Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1963 — Page 1

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First Service Sunday In Church Os God B i 9 ihl NEW CHURCH OF GOD— Pictured above is an interior view of the new Decatur Church of God, along U. S. highway 33 at the southeast limits of the city. The initial service in the new edifice will be held Sunday morning, following a brief service at the old church on Cleveland street. Formal dedication of the new church will be held Sunday, June 16. —(Photo by Mac Lean)

The Rev. Huston Bever, Jr., paster of tne Churcn of God, announced this morning that the first service in the congregation’s new church will be held Sunday morning. The recently-completed church is located along U. S. highway 33, near the site of the former Dec* tur Country club, which was razed two years ago to make way for the new church edifice. The congregation will assemble at the old church on Cleveland street at 9 o'clock Sunday morning for a brief service, then the auto caravan will drive to the new church for the Initial worship ser-

State Support To Schools To Be Increased INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Local school superintendents and school ■ boards are in the position today of the man who thought he had SSO in his wallet and discovered he had S7O. The 1963 Legislature increased the amount of state support to local schools by 40 per cent and also changed the formula by which that money is to be distributed. As a result, school administrators now are trying to figure out how much money they probably will receive next year from the state. Eldon Crawford, assistant state superintendent of public instruction, said the results of that first round of figuring are so startling to many chool superintendents that they call or come to the Statehouse for a double check. “I have done almost nothing but help school superintendents figure out their revenue estimates for 1964,” he commented. “I had hoped to prepare a worksheet to help compute the formula but do

American States Defied By Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (UPD—The government of Francois Duvalier took a defiant stand against the Organization of American States (OAS) today and accused the United States of trying to destroy democracy in this troubled Caribbean republic. Top OAS officials said privately in Washington that Haiti was opposing a planned new on-the-spot inquiry by an OAS team into charges by the neighboring Dominican Republic of government repressions and abuses of diplomatic norms. „ The OAS mission was reported to have warned that it would take counter-measures against any Haitian attempt to put obstacles in its way. Charge U.S. Plot The Haitian Foreign Ministry charged in an official statement Thursday that “a plot by the United States government to destroy Haiti’s democratic institutions” was behind the current crisis. The United' States flew 158 more American residents of Haiti to safety in Miami Thursday, ending the first phase of a withdrawal program attributed to the

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vice at 9:30 o’clock. The regular Sunday school hour will be held at 10:40 a.m., and the evening service at 7:30 o’clock. Dedication June 16 Rev. Bever also announced that formal dedication of the church will be held Sunday, June 16. Final plans for the dedication service have not been completed, but the dedication speaker will be Dr. W. Dale Oldham, speaker on the Christian Brotherhood Hour. The new $200,000 church is built on a five-acre plot of ground on the east side of U. S.' highway 33 near the southeast city limits of

not have it ready for distribution yet" ■ Worries School Officials Crawford noted that so many school administrators have hadto scrounge for money in past years that “the new figure seems such a large income they get worried. They forget the total state funds increased 40 per cent.” Crawford pointed out, and many local officials already have taken note of the fact, that the clear intent of the legislature was that property taxes be reduced or at least held at status quo as a result of the increase in state aid to schools. In other words, the extra S2O which the mythical man found in his wallet doesn’t all belong to him; some of ’it belongs to his “employer”—in this case, the taxpayers. Crawford noted that the proceeds of a new corporation tax specifically were earmarked ’ for property tax relief as was a SSO million allocation made separately from the $290 million to be distributed under the new formula. “The corporation tax revenue is estimated to amount to at least $5 per school child,’’ Crawford explained. “The SSO million, also on an average daily attendance basis, averages $25 per pupil. Thus there will be S3O per pupil per year, and probably a little more distributed on aa ADA basis.”

