Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 253.

CAMPUS DEBATE— Sophomore Michael Geldman, 20, speaks in defense of Cuba during an outdoor debate ®h the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles Students that spoke for Cuba were hissed and booed.

Scout Program Has Goal Os 105 Boys

Adams county’s 20 scouting units—Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Explorers—have set a goal of 105 new boys in the space-age “Go” roundup, which ends December 15, E E. Rydell, district chairman, and Steve Everhart, commissioner, said today. Fifteen of the local units, or 75%, have set goals already, and are working toward them. By last week, 30 new scout members had already been enlisted. Lincoln Pack Leads In the Decatur area, Cub Scout pack 3061, at Lincoln school, under Judge Myles F. Parrish, Cubmaster, are leading in the “Go" drive, which is sponsored by Col. John Glenn, one of America’s outstanding astronauts, and a Boy Scout himself. Pack 3061 set a goal of six new members, and has already exceeded that goal, registering 10 new boys. Want 1,402 Scouts The Limbcrlost district, which includes Wells and Jay ccjunties with Adams, has a goal of 1,402 boys in scouting by the end of the year—and just 1,024 are registered at the present time. Wells has a goal of 62 new boys, and Jay has a goal of 143. Highest goal set in Cub scouting in Decatur was set by Cecil (Red) Shaffer, Cubmaster foT Northwest school’s pack 3063. They plan to attract 15 new boys to scouting. Other Pack Goals Jerome Reed’s pack 3064, at St. Joseph school, has a goal of eight new boys in scouting. Pack 3060 has set a goal of four new boys, Cubmaster Dan Freeby of the Zion Lutheran church-sponsored pack, has stated. No goal has been reported yet by Charles Stonestreet’s pack, 3062, at Southeast school. At Berne, pack 3067, sponsored by the Berne-French PTA, under George Hewitt, has a goal of 24 new members, and 19 have already been registered. The goal of pack 3072 at Monroe, under Dick Everett, and sponsored by the Monroe Methodist church, will be set this week. Four Troop Goals Four of Decatur’s seven Boy Scout troops have set goals for new members, and Herald Hitchcock’s troop, 65, sponsored by

Increase In Living Cost

WASHINGTON (UPD—The cost of living rose .6 per cent in September largely because of a farmer’s str foe that .withheld meat —from the market, the Labor Department announced today. This was the largest monthly increase since February, 1958. Ewan Clague, commissioner of labor statistics, said the rise was considered temporary. He said he expects the consumer price index to level off during October. A strike by the National Farmer’s Organization, in which meat supplies were withheld from the market in order to increase prices, ended Oct. 3. ~~~ Clague emphasized that the September increase had nothing to do with the current international crisis. He said there was an abundance of food and other products on the market and he did not expect the Cuban crisis to

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Trinity EUB church, has already registered one of its goal of seven new members Highest scout goal in Decatur has been set by the Baptist troop, 66, led by Jerold Lobsiger, 10 new members. Troop 61, sponsored, by the Decatur Rotary club, has a goal of four, and the Zion Lutheran troop, 60, led by Bob Baker, scoutmaster, has a goal of three. No goal has yet been reported for the Lions club troop, 62, or by troop 63, sponsored by the American Legion and led by scoutmaster Ed Summers, or troop 64, sponsored by the St Mary’s Catholic church, andi led by Medford Smith. The latter troop has about as many boys as it can handle. Monroe’s troop 72, led by Phil Barger, has a goal of five; Berne’s troop 67, under Karl Hilty, and sponsored by the Berne Rotary club, has a goal of four; and the Geneva Lions troop, 69, led by Marvin Hart, has a goal of two. Explorers Gaining The Elks-sponsored Explorer post in Decatur, led by Dr. Mel Weisman, has a goal of five new members; the Berne post, 2068, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce there, has six for its goal, Leon Gould says; while David Horn in Geneva reports a goal of two for post 2068. Adams county has had one of the outstanding groups of Cub, Boy and Explorer Scouts in the, Limberlost district for many' years, and the pack, troop, and post leaders are working very hard to hold on to their edge in district honors. BULLETIN VANDEBURG AFB, Calif. (UPI) — A secret satellite was launched from this base today, the Air Force reported. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and not so cold tonight. Saturday mostly cloudy and warmer. Low tonight 27 to 33. High Saturday 45 to 55. Sunset today 5:51 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 7:08 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and warmer. Chance of rain or snow showers extreme north. Lows 34 to 37. Highs 54 to 58.

