Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1962 — Page 1

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Anti-Reds Fire Berlin Blasts

BERLIN (UPI) — Anti-Commu-nists set off two explosions early ‘today in East Berlin, the East German news service ADN reported. An organization calling itself the "Peter Fechter Action Group" said it set off the explosions near East Berlin police headquarters and “The House of Soviet Friendship” to protest Comgiunist “terror” and the “cowardice of the West.” The East German news service confirmed the blasts, which took place shortly after midnight. It blamed them on Western “fascist bandits” who took advantage of East Germany's “generous” travel rules to enter East Berlin. ADN said a third bomb, contained in a plastic bag, was discovered before it went off. West Berlin police said Qiey had no previous knowledge of the action group that set off the blast. It was named for Peter Fechter, an East German refugee who bled to death on the eastern side of the Berlin wall Aug. 17 when no one went to his aid after Red guards shot him. The death of young Fechter led to a series of protest riots along the Western side of the wall. “The Peter Fechter Action” group said the explosions it set off in East Berlin were a sign of “unbroken resistance to the terror regime” and “a protest against irresponsible cowardice of the free world that helps it.” One of the bombs exploded in an East Berlin exhibition hall just after conclusion of a public exhibit at the House of Soviet Friendship behind the Soviet embassy. The blast caused property damage, but no injuries were reported Portland Council Okays Plant Sale The Portland city council Friday night approved sale of the city’s muncipal electric light plant to the Indiana & Michigan Electric Co., on the firm’s bid of $1,626,000. The council authorized the sale, of the plant by a vote of -Mr I & M is scheduled to take over the Portland franchise at midnight tonight, according to Ray Burk Portland mayor. Joseph Grimes, city attorney, advised the councilmen to disregard an offer of $1,684,701 from Clement L. Stanford, president of the Electro Living Corp., Indianapolis. It has been rumored that Standford may seek court action to delay the sale. Said of the utility was first authorized by residents of Portland at the general election in November when they voted almost in favor of the kale. -—~

Castro Sets New Price For Release

HAVANA (UPD—The chances of more relatives of the released Bay of Pigs invaders going to the United States in the immediate future were dimmed today by a new price set by Premier Fidel Castrq. Castro issued a statement Sun- ,, day demanding that Pan American World Airways resume scheduled airline service to Cuba before, he would permit further departures from Cuba. In Miam|, a spokesman for Pan American said the airline has no immediate plans to resume regular flights to Havana. “Pan Am is unwilling to,operate anywhere in the world where uncretainty leading to hazards exists,” he said. Tfii statement issued by Casz tro’s office said prospective exiles can leave the country “whenever they want to once flights to Havana are resumed.” The statement apparently was designed as a denial of a statement attributed to James B; Donovan, the New York lawyer who negotiated the release of the 1,113 Bay of Pigs invasion prisoners in exchange for medicine and foodstuffs. . -- Donovan was quoted telling a press conference in Lake Placid, N.Y., Saturday that Castro had assured him up to 3,500 persons could leave Cuba aboard the Red Cross ships carrying the balance of the exchange supplies to Cuba. Castro's statement also denied reports that the premier might

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by the Communist news agency. A second bomb went off in a public parking lot at Wadzeckstrasse, a street that runs along one side of East Berlin police headquarters. Near the parking lot, a third bomb was found and disarmed before its time mechanism could detonate it, ADN said. The East German agency charged the bombs had been planted by the West German intelligence organization and members of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s Christian Democratic party. “The perpetrators gained entrance to democratic Berlin through the generous travel rules of the German Democratic Republic,” ADN said. ( In another Berlin development, the U.S. Army announced it will move 3,000 soldiers along the HOmile Soviet zone highway connecting Berlin with the West in a new demonstration of Western access rights. Traffic Is Tied Up By Wreck Saturday Traffic along U. S. 27, between Berne and Geneva, was tied up for nearly three hours Saturday morning when a Blue-Flame gas truck jackknifed 300 feet north of the Wabayh river bridge. Donald Randall, 25, route 1, Blufffton, escaped injury in the mishap. Randall was operating a truck owned by Pax-Son Corp, of Bluffton when the vehicle went out of control on a curve. The slippery pavement sent the truck into a slide, and the semi-trailer outfit left the road on the east side, after jackknifing. A wrecker and a bulldozer worked about four hours before finally getting the truck to the side the road. Cables used by the wreck- . er and truck were across the road, snarling trafficThe truck strfferd an estimated s<£soo damage, an 30 feet of guard rail and posts which were knocked down were estimated, at SIOO. De- ' puty sheriff Harold 'August and state trooper Alan D. Coppes investigated. INDIANA WEATHER * Partly cloudy tonight, not quite so cold northwest. Tuesday considerable cloudiness and! a little warmer, chance of a little freezing drizzle or light snow central and south. Low tonight 5 to 15 north, 15 to 23 south. High Tuesday 24 to 33. Sunset today 5:30 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 8:06 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and warmer with chance of rain. Lows 20 to 25. Highs 35 to 40.

