Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI NO. 81.

House Committee In Economy Move

WASHINGTON (UPI) — In a double economy move, the House Appropriations Committee today denied extra funds for stocking fallout shelters and refused President Kennedy’s request for SSOO million in new emergency public works. The committee, handing the Republicans the biggest victory to date in their current economy drive, decided that; —Civil defense boss Steuart L. Pittman could get along without $619 million in supplemental appropriations. He said the money was urgently needed to complete a fallout shelter program with space and supplies for 70 million ersons. —lt would not grant one cent of the SSOO million in emergency public works requested by Presides Kennedy to help head off a possible recession. The government now has almost $1.5 billion in applications from communities around the country seeking federal funds to help finance local projects. But the government has run out of money Airman Is Speaker Al Rotary Meeting Airman first class, Roderick Bowen, of Willshire, 0., showed slides taken overseas during his recent tour of duty with the Indiana Air National Guard, to the Decatur Rotary club at its weekly meeting held Thursday night at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Dr. Ray Stingely, chairman of the club’s international information committee, was in charge of the program. N. S. Nonneman spoke briefly and urged support of the current Adams county Civic Music Drive. He said America was experiencing a cultural explosion as well as a population explosion, and that Rotarians should consider it a civic duty to become members even it conflicts kept them from attending all of the concerts. The drive closes Saturday evening. ” Bowen had won the distinction of being “Airman of the Month” at his base at Chambley, France, and received two flights as part of his award. They were to Athens and Berlin. The airman’s slides showed typical French cities near the base with their combination home and barn in one building. Village sanitary conditions were poor and soldiers were warned to be careful of certain foods while off base. The speaker thought the French were not very hospitable and seemed to make no effort to speak English. The Germans, by contrast, were extremely friendly and many would readily converse in English. He preferred Berlin to Paris. He also noted quite a contrast between East and West Germany with the West being remarkably superior. Several American cemeteries in Europe were especially well kept. The base to which his group had been assigned has been closed for six years, but was readily restored to usable condition. President Dave Moore applauded the Jaycees for their recent production of “The Music Man.” He also announced that because of church services next Thursday evening a very short program is planned. David Gay, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gay, was introduced as the student guest for April from Decatur high school.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Kenneth P. Angle, pastor, Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church) “How to Walk” “Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.” (K. J.) Romans 13:13. (The Amplified New Testament’s version is — “Let us live and conduct ourselves honorably and becomingly as in the open light of day; not in reveling, carousing and drunkenness, not in immorality and debauchery, sensuality and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.” When we are up and dressed, we are not to sit still in an affected closeness and privacy, as monks and hermits. What have we good clothes for, but to appear abroad in them? Let us walk! Christianity teaches us how to walk so as to please God, whose eye is always upon us. “Walk honestly as in the day.” Paul says in Ephesians verse eight, “Walk as children of light.” Our conversation must be ifi harmony with the Gospel. So walk that we will bring credit to our profession, and to adorn the doctrine of God our Savior, and at the same time recommend the Christian religion to others. Christians must in a careful manner conduct themselves dally and thus bring honor to His name, and not crucify Him afresh. I have no patience with a form or profession that actually believes that we can put on a cloak of piety and abstinence for n matter of days, and then—proceed to disregard the practice for the moment. Either this matter of living the holy life is to be lived seven days a week or it is not to be lived at all. We mus not walk in rioting and drunkenness. We must abstain from all indulging, whether we eat or whether we drink. Christians must not overcharge their hearts, minds, souls and spirits with surfeiting and drunkenness. The; lust of 'tne flesh if pursued, will bring .ruination to individuals grid to Komds. I ' Downright adultery and fopuiaibn are the chambering forbidden. Whoever transgresses the pure and ssfcred la w of "chastity and modesty will certainly be condemned. Children of light will desire to walk in the light; children of darkness will prefer the darkness. The world beholds the professing one, let our daily conduct be such that we will be an example of right daily living.

