Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI. NO. 8.

Indiana Legislature Is Opened, Democrats Seek To Slow Republican Move

TOP DEMOCRATS—Vice President Lyndon Johnson, right, listens to whispered conversation between House Speaker John McCormack, center, and House Majority Leader Carl Albert, following meeting of Democratic congressional leaders with President Kennedy in the White House. In center, background, is Senate Whip Hubert Humphrey.

Democrats In House Feuding

WASHINGTON (UPD — Ad ministration Democrats in the House began feuding among themselves today after routing President Kennedy’s conservative foes in the first struggle of the new Congress. The intra-party strife erupted over the filling of Democratic vacancies on the House Ways & Means Committee. The outcome could determine the fate of Kennedy’s controversial medicare program for the aged. The issue will be settled at a caucus of the 258 House Democrats Monday, a few hours before the President delivers his State of the Union address. Kennedy's speech before s joint meeting of the House and Senate at 12:30 p.m. EST Monday will be carried to the nation by radio and television. Kennedy triumphed at the opening of the 88th Congress Wednesday when the House by a surprisingly wide margin of 39 votes beat down an attempt by conservatives to seize control of its legislative machinery. Slight Vote Increase The roll call vote was 235-196. That compares with the 217-212 margin by which administration forces squeaked to victory in the same fight two years ago. Wednesday 28 Republicans instead of 22 supported the administration. But a pro-administration shift by Southern Democrats accounted for most of the difference from the 1961 vote. Southern Democrats Wednesday supported the administration 50-44. Two years ago they lined up 62-36 in opposition. Kennedy had warned in advance that if the conservatives succeeded in capturing control of the powerful House Rules Committee his legislative program faced emasculation for the next two years. Hie rules committee controls the flow of legislation to the House floor. In die Senate, an uneasy truce prevailed. Senators agreed to put off their rules fight until after the President’s address Ulis battle will pit northern liberals who seek to tighten the reins on Senate filibusters against Southerners determined to block any weakening oi their chief weapon against civil rights legislation. Landrum Is Question The big question facing House Democrats is whether Rep. Phil Landrum, D-Ga., shall be given a seat on the Ways Sc Means Committee despite his refusal to say publicly whether he' would - use his vote to help keep the President's medicare bill bottled up in the committee. Some Democratic liberals opposing Landrum said they would be satisfied with private assurances have not been forthcoming.