“deteriorating” situation in Haiti. A strict curfew remained in effect Thursday night in Port Au Prince and there was no indication of new anti-governmet violence. The Foreign Ministry statement published in all daily newspapers in Port Au Prince accused the U.S. government of being behind a series of incidents provoking the current crisis, including:. —The as.sussination of four of Duvalier’s bodyguards while escorting his children to school April 26. Can Bosch U.S. Instrument —Threats by Dominican President Juan Bosch to invade Haiti and topple Duvalier’s regime. It called Bosch “an instrument of the U.S. government in this international conspiracy.” —An alleged campaign by the America press against the Duvalier government. The long statement was the first official accusation against the United States since Haiti’s internal unrest led to a dispute with the Dominican Republic that threatened to flare into war late last month-

Decatur. The church iriteludes a sanctuary seating 300 persons, with the choir to the side, permitting the choir members to be a part of the service. At the entrance to the building is a small chapel, seating about 60, for small weddings or small religious services. The church also includes a choir rehearsal room, the minister’s study, men’s and women’s dressing rooms for the baptismal pool, secretarial office, fellowship hall and Sunday school rooms.

Mrs. Clara Daniels Dies Thursday Night Mrs. Clara J. Daniels, 76, of 111 South Seventh street, died at 11 o’clock Thursday night at the Adams county memorial hospital following a lengthy illness. Born in Tiffin, 0., March 20, 1887, she was a daughter of Henry and Catherine Goergen - Schultz, and was married to Hugh C. Daniels Sept. 21, 1909. Her husband preceded her in death a number of years ago. Mrs. Daniels, a former employe of the Citizens Telephone Co., was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rosary society, Catholic Ladies of Columbia, and the Third Order of St. Francis. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Cook of Decatur; four grandchildren, and one brother, Julius Schultz of Decatur. Four children, Gregory, Mary and Eugene Daniels, and Mrs. Josephine Faulkner, preceded her in death. Funeral rites will be conducted at 9:15 a. m. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call after 4 p. m, Saturday until time of the services. The Rosary society will meet at 7:30 p. m. Sunday.

Bluffton Girl Dies When Struck By Car Susan Marie Bickel, two years and 10 months, was killed at 4:40 p.m. Thursday when she dashed into the path of an auto in a paved alley at the rear of the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Bickel, Bluffton. The girl was pronounced dead on arrival at the Clinic hospital, where her mother is a nurse. She suffered a skull fracture. The father, an employe of the state conservation department, is well known in Decatur and Adams county. The girl and a small brother, Jeffery Robert, were playing in the alley but the boy jumped back in time to avoid being Struck. Mrs. Pearl Marie Schoeff, 51, of Bluffton route 1, driver of the car was not held. . Services will be held at 1 p,m. Saturday at the Mcßride funeral home in Bluffton/followed by burial in the Masonic cemetery at Crawfordsville. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 10, 1963.

Monmouth's Commencement Riles May 22 B - Larry Bieberich. son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Bieberich of Route 2, Decatur, has been named valedictorian for the 1963 graduating class of Monmouth. Salutatorian is Miss Ruth Ann Beery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beery, of route 2, Decatur. The candidates for graduation and the commencement and bacccaaureate programs have been announced by John McConaha, principal. Candidates are: Robert Auer, Arlene Becker, Ruth ry Bieberich, Kathleen Bleeke, Ann Beery, Karen Bieberich, LarJohn Boerger, Dennis Braun, Donald Brown, James Bultemeyer, Eugene Buuck, Nancy Conrad, Janice Franz, Janet Fuelling, Delores Fuhrmann, Vernon Fuhrmann, James Gallmeyer, Elroy Haugk, Ruth Ann Hoffman, Eileen Keuneke, Sharon Schaekeljjtlatence Scheumann, Kenneth ;Selking, Kay Shaffer, Kay Stewens, Norwin Stoppenhagen, Me r lln Thieme, Elatine Weidler, Richard Weiland, Vernon Wittee, H.'Difle Workinger. The baccalaureate exerciser Will be held Sunday, May 19 at 8 p.m. The Rev. J. O. Penrod will give the invication, scriptural reading and benediction. The girls’ trio, Sandra Teeple, Dianne Miller and Linda Geyer, accompanied 'by Nancy Fifer will sing “The Lord’s Prayer.” The address of ing will be given by Rev. Gerald Gerig. ‘ Commencement will be held May 22 at 8 p.m. Invocation and‘«Bedi<?tion will be gven by John Hauser. The girls’ trio Will sing “Halls of Ivy.” The speaker for the evening will be Joseph L. Tucker, Jr., businessman and lecturer from Fort Wayne, and his address will be “Our Bureau of Standards.” Mexico, Cuba and most of the U. S. have been included in his travels plus wartime duty as an infantry lieutenant in Europe. He later became president of International College in Fort Wayne, but resigned that position to become a sales executive. Presentation of awards will be made by McConaha, principal and the diplomas will be presented by G. W. Vizard, Adams county superintendent of schools.

