Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 292.

Khrushchev Asserts Soviet Union Policy Averted Nuclear War

Workinger Is Head Os Masonic Lodge Robert S. Workinger, 922 Nuttman Ave., was elected Worshipful master of the Masonic lodge at the annual stated meeting Tuesday evening at the Masonic hall. Workinger succeeds Robert L. August, who served as master during the past year. The formal public installation of officers will be held Saturday, December 29. Other officers elected were: Niland Ochsenrider, senior warden; Donald Norquest, junior warden; Rolland Gilliom, treasurer; Weldon Bumgerdner, secretary; and Robert August, trustee. Holdover trustees are Chalmer Barkley and Charles Houk. The meeting Tuesday night was preceded by a fish fry. Memebrs In charge of the annual fish fry were Max Andrews, Gerald Light, Hubert Gilpin, Fred Chronister, Charles Stonestreet, Lauren Wigger and Harvey Jones. August Appointed As Chief Deputy Harold E. August, 38, of 1104 W. Madison street, deputy sheriff since last June, was named chief deputy, succeeding Robert E. Meyer, Jantiarv 1. Meyer has resigned to take other employment, sheriff Roger Singleton announced. August, a six-foot, 200-oound Army veteran and 1942 graduate of Pleasant Mills high school, has lived in and around Decatur and Adams county most of his life. He spent 15 years with Stewart’s Bakery, and additional time with Hammond’s Market, and is well acquinted with the people in the county. August is married to the former Katherine Weiland, and they have five children: Susan, 15; John, 14; Linda, 12; Eric, 10, and Mary Ann, 7. During his three years of military service, he was in North Africa with the 34th division, and in Italy, and fought at Anzio and Salerno. Sheriff Singleton stated that he will announce the name of his new deputy next week. The new deputy will replace August when he moves up to chief deputy. Although there are extra responsibilities on the chief deputy, he gets no increase in pay. He is merely senior deputy in charge when the sheriff is not oresent. August has served as deputy since last June 1, when lie was appointed on the resignation of chief deputy Charles Arnold.

Nehru Says China Reds Mass Troops

NEW DELHI (UPI) — Premier Jawaharlal Nehru said today reports from the front indicate Red China is massing troops south of conquered Bomdila, within easy striking distance of the densely populated Assam Plains. Nehru told India’s Senate the Red invaders’ concentration may "be a preliminary to their promised withdrawal from some of the Indian territory they have seized. Other,high officials were reported worried, however, about the threat of a possible new Communist attack. (Red China’s official radio reported that the invaders marched north from Bomdila Sunday. The same Peking broadcast, however, carried a report on conditions in the border community as of Tuesday.) US. Ambassador John K. Galbraith was flying home today to report to Kennedy on the Indian situation. He was traveling by

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W. A. Whittenbarger Is Taken By Death Walter A. Whittenbarger, 91, retired farmer residing at 903 Walnut street, died at 1:55 p. m. Tuesday at the Adams county memorial hospital, where he had been a patient since Nov. 21. He was born in Harrison township, Van Wert county, 0., Oct. 14, 1871, a son of Isaac and S. J. Capper - Whittenbarger, and was married to Fannie Carter Feb. 22, 1903. His wife preceded him in death June 12. 1961. Mr. Whittenbarger was a farmer in Union township most of his life, moving to Decatur in 1943. He was a member of the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving are two sons, Paul L. Whittenbarger of Chatsworth, TH., and Roy W. Whittenbarger of Fort Wayne, and three grandchildren. One son, two brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Kenneth Angle officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may . call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services. Suspends Sentence On Burglary Charge Julian Cramer, 19-year-old resident of route 2, Decatur, was finctj, $lO and costs in the Adams circuit court this morning, and given a six months sentence at the state penal farm, which was suspended. The sentence was suspended, and Cramer was ordered by circuit court Judge Myles F. Parrish to make full and complete restitution of the stolen articles, or the value of the articles. A hearing was held for his 17-year-old wife in juvenile court, also this morning, and she too-was ordered to make full and complete restitution, and was also placed on probation to probation officer Chris H. Muselman for an indefinite period. Cramer was taken into custody Monday, along with his wife, and were later charged with breaking and entering. The young couple burglarized tire Linn Grove hardware store November 25, taking approximately S4OO in stolen article?, including 17 watches, two shotguns,two transistor radios, and other items. An investigation by sheriff Roger Singleton’s department quickly turned up the Cramers as prime suspects, and when confronted about the burglary, they confessed to the theft.

