Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1963 — Page 1

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88th Congress Meets Jan. 9

WASHINGTON (UPI)-The 88th Congress will convene Wednesday facing immediate battles over its rules and long-range proposals by President Kennedy for income tax cuts and new spending programs. Kennedy’s first big battle will be fought on opening day when the House decides whether to hand control of its legislative machinery to a conservative coalition. A conservative triumph, Kennedy feels, would “emasculate" his legislative program. Administration forces are favored to win by a razor-thin margin, but ttie outcome is uncertain The senators also will become embroiled at the outset in a rules fight. Senate liberals hope to tighten up the Senate’s curbs against filibusters. Again, the outcome is uncertain and the battle could go on for weeks. Within two weeks after the lawmakers assemble, the President will present a record-high federal budget of $99 billion for the 12 months starting July 1- It will be the first time any president has budgeted more peacetime spending than the recorded $98.3 billion of the costliest fiscal year of World War H. About the Same The political complexion of the new Congress—significantly to the right of Kennedy—is believed to be little different than the last one in which Kennedy won or lost legislative battles by hairline margins. The White House anticipates two more years of tough legislative sledding. Kennedy's legislative objective Vandalisms, Thefts Reported To Police A number of cases of vandalism, stolen article*, etc., were reported to the rfty police department over the weekend. im --•»■■■■ William Sweere, manager of Newberry's reported at 9:25 p.m. Saturday that while his auto was parked behind the Store, a tire was flattended by removal of a valve core. A second car oarked in the area, which was being driven by Charlotte Fuelling, had a pair of flattened. f Hubert Zerkel, Jr., principal of the Lincoln school, reported early Saturday morning that a small rock was thrown through a window on the third floor of the school, sometime between 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Mrs: Dick Jackson, 130 S. Eleventh St., told the city police at 5:20 p.m. Saturday, that an egg was thrown against the windshield of her auta-as she was driving in the 1,000 block of W. Adams St., a few minutes earlier. Roger Hawkins, route 2, Decatur, reported a theft at 8:56 p.m. Saturday, shortly after the theft occurred. Hawkins said he had purchased a new sport jacket and put it in his car parked in the A & P parking lot. He said he was shopping for a few minutes and when he returned, the sport jacket had been stolen.

Meredith May Quit Ole Miss

OXFORD, Miss. (UPD-James Meredith said today he does not plan to register for the next semester at the University of Mississippi unless the school takes steps to ease the harassment that has made life at Ole Miss difficult for him. Meredith, first Negro knowingly admitted to the university, said he does not plan to register for the spring semester “unless very definite and positive changes are made to make my situation more conducive to learning.” There long have been reports that Meredith is having extreme difficulty with his classes, largely due to the pressure that has been all around him since his entrance on the campus during rioting the night of Sept. 30 caused two deaths and brought thousands df federal troops to the campus. Meredith said the decision ndt to continue unless his conditions are met “was based on a consideration of Sil the elements pertinent to the “Mississippi crisis” and its deepest meaning and of all the aspects of my personal’ relationships in it, with it and to _..... Meredith, in a statement given

