Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 24 October 1962 — Page 1

VOL LX NO. 251.

United States’ Blockade Formally In Operation; 25 Soviet Ships Enroute

Thant Studies Public Appeal

UNITED NATIONS (UPI) — Acting Secretary General Thant is considering a public appeal to Russia and the United States in the Security Council tonight in an attempt to ease the Cuban crisis, diplomatic quarters reported today. Thant was pressured to do so in an appeal from some 40 smaller powers delivered to him this morning by the ambassadors of Cyprus, Ghana and the United Arab Republic. U.N. sources said Thant had not decided definitely to go personally before the council. But he promised to give careful consideration to the request of the small powers. The Security Council this , morning heard Britain accuse Russia of reckless double dealing in sending nuclear missiles to Cuba creating a threat to Western Hemispheric security which ‘ those responsible for its defense cannot tolerate.'’ Venezuela, speaking for all of Latin America, said its countries were “seriously alarmed’’ by the Soviet threat and “wish it to cease.” . ■I demmcfhtioh • of'the US. ’blockade of Cuba received support from Communist Romania which called it “an act of war.” On Tuesday Russia warned that “no self-respecting state will permit its shipping to be tampered with.” Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin issued the warning in a stormy Security Council meeting Tuesday night. He demanded that the 11-nation group instruct the United States to withdraw its blockading fleet. Zorin served notice that he would veto a U.S. resolution submitted by Ambassador Adlai Stevenson calling for demolition and withdrawal of Soviet missiles and their bases from Cuba under U.N. observation. Rejects Inspection Cuban Ambassador Mario Gar-cia-Inchaustegui said Fidel Castro’s government would not permit U.N. observers to go into the country for such a task. The United States, Russia and Cuba were the only speakers in the opening round of the council’s blockade debate, which resumed today with the nine council members not so directly involved waiting to give their views. Cuba is

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BULLETIN INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Indiana State Police reported at 2:20 p.m. today that a bank robbery bad occurred in Fort Wayne. No other details were available immediately. not a council member. Zorin and Inchaustegui accused the United States of falsehood and dishonesty and charged that Kennedy’s blockade order was an attempt to coVer up invasion preparations. Stevenson read a statement to newsmen after the meeting in which he said that Russia did not deny that Soviet middle - range and long - range missiles and launching sites have been installed in Cuba. Cites Osvaldo Speech He said it now was apparent that Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos was referring to them when he told the General Assembly Oct. 8: Absentee Ballots „ To Be Counted Here INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana State Election Board has directed Adams County to reprint its ballots for the Nov. 6 election because of an error but held that absentee ballots already voted wll be valid. ’ State law specifies that the political party whose nominee for secretary of state wins the state election should come first on the next election’s ballot. The Adams County ballots had the Democrats in the left column, however, instead of the Republicans, whose nominee, Charles Hendricks, had won. The apparent cause of the error was the fact that the Democratic party did win in Adams County and therefore under another clause in the law has the right to name the election inspectors. However, Edwin M. Steers, state election commissioner, said that the absentee ballots already voted should be counted. He said the error was a technical one and would not invalidate these ballots but should be corrected on the ones used Nov. 6.

