Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 296.

- nKr v •' * \ y.' vL * FROZEN SOLlD— Julian Rouse examines oranges frozen solid in ' his 40-acre grove near Orlovista, Fla. Trees were protected by an overhead sprinkling system but water from the system froze on the fruit on contact.

U.S. Opposes Poland’s Plan

GENEVA (UPI) - Communist Poland called on East and West today to withdraw their nuclearequipped forces from divided Germany in line with the “Rapacki Plan” to create a nuclear - free zone in central Europe. But the United States said creation of such a de-nuclearized zone in central Europe alone would “create a dangerous military imbalance favoring the Soviet Union.” .“The danger to peace resulting from such imbalances has been clearly and repeatedly demonstrated by events within the mentory of all,’’ U.S. deputy disarmament negotiator Charles C. Stelle said, quoting from a State Department statement rejecting - fair And Warmer Trend Over State By United Press International Late Christmas shoppers may need umbrellas instead of snow boots and ear-muffs. The U.S. Weather Bureau reported today that temperatures will average 4 to 6 degrees above normal in the northern section and 1 to 2 degrees above normal in the central and southern areas. Normal highs are 29 to 36 north and 38 to 45 south, and lows are 15 to 21 north, and 22 to 27 south. Rain is predicted Thursday or Friday in the north and during the latter part of the week in the central and south, ranging from one-third to one-half inch. The mercury today headed toward highs in the 4Cs and low 50s, considerably warmer than the tops Sunday which ranged from 32 at South Bend where a,, snow blanket still remained from last week’s heavy snows, to 40 at Evansville. The snow cover at South Bend still measured •16 inches this morning. Other highs included 33 at Fort Wayne, Cincinnati, Lafayette and Indianapolis; 36 at Chicago and 37 at Louisville. Overnight lows dipped to 23 at Evansville which was slightly colder than the 25 at Indianapolis and South Bend, and 27 at Fort Wayne and Lafayette. Tonight’s lows are expected to range from the 20s in the north to the 30s in the south. The fair-and-warmer trend was expected to continue until late in the week when a return to colder weather was predicted.

Warm Weather Hugs U. S. Heartlands

By United Pressinternational Warm weather hugged the na-. tion’s heartlands today after record breaking temperatures from North Dakota to Texas, But the heat threatened to increase the already severe vegetable and citfus loss in Florida. With the mercury reaching 59 in Bismarck, N.D., and all the way to 80 at Austin, Tex., Sunday, folks flocked to the out-of-doors and watched much of the snow that had promised to make Christmas white melt away. The 59 at Bismarck broke a 33year record. At Fargo, N.D., the temperature rose to 57, also breaking a mark set in 1939. The mercury at Austin shot up 40 degrees during the day. A boy drowned in the Grand

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight, partly cloudy to cloudy Tuesday, not much temperature change. Low tonight 25 to 32. High Tuesday 44 to 52. Sunset today 5:22 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 8:01 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy and mild. Low Tuesday night 25 to 35, high Wednesday 43 to 55. the Rapacki Plan this spring. The plan was first proposed by Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki in the fall of 1957. It calls for creation of a denuclearized zone in central Europe, including both Germanies, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Polish negotiator Manfred Lachs told the 17-nation disarmament conference “the time is ripe” for discussion of de-nuclear-ized zones — particularly in Europe. "But the immediate negative reaction of Western spokesmen at today’s 93rd plenary session appeared to rule out further discusssion of the plan at least until the new year. The conference recesses Thursday for a three-week Christmas break. Macmillan Leaves To Meet Kennedy LONDON (UPI) — Prime Minister Harold Macmillan flew off today to meet President Kennedy in the Bahamas, expressing confidence that the Skybolt missile issue — which has created the worst - American rift since the Suez crisis — could be settled. “<I have no doubt we shall find away through our difficulties in a spirit of agreement we shall always have with the American people and administration,” he said in an airport statement. Macmillan said the little summit conference was necessary now “to make .a new assessment” of the East-West position in the Cuban aftermath. “At this moment—after Cuba—we have to try to make a new assessment so far as we can of the position between East and West,” Macmillan said. “Can the position be turned to our advantage? Is there a chance of getting ahead with some of these questions—nuclear tests, disarmament and other matters? Might it not lead to a broader agreement between the two great blocs of power.” '

