Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 267.

Gen. Norstad Warns NATO Forces In Europe Suffer From Many Deficiencies

Welsh Warns Os Tax Boost

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Welsh told Indiana farmers today that the “cold hard fact” is that the question facing the 1963 Legislature is not whether but which taxes will increase. Welsh spoke at the opening general session of the 44th annual convention of the Indiana Farm Bureau, the state’s largest farm organization. “If we want to maintain the present quality of our school system," Welsh said, “the cold hard fact is that the question is not whether taxes will increase but which taxes will increase. The question is will local or state taxes, or both, have to be increased, and how much." Welsh devoted his entire address tp financing the cost of schools, the major problem facing the legislature when it meets in January for a 61-day biennial session. $256-5 Million Increase Welsh said conservative estimates have placed the expected increase in the cost of local public schools-the next two years at $228 million. He said if a balanced budget within present state tax laws is adopted, the state distribution to local schools would drop about $28.5 million during the next biennium. Thus, Welsh said, the total increase is $256.5 million and the issue is how much, if any, of that amount should be paid by local property taxpayers and how much, if any, should come from the state. “To prevent the rising cost of local schools from increasing local property tax rates,” Welsh said, “the state would have to increase the share of school costs it pays from the present $244.4 million to $472.4 million. This is a jump of no small proportion and would force a drastic overhaul of our state tax system.” 3 Choices for Lawmakers Welsh said the legislature can do one of three things—appropriate the amount possible under present state tax laws and let local communities pay the difference, which would mean an average increase of $1.42 in the tax rates throughout the state; obtain $156.5 million more in state revenue and appropriate it for local school distribution, requiring “a significant state tax increase," or woi’k out a compromise. Welsh said he believes the state should “assume more fully its di-

Harry Roth Is Dead After Long Illness Harry Roth, 42, of Murray, former employe of the Decatur Casting Co., died at 11 o’clock Sunday morning at the Wells county hospital in Bluffton following an illness of seven years. He was born in Monroe township May 8, 1920, a son of Jacob and Eliza Liechty-Roth, and was married to Marguerite Zinn Nov. 6, 1943. The family has lived in Wells county for the past 10 years. Mr. Roth was employed at the Decatur Casting Co. until ill health forced his retirement. Surviving are his wife; one son, Jerry L., and two daughters, Sheryl Ann and Jacqueline Sue, all at home; one brother, Viles Roth of Fort Wayne, and seven sisters, Mrs. Dennis L?ntz, Mrs. Alva Smtih and Mrs. Ida Gerber, all of Bluffton. Mrs. Mary Rich of Berne, Mrs, Melva Walchle of Geneva, Mrs. Martin Walchle Os Preble, and Mrs. Gerald Liby of Fort Waynfe. Six brothers and and sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Goodwin funeral home in Bluffton, the Rev. John Trusdale and the Rev. Keith Davis officiating. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery at Bluffton. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today.

