Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1963 — Page 1

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Military Rule In Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (UPl)—Military leaders who ousted President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes to prevent what they termed a threatened Communist takeover maintained tight control today of this small Central American republic. Ydigoras and his wife were flown to exile in Managua, Nicaragua, in a Guatemalan airliner Sunday following a bloodless Satursday night coup d’etat. The deposed president told newsmen there that “the change is good for Guatemala and for Central America.” The military installed Col. Enrquie Peralta Azurdia, defense minister in the ousted government, as chief executive with power to rule by decree. Suspends Constitution Peralta, 54, suspended the constitution, dismissed the National Assembly and banned activities of political parties. Tanks and troops rre-xnooi Kounaups Are Scheduled Here Pre-school roundups for children planning to attend kindergarten in the Decatur public schools next fall were announced today by school officials. Children who will be five years . old on or before Sept. 15 are eligible to enroll in kindergarten this fan. Those children living south of Monroe street and in the two-mile area of Washington township will attend the roundup at the Southeast elementary school Tuesday, April 9, from Bto 9 a.m. Children living north of Monroe street, in Stratton Place addition and Union township, will attend the roundup at the Norhtwest elementary school Tuesday, April 23, from 8 to 9 a. ifi. • --—— Each child will be given free examinations by local physicians, and should have a robe or large towel to Wear for the examination. Persons responsible for the child at the roundup should bring birth certificate, also have information avaialHe as to the diseases the child has had, and the year and number of shots given for immunization against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio and smallpox. Parents bringing their children to the Southeast school roundup, are asked to use the southeast entrance. “If you have a child to enroll this fall and do not attend either roundup, notify one of the principals of the elementary schools about your child so they can complete plans for the coming school - year,” school officials stated.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. A. A. Fenner, pastor, Zion Lutheran Church, Friedhelm) „. FEAR DISPELLED " Text: “Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart standeth in awe of Thy Word.” Man has ever been plagued with fear, Often his conscience lets him have no peace. The evidence of fear is warki-wide even today. Only the fool who saith in his heart there is no God will deny this. Even the Christian has his trials and tribulations and must admit with the Psalmist: “Enter not into judgment with Thy servant: for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.” Only too often the child of God finds himself persecuted for the Lord’s sake, because of his love for Jesus Christ who came to seek and save that which was lost. However, in spite of all fear and opposition the Christian hears the assuring words of Jesus: “Be not afraid,” “Lo, I am with you alway.” Such confidence can only be gained through faith, as the Psalmist expresses it: “My heart standeth in awe of Thy Word.” We Bl»O know that the Gospel of Christ is a power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. It is worthwhile reading the words of St. Paul addressed to the Christians at Rome (Romans 8, 39-39. Thus only through Christ can we dispel all fear.) Therefore He bids us: “Be not afraid.”

