Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1963 — Page 1

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I 2 * ■ ■.. . ....—■ A HIP DEEP — Store owners m Bangor, Me., start the job of Egging nut fmm the snowstorm, that blasted the Northeast. Viet Nam’s Reds Defeat Government SAIGON, Viet Nam (UPI) — .. Communist guerrillas killed 65 r r Ranfliiaf nAFA government troops and wounded V« V» I*mIII|UCI llvlv 100 others at nearby Ap Bae, a .. . E™"* wk “ m “ S,M to ' Monday, January 14 The spokesman said the casualties for the furious two-day battle The Chamber of Commerce, were the highest for a single ac- Lions club and Rotary club of Detion since a paratroop battalion catur will hold their annual tomsuffered about 200 dead in a guer- Lined banquet Monday, January rilla ambush in November, 1961. 14, it was announced this morning , . . ' ~ by W. Guy Brown, executive secThe government defeat was all retary local Chamber ot the more humiliating because a Commerf , e 200- man Communist Viet Cong ■ ~ ... battalion at Ap Bac managed to banquet will be held at the escape into the jungles after hold- Decatur 5 outh and Communitv tag the hamlet in daylong fighting Center, beginning at 6.30 p. m., against a government force 10 a “ladies night astimes as big and supported by fa ' r - Brown said Main speaker for the annual planes, artillery and armor. event Joseph G. Informed sources said it ap- pastor of th| First Christian pemed the U.S. military mission c nurch in Lafayette. *ndthe South Vietnamesegovern- Rev wick wiU speak on meat would have to revise mdl- o f Laughter," a very tary stratify .to toe light of les- humorous sons learned to toe costly battle. Rrown explained fy,- morning While toe sources believed toe that tickets have been mailed to basic tactic of using helicopters Chamber of Commerce members, for troop transport would be con- but that the public is invited to tinued, they said new methods attend the annual affair, must be found to suppress Viet Reservations for the banquet Cong groundfire if losses are to be must be made no later than Thurskept at a minimum. They said day, January 10. helicopters are needed to move Persons wishing to attend may troops in close to Red positions, purchase tickets at the First State Three Americans were killed Bank.' Holthouse Drug Co. or and four others were wounded in Hoithouse-on-the-Highway, or at the fighting, most of them when the Cumber of Commerce office, the Viet Cong shot down five I S. c ? te * i at 227 Se , cc^L, Street ' American-manned helicopters and Tickets are priced at $2.50. damaged six others. INDIANA WEATHER The government spokesman put Cloudy and mild tonight and Viet Cong dead at 101, but Amer- Saturday. Occasional rain toican military advisers at the scene nj f ht and Saturday probably regarded toe figure as too high. beginning as snow or freezing Some advisers found only three rain. Low tonight 27 to 36. guerrilla bodies in a visit to Ap High Saturday 35 to 38 north, Bac. just 30 miles from Saigon, 35 to 43 south. Sunset today shortly after the Viet Cong fled, 5:34 p. m. Sunrise Saturday taking their wounded and most of 8:07 a.m. Outlook for Suntheir dead with them. day; Cloudy and colder with chance of light snow flurries. UN Positions Held In Congo LEOPOLDVILLE (UPI) — damage to installations of the Un- , United Nations troops held their ion Miniere mining installations positions at Jadotville today amid there, apparently were keeping speculation they would not ad- the advance force in place, vance against the key city of Koi- The Union Miniere installations wezi, last stronghold of Katanga were reported to require two to President Moise Tshombe. four months of repair work. As criticism mounted against Before fleeing the town, Tshomthe capture of Jadotville, appar- be’s forces blew up a bridge and ently in defiance of orders from parts of two Union Miniere minheadquarters in New York, U.N. ing plants and sabotaged the powUndersecrCtary Dr. Ralph J. er station. Bunche hurried to toe Congo to Criticism from Belgium investigate what happeed during In Belgium, there was growing a “temporary breakdown to com- criticism of the U.N. action at munications.” Jadotville, concentrating on the The Jadotville action was implied violation of orders by toe hailed as a brilliant professional force in the field. feat, which sources said was ac- The Brussels newspaper La camplished with a loss of fewer Dernier» Hours accused the Unittoon 10 UJJ. soldiers killed- ed States of “shocking ingratiAfter toe capture Thursday of tude” towards Katanga for suptoe mining center of Jadotville, porting U.N. action against it. 65 miles northwest of the Katan- Last Saturday, about 250 demga capital of Elisabetoville, the onstrators shouted “Kennedy asU.N. forces had been expected sassin” and "Kennedy to the galto push on immediately to Koi- lows” in front of the U.S. emwezi, 80 miles farther to the bassy in Brussels as a protest northwest. ' - against U.S. support of the U.N. Last-Ditch Defense -■ in Katanga. But the Katangese were said Thursday, British press conto have a good defensive position demnation of toe U.N. pction in along toe main highway route to Katanga grew with allegations that town, where Tshombe was that the world body’s executive reported organizing a last-ditch was writing its own mandate and defense although his forces were losing legality in toe process, said to be running short on am- In Lisbon, Portuguese - Foreign munition. “ Minister Dr. Alberto Franco NoThe mounting criticism from gueira said Portugal has rejected abroad against the U.N. action'ht an appeal from Thant tor support Jadotville as well as reported of toe UN. action.

