Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1963 — Page 2

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Playing Delicate Middle East Game

By STEWART HENSLEY United Preu International WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States is engaged in a delicate diplomatic game in the Middle East in an effort to keep revolutionary ferment among the Arab states from sparking new turmoil. On the one hand, Washington firmly supports United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser. And it quickly recognized the new pro-Nasser revolutionary regimes in Yemen, Iraq and Syria. At the same time, the Kennedy administration has renewed and strengthened its pledges to help safeguard the sovereignty of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, both ruled by monarchies attacked as “reactionary” by the Arab revolutionaries. The critical point at the moment is Yemen, where Nasser has more than 20,000 troops helping the revolutionary government maintain the control it gained last September. He has promised the United States he will pull them out if Saudi Arabia ends its financial and material aid to royalist remnants clinging to a corner of Yemen. Adventure Very Costly The adventure is costing Nasser more money than he can afford. The United States believes he wants to withdraw and is

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bringing pressure on Saudi Arabia to stop aiding the royalists. But Washington sternly warned Nasser against any repetition of bombing raids early this month on Saudi supply points. The Kennedy administration believes Nasser has become a sober and responsible leader, a stabilizing force for Egypt and the largest power in the Middle East. The British agree that Nasser has been good for Egypt. They are not so sure he will prove to be good for the Middle East. They do not foresee any dangerous Pan-Arab expansion, but think Nasser's economic difficulties eventually may make him more adventurous. Nasser received $257.4 million in U.S. economic aid in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and is getting about $l5O million more this year. However, he also has received S6OO million in recent years from Russia for the Aswan Dam and industrial development. He is in hock to the Kremlin for a considerable part of the $2.5 billion in military equipment supplied by Russia during the past six years. Some critics of administration policy believe Nasser is playing the United States for a sucker. The Kennedy administration does not think so. Point to Nasser Record Washington officials point to his

continued suppression of Communists within Egypt, the great decrease in anti-Western propaganda there, and Nasser’s willingness to consult closely on methods for stabilizing the Middle East. This U.S. policy soon may be put to some stern tests, however, as a result of the emergence in Iraq last month and Syria this month of new revolutionary regimes plugging for a militant “Arab union” with Nasser and “liberation” of Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Israel, perennial target of the Arabs, is keeping a close eye on developments but has not said much yet about the new forces at work in the area. Israeli authorities appear to discount the possibility of any really effective pan-Arab union which might increase their peril, although they recognize that recent developments certainly have not diminished it. Most Middle East experts agree that age-old economic, national and other differences among Syria, Iraq and Egypt will prevent the formation of any tightly knit federation. Syria is pushing for closer political union and Iraq wants a joint military command, but Nasser is taking a cautious line. Diplomatic authorities expect current discussions will produce more of a “rhetorical” agreement than a workable administrative structure. It is expected the new Syrian and Iraqi governments will develop along lines parallel to Nasser, coordinated but not Federated. Our advertisers are for your HOME TOWN — DECATUR. Patronize them.

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Will Select Queen To Represent Area A “Miss Northeast Indiana” win represent Fort Wayne and the surrounding 11 counties at the Miss Indiana pageant in Michigan City this year. Plans for the selection of “Miss Northeast Indiana” were announced Monday by Willis E. Diskey, general chairman of the Lions foundation committee of Fort Wayne. The foundation is made up of the nine Lions clubs cf Fort Wayne, with a total membership of more than 600 Lions, which will stage the contest. Diskey said the Lions foundation had been invited to select a “Miss Northeast Indiana” beauty to compete with the other area vanners at Michigan City. Plans for a Miss Northeast pageant to be held here in the middle of June were gotten under way immediately, he added. The winner of the Miss Indiana pageant in addition to a SI,OOO scholarship will win the right to represent the Hoosier state in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. Miss America will receive a SIO,OOO scholarship, and an additional $75,000 in modeling and personal appearances contracts. Diskey said he will name a chairman of the committee which will assist in staging the Miss Northeast Indiana pageant in several days. He will appoint heads of the entries committee, staging committee, program committee, and publicity committee for the contest. “The new Miss America” might very well be living right here m Fort Wayne or one of the 11 surrounding counties,” Diskey said. “She may be the girl who sells you your movie tickets, your receptionist, your secretary, or perhaps one of the girls in the annual high school play.” Diskey added, “You may also see her every day and never suspect that a year from now she may be on magazine covers, touring foreign countries, and representing American young womanhood as Miss America.” “But if she is in the Fort Wayne area, we are going to ask every citizen of this area to help us find a girl to represent us in the Miss Indiana pageant and perhaps go on to Atlantic City and capture the Miss America title.” Decatur Restaurant Owners Installed Two Decatur restraunt owners have been formally installed as district officers of the Indiana restau-. , rant association, according to an announcement by Eugene Knauer, Terre Haute, association president. Cletus Miller, of the Fairway, has been installed as district vice president, and Mrs. P. M. Jennings, of the Jennings restaurant, has been installed as women’s auxiliary district service chairman.

