Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 281.

Soviet Deputy Premier Arrives In Washington For Cuba Discussions

County Scouts Near New Member Goal

The 20 units of Boy Souts, Cub Scouts, and Explorer Scouts in Adams county have reached 89.6% of their goal of 125 new boys daring the three-month "Go Round-Up,” chairmaned by Col. John Glenn, U. S. astronaut, Bill Spica, district executive, said today. Seven of the 20 units have equaled or surpassed their goals. Six more have obtained some new members. Seven units have not reported at all. Dec. 15 Deadline The scouting units have until Dec. 15 to complete their goals, Spi c e ( explained. Adams county is still the leading county in the district in percentage of goals completed, but both Wells and Jay counties are within “striking” distance, he cautioned. , Every pack, troop, and post should redouble its efforts to get new members, he added. As presently reported to Anthony Wayne area headquarters in Fort Wayne, the totals Btand as follows. Any unit with has new members which have not been reported is asked to send in the names of the new members immediately, so the troop can receive

Injunction Aimed At Halting Strike

BURBANK, Calif. (UPI) — Injunction proceedings aimed at halting a strike by the machinists union, against Lockheed Aircraft Corp. forged ahead today with union and company representatives in disagreement over President Kennedy’s activation of the TaftHartley law machinery. A spokesman fqr the International Association of Machinists ■(IAM) said Wednesday following the announcement that the President yould invoke the Taft-Hart-ley law, “we would have much preferred to slug it out with the company without the government’s interference.” Tom McNett, president of IAM District 727, said, “if there had to be government interference, we would have much preferred seizure.” However, Courtlandt S. Gross, chairman of the board of Lockheed, said, “we feel the President has acted in the best interest of all concerned. We hope this means we can arrive at an agreement.” President Kennedy, acted to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act Wednesday the first day of the'strike.— saying continuance of the walkout “would imperil the national health and safety.” White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said the President acted under a finding that the strike “affects a substantial part of the ballistic missile, space vehicle and military aircraft industry.” Names Special Board The President named a special'boardto study the strike. Under Taft-Hartley law provisions, the President is empowered to halt the strike for an 80-day “cooling-off” period if the board of inquiry ruled that such action — was warranted. ... . Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz expressed hope. .Wednesday, the IAM would refrain from picketing at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force base while the board studies the dispute. DHCATCft TEMPERATURES Locat weather data for the it hour period ending at 11 la-rn. _ today. 12 noon «0 12 midnight 6» 1 p.m 62 1 a.m 64 —"t p.m M * “f 8 p.m «4 J a.m- 6* —i 4 p.m. ..... 86 4a m. 61 6 p.m. ..*i 62 6a m 61 6 p.m 61 8 a.m 61 10 p.m. .: 68 10 a.m 86 It p.m. 57 11 a.m 71 total for the 14 hour period ending at 7- a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.18 faet.

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its due credit. Unit Report It is expected that a current report will be made next Monday night at ‘the appreciation banquet in Fort Wayne of the present standings of the district. New Unit Sponsor Goal Scouts 3060 Zion Lutheran .... 4 3 3061 Lincoln PTA 6 15 3062 Southeast School . 10 10 3063 Northwest School _ 15 15 3064 St. Mary’s Catholic 8 11 3067 Berne PTA 24 21 3072 Monroe Methodist 0 0 60 Zion Lutheran .... 3 2 61 Rotary 4 1 62 Lions 3 0 63 American Legion .0 0 64 St. Mary’s Catholic 4 3 65 Decatur EUB .... 7 3 66 Ist Baptist 10 11 67 Berne Rotary .... 4 0 69 Geneva Lions .... 2 0 72 Monroe Methodist 5 5 2062 Decatur Elks .... 5 6 2068 Berne Chamber ... 6 0 2069 Geneva Lions .... 2 0 20 Units in 125 112 Adams County 89.6% Goal

