Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1963 — Page 1

VOL LXI. NO. 23.

Net Income Tax Plan Is Submitted To Assembly; Scrap Gross Income Tax

I Attempt To Carry I | Away Safe Fails The local city police this morning were investigating an attempted safe burglary that occurred over the weekend when a person or persons unknown attempted to carry a safe out of a local tavern. The attempted burglary was discovered and reported to the police at 8:53 a.m. today by Jack Bopp, owner of Jack and Jerry’s located at 250 N. Second St. The attempted theft occurred at the Decatur tavern sometime between 3:20 p. m. Sunday, and this morning, when ft was discovered fcy Bopp, Entrance to the building was gained by prying open the front door, located on the west side of the building. The safe, located near the front door, was rolled through the tavern and out the rear door, where a retaining lock and bar were broken off the door. MM Oataide The thieves then rolled the safe approximately 15 feet outside the rear of the building, to the south, where a vehicle was apparently waiting. Thorough investigation by the city police, it was believed that the * pounds, into the waitng vehicle but The aaftt was then rotted back into the bufltftng and left on its beck in a hallway leading to the rear door.

Two Major Labor Disputes Settled

By United Press International Atlantic and Gulf Coast stevedores and Lockheed machinists were on the job today after settlemen of two major disputes in he nation’s worst outbreak of labor unrests in months. Court orders kept Boeing machinists and Monon Railroad trainmen at work. The mayors of New York and Cleveland scheduled talks to attempt settlement of the long newspaper strikes in their cities. The Philadelphia transit strike, believed near settlement, reached another impasse. LONGSHOREMEN: Dock workers in the South Atlantic region, the last to end their walkout in the lengthy longshoremen dispute, signed a new contract Sunday. It called for a 39cent pay increase similar to raises obtained by other dock workers who had struck from Maine to Texas. A controversial issue involving the size of work gangs—the shipping firms have sought to reduce them because of automation—was to be studied by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the shipping interrests with the Labor Department as a mediator. The strike, which came after an 80 day Taft-Hartl y cooling-off period expired, began Dec. 23. More than 100,000 longshoremen and maritime workers were idled. Its cost was placed at nearly S9OO million. In New York, 12,660 longshoremen were called in Sunday on doubletime pay rates to work 91 ships at 65 piers. In Houston, several hundred longshoremen worked Sunday loading and unloading 30 ships, some of which bad been tied up since the start of the strike. MACHINISTS: The Int rnational Association of Machinists (IAM) accepted a proposal of a 28.3-cent hourly blanket pay raise over a three-year peiod from the Lockheed Aircraft Corp.—2o days before an 80-day cooling-off period was scheduled to run out. The International Association of

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

There was no attempt to open I the safe, as no marks of any kind were found on it. Eadie Taken The only item stolen was a transistor radio in the store, which was valued at 229. No change in the cash register and in some boxes was disturbed. The police were continuing the investigation this afternoon in an attempt to turn up some possible clues to the identity of the thief, or thieves. Dubach Appointed Hartford Trustee I Wayne Dubach, Hartford township resident, was appointed trustee of that township by the Adams county commissioners this afternoon. The appointment was made during the regular weekly meeting of the county commissioners. Dubach was appointed by a vote of 2-1, the dissenting vote going to Ralph Miller, the only other candidate for the appointment. Dubach was appointed to re- ' place Eugene Burry, who is resigning due to the fact that he is moving his residence out of Hart- ’ ford township. A number of Hartford township h residents had recently petitioned the commissioners to appoint Dubach to fill Burry’s unexpired term bf nearly four years, but the commissioner* had declined making , the appointment until today’s meeting.

threat by some 55,000 workers at Lockheed-California Co., and the firm's Missiles and Space Division at installations from Cap Canaveral to Honolulu. Lockheed rejected IAM demands for a union shop or an agency shop clause, the contract did not include provisions for compulsory union membership or mandatory payment of union dues. IAM workers continued on the job at Boeing facilities across the nation. Federal Judge William J. Lindberg issued the 10-day restraining order Friday after instructions from President Kennedy, and a hearing was set for this Friday. Some 40,906 production and maintenance workers are in the bargaining unit involved in the dispute between the IAM and Boeing, maker of Minuteman missiles and KCI3S jet tankers. NEWSPAPERS: With Mayor Robert Wagner personally taking a hand, representatives of New York publishers and striking printers met into the early hours today. Publishers have proposed a $lO weekly package increase, while the union wants a $34.23 package over a two-year contract period. The disputed items also include use of automatic typesetting equipment, setting of unused material and contract expiration dates. The 52-day-old strike has idled i 20,000 employes at a cost of more than 2 s4l million. Others have estimated the loss to the city’s economy at $3 million daily —or more than $l5O millton. Over 2,100 Loaves Os Bread Are Sold Decatur teen-agers who conducted the bread sale in this city Sati urday for the March of Dimes, sold 2,140 loaves of bread in their ' house - to house canvass. Appreciation was expressed today to the teen-age solicitors and to : the Deactur Baking Co., which i supplied the bread at reduced prices.

