Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI NO. 29.

Realignment Os State’s Congressional Districts Submitted To Assembly

Growing Concern On Cuban Buildup

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Cotgressional concern about the So- i viet buildup in Cuba increased to- ! day and the administration pre- ; pared to crack down harder on foreign shippers engaged in Cu- i ban trade. 1 Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, RN.Y., who has warned repeatedly of the Russian arms buildup, < said “sooner or later we will have to decide to put an end to : it or see the Communists take over South America.” Sen. John C. Stennis, D-Miss., whose preparedness subcommittee is investigating the Cuban < situation, said the United States might have to demand that Russia remove its present forces just as it demanded removal of offensive missiles and bombers. The administration was expected to issue an order today or Tuesday barring U.S. government cargoes to shipowners whose vessels have traded with Cuba since Jan. 1. Shippers could escape the ban by removing their vessels from trade with Cuba.

Sen. Douglas Renews Battle

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen. Paul H. Douglas, D-IU., today picked up new support and optimism in his annual battle for the Indiana dunes. Douglas submitted the same bill he introduced last year—to create a 9,000-acre national park on the Northern Indiana shores and dunes land on Lake Michigan. But this year’s measure showed 16 co-sponsors, compared with six in 1962, and included six members of the Senate Interior Committee which will consider the bill. No Republicans added their names to Douglas’ legislation to preserve the dunes. Indiana interests seek to build a multi-million-dollar deep water port at Burns Ditch in the center of the cen-turies-old sandhills. Hoosier Hearing Tuesday House Republican leader Charles A. Halleck has joined the almost unanimous support by the Hoosier congressional delegation for the Burns Ditch port. Douglas noted the Army Engineers, who last year endorsed the Burns Ditch site as economically feasible if a fully integrated steel mill is bunt there, may have something more to say on the subject. The engineers open a hearing Tuesday at East Chicago, Ind., on the possibility of a different location for the Indiana port. Douglas was elated over the new support he picked up from fellow Democrats. He said the backing “is in keeping with the nation-wide and world-wide interest which has built up over this issue.” “Although the dunes have never been in greater or more immediate peril, the opportunity has never been more hopeful for rescuing diem,” Douglas said. Douglas saw two trends during the past year that offered hope for the dunes. Cites Strong Support He cited as one the “strong support" from the National Park Service and the Interior Department, conservation organizations, scientists, labor unions, and people in Indiana, particularly the Lake County area. He named Rep. Ray Madden, D-Ind., as a supporter. Douglas said the second trend “has been the increased amount of sunlight brought to bear on the proposed Burns Ditch harbor

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A number of Western nations already have removed their ships from the Cuban trade/ But 15 ships are reported still engaged in such trade as against 90 last summer. Britain, Norway and Greece are among countries whose ships have sailed to Cuba, sometimes under charter to Soviet bloc nations. Edwin M. Martin, assistant secretary of state for Inter-Ameri-can Affairs, said Sunday night it was possible that Soviet military strength in Cuba was 10 times what it was before the missile crisis last October. Keating contended in a copyrighted interview today with U.S. News & World Report that there were “20,000 or more” Russians in Cube, including between 6,000 and 8,000 combat troops. The New York senator said that two arms-bearing ships had arrived in Cuba from Russia between Jan. 17 and Jan. 25. He said there was “incontrovertible evidence’’ the Russians were building a base there.

