Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1962 — Page 1

Vol. LX No 252

First Snowstorm Os Season In Indiana By United Press International The season’s maiden snowstorm swirled into Indiana, even into the southlands, today and spread a blanket of white rare for October over the countryside. Motorists brushed a heavy wet accumulation from their windshields in the pre-dawn hours and rooftops, lawns, fields trees and shrubs retained a picturesque coating of snow in temperatures around freezing. The general state snowfall was preceded by a two-inch fall In the South Bend area about 24 hours earlier. But measurable snow in the central and south portions of the state in October is quite rare. At Indianapolis, traces of snow have been recorded in only four Octobers since 1930. Forecasts called for snow accumulations in excess of four inches near Lake Michigan today and tonight. Temperatures generally were a little too warm, however, to permit the snow to stick. Although the snow fell rather steadily and hard at Indianapolis for hours, the U.S. Weather Bureau at Weir Cook Airport said only a trace was measurable because it was melting about as rapidly as it fell. Ordinarily, in central and southern Indiana areas, October and even early November snowflakes test their wings in a trial flutter or two before winter-type weather sets in. This time, the first snow barged brashly in. Light snow, snow flurries, and snow squalls were forecast for today and tonight, continuing Friday only in the northeast. Cold temperatures were expected to remain at least until Saturday, when it will be a little warmer. The snow was rather general as far as Seymour, midway between Indianapolis and Louisville. Temperatures included 29 at South Bend and Fort Wayne, 30 a Cincinnati and Muncie, 32 at Richmond, 33 at Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Lafayette and Marion, 35 at Kokomo, 37 at Evansville and 38 at Louisville. Highs Wednesday ranged from 38 at South Bend to 52 at Evansville. High today will range from 35 to 44, lows tonight from 23 to 29, and highs Friday in the lower 40s. s2sooGFire Damage *4 At Nappanee Plant NAPPANEE, Ind. (UPD—A predawn fire caused an estimated $20,000 damage today at the Nappanee Milling Co. The blaze was discovered by two maintenance men, George Walters and Thomas Kin g.hsortly after they reported for work and just after the second shift had left the plant.

U.S. Firm On Cuba Demands

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) —The United States stood firm today on its demand that the Soviet nuclear missle build-up in Cuba must be eliminated before it will end its blockade of Fidel Castro’s island. The U.S. position was reported to have been made clear to Acting Secretary General Thant before he sent identical messages Wednesday night to President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev calling for a voluntary suspension of Russian arms shipments to Cuba and a voluntary suspension of the U.S. “quarantine.” Replies from Kennedy and Khrushchev were expected to be made public today, at the latest by the time the Security Council resumes its blockade debate at 4 p.m., EDT. Kennedy was understood to have quickly turned down Thant's appeal in its present form because it provided no guarantees against continuation of Cuba’s . military build-up. Stevenson Agrees U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson was reported to have expressed the same view to Thant when he was handed the appeal to relay to Kennedy about 6 o’clock Wednesday night. Thant followed the same procedure with the Russians. With Soviet vessels steaming toward U.S. naval ships on the blockade line, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister valerian A. Zorin, as this month’s president, agreed late Wednesday night to adjournment until 4 p.m. unless “circumstances require and events develop to compel the council to take urgent seps” before then.

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Branch Bank I In Fort Wayne Holdup Victim FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD—A young gunman visited a branch bank here twice Wednesday, chatted with a woman teller for several minutes the second time and then robbed the bank of $2,130. Police said today they had no leads and had found no trace of the bandit who fled on foot from the branch of the Indiana Bank and Trust Co. at the Gateway Plaza shopping center here. Mrs. Mary Cerney said the dark-skinned bandit, about 25 years old, entered the bank earlier Tuesday, discussed opening a checking account and left, saying he would return. Mrs. Cerney said the man returned in the middle of the afternoon, talked to her for a while, then drew a small, black pistol and demanded money. She said she “tried to talk him out of it" but he told her “I mean business.” The teller said she gave him the money from the cash drawer and the man ran out of the bank. .gifted . insurance company office said they saw the man run toward the rear of the shopping center where he disappeared. ■ Officers searched a nearby woods where a building contractor said he had seen a man run. The man seen by the contractor, however, was not wearing an overcoat. The bandit had on an overcoat and also wore horn-rimmed glasses which Mrs. Cerney said he removed as he ran from the bank.

