Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI NO. 24.

ENTERS CLEMSON—Harvey Gantt, 20, arrives at South Carolina’s Clemson College where he was registered without incident.

Education Bill Sent Congress

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy today offered Congress an education package that would double present federal school aid spending. He said it would give every American a chance to learn more, earn more and live better. The President asked for a catchall school aid bill that would provide new assistance about equal to the $1.5 billion already being spent on education each year by the federal government. The bill carried—with some notable concessions — nearly every education request Kennedy has made since taking office two years ago. Italso carried most of the controversy, including the bitter public-parochial school dispute, that killed off the entire Kennedy education program in the last O&affess * ' The legislation outlined in Kennedy's education message would help pay for new classrooms, laboratories, libraries and shops; provide higher pay and better training for teachers; and open new sources of funds for college students. Unofficially, its total cost over three to four years would be about $5 billion. About sl2 billion of the first year costs would be spent by the U.S. Office of Education. The remainder would be spent by the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies included in the comprehensive program submitted by the President. (Continued On Page Three) Homer Hoblet Funeral Wednesday Afternoon Funeral services for Homer D. Hoblet, who died early Monday morning at his home in this city, win be held 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 until time of the services. Memorial services will be held at the funeral home at 7 o'clock tonight by the Loyal Order of Moose lodge.

Britain’s Bid Is Scuttled By France

BRUSSEL (UPD—Britain’s bid to enter the European Common Market today ended in failure, scuttled by President Charles de Gaulle of France. France ignored a last-ditch appeal from the United States in behalf of Britain and brushed aside the Washington warning that banning Britain from the Common Market could imperil the Atlantic allianceTalks among the foreign ministers of the six Common Market nations collapsed in failure after a series of “crisis” meetings Monday and today. Five members of the European Economic Community—West Germany, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Italy—wanted Britain in; France did not. The five failed to convince France that further discussions should be held on Britain’s admission. De Gaulle felt that 15 months of talks were enough. Britain wanted entry with special provisions to protect its do-

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Music Students In District Contest Instrumental students from the Decatur public schools, under the direction of Richard Collins, participated in the annual district instrumental solo and ensemble contest at Harrison Hill junior high school in Fort Wayne Saturday. The following students received superior ratings on solos: saxophone, Karen Grice, Rick Doty, and Alan Zerkel; clarinet, Rita Spence, Lisa Brandyberry and Ed Cravens; trumpet, Tax Baxter; trombone, Don Spence; flute, Margaret Kocher. Excellent solo ratings were: clarinet, Pat Collins and Jile Zerkel; trumpet, Dick Fravel, trombone, Tim Singleton. The school dance band, which received an excellent rating, is composed of the following students: Tom Baxter, Jerry Conrad and Marcia Sheets, trumpet; Um Singleton and Don Spence, trombone; David Smith, drums; Karen Grice, Pat Collins, Barbara Houk, Tom Whitacre, Rick Doty and Alan Zerkel, saxophones; Stephen Doty, bass, and Rita Spence, piano. Ensembles receiving superior ratings were: clarinet trio, Karen Grice, Pat Collins and Ed Cravens; flute trio, Margaret Kocher, John Beeler and Susan Ellis; clarinet duets, Lisa Brandyberry and Ed Cravens, Julie Zerkel and Remilda Harrell. Ensembles receiving excellent ratings were: flute duet, Anne Langston and Debbie Bodie; saxophone quintet, Rick Doty, Alan Zerkel, Barbara Houk, Karen Grice and Pat ColAccompanists for the group were Mrs. Hubert Zerkel, Jr., Sharon Mcßae, Susan Langston,, Pat Cdlins, Karen Grice and Rita Spence. Students who received, superior ratings will participate in the state solo and ensemble contest at Indianapolis Feb. 16.

mestic agriculture and Commonwealth trade. France said it must come in without special arrangements. When the long talks failed to make progress, the other five members of the Common Market proposed that the Executive Commission of the EEC recapitulate developments and hold more talks in a few weeks. De Gaulle has said Britain is not ready for admission now, and wanted no more talks in the foreseeable future. He remained adamant in the face of pressure from all sources, including the United States. The move could change the economic and political face of Europe and the shape of the Atlantic alliance with the United States. A final meeting, attended by the six market members and Britain, wound up with France effectively vetoing London's bid for entry. No communique was issued.