which would want only to destroy the dunes.” Calling “sunlight a great disinfectant,” Douglas said “the light of the facts has shown, moreover, that even if the steel companies would commit themselves to building basic steel mills in the dunes, which they have not committed themselves to do, the benefit to cost ratio for the proposed federal investment would be only .41 to 1 and the ratio for the total investment would be only .10 to 1.” Douglas said this meant that “the taxpavers and bond buyers, if any, would get back in benefits less than 50 cents on the dollar.” Local Pupils Win In Music Contest Twenty music students of the Decatur public schools received medals in the piano and vocal music contest sponsored by the Northern Indiana school band, orchestra and vocal association. The contest was held Saturday at Central high schoool in Fort Wayne. Those receiving superior ratings in the piano solo division were: Cheryl Bollenbacher, Carol Hoverman, Jean Swickard, Sharon McRae, Vicki Lehman, Carolyn Hill, Kathy Burk and Karen Green. Receiving excellent ratings in this division were Karen Barkley and Karen Sliger. Susan Langston and Susan Ellis received an excellent rating for their piano duet. Superior ratings were awarded Charlene Hill in the soprano solo division and the high school girls' double trio consisting of Katy Smith, Karen Grice, Sharon Harden, Missy Mayclin, Kathy Hill and Candy Johnsen in the ensemble division. Franklin Parrish received an excellent rating in the boy soprano solo division. Miss Helen Haubold, vocal music instructor, accompanied the students to Fort Wayne. The state music contest will be held in Indianapolis February 16.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Sen. Marshall F; Kizer, D-Plymouth, presented to the Indiana Senate today a proposal for realigning the state’s 11 congressional districts, but he denied vigorously it was a gerrymander. “The plan we are offering here is not a gerrymander,” said Kizer. “It does not attempt to do to the Republicans what they did to us in 1941. It serves only to rationalize and equalize our congressional districts so the will of the people as reflected in their votes would be voted in Congress.” Kizer charged the Republican redistricting 22 years ago was a “vicious gerrymander” aggravated by the subsequent shift in population in the intervening years. Kizer does not expect his map to gain acceptance in the GOPcontrolled legislature, but he does hope it will convey a message. At present Indiana has 11 congressmen, including 4 Democrats and 7 Republicans, whose constituents range in number from 290,000 to 700,000. Three-Seat Gain The Democrats would stand to gain at least three seats if these districts were re-aligned on the basis of population. Kizer, who for all practical purposes has control in the Senate on reapportionment even though the GOP has the edge in the 25-24 membership, will be fighting in the next few days for the party’s state legislative reapportionment plan. Kizer’s presentation of a con-1 gressional realignment program based solely on population began with the reading ot a quotation from the 1962 Republican platform. The platform backed the federal plan of reapportionment under which the Senate is based on geography and the House on population. Chides the Republicans "Do the Republicans believe in this as a matter of principle or are they like spoiled children who want their cake and eat it too?” Kizer asked. “They must know the congressional districts in Indiana are in no way near on a population basis today. Why don’t they practice what they preach.” Kizer said die ideal congressional district in Indiana would contain 425,000 persons. “This plan we introduce today reduces the indefensible differences now existing so that the difference between the most populated and the least populated would be only a little over 75,000 and not more than 400,000 as now. Eight of the 11 districts would be within 10,000 of the ideal 425,000,” he said. Here is the Kizer plan for redistricting: Ist District — Most of Lake County, northern area. Population 442 000. 2nd District—Southern Lake County, Newton, Jasper, Pulaski, Fulton, Kosciusko, Wabash, Miami, Cass, White, Benton, Warren, Tippecanoe, Carroll. Population 422,000. 3rd District—Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph, Marshall, Starke. Population 444,000. 4th District—Elkhart, LaGrange, Steuben, DeKalb, Noble, Allen. Population 430,000. sth District—Whitley, Huntington, Grant, Madison, Wells, (Continued on Page Eight) ■ Otis J. Riley Dies Early This Morning Otis J. Riley, 84, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 2:30 a.m. today at the South View nursing home at Bluffton, where he had been a patient for the past two and one-half years. He was bom in Blue Creek township Feb. 19, 1878, a son of Jacob and Mary Hamilton - Riley. There are no near survivors. Services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the WintereggLinn funeral home, the Rev. Vernon Riley officiating. Burial will be in the Tricker cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday until time of the services.