Wirtz, said he had “no present plans for taking part in the proceedings,” but . added, “I hope very much that union picketing at Vandenberg and Canaveral can be called off while the board of inquiry is holding its hearings.” Some Workers Report IAM officials estimated that the walkout had caused a “94 per cent shutdown of production.” Company spokesmen said it was still too early to tell the full effects, but that 10 to 48 per cent of its 24,000 workers in its California division were showing up for woik, and 77 per cent of the 34,000 employes in the missile and space division were reporting. Lockheed public relations Director Jon Riffel said, “production has been curtailed, but not to a significant degree. We’re going to meet our production schedules.” Lockheed is one of the country’s biggest defense contractors. Among other things, it builds the Polaris missile and several types of military aircraft. It also handles several projects crucial to the nation’s space program, including the Agena upper stage for the Ranger moon probe. The company has refused to accept the union’s demand for compulsory union membership and has declined to grant an employe vote on the issue. Company spokesmen said the union shop could force 14,000 workers to either join the IAM or T lose their jobs. Friday Deadline For Mentally 111 Gifts Friday Is the final day for depositing Christmas gifts for the mentally ill in Indiana’s hospitals. These gifts may be deposited at the depots at the Gas Co. office and the E. F. Gass store in Decatur.'"'"' - They will be distributed to patients in the state’s mental hospitals at special holiday parties prior to Christmas. Family Os Nine Is Wiped Out By Fire RJSNOVO, Pa. <UPT)— A.family of nine was burned to death early today when fire wrecked their frame home in an isolated section of Keating, about 12 miles south of here. The blaze at the home of Walter Brown, 41, a strip coal miner, was discovered by John Hutchinson of Greensburg, Pa., who owns a hunting cabin nearby.

| WASHINGTON (UPI)— Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. -Mikoyan came here today for talks on the Cuban situation with President I Kennedy and other U.S. officials. , The Kremlin trouble shooter expressed hope the discussions would be “pleasant and possibly useful.” Mikoyan returned this week from 24 days of negotiations with Cuba’s Fidel Castro. The major point of his late afternoon meeting with Kennedy at the White House was how and when Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev intends to fulfill his promise to prove that Cuba has been purged of all offensive Russian weapons. But Americans officials acknowledged that other subjects might come up. White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said there was no plan at the moment for any meetings after today. Officials said Kennedy would be willing to restate the U.S. position on Berlin and other cold war issues if Mikoyan brings them up. They added, however, that the U.S. Chief Executive had no intention of doing any negotiating with Mikoyan on anything other than Cuba. Actually, U.S. officials doubt that Mikoyan has authority from Khrushchev to get into any bedrock arguments on Berlin or other matters. They tend to believe he is on something of a “fishing expedition" to test Kennedy’s mood before going back to Moscow to report to Khrushchev. Will Find Kennedy Adamant Officials said Mikoyan will find 'fid' evidence' iKaf "Kennedy” EsTwHF" ing to soften the U.S. stand on major cold war issues simply because Khrushchev agreed to remove missiles and bombers which he tried to sneak into Cuba while his foreign minister, Andrei Gromyko, was solemnly reassuring the President that Russia had no such intention. Mikoyan will find, if he asks, that Kennedy considers the nuclear test ban and limited progress on other phases of disarmament to o'fer the best possibility for East-West progress. U.S. officials said they hoped Mikoyan would be in a position to give Kennedy assurances that international inspection arrangements can be made to verify removal of missiles and bombers from Cuba, as Khrushchev promised in his Oct. 28 message to the President. The missiles were pulled out earlier this month and Khrushchev has promised to get all of the Soviet jet bombers

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Minch Returns To City Police Force Jay H. Minch returns to work with the city police department Saturday, giving the department its largest number of uniformed officers in history. Minch will give police chief Borders a total of 10 uniformed patrolmen, including parking meter officer James Cochran. Including Borders, the city force will have 11 men in uniform, more than ever before in the history of the local force. The two civilian clerks employed by the department, makes a total of 13 men to use, on thro* eight-hour shifts each day. Minch was admitted to the Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne September 1, and underwent major surgery a few days later. He was released in about two weeks, but has been unable to work while recuperating from the surgery.- .%—. - Critical la Summer The manpower situation for Borders’ force had reached critical proportions this summer. Cochran became ill previous to Minch’s illness, and Thomas Hoffman was hired by the city board of works and safety as a third civilian radio operator. Less than two weeks later, John M. Doan, one of the radio operators, died, again cutting the manpower. When Minch entered the Parkview hospital, the situation became critical, so Hoffman was moved up to the uniformed ranks. All this was being experienced at the worst time of the year, the (Continued on Page Eight)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 29,1962.

