Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1963 — Page 1

VOL LXI NO. 89.

Discouraged Legislators Return To Session-Hope For Way To End Impasse

Ban - Bomb Marchers Swarm Into London

LONDON (UPI) — Outnumbered police clashed today with thousands of ban-the-bomb marchers who swarmed into London and surged around the walls of Buckingham Palace. Fights flared in the suburbs and the heart of London as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan stepped in to take personal command of an investigation into what the government considered a major security lead involving anti-nuclear demonstrators. Police first fought the marchers for five minutes on the city’s outskirts and later clashed with them at Hyde Park corner in central London. Several Marchers were hauled away by police. Police moved in on the 16,000strong column of demonstrators on government orders to halt distribution of a reported 20,000 illicitly printed pamphlets reveal-

Ft. Wayne Busload To Lead Thursday Wildcat Parade

A busload of Wildcat coaches and enthusiasts from Fort Wayne Wildcat League will aid D. W. McMillen, Sr., founder of the league, in leading the grand parade through Decatur Thursday to the Decatur youth and community center for the dinner and kickoff rally at 6:30 p.m., Carl A. Braun, Wildcat League commissioner for Decatur, announced today. y Start At 5:45 p.m. The bus will arrive in Decatur at 5:30 p.m., and will help load up for the parade at Zoss’ Chevrolet, where a number of “Wildcat” convertibles will be used to stage the grand parade. The parade will start at 5:45 p.m., and lead through Decatur. The exact route of the parade will be announced Wednesday, so that young baseball fans interested in

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Dick Maloney Rural Route Nd. 5 A past president of both the city mail carriers association apd the rural letter carriers association here, Dick Maloney has been a mail carrier for the Decatur post office for 15 years. Seven yaers were spent as a city mail carrier, and the last eight as a rural mailman. Maloney is a native of Decatur and a graduate of Decatur high school. He lives with his wife Mary and son, Tom, at 221 Oakridge Place in Decatur. He travels 67 miles each day on his mail route, and has a total of 315 families on his route and 305 ■tops.

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ing accurate details of Britain’s preparations for nuclear war. Horpe Secretary Henry Brooke called the crudely produced leaflets, “the work of a traitor.’’ They purport to reveal secret sites and details of underground “Regional Seats of Government” spotted across Britain. The “RSG” installations would function if a nuclear attack ever forced the central government to leave London. Macmillan, who as prime minister heads Britain’s security services, interrupted his Easter •weekend holiday at his Sussex country home to take full charge of the crisis. Macmillan conferred with Brooke and other officials by telephone and ordered a draft report on the security leak to be on his desk by late this afternoon, officials said.

joining the league can see it. 300 Interested More than 300 Decatur boys, interested in “making the team” and playing in every game have already signified that they are interested in playing in the Wildcat league. Parents have been very receptive, Braun stated. One mother told how glad she was that the men on the city are starting a Wildcat League. Her little boy loved to play, but he wasn’t very good. He made the team in his league but he almost never got to play. Every night he would come home and cry himself to sleep because he didn’t get to play in the games. In the Wildcat League, every boy gets to play in every game.

Maloney has received an eightyear award for safe driving while on the rural route deliveries. Most of his territory is in St. Mary’s and Union townships, and a small portion of Root township. He is a member of the American Legion and an officer of the Masonic lodge and a 32nd degree member of the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite. Active in church affairs, Maloney is currently serving as president of the trustee board and is a member of the building and finance committee of the Decatur E,.U.H. church. • / - ■ In addition to his rural rtail duties, Maloney is the advertising representative for the Adams county Observer.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Senate Republican leader D. Russell Bontrager, said today he is “quite concerned’’ that many Indiana legislators are in a frame of mind to surrender their principles on a tax plan in order to assure an early end to the special session. “This is the day I’ve been dreading,” said Bontrager several hours before the House and Senate were scheduled to go back into session after a three-day Easter weeked recess. This was the 35th day of a special session which can last no longer than 40 days under terms of the Constitution. But Governor Welsh warned that if the revenue problem remained unsolved this session, he would call a second special session beginning when this one ends April 20. Many Are Discouraged Bontrager said many legislators are openly discouraged because the session which was to have ended after 61 days on March 12 dragged on through five additional weeks of failure to solve the chief problems that faced the lawmakers last Jan. 10 when they first met. He believes they are in a frame of mind to vote for whatever rev-