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voted by the previous Congress for the program. A House appropriations subcommittee, headed by Rep. Albert Thomas, D-Tex., had drafted a bill containing $450 of the SSOO million sought by the President. But the entire committee, on a 22-19 vote, knocked out all of the funds. Five southern Democrats joined 17 Republicans in the surprise action. The GOP triumph could be only . temporary, however. The action could be modified at some later stage of the appropriations process. The committee denied extra funds for stocking the fallout shelters despite a warning that three million to eight million lives might be at stake. In a report prepared by Rep. Albert Thomas, D-Tex., the committee advised the House that civil defense already had spent slll million buying and stocking food, water and toilet facilities for emergency shelters in office buildings and schools but that relatively little of this material actually had been installed. Pledges To Clear Crossing Problems According to a letter received today by city attorney Robert S. Anderson, the Pennsylvania railroad crossing problem in Decatur should be cleared up in the very near future. Anderson received from L. A. DeJean, director of the railroad department of the Indiana public service commission, a copy of a letter which DeJean had received from H. H. Vaughn, regional manager of the Pennsylvania Co. Vaughn’s letter explained, “I am directing Mr. Miller (regional engineer) to arrange for the correction of the track and crossing conditions, and superintendent A. L. Hunt to correct the car standing matter/’ De Jean explains in his letter to Anderson that his department hopes the handling of this situation may benefit the citizens of Decatur, and “in the event this matter is not corrected in a reasonable length of time, kindly advise this office.” Anderson had contacted the PSC only three weeks ago about getting the Pennsylvania crossings repaired in the city, and received not only their cooperation on correcting the crossing problem, but also in the problem of standing railroad cars too close to the crossings, which diminishes the view of motorists. Citizens Telephone Buys New Corydon INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana Public Service Commission in action Thursday: —Authorized the Citizens Telephone Co., Decatun to buy the New Corydon Telephone Co., rehabilitate it and merge it in the same calling area with Bryant. When concluded. New Corydon residents would pay the Bryant rates. —Authorized the extension of gas service by Northern Indiana Public Service Co. to rural areas in Allen, Adams, Jasper, LaGrange, Miami, Whitley and Wells Counties.

Sharp Drop In Unemployment During March WASHINGTON (UPI) — Labor Department officials were heartened today by a sharp drop in the nation’s unemployment rate last month, but they warned that the jobless problem remains serious. The department reported Thursday that the unemployment rate dropped in March from 6.1 per cent of the labor force to 5.6 per cent. It was the biggest monthly decline in more than four years. The jobless total went down from 4.9 million in February to 4.5 million in March. The number of jobholders in the nation rose 800,000 to 67.1 million during the month. Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz said the drop in the number of jobless merely put unemployment figures back where they were before the January and February drops. But department expert Harold Goldstein said he found the trend “particularly heartening” because nearly all of the March decline in unemployment was among adult men and women who had been looking for full time jobs. Wirtz said the report was “plainly. • .no cause for a broader satisfaction. My feeling is about what it would be if somebody’s temperature dropped back from 104 degrees to 103 degrees.” “We still have to get at the cause of the trouble,” he said. There seldom is much change in unemployment this time of year. The 800,000 rise in employment was a better than seasonal increase with gains in both farm and non-farm jobs. Non-farm employment rose to 62.8 million in March, a high for the month and about 1.4 million above the figure for the same period a year ago. Farm employment rose from 4 million to 4.3 million. This also was somewhat larger than the usual rise in March but it was about 400,000 lower than a year ago.

Civic Music Drive To Close Saturday -The annual membership campaign of the Adams county Civic Music association comes to a close Saturday night, and Mrs. Roy Kalver, county drive chairman, urges all present members to send in their renewals immediately so they will be enrolled for the 196364 seasons. A series of four wtstanding concerts is being planned and in addition, subscribers will have the opportunity of attending without charge 16 additional concerts in the Civic Music cities of Huntington, Wabash, Warsaw and Columbia City. No memberships will be sold after Saturday, and no individual tickets will be sold to any single concert. Already booked for the eighth season which starts this coming fall are the great Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Izler Solomon and Karlesrud Chorale, a vocal ensemble of 16 fine male voices. Negotiations are under way to engage Allsasser, declared to be the world’s finest organ s st. This artist brings a huge electric organ with stereophonic speakers to surround the auditorium, and those who have heard him say his program of familiar music is tremendously exciting and entertaining. A fourth quality concert will be booked when the talent committee meets for its selections on Saturday night. New members not now belonging to the association will be admitted without charge to the appearance of “The Singing Hoosiers,” famous Indiana University ‘ choral group at the Decatur high school April 23. This delightful concert will close an enjoyable and highly popular season. Memberships are sellling at $7.50 adults and $4 for students, and Mrs. Sherman Stucky, president of the association, urges all lovers of outstanding entertainment to subscribe before the close of the campaign. Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 50 12 midnight .. 36 1 p.m. 50 1 a.m 36 2 p.m:... 50 2 a.m 34 3 p.m. 50 3 a.m 32 4 P-m ••• 50 4 a.m. 32 5 p.m 52 5 a.m 32 6 p.m 52 6 a m 32 7 p.m 42 7 a.m. 36 8 p.m 41 8 a.m 41 9 p.m 40 9 a.m 48 10 p.m. 38 10 a.m 55 It p.m. ~ 88 11 a.m 58 Precipitation —- Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today. ".0 Inches. The St. Mary's river was at 4.14 feet.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 5,1963.

