Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1963 — Page 1

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European Nations Rally Behind U.S.

LONDON (UPD—European nations started rallying behind United States leadership of the West today despite President Charles de Gaulle’s pressure for a European bloc led by France. British Foreign Secretary Lord Home and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer have both tabbed U.S. armed might as the key to the continent’s security against communism. The great majority of delegates attending the six-nation European parliamentary assembly in Strasbourg, France, have criticized De Gaulle and by implication supported close European ties with the United States. Even former French Premier Rene Pleven accused his president of forcing a breakdown in Britain’s application to the Common Market — which the United States supported —by placing “a pre-condition on the geographical extension of the Common Market” Rejects Middleman Concept Lord Home, preparing for an important policy meeting in Brussels with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, told the House of Lords Wednesday night Criminal Contempt Proceedings Open NEW ORLEANS (UPD — Criminal contempt proceedings were scheduled to begin today against Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett and Lt. Gov. Paul B. Johnson, charged with attempting to bar integration at the University of Mississinoi. The U. S. sth Circuit Court ot Appeals was expected to dispose of preliminary motions and consider whether to dismiss charges. A trial date will be set if the charges are not dismissed. Attorneys for Barnett and Johnson said Wednesday they would aW’ had they allowed Negro James H. Meredith to enter Ole Miss without opposition last year. Ike Mississippi officials would have violated the state constitution had they not tried to stop Meredith's entrance into the uni-

Press Campaign To Convince U.S. Cuba No Military Threat

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Kennedy administration, armed with stacks of photographs and intelligence reports, pressed it s campaign today to convince the public that Cuba is no military threat But the administration's loudest critics said they were unconvinced by the extraordinary intelligence briefing Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and an aide gave the nation Wednesday night on television. President Kennedy was expected to reiterate at a 4 p.m. EST news conference today that all Russian offensive missiles and bombers have been removed from Cuba and have not been brought back. Central Intelligence Director John A. McCone, who said Wednesday that reports of a new Soviet buildup on the island checked out “negative,” was to resume testimony today before the Senate preparedness subcommittee in a closed hearing. The hearing starts at 9:30 a.m. EST. ~ 3 .. — Twa Pot Brieflnr The administration, acting swiftly to fry to counter charges by some members at Congress that Cuba was still a potential aggressor, made these moves Wednesday: —Hastily scheduled and carried out the two-hour briefing, all but half an hour of which was televised nationally, by McNamara and an intelligence expert who displayed nearly 100 aerial photographs of Cuba, some so sharp that tools could be seen in the hands of the Russian soldier. —Sent McCone to the Senate subcommittee to try to squelch reports of a new Cuban buildup. The CIA director told the senators the government had no evidence of any offensive Soviet weapons in Cuba. —Announced a long - expected crackdown on non-Communist shipping : fe Cuba. The order in effect denied U.S. government cargoes to ships that call -at Cuban ports. “Beyond Reasonable Doabt”

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Britain feels Europe could not be defended without the United States. "We could not say that Europe by itself could meet the Communist challenge,” he declared. He rejected De Gaulle’s concept of Europe as a middleman between the two major nuclear powers. “A kind of balancing act of a third force balancing itself between the Americans and the Russians has no appeal whatever,” he said. ~ French Nuclear Force De Gaulle, trying to tweak Europe away from dependence on American military and economic strength, is seeking to project France into European leadership with an independent French nuclear force. Home welcomed Adenauer’s endorsement in Bonn of continued support for the American presence in Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to which De Gaulle has given only token support. He said Britain intends to commit its 175 plane V-bomber force to NATO and later its Polaris submarines. versify, the lawyers said in a 64page memorandum. The attorneys also asked, for the sceond time this week, that the comtempt case at least be transferred from the court of appeals for a trial in federal court in Mississippi. They contended that under state law, Meredith had never been legally admitted to the university. They also filed two briefs in support of earlier motions to dismiss the Charges-one for lack of jurisdiction, the other because there was no sworn affidavit concerning the events which led to the charge. Shelbyville Workers Vote Against Union SHELBYVILLE, Ind (UPD — Four hundred hourly-paid employes of the General Electric Industrial Heating plant here Wednesday voted against representation of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO. The vote was 288 to 155.