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is to push through the first session of the new Congress a top-to-bottom reduction in individual income tax rates and corporate levies, coupled with some controversial tax reforms. The proposed tax cuts are aimed at putting more zip in the economy so that unemployment, now ranging close to 6 per cent of the work force, will be reduced significantly by the time the voters go to the polls for the 1964 presidential election. The President’s chances of getting a tax cut by next January, a later date than he would like, are regarded as somewhat better than 50-50 despite the concern of conservative lawmakers over the effect of a revenue loss on the budget deficit. Delays Medicare The preoccupation of the taxwriting House Ways & Means Committee with this issue apparently will preclude a showdown until 1964 on Kennedy’s controversial proposal t 0... expand the Social Security . program into the fields of hospitilazation benefits and nursing home care. The committee has jurisdiction over medicare as well as taxes. Although heavier defense and space spending will account for most, if not all, of the increase in Kennedy’s hefty budget, the spending blueprint also will include initial funds for at least three new programs which the President wants enacted. Fred C. Myers Dies Early This Morning Fred C. Myers, 77, of Blue Creek township, one and one-fourth miles southwest of Salem, died suddenly at 5:30 a.m. today at the home of a son, James E. Myers, 221 Water street, where he had been visiting for the past week. He was born in Blue Creek township March 3, 1885, a son of Jacob and Nancy Counterman-MyersfrHis wife, Mary, to whom he was married March 21. 1903, died Nov. 20 of last year. Mr. Myers, a retired farmer, was a member of the Salem Methodist church, where he was a leader in church activities. Surviving are four sons, Guy L. Myers of Louisville, Ky., John H. Myers of Blackcreek township, Mercer county, 0., Frederick A. Myers of Blue Creek township, and James E. Myers, of Decatur; four daughters, Mrs. Paul (Dellsen) Brehm, Mrs. Eli (Ruth Marie) Hirachy, and Mrs. Otis (Betty) Sprunger, all of Monroe township, and Mrs. Gerald (Mary Lou) Haggard of Monroe; 25 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. James (Della) Frank of Blue Creek township, and Mrs. Emma Counterman of New Haven. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Salem Methodist church, the Rev. L. A. Middaugh and the Rev. Joseph Gibson officiating. Burial will be in the Tricker cemetery. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 p.m. today. The body will lie in state at the church from 12:30 p.m. Wednesday until time of the services.

to newsmen called to his dormitory room this morning, emphasized that his decision “is not to attend the university next semester under the present circumstances.” He said “I have not made a decision to discontinue my efforts to receive educational training at the University of Mississippi.” ■*We are engaged in a war, a bitter war for the equality of op portunity for our citizens,” Meredith said. “The enemy is determined, resourceful and unprincipled.” The harassment that has made life on the campus a difficult one for Meredith was emphasized Sunday night when crudely printed handbills were distributed on the campus calling for “separation of the coon from the curriculum” and the impeachement “and execution” of President Kennedy for backing Meredith’s entry into the university under federal court order. Meredith said he plans to remain in Mississippihut did not say whether lie would • transfer to a Negro school. His wife currently attends Jackson State College for Negroes in Jackson, Miss,

