Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1962 — Page 1

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Legislators Study New Revenue Need

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Indiana’s 1963 lawmakers went home from a pre-legislatlve conference today to study a tall stack of recommendations for new laws and sound out their constituents on what they expect of their state senators and representatives. A three-day session ended Thursday with another broadside of reports from state agencies and commissions, some of which have been busy the past two years studying ways to improve state government and state laws. Five weeks remain before the 1961 biennial 61-day session opens Jan. 10, and the conscientious legislators will spend part of that time asking community leaders and rank-and-file voters how they would solve such thorny problems as finances and legislative reapportionment. Tax More Or Cutback? The problem facing the 150 legislators boiled down to finding new sources of revenue by Imposing new taxes or increasing existing levies to finance more costly government, or cutting back on services now offered, including millions in state aid to public schools. Among the cutbacks threatened, if a “balanced” budget proposed by Governor Welsh based on anticipated income under existing tax laws is approved, was the closing of five state parks and other recreational facilities. State Conservation Director Donald E. Foltz said that could happen if the legislature is not generous with appropriations for his department. He did not specify which parks would be closed, but Kenneth Cougill, head of the state parks division, mentioned Kankakee State Park and Scales Lake State Beach as two of the leastused properties, and said Turkey Run State Park is badly in need of repairs. Manpower Problems Dr. Stewart Ginsberg, state mental health commissioner, said low starting wages of $205 a month for hospital attendants means that “manpower shortages constitute pur major problem.” The biggest headache in the finances department will be state aid to schools. Welsh proposed budgeting $472 million, an increase of $228 million over the present biennium, to keep local property taxes for school purposes from rising. But Rep. John Coppes, R-Nap-panee, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committe, said $49 million seemed to him a more equitable increase. Coppes’ committee will begin deliberations on the budget Dec.l7 and will be joined in some sessions by the Senate Finance Committee, whose members were appointed Thursday by Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine and Senate President pro tern D. Russell Bontrager, R-Elkhart. Sen. Charles Maddox, R-Otter-bein, longtime member of the State Budget Committee, was named chairman. Sen. Charles Kellum, R-Mooresville, was ap-

U. N. Council Favors Thant

UNITED NATIONS (UPD— The Security Council today , recommended unanimously the appointment of U Thhnt to a full term as United Nations secretary general. Approval by the General Assembly was a certainty. The 11-nation council met in secret session this morning to speed through the election of the Burmese diplomat, who has been serving in an acting capacity. The assembly was scheduled to complete the process with an election this afternoon. The recommendation called for a five-year term, dating from Nov. 3, 1961, when Thant took over as acting secretary general after the death of Dag Hammarskjold. An agreement between the United States and Russia virtually assured the matter in advance for the cheroot-smcfdng Buddhist. There was no opposition candi- - date. —... t the -eouflcll meeting was a recommendation from the advisory committee on budgetary .questions that the secretary general be given a SIO,OOO a year raise in pay. The recommendation is subject to assembly action. The committee proposed that the chief executive's base pay be boosted from $20,000 to $27,500 and his official expenes allotment from $20,000 to $22,500. He also receives SIO,OOO yearly for rent -- and $5,000 tor maintenance. — Although Hammarskjold’s term would not have expired until next April, Thant’s five-year term will date back to the time of his acting appointment Nov. 3, 1961, at

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pointed ranking member. Other Republicans are Kenneth Brown of Muncie, Martha Burnett of Indianapolis, J.R. Rees of Columbus and John Shawley of Michigan City. Democratic members are RobSt P. O’Bannon, Corydon, chairan of the State Budget Commit tee; David Rogers of Bloomington and James Spurgeon of Brownstown. Local Man's Mother Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Clara Gable, of 1134 West Oakdale Dr., Fort Wayne, mother of Charles E. Gable, of Decatur, died at 11:30 o’clock Thursday night at St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Gable was a member of the Trinity English Lutheran church and its Women’s association. Her husband, Charles F. Gable, preceded her in death in 1935. Surviving in addition to the son in this city are two daughters, Mrs. Arthur J. Jabisch and Mrs. Viola Barrows, both of Fort Wayne; six grandchildren; 11 great-grand-children, and one sister, Mrs. Henry Richard of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Klaehn funeral home in Fort Wayne, the Rev. Robert G. Fraizer officiating. Burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran; cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday until time of the services. S New Trial Motion Under Advisement Judge Myles F. Parrish has taken the motion for a new trial in the case of the Decatur-Kocher Lumber Co. vs Mr. and Mrs; Lawrence Ehrsam under advisement. • Final arguments were heard by Judge Parrish in the Adams circuit court room, and he announced following that he would take the matter under advisement, and rule at a later date. Arguments on the case were presented by Robert S. Anderson, representing the Ehrsams, and Custer and Smith, attorneys for the lumber company. The lumber company requested a judgment of $4,500 from the Ehrsams in the original suit, but was turned down in a ruling by Judge Parrish on July 7 of this year. The motion for a new trial was filed a short time after the ruling, but the final arguments had been continued, by agreement of the parties, until Wednesday.

