra In Orbit Around Earth

Soybeans Move Steadily Into Decatur Plant Where are all those soybeans which looked so promising in July, and raised speculations that the crop would be ready for harvest 15 days earlier than usual? Instead, all over the midwest, soybeans seem to be moving very slowly to market. Here in Decatur, where trucks are usually lined up down North Second street, and around the corner to the Community Center, by the end of September, hardly a truck is seen. Actually More Beam Well, the truth of the matter is, more soybeans have already moved into the bins than is usual for this time of year—but they did start moving earlier, and more steadily, and this has made it look as if the rush hasn't started yet. A check with Tom H. Allwein, manager of the Decatur Central Soya plant, revealed the startling facts that: 1. More than twice as many soybeans have already been received by truck as were received by this time last year. 2. Half again as many soybeans have been received by rail as were received by this time last year. General in Midwest And Allwein also checked with the Fort Wayne office, which indicates that the same thing is substantially . true at all the other Central Soya elevators. So, the truck line is quite deceiving, and apparently can only be a gauge of the number of beans received when all of the beans mature within a relatively short time. Local Beans Green iflpw oMhe teens have not yet matured; in fact, less than one-third of the local crop has been harvested. The lack of rain in August, and the present damp (Continued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cooler tonight. Thursday sunny and a little warmer. Low tonight 45 to 52 '■ north, 48 to 55 south. High Thursday in 70s. Sunset today 6:25 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:44 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Fair io partly cloudy an da Hile warmer. Low Thursday night sh 50s, high Friday 70s north to 80s south. “two sections

Youth Center Aided By Community Fund

As in the past years, the Decatur Youth and Community Center this year win once again serve as a popular place for the young people of this city, in addition to providing services to many adult organizations of the community. The Youth and Community Center is one of the ten agencies in the Decatur Community Fund, and has included a budget of $5,000 for this year’s annual drive. The Community Center will, in fact, serve as the site of the official opening of the 1962 drive, with a kick-off breakfast slated for 8 a. m. Monday. The breakfast will launch this year’s drive. Need Support While adult groups through their meetings and weekly gatherings help to pay a share of the expenses at the building, the tax rate also assists in meeting some of the expenses.— . This is not enough, however, and the youth activities and resultant expenses are met in main by the Community Fund. The recreational facilities at the Youth Center have'been expanded greatly in recent years. In the past three years, such additions as horseshoe courts, and lights for the horseshoe and shuffleboard courts hive been added. The youth activities are governed by the teen council of the Youth and Community Center, which is made up of the four class presidents in each of the two Decatur high schools, Decatur high and Decatur Catholic. Officers Selected These eight young men and women then select three other high school students to serve as president, vice president and secre-tary-treasurer. These young people form a promising nucleus for responsible

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City Council Approves Pact

An ordinance approving a contract between the city of Decatur and the Muncie Paving Co. was adopted by the city council in their regular meeting Tuesday night, setting the “wheels in motion" for the re-paving of North Fifth street. The contract adopted with the Muncie Paving Co. was for the re-paving of Fifth street, north from Monroe street to : its intersection with Second street; Line street, north from the railroad tracks to Adams street, and an approximate 200 feet of work on 16th street. The contract, for a total of $5,617.30, included that work be started by the Muncie company within two weeks. Second Ordinance Another ordinance was adopted by the council Tuesday night, approving a contract between the city and the Decatur Equipment Co., Inc. The contract is for the purchase of a tractor, loader and backhoe for the street department, at a price of $5,627.75, which includes an allowance of $175 for an old tractor and loader owned by the city. ’ A dedication of a plat in the Smith-Arnold addition on 16th street, was submitted to the council, and accepted following a short discussion. The plat for the eight lots, four on each side of the street, on the north end of 16th street, in Section B, had been recommended by the planning commission for approval before being submitted to the council. * . Lloyd-Cowens, president of the recreation board, appeared at the meeting, representing the board of directors of the Youth and Community Center, and recommended that the starting salary of the new director, Robert August, be fixed at $5,200 by the city council. The starting salary includes a S3OO raise at the end of six months if the new director’s work was satisfactory. Cowens also explained that the board of directors had recommended that Dick Linn, former director, be paid a salary of $1.60 an hour while he assits at the Center the rest of the month while