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WASHINGTON (UPl)—Twentyfive Soviet ships continued on course toward Cuba today after the U.S. quarantine against arms shipments formally went into operaion. All signs pointed to a clash within hours between American warships and some •of the Russian vessels. There were reports this country deliberately would single out a vessel carrying arms for the test. The quarantine went into effect at 10 a.m. EDT. Two hours later, a Pentagon spokesman said he had no evidence that any of the Russian ships had turned back or altered their course. Awaiting them in international waters was a U.S. task force under orders to stop them for an inspection and sink them if necessary. “In Any Area” The Defense Department spokesman said the first interception could occur “in any area we see fit.” Asked whether the first ship to be halted necessarily would be a Soviet vessel, he replied: “That is where our interest is concentrated.” As the showdown neared and tension mounted, President Kennedy met with Cabinet officials and his top-level military and intelligence advisers. Soviet officials here and elsewhere have given every indication that the Russian ships would refuse to stop or be searched. One Russian official was said to have told a party here Tuesday night that “Our ships will sail, through and if it is decreed that those '■ m&i must dib, then they will obey their orders and stay on course or be sunk.” In Moscow, the Soviet Union rejected a U.S. note outlining the sea bolckade. Tass, the Soviet news agency, repeated charges that the blockade is “a threat to universal peace.*' The United States was attempt(Continued on Page Three) Friedheim Church To Mark Founding Zion Lutheran church (Friedheim) in Preble township, is making extensive plans for celebrating the 125th anniversary of the founding of the congregation. Zion was orgainzed Feb. 25, 1838 by the Rev. J. Hoover, who had begun preaching the gospel to the German settlers in the community in June of 1837. When the congregation was organized, there were 56 members. Zion if the second oldest congregation "in the central district of the Lutheran church-Missouri synod. It is one of the 12 congregations who in 1847 joined to form the Evangelical Lutheran synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other states. Since the small beginning in 1838, Zion congregation has grown to a membership of 461 baptized souls. The present pastor is the Rev. A. A. Fenner, the congregation also operates an eightgrade school of 75 pupils, which is served by three full-time teachers. The steering committee for the anniversary year celebrations consists of Erwin Buuck, R.H. Buuck, and W. G. Rafert. They have appointed the following committee chairmen: Gerald Schroeder, prograrrf; Elbert Fuhrmann, publicity; James Crosby, finance; Vern Linker, special features; and Walter Nuerge, ways and means. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 43 12 midnight .. 38 1 p m 44 1 a m M 2 p.m 45 2 a.m 86 3 p.m 44 3 a m 38 4 p.m ...... 45 4 a.m 36 5 p.m 42 5 a.m 34 6 p.m 40 6 a.m 33 7 p.m 39 7 a.m 83 8 p.m 42 8 a.m 38 9 p.m 38 9 a.m .7 40 10 p.in. ..... 40 10 a.m 50 _ll_p.ni 40 11 a.m 52 ~-T —Rain Total tortile 24 hour~Treriod end--ink St 7 a.m. today, .10 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.04

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India Agrees To Talk Peace

NEW DELHI, India (UPI) — India announced today hat it is ready to accept Communist Chinese proposals for peace talks, but only if the Red troops withdraw north of the disputed border between the two countries. A government spokesman announced the conditional acceptance at the same time he announced the Chinese had overrun five more Indian outposts on the northeastern front and are threatening the important town of Tawang “both from the north and the west.” A statement released by the Foreign Ministry said that if Communist China agreed to India’s terms to withdraw its forces beyond the controversial McMahon Line border, then “India will welcome Premier Chou En-lai in Delhi.” Peiping Radio, meanwhile, reported Red Chinese troops had seized more than 14 new strongholds formerly in the hands of Indian forces in the rugged Himalayan battle zone. Make Truce Offer The Chinese truce offer was , the, /Communist, .New. China. -News Agency. It proposed: —That both sides disengage and withdraw 20 kilometers (about 12.5 miles) from the line of “actual control” along the entire border.

U. S. Embassy In Moscow Attacked

MOSCOW (UPI)—A Soviet demonstrator outside the U.S. embassy today threw a stone that hit an automobile carrying U.S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler. The rock dented the car but Kohler apparently was not harmed. Nearly 500 Russians, some shouting “Shame, Shame” and waving anti - American signs, massed outside the embassy to protest the American blockade of Cuba. Soviet militiamen normally assigned to protect the building pushed the crowd back from the sidewalk in front of the embassy, confining it to a pedestrian island about 25 yards away. They were reinforced by a dozen extra police and an equal number of plainclothesmen. Embassy officials ordered both gates to their compound sealed with heavy iron bars and no one could enter the embassy grounds. Most of the demonstrators were students, including some Cubans, wearing olive drab berets with the red and blue Cuban flag stuck on them. As the afternoon wore on, groups numbering from 200 to 400 demonstrators tried to push their way to the didewalk in front of the embassy. But each time they were pushed back. The Soviet press and radio maintained a steady drumbeat of denunciation against the United States. But despite threats to strike “the mightiest retaliatory blow” there stll was no specific word on just what Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev woud do about the U.S. naval blockade. Khrushchev took time out Tuesday night to hear American opera star Jerome Hines at the Bolshoi Theater. After the performance, Khnishchev and First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan drank toats to Hines and-his wife for a half-hour. Hines said~the~ Soviet premier

