Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1963 — Page 1

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U.S. Tightening Chedk On Cuban Refugees, Seek To Halt Further Raiding

"Music Man" Thrills Capacity Audience .

By Bob Shrahika Meredith Wilson’s “The Music Man’ came to life Friday night before a packed house of appreciative viewers in the Decatur high school auditorium. The production, presented by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce, was well-presented and was the culmination of nearly two * months of rehearsals, readying sets, lighting, etc. The show was superbly directed by Reid and Evelyn Erekson erf Decatur, and most certainly was a high point in their illustrious careers. The audience became aware with the opening scene that they were in for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. From the outset, the cast reflected the extensive professional training received in the two months which preseded opening night. It was obvious that this was no ordinary amateur production, but a show one might expect to see performed by one at the traveling companies which in recent years have performed Wilson’s magnificent show in every part of the United States. Biver City, la. The play is set in the town of River City, lowa, in the year 1912. The opening scene explains in rapid-fire manner that Prof. Harold Hill, a fast-talking confidence man, sells “boy’s bands” and the incidental equipment such as instruments, uniforms and lesson books. However, Hill ‘experiences an unexpected turn of events when an affair of heart catches up with him in the person of Miss Marian Paroo. The cast was headed by Jerry Lobsiger as Professor Hill and Audery Waldron as Miss Paroo. Lobsiger gave a memorable performance as the traveling salesman, capable of selling anything to anyone at anytime. His movements were well-timed and conveyed the spirit of the play which Wilson weaved into the plot as much by the actions of the players as by the lines they speak and the songs they sing. The local actor captured the spell-binding mannerisms and speech of Prof. Hill and seemed to exude happiness and a carefree attitude which charactizes Wilson’s leading man. The charming and beautiful Miss Waldron was excellent as Miss Paroo, the reticent librarian who INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cooler today and tonight. Sunday mostly cloudy and little temperature change. Low tonight 37 to 44 north, lower 50s south. High Sunday lower 60s north, upper 60s south. Outlook for Monday: Partly cloudy, a little wanner with possibly some scattered showers.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Joseph Gibson, pastor, Pleasant Mills and Salem Methodist Churches) VALUE IN SUFFERING “Men search out the ore in gloom and deep darkness. They open shafts ip a valley away from where men live; they are forgotten by travelers, they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.”—(Job 28:3-4) Ibis passage of Scripture states that men go deep into the earth in loneliness and suffering to mine its treasures. Great and noble character is produced by the fires of affliction, grief and sorrow. Men and women in concentration camps have found themselves, and they have found God, amidst great suffering, starvation and death. Out of the sorrow and suffering of the colored people in slavery came our Negro spirituals, which have blessed the colored race in America, and all men who have heard them and appreciated them. The greatest of all suffering was that of our Saviour. But out of Hits < agony in Gethsemane; . .. during which there flowed from His pates great drops blood, and from the Cross and His awful suffering, there, Sowedrthftrre- . demption of an mankind, for time and etemitys ... wsrtX May we, then, never question our trials, or our sufferings, but let us seek out their purposes, and turn them into blessings for ourselves and all those around us. ■ ■

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becomes fascinated by Hill’s spett- : binding way. In her solos and t duets with Hill, she exhibited a • fine soprano voice which captivati ed the audience and held it spellbound. Seldom Seen Her acting was of a type seldom I seen in a non-professional per- > formance, as she portrayed the ! part of the reluctant librarian flawlessly. I The huge crowd that filled the t auditorium was singing the praises i of the entire cast following the - performance. The dancers in the show, porI trayed by Decatur school students, ’ performed exceptionally and the • barbershop singing of the quartet t was well appreciated. I Other fine performances were > turned in by Chuck Stonestreet, ' Thomas Sefton, Wayne Roahrig, the Pick-a-Uttle Ladies, Mrs. > Wilma Jacobs. Lyman Hann, and t the rest of the entire cast. Matching the performances of ; Lobsiger and Miss Waldron was i little, 12-year-old Mick Gage. The - red-headed Decatur youngster dis- ■ played masterful talent in protraying Winthrop in the show. Star Os Grand Ole Opry Dies In Fire NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPD — Texas Ruby Owens, “the Sophie Tucker of feminine folk singers,” burned to death Friday night to become the sixth star associated with the Grand Ole Opry radio show to die violently within a monthTexas Ruby died in flames which swept her trailer house parked in the St. Lawrence community near Nashville, home of the opry, folk and western music’s Carnegie Hall. Her husband, Curley Fox, a star fiddler on the Opry, was performing on a show called “The Friday Night Opry” when fire destroyed their mobile home. Cause of the fire was not immediately determined. Texas Ruby, sister of western music singer Texas Owens, who died recently, quit the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 to star on a television show with Fox in Dallas. She and Fox returned to Nashville last year and Fox rejoined the Opry but Texas Ruby was unable to do so because of illness. Texas Ruby’s death followed by about a month the deaths of five other Opry stars in accidents. Killed in a private plane crash near Camden, Tenn., were Cowboy Copas, Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Raqdy Hughes. Two days after the crash, Jack Anglin of the “Johnny and Jack” singing team on the Opry was killed in an automobile wreck on the way to a prayer service for Miss Cline.