McNamara, at his briefing, said he believed “beyond any reasonable doubt” that all offensive weapons “have been removed from the island and none have been reintroduced.” He suggested that Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R-N.Y., who promised to eat his hat if there were not medium range missile sites still in Cuba, “is going to have to eat it’’ But Keating said he had no intention of eating his hat. He said McNamara “did not dispute in any manner any of the statements I have made.” Another outspoken Republican on the subject, Rep. Donald C. Bruce, Ind., said he was still convinced there are 40 Soviet offensive missiles in Cuba as he had charged previously. A third lawmaker who has contradicted Pentagon reports on Cuba’s strength, Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., was in the hospital with influenza and was unavailable for comment. Several senators who heard McCone’s report Wednesday to the subcommittee said that even though Russia’s offensive weapons might be gone from the island, the situation was serious. Subcommittee Chairman John C. Stennis, D-Miss., said the “matter is quite serious indeed” and might bring about a new “show of strength, force and determination” by the United States. Briefing Is “Risk” McNamara said at his televised briefing that the administration considered charges that the Soviet threat remained in Cuba so important that it decided “to exINDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and a little colder tonight. Friday partly clondy to cloudy, not much temperature change. Sunset today Cil2 p. m. Sunrise Friday 7:44 a. m. Outlook far Saturday: Continued mostly clondy with not mueh temperature change. Lows mostly in the 20s. Highs 32 to 40.

I * Wfe i * fl ; Bk — \ iwi |k If DEFEATED— Prime Minister and Mrs John Diefenbaker leave Parliament in Ottawa after his minority government was toppled.

GiantCuf In Slate Budget On Education INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The House Ways and Means Committee slashed the giant sum of $152.5 million Wednesday night off the education budgets proposed by Governor Welsh in his "statement of needs” for Indiana for the next two years. The committee subtracted $137,401,000 from the proposed $422 million for state aid to public schools, and pared sls million from the operating budgets proposed for the four state-supported universities and colleges. This left the state aid to public schools budget at $284,597,000, about S4O million higher than the amount appropriated for the present biennium, and the universitycollege budget at $145 million, about $27 million higher than the current biennium. The slashes were made by majority Republicans on the committee headed by Rep. John Coppes, Nappanee, with former state budget director William H. Hard-

pose our knowledge at the risk of degrading our intelligence capabilities.” He called on John P. Hughes, a Pentagon intelligence consultant, to do most of the detailing. Hughes produced a massive array of aerial photographs and explained the significance of each one. McNamara and Hughes said: —That since July 1, more tha 400 reconnaissance flights have been made over Cuba, and "island wide” flights continue at least once a week. —The Russians “methodically destroyed" the offensive missiles sites, even breaking up the concrete with bulldozers. —U.S. planes went so far as to follow the ships which took the missiles out of Cuba back to the Black Sea to make sure they did not turn back. —Pictures taken as recently as Monday showed the Russian missile and bomber bases inactive. No Subversion Evidence —McNamara said he had no evidence that Cuba is being used as a base for subversion in other Latin American countries. —There is positive evidence that there are no Russian submarine bases on the island. —Since the October crisis, Russia has pulled about 5,000 troops out of Cuba, leaving about “17,000 Soviet military personnel, including technicians, in Cuba today. This includes four combat forces, each of about 1,000 to 1,250 men.” —There are about 102 MIG planes in Cuba, which “do not have a nuclear bombing capability under normal circumstances” and are not now “configured for such missions.” —The United States considers the tanks, troops and weapons there to be defensive because Cuba hasn’t got the “amphibious capability” to launch an assault on another nation. “The United States did not just ensure that missiles alone left the island of Cuba,” Hughes said. “We ensured that the missile systems left.’’

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wick of Martinsville as ranking member. They were opposed by minority Democrats with Reps. William Sebree of Anderson and Frederick M. Hinshaw of Muncie as spokesmen. The university-college operating budget as approved by the committee calls for $62,882,000 for Indiana, compared with a $69,393,000 proposal; $57,104,000 for Purdue, compared with a $63,014,000 proposal; $11,321,000 for Indiana State, compared with a $12,492,000 proposal, and $13,693,000 for Ball State, compared with $15,111,000 proposal. , Hinshaw said the Democrats on the committee may launch a floor fight in the House when the bill comes out, in an effort to restore the cut funds. They were considering a formal protest even before that. Hinshaw said the committee slashed too deeply on state aid. He said he was not too concerned about the college - university budget slash but believed state support for local schools would be reduced to 23 per cent ot the total cost and “that’s too much.” State Traffic Toft Increased To 90

