Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1962 — Page 1

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At Least 182 Dead In Holiday Traffic

By United Press International Americans settled down to normal routines and meals again today following the celebration of Thanksgiving, 1962, which was marred only by a heavy traffic death toll. The menu in millions of homes, however, may not differ much from that of Thursday. Leftover turkey, ham, pumpkin pie and other fare from traditional feasts filled pantries and refrigerators. Aside from big dinners, the centuries-old pilgrim holiday was marked by special church services, parades in many cities, family outings, parties, and football games. For most — even the servicemen and woman stationed around the world, the underprivileged, the shut-ins — it was a festive occasion. For a few, it was tragic. f At least 182 persons were killed in traffic accidents during the 30hour holiday period that started at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ended Thursday midnight, a United Press International count showed. Fires took 17 lives and 22 others died in miscellaneous mishaps for

Adenauer To Report On Cabinet Crisis

BERLIN (UPI) — Chancellor Konrad Adenauer wound up a trip to West Berlin today and prepared for. a national televised report on the crisis that nearly toppled his government this week. Adenauer planned to confer with West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt early today before flying back to Bonn in a United States Air Force plane to make the address tonight. The 86-year-old chancellor told a cheering rally of his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Thursday that West German troops will be in the front line of any battle for West Berlin. He made only a passing reference to the arrests of editors of the news magazine Der Spiegel during his 35-minute speech, referring to the crisis it provoked in his coalition cabinet as “superfluous.” Doesn’t Expect Force Adenauer said he did not think the Soviet Union would use force against isolated Berlin. “If, nevertheless, it comes to the use of force, our troops will stand in the very first line,” he said. This statement appeared to reverse his government's previous stand that West German troops were assigned to NATO and could not be pledged hr advance to fight for Berlin. It was believed the change resulted from his recent talks with President Kennedy in Washington. The United States has urged such a commitment. Tonight’s address was expected to deal with foreign policy and to explain Adenauer’s stand on the crisis in which the Free Democratic party (FDP) pulled its five ; ministers rail of jMs—ralitnpf - over the controversial police raid on the news magazine. ‘ Magazine Publisher Arrested The magazine’s publisher and four editors were arrested on suspicion of bribery and treason for a military article in the magazine. Opponents of the government called the action a throwback to the days of the Gestapo. The Free Democrats and the opposition Social Democrats — Brandt’s party—both blamed De-

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an over L all fatality toll of 221. The death rate on the roads topped six an hour. California led the carnage with 19 deaths, followed by Texas with 16 and New York with 12. Judging from a normal period of the same length last November, the National Safety Council had said 123 persons could be expected to perish in auto accidents. Five persons, including three sailors returning to Houston for the holiday, were killed in the nation’s worst crash —a two-car, head-on collision near Livingston, Tex. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 58 12 midnight .. 45 1 p.m 58 1 a.m 45 2 p.m i slt 2 a m 44 3p in 57 3 a.m—44 4 p.m 53 4 a.m 43 5 p.m 51 5 a.m. ... 46 6 p.m. 49 6 a.m 46 7 p.m 48 7 a.m. 47 8 p.m4B 8 a.m 48 9 p in. . 46 9 a.m49 10 p.m. 46 10 a.m 54 11 p.m 46 11 a.m 54 Rnln Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 am. today, .0 inchea. The St. Mary's river was at 1.68 feet.

sense Minister Franz Josef Strauss for the raid and demanded that he be fired from the cabinet. Der Spiegel had long been critical of Strauss. The FDP announced that its ministers would not participate in any cabinet which included Strauss. 21 Persons Killed In Crash In Paris PARIS (UPI) — A four-engine Soviet-made airliner carrying 13 passengers and a crew of eight crashed and burned today during a landing approach at Le Bourget Airport. There were no survivors, airport sources said. The plane, believed to be a turbo-prop jet Ilyushin 18 of the Hungarian Malev Airlines, was en route from Budapest to Paris via Frankfurt, West Germany. It plunged into the ground and caught fire near the village of Roissy-en-France, about six miles north of Le Bourget, one of Paris’ two major airports. Airport sources at Le Bourget said it was not immediately known whether the plane had hit the ground in open country or in the built-up sections of the village.