visit the United Nations to initiate negotiations for the release of the 23 Americans imprisoned in Cuba. Nearly 1,000 relatives of prisoners went by ship last week to join the released invaders in Florida before the Castro government banned further departures. Boy Seoul District Meeting Wednesday Every Decatur Boy Scout troop, post, and pack should have one or more representatives at the district round table discussion Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Lutheran church in Portland, Steve Everhart, assistant district commissioner, said today. Certificates of appreciation for outstanding service will be presented to Herald Hichcock, of Decatur, Karl Hilty, Berne, Mrs. Doris Watson, Benne, and Mrs. Phyllis Biberetine, Blufftfon, at the meetUlg. ........ . ■ . : Troop 202 under Garth Leßaster will serve lunch, and troop 201 of the Presbyterian church will give the opening ceremony. • . Burdette Houser will have charge of the Boy Scout part of the program and Marilyn Blankenbaker will be in charge of the C u b round table.

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HUGS PRESIDENT— Squadron leader Tomas Cruz, overcome with emotion, hugs President Kennedy as the President reviewed the liberated Bay of Pigs prisoners at Miami, Fla.

UN, Katanga Troops Battle

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (,UPD— Fighting erupted between United Nations and Katangese troops near Kamina today and Katanga President Moise Tshombe was reported heading back to lead his embattled forces. Swedish and Ghanaian U.N. soldiers moved out from the big Kamina air base 250 miles northwest of Elisabethville as part of an operation that, began Christmas Eve. , . — ' <The- Swedish defense ministry in Stockholm said it had received reports of “heavy” fighting. It said the U.N. ground forces were supported by Swedish “flying barrel” Saab jet fighters. The Swedish reports said one force of Swedish and Ghanaian soldiers set out for Kamina, another seized the village of Mitobwe and the railroad station and Lukbka and a third took up positions at three bridges six .miles south of the air base. A dispatch from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, said Tshombe left there this morning to return to somewhere in Katanga. He told newsmen in Salisbury Sunday he would return and "lead resistance until the very end.” He had fled Elisabethville when U.N. forces took it ’over during the weekend. U.N. planes operating mainly from Kamina have all but destroyed the small Katangese air force, catching most of its planes on the ground. The U.N. command ordered the Katangese to turn over the res£ of their planes by Tuesday under a guarantee of safe passage. Elisabethville itself was quiet today and U.N. forces, fanning out through other sections of Katanga, were reported meeting little or no resistance. Despite Tshombe’s warlike words, U.N. Secretary General Thant sent word from New York Sunday that no action was to be taken against the Katangese president if he returned to Elisabethville. Thant sent warm congratulations for the fast action that gave U.N. troops control over key positions of the breakaway province after 43 hours of sharp fighting. Seeks Total Victory * Robert Gardiner, the U.N, civilian chief in the Congo, made it plain that the action would stop at nothing §hort of total pacification of the copper-rich province and its integration into the rest of the Congo. Tshombe’s forces, reduced to a rabble by the *U.N. onslaught, appeared to have lost - the- will to iijjht.' They were WpoffeßF dropping 'their weapons and fleeing into the bush. But Tshombe, who fled to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, where he has a sympathetic friend in Central African Federation Premier Sir Roy Welensky, said he

