Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 256, Decatur, Adams County, 30 October 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 256.

Halloween Parade Wednesday Night

A total of ten bands, six from Adams county, will participate in the annual CaUithumpian parade Wednesday evening, Kenneth Shannan, general chairman for the parade, announced this morning. The parade will begin at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday, which is Halloween night. Decatur high school and Decatur Catholic high ’school bands will be in the line of march along with Adams Central, Geneva, Monmouth and Hartford Center bands from Adams county. Area bands in the parade will be Ossian high school, Redkey high school, Hoagland high school and Library Center high school. Shannon explained that Berne is not entering this year due to church activities on Wednesday night, but will enter next year. Pleasant Mills high school does not have a marching band this year. Band Prises The bands will be competing for a top prize of SSO, $25 for runnerup and sls for the third best band. In addition, each band will be paid $25 for appeWance in the parade, and a $5 prize will be awarded to the best drum major or majorette, $3 for the second best and $2 for the one adjudged third best. Approximately SSOO will be awarded in cash prizes this year, Shannon explained. Shannon is assisted by Walt Ostermeyer and John Rawlinson, in handling the CaUithumpian parade. Report At 7 p.m. The parade, sponsored by the retaU division of the Chamber of Commerce, will begin at 7:30 p.m., and all bands and individuals in the parade are requested to report to the Adams county jail no later than 7 o’clock. Thomas Sefton, in charge of the

Indian Troops CrO On Attack.

Indian troops fought the invading Communist Chinese to a standstill today and went on the attack themselves at the eastern end of the disputed border. A government spokesman disclosed a series of “probing” attacks by the Indians for the first time since the Red Chinese stepped up their invasion of the border regions 10 days ago. The Indian army chief of staff earlier told his embattled forces that the invaders were being held “on all fronts.” Observers also noted the slowing up of the Chinese drive, possibly as the Reds regrouped for further attacks. Limited Offensive Action The spokesman announced that the Indian forces had moved into a limited offensive action in the North East Frontier Agency. The use of heavy mortars in this and other actions marked the first time that the Indians apparently had been able to match the Chinese in firepower. Previous reports indicated that the use of heavy mortars by the Reds had been instrumental in the success of their initial drive through the Himalayan border regions. The spokesman denied an earlier report that Jang, which he described as merely a handful of villages, had been recaptured by the Indians. .1 "The Chinese are ' still there,” he said. Previously, the Indian army chief of staff told his embattled forces that the Communist Chinese invaders were being held “on all fronts." In a special order of the day, Gen. P.N. Thapar promised the hard-pressed front line troops: “You will get everything necessary to resume the offensive.” The order was India’s first official announcement that its troops have been able to stop the Chinese Reds in both the eastern and western sectors since their midOctober breakthrough. It also contained the first promise of stepped up firepower along with a pledge to take the offensive. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru suspended his neutralist policy Monday long enough to send the United States an urgent plea for infantry supplies that could be rushed —to the northern border areas. Britain Sends Firearms Officials in London said two Royal Air Force Britannicas loaded with small arms were dispatched to India during the weekend. Reliable sources said Nehru also appealed for arms from

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implements, autos and floats, in the parade, has requested these be lined up along Winchester street, south of Five Points, by 7 o'clock, as in past years. WiUiam Bowers is the parade marshal, assisted by Clyde Butler, Lyle Mallonee and Walter Elzey. Individual prizes are $3 for each of the following categories in the parade: taUest 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 decorted pet-drawn toy vehicle best ghost, best witch, best decorated toy wagon or tricycle, and best impersonation. The best masked couple and the best masked group of three or more will receive $6 cash awards. Dress By Category Shannon has urged anyone planning to participate in the parade to dress in one of the categories mentioned above, if they want to compete for the prizes. In past parades, there have been many good costumes, which did not fall under any category that is judged. The parade wiU start from Five Points and move north on Second street to Marshall street, east to First street, south to Jackson street, west to Second street and then south on Second street to pass by the judges’ stand for a second time. Many of the Decatur stores wiU be open during the evening’s festivities. Firms having entries in the imolement and auto and float division hcve been requested not to permit throwing of any items from their vehicles because of the possible danger of injury to spectators, particularly children.