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18 Dead, 14 Survive Air Crash Today SAG TOME, Portuguese West Africa (UPD—A Portuguese air force four - engine transport from this equatorial island off from this euuatorial island off West Africa today, killing 18 of the 32 persons aboard. The plane crashed on the island and the survivors were found in the wreckage. All suffered from burns, but only one was reported in serious condition. Authorities on this Portuguese island said the dead included servicemen and six women entertainers who apparently were on service tours for Portuguese forces in Portuguese Angola farther to the south of the mainland. Airport authorities said the U. S.-built C 54 transport took off on the next leg of its long flight from the Angola capital of Luanda to Lisbon. Twenty miles out of the capital crfl this island, which lies in the south Atlantic right on the equator 150 miles off the coast of Gabon in West Africa, the piston engine plane caught fire and exploded, airport authorities said. The 18 dead, authorities said, included the plane captain, Sherman Macedo, his entire 9-man crew and the 6 women performers from a well-known Lison show company. Fourteen survived, including a badly injured policeman whose young daughter was among the victims. The plane was on its way from Luanda to Lisbon via Sao Tome and Bissau, Portuguese Guinea. All six members of the Portuguese female show group, who had played for the armed forces in Angola and were on their way home for Christmas, perished.

Koller Residence Is Badly Damaged A heavy amount of damage was sustained at the Tom Kolter home, 215 S. Tenth St., in a late afternoon fire Thanksgiving Day. The interior of the home was badly damaged, with the largest loss in the kitchen area. Much of the furniture and other household items were reported saved from the fire. However! nearly everything in the home suffered severe smoke and water damage. The Kolter family was- not at home when the fire broke out, and the local fire department received the call from a neighbor at 4:30 p.m. The blaze had a good head start, though, when the fire department arrived, and had already heavily damaged the interior of the building. The most damage was suffered in the kitchen area, where the fire quickly spread. Floor Caves In The blaze is believed to have started near the television set, possibly from wiring. After begining around the television, the fire quickly spread through the floor into the kitchen. Tne intense fire in the kitchen area caused the floor to give way, and the stove and refrigerator fell through the floor and into the basement. The local firemen battled the fire for over an hour, remaining at the scene until 5:45 p.m. Fire chief Cedric Fisher said today that the loss considering water and smoke damage, was very hgh, although no figure was given in terms of dollars and cents.

Holdup Nets 850,770 Cash

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (UPI)—A gang of bandits wearing black hoods obtained $50,770 in cash in a daylight holdup today at the Armour meat packing plant here. Police said the apparently wellplanned robbery required only a few minutes. Ji The money was to bei .used by the Armour credit union in its operations today. William M. Gilliam, credit union manager, and a Pinkerton guard, Louis Leimen, obtained the cash at the nearby Kaw Valley State Bank. Gilliam said they left the front door of the bank and walked about 100 feet to a side door at the Armour plant; As they entered, they noticed another Pinkerton guard, John Holz-

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Uneasy Truce Is Still In Effect Between Indians, Chinese Reds On Border

Demands Drop In Spending If Taxes Cut WASHINGTON (UPD — Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, R-Utah, today predicted a “real donnybrook" in Congress if President Kennedy proposes new programs of federal spending as well as aq overall tax cut. < Such a battle could even delay action until 1964 on tax revision, he said. Bennett, a high-ranking GOP member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, said he “might vote against any” tax reduction unless “there is also some evidence of a willingness” by the administration to cut federal spending. Apply Finishing Touches Tho administration is putting the finishing touches on its planning for 1963 tax cut and reform proposals. So far no “final” decision has been made by President Kennedy but some key features of the plan have emerged with considerable clarity. The main share of tax relief is to go to individuals, particularly those in the low and middle income brackets. A cut in the 52 per cent cor. ; porate tax rate is in prospect, but it is not likely to be more than five percentage points, or $2.5 billion and it could be even less. On the question of tax reform, some decisions have been made, but they hinge on Kennedy’s approval. Slash Sick Pay Under present thinking there is a strong likelihood the administration will ask Congress to: —Repeal or drastically restrict the exemption of sick pay from taxable income. —Tighten up on capital gains tax. One way would be to lengthen the period of time an asset must be held before profit from its sale could be treated as a capital gain. —Tighten up on taxation of oil and gas producers. There is a strong feeling among many administration officials that the 27Vi per cent depletion allowance for oil and natural gas is unwarranted. —Repeal the SSO exclusion and 4 per cent tax credit for dividend income. Government experts feel the.,exclusion and credit discriminate’ in favor of high income individuals. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy, windy and a little warmer tonight. Brief showers ending tonight. Saturday mostly fair with little temperature change. Low tonight 27 to 33 north, 30s south. High Saturday in the 40s. Sunset today 5:24 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 7:39 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Fair to partly cloudy and a little warmer. Lows in the 30s. Highs 47 to 56.