. have any effect on the cost of liv- . ing “unless something more hapt pens,” . The September index stood at 106.1 per cent of the 1957-59 averr age. While most of the increase was t caused by higher meat prices, i eggs and apparel also contributl ed to the climb. Consumer prices were 1.4 per . cent higher than in September, • 1961. Clague said the October in- : dex is expected to remain at i about the September level but i there could be a decline. Transportation costs were up • .4 per cent, largely because of a i 3.8 per cent rise in gasoline I prices. Housing costs edged up .1 per cent because of seasonally high I prices for heating fuels and a i slight increase in rents.

Reports Cuba Has Missiles Ready To Rre CHICAGO (UPl)—Cuba has 30 to 40 missiles ready for firing and has continued to rush construction of launching sites since President Kennedy imposed the blockade, congressmen said after a briefing Thursday. Rep. Clark McGregor, R-Minn., among more than 90 congressmen, senators and governors at the meeting, said State Department officials tod them "the launching sites could send out salvoes of 30 to 40 missies at a time.” “A second salvo would come shortly thereafter,” he told newsmen after the closed-door hearing. Rep. Harold Collier, R-111., said they were informed that Soviet technicians in Cuba apparently had not slowed down work on sites for 2,200-mile-range missiles since the quarantine was called Monday. “Cuba can expand the bases with the equipment it already has there,” Rep. William Bray, RInd., said. “There are enough medium range ballistic missiles which can go 1,000 miles that are operational now. They could launch those tomorrow if they wanted to.” Bray said Cuba has some missiles with a range of 2,200 miles, but that they could not be readied for firing unless Russia shipped more materials. Sen. Karl E. Mundt, R-S.D., and Rep. Walter Judd, R-Minn., refused to say if the United States knows whether Cuban missiles are armed with nuclear warheads, “We have to assume that if they have the missiles they have the warheads,” Mundt said. “When we go hunting up in the woods of Minnesota, we go out with a gun and bullets,” Judd said. At the meeting, one of five regional sessions called to update government leaders on the Cuban crisis, the midwestern Democrats and Republicans joined in supporting Kennedy’s policy. However, many Republicans said the firm stand was belated. ■ ■ Career Night Held At Rotary Meeting The Decatur Rotary club held its third “career night” for high I school students in Decatur and l surrounding communities Thursday evening. Dr. Harry Hebble, program chairman for the evening, introduced the panel members and encouraged the high school students to consult with the representatives of the various careers Deane Dorwin stated that “37 graduates of the class of 1961 continued their education in 17 different fields of advanced study.” He indicated, “according to recent estimates 80% of people working are dissatisfied or unhappy on their jobs. This may be due to a lack of vocational counseling.” Herman Krueckeberg gave a short address on U.S.A.F., Inc., (United Student Aid Funds, Inc.) He outlined the financial program that will provide long-term, lowcost bank loans to pay part of college expenses of students who are residents of Indiana. Pahel members who were available for consultation were: Deane Dorwin, guidance; Gerald Vizard and Gail Grabill, education; Herman Kreuckeberg, financing and banking; Thomas Riley, beauty school; George Auer, engineering; Clayton Braunagel, skills and crafts; Robert Smith, law; L. A. Anspaugh, photography; Dr. Ray Stingely, dentistry; Dr. H. R. Frey? optometry; Miss Marie Kolter, nursing; Mrs, Gail Grabill, public health nursing; Mrs. Dorothy Knofel, practical nursing; Louis Jacobs, pharmacy. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a m. today. 12 noon 38 12 midnight .. 26 1 pm. ... 37 1 a m 26 2 p.m 38 2 a.m 26 3 p.m 39 3 a.m. 26 4 p.m 36 4 a m 25 5 p.m 34 5 a.m. 24 6 P.m. ... 33 6 a m. ............ 35 7 p.m 81 7 a.m 24 8 p.m 30 8 a.m 26 » p m 29 9 a m 38 10 p.m 28 10 a.m. 44 I*l p.m 27 11 a.m ... 46 Raia Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today. .10 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.04 feet.