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wduld return to "a point in Katanga” today to lead counter-ac-tion. "In Algeria the war lasted seven years,” Tshombe told newsmen in Salisbury. “Ours might last longer.” Occupy Capital < U.N. troops occupied Elisabethvilje over the weekend, took control of territory around the city and then swept southward to seize the strategic border town of Kipuski and the village of Ka - - mina. U.N. spokesmen said there was little or no resistance. U.N. jet fighters destroyed at least 5 Katarigesc planes in 17 air strikes -since the battle began Christmas Eve. Thant’s statement reported 4 U.N. soldiers killed and 24 wounded. He did not mention opposition casualties. Suspend Business Here For Holiday Most business activities will be suspended in Decatur Tuesday as citizens celebrate the arrival of the New Year 1963 at midnight tonight. All public offices, federal, stato, county and city, will be closed for the day. Also closed will be the post office, First State Bank and the public library. Only mail de- - liveries will be special delivery, with the post office lobby open cn the regular Sunday and holiday schedule, and outgoing mail dispatched as usual. The Decatur Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Tuesday. v Only exceptions to the closing will be the theater and some restaurants, confectioneries and service stations. Many of the city’s churches will hold special services tonight to greet the New Year. Special New Year’s Eve parties are planned tonight in the city’s private clubs and unusual entertainment is also planned by public places of business. Students in the city and county schools will return to classes Wednesday morning with the end of the Christmas holiday vacation. The Decatur Catholic schools will not reopen until Thursday morning. • •> Six Persons Killed ST. REGIS, Mont. (UPI) — The sheriff’s office at Superior, Mont., said that at least six persons’ were killed when a Grey hound bus collided with a truck and plunged into the St. Regis River four miles west of here early today.

Three Youths Held For Burglaries In Decatur, Monroe

Two Decatur youths and a BluffB _ J ton resident were to be arraigned I D a in the Adams circuit court this I ninP\P ICPili afternoon on two charges each, W following a spree early Sunday morning which netted the trio over A SI,OOO in merchandise from five ASSdI! KUSSISn establishments Charged with grand larceny and second degree burglary P-.L- n — A |_ Jaiiim were: Larry Harve Butler, 21, 510 I I Elin nnlKflllWn cioss St.; Stephen Lee BrandenVUUU UuIfIUVWII burg> 21, 521 S. 13th St., and Larry <-< ■ < Dewayne Christianson, 22, 806 JerTOKYO (UPI) - Communist st B]uffton China today made its strongest public defense of its "hard line” The three broke into four stores policy in the most open challenge j n Monroe and one in Decatur beyet to Soviet leadership of inter- tween 4 and 5 arn . Sunday, lootnational communism. jng | be establishments for over an A 20,000-word editorial in the estimated SI,OOO in guns, watches, official Peking People’s Daily radios, razors, food, etc. accused Soviet Premier Nikita S. Quick Police Work Khrushchev and other Communist Alert work by sheriff Roger critics of China of being timid singleton and state trooper Alan D. as mice when the American Qjppes and the local city police “paper tiger” bares its nuclear led the arrest nf the three and teeth. - two of youths signed statements It defended the theory that war Sunday admitting the looting of is “necessary,” described Khrush- the five establishments. chev’s peaceful coexistence as The youths broke into a door on "absurd” and said the Soviet the eastl side of the Fager Applibackdown in Cuba “can only be ances andkSporting Goods store in regarded as 100 per cent ap- Decatur, and stole a total .of 15 peasement, a ‘Munich’ pure and firearms, among which were six simple.” rifles, seven pistols and two shotThe reference to Khrushchev gunßand the Soviet Union was- indirect Looted in Monroe were four but unmistakable. stores, aU on Jackson St. A small