River at Grand Rapid*, M'rh./r when the thin ice gave way under his skates. Skin divers called off their search for the body when darkness fell Sunday night. The warm weather was expected to raise the level of the Illinois River, which dropped to its lowest level in 21 years at Beardstown, 111., after an ice gorge formed at Peoria. At Cairo, HI., located at the junction of the Mississippi—and Ohio Rivers, 250 barges were stranded because of lack of rain. The water level had dropjted to only five feet upstream from “Cairo. The temperature at Key West, Fla., early today was 67, we of the warmest in the nation- Farm-

Decatur Stores Open Every Night Until 9 O'clock

Hill Retires From Decatur Police Force kJ Robert Hill Robert Hill, veteran Decatur police officer, has submitted his resignation from the force to the city board of works and safety, effective January 1, 1963. A veteran of 22 years with the local department, Hill has accepted a position as custodian with the Decatur public schools system. Hill will retire under the provisions of the pension plan of the Decatur city police department. He submitted his resignation to the board of works and safety Saturday afternoon, and the resignation will officially be accepted at the board’s meeting Tuesday night, prior to the city council meeting. Part-Time Basis Hill began work this morning on a part-time basis, public school superintendent Gail M. Graoill said today. He will work parttime until the first of the year, when he will begin full-time work as custodian. Grabill said this morning that Hill has been hired as an additional custodian to the public school system, and will work primarily at. the Decatur high school building. Mayor Donald F. Gage said this morning that whether or not another police officer will be added to the force to replace Hill is not definite. Gage said that the city council has not been able to discuss the matter as yet, but is expected to do so within a short time. The board of works and safety makes such an appointment, subject to the approval of the city council. Lowers Man Power The resignation of Hill lowers the number of uniformed officers on the local force to 10, including chief Borders. This, however, was the number of uniformed officers the force employed prior to the death of John M. Doan and the illness of Jay Minch, and is considered "full strength,” by the city council. Hill became a member of the local police force Jaripary 1, 1941, and prior to that time was an employe at the city light plant.. \ Six Officers When Hill joined the police department in 1941 he became onty the sixth uniformed officer at that time. Borders was also the chief then, and Forrest Elzey was mayor at the tirne. A 1928 graduate of Decatur high school, where he starred in athletics, Hill and his wife, Ruth, reside at 1018 Adams St. They have two children, both of whom are also Decatur graduates. Larry Hill is presently stationed with the U. S. Navy at Charleston, S. C., where he is serving aboard a yard oiler at the base. Mrs. Vince (Dianna) Smith’s husband is serving with the U. S. Navy also, aboard the ForrestaU

ers fearedthe temper a turewas rising too fast after last week’s frost for salvagers to get the fruit off the trees and much of the citrus was fermenting on the trees. ? Estimates of the crop loss from last week’s record cold ran from 50 to 80 per cent, with a dollar setback of SIOO million. The Florida Citrus Commission put a 10day embargo on all fresh citrus shipments to protect therf consumer. —Pickers and processors worked around the clock to save as much as possible. To the north, the temperature dropped below zero early today at Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, Mass. Light snow fell during the night southeast of the Great Lakes.

NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 17,1962.