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Two U.S. Navy Destroyers Board, Search Freighter; Permit Continued Passage

India Declares Emergency State

NEW DELHI (UPl)—The government proclaimed a “state of emergency” throughout India tonight. There was no immediate explanation of the move. But it came as an Indian spokesman announced that Communist Chinese troops have driven deeper into India threatening the northeastern border capital town of Bomdilla. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s officials moved swiftly to put India on a war footing. They called on all Indians to surrender to the government their jewelry and hoarded gold to help pay for the country’s war effort. The government also announced a new issue of defense bonds and hinted at sterner economic measures if the public did not cooperate in keeping prices down and end hoarding. Parliament, meanwhile, made plans to meet in “emergency session" a week from nex Thursday to deal with the Red Chinese menace. The Indian spoksman said the ' advance guard of some 10.00 Q . Chinese troops that Wednesday captured the monastery town of Towang Thursday swept five miles east of the town and clashed with Indian troops at Jang. Hiis is on the jeep track to Bomdilla, the capital of the North East Frontier Agency. Another Chinese force has driven 15 miles south from Kibitoo near the Burmese border, the spokesman said. Reports that Defense Minister V.K. Krishna Menon had been dismissed because of his failure to prepare Indian border troops to meet the Communist onslaught were dismissed by the ministry as “all nonsense.” The Reds’ Peiping Radio claimed new victories today on both fronts, but complained that Indiana troops had adopted a “scorched earth” policy—historically a Russian specialty—in some places before fleeing south. In the East, the radio claimed the capture of three strategic passes and a bridge. New China said that in the West, advancing Chinese forces ousted Indian troops from strongpoints north of the Chipchap and Changlung River valleys. Indian spokesmen admitted heavy casualties. They offered no figures, but claimed Chinese loss-es-were “heavier." Lo Jui-Ching, Red China’s army chief of staff, has urged India to accept China's proposals for cease-fire talks. Last Wednesday, China called for both sides to pull back 12.5 mies from the ' “line of actual control” while del- ' egates of the two countries met Fred Weber Dies At Home In Nebraska Word has been received here of the death of Fred C. Weber, 87. of Norfolk, Neb., October 19 in that city, from complications due to old age. A native of Allen county, he had many relatives and friends in Adams county near the Hoagland area. Burial was Tuesday. Born in November, 1874, he liv-* ed in this area until 1895, when he moved to Madison, Neb He was married Aug. 15,, 1896, to Miss Amelia Bley. He started working for the North Western Railway in 1898, and retired as a yard foreman in 1939. He is survived by one son, Irvin, of La Habra, Calif., one daughter, Mrs. Helen Hunt, of Eugene, Ore., and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his tfife, and one son, Div Walter Weber, of Norfolk.

, i [ to settle the dispute peacefully. : An Indian spokesman labeled i the proposal “deceptive.” India . has demanded that Chinese < troops back up to their original i positions north of the disputed ’ , McMahon demarcation line as a ’ , precondition for negotiations. J Thursday the Russian press < came out in favor of the Chinese 1 plan. It became known that Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and 1 Indian Prime Minister . Jawaharlal Nehru had exchanged i notes. < The Soviet organs Izvestia and 1 Pravda, which had maintakied a 1 news blackout on the border fighting, appeared to be making a careful attempt to refrain from ( taking sides. But they termed the , Chinese offer “constructive,” 1 thereby giving Peiping Moscow’s , backing. Chinese news media have . blamed India for starting all the fighting. Today it said “Chinese frontier guards recovered Tungmen Pass, Mi Pass, Kang Pass, , the Yung Pang Bridge, Hsiati , and other places after repulsing ? repeated attacks launched by the f Indian troops there.” Mrs. E. H. Alspaugh Dies This Morning Mrs. Harriet Alspaugh, 86, of Willshire, 0., widow of E. H. Als- i paugh .died at 5:45 o’clock this ' morning at the Van Wert, 0., county hospital, Friends may call at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert after 1 p.m. Saturday. ( Funeral arrangements have not ( been completed. , Authorize Increase In Gas Customers INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana Public Service Commission today authorized three gas utilities to increase the number of space heating customers they serve. The Northern Indiana Public Service Co. was authorized to add 4,000 customers in Allen, Adams, Wells, Whitley and Huntington Counties. Joe R. Isch Dies Thursday Afternoon Joe R. Isch, 80-year-old retired farmer of Bluffton route 4, died at 3:30 p. m. Thursday at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton. He had been in failing health for four and one-half years. He was born in Gridley, 111., a son of Jacob and Mary SchallerIsch, but had lived in Adams county for 60 years. He was married to Minnie Teschliman May 20, 1911. Mr. Isch was a member of the Apostolic Christian church. > Surviving are his wife r five . daughters, Mrs. Herbert (Lucille) : Frauhiger of Bluffton route 3, ’ Mrs. George (Mildred) Krill of Bryant route 1, Mrs. Edward I (Viola) Gerber of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. John Neuenschwander ! of Bluffton route 1, and Mrs. William (Betty) Longenberger of . Bluffton route 3; four sons, Ervin Isch of Bluffton route 4, Glen Isch of Decatur route 3, Hubert Isch, at home, and Kenneth Isch of Berne route 1; 23 grandchildren. Four brothers and three sisters and two sons are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p. m. Sunday at the Goodwin funeral home in Bluffton and at 1 p. m. at the Apostolic Christian church, the Rev. Samuel Aeschliman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today.

