Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 287.

Grey Killer Smog Fells Scores In London; Toll Os Dead Is At Least 66

Bridegroom-To-Be Halts Bank Robbery

ELIZABETH, N.J. (UPI) —The bank robbery might have been a pushover except for Robert Dischler, a young man with stars in his eyes who saw red when the heist threatened his wedding. He became furious when he saw the $1,600 he had saved for a nest egg dumped into the bandits’ bag Wednesday along with $59,000 of the bank’s money . before he had his deposit slip. “I was just thinking about my $1,600,” Dischler, 24, a service station attendant, said. “You can’t get married without money, can you? I wanted to get my money back.” Besides, he wanted some of the money to buy an engagement ring Christmas present for his fiancee, Loretta Herman, 21. Dischler became so angry he grabbed the 38 caliber pistol one of the bandits carried, shot him in the stomach, fought a gun battle with the other bandit, and when all of the bullets were used up, hurled the empty revolver with all his might at the fleeing robbers. Chases Bandits From Bank Then he charged them with his bare bands and chased them from the bank, one of them clutching his stomach where he bad been shot. Dischler was not nicked in the flurry of bullets that followed his bold move. But bank guard William Petoskey, 65, a former policeman, was wounded trying to help. A bullet grazed his head. He did not carry a gun because It is against bank regulations. The guard was reported in lair condition in a hospital. When the two bandits entered the bank, Dischler was the only man present. There was one other woman customer, and three women tellers. “This is a stickup! Give us

Nehru Asserts India To Win

TEZPUR, India. (UPD—Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said today that India will achieve ultimate victory and emerge stronger than ever in its conflict with Red China. “Ultimately victory will be ours and we must emerge stronger than ever before,” he said as he toured the northern border areas with Defense Minister Y.B. Chavan. He visited a group of 64 sick and wounded Indian prisoners who were returned by the Chinese Wednesday, along with the body of one dead soldier. The men were brought back here by Indian Red Cross representatives and Nehru was on hand to talk to them. Nehru also held a news conference at which he warned that the country should not think delivery of Soviet - built MIG jet fighter planes should make any big difference in India’s defense potential. He noted that four MIGs are expected this month and another four to five early next year. In New Delhi, meanwhile, the government announced it was closing its last two consulates in Red China and had ordered Peking to do the same in India. The move brought India another step DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a m. today. 12 noon . 40 12 midnight .. 32 1 p.m 40 1 a.m. 32 2 p.m. '... 40 2 a.m 31 3 p.m. 40 .3 a.m. 31 4 p.m 40 4 a.m 30 5 p.m 37 4> a.m. ~... 30 6 p.m 34 6 a.m. 30 7 p.m. 32 7 a.m. 31 8 p.m 32 8 a.m 32 9 p.m 32 9 a.m. 32 —ifl-pm. 82 10 a.m. . 33 11 p.m. 32 11 a.m. 82 ° Rain , Tvtel for the M hour Ing at 7 a.m. today, .06 Inches. The St. Alary's river was at 1.03 feet. *

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your money,” one of the bandits demanded. One stayed by the door, his gun covering the tellers and two customers. The other walked up to the teller cages with a brown leather satchel. Tellers Surrender Money Sandy Miller, who has been employed at the bank only four months, quickly shoved her money into the bag. So did Mrs. Hannah Buzzone at the next window. When the bandit came up to Mrs. Martha Johnson, the teller where Dischler was waiting, he made his move. __ ■ — “I swung lat him ... we both made it to the floor, grappling,” he said. “He dropped the bag and that money went all over the floor. “I disarmed him and I fired one shot at him ... in the stomach. With that, the other guy at the entrance opened fire on me and between the two of us, we emptied the guns. “When the guy on the floor heard the click of my gun . . . that it was empty ... he got up and started to run away. I threw the gun at him. I ran after him as the other fellow ran out the door.” Dischler said he would have chased therrt further, but one of them turned and pulled out a knife. “I backed away,” he said. Minutes after the bandits had jumped into a car where a third man was waiting, police and FBI agents arrived. They started to take Dischler to headquarters to look at “mug shots” of possible suspects. "Wait a minute,” Dischler shouted. He dashed back into the bank. “I want my deposit slip.” With a shaking hand, one of the tellers made it out.