way of New York on a schedule that would get him to the U.S. capital tonight. Nehru indicated that Indian troops might renew the border war if it appeared to be in India’s best interest to fight. “We have taken no action to impede the cease-fire. . .but we have given no guarantee for the future,’’ he said. “It all depends on the way things develop.” The premier rejected Red China's peace terms in a speech to the lower house of Parliament Tuesday, but there was no indication that India had any immediate plans to renew the fighting. As of Monday, the premier said, Indian casualties in the border war totaled 6,589—197 known dead, 291 wounded, 927 prisoners and 5,174 missing. He said 12,161 Indians temporarily cut off by the Communist had made their way back to Indian lines.

Decatur Stores Open Every Night Until 9 O'clock

MOSCOW (UPD—Premier Nikita Khrushchev said today that the Soviet Union’s policy of peaceful coexistence averted a nuclear world war over Cuba and warned the more belligerent Communist Chinese that the American "paper tiger” had atomic teeth. He accused the Chinese of trying to prod the Soviets into conflict with the United States. Khrushchev said that Soviet officers had manned the Soviet missiles in Cuba “which were ready for launching” but not used, sparing the world from a nuclear holocaust. Then, in the most direct and high-level attack yet on Chinese policy, which holds that communism can triumph over capitalism only by inevitable war, he said the world has no choice but to survive through coexistence. In rejecting Chinese charges that he had bowed to imperialism in the Cuban crisis, he said that “these people who call themselves Marxist - Leninists” apparently were trying to provoke a clash between the Soviet Union and the United States. Rejects This Line But Khrushchev was having none of this line, pointing out that the United States also had the? capability of thermonuclear destruction? Khrushchev said "favorable prerequisites” have been created to end the Cuban crisis and that what is needed now is to “bring the negotiations to a conclusion.” “ In a broadcast and televised address to the Supreme Soviet, Khrushchev said that those who say the Cuban compromise was forced on the Soviet Union also should say the United States also was forced to settle by peaceful means. Had Russia taken an “uncompromising position,” he said, it Would have helped “only the camp of madmen in the United States” to touch off world war. The United States could not win such a war, he added. Again with an eye on . Peking without specifically mentioning the Communist Chinese, Khrushchev said: “Imperialism is no longer what it was. . .it may be a paper tiger, but people who call it that should know the paper tiger has nuclear teeth.” Alarm from Cuba He said the missiles were supplied as a .result of a “wellfounded alarm” from the Cuban government that “an; attack was only hours away” on Oct. 23. “We sent our arms there and placed our rockets just to avert aggression and that’s why we pulled them out,” he said. “That’s <Continued on Page Six) Former Decatur Man Is Taken By Death Perl G. Riker, 82, former Decatur resident, died Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Kenworthy, 6603 South Calhoun street. Fort Wayne. He had been ill since June with complications. He was bom in Calhoun county. Mich., October 13, 1880, a son of John and Melbina Crandall-Riker, His wife, the former Erma Ely, died August 21, 1959. Mr. Riker was employed for 25 years with the Cloverleaf Creameries and Kraft Foods in Decatur, Huntington and Markle. He was a member of the Methodist church at Litchfield, Mich., where he resided on a farm for a number of years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Kenworthy, and Mrs. Dorothy Sparr, of Markle; four grandchildren; six great - grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Ivan Beach of Jackson, Mich., and four brothers, Hewitt Riker of Jackson, Mich., Leo Riker of Homer, Mich., Glen Riker of Flint. Mich.. and Fay Riker of Tampa, Fla. One son, one daughter and one brother are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Methodist church at Litchfield, Mich., with burial in Mt. Hope cemetery at Litchfield. Friends may call at the Marsh funeral home in Litchfield until time of the services.

