Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1963 — Page 1

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Soviet-Peking Showdown On Peaceful Coexistence Appears To Be Certain

Tshombe Flies Into Kolwezi

ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga (UPl)—Katanga President Moise Tshombe was set to fly a dangerous mission to Kolwezi today to persuade his die-hard followers to surrender the town peacefully to the United Nations. The Katangese leader planned to travel aboard his little singleengine plane without U.N. escort, taking only some bodyguards for protection against any assassination attempt from disgruntled mercenaries in his forces. “Tshombe is going at die peril of his life,” U.N. officials said. Diplomatic sources said a few “hotheads" among Tshombe’s mercenary troops still were vowing to resist a U.N. takeover despite the Katangese leader’s agreement to give up Kolwezi and end his 3-month sucession from the Congo. Kolwezi, a cobalt mining crater and air base 150 miles northwest of Elisabethville. is Tshombe’s last stronghold in his struggle against the U.N. force and the Central Government at Leopoldville. An estimated 2,000 Katangese gendarmes and 300 white mercenaries were massed in the town. U.N. Indian Ghurka troops have been waiting at N’Gubu, 60 miles'

Legislators Study Reapportionment

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — For the first time in four decades, members of the Indiana Legislature are studying maps of the state with a serious intent to achieve reapportionroent The 140 legislators were at home this weekend, and many of them took along copies of reapportionment maps prepared by Dr. Karl O'Lessker, political science professor from Wabash College, who is on leave for a year to serve on Governor Welsh’s staff. Statehouse reporters have been aware for weeks that the youthful professor’s assignment dealt with reapportionmet. The full unveiling of the plan came Friday in the Senate and was accompanied by a lively duel of words between Sens. Marshall F. Kizer, the Democratic minority leader, and D. Russell Bontrager, president pro tern. Shy From Courts Although die two opposing party leaders disagreed fluently about the vehicle for achieving reapportionment, both at one time or another agreed their common opponent is the federal courts. Kizer commented that “none of us wants to see our people and our legislature humiliated” by having die federal courts force reapportionment on the stae. He referred to a panel of three federal ' judges which agreed to wait until April before hearing a suit to force reapportionment. Bontrager observed that “the federal courts after 100 years switched the signal on us” and also warned that a redistricting forced by the federal courts would be less acceptable to Hoosiers than one evolved by its own legislature. Both men in interviews following the close of session Friday declared they still are confident this legislature will achieve reappartionment. Each offered to help the other achieve it by his method—the Democrats by a law effective on the governor’s signature, and the Republicans by a constitutional amendment, which requires passage also by the 1965 Legislature and approval by the voters. Each wants his own method enacted first.; ®" ~ Try so Fsve Way Bontrager. chairman of the reapportionment committee which has the Democratic plan, said “I hope to have the matter of the sheriffs amendment out of the

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[ east of Kolwezi, for several days. It was not expected that they , would be ordered to advance cm Kolwezi until Tshombe arranges their peaceful entry. U.N. officials said they would track Tshombe’s plane by radar from Kipushi, 40 miles south of Elisabethville, on the hour-long flight to Kolwezi. They did not know when Tshombe would return from Kolwezi. A senior diplomat at U.N. headquarters in New York noted the dangers involved in Tshombe’s mission. “He made the mercenaries believe he would fight to the last,” the diplomat said. “Tshombe now will be permitted to have as a bodyguard a whole company of his faithful troops. Die bodyguards have been making up to Sl,ooo-a-manth and they are angry to be out of their jobs.” The diplomat was referring to Tahombe’s agreement announced earlier this week to end his secession and discuss toe U.N. plan for reunifying the Congo under a federal system. The plan calls for elimination of the mercenaries and integration of toe Katangese gendarmes into toe Congolese na- ' tional army.