Follows other Leagues The Wildcat League will not choose its players until all the other regular leagues have chosen theirs. Then, anyone who want to play, and meets the age requirements, and abides by the code, may play. Professional help will train the little ones, and the ones who aren’t naturally athletic, to help -them in every way, in playing, in sportsmanship, and in citizenship. The idea of trying again and again, whether you win" or lose, is paramount. It's most important to do your best in every game, every day in Wildcatting. Meet Tuesday Final plans for the dinner will be formulated Tuesday night, when the Decatur Wildcat League Association officers meet officially for the first time in the I&M building at 7:30 p.m., Braun said. — Decatur, in its way, will be a “pilot” project in Wildcat League play, since it is the second city, and the first small city, to actually organize and start league play. While no one has been hired for the professional positions, at least four applicants have signified interest, Braun said. At least one outstanding professional will be needed for each league of teams, and with 300 interested, it will probably mean two leagues operating, Braun said. This will be one of the problems which the executive group will have to work out, he concluded. Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the 48 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. Saturday Sunday H 2 noon 60 12 midnight .. 42 1 p.m 60 1 a.m 40 2 p.m. 60 2 a.m. 40 3 p.m. 61 3 a.m... 40 4 p.m 62 4 a.m 40 5 p.m. 60 5 a.m 36 6 p.m. 57 6 a.m- 36 7 p.m 56 7 a.m 36 8 p.m 53 8 a.m. — 41 9 p.m. 48 9 a.m. 48 10 p.m. 46 10 a.m. 56 11 p.m. 44 11 a.m, 62 Sunday Monday 12 noon 62 12 midnight .. 45 1 p.m 62 1 a.m 44 2 p.m 60 2 a.m. 44 3 p.m. .... 60 3 a.m 42 4 p.m 60 4 a.m 40 5 p.m.. 58 5 a.m. 38 6 p.m. .... 56 6 a.m. 37 ■I p.m. 54u .7 a.m. .._ 37 tfe 10 pm..JtoTam. — p m '' Total for 'the 48i4tB»r period -ending- -at 7 *.m_•• today,■ Wnchea. The Bt. Mary’s- river was at 1.98 feet ' ______ tn

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enue package is offered if that appears to be the only solution. Bontrager quoted one Democrat as saying “No matter what comes up I’m going to vote for it.” At least one legislative leader— Senate majority caucus chairman Roy Conrad, R-Monticello—de-parted on a long-planned business trip to South America. But before he left, Bontrager said, he volunteered to fly back if necessary to enact a budget-tax-reapportion-ment program. Other Republican and Democratic leaders sacrificed part of their Easter holiday in an effort to end the impasse this week. Welsh Calls Conference Governor Welsh was host Sunday night for a discussion which went on for more than two hours in his office. Those attending included Lt. Gov- Richard Ristine, President Pro Tern D. Russell Bontrager, House Speaker Richard W. Guthrie, House majority leader Charles Edwards and House majority caucus chairman Owen Crecelius, all Republicans, and Sens. Marshall Kizer, minority floor leader, and William Christy, minority caucus chairman, plus Reps. Robert L. Rock and Charles W. Kirk Jr., their House counterparts, all Democrats. Afterwards, Guthrie said “I do not want to mislead anyone into thinking that any specific plash was agreed upon.” “There was general discussion along the line that this is the last week of the special session and what can we do to get a budget passed,” he said. “But there was no agreement except that an effort would be made to try different tax measures again in the Senate and see how they are accepted.” Reapportionment Discussed Guthrie added that reapportionment also was discussed as well as taxes and the budget. Welsh had called Guthrie and suggested the meeting last Friday. Since Ristine was in Michigan on a family holiday, the House speaker called GOP leaders and advised them of plans for the bipartisan meeting. Ristine returned to Indianapolis Sunday night as did the other leaders present instead of waiting until today when the two chambers reconvene. Welsh told the leaders he was concerned that whatever tax plans are offered during this final week of the special session whould be carefully drawn. He expressed hope that a series of seven ballotings taken Thursday in the Senate on various tax plans might mean a break in the logjam. This was the first time the senators had placed themselves so completely on record as to their views. The tax which seemed to offer the best hope of passage -was one involving a hike in the present gross income tax. Oppose Hike However, the balloting showed that seven GOP senators still strongly oppose any tax hike of consequence- Their leader, Sen. Wendell Martin, R-Indianapolis, said he plans to offer a three-cent hike in the cigarette tax this afternoon in the hope it will be enough new revenue to provide for the state needs during the next two years. Such a tax is estimated to produce $36 million. The Indiana Budget Agency estimates it will take about $42 million in new revenue to support a reenactment of the 1961-63 budget which called for sl.lß billion expenditures. This budget was based on a revenue estimate that did not fully materialize, with the result that the state has practically exhausted its surplus.

