Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1963 — Page 1

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Four Per Cent Gross hi twite T ax, Higher Exemption Proposed

'Buy In Decafur' Promotion Planned The retail merchants association of Decatur announced today plans for a month-long “Buy in Decatur” promotion, with *I,OOO to be given away as “Decatur Dollars" through the cooperating stores. If enough retailers go along with the promotion, it will start May 6, and end June 1. Psi lola Xi Gives To Band Uniforms The Band Parents Association of Decatur high school announced today that it has received *3OO from Psi lota Xi sorority toward the purchase of new band uniforms, Mrs. Kenneth Singleton, publicity chairman, announced today. “The Decatur band is in the midst of its first drive for bend uniforms funds, and appreciates very much the generosity and thoughtfulness of the Psi Ote sorority,” Mrs. Singleton stated. “This is one of the largest gifts to date, and will be a big help tow'ard our goal.” One of Many Gifts Mrs. Fred TsCh, president of Psi lota Xi, stated that the sorority voted the funds Tuesday evening at its regular meeting The contribution, like the donation last month of *3OO toward the new robes for the Decatur high school choir, comes from proceeds at the Psi Ote Trading Post. AU of the profits from the Trading Post are distributed for various school and community projects of charitable value, she explained. The Decatur Band Parents As- 1 sociation was formed last fall. Tax money cannot be used to uniform the band, and many of the present uniforms, passed down for years are ill-itting and worn out. Hook Heads Committee The association has planned several projects to help raise the needed funds. Charles Houk heads the finance committee, with Nelson Doty and Don Whitaker as members . The eventual goal of the committee is to raise *5,000 for the uniforms, but 65 wall be purchased as soon as the funds are raised. 1 It may take several years to raise the entire amount, but all of the band members are working very hard to reach the goal as soon as possible. Anyone who desires to send a contribution may send it to Mrs. Kenneth Singleton, 1023 Adams street, Decatur. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 35 to 44. High Thursday 66 to 73. Sunset today 7:04 p.m. ftmrise Thursday 6:35 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers by evening. Lows 40 to 47. Highs 66 to 73.

Spring Opening Annoinced Today The annual Decatur spring opening is announced today, starting Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, withgala bargains, latest fashions, and many, many prizes arid awards. You must check eagh advertisement carefully to find the prizes and batgains offered! You will also want to read the interesting, new fashion information provided in the 28 pages of today’s Decatur Daily Democrat, which includes information on the latest Spring styles for preEaster shopping. Women’s fasfeinns, children’s fashions, •men's clothes, and the latest in appliances are featured, together with many special bargains, in the pages of today’s Decatur Daily Democrat.

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During the promotion, each participating merchant will give Decatur Dollars to those who request them. These “Decatur Dollars” will be used like real money at an outdoor auction to be held Saturday, June 1, at 4 p. m. Dozens of merchandise prizes, ranging in value from $5 to *SO will go to the highest bidder. On hand to entertain will be tire Decatur high school band, Richard Collins director; Joe Taylor and •the Indiana Red Birds, and perhaps the well-known television clown, Bozo. Jack White, representative of the promoting firm, will visit Decatur merchants within the next few days to secure their cooperat’on in the promotion. Contacting will start about the first of next week following a letter of introduction. Final plans for the free *I,OOO in gifts will be announced when the minimum number of merchants have signed up. Morris Begun, retail chairman, and the members of the retail board, have announced the promotion to retail members. Retailers other than members are invited to join in the promotion. Begun stressed. Merchants in all parts of Decatur will be included, and will benefit from it. If enough merchants sign up, the radio and press of the area will announce the promotion for the entire month of May, bringing additional dollars and employment into town. Lawrence A. Kohne Council Candidate

