Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1963 — Page 1

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Kennedy To Report To Nation Tonight

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy, boosted by the warmth of his welcome in Costa Rica, today prepared a report to the nation on his Central American conference which he regarded as a vital step toward strengthening the Western Hemisphere. Kennedy will open a 6 p.m. EST televised news conference today with a statement on results of his San Jose meeting with presidents of five Central American countries and Panama. The President flew back from Costa Rica Wednesday night in the fast time of 4 hours and 23 minutes. He was escorted over much of the 2,500-mile non-stop route by FlO5 fighter planes with accompanying tanker aircraft to refuel them. Kennedy landed at 11:03 p.m. EST at Andrews Air Force Base and received a surprise welcome from his wife, Jacqueline, who had rushed back to Washington from a New York shopping trip to be here when her husband arrived. Hundreds Kush President Shortly before takeoff from San Jose, Kennedy addressed the students of the University of Costa Rica. While attempting to walk to his helicopter after the speech, the President was the center of another friendly melee as hundreds of wildly cheering young Costa Ricans attempted to shake his hand. It was a wilder replay of a similar reception of the day before Dorwin Is Speaker To Optimist Club At the weekly breakfast meeting of the Decatur Optimist club held this morning, president Dan Freeby gave a short report concerning the annual kite contest and a membership drive, both scheduled for April. He also commented on the kickoff dinner for the Wildcat baseball league, which is set for April 18. - Freeby then introduced Deane T. Dorwin of the Decatur high school faculty. Dorwin gave a most interesting talk on the new data processing service for which Decatur high is presently serving as one of 14 test centers in the state of Indiana. The age of electrical computation will enable the schools to better serve industry and other sources of employment in regard to the selection of qualified applicants for positions in the various fields. By use of the electrical system of computation, a far more accurate record of grades and other scholastic achievements of the individual student can readily be available to any prospective college or employer. The future possibilities of such a system has an unlimited field in which it can be of service to everyone concerned. Within three to five years, the state of Indiana hopes to establish a center in which all records of a student’s 12 years of schooling will be kept for permanent record.

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Lenten Meditation (By Rev. H. E. Settlage, pastor, Salem United Church of Christ) “Burden Sharers and Burden Bearers” Text: Galatians 6, 2-5. “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”- “Every man shall bear his burden.” In every solid household there is a sharing of burdens, and a bearing of responsibility. The same holds true in the household of faith, which is a fellowship of imperfect believers. You may encounter moral lapses, hostile attitudes, unworthy ambitions, glaring weaknesses, offensive conduct, and evasion of duty. You may even be tempted to exclude the offender, or withdraw from the fellowship in self-righteous’isolation.! But there is a law of Christ — not a legal document, but a principle demonstrated in practice—of “bearing one another’s burdens.” Loving, helping, restoring, encouraging one another in spite of faults and aggravations. There is supposed to be an Italian crucifix which pqrtrays Jesus, having torn one hand loose, reaching down to help someone below. “We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear.” At the same time we have individual responsibilities which must nut be evaded, which uufhut be tiansferredto the back of another. Like good Sbldiers, eachoHe has his own kit to carry. By the diligent practice of burden sharing and burden bearing the household of imperfect believers can approximate the fellowship of saints—and in so doing gladden the heart of our Lord.