France and Canada. An embassy spokesman said Monday t at U.S. military equipment would be flown in before the end of the week. Thaper’s special order said: “In the last week, forces guarding our mountain frontier have been attacked by a treacherous enemy. You have been greatly outnumbered by an opponent who was able to bring more firepower on you than you could muster. In spite of this, you have all recovered quickly from the first shock and rallied. “The enemy is being held on all fronts and I am confident that you will repulse them with the same steadfast courage that you have shown so far.” $537 Contributed Here To UNICEF A total of $537 has been turned in thus far as a result of the annual UNICEF ‘'trick or treat” drive in Decatur last week, Mrs. George Buckley, chairman of this year’s UNICEF, reported this morning. The total may go near or over S6OO as one church has yet to report the amount of money it raised in the yearly “trick or treat” drive The drive was held throughout Decatur Tuesday evening, Oct. 23, and received a “very good reception,” it was reported. The UNICEF is an annual drive held in Decatur around Halloween -timer-when- youngsters "trick of treat,” but take funds for UNICEF instead of the usual assortment of candy, etc. The program, sponsored by the Council of Church Women in Dejcatur, provides part of the funds for the children’s fund of the United Nations. Its primary responsibility is helping children in the more than 100 underdeveloped countries of the world, where 550 million are urgently in need oT akL The Unlted Nations pharter forbids the use of money donated for UNICEF for any purpose other than that for which it is given The Decatur churches handle the drive in this city, with each church taking a certain territory ; in the city to "trick or treat.”

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Thant Leaves For Havana To Discuss Bases NEW YORK (UPD — Acting United Nations Secretary General Thant left by plane today for Havana to arrange for U.N. observation of the dismantling and removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. Thant said before boarding a chartered Varig Airlines jet that he looked forward "to a fruitful exchange of ideas with Cuban Premier (Fidel) Castro. . .with a view to achieving a speedy and peaceful settlement of the prob-

lem.” He was accompanied by 18 aides on the flight whidh was expected to arrive in Havana about 1 p.m. The United States, at Thant’s request, suspended "for the period of his two-day visit’’ enforcement of the blockade which was thrown up around Cuba last week. No definite word was available on whether erection had been stopped and dismantling begun at the Soviet war bases. The United States offered to make its aerial pictures of the missile sites available to the United Nations for its observation work. Thant, confident that Castro would agree, made preliminary contacts with several countries concerning recruits for the U.N. observer force. Among them were Sweden, which offered seven men; Switzerland, reported reluctant because it handles U.S. diplomatic affairs in Cuba, and Mexico. Birch Bayh Praises Kennedy's Handling ANDERSON, Ind. (UPD—Democratic senatorial nominee Birch E. Bayh Jr. Monday praised President Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban crisis and called him a, bold international statesman.' “He has caused the United States to score its most resounding victory of the continuing struggle against communism," Bayh told those at a sth District rally here. “Our firm stand today has been made possible only because we have the military strength to support our position. President Kennedy’s leadership has resulted in a much stronger America today than 20 months ago.” ”~At the same time he criticized his opponent, Sen. Homer E. Capehart, R-Ind., for “not supporting President Kennedy’s total effort to make America militarily and economically strong.” Bayh said it was “unfortunate” that Capehart “has been one of the President’s severest critics.” In a speech later at Indianapolis, Bayh said Capehart was one of those who have “done thenbest to cripple and wreck the minimum wage law.” “My opponent even voted that 60 cents was too much to pay for a decent hour of work. My opponent voted that minimum wage protection should be denied to 4,700,000 working men and women.” He said the Kennedy administration was able to get passed a “better, more workable minimum wage law” but “only by overcoming the votes of such men as my opponent.”