closer to breaking diplomatic relations with the Communist Chinese. Nehru’s theme everywhere he went was that although India suffered miserable reverses in the first phases of the Red Chinese attack, these have helped India correctly to assess its defense potential 'and prepare itself for ultimate victory. He was particularly anxious to talk to the returned prisoners and to troops who had been under fire from the Communists. The prisoners were turned over to the Indian Red Cross Wednesday at Bomdila —a town that was in Indian hands before the Chinese attacked Oct. 20. The Chinese appeared to be going through with their announced withdrawl, at least in parts. Indian patrols in the eastern and western sections of the North East -Frontier Agency have reported seeing no enemy troops for several days. Stragglers returning from further forward areas said they had not seen any Chinese since Dec. 1. However, there was nothing in the Indian attitude in Tezpur to suggest they were taking the withdrawal a.t face value. Eight-Cent Airmail Stamp Is On Sale WASHINGTON (UPD — A new eight-cent airmail stamp goes on sale today throughout the country. The new rate, however, does not go into effect until Jan. 7. Under a postal rate increase approved by Congress this year, regular first class stamps will be increased from four to five cents and air mail from seven to eight. Post cards will go from three to four cents.

LONDON (UPI) — A grey killer smog claimed victims by the score today 'and officials grimly predicted the blinding mixture of fog and pollution would choke the nation for two more days. At least 66 persons — most of them over 60 years old — had collapsed and died in the London area alone since the worst fog in a decade stole over the nation Monday night. Auto and hospital officials said the smog was every bit as bad as the “killer fog” of 1952 which claimed 4,000 lives in four days. The death rate was expected to shoot up sharply today. Officials said smog usually takes 24 to 48 hours to affect the lungs and bring on fatal bronchial conditions. Health authorities warned old people, children and persons with weak lungs to stay indoors until the smog lifts. Air samples taken Wednesdayshowed air pollution 12 times normal and twice as bad as at the height of the 1952 disaster. The grey killer was a deadly amalgam of moisture, smoke,, dirt and carbon fumes spewing from the nation’s exhaust pipes and factory chimneys. V Hospitals Are Alerted London hospitals went on “red alert” — the order to admit only emergency patients and keep all beds ready for smog victims. The air ministry said the poisonous' pall over London was 500 feet thick. *Tt seems this weather will persist for another 48 hours,” a ministry spokesman predicted gloomily. Freezing temperatures added to the misery. The fog froze on streets and pavements, causing a rash of multiple-car accidents. But highway deaths were few because traffic moved so slowly. The fog early today was not as bad as the opaque mass that halted the nation in its tracks Tuesday night. But visibility in a few areas was still down to zero and drivers nearly everywhere could see only a few hundred feet at best. Expect Worse Smog The smog was expected to thicken again tonight. Hardest-hit were the great industrial areas of Lorn ion and the midland cities!, where factory smoke mixed with the fog to produce a slimy atmosphere that coated mouths and lungs. Buses and trains ran hours behind. Many motorists left their cars home. No airliners had left London airport for 60 hours. _ All policemen wore smog masks. Drug stores reported they were sold out of the masks. Pedestrians improvised their own smog-stoppers out of handkerchiefs and scarves.

4,335 Workers Are Insurance-Covered Adams county, with 24,643 people, had an average of 4,335 workers covered by unemployment compensation during the months of April, May and June of this year, according to statistics .published this week. During the three-month period, the covered payroll for the county workers was $4,842,125, an average of 694.07 earned each week inmanufacturing. This was 52nd in average earnings of covered employes, out of 92 counties. This compares with $95 79 in Wells; $101.69 in Jay; $129.57 in Allen. On a new map showing Indiana industrial patterns, Adams county is shown with canning and soybean processing, furniture, electric motors and electronic components manufacturing. z - Indiana has a population of 4,662,498 (1960 census), with !,- 065,233 covered employes as of March, 1962; of these, 589,029 are in manufacturing. In October, unemployment was 3.8% in Indiana as a whole, compared with 4.6% in the nation. Fort Wayne was at the state average, while Decatur was slightly lower in unemployment. Indiana’s nonfarm employment hit 1,463,600 by mid-October, a record for the month, and only 11,600 below the all-time record set in September,