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at a new housing project extensively financed with U.S. funds. At the university, the crowd broke away from a thin line of civilian guardia civile, tore down rope barriers and pummeled the President uproariously as his Secret Service protectors inched him toward the helicopter. The scrambled reached a point of wild, chanting confusion when a Costa Rican guard attempted to restrain one of the demonstrators, a young woman of about 18 or 20 years of age. He snatched at her, caught her blouse which ripped away, leaving her completely bare to the waist. Amid the roaring “vivas” Kennedy made it into the helicopter. He flew to a nearby airport where he switched to his jet transport for the flight to Washington. Kennedy returned with no idea that the three days of talks with Central American leaders had produced magical solutions to long-standing and difficult economic and political problems. Nor did he expect a quick change in Central American conditionsBetter Climate Created He did believe, however, that the leaders together had created a climate which could lead to great economic and political unity and thus buttress a key part of the hemisphere against inroads of Communist influence and subversion which might be exported from Cuba. His press conference originally was set for 4 p.m. today, but he decided to switch to 6 o’clock and open with a report on the trip, thus reaching a somewhat larger radio and television audience. Kennedy declared in his prepared speech to the university students that the United States could not permit Cuba to yield its sovereignty to the Soviet Union. He said Russia “must and will” go the way of those who tried and failed to extend their empire into the Western Hemisphere,, ■ (Continued on Page Eight) Mrs. Pearl Laisure Dies Last Evening Mrs. Nora Jane Laisure, 71, of 333 North First street, died at 7:10 o'clock Wednesday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of one week. She was bom in Wells county Jan. 21, 1892, a daughter of Elijah and Liza Smith - Dishong, but had spent most of her life in Decatur. She was married to Pearl Laisure June 5, 1955. Mrs. Laisure was a member of the Nuttman Avenue United Brethren church and the Ladies Missionary society of the church. Surviving in addition to her husband, are one son, James G. Smith of Decatur route 3; three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Nettie) Jacobs of Decatur route 6, Mrs. Jay (Esther) Osborn of Decatur route 3, and Mrs. William (Ollie) Huss of Decatur; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two brothers, William and Forrest Dishong, both of Kingland, and two sisters, Mrs. Hulda Wedler of Kingsland, and Mrs. Martha Aker of Carthage. One daughter is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Nuttman Avenue United Brethren church, the Rev. Sylvester Martin officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 p.m. today. The body will lie in state at the church from 12 noon Saturday until time of the services.

Wide Hunt Is On For Killer In Rare Poison DETROIT (UPD—A nationwide search for a killer, suspected of being lodged in a small can of tuna fish and causing the deaths of two women, continued today under the direction of the Federal Food and Drug Administration. Under voluntary action, all A&P brand tuna fish was removed from the food chain’s shelves across the nation. The cans were subjected to close scrutiny by the teams of health inspectors. Sought was the extremely rare Type E botulism, which is suspected of taking the lives of two Grosse He women. Mrs. Colette Brown, 37, died last Friday, and Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, 39, died Tuesday. They had eaten a lunch of tuna fish from a can bearing the A&P label, and became violently ill shortly afterward. There is no conclusive evidence as yet that the suspected tuna was the real cause of the botulism poisoning, but it was being checked. The two women had shared a lunch last Thursday with a third woman. Mrs- Vivian Kebbe, 57, who also became ill, but recovered since her portion was much smaller. Thomas Brown, chief investigator of the FDA’s Detroit office, said the other ingredients of the lunch, coffee and bread, were ruled out as possible causes of the botulism. Brown said that “working cultures” of the poison were developed from both the tuna fish and a jar of salad dressing used in the lunch. The tuna fish was the best suspect, according to Brown. Current tests were aimed at isolating the botulinum bacteria. Brown said, “We are still not sure that we have botulism but everything points to it ... especially the symptoms of the victims.” Tests conducted on a dozen other cans of tuna from the same batch showed no botulism. Brown said. “It is remotely possible that botulism could have occurred in only the one can, but we can’t figure how that could happen ... nor can we figure what else, besides botulism, was involved in the deaths,” he said. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 40 12 midnight .. 34 1 p.m. 42 1 a.m 34 2 p.m 42 2 a.m 34 3 p.m 42 3 a.m 36 4 p.m 40 4 a.m 36 5 p.m 40 t> a.m 34 6 p.m 38 6 a.m 34 7 p m 36 7 a.m34 8 p.m 36 8 a.m 36 9 p.m. 36 9 a m 37 10 p.m. 36 10 a.m 36 11 p.m 36 11 a.m. 38 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .08 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 9.07 feet.

