Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1963 — Page 1

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Reports Compromise On

Biennial Budget Bill Is Near Completion Today

McNamara In Pact Defense

WASHINGTON (UPD— Defense I Secretary Robert S. McNamara, moving into a new congressional area, defended the TFX fighter plane contract today as “the most important single action we have taken” to reduce the size and complexity of the nation’s weapons inventory. As McNamara testified before a Senate subcommittee, his office made public a document showing that at least one technical report favored his award of the contract to General Dynamics rather than Decatur Optimists Meet This Morning Dan Freeby, president of the Decatur Optimist club, conducted a brief business meeting to open the weekly breakfast gathering of the club this morning. He reminded members of the Wildcat baseball league kickoff dinner Thursday, April 18. Dr. A. O. Spiegel also reported on the upcoming attendance contest between the Optimists and the Rotary club, referred to by the Optimists as the "senior citizens” club. Losers of the contest will be hosts to the winners at a dinner meeting,— Each member of the club is urged to secure his quota in the current membership campaign. Tom Schlotterback reported on the annual kite contest April 6, and asked for volunteers to assist in the project. Guest speaker this morning was Clarence Ziner, owner of Culligan Soft Water Service, former president of the local Rotary club and also former district governor of Rotary International. Ziner presented an informative talk on club membership, naming 10 cardinal rules on how not to be a good member of a service organization. Among the rules were: never attend meetings and if you show up as late as possible, refuse to serve on committees and then critcize those who do, never give your opinion until after the meeting and then only in a derogatory manner, hold back your ideas, they might be beneficial, find fault with the officers. Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon ... 62 12 midnight .. 50 1 p.m. 64 1 a.m. 50 2 p.m 64 2 a.m 48 3 p.m. 6.'> 3 a.m. , 46 ♦ p.m 64 4a m. 46 p.m 64 5 a.m. -.... 42 6 p.m. ... 60 6 a.m. 44 7 p.m.-. 58 7 a.m. 42 8 p.m 56 8 a.m. 50 0 p.m. 54 9 a.m 58 10 p.m. 52 16 a.m. 60 11 p.m. 50 11 a.m 64 Precipitation Total sos the 2 4 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 5.72 feet.

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Boeing on performance grounds. ■Hie defense secretary told the senators the decision to build the TFX as a single design for both Navy and Air Force purposes will mean savings of “at least a billion dollars” and perhaps more over the life of the project. McNamara recalled that the Navy and Air Force in the period 1955-58 began development of four fighter planes. He called it “one of the most costly areas of duplication” in military procurement and said all the planes but one, the F 4, have now been terminated. The defense chief made clear it was the kind of costly duplication he hoped to avoid. McNamara appeared before the defense procurement subcommittee of the joint Congressional Economic Committee. The document released by McNamara’s office summarized the Navy’s evaluation of the competing designs submitted by Boeing and General Dynamics. It said the Navy had “no significant preference between the Navy versions of the two designs as submitted” but listed six areas in which the Navy preferred the General Dynamics design and five in which Boeing’s entry was considered superior. — The McClellan committee has received information, that some top military leaders favored the Boeing design but were overruled by McNamara. McNamara has been defending his choice of General Dynamics on grounds the firm could build a TFX cheaper, quicker and with less risk than Boeing. And he had not previously challenged assertions that the Boeing plane was superior in performance characteristics.