citizenship training. They are junior leaders today, with outstanding chances of being adult leaders tomorrow. The Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops of the city are greatly aided by the building, using the rooms furnished them for their meeting place, parties, etc. Boy i and Girl Scout leaders also use the facilities, for holding training sessions in these rooms to further their education in scouting. It had been hoped in previous years that a senior citizen group could be organized for the adults in Decatur. This was realized with the organization of the ’39 club recently. The youth of Decatur feel this building is their building, one where they may meet with friends and classmates and have activities united to their age group. The Center is a place where some young people feel that they may bring their problems and discuss them openly with one of the adult supervisors. Members of the staff have expressed their gratitude for the confidence that the young people of the city have shown in them. - >- £.v ' New Director ~ - Richard Linn, after many years as director of the Youth and Community Center, resigned recently, but has been replaced with the appointment of Robert August. Linn has been credited with much of the success of the Center, and August is expected to carry on the tradition, heading a fine group of adult leaders. As the other ten agencies in the Community Fund, the Youth and Community Center is deserving of the support of the people of Decatur. Give to your Community ..Fimd!

the new director is learning the various phases of the job. The board of works and safety had previously approved the recommendation, and councilman Carl Gerber moved that the council do the same, which was unanimously agreed upon. Mayor Donald Gage explained to the council that a new street light is to be put up this week at the intersection of Line and Elm streets, on an experimental basis. Try-out Basis The mayor said that if this light proves satisfactory, the same type will be used for various isolated areas around the city that residents have petitioned the council for lighting. The Line-Elm street location was chosen since the light that was previously located there was taken out when the new street was put in on Line street. The mayor asked the councilmen to check the light for amount of light, etc., when they were able. Two petitions for lights, one for 16th street, and the other for a single light on Stratton Way, were read, and referred to the council’s light committee. A petition for re-paving of Kekionga street was also submitted to the council, and referred to the street and sewer committee. Following the reading and allowing of the bills, the council adjourned until their next regular meeting, which has been set for Wednesday, Oct. 17. Adams Central Bus Again In Use Here Washington township has borrow, ed back the bus from Adams Central Community schoools that it would have obtained if North Adams had been formed, Robert Gay Washington township trustee, confirmed today. The bus borrowed from New Haven schools broke down, Gay explained and it became apparent that about S4OO in repairs would be necessary to fix it. So, a week ago last Monday, Gay went to Adams Central and explained his position. Adams Central, Gay added, was very nice about it, and explained that the only reason they had taken the bus back was on advice from the state board of accounts. Gay stated that he plans to put a rod bearing in the New Haven bus before returning it Meanwhile, children in the north two miles of Washington township are again riding to the Decatur schools in a bus borrowed from the Adams Central schools.

Wives Are Guests At Jaycee Meeting The better halves were the guests of the Decatur Jaycees Tuesday evening, as the Junior Chamber of Commerce held a wives’ meeting. A general description of the workings of the Jaycee organization by several members was given to the Jaycee wives. Gene Ziner, president of the club welcomed the women to the meeting, and gave some of the details on the organization. Floyd McBride, external vice president, reported on the functions of his office, and some of the club areas under his supervision. Mcßride asked for a report from Wayne Roahrig, general chairman of the “Music Man’’ project, as projects are in the jurisdiction of the external vice president. Roahrig detailed several of the meetings ; that his committee has held. The suggestion was made that due to the time involved in clearing the performance with the company holding rights, the performance by held off until January or February of 1963. It had originally been scheduled for November of this year. Erekson To Direct The performance, which will utilize local and area talent, will be directed by Mr. and Mrs. Reid 'Erekson. It is felt that a date this year will run the show into the holiday season, and that the neces. rtry time to learn the scripts and the musical scores would not be available. The suggestion was re- < Continued on Page Three)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 3,1962.