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rect and constitutional responsibility for public school education.” “It should not continue to permit the spiraling essential costs of education to force confiscatory local property tax rates. The spiral should be broken. And the way to break it is for the General Assembly to measure up to the challenge and its responsibilities under the Constitution,” Welsh said. President George Doup of Columbus also was scheduled to speak at the opening session. The luncheon speaker was Marvin McLain, assistant legislative director of the American Farm Bureau Federation. In the afternoon, J. Irwin Miller, Columbus, president of the National Council of Churches, will speak, and tonight the speaker is Dr. Elvis J. Stahr, jr., president of Indiana University. The convention ends Tuesday with a business session including election of officers and adoption of resolutions. Henry Droege Dies Saturday Afternoon Henry Droege, 75, retired farmer of five miles east of Ossian, died at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been in failing health for four years and critically ill for one week. He was born in Marion township. Allen county, July 21, 1887, a son Henry and Augusta GallmeierDroege, but had resided in Preble township most of his life. He was married to Bertha Gallmeyer, April 27, 1911. Mr. Droege was a member of the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Melvin (Amita) Adams of Fort Wayne; three grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Chistina Krone, Miss Marie Droege and Miss Emilie Droege, all of Fort Wayne. One daughter, Mrs. Irene Reifsteck, and three brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2:30 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim. The Rev. A. A. Fenner will officiate and burial will be iri the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Indianapolis Woman Is Killed By Gunman INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) - Mrs, Alois Cook, 47, Indianapolis, was shot to death Saturday night as she fought off a gunman who was attempting to take her wallet. The attack occurred in front of the victim's home which she was entering along with her niece, Miss Patricia Coe, 17, a student at Tech High School. DECATVR TEMPERATTRES Local weather data for the 48 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. Saturday Sunday 12 noon 68 12 midnight .. 56 1 p.m. 72 1 a.m. 55 ... 54 3 p.m 74 3 a.m 53 4 p.m 72 4 a.m 62 5 p.m 70 5 a.m. 49 6 p.m. 66 6 a.m 48 7 p.m. _i 63 7 a.m... 47 8 p.m 62 8 a.m 50 9 p.m. 60 9 a.m 64 10 p.m;. 58 10 a.m 63 11 p.m(56 11 a.m. . . 66 Auuday Mondn y 12 noon (66 12 midnight .. 54 1 p.m 66 1 a.m. 53 2 p.m 67 2 a.m 62 3 p.m 66 3 a.m 52 4 p.m 66 4 a.m 52 5 p.m. 64 sam 52 6 p.m 61 6 a.m 52 7. p.m 59 7 asm 53 8 p.m. 58 -8 a.m 54 9 p.m 56 9 a.m 54 10 p.m 56 10 a.m 55 11 p.m. 54 11 tf.m 65 Mat* Total for the 48 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 Inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.01 feat.

PARIS (UPD—Supreme Alied Commander Gen. Lauris Norstad warned today that Nato forces in Europe are “critically short” and suffer from “deficiencies of serious proportions.” « Norstad expressed confidence, however, that Europe can be defended. He disclosed he has ordered a mobile forward defense in most of central Europe rather than holding rear positions. Norstad addressed the eighth annual conference of parliamentarians of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. The supreme Allied commander was to have retired from his post Oct. 31 but he was asked to stay a few months longer because of the Cuban crisis. “The fact is, and I have made no secret of it, that our forces are critically short in a number of ways—there are deficiencies of serious proportions,” Norstad told the 15-nation conference. “We are still short certain major units. Many of those which we have are seriously short in combat and service support. There are notable deficiencies in available supplies and there is a general lag in furnishing the modern equipment without which our forces would have to fight at a great disadvantage.” Norstad added, however, that “within the limits and for the purposes of our directive from the political authorities, NATO Europe can be defended.” “But I must add—and hasten to add—that until the goals are fully met we are subjecting ourselves to unnecessary risks in the process of this defense,” he added. “What remains to be done is relatively small compared with what has already been accomplished. We have only a short distance to go but this is critical.” Norstad said he has ordered the commander-in-chief of Allied troops in central Europe, Gen. Pierre Jaquot, “to prepare his forces to conduct a mobile defense in most forward areas rather than to hold rearward positions." “While additional forces would be desirable,” he said, “a forward defense can be maintained on a minimum basis if the requirements of our present program are fully met.” He said he recognized that the idea of moving NATO defense lines forward in this fashion involves a risk. "But I also feel that on balance the effectiveness of our effort will be far greater than if we remain in a position that has been dictated by our plans up to recent months,” he said. “I would also point out that is not the only situation which involves a risk. It is, moreover, a necessary and acceptable risk and, further, adds greatly to the creditability of the deterrent.”

Indianapolis Bank ~ Robbed By Gunman INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) —A gunman, using a children’s lunch box to carry out the loot, held up a branch of the American Fletcher National Bank today and escaped with $2,124. The Armistice Day robbery occurred at a branch at 5236 N. Keystone Ave. Mrs. Genevieve Peters, 45, a teller, said the gunman handed her a note which said “Please do not cry out. I have a weapon. I do not want to hurt you. Put large bills in pail. Hurry up." Mrs. Peters complied with the bandit's orders and he left with the money without seyen other employes and eight customers in the bank at the time knowing that anything was wrong. Kokomo Boy Drowns In Shallow Ditch KOKOMO, Ind. (UPI) — John Smith, 2, Kokomo, drowned Saturday in a shallow ditch while playing with his older brother on a neighbor's property. The brother, James, 4, attempted to save the victim by puling him from the water but was too late.