WASHINGTON (UPD — The United States today prepared more stringent measures to prevent antiCastro refugee raids, which have increased Soviet-American tension and sparked trigger-happy Cuban responses. Representatives of five government agencies,. meeting Friday night with Atty Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, were understood to have agreed on a broad range at new ' measures to curtail the activities 1 of refugee groups such as Alpha > 66, which have been carrying out • hit-and-run attacks on Soviet ships ’ and Cuban ports. Surveillance Stepped Up , Informants said the measures . would include increased naval and , air surveillance of the Caribbean i area north of Cuba, heavier patrols of the multitude of inlets , along the Florida coast, and a ( closer check by the FBI and other agencies on the movements of ! more militant elements among the 150,000 Cuban refugees in the Miami area. : The Kennedy administration al- : so was believed to be seeking London’s cooperation to prevent i use of remote isles in the British Bahamas as staging bases for such attacks. ■ The State Department was ■ awaiting a response to its stern demand for an explanation of '■ Thursday night's attack by Cu- ’ ban MIGs on an unarmed Ameri- • can freighter in international wa- • ters off the north Cuba coast. The Cuban government, admitting for the first time it might be wrong in a brush with the United States, has claimed the firing runs across the vessel’s bow were “probably” an error. It said there was “no intention” to hit the ship. But Washington wants more details from Havana and a formal apology. May Be Retaliation Some officials and congressmen assessed the harassment of the US. motor ship Floridian as a form of retaliation for the refugee raids on Cuba, which Moscow and Havana blame on the United States. The American government disclaims all responsibility, but US. officials have acknowledged a mounting concern that continued refugee raids could intensify the tension to crisis proportions. Chemist Is Speaker At Rotary Meeting Jack McEwen, chief chemist of Central Soya's Decatur plant, presented a talk to the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Me- ! Ewen stated that the chemical ' analytical work at Central Soya basically is divided between inorganic and organic chemistry. Beneath these two broad headings ' there is a further division between 1 analytical control and research. ’ The Decatur laboratory is basically a product quality control laboratory. They perform the fol- I lowing kinds of checks in bound | ingredients, in process, end process (for solvent meal, lecithin I and soyaoil operations). It also | serves as an oil laboratory for the company by accepting oil samples from other plants and conducting ( tests to determine the quality of j the product. < This information is used by Cen- ! tral Soya and the customer to de- ( termine the price of the oil which 1 is normally sold in tank car lots. The laboratory is also equipped to conduct assays in pharmaceutical and mineral content of various 1 products. In addition, the labora- * tory determines the water chemistry of the local plant.. 1 McEwen stated that the Central Soya laboratory is a member of a ‘ number of chemical societies and ] associations. Annually the socie- ' ties send an unknown sample to ! participating members for their 1 analysis. The results «« return ed after an analysis has been < completed and this type of compe- < titfoh serves to maintain and fur- < tlfot a laboratory’s ability to make" : Ktfei%yi bn- new and unknown com- 1 pdnnds. NOON EDITION i