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Dick Heller Speaks To Optimists Club Slides of a recent 22-day trip to the Orient were shown to the Decatur Optimist Club this morning by Dick Heller, Jr., publisher of the Decatur Daily Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Heller were part of a IQ.person group which visited farms in various parts of Alaska, Japan, Formosa, Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, and Macao. The members of the tour paid their own expenses on the trip. While most of the farms visited were of two to seven acres in size, and the farmer had to work hard every, day to barely scrape a living for himself and family, a 16,000-acr§ farm was visited in Japan, as well as a 200,000 acre farm in the Philippines, _____ Hellei explained that Hong Kong, a British possession about the size of Adams county, but very mountainous, is terribly overpopulated today, having grown from 600,000 shortly after World War 11, to 31£ million people to. day. Every inch of available housing is packed with families, from stairways to rooftops, where 10 or 12 families will be found camping. The most pitiful are those living in tiny sampans, or in tarpaper shacks on the side of the barren, waterless mountains. The slides brought home to those present that Americans have a moral responsibility to the millions of hungry people throughout the world, people hungry not because they aren’t willing to work, but because there are no jobs, or tools, or materials to work with. Mint Is Speeding Coin Production WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Bureau of the Mint said Wednesday it is making plans to avoid coin shortages. Coins especially pennies and nickels, have been in short supply in some areas in recent months. To alleviate the immediate shortage and keep Christmas trade moving smoothly, the bureau recently ordered overtime production at the Denver and Philadelphia mints.

Urge Business In Government

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — A 'committee of industrial, farm and labor union leaders told their fellow Hoosiers today the time has come to quit playing their favorite game of politics and start running state government like the biltion-dollar business it is. The Citizens Committee on State Government, formed several months ago at the request of both Democratic Governor Welsh and Republican Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine, unveiled legislation it plans to bring before the 1963 General Assembly. Committee officials reported at a meeting here today that thej’ have found state government to be "an archaic, inefficient and basically unworkable organization” and promised that “large sums of money” could be saved if the lawmakers would start acting like a board of directors instead of politicians. » Sells, Barnett Preside George Doup, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, who is the committee chairman, was absent. But two vice-chairmen presided, Dallas Sells, president of the Indiana AFL-CIO, and John Barnett, executive vice president of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. However, Howard Ward, treasurer of the Ball Co., Muncie, was chief spokesman and answered most of the questions asked by reporters. Two of the proposed new laws which have been discussed previously and aroused much contro-

Soviet Union Moving Jets Out Os Cuba WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Soviet Union appears to be quickly removing its IL2B jet bombers from Cuba and may have them all out within a few days, U.S. officials said today. U.S. sources also said Russia has told the United States in New York that it had placed 42 of the jet planes in Cuba. U.S. officials earlier had spoken only of “more than 30” bombers in talking with newsmen. One U.S. official said it was remotely possible the Russians might announce Friday that all of the jet bombers had been placed aboard ships for removal from Cuba. The Soviets have indicated that they will demand at this point that President Kennedy give the formal pledge against any invasion. The development came as Kennedy met again on Cuba with his top military and diplomatic strategists, including U.N. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson. Stevenson has been the center of a storm of controversy over his role tai the chief executive’s decision to blockade Cuba to prevent any further Soviet military buildup on the island. Kennedy sought to lay this controversy to rest with a “Dear Adlai” letter in which he expressed fullest confidence in the diplomat and former Democratic presidential nominee. The White House said today’s meeting was called by 'the President to discuss current discussions on Cuba at the United Nations. The White House indicated there would be no public report on the discussion. It was pictured as one of a series dating back to the start of the Cuba crisis. As for Stevenson, Kennedy said Wednesday that he had the fullest confidence in the ambassador and that Stevenson would continue to be of “inestimable value” at the United Nations. His remarke were made in a letter Stevenson.

versy were defended by Ward and Barnett as “not ripper bills.” One proposal was that certain accounting responsibilities be shifted from the state auditor to a department of financial control under the governor, and another was that the Department of Commerce and Industry be shifted from the lieutenant governor to the governor. Ward said that while the office of state auditor is constitutional, not all of the auditor’s duties are, and that some of these functions could be shifted to the Department of Administration. Accounting Duplicated “We are not talking about curtailing of the auditor”, Ward said. “We think this office should be expanded, but some of its functions should be transferred to the governor because there is a duplication of accounting.” - Ward stressed that the proposed laws would be effective with the nexH change of administration in 1965. He pointed out that while studies showing the need for changes in state government had been made in the past and generally ignored, the grave financial situation in which the state now finds itself makes it Imperative that “some of these ideas be given better reception.” He said he realized that .“politics is such an important game in this state" but that Hoosiers could no longer afford to continue ignoring the weaknesses in their state government

