Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1963 — Page 2

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Voters Should Bear Share Os Session Delay By EUGENE J. CADOU United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — All the blame tor the prolonged session of the Indiana Legislature should not be fixed on the lawmakers and Governor Welsh. The voters should bear a hefty share of the responsibility, a point which has been raised by legisla-1 tors themselves. It was the voters who produced the Senate lineup of 25 Republicans and 24 Democrats, although Welsh could have helped in this dilemma by calling a special elec, tion for a successor to Republican. Sen. Richard Newhouse, who died. The upshot was that the GOP floor leader. President Pro Tern Sen. D. Russell Bontrager, never ! had a party majority because at least one Democratic vote was necessary to attain a constitutional majority to pass a bill. The Republicans, however, controlled the House in workable manner, with 56 representatives to 44 for the Democrats. Some Unfairness There is a degree of unfairness in denouncing the lawmakers for their stubbornness in refusing compromise solutions of the budgdet, taxation and reapportionment problems. It should be recalled that the GOP representatives generally were elected by the voters on a conservative platform and the Democrats on a liberal program. Hence, it is natural for the lawmakers to support the rightist and the Democrats the leftist views on issuesWith some exceptions, the GOP program has been a sales tax and a hike in the gross income levy, a mild budget, rujg and maintenance of rural strength under reapportionment. . The general party line of the Democrats has been a net income tax or an adjusted gross income levy, a substantial budget rise and redistricting of both houses on a population basis. Bontrager, Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, House Speaker Richard Guthrie and Rep. Charles W. Edwards, GOP floor leader, generally followed the conservative partjy line. Democrats Liberal Liberal policies in the main have been pursued by Sen. Marshall Ki- , zer,, Senate floor leader, and Rep. ! Robert L. Rock, House floor chief, of the Democrats. fs it courage or is it stubbornness that caused these leaders to stick to their guns? Another question is whettier Welsh was justified in prolonging »the impasse by insisting on funds ; for the Indiana port and for toll ' bridges across Ohio River at ( Cannelton and Mauckport. iMost of the legislators would like nothing better than to adjourn forthwith, despite the $35-a-day ex- - passes they voted for themselves. .There is no doubt about the al- ‘ rppst unanimous disapproval of i thia legislators among their constituents. How much of that is 1 justified is another question..

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Nikita Marks 69th Birthday At Sea Retreat MOSCOW (UPI) — Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev quietly marked his 69th birthday today, with his health apparently good and his grip on the Soviet Union still fir no. The powerful leader of 220 million Russians was at his Black Sea retreat near Gagra where he went last month for a “working vacation.”,,. Western observers saw no basis for recent rumors abroad that Five Appointments Are Made By Judge Adams circuit court Judge Myles F. Parrish has made five appointments, four to the Adams county tax adjustment board and one to the Geneva public library district. Louis Reinking of Preble township and Joseph S. Anderson of Geneva were appointed as Democratic members to the tax adjustment board. Appointed as Republican members were Charles Langston of Decatur, and Menno L. Lehman of Berne. All four axe re-appointments, and four terms of one year, effective April 15. Harold L. Fields was appointed to serve a four-year term, beginning today, on the Geneva public library district

challenge within the Kremlin hierarchy, although it is widely Khrushchev is facing a political agreed that the premier and his country are facing difficult problems internally and internationally. Few Russians were aware of Khrushchev’s birthday, According to the Soviet custom of ignoring ordinary birthdays of leaders, no public celebrations were planned The only notice of the occasion was a line of fine print on official Russian desk calendars. The Communist chief’s health was reported good despite his advancing age and heavy burden of work. Liver trouble is his only ailment, and though he has taken to diets, cut down his drinking and keeps regular sleep habits, there is no sign that he has lost his familiar bounce and dynamism“My physicians are offendei at me'beqause I seldom see -them,’' the premier recently told newsmen. The principal problems plaguing Khrushchev are the ideological and political dispute with Communist China, lagging farm production and the battle with Russia’s intellectuals over Communist party control of the arts. But nbne of the problems is considered by Western observers to be serious enough to bring about Khrushchev’s fall in the immediate future. .±lf- . . . I . Emergency Board Resumes Meetings CHICAGO (UPI) — Rail management and union leaders today

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I, u . ■ i 1 ", r *■ Airliner Narrowly Averts Collision