General Admission Tickets For Show Plenty of general admission and children’s tickets will go on sale at the doors Friday and Saturday evenings, when the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce presents “The Music Man.” Jaycee ticket chairman Ted Hill explained at noon today that a number of adult general admission tickets will be available at the ticket windows at each evening’s performance. Plenty of children’s tickets also are still available. Meredith Wilson’s famed musical, sponsored by the Jaycees through Music Theatre International, wiß be presented at 7:30 o’clock each evening, in the Decatur high school auditorium. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m., at which time tickets will go on sale. General admission tickets are priced at $1.25, and children’s tickets are sl. The musical comedy takes place in River City, la., in the year 1912, with the opening scene, portrayed by eight Jaycee members, explaining in rapid-fire manner, the situation of the show. Prof. Harold Hill, portrayed by Jerry Lobsiger, is a fast-talking confidence man who poses as a band salesman. In fact, he sells boy’s bands. When the “smoothie” salesman gives lowa a try, however, a turn of events presents a hilarious comedy and a happy ending. Cast of characters in the show totals 65, with nearly 100 persons composing the entire company. Ushers, Ticket Takers To Meet This Evening Persons who have volunteered to assist in ushering and taking tick ets for “The Music Man” production Friday and Saturday night are requested to attend a short meeting at the Decatur high school gymnasium at 7 o’clock this evening.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A key member of a major Indiana legislative conference committee said today a compromise JI billion-plus biennial budget for 1963-65 is “almost wrapped up” and predicted work on it would be finished this afternoonRep. John Coppes, R-Nappanee, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and of the conference committee on a tax program, implied the budget committee of which he also is a member was about to reach a decision which would require around S2OO million additional revenue. Coppes said the compromise figure is “much closer” to his recommendations of $lB7 million than it is to the Senate Finance Committee’s $227 million. The implication also included the likelihood the settlement would include state aid to public schools of $305 to $3lO million, compared with $340 million proposed by the Senate Finance Committee and $290 million proposed by House Ways and Means. Coppes said the budget committee would meet at 2 p.m. EST today, presumably to tie up loose ends and get the compromise plan ready for submission to House and Senate before the weekend for acceptance or rejection. Acceptance by both houses would send the bill to the desk of Governor Welsh, who called a special session March 12 when the 61-day biennial session ended without agreement on a budget or tax program to finance needs for more revenue than existing taxes would produce. Asked about progress on the tax program in another conference committee, Coppes said “that’s a different story.” The two committees have been meeting jointly. Earlier, the lawmakers killed a controversial school teacher minimum pay bill which held up consideration of the tax, budget and reapportionment issues for 24 hours. The Senate by voice vote recalled the bill it previously had passed and sent to the House, and Sen. John Shawley, R-Michigan City, said the action had the effect of killing the measure. The controversy was over Shawley’s action in increasing the minimum salary schedule S2OO to S3OO above the schedule included in a bill which passed both houses and was signed by Governor Welsh but later was found to contain discrepancies betwen numerals and written numbers. In recalling the second bill which was aimed at correcting the errors, the lawmakers in effect decided to let the discrepancies stand This would mean an attorney general’s opinion some years ago in a similar case would be followed and numerals would be legal. The numerals in the teacher salary bill were as the legislature intended the schedule to be.

Solution of the teacher pay problem permitted the legislators to resume their work on the major issues which forced them into a special session March 12. Most of Wednesday was spent in a controversy over S4OO and SSOO a year increases in the minimum salary schedule for teachers which would have prevailed had a Senate-passed bill been accepted by the House. Several senators who signed a motion allowing the revision to pass complained that they thought the hike was to be only S2OO and S3OO. The maneuvering ended Wednesday evening with a tentative agreement that the Senate recall the bill and permit it to die. This will leave a newly-signed law, enacted during the regular 61-day legislative session, with a conflict in amounts specified as minimum salaries for beginning teachers with four years and with 1 five years' of training. However, President Pro Tem D. Russell Bontrager, who helped in trying to get the time-consuming problem settled, said both the Indiana attorney general and the Supreme Court have held in similar situations that figures contained in tables of salary minimums would prevail over written ones when it conflict. The lower figures contained in the table provide hikes from S2OO for beginning (Continued on Page Eight)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 28, 1963.