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Says Teachers Vote May Have Aided Bayh Win INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Observers speculated today that Indiana school teachers may have had a lot to do with Sen. Homer E. Capehart’s defeat last Tuesday in his bid for a fourth term. But speculation that the teacher votes were at least partly responsible for Democrat Birch E. Bayh’s victory over Capehart was not based on Capehart’s unpopularity with the profession. Rather, teachers were known to have a warm feeling for Bayh because of his efforts in behalf of school bills in the 1961 Legislature. Asked for comment on whether he believed teachers had anything to do with Bayh’s triumph over Capehart, Robert H. Wyatt, executive secretary of the Indiana State Teachers Association, said: “My opinion is that he put on an aggressive campaign for better education and it might have had some effect.” No Help For Bayh Teacher sources said the teachers had more to do with Bayh’s election than they did with Supreme Court Arch N. Bobbitt’s defeat in his bid for reelection. But they said the ISTA did nothing to promote Bayh’s senatorial candidacy, although 40,000 teachers and votes they influence may have had a favorable effect on his 9,700vote victory over Capehart. "You don’t have to tell anyone that a man like Bayh led the battle for schools and teacher salaries in the last session of the legislature,” a teacher said. “There is no question that Bayh’s efforts in behalf of schools and teachers when he Was a legislator placed him in good stead with the teachers. Bayh is very popular with the teachers." On the other hand, observers said teachers “felt friendly” to Capehart because “he tried to help us and used his good offices on a national scale. He voted for federal aid about as much as he voted against it.”

Kennedy Meets Top Advisers

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy met today with his top U.N. aides and National Security Council advisers for a major review of the Cuban crisis in light of removal of Russian missiles from the Caribbean island. The President met jointly with the U.N. group and the executive committee of the National Security Council shortly after he returned from a quiet family weekend at Middleburg, Va. Negotiations for on-site verification of the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba was expected to be a major topic of discussion in the meeting. U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, Charles D. Yost, U.S. Securty Council representative, and John J. McCloy, Kennedy’s special adviser on Cuba, were called from New York for the meeting. Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric said Sunday that 42 Russian missiles had been removed from Cuba. This was the number the Soviet Union claimed it had sent to the island. But Gilpatric said the United States had no proof that all Such missiles had been removed and would never be sure unless onsite inspection was permitted. Bombers Remain He said all offensive weapons had to be withdrawn before this country would lift its naval blockade or promise not to invade Cuba. He noted that Soviet IL2B jet bombers still are in Cuba and

Gifts Are Urged For Mentally 111 ‘ Five collection depots have been established in Adams county where Christmas gifts for the mentally ill in Indiana hospitals may be deposited. These depots are the Gas Co. office and the E. F. Gass store in Decatur, Zurcher Mobil service in Monroe, the Yager Furniture store in Berne, and the Dorothy Larue gift shop in Geneva. Suggested gifts include: for men —shirts, trousers, scarves, sweaters or sweat shirts, gloves, mittens, jackets, pajamas, slippers or washable scuffs, underwear, caps (with earflaps), socks, ties, belts, suspenders, tobacco, cigars, pipes, tobacco pouches, hair cream, soap, shaving cream and lotions, walking shorts, raincoats, and bathrobes. For women—dresses (any washable fabrics), blouses and skirts, nylon hose and anklets, purses, sweaters, nightgowns, slacks, pajamas, scarves, stoles, shawls, slippers or washable scuffs, lingerie, cosmetics, perfumes and colognes, compacts, jewelry, body and face powder, soap, billfolds, Bermuda shorts, raincoats, bathhousecoats, bed jackets. Nothing sharp or breakable is to be giv6n: 18,000 In Hospital A spokesman for the mental health association in Adams county, in urging gifts for the mentally ill, reported: “Mental illness knows no seasons, takes no holidays, plays no favorites. It can happen to anyone, just as it has happened to the 18,000 men and women now in Indiana’s mental hospitals. Young and old, many of these patients have no families. One in five has received no mail for more than a year. “This is why your Adams county mental health association urges you to remember mental patients with a Christmas gift — or two. Your gift will be a reminder that somebody really does care. Actually, mental patients are no different from other people in their needs and desires for gifts. “Ring the bell for mental health.”