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were posted in strategic spots throughout the capital and air force planes circled the city. A dusk-to-dawn curfew, already announced by Ydigoras because of political unrest, was put into effect Sunday night. Thg capital appeared calm and there were no reports of trouble elsewhere. The military action was believed set off by announced plans of former Presidet Juan Jose Arevalo, a leftist but self-prct claimed anti-Communist, to rally support as a candidate in the presidential elections next November. The army announced that Arevalo had succeeded in slipping into the country from Mexico last week. Arevalo’s administration from 1944 to 1951 preceded the proCommunist regime of Col. Jacobo Arbenz which was overthrown by an invasion of exiles in 1954. Arevalo bad ben an exile in Mexico until last week. Accused of Complacency In an announcement, "the military accused the Ydigoras government of complacency, in its dealing with Communists and charged the Reds have taken advantage of the democratic constitution to “infiltrate the government and political parties, splitting the democratic forces and, a the same time, unifying their own.” Ydigoras generally had been considered one of the most ardent anti-Communist leaders in Latin America. He had provided training areas for the American-backed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 and had since been one of the special targets of Latin American Communist propaganda. He recently urged President Kennedy at the Central America presidents conference in Costa Rica to take stronger action against the regime of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro and offered to support an invasion of Cuba. Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the 48 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. Saturday Sunday 12 noon 68 12 midnight .. 54 1 p.m 66 1 a.m 52 2 p.m 66 2 a.m 50 3 p.m 67 3 am 49 4 p.m 67 4 a m 49 5 p.m 66 5 a.m 46 6 p.m 64 6 a.m 46 7 p.m 62 7 a.m. 45 8 p.m 60 8 a.m 46 9 p.m . 56 9 a.m 48 10 p.m 55 10 a.m 49 11 p.m 54 11 a.m. 50 Sunday Monday 12 noon 52 12 midnight .. 52 1 p m 58 1 a.m 52 2 p.m 58 2 a.m 52 3 p.m 57 3 a.m 52 4 p.m 56 4 a.m 51 5 p.m 52 5 a.m 50 6 p.m 50 6 a m. 50 7 p.m 50 7 a.m 52 8 p.m 50 8 a.m. 60 9 p.m 51 9 a.m 52 10 p.m 52 10 a.m 58 11 p.m 62 11 a.m. , 64 Precipitation Total for the 48 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .65 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 4.75 feet.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A conference committe on taxes had a proposed new revenue raising plan ready today to offer in secret party caucuses of lawmakers participating in the special session of the 1963 Indiana Legislature. Details of the plan were guarded carefully until they have been preseted to Democrats and Republicans of each house in four caucuses scheduled for this afternoon.—— : However, some legislative leaders seemed doubtful that the caucus reaction would be favorable, even before the meetings began. Rep. John Coppes, R-Nappanee, chairman of the four-member tax conference committee said “we had a plan all wrapped up, but I’m not so sure now.’’ House Speaker Rikhard Guthrie, asked if a definite plan was being offered, replied with a flat “yes.” He said both reapportionment and 'taxes will be subjects of a House GOP caucus after the special session reconvened. Will Ask Versions President pro tern D. Russell Bontrager of Elkhart, Senate Republican member of the tax conference committee, said he would ask Senate GOP members of a tax advisory committee to give their "versions and impressions” of the tax plans discussed and “then I will do the same.” However, Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine said he understood the caucus comment of conferees to be “more in the nature of status reports and not a definite agreement” on a tax program to raise additional millions of dollars. . Democratic Senate leader Marshall F. Kizer of Plymouth said he understood the tax plan worked out by the conferees included a sales tax. He said Senate Democrats will reject it “There is no justice in a sales tax. Why put on $l2O in sales tax on a low income family to relieve it of S3O in property taxes?” he said. Kizer said he understood the conferees discussed a 2 per cent franchise or corporate tax and said “this isn’t enough.” Vote On Apportionment Although the reports of the conference committee members obviously will take much of the afternoon, Ristine and Guthrie said they expect to reach a vote stage on the reapportionment conference committee report made Friday before adjournment for the weekend. Bontrager also said a retroactive increase in gross income taxes he suggested to the conferees Sunday night, never was the subject of an Indiana Supreme Court ruling but its legality was upheld by federal courts. The plan called for a gross income tax rate increase effective back to last Jan. 1 to keep the state functioning until a 2 per cent sales tax could become effective Jan. 1, 1965. “This is not a plan I am advocating," Bontrager said. “It is just something the conferees could put their teeth into. We have been going in circles so I stuck my neck out and offered this idea. It had the effect of bringing out discontinued on Page Eight)

Grass, Shed Fires Bring Out Firemen The Decatur firemen were called to extinguish two fires Saturday, one a large grass fire. The firemen fought a grass fire at the Glen Habegger residence, route 3, Decatur, for more than an hour Saturday afternoon. The call was received at 1:50 p. m„ and the firemen battled the blaze until 3:05 p. m. The quick work of the department kept the fire from spreading to any homes or other buildings, as nothing was damaged with the exception of the field. It was estimated that the fire covered 40 acres in all. The second fire occurred at the Raymond Bodie home, 939 N. Tenth St., late Saturday night. An old shed behind the Bodie home caught fire and was nearly destroyed, with the roof burned off. The firemen received the call at 11:34 p. m., and returned to the station at 12:15 o’clock Sunday morning. The Bodie home was not damaged by the blaze.

