Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1963 — Page 1

VOL LXI NO. 88.

Soviet Union Launches New Unmanned Satellite To Continue Space Study

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Richard C. Ludwig, pastor, Zion Lutheran Church) HAPPY EASTER! Psalm 139:18—“When 1 awake, 1 am still with Thee:” The writer of this Psalm verse suspects that there is more to sleeping and waking than just going to bed and getting up again. r To him it is a kind of death and resurrection. God lays His hand upon us and arouses us from the sleep of night or the fever of sickness. It is God who opens our eyes to see a new day and draw a fresh breath. Is this what it’s like to die, too? In the book “Barabbas,” written by Par Lagerkvist, Barabbas asks the resurrected Lazarus, “The realm of the dead . . . What is it like there? You who have been there, tell me what it’s like!” Lazarus replies, “I have experienced nothing. I have merely been dead. And death is nothing ... It exists, but it isn't anything. But to those who have been there, nothing else is anything either.’' Barabbas goes away disappointed, and so does the reader. But this is because Mr. Lagerkvist doesn't know what death is like. The one who knows, passes over the silence of His death to speak about the resurrection, “I am the Resurrection and the Life. He-who believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And he who lives and believes in Me shall never die.” St. Paul, the apostle of Jesus, tells us that dying is like going to sleep in the Lord for believers, niis is why the Psalm writer can bring us an Easter message when he says, “When I awake, I am still with Thee/’

To Offer New Revenue Plan

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The third party of the deadlocked Indiana Legislature will make another bid Monday for acceptance of its theory that the state can operate with little or no new taxes during the next biennium. The presence of this third party was partially concealed by the closed door of the caucus rooms, but its membership stood fully counted as a result of a preEaster marathon balloting binge. Seven Republican senators voted “no” all seven times. Four of those seven were Marion County lawmakers closely associated with GOP State Chairman Dale Brown, long - time Indianapolis political leader. Brown, confronted with the job of trying to elect Republican mayors in Indiana cities this year, originally plunked solidly for no new taxes. He wobbled a little after Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine last month convinced the State Republican Central Committee that more money was needed for education Brown had appeared to give only token support to the concept that an “education tax” was needed. He even ended his inconclusive news conference at which he announed the impact of Ristine’s talk upon the GOP committee by indicating he still thought Indiana could get by with no new tax. Anti-Tax Senators The four Marion CouHty “no new tax senators” were Wendell Martin, Robert Brokenburr, Russell Townsend and Martha Burnett. Joining them in the seven straight negative votes were Paul Bilby, Warsaw; Earl Landgrebe, Valparaiso, and Joel Rhodes, Centerville. Martin, who several times has demonstrated his authority over

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this “no new tax” party that has emasculated the GOP Senate leadership, said he would offer a plan Monday to hike cigarette taxes three cents and produce an extra $36 million which he said he considered more than sufficient to cover the state’s needs. Ristine took his family on an Easter holiday outing to Dearborn Village, Mich., and left the frustration of nullified leadership behind him at least until Monday. In his absence, House Speaker Richard Guthrie, who backs Ristine as a 1964 nominee for governor, said, “A lot of Republicans feel the balanced budget would fail to meet the needs of education, universities and colleges and mental health.” He added, however, that Republicans have "demonstrated they would rather accept the balanced budget than net income or some hastily drawn corporation tax that might discourage new industry from coming into the state and i drive away business now located - here.” Party Line Vote The vote on the net income or adjusted gross income tax offered by Senate Democratic Leader Marshall Kizer Thursday night got a party line vote of 24 Democrats for and 25 Republicans against. An analysis of the seven roll call votes showed 15 Republicans sided with the House GOP in favoring a sales tax and four Democrats also backed the sales tax. That was short of a majority. Eleven different Republicans, however, voted for one of the gross income hike plans as did 17 different Democrats. That was a majority. The only trouble is these 28 senators have yet to. vote “yes” on the same gross income tax bill.

MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union launched another unmanned artificial satellite today, the official Tass news agency reported. Tass said the new satellite is named Cosmos 14. It said it is carrying scientific equipment “designed to continue the study of outer space.” The new satellite was put into orbit with an initial rotation period of 92.1 minutes and a top elevation or apogee of 323.54 miles, Tass said. It was the third known unmanned space shot by the Soviets this year. On March 21, the Russians launched Cosmos 13 as an earth satellite. Lunik 4 was shot into space on April 2 as a moon probe. It passed within 5,270 miles of the moon on April 6 and then went into orbit around the earth. The Russians said it later will be pulled into an orbit around the sun. Tass said the lowest point—or perigee—in the orbit of Cosmos 14 is 164 miles from the earth, with the satellite angled at 48 degrees 57 minutes to the equator. Besides scientific equipment, the Cosmos 14 is carrying a radio transmitter working on a frequency of 20,004 megacycles and a radio system for the exact measurements of elements of the orbit. It also has a radio system for telemetering information about the functioning of the instruments and scientific apparatus. Tass reported all equipment on the satellite “functioning normally” and said that the information received was being “processed at the coordination computing center." Defibrillator Is Given To Hospital A Burdick defibrillator, to help prevent sudden heart failures on the operating table, is being purchased for the Adams county memorial hospital, thanks to a check from the Tri Kappa sorority for $250 from a recent benefit card party, Thurman I. Drew, hospital manager, announced today. Fast Heartbeat Filbrillation of the ventricles of the heart occur occasionally during surgery, or at other times. The ventricles pump blood through the arteries to the lungs,, brain and rest of the body. Normally, the heart “beat’ and pulse are synchronized. When fibrillation occurs, the heart beats wildly and rapidly, completely out of synchronization. This is quite serious, and usually leads to death. The difibrillator restores normal heartbeat by restoring proper electrical impulses. The particular model to be used locally wall be an electrodyne D-72A, an external defibrillator. It provides a countershock with an impulse duration of .15 seconds. Voltage can be increased in steps up to 750 volts, and delivers up to 15 amperes through the chest wall. Maximum protection for the patient and op< erator are built into the machine, with a circuit breaker, protection from undue heating, etc. Box with Cable The machine looks like a “little black box,” with a black cable leading from it. The cable branches and has two rubber-backed external eletrodes, which look like round mirrors. These “mirrors” are liberally smeared with electrode paste, and firmly pressed to the left anterior chest wall. The counter-shock is then applied, for either ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia. The Decatur Tri Kappa chapter is well known. Drew stated, for its great help to the local hospital, and its interest in better hospital facilities for the use of all the people of the county, INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and cooler tonight, Sunday fair and mild. Low tonight 30 to 35, high Sunday bear 60- Outlook for Monday: Fair and warmer.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 13, 1963.

Know Your Carrier

Earl Chase Rural Route No. 4 Second in line among continuous service “veterans’' at the Decatur post office is rural route 4 mail carrier Earl Chase, who has been employed at the local post office for 32Vi years. A native of Delaware county and a graduate of Decatur high school, Chase is. second only to Pat Costello in terms of continuous service at the Decatur post office. Chase has a total of 336 stops on his route 4 delivery service, for 344 families. Each day he travels nearly 70 miles, 69.72 to be exact. Chase’s daily route takes him into four Adams county townships, Washington, Kirkland, Preble and French. A member of the Union Chapel NOOH EDITION Elks' Easter Egg Hunt At Park Sunday The annual Efrifier egg hunt sponsored by the Decatur Elks lodge will be held at the Legion Memorial park on Winchester street, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock prompt. ■Hundreds and hundreds of gaily colored Easter eggs will be scattered throughout the park and a number of these eggs will bear upecial markings, entitling the finders to special prizes. This will be the first time in several years that the hunt has been held outdoors. Perviously held on the lawn of the Elks property on North Second street, the event has been held in the new lodge home for the past few years after a portion of the property was sold to aid financing of the new home. The hunt is for ail children in Decatur and vicinity, up to and including nine years of age, and is scheduled to start promptly at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. “Bunny rabbits’’ will be present to aid in entertaining the children. Earl DeWeese, general chairman, and members of his committee will be aided by the city police and street departments, the county sheriff’s department and the Explorer Scouts, sponsored by the Elks. In event inclement weather prevents holding the hunt at the Legion park, the party will be staged in the lodge home. Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the period ending: at 9 a.m. today. 12 noon 63 12 midnight .. 50 1 p.m 62 1 a.m 49 2pm 64 3■ m 48 3 p.m. 62 3 a.m. —.4 48 4 p.m. 62 4 a.m 48 6 p.m 60 5 a.m 48 6 p.m 60 6 a.m -46 7. p.m. 66 7 a.m 4 4 8 p.m. 54 8 a.m 48 9 p.m 52 . 9 a.m 57 10 p. 2. 50 11 p.m 50 Rain Total for the 24 hour period ending; at„7 a.m. today. .0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 2.16 feet.