ThP Peonle’s Daily is the or- amount, of money was taken at the ; ga? of S ChSese Communist « & * Market in Monroe in addikparty’s central committee, of twn to several cartons of cigarwhich Mao- Tsze-Tung is chair- ettes; numerous transistor radios, man. The editorial was broadcast watches- and electric razors at the in full by the New China News Stucky Appliance store, estimated Agenr-y, monitored an Tokyo. at $180; an electric and stoaight razor from Paul H. Bahner’s bar“History has proved that even ber shop; and from when' imperialism-is armed-with Bbb’s" GfiU? ' ™ nuclear weapons it Cannot frighten into submission a revolution- Four Monroe Stores ary people' who dare’ to fight,” The trio entered the Stucky thg, editorial said. “The victory store through a rear window, and of the Chinese revolution arid the entered the other three stores by great victories of the peoples of breaking out the glass in the Korea, Viet Nam, Cuba, Algeria front doors and reaching in and unand other countries in their revo- locking the : doors. lutionary struggles were all won < u 1 • at a time when U.S. imperialism Th® youths first broke into the possessed nuclear weaoons.” Monroe stores, before returning to Decatur and looting the Fager esThe People's,, Daily said, “Those tablishment in this city, located on who are attacking the proposi- Second St. tion that,‘imperialism and all reactionaries are paper tigers’ have The sheriff s department and obviously lost every quality a. rev- state trooper Coppes had received alutionary ought) to have and in- a clue toward identifying a car that stead have become as short- was seen early in the morning in sighted and timid as mice.” the downtown area of Monroe with the motor running. . ■ B Sheriff Singleton spotted an automaCAniF Illi If AFC mobile driven by Christianson ITiajUIIIvl T ia jUlllv vlllvvl > which fitted the description. Christianson and Butler were questioned Caliir/law at the home of h local resident, and IllMalieU jaiUillay through further investigation they 7 ’ were discovered to be the thieves. A public installation of the of- They implicated Brandenburg in fleers ■ who will serve the Decatur the theft also, ana all three were, Lodge, Free and Accented Masons, jailed Sunday afternoon. . * for the year of 1963 was held Sat"rtoy eveims .t the lodge hell. Jj x Mfi|) E | ecfed Robert S. Workinger, was installed as worshipful master; Niland As C. G. Directors Ochsenrider, ” senior warden; Donald A. Norquest, junior warden; Six men were elected to the Donald Cochran, senior deacon; board of directors of the Decatur Richard Malonev, junior deacon; Chamber, of Commerce following Robert Raudenbush, chaplain; recent balloting, W. Guy Brown, William Hutker, senior steward; executive secretary of the ChamKeith Schnepp, junior steward; ber. said this morning. Max Andrews, tyler: Rolland Gil- Elected to serve on the Chamliom, treasurer; Weldon Bumgerd- ber’s board of directors for 1963 ner, secretary. are A1 Beavers David Moore, Past master Richard Linn serv- Nomarn Steury, Max Gilpin, Waied as installing officer and past er Stoppenhagen, and Art Heimaster Charles Houk was installing mann. marshal; Thurman Drew was installing chaplain. Linn Ic AoDointed Mrs Shirley Habegger, daugh- l 7 m " ,S M PP^ inrea ter of the new soloist, As Deputy CorOflCr and Mary Stults was organist. Rog- — er Habegger, a son-in-law, present- Elmer Winteregg, Jr., Adams ed a gavel. county coroner, today announced At the close of the installing the .appointment of Richard F. ceremony, Rev. Kenneth Angle. Linn as first deputy coroner, efpastor of the new master’s home fee five Tuesday. , , ■ charch-u n vs gave the benediction. the Wmteregg-Linn funeral A targe group of friends and home m this mty. He was formerrelatives of the officers were in- associated with the Black funervited to the dining room where re- home and was also director of ffeshments were served by .the the Dec ator-Youth and Com. nunity house committtee following the ih- f® n^ er ‘ Wefoiiofir.,, third year of his second term as stanation. coroner Tuesday.