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Expect Judge To Lift Ban

CHICAGO (UPI) — A federal district judge was expected to lift his injunction against the nation's railroads today and permit them to institute their long-sought anti-featherbedding work rule changes immediately. The railroads' probably will move quickly in enacting the jobeliminating revisions despite a nationwide strike threat by five on-train unions. Action awaited receipt of a mandate from the Supreme Court in Washington empowering the federal district court to lift the injunction. Court sources said the mandate was put into the mail Saturday, but it had not been received by the U.S. Appeals or District Courts here by morningThose in the know doubted a strike would ever come to pass. If a strike were called by the 210,000 member brotherhoods. President Kennedy surely would appoint a fact-finding board to delay it at least 60 days. And if that time should elapse with ho settlement, jtednaljKbir' trattest probably would be used to bring a final settlement to the dispute that has been building up over the last 40 years. Arbitration already has been used to settle two big rail disputes—between the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Order of Railway "Telegraphers, and the Southern Pacific Railway and the Railway Clerks. U.S. Dist. Judge Joseph Sam. Perry slapped an injunction against the railroads last July when they broke off negotiations with the unions and said they were imposing the work rule chages immediately. The appellate court and the Supreme Court upheld the railroads, and under the Supreme Court ruling of March 4, Perry would quash his July injunction. The five brotherhoods let a 25day appeal period expire Friday without seeking a rehearing. Ned Henslee, a lawyer for the Juries Drawn For April Court Term A total of 36 persons have been drawn to serve in the petit and grand juries of the Adams circuit court for its April term. County clerk Richard D. Lewton drew the names for jury duty today, in the presence of jury commissioners Edward Berling and Clarence Ziner. The April term of the circuit court opens Monday, April 8. The 12 drawn to serve on the grand jury were as follows: Hubert Gilpin, Root; Victor Laux, Geneva; Chester Longenberger, Decatur-Root; William Doherty, Geneva; Gaylord Weaver, MonroeWashington; Robert Weber, Kirkland; Hubert Weigman, Union; Edward Gerbers, Union; Eugene Caffee, Jefferson; Clark L. Day, Geneva; Walter Elzey, Washington; and Leo "King, Sr., Root. The 24 petit jurors drawn were: Arthur Losche, Kirkland; Paul Erp, Washington; Pauline Parr, Berne; Thomas Butler, DecaturRoot; Harold T. Fields, Geneva; Harry Tonner, French; Warren Harden, Union; Lillard Fawbush, Preble; James Dailey, Wabash; Jerome Gerke, Jefferson; Warren Augsburger, Jefferson; Robert K. Ehrman, Kirkland. Others drawn included: Harry Moser, Hartford; Carl Adler, Kirkland; Gordon Brodbeck, MonroeWashington; Harvey Landis, Kirkland; Eugene Hill, St. Mary’s; Daniel Lehrman, Union; Basil Gepbart, Union; Harold Leeper, Hartford; Hoirter Landis, Blue Creek; John L. Frank, Root; Ferd Klenk, Root; and Glen Foor, St. Mary’s.

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said the unions decided not to seek a rehearing because the court voted 8-0 and* they felt there was no chance the tribunal would reverse itself. The anti-featherbedding changes affect the railroads’ entire operation. However, the biggest change would be among the firemen, who would see about 13,000 of their jobs ended during the next year. The Presidential Railroad Commission, appointed by President Eisenhower and which made its report last February, said the problem facing the rails has come about because of increased competition from cars, trucks, planes and pipelines. The work force of the railroads dropped from 2 million to 800,000 in four decades.

