Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1963 — Page 1

VOL LXI. NO. 45.

Soviet Union Warns U.S. Any Attack Against Cuba Would Start World War

URGES MILITAMY ACTION—Dr. Manuel A. de Varena, left, former president of the Cuban senate, examines map with Rep. Armistead I. Selden Jr., D-Ala., prior to his appearance before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee of which Selden is chairman. De Varona said that only military action led by the U. S. “can liberate Cuba and restore peace to the hemisphere.

Plans Are Outlined By Highway Depl. The Adams county highway department has submitted a proposed construction and repair progranrter 1983 t0 the Adams county commissioners. The report shows new constructton of blacktop roads, roads to resurface with a hot mix material and bridges to be constructed and repaired during the year. Listed under blacktop roads to be constructed are the following: .75 mile on county road 1%, between U. 8. 27 and county road 36 in Preble twp; 1.5 miles on county road 28, between U. S. 224 and county road 5 in Union twp.; one mile on county road 8%, between U. 8. 27 and county road 34 in Washington twp.; three miles on county road 11, between Pleasant Mills and county road 31, in Washington and St. Mary’s twps.; onehalf mile on county road 17, between county road 30 and 31 in Monroe twp. Ope-half mile on county road 18, one-half mile east of the Salem Abad in Blue Creek twp.; one mile on county road 18, between U. S. 27 and county 33 'Tile Mill road) in Monroe twp.; one-half mile on the state line, between county roads 22 and 21 in Jefferson twp.; three miles on county road 38%, between state road 116 and county road 21 in Jefferson twp. Resurface Two Two miles on the Piua Road, northwest of U. S. 224 in Root twp., and one-half mile on the Mud Pike Road, south of Decatur in Washington twp., are included as roads to be re-surfaced with a hot-mix material. Bridges to be consthucted and repaired are: on county road SflS,

Hundreds Dead, Hurt In Quake

BENGHAZI, Libya (UPD—Hundreds of persons were reported today to have been killed or injured in an earthquake that shattered the Mediterranean resort town of Barce, 55 miles northeast of here. The United States and Britain rushed doctors and medical equipment to aid survivors of the quake that shook the town of 3,000 persons late Thursday. A spokesman at Wheelus Field, a U.S. air base 275 miles west of Barce, said reports reaching there estimated that 250 persons were killed and 500 injured by the quake. British headquarters here said 100 persons were known dead and many others were believed buried in the rubble. Officers of both nations ottered medical aid, and the British army sent two doctors with an ambulance and a small detachment of troops to Barce as soon as the extent of the disaster became known. Planes from Wheelus Field flew in a party of Libyan doctors led

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between county roads 24% and 25 in Wabash twp.; on county road 25, between U. S. 27 and county road 35 in Wabash twp.; on county road 34, between county roads 10 and 11 in Washington twp.; on county road 28%, between state road 116 and the county line in Jefferson twp.; on county road 7%, between county roads 29 and 30 in St. Mary’s twp.; on county road 34, between county roads 10 and 11 in Washington twp. On county road 24%, between county roads 38% and 39 in Hartford twp.; on county road 38, between county roads 10 and 11 in Kirkland twp.; on county road 34% between county roads 22% and 22 in Wabash twp.; on county road 16, between county roads 27 and 28 in Union twp.; and on county road 4, between U. S. 27 and the Winchester Road, in Root twp. DECATt'R TEMPBRATVRKS Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. It noon 18 12 midnight .. 2 1 p.m. It I a.m. 2 2 p.m 14 2 a.m. .... 0 3 p.m 12 2 a m 0 4 p.m. ......... 12 4 a.in. T 5 p.m. .. 10 5 a.m -1 < p.m. 12 6 a.m -1 I p.m 8 7 a.m -2 8 p.m. 8 8 a.m 0 9 p.m. 4 9 a.m. ...... 8 10 p.m. 2 10 a.m 10 II p.m 2 11 a.m 12 --- -Pmtoitattea Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 Inches. The St. Mary's river was at 2.28 .feet...,, INDIANA WEATHER * Partly cuoudy tonight and Saturday. A few snow flurries near Lake Michigan. Slowly moderating temperatures. Low tonight sero to 6 above north, 5 below to 5 above sooth. High Saturday 15 to 20 north, 10 to 20 south. Sunset today 6:29 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 7:27 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Mostly cloudy with chance of some snow. Continued warming trend. Low near 5 north to 20 sotuh. High 30 north to 38 aorth.

by a British army doctor from Tripoli, the Libyan capital. British troops with truck-mount-ed radio sets were on the way to Barce to establish a temporary communications link with the outside world. The quake knocked down the telephone and telegraph lines normally used by the town. Capt. T. H. Burleson, spokesman at U.S. Air Force headquarters at Wiesbaden, Germany, said reports indicated the quake caused extensive damage at Barce and in the surrounding area. Hundreds of buildings were said to have collapsed when the temblor hit. Burleson said six U.S. Air Force planes had flown a 36-bed hospital, two ambulances, 1,000 blankets and medical supplies to the scene. He said five doctors also were dispatched to help. ‘‘According to reports we have received from the U.S. Air Force base at Wheelus, Libya, 250 persons were killed tad approximately 500 injured,” Burleson said.

MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union warned the United States today that any attack on Cuba would start World War 111. Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Rodion Malinovsky also said that Russia and its allies would regard a war against Cuba as a war against all of them. “This war will be waged not only in Cuban territory but on the territory of the United States too,” Malinovsky said in a major speech at ceremonies marking the 45th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces. Malinovsky Issued his warning at a time when Soviet ships were reported en route to Cuba to remove several thousand of the estimated 17,000 Russian troops stationed there. It also came shortly after the United States sent a sharp note to Cuba demanding an explanation of the attack by MIG fighters on an unarmed American shrimp boat in the Florida Straits. “We want to admonish the aggressive circles,” Malinovsky said, “that an attack on the Cuban republic would mark the beginning of a third world war.” He said that in the event of any such attack, the Soviet Union would be in the forefront of those to help Cuba. “It is impossible to intimidate us,” he said. “We have the power to burn up the aggressors in the first hour of attack.” He also charged that American submarines were menacing Soviet ships in the Caribbean. Malinovsky added that the Soviet Union “will wipe out civil and military objects of the United States and annihilate countries which have U.S. weapons” in the event of an attack on Russia. The defense minister claimed in a major address that Russia would reply with a salvo of three times as many rockets as those the United States might launch against the Soviet Union. (Continued on Page Eight)

Postmaster Boch - Speaks To Rotary Postmaster John Boch presented a very interesting and informative talk on the U. S. postal system to the Decatur Rotary dub Thursday night. Boch stated that he is the only man in Decatur whose company loses two million dollars a day and stays in business. The U. S. postal system does two-thirds of the world’s post office business. “There are 180 million Americans, which represents one-sixth of the world’s population, yet we send and receive 66% of all the mail in the world.” He indicated that one piece of mail may be handled from 11 to 19 times from the time it is dropped into the mail slot until it is delivered to the addressee. The U.S. post office delivers 63 billion pieces of mail each year. In addition to delivering mail, the post offices are agents for several other governmental agencies and public groups. As an example, for the armed forces they locate relatives of deceased servicemen, sell savings bonds, stamps and documentary stamps for the treasury department, sell bird hunting stamps for the department of the interior; deliver flags for veteran’s funerals for the veterans administration; supply information on all vocations for the civil service; act as a receiving center of money received for charitable organizations; count doves and conduct a livestock survey for the agriculture department; post wanted posters for the FBI; provide income tax blanks for the department of internal revenue; certify widows and children in January and July for continued pension benefits, furnish applications for the peace corps program, and witness the marking of absentee ballots for voting. In closing Boch stated that the largest post office in the world is in New York City, employing 35,000 people and with receipts ot 3225 million per year. The Decatur post office, in comparison, on a normal day handles 22,000 pieces of mail, employs 26 full time and six part time employes, and has receipts of 8119,000 per year.

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Demands Cuba Explain Attack

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Th« United States has demanded $ speedy explanation from Cuban Premier Fidel Castro of the attack by MIG fighters on an unharmed American shrimp boat if the Florida Straits. A strong note demanding ai early reply was sent to Havana Thursday afternoon as President Kennedy promised swift action to prevent any repetition of the attack. (A Cuban radio broadcast monitored in Miami Thursday night charged the United States had “invented” the MIG attack to cover up sorties against Cuban shipping by anti-Castro exiles in this country.) The President told his news conference Thursday that the Defense Department had been ordered to make any necessary revisions in standing orders to insure action against any attacking craft. He declined to say whether this would involve adoption of the doctrine of “hot pursuit,” in which Cuban aircraft would be chased back to their home bases under U.S. gunfire. Details of the U.S. policy will be developed, Kennedy said, when it becomes clearer whether the Wednesday attack was an isolated incident of pilot decision or foreshadowed other attacks by the Cubans. The Joint Chiefs of Staff were known to be considering the question of hot pursuit, but defense officials said their strategy would not be tipped oft in advance. These officials said that Kennedy’s order for U.S. forces to take “all necessary measures” to prevent future attacks clearly would justify American fighters in firing on MIGS at the scene of an attack. The U.S. note to Cuba, sent by way of the Swiss Embassy in Havana, was understood to have protested in extremely strong terms the attack on the trawler Ala. The note was said to describe the attack as an international violation of international law. The Cuban attack brought a wave of indignation in Congress. Lawmakers called it an intolerable act of aggression and Red “piracy.” They demanded that American planes fire on and chase any future attackers. s- Kennedy told his news conference that the attacking planes “flew under the Cuban flag” and the United States would hold Cuba responsible unless Russians claim they were flying the MIGS.

