Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1962 — Page 1

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New Mayor Os Gary Is Under Heavy Pressure GARY, Ind. (UPD—Mayor John Visclosky, in office less than a week, and nearly a dozen other municipal officials were under heavy pressure today to resign in this scandal-ridden steel city. The resignations were demanded Monday by the Glen Park Citizens Association, the group that sent to President Kennedy last year dozens of coconuts etched with pleas for an investigation of the city government. The telegram the association sent the mayor said the resignations were in order “in view of the Chacharis affair and the recent revelations by the Indiana auditor.” The group meant former Mayor George Chacharis* guilty plea last Wednesday to federal income tax fraud and criticism by the state that the city had improperly spent public funds. Chacharis resigned as mayor about two hours before his guilty plea and was succeeded by Visclosky. The telegram demanded the resignations of Lake County Sheriff Peter Mandich, sheriff-elect Michael Truchan, City Engineer Harold Zweig and Councilmen George Ferhat, Al Wozniak and Terry Gray as well as City Attorney Harry Schell, City Court referees Thomas Galasini and Ben Wilson, and Asst. Park Supt. Richard Bianco. However, Zweig, Galasini and Wilson quit their jobs earlier Monday. Zweig was one of six defendants in a fivc-week-long federal tax fraud trial starring Chacharis. The jury failed to reach a verdict in Zweig’s case. Galasini and Wilson had testified in the trial and were named as conduits in the channeling of kickback pay-

Kennedy Says Red China Is Chief Threat

WASHINGTON lUPD — President Kennedy said Monday night that Red China, not Russia, is this decade’s greatest threat to world peace. The President said “We would be far worse off — the world would be — if the Chinese dominated the -Communist movement.” Kennedy made the statement in an unusual radio and television interview covering his first two years as President, which he said had given him “great satisfaction.” The interview ranged over a wide number of subjects, both domestic and international, but Kennedy’s emphasis showed his concern with world affairs. Kennedy said “I don’t think there is a need” for a meeting between him and .Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev now, and “I think he probably feels the same way.” Because of Cuba, “it is going to be some time before it is possible for us to come to any real understandings with Mr. Khrushchev.” Bolster Freedom’s Cause Without minimizing the danger of Russia’s goal of world communism, Kennedy said “we are better off with the Khrushchev view than we are with the Chinese Communist view, quite obyjouslyr* — “But Mr. Khrushchev does not wish us well, unfortunately,” he added. Rather than trying to widen the rift between Moscow and Peking, the President said, attention should be given to bolstering- the cause of freedom by helping suffering areas of the world. ”1 think that anybody who looks at the fatality lists on aotmic weapons and realizes that the Communists have a completely twisted view of the United States, and that we don’t comprehend them, that is what makes life in the sixties hazardous," he said. If it were not for Communist expansion "policies, there could be a "long period of peace,” Kennedy said. Must Bear Responsibility But as long as Russia and

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SPY PHOTO— This picture from the official Soviet news agency Tass allegedly shows U. S. Embassy secretary Richard Jacob bending under a staircase on Pushkinskaya St., Moscow, "extracting secret information from a hiding place."

ments to Chacharis. In other developments Monday, Visclosky demanded the resignation of Sanitary District Commissioner Walter Zahutnik, also named as a conduit in the fraud. Bureau of Motor Vehicles officials in Indianapolis said Monday no action had been taken in response to demads thrt John Diamod, manager of the Gary auto license branch, resign. Charges against Diamond were dropped after Chacharis pleaded

China threaten the world, he declared, the United States and its allies must bear the responsibility of opposing them. He continued, “We can’t lay it down and I don’t see how we’re going to lay it down in this century.” “There is no real reason why the United States and the Soviet Union, separated by so many thousands of miles of land and water, both rich countries, both with very energetic people, should not be able to live in peace,” Kennedy said. “But it is. . .constant determination which the Chinese show in the most militant form, and which the Soviets have also shown, that they will not settle for that kind of a peaceful world, but must settle for a Communist world — that is what makes the real danger; the combination of these two systems in conflict around the world in a nuclear age is what makes the sixties so dangerous.” Dangers Still Exist Kennedy said that while the showdown over Cuba taught the Communists something of U.S. determination, great dangers still exist. “One mistake can make this whole thing blow up," he said. The President discounted any real chance in the foreseeable future for an international inspection system to enforce a nuclear test ban or general disarmament. For the time being, he said, the aerial camera “is actually going to be our best inspector.’’ The missile defenses of both the United States and Russia have reached the point of being able to hit “a bullet with a bullet,” he said, but this does not make an effective anti-missile system because no system has been developed to separate genuine missiles from decoys. The interview, taped Sunday, was conducted by William H. Lawrence of the American Broadcasting Co., George Herman of the Columbia Broadcasting System, and. Sander Vanocur of the National Broadcasting Co-