way first” before considering the Democratic bills. Once the blocking amendment is killed the GOP plan can be introduced. Bontrager said he bad not had an opportunity to study what he termed “the mysterious Mr. O’ Lessker’s plan” and did not know how far apart it was from the Republican plan. Bontrager said it is possible the amendment — which was introduced by Republicans in both houses for the purpose of killing it—might come up for third reading Monday in the Senate. It is eligible to come up in the House either Tuesday or Wednesday. The House Republicans according to Republican floor leader Charles Edwards, are almost solidly for the Republican plan, which calls for reapportionment HiiyTfriy of constitutional amendment and a Senate of 60 members instead of 50. However, Democratic minority leader Robert L. Rock, warned that the 44 members of his House in the party could block action on the sheriffs amendment by staging a walkout which would mean a quorum would not be present. 'Music Man' Cast, Jaycees To Meet All members of the cast of the Jaycee-sponsored production of “The Music Man,” and all Jaycee members are requested to attend a meeting Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the music room of Decatur high school. Chairman Wayne Roahrig requested this morning that an persons attend the meeting, and use the west entrance to toe building. Also, anyone who did not obtain a principle speaking part and is interested in singing in toe chorus is asked to attend, in order that the chorus directors may become acquainted with the members of the chorus. Roahrig has also issued a request for anyone who would be interested in working for toe production by obtaining costumes, scenery, and properties, or in applying make-up, to attend toe meeting.

BERLIN (UPI)—A Moscow-Pek-ing showdown over peaceful coexistence appeared certain today because of Red China’s blunt rejection of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev’s call for a truce. Communist sources at the East German Communist party congress said Khrushchev can hardly sidestep a clash with the Chinese over a policy of war or peace with the West. Khrushchev was not expected to reply directly at the congress. Today’s listed speaker was Erich Honicker, a member of the East German politburo and secretary of the ruling Central Committee. Khrushchev took time out from the congress again today to visit a big iron and steel plant in Eisenhuettenstadt with East German Communist leader Walter Ulbricht. Friday the Soviet Premier visited an East Berlin electronics factory. Honeeker’s speech dealt with organization of the East German party and the new party rules. The six-day congress, which has attracted high leaders from all the Communist states except Albania, is scheduled to end Monday with a final speech by Ulbricht. No meeting is scheduled for Sunday. Communist sources said a showdown appeared to have become inevitable after Red Chinese delegate Wu Hsiu-chuan, in a violent speech Friday, publicly defied Khrushchev by rejecting his appeal for a truce in the ideological rift between Moscow and Peking. The quarrel has divided the Communist camp into two bitterly feuding factions. Communist China, backed by Albania, favors a “hard line” which includes possible nuclear war to overcome capitalism. Khrushchev’s peaceful coexistence policy towards the West, which excludes nuclear war, is supported by all other members of the East European bloc. Wn paid lip service to the idea of peaceful coexistence, which Khrushchev made the keynote of the congress eltflier in the week, but he agitated the 5,000 delegates and guests into an unprecedented uproar of stamping and catcalling by attacking'Russia by implication and Yugoslavia by name. He accused the t#o countries of “revisionism”—one es the worst insults in the Communist lexicon—which means violation of the basic Communist dogma. The attack was a tacit rejection of any truce in the ideological rift. Snow Is Predicted Throughout State By United Press International Light snow fell in the upper regions of Indiana today and was due to spread southward during the weekend. Predictions that the snow would arrive Friday and bring near-zero temperatures in the upper half of Hoosierland failed to materialize, however, although currently the Weather Bureau was forecasting lows tonight of 5 to 24 above. South Bend and Lafayette reported light snow around dawn today. Indications were that occasional snow would fall all around the state today, probably becoming heavier tonight and continuing through Sunday. But no specific depths of accumulation were mentioned in the forecasts. Temperatures ranged from 30 at South Bend to 49 at Evansville and 51 at Louisville Friday at their high points and dropped during die night to levels no lower than 11 above at South Bend, 18 at Fort Wayne, 19 at Lafayette and 29 at Indianapolis and Evansville. % i. . Highs today will range from 15 to 33, and top temperatures Sunday will range from near 20 to the mid 20s as, for the first time in days, it becomes nearly as cold along the Ohio River as it is around the rim of Lake Michigan. 1,267 Persons Given Chest X-Rays Here Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary of thy Adam* county tuberculosis association, reported today that 1,267 persons received free chest x-ray* during die visit of the state health board’s mobile unit this week.

