Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI NO. 84.

Conference Committee On Tax Program Meets With Welsh, Ristine

EL ijSamEffMjL •*■'..■’"l McNAMARA—SAVE FOREIGN AID — Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, left, has told the House Foreign Affairs Committee to cut the defense budget if it must, rather than foreign aid. With McNamara at the hearing: Joint Chiefs of Staff chief, Gen. Maxwell Taylor.

Decatur Lions Hear Rev. Ludwig Monday “A troubled question and a terrific answer” was the Easter theme brought to the Decatur Lions club Monday night by the Rev. Richard C. Ludwig, a club ...... member —— “The question is,” Rev. Ludwig stated, “ ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?’ In the festive spirit of a modern Easter, it is hard for us even to imagine how troubled were the hearts of the troubled women from whom this troubled question came! From Easter Account “The Easter account reads: ‘Very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.’ Yet there was no sunrise in their stricken hearts —only sorrow and black despair. The compulsion that drove them to Joseph's garden was the compulsion of an uncompleted task—the task of embalming the dead body of the One they had loved more than life itself. “AU of His fine talk, all His high and happy claims, aU the hope and promise with which He had looked into the boundless future—it was aU over now. The only thing they could yet do for Him was to give Him a decent burial. Sabbath Interrupts “Two days before the little group had washed the body and begun their preparations; but then they had to stop at sundown for the high Sabbath. A stone was rolled before the door of the tomb, and the disciples returned to Jerusalem to Uve out the darkest hours __ known in the history of man. “The mists of early morning were rising in the grey dawn when that little group of women entered the garden. They remembered the stone, and asked themselves, ‘who wiU roU it away for fus?’ “Their troubled question was met with a terrific answer: Peering through the mists, they saw that the stone had been roUed away and the tomb stood open . . They must have made the discovery with mingled emotions. ‘Someone had been there before them. Someone had robbed the grave. The body of the Lord, where would they find it, and in what condition? Wouldn’t his enemies let Him rest, even after they had nailed Him to the cross and brought His battered body to this early grave?’ "So the Women ran forward, a—through the open entrance, into the tomb, and there found themselves in the presence of a heavenly messenger, who said, ‘Do not be amazed; You seek Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen. He is not here; see the place where they laid Him. “But go, tell His disciples' and Peter that He is going before . you unto Galilee; there you will see Him, as He told you.’ ■ Amaring Answer “ “ ” "Imagine having- something like