Minority Democratic Legislators, Governor Settle On Tax Increase

Training Meeting For Cancer Crusade Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg, chairman of the Adams county Cancer society, today reminded volunteers for the cancer crusade of the first of three training meetings, scheduled for Monday at 7:30 p. m. at the Indiana & Michigan building. 'Die Monday session is the first of three which are held for the benefit of volunteers for the crusade, which will be held the latter part of this month. Take Bids April 25 On New Water Main Mayor Donald F. Gage said this morning that city engineer Ralph E. Roop has completed plans and specifications for the new Elm street water main, and bids on the work will be received April 25. The new water main will be a 12-inch main, in order to furnish residents of that area with improved pressure. The board of works and safety will receive bids for the installation of the new main at 4 p. m., Thursday, April 25, at city hall. Legal advertisement concerning the main will be published in the Decatur Daily Democrat April 6 and 13. This is another step to attaining a lovJbr fire insurance rate in compliance with standards set by the Indiana rating bureau, the mayor said. Previously new water towers, a new fire truck, an addition to the fire station building, and other water mains, have been purchased or installed, pursuant to the state requirements. The 12-inch main commences at the present 12-inch main 361.89 feet west of Line street, and runs west along Elm street for approximately 2,170 feet to the six-inch main on 13th street.

Another Floor Fight Looming

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Another floor fight over legislative reapportionment shaped up today in the Indiana House as the latest plan for changing the allocation of its seats headed for the floor with a favorable committee report. The Republican-dominated Legislative Apportionment Committee voted Thursday to recommend passage of the measure calling for immediate reapportionment of House seats. A similar bill, dealing with the Senate, was scheduled for introduction in that chamber Thursday but was delayed and probably will be introduced today. Democrats on the committee opposed the measure as it was amended by the committee but were uncertain about attempting to substitute a minority report. Rep. William Brighton, D-Terre Haute, who was not present at the committee’s final session, called the bill “as pretty a Republican plan as I have seen.” No Vote Revealed Brighton also is a member of a House-Senate conference committee which also is working on reapportionment and was conferring with other members of that group when the House committee met. Chairman Ray Marr, R-Colum-bus, did not reveal the vote on the bill but said there was some opposition and that not all Democratic committee members were present for the meeting. Marr said the proposal in the bill was a combination of House plans contained in a conference committee report rejected earlier and in a bill passed during the regular session but vetoed by Governor Welsh. Among the changes from the earlier plans were one cutting Lake County from 10% House seats to 10 and another increasing

The other two training meetings will be held Thursday, April 11, at 1:30 and 7:30 p. m. They will also be held at I & M. The annual educational and fundraising crusade will open Monday, April 22, and run through Saturday, April 27. Attend One Volunteers for the crusade need attend only one of the three training sessions, Mrs. Krueckeberg explained, but should make every effort to attend at least one of the meetings. A goal of $2,961.80 has been set for the county-wide drive this year. Because of the unnecessary loss of life, Mrs. Krueckeberg said, “‘the first goal of the 1963 crusade will be to get more people to doctors in time for early treatment. An annual health checkup is a person’s best protection against death from cancer,” she stated. The local organization's chairman also said that another part of the first goal is the objective of making sure that physicians are Informed on the latest methods of diagnosis and treatment. The second goal of this year’s crusade, according to Mrs. Krueckeberg, “will be more much-need-ed money for research, as only through research can we hope eventually to save the one-half of those who develop cancer who can not now be saved. There is new hope in the scientific community rWhat cancer can be eliminated as a threat to life. “New knowledge of cancer is piling up at a rapid rate,’' Mrs. Krueckeberg said. Decatur Teachers To Attend Clinic Three teachers from Decatur will attend the clinic on modem mathematics for kindergarten through the sixth-grade level which will be held in the Columbia City joint high school, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday. Those attending will be Miss Mary Jo Hoffman, Lincoln school; Miss Wilma Andrews, Southeast school; and Mrs. Franklin Detter, Northwest school.