Mothers March Tuesday Night-Turn On Porch Lights

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A new tax plan which would be a complete change from the one under which Indiana has operated since 1933 was introduced today in the Legislature. The plan would repeal the gross income tax which has been the state's main source of income for three decades and replace it with a net income tax ranging from 2 to 10 per cent. Democratic leaders backing the plan charge that Indiana “can’t get another mile out of our onehorse shay tax structure.” But Rep. John Coppes, R-Nap-panee, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said the Democratic tax proposals were “irresponsible.” “We are asked to throw out every bit of taxation we have and to enact new taxes,” he said. He added it was possible for everyone of the proposed taxes to be tested in the courts, if they were enacted and before going into effect, and “in the meantime, what would the State of Indiana do for for revenue?” In the Senate, President Pro Tern D. Russell Bontrager, RKlkhart, said at least two sections of the Democratic tax planabolishing the household goods tax and an excise tax on automobiles have been ruled unconstitutional. "The need is for economy,” he said, “not tor a new spending gram.House Democratic oaucus leader Charles W. Kirk of Floyd Knobs Introduced the bill which is estimated to produce S4OO million a year. Simultaneously in the Senate, Marshall F. Kizer, the Democratic floor leader, outlined the full tax program of the party which is designed to meet Governor Welsh’s $1.6 billion budget of needs and produce a S4O million surplus. —, Surplus Dwindling Welsh has estimated the state surplus will be exhausted by June unless some new revenue tax is enacted. The tax plan, outlined briefly last week by Kizer, also calls for abolishing the household property tax in addition to repealing the gross income tax and enacting a net income tax. Other parts of the plait Include repealing tile poll and intangibles taxes and eliminating property taxes on harvested crops on farms where the crops were produced. Other portions of the Democratic tax package include a net income tax on corporations doing business in Indiana, another attempt to enact an excise tax of 2 per cent on automobiles to be collected when license plates are purchased, and an excise tax on banks in place of personal property taxes. “The 81 Republicans and the leadership of the Republican party which controls every committee in this Legislature persist in taking (Continued on Page Six/ Local Lady's Father Dies At Fort Wayne Leon R. Carpenter, 70, a resident of Fort Wayne for 50 years died at 11:30 p.m. Saturday at his home, 608 Wagner street, in that city. Mr. Carpenter was a member of the First Methodist church, the Eagles lodge and the I & M dub. Surviving are his wife, Georgia; one daughter, Mrs. Edward Pageler, 222 Oakridge place, Decatur; two sons, Glenn H. and Robert W. Carpenter, both of Fort Wayne; six grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren ;two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Dick and Mrs. Sylvia McDowell, .both of Willard, 0., and a brother, Raymond Carpenter of Fort Wayne. Funeral rites will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home, the Rev. Virgil Bjork officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Friends Stay call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 28, 1963.

