Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI. NO. 15.

WINTER BLOSSOMS — A farmer’s wife and child examine egg shells her husband placed on young shoots of a fig tree to protect them from the frost in Castelfranco, Italy.

Chinese Delegate - Raps Soviet Union

Chinese delegate Wu Hsiu-chuan launched a bitter attack against the Soviet Union at the East German Communist congress today but was drowned out by a storm of booing, stomping and catcalling. East Berlin Communist Boss Paul Verner, who was presiding, ordered Wu to stop his diatribe, saying it “did not correspond to the norms of relations between Marxist-Leninist parties.” Most Western newsmen were barred from the congress during the Wu speech but details of the stormy session leaked out. The East German Communist radio and ADN news agency at first carried only a bare summary of Wu's speech, deleting references to attacks against Russia. Later, after West Berlin radio stations broadcast reports of the Chinese speech, ADN said belatedly: “During his speech, Wu directed attacks against brother parties and guests of the congress. As a result, disturbances resulted in the hall.” West Berlin radio reports said Verner tried to stop Wu when he exceeded the 30-minute time limit allowed guest speakers, but Wu blandly ignored him. Verner was said to have described Wu’s remarks as “objectionable and provocative." Communist sources were quoted as saying Wu’s blast was an apparent rejection by Red China of Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s appeal two days ago for a moratorrium on further polemics inside the Communist parties. Khrushchev was not in the hall to hear Wu. He visited • television electronics factory in East Berlin. In West Berlin, Mayor Willy Brandt was considering whether to take up Khrushchev’s suggestion for a meeting in East Berlin. Brandt turned down such a meeting Thursday because the Christian Democratic party members of his coalition city government threatened to walk out. But he told newsmen that he had gotten support for the meeting from West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who also is a Christian Democrat, and might reconsider. Brandt is a leader of West Germany’s Social Democratic party. A Western Allied spokesman said there probably would be no objection to the meeting, providing it was clear there was no infrigement of Allied sovereignty in West Berlin. Uniform Inspection Is Held Os Troop Richard Reimer, neighborhood commissioner, held a uniform inspection of Boy Scout troop 60, of the Zion Lutheran church, and the Scouts were instructed about reregistering. Klondike Derby patches were given to the boys for participating in the affair at the Bluffton state perk last weekend. Those participating were Bob Baker, scoutmaster, and the Falcon patrol, second division winners: Tom Fuelling, Tony Ostermeyer, Dennis Huffman, Mike Mil. lier, Wayne Geiger and Jack Foreman. Members of the Panther patrol, third division winners, were: Steven Doty, Ken Witte, Jim Kenny, Pat Kenny, Keith Bultemeier, David Kukelhan, Phil Kukelhan, and Allan Busse.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Melvin G. fox Dies Suddenly Last Night Melvin G. Fox, 41, owner and operator of a wood finishing shop in Berne, died suddenly at 10:30 p.m. Thursday at his home in that city of a coronary occlusion. He was born in Hartford township Dec. 29. 1921, a son of Ervin and Aldine Moser-Fox, and was married to Ruth Burley May 29, 1941. Mr. Fox served in the U. S. Navy from May 2 of 1942 until Oct. 22, 1947, serving In South America. Surving are his 'vue and three children, Renee, Rita and Mark, all at home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the West Missionary church, the Rev. Armin C. Steiner officiating. Burial will be in MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home after 1 p.m. Saturday until time of the services.

Retain Post Office At Pleasant Mills The Pleaasnt Mills post office, one of the smallpost offices in the county, will be left as it is, and not converted to a station or rural route at the present time, Senator R. Vance Hartke said today. Several people had inquired of Senator Hartke concerning the post office, and he, in turn, inquired of the post office, forwarding the feelings of the local people. The post office department involved replied as follows: “After consideration of all the circumstances in this case, we have decided to make no change in the status of the Pleasant Mills post office at this time.” Senator Hartke, concerning this letter, added, "I hope this is satisfactory to everyone concerned, and that you will let me know if there is anything further that I might do for you.” INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy, windy and much colder with scattered snow flurries tonight Saturday cloudy and colder with a few snow flurries likely. Low tonight sero to 10 above north, 12 to 18 south. High Saturday 10 to 20 north, II to 25 south. Sunset today 5:48 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 8:03 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Mostly cloudy with light snow or snow flurries and continued cold. Lows 3 below north to near 10 above south. Highs 10 to 20. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 26 12 midnight .. 25 1 p.m... 28 1 a.m. 27 jp.m. . 30 2 a.m. 28 p.m 32 3 a.m 30 4 p.m 32 4 a.m 30 5 p.m 30 5 a.m 32 6 p.m 28 8 a.m 34 7 p.m 26 7 a m. > ”8 p.m 26 8 a.m. 34 9 p.m 24 9 a.m. 86 10 p.m>24 10 a.m. 37 11 p.m. 24 11 aim. 40 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 2.05 feet.