CHICAGO (UPI) - The lightly loaded Boeing 707 turned into the wind at Los Angeles International Airport and roared down the runway. I The time was 9:30 am. PST. Continental Airlines flight No. 2, non-stop to Chicago, was on time. The plane climbed sharply into the clouds and the 53 passengers aboard the 130-seat plane settled back Monday for the 2 hour and 40 minute trip to Chicago. Because of time changes, it would be after 2 pm. CST when they landed. In the galley stewardesses bustled with food preparation. Passengers gave up futile attempts to see the ground far below and Warns Stockholders Pay Intangibles Tax “Stockholders who do not pay their full intangibles tax should take notice that the Indiana department of state revenue is implementing a system to determin?, within a few dollars, the amount of a given taxpayer’s intangibles tax liability. “The use of our electronic data processing system has now made possible the close checking of information that has always been available but impossible to process by hand methods. It will be several months before all available information can be processed, but meanwhile the intangibles taxes for 1962 holdings are due on or before June 30. All persons liable are cautioned to pay the tax while 1962 stamps are still on sale. After June 30, penalty and interest will be assessed. “The intangibles tax law requires all corporations who have stockholders residing in Indiana to supply the Indiana state revenue department the name of the stockholder and the number of shares held. Information supplied by these corporations will be placed into data processing, and the results will be audited by the department. For example, we will know that John Doe, 1001 Washington street, Anywhere, Ind., owns 450 shares of A. T. & T , 300 shares of U. S. Steel 100 shares of General Motors, and 25 shares of ‘Risky Industries Preferred’. This information .also will be used to determine if tail dividends are being rer ported on gross income tax returns. “This is one more important step in the Indiana state Revenue Department’s program for fair and equal administration of the tax laws. Tax payers are urged to meet this obligation before the June 30 deadline, and avoid penalties and interest,*' according to a statement by James C. Courtney, commissioner of the Indiana department of state revenue. opened another chapter to their long drawn-out “featherbedding” work rules dispute with the threat of a nationwide strike still imminently in the background. Hearings by a presidential emergency board resumed in Chicago, after being transferred from Washington following an Easter weekend adjournment. Nathan Feinsinger, one of the board members, and board counsel James Adler began brief, informal, but separate, meetings with officials of both the railroads and the five on-train brotherhoods involved. Feinsinger, who was unavailable for the earlier meetings, said today's sessions would be merely to acquaint himself with the issues. Judge Samuel I. Rosenman, chairman of the board, was not expected to arrive m Chicago until 2 p.rti. or later.

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opened books or magazines, napped or chatted with seat mates. A storm center off the Pacific Coast had brought dense clouds to much of the West. It was snowing over the high mountains. Pilot William Hart decided to leave the “fasten seat belts” sign on because the plane might ecounter turbulence. Good Decision That decision was one of the best Hart ever made. With half the distance behind, flight No. 2 entered the jurisdiction of the Denver, Colo., air traffic control center, which picked up the big plane on its radar scopes and assigned it an altitude of 29,000 feet. The 707 glided smoothly away from the mountains and out over the Great Plains, navigating on its instruments, heading eastward along the cloud-obscured course of the Platte River. Flight No. 2 was just about directly over Grand Island, Neb., when- out of the mist on the starboard side a crewman spotted a shiny object heading northwest. Another jet, fully as big as the 707, wearing the starred insignia of the U.S. Air Force, was on a collision course with flight No. 2. There wasn’t time for a warning to passengers and crew. Hart threw the 707 into a sharp, climbing left turn, away from the KCI3SA tanker, heavily laden with jet fuel. No Injuries But because the seat belts remained buckled, there were no injuries aboard flight No. 2. Hart then switched on the cabin public address system and told the badly jostled passengers and crew that he had pulled up suddenly because there was another aircraft in the vicinity. He said he would make a report to the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) in an effort to help insure that this sort of thing did not occur again A passenger said Hart told those aboard, “It was as close a near miss as you can have.” But Hart denied making the statement. Hart then reported the “near miss” to the air traffic control center and turned back on course. Flight No. 2 landed at Chicago at 2:10 p.m. CST Monday. Hart filed his report with the FAA. Never Saw Plane At the controls of the Air Force tanker was Capt. Merlin D. Fratt Jr., assigned and en route tq the 901st Air Refueling Squadron at Orand Forks, N.D., Air Force Base. Fratt told the Strategic Air Command, Omaha, Neb., that he never . saw flight No. 2. Tuesday at Washington the FAA relieved from duty three controllers at the Denver traffic control center, pending a full investigation. An FAA spokesman said, “There apparently was a misidentification of radar targets,” possibly causing the controllers to mistake radar “blip” for that of “the tanker and making them believe that the planes were the required five miles apart. At Denver, an FAA spokesman said, “All we know is that it happened.” Show Leathercraft Work At Carnival At the 4-H craft carnival April 27, Les Hobbs of the Tandy Leather company in Fort Wayne will demonstrate the -principles of leathercraft. Hobbs will give demonstrations at 10, 11, and 11:30 a.m. Then at 1 p.m. he will help the first 20 people who appear at his table start their leather project. Most beginners will want to try something like a k?y ease or coin purse: therefore, Hobbs will bring the supplies for making small items. Each itqpn will cost approximately 50 cents.