Thant read to the council his appeal to Kennedy and Khrushchev. In characteristic form, he introduced it in a manner not calculated to curry favor either in Moscow or Washington. “I cannot help expressing the view that some of the measures proposed or taken, which the council is called upon to approve, are very unusual and I might say even extraordinary, except in wartime,’’ he said. He said he had been requested by a "large number” — Ambassador Mahmoud Riad of the United Arab Republic put it at 50— of delegates to make the appeal. Refrain From Action He said the delegates felt that “all concerned should refrain fron| any action which may aggravate the siuaiton and bring with it the risk of war” and believed that time should be granted to let the “parties concerned” get together to resolve the crisis peacefully and return the situation- in the Caribbean to normal. “This involves on the one hand the voluntary suspension of all arms shipments to Cuba and also the voluntary suspension of the quarantine measures Involving the searching of shifts bound for Cuba,” Thant said in his messages to Kennedy and Khrushchev. “I believe that such voluntary suspension for a period of two to three weeks will greatly ease the situation and give time for theparties concerned to meet and discuss wih a view to finding a peaceful solution of the problem. In this context, I shall gladly make myself available to all parties for whatever services I may be able to perform.”

w ASHiiNU iuiN tun; — ine Navy task force blockading Cuba encountered a Soviet tanker today but allowed it to pass through the U.S. quarantine ring because it carried no offensive materials. The Defense Departipent in announcing this also said that “at least a dozen Soviet vessels” had turned back from the course which was taking them towards Cuba and the blockade fleet. The tensely awaited first meeting between the Navy and a Soviet ship occurred shortly after 8 a.m. EDT. It apparently passed off without incident. A report circulating in congressional circles here said the Navy task force had made a visual check of the ship. Rep. James Van Zandt, R-Pa., said in New York he had been advised the Soviet captain had told the Navy he was carrying the petroleum cargo. Petroleum has not been considered among materials which would be subject to the blockade. Some Turn Back The Defense Department said the dozen or so Russian ships which turned back did so “presumably because, according to the best of our information, they might have been carrying offensive materials.” The Pentagon statement added: “However, the first Russian ship that proceeded through the area patroled by our forces was a Soviet tanker.” The statement, by Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester, was the first official news of the blockade since a news blackout was imposed Wednesday evening. -7 Roburi*®. McNamara said two nights ago that 25 Soviet ships were en route to Cuba. Wednesday night the Defense Department described the vessels as belonging to the “bloc," an inference that ships of the satellite nations — such as Czechoslovakia or Poland—might be on the high seas with Cubabound cargoes. Moscow Radio, perhaps significantly, said publicly today that a Soviet tanker was en route to Cuba. It was identified as the 21,255-ton “Bucharest.” The radio said the crew of the Bucharest had condemned the “piratical actions of the U.S. aggressors and resolutely demands: ‘Hands off Cuba’.” U.S. officials had not ruled out the possibility that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev might have one or two of test the blockade so Russia could appear before the United Nations as an “aggrieved party." President Kennedy met this morning with the top level policystrategy group he has set up for daily consideration of the Cuba crisis. No Reply to Thant At that time, no formal reply had been sent by the President to United Nations Secretary General Thant, who appealed to Kennedy Wednesday night to temporarily lift the blockade. Thant also asked Russia to halt arms (Continued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, windy and cold with occasional snow flurries likely tonight. Locally heavier snow squalls near Lake Michigan may give snow amounts up to four inches or so there- Friday partly cloudy and chilly, chance of some snow flurries northeast portion. Low tonight 23 to 29. High Friday 38 to 43. Sunset today 5152 p.m. Sunrise Friday 7:07 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy with slowly moderating temperatures. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.tn. today. 12 noon 48 12 midnight .. 32 1 p.m 4-8 1 a m 32 2 p.m. 45 2 a.m 32 3 p.m 44 3 a m 30 4 p.m 43 4 a.m 30 5 p.m 4? 5 a.m 32 6. D.m -40- 6 a.m. 32~ 7 p.m 39 7 a.m 34 8 p.m 36 8 a.m 36 9 p.m 34 9 a.m 36 10 p.m 33 10 a.m34 11 p.m. 32 11 a.m 39 Ruin Total ,for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 Inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.01 feet.