Record-Breaking Cold In Indiana

By United Press International A record-breaking sub-zero cold wave gripped Indiana today from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River. Canadian air which sent the mercury on a sharp downward plunge Wednesday night shoved it deeper 24 hours later, and Hoosiers awakened today to readings ranging down to 12 below zero at La Porte and 11 below zero at South Bend. Other lows included 10 below at Cincinnati, 9 below at Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, 7 below at Lafayette, 6 below at Evansville, 5 below at Terre Haute and 2 below at Louisville. The latest weather-connected death occurred today at Chandler, near Evansville, when a fire blamed on an overheated stove swept a house, killing 8-year-old Brenda Hess and injuring seven other members of her family, six of them critically. The low marks broke by many degrees the old records which had stood for 78 years. At Indianapolis, the new record was 11 degrees colder than the 2-above mark set in 1885 and never matched since. It also was the coldest temperature ever tecorded in the capital city so late in the winter season.

The Defense Department said two MIGS fired rockets close to the 67-foot boat in international waters between Florida and Cuba. The boat, which had drifted three days with engine trouble, was not hit by the MIGS’ fire and its two-man crew was rescued by a U.S. destroyer escort. In Key West, Fla., where they were taken, the two men—Paris Jackson, 44, and Benjamin Washington, 27—said the MIGS also fired machine guns. They said they tied a green rag to a stick and waved it as a truce flag, but the MIGS made two passes in a space of 15 minutes. Hie Russian-built MIGS were chased away by Florida-based U. S. Marine jet fighters, who got close enough to witness some of the rocket firing. There was no exchange of gunfire between the U.S. and Cuban planes. Tiny Arkansas Town Evacuated By Blast EL DORADO, Ark. (UPI) — A train carrying highly volatile chemicals rammed a gasoline truck and burst into flames today at nearby Norphlet. Police began evacuating the 1,200 town residents and specialized chemical firefighters rushed to the scene. First reports said at least three persons were injured. A Missouri Pacific Railroad spokesman said there was no indication how long the tiny, rural Arkansas town would be imperiled by a burning carload of volatile ammonium nitrate fertilizer on the train. The El Dorado fire department and special chemical fire fighting units from Monsanto Chemical Co. and American Oil Co. sped to Norphlet, eight miles north of El Dorado on Arkansas Highway 7;—- .-r... Ammonium nitrate was the cargo aboard the SS Grandcamp when it exploded in the harbor at Texas City in 1947, killing 512 persons and injuring 3,000. Ambulances were rushed to the town to standby in case the volatile cargo exploded. Firemen could not use water to fight the blaze because it might ignite the chemicals. The Missouri Pacific pulled the rest of the 74-car train away from the burning car. The train was en route from El Dorado to Little Rock.

It was the second day in a row for a record-breaking low in Indianapolis. The Thursday low of 4 below zero, registered near midnight, broke the old mark established in 1885 by two degrees. The weatherman predicted moderating temperatures through the weekend but colder again the first of the week with temperatures for the next five days averaging 8 to 18 degrees below normal with the greatest departure in central and south portions. Highs Thursday ranged from a chilly 4 above at Lafayette to 11 above at Evansville. Highs today will range from 10 to 20, on Saturday from 20 to the low 20s, and on Sunday a little warmer than that However, one more night of zero or near-zero temperatures was expected. The forecast for tonight is zero to 6 above north, zero to 10 above south. Snow was completely absent from the forecasts for the next three days, a happy prediction for winter-weary Hoosiers who recalled that deep snows have fallen in the Feb. 23-25 period the last three years in a row. As a matter of fact, the precipitation outlook for the period ending the middle of next week was for little or none.