■ Lawrence Kohne Lawrence A. Kohne, owner and operator of the Community Oil and Gas, Seventh and Adams streets, announced today his candidacy for city councilman-at-large, subject to the Democratic primary election May 7. Kohne was elected as councilman from the third district in 1955, and was reelected for the term he is now completing in 1959. His filing brings about a second race on the Democratic ticket, as James Kortenber has also filed for the at-large nomination. Carl Gerber and Adrian Wemhoff are both candidates for the Democratic mayor nomination. Before purchasing the Seventh and Adams streets station in 1946, Kohne worked in the tool room of the General .Electric company’s Broadway street plant in Fort Wayne for 16 years. He is a member of the city board of works and safety and is chairman of the city council’s light committee, which is responsible for the new street lights throughout Decatur. . . Kohne also serves on4he street, sewer and ordinance committee ot the council, and is a member of the planning ,commission. The well-known oouncilman is a charter member of the Adams county Jefferson club, and has been a precinct committeeman for 16 years in his precinct, Decatur 1-B. He attends the St. Mary’s Catholic church, and resides with his wife, Lois, in their own home at 307 S. Seventh St. The Kohnes have three sons, Norman, a High street resident; Ferris; who lives at 309 Stratton Way, and Steven, who resides with his parents.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A four per cent gross income tax coupled with increased exemptions was one of the tax programs ready for consideration by an Indiana legislative conference committee today. The plan, which has Democratic backing, is an enlargement of the gross income tax bill which passed the Senate Monday. That plan, although it got snafued in its wording during the haste to pass it, was intended to increase the present gross income rate by onethird and triple the individual exemption, now *I,OOO. The bill, however, would produce only about *9O million extra whereas the Senate passed a budget requiring at least $227 million more. The new plan worked out by Senate Democrats would bring the gross income tax on individuals—now 1)4 per cent —to 4 per cent, but would set up additional exemptions for the taxpayer’s dependents which are not now allowed. Plan One of Several The plan is one of several the four-man conference committee has under consideration. The House, from whence hails the committee chairman, Rep. John Coppes, R-Nappane, favors a sales tax as the best way to produce the extra income. The committee and its 12 advisers met Tuesday night and scheduled an executive session early this afternoon. Sen. D. Russell Bontrager, R-Elkhart, who is on Ihe committee, said he was “greatly surprised at the amount of support? cm the committee and among the advisers for a sales tax.” A four-man budget conference committee which began work last week decided to wait and see what extra revenue would be provided through a tax program. Sen. Charles Maddox, R-Otter-bein, chairman of that committee, said the budget in its present form contains S2O per diem for the special session legislators. Reapportirmment, the other major issue before the session, was reported making “pretty good progress” by Sen. Roy Conrad, R-Monticello. Conrad, who is GOP caucus chairman and a member of the reapportionment conference committee, said the group would meet again today. A bill which passed both the Senate and House and was in the hands of a conference committee, late Tuesday was transferred to Conrad and Sen. William Christy, D-Hammond, for use as a vehicle for the new reapportionment billAuthors Approve Switch Hie switch was made with approval of a change in authorship. Conrad and Christy said they agreed upon a Senate plan which contains one or two changes from that in a reapportionment measure. The Senate prepared today to work at least until noon on its calendar of House-passed bills. One measure ready for final action today calls for a one-cent-a-pack increase in the state cigarette tax and designates the money for cities and towns and a bridge or bridges over die Ohio River. Rep. Fred Hinshaw, D-Muncie, Tuesday urged the cigarette tax be hiked from the present three cents to six cents and the money used for a port on Lake Michigan and Ohio River toll bridges at Cannelton and Mauckport. There seemed little hope, however, the port would be financed by this method. Opponents of the use of state funds for the port have been watching the budget to see if the project is included in -that bill. Another bill under scrutiny is one which passed the Senate late Tuesday, 31-4, carrying within its much amended text three major tax relief proposals. The original bill'exempted certain goods in warehouses from personal property taxes, but Sen. Marshall Kizer, D-Plymouth, was successful in amending it to call for repeal of household goods and poll taxes and to exempt farm-stored grain from property taxes. The bill is now in the hands of a conference ' committee. Senate Actions An amendment, adopted by the (Continued oft Page Six) FOUR SECTIONS

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 27,1963.

10,500 Copies Circulated Today 10,500 copies of the Decatur Daily Democrat, each containing 28 pages, were printed and circulated today to more than 30,000 readers in Adams, Wells, Allen and Van Wert counties. Your local, hometown daily newspaper does its best to provide you with the latest news every day. Rev. Albert Scherry Is Taken By Death The Rev. Albert L. Scherry, 76, a native of Adams county and retired minister, died at 5:50 o’clock Tuesday morning at his home, 473 North King street, Xenia, O. Rev. Scherry retired in 1959 after serving more than 40 years as a minister in Evangelical and Reformed churches (now United Church of Christ). Born near Decatur May 23, 1886, he was a son of Henry and Sophia Worthman - Scherry. He graduated from Mission House Academy, Mission House College and Seminary at Plymouth, Wis. Rev. Scherry served in Evangelical and Reformed charges at Cfflby, Wis., 1916 to 1918; Marion, 0., 1918 to 1922; Orville, 0., 1922 to 1937, Xenia, O, 1937 to 1951, and Alexandria, Ky., 1951 to 1959, when he retired and returned to Xenia to make his home. He served for 25 years on the board of the Tennessee Mountain mission, which he helped to found. He is survived by his wife, the former Sarah Jaberg; three daughters, Mrs. Walter C. Manger of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Richard Job of Beaver, 0., and Mrs. Robert L. Jones of Cincinnati, 0., and one sister, Mrs. John Gerber of Decatur. One son, Leroy, and one sister are deceased. Services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the First Reformed church in Xenia, the‘Rev. Jacob Wagner officiating. The body will then be brought to the Satern United Church of Christ ht Magley, and will lie in state from 12 noon Friday until services at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. H. E. Settleg will officiate, and burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the McColugh funeral home at Xenia from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday.