Mothers March This Evening-Turn On Porch Lights

Dubach Takes Over As Trustee March 1 Wayne Dubach will take over as Hartford township trustee March 1, it was learned this morning, following his appointment by the Adams county commissioners Monday afternoon. Eugene Burry, present trustee, submitted his resignation at the meeting of the commissioners Monday, with the resignation becoming effective March 1. The commissioners appointed Dubach Monday by a 2-1 vote. Commissioners Hugo Boerger and Stanley Arnold voted for Dubach, while Delmas (Mike) Bollenbacher cast his vcte for Ralph Miller, only other candidate for the appointment. Burry Moving Burry submitted his resignation due to the fact that he is moving out of Hartford township early in March, to a farm in Wabash township. A number of Hartford township residents had recently petitioned the commissioners to appoint Dubach as trustee of their township, but the commissioners declined naming a trustee until Burry officially submitted his resignation. Burry submitted the resignation Monday morning. Dubach win fill out Burry’s unexpired term of almost four years, as he was just beginning a new term the first of this year. Dubach Democrat Burry, a Republican, was elected trustee in November over Democrat Richard D. Striker, 222 votes to 138. Dubach, a Democrat, will make the ninth Democratic trustee of 12 in the county. Miller, the other candidate, is also a: Democrat. Only ether business conducted by the commissioners Monday, was a petition for cleaning and repairing a ditch, which was submitted. The petition requested cleaning and repairing the W. F. Schugg open ditch in Monroe township. Hazel Zimmerman 1$ Taken By Death Mrs. Hazel Zimmerman, 69, wife of Ernest Zimmerman of Convoy, 0., route 2, died Monday morning at the Van Wert county hospital following an illness of five months. She was bom in Allen county, Sept. 7, 1893, a daughter of George and Ollie Baxter-Knittle, and was married to Ernest Zimmerman March 17, 1912. Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of the Redemer Lutheran church at Convoy and its Ladies Aid. Surviving are her husband; two sons, Leo Zimmerman of Fort Wayne, and Harold Zimmerman of Ft. Thomas, Ky.; one daughter, Mrs. Kennion (Helen) Wherry of Convoy; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Gregg and Glenn Knittie, both of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. Dewey (Opal) Ainsworth of Harrison township, Van Wert county. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Redeemer Lutheran church at Convoy, the Rev. F. H. Gerken officiating. Burial will be in the Convoy IOOF cemetery. Friends may call at the H. D. Smith funeral home in Convoy after 7 p.m. today, the body will lie in state at the church from 1 p.m. Thursday until the services.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesd ay, January 29, 1963.

Welsh Discloses Army Engineers Determine Port Is Not Feasible

Robert Frost, Nnfafl AmAnr an nvlCu AnKnuafl Poet, Is Dead BOSTON UPD—Robert Frost, America’s unofficial poet laureate whose warmth and honesty bridged the gulf between nations torn by cold war hostilities, died early today at the age of 88. Authorities at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital said the craggy, white-haired poet—a friend of President Kennedy and a “friendly rival” of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev—succumbed at 1:50 a.m., EST. Frost’s death, apparently caused by blood clots which entered his lungs, ended a seven-week battle against a series of critical complications which arose from major surgery to remove a blockage of the urinary tract last Dec. 10. Up until then the elderly poet, winner of more Pulitzer Prizes than any other writer of verse, had enjoyed relatively good health. But shortly after the operation, he suffered S heart attack which left Mm near death. His recovery from the heart seizure was further complicated by a series of pulmonary embolisms, blood clots which threatened to fill his Junge and cut off his breathing. Poetic Genius Frost’s four Pulitzer Prizes stand as a monument to his poetic genius, and in the waning years Os his life he became a symbol of international good will. Death came a little less than two years after Frost’s unprecedented appearance at President Kennedy’s inauguration. Few who watched the ceremonies on that bitter cold January day in 1961 will forget the sight of Frost, defeated by the sun’s glare from reading a poem specially written for the occasion, recite from memory his famed work, “The Gift Outright.” Frost and Interior Secretary Stewart M. Udall spent 10 days in the Soviet Union, last Aug. 28 to Sept. 9, as part of an exchange program between this country and Russia. Following a meeting with Pre-

Accept Report On GOP Plan

By HOBTENSE MYERS United Press International INDIANAPOLIS UPD — The Republican - controlled Indiana House, with help from two Democrats, today accepted a committee report recommending passage of the GOP-sponsored legislative reapportionment plan. The committee voted 8-5 Monday to approve a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment on reapportionment. The minority, however, recommended indefinite postponement. When the reports were submitted to the House floor this mornfaig, a motion was made to substitute the minority report. The motion was rejected by a roll call vote of 56-41. The 56 votes included Democratic Reps. J. Ben Rickets of Wheatland and Orville Phillips of Rising Sun. Rickets declined to comment on why he voted with the Republicans. Phillips told newsmen he pressed the wrong button on his desk to record his vote. The resolution now goes to second reading where it abviously will stimulate deoate. Only one voice was heard before the showdown, that of Rep. Otto Pozgay, D-South Bend, who said the minority Democrats are not trying to kill reapportionment by opposing passage of the resolution. ' , -r