INDIANA WEATHER Generally fair and warmer tonight. Partly cloudy and warmer with, chance of showers Tuesday. Low tonight in the 40s. High Tuesday 75 to 80. Sunset today 7:23 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 0:07 a.m. ». Outlook for Wednesday: Mostly >and'. : .continued warm with showers and chance of thunderstorms in afternoon. Low* 43 to 53. Highs in the 70a.

HeavyTollOf Violent Deaths Over Holiday By United Press International Two car-train collisions stood out among a series of tragic accidents that took a heavy toll of lives during the Easter weekend. In all, 22 persons died in accidents claiming three or more lives. Uncounted others died in other accidents. The worst accident occurred Sunday near Boutte, La., when a Southern Pacific Railroad train crashed into a car at an isolated grade crossing. All seven persons in the car died. The victims were Leonard Theriot, 28; his wife, Mary Jean, 25; their daughter, Pamela, 1; Clarence Theriot, 36, Leonard’s brother; his wife, Anna Mae, 28; and their sons, Charles, 8, and Alvin, 7. A Frisco freight train collided Saturday with an automobile at a crossing in Lebanon, Mo., killing five of six persons ,in the car. Mrs. June Barr, 20, was hospitalThe five fatalities included her husband, Floyd, 22; their 2-week-old daughter; Olan Law, 27; John B. Neely, 33; and Billy Fitzgerald, 29. Four teen-agers were fatally injured and three others were hurt in a two-car crash Friday night on a rain-slicked Hammond, Ind., street. The fatal victims were Danny Gootee, the driver; Dennis Dsida, 16; Harvey Crouch, 18; and William Rowley, 19. Police said one of the cars was trying to pass the OtherThree teen-agers were killed early Sunday when their car collided with a parked car and rolled over into a building in Prattsville, N.Y. The dead were James Briggs, 15, Richard Faulke 17,. and George Simmons, 18, the driver. Three brothers were killed and a fourth was critically injured Saturday in a head-on collision northeast of Cheyenne, Wyo., between a pickup track and a car. The dead were Robert Witherspoon, 18, the driver, Anthony, 15, and Horace, 14. The fourth brother, John, 12, went to Laramie County Hospital.

Only Slight Damage At Wayne Novelty A smalt fire at the Wayne Novelty, W. Washington St., was quickly extinguished by the Decatur fire department this morning. Sparks from a welding machine caught a portion of the roof on the west side of the building on fire, at 10:45 a. m. today. The fire department was called and quickly put out the blaze. Minor damage was incurred to the roof of the building, estimated at approximately SIOO. Several acres of land in a woods on the Jack Holthouse property, route 5, Decatur, were burned in a fire Sunday evening, as the rash of grass and brush fires in the area continues. The fire broke out in the woods about 9:10 p. m. Sunday, and the firemen battled .the blaze for nearly an hour, before getting it extinguished. No damage was done to any buildings, as only unlerbrush and trees were burned. Another such fire broke out in the large field across the road from the Youth and Community Center Saturday evening. The firemen received the call at 9 o'clock Saturday evening and fought the fire tor about 20 minutes.