—That China and India agree not to cross the “traditional, customary line” in the middle and western sectors of the border. (The current big Chinese advance is in the eastern sector.) —That, “in order to seek a friendly settlement of the SinoIndian boundary question, talks should be held once again by the prime ministers of China and India.’’ It said the talks could be held either in Peiping or New Delhi. Drive Seven Miles On the fighting front, an Indian Defense Ministry spokesman said the Chinese have driven seven miles from Khinzemane which fell to the Reds last Saturday. Khinzemane was one of India’s key defense posts along the Northeast ront ie r Agency (NEFA) border with Tibet. The drive would put the Chinese about seven or eight miles from Twang, a town of 25,000 and the second largest in the NEFA. „ The Indian defense spokesman said the 1 situation on the western front in Ladakh was unchanged, although Chin es e broadcasts Communist'*troOpS were on both sectors Os the front,' almost I’OOO miles apart. Nehru has refused to enter negotiations with China until Indian conditions are met, including withdrawal of Chinese forces from Indian-claimed territory.

was in a “jolly good humor.” Veteran Western diplomats here said the first Soviet reaction to the blockade had been relatively restrained. They said Khrushchev apparently hoped to fight the case in the United Nations rather than on the high seas, although he had indicated in the past that Russian ships would not respect a United States blockade of Cuba. Moscow Radio said Tuesday night in a brief statement without elaboration: “The Soviet government assures the United States that not a single nuclear bomb will hit the United States unless aggression is committed.’’ oHowever, a government statement replying to President Kennedy’s blockade announcement said that “if the aggressors unleash war, the Soviet Union will deliver the mightiest retaliatory blow.” Pravda, the Communist party newspaper said today, “The imperialist aggressors should bear in mind that if they attempt to kindle the fire of a world war they will burn in it.” Heller Resigns From City School Board The city council has received the resignation from the school board of John G. Heller, and has announced that the vacancy will be filled as soon as possible. Heller, who is moving from Decatur, was appointed to his first term on the school board on June 4, 1957. He was reappointed in 1960, and the current term will expire July 31, 1963. The resignation stated that Heller would serve on the board until November 1, or until a successor counld be named. To date, there is one aplication for the vacancy. The next council meeting will be Tuesday, November 6?