Defense Head Will Testify

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric was scheduled to appear before Senate investigators today to answer questions about the “unidentified Pentagon spokesman" who criticized the TFX airplane inquiry. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, at his own request, was to appear later in the day to testify about his decision to award the multi-billion dollar TFX contract to General Dynamics rather than Boeing Aircraft Co. Chairman John L. McClellan, DArk., of the investigating subcommittee said the anonymous author of critical comments about the inquiry “should be known to the public. I do not think they should be issued and the author hide behind anonymity.” A Pentagon spokesman implied in weekend news stories that Sen. Henry M Jackson, D-Wash., was pushing the hearings to help his chances for re-election in 1964. Other congressional news: Drugs: A psychiatrist warned today there is evidence of widespread misuse of tranquilizer drugs in the United States, and predicted “things will get worse before they get better.” In testimony before a Senate government operations subcommittee, Dr. Fritz A. Freyhan of the National Institute of Mental Health said a study he made of mental health prescriptions suggested “evidence to support the impression of very considerable overuse if not abuse of some of these drugs ” Packaging: Oddly designed glass bottles, such as those with pinched middles or long necks, are serving the public “as never before,” a

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 21, 1963.

Special Committee In

House Completes Work On Redistricting Plan

Most West Allies Back U. S. Stand

PARIS (UPI) — Most of the Western allies lined up against France today in backing President Kennedy’s plan for a multination nuclear defense against Communist aggression. West Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Greece and Turkey all indicated their support or active interest in the plan at Wednesday’s meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) council. With the United States and Britain already pledged to push ahead with the plan, this meant at least 8 of the 15 NATO countries were behind it in various degrees. President Charles de Gaulle, who rejects the multi-nation concept and is building an independent nuclear force for France, ordered his foreign minister, Maurice Couve de Murville, to stay away from the council meeting meeting and a British Embassy lunch afterwards. The project is envisaged in three phases: —ln the first, to be launched as soon asposstble, participating countries would turn over . to* NATO control a considerable proportion -or all of their existing national nuclear forces or nuclear potential. —ln the second, Britain would add nuclear submarines carrying Polaris missiles furnished by the United States but British-built nuclear warheads. —ln the third, on which preliminary work would begin simultaneously with the other two phases, a surface fleet of some 25 merchant ships would be put together, manned by crews of mixed nationality and carrying a total 200 Polaris missiles. The cost is estimated at $5 billion over a 10-year period. This is what is known as the so-called “multilateral” or “m i x e dmanned” force.

glass maker told Congress in prepared testimony. Robert E. Graham, Owens-Illinois Glass Co. executive, told a Senate committee considering a "truth-in packaging" bill that government regulation of the industry is not needed. The bill should only require a “clear, legible statement of the quantity of contents” on the package, he said. School Aid: The House Rules Committee Wednesday refused to let the House vote on President Kennedy’s $237 million medical school aid program. Democrats had set a vote on the measure for next week expecting Rules Committee approval. The committee, however, refused to permit the bill to go to the House floor for a vote. With the action, it now appears it will be after the Easter recess before Congress votes on the proposal. Brentano: West German parliamentary leader and Henrich Von Brentano, after meeting with House and Senate Foreign Relations groups, told newsmen the recently signed German-French friendship pact would strengthen Europe and the entire NATO alliance. Youth: Congressional absenteeism has made chances slim that President Kennedy’s youth employment bill will be passed by Easter. Although behind in its schedule, a Senate subcommittee cleared its version Wednesday. But the House Education and Labor Committee, after two days of work on the bill, failed to get a quorum and adjourned. President Kennedy had asked that congressional action be completed by April 14-