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guilty to charges that he failed to pay income tax on $226,000 in kickbacks from construction firms. Atty. Gen. Edwin K. Steers said he is studying State Board of Accounts reports showing Gary spent $2.3 million illegally without regard to budget laws. Santa Claus Phone Line On Wednesday Decatur and area children will have an opportunity to talk with Santa Claus, • beginning Wednesday evening, for three nights, Gene Ziner, president of the Decatur Jaycees, reminded parents and children today. Children will be able to talk with Santa Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights, by calling 3-2135, between the hours of 6:30 and 8 o’clock each of the three evenings. This is the third year of the Jaycee-sponsored Santa Claus telephone. A direct line has been set up to the North Pole, and children will be able to talk with Santa in person. Dick Sullivan and Dave Kable are chairmen of the program, and both explained this morning that arrangements are now completed. Since this is the busiest time of the year for Santa Claus, the Jaycees were able to secure only an hour and a half of Santa’s time each of the three nights. Since the time available each night is short, and so many will want to talk with Santa Claus, children have been requested to make their calls as short as possible. ’ Santa has asked that everyone who wishes to talk with him to call him any of the three nights. He would like to know what the children want for Christmas. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending- at 11 a m. today. 12 noon 46 12 midnight .. 30 1 p.m 45 1 a.m 29 2 p.m 45 2 a.m 23 3 p.m 14 3 a.m 28 4 p.m. 42 4 a.m,30 5 p.m. 40 5 a.m 30 6 p.m 39 6 a.m 30 7 p.m. 38 7 a.m 30 8 p.m 35 8 a.m 30 9 p.m 34 9 a.m 32 10 p.m. 34 10 a.m ... 37 11 p.m 32 11 a.m 38 ——— Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 am. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary’a river was at 1.04 feet.

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Pres. Kennedy Arrives In Sunny Bahamas For Talks With Macmillan

Good Fellows Ask Help For Children

By A Good Fellow The bleak outlook that sonre Decatur children have for Christmas is enough to sicken the heart of any fellow, Good Fellow or otherwise. It is no wonder that some of these unfortunate little souls doubt the wonderful manger story. That is the thought of our Good Fellows club after investigating the families this year. Anything that can be given may make a child know his first happy Christmas. There are many needy ciiildren and very lonely adults who will have a most meager Christmas without the Good Fellows. Canned food is donated, still needed and may be sent to any one of the city schools by Thursday. Also, monetary contributions may be sent to Rosemary Spangler, route 2, or dropped in a collection box either at the First State Bank, Holthouse Drug store or the Decatur Daily Democrat. year it is hoped that will be enough money to buy earn school child one article of apparel, as mittens, head warmers or socks. These things feel so go<xi on a zero morning. Also, any good, used articles, such as coats or boots, may be turned in at the fire station as well as toys in good condition. The local merchants are largely responsible for contributing the numerous new toys which delight the little ones, otherwise unlikely to receive such things. Good Fellows Club Previously reported $485.00 Mr. & Mrs. Robt. W. Brown 10.00 Mrs. Emma Fritzinger 2.00 Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Heller 2.00 Business and Professional Women’s Club 13.00 Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Caston 5.00 Eastern Indiana Production A Friend 5.00 Credit Association 10.00 Kum Join Us Class, Bethany E. U. B. 15.00 Lions Club 25.00 Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Cook 5.00 A Friend 25.00 Women of the Moose 10.00 Change in Boxes 2.85 TOTAL $614.85

Communist Party Convicte d By Jury

WASHINGTON (UPD — Thef Justice departmen, encouraged ; by a speedy jury conviction of the Communist party of the United States, today sought an early trial I for the, party’s chief leaders, Gus Hall and Benjamin Davis. A federal court jury deliberated only 35 minutes Monday before finding the party guilty of 12 counts of failing to register as an < agent of the Soviet Union. Judge Alexander Holtzoff immediately fined the organization $120,000 the maximum puishment provided under the 1950 McCarran Act. Collection of the fine, however, will be held in abeyance pending an appeal to the U.S. Circuit , Court of Appeals. Hall, Davis Indicted Thomas K. Hall, executive assistant for the Justice Department’s internal security division, said the government was now ready to proceed with prosecution of Hall and Davis, general and national chairmen of the party. Both have been indicted for