No Indictments Are Returned By Jurors The Adams circuit court gran< jury adjourned today, shortly before noon, with no indictments returned, although several reeonv mendations were included in the grand jury report. The jury opened its session Tuesday morning of this week, which included hearing any witnesses, various reports, and inspecting the county offices, t£e county jail and the county farm. Although no indictments were returned, the grand jury made several recommendations, which came about from their inspection. One of the recommendations was the installation of an elevator in the courthouse, which has been a recommendatiop of many grand juries for a ditntfopr of years. Hearing Dec. 10 This may, however, be the final time a grand jury will have to make such a recommendation. Friday, December 14, at 10 a. m., has been set by Judge Myles F. Parrish as the date for a hearing on a petition submitted to him, and filed by him, from the Adams tounty bar association, which also requests installation of an elevator. Another recommendation was that the county study a problem which is rising In' three counfy olfices ," concerning space for storing records. The clerk’s office, the recorder’s office, and the assessor’s office, are all becoming short on space for keeping their various records, and ij was recommended that the commissioners study the problem for a possible solution. The grand jury also recommended some maintenance work on the court house clock, such as cleaning and oiling various mechanisms. Jail, County Farm Inspection of the county jail and the county farm, brought about

Voice Distaste For Sales Tax

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Democratic legislative leaders expressed distaste today for a sales tax as a means of raising more revenue for Indiana government. The comments came during a news conference held by Sens. Marshall Kizer, minority leader, and William Christy, caucus chairman, and Reps. Robert Rock and Charles Kirk, their House counterparts. "The Democrats traditionally have been more or less opposed to a sales tax. We probably will lean against the sales tax,” said Kizer. Unless the sales tax is shown “not to be regressive and not a large burden on the lower income group,” House Democrats also will oppose it, Rodk said. * The leaders said no party caucuses have been held and they spoke from their own observations. , No Alternate Plan Yet Kizer said since the Democrats are in the minority in both houses, they probably will wait awhile before suggesting a tax increase plan to raise extra millions for the 1963-65 biennium. Christy said a bill to repeal the “right to work” be intro-' duced But “it's too early to say if it has a chance to pass.” Kizer and Rock said they felt Democrats "would stand behind the party platform calling for reapportionment of. both houses on a population basis. A group of Democratic lawmakers announced Wednesday they hope to head off enactment of the sales~tSx. ———- —~ There was no immediate comment from the Democratic leaders when Sen. Jack H. Mankin, DTerre Haute, announced the policy of opposition at the second session of a three-day pre-legislative conference. ■ The conference will wind up today with panel discussions of ex-

I the recommendations for more light fixtures in the prisoners’ quarters at the jail, and for new paint jobs for the buildings on the county farm. Both of these, however, have been studied by the commissioners, and are in their budget for 1963. . Members of the jury are Grover Bleeke, Ann Werst, Ed Wolpert, Ervin L. Isch, Robert Bergman and William Bailey. Wolpert is the Ttfry foreman, and Charles Smith was appointed bailiff. Judge Parrish said this noon that although the jury is now adjourned, the jurors are not discharged, and are subject to recall until the end of this term of court, which is the middle of January. The courthouse was found to be in “excellent and clean” condition, and the members commended the commissioners for the upkeep of the building. Sam Bentz, circuit court bailiff, was also commended, along with other officers and clerks in the court house, for their excellent attention in keeping the building in an excellent state of cleanliness. The jail was also found to be in the same “especially clean and orderly” condition, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morgan were commended for keeping the county home in excellent condition. • Also Recommend Some other recommendations were: two ldrge cracked windows in the auditor’s office be repaired; ; the north boiler in the better room, ; of the. courthouse, be insulate*! with--1 out delay, and that the records in the record room of the clerk’s office be cleaned. It was also recommended that the commissioners appropriate a sufficient sum of money to allow at least two law enforcement officers of Adams county to participate in the Indiana state police short course in training and instructions, which is held each- year. The conduct of the public officials of the county were investigated, and no complaints were received from any source. The jury also inquired into the case of (Continued on Page Eight)