Henry Stauffer Dies After Long Illness Henry Stauffer, 62, of Monroe route 1, veteran employe of the Decatur plant of the General Electric Co., and former president of the employes’ union, died at 6 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of several months. Bom in Adams county March 8, 1901, he was a son of Frederick and Rebecca Duer-Stauffer, and spent his entire life in Adams county. He was married to Lucille Rabbitt May 1, 1920. Mr. Stauffer, a long time employe of the General Electric until ill health forced his retirement, served for years as steward of the union, in addition to acting as president of the organization. He was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ, the Masonic lodge, the Scottish Rite and Loyal Order of Moose lodge. Surviving in addition to his wife are five brothers, Gottlieb Stauffer of Decatur, Noah Stauffer of Chestnut, 111., James Stauffer of Fort Wayne, Amos Stauffer of Celina, 0., and John Stauffer of Bluffton; and six sisters, Mrs. Anthony (Louise) Meyers and Mrs. Merlin (Rozantha) Ross, both of Decatur, Mrs. Harold (Bertha) Van Camp, Mrs. Clarence (Frieda) DeArmond and Mrs. Elenor DeArmond, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Kenneth (Caroline) Hawkins of Goshen. One brother is deceased. Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Winter-egg-Linn funeral home, with the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m, today until time of the services. 2nd Kite Workshop Here Friday Night A second kite workshop, sponsored by the Decatur Optimist club, will be held Friday evening, with all grade school boys and girls in the Decatur area invited to attend. Over 40 boys and girls attended the first workshop, held last Friday evening, and a large number is expected again this week. The workshop will be held in the former location of Klenk’s, 232 W. Madison St., and will begin at 7 p. m. The workshop is held from 7 to 9 p. m., giving parents an opportunity to shop in downtown Decatur while their children are at the workshop. Tom Schlatterback is the Optimist’s chairman for the workshops, which are held prior to a kite flying contest the Optimists will hold early in April. Third is Planned A third workshop is scheduled for Friday, April 5, the day before the kite-flying contest Saturday, April 6. The workshoos are entirely free of charge, with the materials and instruction furnished by the Optimist club. All grade school youngsters in the Decatur trading area are urged to attend. The Optimist club furnishes adult supervision for the workshops, which are being held for the second consecutive year. A new bicycle, donated by the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, will be the first prize in this year’s contest. Other valuable prizes have been donated by Decatur merchants, including free chicken dinners to all winners, donated by the Fairway Restaurant.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A special committee in the Indiana House today finished work on an “improved” reapportionment plan and presented it to Republicans and Democrats in separate caucuses. The committe’s plan was' expected to be taken to the House floor immediately after the caucuses for presentation during a special session called by Governor Welsh when the regular session failed to enact a budget bill. Spokesmen said the House redistricting plan worked out this week calls for districts representing from 36,000 to 62,000 population. The districts in the old plan in a bill vetoed by Governor Welsh for inequities in representation had a 27,000 to 62,000 population range. The committee tried to narrow the population gap even more but ran into difficulties in four districts. Meanwhile, the Senate prepared to pass a $1434 billion biennial budget later today and sent it to the House, but the painful problem of providing the necessary extra $227.5 million revenue remained unsettled. Senate action on the budget bill Was delayed until 5 p.m. EST because of time required for printing, and the Senate was recessed until that hour while caucuses and committee meetings were scheduled for earlier in the afternoon. . The Senate moved from second reading to a final showdown under rules suspension two House bills pending at the time the regular session adjourned. One set standards for engineers working on state projects, and the other increased from five to seven the number of approved school textbooks on multiple lists. A joint resolution introduced in the Senate by Sens. Marshall F. Kizer, D-Plymouth, and Robert L. Brokenburr, R-Indianapolis, proposed to amend the Constitution to remove a six-year term restriction for Indiana Supreme Court and circuit court judges. The resolution would pave the way for a later legislature to establish different length terms for these judges than are presently required. House action also was delayed for hours during the party caucuses on the House reapportionment plan. These stretched past the noon hour, with Republicans combing over the plan on a dis-trict-by-district basis. The budget stalemate in the Senate, where neither party has a constitutional majority, ended Wednesday afternoon and in 15 minutes the operating and construction spending programs for 1963-65 were advanced from second reading to third reading. The budget bills were restored to practically the same form in which they left the Senate Finance Committee March 6. This means that $340 million would be allocated to public school support, $153 million to universities and colleges and $92.8 million to mental institutions. Tax Bills Upheld However, the budget calls for spending $227.5 million more than the state expects to take in during the next two years and the tax bill or bills to accomplish this still are wedged in the Senate. Indications were the GOP Senate leadership which controls the calling of the various tax bills already produced during the regu(Continued on Page Six)

IT’S 30 MILES ACROSS—FIood waters put bridge at Golconda, Hl., out Os action, and it’s now a 30-milg roundabout trip from one side of town to the other. . »