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 30,1963. -

Hearing Held On Tax Plans

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— Members of the tax conference committe of the Indiana Senate and House today prepared to review the testimony heard Friday during the group’s first and only public hearing. The majority of the witnesses—representing farm, business, labor and civic groups—backed a sales! tax. George Doup, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, termed a tax increase at the state level as absolutely necessary“The Farm Bureau proposes the sales tax feature of the gross income tax be increased by applying a 2 per cent pass-on tax on retail sales,” he said. However, Dallas Sells, president of the Indiana AFL-CIO, spoke against a sales tax and urged adoption of a progressive net income tax. He said wage-earners bear 83 per cen; of the tax load in Indiana compared with a national average of 57.6 per cent , Adoption of a sales tax was urged by Dan Evans, president of the Indiana Retail Council. Willis McMahan, treasurer of the Rock Island Refinery, said he thought Indiana could get along without new taxes. “The sales tax is most equitable,” said Howard Ward, Muncie, speaking for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. “Our recommendation is to handle it under the gross income tax division.” He suggested a 2 per cent gross retail tax. Harvey Hagelskamp, representing the Indiana Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association, also favored a sales tax. Leonard Wilson, speaking for the Indiana Implement Dealers, also backed a sales tax but opposed a franchise tax which he said would add S7OO to the tax bill of each dealer. Warren Sprangle of the Restaurant Owners and Meat Packers urged a broad-base sales and use tax and opposed an increase in gross income taxation. Lawrence Dorrell of the Indiana Farmers Union pressed for a net income tax and urged that tax forms sent to individual taxpayers show how much in equivalent rate was taken off property taxation by state taxes. Bendix Corp. Vice President Arthur O. Omberg of South Bend asked that more money be spent on research to attract new industry to the state. Charles Whobey, National Council of Teamsters, said the net income tax was most appropriate and said the sales tax would "take pennies from old people on pension.” Elks Plan Annual Easter Egg Party The annual Easter egg party sponsored by the Decatur B. P. O. Elks lodge will be held Easter Sunday afternoon, April 14, accord- j ing to an announcement made to- 1 day by Earl DeWsese, general chairman of the event. ( This party has been conducted by the fraternal organization for more than 20 years, with the ex- ( ception of the years during World j War 11, when it was, suspended in ( line with the nation’s war effort. ( The egg party has annually been', one of the most colorful of the Easter season in Decatur, and ( draws hundreds of youngsters, also ( adults, to participate in and view f the festivities. Hundreds and hundreds of gaily j colored Easter eggs are distirbuted during the party to youngsters ( of Decatur and artea, with many j surprise gifts adding to the color- ( ful scene. < More detailed plans for the 1963 i event will be announced later by ] DeWeese and his committee.

Holdout Union To Vote Again Sunday On Pact NEW YORK (UPD—The holdout union in the 113-day-old newspaper shutdown will meet Sunday to vote on a contract including revisions suggested by its leadership. Publishers are being asked to approve the changes. If the publishers and the members of the striking photoengravers union accept the pact, some of the eight papers idled in the dispute should be able to publish again late Sunday. In a joint meeting Friday publishers said they would consider revisions by the union if the cost 'of the pact was not increased. Mayor Robert F. Wagner reported that the changes, would leave a settlement within the $12.63 area of earlier offers. Wagner said he would telephone the publishers today for their approval. Earlier, he persuaded Frank McGowan, president of Photoengravers Local 1, to schedule a meeting of his members for 10:30 a.m., EST Sunday. Presumably the changes, since they were suggested by McGowan, were designed to remedy an offer which the union’s rank and file turned down Wednesday by a 191-111 vote. Though the offer fell within the $12.63 range accepted by the printers and other unions in the dispute, the photoengravers were reported disgruntled because of their wage increases were less than those of other craft unionsOs ten unions idled in the dispute, seven have come to terms and two others have agreed to work now and bargain later; the only block to resuming publication is agreement with the photoengravers. Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the 24 hour eprlod ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 78 12 midnight .. 62 1 P-m 76 1 a.m 60 2 p.m 76 2 a m 59 3 p.m 76 3 a.m 59 4 p.m 76 4 a.m59 5 P.m 74 5 a.m 59 6 p.m 73 6 a.m. 59 7 P-m 70 7 a.m 58 8 p.m 70 8 a.m 58 9 p.m 68 9 a.m 60 10 p.m 68 11 p.m 64 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .16 Inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 4.42 feet.

Russia Putting On Pressure For Cuba

MOSCOW (UPD — Russia appeared today to be mounting a new diplomatic offensive against the United States in an effort to take the pressure off Cuba’s Fidel Castro. Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev Friday pledged “air and support” to Cuba A Soviet protest note hinted the Russians may arm their Cuba-bound cargo ’(ships to ward off attacks by anti-Castro guerrillas. Khrushchev’s promise to assist Cuba in time of “trouble” was contained in answers to questions submitted by Paulo Silveira, director of the ultra-nationalist Brazilian licwspapei Ultima Hora. “The Soviet Union . . . remains a loyal friend of revolutionary Cuba,” Khrushchev said. “The Cuban people can always count on our aid and support. We shall not leave our Cuban friends in the lurch.” Western diplomats cited Rus-