All County Schools Are Reopened Today All Adams county schools reopened today after being closed Monday due to the extreme cold and drifting snow on county roads. The Deqatur schools were the only schools in the entire county that were open Monday. In fact, today was the first day some of the county schools have held classes since last Wednesday. Monmouth, Pleasant Mills, Hartford Center, the Jefferson grade school, and many of the county’s Lutheran schools were closed both Thursday and Friday of last week, in addition to Monday. Geneva, Berne-French, Adams Central and the Zion Lutheran school in Decatur were closed Thursday of last week, but reopened on Friday, and then were closed again Monday. Decatur high school, Decatur Catholic high school, St. Joseph grade school. Northwest, Southeast and Lincoln schools have remained open throughout the recent cold spell. Attendance, however, has been poor in most cases, mier Khrushchev at the Russian leader’s Black Sea vacation retreat, Frost said Khrushchev beMeved the United States would not fight to protect itself. Talk For Hour “He thought that we’re too liberal to fight,” the poet said. In an hour-long talk with Khrushchev, Frost said the Communist gave him the impression he “thinks we will sit on one hand and then on the other.” Frost said he told Khrushchev that Berlin was too small a matter to decide the fate of the world, and that the East and West should work out a horse trade on the issue. He described Khrushchev as a “ruffian . . . he’s ready for a fight. He’s not afraid of us and we’re not afraid of ' Frost said he told Khrushchev that “the future of the world for the next hundred years or so lies between the United States and Russia.”

The resolution came out of the House Legislature Apportionment Committee. The amendment would create a 60-member Senate which would reapportion itself one time and then remain fixed. The Senate also would be reapportioned on the basis of geography, economy and population. The GOP “Indiana Plan” seems almost sure to pass the House, but minority Democratic members promised a lively fight in the process. The five Democratic members of the House Legislative Apportionment Committee sought vainly to postpone action during the committee session but failed. Three Witnesses Appear - Chairman Ray Marr Jr., R-Co-lumbus, limited the committee members in their questions to the three witnesses who appeared at the hearing, saying they could ask questions during an executive session. However, the executive session lasted only five minutes and members said afterward most of that time was devoted to the vote on the resolution, not to answering questions. Former Rep. L. Parker Baker, R-Cicero, one of the witnesses, asked to have Hamilton and Tipton Counties in one district and Clinton and Boone in another. However, the bill as approved in committee leaves Hamilton with (Continued on Page Eight)

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-Gover-nor Welsh disclosed today that U.S. Army Engineers have determined that a Burns Ditch port on Lake Michigan is not feasible. Welsh said at a news conference that the engineers last December gave an “interpretation" of their previous report indicating feasibility, and the new interpretation means the project actually is not now feasible and will not be for about 10 years. “The report says that the port facilities will not be feasible until construction for making steel is under way. We had hoped that rolling mill construction would meet the requirement, but in December the engineers said they now interpreted this report to mean hot steel,’’ Welsh said. Welsh said that even though Bethlehem Steel Corp, already has begun work on its $250 million plant at the site, the engineers say now that this does not meet their requiremens. Welsh said he had hoped previously that a federal appropriation of up to $25 million would be available for construction of the other breakwater. “This we now see is impossible,” Welsh said. “We had hoped the rolling mill production would meet the requirements but in December the engineers said they now interpert this to mean hot steel, not a rolling mill.” “There will be no money available for construction purposes, only for planning, for about 10 years.” I Welsh pointed out that the steel mills already have served notice • that “if the public port is not under construction by 1968, they will execute their right to reclaim the real estate they sold the state.”

“It takes a couple of years to do all the preparatory work to build a port,” he said. “We have no more than five years to try to get the port. If we do not act this session of the legislature, we may never be able to get the port,” Welsh added. Welsh said his economic development fund hills, which contain a proposal that the legislature double the cigarette tax to finance start of the port, will be introduced Thursday. He -urged the lawmakers to go ahead and provide funds for the outer breakwater which he said might cost only half the estimated $25 million. He added he is certain that the money would be repaid to the state as soon as the public port gets into operation. Asked why the entire port project could not be financed by bond issue, Welsh replied, “somebody has got to say they assure construction of the outer breakwater —I guess you might call this equity money.” Welsh made his comments shortly after a meeting of Republican legislative leaders reached an agreement opposing use of state funds for construction of the outer breakwater. At the time the lawmakers did not know of the new interpretation which made the port not economically feasible in the eyes of the Army Engineers. Welsh (Continued on Page Six) "" Strayer Twin Girls Die Last Evening Infant twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Strayer of Monroe route 1, died at 6 o’clock Monday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital, where they were bom prematurely at 3:28 and 3:36 o’clock Monday afternoon. Surviving in addition to the parents, Doyle and Mildred Grote Strayer, are the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rue L. Strayer of Monroe route 1, and the paternal great-grandmothers, Mrs. Mae Strayer of Van Wert, 0., and Mrs. Ilda Tickle of Monroe. The parents are members of the Salem Methodist church. Graveside services, conducted by the Zwick funeral home, will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the Tricker cemetery, with the Rev. Joseph Gibson officiating.