New Blast Os Arctic Air Over Plains By United Press International Sub-freezing cold pushed into parched Southern California valleys again today, causing the worst crop damage in 14 years. The toll of vegetable and citrus crops was expected to run into millions of dollars. New snow whipped across the great plains as a fresh blast of arctic air drove temperatures far below zero. Rain fell on the deep south. The fifth consecutive day of below freezing temperatures caused officials of Southern California’s Imperial Valley to estimate that crop damage, especially to lettuce and tomatoes, would exceed $1.5 million. Losses in San Diego County in floral and vegetable crops ran as high as 50 per cent of the potential harvest. Total damage was expected to exceed $3 million. Agricultural authorities said Thursday that not since the freeze of 1948 has crop damage been so severe. The lush valleys already are suffering from a virtual drought. Only 0.16 inches of rain has fallen since July 1, the weather bureau said. Rain lashed the Gulf Coast, from southeast Texas into the Carolinas. Lake Charles, in southern Louisiana, reported more than 114 inches of rain. McComb, Miss., had about one inch. Lightning arced across the sky over southwestern Louisiana. A new winter storm dumped up to two inches of fresh snow across the northern plains and drove temperatures down. Rapid City, S.D., reported two inches of new snow and points in southern Montana recorded from one to two inches. Snow fell from Montana to northern Illinois. Jamestown, N.D., recorded 17 degrees below zero early today and the mercury dropped below zero in eastern Montana, the Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota. _ The Coast Guard station at Youngstown, N.Y., said late Thursday night a gigantic ice gorge at the mouth of the Niagara River was starting to break up. Four days of sub-freezing cold piled ice 70 feet above the river’s surface in the worst jam in 60 years. The pileup already has caused extensive damage to waterfront property and the possibility of flooding raised new fears of destruction.

Dance January 25 For March Os Dimes The American Legion home will be the scene of the March of Dimes dance next Friday evening, Jan. 25, it was announced today by P. G. Sotile, city drive chairman. Music will be furnished by the Decatur local of the American Federation of Musicians, and no charge will be made by the orchestra, according to Bob Rice, president of the local. The dance this year is being sponsored by the four chapters of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority and their members will be in charge of the ticket sale. The contribution will be $1 per person and the dance will be held from 9 o’clock until 12 o’clock with the members of the orchestra furnishing continuous music. Dr. Richard Parrish, commander of the local post of the American Legion, announced that the veterans’ organization will also furnish the use of their club house without charge so that all contributions can go to the March of Dimes. He strongly urged a large attendance, stating that the National Foundation needs funds to combat the three crippling diseases in children—polio, birth defects and rheumatoid arthritis. Tickets will be sold by the sorority members and also at a number of Decatur stores. Tickets will also be on sale at the door. This 25th anniversary of the March of Dimes recalls how in the early years “birthday balls” in honor of the late President Roosevelt were held throughout the nation to raise funds to combat polio. The slogan in those days was “let us dance, so others may walk.'* It was through these contributions to the March of Dimes, that the National Foundation was able to discover the Salk and Sabin vaccines against polio. Beta Sigma Phi sorority, which sponsors the dance, is also in charge of the Mothers’ March with Mrs. Fred Corah, as chairman. The slogan for this year’s drive is “give for the life of a ’child.” . .

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, January 18,1963.