Information Given On Exemption laws To avoid errors and misunderstandings in the filing and the allowing of tax exemptions, county auditor Edward Jaberg has made certain information available to taxpayers, so that all who can qualify for one or more of these “tax-savers” will make application to do so. Filing dates for any and all exemptions extend from March 1 to the first Monday In May of any given year. Applications will be received and filed only during this period. Blind persons, disabled servicemen, widows of disabled veterans, property owners whose property is mortgaged, and persons over 65 years of age with limited incomes are lawfully entitled to the benefits of a tax exemption, provided they can qualify and make application. Any blind person owning real estate which is used and occupied exclusively for his or her residence, and is not used for commercial purposes, and who does not receive any income from the same, and whose total net income from all sources is not in the excess of the exemption under the normal federal internal revenue act may have deducted from the assessed valuation of his or her real estate up to SI,OOO, Jaberg said. Need Statement Applications for this exemption must file along with their applications for exemption, a statement from a licensed physician or optometrist certifying that the applicant qualifies as a blind person. On or about March 1, all disabled ex-servicemen should or will receive from the veteran’s administration, a certification that they are entitled to a SI,OOO, $2,000 or $3,000 tax exemption. The amount depends on the disability status and tiie assessed valuation of property that is owned. These certificates must be presented at the county auditor’s office and an application filed there in order to benefit by this exemption low. All eligible veterans are reminded that this certificate is the authority on which the county auditor may grant a tax exemption, and that it will be mailed, not with a regular pension or disability check as ifi former years', but under separate cover. If Not Received If a veteran entitled to these benefits does not receive this certificate by March 5, he should contact either the veteran’s administration at 36 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Indianapolis, or James K. Staley, the Adams county service officer, immediately. If ihe certificate is lost or mislaid, the veteran must present his regular monthly check from which the auditor may copy a number, which win authorize granting an exemption. A serviceman’s exemption, unlike certain others, pertains to both real and personal property, and. the specified amount may be allowed in one or more counties in Indiana. Exemptions for widows of servicemen are governed by the same regulations. In addition to a veteran’s exemption, an ex-service-man may apply for a regular mortgage exemption provided he has mortgaged property and meets all other requirements. Jaberg said he would release further information Saturday morning regarding regular mortgage exemptions and age exemptions, which will be published in the Daily Democrat.

Anti-Castro Raid HAVANA (UPI) - Premier Fidel Castro’s revolutionary regime said early today its navy has captured eight anti-Castroites trying to smuggle men and arms into Cuba and has recovered two stolen fishing boats. An official announcement headlined by the government - controlled press did not give the names of the captives, nor did it say where they were taken prisoner or where the boats were recovered. The government said last week the boats weie seized a week ago Wednesday in an anti-Castro raid near Cayo Roque in which two persons were injured. Radio Havana said Thursday night the Russian-made MIGS which “flew over” the U.S. shrimp boat Ala Wednesday were looking for the stolen boats. The Castro regime has denied the U.S. Defense Department’s charge that the jet fighters fired rockets at the shrimp boat The official story said the stolen boats were taken to Britishowned Elbow Key, a tiny island north of Cuba in the Florida Striits. It said the Castro regime will protest to Britain against the use of the island by its foes. A third boat, stolen in a earlier raid, was wrecked when heavy seas piled it on the rocks at Elbow Key, the government statement said.

Welsh Calls In Leaders Os Both Parties

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The In dia n a legislative machinery ground to a halt today for party caucuses called when Republican and Democratic leaders were invited to lunch with Governor Welsh to discuss a compromise on tax and financing problems. No sooner were House and Senate gaveled to order this morning than caucuses were called by House Democrats, House Republicans, Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans. The House Ways and Means Committee also met. The caucuses were scheduled when word circulated that Welsh, who Jias steadfastly declined to propose a means of raising millions of dollars in increases he believes are necessary over and above estimated revenues in the 1963-65 biennium, had called a conference with legislative leaders. 19 Leaders Invited Welsh’s press secretary, Richard Martin, confirmed that invitations were issued to Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, Republican Sens. Roy Conrad and D. Russell Bontrager, Democratic Sens. William Christy and Marshall Kizer, House Speaker Richard W. Guthrie, Republican Reps. Charles Edwards and Owen Crecelius, and Democratic Reps. Charles Kirk and Robert Rock. Martin would not disclose the purpose of the conference, but leading lawmakers said it was an effort to work out a compromise on the perplexing problem of what taxes to raise and how much, and what new taxes to impose, if any, to meet increased demands for appropriations, largely for state aid to public schools. It appeared to be the first optimistic signs of a compromise since the 61-day biennial sesion of the legislature opened Jan. 10. Both parties have steered clear of laying themselves open to election campaign fodder blaming them for a tax increase. - Willing to Compromise Christy, Democratic caucus chairman, said when his group finished its caucus that the group “considered some sort of tax program.” “We want to sit down and come out with a tax plan,” Christy said. “We don’t feel one party should have to take the blame. We would like to see a net income tax considered, but we are flexible and if something else is more acceptable I’m sure we can negotiate.” Legislative reapportionment also was scheduled to reach a crucial stage today. The neatly-glued plans of the Senate Legislative Apportionment Committee, put together partially while Sen. Marshall Kizer, the minority leader was ill, faced a test in the upper chamber today. President Pro Tern D. Russell Bontrager, chairman of the committee, had scheduled advancement of both a resolution and a companion bill on reapportionment Thursday, but at the request of Sen. William Christy, Democratic caucus chairman, held up the action 24 hours. It developed that Kizer, back in his seat Thursday, took a look at