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Mayor Os Gary Resigns After Guilty Plea HAMMOND, Ind. (UPD—Mayor George Chacharis today resigned as mayor of Gary and changed his plea to guilty on federal tax fraud charges for which he has been on trial for several weeks.’ The dramatic development occurred about 10:15 am. CST. today in the chambers of Federal Judge Robert A. Grant shortly before the scheduled resumption of a tax fraud trial of which Chacharis and five other men were defendants, Grant recorded Chacharis’ change of plea from innocent to guilty and referred the case to the probation department for study. He said the probation report would be made in court Jan. 18. Chacharis remained at liberty on his own recognizance pending further developments in the case. The effects of the 54-year-old Greek-born mayor’s change of plea on the five other defendants was not known immediately. Other defendants include Sheriff Peter Mandich, 46. Tne others are Chacharis’ brother, Peter, SS, John Diamond, 40, Gary auto license branch manager; Harold Zweig, 44, Gary city engineer,’ and Willmar Chulock, 45, an accountant for a firm which kept financial records Jor Chacharis. The trial of the five opened Nov. 13. It was recessed last Friday after the state completed presentation of its case, and was due to be resumed this morning. Chacharis’ resignation as mayor was effective immediately. He was. succeeded by John S. Visclosky, Chacharis’ t handpicked choice for city controller at the time he became mayor in 1958. Visclosky, .45, was sworn in immediately as mayor by City Clerk Betty Malinka. Visclosky has two children. Visclosky was politically close to both Chacharis and Mandich for many years Chacharis and the others were among 12 persons indicted last February by a federal grand jury’. The six on trial together were charged with tax evasion conspiracy in. connection with alleged manipulations designed l to disguise construction company kickbacks totaling $226,686 to Chacharis.

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BIG GREETING — A 110-tOn locomotive became an enormous greeting card after it was signed by more than 1,200 employes who helped build it at Schenectady, N. Y. Bound for Pakistan, the locomotive was signed with big felt pens in a gesture of friendship to Pakistan railroad workers.

No Indictment By Jurors In Fatal Crash The grand jury adjourned late Tuesday afternoon and returned no indictment against Earl Rice, 54-year-old Kingston, Pa„ resident, Rice was the driver of the truck involved in a collision with a car Saturday afternoon, in which Mrs. Elaine E. Lantz of Berne was fatally injured. The grand jury report stated that seven people were heard, in- , eluding Adams county prosecutor Severin H. Schurger. The court found that no reasonable grounds for believing a felony had been committed by Rice existed. The grand jury was In session nearly the entire day, investigating the accident, convening at 9 a. m., and adjourning after 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The fatal mishap occurred at 1:49 p. m. Saturday, and Rice was held until a coroner’s inquest Sunday morning, after which a preliminary charge of involuntary manslaughter was filed against him. Held in Jail Rice, who had been in jail since Saturday under a $1,500 bond, was released a short time after the grand jury adjourned without returning any indictment. He spent the night in Decatur in the local hotel, and was to leave today for his home in Kingston, Pa., where he was headed Saturday when the accident occurred. “Fairly Good” The accident victim’s husband, Dale B. Lantz, 50, who was the driver of the car, is reported in “fairly good" condition at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne today. Lantz is recovering from multiple injuries, including a jaw broken in four places, a fractured left wrist and lacerations to the face and scalp and face. His room number is 237. The son, Richard, 12, who was* I tiding in the center of the front Seat at the time of the crash, is also listed as “fairly good.” He suffered a badly broken right ’eg and is in room 429. Second Cosily Fire Al Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A twoalarm fire broke out today in a restaurant in the heart of the downtown business district and guests in a large hotel nearby were summoned from their rooms to the lobby as a precautionary measure. The blaze, second multiplealarm fire in the downtown district in 24 hours, broke out in the Troy Restaurant at 16 N. Pennsylvania St.; in three-below-zero cold. Flames raged out of control and posed a possible threat to the Washington Hotel, one of the city’s largest, around the corner on E. Washington St. Police asked the management to call the guests into the lobby in case it was necessary to evacuate the building. About 100 guests were notified. They dressed and assembled on the street floor.