are considered offensive weapons by Kennedy. —- Stevenson, McCloy and Yost were expected to report to the President on the progress of their talks with Acting U.N. Secretary General Thant and Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily V. Kuznetsov. The three U.S. negotiators have met three times with Kuznetsov since their last conference with Kennedy a week ago Saturday. Gilpatric indicated the United States would not accept any Soviet argument that Cuban Premier Fidel Castro would not give up the nuclear-capable jet bombers, which have an 800-mile range. Held Responsible “We hold the Soviets responsible for the types of military equipment which it has furnished to Castro and as of the present time we regard removal of those bombers as within the capacity of the Soviets to bring about,” Gilpatric said. Gilpatric’s remarks w ere recorded for a television interview after U.S. warships made visual checks at sea Friday and Saturday of Soviet freighters taking missiles away from Cuba. The U.S. demand fpr on-site inspection got strong support today from Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R-N.Y., who warned of the Soviet missile buildup two months ago,

India Seeking Warplanes Os United States NEW DELHI (UPD — Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said today he has asked the United States to supply planes for India’s border war with Communist China. Nehru also said he had received firm assurances “recently” from Moscow that Soviet supersonic MIG2I fighters would be delivered on schedule and that Russia would fulfill its promise to establish a MIG factory in India. Both announcements seemed certain to create an uproar in Peiping. Communist Chinese officials already have denounced American small arms aid to India and have been feuding with the Soviet Union over the conduct of the cold war. Nehru spoke to a group of visiting American and other foreign newsmen who arrived Saturday. There were no immediate details on what type pr how many planes India wants from the United States. Fight On Ground So far the border war in the Himalaya Mountains has been imted to ground acton, but it would be Ikely to take to the air if one side or the other finds itself driven too far back. Sunday Nehru warned that such teeming population centers as Calcutta, Bombay and New Delhi must prepare for the possibility that they “might be bombed by the Chinese." New Delhi Mayor Huruddin Ahmend announced that air raid precaution committees would be formed shortly. Officials were reported considering 1,100 shelters for the capital. Nehru said India did no|t have any plans to ask that an American military assistance group establish a training and technical unit in India. Boosts Productoil Speaking at a mass rally in New Delhi, Nehru said the coun- . try quickly is getting to a war footing and that in the past three weeks India’s ordnance factories have boosted production 300 per cent. For the first time he openly denounced the Communist Chinese repression in Tibet that eventually forced the Dalai Lama to flee to India. “The Chinese swallowed Tibet 12 years ago and they thought they would also be able to grab our territory,” Nehru declared. “They will see that they are . wrong.” — _• Latest reports from the northern border indicated the struggle had entered another period of relative quiet.

Decatur Teacher At Purdue Meet Lowell J. Smith, Decatur high school teacher, is at Purdue University today attending the second day of a two-day session concerning the “Flying Classroom.” Smith is one of an estimated 200 schools who gathered at Purdue voting representatives of member Sunday to assume responsibility for operation and development of the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction, Inc. The veteran Decatur high school teacher is the voting delegate for the Decatur public schools, who are members of the MP ATI, Inc. The two-day session is the first annual meeting of MP ATI, Inc., members, and today elected representatives of more than 1.000 member schools from six states to replace an interim board of directors of the project’s policy-making body. The business meeting includes separate meetings of members, from each state, and other meetings of all delegates. All delegates took part in an information session Sunday evening. Chief order of business was the election of a board of directors. Each of the six states served by MP ATI — Illinois. Indiana. Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, will elect an apportionate number of members. A total of 17 members wilL-be— elected—to—the board, with five of the directors from Indiana, the largest number from any of the six states. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. Sunny and a little warmer Tuesday. Low tonight 27 to 34. High Tuesday 48 to 54. Sunset today 5:32 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:27 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Fair and mild. Lows in the 30s. Highs 47 to 55. .