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, Two Democratic seats on the J committee are vacant. One seems J certain to be filled by Rep. Ross I Bass, D-Tenn. Both Bass and the j third contender, Rep. W. Pat Jennings, D-Va., are supported by liberals who consider them safe on the medicare issue. Schieferstein Home Is Damaged By Fire . The interior of the Richard . Schieferstein home north of Decat tur, was badly damaged this . morning in a fire that was appar- [ ently caused Ly an overheated i furnace. The Decatur fire department ! received the call at five minutes 1 after 9 o’clock this morning, but ' the blaze had a good head start , before the firemen- arrived. , The fire started in the floor above the furnace in the basement so the home, which is located six miles north of Decatur on U. S. • 27. The blaze quickly spread ’ throughout the wall of the home, , causing extensive damage to the interior. ------- Local fire chief Cedric Fisher said at noon today that the Schieferteins were at home when the ; fire broke out. Fisher said also . that “quite a bit” of furniture and . other household items were saved i from the blaze. No estimate of [ damage to the home was given. , The local department battled the i fire until 1:30 a.m., along with the Hoagland fire department. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPD—Pres- ‘ ident Kennedy win submit his 1964 budget to Congress at | noon EST Thursday, Jan. 17, the White House announced to- . day. . y. I ■ ■■■ ■ WASHINGTON (UPD—The space agency said today it , vnll send a robot laboratory " past Mars next year to find out whether the planet is capable of harboring life. It postponed plans for a second probe of Venus. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 1 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. , 12 noon 49 12 midnight .. 40 1 p m 50 1 a.m 42 ’ 2 p.m. 51 2a m 43 i 3 p.m. 50 3. a.m 44 I 4 p.m 50 4 a.m. 44 ■5 p.m 50 5 a m 43 I 6p m 51 6 a.m. — 42 I 7 p.m. .— 50 7 a.m. 42 8 p.m. 46 8 a m 44 9 p.m 44 9 a.m 48 . 10 p.m. : 40 10 a.m> 54 Il p.m. 40 11 a.m. 58 1 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending- at -7 a.m. today. .0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.17 feet.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The 1963 Indiana Legislature opened a 61-day session today and Democrats in the Senate quickly moved to stall rapid action by majority Republicans to get reapportionment measures under way. Minority leader Sen. Marshall Kizer, D-Plymouth, said after a 45-minute caucus which was held shortly after the 93rd General Assembly was gaveled to order that the Democrats decided to oppose immediate action. The action contemplated was to kill a pending constitutional amendment on the tenure of county sheriffs in order to clear the way for a constitutional amendment on reapportionment in line with the GOP plan. The action was expected to be taken by the GOP sometime today. Kizer said the minority bloc hopes to make the matter a special order of business later in the session, probably around the middle of next week. He said he believed the 24 Democrats could get support from three of the 25 majority Republicans to prevent immediate consideration. Those named as likely rebels by Kizer were Sens. C. Wendell Martin and John Ruckelshaus of Indianapolis and A. Morris Hall of Marion. Reapportionment and revenue were the major issues as the session opened and a nearly even political division in Senate membership threatened to handicap the lawmaking machinery. "Die House was gaveled to order precisely at 10 a.m. EST and the Senate followed four minutes later. Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frederick Landis swore in the new senators with what )ie called “a tingle of nostalgia” because he once served in the Senate. The Senate, made up of 25 Republicans and 24 Democrats, then recessed for party caucuses. In the House, 1961 Speaker Richard Guthrie, Indianapolis Republican, was re-elected promptly by ...a vote of 54-41. With taxes a top issue, the two top officers in the legislature left the door wide open to a tax hike in addresses at the opening of the session. Lt. Gov. Richf.ra Ristire said •‘if any increases in revenues are finally voted, they mus- provide for all taxpayers equitable treatment.*' “Also,” he added, “they must help create a climate in which new jobs will develop and the rates of pay on existing jobs can increase. And they must not damage the capacity of our state to compete in national and worldwide markets.” House Speaker Richard Guthrie said "our citizens are concerned about increasing property taxes.” “It is up to us to give them relief,' he said. “We must adopt legislation giving local communities the right to raise additional revenue to be spent locally for relief of property taxes.” lip to the Governor Ristine said the first proposal on how the new taxes should be raised should come from. Governor Welsh. "We await a detailed statement from the governor of needs and desires . and his recommendations on how to pay the bill,” Ristine said. “For with the State of Indiana, as with the average Hoosier family, outgo cannot exceed income for very long.” ■j Guthrie also referred to Welsh shying, "I trust he will not only have a message of needs for our .state but that he will make specific recommendations as to the ways and means of meeting these needs.” Both GOP leaders backed the constitutional amendment route toward reapportionment, which is scheduled for a test vote later today. Guthrie also proposed two yardsticks to be applied to each piece of proposed legislation—probably more than 1,000 bills—“ls it necessary? Is it in the best interest of my state and its citizens?" 2 Chief Problems ' As the lawmakers convened for a 61-day session, reapportionment and revenue were the chief problems to solve.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 10,1963.

Slight Decrease In Unemployment

WASHINGTON (UPD— Unemi ployment in the nation dropped slightly last month, the governi ment said today. I But officials indicated they were ■ disappointed that the jobless rate ’ still was 5.6 per cent. I A panel of Labor Department i experts said there were 3.8 mil- ■ lion persons unemployed in De- ' cember, the same as November. However, the seasonally adjusted : rate declined to 5.6 per cent of • the work force compared with 5.8 s per cent in November. If the seasonally adjusted rate ■ remains as expected at about this i leyd. for the next six months, of- • ficials said, unemployment in • January will climb to 4.5 million. In February it should be up to » 4.6 million and then drop to 4.5 I million in March. Officials fore- • saw an unemployment level of 4 ■ million in April, 3.8 million in May and 4.6 million in June when ' students enter the work market. Harold Goldstein, assistant commissioner for manpower and • employment statistics, said the > change in the jobless rate was not significant and that there was ? little change throughout ■nwwrt ! the 1962 year. i Among adult men, the seasonally adjusted jobless rate continf ued virtually unchanged at about ! 4.5 per cent during December. t = The unemployment rate for > teen-agers, which had climbed ! sharply during November, re- • turned to the level at which it • prevailed for most of the year. Goldstein said many young peo- ' pie who were locking for Christ- ■ mas jobs in unusually large num-