E. U. B. church, he and his wife, Cozie, reside at 1444 High St. Chase teaches a Sunday school : class and is the president of the Adams county Sunday school association. Chase began his tour of duty with the local post office as a substitute clerk when the building was located on Monroe street. He served as a dispatching clerk for . about 21 years, five years as finance clerk, and for the past six i*ykars as a rural carrier. In 1954 the veteran employe was : commended for his alertness in the apprehension of a man who was later charged with raising and cashing numerous money orders. This occurred when Chase was finance clerk under the late postmaster Leo W. Kirsch. Search Markets For Contaminated Tuna WASHINGTON (UPI) — Health officials in six cities today searched grocery market shelves for contaminated, “highly dangerous” tuna fish labeled “kosher for Passover" under the Daeim Ta- ; horin brand. The Food and Drug Administra- : tion (FDA) Friday warned con- ( sumers not to eat any tuna fish from cans bearing a red and white label reading in part “Dagimwhite tuna-kosher for Passover . —net wt. 7 oz.” or those with blue and white labels of the Da- ■ gim company. Each suspect can is embossed with the codes “WY2” or “WY3,” the FDR said. Shipments from the ' Brooklyn distributor have been delivered in New York. Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Augusta, Ga. FDA Commissioner George P. Larrick said the tuna was packed by the Washington Packing Carp., ' San Francisco, Calif. This was the same firm which packed the tuna that was found contaminated and responsible for the deaths of two Detroit women in March. An FDA spokesman urged the public to examine all cans of tuna for the codes, especially cans sold in stores dealing in kosher foods. FDA officials said it was -p ossible, but unlikely, that shipments of tiie contaminated tuna went to other cities.

Wildcat Association Volunteer Board Named

The Decatur Wildcat League Association, which will administer the Decatur Wildcat League, will hold its first formal organizational meeting Tuesday night, preceding the public meeting Thursday night, to make final plans, Carl A. Braun, cumimsslunei ' announced today. Braun also made public the names of officers and members of the committee, which include: Braun, commissioner; Kenneth Gaunt, deputy commissioner; Warren, Druetzler, secretary and Arthur Heimann, treasurer.