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fViaCllltlian XOiCS :: France's Blackball

LONDON (UPI) — Diplomats and statesman started reweaving Allied strategy throughout Western Europe today under pressure of a virtual French rebellion against U. S. leadership. Prime Minister Macmillan summoned his cabinet to report on his trip to Rome where he received strong Italian support for Britain’s bid to get into the Common Market. While in Rome Sunday night Macmillan termed France’s blackball of Britain’s entry “folly as well as ingratitude.” In Bonn, U. S. Ambassador Walter C. Dowling sounded out Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on how West Germany, as a key member of the Common Market six, intends to maintain Britain’s ties with Europe. Alfred Mueller-Armack, No. 2 man in the West German Economics Ministry, was so angered at the French veto against British membership he resigned his job over the weekend. So far Adenauer has expressed friendship for Britain but has not condemned France’s action. Forty politicians from Italy, West Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg—all the Common Market members but France — held an emergency secret meeting in The Hague over the weekend. Dutch government sources reported they decided French President Charles de Gaulle poses “a more deadly threat to Western Europe and the free world than Russian communism.” The Dutch feared De Gaulle’s bid to dominate Western Europe would “kill the growth of the Dutch economy” by cutting contacts with the United States and Britain. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and warmer with chance of a little rain or freezing rain this evening. Partly cloudy and a little warmer Tuesday. Low tonight in the 20s north, 28 to 36 south. High Tuesday upper 30s north, 46 to 54 south. Sunset today 6:08 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:49 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Partly cloudy and not as mild. Lows 25 to 35. Highs 35 to 45. TWO SECTIONS

Much of this sentiment was likely to erupt in public today during the meeting in Strasbourg, France, of members of parliaments of the six Common Market nations. No Shelter Spaces Available In County Based on incomplete returns, a state-wide fallout shelter survey shows no currently available shelter spaces in Adams county for its resident population of 24,643. In making the announcement of the incomplete returns, Senator Vance Hartke Said the state-wide shelter survey by the department of defense will be completed soon. Hartke explained that he has been informed by the defense department that the county-by-coun-ty survey will be completed in midFebruary. Based on incomplete returns, 2,050,120 potential shelter spaces have been located for Indiana, with about 1,546,712 additional spaces that can be made available through improvements in ventilation. Adams Without In the county-by-county tabulation released this morning, this county, however, shows no available shelter spaces at present, with, of course, no additional spaces through ventilation improvements. Adams county is one of 14 counties of 92 in the state of Indiana with no shelters. Only five of those 14 have less population than Adams county. Most of the counties in the surrounding area also show no available shelter spaces, according to the report. Wells, Jay, Huntington, Randolph and Blackford counties are all without available shelter spaces, according to the tabulation. Also No Space Other counties without available space are Benton, Delaware, Grant, Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan, Shelby and Washington. Delaware is the largest in population of the 14, with 110,938 residents. Potential shelter-space is being surveyed in existing buildings, caves, tunnels and other protected structures. The number of potential spaces that actually will be usable will be affected by such factors as granting of licenses by owners, local shelter utilization, planning and operational limitations on the' use of space.