INDIANA WEATHER

Cloudy and not so cold tonight, low 5 to 12 north, 7 to 15 south. Tuesday cloudy with chance of snow, a little warmer east. High 10 to 20. Sunset today 6 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:56 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy and cold with snow. Low Tuesday night 5 below to 5 above, high Wednesday 10 to 20. b - Sale Of'Junk Yard' Los Here Reported Judge John B. Stults has not as yet named a new panel for selecting a special judge in the city’s “junk yard” case, but a new development has turned up in the matter. It was learned Saturday morning that Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gallogly, owners of the Eighth St., lot where the alleged junk is being stored by Edward T. Imel, has sold the lot to GaUogly’s uncle, Russell Thomas Smitley. Smitley, who resides on N. Eighth St., purchased the lot on January 19 from Mr. and Mrs., Gallogly and the deed was recored cm Jan. 21. With a new owner for the lot where the alleged junk is stored, the entire area may be cleared, which would drop the question of whether or not what is presently . on the lot is or is not junk. , The three affidavits, signed by . Miss Eleanor Wemhoff, however, remain the same since Galloglys . were owners of the lot at the time the affidavits Were signed. One is against Gallogly and his wife, a second against Imel and a third against all three for violation of a city ordinance. uJdge Stults expects to name a new three-man panel within the next few days. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 48 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. Saturday Sunday 12 noon 20 12 midnight _ 19 1 p.m. 21 1 a.m ~... 19 2 p.m. _ ~..42 2 a.m 19 2; p.m 22 3 a.m 19 4 p.m. 21 4 a.m 20 5 p.m. _ 20 5 a.m 16 6 p.m 20 6 a.m 14 7 p.m 20 7 a.m 10 8 p.m 20 8 a.m 9 ! 9 p.m ... 20 9 a.m 10 I 10 p.m. to am. ..m:w?ht ; l2 11 p.m 19 11 a.m — 14 Sunday Monday . 12 noon 16 12 midnight .. 2 1 p.m 15 1 a.m 2 1 2 p.m 15 2 a.m 0 3 p.m I’s 3 a.m 0 4 p.m 14 4 a.m -1 5 p.m 13 5 a.m -2 ; 6 p.m 10 6 a.m -2 , 7 p.m 8 7 a.m -3 ■ ,8 p.m 6 8 a.m - -4 . 9 p.m 4 9 a.m 0 i 10 p.m 4 10 a.m 10 11 p.m 3 11 a.m 12

GUARDS STORE— Armed with an automatic rifle, a Cuban militiawoman guards a downtown Havana store. Members of a U. S. newsteam that toured Havana said they saw guards at each large store in the city.

Juries Are Drawn For February Term Petit and grand jurors for the February term of the Adams circuit court were drawn this morning by Adams county clerk Richard Lewton. The jury members names were drawn in the presence of Clarence P. Ziner and Paul H. Briede, who were recently appointed jury commissioners during the illnesses of Ed Berling and James Gattshall, regular jury commissioners. Drawn for grand jury duty were: Paul Lobsiger, Monroe-Monroe; Paul Gould, Geneva; Earl Caston, Root; Paul D. Davis, Root; Louie Drake, Union; Lynn Poorman, Monroe-Monroe; Robert Mutschler, Kirkland; Loren Burkhead, Monroe-Monroe; Orley Walters, Decatur-Root; Elmer J. Heyerly, French; Lloyd Sheets, DecaturRoot; Louis M. Mattax, MonroeMonroe. Petit Jurors The 24 persons drawn for petit jury duty included: Donald Lautzenhiser, Berne; Leonard Funk, Monroe; Gerhard Heckman, Preble; Floyd Marshand, Washington; Benjamin Bixler, Wabash; Walter Hildebrand, Preble; Vernon Feller, Monroe-Monroe; Orville Ringger, French; Waldo .Bauman, Jefferson; Eugene Nicks, Decatur-Root; Ralph Bollinger', Decatur-Root; Ray L. Sprunger, French. James McCrory, Berne; Harold Zeigler, French; Truman Gerber, French: Verlyn Geyer, MonroeMonroe; Roger J. Kaehr, French; Paul Knieckeberg, Union; Holman Egley, Jefferson; Louis Steffen, Monroe-Washington; Homer Arnold, Jr., Kirkland; Andrew Appelman, Decatur, Washington; Ervin L. Isch, French; Lehnford Bohnke, Root. Mrs. Madara Trimble Dies In Illinois Mrs. Madara Trimble, 85, formed resident of Wilshire, 0., died Saturday at her home in Des Plaines, Hl. Her husband, E. K. Trfmble, preceded her in death in 1960. Surviving are a brother, Charles Jewell of Merrill, Mich., and a sister, Mrs. W. H. Hoblet of Willshire. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home here, with burial in Riverside cemetery at Rockford, O.