his own request because of the semi-invalid condition of his wife. Thant has achieved a prominent place tn world politics during the past year, particularly because of his roles in the West New Guinea crisis between Holland and Indonesia and the Cuban crisis between the United States and the Soviet Union. But he still has been unable to solve the Congo problem which had proved so troublesome to Hammarskjold and actually led to his death. Hammarskjold died in a plane crash while on a Congo peace mission. Thursday Thant published a report which called for economic sanctions, including a land blockade, if necessary to end the secession of Katanga province from the central Congo government. Thant and his Congo Advisory Committee has dispatched Brig. Iqdar Jit.. glkhye «of India; to the Congo to make military arrangements should Katanga President Moise Tshombe decided to put up armed resistance. DECATUR TEMPERATIRES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending; at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 62 12 midnight .. 48 11 a.m. . 46 I ii.iß 65 2 a.m. 4+ 3 75 3 a.m 43 4 p.m 64 4 a.m 41 5 p.m 62 5 a.m 52 6 p.m. 58 6 a.m 53 7 p.m 56 7 am 41 8 p.m. .548 a.m. 42 9 p.m 51 9 a m. 48 10 p.m 50 10 a.m 50 11 p.mj. 59 11 a.m 54 Hain . Total tor the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 Inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.11 feet.

Heart Association Names Treasurer Mrs. Leroy Walters, teller at the First State Bank, Decatur, will be the treasurer for the Adams county heart association. Mrs. R. C ,Hersh, chairman of the association, made public the appointment today. In making the announcement Mrs. Hersh stated, "The appointment of Mrs. Leroy Walters as treasurer of the heart association is the first step in strengthening the local association. The growth of the local association is necessary if we are to meet the ever increasing challenge confronting us. Heart research support is still the primary purpose of the association. However ,the need to increase the flow of knowledge gained in the research laboratories, to the doctors, nurses, students and the general public, is ever present. "More community service is also important if we are to eliminate premature deaths and disabilities from heart disease. It is our hope that in 1963-64 a screening of school children for heart defects can be put into practice in Adams county.” In accepting the position of treasurer of the association Mrs. Walters said, "It is an honor to serve a cause so worthy of the support of every individual. Someone very near to each of us has been affected by heart and circulatory diseases. We have also seen the great advances made by heart research to eliminate the disease. I will be receiving gifts to the heart fund in February and also receiving and acknowledging gifts to the heart memorial fund throughout the year.” Mrs. Hersh issued a plea for volunteers to serve in other ways. They may contact Mrs. Walters or see Mrs. Hersh at 344 South First street. No Story Hour At Library Saturday Due to the Santa Claus train rides Saturday, Miss Bertha Heller, librarian, has announced there will be no story hour on that day. A selection of Christmas stories will be planned for the children December 8. This program will be the final one in this series of story hours for the children at the Decatur public ’‘brary.