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that happen to you . . . You visit the grave of a loved one, only to have an angel tell you that the loved one will soon be walking with you again!*’ Rev. Ludwig then drew several parallels between modern-day experiences and compared them with the rising "Of-Christ, closing with Romans 8: “ . . . nor anything else in God's whole world has any power to separate us from the love of God in Jesus - Christ, our Lord!” “That’s any Easter song, isn’t it? I hope it will be singing in your heart this Sunday as you go to church and thrill again to God’s terrific answer to our troubled question,” he closed. Resident Os Geneva Is Suicide Victim A despondent Geneva man • was found in his home this morning, more than 12 hours after he had committed suicide by hanging himself. - Ralph O. Teeter, 61, a resident of Line street in Geneva, was discovered by a friend at 10:45 a.m. today in the living room of his home, where he had hanged himself with a new rope which he had recently purchased. Coroner Elmer Winteregg, Jr., established the approximate time of death at 8 o'clock Monday evening. Wintregg, state trooper Alan Coppes, sheriff Roger Singleton and dtputy sheriff Harold August all agreed there was no evidence to suspect foul play. Death was given by the coroner as “strangulation by hanging.’* Found By Friend The body of the Geneva man was found by Elmer Mann, a friend, who had came to the home for a visit this morning. A former employe of Meshberger Bros. Stone Corp., Teeter had been living alone. Teeter was reported to be despondent and was not himself in recent weeks. He had been arrested on a charge of public intoxication recently. The body was brought to the Winteregg-Linn funeral home in Decatur, where funeral arrangements will be completed. Teeter is survived by his wife, who lives in Geneva, and nine children. One son, Stanley, is a mortician in Portland. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cool tonight. Wednesday considerable cloudiness, continued cool. Low tonight 33 to 38 north, 34 to 42 south. High Wednesday 50 to 58 north, 54 to 62 south. Sunset today 7:17 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 6:16 a.ita. Outlook for Thursday: Mokily cloudy and continued cool. ‘ Low hi the 30s. Highs in the 50s.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A tax conference committee met with Governor Welsh and Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine today before submitting a “trial balloon” revenue plan to four caucuses. The committee met only briefly, then broke up in great secrecy with conferees refusing comment on what they had done pending presentation of the latest tax package to caucuses of House and Senate Republicans and Democrats. House Republicans were the first to meet and the first to break up. Rep. Charles Edwards, R-Spencer, said they took no action on the latest proposal and decided to wait and see what Senate Republicans do. Senate Republicans were still in caucus past the lunch hour. House and Senate Democrats planned afternoon caucuses. A new dependence on the committee developed after the Senate late Monday rushed into oblivion a revenue package produced during meetings of legislative leaders and Governor Welsh. Senators defeated 22-20 the plan for a 3¥« per cent adjusted gross income tax when Republicans rejected it as “untried.” Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, who took the initiative in declaring the Democratic tax program as unacceptable, said he was “hopeful” the conference committee could reach an agreement which would end the stalemate and permit adjournment of the special session, now 29 days old. The special session began March 12 - as the 61-day regular biennial session ended with no solutions to the major issuesConference committee members are Reps. John Coppes, R-Nappa-nee, and James Stagg, D-Evans-ville, and Sens. D. Russell Bontrager, R-Elkhart, and Robert P. O’Bannon, D-Corydon. Defeat of the latest tax package in the Senate was not unexpected in view of the fact Ristine had frowned on it during a weekend of study of the measure. The vote on both tests in the Senate was 22 Republicans against and 20 Democrats for. There were seven senators absent but the vote carried since the test was on motion requiring only a majority of those present. At least three tax plans, all of which have had consideration previously without getting sufficient support for passage, are being readied for reconsideration. They are: Program Outlined —The program advocated by the State Tax and Financing Policy Commission after nearly two years of study. It calls for a onethird hike in gross income taxes plus a 2 per cent sales tax. This would produce enough to meet the tentative budget of $1.4 billion. —A one-third hike in gross income tax without any sales tax. This would require a cut of about $77 million in the tentative budget but would bring in $l5O million above the present spending program. —A budget to fit estimated revenue without creating any new tax. Principal cut from the tenta(Continued on Page Eight)

Local Lady's Father Is Taken By Death Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Vale and Stein’s funeral home at Celina, 0., for Owen Sheldon Ashbaugh, Sr., 60, Celina, 0., father of MrsJason Sharpe, of Decatur. Mr. Ashbaugh died at 7 a.m. Sunday after admission to St. Rita’s hospital, Lima, 0., Saturday. A member of the Bethany E.U.B. church, Celina, 0., he was born July 17, 1902, the son of John D. and Blanche Shaw Ashbaugh; - He was married in 1932 to Lula Roby, and she survives with two sons, Owen, Jr., at home, and John Dayton, O.; one daughter, 11 grandchildren, one brother, James, New Bremen, 0., and one sister, Mrs. Earl Worthington, St. Marys, O. The Rev- Lynn Harris will officiate at the funeral service, and burial will follow in . Elmgrove cemetery, St. Marys, O.

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Liberals Win But Fail Os Majority