Tshombe Freed Os UN Arrest

■ BULLETIN 1 LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (UPD — The British and ' Belgian consults in Elisebeth- , ville have been given 24 hours by the central Congo government to get out of Katanga, the Congolese Press Agency reported today. The agency I said the ouster order came because of the consuls’ political position in the Kantanga situation. MOKAMBO, Katanga, The Congo (UPD — Katanga President Moise Tshombe, freed from United Nations house arrest, drove to this border town today to meet ’ his aides and greet thousands of ‘ wildly cheering Katangese citizens. Tshombe’s motorcade swept ; past a U.N. armored column and , drove in triumph down the Elisai bethville-Northern Rhodesia road , to a meeting with his interior . minister, Godefroid Munongo, said to be leading a large Ka- , tangese military force massed on the border. The U.N. armored column trundied down the road after Tshombe. It was believed to be bent on mopping up the remaining pocket.,of Katangese resistance near the border. Officials said Tshombe tried to persuade Munongo and the other ministers present—Justice Minis- ! ter Valentine Ilunga, Education Minister Albert Nyenbo and presidential attache Odilon Mwenda —to return to Elisabethville to govern from there. The officials said Munongo opposed this and said he wanted to stay in Mokambo or Kolwezi, Tshombe’s last major stronghold in Katanga. ' Hie U.N. armored column pushed to within three miles of the border. Reports from Elisabethville said the Kentangese had ; blown up another bridge on the road between Jadotville and Kolwezi and had sabotaged an elec-

bers in November had found work by December. A greater than seasonal rise brought non-agricultural employment to 63.5 million, about 1.5 million above December, 1961. Most of the rise during 1962 took place in the first half of the year. Agricultural employ ment dropped more than seasonally between November and December to 4.1 million as extremely cold weather prevailed throughout much of the country. Total employment, in December was 67.6 million, the report said. This was down from November—about what had been expected. The total labor force of 74.1 million in December was 400,000 less than November. This was an expected seasonal decline. However, it was 1 million above the level for December 1961. Hie average level for the fourth quarter of 1962 was 800,000 above the previous year. The number of persons on longterm employment lists—that is, those out of work 15 weeks or more—rose seasonably by 100,000 Wnwiber and Owember to 1 million. This was 250,000 below a year earlier. Most of the over-the-year decline was among persons who have been continuously unem- - ployed for more than six months, Labor Department experts said. Early in the administration, officials set a goal of reducing the unemployment rate to 4 per cent by 1963. But they now apparently have little or no hope of achieving this.

trie railway line by exploding a transformer. The drive was an amazing triumph for Tshombe. It followed a morning of intense confusion surrounding the house arrest. The United Nations imposed the house arrest Wednesday night following orders from Secretary General Thant to restrain Tshombe from “further irresponsible acts.” But the U.N. lifted the house arrest after six hours and said the action against Tshombe had been a mistake. Tunisian U.N. troops who had surrounded Tshombe’s palace were withdrawn after U.N. officials consulted with British and Belgian diplomats. (In Leopoldville, U.N. officials denied that Tshombe ever had been under house arrest. They said he left Elisabethville with 10 carloads of newsmen for Sakania, a town near Mokambo. (British officials in Leopoldville said they had no idea what role their consul in Elisabethville played in winning the removal of the Tunisian troops from Tshombe’s palace. (Continued on Page Six) Record Hop Saturday For March Os Dimes Dick Linn, chairman of the Teens against Polio committee, announced today that a record hop sponsored by the Rainbow Girls will be held from 8 until 11 o’clock Saturday evening at the Youth Center. All admission receipts Will be given to the March of Dimes. John Sheets, local disc jockey, will conduct the hop and is. contributing the use of his record album arid talents to the dance so that all money received can go to the National Foundation. The charge will be 25 cents ’ for single admissions and 45 ceats < for couples. ’ . :