Extreme Bitter Cold Closing Off Roads, Food Supplies Short

Violent Storm 1 From Dakotas South And East By United Press International A violent storm, which dumped up to six feet of snow on upper New York state, whipped drifts as high as 40 feet today, threatening to close major highways and shut off food supplies. Extreme bitter cold stretched from North Dakota to Texas and eastward to Pennsylvania, disrupting one city’s entire heat supply and establishing record-low marks for the 10th straight day. More than 270 deaths were blamed on the cold and snow storms, which have kept their death grip on the eastern twothirds of the nation for nearly two weeks. Major food outlets in Watertown, N.Y., buried under 70 inches of snow, were beginning to run short of staples, officials said. Jefferson County was declared a disaster area and Red Cross aid has been approved. 12-foot High Banks Cars flew red flags from their radio aerials so they could be seen at intersections above snow banks which were as much as 12 feet high. “We’ve never had so much snow without some kind of relief,” the county defense direc tor, Henry J. Fikes, said. “The big problem in. the city is where to put the snow.” Syracuse, N.Y., declared a snow emergency with 15 inches on the ground and more expected; Albany, N.Y., had 21 inches on the ground and New York City had its heaviest snowfall of the season, 5 inches. Two gas-main breaks left the 25,000 residents of Sedalia, Mo., without heat today in 7 below zero temperature. Schools, restaurants, many stores, and most offices were closed and travelers were advised to seek lodging in other nearby towns. Die city’s hospital was forced to switch to an auxiliary heating system. Cold Wave Continues Indiana, Illinois and lowa continued to suffer under the effects of one of the worst cold waves in their history. At Greenburg, Ind., the mercury skidded to 32 below, three degrees off the all-time Indiana record low. Fifty-eight-year old marks fell at Davenport, lowa, and Moline, 111. There were sub-zero readings at every Illinois Weather Bureau station. Chicago continued to break daily low records today when the mercury plunged to 13 below zero; Cincinnati registered 18 below and Des Moines, lowa, had its 17th consecutive day of sub - zero weather. Pittsburgh dipped to a day record of 9 below and added up to 10 inches of snow. A new mark (Continued on Page Eight) Homer Hoblet Dies Early This Morning Homer D. Hoblet, 60, veteran employe of the Decatur plant of the General Electric Co., died at 12:30 o’clock this morning at his home, 216 South 10th street, following an illness of three months. He was born in Blue Creek township April 11, 1902, a son of John and Olive Tinkham-Hoblet, and was married to Theah Hileman May 29, 1924. Mr. Hoblet, a G. E. employe since 1941, was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Barbara) August, and Mrs. Byford (Marilyn) Smith, both of Decatur; his mother, Mrs. Olive Hoblet of Willshire, O.; four grandchildren; one brother, Kenneth Hoblet of Chattanooga, Tenn., and one sister, Mrs. Ethel Bebout of Willshire, O. One broth®:, Vercil, is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Fuhrman Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services.

All Schools Except Decatur Are Closed Bitter cold and snow-drifting on county roads countinued to force school closings n Adams county schools today. All county schools, including Monmouth, Geneva, Berne-French, Adams Central, Pleasant Mills, Hartford Center, the Jefferson grade school, and county Lutheran schools were closed this morning. For Monmouth, Pleasant Mills, Hartford Center, and Jefferson, in addition to many of the Lutheran schools, it was the third consecutive school day of being closed. These schools closed last Thursday and remained closed Friday and today. The Decatur schools, both high schools and the grade schools, remained open, however, although attendance continued to be poor in most cases. Workers Are Named For Mothers' March The annual Mothers’ March for funds for the National Foundation will be held in Decatur Tuesday evening in spite of present severe weather conditions, Mrs. Fred Corah, chairman of the march, stated today. Decatur residents wishing to make contributions to the fund which aids in care of polio-strick-en victims, and in research m polio, birth defects and arthritis in children, are asked to turn on their porch lights tomorrow evening. Citizens are also urged to invite the volunteer solicitors into their homes while making the contributions, for at least a temporary respite from the cold. The volunteer workers for Tuesday night’s drive will meet at the First State Bank following the drive, with doughnuts and coffee to be served. Volunteers Are Named The volunteer workers are as follows: Mrs. Lavelle Death, Mrs. William Affolder, Allen Bender, Larry Bender, Mrs. Peter Sotile, Mrs. Hubert Schmitt, Jr., Mrs. Edward Buckner, Janet Baker, Mrs. Alfred Beavers, Mrs. Doyle Collier, Mrs., Lawrence Anspaugh, Mrs. John Koors, Mrs. James Cowens, Mrs. Hubert Keller, Mrs. Norman Steury, Mrs. Charles Drake, Mrs. Ralph Habegger, Mrs. David Langston, Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg, Mrs. James Brazill, Mrs. David Kable, Mrs. Roger Gentis, Mrs. Raymond Seitz, Mrs. Paul Kohne, Mrs. Joe Kohne, Mrs. Jack Macklin, Raymond Seitz, Paul Kohne, Mrs. Ronald Ford, Mrs. Verena Meyer, Mrs. Alan Weisman, Mrs. Ronald Meyers, Mrs. George Bair, Mrs. Steven Brandenburg, George Bair, Fred Corah, Mrs, Robert Blaney, Mrs. Edward Ritter, Mrs. V. W. Affolder, Mrs. Jerry Leitz, Mrs. Francis Faurote, Mrs. Gerald Martin, Mrs. Calvin Magley, Dorothy Schnepf, Marilyn Murphy, Karen Kohne, Gloria Voglewede, Bonnie Hakes, Mrs. Dale Hake, Mrs. Eward Hackman, Mrs. Harold Gray. “ , Mrs. Troy Fennig, Mrs. John Kelly, Mrs. Glen Fegley, Mrs. Andrew Miller, Janice Kelly, Susan Miller, Mrs. Jerome Keller, Mrs. Cletus Miller, Mrs. Daniel L. Foreman, Mrs. Richard Hess, Mrs. William Mansfield, Mrs. Anthony Faurote, Nancy Majorki, Mrs. Tom Meyer, Mrs. Norman Kohne, Judy Ellenberger, Mrs. Paul Gross, Mrs. Fred Conrad, Mrs. Noble Nicodemus, Mrs. Robert Sittier. Mrs. Roger Blackburn, Mrs. Roger Braun, Connie Conrad, Jerome Keller, Ralph Gordon, Mrs. William Mann, Janice Kauffman, Eleanor Wemhoff, Janet Swales, Leonra Bramen, Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs. Edward Wolpert, Mrs. Dale Liby, Mrs. William Christen, Mrs. Kenneth Gaunt, Mrs. Simeon Hain, Jr., Mrs. Clarence Smith and Mrs. Guy Koos.