Anderson Bank Is Robbed By Lone Bandit ANDERSON, Ind. (UPI) — A bandit held up the Edgewood branch of the Anderson Banking Co. today and robbed it of about $1,900. The loot estimate was given by Farrell Wilson, the branch manager, who said he was at the bank’s main office downtown when a dark-haired hatless man wearing a grey topcoat with the collar turned up entered and held up four employes. Mrs. Ida M. Harmeson, a teller, waited on the man when he walked up to her Window. She said he pretended to have forgotten his deposit slip at a nearby counter and when he returned to her window he said: “This is a robbery. Give me all your money.” Mrs. Harmeson said she complied and the man hurried out after warning the employes to “stay where you are,” entered a red and whjte car with Indiana 1962 license plater and sped away northward along Indiana 32. Troopers from the Pendleton district headquarters of the Indiana State Police set up roadblocks in the area. A man who saw the bandit flee tried to follow him in another car, Wilson said, but lost him in heavy traffic around the Edgewood Shopping Center where the holdup occurred. Mrs. Harmeson said it was die second time she was held up at die bank. She said bandits about three years ago took $30,000 and locked her in a rest room for 45 minutes. The bandit was described as white, in his early 30s, around 5 feet 9 inches tall and dark-haried. He had a bad complexion with many pock marks on his face. Mrs. Harmeson said nobody saw a gun but the employes got the impression the bandit had one. The holdup occurred a few minutes after 12 noon EST. Hospital Reports Gain In December An $8,141.18 cash gain in December nut the Adams county memorial hosoital “in the black” cashwise for 1962, the December reoort shows, Thurman I. Drew, hospital manager, announced todav; „ The preliminary reports shows that the hosoital had a “cash gain” of $3,652.15 for the year This means that cash “income” of the hosnital was larger than the amount mid out in bills and payroll. No depreciation is figured, nor are outstanding bills taken into account — onlv cash figures. Cal E. Peterson was reelected president of the hospital board, and Dee Frvback was reelected secretary. A general two per cent raise was given to hospital employes. $35,676.46 denosited The hosnital reported deposits of 535.676.4 fl for the month, with $5,797.40 on hand when the month started, for a total cash position of $41,473.86. Bills were cut off toward the middle of the month, as is usual in December to allow closing for the vear. so vouchers totaled only $9.715.38. The payroll for the month was $17,819.90, for total expenses in December of $27,535.28. This left a cash operating balance at the first of the year of $13,938.58. The $3,652.15 gain for the year compares with a loss in 1961 of $3,404.94; a gain of just $36.74 in 1960, and $986.63 in 1959. The December figure represents a record cash gain, exceeding the previous high of $7,123,48 in December, 1960. 219 Patients A total of 219 patients were admitted during December, and 55 babies were bom. There were 47 adults and five babies present December 1. Five patients and one baby died. A total of 207 patients and 47 babies were dismissed, leaving 54 patients and 12 babies in the hospital New Year’s day. 1 There were 23 boys and 32 girls born during the month,' including one set of twins. A total of 286 outpatients were treated during the month of December. Free Lectures Open Tuesday On Boating Free lectures on boat handling and safety, will be held at the Indiana Technical College, Fort Wayne, starting Tuesday at 8 p. m. There is no charge for the course, sponsored by the United. States Power Squadron. Men and womens and children over 16 of age, are invited. —?■.

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Bipartisan Senate Group Calls For Tightening Os Curb Over Filibustering

MARCH OF DIMES is underway in Adams county this month, with a variety of events scheduled to raise money for the National Foundation in the continued fight on polio, and crippling birth defects in children. Shown planning for the month long campaign, now underway, are shown above—seated, left to right, Mrs. Floyd Reed, drive chairman for the north half of Adams county, and Mrs. Richard Huffman of Geneva, county drive chairman; standing, left to right, Peter G. Sotile, Decatur city chairman, and Doyle Gehres, assistant city chairman.

Local Man's Sister Dies At Van Weil Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Mrs. Jessie Case, 62, of Van Wert, O , Who died Friday noon in the Van Wert county hospital following an extended illness. She was born in Willshire township Aug. 7, 1900, a daughter of Charles and Ellen August. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Case. Surviving are a stepson, Oren Case of Lima, 0., a brother, Roy August of Decatur, and three Sisters, Mrs. Daisy Stetler of Willshire, Mrs. Georgia Huffman of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Raymond Adams of Howe. One sister is deceased. Services win be held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Knoll-Brickner funeral home in Van Wert, with burial in the Willshire cemetery. Mrs. Nancy Davison Is Taken By Death Mrs. Nancy E. DaviSon, 82, of near Monroe, died at 1:45 p. m. Saturday at the Cooper rest home at Bluffton. She had been in ill health since suffering a stroke in April of 1957, and had been critically ill for four weeks. She was born in Mercer county, 6„ April 10, 1880, a daughter of Elihu C. and Rachel A. ADspaughJohnson, and was married to Marcellus Davison Nov. 11, 1899. Her husband preceded her in death in 1946. Mrs. Davidson, a resident of Adams county for 55 years, was a member of the Monroe Methodist church. Surviving are two sons, the Rev. Ralph E. Davison of New Paris, Hl., and Albert J. Davison of Pleasant Mills; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred L. Miller of Washington, D. C.,and Mrs. Cecil MSchindler of Berne; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren: two half-brothers, Dillon Johnson of Bunker Hill, and Walter Or Johnson of Springfield, 0., ■ and three sisters, Mrs. Clara Le Mar of Huntington, Mrs. Euphemia Grace Buck of New Haven, and Mrs- Mary. Johnson of Bluffton. One daughter, one brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Monroe Methodist church, the Rev. Claude McCallister officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery at Bluffton. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home in Berne untd 2:30 p. m. Tuesday. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 p. m. until time of the services. Two Plead Guilty To Escaping Jail MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (UPD — Two men who pleaded guilty to 1 breaking out of the Morgan County Jail here by overpowering a turnkey will be sentenced next Saturday.

INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with occasional freezing drizzle or light snow tonight and Tuesday. Not much temperature change. Low tor night in the 20s north, 24 to 33 south. High Tuesday in the i 30s. Sunset today 5:37 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 8:06 a. m. X QuUook for Wednesday: Becoming partly cloudy with little temperature change. 'Low 27 south to 22 north, high 38 south to 28 north. Sale 01 Ehinger's Store Is Announced Robert Bieberich, a resident of route 2, Monroeville, has purchased Ehinger’s Boston Store, 171 N. Second St., it was annuonced this morning by Bieberich and Richard Ehinger. The purchase of the business became effective today, Bieberich explained. Biebericti’,~ who was born in Adams county and has resided in Alien county for the last six years, will carry a complete line of Singer such as vaccuum sweepers, sewing machines, etc. In addition, he will also handle the entire and complete line of stock as Ehinger had bandied previous to the sale. Grand Opening The store, now to be known as Bob’s Sewing and Service Center, will have a grand opening sale Friday and Saturday of this week, Bieberich said today. In addition to usual sales, Bieberich will handle repair work on all types of sewing machines, etc., and sewing lessons will be given with the purchase of each new machine. Singer Products Bieberich has spent the past five years selling Singer products, and has worked out of the Boston Store the past three years, with his business located in the rear. He explained that purchase of the store will better enable him to serve his customers gained thruogh his five years of selling Singer products. ’ Ehinger, a well-known local merchant, said today, he is “undecided” about his future, plans. He has been in business at the Boston Store for some 15 years. DECATIR TEMPKRATVRES Local weather data for the 48 J hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. SATURDAY SINDAY 12 noon 38 12 midnight .. 34 1 p.m 39 1 a.m 35 2 p.m 39 2 a.m 35 3 p.m. 40 2 a.m 34 4 p.m . 39 4 a.m 34 5 p.m. 38 5 a.m 34 6 p.m. 37 6 a.m 33 .7 p.m 36 7 a.m 33 8 p.m. 35 8 a.m 32 9 p.m 34 9 a.m 32 10 p.m 34 10 am- 32 11 p.m 34 11 a.m. 33 imUAT MONDAY 12 ndon 34 12 midnight .. 34 1 p.m 34 1 a.m. 33 2 p.m. I 35 2 a.m. 33 3 p.m. 35 3 a.m 33 4 p.m 3'5 4 a.m. 33 ■5 p.m 34 5 a.m 32 . 6 p.m 34 6 a.m. 32 7 p.m 33 7 a.m 33 8 p.m 33 8 a.m 38 9 -p.m 33 9 a.m. 1 33 10 p.m. t. 34 10 a.m. 33 11 p.m 34 11 a.m. .-34 Precipitation ; • > Total for the 48 hour period . ending at 7 p in. today 0 inches. The St. Mary s river was at 1,18