Living Costs Equal All-Time High Mark

WASHINGTON (UPD — Living costs tied an all-time high in February as prices for citrus fruits and fresh vegetables continues to climb, the Labor Department reported today. The department said the price index rose by .1 per cent last month. That put it at 106.1, a figure reached only one time previously. That was last September. The department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said higher prices for apparel also contributed to the increase in living costs. The index was 1.2 per cent above a year ago. Food prices rose by -3 per cent In February, largely because of the higher fruit and vegetable prices. Prices- of oranges and orange juice concentrates advanced sharply. Prices of most vegetables, especially lettuce and cabbage, increased substantially in the wake of freezing weather in the producing areas during December and January. But banana prices dropped as supplies returned to normal following the end of the East and Gulf Coast dockworkers’ strike. Prices of green beans also

Thursday Is Deadline To Seek Office The Democratic ticket for the May 7 primary election is one candidate short of being filled, as the deadline for filing candidacies is only one day away. Thursday is the final day for filing candidacies for nominations in the primary, and as of noon today, nine Democrats and three Republicans have filed for nominations. The Democratic ticket is expected to be filled Thursday, however, with the announcement of Dr. Ralph Allison as a candidate for city council from the first district. As of today, two races have developed on the Democratic ticket, for mayor and city councilman-at-large. Both Carl Gerber and Adrian Wemhoff have filed for the mayor’s nomination, and Lawrence Kohne and James H. Kortenber have filed for the at-large post on the city council. Chalmer Deßolt, Harold B. Miller and Clyde Drake are presently unopposed for the Democrat nominations to the city council from districts two, three and four, respectively. City Councibnen Kohne and Drake are members of the city council, as is Gerber, one of the two mayor candidates. Kohne is presently the city councilman from the third district, but has filed for the at-large nomination. Laura Bosse, city clerk-treasur-er, has filed for reelection on the Democratic ticket, and John B. Stults, city court judge, has filed for the Democratic city judge nomination. Stults was appointed to his present term. Gage Filed Mayor Donald F. Gage has filed for reelection, and Clarence P. Ziner and George D. Mac Lean have filed for city council nominations, Ziner from the first districtand Mac Lean from the fourth district. , Charles Stonestreet is expected to file for the Republican nomination for second dfctyjpt- city councilman, and Mrs. Winifred Spaulding is also expected to file, for the At-large nomination. Their filings would leave the Republicans without a third district councilman candidate, and candidates for clerk-treasurer and city judge, although either could be filled by any late filings Thursday. Party officials may also nominate candidates next summer, if no candidates file for the primary election. This must be done before September 1. Duo-Pianists Play Here On Thursday The noted Canadian duo-piano team, Margaret Parsons and Clifford Poole, will present the concert of the Adams county Civic Music Assn, at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. The husband-wife team has been praised throughout the United States and Canada for its splendid dual precision in concerts presented for several seasons.

dropped as the Florida crop was supplemented by shipments from Mexico. Seasonal increases in the supplies of pork and some decline in beef prices dropped the meat price average but poultry prices were up slightly. Clothing prices climbed .3 per cent during the month with women’s apparel showing the largest increases. Arnold Chase, assistant commissioner for prices, said the increase in women’s clothing probably resulted from the introduction of new spring styles. Private' transportation costs weye unchanged .§n the ayeragg, as lower prices for new cars, gasoline and tires offset advances in used car prices and auto insurance rates. Rents continued to edge up and house furnishings also advanced. Gas and electricity rates were somewhat lower. As a result of the increase in the index for February about 2,500 metal working and meat packing workers will get increases of one cent an hour. The February rise of .1 per cent in the living cost followed a .2 rise in January.

