Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1962 — Page 1

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Thant Begins New UN Term

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) 1 — Secretary General Thant, backed by both East and West, began a new term as the world’s number one diplomat today with a hope for improved international relations. The quiet neutralist from Burma faced four more years as the United Nations’ chief executive and he looked for cooperation from the big powers in tackling the world’s problems. Thant received his new maadate Friday when the General Assembly unanimously appointed him secretary general for a term expiring Nov. 3, 1966. He had been serving in an acting capacity for the past 13 months, since the sudden death in a plane crash of hfs predecessor, Dag Hammarskjold, < Russia joined the United States and other nations in praising Thant, but the Soviets said they still favor a troika, or three-bloc, executive to run the United Nations and other International agencies. Thant’s appointment postponed this arrangement, at least for the present. Thant had a brief weekend respite from the Cuban and Congo crises, his two most immediate problems. No meetings were scheduled today or Sunday on either situation. The United States and Russia canceled negotiations on Cuba scheduled for Friday, and were expected to hold their next meeting Monday. The Congo question was held in abeyance until Thant receives an on-the-spot report from two of his top aides. Brigadier Indar Jit

Mikoyan Returns To Soviet Russia

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan was heading for Moscow today from high-level talks here during which he apparently failed to find any soft spots in President Kennedy’s stand on Cuba and other cold war issues. U.S. officials said Mikoyan’s discussions with Kennedy end Secretary of State Dean Rusk not only failed—to—lessen remaining differences on Cuba, but gave no indication of a possible diplomatic breakthrough on other major East-West problems. They expressed the hope, however, that U.S. firmness on all fronts would' convince Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the wisdom of more sincere efforts to make limited progress on disarmament. American officials asserted that Mikoyan was carrying no written message from the President for Khrushchev but said he would report Kennedy’s insistence that the Cuban crisis be tidied up to improve the atmosphere for negotiations on other international Issues. Rusk and Mfcoyan spent a large part of their lunch conference Friday discussing individual aspects of the disarmament question, including possible nuclear test bans, which are being argued at the current Geneva conference. They spent little time on Cuba, since Kennedy and Mikoyan had covered that subject at length at • White House meeting Thursday

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Rikhye of India, Thant’s military adviser, and Robert Gardiner, chief of the U.N. Congo operation, left Friday night for The Congo. Rare Mild Weather Continues In State By United Preu International It was summer in December in Indiana today. Temperatures were expected to hit the mid and upper 60s from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River in the fourth day of a fare mild’ and dry spell. Normally, when mild weather prevails this time of year, it rains. But no rain has fallen in the current warm spell and none was expected at least through Monday. Forecasts indicated little change in temperature through Monday. Highs Friday included 68 at Cincinnati, 65, at Evansville and Louisville, 64 at Indianapolis, 63 at Fort Wayne and Lafayette, and 61 at South Bend. Overnight lows again were on the frosty side, ranging from a chilly 26 at Fort Wayne to 32 at Indianapollis. It will be cool again tonight, in the low and mid 30s, and as warm Sunday as it will be Saturday. If the mercury hits 63 in Indianapolis this afternoon, it will mark a new record for Dec. 1 in the Hoosier capital. The present record is 62 set in 1901 and tied in 1914.

evening. Officials said Rusk emphasized again that Russia must make good on its promise to prove that all its offensive weapons had been removed from Cuba before the United States would make any more specific or formal no-inva-sion pledge, J Mikoyan and Rusk touched very briefly on the Berlin problem but officials said it was obvious the Soviet trouble shooter had no authority to go into this explosive matter at this time. Rusk brought Berlin up in general review of standing issues on which the United States hqpes for some progress. —- — JWWMmwMmmMMMMWMMMMMMMWM'MMML 19 < SHOPPIMfi DAYS LEFT CMSIMS SIUSFItfITD