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Two U.S. Navy destroyers halted a Lebanese ship sailing under Soviet charter to Cuba today, boarded and searched it and then allowed it to pass through the blockade. The vessel, the 7,268 ton freighter Marucla, was allowed to continue its passage to Cuba because no prohibited materials were found in its cargo, the Defense Department announced. It was the first boarding incident 1 since President Kennedy’s quarantine of arms shipments went into operation. The freighter was ordered to halt early this morning by two destroyers on duty about 180 miles northeast of Nassau in the Bahamas. The boarding party was from the destroyers Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., named for President Kennedy’s brother who was killed during the war while on a volunteer mission over Europe, and the Pierce. 1 Three-Hour Search In their messages to Washington, the destroyer crews reported that the Marucla cooperated in the search which lasted for nearly three hours. The boarding party sent a radio message which said: “No prohibited materials aboard. All papers in order. Have obtained copy of manifest.” The White House said, meantime, that it might have further information later in the day on whether construction is still proceeding on Soviet missile sites in Cuba. “I may be able to clarify that later' today,” Press Secretary Pierre Salinger told reporters in response to a question. White House officials had said that the construction was continuing as of Thursday afternoon. Under Lebanese Flag The Marucla was registered under the Lebanese flag and apparently owned in London. But it was chartered by the Soviets for the voyage to Cuba from the Russian Baltic port of Riga, Latvia. The Lebanese embassy had no immediate comment on the incident. Its flag has been involved in a relatively minor way with the Cuban trade. A recent U.S. maritime administration report lists Lebanon 10th among free world flags involved in the trade with the Cubans. This was the second ship allowed to pass through the blackade which has ringed Cuba since last Tuesday. Thursday, a Soviet tanker was permitted to proceed without even an inspection of its cargo. But today the destroyers were given orders to go aboard the Marucla and search and inspect it. Boats were put off from the destroyers shortly after 7 a.m. EDT. The Marucla immediately lowered a Jacob’s ladder so the inspection party could board. 12 Trucks on Deck According to the Defense Department, the freighter’s cargo consisted of 12 trucks lashed on deck. The holds contained such products as sulphur, paper rolls and truck parts. Since none of this is considered “offensive" military material under the President’s quarantine, the ship was allowed to proceed. From beginning to end, the operation involving the Marucla took more than 12 hours. About 10 p.m. EDT Thursday, first contact was made when the Pierce spotted her moving through the Atlantic waters. Two hours later, the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. moved into the area. The Kennedy, as flagship of the division, topk charge of the boarding. The two destroyers trailed the Marucla through the night, with orders to board at “first light.” Throughout the night, the Marucla moved towards its rendezvous with the searching parties at a speed of 12 knots. When it got under way again towards Havana, it headed through the Providence Channel on a course 10 degrees southwest at a speed of 9 knots.