Marion County from 14% to 15. Those changes were expected to draw strong Democratic opposition along with others which Brighton said would give the GOP some seats now hold by Democrats. Separate Bills Planned The bill introduced by House majority leader Charles Edwards, R-Spencer, was part of a plan for obtaining passage of a rehpportionment plan through the device of searate bills dealing with the House and Senate. He reasoned that some of those who voted against the conference committee report dealing with both chambers were opposed to the House plan and some to the Senate plan. He said splitting the plans into separate bills would have the effect of cutting down the opposition. As introduced, the bill contained the conference committee’s recommended plan which was worked out by a bipartisan House committee. However, Edwards told Marr’s committee he was “not wedded” to that plan and suggested- that the , committee come up with its own plan if it chose to do so. Meanwhile, the “day of reckoning” for Indiana in its reapportionment headache was postponed. A panel of three federal judges who had scheduled a hearing months ago for April 18 delayed it because. the legislature is still in session and the apportionment problem is unsolved The hearing was on suits now pending to force Indiana to apportion itself, and the implication has been that if the present legislature continues to ignore a constitutional mandate as it has since 1921, the U.S. judges will do the job themselves.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Minority Democratic legislators and Governor Welsh settled today on a 4 per cent adjusted gross income levy as the solution to Indiana’s revenue problem, and there were indications that majority Republicans might let them pass it and shoulder the onus of having hiked Hoosier taxes. Republican leaders in the special session were closeted with Welsh in a lengthy conference after the Democratic decision was made- No word leaked out as to what it was about, but obviously the chief executive was trying to “sell” the program to the GOP leadership. There were hints that enough Republicans might be absent from the floor for a showdown on the issue that passage would be assured, thereby putting the burden for the tax hike on the Democrats but ending an impasse which dates back three months. Opponents of the plan on both sides of the political fence —and there were some—contended the Democratic plan “dumps the whole tax load on individual income earners” and places no additional responsibilities on business ad industry. The Democratic plan called for federal-type exemptions. But they immediately faced the task of persuading Republican majority members to accept their version of the rate and exemption schedule, although it appeared there might be enough GOP support already to assure passage. Leaders of both parties optimistically predicted success for the adjusted gross income tax plan, which left high and dry the controversial sales tax and corporate net worth tax principles favored by many. However, GOP members seemed to have settled on a 3 per cent adjusted gross income tax rate and retention of the present SI,OOO per taxpayer exemption. The governor, after meeting with Democrats from both House and Senate and finding them willing to accept the 4 per cent rate and the adjusted gross income principle, called in Republican leaders and appeared to be trying to nail down the likelihood of enactment- bL the revenue plan within hours. The tax problem was considered by most observers as the one biggest block to early adjournment of the special session which Welsh called March 12 when an impasse developed over taxes and the biennial budget. The plan was unveiled by Welsh at a news conference late Thursday, shortly after caucuses scuttled a three-point tax package offered by a bipartisan conference committee including a 2 per cent sales tax ad a corporate net worth tax. Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine promptly frowned on the WelshDemocratic proposal because it uses only a single tax instead of several as favored by the State Tax and Financing Policy Commission after a two-year study. But he conceded it might pass. Two Senate GOP leaders were (Continued on Page Eight)

Native Os County Is Taken By Death James E. Murphy, 65, of 2211 Reynolds St., Fort Wayne, a native of Adams county, died at 4:30 p. m. Thursday at the home of a cousin in Fort Wayne. He was employed as a cement contractor. Surviving are his wife, Martha; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Scott, Jr. and Mrs. Bob Vance, both of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. John Gieseking of Avilla; two brothers, Herschell Murphy of Fort Wayne, and Frank Murphy of Muskegon, Mich.; a half-sister, Mary Beaman of Fort Wayne, and three grandchildren. Funeral serivces will be held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at the C. M. Sloan & Sons funeral home, the Rev. Earl W. Sharp officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today.