Cuban Underground To Continue Attack

MIAMI (UPl)—Spokesmen for a new Cuban underground organization today issued a “declaration of war on all Communist ships that enter or leave Communist Cuba” despite United States efforts to halt anti-Castro raids blamed on this country. The spokesmen said the group is known as the “Freedom Fighter Commandos” and will operate out of Mexico. They sharply criticized the new U.S. crackdown but emphasized that their projected naval war on Communist shipping would not be carried out from United States territory. The exiles said operations headquarters for the group have been “in the process of formation for some time” and are located “in a certain place in Mexico.”. Code Name ‘‘Operation Wolf” Commander in chief of the grup was identified only as Maj. Liovez. The organization, to be known simply as “Commandos F-F.” Carrying out attacks under the code name “Operation Wolf,” it has no Americans among its members, according to the informants. The announcement came amid amounting criticism by Cuban exiles in the Miami area of the new U.S. crackdown on raids against the Cuban regime of Premier Fidel Castro and the imposition of tight travel restrictions on certain reugee leaders. One prominent exile leader, Dr. Luis Conte Aguero, denounced the new policy as “anti-Monroe Doctrine’’ and said it put American armed orces and officials in the “incredible position of protecting the Russians in Cuba.” > Handed Restriction Orders - United States immigration officials fanned through the refugee colony, tracking down past or “potential” raiders. The exile leaders were handed orders restricting them either to the UniteS States or to the 50-by-50 mile area of Dade County, which includes Miami. In Nassau, the Bahamas govRichard E. Braun Returns To Democrat Richard E. Braun, of route 5, has been hired as a make-up man and compositor at the Decatur Daily Democrat, effective today. Braun formerly worked a night shift for the Fort Wayne Newspapers, Inc., and before that had been employed at the Decatur Daily Democrat. He replaces Gerald Timmons, of Berne, who resigned to take employment in Berne. Braun will be working with Fred Isch, mechanical supervisor for the Decatur Daily Democrat.

Urges Russia Quit Stalling On Ban Talks GENEVA (UPI) — The United States urged the Soviet Union today to join in “real negotiations” on a nuclear test ban treaty based on a new “flexible” Anglo-Ameri-can program of policing. U.S. Ambassador Charles C. Stelle told the 17-nation disarmament conference there is “a new basis for agreement on a nuclear test ban” as a result of the exchange of letters on the subject earlier this year between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev. He called on the Russians to quit stalling and to begin concrete discussions of all the major issues involved in a test ban treatyThe United States and Britain submitted a memorandum outlining their present position which Stelle has spelled out in speeches over the past 10 days. It is expected to be presented as a formal draft treaty outline shortly after the Easter recess. “We earnestly appeal to the Soviet government to consider its present refusal to discuss anything but the Soviet-proposed number of on site inspections and the Soviet - proposed number of automatic stations,” Stelle said. “We ask the Soviet Union to join with us in real negotiations on all the major issues involved in a nuclear test ban treaty.” Stelle said the basic elements of agreement between East and West after the Khrushchev-Ken-nedy exchange are “reliance on national seismic detection stause of automatic stations, and the carrying out of a small number of on-site inspections of unidentified seismic events each year.” As a result of the new flexibility, he said, it is all the more important that on-site inspections be “methodically and efficiently carried out.”

ernment said today the British frigate Londonderry has been ordered to halt refugee attacks against Cuba from British territory. Bahamas Colonial Secretary K. M. Walmsley said the 2,150-ton frigate left Bermuda Saturday on its way to the Bahamas under a joint decision by the Bahamas and British governmentsCivic Music Opens Membership Drive Nearly 60 workers attended the “kick-off tea” of the Adams County Civic Music association held Sunday afternoon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, and received instructions for the membership campaign which starts today and continues through Saturday. Speakers at the meeting included Mrs. Sherman Stucky, president, Mrs. Roy Kalver, county drive chairman, and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Nonneman of Dayton, Ohio, representing the New York office of Civic Music. The 1963-64 series will be the eighth concert season for the county group, and four outstanding concerts will be presented, comprising some of the world’s finest artists. An earnest request was voiced by the speakers that all current ticket holders renew their mem-

berships immediately, in order to facilitate the work of the campaign. This will enable the solicitors to concentrate on new members. wtih an effort to bring the i enrollment to its largest in history. 1 The more ticket holders, it was pointed out, insures a larger bud- : get and thus more outstanding attractions. 1 In attendance were workers from Geneva, Berne, and Monroe, ; as well as Decatur, and plans were discussed to enroll members from j neighboring counties. It was emphasized that following the end of the drive Saturday no more memberships will be sold and there will be no individual tickets for any of the concerts. As usual the price will be $7.50 for adults and $4 for students. If was further pointed out that a holder of a membership ticket in the Adams county association can attend without charge concerts in the neighboring Civic Music towns of Huntington, Columbia City, Wabash and Warsaw and could for the one price attend 20 concerts, if he so desired. The headquarters of the annual campaign is at the Community Center and the telephone number is 3-3130.