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Welsh Proposes Doubling State Cigarette Taxes To Provide Economic Fund * ■ I w -- —

16 Os Indiana Lawmakers In Session Today INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Sixteen Indiana lawmakers will meet today to discuss an arrangement which Republican strategists hope will avert ,a stalemate that could limit severely the passage Os bills by the 1963 Legislature. The Republicans have a Senate majority of one, but not a constitutional majority, because of the death of holdover Sen. Richard Newhouse, Morristown Republican. Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine, Senate presiding officer, has been advised informally that he may be unable to cast a deciding vote to a tie on a bill up for final pastage. —‘ ; -= This is because the statutes at one place say a constitutional majority—26—of the elected members of the Senate is required for final passage. Some authorities interpret this to mean Ristine can cast the deciding vote on all ties except on bills up for final passage. Need Democratic Aid The 25 Republicans in the Senate do not constitute a legal majority and will need the aid of one of the 24 minority Democrats to pass a bill. ; ■ The plan under discussion calls for close coordination between Republican leaders in the House, where the GOP is in control, 56-44, and those of the Senate One phase of that cooperation is understood to be a breakfast meeting almost every day of the Senate and House Republican policy committees. These are the 16 men meeting today for their first joint pre-legislative session in history. Ristine and House Speaker Richard Guthrie, Indianapolis, head the group. Other members of toe House Republican Policy Committee are Reps. James Allen, Salem; Glenn Slenker, Monticello; William Berning, Fort Wayne; Owen Crecelius, Crawfordsville; Charles Edwards, Spencer; John Coppes, Nappanee; Keith Bulen, Indianapolis, and Dr. Otis Bowen, Bremen. , Other members of the Senate Policy Committee are Russell Bontrager, Elkhart; Roy Conrad, Monticello; Charles Maddox, Otterbein; Wendell Martin, Indianapolis; Kenneth Brown, Jr., Muncie, and J. R. Rees, Columbus. « «... Control Top Committees Among them they represent the control of nearly every important committee. If close cooperation prevails among the 16, what Ristine terms “the mechanical procedures” of getting legislation through the potentially impotent Senate will be available. Auditions Opened For 'Music Man' Auditions for “The Music Man” production of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce were opened Thursday evening, and will continue tonight and Monday night. Wayne Roahrig, chairman of the Jaycee committee handling toe production, said this morning that auditions will be held again tonight at 7 o'clock, and at the same time Monday evening. Auditions are held in the music room of Decatur high school, and persons are requested to use the west entrance to the new addition to toe buildtag tonight due to the basketball game- in the gymnasium. Parts are open to both men and women between toe ages of eight and 60 years, and consist of principal roles, dancing roles, and roles in the chorus. Although singing ability is helpfol, it is not a necessity to be of the production. Directors for the play are Reid and Evelyn Erekson of Decatur.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, January 4, 1963.