Kite Contest Here Saturday Afternoon The final kite worshop will be held tonight, with the second annual Decatur Optimists kite contest scheduled for Saturday afternoon at the Stratton Place park. The workshop will be held from 7 to 9 o’clock tonight in the former location of Klenk’s, on Madison street. Materials and adult supervision for the workshops are furnished by the Optimists. Kites for the contest may be built at the workshop or at home, but only homemade k ,- tes are eligible for Saturday’s contest. The contestant will begin at 1:30 p.m., but those who are entering are requested to arrive at 1 o’clock to have their string measured in order to be ready to start at 1:30 p.m. Seven events are scheduled for the contest, including kite messenger, reeling-in, largest kite, novel kite, smallest kite, and flying for distance. Judge From Plane Dr. Mel Weisman and Explorer scouts will judge the distance event, beginning at approximately 4 p.m. The judging will be done from the air, as the scouts will bo riding in Dr. Weisman’s airplane. First over-all prize will be a deluxe bicycle donated by the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Second overall prize is a transistor radio donated by the Decatur Record Store. Other Prises Walnut trophies donated by Decatur Industries will be awarded to each winner in the seven events and second place finishers in each event will receive a free chicken dinner donated by the Fairway Restaurant. Knives and flashlights will also be awarded as prizes, donated by

Reds Agree To Hot Line Link

GENEVA (UPI) — The Soviet Union today accepted the American proposal for a “hot line” communications link between Moscow and Washington to ease the threat of war by accident. Soviet chief delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin made the acceptance at today's session of the 17-nation disarmament conference. “The Soviet Union is ready to accept a direct communication link, either telegraph or teletype, between governments,” he said. American delegate Charles C. Stelle said his government “warmly welcomes” the Soviet initiative and called for informal private discussions to work out the details. The Russian acceptance of the U.S. proposal for a “hot line” was the first forward step made by the Soviets here in more than a month. It came just after East Germany, in a note to the conference, offered to sign a disarmament with West Germany which it said would “materially contribute” to the cause of world disarmament. The United States first proposed the direct comjnunications link in its draft outline of a treaty on general and complete disarmament presented here on April 18, 1962. The offer was renewed last December. Presidet Kennedy himself has spoken favorably of the idea and so has Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, but the Soviet Union never formally accepted the plan until today. The United States has said it would like to see its end of the communications link in the National Safety Center in the Pentagon. The Soviets have not said where they would like to have their end. Tsarapkin said today that each government should be responsible

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Habegger - Schafers. Parents and older brothers and sisters may assist contestants in the contest, and a repair shop will be at the scene of the contest for any immediate repairs that are needed. Holy Week Services Planned At Monroe Five churches in the Monroe community are uniting for Holy Week services next week. Services will be held in each of the five churches, with each service will be one of the visiting ministers. The services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with the Good Friday service at 1:30 p.m. The schedule of services follows: Monday — St. Paul’s Missionary church, the Rev. Claude A. McCallister preaching. Tuesday— Winchester U. B. church, the Rev. Robert Welch preaching. Wednesday — Monroe Friends church, the Rev. Catey Knittie preaching. Thursday — Pleasant Valley Wesleyan Methodist church, the Rev. Vernon Riley preaching. Good. Friday — Monroe Methodist church, the Rev. Roger Budds preaching. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and net so cool tonight. Saturday partly sunny and mild. Low tonight 38 to 44. High Saturday in the 60s. Sunset today 7:13 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 0:22 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and continued mild. Low Saturday night ta the 40s. High Sunday mid 60s north and central, near 70 south.

for the maintenance of its end of the link and the dissemination of information from it “to the responsible organs.’* Stelle, renewing the U.S. call for such a link last week, said the line should be a teletype but constructed in such away that voice communications also should be possible over it. Tsarapkin accepted the American plan after relaying East Germany’s offer to sign a nonagression and disarmament pact with West Germany as away to get general European disarmament on the way. In doing so, he accused West Germany of “opposing any measures for disarmament-”

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