K ) - IB HB *—.——— J SAME OLD RALPH—Reunited for the first time in nine months, Teresa Flores and her husband Ralph, who spent 48 days in the frozen north, are seen in Whitehorse, Yukon, hospital. Mrs. Flores said her husband “looks quite different, but he’s the same old Ralph.”

New York’s Papers Resume Publication

NEW YORK (UPD—AU major New York City dailies were back in business today for the first time since Dec. 8. Giant high-speed presses of four morning papers rolled out of their enforced winter hibernation a few hours after holdout photoengravers wrote the finish to the 114-day newspaper shutdown. The World-Telegram & Sun, Journal-American, Long Island Star-Journal and Long Island Press prepared editions for this afternoon. The 213-104 vote by photoengravers to approve their contract offer turned the warm spring Sunday into a day of excitement. Die costly strike that had a dozen false endings had finaUy stopped. “New York is aUve again!” exclaimed the New York Mirror, first of eight closed dailies to hit the streets after film star Natalie Wood touched the “start”- button for the presses to roU. “Hello There” The Daily News, whose circulation of over two million a day leads the nation, followed with the headline “WeU, hello there! We have news for you.” At the News, the button-pushing honors went to the man credited with ending the complex dispute—Mayor Robert F. Wagner, mediator in the struggle between publishers and newspaper unions. For readers of the 5-7 million copies published daily by New York’s major newspapers, the Herald Tribune had the invitation “Read all about it.” “This is the best news story of the year — and no April Fool’s Day joke about it,” began the Herald Tribune story under the headline “Oh, what a beautiful murning.” The Times, with traditional restraint, confined its enthusiasm to a four-column head summing up: “114-day newspaper strike ends as engravers ratify contract; loss is in excess of $190,000,000.” Some estimates of the economic losses to the city due to the shutdown ranged up to $450 million. Now that the other papers have settled their differences with the unions, the Post is expected to start soon on its own negotiations with unions which have been working under old contracts. The Post resumed publication March 4 after breaking away from the publishers association. Another happy development on the newspaper scene Sunday occurred in Cleveland, where the Press and Plain Dealer have been shut down in a 124-day-old strike. One of the last major obstacles to ending that walkout was overcome when striking printers came to terms with management. This left only the machinists without an agreement. The New York dailies stopped publication of their editions in the city when printers struck the Times, News, World-Telegram & Sun and Journal-American. The formula proposed by WagINDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Tuesday with chance of some scattered thundershowers tonight and again late Tuesday or Tuesday night. Low tonight in the 50s north, 55 to 62 south. High Tuesday in the 70s north, 80s south. Sunset today 7:09 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 6:28 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Considerable ctoudtoess with scattered showers and thundershowers, turning cooler by night. Lows upper 50s. Highs 70 to 75.

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ner which eventually settled the printers’ strike, then the other union disputes, was a $12.63 per week package over a two-year contract period. The increase was reflected in new prices for the Times and Herald Tribune today, up a nickel to ten cents. Stolen Dayton Auto Found Near Berne A car stolen from a Dayton, 0., family was found by the Adams county sheriff’s department north of Berne Saturday morning, but due to a late reporting of the theft, the subject who had taken the auto made his getaway from the Deputy sheriff Warren Kneuss received a call of an abandoned car north of Berne about 7 o’clock Saturday morning. Upon checking the car, Kneuss found a colored man nearby. He told Kneuss that the car’s radiator had blown, which had happened, and that the auto needed repair. Deputy Kneuss checked with the Decatur police for any reports of a stolen auto, of which none had been received. With no report of a stolen car on the vehicle, and with no reason to hold the man, Kneuss allowed him to attempt to contact someone to repair the car. He left and was never seen again, and around 12 o’clock noon the car was reported stolen from Ohio law enforcement officials. The owner of the car had been working from 11 p. m. to 8 a. m., and did not discover the auto missing until after finishing work. The owner did not report the auto missing until after the thief had left this county. The auto, however, was saved, although the radiator was damaged, and will be turned over to the proper owner. if Advertising Manager Returns To Office David B. Heller, advertising manager of the Decatur Daily Democrat, returned to work today for the first time since suffering a coronary attack Dec. 24. Richard H. Reidenbach has been acting advertising manager during the past 14 weeks. Heller’s duties will include mostly office work, and Reidenbach and publisher Dick Heller will continue to handle the outside routes.

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