This was the second call to the same area as the department received a call to the same area at 11:30 am. Saturday, which turned out to be a false alarm.

Billie Estes Is Sentenced To 15 Years EL PASO, Tex. (UPI) — U.S. District Judge R. E. Thomason sentenced bankrupt fertilizer king Billie Sol Estes to 15 years in prison today for committing mail fraud and conspiracy” in one of the most gigantic swindles in the history of our country.” Estes, 38, took it calmly. “I have not entered in a conspiracy and have not intended to defraud anyone,” Estes said in the first words he uttered in his mail fraud and conspiracy trial. A jury of 10 men ar.d two women convicted him of four counts of mail fraud and one of conspiracy March 28 in a trial that lasted almost three weeks. He was acquitted on nine other counts of fraud. A state court at Tyler, Tex., had previously sentenced Estes to eight years for swindling a farmer. Today’s sentence means that he now faces a total of 23 years in penitentiaries and 32 state and federal courts against him remained to be tried. “You perpetrated one of the most gigantic swindles in the history of the country,” 83-year-old Judge Thomason told Estes, in summarizing the«case Cancer Crusade To Open Next Monday Mold used in production of some antibiotics, as well as certain cheeses has been suggested as a possible culprit in the search for cancer-causing agents, Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg, president of the Adams county Cancer society, said this morning. The suggestion was made at the first session of the American Cancer society’s fifth-annual science writer’s seminar at La Jolla Beach. <Wt ... - More than 190,000 turkeys in England who had eaten a peanut meal component wjjh mold on it died in 1960, Mr* Krueckeberg explained, and the same fungus was found in grain products, such as corn and soybeans, which killed turkeys, chickens, cattle and other animals in subsequent research studies. The annual Adams county cancer crusade, headed by Mrs. Krueckeberg, will open one week from today, running from Monday, April 22 through 27. A goal of $2,961.80 has been established for the drive which is used not only to obtain funds for the American Cancer society, but to educate the public on the various aspects of the drehd disease. Training meetings were held last week for all volunteers who will assist in the crusade. “Fight Cancer with a Checkup and a Check,” is one of the themes of the drive.

Sheets Child Dies After Brief Illness Dale Reinhart Sheets, 18 months, of 803 North Fifth street, died at 10 o’clock Sunday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayue. The child has been ill for one week and hospitalized for four days. Surviving are the mother, Naomi; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sheets of Decatur, and the great-grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Ruse of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home the Rev. Kenneth Angle officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. 'Music Man' Cast To Meet Tuesday Night All members of the cast of “The Music Man” are to attend a meeting in the basement of the Central Soya, where previous rehearsals were held, at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. The entire cast is urged to attend the meeting. Anyone not able to attend should leave word that they will be unable to attend with someone who will go to the meeting. Lone Burglar Robs Legion Headquarters INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — A lone burglar battered open two safes in national headquarters of the American .Legton.early today on the World War Memorial Plaza in downtown Indianapolis.

™ ‘ ■ WINNIE ARRIVES—The Riviera didn't put its best face forward for Sir Winston Churchill as he arrived, but Britain's elder statesman looks as chipper as ever. Holding umbrella for Sir Winston is Madame Moati.

Court Probes Sub Sinking

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (UPI) — A naval court of inquiry today hoped to question personnel of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard concerning repair work done on the ill-fated nuclear submarine Thresher. Die five-man court was seeking to learn what caused the submarine to sink in 8,400 feet of water off Cape Cod last Wednesday with the loss of all 129 men aboard. Die court was due to resume hearings at 10 a.m., EST. The Navycompleted plans for memorial services today for the Thresher’s crew. Meanwhile, oceanographers continued to bound sound waves off the floor of the Atlantic where the Thresher went down in an effort to pinpoint her final resting place. The deep-diving bathyscaph Trieste, which descended more than 35,000 tom in the Pacific three years ago, was due to leave San Diego, Calif., today aboard the dock landing ship Point Defiance. Seek Visual Observation If and when the Thresher’s crushed hull is located, the Navy hopes to lower the Trieste to the ocean floor nearby to permit visual observation and photographing of the submarine.