Anyone wishing to add the name of a needy family, may do so before noon Wednesday, by calling 3-2525. This must be the deadline because of the lack of time to investigate the'needs of families and also, each committee must have that time left to make final lists and plans. — So now that all the shopping is finished, the candy and goodies are well made and stored in tins, think of Christmas without any of these. Take a few moments to donate a good toy, can of food or some extra change. Let these needy ones, small or elderly, realize that Christ does move us all to share and include us all in his birthday celebration. Blanket Os Snow Continues To Melt By United Press International That heavy snow blanket which covered a large portion of Northern Indiana will continue to melt during the next few days. Daytime highs in the 50s will continue at least through Wednesday, the weatherman said, and no additional precipitation was expected before Thursday when upstate regions may get some rain. South Bend’s snow blanket still measured 15 inches this morning, pnly a one-inch drop since Monday. Most of the heavy snow remained as overnight temperatures skidded to a low of 17. Elsewhere (-around the state, temperatures early today were higher, ranging from 22 at Fort Wayne to 27 at Evansville. Evansville recorded a high of 59 Monday. It was 56 in the Louisville area, 52 at Cincinnati, 49 at Lafayette and 48 at Indianapolis. Heavy fog enveloped the Indiana Toll Road area this morning, drifting as far south as the central portion before being replaced by generally partly cloudy conditions.

failure to register as officers of a Communist-action organization. “We have asked the court to set trial dates as soon as possible but have not been informed when that will be,” the Justice Depart■ffiiSht official Mridr— — Under the 1950 law if an organization found by the Subversive Activities Control Board to be dominated and controlled by the world-wide Communist movement fails to register, then responsibility to do so reverts first to its officers and then to its members. To Appeal Conviction In addition to Hall and Davis, the Justice Department said today registration petitions would be filed at an early date against a number of other members. Party attorneys John Abt and Joseph Forer said they would seek an immediate appeal of Monday’s conviction, partly on the ground that any registration attempt would amount .to self-in-criminationin violation of the Fifth Amendment.

NASSAU, Bebamas (UPD — President Kennedy arrived in the sunny Bahamas today for talks with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan that will seek to ease British-American differences over , nuclear missile policy. Macmillan, who arrived Monday night, warmly greeted the President when his* plane frqrn Washington landed here under almost cloudless skies in a brightly tropical setting. The prime minister said he hoped this conference with Kennedy— their sixth —would be all “the more fruitful” because of the delightful surroundings in which it was being held. Kennedy replied that “it is fair to say that we do much better in warmer climates.” Macmillan and Kennedy shook hands warmly when the President disembarked, and chatted animatedly for a few minutes at the bottom of the plane ramp. Then they went through the welcoming ceremonies at Windsor Airport about three miles west of Nassau, where the colorfully clad Bahamas police band plqyed the national anthems and a double rank of policemen served as a guard of honor. The President was in a friendly but firm mood about U.S. nuclear weapons policy as he prepared for two days of talks with Macmillan in what could be “the most delicate of their series of six conferences. They are expected to range over everything from the future of the U.S. Skybolt missile to the Sino-Indian conflict in their discussions on the grounds of the exclusive Lyford Cay Club on the western tip of New Providence Island, of which Nassau is the principal town. Their first business session is scheduled for Wednesday morning. The talks are expected to wind up late Thursday afternoon when Kennedy will fly to Palm Beach, Fla., to spend the Christmas holidays with his family. Both Kennedy and Macmillan were accompanied by their defense secretaries —Robert S. McNamara of the United States and Peter Thorneycroft of Britain. The presence of the defense chiefs symbolized the importance of Skybolt, the ballistic nuclear warhead missile designed to be launched from a jet bomber in flight. The British had envisioned Skybolt as the backbone of their nuclear striking force. Kennedy in a television interview Monday night, however, made it clear that this country had decided to pull out of the Skybolt development program which has been conducted for more than a year by U.S. and British personnel at Eglin Air Force Base, F’a. The United States has put up all of the development money, $350 million, so far.

More Os Toll Road Bonds Are Retired INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana Toll Road Commission reported Monday the retiring of $761,000 in toll road bonds from cnnqtriWinn funds..— ______ Officials said the move brought to $2,732,000 the total in bonds retired in the last four weeks. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight* with considerable fog late tonight. Wednesday cloudy, continued mild, chance of a little rain at night. Low tonight 26 to 36. High Wednesday 44 to 51 north, 48 to 56 south. Sunset today 5:22 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 8:01 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Cloudy with rain, possibly mixed with snow north and rain south. Low Wednesday night 25 to 35. High Thursday 30s north and 40s south.