Heart Attack Fatal To Homer C. Ginter Homer C. Ginter, 71-year-old retired farmer and barber of Kirkland township, one-half mile east of Peterson,’ died suddenly at 8 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital following a hear attack. He was born in Wells county May 13, 1891, a son of Absalom and Alice Jane Sumers-Ginter, and spent most of his life in Kirkland township. He was first married, in 1918 to Alice Klopfenstein, who died in 1938. He was later married, in 1942, to Esta Fleming, who survives. Mr. Ginter was a member of the Antioch United Missionary church. Surviving are his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Miriam Sommer of Decatur, Miss Terveer Ginter of South Bend, Mrs. Melvin (Mar-j cella) Crozier of Decatur route 5, Mrs. Norman (Delores) Ward of Decatur, and Miss Mary Alice Ginter, at Home; three sons, Jerome and Vernon Ginter, both of Decatur, and Nolan Ginter of New Haven; 17 grandchildren; one broth, Harvey Ginter of Craigville, and one sister, Mrs. Charles Henschen of Craigville. Two sons, two brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Antioch United Missionary church, the Rev. Chester Wilson and the Rev. John Kitchen officiating. Burial will be in the Antioch cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home and will be returned to the residence, where friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday. The body will lie in state at the church from 9:30 a.m. Saturday until time of the services. S. S. Convention October 27 and 28 The Adams county Sunday school convention, announced, in Tuesday's newspaper as taking place “Saturday and Sunday” will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 27-28, not this week, Earl Chase president of the county Sunday school association, explained this morning. The date was changed from October 28-29 because the first presentation of the county Civic Music association will be Oct. 30, and this did not give enough time to prepare the room. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local' weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 54 12 midnight ..50 1 p.m 54 1 a.m 50 2 p.m 54 2 a.m 62 3 p.m. 50 3 a.m 54 4 p.m 50 4 a m 54 5 p.m 51 5 a m 54 6 p.m 61 6 a.m. 64 7 p.m 52 7 a.m 65 8 p.m 52 8 a.m 55 9 p.m 52 9 a.m 56 10 p.m 52 10 a.m 56 11 p.m 50 11 a.m 58 Rain Total for the .24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today .27 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 0.92 feet.

County Faces Up To Integration Problem

Adams county is bravely facing all of the problems of integration without any of the violence which has characterized the changes now taking place in Southern society. While there were several families of Negroes in Adams county in 1836 when the county was first formed, it has been nearly a hundred years since very many have lived here. Many years ag o a family of Negroes lived at the local hotel, where the father and mother worked in the kitchen. Shortly after one of the children entered school, however, the family moved away. More Common Now Frequently Negroes are brought into the county from Jamaica or from the southern part of the United States as ‘tomato pickers. Some of these have started in school, but in several of the school districts in the past this has not been encouraged. About two years ago some started in Geneva, hut soon “dropped out. The expense of renting or buying books for just a few weeks, when schools in their home states had not yet started, was too much. The local school authorities have never forced the migrant worker children to go to school, nor have the schools themselves particularly encouraged it This year, however, a number of the colored children, as well as Spanish-American children, started to school in Jefferson township. At Adams Central, a Negro girl entered high school, and has been as well, if not better, accepted as