Two Os County Schools Listed As Below 100 Two Adams county schools, Hartford Center and Pleasant Mills, are included in the list of 112 low-enrollment high schools in Indiana which face the prospect of decommissioning on grounds of substandard education by the commission on general education of the Indiana department of public instruction. The list of 112 schools was released Friday afternoon by the commission, which had decommissioned two Lawrence county schools Thursday under a new policy of the commission. However, Dr. Edgar Smith, assistant superintendent for instructional service, said the decommissioning of the Lawrence county schools was not necessarily an application of the policy, but he indicated the action was long in coming. “They were not meeting standards and were not giving enough subjects,” he said of the two decommissioned schools. He said the action was the result of a previous examination of the schools. Ordered Closed The Adams Central school board recently ordered the Pleasant Mills high school and elementary school, a part of the Adams Central system, to be closed at the end of the present school year next month, with all students to attend Adams Central next fall. However, petitions have circulated in St. Mary’s township opposing closing of the school. In Hartford township, a second meeting is scheduled Monday night to discuss closing of the high school and junior high, and transferring the students to either Geneva or Berne. A previous meeting of taxpayers reportedly favored closing the high and junior high, but no agreement was reached on which school to send the Hartford pupils. Hartford has an enrollment of 54 students in the high school, and Pleasant Mills baa 9b in high ' school. Several other counties in this area have high schools with fewer than 100 pupils enrolled. Included are: Allen county—Lafayette Central 79. Wells county—Chester Center 90, Liberty Center 65, Rock Creek Center 95, Jackson Twp. 71, Petroleum 95. Huntington—Union Twp. 74. Jay—Gov. I. P. Gray 91, Poling 43. Kosciusko—Claypool 93, Sidney LaGrange—Brighton 90, Spring--82, Etna Twp. 81. ; field Twp. 65, Topeka 94. Noble—Wawaka 86. Fair Weather Is Forecast Easier By United Pres* International . Despite cloudy overnight conditions, the weatherman stuck to his guns today and indicated the Easter weekend in Indiana would remain generally fair, and without rain. But South Bend reported a trace of rain in the past 24 hours and Lafayette measured .07 of an inch. Today’s forecast called so r “partly sunny” to “partly doudy,” folowed by “fair and mild” Sunday and “fair and warmer” Monperature predictions for Sunday day. Forecasters revised their temperature predictions for Sunday downward, however, from highs in the mid-70s ao near 60 in all portions. Evansville and the Louisville area reported highs Friday of 65. Overnight temperatures this morning remained above freezing for the first time in four days, ranging from 37 at South Bend to 40 at Indianapolis and 44 at Evansville.

Other Members Members o fthe committee include Deane T. Dorwin, Norman ! Steury, Bill Zoss, Ferris Bower, Dick Heller. BUI Kuhnle. and C. 1 Wayne Roahrig. , More than 400 people are ax. pec ted to crowd the Decatur community center next Thursday even- ; ing for the kickoff ra’Jy for the : new association, Braun added. Tickets are still available from Braun \ or from Dan Freeby. Those who would like to attend . the meeting at 7:30 pm., following the banquet, are invited to do

Continue Hunt For Thresher

ABOARD THE USS HAZELWOOD (UPI) — Four scientists will try to transfer to the marine research vessel Atlantis II to- . day to map part of the North Atlantic’s floor where the sunken nuclear - powered submarine 1 Thresher may be lying with 129 1 men aboard. The tricky transfer in the turbulent ocean will be attempted in a canvas sling across 30 yards of rope stretched from this destroyer to the Atlantis. Five slingloads of delicate scientific equipment in waterproof containers were moved by this method late Friday. But the sea was too rough for the four men | from the Woods Hole, Mass., | Oceanographic Institution, needed ’ to operate the sensitive echosounding gear, to make the “highline’’ tripSydney Knott, head of the ex--1 pedition, said they would make the transfer “when the seas are ' calmer.” 1 Would Mark Spot ’ Improvement in the weather al--1 so would make it possible for the 1 Hazelwood to drop a 1,200-pound ! anchor on a nylon line more than a mile and a half long. A “signpost” buoy will be attached to the line as a marker where the ■ Thresher started her ill-fated dive. ' The buoy will serve as a per- • manent reference marker for . search vessels. The search continued here as a . board of inquiry opened hearings in Portsmouth, N.H., where the ' Thresher was built. The Navy Friday brought to Portsmouth a box full of possible . evidence scooped from the ocean near where the Thresher sank. It included two rubber gloves, two medicine bottles of sea water containing oil slick, some cork and plastic and one partly squeezed tube with the printing "baker’s flavoring” on it. Vice Adm. Bernard L. Austin, head of the inquiry, said the flotsam could have been from the Thresher but that he was awaitL mg further tests before making a final determination. The search scene is 225 miles • east of Cape Cod near the spot where the Thresher was believed