X-Ray Unit To Be In County Jan. 14 The mobile X-ray unit will be in Adams county five days, January 14 through 18, and stationed at Decatur three of those days, Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis Association, announced this morning. The project is sponsored jointly by the Indiana state board of health and the Adams county TB association. The X-ray unit is furnished by the board of health 1 and the reading of the films paid for by the local organization. The schedule for the mobile unit is as follows: Monday — at the old bank building in Berne, 2 to 5 p.m. 1 Tuesday— Decatur Casting Co. and Decatur General Electric Co., 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. respectively. Wednesday — General Electric : company and Central Soya Co., 1 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., and 1 p.m., to 4:30 p.m., respectively Thursday — Decatur, at the ' courthouse and Bag Service/9:30 1 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. to 1 5:30 p.m., respectively Friday Home Dairy in Berne, 9 am. to 11 a.m. . ■ . Mrs. Brown stressed the fact that there is no charge to any individual for toe X-rays, and that the re- ' moval of clothing is not necessary. ' However, no one under the age of 18 will be X-rayed, nor will pregnant women. * Higher Postal Rates Effective Monday John Boch, Decatur postmaster, reminded local citizens today that increased postal rates go into effect next Monday, Jan. 7. Boch reported that several persons have already started using the five-cent stamps on first class letters, but this is not necesary until the increase Monday. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. ,12 noon 40 12 midnight .. 38 1 p.m 42 1 a.m 38 2 p.m. 40 2 a.m. 38 3 p.m 42 3 a.m. 36 4 p.m 40 4 a m 36 5 p.m 40 5 a m 35 6 p.m 38 6 a.m 35 7 p.m 38 7 a.m 34 8 p.m 38 8 a.m. ...1 33 9 p.»n 38 9 a.m 33 10 p.m.’ 38 10 a.in44 11.p.m 38 11 am. 34 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.21 feet.

Kennedy Attends Sen. Kerr Rites

PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPI) — ; President Kennedy puts vacation pleasures aside today for a sad journey to Oklahoma to attend the funeral of Sen. Robert S. Kerr, D-Okla. The President was scheduled to depart at 11:55 a.m. EST aboard his Air Force jet transport for a flight of about two and a half hours to Oklahoma City. He will return to Palm Beach after the rites. ’ The White House announced • that Kennedy will meet at the ■ winter White House Saturday with I Secretary of State Dean Rusk r. and Thomas K. Ftaletter, U.S. representative on the NATO coun- . ell. They will discuss strains > within the Western alliance over t nuclear policy and other matters. Senate Democratic Leader Mike , Mansfield was; included ta a small official party accompanying the President to Oklahoma. Sen. ■ George Smathers, D-Fla., said he J would be going along. Smathers ! is secretary of the Senate Demo- ‘ cratic Conference but has said ! he wants to abandon that job and ’ concentrate on activities in the Senate Finance Committee—where I Kerr had shown great influence, t Kennedy’s sorrow over the f death of Kerr—who steered the I administration’s trade bill and numerous other measures through ■ the Senate—was reflected in the s statement issued by the President ) Tuesday, several hours after he i learned of the influential lawmaker's passing.