Sets New U.S. Space Flight Record, Soars To Pacific Landing

Girl Bicyclist Is Injured By Auto Nine-year-old Janet Arlene Kohne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kohne of 711 Winchester St., is reported recovering today in the Adams county memorial hospital, from injuries suffered in a carbicycle accident late Tuesday afternoon. The youngster was admitted to the hospital for treatment of a broken left leg, a cut to the mouth and bruises and abrasions to the mouth and body. She also had two teeth knocked out. The mishap occurred at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at 313 Mercer Ave., when the youngster was struck while riding her bicycle by a car operated by Arthur Jackie Daniels, 28, 934 Highland Park. Daniels, whom witnesses to the accident stated “did everything possible to avoid striking the little girl,” was not held by the investigating city police officers. wTSSStoTs was southbound on Second street and had just angled onto Mercer Ave. when the youngster rode her bicycle through a Service station into the street, headed east, directly into the path of the Daniels’ auto. Daniels applied the brakes of his auto, laying down a total of 37 feet of skid marks, but was unable to avoid striking the Kohne girl. She was immediately rushed to the local hospital, where she was reported in good condition this morning. Fly To Ca I if o r n i a To Attend Funeral Mrs Dora Cook and children, Mrs. Gerald Schlickman, Mr s. Robert Andrews, and Robert and Charles Cook, left by plane Monday for Walnut Creek, Calif., to attend funeral services for their daughter and sister, Mrs. Stanley (Clara) Parsons, who was killed in an automobile accident Monday.

any pupil there. Law Is Plain CTS, in Berne, has hired a Negro. This man’s brother, and cousin, have also moved to that city and to Decatur from Tennessee. The man is very well qualified for his job, and of course it is just as illegal for a Berne or Decatur factory to turn down an applicant for a job, because of his color, as it is for the University of Mississippi to refuse a colored student. In fact to receive Federal contracts, they cannot discriminate. In is also reported that one of the colored men in Berne is considering marrying a local girl, who has broken away from one of the Amish groups in that area. The girl, reportedly, called in local people to ask them their opinion of this. - Marrying Illegal An officer of the law, reading the statutes, discovered that in ladiaha, -th® iStanyiug < .ft whiteperson to a Negro, dr to a person who is one-eighth or more Negro, is considered miscegenation, which is illegal, and forbidden by law. The fedferal courts have never ruled that miscegenation laws are un-constitutional, so it is illegal for any white person in Indiana to marry, or live with, a person who is one-eighth or more Negro the officer said. Thus, while it is perfectly legal to hire Negroes, or for Negroes to go to school here, it is not legal for a white girl or boy to marry one in Indiana, or to live here after marrying one.

CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) — Walter M. Schirra Jr. set a new U.S. space flight record today by sailing around the earth three times and soaring on toward a planned landing in the Pacific at the end of six orbits. The two previous orbital flights by American astronauts ended in the Atlantic after three circuits of the globe. As Schirra approached the beginning of his crucial fourth orbit, space o fficials in the Mercury control center told him he could go on and try for six orbits. The 39-year-old Navy commander responded with a jubilant “Hallelujah!’’ Schirra and his Sigma 7 spacecraft lifted into space atop an Atlas missile at 7:15 a.m. CDT. His departure from earth was witnessed by millions in America and Europe. The Telstar communication satellite relayed pictures of the fiery takeoff to European countries. The astronaut’s “Hallelujah!” shout when he was told after three orbits to go ahead into his fourth and try for six was his most emotional reaction o f the flight up to then. ’ He had been calrifly ’ cheerful throughout his first three circuits. He had reported, with a jubilant note in his voice, that Sigma 7 was “flying beautifully.” Cry of Triumph But his response to the six-orbit go-ahead was a cry of sheer triumph. Schirra made the go-ahead possible by strictly conserving his jet control fuel supply during his early orbits. When he went into his fourth circuit he still had 90 per cent of the hydrogen peroxide fuel with which Mercury spacecraft are controlled in orientation. The cheerful astronaut reported at one point that he was “in a chimp configuration,” meaning that Sigma 7 was on automatic control and flying so smoothly that a chimpanzee might as well be in the pilot’s seat. Schirra ticked off the orbits on schedule, completing the first at about 8:45 a.m. CDT and the second at 10:15 a.m. CDT as he hurtled through spade at 17,560 miles