Quillin'-j-sfeOr. : • i rIW .JjT I hdiiii 'lili ill) ■tiW' l ' 1 LH 1 » * • . HOUSE ON A CREEK— Retired contractor Don Hall built retaining walls alon q the banks of a small creek in a picturesque setting near Ripley, W. Va., then built a carport and a comfortable four room home across the stream.

502 Gifts Sent Mental Patients A total of 502 Christmas gifts for patients at the state hospital in Richmond have been sent by Adams county donors, Mrs. Roger Schuster, chairman of the Adam s county mental health Christmas drive, said today. Mrs. Schuster stated, that she would like to thank personally every person who donated a present this year, and to those who helped in other ways: Mrs. W. Lowell Harper, for handling the publicity; W. Lowell Harper, for securing a truck and' driver from Decatur Bag Service to carry the presents to Richmond; as well as all the people of Decatur and the surrounding area who responded so cheerfully. Mrs. Robert Boch, Mrs. Pa u 1 Hammond, Mrs. Leo Seltenright, Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Kenneth Gaunt, and Mrs. Walter Stoppenhagen helped pack the gifts. Special thanks went to the following firms which made generous donations: Begun’s. Jani ..Lyn, E. F. Gass Store; John Brecht, jeweler: Ferris Bower, jeweler; Kinney-Bennett-Kinsey Konsession Co., of Fort Wayne, and the Gas company, which allowed use of its office. Sororities, church groups, service clubs, home demonstration clubs, were also thanked for their help. Suburban Bank At Cincinnati Robbed CINCINNATI (UPI) — Two gunmen using a woman hostage" robbed the Southern Ohio National Bank office in suburban White Oak today of an estimated $39,000. Assistant manager Jerry Rohrer said the men entered the bank with the woman and “cleaned us out” in five minutes. Police said the bandits apparently went to a nearby home and forced the woman to accompany them. Her name was not immediately available. Rohrer said five employes and a customer were locked in an inside compartment of the bank vault where they waited about five minutes “until we were sure they had left.’ He unlocked the compartment from the inside. One of the gunmen was described as being in his early 20’s. He was last seen driving away in a green and yellow convertible with his companion and possibly another woman. Set Road Blocks CONNERSVILLE, Ind. (UPI) — Indiana State Police set up road block along the IndianaOhio state line in the vicinity of Connersville today after being informed by Ohio authorities t h at two men believed to have robbed a bank in Ohio this morning were driving toward Indiana. The sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio, flashed word to Indiana authorities after the two suspects were reported seen in Miamitown. Ohio, about 15 miles from the Indiana state line. He said a car fitting the description of that used by the robbers was seen heading west, Indiana weather Heavy snow warning northwest portion. Occasional snow with snow accumulations in excess of four inches likely near Lake Michigan this after- — noon and tonight. Friday con- ~ tinned cold with snow flurries and northwest winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. Low tonight In the 20s. High Friday 29 to 33. Sunset today 5:20 p. m. Sunrise Friday 7:52 a.m. Out- — look for Saturday: Continued cold with snow flurries. Lows in the 20s. Highs 29 to 35,

Wintry Storm Hitting From Indiana East » By United Press International The East’s first big storm of the wintry season walloped West Virginia with up to a foot of snow today and slicked roads from Indiana to West Virginia. The rangy storm system centered its power over a broad area from Virginia to western New York state. Atlanta had its first snow of the season and driving became dangerous in parts of the Middle West. The heaviest snows fell on West Virginia’s Randolph County, where a foot of snow was measured and more was on the way. There was four inches of snow in western Pennsylvania and another four inches at Cleveland, Ohio. The Akron, Ohio, area had five inches of snow. In Kentucky, the snow was credited with... helping . Gov. Bert T. Comb avert major violence in a coal mine strike. An inch or more of snow in the western Kentucky mountains held down the number of picket bands that have roamed the coal fields in the Hazard, Ky., area. Most of Indiana was coated with traffic-slowing snow and at least one death was blamed on the storm. Walter G. Long, 50, Oxford, Ind., was killed when his car hit a patch of ice and skidded near Lafayette. Michigan snow depths mounted to .four inches. Three Illinois youths were killed Wednesday when their car skidded on an icy bridge in a winddriven snow flurry, plowed through a guard rail, and fell 50 feet into a creek. The storm drove up the eastern seaboard towards the Northeast, which had just escaped the full brunt of a howling Atlantic blast. The sea storm, carrying gale force winds, swept harmlessly past New England after drenching the six-state area with 1.5 inches of rain and causing tides four feet above normal.