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Near Blizzard Conditions In Central Plains By United Press International Arctic cold knifed into Texas and Arkansas today and near blizzard conditions belted the central plains. Snow, fog, sleet and rain, some of it freezing drizzle, prevailed in much of the rest erf the nation. Western Montana was digging out from under a three-day, 6foot snowfall which caused cancellation of a ski meet because there was just too much snow. “I haven’t seen anything like this in 25 years,’’ a ski coach said. California ski resort owners, plagued by the worst drought in the state’s history, were praying for snow to save them from bankruptcy. Freezing rain glazed eastern New England highways and six persons died in traffic accidents. Ten semi-trailers were halted at Reading. Mass., to await sanding trucks. In northern Utah up to 14 indies of snow delayed the search for a West Coast Airlines plane missing on a training flight with three men aboard. Hazardous driving warnings were posted for New England, the Rockies and the Great Plains. Nebraska’s snow was whipped by 40-mile winds and the highway patrol urged extreme caution by motorists. Temperatures in Nebraska and Kansas were well below the zero mark. The bitter cold extended across the Northern Plains to the Midwest. It was 30 below zero at International Falls, Minn., early today and 9 below at Minneapolis,

British Labor Chief Is Dead

LONDON (UPI) — The death of Hugh Gaitskell appeared today to have dealt a staggering blow to Laborite hopes of victory in the next parliamentary election. The 56-year-old opposition leader died in Middlesex Hospital Friday night of a virus infection complicated by pleurisy, pericarditis and kidney malfunction. His wife Dora was holding his hand when toe end came at 9:12 p.m. (4=12 p.m. EST). The nine-man medical team attending Gaitskell used an artificial kidney Friday in an attempt to drain poisons from his body, but toe strain of weeks of illness proved too much for his overburdened heart Several persons offered to donate a kidney of their own for Gaitskell if it would help. ..“Mr. Gaitskell’s heart condition deteriorated suddenly and he died peacefully,” a hospital statement said. Treated Far Infection The Laborite leader had been treated late last year for toe virus infection which eventually ended his life. He was discharged from hospital late in December, apparently on toe mend. On Jan. 4, however, he was back in hospital. It was announced that toe infection had involved his lungs and inflamed his pericardium, the sac surrounding the heart. A Laborite spokesman said doctors had rarely seen courage like that shown by Gaitskell in his “tremendous fight for life.” “Even when seriously ill, he showed a degree of fortitude the doctors had rarely witnessed before,” toe spokesman said. President Kennedy sent condolences to toe widow, saying he was “deeply grieved” by Gaitskell’s death. Canadian Prime Minister John Diefeabaker said he was "very saddened” by toe news, and Canadian liberal (opposition) leader Lester B. Pearson said he felt a “great sense of shock and grief.”

INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy throurh Sunday. Occasional snow likely, probably becoming heavier Sunday or Sunday night. Colder today, moderating a Uttle Sunday. Low tonight 5 to 12 above north, 18 to 24 south. High Sunday near 20 north, mid 20s south. Outlook for Monday: Considerable cloudiness an d colder. DKCATIR TKMPRRATI RF7S Local weather data for tho period ending at 11 a.m. today, la noon 42 12 midnight .. 30 1 p.m 4'2 1 a.m 2!tr 2 p.m. 42 2 a.ms 28 3 p.m 44 3 a.m 28 4 p.m 42 4 a.m 86 5 p.m 38 5 a.m 24 6 p.m 34 6 a.m. — 22 7 p.m. 33 7 a.m 22 , 8 p.m 32 8 a.m 22 • 9 p.m 32 9 a.m 22 10 p.m. 31 11 p.m 30 Precipitation ! Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 2.06 feet. where the temperature never got above 7 below Friday. Snow was the rule from the rockies to the Mississippi Valley mid light snow and flurries were reported from the Great Lakes to western New England. Grand Junction, Colo., had six inches of snow in 12 hours. Sheridan,. Wyo., ,Wd 10 inches of snow. Temperatures dipped to freezing for the sixth successive day in Southern California’s citrus belt adding to the $3 million crop damage reported earlier. The drought added to farmers woes. Los Angeles has had only .16 of an inch of rain since last July, the least since the weather bureau was established in 1876. Icebreakers hacked away at the worst ice jam in 60 years at Niagara Falls, N.Y. Fog made travel difficult in some New York city suburbs and several airline flights were delayed.