Shannon To Head Halloween Parade Kenneth Shannon, manager of the local Miller-Jones store, was named general chairman for the annual Callithumpian parade this year, Morris Begun, chairman of the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, said today. Shannon will be assisted on the general committee by three other local men, Walt Ostermeyer, manager of the Decatur Record store, John Rawlinson, owner of the Western Auto store, and Thomas Sefton, manager of the Gillig and Doan funeral home. As in previous years, the Callithumpian parade will be held on Halloween evening, Wednesday, October 31. The parade will assemble at the Adams county jail, on First street, at 7 p.m. and wind its way through the downtown section of Decatur. Bill Bowers was again named parade marshal, Begun explained, and will head a parade committee consisting of Clyde Butler, Walter Elzey and Lyte Maltonee. Bands Participate Approximately a dozen bands from Adams county and area high schools have been invited to take part in the annual parade. The high school bands are annually one of the main features of the parade. Floats, antique cars, trucks, implements and new autos will once again be included in the parade, plus the usual youngsters dressed as ghosts, hobgoblins, etc. . : Approximately S4OO in cash prizes will be awarded to the top bounds, best drum majors and majorettes, and beat costumed individuals and groups.

I?#* ? mOIII iflhw i k.. / r dr SCHIRRA IN ORBIT— Lt. Com. Walter M. Schirra, Jr., rocketed into orbit on his Sigma 7 spacecraft at 7:15 o’clock this morning from Cape Canaveral. He was scheduled for the longest space flight ever attempted by an American * astronaut.

an hour. 9 Hours, 11 Minutes A full six-orbit flight, lasting 9 hours and 11 minutes, would be twice as long as the previous orbital missions of John H. Glenn Jr. and M. Scott Carpenter. It would blaze a space trail for 24-hour flights next year and the much longer Gemini and Apollo missions culminating in the landing of men on the moon before 1970. A six - orbit flight would put Schirra down in the Pacific 275 miles northeast of Midway Island at about 4:26 p.m. CDT. An aircraft carrier and six destroyers were deployed to pluck him and Sigma 7 from the sea. Schirra spent much of the time just d rifting in space, without attempting to control Sigma 7's orientation. This was to conserve p recious control jet fuel against the time when it would be urgently needed in later orbits. For a while his s pace suit temperature rose a bit too high, causing sweat to bead his lips. But he got it under control and reported he was comfortable. Sees Day, Night

In each circuit of the earth, Schirra flew.. through a Iternate night and clay, each lasting about 45 minutes. Once in daytime he reported the sun was “peeking” into his capsule. During one or

20 Are Dead In New York Blast

- NEW An ei-” plosion roared through a New York Telephone Co. building in upper Manhattan today, killing at least 20 persons and injuring 50 others. An undetermined number of people was believed trapped in the building. A fire department spokesman said the blast was believed to have been caused when a “heating device” exploded. A girl who works in the building "started to fall in’’ and she rushed out. ■> Miss Cox said she beieved the explosion took place in the front of the two story building which

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his nights he reported the moon “just to the left of me.” At the conclusion of his second orbit, Schirra told Glenn, stataioned at the Point Arguello, Calif., tracking station, that “I, too, see fireflies.” This was a reference to luminous particles previously seen by both Glenn and Carpenter. The particles, emanating from the spacecraft and shining in the sun, have been named “the Glenn effect.” The Telstar communication satellite relayed pictures of Shirra’s pre-launch preparations and the liftoff of his Atlas rocket for distribution in 17 Wester and nine Eastern European nations. Four New Cases Os Polio In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana State Board of Health reported four cases of polio were added to the year’s totals last week, raising the 1962 incidence to 13 cases compared with 14 this time last year and a five-year median of 93 cases. The latest cases were reported in Blackford, Hendricks and Montgomery Counties and occurred between Sept. 10 and 21. Hendricks County had two cases, the others one each.

houses a business office of the company. A police department official said 75 to 100 persons were in the building when the explosion occurred. He said many of them were believed to be trapped. At least 10 ambulances were sent to the scene at 213th Street and Broadway as well as two disaster and two emergency units. Police said some of the dead were burned beyond recognition. They were believed to have been in the cafeteria when the blast occurred just'below it in thebasement of the block-square building.