Await U. S. Steel Action On Increase

PITTSBURGH (UPD—The giant U.S. Steel Corp, today may disclose its position on the sensitive question of price increases in the industry. Two smaller firms already have announced price hikes. Lukens Steel Co., of Coatesville, Pa., stirred the watchfulness of President Kennedy and the rest of the industry Sunday when it announced increases ranging from $5 to 17 a ton- Wheeling Steel Corp, had announced hikes last Tuesday. U.S. Steel, the nation’s number one producer and the bellwether of the industry, will influence the rest of the steel firms whichever way it moves. If it raises prices, the rest of the industry may follow suit. This probably would precipitate new wage demands from the Steelworkers Union, which is free to reopen talks for pay and fringe benefit increases on May 1. If U.S. Steel stands pat, Lukens and Wheeling may have to back down on their increases, under threat of losing business from customers who would turn to cheaper sources of supply. Refrains From Comment U.S. Steel refrained from comment on the Wheeling and Lukens price increases. It was U.S. Steel that aroused the administration when it announced a price hike of $6 a ton. An angry President Kennedy forced the big firm to rescind the increase. What U.S. Steel—and the rest of the industry—was studying was the presidential reaction to the Lukens and Wheeling hikes. The White House commentary was cautious following the Lukens announcement Sunday. A presidential spokesman reiterated a statement made by President Kennedy last week when Wheeling raised its prices an average of $6 per tonRecognizing the needs of the industry, the President endorsed “selective” increases, but said it was important “for the industry and the country that overall price stability should be maintained." Kennedy made it clear that he again would oppose an across-the-board increase, such as U.S. Steel precipitated last year. “Selectivity” Net Clear It was not clear just how "se-

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Also expected to testify today was Lt. Cmdr. Stanley Hecker, skipper of the submarine rescue ship Skylark that accompanied the Thresher on her final voyage. The Skylark’s navigator, Lt (jg> James D. Watson of Aurora, 111., told the court Saturday he and Hecker listened over an underwater telephone as the Thresher dove to her watery grave. Repairs and modifications to the sleek, $45 million submarine during her recent seven-month overhaul in drydock here assumed added significance Sunday when the shipyard’s commander, Rear Adm. Charles J. Palmer, said smother officer had told him the atomic submarine Nautilus had been “deliberately damaged” here in 1959 Cables Were Cut Palmer said Capt. Landa Zech, then skipper of the Nautilus, told him cables in the sub’s electronic control system were cut while the vessel was in drydock at the naval shipyard. The New Hampshire Sunday News quoted Palmer as saying Zech told him the episode was definitely a case of deliberate sabotage.

lective” the Lukens hike was. The company said less than half its sales would be affected by the increase. But White House economic experts studying ther move were said to feel that “quite a majority” of Lukens' products would be involved The Lukens increase, effective today, would affect plate and steel alloy plates. The company is the country’s third largest producer of plate steel. Waiting in the wings to see what Kennedy and U.S. Steel would do were at least three other giant producers—National, Jones & Laughlin and Republic. Bethlehem Steel, the secondranked producer, had no comment on the Lukens increase. But last Tuesday, just before the Wheeling announcement, Bethlehem board Chairman Arthur B. Homer told the firm’s stockholders he did not feel a price hike was timely now. The million-member Steelworkers Union was more cautious than the big steel firms in the present touchy situation. It made no comment on the Wheeling and Lukens announcements. Prevails Upon Labor President Kennedy has vigorously urged labor to do its part in maintaining price stability and preventing an upward spiral of costs and wages in the industry. A price hike would trigger new wage demands only if it was felt the market could support them. The market now is good; steel output last week was 2.450,000 tons, and next week’s may be the highest since March of 1960. But many observers feel that customers have been buying with a possible strike or price increases in mind. Steel currently sells at an average of $150—5155 per tonIt was clear the big steel companies wanted to avoid a confrontation such as that of last year, when Kennedy mobilized the powers of his office to force an ignominious retreat by the firms. It was equally clear that the White House also wanted to avoid another such imbroglio. Though presidential power prevailed last ’J year. Kennedy’s action aroused distrust and bitterness in the business community.