“Compromise” Plan For State’s Reapportionment r r - _ ■ Submitted By Democrats

—— r— Reapportion Plan Aligns Adams, Jay

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A rieapportionment plan presented today in the Indiana Senate by Sen. Marshall Kizer, Democratic nji nority leader, gives the nine most populous counties a possible 20 senators and 49 representatives. The present reapportionment, carried out in 1921, gives the same nine counties the same 20 senators but only 39 representatives. Because some of the bigger counties are joined with smaller counties on a joint basis, it is possible for the larger county to get more legislators by a resident of the heavily populated county also winning the joint seat. Thus Marion, Lake, St. Joseph, Allen, Elkhart, Delaware, Madison, Vigo and Vanderburgh—the nine counties with more than 100,000 population—would not benefit greatly in the Senate as , a group, although there would be individual county gains and losses. But in the House, these nine could come within two votes of control. Here is the county-by-county plan, as proposed in the schedule worked out by Dr. Karl O’Lessker. Wabash College political scientist: SENATE Marion 6; Lake 4; Allen, St. Joseph, 2 each: VanderburghWarrick, 2 jointly; Madison-Han-cock-Henry, 2 jointly; LgPorte, Elkhart, Delaware, Vigo, 1 each. Porter - Jasper - Newton, 1; Starke - Pulaski - White, 1; La-Grange-Steuben-DeKalb 1; Kos-ciusko-Noble-Whitley, 1; Marshall-Fulton-Cass, 1; Benton-Tippecanoe 1; Carroll-Clinton-Tipton 1; Mi-ami-Howard, 1; Wabash-Hunting-ton, 1; Wells-Adams-Jay, 1; Grant-Blackford 1; Warren-Foun-tain-Vermillion, 1. Montgomery-Parke - Putnam 1; Boone - Hamilton - Hendricks 1; Wayne - Randolph, 1; Fayette-Union-Franklin, 1; Shelby-Rush-Decatur, 1; Morgan-Johnson-Bar-tholomew, 1; Clay-Owen-Sullivan, 1; Greene -Monroe-Brown .1; KnoxDaviess - Martin, 1; Lawrence-Orange-Washington, 1; Jackson-Jennings-Scott, 1; Gibson-Pike-Posey, 1; Dubois-Spencer-Perry 1; Crawford-Harrison-Floyd 1; ClarkJefferson, 1; Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland, 1. HOUSE Marion 14; Marion-Boone 1; Lake 10; Allen 5; St. Joseph 5; Vigo 3; Vanderburgh 3; Vander-burgh-Warrick 1; Tippecanoe 2; Elkhart 2; LaPorte 2; Delaware 2; Madison 2; Madison-Hancock 1; Randolph 1; Randolph-Wayne 1; Morgan 1; Monroe-Morgan 1; Washington-Clark 1; Howard-Tip-ton 1; Grant-Blackford 1. LaGrange-Noble 1; Steuben-De-kalb 1; Newton-Jasper-Benton 1; Starke-Marshall 1; Kosciusko 1; Whitley-Wabash 1; HuntingtonWells 1; Adams-Jay 1; Miami 1;

U.N. Forces Ready To Move

ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga (UPD—U.N. forces prepared today to start moving into the Katangese stronghold of Kolwezi on the basis of an agreement with provincial President Moise Tshombe. U.N. occupation of Kolwezi; 1 a mining center and air base 150 miles northwest of here, was expected to make possible further talks on ending Katanga’s secession and settling the 3(bmonth Congo crisis. Indian ghurka troops of the U. N. force were encamped at N’Gubu, 60 miles east of Kolwezi. An agreement between Tshombe and U.N. officials here Thursday stipulated the U.N. take-over of Kolwezi would be completed peacefully by Monday. The agreement followed Tshombe’s Tuesday announcement of surrender in the

Cass 1; Pulaski-Fulton-White 1; Warren-Fountain 1; VermillionParke 1; Montgomery-Putnam 1; Clay-Owen 1; Sullivan-Greene 1; Knox 1; Daviess-Martin-Pike 1; Gibson-Posey 1; Dubois-Spencer 1; Perry-Harrison-Crawford 1; Floyd 1; Lawrence-Orange 1; Brdwn-Jackson 1; Jefferson-Scott 1; Bartholomew 1; Jennings-Rip-ley 1; Switzerland-Dearborn 1; Johnson 1; Shelby 1; Hendricks 1; Henry 1; Rush-Decatur 1; Fay-ette-Union-Franklin 1; Hamilton 1; Carroll-Clinton 1.

$25,000 Damage Suit Filed Here Dek>ris I. McCagg is requesting a total of $25,000 in a complaint for damages case, for personal injuries. filed against Harold V. DeVor and Vivian DeVor, doing business under the firm of Hi-Way trailer court,, in the Adams circuit, court. Mrs. McCagg is requesting thesum for a broken bone in her foot and a dislocated ankle suffered in the trailer park February 23. 1962. She resides on Skyline Drive in the trailer court. In her complaint, she states that she was walking to the washhouse premises, constructed for tenants of the court ,and about 15 or 20 feet from her trailer she fell, as she was carrying a basket of clothes. The complaint says that she stepped into a depression in the sidewalk and fell, her left foot and ankle striking a concrete base around a pole alongside the walk, and approximately three inches above the ground. Striking the pole caused the fracture and dislocation, which she claims in her complaint are permanent injuries. The complaint further states that the “walkway was negligently constructed and maintained in that the surface was irregular.” Mrs. McCagg claims hospital, medical and surgical bills of $745.95, and over SI,OOO for future hospitalization and surgery. The complaint for damages also says that she had a job in a factory earning approximately SSO each week, and now she is unable to obtain any employment that requires standing. She is represented in the case by Hubert R. McClenahan of Decatur.