apfel, lying on the floor. |j When they started toward the prostrate guard, they were, surrounded by three or four hooded men, Gilliam said. One of them threatened him with a pistol and whispered, “Let's have it.” He removed the canvas bag from Gilliam’s shoulder. Then one of the bandits fired from eight feet at Leiman, but missed. However, police said the gun may have contained a blank cartridge, as there was no evidence of a bullet. After taking the money, they ran through the main lobby of the plant. Although the two guards ran outside a few seconds behind the bandits, they did not see how they escaped.

NEW DELHI (UPD — The Indian army is still patrolling and still “in contact” with the Chinese along the cease-fire line established by the Communists on the northeast frontier, $ Defense Ministry spokesman said today. The spokesman refused to say whether there was any shooting by the Indian patrols, continuing the policy of not revealing the Indian stand on the cease-fire. But it was apparent that the uneasy truce put into effect by Peking Wednesday still stood as United States and British factfinding missions arranged defense aid talks with Indian officials. A brief communique described only pre-cease fire fighting and said “There is nothing else to report,” indicating there is now no shooting by either side. Communist China, in a Peking Radio broadcast heard in Tokyo, charged that two Indian air force planes took “provocative action” over Communist positions Thursday in the western sector of the border, but said the Chinese did not fire on the planes “in accordance with their orders to cease fire.” Avoids Taking Stand Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru avoided taking a stand on the Chinese cease-fire and offer of talks, but it was apparent that Indian as well as Chinese troops were observing the truce. Nehru warned in a speech Thursday night, however, that “the war with China will be a long drawnout affair and it may take years.” Nehru today tola parliament had been no firing and no movement, either to retreat or advance, by Chinese forces since the proclamation of the ceasefire. But he still left unanswered whether Indian forces have been ordered to hold their fire. The U.S. mission, headed by Assistant Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman, includes Paul Nitze, assistant secretary of defense for international security, and Gen. Paul Adams, commander of the U.S. Strike Command. Gen. Sir Richard Hull, chief of the imperial general staff, heads the British mission. Transport Planes Arrive Both arrived Thursday within two hours of each other and the arrival of the first U.S. and Canadian transport planes for Indian use. U.S. Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith and Indian Foreign Secretary M. J. Desai met the missions. The U.S. planes which began to arrive in India Thursday are huge Cl3O-turbo-prop transports, capable of carrying 20 tons of cargo at a cruising speed of 300 miles per hour. Twenty of the planes are expected to be lent to India, together with their American crews, to speed shipment of weapons and supplies to the border troops. Canada sent DC3 transports, a much smaller plane for use on shorter runs. Six will be given to India at a cost of about $5,000 each for transporting them to New Delhi, about one-tenth their value.

Kenneth Kunkel Dies Suddenly Wednesday INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Kenneth Kunkel, 65 r chairman of the Indiana Conservation Commission, died unexpectedly at his home here Wednesday night, an apparent heart attacfc victim. Kunkel, who had served as director of the State Conservation Department under former Gov. Henry F. Schricker, was appointed to his present post by Governor Welsh in December, 1960. He headed the department’s fish and game division and served as associate commissioner of the department from 1933 to 1940. A native of Bluffton, Kunkel served in the Navy during World War I and was graduated from -Jadjana-Universitv in 1920, During World War 11, he was on the staff of the Office of Price Administration here. Services will be held Saturday at a local funeral home with burial at Fairview Cemetery in Bluffton. Survivors include his widow, a son and a sister.