Decatur Lady Files For Council Post Mrs. John Spaulding Mrs. Win'fred Spaulding, wife of Dr. John B. Spaulding, Decatur dentist, announced this morning that she is a candidate for the nomination of city councilman-at-large, subject to the Republican primary election May 7. Mrs. Spaulding is believed to be the first woman candidate for a rpsition with the city, council. Veteran political observers could not remember any previous election in which a woman was a candidate for the city council. Mrs. Mary K. Morgan was defeated in the Democratic primary for the mayor's nomination in 1959. She was the first female candidate for mayor. Files Wednesday The well-known Decatur lady broke precedent late Wednesday afternoon, when she filed her candidacy for the Republican nomination for the at-large post, currently held by Bernard Clark. Mrs. Spaulding received an A.B. degree from Indiana University where she was a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi social sorority. While at Indiana University, she served as secretary of the Young Republicans club. Cub Leader w. She is a member of the First Presbyterian church in Decatur, and is in the women’s association of the church. Mrs. Spaulding is a member of the local Tri Kappa, and is quite active in youth activities. She is an assistant Cub Scout leader. The Spauldings reside at 633 Mercer Ave., where they own their own home, and have two sons, Douglas and Joe, and a daughter, Rachel.

Mrs. Iloe Burke is the only woman who can be remembered who served on the local city council. Mrs. Burke, however, was appointed to fill the unexpired term of her husband, Adrian, when he was called into service during World War 11. Local Lady's Mother Dies At Van Wert Mrs. Mary Fawcett, 89, of 629 ■ North Walnut street, Van Wert, ■ 0., died late Tuesday night at the ■ Van Wert county hopsital. She was born at Middle Point, 0., June 10, 1873, a daughter of Charles and Lucinda Clark, and was married to Frank Fawcett [June 8, 1906. Her husband preceded her in death in July, 1955. Mrs. Fawcett was a former member erf the Middle Point Methi odist church. 1 Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Glenn Mauller, of Decatur, and Mrs. Harold Murphy of Van ‘ Wert; two grandchildren; four ■ great-grandchildren, and a sister, ■ Mrs. Carey Duncan of Lima, O. Funeral rites will be held at 1:30 , p m Friday at the Alspach fun- . eral home in Van Wert, the Rev. t John Morris officiating. Burial ■ will be in Woodland cemetery at . Van Wert. Friends may call at > the funeral home until time of the services.

John F. Mayer Dies After Long Illness John F. Mayer, 66, of 604 Washington street, a retired laborer, died at 11:50 a. m. Wednesday at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of several months. A lifelong resident of this city, he was born here Oct. 13, 1896, a son of John and Charlotte BaileyMayer. His wife, Clara, preceded him in death in July of 1959. He was employed for many years with the Acker Vault Co., and later was a city employe for several years. Mr. Mayer was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ and the Loyal Order of Moose lodge. Surviving are three stepdaughters, Mrs. Ralph (Mary) Landrum of South Bend, Mrs. Alfred (Norma) Dellinger of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Phyllis Thieme of Decatur; four stepsons, Kenneth D. Kiser of Fort Wayne, Robert and Richard Kiser, both of Decatur, and Vernon Kiser in California; 12 stepgrandchildren; one brother, Arthur Mayer of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Margarita) Rash of Decatur, and Mrs. Glen E.) Espich of Fort Wayne, and several nieces and nephews. Two brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, with the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Herman E. Frantz Dies This Morning

Herman E. Frantz, 49, superintendent of the Adams Central schools, died at 4 o’clock this morning at the Wells county hospital in Bluffton. Mr. Frantz, who had been connected with the Adams Central schools for the past five years, suffered a heart attack last October 18. However, he had returned to his office on a half-day basis several weeks ago, but became seriously ill again 10 days ago, and was removed to the hospital. The well known and popular school man maintained his residence at 1100 Summit Ave., Bluffton. Veteran Educator A lifelong resident of Wells county, he began his teaching career in the Liberty Center high school. After four years there, he served for 17 years as principal of the Union Center high school in Wells county, and moved to Adams Central as principal fire years ago. Mr. Frantz was advanced to superintendent of the schools in the fall of 1961. He was bom in Liberty township, Wells county, May 5, 1913, a son of Daniel C. and Abigail LedbetterFrantz, and was maried to Gertrude Cole Oct. 2, 1943. Mr. Frantz was a member of the Liberty Methodist church, the Phi Delta Kappa education fraternity, the Waren Masonic lodge and the Scottish Rite at Fort Wayne. He Served in the nation’s armed forces for one year during World War IL INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight. Friday generally fair and warmer north, chance of scattered showers south. Lows tonight 34 to 40 north, in the 40s south. High Friday in the 70s. Sunset today Tio6 p. m. Sunrise Friday 6:35 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy with chance of scattered afternoon thundershowers. Continued warm. Lows in the 40s. Highs in the 70s.

