Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 249.

Pres. Kennedy Recalls Top Congressional Leaders Today

Find Error In Local Ballots

The printing of 32,000 official county and township ballots in Adams county will probably have to be done over, as the Republican ticket was placed on the righthand side of the ballot instead of the left, it was discovered this weekend. The error on the part of the local election board was brought to light this weekend when secretary, of state Charles 0. Hendricks, in the county for a Republican political rally, spotted the error on the ballots. Official Law The official election manual reads as follows on page eight: “Attention is called to those officials upon whom duties are imposed in the preparation of ballots . „ . but the vote for secretary of state in the state determines the respective party positions on the ballot . . . Therefore, in the 1962 general election the Republican ticket will appear first on all ballots and voting machines used. Tn 1960 the total vote for secretary of state was 2,108,490, divided as follows: Republican 1,068,636 Democrat 1,033,150 Prohibition 5,672 Social Labor 1,032 34,000 Ballots A total of 1,000 sample county ballots, 16,000 official county ballots, 1,000 sample township ballots, and 16,000 official township ballots were printed here under the direction of the Adams county election board. The copy is initialed “OK RDL.” Richard D. Lewton is secretary of the county election board. Other members are Mrs. Elmer C. Beer and Mrs. Dale Death. Lewton is in Indianapolis today to pick up the official state ballots, which have the Republican party on the left-hand side of the ballot, as the law requires. The law was amended by the 1951 legislature to provide that the vote for secretary of state in the state would determine the position of the party on the ballot. The vote for secretary of state in the county still determines who appoints the inspectors INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness and cooler tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 35 to 44. High Tuesday 46 to 53 north, 55 to 63 south. Sunset today 5:56 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:03 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Mostly fair and quite cool. Lows 30 to 34. Highs “ 47 to 56.

Coastal Ship With 100 Aboard Sinks

ROERVIK, Norway (UPI) — Norwegian rescue teams, hampered by rain and heavy winds, today pulled survivors and bodies from the storm-lashed seas where a coastal vessel with nearly 100 persons aboard went aground and apparently sank during the night. A navy spokesman, Cmdr. Dahl Johansen, said 49 survivors and 8 bodies were brought ashore- Unconfirmed reports said 3 more survivors had been picked up, and several others sighted on small islands near the disaster area. Another report said 12 more bodies had been spotted floating in the sea. „ . It was not immediately possible to determine the number of persons still missing from the 2,172ton Sanct Svithun, which was believed carrying about 90 persons—--45 passengers and 45 crewmen. A spokesman for the ship’s owners, the Norwegian shipping firm. Stavangerske Dampskilselskap, said it was not known how many persons were aboard the ship. He said some of the survivors reached land in five life®

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in a county election. This is the fact that undoubtedly led to the mistake. Count Absentee Ballots? The problem which will now be before the election board is whether the present ballots should be reprinted, and what should be done about ballots already mailed out and voted by absent voters. American Law Reports mentions that in Indiana the “courts take the view that the requirements are mandatory before the election, but merely directory thereafter. Jones vs. State (1899) 153 Ind 440, 55 NE 229; Schafer vs. Ort (1931) 202 Ind 622, 177 NE 438. *'A vital consideration guiding the courts in the determination as to whether or not an election 1 should be declared invalid is the ■ reluctance to reach a decision I which would result in the disfran--1 chisement of the voters.” The 1899 decision in Indiana 1 sized this, and while it was made 52 years before the present law 1 was passed, it is likely that the courts would rule in the same general vein. The previous legal decisions indicate that the courts, if they follow precedent, would rule that the ballots to be used Nov. 6 r should be printed over, but that - those already voted should be - counted, since to do otherwise > would be to disfranchise the vot- : ers. : ! DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 48 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. Suturdny Sundiiy ; ‘l2 noon 59 12 midnight .. 54 1 p.m 59 1 a.m 52 2 p.m 62 2 a.m 51 3 p.m 64 3 a.m 52 , 4 p.m 64 4 a.m ... 52 5 p.m 62 5 a.m 52 6 p.m462 6 a.m 50 , 7 p.m 60 7 a.m. 49 • 8 p.m 56 8 a.m 50 ! 9 p.m 54 9 a.m 58 10 p.m 54 10 a.m. 64 11 p.m 54 11 a.m 64 ! Sunday Monday i 12 noon 62 12 midnight - 49 1 1 p.m 62 1 a.m 48 • 2 p.m 62 2 a.m 47 , 3 p.m 61 3 a.m 47 4 p.m 60 4 a.m 46 5 p.m 59 5 a.m. 46 t 6 p.m 56 6 a.m. 46 [ 7 p.m 54 7 a.m. .... 46 • 8 p.m 52 Bam 47 . 9 p.m 50 9 a.m !.... 48 10 p.m 48 10 a.m 56 11 p.m. . 49 11 am 58 Rnin Total for the 48 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, 32 Inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.04 feet. BULLETIN MOSCOW (DPI) — Moscow radio charged today the U. S. was “once again raising its armed fist over Cuba” and threatening the peace of that island nation.