By United Press International Northeastern Indiana bore the brunt of the state’s latest flurry of traffic fatalities which raised the year’s toll to at least 90 compared with 78 a year ago. Five deaths in that general area in a two-day period hiked the 1963 total. Daniel Lyman, 67, Fort Wayne, was struck and killed by a hit-run vehicle Wednesday night on a city street, and Troy Kissinger, 22, Fort Wayne, surrendered at police headquarters a short time later to be charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Lewis Hollopeter, 70, Albion, was killed in a car-truck collision on U.S. 27 near Fort Wayne earlier Wednesday. Near Middlebury in Elkhart County Wednesday morning, Wellington Hart, 70, and Mrs. Clara Pontius, 67, both of LaGrange, were killed in a car-truck collision at a highway intersection. The night before, a 9-year-old girl died of injuries suffered when she ran into a Fort Wayne street in front of a car.

Rule Change Battle Is Ended In Senate WASHINGTON (UPI) —The Senate today laid to rest the 1963 anti-filibuster rule fight which has blocked other business for 3% weeks. It made its key decision to end the rule change struggle on a 5442 vote by which it refused to apply its controversial gag rule to halt debate. Then, in a swift leadership move overriding liberals seeking another test, the Senate voted to adjourn until Monday: — The adjournment action wiped out the long-pending motion for consideration of a rule change and killed the issue. The adjournment vote was 64-33. Todays was the 38th vote on cloture' since the rule was established in 1917 and the 33rd time it has failed. ‘ The Senate’s gag rale requires approval by two-thirds of those present and voting to shut off debate. Mechanic Is Found Dead In Garage TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (UPI) — Service station owner George Lewzader, 49, was found dead in his garage Wednesday, the victim of carbon monoxide poisoning. He was apparently overcome by fumes while working on a truck.

Proposes Net Income Tax On Corporations To Finance Lake Port

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana Senate Democratic leader today proposed a net income tax on corporations to finance a Lake Michigan port, but his Republican counterpart promptly proposed a silt study to determine geographic feasibility before public funds are spent. Sen. Marshall F. Kizer switched from a previous position against using tax money to build the outer breakwater for the proposed Burns Ditch port as recommended by Governor Welsh in proposing creation of a $35 million economic development fund. But Sen. D. Russell Bontrager of Elkhart, in a Senate floor reply to Kizer, charged that “the economic development fund is a propaganda springboard from which the governor and Clinton Green have been launching their satellites.” Green is secretary of the Indiana Port Commission. Bontrager charged that Kizer had stated publicly he was “for the port only on the promise the taxpayers of Indiana would not be nicked for it.” “Who has gotten to you?” Bontrager demanded of Kizer. “Is it Clint Green?” Would Amend Port Act Bontrager said Republicans would introduce an amendment to the 1961 port act which would authorize the commission to contract with the engineers for a $150,000 to $300,000 study of the port through a laboratory mockup~ He said the study would concern sampling soil,wind and water to be sure the project ja feasible and that the port would not fill up with silt and require expensive dredging. “If we get - this pilot study,” Bontrager said, “it will be within 5 or 6 months of the 1965 Legislature.” “Let us remember the Republicans and Democrats both are in favor of this port, but let us know first what a pilot model will show.” Kizer sought rebuttal time after Bontrager spoke, but Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine ruled against him as presiding officer. Indignant Democrats, seeking to overrule the chair, demanded a roll call vote. Republicans, noting two of their meager majority absent, quickly called a recess until they rounded up the two, one of whom was Sen. Roy Conrad, R-Monticello, who was ill in his hotel room. Then they voted and it was 25-23 to uphold Ristine. Replies for Kiser Sen. David Rogers, D-Blooming-ton, then replied for Kizer and