—rj Packing Plant Ruins Probed To Seek Cause TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (UPD— A task force headed by fire and . gas explosion experts today > probed for the cause of the meat ■ packing plant explosion here that . killed 16 men. 1 “It looks like everything blew ‘ from the bottom up and everything caved in,” said Ray Mc- • Manus, assistant fire chief here. I ■' - ' • ■ ■ ■ ' i Rescue workers combed the debris of the 54-year-old two-story’ . brick building which had housed the Home Packing Co. for 28 hours before they pulled the last victim from the rubble. Three of 58 men injured remained in criti- , cal condition. ’ McManus said although “there was some talk of an ammonia . gas explosion” at the refrigerated ’ plant, “we are discounting it and ' concentrating on the natural gas ( angle." The investigation began late ; Thursday with officials from city I and state fire departments, po- • lice, and insurance men wearing .! gas masks to ward off the still W swirling clouds of the deadly am- • mon;; gas. ~ ‘ ~ ‘Robert F. Scott, president of the packing company, indicated the answer will be found in the basement, when the huge amounts of debris and ammonia gas are ' cleared away. Damage to the ' plant was estimated at $750,000. An expert on gas explosions, Wilbur Walls of the National Fire Life Insurance Co., was expected . to arrive here today. Bernard Sweeey, chief ivestigator for the Indiana fire marshal’s office, impounded the length of gas pipe where leaks were first discovered and sent it to the Indiana State Police laboratories. Scott said reports that a boiler had blown up have proven untrue. He said there was a considerable amount of natural gas escaping in the area. Gas company men have cut off all mains leading into the area. Scott said, “I imagine it will be a matter of days” before the cause of the blast is determined.

The President said then that j Kerr “will be greatly missed i when the Senate opens next week and even more so in the months ahead.” Kerr had Ke- , nedy on several key issues, parI ticularly medical care for the aged through Social Security fi- ! nancing, but he was considered I a major force for the New Fron- . tier ta Congress. Portents of the difficulties the administration expects ta the ' House and Senate this year were evident ta remarks made to news- • men by Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman Thursday after . he conferred with the President > for about an hour and a half. The secretary, in a year - end memorandum to Kennedy, cited i three “make or break’’ needs to . be met for farmers ta 1963, ■ among them passage of new legislation on feed grains, cotton and : dairy products to avoid further ; increases in surpluses and assure reasonable farm income. At the same time, Freeman I and the President discussed the i urgent need for continuing access > for American farm products to the European Common Market. i And Freeman urged that wheat : farmers, in a referendum this I spring, approve a two-price plan i for continuation of acreage con- : trols and production quotas. . t If the farmers reject this plan, ! Freeman said wheat prices could ■ plunfmet from $2 to $1 a bushel ta 1964.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Welsh today proposed that the 3-cents-a-pack state cigarette tax be "doubled to create a $35.5 million Indiana economic development fund largely for use in starting construction of a Lake Michigan port. Welsh announced his endorsement of a 6-cent cigarette tax the next two years to finance about half the estimated cost of the Burns Ditch port, to build two bridges over the Ohio River, to bolster costs of the Monroe Reser- ■ voir and to rehabilitate some state park facilities. He unfolded the plan at a news ; conference following a meeting of Democratic members of the 1963 Legislature which opens its biennial session next Thursday. Republican legislative leaders, meanwhile, discussed the plan at a separate meeting with GOP Lt Gov. Richard O. Ristine but said ,« at noon through House Speaker I Richard Guthrie “it’s too early for I comment.” t Welsh said Ristine is committed f to the fund and its announced purposes but not to the Welsh method of financing it. Welsh proposed adding three J cents a pack to the cigarette tax, i raising the state tax on cigarettes 1 from three to six cents a pack. 1 This would raise $lB million a 1 year if the current volume of cigarette sales continued the next two years. 5 The actual amount of the pro- ' posed fund was announced as - $35,435,800. I Welsh said $25.5 million of this 1 would be used for construction of " the outer breakwater and dredging of the harbor at Burns Ditch, , where the state wants to construct ; a S7O million deepwater port to improve the Hoosier economy. j The breakwater construction a originally was scheduled for fi- ; nancing by the federal govern- ' ment, but thus far approval of the ’ project has been lacking from the 1 Budget Bureau and state officials ! have considered going it alone * without federal aid. In addition, the fund would ear- - mark $3,750,000 each for construc- • tion of two toll bridges over the ! Ohio River at Cannelton and > Mauckport; $1,235,800 for addit tional funds for the Monroe Res- ■ ervoir, and $1.2 million for conservation department facilities re- ■ ha bilit a tion. The governor’s announcement - said the fund would be established - “by imposing sufficient additional r tax on cigarettes to obtain this - money in the next biennium and that it be collected and dedicated 1 to this fund and for no other pur- > pose.” / —Action by tire 1963 Legislature, - which opens a 61-day biennial ses(Continued On Page Three) Martha Dellinger Dies Last Evening t Mrs. Martha Dettinger, 85, a resii dent of Adams county most of her life, died at 6 o'clock Thursday J evening at the St. Francis hospi- . tai in Beech Grove, near Indiana- - polis. s She had been residing for some time with a daughter at Indiana- ' polis. Mrs. Dettinger was a member of the Salem United Church of ! Christ at Magley. ■ . She was bom in Preble town- ; ship Nov. 7, 1877, a daughter of ’ Henry and Caroline Hilgeman- ’ Hildebrand, and was married to ■ Willis Dettinger Dec. 8, 1900. Her husband preceded her in death Feb. 2, 1959. 1 Surviving are three daughters, 1 Mrs Matthew (’Emma) Worthman * of Indianapolis, Mrs. Paul (Esther) • Moeller of Wheaton, 111., and Mrs. I Walter (Mary) Egley of Adams . county; nine grandchildren; five . great-grandchildren; two brothers, Henry and Otto Hildebrand, both ! of Preble township, and one sister, > Mrs. Otto Scherry of New Bavaria, ; O. Two children preceded her in > death. Funeral services will be conduCtt ed at p.m. Sunday at the > Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. i at the Salem United Church of - Christ. The Rev. H. E. Settlage will officiate and burial will be in , the church cemetery. Friends I may call at the funeral home after 17 p.m. today until time of the servives. —:■ i