Thawing Warm Air Flowing From Pacific By United Press International A thawing warm air flow swept eastward from the Pacific Coast today nudging temperatures upward over the western two-thirds of the nation. A cold wave moved into New England on the heels of a storm that dumped up to eight inches of fresh snow in some sections of Maine. Temperatures rose an average of 20 degrees in the frozen midwest, while sunbathers lolled in record 90-degree heat in Southern California. Readings in the low teens forced New York City’s transit authority to keep its subway trains in tunnels and run long trains to prevent freeze-ups prior to the morning rush. o Southern California, in the throes of a crop-damaging deep freeze two weeks ago and a drought-breaking deluge of rain last week, had Sunday readings 30 degrees above the February average high. Montebello, Calif., had the nation’s high temperature, 93, and Los Angeles set a new mark of 91 degrees for the date. Beaches and swimming pools were crowded, pressing lifeguards into unexpected winter duty. Zero and below temperatures were confined primarily to the northeastern portion of the nation. Caribou, Maine, shivered in 13 below. New England traced for below zero temperatures tonight and hazardous driving warnings were issued for much of the six-state area where roads were coated with frozen slush and ice. At least 14 deaths were attributed to the cold in the area. Thunderstorms ahead of the advancing cold in Dixie, dropped nearly an inch of rain at Birmingham, Ala., Raleigh. N.C., and New Orleans, La. Portland, Ore., and Portland, Maine, also reported heavy rains. Pearl M. Whitcomb Dies This Monring Mrs. Pearl May Whitcomb, 81, died at 8:30 o’clock this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lee Neuen, at Berne. She had been bedfast for the past month. She was born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 4, 1881, a daughter of James and Hannah Hunt-Miller. Her husband, James Whitcomb, preceded her in death. Mrs. Whitcomb was a member of the Methodist church at Detroit, Mich. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Neuen and Miss Gwen Whitcomb of Detroit; two sons, Elery Whitcomb of Detroit, and Russell Whitcomb of Lincoln Park, Mich.; four grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren, and one brother, Wilson Miller of Detroit. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Yager funeral home in Berne, the Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander officiating. The body will then be taken to Detroit for services at 11 a. m. Thursday, with burial in Forest Lawn cemetery in that city. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6:30 p. m. today. 10-Month-Old Girl Dead Os Scalding SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (UPI) — Ten-months-old Naomi Lee Fuchs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fuchs of Waldron, was dead of scalding on arrival at Major Hospital here Saturday night. A coroner's report said the baby’s death was accidental, caused by turning on a hot water faucet when her mother left the room for a moment while giving the child a bath. ,— DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 48 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. Saturday Sunday -M-noen-v.-r.-—.-SS--42 midnight .. 20 1 p.m. 39 1 a.m.18 2 p.m 40 2 a.m 18 3 p.m 40 3 a.m 16 4 p.m 38 4 a.m 14 5 p.m36 5 a.m 14 6 p.m 34 6 a.m. 14 7 p.m 30 7 a.m 13 8 p.m 29 '8 a.m...12 9 p.m 26 9 a.m 12 10 p.m 24 10 a.m 14 11 p.m 22 11 am. 20 Sunday Monday 12 noon 26 12 midnight .. 20 1 p.m 26 1 a.m 20 2 p.m 26 2 a.m 19 3 p.m 24 3 a.m. -a 20 4 p.m. 24 4a m 22 5 p.m 24 5 a.m 22 6 p.m 23 6 a.m 24 7 p.m 20 7 a.m 26 8 p.m 20 8 a.m■ 27 9 p.m 20 9 a.m 28 10 p.m2o 10 a.m. 29 11 p.m 20 11 a.m. .. 32 Precipitation Total for the 48 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.40 feet.

Minnie Holthouse Dies This Morning dtiUjH ’W |HL K> ♦ ’ Mi*' **' „ Mrs. Minnie Holthouse Mrs. Minnie C. Holthouse, 89, well known local lady and member of a prominent Decatur family, died at 9 o’clock this morning at her home, 514 West Madison street. “Aunt Minnie,” as she was affectionately known for years by hundreds of Decatur residents, had been in critical condition since suffering a stroke last Wednesday. She had been confined to her home since January 27 of last year, when she suffered a fractured hip in a fall at her home. She had recovered sufficiently, however, to use a walker around the house for several months. Born in Lafayette Feb. 13, 1873, she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Terveer. The family moved to Decatur while she was still an infant, and in fact her first steps were taken in the old brick Catholic church, which was then being built. She had lived all of her Decatur years within a half block of her present residence. She was married May 8, 1894, to Roman J. Holthouse, and her husband preceded her in death Jan. 31, 1906. Mrs. Holthouse was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rosary society, St. Ann’s society, and the Third Order of St. Francis. Surviving are three daughters, Misses Florence and Irene Holthouse, both at home, and Sister M. Gabrielita (Naomi) of Michigan City; one son, Charles E. Holthouse, of Decatur; three grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Charles (Anna) Voglewede, who is now living with a daughter at Beaumont, Tex. Two sons are deceased, Norbert, who died Nov. 5,1945, and Arthur, former mayor of Decatur, who died Oct. 28, 1954. Two brothers and five sisters are also deceased, Funeral services will be conducted at 9:15 a. m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the