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I , - I Impassioned Peace ‘ Plea Made By Pope • ' VATICAN ?rfY (UPI) ' - Pope" ‘ John XXIII issued an impas- ‘ sioned plea today to world leadi ers to negotiate “at all levels and 'I at all times ... to spare the ■' world the horrors of war that would have disastrous conse- ’ quences such as nobody can fore- ' see.” The Pope, in a four-minute, French - language speech broadcast around the world by Vatican Radio, said “We supplicate all ' rulers not to remain deaf to the cry of mankind.” “Let them do everything in ' their power to save peace,” he ! said. ' Although he did not mention

John Steinbeck Is Nobel Prize Winner

■ STOCKHOLM (UPD — John • Steinbeck, whose novel “The i Grapes of Wrath” ranks as one of the classics of 20th Century American letters, today was t awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for t literature. Steinbeck, who rose to fame in • the 1930 s with novels and short ■ stories that reflected he “comt rpon people” and the depressed s economic conditions of the age, thus became the sixth American to receive the Nobel award. The other five were Wililam Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Pearl Buck, and playwright Eugene O’Neill. Steinbeck was born on Feb. 27, 1902, in Salinas, Calif., a section that provided he background for many of his novels and stories. Once, when ~ asked to furnish biographic information, Steinbeck said: - your own facts about me as you need them. I can't remember how much of me really happened and how much I invented. . .biography by its very nature must be half-fiction.’’ The Swedish Academy of Letl ters, in naming Steinbeck the re- ; cipient of the award, praised the > American novelist for “his at one ■ and the same time realistic and ! imaginative writings, distini guished as they r.ri. by n nymnn—- ’ thetic humor and social percepI tion.” [_ _jsf all the Nobel prizes, the i award for literature and the peace prize draw the greatest public attention and invariably spark sharp debate around the world. The prize for literature is $50,034.

I Cuba or the Sino-Indian fighting, [it was obvious that his unexpected plea referred to them. “In all conscience let them give ear to the anguished cry of peace, peace which rises up to heaven -fro*? from innocent children and those grown old, from individuals and communities,” Pope John said. The 80-year-old pontiff said that “to promote,'* favor and accept negotiations, at all levels and all times, ills a rule of wisdom and prudence which calls down the blessings of heaven and earth.” Shortly before he spoke, Pope John met in private audiences with Francis Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York, and James Francis Cardinal Mclntyre archbishop of Los Angeles. He also met several East German bishops, including the bishop of Berlin.#

L,., The author, now living in New . York, was not immediately available for comment, but his wife . said “I am very proud and happy. . It is a great, great honor.” Steinbeck’s first three books [ sold only a few thousand copies ■ and he languished in obscurity , until the publication of “Tortilla Flat” in 1935. “Tortilla Flat,” the story of i Mexican and other foreign laborers in California, was a prelude to , his classic study of another group of laborers — the misery - torn [ “Okies” — in “The Grapes of Wrath.” , Following the success of “Tori tilla Flat,” Steinbeck moved into ■ the political realm with the publication of "In Dubious Battle,” a i portrait of background Commu- ; nist movements in a strike of California fruit pickers. i One of his most sympathetic i and famous novels was his next ■ published “Os Mice and Men," I the study of two itinerant farm ■ hands. s Steinbeck’s most recently published book was “Travels with • Charley,” a light, whimsical piece dealing with a trip the author and his dog (Charley) took across the United States. However, it was apparent the Nobel committee selected Stein- ' beck riot for any one work" but for his vast body of fiction over the past three decades. Other Steinbeck books include such popular novels as “The Moon Is Down” (1942), “Cannery Row” (1945), "The Wayward Bus” (1947) and “East of Eden”'’' (1952).