Wide Range Covered At News Conference

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy says it should be apparent by springtime whether Russia is willing to agree to a nuclear lest ban, But the President told newsmen Thursday it would be an error to try to set a deadline for progress in the negotiations. — At his news conference Kennedy touched on a wide range of subjects, from the New York newspaper strike to the attack on a U.S. shrimp boat by Cuban fighter planes. Kennedy said he “would hope that we would have progress by April-Ist” toward a test ban treaty. He said “by springtime we should know whether the Soviet Union is willing to make those arrangements” necessary for a test ban. But Kennedy added, “I wouldn't put down the date and say by this date we will know finally.” Keeps At It The issue is so critical, Kennedy said, that "we are going to keep at it if not by April Ist, beyond April Ist.” “I think people who attack the effort should keep in mind always that the alternative is the spread of these weapons to governments which may be irresponsible or which by accident may initiate a general nuclear conflagration.” Kennedy, at his news confer-

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the changes made in the reapportionment district map, and balked. “Gerrymandering’’ was the chief objection voiced by Kizer in a corridor conversation with a reporter. “They put several counties together to be sure they will always be strongly Republican districts,” Kizer said. “I resent it. And I’m not sure it will meet court requirements for reapportionment” Bontrager said he felt the new rift in the Democratic ranks on reapportionment cpuld be mended and that the plan would pass. Conrad is Surprised Republican caucus chairman Senator Roy Conrad, R-Monti-cello, expressed surprise at Kizer’s objections. “A lot of the work ori that plan was done in his hotel room,” Conrad declared. “I thought he knew what was in it.” Meanwhile, the House Ways and Means and the. Senate Finance Committees prepared to report out at least a portion of the various bills for increasing state revenue during the next two years. The finance committee reviewed in executive session two economic development fund measures, both calling for hikes in the cigarette tax and both aimed at producing money for a Lake Michigan port and two Ohio River bridges. The committee decided to report out a bill calling for one-half cent of the present 3-cents-a-pack state cigarette tax to be used for construction of the two bridges. It eliminated any reference to the port project. This was the bill which originally called for a 1%cent cigarette tax increase to create an economic development fund, the Republican version of a plan proposed by Governor Welsh. The House committee voted to report out five bills comprising the GOP majority’s tax package to (Continuea on Page Eight) Red Cross Workers Aid Al Sectional Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, secretary of the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross, has announced the names of physicians, ambulances, and first aid volunteers who will man the emergency Red Cross station at the Adams Central sectional tourney next week. Aiding at the opening session Wednesday night will be Dr. Norval S. Rich, the Yager ambulance, and Roy Gilliom and Iris Lehman, first aiders. Present for the Thursday night session will be Dr. Norman E. Beaver, the Winteregg-Linn ambulance, and first aiders Mervin Rupp and Mrs. Arthur Shoaf. Aiding at the Saturday afternoon session will be Mrs. Florence Aurand, R.N., Zwick ambulance, and Darrel Brown and Harold Schlagenhauf, first aiders. For the final session Saturday night, present will be Dr. James A. Boze, Gilig & Doan ambulance, and first aiders Mrs. Roger Singleton and Gerald Durkin.

ence, said: —He had ordered the Defense Department to move against any Cuban ship or plane attacking any American vessel or aircraft. —The New York newspaper strike has “passed the point of public toleration.” He sharply criticized union leader Bertram Powers and suggested both sides should submit their differences to “independent determination of some kind.” Troops Must Go —The United States would not “accept with equanimity” the continued presence of Russian troops in Cuba. —He thinks “we are going to get a tax cut” this year because “those who oppose it would have to take the responsibility for any deterioration in the economy” that might occur if the tax proposal was defeated. —Congress should enact hi s medical care program this year to meet “our responsibilities as a free nation.” —He is opposed to the 35-hour week even if it is negotiated by collective bargaining. —Most of the public opinion polls taken abroad of U.S. prestige can Mid will be released. But there are some which involve “personalities and policies of other countries” and their release might cause “diplomatic embarrassment.”