pected problems and presentation of legislative proposals by various state departments and agencies. Oppose Sales Tax Man'kin, who was joined by nine other House and Senate Democrats from Western Indiana, said he was opposed to proposals to enact a sales tax. The group believes the present gross income tax should be _ jevised to provide needed also proposed increasing excise taxes on cigarettes and levying new taxes on hotels, motels, restaurants and public utilities. In addition to changing the gross income tax from the present 1.5 per cent to a graduate rate, Mankin advocated changing the personal exemption for individual taxpayers. Each taxpayer presently is allowed a SI,OOO personal exemption. Mankin’s proposal would change that to SSOO with an additional SSOO for each dependent up to a maximum of $2,000. He also advocated applying the gross income tax to receipts from out-of-state sales. Individuals and firms currently do not pay taxes on receipts from products sold outside Indiana. Reform Major *£«al . Man'kin’s proposal was taken as an indication that at least some legislators have come to the conclusion they will have to increase taxes but Republican leaders refused to concede that a tax increase is inevitable. Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine said he felt property tax reform was the major goal but admitted he could see no it without raising state taxes in one way or another. However, both Ristine and Rep. John Coppes, R-Nappanee, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said they wanted to examine Governor Welsh’s budget in great detail before coming to any conclusions.

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Pope Suffers From Disorder Os Stomach VATICAN CITY (UPI) — Pope John XXIII is suffering from a stomach disorder that has caused “rather strong anemia,’’ the Vatican announced today. An official communique on the condition of the 81-year-old Pope, who was confined to his bed for the third day, said: “Since last Tuesday, on the advice of doctors, it became necessary to interrupt the series of audiences because of the accentuated symptoms of gastric troubles for which the Holy Father had been undergoing appropriate medical and dietetic treatment, and which caused rather strong anemia.” Anemia is a condition in which the blood is deficient in red cells, hemoglObih, or both. It is characterized by a lack of vitality. Gastric troubles are those .relating to the stomach. The communique called for prayers for the health of the pontiff. It was issued after a report by high Vatican sources that the Pope had spent a “very tranquil” night and was “much better” this morning. “Everything leads to hope that as a result of treatment arranged and under way, the August pontiff may very soon resume the. . . meetings (audiences),” the communique said. “As is obvious, all his children scattered all over the world are not content with simple good wishes. Even though expressed with ardent devotion to the Holy Father, but they add to this the commitment of particular prayers that any slowing down of the fullness of the apostolic ministry of the vicar of Jesus Christ may soon disappear.” » Dr. Luciano Casimirri, head of the Vatican press office, said the Pope awakened today “full of vitality,” although he remained in bed.

His illness overshadowed the work of the Ecumenical Council he called to the Vatican. Although today is the council’s regular free day, the cardinals, bishops, and other delegates remained in close touch wiih the Vatican secretariat on the Pope’s condition. Pope John was forced to cancel audiences Tuesday and Wednesday, the first time he has done so because c f illness since becoming Pontiff Oct. 28, 1958. It was not immediately known when the Pope would be able to resume watching the Ecumenical Council sessions on his closed-cir--euij:—television system. This has been hi- method of keeping in touch with council debates since jaitending the opening ceremonies last month. In Friday’s council meeting, the presidency is expected to announce a decision on whether to change the agenda. Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani proposed Wednesday that debate on his draft “De Ecclesia" (about the church) be postponed until the second series of council meetings, which begins next September. He said he feels the draft is too long to be fully examined between now and Dec. 8, when Jhe current s e_s-s-i-e-ft —recesses. But thSre was some speculation that Ottaviani. who is considered head of church “conservatives,” may want to modify the document in light of “liberal” criticism. The draft deals with the basic structure of the church,, including the important question of the powers of the Vatican and the bishops.