Strikes Widen On Cleveland Papers

By United Press International The strike widened today against two Cleveland newspapers and joint talks were scheduled in the New York dailies walkout as the nationwide wave of labor unrest showed few signs of subsiding. It was possible the Kansas City bus drivers would join Philadelphia bus, trolley and subwayelevated operators in walkouts affecting hundreds of thousands of commuters. Two defense plants — in St. Louis and Nevada—were struck. The labor disputes were the worst the nation has experienced in months and their cost to the economy already was estimated at more than $1 billion. NEWSPAPERS: The mailers and printers voted to join the Newspaper Guild and the Teamsters in the strike against the Cleveland Press and Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland Mayor Ralph Locher met withofficials ofll unions and the publishers in an effort to end the 61-day work stoppage. The last of the contracts of the 11 unions expires this week. No new agreements have been signed. Locher said Guild members had voted to accept management’s offer of a "maintenance of membership” clause with a seven-day escape period — the key issue. Another meetingof the —Guildand publishers was scheduled for today. In the 53-day-old New York newspaper strike, Mayor Robert Wagner brought publishers and striking printers together Monday for the first joint negotiations since he began marathon talks. Wagner reported later there was discussion — “but certainly no agreement” — on the use of outside tape for automatic typesetting ahd what the uniotf calls “reproduction” — or the setting of type to duplicate any work done in outside shops. In addition to the automation issues, the printers also have demanded a $34.23 package over a two-year period. The publishers have proposed a $lO weekly raise. The cost to the New York economy has bee n placed at (Continued on Page Five) Vote Reinstatement Applications Mailed Reinstatement applications have been sent to all Adams county residents who did not vote in either the 1962 primary or general election, county clerk Richard Lewton said this morning, as purging of the voter list contniues. Persons are requested to fill out applications upon receiving them, and immediately mail them back to the clerk’s office, Lewton said. Adams county voters who did not vote in either 1962 election will be purged from the registration list and will not be eligible to vote this year unless they respond to the application for reinstatement. A voter who fails to fill out and mail back the half of the card required for reinstatement will be required to re-register prior to April 8 if he or she expects to vote in the 1963 city election. Voters who cast ballots in either the primary or general election in 1962 have not jeopardized their voting privilege unless they have moved from the address at which they were last registered. If a voter has moved from that former address, he or she will need a transfer prior to April 8. With the importance of the city elections this year, it is believed that the clerk’s office will receive good response to the reinstatement applications.

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Berne Pastor Will Speak Here Tonight Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander, pastor of the First Mennonite church of Berne, will be the featured speaker at the Adams county Historical society meeting this evening. Now in his seventh year of ministry to the First Mennonite church, Rev. Neuenschwander served first as assistant pastor, then as interim pastor for one year, before becoming pastor. A native of Bluffton, 0., he is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. Neuenschwander, who were Adams county natives. As a child he moved with his parents to Kansas, where his father pastored several churches. He received al his elementary and secondary school education in that state. The Historical society meeting will begin at 8 p.m. in the Decatur library. Rev. Neunschwander has also received education at Fort Wayne Bible College, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, and Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart Conference President He is currently completing his second term as president of the central district conference of the general conference Mennonite church, and also serves as president of the Berne ministerial association. Rev. Neuenschwander is a board member of the Indiana Sunday school association, and is also speaker on the radio program, “Songs of Praise,” which is produced and sponsored by his church and is heard over several stations, including WOWO in Fort Wayne. Rev. and Mrs. Neuenschwander have four children, all students in the Berne-French school system. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and warmer this afternoon and tonight. Wednesday cloudy with chance of snow. Low tonight 12 to 29 north, around 30 southwest. High Wednesday 13 to 29 north, low 30s southeast. Sunset today 6:01 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:55 a.m. Outlook , for Thursday: Cloudy with snow. Lows 15 to 25. Highs 20 to 30. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending- at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 12 12 midnight .. 4 1 p.m; 15 1 a.m 4. 2 p.m. ... 16 2 a.m 4 3 p.m 14 3 a.m. 4 4 p.m 14 4 a.m. 4 5 p.m 12 5 a m 4 6 p.m 11 6 a.m 4 7 p.m 8 7 a.m. 5 8 p.m. ... 6 8 a.m. ... 6 9 p.m 6 9 a.m 10 10 p.m 5 10 am. 16 11 p.m 5 11 am 18 Precipltatioß Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.52 feet.

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