Issue Urgent Plea For Blood Donors An urgent appeal was issued today by Red Cross officials tor many more volunteers to give blood when the regional Red Cross bloodmobile unit is stationed in Decatur next Wednesday. Officials reported that far less than half of the needed blood donors have volunteered' to date. The chapter’s quota for next Wednesday’s visit Is 125 pints, of blood, and at least 170 donors are needed to assure meeting the quota. The Fort Wayne center is reported low in blood supply and with needs anticipated heavy in the near future to care for accident victims, appeals have been issued for increased donations. The bloodmobile will be stationed at the Decatur Youth and Community Center next Wednesday from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Anyone wishing to give blood is asked to call the local Red Cross office to volunteer. Food to be served at the canteen at the center Wednesday will be donated by Gerber’s Supermarket. Mrs. Lee Fleming is chairman of the canteen workers, and will be assisted by the following volunteers: Mrs. Charles Beineke. Mrs. Harold Messick, Mrs. Bert Haley, Mrs. Edgar Retaking; Mrs. WWattrrrr-Mrs. Ed Bauer and Mrs. Lloyd Bowman. Miss Lena Liebig Dies At Bluffton Miss Lena Liebig, 79, of Bluffton, died suddenly at 7:30 a.m. today at the Wells county hospital, where she had been a patient four days. She was born in Girdley, Kan., Oct. 16, 1883, a daughter of Karl and Christine-Liebig. The family had lived in Adams and Wells counties for 50 years. Miss Liebig was a member of the Apostolic Christian church. Surviving are three sisters, Miss Ida Liebig of Toledo, 0., and Misses Elizabeth and Kathrtae Liebig, both of Bluffton. One brother and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Goodwin funeral home in Blufftfon and at 2 p.m. at the Apostolic Christian"" church, the Rev. Sam Aeschliman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

Military Pay Hike Proposed

WASHINGTON (UPI)-A dissent by AFL - CIO President George Meany today foreshadowed a probable attempt ta Congress to revise Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara’s proposal for a $1.7 billion military pay increase. Meany, a member of President Kennedy’s commission on federal pay, doesn’t like the idea of providing a smaller percentage increase for draftees and first and second year recruits than" for more experienced servicemen. In general, however, McNamara’s proposal announced late Thursday appeared to face smooth sailing ta Congress. It would be the first military pay raise ta five years. Predicts Fast Action Rep. L. Mendel Rivers, S-S.C., whose House armed services subcommittee will be first to consider the legislation, predicted “fast action by Congress.” He said the raise was long overdue. McNamara did not release his detailed recommendations, but a Defense Department source said the raise for draftees and recruits would be below 14.4 per cent average for the services.