Tax Collection At New High

The total tax collection in Adams county, for some 22 levies on properties in various taxing units, amounted to more than s2*4 million for the first time, William. L. Linn, county treasurer, announced today. This was a far cry from the modest sll7 collected in 1836, the first year that Adams county existed as a separate taxing unit, 126 years ago. The fall tax collection amounted to $1,038,108.40, compared with sl,225,311.27 in the spring. The spring tax collection is usually larger, because many people pay both instalstallments at that time. A year ago, in 1961, the fall collection was just slightly lower, sl,035,672.80. The spring collection in 1961 was $1,191,550.76, for a total of

To Rent Building For Kindergarten The idea of buying or leasing a trailer for a kindergarten class at Monmouth has been abandoned, and plans are now being made to rent three rooms of the Moses building on the Monmouth road for the kindergarten, it was learned today. Monmouth expects to start kindergarten the second semester. As now planned, one teacher will be hired, and the additional rooms will be used for storage of desks and for recreation space. It is estimated that between 25 and 50 students will enroll for kindergarten. Finance Plans At present, plans are being completed for financing the kindergarten. School units do not receive state aid for kindergartens, so the entire burden must be supported by the school unit. During the tax hearing next Monday, the Monmouth school trustee, Omer Merriman, will learn if it is possible for his township, and Preble, . and possibly Union, to share the cost on an equal basis, splitting the cost among the townships that decide to take part. Ordinarily, since Preble and Union townships are not in the taxing unit, they would pay so much tuition for each pupil transferred. The tuition charges, however, usually do not cover proportionately as much as the tax-ytie-per-hun-dred assessed valuation raises in the home unit. The whole situation is complicated by the fact That the"Deca-’ tur school system accepted some transfer kindergarten pupils from Root and Union townships after first announcing that it would be unable to do this. So, while 55 pupils could be anticipated on the basis of the survey of parents last spring, an undetermined number would no Jpnger bq interested in the Monmouth kindergarten. Varied History Originally, Monmouth had considered placing a trailer-classroom near the school, and using it for a kindergarten, but there was a question on the transfer of funds for this purpose, and whether the new classroom —would —meet —minimum state standards. The Moses building, where the new Classroom space will be located, has had a varied history. For several years it was affectionately known as “Fort Moses,’’ when it was used by the U. S. Army reserves. Before that, it had been the headquarters for the Moses Dairy, and at one time it was used by an

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$2,227,223.50 in 1961. Second installment payments, due in November, on a taxing unit basis, were as follows: Township Fall Tax Union $ 26,519.29 Root 53,981.58 Preble ...I . 36,518.03 Kirkland 41,068.17 Washington -j 62.782.82 St. Marys 36,457.62 Blue Creek 21,910.89 ■ Mionroe _ 59,332.41 French 37,745.19 Hartford 32,135.48 Wabash 47,962.62 Jefferson 22,591.46 Monroe - Monroe .. 11,761.28 Monroe - Wash. 1,777.48 Berne 125,588.72 Geneva — 31,423.40 I Decatur - Wash. ... 298.136,38 Decatur - Root -... . -vials-m

oil-gas additive company, Dyna Jet-Oil Co. Two Arrested For Fraudulent Checks The Adams county sheriff’s department has picked up two persons, one a Decatur youth, on bench warrants from the Adams circuit court on charges of passing fraudulent checks. Charles Norris, 17, ’who resides in an apartment on N. Second St., and Howard W. Strode, 43, a resident of Kentucky, were lodged in the Adams county jati Wednesday evening. Both are being held on the fraudulent check charge. Bond has been set at SSOO, but neither has been able to post the bond. The two have allegedly passed several fraudulent checks in Adams county which have been under investigation by the sheriff's department. Norris and Strode were to be arraigned in the Adams circuit court before Judge Myles F. Parrish at 1:30 p. m. today. Norris’ father, Edward Norris, a former resident of 1121 Elm street, was also taken into custody Wednesday evening. The elder Norris was lodged in the local jail on charges of failure to provide, set out on an affidavit signed by his wife. .He will appear in court at a later date. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and continued mild-to-night and Friday, tow tonight 28 to 34 north, 32 to 40 south. High Friday 53 to 58 nortluJMito OOtoouth. Sunset today 5:22 p.m. Sunrise Friday 7:41 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Continued partly cloudy and mild. Lows 35 to 42. Highs 55 to 65. WM sitoppi«6£g||nfi Hrliiaii seals Fighi Tl