Mrs. R, M. Gilbert Dies This Morning Mrs. R. M. (Addie) Gilbert, 69, lifelong resident of Monroe township, died at 3:25 o’clock this morning at her home, Monroe route 1, following an illness of several months of complications. She was born in Monroe township June 6, 1893, a daughter of John A. and Susie Martz-Haggard, and was married to R. M. Gilbert OcL 8, 1910Mrs. Gilbert was a member of the Monroe Friends church. Surviving in addition to her husband are three sons, Virgil K., Ermal L. and Doyle E. Gilbert, all of Monroe route 1; 10 grandchildren; one brother, Sam Haggard of Monroe, and one sister, Mrs. Glenford (Frances) Beitler of Decatur route 3. A son, Gorman A. Gilbert, was killed in action with the nation's armed forces during World War 11. One brother and two sisters also preceded her in death. One uncle, Bill Martz, of Decatur, also survives. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, the Rev. Vernon Riley 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. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and cooler with a little rain or driazle tonight and Saturday. Low tonight in the 40s north, low 60s south. High Saturday 58 to 68 north, upper 70s south. Sunset today 7:48 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 5:35 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Mostly cloudy and a little wanner. Lows in the 40s north to the 50s south. Highs low 70s north, hear 80 south. Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 90 12 mldnglht .. 64 1 p:m 90 1 a.m69 2 p.m 88 2 a.m 60 3 p.m 86 3 a.m 60 4 p.m 86 4 a.m 60 5 p.m. 80 5 a.m 59 6 p.m 78 6 a.m 54 7 p.m. 74 7 a.m. ~r.. *8 8 p.m.-. 72 8 a.m 70 9 p:m. ...: 68 9 a.m. 60 10 p.m. 58 10-a.m. 60 11 p.m 60 11 a.m. 76 Raia Total for tho 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. • The St. Mary’s river was at 1.76 feet.

Labor Challenges Validity Os New Indiana Sales Tax

Robert Auer Wins Valpo Scholarship Robert W. Auer Robert W. Auer, a graduating senior at Monmouth high school, is thus year’s winner of the DeJcatur zone Lutheran Laymen’s league scholarship to Valparaiso University. Auer is the son of George W. ‘jtuer and plans to. take electrical engineering when he enters the university in the fall. „ a drama award winned at Monmouth and has served as student managr as well as having high scholastic rank in his class. The Lutheran Laymen’s league scholarships are awarded on scores earned on the scholastic aptitude test which is given to high school seniors in December. The Valparaiso University engineering school was honored recently when it was awarded a Tau Beta Pi chapter, which is comparable to Phi Beta Kappa in liberal arts, and which is given only to those schools jyhich h ave an standing scholastic curriculum and are fully accredited in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering by the engineering council for professional development.

Local Lady's Father Dies This Morning Walter E. Book, 80, father of Mrs. Paul Daniels of Decatur, died at 12:10 a.m. today at the Clinic hospital 'in Bluffton, where he had been a patient since March 27. He resided at 2925 Central Ave., Fort Wayne. Mr. Book, a native of Van Wert county, O“ had resided in Fort Wayne for 38 years, and was employed at International Harvester for 26 years. Mr. Book was a member of the U. B. Wood Chapel church in Van Wert county, and the 25-year club of International Harvester. Surviving are his wife. Hannah Jane; five sons, Russell, Cameron, Deloyd and Berdett Book, all of Fort Wayrie, and Floyd Book of Convoy, O.; six daughters, Mr s. Ralph (Lorraine) Bellis, Mrs. Richard (Doretha) Baker, and Mrs. James (Demaris) Hutton, all of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Paul (Lucy) Daniels of Decatur, Mrs. Lestft (Verdella) Thompson of Convoy, and Mrs. James (Zarado) Butt of Hudson; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren, and one brother, Finley Book of Roockford, O. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home in Fort Wayne, the Rev. Albert N, Straley officiating. Burial will be in the I OOF cemetery at Convoy. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday. —. # . Kennedy Will Spend Seven Hours In Berlin BERLIN (DPI) -President Kennedjr will spend seven hours in West Berlin on June 26, Presidential Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said today. *

