Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 295.

Kennedy Seeks Early Tax Cut

NEW YORK (UPI) — President Kennedy is shooting against formidable congressional odds for a 1963 “something for everybody” tax cut. / He fired a hetivy opening round in behalf of the program here Friday night /in an unusual address and a long question-and-an-swer period / before 2,000 of the nation's; top* industrialists and business executives. The President prohnised to hold all federal expenditures other than those for defense and space to about current levels, but said there could be no waiting sot a balanced budget to put a tax decrease into effect. ..... . The occasion w.as a black-tie dinner given by the Economic Club of New York m the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel. This afternoon, the President planned to fly back to Washington. While Kennedy outlined the basic framework of his tax reduction plan, out of deference to Congress he left the details and specific rate changes to Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon when he goes before the House Ways & Means Committee early next year. The Chief Executive said an across-the-board reduction in personal and corporate income taxes was needed early in 1963 “to cut the fetters which hold back private spending.” “It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low — and the soundest way to raise revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now,” he said. He envisioned tax reduction next year not as a “quickie” to cope with a recession, but as an overdue step to build up purchasing piwer and encourage investment. His long-term goal was to reduce unemployment, stimulate national production by S3O billion to ss4o billion annually, and thus improve the competitive position of U.S. products abroad. He said the administration program, embracing wide-scqle tax reform to eliminate inequities and broaden the base, would “have very difficult ravelling at best” in Congress. Chairman Wilbur E. Mills of the Powerful Ways & Means Committee has expressed his open edheern about size of the deficit — expected to be about billion, this fiscal year —and his desire to see any tax reduction' coupled with increased control of higher expenditures. “That is precisely the course we intend to follow in 1963,” Kennedy said in reference to Mills’ worry about higher government costs., In his speech Kennedy spoke of the need fbr overall tax reform, but M the question-and-answer session he said reform should not be allowed to hold up tax reduction. “Too large a tax cut . ; could result in inflation and insufficient future revenues, but the greater danger is a tax cut too little or too late to be effective,” he said. “I am confident that the enactment of the right bill next year will in due course Increase our gross national product by several times the amount of taxes ac-

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tually cut," Kennedy added. A questioner mentioned speculation that personal income tax rates might be cut to 15 per cent in the lowest brackets and 65 per cent in the higher brackets, with corporate rales reduced to 47 per cent. The Chief Executive was asked “are those figures generally in the ballpark?" Forest Andrews, 97, Dies This Morning M. Forest Andrews, 97-year-old Monroe resident, died at 12:45 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, following an illness of nine weeks. He was born in Kirkland township Jan. 25, 1865, a son of Joshua and Sarah Jane Burkhead - Andrews, and was married Oct. 12, 1889. His wife, Alice E., preceded him in death Aug. 5, 1948. Mr. Andrews retired from farming in 1918, and for many years operated a cream station at Monroe for Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. He then was employed at the company's plant in Decatur until his retirement in 1945. Mr. Andrews was a member of the Monroe Methodist church and the Modern Woodmen lodge. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J. C. (Vera) Rich of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Martin (Leia) Hoffman of Monroe, and Mrs. Harvey (Veda) Haggard of Decatur route 2; two sons, Hobart C, Andrews of Columbus, 0., and Charles J. Andrews of Ossian; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and one brother, Charles Andrews of Goshen. One son, three brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Monroe Methodist church, the Rev. C. A. McCallister officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Frieinds may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 p.rti. today. The body will be removed to the church Monday and will lie in state from 11:30 a.m. until time of the services. Concert Tonight At Adams Central High The annual winter concert of the Adams Central high school music department, postponed Thursday becauseof weather conditions, will be presented at 8 o'clock this evening at the school. The Daily Democrat erroneously stated Friday that no admission will be charged. There will be a nominal charge of 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. Jacqueline Kennedy, Children In Florida WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — (UPl)—Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of the President, arrived here with the couple's two children Friday night for the Christmas holidays. The President expected to join his family shortly after talks with British Prime Minister Harold i Macmillan at Nassau Dec. 18-20.