Diefenbaker Hopes To Prevent Revolt

OTTAWA (UPI) — Prime Minister John Diefenbaker has promised to play down anti-American-ism in the coming election campaign to avoid a cabinet revolt against his leadership, authoritative sources said today. "7 But Diefenbaker, who dissolved Canada’s 25th Parliament and set April 8 as the date for the election, indicated Wednesday night the dispute with the United States over nuclear weapons policy would be a campaign issue. “Our policy is to ensure a strong Canada, economically and politically, whose freedom will be ensured without a loss of sovereignty or domination by any other country,” the Conservative party leader said. “We want a Canada which, while interdependent, will always be independent,” he said. “Our policy will always be made in Canada.” Charges U.S. Interference Diefenbaker, who has accused the U.S. of interfering in Canada’s internal affairs, spoke on a nationwide television program, as did the leaders of three opposition parties. The television program was CBS’s News Magazine. The sources said rebel cabinet ministers threatened to resign an masse unless Diefenbaker agreed to go soft on the dispute, which led to the collapse of his minority government. . The ministers issued the ultimatum because they feared an anti-U.S. campaign would hurt

said implications that Welsh would spend the economic development fund money in haste were untrue. Until last December, Welsh had expected the federal government would construct the offshore breakwater. But when it became evident federal funds would not be available, possibly for as long as 10 years, Welsh asked for a threecent increase in the cigarette tax to pay for the port and three other projects. Kizer brushed off the cigarette tax hike proposal and said “I propose that industry which now is doing business across state lines and admittedly not now paying its share of state taxes, be asked to contribute to the construction of a port.” Tax la Equitable “It should be obvious that it is just this business, business across state lines, yes, and even international lines—that the port is designed to handle. Such a tax would permit our business firms to be taxed equitably, not some paying taxes and some not, as now,” he said. Kizer estimated a 4% per cent corporate net income tax would yield $44 million for the next two years. Welsh, in proposing his economic development fund, suggested raising $35 million for the biennium, of which $25 million was earmarked for the port, and the remainder for toll bridges over tiie Ohio River at Cannelton and Mauckport, rehabilitation of state park properties, and aid for the Monroe Reservoir. Kizer said he now favors enactment of the full development fund and credited Republican Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine with changing his mind about using state-raised money for the breakwaters. Port Means Jobs “Just Tuesday night on television he stated clearly that the port would mean 100,000 new jobs for Indiana,” Kizer said. “What member of the Senate can hold back his support with 100,000 additional jobs for Hoosiers at stake? This would wipe out our unemployment problem.” Meanwhile, a sales tax bill which once was eyed with great enthusiasm was scheduled for introduction today after getting a lukewarm send-off by the Indiana Tax and Financing Policy Commission. The commission at a meeting Wednesday completed drafting the bill and voted to present it to the legislature without recommendation. It would bring in an (Continued on Page Eight)

the party and Canada’s economy by frightening away American investment, the sources said. Their mass resignation almost would assure the party’s defeat at the polls. The ultimatum was reported to have come after a caucus of about 100 Conservatives gave Diefenbaker a crucial vote of confidence to lead the party in the election. The vote came Wednesday morning, shortly before the prime minister dissolved Parliament and scheduled the general election, this nation’s second in less than a year. Pearson Early Favorite Lester B. Pearson, the Liberal party leader and a strong early favorite to -win the election, said on the television program that it would be wrong to make Cana-dian-American relations a major issue. Robert N. Thompson, Social Credit party leader, agreed that it would be “very unfortunate” if anti-Americanism became an important campaign issue. The Diefenbaker government fell Tuesday night following protests over the State Department’s criticism last week of Canadian failure to arm itself with U.S. nuclear warheads. The third opposition party leader on the program, T. C. Douglas of the New Democrats, did not directly mention the dispute but said he would appeal to the electorate to “reject in clear terms nuclear weapons for this country.”

Third Violent Blasi Rocks Terre Haute TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (UPDThe third violent explosion in 36 days rocked Terre Haute late Wednesday, causing an estimated $250,000 in damage and injuring 18 persons. The blast ripped through three homes, a barber shop and a store called the Swap Shop in the northern portion of the city. Eighteen persons were rushed to Union Hospital. Police and firemen raced to the scene. A two-block area was evacuated and the pungent odor of gas hung over the vicinity. The explosion occurred in the Swap Shop at the corner of 15th and Lafayette Sts. The buildings were located about two miles from the Home Meat Packing Co. plant, where 16 workmen were killed in the first blast Jan. 2. The Home plant was located in the northwest edge of the city. Assistant Fire Chief Don Harris said the blast apparently was caused by gas. Police Capt. Lester Morton estimated the damage. Authorities said all schools in Terre Haute and Vigo County would be closed Thursday so heating systems could be inspected. One of the injured, Betty Stewart, said she was standing on the corner when she heard a “bubbling sound.” “I started to move away and seconds later was blown across the street,” she said. Lee Pruner, who witnessed the blast from his filling station about 80 yards from the corner, said he heard “a loud explosion and the door to the lubricating room was blown in and I was knocked to flnnr T wont mitcidk* anH caur