boats. The Sanct Svithun apparently hit a reef off the rugged northern coast of Norway shortly before midnight as it battled a storm in the narrow strait between the mainland and Vikna Island, where Roervik is located. A mass search of nearby islands and fjords got underway at daylight, but heavy rain made visibility very poor. Early today a Catalina search plane of the Norwegian air force reported sighting wreckage, mailbags and luggage from the missing vessel. “The mailbags indicate , that the ship has sunk,” the spokesman said. But he added, "We know nothing for certain.” Shipping experts said the lack of any signal such as rocket flares or the spotting of emergency lanterns also led to the belief the ship had sunk, The ship’s last radio messages said it had received a hole in the side and its electricity had failed but lifeboats were set out. Then radio contact was lost.

fl f | MJ JEfl t la I i||b ■ SUSPECTS ARRAIGNED — Five of eight suspects seized by Monterey, Calif., police in smash of huge check ring are charged with conspiracy to commit forgery and were arraigned in Monterey municipal court.

James Hoffa On Trial In Federal Court . NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPD— Teamsters Union president James R. Hoffa, charged by the Justice Department with a $i million Conspiracy involving illegal business deals, goes on trial in federal court here today. Hoffa, who has dismissed the charges as unfounded, said on his arrival from Detroit Sunday that the case is part of U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy’s “personal vendetta" against him. “Bobby Kennedy is using the taxpayers’ money for his own personal vendetta and is usurping his oath of office when he used the FBI and other government agencies for his own satisfaction,” the 49-year-old union leader said of his long-time legal foe. Selection of a jury to try Hoffa on charges of accepting illegal payments from a. Michigan trucking firm was to begin after a pre-trial conference at 11 a.m., EDT, before Federal Judge William E. Miller. Miller . called the conference to iron out methods of procedure and determine the number of juror challenges allowed attorneys for each side. Pleads Innocent Hoffa has pleaded innocent to a federal grand jury indictment handed down last May 18 after what Kennedy termed an “extensive investigation by the FBI.” The indictment also named Commercial Carriers Inc., of Detroit, a nationwide automobile transport firm, and the late Owen (Bert) Brennan, former Teamsters vice president The grand jury charged that Hoffa and Brqnnan collected $1,008,057 from Commercial Carriers through Test Fleet another automobile hauling concern formed here in 1949. Commercial Carriers has entered a plea of no contest, which is expected to complicate Hoffa’s defense. In issuing the plea, the company will not defend itself and places tiself at the mercy of the court. Charge T-H Violation The indictments charge Hoffa " with violating a provision of the Taft-Hartley Act which prohibits a representative of employes, such as a union, from demanding or accepting paymens from employers except for wages and other specified It CDfitefidS thiit Memphis attorney James Wrape set up Test Fleet for Commercial Carriers in his own name in 1949 and then switched stock in the company to Mrs. Josephine Hoffa and Mrs. Alice Brennan, wives of the Teamsters executives. .... The indictments alleged that Commercial executives arranged for a SIO,OOO loan from a St. Louis bank to get Test Fleet started and agreed to lease Test

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Fleet trucks for an unlimited period. Rental income of the trucks over a nine-year period, the grand jury said, was $1,008,057. Meet Friday Night On CROP Campaign Plans for the 1962 Christian Rural Overseas Program drive'wilf 4 be completed Friday at 8 p.m in a meeting of township chairmen and county CROP officials at the Farm Bureau Co-op building in Monroe, Mrs. Elmer C. Beer, secretary, anounced today. Brice Bauserman, of the First Bank of Berne, is treasurer of the I county group, headed this year by Charles Backhaus of St. Mary’s j township. Township CROP chairmen are: Theodore Bleeke, Union; Henry Getting, Root; Rev. H. E. Settlage, Preble; Emil Steffen, Kirkland; Washington, unsecured; Martin Sprunger, St. Mary’s; John Burkhart, Blue Creek; Amos H. Habegger, Monroe; Menno Augsburger, French; Marcus Luginbill, Jefferson; Ervin Bauman, Wabash; Harry F- Moser, Fartford. • ' Rev. Kenneth Angle, of the Union Chapel EUB church, is promotional chairman. CROP is a branch of church world service, and represents the efforts of 33 churches to raise money for shipping blankets, food, and tools t o needy people through and tools to needy people through countries. Gifts through CROP may be designated to Catholic, Evangelical, Society of Friends, or Lutheran groups, other than church world service, if so desired.