Will Name New Panel In Junk Yard' Case City court Judge John B. Stolts seated this morning that Richard J. Sullivan has disqualified himself as special judge In the local “junk yard” case. In a conference this morning, Judge Stults officially notified Sullivan that he had been selected as special judge in the case, after the striking of Hubert R. McClenahan and Lewis L. Smith, by city attorney Robert S. Anderson and Robert Smith. Sullivan advised Judge Stults that he has represented and at present represents Lawrence Gailogly, one of the defendants in the “junk” case, in another matter. Gallogly is a co-defendant in a pending suit. Sullivan explained to Judge Stults that he realized he would have to disqualify himself if selected, at the time the three-man panel was named. in accordance with legal procedure, Sullivan did not notify the court cf his inability to serve until such a time as each attorney had an opportunity to strike a member of the panel. New Panel When Robert Smith,, representing Mr. and~Mrs. Gallogly and Edward T. Imel Tiled for a change of judge in the case, Judgb Stolts selected Sullivan, McClenahan and Lewis Smith as a three-man paneL City attorney Anderson struck Smith, after Robert Smith had

Surprise Blizzard Traps Thousands _ . „ . * ■ - '-T- - "

BANGOR, MAine (UPI)—A surprise blizzard, the worst of the century in this section, trapped thousands of persons today in northern Maine and New Hampshire.' Snow was piled to the rooftops. The whipped to a facecutting fury by winds up to 75 miles an hour, buried cars and buses and sealed off scores of communities. ' . / Power was knocked - ', out in many areas. Hundreds of families were without heat for'hours in 20-below-zero temperatures. Snow drifts were 20. feet high. At least two deaths were attributed to the storm, which caught householders, motorists and ski- ■ ers unprepared. The Weather Bureau had predicted one foot of snow — and flurries in some areas' — before the blizzard hit. There were at least 13 weatherrelated deaths in the East, including two in the New England blizzard, six in Virginia - and five iri‘ Pennsylvania. Freezing And Windy Most of the Northeast was gripped by temperatures near zero and raked by high winds. Up to eight inches of new snow blanketed northerri Virginia. Scattered snow fell Sunday from Minnesota into - Great Lakes, with locally heavy snow falling in the “snow belt” on the lee sides of Lakes Erie and Ontario. The Midwest looked forward to a warming trend today. A few showers were on tap for the Pacific Northwest and occasional light snow was predicted for the northern Rockies and from Minnesota through the lower Great Lakes. . Bu| the East was in for more numbing cold. • Maine Gov. Jbhn H. 'Reed described the blizzard as “an emergency situation.” Reed asked civil defense aid for stricken families. Myer Minsky who has lived 60 of his 76 years in Bangor, said “I don’t remember anything this bad.”

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struck McClenahan. With Sullivan Disqualified, Stults will now appoint a new panel of three Decatur attorneys in an effort to arrive at a special judge to hear the case. The city court judge has not as yet named the new panel, but is expected to do so within the week. Auditions Scheduled For 'The Music Mon' Auditions will be held Thursday Friday and next Monday nights at 7 o'clock for parts in “The Music Man,” musical production to be sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The auditions will be held in the new music room of the DecaUir high school. The production will be directed by Mr. and Mrs. Reid Erekson. The presentation is scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights, March 29 and 30. Bloodmobile Unit In Decatur Jan. 9 The bloodmobile unit will be in Decatur Wednesday, January 9, Mrs. Ferris Bower, chairman of the Red Cross blood program, announced this morning. Volunteers will begin calling donors Wednesday, January 2, Mrs. Bower explained, to set up the schedule for*the bloodmobile visit. ~ The mobile unit will be stationed at the Decatur Youth and Community Center from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. January 9. Further details will be announced Wednesday, Mrs. Bower said..

» Strands Thousands Roads disappeared in snow. Thousands of cars were left abandoned. Wires and trees were blown down. Scores of highway accidents were reported. Maine state police at Orono said at least 2,000 persons were straritled in a 50-mile area around Bangor. About 100 persons left their cars and took refuge in Pilot’s Grille, a restaurant, in Bangor. Once at the restaurant, police ordered them to stay there for their own safety. - A section of Bangor,-a city of 40,000, was without electricity. In Bangor and elsewhere, the snow was gu 11 e r-high around low pitched-roof houses. Many families left their homes and moved in with relatives or neighbors who had heat. The Bangor Daily News did hot publish today for the first time in its 125-year history. Managing editor John W. Moran said, “We could have put out a r newspaper but we couldn't have dispatched it.” * Men and machines were mobilized to battle the snow. But even gigantic snowplows were turned back by towering drifts. ’ ' DECATI-R TEMPF.RATIRES Local weather data tor the 48 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. Saturday Sunday 12 noon . .. 44 12 midnight .. 20 1 P.m- 42 1 a.m 20 2 p.mi 40 2 a.m. 20 3 p.m4o 3 a.m 20 4 p.m 38 4 a.m 30 5 psm 32 5 a.m 20 8 p.m. 30 6 a.m 20 7 p.m."..; 28 7 a.m. .... 19 8 p.m 25 8 a.m. 19 9 p.m 24 9 a.m 20 10 pm. 22 10 a.m 28 11 p.m 31 11 a.m. 28 Sunday Monday. 12 noon 28 1.2 midnight .. 15 1 p.m.. 28 1 a.m 12 2 p.m. ___.— 28 , 2 a.m n —3 4>.m........28 -3 ».m, - .-tw—t.t- 1< ,r-4 =®;.m.--’«-.-.-4pag”24'. ■ 4 a. nt. ... ....’...411 6 p.m. 21 8 a.m ... 10 7 p.m 20 7 a.m 9 8 p.m. 18 8 a.m. 9 9 p.m' ... 18 9 a.m 14 10 p.m. 18 10. a.m, 19 11 p.m. 14 11 a.m 20 Precipitation Total for the 4-8 hour period ending, at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary’s river waa at 1.84 feet.