Prepare For Berlin Talks

WASHINGTON (UPD—U.S. officials preparing for resumption of Berlin talks requested by Russia appeared today to have little fear that the Kremlin is planning a new pressure play on the issue. The feeling was that Premier Nikita Khrushchev has too many other troubles at the momerit to want to whip up a new crisis on this dangerous front. He has his hands full in the Caribbean, the Middle East, on the home front and with China. In addition, President Kennedy’s firm handling of the Cuban missile affair is believed to have convinced Khrushchev that the American pledges to fight if necessary to defend the allied position in west Berlin cannot be taken lightly. The first in the resumed series of Soviet-American exploratory talks on Berlin is expected to be held here within a week or 10 days, officials said. Hie talks, designed to seek a basis for fullscale east-west negotiations, have taken place from time to time over a period of two years in Washington, Moscow, New York and Geneva- Tbey broke off last October when Khrushchev’s illfated effort to convert Cuba into a nuclear missile base brought relations between the two countries to a point of extreme tension. The state department said Wednesday that after several exchanges in recent weeks, the Kremlin had said it wanted to renew the discussions as quickly as possible. Llewellyn E. Thompson, secretary of State Dean Rusk’s top Soviet affairs adviser, met late Wednesday with the ambassadors of Britain, France and West Germany to chart strategy for the next round. Officials said it was not certain yet whether Thompson or Rusk Would represent the United States in the new talks. Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin is expected to speak for the Russians. 40,000 Are Homeless After Fire In Saigon SAIGON (UPD — One of the worst fires in Saigon’s history burned itself out early today, leaving an estimated 30.000 to 40,000 persons homeless. The fire, which began Wednesday in the Khanh Hoi slum district, destroyed an estimated 4,000 houses, most of them makeshift shacks. Concrete warehouses in the area were undamaged. Rescue workers said they found two bodies. A total of about 150 persons were hospitalized with burns, including six firemen. INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and cold tonight. Friday sunny and warmer. Low tonight in the 20s. High Friday 42 to 52. Sunset today 6:58 p.m. Sunrise Friday 6:46 a.m. Outlook for Saturday; Fair and warmer, ows 25 to 35. Highs mostly in the 50s.

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Civic Music Group Plans Member Drive Plans for the 1963-64 membership drive of the Adams county Civic Music association were formulated Wednesday evening at a meeting held in the Roy Kalver home. Mrs. Sherman Stucky, Berne, newly elected president of the group, announced that Mrs. Kalver, retiring president, had accepted the position of drive chairman for the county. Present at the meeting were Mrs. Martin Neuenschwander and Mrs. Robert Maston, co-chairmen for Berne, and Mrs. Robert Yost, chairman for Monroe. Unable to be present were the co-chairmen of Geneva, Mrs. James Briggs, Jr., and Mrs. Walter Muth. Also in attendance were the division chairmen: Mrs. H. R. Frey, business and professional women; Mrs. Louis Jacobs, ehurches; Mrs. Forrest Murray, sororities; Mrs. William Feller, schools; Lowell Harper, industry and men's organizations. Mrs. Tom Allwein and Mrs. Robert Zwick represented Mrs. Burt Townsend, division chairman for women’s clubs and organizations. Also present were Mrs. Menno Lehman, secretary of the association, and Mrs. Dan Tyndall, prospect chairman. Mrs. Kalver announced that the “kick-off tea” for all chairmen, captains and workers will be held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon, March 31 at the Decatur Youth and Community center. The drive for memberships will be conducted during that week and will conclude Saturday, April 6, with no more tickets being sold after that date. Statements for renewal memberships are being mailed put today, and it has been requested that checks be returned immediately in order to facilitate the progress of the drive. Four outstanding concerts are being planned by the association for its eighth season, headlined by the Indianapolis Symphony orchastra and a nationally famous choral group. The next concert will be held Thursday evening, March 28, at the Community Center, with Parsons and Poole, brilliant man-and-wife duo-piano team, as the attraction. Three-Year-Old Boy Is Killed By Fall INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —Christopher Tandle, 3. Indianapolis, died Wednesday night while undergoing surgery in St. Vincent’s Hospital to relieve a head injury a relative said was caused by a fall. His stepfather, Robert Mills, 34, said the boy was running in the family home when he fell between two beds and struck his head.