Rain, Storms Again Sweep Over Indiana By United Press International Winter sang a soggy swan song with overtones of spring in Indiana today as thunderstorms and heavy rain swept the state for the second time in 48 hours. The net result was more stream flooding and more surface water standing in low places. Furthermore, more heavy rain was predicted before the day ends. Officially, winter was within houbs of ending. Spring officially arrives at 3:20 a.m. EST Thursday. Following up Saturday’s rainfall totaling from 1 to 3 inches over the broad expanses of the Wabash and White River basins, the latest rain Monday night and today added from one-half to more than one and one-half inches of precipitation to the already water- j soaked soil. Totals included Danville I.W, Indianapolis 1.39, Seymour 1.26, Shoals 1.23, Evansville 1.03, Greencastle 1.10, Covington 1.04, Zionsville 1.07, Bedford .97, Elwood .71, Spencer .70, Peru .72, Noblesville .64, Lafayette .89,, Fort Wayne .40, South Bend .19, Bluffton .59, Crawfordsville .65, Frankfort and Logansport .60, Wabash .66, Columbus .59, Bloomington .76, Shelbyville .68, Anderson .82, Rushville .61, Petersburg .44, Terre Haute .75, Marion .46. Forecasts called for rain and scattered thunderstorms the remainder of the day, with additional amounts possibly totaling two inches throughout most of the central and south portions of the state. Main rivers were on the rise from one end to the other and small streams spewed out of their banks in a renewal of the weather’s frontal attack. Once nature gets the current rainfall out of her system by this evening, dry weather was predicted for the last two days of the winter season. Wednesday will be cloudy and Thursday will be partly cloudy to fair. Between 75 and 80 Clark County families were driven from their homes, mostly in the Utica area near Jeffersonville, by the swollen Ohio and its tributaries under the impact of the weekend rain. Four-teen-year-old Lawrence Roth was injured badly when he fell from the back of a moving van taking his family’-s household furnishings fot>m their flood-threatened home to high ground. Other evacuations were from Clarksville and Emery’s Crossing. Temperatures remained near normal for this time of year. Highs Monday ranged from 46 at South Bend to 53 at Indianapolis, and overnight lows this morning from 33 at South Bend to 47 at Evansville. Highs today will range from 45 to the 60s, lows tonight from the 30s to 44, and highs Wednesday from the low 40s to the mid 50s. The latest rain began in the extreme south portion near noon Monday and moved slowly upstate, barely dampening the extreme north portion by this morning. Only two weeks ago, the year’s precipitation at Indianapolis was far below normal. As a result of three rounds of heavy rain this month, the total for 1963 is narly 2Vk inches in excess of normal Monmouth Juniors To Present Play Friday The junior class of the Monmouth high school will present its class play, "Hillbilly Wedding,” at 8 p.m. Friday at the school auditorium. A three-act comedy, setting of the production is a mountain cabin in the Kentucky hills. Cast members include Fritz Bultemeier, Margaret Cook, Linda Fleming, Perry Schroeder, Dianne King and Ron Habegger. Tickets are now on sale by the juniors or may be purchased at the door. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results. ) OjJJKw r < Ofl®. > s > w < ■ ■ < IMF ywsswsb: SEAL APPEAL—These are the twin Easter Seal designs! for tiie 1963 appeal ot the National Society for Crippled Children.

Vital Aides For "Music Man" Show

Two names not listed in the cast of characters, but very vital to the production of “The Music Man,” are Charles Allen of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Jean Bower of Decatur. Allen serves as choreographer, or instructor of the dancers, for the Jaycees-sponsored show, while Mrs. Bower is the accompanist for the stage play. “The Music Man” is scheduled for presentation Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, in the Decatur high school auditorium, and tickets are selling rapidly for the show. Allen brings quite a lengthy background in dance experience and education to the production. He is well-known in Decatur through his dance classes held at the Youth and Community Center here. He has choreographed and maintained a dance group in the following: Hollywood Club, Chicago; Kaysee’s in Toledo; the Red Room in the Esquire Lounge, Dayton; clubs in all major cities in the state of New York, and he has had a dance line that travelled throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. He has danced in vaudeville with Siamese twins a few years back. Wide Background One of the very best in his field, Allen has choreographed for a number of Fort Wayne Civic Theater shows, including “Say Darling,” “Brils Are Ringing,” “The Boy Friend,” "Once Upon a Mattress,” and “Peter Pan.” Allen has played the piano for two Anthony award shows, and has received his own Anthony award from the Civic Theater for backstage work. His dance education includes ballet and tap, modern dance, jazz and Spanish dancing from a number of the better instructors in Chicago, New York City, and other

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Charles Allen U. S. cities. In addition to teaching in Decatur, Allen has classes in Fort Wayne, Celina and shares a school with a partner in Paulding. Brs. Bower is the wife of wellknown local jeweler Ferris Bower. The Bowers reside at 420 Limberlost Trail. Mrs. Bower is the wife of wellwith music most of her life, and while at Heidelberg College, she majored in piano and music, and was a student accompanist for vocal and instrumental professors and the college choir. Akron Native A native of Akron, 0., she accompanied for the Operetta Society of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in that city in the production of “Pirates Penzance.” a Gilbert and Sullivan production. A former resident of St. Marys, 0., she was accompanist for the Goodyear company’s men’s choir in that city. Mrs. Bower was also

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1963

Jean Bower in the church orchestra in both Akron and St. Marys. Mrs. Bower, like many others connected with the show, has been donating many hours the past month to the show. She teaches piano from her home in Stratton Place. General chairman Wayne Roahrig and ticket chairman Ted Hill have urged persons wishing to attend the Jaycees-sponsored production of Meredith Wilson's show, to purchase their tickets soon. Tickets are on sale at Bower Jewelry and Indiana & Michigan, and other stores in Decatur, and at Stan’s Men’s Wear in Berne. for young feet in need I of Special -Attention C JW* to $11.50 .. i As specialists in juvenile footwear, we are particularly proud of our CHILD LIFE Arch Feature Shoes. And for good reason. They have built-in construction features that provide added support for little feet — and one child in every four does not have a “normal foot.” Our expert fitters—especially trained for work with children — will be glad to check your child. Do come in for a visit. Open Daily Except Thursdays and Saturday Afternoons ORTHO SHOE CLINIC Dr. Mel Weisman 145 S. 2nd St. Phone 3-4134