Dozens Voice Sadness Dozens of others voiced their sadness, including Britain’s Queen Elizabeth 11, former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and former Prime Minister Earl (Cleent) Attlee. From the Atlantic’s Western shore came condolences from such prominent Americans as ex-Presi-dent Dwight D. Eisenhower and U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson. .U.N. Secretary General Thant expressed “deepest regret.” Gaitskell’s death created serious problems for the Laborites, who had been riding high in the expectation of victory in the parliamentary election which must be held before the end of next year. ™ Macmillan’s conservatives have won an unprecedented three elections in succession, and there had been widespread belief that 1964 would be labor’s year. Prospects Darkened Conservative prospects were darkened by recent criticism of Macmillan’s foreign and defense policies and opposition to his efforts to make Britain a nember of the European Common Market. Now, hawever, the Laborit& are faced with the necessity of finding a new leader of the stature of Gaitskell. Four men appeared as leading possibilities—Laborite Vice Chairman George A. Brown, foreign affairs expert Harold Wilson, defense expert Patrick G. Walker and financial expert James Callaghan. All four had been tabbed for government posts in toe area of their specialties in the event of a Laborite victory in toe coming election. Political observers mentioned two other Laborites as “dark horse” possibilities for toe leadership—Sr Frank Soskice, a legal expert who held minor cabinet office in toe Attlee administration, rad Raymond Gunter, a member of the party’s national committee.

Elder, Eagles Elated MONMOUTH’S EAGLES, led by coach Don Elder, really whoop it up in their dressing room following their 68-52 conquest of previously unbeaten Berne Friday night. A potent offense and a strong defense enabled the Eagles to run away with the con test before a packed house at the Bishop Luers gym. Lifting their coach in the air are Elgene Bienz, Clarence Scheumann, Jerry Liby, Don Brown, and Steve Holle.—(Photo by Mac Lean)

Three Youths Are Sentenced For Burglary Stephen Lee Brandenburg, Larry Harve Butler and Larry Dewayne Christianson were each sentenced to one year at the state penal farm at Putnamville this morning, on convictions of third degree burglary. In addition to the one-year sentence at the penal farm, each of the three young men was fined a sum of SIOO. Sheriff Roger Singleton said this morning that weather permitting, the three would be transported to the penal farm Monday morning. Aftr reading three points of instructions concerning trying a case as a criminal judge without a jury, Judge Parrish handed down the fines and sentences, explained that he had “given this matter careful and complete consideration.” All Pleded Guilty Brandenburg and Christianson had entered pleas of guilty to the third degree burglary charges in circuit court Thursday morning, and Butler had pleaded guilty to the same crime earlier. At the time of the pleadings, Adams county prosecutor Severin H. Schurger had asked the court for the maximum fine and sentence for third degree burglary. The fines of SIOO were not the maximum of SSOO under third degree burglary, byt the one-year sentence is the maximum sentence under the charge. Theft of Guns The charges were brought against the three youths for a burglary at the Fager Appliances and Sporting Goods store in Decatur the morning of Sunday, December 20. The trio looted the store of over SI,OOO in firearms, a total of 15 guns in all. Through quick action by the Decatur city police, the sheriff’s department and the Indiana stats police, the three were apprehended a matter of a few hours following the crime. Brandenburg, 21-year-old Decatur resident, and Christianson, 22-year-old resident of Bluffton, signed statements admitting the "burglary, and four burglaries at Monroe toe same morning. Butler, also 21 years of age ad a Decatur resident, did not sign any statement, but pleaded guilty to the third degree burglary charge. They were orginally charged with second degree burglary and grand larceny, but the charge against them was changed to third degree burglary. V Asked Suspension Hubert R. McClenahan, pauper attorney representing Butler, argued after the sentence was passed this morning that Butler would be facing a double penalty since he was serving with the United States Army. McClenahan told the court that Butler would be subject to a criminal charge and also for being A.W.0.L., and that he would get at least six months imprisonment in the Army. He asked the court to "take this into consideration and suspend his sentence.” Judge Parrish, who has spent many hours the past few days in studying the case, however, stood firm on his findings. . The judge read the following instructions taken from the supreme court of Indiana, tp \the three young men before handing (Continued On Page Three)