Firemen Again Rush To Empire Stale Building NEW YORK (UPD—The third fire to break out in the Empire State building in the last four days sent firemen rushing into action again today. Firemen were summoned at 7:55 a.m. to the 31st floor of the world’s tallest building when the blaze was discovered in pipe insulation in a tank room adjacent to the five-foot wide shaft in which Wednesday’s fire, which burned for several hours, broke out. Today’s fire was brought under control a few moments after a workman in the building reported the blaze. Unlike Wednesday, when thousands of workers were delayed getting to work in the 102-story structure, there was no disruption of operations in the building today. Ninth Battalion Chief Bernard Wynne said firemen “were ready” for today’s blaze and six firemen who had been patrolling the building since Wednesday’s flames were put out sprang into action when today’s alarm was sounded. “We were expecting this one,” said Wynne, “and we were ready for it.” Wynne explained that a followup fire was riot unusual in the aftermath of a blaze like Wednesday’s. The first of the building’s three fires this week was a minor one which broke out in the basement late Monday. Because of the rash of fires, Wyrine_jgH2ffrniffl23®._be_jn_jr 24-hour alert at the building for about a week. Wednesday’s blaze, by far the most serious of the three, leaped to a 61-story, 850-foot height from its lowest to its,highest point in the shaft. Teacher Uninjured In Accident Today Miss Bernadine Van Skyke, physical education teacher in the Decatur elementary schools, escaped injury in a one-car accident ' on U. S. 27 this morning, while enroute to school. The mishap occurred on U. S. 27, just north of the Hessen Cas- , sei church. Her automobile went out of con- ’ trol on the highway, which was icy * at the time, and slipped off the road, dropped down a 16-foot embankment. Miss Van Skyke suffered only a bruised knee, undoubtedly due to the fact that she was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. John Clark, seventh grade mathematics and reading teacher at Lincoln school, who resides in Fort Wayne, as does Miss Van Skyke, came upon the accident minutes after it happened. He called a wrecker from a nearby farmhouse. Hie frame of the auto was badly damaged. Although both Decatur teachers were a bit late, both resumed their duties later in the morning. Trio Scheduled For Arraignment Today Scheduled to enter pleas in the Adams circuit court this afternoon were Stephen Lee Brandenburg, 21, Decatur; Larry Harve Butler, 21, Decatur, rind Larry Dewayne Christianson, 22, Bluffton. The three were to enter this afternoon to charges of second degree burglary and grand larceny filed against each of them, following their apprehension Dec. 30 for four robberies in Monroe and a fifth in Decatur. The trio was arraigned Dec. 31, after which - Brandenburg and Christianson had $4,000 property bonds posted for each of them. Butler had been held in jail since the time of his arrest. The youthful bandits looted four establishments in Monroe and the Fager Appliances and Sporting Goods store in Decatur, netting them over SI,OOO in merchandise, including wet SBOO in firearms at the Decatur store. Brandenburg and Christianson are represented by Richard J. Sullivan, Butler is represented by Hubert R. McClenahan, appointed his pauper attorney. Jesse Serna Is Named To Post Office Job Jesse Serna, 35, of Decatur has been appointed custodian at the Decatur post office over more than 18 other applicants, postmaster John Boch announced today. Serna, a disabled veteran of World War 11, moved to Decatur in 1952. He and his wife have six children, three boys and three girls. He started work Saturday.