Health Message Sent Congress

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy sent to Congress today the administration blueprint for improving the nation’s health and boosting its medical facilities and manpower. In a special message “on improving American health,” Kennedy said Social Security health insurance for older people “must be enacted this year.” He said such a measure was “long overdue” and should be at the “top of the congressional agenda on health.” But he reserved the details of the controversial medicare program for his special message on aging expected to go to Congress late next week. Administration officials declined to give the total cost of today’s proposals, mostly familiar items. Officials said the financial recommendations were included in the 1964 budget. Among the requests Kennedy renewed were grants for medical and dental schools, air pollution control, health research, vocational rehabilitation, encouragement of group practice, improving maternal and child care and health and community health services. Asks Tighter Controls The President also said there was a “clear and urgent need” for tighter control-over the marketing of food, drugs, therapeutic devices and cosmetics. Kennedy urged a five-year extension of the Hill-Burton Act providing federal aid for construction of health facilities, due to expire June 30, 1964. He asked an additional $35 million to provide financial assistance for modernizing or replacing hospitals and nursing homes under the law. He said the need for “high quality” nursing homes would be “especially great” and, urged an. increase in the budget for such' facilities from S2O million to SSO million annually.

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the debris and the people trying to get out of the houses.” Eyewitnesses said three homes and the “You-Are-Next Barber Shop were destroyed and the Swap Shop flattened. Other homes in the immediate area were damaged. The shock of the explosion was felt miles away, residents said. Six persons were injured in an explosion in the city’s southeast section last Monday. Families were evacuated from their homes and workmen scoured the area for gas leaks Tuesday and Wednesday. Four of the 18 injured were admitted to Union Hospital. Hospital officials said Mrs. Rosalie Powell, 28, Betty Stewart, 23, Woodrow Boatman, 36, and Janice Austin, 18, were in satisfactory condition. Police attributed the large number of injured to the fact that the street was crowded with homeward bound commuters. World Wide Day Os Prayer On March 17 GENEVA (UPD — The World Council of Churches (WCC) has appealed for a world wide day of prayer March 17 in support of the United Nations freedom from hunger campaign. Spokesmen said Wednesday WCC headquarters here has appealed to its 201 member churcht es in 80 nations to pray for sucr cess of the week-long U. N. program starting March 17. DECATIR TBMPBRATVWES , Local weather data far the 14 hour period ending- at 11 am. today. 12 noon 50 12 midnight .. 36 1 p.m 50 1 a m 34 2 p.m 50 2 a.m. 32 3 p.m 48 3 a.m 32 4 p.m 48 4 a.m _ 32 5 p.m 48 5 a.m. 36 6 p.m 46 6 a.m 87 7 p.m 46 7 a.m 34 8 p.m 46 8 a.m. 34 9 p.m 42 9 a m 34 16 p.m 40 10 a.m 32 11 p.m. ....... 88 11 am. ....... 33 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period endi Ing at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary’s river wae at 1.40

Kennedy proposed federal aid to expand nurses* training facilities and to assist students unable to afford nurses’ courses. He also requested planning grants to assist public, non-profit and state agencies to survey and plan needed health facilities in their communities. The President laid particular stress on scientific “overwhelming evidence linking air pollution to the aggravation of heart conditions and to increases in susceptibility to chronic respiratory diseases, particularly among older people.” Air Pollution Control He asked Congress to adopt legislation to abate interstate air pollution along the lines of the existing water pollution control enforcement measures. “Substantial advances have been made during the past year in protecting the American people against contamination of food, air and water, and the hazards associated with drugs,” Kennedy said. But he added that “much remains to be done.” “We need to broaden our surveillance and control of pollution in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat," he declared. Kennedy recommended stronger inspection authority to determine whether food, over-the-coun-ter drugs, cosmetics, and therapeutic or diagnostic devices are being manufactured in accordance with the law. He also requested subpoena power to compel manufacturers to produce evidence at hearings. In this field he also urged a requirement that cosmetics be tested and proved safe before they are marketed, that devices he proved safe and effective before sold, and that hazardous household articles carry warnings on their labels.