WASHINGTON (UPI) — A bipartisan group of eight senators today called for a tighter curb on filibusters. The senators presented their views in a 39-page legal brief on the anti-filibuster rule — Rule 22. Their brief argued that the present rule, requiring the vote of two-thirds of the senators present to end debate, is "inequitable and undemocratic.” They argued for a proposal to cut off debate by a vote of 51 senators —a majority of the full Senate membership. However, their plan, would allow extendeddebate — as much as eight or nine weeks — before an issue finally was forced to a vote. Stressing the hurdle posed by the present rule to civil rights proposals, they said it has been the gravedigger for meaningful congressional action in that field. But, they said, it also has let filibustering block and emasculate other important measures. “Two-thirds cloture simply cannot be obtained in those areas where cloture is needed," htey said. The brief was circulated by Democratic Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey, Minn., his party’s Senate whip; Paul H. Douglas, 111., Joseph S. Clark, Pa., and Philip A. Hart, Mich., and by GOP Sens. Thomas H. Kuchel, Calif., the Republican whip; Clifford P. Case, N.J., Jacob K. Javits, N.Y., and Kenneth B. Keating, N.Y. ;; Proposal Inadequate Th eight senators contended that a proposed three-fifth cloture rule was “not adequate” and would not be satisfactory. The proposal for cloture by threefifths of the senators present is given the best chance of approval of any of the substitutes. Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-Ga., the South’s top strategist, said the forthcoming Senate battle over curbing filibusters posed a clear threat to Kennedy’s proposals in the new session starting Wednesday. Russell said in an interview that southern senators were likely to be unenthusiastic about the administration program if they were forced into another filibuster fight. But Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., disagreed. He said he expected the southerners to “fight their very hardest” against a rules change, but did not believe they would hold a grudge after the battle was over. Expects Close Battle Mansfield told a reporter that the outcome of the Senate fight was “a toss-up.” He said his policy would be to let everyone talk, and he declined to estimate how long he thought the battle would last. In the House, the battle involves the rules committee and its conservative chairman, Rep. Howard W. Smith, D-Va. Kennedy and his supporters want to keep the committee at 15 members so administration forces can swing enough votes to send controversial bills to the floor. Smith said Sunday on a television program it was possible but not probable that he might lose by as many as 10 votes in his fight jo t force the committee to revert to 12 members. Liberals contend that Smith, with southern Democrats and Republican allies, would hold the balance of power in a 12-man group. Dentes JFK Charge Smith denied that “this little old puny rules committee” would emasculate the, administration’s legislative program, as the President ,ha.s charged. He said a majority of the House always could force a bill to the floor. Physicians Aid At Bloodmobile Visit Mrs. Ferris Bower. Red Cross blood program chairman, today announced the names of the Decatur physicians who win serve during, the visit of the bloodmobile unit at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Physicians who will assist are Drs. Norval S. Rich, G. J. Kohne, Arthur H. GirOd, H. F. Zwick, John B. Te'rveer, James M. Burk ,and John Carroll. Alternate doctor will be C. William Freeby and Richard K Parrish

Bunche Meets With U. N. Commanders

ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga, The Congo (UPI) — Dr. Ralph Bunche consulted with United Nations military commanders today on wiping out the last resistance against reunification of Katanga with the Congo. The U.N. undersecretary flew into Elisabethville Sunday from Leopoldville and immediately quashed any idea that he would try to reopen negotiations with Katangese President Moise Tshombe. “I have nothing to say to Mr. Tshombe,” Bunche told newsmen.? He said he regarded the seces-sionist-minded Tshombe as a ’ spent political force. Tshombe was believed to be in Ko 1 W“e zi, a heavily fortified , stronghold 150 air miles northwest of Elisabethville. U.N. forces ; moved 10 miles toward Kolwezi 1 from Jadotville over the weekend. Try Persuasion British and French consular officials were trying to persuade ; Tshombe to end his resistance and go to Elisabethville to talk ’ to Bunche, but there was little sign they would succeed. Tshombe has been issuing a stream pf defiant statements and I vowing that his forces will launch ■ a guerrilla war if all else fails. Reports reaching Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, said a trainload of weapons and ammunition, including four tank cars of gasoline, had been sent to Tshombe from Portuguese Angola. There was no immediate confirmation of this but such action would explain why the United Nations is anxious to capture Dilolo which is on the border between Angola and Kolwezi. Threat Subsides Reports of a threat from another direction subsided when reporters found Katanga Interior Minister Godefroid Munonga in Mokambo, on the Katanga border with Northern Rhodesia, and he denied any plans to attack U.N. forces in Elisabethville.