Chief Negotiator For Release Os Prisoners Is Enroute To Cuba

Detroit Workers Lose Court Rule

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Supreme Court today ruled against a group of Detroit workers who claimed that their seniority gave them the right to “follow their jobs” to a new company plant in Tennessee. The brief order declining to accept the workers’ appeal let stand a decision against them handed down by the 6th U.S. CirA cuit Court of Appeals last July 16. The case originated when the Ross Gear & Tool Co., formerly Gem me r Manufacturing Co., moved its operations from Detroit to Lebanon, Tenn. In other actions today, the Supreme Court: —Dismissed an appeal from a lower court decision which outlawed most Sunday business operations in Kentucky. Justice William O. Douglas dissented to the ruling. —Agreed to hear an appeal from William Smith Jr., a Negro facing execution in Mississippi for the rape of a white girl. Smith’s attorneys claimed that a coerced confession was improperly introduced at his trial and he was deprived of his right to counsel. —Turned down appeals by three other men under death sentence in Louisiana and California. The appellants from * Louisiana were Earl Clark and Emmett Henderson, both convicted of rape. The California appeal came from Charley Luther Pike, sentenced to die for° the slaying of a Los Angeles policeman. Pike’s co-defendant, Richard D. Ceniceros, also was refused review of his appeal from a life, sentence he received for the murder. The court issued no comment in the Detroit labor case. The company had a collective bargaining agreement with the United Automobile Workers (AFL-CIO). The union insisted that under the terms of the agreement Detroit employes should get first chance at the jobs in Lebanon. Ross Gear, however, had already promised to hire local Township Trustees In Capital Today Union township trustee Wilbur Blakey, the township trustees of Root and Preble townships, and attorney Clarence R. McNabb are in Indianapolis today for a conference with William E. Wilson, superintendent of public instruction, and H. B. Kohlmeyer, director, school reorganization committee. Attend Meeting Os Boy Scout Leaders Carl Braun and Bill Spice, of Decatur, will attend a special meeting at the home of Ted Biberstine, in Bluffton, and the Bov Scout program for the coming year in Adams, Wells, and Jay counties. Biberstine, the Limberlost district chairman, is meeting with the district executive and three county vice-presidents to discuss the year’s program.

“ Two inches of snow fell in New England Sunday and Washington had some snow and sleet. Fog blurred skies over much of lowa Sunday and closed Moisant International Airport in New Orleans, La., for two hours during the morning. Rain fell .in California. Blue Canyon in Sierra Nevada received 2.71 inches in 24 hours and San Francisco got six - tenths of an inch in six hours last night. The final tally on the death toll from the 10 days of snow and cold in the eastern half of the nation showed at least 236 persons dead. Ohio led with 38 deaths, and Michigan, where the snowfall reached 40 inches, had 32 dead. Georgia lost 28 persons.

; people as part of an arrangeI ment with the city in return for -a subsidy. Five Detroit employes sued for ' an order that they could “follow ’ their jobs.” Federal District Judge Fred W. ' Kaess of Detroit ruled in favor ■ of the five. He relied heavily on 1 an earlier decision on the same ' subject by the 2nd Circuit in New York. 6 In that case, it was held that seniority rights survived the life of the union-management contract and that workers so protected were entitled to jobs in the new plant. Involved was a move of the Glidden Co.’s Durkee Fa- \ mous Foods Division from Elm- , hurst, N.Y., to Bethlehem, Pa. Despite this precedent, the 6th ■ Circuitreversed Kaess on the ' ground, that the Ross Gear con« tract couldn’t be interpreted to ' favor the workers in this way. ' Ross • Gear urged the Supreme Court not to hear the appeal. The company said the New York case does not stand for any principle , of survival of seniority rights but , only that all rights are determined by the wording of the con- . tract. Nme-Year-Old Girl Dies Early Sunday Miss Marianne Bonewitz, nine-year-old daughter Qf.the Rev. and Mrs. Bob Bonewitz,«of Linn Grove, died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday at her home. She had been ill of a brain tumor since July 1. The girl was born in Aledo, 111., Aug. 4, 1953, the daughter of Rev. Bob and Dorothy Baker-Bone witz. Her father is pastor of the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren church and the Old Salem Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving in addition to her parents’are two brothers, Michael Reed and David PaiH Bonewitz, and three sisters, Kay, Deborah Jean and Nancy Ellen Bonewitz, all at home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Calvary E. U. B. church at Linn Grove, Dr. Marshall Chambers, of Fort Wayne, officiating. Burial will be in the Old Salem E. U. B. cemetery. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home in Berne after 4 p.m. Tuesday until 12 noon Wednesday, when the body will be removed to the church to lie in state until time of the services. Good Fellows Club Previously reported $214.00 A Friend 10.00 DAV Auxiliary 5.00 Mrs. Blanche Kocher 10.00 A Friend 3.00 Military Oroder of Cooties Auxiliary 5.00 VFW Ladies Auxiliary --- 5.00 Eagles Auxiliary 5.00 Pythian Sisters 3.00 Red Men Lodge ..ZZZZZZTZ 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. B. F. Shroyer, in memory of Edgar Mutschler 200.00 Total 1. $485.00