MONTREAL (UPD—Lester B. Pearson’s pro-American Liberal party emerged from Canada’s parliamentary election today with the most seats but fell short of the majority needed to take over the governmentPrime Minister John Diefenbaker, whose anti-American and antinuclear policy led to a non-confi-dence vote and Monday’s election, refused to concede even though the Liberals won a plurality of seats over his Progressive Conservatives. — He can remain in office until he resigns or is forced to step down by the new parliament. At the close of ballot counting, the Liberals held 126 seats, 32 more than the Conservatives but short of a clear majority in the 265-seat House of Commons. However, 120,000 military votes still were to be counted, and Liberal party circles said that this tabulation, to be made within a week, might reverse the results in at least five districts narrowly lost by the Liberals. Diefenbaker was saved from a crushing defeat only by a heavy ‘pro-Conservative vote in western" Canada. Die three prairie provinces, including his native Saskatchewan, gave him 42 seats, almost half of his national total of 94. Climaxes Bitter Campaign The vote climaxed a bitterly fought six-week campaign, tin which ” Diefenbaker, 67, railed against dependence on America and Canadian acceptance of American nuclear weapons as part of the Western weapons network. Pearson, an avowed internationalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, called for integration of Canadian fortunes into the Western alliances and a rapprochement with America. The greatest rebuke to the Conservative forces came in Vancou-ver-Quadra, where Grant Deachman, a Liberal, ousted Howard Green, the government’s leading anti-nuclear spokesman and minister of external affairs, from a seat he had held since 1935. Failure of either major party to win a clear-cut victory left the balance of power, as it was in the last Parliament, in the hands of the two “splinter” groups the right-wing Social Credit party (Socreds) and the Socialist New Democrats (NDP). With six seats still undecided, the Socreds held 23 seats and the NDP 17. <r

The next step was unclear as ballot counting ended early today. Diefenbaker told a national television audience, “Naturally I regret toe outcome, but it must be noted that no party has won a clear majority and, that being so, no decision can be made in regard to the course that should or

Wilhelmina Schaper Dies Last Evening Mrs. Wilhelmina (Minnie) Schaper, 83, who resided on Ossian rural route 1, three miles east of Ossian, died at 530 p.m. Monday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where she had been a patient for four weeks. She was born in Adams county Aug. 23, 1879, and was a lifelong resident: of the communityMrs. Schaper was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church at Ossian. Surviving are one son,. Arnold Schafer of Ossian route 1; and a brother, Carl Nuerge of Preble township. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran church. The Rev. A. O. Kaltwasser will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.

ought to be followed.” Awaits Final Results Pearson, who called the election ‘‘the second drastic defeat in a year” for the Diefenbaker administration, said, “When we know what the final result is, then we will know what to do. It is time to put the controversial side of the election aside and do hatever is in the best interests of Canada.” But plainly the next move was to be Diefenbaker’s. Under constitutional law, he remains as prime minister until he resigns or is replaced by Pearson. There are precedents for either move. Most political observers felt the “morally right” action was for Diefenbaker to step down and let the Liberals—holding a plurality—try to form a workable majority. * There had been speculation that Diefenbaker might try to woo the Social Credit party into his camp in case of a close ballot, but under Monday night’s results even this would not give him a majority. Cabinet Ministers Defeated ■ The Socred position on nuclear | weapons is divided, but the NDP has vigorously opposed their emplacement on Canadian .soil, as did Diefenbaker. However, despite tore sharp division of forces on this issue, other national matters find the parties holding less distinct positionsBesides Green, five other government ministers were shorn of their seats: Defense Production Minister Raymond O’Hurley, Forestry Minister Martial Asselin, Immigration Minister Richard Bell, Postmaster-General Ellen Fairclough and Minister without Portfolio Frank McGee. A sixth. Finance Minister George Nowlan, still had a fight on his hands when ballot counting stopped for the night in his riding (District). -•»

Annual Egg Hunt By Decatur Elks Easter Plans for the annual Easter egg hunt, sponsored for many years by the Decatur Elks lodge, were detailed today by Earl DeWeese, chairman, and his committee. This year’s event will return to the original egg ’hunt”, after being held indoors at the lodge home for the past several years. This year, the Elks have been granted use of the American Legion Memorial park on Winchester street for the hunt Easter Sunday afternoon, April 14, at 2:30 o’clock. The hunt was for many years held on the lawn at the Elks property on North Second street, but when the new lodge building was erected, part of the property was sold and no lawn is available at the home for the hunt. Colored eggs will be scattered throughout the Legion park, and all children of Decatur and the community, up to nine years of age, are invited to take part. Many of the hundreds and hundreds of gaily colored eggs will be specially marked and will entitle the finders to special prizes. As an added feature of the hunt, “bunny rabbits” will be on hand to help entertain the youngsters. In event inclement weather prevents holding the hunt at the Legion park, the event will be staged in the lodge home. The city police department, street department, sheriff’s department and the Explorer Scouts, sponsored by the Elks, will assist in directing traffic and otherwise supervising the hunt. Members of the committee, in addition to chairman DeWeese, are Curtis Jones, Dick Balder, Joe Schultz, Bill Cook, Bill Hitchcock, Dale Hunt, Mike Kohne, Andy Schrock, Dr, H. R. Frey and Bill Christen.