’I ’ ’ ■ ■ . < ■' . Wr-WW | ■L. lr* M \ V I M .. <«.. Bp®. “BIRD” WATCHERS— Residents and tourists get a look at the Army’s Hawk anti-aircraft missiles set up on the beach at Key West, Fla.

Decatur. Indiana. Tuesd ay, October 30,1962.

United States Lifts Cuba Blockade And Surveillance Flights On Two-Day Period

UN Rejects Chinese Reds

UNITED NATIONS (UPD—The General Assembly today rejected by a 56-42 vote, with 12 abstentions, Russia’s demand to oust the Chinese Nationalists from the United Nations and seat the Chinese Communists. The margin in favor of retaining the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek’s government was two votes greater than last year’s 4836 vote in their favor. The Brazzaville group of African countries, most of whose 12 votes last year were cast as abstentions, voted solidly for the Nationalists this year. Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Pakistan split with the West and voted to seat the Communists. India supported a seat for Peiping despite the two countries’ | border war. Other countries supporting the 10-vote Soviet bloc in urging Russia’s demand to bring in the Peiping regime were: Afghanistap, Algeria, Burma, Burundi, Card* bodia, Ceylon, Cuba, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq Laos, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanganyika, Tunisia, Uganda, the United Arab Republic and Yugoslavia. Britain explained that while it deplored the Chinese CommunistIndian border war, it shared India’s view that the Peiping regime is the rightful government of China. But the British made clear that it held that sovereignty over Formosa (Taiwan) is a problem yet to be settled. Yemen, which voted for Peiping’s seating last year, suported the Nationalists this year. Abstainers were Austria, Cyprus, Iceland, Israel, Lebanon, Malaya, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal—because of its Macao enclave on the China mainland— Saudi Arabia, Togo, and Trinidad and Tobago. The China debate began eight days ago but ran into delays because of the United Nations’ preoccupation with the Cuban crisis last week. Even many of the delegations which believe Red China should take its place in the United Nations are cool to the idea at this time because of Peiping’s frontier battle with India. The Soviet bloc, with the exception of Albania which currently is at odds with Moscow, argued the case for Communist China with less spirit than at any time in the 13-year history of the

China representation problem. The only significant change in the voting pattern, however, was expected among the 12 African delegations known as the Brazzaville group. Last year five voted against seating Communist China and seven abstained. Nationalist Chinese sources expected most or all of them would vote against Communist China this year. Os the six new U.N. members, Algeria said it would vote for Red China and Rwanda said it would vote against. The others did not declare themselves in advance. The highlight of the debate was India’s denunciation of the Peiping regime for “flagrant, masi sive and premeditated aggression” on the northern Indian frontier. Nevertheless, India said it would vote for a seat for Red China in keeping with its long .standing argument that.it would be better to deal with Peiping in the United Nations. Sen. Capehart To Speak Here Thursday Sen. Homer Capehart, Republican candidate for reelection to the United States senate at the Nov. 6 election, will be the featured speaker at a luncheon meeting at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Thursday. Capehart’s appearance in Decatur is sponsored by the Adams county Republican central committee. True Andrews, county GOP chairman, announced this morning that all tickets have been sold for the luncheon, which will be served at 12:15 p. m. Thursday. The speaking program will get underway at 1 o’clock, and the public is invited to hear the Indiana senator, Andrews emphasized There will be no charge for the public meeting. Also speaking at the meeting will be Cong. E. Ross Adair, candidate for reelection as fourth district congressional representative. The speakers will discuss medicare, world affairs and the new farm bill. Several other Republican state candidates will attend, and will be introduced, as well as local GOP candidates.