Bitter Cold Grips Much Os Nation As Death Toll Mounts

Record Cold Wave Stings Al Indiana By United Press International A record-setting cold wave stung Indiana with bitter belowzero temperatures today and little relief" was forecast for the next few days. The mbreury shrank below zero from one end of the state to the other and threatened to stage a repeat performance tonight after a very cold day with temperatures climbing no higher than 5 to 12 above. Overnight lows included 7 below at Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Chicago, 6 below at Lafayette, 5 below at Evansville, 3 below at Cincinnati, 2 below at Louisville and zero at South Bend. The Indianapolis reading broke by a remarkable 8 degrees the all-time minimum for Dec. 12, a 2-above mark established in 1917. Snow Crisis Eased A record-breaking snow crisis in the South Bend-LaPorte- area around the southern rim of Lake Michigan eased considerably this morning when the day dawned clear for the first time in about a week and no additional snow piled up. However, at South Bend snow Tuesday raised the total since Dec. 5 to 30.9 inches, of which 23 inches remained on the ground today. At LaPorte, 3 inches more snow fell Tuesday night, raising the official total since Dec. 5 to 35 inches, 27 of which were on the ground this morning. Temperatures dropped to 2 below zero. Forecasts called for readings ranging from zero to 8 below tonight? „ Slightly warmer weather will move temperatures up to around 15 above Thursday, and the outlook for Friday was “not so cold” central and south. The warmup wil spawn more snow. Snow was considered likely Thursday afternoon or night in the north, and light snow spreading south across the state was expected Friday, with snow squalls extreme northwest. The five-day outlook for the period ending next Monday indicated temperatures will average 13 degrees below normal north and 14 to 18 below normal central and south. Slow Warming Trend For the north, the outlook was for it to be not so cold Thursday, turning colder again about Friday or Saturday and moderating about Sunday or Monday. Elsewhere, it was for a slow warming trend beginrwfig Thursday, a little colder weekend and warmer the the week. Precipitation was expected to be light, no more than one-tenth of an inch. High temperatures Tuesday in the coldest day of the season ranged from a chilly 7 above at Lafayette to 22 above at Evansville. In the upstate “snow belt,” many schools remained closed in rural areas but city schools generally jvere open. Main streets were jgdssable for motor vehicles, but Jude streets were still in bad shape. St. Joseph County, borrowed snow clearing equipment, some of it from Chicago, to clear some drift-blocked rural roads, TWO SECTIONS | 4 SHOPPING J IIJ DAYS LEFT Jl hrxJSJ I f I CUrisimas Seals Fiohl th [ ■ ' Ifkwfinqs iw| > Rafig ;MT ■* 0 ?

Santa Claus Phone Planned By Jaycees Gene Ziner, president of the Decatur Jaycees, announced this morning that Santa Claus has contacted him and final arrangements are being completed for another Santa Claus phone this year. For the past two years, the Jaycees have cooperated with Santa Claus in setting up a direct telephone line to the North Pole workshop, giving Decatur children the opportunity to talk with Santa in person. Dick Sullivan and Dave Kable. are co-chairmen for the Jayceesponsored program, and Sullivan said this morning that plans are nearly completed. Sullivan explained that the Jaycees and a number of Santa’s helpers are working together, along with Santa himself, and that the lines to the North Pole have been set up and that children will be able to talk to Santa on three nights next week. Three Nights The three nights that have been set up are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, December 19, 20, and 21. Santa may be contacted by phoning 3-2135 between the hours of 6:30 and 8 o’clock each of the three evenings. z Since this is the busiest time of the year for Santa, only an hour and a half each night will children be able to talk with jolly, old St. Nick. Thus, Sullivan and Kable have urged children to make their calls as short as possible to give other children the opportunity to talk with Santa. Santa-explained to the Jaycees that he hopes many children will call, and they are invited to tell him what they want for Christmas. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and continued cold tonight. Thursday increasing cloudiness and warmer, chance of some light snow by night. Low tonight zero to 8 below. High Thursday 15 to 22 above. Sunset today 5:20 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 7:58 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Mostly cloudy chance of light snow, not so cold south and central but turning colder northwest at night. Lows 8 to 12 above. Highs 18 to 26. DECATUR TEMPER ATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 1-1 a.m. today. 12 noon 18 12 midnight .. 3 1 p.m 18 1 a.m. 5 2 p.m 1.8—2 a,m?■ 4 3 p.m 16 3 a.m .. 4 4 p.m 13 4 a.m. . 4 5 p.m. 14 5 a.m 3 6 p.m 13 6 a.m 2 7 p.m 12 7 a.m 2 8 p.m. . 11 8 a.m. . 2 9 p.m 10 9 a.m 10 I o p.m- 8- 10 a.m 16 II p.m 6 11 a.m. 17 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.01 feet.