face of U.N. military pressure. An estimated 2.000 Katangese gendarmes and 300 white mercenaries were massed at Kolwezi, Tshombe’s last bastion, but U. N. officials anticipated no trouble from them. Tshombe agreed to order the gendarmes and the population to cooperate in the U.N. occupation. Under the agreement, all mines and other explosives installed around Kolwezi will be removed immediately. Katangese gendarmes threatened last week to blow up the valuable Belgianowned Union Miniere industrial installations if U.N. troops attacked the city. The agreement also called for the Katangese troops to collect their arms in a central pool under general control of the U.N. forces.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Democrats introduced a “compromise” reapportionment plan in the Indiana Senate today, but the chief Republican spokesman promptly complained that “the Madison Avenue boys have moved into the state.” Sen. Marshall F. Kizer, Senate minority leader, outlined the plan and Sen. D. Russell Bontrager, Senate president pro tern, quickly responded. Bontrager did not attack the plan itself, leaving the door open to the possibility of success for the measure, although House GOP leader Charles Edwards was quoted as saying there would be “no compromise” there from the Republican “Indiana Plan.” The plan Kizer introduced was a modification of a college professor’s proposal aimed at reaching a middle ground between the two parties’ ideas on the issue. The professor is Dr. Karl O’Lessker of the political science department at Wabash College. Bontrager referred to him as “the mysterious Dr. O’Lessker.” Bontrager criticized Kizer, U.S. Sen. Birch E. Bayh and Governor Welsh for past action in legislatures which did nothing about reapportionment. He criticized Welsh for not calling a special election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Sen. Richard Newhouse, R-Morristown, which reduced the GOP majority from a constitutional 26-24 to 25-24. Kizeffeminded his fellow lawmakers in remarks prepared for delivery this morning that “the United States Supreme Court, in the recent historic Baker versus Carr decision, enunciated the doctrine that federal courts may hear complaints of citizens who allege they are being denied equal protection of the laws because of malapportionment by a state legislature.” Would Humiliate State “A federal district court in Indiana now has pending two cases on reapportionment which will be heard in April,” Kizer said. “There can be little doubt that if this general assembly fails to enact a statute In line with our state constitution the federal courts will force us to reapportion.” Kizer warned. “None of us wants to see our people and our legislature humiliated in this fashion.”

Indiana’s constitution calls for reapportionment once each six years on a strictly population basis but this procedure has not been carried out for 40 years. Kizer said that “under the existing apportionment a citizen’s vote in some counties may count up to four and one-half times as much as a voter in other counties.” " “Under the proposal which we are offering here, there still would be a disparity, but on the order of two and one-half to one, between the vote of a citizen in some counties compared to those of a citizen’s vote in another,” he said. Senate Gains Cited Kizer explained that the modified O’Lessker plan would give 40 percent of the Senate representation to the 10 largest counties which have 49 per cent of the population. At present these 10 counties have 37 per cent. Kizer said 20 of the seats in the plan are the same as those in the present Senate. Dr. Karl O’Lessker, professor of political science at Wabash College, drafted the apportionment plan, beginning work last June after getting a year’s leave to serve on the staff of Governor Welsh. The plan sticks to the present arrangement of 50 senators and 100 representatives. Kizer said the plan represents “substantial compliance with the state constitution which requires a Senate apportionment on a population basis but with recognition of the legitimate concern of our smaller counties to be protected against domination by the large urban areas in both houses of the legislature.” “Indiana Plan” Pending The Republicans have not been able to introduce their “Indiana Plan” because a pending constitutional amendment must be killed first. However several GOP leaders conceded that on the basis of what they knew about the O’Lessker plan, it was not so different from their reapportionment plan (Continued On Page Three)