Inspector Reports On Rail Crossings City attorney Robert S. Anderson has received information from the Indiana public service commission concerning the commission’s inI spection of the Pennsylvania railroad crossing in Decatur. The information Anderson received from L. A. DeJean, director of the railroad department, public service commission, included a letter writen by DeJean to M. B. Miller, regional director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. In his letter, DeJean states that on March 25, public service commission inspector P. F. McNamara made an inspection of the crossings, and that at the Washington street crossing rails were found to be loose and spikes out of ties up to two inches. DeJean also explains that the N. Second street crossing track No. 16 “has steeled into the street which causes damages to automobile mufflers and other parts under the automobile.” He further states that examination revealed that on the N. Second street crossing a car was left standing eight feet, two inches from the north side of the crossing and another car was left standing five - feet, nine inches from the south side. Left Too Near “This operation was executed while the public service commission railroad inspector was present on March 25,” the letter relates, “and he requested the crew to move the cars at 5:45 p.m. to give the motorists more vision. The inspector waited until 7:40 p.m. and still these cars had not been moved.” In his letter, DeJean explained that this is very dangerous when t cars are placed at this distance f from the crossing, eliminating » motorists’ views, and “suggested” s that the situation be corrected at - at both crossing. ! DeJean has previously written the railroad company and received - an answer from the regional engin- - eer. A copy of the letter received » was included in the information S sent to city attorney Anderson. i The letter to DeJean says that “our forces had already attempted - to fill the chuck holes. However, r as mentioned in your letter, their t efforts were apparently more enerL getic than practical in that in at- - tempting to quickly satisfy the coms plaint, the wet condition of the 1 holes was disregarded.” According to the letter from the ! Pennsylvania company, the rail- - road’s district engineer has been • instructed to promptly and properly ■ repair the crossings “to the satis- - faction of the city (Decatur) offi- ‘ cials.” It also explains that the situation of standing cars too near I the crossings would be corrected. - One Week Later • The letter to DeJean, however, i was dated March 18, one week before the last inspection was made » and the inspector had ordered the - cars moved within a certain time, - which was not done. At their March 5 meeting, the r city council had authorized Anderi son to contact the state public service commission in an attempt to - have the troublesome crossing res paired. j After lhe city police were seen i taking pictures to send to the state . commission, the holes in the Monroe street crossing were repaired. The repairs, as have been others in the past, were not permanent, howi ever, and the holes soon began to . form again. [ The city has ben trying for some time to get some action on the ' crossings, since the railroad company offers no cooperation. The information Anderson has received, though, leads the city administration to believe that the problems may be finally corrected, through the power of the public service commission.

sia’s dispatch of three protest notes to the United States in as many days as a sign the Kremlin is trying to “take the heat” off Castro, who is being plagued by refugee raiders. Friday’s note said the Kremlin “cannot ignore” the guerrilla raids “and is compelled to consider ... adopting appropriate measures to assure the security of Soviet merchant vessels plying to Cuba.” The note did not say what the measures might be, but observers here speculated that the ships might be armed or escorted by Russian wai ships. This speculation apparently was supported today by an article in the army organ Red Star saying crewmen of the freighter Cheremkhovo had appealed for a&tion to defend Soviet ships “from provocations ... . and attacks on their safety.”