Decatur Elks Offer Scholarship Awards

The Decatur B. P. O. Elks lodge, for the second consecutive year, is offering an opportunity to two Adams county high school seniors to participate in the fraternal organization’s national scholarship contests. Letters and application blanks are being mailed to Jhe principals of the eight high schools in the county, detailing regulations for the contest. Each of the eight high schools may enter two senior students, preferably one girl and one boy. Two county winners will be selected t by a panel of educators chosen from outside Adams county. Each of these winners will be presented a $25 U. S. savings bond, and each local entrant will also receive an award, valued 3t $5, from the Decatur lodge. To State Contest The two Adams county winners will have their applications forwarded to the state contest, where 10 winners will be selected, each of these 10 to be awarded a S6OO scholarship. The state winners will then be entered in the national Elks contest, where a total ofa SIIO,OOO in scholarships will be awarded. There will be 142 awards presented on the national level, 71 for girls and 71 for boys. There are duplicate awards for girls and boys, in the following ainounts: first, $1,500; second. $1,400; third, $1,300; fourth $1,200; fifth $1,100: sixth, $1,000; five awards at S9OO each; 10 awards at SBOO each, and 50 awards at S7OO each. The state award will be forfeited if a contestant wins one of the higher national awards, and the state award will be given to the next in line on the state level. Deadline Feb. 15 Adams county applications, completely filled out, must be returned to the local Elks lodge before Feb. 15, as the local winners must be submitted to the state by Clyde Bell Dies At Van Wert On Friday Clyde Bell, 71-year-old retired farmer of Convoy, 0., route 2, died at 3:45 a. m. Friday at the Castle convalescent home in Van Wert, where he had been a patient for four years. He was born in Van Wert county May 23, 1891, a son of George and Candes Miller-Bell. His wife, the former Lola Magner, preceded him in death in 1937. Mr. Bell was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church in Harrison township, Van Wert county. Surviving are one son, Roy Bell of Convoy route 1; two daughters, Mrs. Maurice (Mildred) -Marlott of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Donald (Doris) Liechty of Decatur; six grandchildren; three brothers, Charles H. Bell of near Lima. 0., and James A. and Herbert F. Bell, both of Convoy, and one sister, Mrs. Ralph (Ruth) McCleary of Convoy route 1. One daughter is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at the Bethlehem Lutheran church, the Rev. Marlin Drake officiating. Burial will be in the Convby IOOF cemetery. Friends may call at the H. D. Smith funeral home in Convoy. The body win lie in state at the church from 1:30 p. m. Sunday until time of the services.

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: March 1. ; Participating students should be > among the top students of the ; class, with a scholastic average ■ of 90 per cent or higher. Applicants will be judged on a 1,000-point system, with 600 points for scholarship; 100 for extracurricular and out of school activities; 100 for personality and leadership; 100 for perseverance and resourcefulness, and 160 for general worthiness and financial need. This is the 30th year that the 1 Elks national foundation scholarship awards have been presented. ‘ Although the Decatur lodge has contributed to the foundation for ' a number of years, last year was the first that the local lodge has participated actively. 1962 Winners The 1962 winners of the Adams county contest were Richard Lee Lautzenheiser, of the Geneva high school, and Miss Katherine Bischoff. of the Decatur high school. Frank Lybarger, exalted ruler 1 of the Elks lodge, in announcing plans for the contest, also named the following committee: George F. Laurent, chairman: Deane T. Dorwin. vice chairman; Robert F. Mutschler and Richard J. Sulli- ■ van, with Pete Reynolds in charge ' of publicity. The Indiana state contest wini ners last year were Paula Jane Jarvis, Evansville; Valeta Paul- . etta Brooks, Gary; Beth Ann Miller, Portland; Joyce Ann Hart, ) Seymour; Lee Anne Foster, Tipi ton; Ronald Jay Leisure, Marion; Fred Feldman, South Bend; Daniel Charles Lee, Lafayette; ’ Glen Allen Hicks, Ligonier; William A. Wozniczka, Whiting. I Fire Protection For St. Mary's City attorney Robert S. Anderson reported this morning that St. Mary's township trustee Noble Raudenbush has returned a signed contract for the city’s new fire protection plan for rural areas. With St. Mary’s township accepting the new plan, a total of four townships will now be protected by the Decatur fire department during the year 1963. Other townships which previously joined the protection plan are; Washington. Union and Root, through their respective trustees, Robert Gav, Wilbur Blakey and Omer Merriman. Anderson said today that the contract with St. Mary’s township would go before the Decatur city council in the meeting Tuesday night, for probable approval. At the January 8 meeting, the council approved contracts with Washington, Root and Union townr ships, and also instructed local fire chief Cedric Fisher to give St. Mary’s assistance on a tempotary basis. At that meeting, the council also discussed the possibility of adding a tank truck to carry water to rural fires. The tank truck would be used if no well or cistern were available, or if the well was dry. > i Each township will pay toe city SSOO a year for the 4ine protection, and-the money will be used to purchase additional fire equipment, such as possibly a tank truck. NOON EDITION