Dr. R. E. Allison Council Candidate Dr. R. E. Allison Dr. R. E. Allison, D.V.M., announced today that he is a candidate for city council on the Democratic ticket from the first district, subject to the Democratic primary May 7. Dr. Allison is a candidate for the city council seat being vacated by Carl Gerber, who is a candidate for mayor. Clarence Ziner is the only announced Republican candidate from the first district. A native of a small, southern Ohio town, Morow, where he was graduated from high school, was a 4-H member and basketball player. Dr. Allison is a 1944 graduate of Ohio State University, with his doctorate in veterinary mericine. From 1944 to 1948 Dr. Allison served in the U.S. veterinary corps, earning the rank of captain. He served three of his four years overseas. He is a member of the Decatur American Legion Post. In 1948 he began the practice of veterinary medicine at Richmond, working for another veterinarian. The Allisons moved to Decatur in 1949. Mrs. Allison is the former Eileen Windross. They have three children: Ann, Wiliam, and Michlel. The Alisons live at 712 N. Second street. * Six years ago Dr. Allison built his new veterinary clinic on 13th street, and has practiced veterinary medicine there since that time. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Elks, and the First Methodist Church. He is also a past president of the Northeastern Indiana veterinary medicine association, and was a director of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce for three years. This is his first candidacy for public office.

Funeral Saturday Surviving are his wife; two children, Robert and Judy, both at home; two brothers, Dr. Mount Frantz, a lieutenant-colonel in the Air Force at Webb AFB, Texas, and Marion Frantz of Wells county, and one sister, Mrs. Kenneth (Martha) Dickey of Silver Lake. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Liberty Center Methodist church, with the Rev. L. W. Conway and the Rev. Leon Nicolsen officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery at Bluffton. Friends may call at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. Local Man's Mother Dies Al Portland Mrs. Laura B. Cummings King, 85, of southeast of Portland, died Wednesday morning at the Jay cftunty hospital in Portland following an illness of several weeks. She was born in Jay county March 30, 1877, a daughter of Philip and Mary Elizabeth GibbsCummings, and was married to James W. King, who preceded her in death March 21, 1953. Mrs. King was a member of the Loyal Workers class of the West Walnut St. Church of Christ in Portland. Surviving are three sons, E. Loyd King of Oakland, Calif., Harry King of .Decatur, and Louis King of Niles, Mich.; three daughters, Mrs. George Wood, Mrs. Henry Reichard and Miss Frances King, all of Portland; seven grandchildren and nine great-' grandchildren. Sei vices will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Baird funeral home in Portland, the Rev. Joseph Randall officiating. Burial will be in Green Part cemetery at Portland. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Blames U.S. For Attacks