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Organized labor today challenged the constitutionality of Indiana’s new 2 per cent sales tax law in a suit filed against Governor Welsh amid hints the AFL-CIO might withdraw its traditional support of the Democratic Party. Dallas Sells, presidet 6f the Indiana State AFL-CIO, announced at a news conference that the organization’s Committee on Political Education filed suit in Marion Circuit Judge John L. Niblack’s court seeking an injunction against collection of the tax beginning July 1. The suit said the law is unconstitutional because the bill containing the sales tax was not read in its entirety before the legislature which passed it, and fewer voted than the 26 constitutional majority required for passage in the Senate. Sells later told United Press International in answer to a specific question as to whether the action meant a break between organized labor and the Democratic Party whose platforms and candidates it has generally supported over the years: “No, this represents only a difference of opinion in regard to the position the governor took. We will re-evaluate our whole political position within the next month. We will have a meeting of the 18-member executive board of the i AFL-CIO to decide whether to take a position or call a special con vention to determine a stand.” This was interpreted to mean that the executive board might decide whether to desert the Democratic Party and take a neutral political stand hereafter. Sells previously had declared war on behalf of organized labor of Indiana against the sales tax, part of a compromise revenueraising program enacted by the legislators at the end of a 101-day marathon session April 22. The suit asks an injunction to prevent the state from using state funds to establish the administrative machinery of the sales tax program, and to prevent it from implementing collection until the court has decided the issue. It also seeks a declaration that the sales tax law is unconstitutional on five grounds, one of them that the bill containing the law received approval of only 24 members of the Indiana Senate whereas the Constitution requires a majority of 26 votes to pass a bill. Actually, according to legislators, the sales tax was an amendment to a measure which previously had passed both houses with constitutional majorities. The suit named as defendants Governor Welsh, who signed the bill into law; Revenue Commissioner James C. Courtney, and Indiana Atty. Gen. Edwin K. SteersSells was asked for his reaction to reports that Welsh conducted a survey before signing the bill which showed that 67 per cent of union members interviewed favored a sales tax. “A lot of our members are for the sales tax,” Sells replied. “But I don’t think it’s anything as much as 50 per cent. We do not claim that all of our members are against the sales tax, but we have adopted resolutions ~at our conventions opposing sales taxes and we feel that in a democratic organization these resolutions represent the view of the organization.” Niblack set May 22 at 9 a.m. EST for a hearing on the petition for a declaratory judgment.

New Decatur Jaycee Officers Nominated New officers for the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce have been nominated by the nominating committee, and those elected will take office Saturday, June 8. All Jaycees have received ballots throughc the mail, and are urged to cast their votes and return the ballot to Karl Kolter no later than Tuesday of next week. The Jaycees will hold their ininstallation dinner-dance at the Elks Saturday,. June 8, at which time the newly-elected officers will take office. Kolter, Jack Petrie, Pete Sotile and Harold Bohnke comprise the Jaycee nominating committee.

Hoffa Is Indicted For Jury Tampering

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPD — A federal grand jury Thursday indicted Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa and six of his associates on charges of tampering with the jury during the labor leader’ $1 million conspiracy trial last fall. Hoffa surrendered several hours later to a U.S. commissioner at Philadelphia where he was campaigning against a dissident faction of his huge union. He was released under SIO,OOO bond after a two-minute proceeding. “I committed no offene of any nature in Nashville and will plead not guilty in Nashville court,” he said. “The only statement I will make at this time is that I am not quilty of any crime.” More Indictments Possible Federal Judge Frank Gray Jr., at the request of the Justice Department, instructed the jury to meet again May 21 or 22 with the exact date to be set later. Further indictments may be returned at that time. Justice Department attorney James F. Neal said the investigation into alleged jury tamper-