Points To Adverse Rail Merger Effect Mac E. Rogers, of Cleveland, 0., spokesman for the regional committee for the "Preservation of our railroad service,” spoke at the industrial division of the local Chamber of Commerce’s April meeting at the Youth and Community Center Monday. A member of the group actively opposing the merger, Rogers pointed out the adverse effects the merger, if permitted, would have on the welfare and economy of the United States, and Adams county. PORS, the group Rogers represents, has been making a thorough study of the mergers under consideration, and believes the Erie - Lackawanna, which also serves Decatur, could not survive alone in competition with the merged PRR-NYC railroads. Rogers termed the proposed merger as “the big trying to get bigger at the expense of the small.” Don't Oppose All He explained that his group is not in opposition to all mergers, as evidenced by their support of the Erie and Lackawanna railways merger a few years ago. He explained that it is conceivable to see Decatur without a railroad through the city in the future if the merger is permitted. This could come about by the ErieLackawanna shutting down and if the PRR-NYC through here failed to show a profit, it might be taken out. According to figures in a pamphlet distributed by Rogers, Decatur now has four freight trains passing through per day, and the merger would cut the number to two per day, or a 50 per cent loss. Wall Street According to the pamphlet, and what was brought out by Rogers, Wall Street is the address of the 30 largest stockholders in the two railway companies proposing the merger. Rogers also explained that three of the largest blocks of PRR stock are held in the names of Swiss banks which means the actual ownership is not revealed. Rogers also brought out several other items in opposition to the merger, and answered questions put forth by those attending the luncheon. Ivan Oberlin, program chairman, said that he is attempting to set up a program with someone from toe railroad to present the merger side of toe problem.

Operating Deficit Shown By Hospital The month of March, which saw the Adams county memorial hospital with the highest number of patients ever present in a day, 72, in the 78-bed hospital, ended up with a cash loss of 3553 94 for the mohth, Thurman I. Drew, hospital manager, said today. The month of April, when most of the March bills will be paid, promises be be much better, Drew explained, with the earned-income of the hospital well above expenses for the year. Insurance payments and adjusted accounts after insurance payments account for about two out of every three dollars taken in, and the bookwork of making the payments takes some time. Actually, $36,168.32 was deposited for the month, well over the average of $31,000, but additional expenses for medicines and drugs, for extra help, especially during the flu epidemic, and heavy period of occupation, resulting in expenses of $36,722.26. This included $15,106.44 for bills, and $21,613.82 for the payroll. The operating cash balance was reduced from $6,868.29 to $6,314.35. A total of 220 patients were admitted during the month, and 63 babies were bom at the hospital. Fifteen patients and three babies died, 208 patients and 64 babies were dismissed. There were 53 patients and seven babies at the beginning of the month, and 50 patients and three bnbies at the month’s end. A total of 302 patients were treated at the x-ray, laboratory and emergency rooms during the month, well over the 200 average. ~ ~ L Decatur Stores Open Thursday Afternoon Morris Begun, chairman of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, announced this morning that Decatur merchants would remain open Thursday afternoon, but close from noon to 3 p.m. Good Friday. According to Begun the retail stores will remain open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, instead of following the usual procedure of closing at noon.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. William C. Feller, pastor, Zion United Church of Christ) "You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48 Jesus sets before men a high standard —nothing less than perfection as measured, not according to human terms, but by Divine perfection. Perfection is hard to attain even according to human standards. It has been described as a state or condition which leaves nothing to be desired, with no possibility of improvement. Few of us have any delusions that we are perfect, or that we will ever attain perfection, but most of us in varying degrees are intrigued by it and perhaps press forward toward it. The standard of perfection, let us remember, is God, who desires us to be like Him. The world may declare it to be impractical, too visionary, too idealistic, and dismiss it as impossible. Yet toe challenge of Jesus remains toe ideal toward which we must strive. Joining with the Apostle Paift in confessing that we have not yet attained that perfection, let us also follow his example of pressing on toward that goal, always seeking Divine grace and help as we strive to at least approach toe Godlike perfection. It calls for an intense struggle against evil and failure and a constant and intimate communion with God.