MIAMI (UPD — Radio Havana said today Fidel Castro’s Cuba may obtain long-range bombers and naval escort vessels—presumably from Russia—to “protect its supply routes. . .against Yankee aggressors.” The broadcast blamed the United States for a Cuban refugee attack Wednesday on the Russian freighter Baku and charged also that “Yankee agents” sabotaged a Bolivian airliner that crashed recently in Peru. Anti-Castro Cuban raiders had reported the attack on the ship earlier, saying they sank the freighter by smashing a motorboat loaded with explosives into its side. Today’s broadcast was the first indication that the Bolivian airliner crash March 15 might be anything but an accident. Fortyone persons were killed in the crash, including two Cuban diplomatic couriers. To Kill Couriers The Cuban radio charged that U.S. agents engineered the crash in some unexplained way “to kill the diplomatic couriers.” “If these attacks continue, Cuba will find itself in the position of considering the acquisition of Foil Wayne Youths Sentenced To Farm The maximum sentence of one year at the state penal farm was levied against James Wheeler, 20, and Paul Barany, 17, both of Fort Wayne, in the Adams circuit court Wednesday afternoon. Judge Myles F. Parrish sentenced each of the youths to serve one year at the penal farm, on a charge of second degree burglary, for a robbery at the Linn Grove Hardware in February. The two were sentenced under the “youthful offender’s statute." Second degree burgfery carries a sentence Os two to five years at the state reformatory, but anyone under the age of 21, who has never before been convicted of a felony may be seiitenced under the “youthful offender’s statute,” which was done in this case. : Other Burglaries Barany, an immigrant from Hungary, and Wheeler, who was reared in Adams county, had admitted at least ten other burglaries in this area, in addition to the Linn Grove robbery. John J. Rahrer, Jr., 18, who is now serving a six-months sentence, was also a part of the Linn Grove burglary, but was not involved in any of the other break-ins. Wheeler and Barany had broken into a number of establishments in Fort Wayne, Wells county. Jay county and in Ohio. In handing down the sentence, Judge Parish told the youths “you can do yourselves a lot of good and your country a lot of good, if you determine to do good. “You leave with the hope of this court that you have learned your lesson,” the Adams circuit court judge explained. The Fort Wayne youths had originally entered a plea of not guilty, but had changed their pleas to guilty in court Tuesday. They were represented by Wayne Miller of Fort Wayne.

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long-range bombers, as well as the naval units needed to escort our merchant vessel, to protect our supply routes and repress the aggressors,” the broadcast saidThe statement carried by the official radio was signed by Premier Fidel Castro. It said the sea raiders sprayed the Baku with 20-mm. (80-cali-ber), .50-caliber and ,30-caliber machine gun fire as well as blowing a 12-by-2 hole in its side with the improvised torpedo. No Word on Casualties The statement made no mention of casualties. It spoke of the Russian ship as though it was still afloat, but said it was “seriously damaged.” Radio Havana said the attack occurred thre miles from French Key, off Cuba’s north coast. The raiders said the ship was loading sugar in the port of Caibarien wheh it was attacked. Caibarien adjoins Isabela de Sagua, where Cuban raiders shot up the Russian freighter Lgov March 18. The raiders were identified as members of a revolutionary group known as Commando L, a branch of the Alpha-66 group which carried out the earlier attack. Information on the latest raid was fragmentary. The attackers were said to have appeared unexpectedly at the mouth of Caibarien port in a single attack ship. They reportedly released the miniature motorboat with powerful explosives planted in its bow, guided it toward the Soviet freighter by remote control and fled. They radioed word of the attack to exiles in the United States. Tells of Attack Andrew St. George, identified as a Hungarian free-lance photographer who accompanied the raiding party, told the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) the Russian ship was attacked with explosives, machine gun fire and cannon fire. He told NBC he did not know the extent of the damage inflicted and said it was not certain the ship hab been sunk. The Soviet Union protested to the United States Wednesday against the “piratical attack” on March 18 at Isabela De Sagua. It said Washington was to blame for the attack and warned the incident was leading to a “dangerous aggravation” of the Cuban situation. A spokesman for the US. State Department said the government was “doing everything it possibly can” to prevent hit-and-run raids against Cuba from American territory. « Midnight Deadline To File Candidacy Midnight tonight is the deadline for filing candidacies in the May 7 primary election, Adams county clerk Richard Lewton reminded Adams county residents this morning. Lewton’s office will close at 4 o’clock this afternoon, but declarations of candidacy may be signed before a notary public and notarized before midnight, and turned into the clerk’s office Friday. At least one more candidacy is expected before the 4 o’clock closing of Lewton’s office this afternoon