India, Pakistan To End Quarrels

NEW DELHI (UPD — AngloAmerican coaxing prompted India and Pakistan today to try to patch up bitter traditional quarrels, including rival claims to Kashmir, to permit a solid defense of the subcontinent against Communist China. —There —were —indications the~ agreement came none too soon. Red China started broadcasting accusations of Indian intrusions along the cease-fire line—perhaps as a prelude to a resumption of hostilities by the Chinese. A joint communique issued in New Delhi and the Pakistani capital of Rawalpindi said representatives of the two nations would get together and prepare for a summit meeting between President Mohammed Ayub Khan and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. “The president of Pakistan and the prime minister of India have agreed to resolve the outstanding differences between their two countries on Kashmir and other related matters so as to enable India and Pakistan to live side by side in peace and friendship,” the statement said. The statement was a blow to Peking’s efforts to lure Pafcistan out of the Western alliance and a triumph for diplomatic efforts by British Commonwealth Secretary Duncan Sandys and U.S. troubleshooter Averell Harriman. Pakistan had been alarmed at Western arms aid to India, fearing the weapons might someday be used against Pakistan in <the dispute over Kashmir. Kashmir is a former princely state in the north, about the size

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Pope Appears Well On Recovery Road VATICAN CITY (UPD — Pope John XXIII appeared well on the way today to recovery from a stomach disorder and anemia, but Vatican circles expressed some concern about possible long-term effects of the ailments. All indications were that the rotund, jovial Pontiff, who turned 81 Sunday, was making a quick recovery after being confined to bed for three days. Thursday afternoon, apparently disobeying doctors’ orders, he left his bed to sit in an armchair and watch television, work on important documents and confer with Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, the Vatican secretary of state. The Pope was expecftd to get up again today to watch the regular closed-circuit telecast of debate in the Ecumenical Council. Despite his illness, he has watched the council telecast every day but Wednesday. The council did not meet Thursday, a scheduled day off. Vatican circles, normally hesitant to discuss a Pontiff’s health, indicated worry over the possibility that the Pope’s gastric trouble — believed to be an ulcer — and anemia might develop complicatione. There still v.is speculation that the Pope eventually may have to undergo suigery, either for the reported ulcer or for a prostate condition which is said to have been troubling him for some time. The Vatican has denied all reports of impending surgery. Former Insurance Commissioner Dies INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) —Thomas S. McMurray Jr., Indiana State insurance commissioner from 1921 to 1927, died Thursday in a hospital here. Meshberger Bros. Low On Highway Project The Indiana state highway commission opened bids Thursday bn a number of highway and bridge construction projects, several of them multi-million-dollar road projects. Included was resurfacing ar Adams county road from U. S. 27 and 33 east for .8 mile north of Monmouth. The low bid of $46,117 was submitted by Meshbreger Bros. Stone Co. of Linn Grove.

of Kansas, whose status was not determined when India won its independence from Britain. Indian troops occupy two thirds of it; Pakistan, which was part of India under British rule, the remainder. —Pakistan has- sought —to —settle the problem through a plebiscite, confident that its predominantly Moslem population would vote against Hindu India. India has refused. Relaxing of tension between the two nations would permit India to pull many of its troops out of Kashmir and devote them to the defense of India’s North East Frontier Agency where the Red Chinese invasion is most serious.

■■ ism f nBBEWI^Hh J ■ v x- ■‘s 0 w BABY SITTER — Statue of Pan the Piper in Elizabethian Gardens, Manteo, N. C., seems to be playing a lullaby for little Doug Lunsden, who appears to enjoy the situation.

Kennedy, Mikoyan Conference Fails To Ease Problems

3 Townships Accept Fire Run Schedule City attorney Robert S. Anderson said this morning he has received word from three township trustees, informing him that they win accept the city’s new fire protection area for the rural areas. Anderson said that Robert Gay, Washington township trustee; Wilbur H. Blakey, Union township trustee, and Omer Merriman, trustee of Root township, have all informed him that they will go along with the new plan. Robert Kolter, Preble township trustee, has also contacted Anderson but explained that his township would not want the city’s fire protection plan. Preble has a volunteer fire department The new plan will go into effect January 1, 1963, with those townships agreeing to the plan. SSOO A Year Each township trustee will pay the city SSOO cash for the entire year and guarantee a minimum of SIOO for each fire run that the Decatur department makes to the township. An original plan was for each, township to pay a flat SI,OOO, but after some discussion with the trustees and the city council, the SSOO a year—sloo minimum for each run, plan was believed a better proposal. The council has actually not given its final approval to the plan, but is expected to do so soon, and contracts will be drawn up with each trustee. St. Mary’s township ha s also been~cohducted about the fire protection, but as of this morning, trustee Lester Brunner had not contacted Anderson. Rural Runs Costly Rural fire runs have become quite costly to the bity of Decatur in recent vears, with the Decatur department covering quite a large territory. Many times the fire department is not paid by the farmer for these rural “.runs” which are much more costly than a city fire. " _ The council and fire chief Cedric Fisher have given much discussion to the new plan, which seems to be satisfactory with all concerned. Fisher has explained that the money received from the townships can be ued to further equip the fire trucks to better handle rural fires, such as adding further capacity for holding water, etc.