Decatur’s Blood Quota Exceeded

Decatur again went well over the top in blood donations Wednesday, as 152 pints of blood were contributed by donors; to the Red Cross bloodmobile unit at the Youth and Community Center. Mrs. Ferris Bower, local blood program chairman, reported the' total today as compared to the usual quota established of 125 pints. Four donors were added to the one-gallon list. They were Arnold Scheumann, Mrs. Leland Smith, Clifford Mann and Robert Sautbine. Included in the donors were a large number of walk-ins, who had not been contacted by telephone nor made appointments. These helped greatly in exceeding the established quota. Mrs. Bower expressed the thanks of the Red Cross chapter and her committee to Mrs. Richard Macklin and Macklin’s Garage for providing transportation; city employes for setting up and taking down the mobile unit; Gerber’s Supermarket, who furnished food for the canteen; Myers’ Florists for the floral to. =«gement for the tables, and the doctors, nurses and all volunteers who helped during the bloodmobile visit. Thanks were also expressed to the many donors from neighboring towns and communities who helped Decatur more than fill its quota. The bloodmobile unit’s next visit in Adams county will be at Berne March 20, and the next Decatur Call is scheduled for June 3. The blood program slogan this year is “Someone Lives—When Someone Gives.” Wednesday’s donors were as follows: Walk-Ina Charles Stonestreet, James Nussbaum, Wilson Weiland, Robert Worthman, Norman Rorick, Ted Hahnert, Frank Sardelle, Robert Sautbine, Ferris Bower, Mrs. Carl Conrad, Vincent Faurote, Mrs. Walter Nuerger, Mrs. Jack Holthouse, Harman Aeschliman, Lloyd Sheets, Patrick J. Hackman, John Bollenbacher, Dr. I John Spaulding, Dr. Arthur Girod, James A.. Smite, LawveMie Fuelling. Miss Betty Fickert, Mrs. Wilbert Thieme, Herman J. Knapke, Roger Lee Snyder, Dwight L. Brunner, Wayne Byerly, Floyd Bowers, Clifford Mann, Mrs. Erna McKoenemann, Helen Johnson, Fred Conrad, Raymond W. Seitz, Mrs. Victor Bieberich, Jan C. Smith, Robert Krueckeberg, Paul Herman, Ralph E. Smith, Mrs. Edwin Call, Richard E. Miller, Doyle D. Lee, Jr., Mrs. Mary Jane Miller, James D. Merriman, Mrs. Marvin Conrad, Jasori’Moser. Meredith Is Again Jeered By Students OXFORD, Miss. (UPD —Negro student James H. Meredith again found himself taunted Wednesday night at the University of Mississippi cafeteria. About 200 students beat on their trays and glasses with silverware when Meredith entered the cafeteria accompanied by his everpresent escort of federal marshals. The 29-year-old Air Force veteran smiled at the noisy greeting and sat down, touching off a walkout by students at surrounding It was the third straight night of demonstrations at the cafeteria following a long lull. Many students jeered and left the cafeteria when Meredith entered Monday and Tuesday nights. They shouted, “ignore the nigger with vigor.” > Campus sources said the students are protesting what th£y regard as a publicity stunt by Meredith—his statement Monday that he would not register for the next semester unless “definite and positive changes” are made at the university. They said students felt that campus tension had eased and Meredith’s presence at “Ole Miss” was no longer of national interest until his statement rekindled the issue. ; Rep. Tom Abernethy, D-Miss., in Washington, Wednesday accused Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy of collaborating with Meredith on the statement. “Things were becoming too quiet down there and evidently the attorney general felt that in order to squeeze a little more political mileage out of the situation, it was necessary that he and (Meredith) do something to get the whole prostrate university back in the limelight,” said Abernethy. News Conference By Kennedy January 16 WASHINGTON (UPD — President Kennedy will hold a news conference next Wednesday at 4 p.m. EST. The President will not meet with newsmen this week.