City To Erect More Street Lights Here The Decatur city council held a brief meeting Tuesday evening for the purpose of setting up plans for bid notices for further street lighting work in the city. New lights will be erected along Mercer Ave., from Five Points to the edge of the city limits; and along Monroe street, from Third street to 13th street, at 100 foot intervals. The council is also planning to erect new lights in certain areas for which they have been petitioned by Decatur residents. Which areas will be done will be decided upon shortly. Bid notices will appear in the Decatur Daily Democrat within the next few days for the bids, and bids will be received by the board of works and safety at 4 p. m. Friday, November 9, at the city h&ll. Materia] or Labor Bidders may bid on labor or materials, or both, and may bid on work on Monroe street and Mercer Ave., or just the work on the lights to be installed in certain areas, or the entire job. The new lights to be installed are slightly smaller than those installed in the downtown area of town in September. The new lights will be 175 watt mercury vapor, 7,000 lumen lights, and will be erected on wooden poles. 85 Fixtures A total of 50 of the lights will be erected along Mercer Ave., and 35 along Monroe street, and approximately 20 to 40 in certain areas in Decatur for which residents have petitioned the city council. In the first step of the master street lighting plan recommended to the city council by Indiana & Michigan Electric company, 31, 21,000 lumen mercury vapor fixtures were erected in the downtown area of the- city. The installation of the 85 new fixtures along Mercer Ave. and Monroe street, will give the city new and improved lighting along Second street* from Marshall roe street, from the east entrance of the river bridge, west to 13th street, Main Highways Mercer Ave. and the extending of the new lights out Monroe street were decided upon by the city council since both are main highways which are heavily traveled both automobiles and The council’s street lighting committee, headed by councilmen Lawfence Kohne and Bernard Clark, is responsible for bringing about a “brighter” Decatur, through months of hard work in obtaining the necessary information to assure the taxpayers of a reliable and adequate street lighting program. Daring Robbery At Hospital Tuesday 9 The Decatur city police are investigating a daring theft of nearly S2OO that occurred at the Adams county memorial hospital Tuesday morning. The money was taken by a daring bandit who walked into the doctor’s lounge at the hospital, broken open locks on three of the lockers of Adams county physicians, and quickly rifled the lockers, obtaining nearly S2OO in cash. The theft occurred around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, and was discovered almost immediately and reported to the city police at 8:45 a.m. by Thurman Drew, hospital administrator. A total of $65 was taken from the locker of one doctor, $lO from another, and from sllO to $l2O from a third Iqcker. The doctors were preforming operations at the time of the theft. The lockers are located near the lounge used by the doctors, which is in the west end of the hospital building. Most of the hospital personnel on duty at the time have been questioned for possible clues to the identify of the thief, or thieves, but as yet nothing has been turned up. Police officer Robert Hill and state detective Walter Schindler are conducting a thorough investigation-

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Halloween Parade Here October 31

Cash prizes for the annual Callithumpian parade were announced this morning by Kenneth Shannon, chairman of the parade, which is sponsored by the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce. The annual parade, which each year attracts thousands of paraders and spectators to Decatur, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 31, Halloween night. Approximately SSOO in cash prizes will be awarded this year, according to Shannon’s announcement. Shannon is assisted by Walt Oster, meyer and John flawlinson. Individual cash prizes are $3 for each of the following catagbries; tallest man, best fat boy, best fat girl, best adult clown, best kid clown, most original adult, most original boy, most original girl, most comically dressed pet, best decorated pet-drawn toy vehicle, best ghost, best witch, best decorated toy wagon or tricycle, best impersonation. Prizes totaling $6 will be awarded to the best masked couple and also to the best masked group of three or more. Band Prizes A top prize of SSO will be awarded to the best band. The second place band will be awarded $25, and the third place band will be given sls. In addition, each band will be paid $25 for appearance, a $5 prize will be awarded to the best drum major or majorette, $3 for the second best and $2 for the major or majorette adjudged third best. Dress For Catagory Shannon has urged anyone who is planning to participate in the parade in hopes of winning some of the prize money, to dress in one of the categories mentioned above. In the past, many original costumes have been in the parade, but unfortunately they did not fall under any of the catagories that are judged. William Bowers will again-serve as parade marshal, assisted by Clyde Butler, Lyle Mallonee and Walter Elzey. Thomas Sefton will serve as chairman of the implements, autos and floats in the parade, and these are asked to line up along Winchester street, south of Five Points, Historical Society Meets Last Evening Ray B. Grothouse of Celina, 0., spoke to a capacity crowd at the meeting of the Adams county Historical society held at the Decatur public library Tuesday night. Grothouse commented on the difficulty to be found in assembling information for his topic, which concerned the Indians, French, British and later Americans, in relation to the settlement of the Northwest Territory. The speaker explained to the large crowd that the Indians did not write their history, as the early settlers were more concerned with securing a livelihood in the wilderness, and thus later authors differ considerably in their accounts of the same event. Many treaties were made, only to be broken by all concerned. Both the French and British remained after they had been defeated and were told to leave. Peace Treaty Grothouse told of the treaty of peace signed at Greenville, 0., in the summer of 1795, which was attended by over 1,000 Indians from the territory. Holding the attention of his audience for over two hours, Grothouse spoke of the many events of the various campaigns. His extensive reading enabled him to tell many facts that were unknown to the ordinary citizen. Among them were the perpetual hunting and fishing rights as well as the annual payments pledged to the Indians at the treaty of Greenville. Miss Darlene Hurst, of the Mary’s Civics club of the St. Joseph school, and Tom Brunstrup, a Pleasant Mills student, attended the meeting as guests. David A. Moore introduced the speaker. INDIANA WEATHER t _ Mostly cloudy and not quite so cool with some scattered showers likely tonight. Thursday mostly cloudy and cool with some showers likely. Lows tonight 38 to 42. Highs Thursday 43 to 50. Sunset today 5:54 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 7:06 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy and continued cool. Occasional snow flurries north. Lows in the 30s. Highs in the 40s.