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James B. Donovan, chief negotiator for the release of the 1,113 prisoners captured during the Bay of Pigs invasion, left New York suddenly Sunday night for Cuba to try to complete final arrangements for the captives’ release before Christmas. Donovan was accompanied by Alvaro Sanchez Jr., national chairman of the Cuban Families Committee for the Liberation of Prisoners of War, and Mrs. Berta Barreto, committee coordinator in Havana. The three were reported in Miami. waiting final word on an appointment with Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. A committee spokesman said Donovan received a phone call instructing him to leave for Cuba Sunday night. “We are very hope fu 1 this whole situation can be cleared up in the next few days,” a committee spokesman said. “We’re back in a cliff hanging situation.” In. Washington, a State Department official said Donovan’s passport has been validated for a trip to Cuba. Donovan, a key figure in - the efforts to raise $62 million worth of medicine, food and other supplies which Castro has demanded as “fines” for the prisoners, said Sunday in New York he could riot comment on the status of the negotiations “for the time being.” A spokesman for the American I Red Cross said the Farrell Lines freighter African pilot was standing by in Baltimore harbor to carry supplies to Cuba for the barter “when and if needed.” To Sell Today A Farrell Lines spokesman indicated the ship would sail today but declined to give its destination. A call went dut for a sailing crew to report. The Baltimore Sun said the ship tentatively was scheduled to sail for Miami today to pick up sl3 million worth of medicines and food and then sail to Havana. It said the prisoners would be 'flown back. In Havana, a usually reliable informant said the deal was near completion, with only details remaining, such as which prisoners will be released first and how the exchange will be coordinated.

Heart Attack Fatal To Fred C. Wolpert Frederick C. Wolpert, s 48, li falong resident oF "Atfams 1 " county, died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday afternoon at his homo on Decatur route 4. He was born in Decatur Aug. 28, 1914, a son of Andrew and Margaret Kortenber-Wolpert, and had never married. He resided with his mother on their farm. He was also a part time employe of the Wayne Novelty Co. Mr. Wolpert was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Holy Name society and the Knights of Columbus. Surviving in addition to his mother are three sisters, Mrs. Herman (Frances) Miller, Mrs. Wilber (Margaret) Lengerich, ani Mrs. Mary Schirack, all of Decatur. Two brothers are deceased. Funeral—services —will be —conducted at 9:15 a. pi. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig_& Doan fimeral home until time of the services. The rosary will be recited at 8 p. m. today. - Children's Wearing Apparel Is Needed Children’s wearing apparel, clothing, shoes, and overshoes, in serviceable condition, are urgently needed by Decatur school children, township trustee Robert Gay reported today. Anyone having any serviceable shoes, overshoes, or clothing may bring it to the township trustee’s office, Third and Monroe streets, for distribution.

Meredith Accuses Hometown Police OXFORD, Miss. (UPI >—James Meredith returned to classes today following a weekend at home where he charged police trailed him and treated him “like a dog” when they arrested him on a traffic charge. “They cursed me, called me a ‘nigger,’ ordered me to say ‘sir’ to them and searched my car,” the 29-year-old Negro student said. Meredith said the incident happened in his hometown of Kosciusko, Miss., where he went to spend the weekend with his family. He said a police car began following him when fre left a barbershop and stopped him a short distance from his home. He was charged with failing to yield the right-of-way and posted $lO bond. At Kosciusko, city policeman Claude Guess confirmed today that Meredith was ticketed on the charge but said, “he was not followed around. All that’s just a yarn to get publicity.” Guess said that Meredith was stopped by two night policemen who “were just on patrol.” He denied that Meredith was treated in the manner which he charged. Trial on the charge is scheduled for city court Wednesday and Meredith has indicated he will fight the charges rather than forfeit thg fine. “It was typical of the way Negroes are treated in Mississippi,” he told United Press International. “This kind of intimidation is deplorable.” He charged that police officials searched his car while he was in the police station. While Meredith was away for the weekend, handbills proclaiming him “still the most segregated ‘kneegrow’ in the United States” were distributed on the ‘Ole Miss’ campus. No One Hurt In Fire At Refinery WHITING, Ind. (UPI) —An ex* plosion of undetermined origin set off a 40-minute fire at a gasoline refinery Sunday, .but no one was hurt.