Decatur Stores Open Every Night Until 9 O'clock

Fail To Agree On 'Junk Yard' Judge It appeared today that no agreement will be reached by the respective attorneys on a special judge in the local "junk yard" case. City attorney Robert S. Anderson and Robert Smith, representing Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gallogly and Edward Imel, had nbt reached parently not reach one before the an agreement today, and will apallotment time. *• City court Judge John B. Stults announced a panel of three Decatur lawyers Saturday, December 8, giving the attorneys a, ten-day period in which to agree on one of the lawyers to act as special judge for the case. If an agreement is not reached Monday, Smith will be given two days in which to strike the name of one of the three on the panel. Anderson wil then be given two days to strike one name, and the remaining attorney will serve as special judge, if he qualifies. Richard J. Sullivan, Lewis L. Smith and Hubert R. McClenahan make up the three-man panel. The “junk yard" case concerns the three affidavits signed by Miss Eleanor Wemhoff against Mr. and Mrs. Gallogly and Imel. One affidavit is against the Galloglys, owners of the lot, for allowing the dumping of the alleged junk; a second/jy against Imel for dumping thealledged junk; and the third is against all three for conspiring to violate a city ordinance. Pennsy Petitions To Reduce Service , I INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Pennsylvania Railroad Friday petitioned the Indiana Public Service Commission for authority to discontinue handling of less-than-carload freight at 28 Hoosier cities and towns in 12 counties. The petition stated that “for many years the handling of less than carload freight has been extremely unprofitable fbr the petitioner, that on an overall basis, the expenses incident to the handling of this freight have exceeded the revenue.” “To eliminate this unprofitable aspect of its transportation business/’ the petition said. “The petitioner has embarked upon a policy of discontinuing handling of less than carload freight.” When such handling is discontinued, agents will not be on full - time duty at the stations, as they have been in the past. The list of stations where discontinuance of less - than - carload freight is sought follows: Berne, Decatur, Geneva, Monroe, Hoagland, Galveston, Lincoln, Walton, Muncie, Greenfield, Honey Creek, Millville, New Castle, Center, Hemlock, Kokomo, Portland, Anderson, Elwood, Frankton, Winchester, Curtisville, Nevada, Windfall, Cambridge City, Centerville, Fountain City and Richmond. 'Secret" Satellite Is Launched Friday VANDENBERG AFB, Calif., (UPI) — The Air Force launched its second “secret” satelite in three days Friday from this Pacific missile base.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 15,1962.

Huge Airline Freighter Crashes Into Buildings In California, 9 Killed 7 1 ' > Z

Mariner Cruising On Into Eternity

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Mariner 2 cruised into eternity at more than 85,000 miles-an-hour today leaving man with his first exciting closeup look at lovely and mysterious Venus. Mariner’s great moment came Friday afternoon when it flashed past earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. For 42 minutes it made electronic soundings that should establish once and for all whether Venus is a dead or a possibly living world. It will take earth scientists months of hard to decipher all that this 447-pound spacecraft found out in its 109-day voyage to Venus’ backyard. James E. Webb, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), said that what Mariner discovered between 1:55 p.m. and 2:37 p.m. EST Friday. may add more “to man’s. knowledge of the planet Venus than has been gained in all the thousands of years of recorded history.” Webb Praises Mariner Webb and other dignitaries praised Mariner 2 in a televised session at NASA headquarters as the spacecraft was achieving the “Venus encounter” that climaxed its mission in space. , Mariner responded with a song — the melodious tones of radio signals from deep space — which swelled in volume and intricacy as it moved past and peered through the never before plumbed j clouds that perpetually hide the face of Venus from the gaze of earthlings. Having accomplished everything expected ot it, Mariner 2, which has been called the ugly duckling of space because of its ungainly shape, is now embarked on a monotonous voyage around

Warmer Trend Is Welcomed

By United Press International A welcome warming trend thawed the frozen Southland today, and the Great Lakes region’s heavy snows of the past 10 days began to diminish. However, four consecutive days of below-freezing temperatures left Florida and South Carolina stunned from tremendous crop losses. The snow and cold killed at least 224 persons. Ohio counted 36 dead, Michigan 32, Georgia 25, Pennsylvania 14, Alabama and New England 10 each, Indiana and New York 9 each, Kentucky, West Vriginia, Mississippi and Louisiana 8 each, Illinois, Tennessee; and South Carolina 7 each, Missouri and Texas 6 each, Florida 5, North Carolina 4, Kansas 2 and Wisconsin, North Dakota and Minnesota 1 each. Designates Disaster Areas Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman designated 34 counties in Florida’s frozen citrus belt as disaster areas, qualifying growers for, emergency loans. Freeman said his department also may purchase 383,485 cases of surplus frozen orange juice. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation estimated it would pay $4 million in claims to Florida citrus growers, who were—hit by the state's worst weather since 1899. Less than $700,000 was paid after the disastrous 1957-58 freeze. Total damage to vegetable and citrus crops in Floria have been esimated as high as SSOO million. A South Carolina truck farmer estimated perhaps 50 per cent of that state’s truck crops were destroled by the hard freeze. Mitchell, who runs one of the