WASHINGTON <UPI) — President Kennedy’s long conference , with Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan failed to lessen 1 th,e lingering differences over Cuba and pointed up the possibil- | Tty of new East-West dissension in Southeast Asia. Mikoyan was meeting today at lunch with Secretary of State Dean Rusk but officials said they did not expect this talk to alter matters materially. The White House announced, after the 3-hour and 20-minute Kennedy-Mikoyan session Thursday evening, that they had agreed Soviet and American negotiators in New Yoifi should continue their efforts to tie up loose ends of the Oct. 28 agreement on removal of Red missiles and bombers from Cuba. Make No Progress The U.S. officials added that the White House session failed to make any progress on any disputed points, including the major question of how and when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is going to make good on his promise . to permit United Nations inspectors to check Cuban bases to make certain all offensive weap-, ons have been removed. Officials said the danger of new disorders in Southeast Asia came up in discussing Laos. The President was understood to have pointed out that a considerable number of Communist North Vietnamese troops remain .in northern Laos despite the Soviet pledge to see that they were removed under the international agreement to “neutralize” the kingdom. U.S. officials said the President and his ak£ also were disturbed by tfie continued refusal of proCommunist .Pathet Lao elements to cooperate in forming the coalition government agreed on at the Geneva conference last summer. Considers Peace Endangered It was understood Kennedy warned Mikoyan that continued refusal of the pro-Communist Pathet Lao to open up their territory and participate in the coalition government agreed on last summer at Geneva was jeopardizing the peace. White House sources said Kennedy and Mikoyan also talked about disarmament matters, including the possibility of a nuclear test ban, but made no progress. f White House sources said Kennedy and M&oyan did not even discuss Berlin. The President had --no—intention of bringing --up—the~ subject since the American position is that any new diplomatic move is up to Russia. Mikoyan’s failure to mention Berlin confirmed the belief here that he had no authority from Khrushchev to discuss this explosive issue at this time. Mikoyan plans to leave Washington Saturday morning aboard his ILIB turbo-prop transport for Moscow. He has been away from home for a month, most of which he spent in Cuba conferring with Fidel Castro and checking the island's economy.

Strike Board Calls Meeting

BURBANK, Calif. (UPI) — The three-man presidential board appointed to stud,? the strike by the machinists union against Lock- > heed Aircraft Corp, called a meeting here today with union and company representatives. The strike was ordered Wednesday when negotiators failed to deadline on the issue of a union shop which has been the crux of the dispute. But members of the International Association of Machinists returned to their jobs Thursday and called’ off their nationwide strike against the giant aerospace firm at the request of the board. IAM Vice President E.R. White emphasized that the withdrawal of the pickets and the return to work is not a concession of defeat and “in no way endangers the temper of the IAM members whose concerted strike action brought production to an absolute standstill at all Lockheed plants involved.’’ “We are reminding the govern-

McGovern Leads In South Dakota PIERRE, S. D. (UPD— President Kennedy’s former food for peace director held a slim lead today in the nearly finished recount of the South Dakota Senate race. Democrat George S. McGovern was out in front of Republican incumbent Joseph H. Bottom by a bare 269 votes on the basis of recounted returns from 51 of the state’s 67 countie?. The recent continues today. At one point Thursday, McGovern held a 320-vote lead, but that was chopped by 51 ballots in the retallies of two counties. However, thus far had lost 859 ballots compared to only 763 for his opponent. A total of 1.622 votes had been thrown out. Unofficial totals by United Press International following the 51 recounts gave McGovern 127,761 votes' to Bottom’s 92. As mutilated and incorrectly certified votes were tossed out in almost every county, the recount became a contest to see who would lose the fewest ballots. Arraigned Here On Bad Check Charges Howard W. Strode, 43-year-old Kentucky resident, was expected to enter a plea on a charge of passing fraudulent checks in the Adams circuit court at 2 a’clock this afternoon. Strode was arraigned in court Thursday afternoon, when Judge Myles F. Parrish explained his constitutional rights to Strode, and appointed D. Burdette Custer as pauper attorney. I Charles Norris, 17, a N. Second St. resident, was also charged with passing fraudulent checks, but his case has been turned over to the juvenile authorities. His father, Edward Norris, a former resident of 1121 Elm St., was arraigned with Strode Thursday afternoon, but refused an attorney, and will serve as his own counsel. He is charged with failure to provide, and no hearing date has been set - in his case. The younger Norris was released to the juvenile authorities, but was again jailed on a city warrant for failing to appear in city court recently to answer to a traffic violation. Strode and the youth passed at least two checks in Adams county, for a total amount of approximately $32. All three were apprehended Wednesday evening by the Adams county sheriff’s department.