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States today both lifted its naval blockade of Cuba and halted aerial surveillance flights over the island for a two-day period at the request of Acting U.N. Secretary General U Thant. The stopping of both operations will be in effect the two days that Thant is in Cuba arranging for the removal of Soviet missile bases. The secretary flew to Havana today. The lifting of the blockade was announced Monday night and went into effect at dawn today. At mid-morning, Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester said aerial flights over Cuba also were being stopped for the twoday period. No Conclusive Evidence Sylvester said the temporary halt to the surveillance flights was being ordered even though there is no conclusive evidence as yet that construction of Soviet missile bases in Cuba has stopped as directed by Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Sylvester refused to comment on reports that U.S. blockading forces had trailed two Russian submarines in the Cuban area. The Washington star said today that the Soviet submarines were tracked last week until they were forced to surface. Sylvester’s announcement came after Thant and a party of U.N. military and diplomatic experts were on their way to Havana. TTiey are to - work out with Premier Fidel Castro plans'for admitting U.N. observers to verify dismantling of the Soviet offensive weapons. Kennedy ordered another 10 a.m. EST meeting of his National Security Council (NSC) execu-.. tive committee. Expert interpretation of the aerial photographs made Monday was expected to be ready for the chief executive and his top advisers by that time. American officials said information from Soviet diplomats relayed in informal, round-about fashion was that construction work at intermediate range ballistics missile sites had stopped. U.S. officials had no reason to believe otherwise, but they wanted to see the aerial surveys before Teaching a definite conclusion. As the blockade was suspended, Defense Department officials pointed out that no Soviet ships were approaching the quarantine line. Two Turkish vessels were bound for Cuba from Russian Black Sea ports with announced cargoes of wheat which would be allowed through in any cuse. Caribbean Tension Eases Also, consideration was being given here to turning over aerial reconnaissance to the United Na- , tions, possibly using American planes or aircraft and crews of other hemisphere nations. This surveillance would be designed to ■ verify dismantling of missile bases, a process which the United States wants carried out speedily. With the arms quarantine lifted for 48 hours, there was a corresponding let-up in Caribbean tension for at least the same period. Conversations in New York between Thant, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily V. Kuznetsov and U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson were described INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy through Wednesday with chance of light snow flurries near Lake Michigan, scattered showers likely south and southeast Colder Wednesday. Low tonight 34 to 40. High Wednesday in the 40s. Sunset today 5:46 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:12 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Fair and cool. Lows 25 to 35. Highs 38 to 48. DKCATUR TEMPERATIRES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 43 12 midnight .. 87 1 p.m. 43 1 a.m 37 2 p.m. .......Mr...-44- 2 a.m 37 —3 p.m. 44 3 a.m .;.... 37 4 p.m 44 4 a.m 37 5 p.m 43 5 a.m.. 38 6 p.m 42 6 a.m .. 39 7 p.m 41 7 a m 39 8 p.m 40 8 a.m 40 9 p.m. 39 9 a.m. 43 10 p.m 36 10 a.m :.... 44 11 p.m 38 11 a.m 44

by administration sources as “going all right.” Thant, Kuznetsov and Stevenson, who was aided by a board of three advisers named by Kennedy for the special assignment, were discussing means of implementing Khrushchev’s promise to stop construction, dismantle the Cuban bases and ship the weapons back to Russia. U.S. reconnaissance turned up no evidence of any offensive missiles having started on their way back to Russia. Sei Wage Scale For Election Workers The Adams county commissioners, in their weekly meeting Monday, established wages for election board members for the November 6 election. County clerk Richard D. Lewton had recommended the maximum wages in each case, but pay was cut slightly. It was recommended that inspectors be paid , $24, but the commissioners set the wage at $22. s Lewton recommended sls for . clerks, judges and assistant - clerks, but the commissioners cut - that' slightly to sl2. The recom- - mended $9 wage for sheriffs was ■ allowed by the commissioners. There was no allowance on 1 meals per person, but the commissioners set this figure at $3. ’ All wages are the same that were paid for the primary election. A ditch allocation, at a total estimated cost of SI,OOO, was approved by the commissioners The , allocation calls for the cleaning . and repairing of the Daniel Uhrick ; tiled and open ditch in Monroe i township. The commissioner spent the afternoon portion of their meeting • inspecting bridges, ditches and 1 roads throughout the county which ! are under construction or are earmarked for work in the near fu- ; ture.