and . a.r ou n d.- the sun which presumably will last until the end of time. At 10 seconds before 3 p.m. EST Friday Mariner made its closest approach to Venus — the closest ever made by a spacecraft to any planet. At that moment it was something over 21,000 miles from Venus and 35.9 million miles from the earth it left Aug. 27. With all its scientific instruments working at high efficiency, it sent back to earth voluminous data expected to disclose for the first time: , —Whether Venus is cool enough to sustain life. Ground-based observations have indicated Venus’ surface temperature is around 615 degrees' Fahrenheit, hotter than the boiling point of lead. If Mariner says that is the case, Venus is dead. Acting Postmaster Is Named At Monroe Austin Merriman, of Monroe route one, Blue ,creek township, a former employe of the county suveyor’s office, started work Friday in the post office at Monroe, preparatory to being sworn in Dec. 31 as temporary postmaster. Adolph Hanni, long-time postmaster at Monroe, plans to retire, and Merriman will take over on a temporary basis Jan. 1. Mrs. Arthur Roudebush acting as temporary clerk to gc* him started. Merriman is Democratic precinct committeeman for North Blue Creek, and a brother to county assessor-elect Omer Meririman.

state’s largest vegetable farms, said farmers may be able to salvage some of their winter crop if the weather improves enough to allow some plants to re-sprout. Snow Emergency Eases Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and New York Friday were cheered by an easing of the snow emergency. Authorities called off plans to call out 500 Michigan National Guardsmen to help open roads and supply food to isolated families. —-—t Light snow and freezing rain fell today in lowa and Illinois received light snow. Today’s warming trend was expccted to spread over the entire Eastern half of the nation. Scattered Snow flurries were forecast for the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions. Minnesota regained the nation’s ranking as the No. 1 cold spot from the South. Coldest temperatures Friday were 9 below at International Falls and 6 below at Bemidji, Minn. , nix ATI R TEMPERATURES Local weather data forth e period einding at,9 a.m. today. 12 noon .10 12 midnight .. 22 1 p.rn 28 1 a.m 23 2 p.m. 29 2 a.m. 25 3 p.m 29 3 a.m. 26 4 p.m. .28 4 a m 26 5 p.m.-—— 28 5 a.m. • 27 6 p.m7 r 77Ts7?':r 27——fi a.m. 27 7 p.m 24 7 a m 28 8 p.m 22 8 a.m 28 9 p.m 22 9 a.m 30 10 p.m . ... 20 11 p.m. 22 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.Q5 feet. NOON EDITION

By MYRAM BORDERS United Press International NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif, (UPI). — “I heard an explosion, of popping noises then the whole sky lit up.” A housewife "was watching television when a Flying Tiger Line four - engine Constellation air freighter crashed Friday night, killing at least nine persons and injuring several others. The coroner’s office said nine bodies have been recovered, including all four men aboard the plane. At least 12 buildings were set afire. Another resident described the fiery crash with these words: “Everything was like a living hell, absolutely red.” The huge Super H Constellation was swooping in low for a landing at nearby Lockheed Air Terminal in dense fog when it tore through nearly a« block of homes and several commercial buildings around 10 p.m. PST. The terminal later closed down at 11 p.m. PST because visibility and ceiling were reported at zero. As early as 7:25 p.m. the airport was closed for brief periods. The airport was reported officially “open” at the time of the crash. Spectators Crowd Area Thousands of curious spectators jammed the area, hampering and confusing efforts of firemen, police and ambulance attendants. A 20-block area around the crash scene was blacked out when power lines were cut by the plane. Debris was scattered along an area 1,000 feet long and 200 feet wide. . ■ A Flying Tiger spokesman said the Constellation carried a crew of three, one passenger* and 40,000 pounds of “miscellaneous cargo.” It was the fourth crash involving the air line in the past 12 months. The previous three resulted in 136 deaths. In Friday night’s crash, a Fire Department spokesman said the incoming plane lopped off a piece from a billboard before hitting the ground. If ft weren’t for the billboard, the spokesman said it was certain the plane would have traveled farther and hit a 30-unit apartment building which has some 140 persons living there. Paul St. Clair, attendant at a nearby gas station, said he heard a noise and “didn’t think very much of it because they fly over here all the time.” Was Watching Television A tenant of the apartment, Ed Berman, 42, said he was watching television when he “heard a funny rumble and walked to the door and heard the first loud ex(Continued on Page Three) Christmas Program At School Sunday The Decatur high school music department will present its annual Christmas program at the high school auditorium Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The public is invited-Im-attend the presentation, one of the annual features of the Christmas season in Decatur. There is no charge for admission. The first part of the program will be a selection of Christmas carols, played by the Decatur high school band, under direction of Richard Collins. The second part will be the “Song of Christmas,” presented by the high school choir, art department and speech classes of the school, under the supervision of Miss ‘Helen Haubold. In six scenes, the “Song of Christmas” tells the story of the Nativity, •• Students who will assist iir the production, in addition to those previously announced, include Dale McClure, Catherine Harding, Tom Maddox, Jerry Davis, Larry Davis, Bob Jaurequi, Roger Death, Tom Mclntosh, Dan Baumgartner, Ron Ray, Tony Reiff, and Dan Miller and Doyt Miller,-cur-tain and stage.