Rusk Reports On Conference

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy and members of the executive committee of the National Security Council today heard a report from Secretary of State Dean Rusk on his recent meeting with the North Atlantic Council in Paris. Rusk returned Sunday and made his first in-person report at the White House today as Kennedy prepared to leave Tuesday for high-lev£l talks in the Bahamas with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Macmillan, who left London today for Nassau, will greet the President at the airport. After a brief exchange of arrival statements, the two leaders wilLgortcc their separate quarters on Lyford Cay. They will not begin thenformal talks until Wednesday morning. The President will appear on nationwide television twice today —first, shortly after 5,p.m. EST at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the ellipse just south of the White House grounds and again at 6 30 p.m. EST over the three major television networks in a one-hour review of his first two years in office. The video taplng covered an interview of one hour, 35 minutes, „ but the broadcast version, as edited by representatives of the three networks, will run a fraction under one hour? The White House planned to release this afternoon for publi-

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Trial Os U.S. Red Party To Jurors Today WASHINGTON (UPI) — Attorneys for both sides presented closing arguments today to a federal court jury which will decide whether the Communist Party of the United States violated the law by refusing to register with the attorney general. The jury of eight women and four men was expected to begin its deliberations later today. In his closing argument for the government, Justice Department attorney Kirk Maddix charged that the party had set itself up as “a court of last resort” by refusing to register as a Commu-nist-action group. On behalf of the party, attorney John Abt contended that it was acting in an “old and honorable’’ American tradition by trying to protect members of, a minority group from exposure to a hostile majority. Maddix told the jury that a number of American individuals and organizations—ranging from gamblers to lobbyists — are required to register with the government and do so without objection. He also said: “The government has a right to know the innerworkings of the Communist Party. It looks into all our affairs." Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff has presided at the pre-cedent-setting trial which will decide if the party was guilty of criminal intent in refusing to register. A guilty verdict could bring a fine of up to $120,000 against the party. The party is charged with 12 counts of failing to register after being ordered to do so by the Subversive Activities Control Board under the 1950 McCarren Act. Judge Alexander Holtzoff recessed the trial Thursday after rejecting a defense motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. He ruled that registration under the act would not be self-incrimina-tion because an organization, not an individual, was involved.

cation a transcript of the broadcast version, but will not make public the sections of the show which were edited out of the final tape by the networks. Tuesday Kennedy will fly to Nassau in the Bahamas for two days of conferences with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on Ango-American relations. Among the subjects to be taken up at the Kennedy-Macmillan conference is British resentment at U.S. plans to scrap the Skybolt missile on which Britain has depended on its primary nuclear deterrent. Kennedy plans to fly directly from Nassau to Palm Beach ThursdayL his wife and two——for the holidays. DRCATIH TEMPKRATiREH Local weather data for the 48 Hour periddendingat H am.-today. ■ Saturday Sunday 12 noon 40 12 midnight ... 86 1 p.m 40 1 am 36 2 p.m 40 2 a.m 38 3 p.m 40 3 a.m 35 4 p.m 40 4 a.m 35 5 p.m a.m. 36 6 p.m. . 38 6 a.m. ...£ 35 7 P-m 37 7 a.m 35 8 p m 37 8 a.m. . 33 9 p.m 36 9 am 34 10 p m 36 10 a.m. 42 11 p.m 36 11 a.m „..._ 38 Sunday Monday 12 noun 38 :13 midnight „11 1p m 39 I a.m. . 32 3 p.m 38 3 a.m. ..... . .38 4 p.m 38 4 a m. 38 5 p.m. ... ...... 3J 5 a.m. 33 6 p m 36 6 a.m. 3S 7 p.m 36 7 a.m M 8p m 36 8 a.in. ... 34 9 p m 35 9 a m 38 10 p.m 34 10 a.m. 45 11 P-m 32 11 *.m 46