Plane Crashes Kill Over 200 In Past Week By United Press International More than 200 persons lost their lives in commercial aviation crashes during the last week of November. Twenty-five persons died Friday night when an Eastern Air Lines DC7B en route from Charlotte, N.C., to New York crashed while landing at New York’s Idlewild Airport, raising the total dead in six disasters since Friday, Nov. 23, to 204 passengers and crewmen. Twenty-six other persons aboard the Eastern flight survived the crash, the second in nine months at Idlewild. Last March 1, an American Airlines 707 jet crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 95 aboard. The worst crash during the sev-en-day period occurred Tuesday eight miles south of Lima, Peru. Ninety-seven passengers and crewmen died when a Vang Airlines 707 jet slammed into a mountain near the South American capital. Three separate crashes, one in Paris, one on the island of Sao Tome off Portuguese West Africa, end one near Ellicott City, Md., killed 56 persons last Friday. Monday, 26 persons lost their lives when a Brazilian Vasp airliner and a light private plane collided while flying near Sao Paulo, Brazil. Minnesota Recount Foreseen As Likely ST. PAUL, Minn. (UPI) — Lt. Gov. Karl Rolvaag continued to map strategy today for a recount of the ballots which have apparently re-elected Republican Gov. Elmer Andersen by 142 votes. However, neither Rolvaag nor his Democratic - Farmer - Labor party attorney Sydney Berde would comment on exactly what steps they plan to take. A recount petition must be filed in a state district court by Dec. 9, but it was unclear whelher the DFL would ask for a recount of all counties or just a few selected areas. According to state law, the loser would have to foot the bill, but Rolvaag expressed confidence that a recount would reverse Thursday’s decisions by the state canvassing board and the state Supreme Court which made Andersen the victor. “Ever since the county canvassing boards first certified the original totals which indicated that we were in the lead by 58 votes,” Rolvaag said in a prepared statement, “I have -been convinced that I would be elected.” The closest gubernatorial election In Minnesota history apparently came to a conclusion Thursday . when the state Supreme Court ended 23 days of legal confusion by ordering the canvassing board to declare Andersen the winner of the Nov. 6 election. Canadians Forced From Home By Gas CORNWALL, Ont. (UPI) — More than 200 residents of this city, forced from their homes when choking, poisonous chlorine gas gushed from a leaky railway tanker, early today bedded down with relatives or in emergency billets. They were removed after a tanker on a rail siding in the northeast section of the city sprang a leak late Friday afternoon. George Upfield, emergency measures coordinator, said more than 80 persons were treated at the two local hospitals and that 27 were being kept overnight for observation 7 Officials of Canadian -Industries Ltd., which owns the tanker, said the leak had been plugged. Cause of the leak had not been definitely established, but one report said it was caused by a faulty safety valve. At one point Friday night it was feared a wind change would force clearing of northern and western sections of this city of pence Seaway. But threatening fog and rain cleared and the gas, which is considered harmful to the lungs if taken in large doses, began wafting into the air. Upfield said reports had come to his emergency headquarters that many farm animals in the outlying areas of the city had been killed by the gas. He said if no more gas leaks from the tanker, the refugees will likely be permitted to return to their homes later today.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 1,1962.

Eastern Air Lines Crash Kills 25 As Plane Gropes - Through Fog For Landing

I Santa Claus Train I Rides Here Today | The jolly old fellow, Santa Claus, made a grand entrance through the streets of Decatur about 9:45 o’clock this morning, sitting atop a red convertible which was led by the city police car, with the siren wailing—awakening everyone to the fact that Santa Claus was in town. After his brief ride through the downtown section of Decatur, Santa hurriedly made his way to the Erie railroad depot for the first of three Santa Claus trains that will leave Decatur today. Accompanying Santa through the streets, and on the train rides, was Bozo the Clown. Santa, who puts over 300 pounds into his size 48 red and white suit, will work his way through each of the Erie trains, talking with over a thousand Decatur and area children. Sixth Annual This is the sixth annual Santa Claus train, sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, with arrangements handled by the : retail division of the Chamber. Trains will leave at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon, and the last train at 4 o'clock. The first train left the Erie rtritoaad -depot at -W' o’clock this morning. The trains will all travel the same route, through Wren, 0., through Glenmore and Ohio City, where the engine will turn around and begin the homeward trek. Music Provided A small band from Decatur high school provides familiar Christmas music on the train, and recorded music is provided at the depot by the Decatur Music House, through James Webb and Edward Heimann. The Decatur Goodfellows Club, which provides Christmas help for needy families, will again benefit from the sale of popcorn by the Delta Theta Tau sorority. The Association of American Railroads provides the booklet “The Iron Horse Goes To War” to every child on the train, and a registered nurse is sationed in the middle car each trip.