— . Ig — Chief Submits Plan For Police Station

A new station for the Decatur police is expected to be one of the main topics of discussion when the city council holds its regular meeting Tuesday night. The council has been discussing the matter for some time, as there is no doubt that a new housing for the city police would not only be a benefit to them, but to the entire community. Ralph E. Biggs, manager of IEH Homes in Decatur, submitted a plan to the city council at the December 4 meeting. The plan was for a conventional style, of wood frame, at a cbst of about $12,000. Violates Ordinances This plan, however, has to be rejected by the city since the proposed location is in what is ' known as a fire zone, and building a wood frame style there would be a violation of fire ordinances. IT a new station is to be constructed, it would be built on the City parking lot on the west side j of the St. Mary’s river, between . Monroe street and Water street. r Whether or not Biggs will sub- . mit an alternate plan is not . known. Police chief James M. Borders, , who has been attempting to have the city build a new station, sepr arate from the city hall, in recent years, has submitted a plan to Mayor Donald F. Gage. The plan submitted by Borders > is not for an elaborate building, . but for the very minimum requirements for a police station. . Borders has stated.that a cement . block building, which would not k violate fire ordinances, would be I r as acceptable as any type of ’ building, JSrx Rooms The plan submitted by Borders calls for a building 28 feet by 34 feet, which would be the minimum requirements. The building would have six actual rooms, a small lobby, in addition to a car port. The six rooms include a radio and records room, on indentification and fingerprinting room, a property room, a squad room, a parking meter room, and a small office for the chief. In detailing his plan Friday afternoon, Chief Borders explained that these would be only minimum requirements, but would be very beneficial to the police department and the work that they do. The front of the building would face Monroe street, to the south, and persons entering the building would walk into a lobby, and from the lobby would be a hall extending the length of the building. The radio and records room would house all radio equipment and records of the department, and an officer, or radio operator, would be in the room at all times. This would be similar to the main room used on the second floor of the city hall at present. Public Access The chief’s room would be used mainly by Borders, for counseling with persons who have complaints, and other similar matters. The public would have direct access to both the radio room and chief’s office from the front door. The identification and fingerprinting room would be of great benefit to the officers of the department, and the chief. This room would be used for not only fingerprinting of prisoners, but for “mug shots.” Also in this room would be the photography lab, which is now located in the basement of the city hall. The police department, mainly through the efforts of Borders, has a fine photography department, but is limited in space in the present laboratory. The property room would, be used for'holding property of cither persons, which have been recover-

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ed by the police, something being held by the police for some reason, etc. Recovered Items Under Borders’ plan, a bicycle rack would be in the room. Under the set-up now, recovered bicycles are croweded into a small space at the top of the stairs, and many times block the entrance to the unemployment office on the second floor of the city hall. Guns, hub caps, and other such articles, are stored in a small room adjoining the present station, which is also used for many other purposes, further “cramping” the efforts of the police department. The squad room would be used, Borders explained,’ for various things, such as paper work, accident reports, etc., which are made by the patrolman, and for meetings of the police department . Another use of the squad room would be for interrogation. In their present location, the police have no such facilities for questioning someone. The city courtroom is used sometimes, but is not available when court is being held. Meter Shop The parking meter room would be used almost exclusively by parking meter officer James Cochran. Here Cochran could store all his tools, and other equipment, and parking meters that are being repaired. In this room, also, Cochran could do his work on parking meters, instead of the small space alloted to him in the rear of the city hall at present. All but Cochran’s room would be in the building proper. The barking meter room would be an extension to the building on the west side, and, under Borders’ plan would be next to the car port. The car port could be erected at a minimum cost, and would undoubtedly save the city taxpayers money. The port would be large enough for both patrol cars, and the parking meter pick-up car. Repairs Lessened By keeping the vehicles out of the elements when not in use, repair bills would be lessened. Entrance to the car port would be from the west so that the cars may come from either Water street or off Monroe street to enter. j Whether or not the city council will take action on the proposed building is not known. The idea has been discussed quite a bit in recent months, but still no definite “yes” or “no” has been given. The building would be very acceptable if built of a cement block and it is estimated such a building, following Borders’ plan, could be built for approximately $12,000 to $13,0000 . INDIANA WEATHER Fair and not so cold tonight. Sunday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low tonight in the 20s. High Sunday low 40s north, high 40s south. Outlook for Monday: Fair and relatively mild. s t- 1 y » If s SHOPPIHR uiiurriNU 1 MtSLffl Qg | cimiait suit FWUi tafLjQIQQ ° pSwSjFjjfSSl '' ————— ;