Kennedy Expresses Confidence In Adlai

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy has the "fullest confidence” in Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and feels he will continue to be of “inestimable value” at the United Nations. Kennedy’s remarks were contained in a letter to Stevenson made public by the White House Wednesday —the latest administration effort to squelch reports that Stevenson was in hot water over a magazine story saying he preferred negotiation to a blockade in the Cuban crisis. Kennedy and Stevenson will appear together tonight for the first time since the article appeared. Stevenson is to preside over the awards dinner of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, which combats mental retardation. The President will present the awards. Kennedy, in the letter delivered to Stevenson at the United Nations yesterday, said “this is just a note to tell you again how deeply I regret the unfortunate stir which has arisen over the statements contained in the Saturday Evening Post article.” Kennedy assured Stevenson he valued his advice "very highly” and “admired your performance" during the. Cuban crisis. The article in question, written by Stewart Alsop and Charles Bartlett, both close friends Os the President, led to speculation that

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Judge Change Asked In Junk Yard Case A motion for a change of venue has been filed in the "junk yard” case, which will take the action out of the local city court. The motion was filed by Custer and Smith, attorneys representing Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gallogly and Edward Imel, and will take the action out of the city court, and put it in the hands of a county lawyer who will act as special judge. Robert Smith, representing Custer and Smith, filed an affidavit and motion “for change of venue from the j u d g e,” alleging bias and prejudice on the part of city court Judge John B. Stults. Judge Stults had set Saturday at 10:30 a.m. as the date for a hearing in the case, but with the new motion .filedj will now name a panel of three Adams county lawyers at that time. Will Strike Two From the three-man panel, the attorneys will each strike one, and the remaining lawyer will then serve as special judge, if he accepts the case. The “junk yard” case involves three affidavits signed by Miss Eleanor Wemhoff against the Galloglys and Imel. One affadivit is against Lawrence and Arlene Gallogly, owners of the lot, for allowing the dumping of the “junk;” another is against Imel for dumping the “junk,” and the third is against all three for conspiring together to allow a violation of a city zoning ordinance to continue. Miss Wemhoff, who resides at 309 N. Eighth St., with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wemhoff, signed the three affidavits Friday, November 23 The Wemhoffs reside on the west side of Eighth St., with the alleged junk yard on the east side of the street. Zoning Ordinance The zoning ordinance allegedly violated is general ordinance 1-149 of the zoning ordinance, which says that no junk storage shall be dumped except within a closed building or a lot with a solid, eight-foot fence around the lot, within 300 feet of a residential district.. The city of Decatur had filed similar charges against Jfe and — Mrs. Galloglys and Imel last summer, but the case was continued in city court when the defendants informed Judge Stults that they would discontinue dumping certain items on the lot, and would clean up the area. Overrules Motion To Drop School Case A motion to dismiss the BerneFrench vs. Adams Central school case was overruled in the Adams circuit court Wednesday by special judge Byron G. Jenkins. Custer and Smith, attorneys representing Adams Central, had filed a written motion to dismiss the cause of action filed by BerneFrench, which asked for a restraining order and permanent injunction. Custer and Smith, and Howard Baumgartner, representing BerneFrench, presented arguments before special judge Jenkins who overruled the motion following the presentation of the arguments.

Stevenson might be on the way out. But White House spokesmenand Stevenson have repeatedly called the story inaccurate. The letter Kennedy wrote Stevenson Wednesday did not deny the article, and mentioned it only in connection with the “unfortuate stir” it caused... In Moscow, the Soviet news agency Tass said today attempts were being made to intimidate Stevenson. Tass said the attempt at intimidation was aimed at those “who dare come out for a peaceful settlement of disputed international questions.”

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