Would Have State Review Exemptions

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— A proposal from a state tax official that Indiana churches, educational institutions and fraternal groups pay property tax on ail incomeproducing property received limited support from representatives of those groups at a meeting Friday. Richard L. Worley, chairman of the Indiana Board of Tax Commlissioners, appealed to a subcommittee composed of representatives from groups which are eligible for tax exemption for legislation which would require them to pay taxes on all property which produces income. Th meeting ended with a compromise agreement in which the subcommittee decided to back amendments to the exlstiiig statutes which would allow the State Tax Board to review all tax exemptions. The board currently does not have the legal right to do anything about exemptions unless they are brought before it on appeal. Worley pointed out that as a result, the exemption law is being abused and unequally applied. He warned that the practical effect of politics is to encourage the granting of exemptions by local assessors, rather than holding the line. “I know an assessor who was defeated for re-election because he denied an exemption to a certain organization,” Worley said. Hie subcommittee — which is headed by Dr. James B. Kessler, director of the Commission on Tax and Financing Policy— also adopted a suggestion by Worley that tax-exempt organizations file an annual report with a copy to go to the state board. Worley said that sometimes lo-

Vatican Officials Worried Over Pope VATICAN CITY (UPI) — Vatican officials are worried about the health of 81-year-old Pope John XXIII, who is ill with stomach trouble and anemia, despite statements that his condition is improving, it was learned today. The official communiques on the Pope’s condition have been optimistic since he was first confined to bed Tuesday. High Vatican sources said it is true that the Pope is better, but “further checks” are being carried out and doctors treating him are not certain of his exact ailments. The sources said the Pope “spent a good night” Friday night and awoke feeling better. His doctors are urging him to remain in bed so that he will be able to attend closing ceremonies of the first session of the Ecumenical Council Dec. 8. It was learned that if he does attend the ceremonies will be shortened. The council took up what may be its last subject before the recess, the draft “De Ecclesia” — about the church. Msgr. John C. Heenan, archbishop of Liverpool, England, said Friday that examination of the draft will begin the ‘‘moment of truth.” ..“Each of the council fathers [will be' able to say if the church I of Christ is achieving the will of Christ,” he said. “Until now, only the most external parts have been examined, and not the life of the church itself.” The De Ecclesia draft explores the nature and functions of the church, its teachings and authority. It also deals with churchstate relations, and the powers of the Vatican and the bishops. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and mild tonight and Sunday. Low tonight low 30s north, mid 30s south. High Sunday mid 60s north, upper 60s south. Outlook for Monday: Increasing high cloudiness with gradual lowering, becoming mostly cloudy and little temperature change by Monday evening.

cal officials fajl to pass on the information about tax exemptions, so thait his office does not have complete information on what is being exempted. He said at least 30 counties have failed to provide this information. The subcommittee was named by the Legislative Advisory .Commission to determine if a recodification of the tax-exemption statutes were needed. Atty. Gen. Edwin K. Steers argued against discarding the entire statute, which exempts property owned by groups that are ”municipal, educational, literary, scientific, religious or charitable. . . and not for profit.” . He said the courts have made many interpretations of what is tax-exempt and —non-profit,and what isn’t, and that his office would seek more rulings if Worley wishes in areas now in doubt. He urged that supplemental legislation be sought instead of outright replacement of the statute. Worley said he felt there was widespread abuse of the not-for-profit exemptions given cemetery associations. Other questions asked included: Should a bookstore owned by a university pay H a church rents its parking lot during the week is this income exempt? How about a religious camp with a hoi tel on a lake? The income from a fish fry staged to raise money by a school, church, lodge? At one stage in the long discussion, some of the representatives . reached the shouting stage. How--1 ever, the two men representing Protestant and Catholic churches ■ did not. join in the verbal dueling > which concerned charges for facilities owned by a fraternal ’ group.