Bridegroom To Be Killed In Accident LAGRANGE, Ind. (UPD—Plans for an Amish wedding on Thanksgiving Day were abruptly changed to arrangements for a funeral Wednesday when the intended bridegroom was killed and his fiancee injured in a collision of a big truck and a horsedrawn buggy. Harry Lee Bontrager, 24, and Alice V. Lambright, 19, Middlebury, were to have been married Thursday. They climbed into the buggy—the Amish do not approve of motor vehicles—and started along U.S. 20 to pick up their wedding cake from the home of a friend who had baked it. The trip ended when a big truck driven by William Presswood, 47, Cleveland, Tenn., smashed into the rear of the buggy, hurling Bontrager to his death on the pavement. Miss Lambright was taken to LaGrange County Hospital in fair condition. Presswood was jailed on reckless homicide charges. Although it was daytime, he said he didn’t see the buggy. Police said there were no skid marks in the highway before the point of impact. Slate Traffic Toll Increases To 1,077 By United Press International Indiana’s 1962 traffic death toll stood only five short of last year’s final total today with five weeks remaining before 1963. Nine deaths, eight of them in Thanksgiving holiday accidents, raised the toll to at least 1,077 compared with 935 this date last year. The final toll last year was 1,082.

The latest death, reported was that of Billy Heathcock, 20, Pekin. Heathcock died in Norton Infirmary at Louisville today after he suffered injuries on Indiana 60 Thursday morning. Police said Heathcock apparently fell asleep at the wheel. His car skidded off the road and overturned. Harry Waldau, 70, . St.. Louis, Mo., died in Doctors’ Hospital at Michigan City today of injuries received in a crash on U.S. 421 Oct. 29. State Police said Waldau was attempting to pass another car when he collided headon with a third. His wife, Wilma, was injured and hospitalized. Two of the deaths resulted from an accident near Indianapolis just 35 minutes after the start of the holiday period at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Della Kistler 72, Indianapolis, was ’killed instantly in the two-car collision on U.S. 421. Chester Meriweather, 23, Indianapolis, died a short time later. Mrs. Kistler, her son, his wife and their two children were en route to a restaurant for a dinner celebrating her grandchild’s birthday. James Reynolds, 48, Evansville, was killed early Thursday night in a two-car collision on U.S. 460 near Chandler. Five occupants of the other car were injured, one critically. Paul F. Carlos, 77, Indianapolis, was killed Thursday morning when his car went out of control on U.S. 52 near Rushville and struck a tree. Police said Carlos may have fallen asleep at the wheel. T —. James* Penman, 57, West Terre Haute, was killed Thursday morning in a two-car collision on U.S. 41 near Lyford in Parke County. R. L. Green, 64, Louisville, Ky., was killed Thursday when a car struck him as he stood at the side of U.S. 90 near Seymour. John D. Poss, 25, Warren, was killed Wednesday night when his pickup truck went out of control on a Huntington County road and strut »k_a tree. Horace Myers, 66, Knox, died Thursday of injuries suffered Nov. 15 in a car-truck collision at the intersection of Indiana 23 and U.S. 30 near Knox. Dr. George Burkle, 85, Lafayette, died Thursday of injuries suffered Nov. 16 when he was hit by a truck at Mulberry.

Cuban Crisis Is Reviewed

HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (UPD —President Kennedy reviewed the Cuban situation today with key military and diplomatic advisers who were called to the chief executive’s Cape Cod home from their posts in Washington and at the United Nations. The conference brought together members of the National Security Council executive committee, a high level consultative body which has met with Kennedy almost daily since the presence of a Soviet nuclear threat was discovered in Cuba. The White House said “no new crisis” moved the Chief Executive to call his key consultants to Cape Cod on a blustery, cold holiday weekend. Acting' Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher said Kennedy wanted “a general review of the Cuban situation.” Later in the day the President also planned another important meeting — with Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Budget Director David E. Bell — to discuss the large defense budget for fiscal 1964. Military spending is expected to hit another peacetime high in the new budget which the President must submit to Congress in January. Speculation Involves Bell Bell continued to figure prominently in speculation about Kennedy’s choice of a successor to Fowler Hamilton as head of the foreign aid program. Announce•ment of a successor is expected shortly. Hatcher was unaware of any connection between the recent speculation and Bell’s presence in Hyannis Port today. Called in. for the Cuban conference were McNamara; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; John J. McCloy, head of a special Cuban crisis coordinating team; the undersecretaries of state and defense, plus McGeorge Bundy, Kennedy’s special assistant for national security matters. Connolly Gets Pardon While observing Thanksgiving turkey dinner fashion with members of his large family here Thursday, the President also took time for several official matters: —He extended executive clemency to 11 persons, including a full pardon for Matthew J. Connolly, secretary to former President Harry S. Truman. Connolly was released from federal prison in November, 1960, after serving six months of a two year sen-