Maneuver Os 6,000 Marines Cancelled

WASHINGTON (UPD — The Defense Department today announced “cancellation” of an amphibious maneuver in which more than 6,000 Marines were to have landed at Vieques Island near Puerto Rico Tuesday. A Pentagon spokesman attributed the decision to the scattering of ships assigned to the maneuver by a Caribbean hurricane. The department did not volunteer the information. It made the announcement atfer being asked about news dispatches from Puerto Rico. "The landings .haye^feeen cai> belled,” the spokesman said. Asked whether they would be staged later, he said he did not know. He said hurricanes “scattered The ships.” The cancellation came amid a mysterious, cr is i s atmosphere here. =—Z-—B Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester told reporters this morning there had been a misrelationship” between the big Caribbean maneuver and “anything else.”

To Speak To Nation Tonight On Highest National Urgency

Break-in, Vandalism Reported In City The city police are investigating a break-in and four cases of vandalism, all of which were reported over the weekend. The break-in occurred at the Zintsmaster motor sales building, located at the corner of First and Jackson streets. Entry to the building was gained by breaking a window, and three carburetors and one manifold, valued at $l3O, were stolen from a 1958 model car in the garage. ? The theft apparently occurred sometime Friday night or Saturday morning. Two cases of automobile tires being punctured, both apparently by an ice pick or a similar object, were reported, and are under investigation. Tires Punctured Cloice Beam, 1063 Winchester St., reported Sunday noon that sometime between 7 and 11:45 p.m. Saturday, three tires bn his' auto were punctured but the fourth tire was not damaged. Joe Thatcher, 1133 Elm St., reported that between 8 and 11 p.m. Saturday, two tires on his auto were punctured, while the vehicle was parked in the 200 block of N. Second street. A large window at the Rentz Florist Shop, 1315 W. Adams St., was broken out sometime Friday evening or early Saturday morning. An ivestigation by the city police showed that the window, valued at approximately $l5O, was broken out by a large object of the hammer or club type. Mary Jo Hoffman, a resident of 323 Winchester St., reported that a window in the front of her home was shot with a B-B gun, sometime Saturday night.

He made the statement a few minutes before one of his assistants checked and found that the Vieques Island landings fbr Tuesday had been cancelled. More than 20,000 Navy and Marine personnel and 40 ships had been assembled for the maneuver. Sylvester was asked whether there was "any emergency military buildup” by U.S. armed forces anywhere other than for the Caribbean maneuver. “I am not aware of it,” he said. Asked whether the maneuver had, any relationship to- mysterr-* ous developments in Washington during the weekend, he said “None whatever.” The naval force left Norfolk, Va., and other ports last Monday. The maneuvers are scheduled to continue through Oct. 30. Marines conduct practice landings on Vieques almost every month, but a big maneuver of this size occurs only about once : a year. The Navy said the current one is the sixth annual exerJcise of its type.

WASHINGTON (UPD — President Kennedy today recalled top congressional leaders to the capital and decided to address the nation on television at 6 p.m. CDT on an international situation of the “highest national urgency.” There was no official indication of the nature of the crisis. There was no hint whether it concerned Cuba, Berlin, or India, where the Chinese Communists have launched armed attacks on the northern borders. The Defense Department announced it would hold a briefing for reporters at 7 p.m. CDT—about 30 minutes after Kennedy finishes speaking—adding fuel to speculation that some military deIcision Was involved. The White House finally broke two days of official silence on the growing mystery at 11 a.m. CDT. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger announced that Kennedy had asked the television networks for 30 minutes to discuss “a subject of the highest national urgency.” The President’s speech will be carried on radio and television by CBS, NBC, and ABC and by the Mutual Radio Network. Confers with Many Salinger, said the President would confer first with the National Security Council, his Cabinet, and the returning congressional leaders. Many of the leaders interrupted their re-election campaigns to fly back to Washington in military jets. Guessing Centers on Cuba While most speculation centered on Cuba, there was some indication that the crisis before the President might not be limited to Castro’s Soviet-backed rrfiitary buildup, but might involve a major problem of over-all foreign policy. Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen told reporters in Chicago that “it could be Cuba.. .it might be Berlin. . .maybe India has as’ked for help.” He added that “rather than just tee off, I just won’t speculate.” Cancel Amphibious Maneuver Before the White House announcement was issued, the Defense Department disclosed the cancellation of a huge NavyMarine maneuver scheduled to start Tuesday off Pueeto Rico. The maneuver was to have included landings by Marines on the Island of Vieques. The Defense Mrs. Tyndall Quits Welcome Wagon Mrs. Kathryn E. Tyndall announced today that she is retiring j as Welcome Wagon hostess after , completing ten years in the job, and 3,449 calls by herself and her assistants. ' Mrs. Dorothy Mauller, wife of - of 427 Stratton Way, i has taken over as the new hostess I on the completion of a two-week training period in New York City by Welcome Wagon International, - Inc. She will be assisted by Mrs. Meta . Krueckeberg, who has been an as- ■ sistant for the past five years ’ The Welcome Wagon visits new f people in Decatur, newly married '■ couples, recent mothers, new home ’ owners, and others, and informs ’ them of the friendliness of Decatur.