Seek Solution To Stalemate In Assembly

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A legislative conference committe will try again Sunday to agree on an Indiana tax program lb raise a sum not yet determined amid indications some lawmakers may rebel against the special session now in progress. The assignment for the tax conference committe is simple compared to the complications that began to develop late Friday in the lawmaking machinery of the legislature. At least one, and possibly more senators do not plan to return Monday for the 20th day of a special session, called by Governor Welsh after the regular 61-day session failed to produce a budget. Further, a compromise reapportionment plan, worked out by an. other conference committee, is threatened with defeat Monday and this may mean the naming of a second conference committee on the knotty problem. Sen. Keith Fraser, R-Portland, told newsmen Friday night, “unless the governor decides to call a special election to make the Free Hearing Tests Here Next Saturday “Hearing is one of the most unrecognized handicap problems in America today,” said Ralph Wagner, nationally known hearing specialist, in a recent communication to Decatur lodge, Loyal Order of Moose. To help local children and adults recognize this hearing deficiency, hearing screening tests will be given free of charge to any one wishing to take advantage of this service April 6 beginning at 12 noon, and ending at 6 p. m. The hearing screening test station win be set up in the lodge home, 108 Jackson street. This hearing test is designed to detect any hearing deficiency only, and is not to be construed as a medical checkup. Report cards will be given to each person taking the test, with indications thereon relating to the status of their normal or sub-normal hearing. If a deficiency is indicated, the person taking the test is advised on the report card to visit his own personal physician. Absolutely no opinions or recommendations are made by the personnel giving the test, and mechanical hearing aid devices are not recommended. All equipment used in giving the tests is provided by the Zenith Radio Corporation. Wagner also stated that the tests would bring out certain hearing deficiencies in persons who may be totally unaware of any defect. School children who may not be advancing as rapidly as they should are often found to have a hearing defect which can be very easily corrected by the family physician or a specialist. Any person in the area, either adult or child, is invited to take advantage of this opportunity of having their hearing tested without cost. This hearing screening program is sponsored by Adams Lodge No. 1311, as a part of their national participation in civic and community activities. Admits Slaying Os Wife, Her Mother SHELBURN, Ind. (UPD — A mother and her daughter were shot to death early today during an argument and the husband of one of them was captured a few hours later and admitted the slayings. State Police Detective Sgt. Harold Roseberry said Claude Knew, 42, voluntarily admitted the shooting of his wife, Marion, 34, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Katherine Mulvihill, 59, at his home. Roseberry said “domestic troubles” led to the shooting in the Knew living room in the presence of John Mulvihill, the husband of one of the victims. The Mulvihills were from St. Mary’s of the Woods neai* Terre Haute. Authorities said the two women were shot a tclose range. Both died a short time later in Sullivan County Hospital at Sullivan. Knew, a brick mason, was captured about five hours later in an abandoned farmhouse southeast of Hymer*. Although formed with a sawed-dtf shotgun, he offered no resistance, police Knew was jailed fotSullivan while authorities prepared murder charges against him.

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state Senate a constitutional body, the basic questions will continue to be unresolved and I can see no need for me to continue to stay away from my home, going through useless gestures which seem to be universally condemned and criticized.” Senate Stalemates Fraser blamed Welsh for the frequent stalemates in the Senate which have led to indecision on the problems of reapportionment, budget and taxes. "We of the Legislature have been maligned and depicted in the press and other news media as tramps and voracious money grabbers because we find ourselves in a special session which has been none of our doing,” Fraser said. He charged had Welsh called a special election to replace the late Sen. Richard Newhouse RMorristown, who died last December, the situation in which the Senate has no party with a constitutional majority would not have resulted. There are 25 Republicans and 24 Democrats. Sen- Marshall Kizer, D-Ply-mouth, the Democratic Senate leader, accused Fraser of “hypocrisy of the lowest order. He presents an odd spectacle of neglecting his constitutional duty to attend the session while he accuses the Governor inaccurately of not following the same constitution,” Kizer said. Kizer maintained that by the procedure of adopting conference committee reports any measure can be passed with a simple majority. “If just one more Republican senator will go home,” Kizer said, “the Democrats will have a ma. jority in the Senate and we guarantee the impasse will be broken immediately as far as the Senate is concerned.” Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine said he agreed that Fraser’s comments about the difficulties of running a Senate with two minorities were true, but added that he hoped “for the good of the state" other senators will not follow Fraser's lead. Conflict’s Focal Point The Senate Monday afternoon will be the focal point of a reapportionment conflict. A four-man bipartisan conference committee Friday presented a report containing proposed new districts for senators and representatives. Vote on accepting the reports is slated for Monday in both chambers. Rep. Charles Edwards, R-Spen-cer, majority leader in the House, predicted that the House plan would be acceptable to both chambers but he questioned whether the Senate plan would be accepted. He said the House committee which produced the lower chamber plan “made an honest effort" which went so far as to redistrict some of the committee members out of their seats. “But the Senate committee tried to protect each other and hold the status quo,” Edwards charged. Former Sen. Nelson Grills, DIndianapolis, an early proponent of reapportionment and who has two law suits pending to compel reapportionment, said Friday he would ask Welsh to veto the present committee’s plan if it does pass the Legislature. Earlier, Grills said he would drop his suits if the Legislature passed a reapportionment plan. "But as far as I am concerned, the Senate plan is unacceptable,” he said. The plan calls for a reduction of one-half senate seat for Marion County, the state’s most populous county. ONLY 12 Shopping Days Until