Annual Christmas Program At School

The annual Christmas program of the Decatur high school music department will be presented at the high school auditorium Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. _ The program is under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold, super- , visor of high school vocal music and elementary school music. The public is invited to attend this annual Christmas presentation, for which there is no admission charged. Part one of the program will be selections by the high schooF band, under the direction of Richard Collins, high school director. The band selections will be Christmas carols, “Sleigh Ride,” by Anderson, “The Christmas Party-.” by Walters, and "March of the Skaters,” by Polhamus. Part two will open with the candllelight processional, “O Come, .All We Faithful.” Song Os Christmas The high school speech class will

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Arctic Blast Reaches Into South States A. By United Press International - Bitter, sub-zero cold and a week-long avalanche of snow punished the Midwest and Northeast today with winter officially still nine days off. The arctic blast reached all the way into the South. The mercury fell to 23 in Dallas, Tex. ice and frost formed in South Miami; Fla., and a 22-degree freeze severely damaged Florida’s multimillion dollar winter vegetable crops. It whs warmer in Anchorage. The Alaskan city had 42 early today. Four feet of snow was on the ground at Paw Paw; Mich., and heavy snow continued to fall in the Wolverine state near the Indiana border. South Haven, Mich., got 13 more inches in five hours. The harsh weather, coming into the nation’s north one week ago like a lightning bolt after summery temperatures, closed schools and business places and slowed Christmas shopping. Dozens were dead from weather-caused accidents and heart attacks. A United Press International count showed Michigan with 22 dead, Ohio 21, New England 10. New York 7, Indiana 7, Kentucky 6, Pennsylvania, 6, Tennessee 4, West Virginia and Illinois 3 each and Missouri and Kansas 2 each for a total of 94. Five foot drifts piled up at Grand Junction, Mich. In the South Bend, Ind., area, hard hit earlier in the week, schools remained closed. Apartment Dwellers Complain Hundreds of chilled apartmentdwellers in Chicago called city offices to complain. Officials said they had never had so many protests. The Automobile Club of Pittsburgh predicted 12,000 drivers in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County alone would find their cars dead this morning. Schools in Erie, Pa., were closed Tuesday after seven inches of new snow. Record lows were set across a wide band. Three below zero was recorded at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport early today and broke the old mark of 2 set in 1960. The mercury reached only 6 at Omaha. Neb., Tuesday, another record. Chicago’s 7 below was a new low for Dec. 12. The temperature plunged to 26 below zero at Sawbill Lodge, Minn., 18 below in Wisconsin's Sawyer County, 17 below at Williston, N.D., Tuesday. Twelve more inches of snow heaped on to 17 inches already on the ground at Watertown, N.Y. and more was falling. Army Tanks To Rescue About 100 persons prepared to spend Tuesday night on cots at Angola on the New York Thruway. Hundreds of stranded motorists jammed motels and hotels.

partment and speech class iwll present the “Song of Christmas.” Assisting Miss Haubold in preparing are Hubert Feasel. art supervisor; Dt'an Ddrwin, speech instructor; Low-ell J. Smith, lighting and sound, and Mrs. Phyllis Houk, costumes. “The Song of Christmas,” in six scenes, tells the story of the Nativity. Steve Gause will serve as narrator, and Cheryl Bollenbacher will accompany the chpiiy.at-the—--organ: Soloists will be Karen Grice, Kathleen Smith, Amelia Canales, Robert Andrews and The six scenes of the Nativity; are “The Annunciation,” “T h e Babe in a Manger,” “The Shepherds,” “Shepherds at the Manger,” “Wisemen at the Manger,” and “The Nativity.” The program will dose with the recessional, "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing,”