i Soviet Radio Gives Withdrawal View

i E MOSCOW (UPI) — Moscow ras dio said today that Soviet missile , bases in Cuba had forced Presi- » dent Kennedy to “renounce the . big stick policy” and “declare he t will not use force in Cuba.” “This is the reason why the Soi viet government has considered it . possible to dismantle the rocket i bases in Cuba which were only _ destined to prevent imprudent acc tions by the imperialists,” said / the broadcasts, which was - beamed at the Caribbean island. Jt was the part of a series of i radio and newspaper explanations giving the Soviet view of why " Premier Nikita S. Khurshchev agreed to the U.S. demand to withdraw the missiles. The whole tenor of the campaign has been to portray Khrushchev as the champion of peace and depict the United States policies as the basic cause of the Cuban crisis. Lacks Anti-U-S. Vituperation - At the same time, there has been a notable lack of anti-U.S. vituperation in the commentaries. In another broadcast to North America, Moscow Radio said the 'Kennedy - Khrushchev agreement “will undoubtedly meet with the 4 applause of the whole world and ■ promote universal peace.” 7 “Mr. Kennedy’s assurances that i neither the U.S.A, nor any other 7 country of the Western Hemis8 phere will attack Cuba produces jj an entirely n,ew situation,” it said, i) “It was the constant danger of J an invasion that prompted the So--4 viet government to give Cuba the

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Many Trouble Spots Open To Russian Moves WASHINGTON (UPI) — There are at least a half dozen spots around the world where Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev could press for new ground in the aftermath of Cuba. Foremost on the list is West Berlin, encircled by Communist East Germany, and where Khrushchev has strategic advantages, just as the United States had them over Cuba. Khrushchev could press for re- . moval of Western missile bases . from Turkey. He made a shortlived proposal Saturday to trade the Cuban missile bases for the U.S. bases in Turkey. He could increase pressures against Iran, recently under ‘ heavy Communist propaganda r and where clandestine radios ' have called for uprisings against 1 the Shah. t U.S. officials long have had a lingering suspicion that someday r Russia might seek to move into it Afghanistan, which it now gives it large-scale aid, as a. gateway, to i- South Asia. s The Kremlin could again unleash the North Koreans. It could n influence a further stepping up of North Viet guerrilla war against South Viet Nam. '■ The Soviet Union could seek to s take into its fold the unsteady, neutral coalition government of 1 Laos, set up only three months - ago to settle a civil war. 9 Aggression Against Formosa ? It presumably could relax its i restraining influence which may e have helped to keep Red China from reckless aggression against >_ Formosa, Quemoy, Matsu or g down the Mekong River Valley | into Southeast Asia. But — assuming Russia goes . through with its promised missile withdrawal from Cuba — the ef- ’ feet of Cuba on future Soviet policy remains imponderable to U.S. officials. i

utmost assistance in building up its defense. The Soviet news agency Tass carried without comment this morning a story about the American decision to lift the arms blockade of Cuba during the visit to Havana of Thant, acting secretary general of the United Nations. Ignore Castro’s Demand The Russians appeared to be ignoring Fidel Castro’s demand that the United States get out of Guantanamo naval base in Cuba as part of a settlement. A high Soviet military source in Moscow indicated that Castro probably will have to abide by any arrangement forged between Moscow and Washington. The source said that: —Khrushchev dropped his suggestion for a Cuba-Turkey bases swap because of President Kennedy’s determined rejection. —ln his opinion, the Soviets would have answered any American invasion of Cuba with some type of military response. —The Russians had considered lhe possibility of a U.S, In uasloa of Cuba but the blockade took them somewhat by surprise. —The Soviet military ban on leaves will not be lifted until the United States ends the blockade. —Khrushchev sent his special representative. Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov, to the United States so quickly because the situation was dangerous and fast action was necessary. - i