Dinners At Jail 59 Years Apart

It was a long times between Thanksgiving dinners at the Adams county jail for Jess Singleton. 59 years to be exact, but both have proven enjoyable, and both were served to him as guests of the sheriff's family, and not guests of the state. An 82-year-old resident of Decatur. route 2. in Root township. Singleton ate Thanksgiving Day dinner with Sheriff Albert Butler and his ( family in 1903.— 7 Sheriff Butler was an uncle of Singleton, and invited him to Thanksgiving dinner at the local jail. v When Roger Singleton became sheriff this fall, it marked the second time the elderly Singleton has had a relative as sheriff. Roger is his grandson. He asked for a “return engagement on the Thanksgiving Day dinner some time ago, which he was gratefully granted by sheriff Singleton and his family. It had been 59 years since Singleton had seen the Adams county jail until Thursday, when he enjoyed his second Thanksgiving Day meal there. The dinners were many years apart, but Singleton said it was well worth the wait.

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tence which he received for charges growing from the socalled “influence” investigations. —He returned Robert M. Morgenthau to his former position as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New Yoi'x. This was the post from which Morgenthau resigned to make his unsuccessful Democratic bid for the New York governorship against the incumbent Republican, Nelson A. Rockefeller. Kennedy gave Morgenthau a recess appointment which will be subject to later Senate confirmation. —To help boost the economy at a time when many Americans will be deep in Christmas bills, Kennedy ordered a speed-up in payment of $327.6 million in government insurance dividends. The money will be paid in January to policy holders, rather than spread out over 1963. —He gave the Senate Foreign Relations Committee permission to examine income tax returns of lobbyists representing foreign governments in Washington. —By executive order, the President gave federal employes an extra day off on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve.

: Authorities Report b Quiet Holiday Here Decatur and Adams county residents observed the Thanksgiving holiday peacefully, according to reports this morning from the Decatur city police department, and Sheriff Roger Singleton’s department. y The city police investigated only one accident, a minor one-vehicle mishap, Thanksgiving Day, and an accident and a petit larceny Wednesday. Sheriff Roger Singleton explained this morning that his department had a “very quiet” holiday, and was not called upon for any accidents, thefts, etc. The Thursday mishap in Decatur occurred at 3:20 p. m., in which a car driven by Thomas Earl Myers, 16, route 2, Berne, suffered an estimated $l5O damages. Myers was westbound on Nuttman Ave., and attempted a right turn onto 16th street. The auto, however, struck an I & M utility pole on the southeast corner. Myers stated that his brakes had locked, causing the $l5O damage to the pole. Wednesday Mishap The city police also investigated an accident at 10:10 p. m. Wednesday, involving a car operated by Bernice Idora Frauhiger, 45, 243 N. Fifth street, and a parked auto owned by Ruth Harner, 304 S. Fifth street. Mrs. Frauhiger was backing out of the driveway of her home, and the left rear of her auto struck the left side of the Harner vehicle, parked on the east side of the street. An estimated $45 damage was suffered by the Harner auto, while the Frauhiger car was not damaged. ~ The police also investigated a theft from a car at . the Shady Lawn Motel, reported at 11:08 a. m. Wednesday by owner and operator Riehapd Walter. Lewis A. Mumea, of Detroit, had spent the evening at the motel, and sometime during thsji period a blanket, a coffee cup, a bath towel and a face towel, and two wash towels, valued at a total of sls, were taken from his alrto.

BULLETIN LAUREL, Md. (UPD — A United Aid Lines Viscount bound from Newark to Washington crashed near here today and state police said all 14 persons aboard were killed. State Police Sgt. Joseph McIsaac said 11 passengers and three crewmen w**re aboard the flight, no. 297. i