Christians Gather For Easter Vigil

By United Press International Christians throughout the nation gathered together today in solemn vigil for the joyous tri7mph of Easter. A quiet reverence marked services from logging hamlets deep in the still forests of New England to stuccoed California towns overlooking the thundering Pacific surf. The Passion over and the promise yet to be fulfilled, Christendom commemorated the ageless words of the Gospel. “They took the body of Jesus ; and wound it in linen clothes with • the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. “Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden; , and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never a man yet laid. “And the Sabbath drew on.” Rites Begin Early Easter-eve vigil rites, including the lighting of new fire and the paschal candle, start early this evening in Chicago’s Roman Catholic churches. The first Mass of Easter follows at midnight. Eastern Orthodox congregations assembly shortly before midnight for resurrection festival liturgies centered on joyous anticipation of 1 the risen Lord. At Los Angeles, a stain black Holstein cow bedecked with white gardenias and a crown of roses headed a solemn procession down historic Olvera Street in the traditional blessing of the animals. All religious activity was shroud-

so, and seats will be provided for them, Braun said. To Start Soon The Decatur Wildcat league is expected to be one of the first functioning leagues outside of Fort Wayne, since more than 300 Decatur boys have signified their interest in it, Braun emphasized. The idea for the Wildcat League came tb D. W. McMiUen, Sr., in May, 1960, when oo a drive through McMillen Park at the time of organization league tryouts, he discovered that nearly 60% of the

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to have gone to the bottom Wednesday. Bounces Sound Waves The scientific team planned to bounce echoes off the ocean floor in a sort of “dragging” operation. Should one of these impulses strike the Thresher, the scientists would be able to mark its location. Once the location of the ship was pinpointed, it was hoped that the bathyscaph Trieste, due here within two weeks, would be able to descend near the Thresher and take photographs of the wreckage. Ellis Skiles Dies At Largo, Florida Ellis Skiles, 71, of Peterson, a retired meat cutter, died at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon at Largo, Fla., where he had been residing since February. He had been in failing health for five years. He was born in Coatesville, Pa., Nov. 14, 1889, but had lived in Peterson for many years. He was married July 10, 1920, to Mabel Beery, who preceded him In death Feb. 4 of this year. Mr. Skiles was a member of the Antioch United Missionar y church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Don (Betty) Eicher of Largo, Fla.; one son, Reginald Skiles, of Bagdad, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren; two brothers, James and Lloyd Skiles of Westchester, Pa., and two sisters, Mrs. Bess Hammond and Mrs. Zina Sharp, both of Westchester, Pa. A son, James Brisbin Skiles, was killed Nov. 1, 1944, while serving with the U. S. Army in France during World War 11. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Bouchard Funeral home in Largo. The body be returned to the Zwick funeral home in this city, where friends may call after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Graveside services, conducted by the Rev. John Kitchen, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Antioch cemetery.

ed with watchful waiting for sunrise, when mighty choirs will burst forth with alleluias. From hilltops to caves, and even in sanctuaries towering high above deserted city streets, Christians will celebrate the rising of the Lord. - Mountain Services Held Easter sunrise services will be held for the 27th year atop Bald Knob Mountain in Southern Illinois. A busload of students from India, doing graduate work in agriculture at the University of Missouri, will attend the celebration deep in the heart of lush apple and peach country. The lonely fanfare of a trumpet will split the morning air at the exact moment of sunrise on Mt. Davidson at San Francisco, with more than 14,000 persons expected to attend Easter services beneath a towering cross. A sunrise service at Burlingame, Calif., will climax with the whirring of 100 doves of peace around a giant white cross. Each worshipper will bring a flower to the service and place it at the foot of the cross. When the service has ended, he will pick up another flower from the cross and take it with him as a symbol of shared fellowship. Easter services will also be conducted deep underground in two Missouri caves. The Rev- Lyman Riley will conduct the services at Meramec Caverns, Stanton, Mo., and in Onondaga Cave, Leasburg, Mo.

boys would not make the team. The motto for the league, “Everybody Makes The Team,” emphasizes the fact that every boy gets to play in every game. The wholesome atmosphere in which boys learn correrct attitudes, habits, language usage, and sportsmanship, as well as kindness, tolerance and Christian competition, is' another point for the league. This will be the third league season in Fort Wayne, and other leagues are now in the process of organization in many areas.