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as in past years. No Candy Throwing Firms having entries in the implement and auto and float division are asked not to permit throwing of any items from their vehicles because of the possible danger of injury to spectators, particularly children. The Callithumpian parade is scheduled to get underway at 7:30 p.m., and all bands and individuals planning to participate are requested to report to the county jail no later than 7 o'clock. Special light strands will be strung in the jail yard by the Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. The parade will start from Five Points, move north on Second street to Marshall street, east to First street, south to Jackson street, west to Second and then south on Second to pass the judges’ stand for the second time. Some of the Decatur stores will be open during the evening. S. S. Convention Saturday, Sunday One of the features of the Adams county Sunday school convention this coming weekend will be the display of aids and literature for teaching in the Sunday schools. This ha salways been one of the top attractions for the teachers who attend the convention. A large part of the literautre will be for free distribution, and some will be for display and may be examined by those who attend Mrs. Arlev Sprunger, Monroe, is chairman of the exhibit committee. The displays will be shown at all sessions of the convention. Robert Reynolds is the decoration committee chairman for the banquet, and youth of the Missionary church will assist. The youth of the Baptist church, under supervision of Frank Green, are preparing the banquet program, and several other youth directors of the church are assisting,, Plans are complete for the ban-" quet at- the Decatur Youth, and Cortimtinlty Center at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Tuesday afternoon, 478 reservations had been received, and the banquet promises to be the largest ever held in the county. Several special musical numbers will be presented and chorus singing will also be featured. The speaker will be Dr. Lloyd Knox, of Winona Lake, who will speak on “Our Business Is Not Usual.” The Sunday afternoon session will be held at 2 o’clock at the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren, and the Sunday evening session at the Berne Mennonite churchRotary Career Night Here On Thursday Sophomores, juniors, and seniors and their parents from the five high schools in the north part of Adams county have been invited to attend the Rotary career night Thursday at 7 p.m., Dr. Harry HHebble, program chairman, said today. This is the third year for the program. A panel of speakers will explain various different careers to the students and their parents in the program to be held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Students other than freshmen at Adams Central, Decatur high school, Decatur Catholic High school, Monmouth, an d Pleasant Mills are invited, with their parents. The panel members include: Deane T. Dorwin, guidance. Gerald Vizard, education. Gail Grabill, education. Herman Krueckeberg. financing and banking Thomas Riley, beauty school. George Auer, engineering. Clayton Braunagel, _ skills and and crafts. Robert G. Smith, law. L. A. Anspaugh, photography. Ray Stingely, dentistry. H. R. Frey, optometryMarie Kolter, nursing. Mrs. Gail Grabil, public health nursing. Mrs. Dorothy Knafel, practical nursing. Louis A. Jacobs, pharmacy. Thurman I. Drew, hospital administration. The counselors will explain the training required, the advantages and disadvantages, the opportunities, and will then answer ques- - U tions