ment and Lockheed that the dispute is still very much unresolved and unrest will continue to plague work areas,” White added. Federal Mediation Director William E. Simkin issued the recommendation that the strike be halted until the board, reports., and President ■ K-ertnetiy~~ takes action under the Taft-Hartley law. A mediation service statement said Simkin urged the agreement "to minimize the effect of the stoppage on the vital missile and defense production being undertaken by this corporation.” Lockheed agreed to reinstate all terms and conditions of the expired contract. . Company Vice President John Canaday said Lockheed did not fear an election on the union shop issue “but if we sacrifice a principal we no longer have a basis on which to stand.” The company contends that a union shop “could force 14,000 workers to join the union against their will.” . ■ — —Ae—

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Big Buildup During Cuba Crisis Told WASHINGTON <UPI) — Spearheaded by a six-division invasion force, a massive military buildup of 200,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen was deployed in a ring around Cuba during the crisis over the Russian missiles, the Pentagon reported Thursday. Raising the curtain on one of I the most secret military mobilizations in history, the Pentagon told how the southeastern United States and the sea around Cuba was turned into an armed camp. __.. The Army, it was disclosed, had a force of more than 100,000 men and was prepared to call up reserve units if an invasion of Cuba was ordered. The Marines had the equivalent of another division — part of it hastily moved into the Guantanamo naval base; the rest afloat in the seas off Cuba. The Air Force’s Strategic Air Command had ordered a “massive airborne alert” for its 852 intercontinental bombers and kept its remaining force on a 15-min-ute ground alert. A 20,000-man combat crew manned the bombers, backed by 126,000 support personnel. Operating in the Atlantic-Carib-bean waters was a huge naval fleet — 183 ships and 85,000 men, including eight aircraft carriers with more than 25,000 men aboard. Standing off Guantanamo to support the . Marines if needed was the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise and the super carrier Independence, each with 100 planes aboard. The quick military buildup began soon after two SAC U 2 reconnaissance planes collected conclusive proof of the existence of Soviet missile bases, This happened on Oct. 14, eight days before President Kennedy told the nation of the mobilization and ordered the quarantine of Cuba. Memorial Services At Elks On Sunday

The annual memorial services of the Decatur lodge of the B. P. O. Elks will be held at the lodge home on North Second street Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The service is held each year on the first Sunday in December to honor deceased members of the * fraternal organization. Sam Rea, former president of the Rea Magnet Wire at Fort Wayne, and a member of the state house of. representatives, will de--liver -the .memorial sermon. L The service will open with the ~ precesslonal played Tsy Mrs—WlL — liam Gass. Special music will be jirpyidetl by a male quartet, consisting of Lauren Arnold, Earl DeWeese, t Kenneth Nash and Wesley Lehman, accompanied by Mrs. Gass. The service will be conducted by Frank Lybarger, exalted ruler of the Decatur Elks, and his stall of officers. Eight members^ of the local lodge, have' died in- the*"past year. They :>l-O WnyymforsftTr -J—A-.Cnlchin. p. C. Callender, L, J. Fogle, Henry Wallace, Edgar Mutschler. Richard Miller and Albert L. Colchin. All members are urged to attend the service, and the public is invited. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and continued mild tonight and Saturday. Low tonight in the 30s. High Batur- --- day 58 to 65. Sunset today 5:22 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 7:47 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy, continued mild, l/ows in the 30s. Highs In the KIU wfs• " ; i _a