NEW YORK (UPI) — An Eastern Air Lines DC7B, groping through the fog without the benefit of a ground approach radar system, crashed while landing at Idlewild airport Friday night, killing 25 of the 51 persons aboard. The plane, a non-stop flight from Charlotte, N.C., to New York, burst into flames and came to a halt 500 feet from the runway on which another Eastern flight had landed successfully about 90 seconds earlier. Dazed survivors staggered from the wreckage and told of the pilot, veteran Captain Edward Bechtold, who spent his flying career crusading for stricter air safety, assuring the passengers: “I think we’ll make it” moments before the crash. Bechtold and two other crewmen were among the dead. Two stewardesses survived. Federal investigators, who opened an immediate investigation, said at dawn today they were unable to determine immediately if the plane had touched down on the runway, missed it or yeered off after landing. Crashes Into Marsh Forty-five passengers, five crewmen and an Eastern dispatcher on a familiarization flight were aboard the four-engine plane, flight 512, which was gutted by the flames after stopping in a low-lying marsh area near Jamaica Bay. A CAB spokesman said the plane was approaching Runway 4 without the benefit of the precisnon approach radar which furnishes the pilot information on his direction and altitude as he makes an instrument approach landingInstead, Bechtold was using a radio system which gave him a visual record of his direction and altitude. - The spokesman said the radar system was not functioning because the Federal Aviation Agency’s room housing the equipment was being moved from one area of the Idlewild control tower building to another. ‘‘lt’s inoperative condition was known to all pilots,” the CAB spokesman said. “A notice to all airmen had been put out about it.” A heavy fog hung over the field, resulting in the delay and cancellation of some flights, and rescue vehicles had trouble locating the wreckage of the DC7B. “Thicker Than Hell” The CAB spokesman said the fog was “thicker than bell” over the marshy area of soft sand covered with weeds. Inimediately after the crash of the propeller-driven plane officials. closed the airport to all takeoffs and landings. The field remained closed for more than nine hours until 7:10 a.m. when a warm Indian summer sun began to burn away the fog. Eastern flight 406 had preceded Bechtold’s plane on the same runway by about a minute and a half, the CAB spokesman said. Skid marks were found on the runway when dawn came today but the investigators' were unable to determine if they were made by the plane or by toe fire trucks and other rescue vehicles which rushed to—the-scene. — 1 The two stewardesses, Pat Richards and Helen Fournier, both of New York City, were praised by the survivors for staying w ith the flaming wreckage and helping passengers to safety. “We kept pushing passengers out,” Miss Fournier said, "when everyone was out that I could see, I jumped to the ground.” Fred Fleming, toe Eastern dispatcher, was among the victims as were co-pilot Jules Wagner and flight engineer R.L. Voorhees. It was the sixth airliner crash in seven days with a total of 204 dead in toe disasters. Floodlights Illuminate Scene Floodlights from rescue vehicles played on toe crash scene in toe pre-dawn hours. Smoke and steam rose from the twisted wreckage, found 500 feet from the runway, mixing with fog to provjde an eerie spectacle. The tail assembly and two twisted propellers were toe only recognizable pieces of wreckage. Seventeen of the 26 survivors, including two stewardesses, were hospitalized. Fog was so thick over toe area .1 at the time of toe crash that res-

, cue vehicles had to search for the ’ wreckage. The flight left Charlotte at 7:13 I . p.m. EST, was due here at '9:09 p.m. and crashed about 9:45 p.m. I ! The official weather report from | Idlewild’s control tower at the time was given as “sky partially ; obscured, visibility I*6 miles with , ground fog.” _ Another Airliner Landed Oscar Baake, assistant adminis- 1 , trator for the eastern region of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) said another airliner landed on the 8,400-foot runway about a minute and a half to two minutes earlier. Cold, Fierce Storm Threatening Coast MIAMI (UPI)—A cold and fierce , Atlantic storm threatened the East Coast today and the Miami Weath- ’ er Bureau warned of impending ' “serious beach erosion” from the ’ upper Florida coast to the Virginia Capes. 1 The storm, with very rough seas and icy winds up to 60 miles an < hour, was located about 350 miles 1 east of Charleston, S.C., at 5 a.rii. i EST. It was drifting slowly to the 1 north-northwest : “The storm is forecast to drift l toward the west or northwest dur-1 \ ing the next 24 hours with little change in intensity,” the bulletin 4 M ' me Weather Bureau said the * sprawling center was hard to pinpoint, but said gale force winds ; and “very rough seas” extended 1 to 400 to 500 miles to the west and north and about 200 miles east * and south of the center. [ The bulletin warned that the 1 storm, whcch has been buffeting the southeastern coast for the past ■ three days, would probably cause - tides one to four feet above nor- ■ mad, with minor flooding and seri- : ous beach erosion along beaches > where gale warnings were dis- ■ played. Gale warnings were up from the upper east Florida coast to the Virginia Capes and small craft! warnings were displayed from : Cape Canaveral to Cape May, N.J.