Foreign Aid Head Supports Request

WASHINGTON (UPD — Foreign Aid Director David E. Bell told Congress today that toe United States must be prepared to stick to the job of helping other countries “for as long as our national interests are threatened.” Testifying in support of President Kennedy’s $4.5 billion foreign aid request, Bell asserted: “We must never lose sight of the fundamental fact that what we are doing through our programs of military and economic aid to underdeveloped countries is helping to wage toe epic battle of our time, toe battle betwen freedom and communism.” In reply to some demands in Congress for a cut of at least $1 billion in toe foreign aid outlay, Bell said it was “strongly in the interest of toe national security of the United States to assist other countries to become independent and self - supporting, achieveing economic and social progress through free institutions.” He told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Americans “must not forget what is at stake.” “The powerful outreach of Communist aggression — working by subversion, by infiltration, by insurgency, by whatever means an Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the 24 hour perisod eat nlnd hour period ending at 11 a m. today. 12 noon 50 12 midnight .. 46 1 p.m 52 1 a.m 42 2 p.m 56 2 a.m 40 3 p.m 58 3 a.m 40 4 p.m 58 4 a.m 40 ‘5 p.m 58 5 a.m 40 6 p.m 56 6 a.m 41 7 p.m 54 7 a.m 42 8 p.m 52 8 a.m 46 9 p.m. . 48—48 10 p.m 46 10 a.m 58 11 p.m 46 11 a.m 61 Kain Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .02 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 3.33 feet.

Rusk Pledges Aid For Asia

PARIS (UPI) — Secretary of State Dean Rusk today pledged a continuation of adequate U.S. economic aid to Southeast Asia in the drive to combat increasing Communist threats in the area. Rusk told the ministers council of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization that the American people are convinced of the need for helping the Asian countries. He went out of his way to reassure the SEATO officials that the United States has no intention of making large cuts in its aid, as was idicated in a report to President Kennedy by a special investigating team headed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay. Warming of relations between France and the United States and Britain tightened the SEATO alliance as it held its second day of consultations. The meeting ends Wednesday. In his speech to the closed session, Rusk reiterated U.S. concern he expressed Monday about Laos, Viet Nam, Thailand and the Sino-Indian dispute. Though he pledged an aid program of “adequate size,” Rusk warned Southeast Asian nations they must recognize that each foreign aid program has to be reviewed in the light of available funds. He stressed that there must be what he termed “a sensible, reasonable program” that would meet the needs of the greatest number of peopleThe apparent thawing of relations between Paris and Washington and London came in a series of meetings Monday, featured by talks between Rusk and President Charles de Gaulle. British Foreign Secretary the

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implacable will can devise—is moving in Southeast Asia, standing on the borders of India, Pakistan, Turkey and Korea, hovering over Africa, seeking to extend its foothold in toe Western Hemisphere,” Bell said. “We in the United States must be equally determined. . . .We can win that struggle—if we are prepared to sustain a wholehearted effort through toe years of freedom’s challenge.” Fleming Is Awarded Contract On Sewer The Allen L. Fleming construction company has been awarded a contract on building a sewer in Decatur, after submitting toe low bid of three Monday afternoon to the board of works and safety. Fleming submitted a bid of $1,215, while a bid of $1,350 was submitted by Baker & Schultz and a bid ot $1,400 was submitted by Yost Construction Co. “ The contract is for the construction of a new sewer to be built in an alley between Monroe and Madison and 13th and 14th streets, in the western section of toe city. Mrs. Josephine Baumgartner, Donald Strickler and Richard B. Ogg had submitted a petition at a recent council meeting, requesting the new sewer be built to relieve problems caused by the present sewer, which is collapsing. Each property owner will pay one-fifto of the cost, a total of $343, and the city will pay two-fifths of the cost. The new sewer will service five properties.

Earl of Home also met with French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville in an attempt to heal the breach caused by De Gaulle’s veto of Britain’s bid for Common Market membership in January. De Gaulle was expected to extend the thawing process with further chats with Rusk and Lord Home tonight after a reception for SEATO officials.

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