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Four Youths Found To Be Delinquent Four youths, two from Berne and two nearby Berne residents, were found to be delinquent children in a three-hour hearing this morning in the Adams county juvenile court. Charged with using intoxicating beverages and found to be delinquent children were: Brian Schindler, 17, 856 N. Baltimore St., Berne; David Brooks, 17, route 2, Berne; Marvin Brantsteter, 18, route 2, Berne; and Ryan Liechty, 17, 875 Columbia Drive, Berne. A fifth Berne youth, 17-year-old Thomas McKean, was involved in the same incident, but had had a previous hearing in the juvenile court. The incident occurred between

■ the hours of 7 o’clock the evening of Thursday, December 20, and 1 o'clock the following morning. In Church Lot Most of the “commotion” occurred as the youths were parked ta the parking lot of the First Men- . nonite church ta Berne. In addition, a sixth person is ink vplved and also a Geneva tavern. • The sixth person involved is Zt 1 years of age, and he is a Berne resident also, and will be charged with contributing to the delin- > quency of a minor when apprehend- • ed. The tavern involved is Andy's ■ Tavern in Geneva, who allegedly ■ sold the intoxicating beverages, in 1 this case, beer, to the Berne boys. Report To Board ’ Prosecutor Severin H. Schurger ‘ explained this noon that he will 1 contact the state' alcholic beverage commission about the Geneva 1 tavern's part ta the incident, and will turn oVer the facts of the case . to them. 1 In the juvenile court hearing this . morning, Schindler, Brooks, Bran- - steter, and Liechty were found to 1 be deliquent children and received a several orders from Jundge Myles F. Parrish. Parrish ordered the youngsters to ■ apologize to Rev. Gordon Neuen--1 schwander, pastor of the First ■ Mennonite church, and to offer to s clean up or repair any damages to • the church parking lot s Licenses Taken ; They were also instructed to re* r train from any more drinking of . alcoholic beverages and ordered to - surrender their driver's licenses to the sheriff’s department for a period of 30 days. The youths were put on probation for an indefinite period, and probation officer Chris H. Muselman ordered the youths to be “off the streets by 10 o’clock’ every night,” as one of the probation 1 rules to follow. Present at the three-hour hearing this morning were the judge, prosecutor, Muselman, the boys and , their parents. Previous Hearing McKean, the first of the quintet ; apprehended, has previously had a • hearing ta juvenile court. He was found to be in violation of proba- . tion. For this. Judge Parrish handed , down a sentence to be served until I the boys was 21 years of age at I the state boys’ school. The sen- ■ tence, however, was suspeneded. : He too was put on probation for ! an indefinite period, and his lir cense was taken for an indefinite . period. The adult involved is expected : to be picked up within the next few days.

The department sought to concetrate the biggest raises on men who are making military service a career, and who are not near retirement age. A recruit who starts at S7B a month and gets $83.20 after four months could get an increase of $8 to $lO under the proposed scales. A four-star general drawing $1,875 a month could get a boost of $lO5. Includes Reservists Tn addition’ to boosting the pay of the 2.6 million members of the armed forces, the proposed legislation would provide small increases in parttime drill pay for one million civil reservists and more than 330,000 persons drawing military retirement pay. The proposal also would increase from $47.88 to $77.10 a month the subsistence allowance for officers. Hie higher rate already is being paid to enlisted men in off-post areas. Meany’s views were disclosed when the nine-man commission on federal pay systems, headed by former steel executive Clarence B. Randall, released a report simultaneously with the Pentagon announcement.

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