Defense Head Quits Canada Cabinet Post

OTTAWA (UPI) —Defense Minister Douglas Harkness resigned today in protest against Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s refusal to commit Canada to the use of nuclear weapons. Harkness announced his resignation from the cabinet at a news conference. He made the announcement as time was running out for Diefenbaker, who must decide today whether to call for a general election over the nuclear arms issue or face a political showdown in the House of Commons. Caught in the middle of a national controversy over nuclear defense policy, intensified by a diplomatic dispute with the United States, Diefenbaker knows he must act—or his opponents will. If he fails to make a move before the House meets today at 2:30 p.m., EST, the trump card then will be in the hands of Liberal Party leader Lester B. Pearson. Pearson is expected to use a routine debate in the Commons on government expenditures as a springboard from which to launch a motion of “no confidence” in

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Open Hearings On Kennedy's Education Bill WASHINGTON (UPI)— A leading congressional school aid supporter told the administration today there is no realistic chance for passage of President Kennedy's program in a single package. The warning by Chairman Adam C. Powell, D-N.Y., of the House Education and Labor Committee, came at the opening of hearings on the $5 billion catchall education bill sent to Congress last week by the President. It followed a similar prediction Sunday by Rep. Peter Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, the committee’s ranking Republican. Secretary Anthony J. Celebrezze of the Health, Education and Welfare Department and U. S. Education Commissioner Francis Keppel, both newcomers in the congressional school aid battle, were the administration's lead off witnesses. Both men urged the committee to approve the big bill. “It is a comprehensive bill which addresses itself to the entire complex of needs in American education,” Celebrezze said. Powell said in his opening statement he supported the bill. He said the committee would conduct two weeks of hearings on the bill and then go into closed session to decide how it should be handled. Clara Seesengufh Is Taken By Death Mrs. Clanti Seesenguth, 74, ot Bluffton route 4, a lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 9:45 p. m. Saturday at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton. She had been in failing health for five years. Born in Adams county, she was a daughter of Albert and Augusta Bovine-Waiter. Her husband, Paul Seesenguth, preceded her in death ia 1934. . .. Mrs. Seesengufh was a member of the First Baptist church in Bluffton. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Cora Bower of Bryan, 0., Mrs. Louise Hoffman of Hartford City, and Mrs. Grace Haggerty of Yuma, Ariz., and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral rites will be held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at Mcßride & Son funeral home in Bluffton, the Rev. Earl Gross officiating. Burial will be in the Zion cemetery at Honduras. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services

Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call after 7:30 p. m. today until time of the services.

the prime minister’s handling of the nuclear defense issue. If the motion, to be voted on Tuesday night, is supported by the other two opposition parties, the 25th Parliament would be dissolved and the fate of Diefenbaker’s conservative government would be determined at the polls. Diefenbaker thus is faced with three alternatives: —To dissolve parliament before the liberal motion is introduced, thereby sending members home to prepare for a national election. —To wait until the non-confi-dence motion is introduced and then suvey the two splinter parties—the Social Credit and the Socialist New Democrats—to see how strongly they plan to support the Liberals. If he discovers the opposition parties are united against him, Diefenbaker then could dissolve the House before the motion is voted on. —To accept the “no confidence” challenge and fight it out in the House vote. However, if this gamble should fail and the motion is passed, the repudiation would force Diefenbaker to call an election.