Kennedy Turns On Christmas Lights WASHINGTON (UPD — President Kennedy told the nation in a Christmas message Monday night that hopes for world peace are a little brighter after a year of peril. 1716 President made a brief speech before throwing a switch that turned on the 5,000 lights on the 72 - foot national Christmas tree on the ellipse south of the White House. . Carrying out an annual custom observed by every president since Calvin Coolidge, Kennedy wished his fellow Americans “a blessed and happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperpous New Year.” He said in his talk, televised and broadcast to the nation, that 1962 had been “a year of peril when peace was threatened but a year when that threat has been faced.” He said Americans could welcome the end of 1962 with I “more than usual joy.” The President said that while hopes for peace seem a little brighter in the coming year “we | still need to ask that God’s will be done.” Kennedy said that “man can and must live in peace and it is the peacemakers who are truly blessed.” He said Christmas time is the “most sacred and hopeful day of our civilization” and “peace and good will to all men the most important of our endeavors.” The celebration of the birth of Christ, he said, demonstrates that “mercy and compassion are the enduring virtues.” The President paid special tribute to men of the armed forces and other Americans who are serving overseas this Christmas. Everett Weaver Dies After Long Illness Mrs. William Schumacher has received word of the death of her brother-in-law, Everett Weaver, 59, at his home, 427 Floyd street, Toledo, O. He had suffered from Parkinson’s disease for the past 11 years, and his condition had been critical for the past four weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver resided: on Dierkes street in this city about a year ago. Surviving are his wife, three sons, one sister and one brother. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Toledo, with burial in that city.

Negotiators In Havana Today

HAVANA (UPD — New York attorney James B. Donovan and other negotiators arrived today to close a deal with Premier Fidel Castro for the pre-Christmas ransom release of 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners. As they arrived, U. S. freight planes were roaring into Miami with huge cargoes of medicines and foodstuffs demanded by Castro for the prisoners’ release. Donovan and, three members of the Cuban Families Committee, Alvaro Sanchez Jr., Mrs. Berta Barreto and Mrs. Virginia Betancourt left aboard a special Pan American World Airways flight. The flight was PAA’s first trip to Havana since Oct. 20 when President Kennedy ordered a sea blockade of Cuba pending Soviet withdrawal of offensive weapons. The three Cuban members of the delegation all have relatives among the prisoners captured during the ill-fated Bay of Pigs

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Four Men Are Feared Dead In Concrete Mass TULLAHOMA, Tenn. (UPI) — Rescue workers began removing debris from a 250-foot-deep rocket testing chamber today in an effort to locate four men believed buried when a huge mass of wet concrete and steel collapsed. “There is no sign of life at the bottom of the- shaft,” an Air Force spokesman said, “and four men are still unaccounted for.” The Air Force said the concrete, which was being poured when the form collapsed with a deep rumble, was hardening and “we’ll probably have to chip it out now.” Earlier workers had dumped quantities of sugar into the concrete in an effort to slow the hardening process. Rescue operations, at first on an emergency basis, became more deliberate as the hours passed during the night with no supcess. It became increasingly obvious that the missing men were -not alive and the possibility of fresh collapses was taken into account. The disaster occurred late Monday afternoon when concrete for the top section of the testing chamber was being poured. Concrete was being poured from a big “bucket” on a crane when “it just collapsed,” a spokesman said. “Two men managed to save themselves by grabbing onto the bucket,” a public information officer said. “We don’t know how many men were on the scaffolding when it went down.” Rescue operations continued during the night at the sll million federal facility. Project manager Clyde Morris was lowered to the bottom of the * shaft to look for signs of life. He saw none and added that if any men were on the bottom they would be dead. The cave-in occurred just before a shift change at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) at this middle Tennessee city about 70 miles northwest of Chattanooga. The facility was to have been used to test massive solid propellant rocket motors and missiles.

invasion in April, 1961. The group had waited all night for Cuban government approval oi their trip, and the departure ■this moFnity-ftgnSited it was forthcoming only shortly before they took off. Before they left, arrangements were reported under way to mass supplies in the Miami area for ransom of the prisoners before Christmas. A spokesman for Trans-World Airlines said it has been asked to fly 150 tons of medical supplies — presumably part of the multimillion dollar ransom—-from New York to an airfield near Miami Wednesday. The freighter African Pilot, under charter to the American Red Cross, left Baltimore Monday on the way to Miami with orders to stand by "in anticipation, of an agreement" on die release of the prisoners.