- Miss Marilyn Knudsen • Is Contest Winner JMiss Marilyn “Knudsen* a junior i at Decatur high school, was judged the winner in the school’s competition in the American Legion : speech contest, held Wednesday morning before the junior and senior class members of the school. Miss Knudsen now advances to the county contest, which will be held in the near future. Miss Cynthia Collier was select- . ed as runner-up, and will serve as > alternate for the county contest. : Other contestants were Miss i Rita Norquest and David Swick- • ard, both members of the senior class, as is MisS Collier. On Constitution The speeches were 10 to 12 minutes in length, and dealt with the constitution of the United States. The contestants were judged on composition, accuracy, presentation and power to convince. Steve Gause, a member of the speech class, served as chairman for the program. , Judging the contestants were a . panel of three Decatur high school , teachers. National Contest The winner of the county con- ; test advances to the district cons test, which is followed by state ’ and national contests. The winner i of the national American Legion speech contest receives a $4,000 f scholarship to the college of his • or her choice. ’ The American Legion speech 1 contest is in its 26th year. The 1 contest originated in 1938 with 11 states entering the competition. A total of 49 states are entered in ■ this year’s competition. > The four participants were se- • lected for the school competition 1 in a class contest under the super- ■ vision of speech teacher Deane T. ’ Dorwin. • State Department . ! Briefs Congressmen WASHINGTON (UPI) — The ■ State Department has set up five i meetings from coast to coast today and Friday to bring all U. S. I congressmen up to date on the : Cuban crisis. The regional briefings will be held in New York, Chicago, Ati lanta, and Ft. Worth toc|ay oad- • San Francisco Friday. These cities were selected as briefing sites to make it as convenient as possible for congressmen campaigning at home to get the latest word from the administraton on developments in the Cuban situation.

Shelter Spaces In Indiana Inadequate

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Welsh was told today that civil defense has located 873.000 shelter spaces in Indiana and that there is shelter enough for onefourth of the population. Col. Robert S. Bates, state civil defense director, reported at a civil defense planning and information meeting called by Welsh for state department heads. "There is shelter enough for only one-fourth of our population in Indiana,” said Bates, explaining how the federal government stocks approved locations with space for 50 or more persons with food, water, medical supplies and radiological testing equipment. The meeting in Welsh’s office was opened by the governor who told the group its purpose was to acquaint all department heads and elected officials with the general scope of civil defense planning and emergency matters, and to allow those assigned specific responsibilities to outline their thinking. ’ J. Bates then outlined a defense plan for state government which he said was outlined as of this date. It named Indiana University at Bloomington as the No. 1 site for emergency relocation of government, with the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton second and Wabash College at Crawfordsville third. Bates said he had just learned that Ballantine Hall at Bloomington, originally intended as the seat of emergency government, "had a protection factor too low to occupy” and that he is going to Bloomington this afternoon to look for a new location. In an emergency Welsh would decide where to locate state government outside the state capital of Indianapolis, and all governmental officials with a No. 1 designation would go to the same place. Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine and others with No. 2 designations would go to an alternate site. Bates said 16 Indiana State Police locations and some cities are tied into a warning system as | part of civil defense. But he saia much of the state has no such I system, including “two major cities” which he did not name. house on the last farm we have ■ not met our responsibility,” Bates ’ said. 1 Bates said a truck has been sent to Louisville to pick up 400 signs designating public shelters already selected and under conKey West Wrapped In Watch-Wail Air KEY WEST. Fla. (UPD — The small but lethal U.S. outpost only 90 miles from Cuba was wrapped in a watch-and-wait atmosphere ’ today with the Army, Air Force ; and Marines in apparent readiness to halt any attempt to run 1 the Cuban blockade. The city baseball stadium, un- : der preparaion for the past four i days, was o ccupied by a large : convoy of Army trucks which rolled in Wednesday night with i weapons and equipment — but I few troops. The Air Force and Marines were hidden behind high fences and tight security at the Boca Chica Naval Air Station and the , .Navy seaplane base here. A long rain, which included pullman cars with troops and ‘ flatcars loaded with equipment pulled into Homestead Air Force Base Miami early today. Although no official announcement 1 would be made, it was understood that they would be sent here oday. Military officials still refused to 1 discuss troop or equipment shifts, but it was apparent Wednesday ■ that equipment for the thousands • of troops here was still coming • on strong. - “Scrambles” by supersonic jet fighters, however,— apparently slacked off Wednesday. The jets had been taking off in pairs, about every 30 minutes earlier in the week. Wednesday night’s convoy was the third to arrive during the day. Another group of trucks bearing equipment arrived shortly after midday, and a small group of civilian trucks arrived later. The civilian vehicles had “explosives” marked on the side in big letters. Security tightened even more than during the first part of the week Wednesday when news photographers were retained at a Navy security "building in front of the seaplane base and released after they were told not to take any more photographs of the area.