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Presbytery To Meet In Decatur Tuesday

Two signfiicant studies now being made by the United Presby-J terians in the U. S. A. will be dis- I cussed in the regular bi-monthly meeting of the Wabash River Presbytery here Tuesday. Scheduled for conisderable discussion is the challenging and forthright progress report on “Relations between church and state.” Also on the agenda will be a report on! “The church and its changing] ministry.” The Rev. LaVern Sandy, cur-i rently moderator of the Presby-' tery and pastor ot the Calvary I Presbyterian church. Fort Wayne,' will lead the discussion. The meeting will be held in thet First Presbyterian church of Decatur. Churches and ministers have been asked to study the printed reports on the two subjects before attending the meeting in preparation for questions on the discussion. Both subjects are under denominational - wide consideration. ‘'The church and its changing ministry” will deal With the changing concept of the minister’s function and the concept of the layman in his particular “ministry” as a Christian. The Rev. Howard W. Kipp. D. D., moderator of the synod of Indiana of the United Presbyterians, will address the Presbytery in the opening worship period. Dr. Kipp is pastor of First Presbyterian church at Frankfort, stated clerk of the Crawfordsville Presbytery, and active in many synod committees. Later in the day, the Rev. Ellis Lee Graves, fraternal worker in Brazil, South America, under the commission on ecumenical missions and relations, will address the governing body of Presbyterians in northeastern Iniana on

Guam Is Hard Hit By Typhoon Karen

TOKYO (UPD—Typhoon Karen churned through the Pacific tonight toward the Philippine island of Luzon after raking Guam with winds of 175 miles an hour and causing SIOO million damage. At least one Guam civilian was reported killed and hundreds injured. Thousands of persons were reported homeless in the wake of the storm that swept over the island Sunday night. The U.S. Navy said there were no casualties among U.S. military forces or their dependents. After striking Guam, the storm raced west - northwest toward heavily populated Luzon at 19 miles per hour. It was expected to be about 350 miles off Luzon’s east coast within the next 24 hours. The Navy said it whs the mightiest blow a typhoon ever has dealt Guirn. (In San Francisco, federal officials declared the 32 -mile - long island a disaster area, ma'king it eligible to receive low - interest loans for rebuilding.) U.S. Air Force officials at Fuchu weather station near Tokyo said damage was particularly heavy to structures at Anderson Air Force Base. Anderson is the only Strategic Air Command base in. the vast western Pacific. A Navy spokesman in Honolulu said every four out of five civilian homes lost their rooftops as the eye of the storm passed over the

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11 Rev. Howard W. Kipp ■w~ the significance of his work among the people there. Elder delegates from each of the 44 churches, . along with the ministers, will be meeting to hear rhe other reports of the several committees of the Presbytery and to act on the recommendations affecting the program in the individual churches Preceding the meeting, the executive council will meet at 9 a. m., and the meetings of the committees will be held at 10 a. m. At 12:40 p. m., the group will recess to the Decatur Youth and Community Center for the noon meal. The local committee on arrangements is composed of Clarence Ziner, Wilbur Petrie and Clark Mayclin.

island, the western most United States possession. The Navy said Guam’s hospitals were being swamped with a steady stream of injured civilians. The U.S. military newspaper Pacific Stars and Stripes quoted the U S. Navy radio station at Agana, the capital city, as saying that “many buildings at Agana were totally destroyed and many others badly damaged.” The report said powerful storm winds topped at least 30 per cent of utility poles in Agana and at least half of Guam's natives were left homeless. The island has about 67,000 residents. Typhoon Karen was described as slightly larger than the average typhoon in the Pacific. It was said to be moving-west-mto— the open sea at about 15 miles an hour and did not 'pose an immediate threat to any other land areas. Secret Satellite Launched Sunday POINT ARGUELLO, Calif. (UPD — A secret satellite employing an Atlas-Agena B booster combination was launched Sunday by the Air Force from thia Pacific missile range facility. No other information regarding th # launch was disclosed.