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Record Cold Hits Indiana During Night By United Press International One of the worst cold waves in Indiana history plunged temperatures to at least 32 degrees below zero today amid indications that much of the death-dealing, record cold spell will stay for most of this week. , At least 46 persons had been killed since the cold front and new heavy snow moved into Hoosierland more than a week ago, but ironically, no traffic deaths were reported in the state in the 54-hour weekend despite generally hazardous road conditions. The mercury skidded to 32 below at Greensburg at 5:30 a.m., just three degrees off the all-time Indiana record set there Feb. 2, 1951. Greensburg weather observer John Harmon said it “might have been even colder” there. An unofficial 30 below was reported at Waldron in Shelby County and Shelbyville recorded 28 below at 7:30 a.m. The temperature dropped to 21 below zero at Terre Haute and Seymour after 7 a.m., just one degree off the all-time record low of 22 below at Seymour, set Jan. 13, 1912. Seymour also reported 7 inches of snow on the ground. It was a record 16 below at Indianapolis at 5 a.m., shattering the previous all-time low of 10 below for the date in 1948 and equalled two years ago. Lafayette’s official overnight low of 19 bdlow was the coldest there in 27 years. It was 17 below at Evansville,: 15 below at South Bend, and 14 below at Fort Wayne. The 5-day forecast for the period ’ ending Sunday called for temperatures up to 25 degrees below norfnal central and south, and up to 20 degrees below normal in the northern third of the state. Only minor temperature fluctuations were predicted, although it was to be “not quite so cold” throughout the state today, with afternoon highs mostly in the teens. South Bend reported a 15 inch snow cover this morning. Indianapolis and Fort Wayne had 6 inches on the ground, Evansville 3 inches. Not much additional precipitation was predicted this week, but forecasters said light snow was possible Tuesday and possibly Thursday or Friday in the northern third and snow flurries Tuesday and “about midweek” central and south. Early Sunday temperatures in Indiana were considerably “warmer,” alsthough they flirted with zero throughout most of the state, following highs Saturday in the teens. But afternoon readings in Indianapolis Sunday got no higher than 3 above zero. Lewis A. Van Camp Dies At Fort Wayne Lewis A. Van Camp, 66, of 4415 Beaver avenue. Fort Wayne, died at 3 p. nr. Sunday at the Lutheran hospital following an extended illness. He was a retired employe of the Huser-Paul Co. and a former manager of the United Cigar store. Mr. Van Camp was a member of Trinity English Lutheran church, rthe Sol D. Bayless Masonic lodge and the Scottish Rite. Surviving are his wife, Vera M.; two granddaughters; two brothers, Harold Van Camp of Fort Wayne, and Royal Van Camp of Willshire, O.; a sister, Mrs. Clara Slusher of Decatur, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Hazel Fryback of Bluffton, and Mrs. Orphia Wright of Craigville. Funeral services will be St 1:30 p. m. Wednesday in the Klaehn funeral home. Dr. Paul H. Krauss and the Rev. John S. Sjauken officiating. Burial will be in Green 1a w n memorial park. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today.