Chinese Claim Withdrawal

NEW DELHI (UPD — Peking broadcasts said Communist Chinese troops would, begin their withdrawal today from forward positions on Indian territory, but In- ■ dian officials could not determine whether the withdrawal had be- . gun. Radio Peking and the Commu- . nist New China news agency, in transmissions after the deadline > set by Peking for the start of the withdrawal, did not say it actuhl- ( ly had begun. . The Indian government radio did . not carry the Chinese statements, L and there was noofficial . comment. But officials said pri- . vately that some Chinese units apparently began pulling back J ahead of schedule Friday. They cautioned, however, that there ’ was no way of telling whether the moves were a trick or the real ‘ thing. ! The Communist broadcasts cou1 pled withdrawal statements with • strong attacks on India for allegedly .planning j» strike at the ■ Chinese army during the truce : period. Western observers said • the broadcasts could be an ad- . vance justification for renewed i fighting by China. The broadcasts, heard in Tokyo, charged that uKa&»~tistaaing for time to rebuild its badly i smashed army and then reject s the Chinese proposals — and, havi ing equipped its army with up-to- , date arms supplied by the West, . renew its attacks on China.” i China also warned India, in a note from Premier Chou En-Lai • to Prime Minister Jawaharlal ■ Nehru, that “the withdrawal by t China alone of its frontier guards . cannot ensure the disengagement s of the armed forces of the two sides, nor can it prevent the rei currence of border clashes.” The Chinese withdrawal, if it

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Four Prisoners In Muncie Jail Break MUNCIE, Ind, <UPI) — Four prisoners armed with a butcher knife staged a jailbreak at Muncie today by threatening to kill the turnkey. Three of the four were arrested a short time later by Muncie police, who were alerted by a call turnkey Bernard Persinger made from a street telephone after he was forced to go outside toe Delaware County Jail and lock himself out. Persinger identified the missing prisoner as Robert Sloan, 33, Mun- rcie, who was awaiting trial on auto theft charges. The three who joined in the break but were recaptured were George Gwinn, 21, Muncie, awaiting trial for robbery; Dallas Smith, 22, Parker, arrested on a vehicle taking charge, and Samuel Crouch, 25, Muncie, charged with robbery and auto conversion. The men, all kept in toe same cell block, apparently sawed on a bar for some time without being noticed. Persinger said toe first he knew toe men “ganged up on me with a butcher knife they had gotten from toe kitchen.” I Apparently a saw blade either was slipped to one ot toe men or they had one secreted about their person. After sawing toe bar, one of toe men went to the kitchen for toe knife before overpowering Persinger. "They forced me to open toe back door,” Persinger said. “I can still feel that knife in my ribs. Then they forced me outside the jail and I had to lock up the jail. They threw the keys away. I had to go to a phone and call city police.” Persinger said there were 13 men in the block and that toe other nine could have escaped but did not try to do so. Police warned that Sloan still may have toe butcher knife and should be considered dangerous. . A city-wide search was on for him, in the belief he still may be somewhere in Muncie. Police had no report of any car being stolen.

takes place, will not in any case remove Chinese troops entirely from territory India claims. Peking agreed only to return to positions 12 Vi miles “from the line of actual control of Nov. 7, 1959.” This would leave Communist troops in Ladakh, in the northwest area of the border. India has insisted that the Chinese . abandon this area as well as well as their gains in the northeast, where they apparently have agreed to pull back. It estimates the size of the Indian territory under■ Chinese occupation ia Ladakh at 10,000 square miles. Reagan Is Named As District Chairman INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Silas B. Reagan, Indianapolis, Friday night was named 11th District Republican chairman. Reagan succeeds H. Dale Brown, Indianapolis, who gave up the district post when he was recently elected state GdP chairman. Brown will continue as Marion County Republican chairman. DHfATI’R TEMrKSAT(RES Local weather data for the period ending at 9 a.m. today, 12 noon . 63 12 midnight .. 44 1 p.m . 63 1 a m 43 2 p.m. 64 2 a.m. fj ' 3 p.m. 62 3 a.m 40 4 p.m. 62 4 a.m. 4fi 5 p.ni 60 5 a.m 39 6 p.m 57 6 u rn 36 7 p.m 55 7 a.m. 32 8 p.m. 51 * a.m. 1| 9 p.m 50 9 a.m. 42 10 p.m 49 11 p.m 46 , . Ruin - Total for the 34 hour period and. Inc nt 7 am. today, .0 inch**. The St. Mary a river wa» at l.Ofl feet. ' ' " 11 , NOON EDITION I. .