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Kathleen E. Deaton, Robert Yost, Maxine Thieme, Roger F. Hawkins, Helen Stewart, Mrs. Phyllis J. Morgan, Carroll Schroeder, Mrs. Robert Johnloz, Floyd Marquart, Mrs. Robert McQuaid, Chauncey Betz, Milton L. Hoff- ' man, Kenneth Nyffeler, Anthony Murphy, Ernest Roe, Mrs. Hubert Krick, Margie J. Smitley, Harold D. White, Junior W. Lake, Wilbert Fuelling. Scheduled Donora Mrs. Martha Uhrick, Mrs. Evelyn Ostermeyer, Mrs. John Sipe, Mrs. Leland Smith, Wayne Roahrig, Mrs. George Rentz, Rev. 1 Richard Ludwig, Clarence Fishbaugh, Mrs. Joe Schultz, Arnold Scheuman, Mrs. Arnold Scheuman, Ralph Conrad, Rev. J. O. Penrod, Melvin Tinkham, Mrs. Eva Brewster, Loren Burkhead, Jr., Dee Byerly, Mrs. Paul Carll, Mary Clark, Edgar Kruecekeberg, Wil- ' bert Thieme, David Vodnais, Richard Roe, Mrs. Richard Roe. Mrs. Lowell Smith, Carl Hoffman, Ron Gerber, Harold Baughn, Mrs. Harold Baughn, Mrs. Otto . Boerger, Mrs. Calvin Burnett, . Mrs. Gretchen Foreman, Arthur ' Braun, Wilmer Bultemeier, Al . Conrad, Thurman Drew, Millard ’ Aeschliman, Lynford Weiland, . Charles Abel, Wendell Beer, Mrs. ’ Luther Brokaw, John Dell, Mrs. Hillis Fath, Rev. Hillis Fath, t Franklin Lybarger, Arthur Suttles, . Russell M. Mitchel, Mrs. Chas. I Busse, Merlin Sieling, Wilmer » Harman, Kathryn E. Young, El- ; win Adkins, Jack Mbrence, Forest > Railing, Otto Thieme. Mrs. Don Smith, Mrs. Jack . Hackman, Mrs. Wm. Lose, Mrs. Kenneth Erhart, Mrs. Lois Sharp, Rev. Robert McQuaid, Dianne Linn, Mrs. Colleen Howell, Mrs. ‘ Luke Majorki, Joe Kohne, Robert ’ Carr, Mrs. Ruth Friedt, Janet ' Cochran, Mrs. Robert Babcock, Mrs Lester Sheets, Eugene Miller, Betty Roberts. Opal Brown, Herb Banning, Edmopdi Thieme,. Albert Gillig, Mrs. Harold August, Dan Freeby, Gene Moser,' Elisha Merriman. I Gail Grabffl, Charles J - sell E. Brooks, Joe Weber, Doris Garboden, Bob Beery, Donald ’ Bieberich, Donald Bollenbacher, j Janet Shaffer, Kathleen Deaton, i • Mercury Below Zero Over Upper Plains By United Press International Temperatures plunged below zero and snow piled up into large drifts in the upper plains today. Cold wave warnings stretched as far south as Texas in the vicious winter blast Strong northerly winds whipped the snow into blizzard conditions in parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado, and the weather bureau issued warnings to stockmen and travelers. Six inches of snow had fallen at Howard, S.D., and Hettinger, N.D. Temperatures Wednesday afternoon in the Montanas and Dakotas were 40 to 50 degrees cooler than they had been Tuesday. By nightfall the mercury had dropped to 18 below at Cut Bank, Mont. The blizzard was concentrated in Montana Wednesday, isolating the farming community of Dupuyer and closing schools in many communities, including Great Falls, the state’s largest city. Conditions were expected to clear today to permit planes to take to the air over Montana. Several had been grounded by the fog and blowing snow. The change in the weather from the balmy conditions that had prevailed most of the new year was caused by an arctic front that was pushed southward by a very cold arctic high centered around the Yukon. Most of the areas south of the cold front enjoyed fair weather. Mild temperatures were reported from Florida to Kentucky, in the southern Middle West and through the Southern Plains. The cold wave warning was extended through the sout he r n Rockies into the Southern Plains and into western parts of the Mississippi Valley. Snow was forecast for the Rocky Mountain areas, and from the central and southern plains into the upper Great Lakes. x INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and colder tonight and Friday. Chance of brief freezing rain, changing to occasional snow tonight and Friday. Low tonight 12 to 25 north, 40s south. High Friday in the 20s. Sunset today 5:40 p.m. Sunrise Friday 8:05 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Cloudy and colder with snow. Lows 5 to 10 above. Highs 10 to 28 above.