- BAN-BOMB MARCHERS “INVADE” LONDON — Police have their hands full outside Admiralty House, London, as ban-the-bomb marchers reach town. Their arrival climaxed a turbulent, four-day 60-mile mass protest walk from Aldermaston, site of Britain’s nuclear weapons establishment. —— ■

Redistricting Bill Apparently Doomed

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Balky members of the Indiana House turned down a reapportionment compromise plan offered by a conference committee Tuesday, increasing the likelihood of the legislature letting a panel of federal judges solve the issue. Indiana, in common with many other states, has struggled throughout its 1963 sessions, both regular and special, to achieve agreement on redistricting after 42 years of failing to take such action as required by the State Constitution. A second conference committee, named after the plan produced by the first failed to gain acceptance, offered two new plans to House Democratic and Republican caucuses Tuesday. The senate in similar caucus action already had instructed its conferees to sign the report Containing two plans, one for •'the House and one for the Senate: But the GOP representatives rejected the conference committee report and another entirely different proposal emerged calling for use of geographic factors in reapportioning the House, in addition to population. Based on Geography This plan was shot down before it became airborne. Rep. John W. Donaldson, R - Lebanon, who served as spokesman for the geo- ' graphic-population plan, proposed that one-half of a House seat be assigned to each county and the remaining seats based on population. ' Sens. J. R. Rees, R-Columbus, and James Kirtley, D-Crawfords-ville, the Senate conferees, politely declined to consider the plan, and reminded the House of what it had fold the Senate earlier, that each chamber should produce its own plan. Rep. William J. Brighton, IlTerre Haute, who with GOP majority floor leader Rep. Charles W. Edwards, Spencer, compose ! the House portion of the confer- , ence edmmittee, said he would not . ask his party to consider it. There was some likelihood Ed- ’ wards and Brighton might step down as members of the confer- ‘ ence committee, but Lt. Gov. • Richard Ristine said he intended to retain Rees and Kirtley in the event a third reapportionment committee is named. , “It appears we are not going’ I to get anything in the way of re- ; Paul Lord Honored As Outstanding Salesman ; Paul Lord, of Denver, Co, son I of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Lord of DeI catur, recently was sent to Tulsa, I Okla-, by the Westinghouse ElecI trie Corp, where he received the I company's-W. W- Sproul, Jr, I award, which includes a fine trophy, I two walkie-talkie transistor radio I sets, a 7-transistor portable radio, and a portable hand mixer. The I award named him the outstanding, salesman for 1962 in the midland zone, including Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas, and parts of Tennessee and. Texas. I Portland's Power Plant Closed Down , Portland ended its era of municipal power generation Tuesday, I when the I & M electric company shut down the power plant there. Two 34,500-volt transmission lines will now furnish the city’s electric current. By Next fall, two 69,000volt lines will be completed to Portland. I A M Is also completing a $1.5 million ,improvement, program in the Portland area J to the rural and' city line* improveI ment work done here.

apportionment,” Edwards said. Seem Happy At Prospect Some legislators seemed to be quite happy with this prospect. For example, Donaldson observed that “I had been worried about federal intervention, but now I am not.” He said a plan produced for Alabama by federal authorities

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had “nothing like a straight popu lation plan." He said it had some districts in which one representative would be elected for 10,000 population and another in which 17 were chosen for 600,000 population. In the light of the new stalemate in the House, Rees and Kirtley made plans to place the Senate proposal in a separate bill and offer it to the upper chamber. • The House already has one separate plan for its own chamber I which is hanging cn second readt ing and presumably could be i brought to the floor for a vote • if the conference committee II method fails'.