Department said the exercise was cancelled because the ships had been scattered by a “hurricane.” Kennedy was assured in advance of bipartisan support in whatever foreign policy move he might take. The GOP Congressional Campaign Committee pledged “wholehearted Republican support for any strong stand the President wants to take on ' Cuba and Berlin.” The statement was issued by Rep. Bob Wilson, R-Calif., chairman of the committee, as the congressional leaders were hurrying back to the capital. His statement, said that “Whatever move the President has decided to make — if it involves strengthening our stand — I know that I speak for Republican congressmen and the Republicans who will be elected Nov. 6 in saying that we will give the President our unreserved backing in every way.” Confers with Advisers The President conferred this morning with several of his highest advisers, including Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy. He also saw Martin Hillenbrand, who heads a special task 1 force dealing with Berlin, and Llewellyn Thompson, former envoy to Moscow and Kennedy’s special ambassador at large.

New Front By Chinese Reds

NEW DELHI (UPI) — Red China sent a third wave of troops into Indian border territory today and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru called on India to puts its economy on a war footing in the face of the Chinese aggression. NEW DELHI (UPI) — Chinese Communist troops opened up a new front today in the undeclared war with India and threw tanks into action in another sector of the embattled frontier, the Indian government said. The government said the Communist forces launched a new “vigorous attack” this morning at Kibitoo, at the eastern tip of the border, more than 100 miles from any previously reported fighting. It said that tanks were brought in to crush an outpost in Ladakh, on the northwest sector in jiorthern Kashmir, after the Indian post had earlier driven off Chinese artillery and infantry attacks. It was the first time tanks had been reported employed in the border war that raged for the third consecutive _day._ today hes tween the world’s two most populous nations. Eight Posts Overwhelmed An official Indian military spokesman aid that eight Indian posts had been overwhelmed by advancing Chinese forces in Ladakh, and that seven more outpost units “had fallen back to regroup.’’ The Indian government report coincided with a Chinese Communist claim that its troops had captured at least four more In-j dian border points in their drivel

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—“ —— “ Pre-Election Meet Is Held By G. 0. P. Republicans of Adams county held their pre-election meeting in the party headquarters at the Rice hotel Saturday evening. Herman Lankenau, recently elected Decatur city chairman, presided at the meeting, introducing local candidates, precinct committeemen, and Charles Hendricks, Indiana secretary of state, the guest speaker. Hendricks spoke on the dangers from Communism confronting the United States today. Mayor Doanld Gage, of Decatur, also spoke brieflyA meeting for all women of the county will be held at the headquarters tonight at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. E. Ross Adair, wife of the fourth district congressman, will be the guest speaker. All women of the county are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Another meeting will be held at headquarters next Saturday, with Congressman Adair, candidate for reelection, and Judge Donald Hunter, of LaGrange, G.O.P. candidate for the state appellate court, as the speakers-

southward from the disputed bor- - der area. The Communist New China News Agency broadcast monitored in Tokyo said that Chinese troops had “recovered Chipu, Jihchang, Changto, the Hatung Pass and other places’’ along the SinoIndian border. The Chinese Communists Sunday reported the capture of at least seVen other Indian posts in the thrusts by heavy Red forces in the frontier conflict that threatened to engulf the little Himalayan state of Bhutan. Peiping Radio reported the Indians had launched a “violent” counter-attack early today at the extreme eastern end of the border after a weekend of losses. Worried Indian government officials, struggling with the massive problems of getting reinforcements and supplies into battle areas two and three —miles high, were preparing for the possibility of a major war with their giant communist neighbor. “From the way they (the Chinese) are going, there’s no limit to where they may go,” Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon told newsmen Sunday, Capture Villages The Chinese communists claimed the capture of seven more Indian outposts oh the Tibetan border Sunday, and Indian sources admitted the Chinese had advanced as much as five : miles since the battle started Saturday. Indian newspapers, and even Krishna Menon, referred to the fighting as a “war.” The Indian Express, this country's largest I circulation newspaper," demanded | (Continued on Page Three)