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tractual agreement with civil defense through the federal government. Stocking of approved shelters in Indiana will be made from seven federal warehouses in and near Indiana, Bates said. Welsh called the conference 24 hours earlier and at about the same time cancelled his political speeches for he remainder of the week. “The governor feels the chief executive of the state should devote his efforts to be sure state government will perform its functions effectively in the event of an emergency,’’ said Welsh's press secretary, Bichard Martin. Panic Buying In Cuba Due To U. S. Blockade HAVANA (UPD—Premier Fidel Castro’s revolutionary regime tightened controls on consumer goods today to halt a wave of panic buying apparently inspired by the U.S. arms blockade. Storekeepers were instructed to limit sales of emergency lighting supplies to one quart of lamp alcohol and three candles per family with infant children. Even in these limited quantities, storekeepers were allowed to sell only to their regular customers. Neighborhood (vigilante) committees were alerted to help enforce the order. The new resriction extended a ration list which already included milk, many foods, soap and other staple household goods in short-age-ridden Cuba. Housewives flocked to superk markets and neighborhood gro . ceries Wednesday to stock up on j lighting supplies despite Presij dent Kennedy’s statement that r the blockade would not affect the necessities of life and Castro’s f satement that his regime could, H| neecfe.' The buyers apparently feared that the blockade might soon be extended to cut off the oil imports needed to run the power i plants which supply electricity to Havana’s homes. Grocery shelves also were swept clear of unrationed foodstuffs despite government broadcasts warning against hoarding. Even coffee was unavailable in this coffee-growing country. The general pace of military preparations in Havana accelerated Wednesday, with the emplacement of machine guns and oher antiaircraft weapons ml rooftops in many parts of the I city. A Russian-made tank which had been stationed outside armed forces headquarters was moved i elsewhere, and the patrol boats which had been operating about .| a mile off the waterfront disap- ■ peared. 1 i-Jag Parrish On Panel In Huntingion Case Judge Myles F. Parrish, of the Adams circuit court, was one of three judges appointed to a panel from which a special judge will be chosen to hear the Huntington county school reorganization case, it was learned today. Judge Ray Ade, of the Huntington circuit court, declined juris--1 diction in the case, and appointed Judge Parrish, Judge Homer Byrd of Wells county, and Judge ’ Robert T. Caine of Grant county ’ circuit court, Marion. Purpose of the suit is to bar a ; vote Nov. 6 on a two-unit system for the couhty proposed by the ’ Huntington county school reorg- ’ anization committee. A one-unit 1 system was defeated at the bolls. William P. Spencer, of Hiintington, and the firm of Bowers, , Feightner, and Palmer have been ’ retained by the Huntington county , school reorganization committee ! to defend its position. County attorney Ted Miller represents the county officials named in the ac- _____ ._ • The Huntington newspaper did not mention the name of the attorney for the plaintiff, but he secured a temporary injunction to halt the election by applying to Judge William L. Burger, of Allen county superior court one, as was done in the school case here earlier.