Union Reformation I Rally Here Sunday jheu. Dr. James D. Mosteller The annual union reformation day rally will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Zion United Church of Christ, Third and ■ Jackson streets. 1 The service, whic his sponsored ’ by the Associated Churches of De--1 catur will include many of the local pastors on the program. Guest speaker tor the. rally will be Dr". James D. Mosteller, dean of the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Chicago, and is also professor of church history at the seminary. In addition to his responsibilities at the seminary, Dr. Mosteller is a member of the board of managers of the American Baptist historical society, a member of the book review committee of foundations, and a member of the advisory board for theological studies of the American Baptist conven-

Try To Freeze Cuban Crisis

UNITED NATIONS (UPI) — U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson postponed a morning meeting with Acting Secretary General Thant today and flew unannounced to Washington for White House consultations on the Cuban crisis. Stevenson was expected back in New York later in the afternoon when he was scheduled to hold his postponed session with Thant. U.S. representatives Charles W. Yost and Francis T.P. Plimpton were substituted for Stevenson for an 11:30 a.m. EDT meeting with Thant. The acting secretary general’s talk with the U.S. delegates was his first in the effort to freeze the Cuban crisis pending negotiations for a settlement. The United Nations announced that Thant would meet with Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin- at—4:3o—pirn, and Cuban Ambassador Mario Garcia Inchaustegui at 5:30 p.m. To Take Three Days Though Thant’s initial talks with the U.S., Soviet and Cuban representatives are to be held separately, it was possible all four might sit down together later on. The preliminary talks on a Cuban standstill were expected to ta'ke three days. Thursday night Stevenson and Zorin engaged in a gloves-off verbal exchange in the U.N. Security Council. The -charges and countercharges all but obscured official notification to the 11-nation group that President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev had agreed to seek a settlement of the Cuban crisis.

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I tion. He delivers many illustrated lectures on Baptist work in Europe and various periods of church history, as well as travelogues. Dr. Mosteller also does considerable pulpit supply work and interim pastorates. For some time has been writing lessons for the “Baptist Leader.” He will speak here on “The Genius of Protestantism.’ Funeral Saturday For Daniel Uhrich Daniel L. Uhrich, 85, a native of Adams county, died Wednesday in the Portland nursing home, Portland, where he had been a patient for five years. He had 100 direct descendants. He resided in Fort Wayne for 40 years and was employed by the Kunkle Valve Co. until his retirement in 1957. Mr. Uhrich was a member of the Eagles lodge in Fort Wayne. Surviving are three sons, Frank Uhrich of Fort Wayne, Clarence of Portland, and Chauncey of Detroit, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Marie Jones of Detroit, Mich.; a 1 sister, Mrs. Ida West of Fort 1 Wayne; 20 grandchildren; 65 great-grandchildren, and 11 great--1 great-grandchildren. - Funeral services will be held . at 10 a.m. Saturday at the C. M. Sloan & Sons funeral home in Fort I /Wayne, the Rev. Glen E. Crabb t officiating. Burial will be in the . Ray cemetery near Monroe. , Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (DPI) — The State Department made clear today that “further action” of an unspecified nature is being considered to deal with the continuing Soviet missile buildup in Cuba.

Stevenson, seeking to justify the U.S. arms quarantine on Castro Cuba, challenged Zorin to deny that the Soviet Union had provided medium and long range nuclear missiles to the island country. Zorin sidestepped. He promised an answer “in due course.” “I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over,” Stevenson snapped. “I am also prepared to present the evidence in this room.” The American then displayed a series of aerial photographs of Cuban missile bases while an aide pointed out their significant points. Ignored Photographs At first, Zorin ignored the photographs. But finally he gave them a grudging glance and then doubted their authenticity. Zorin charged that last year Stevenson displayed pictures of a plane said to have attacked Havana. The plane turned out to be a U.S. 826 bomber, <■ according to Zorin. „ “What value is there in aU. your phtographs?" the Russian asked Stevenson. “One who has lied once will not be believed a second time.” Stevenson noted that Zorin had not denied the existence of Cuban missile sites and challenged Rus- . sia to prevail on Cuba to permit a U.N, team of observers to verify them. “I can assure you that we can direct them to the proper places very quickly,” Stevenson said. Cuba already has announced it will reject U.N. observers.