Cornea Transplant Kit For Hospital Adams county residents will soon have the advantages of a cornea transplant kit, which will preserve lenses from eyes left to the “eye bank” for transplanting in order to save the sight of people who would otherwise go blind, Jim McCullough, eye bank chairman for the Monroe Lions club, announced this morning. The Monroe Lions club voted unanimously Tuesday night to purchase the cornea transplant kit and make it available to Adams county memorial hospital, and those physicians and surgeons who wish to make use of it. What “Eye Bank” Is The Lions clubs of Indiana have set up a medical eye bank in Indianapolis to keep corneas donated by people so that others may save their sight. The “eye bank” works like this: 1. Those interested in helping to save the eyesight of others make out legal wills, leaving the corneas of their eyes, if they are undamaged and received in time, to the “eye bank.” 2. At their death, the cornea, or eye lens, is removed, and preserved alive, so that it can be transplanted. It is taken to the sye bank, where surgeons immediately schedule operations to transplant the healthy cornea to the eye of an individual, previously discovered, who is losing, or has lost, the use of his eye lens. Others May Help The Lions clubs of Indiana are joining together in making this possible to an increasing number of people in Indiana. Ray Miller, deputy district governor, and a member of the Monroe club, stated that he hoped and expected other Adams county Lions clubs to join in the project. More information will be given on the kit as soon as it is received, McCullough and Miller assured the public. Meanwhile, those interested should inform their physicians. Decatur Temperature Loen! weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 50 12 midnight .. 38 1 p.m. 46 1 a.m— 37 2 p.m 44 2 a.m 37 - -a-pmr. .—.-..r-4ft — 4 p.m 38 4 a.m— 36 5 p,m. - 38 5 a.m 37 6 p.m 37 6 a.m36 7 p.m 36 7 a.m 36 8 p.m. , 35. 8 a-m. 44 9 p.m 36 9 a.m 50 10 p.m 36 10 a.m 60 11 p.m 37 11 a.m62 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. t oday, .24 inches. The St. Mary's river was at’ 6.30 feet. BULLETIN John Mayer, of 604 Washington street, died shortly after noon today at the Adams county memorial hospital. The body was removed to the Win-teregg-Linn funeral home. Fimeral arrangements have not been completed.

Lives to Tell of Arctic Ordeal ... % i a. * s’. * Btto Vof NIGHTMARE IS OVER — Helen Klaben, 21, who survived 48 days on a frozen Yukon mountainside after the light Plane in which she was riding crashed, is made comfortable in ambulance by nurse Marie Ellain at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. After being sighted by a bush pilot. Miss Klaben and pilot Ralph Flores, 42, were flown from Watson Lake, Yukon Territory, to Whitehorse.

Paper Strike Is Near End

NEW YORK (UPD—Publishers and striking photoengravers came to terms early today in the 110-day-old New York newspaper dispute and morning newspapers prepared to get editions on the street tonight. The New York Times announced that it would increase the price of its daily paper from 5 to 10 cents. It’s Sunday edition will remain at 30 cents in the metropolitan area, but will be raised from 35 to 40 cents from 50 to 200 miles from New York. It will remain at 50 cents beyond a 200 mile radius from New York. The News and Mirror said they had no present plan to increase their price. The Herald Tribune, the fourth morning newspaper, had no immediate comment. The presses were ready to roll and it was virtually certain that they would be turning out papers tonight. The papers had their staffs on telephone alert, and 5.7 million readers looked forward to regaining their prime source of information. Jubilation prevailed at City Hall early today as a weary but happy Mayor Robert F. Wagner announced the peace pact. One detail remained: Ratification of the agreement by the 320 members of the Photoengravers Union. But Frank McGowan, president of Photoengravers Local 1, scheduled a ratification meeting for 4 p.m. EST today, and predicted his men would vote yes within an hour. Walter N. Thayer, president of the Herald Tribune, said that if this were done his publication would be on the streets tonight with the Thursday morning edition. The other idled morning papers—the Times, Mirror and the News—have indicated they could publish within a few hours after pickets were withdrawn. See New Amity The idle afternoon oanerw—tha Journai-American, World Telegram and Sun, Long Island Star Journal and Long Island Press—should have no problems in publishing Thursday afternoon. Feeling was strong among the negotiators at City Hall that the future would not bring any more such painful and acrimonious disputes. This was predicated, in part, on the achievement of a common expiration date by the ten unions involved. Also seen was a new amity among the publishers and the newspaper unity committee, representing all the unions- F. M. Flynn, publisher of the Daily News, said both sides had “learned a lot.”

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And Thayer declared, “We think we have samething we can build on—something which will better labor relations in New York.” He added, “This is a day we have looked forward to for 110 days and it is a happy one.” There were “no winners, and, we hope, no losers,” he said. He would not comment on whether the morning newspapers might raise their price from five cents to a dime. The 110-day blackout knifed savagely into the city’s economy, causing an estimated loss of more than $330 million. And its repercussions were felt as far away as Canada, where the newsprint industry suffered a financial blow calculated at $28.7 million by tha publishers. The break was cause for elation in hefty segments of the city’s economy: Department stores, real estate brokers, theatres, employment agencies, book publishers, railroads, hotels, and restaurants. Many Persons Affected Less touted, but possibly more tragic, were the effects of the shutdown on such small groups as the city’s 259 blind newsdealers, many of whom had to go to relatives or to the Lighthouse Association for the Blind for help. The list of workers displaced from their jobs by the dispute is awesome: Paper mill workers, employes of advertising agencies (Continued on Page Six)

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