High Court To Hear Appeal Os Judgment

WASHINGTON (UPl)—The Supreme Court agreed today to hear an appeal of the New York Times and four Negro clergymen against a $500,000 libel judgment which raised issues of freedom of the press and racial bias. The libel award was won by Montgomery, Ala., Police Commissioner L.B. Sullivan in a 1960 jury trial in the southern city. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the case sometime during . the next term which begins next October. A written opinion will follow. In other actions today, the Supreme Coyrt: . i —Rejected an appeal by Mississippi authorities from a lower court order allowing the Justice Department to inspect voting records in Forrest County; A Negro registration investigation has been conducted there by the federal government. —Declined to intervene in a complicated reapppruonment case from Oklahoma on grounds no federal issue was at stake. This left standing a states Supreme Court ruling against a group which contended petitions placing the reapportionment question on last November’s ballot lacked enough valid signatures. —Denied a hearing to Perry Zimmerman who was fired from his Newark, N.J., teaching job for refusing to testify whether he once had Communist associations. Zimmerman was dismissed after he refused to answer questions before the House Committee on Un - American Activities on grounds of possible self-incrimina-tion. In the Montgomery libel judgment against the New York

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Young Berne Man Taken In Custody Michael Collier, 21-year-old resident of Berne, Appeared in the Adams circuit court this morning to answer to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Collier was apprehended over the weekend on a warrant, for his ’ part in an episode in Berne recently whi6h saw five Berne youths found to be delinquent in juvenile court. —- —— The youthful Berne resident requested, and was granted, more time to secure a lawyer and enter a plea in court this morning. Judge Myles F. Parrish gave Collier until next Monday in which to enter a plea to the charge. Five Berne boys were found to be delinquent in juvenile court last week. 'Die five, Brian Sehindler David Brooks, Marvin Bransteter, Ryan v Liecbty and Thomas McKean, were put on probation, and given various court “orders” to follow during their time on probation. Arrested on Warrant Collier was arrested on a warrent after the boys implicated him as supplying them with the alcoholic beverages the evening of December 20 when they caused a disturbance in the First Mermonite church parking tot in Berne, for which they were taken into juvenile court. The five under-age youths were charged with using the intoxicating beverages, which were furnished them by Collier. Also involved in the incident is Andy’s tavern in Geneva. Prosecutor Severin Schurger is preparing a report to send to the state alcoholic beverages commission explaining the Geneva tavern’s part in the juvenile matter.

Times -and the four clergymen, the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the decision last Aug. 30. The lawsuit was one of five virtually identical actions brought by Gov. John A. Patterson and city officials because of an advertisement which the Times ran on March 29, 1960. The complainants asked for a total of $3 million. Entitled “Heed Their Rising Voices,” the advertisement dealt with the handling of Negro student demonstrations in Montgomery and elsewhere. It also sought funds for defense of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., integrationist leader, who was then up for trial on charges of lying about his state income tax. He was later acquitted. The main body of the ad was purportedly signed by some 80 prominent persons, including the late Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. In addition, names of 20 ministers, among them the four in today’s case, were included as endorsers of the appeal. Urging the court to deny review, attorneys for Sullivan said the advertisement libeled him “with violent, inflammatory and devastating language.” They said the Times was seeking “to overturn imbedded constitutional principles.” The ministers in their petition asserted that the judgment violated their constitutional rights because, among other things, (I) there was no proof that they had authorized use of their names; (2) they were tried in a racially segregated courtroom “permeated with an atmosphere of racial bias”; and (3) Negroes were systematieally excludedfromthejury. ,x- ' - ■ ■