Wilbert Nussbaum Is Taken By Death Wilbert Nussbaum, 73, prominent Adams county contractor and farmer, and a former trustee of the Adams county memorial hospital, died Thursday morning at the local hospital, where he had been a patient for 13 days. Mr. Nussbaum was a member of the board of trustees when the addition was completed a few years ago. He had also served as general appraiser for the French Twp. Insurance Co.’ for many years, and for seven years was deputy assessor in Monroe township. Born in Monroe township Oct. 12, 1889, he was a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Riss-Nussbaum, and was married to Lila Sprunger Oct. 19, 1913. Mr. Nussbaum, a resident of Berne route 1, was a member of the First Mennonite church at Berne. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Jerome Nussbaum of Berne, and Paul Nussbaum of Berne route 1; three daughters, Mrs. Donald Sprunger, Mrs. Ernest Schwartz and Mrs. Howard tuuCKijvr, an oi Uci m grana.” children; three great-grandchild-ren; one brother, Harve H. Nussbaum of Berne, and four sisters, Mrs. Simeon Lehman. Mrs. Theodore Sprunger, Mrs. Willis Luginbill and Mrs. Alfred Lehman, all of Berne. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Saturday at the First Mennonite church, the Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander officiating. Burial will be in MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home until 9 a. m. Saturday. Truman Undergoes Routine Surgery KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPD — Former President Harry S. Truman, 78, today underwent what was described as “routine surgery” for a hernia.

Nassau Pact Is Reviewed

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy met with members of the joint congressional Atomic Energy Committee today to review the Nassau pact and U.S. nuclear deterrent policy. Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen said the 30-minute conference focused on the Nassau agreement with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The agreement calls for the United States to supply Polaris missiles to the British instead of the abandoned Skybolt. Kennedy also made a similar offer of Polaris missiles to the French. President Charles deGaulle since has rejected it. Those present for today’s meeting said Kennedy discussed U.S. relations with the French and the British. Part of the discussions was devoted to the possibility of a multilateral nuclear force within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Sen. John Pastore, D - R.1., chairman of the joint committee, said he assumed today’s meeting was .the first in a series of such conferences with the President. The talk, he said, was, “panoramic and broad” rather than a pin-point examination of specific issues. The committee has been extremely cautious in the past about any arrangements for sharing U.S. nuclear know-how with other countries.The President was expected to stress that no new powers were needed and the plan developed at Nassau n jh December would be implemented under authority already voted by Congress.

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$52,000 Pledged To Church Os God The Church of God’s eight-week campaign to raise $45,000 to help pay for their new church among the mpre than 200 people who attend the church was quite successful, with $52,000 pledged over the next three years, Rev. Huston Bever, Jr., announced today. Paul Strickler was general chairman for the drive, which culminated Sunday with the every member canvass. By Wednesday more than $52,000 had been pledged. The new church should be ready for occupancy during the first part of April, Rev. Bever said. Several people are looking at the old church property, but it has not yet been sold. C. W. Strickler had charge of the publication, which explained the reason for the drive. Mrs. Bever was chairman of the hostess committee; Mrs. Holman Egly headed the fellowship committee. —, Kenneth Mitchel headed the fol-low-up committee, Clarence Stapleton, visitations: Mrs. Willard These committees pointed up the eight weeks of education and training in canvassing. No solicitations were made outside the church membership. BULLETIN HAMMOND, Ind. (UPD — George Chacharis. Green-born former mayor of Gary, was sentenced in Federal Court here today to three years in prison and fined SIO,OOO for cheating on his income taxes. INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Gary Mayor John Visclosky, illegally spent more than SIOB,000 in public funds while serving as city controller, the Indiana State Board of Accounts reported today.

The White House did not specify the Nassau pact as the topic for discussion in announcing that 14 committee members had been invited to call on the President. It was clear, however, that committee members were ready to raise the question. “We want to know just what he has in mind,” said Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, R-lowa. Commenting that the committee always has exercised “extreme caution” in such matters, Hickenlooper said the Nassau arrangement was “almost unique—a rather unusual procedure.” He said the proposed equipping of NATO forces with nucleartipped Polaris missiles was unveiled without any prior consultation with congressional leaders, r As outlined after the talks inNassau between President Kennedy and British Prime MiWister Macmillan, the plan involves sup- ■ plying Britain — and France, if she will accept — with the Polaris weapons system. Under present law, the United States could give Britain nuclear reactors, certain classified data and non-nuclear parts of nuclear weapons — in short, all that is needed in the Polaris system except for warheads which the Brit"ish could make for themselves. France, upon negotiation of a nuclear sharing agreement, presumably could get similar treat--ment from the United States when and if Gen. Charles de Gaulle wants to go along with the nuclear NATO force. For the present at least, he is hot so inclined.