Jeweler Is Speaker At Rotary Meeting Thursday evening the Decatur Rotary club had as guest speaker Lee Edwards of the Bulova Watch company. Edwards was born in Ohio, and has been in the jewelry business for over 25 years. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and did some work towards an advanced degree at San Diego State College in California. Edwards gave a brief talk about the Bulova Watch company’s new “Accutron” time piece followed by a colored film, “Space, Science and Time,” that reviewed the evolution of various time keeping devices. Edwards stated that Bulova was asked by NASA in 1949 to develop a time piece that would turn equipment on and off in a space capsule. In 1960 the government accepted the time piece that was developed utilizing a tuning fork principle. Hie new time piece has just twelve moving parts and nine jewels. Hie time piece does not vary more than two seconds per day under commercial use. Edwards also said that every space vehicle carries “Accutron” to assist in controlling its flight through space. Every space astronaut and X-15 pilot now carries a special Accutron time piece. He stated that if it were not for the space age requirements of extreme accuracy in timing and weight Accutron may not have been developed. The time piece took eight years to develop and basically is operated on electronics using the tuning fork principle. It uses 3,000 feet of wire, a transistorized circuit and a fork that beats a steady 360 vibrations per second. The jewels are so minute that 7,800 would just cover a dime. Edwards concluded his remarks saying that seven months ago the railroad began using Accutron as their time piece. Today over 22 railroads accept it as their official time piece. industry Division Meeting Postponed Hie monthly meeting of the industrial division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce has been postponed from Monday, May 13, to Monday, May 20, it was announced this morning by W. Guy Brown, executive secretary of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce The May 20 meeting will be a joint meeting with -the iridustrial development committee, and a speaker, of interest to both groups has been secured, Brown said.

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ing was not yet finished. He told Gray there were “additional related matters” to be considered by the jury. The indictment returned Thursday accused Hoffa of “aiding, commanding and inducing” attempts to influence through the offer of money or favors two jurors and a prospective juror in Hoffa's Sl-million conspiracy trial here last year which ended in a mistrialOthers Named Also named in the indictment were Ewing King, president of Teamsters Local 327, Nashville; Allen Dorfman, Chicago insurance broker who handles insurance for the Teamsters Union; Larry Campbell, business agent for Detroit Teamsters Local 299; Thomas Ewing Parks, Nashville, Campbell’s uncle; Nickolas J. Tweel, Huntington, W. Va„ president of Continental Tobacco Co.; and Lawrence W. Medlin, Nashville merchant. All could receive prison sentences of 5 years and or $5,000 fine on each count upon conviction. Hoffa, charged in all five counts, could receive a total of 25 years “in prison hhd $25,000 I fine if convicted.

Only Slight Damage As Auto Hits Pole A car suffered minor damages when the vehicle struck an Indiana & Michigan light pole at 519 Marshall St. at 7 p.m. Thursdfay. Etta Mae Soliday, 20, 323 S. Fifth St., was eastbound on Marshall and made a right turn into an alley. The left front headlight of the Soliday car struck the pole, located on the Southeast corner of the alley. Damage to the car was estimated at $25, * while the pole was not damaged. Fees For Summer School Due Monday Summer school fees are due immediately, Decatur high school principal HUgh J. Andrews said this morning. It is mandatory that all fees be paid by Monday, May 13, Andrews explained, to determine the number and sizes of classes for the summer courses. Fees from those outside Decatur will be collected in Andrews' office or room 206 at the high school, until 4 p.m. Monday. Fees for the summer courses are being collected at Decatur Catholic high school today, but may also be paid Monday in Andrews’ office. Andrews also said that three summer school courses are now closed, and others may be closed soon. Driver training, physical science, arid the new automotive mechanics class, are all closed, Andrews stated. Opens June 3 The annual summer school session will open Monday, June 3, and continue for eight weeks til Friday, July 26. Andrews explained earlier that a survey had indicated more than 300 students will be enrolled from next year’s four high school grades, in addition to several post graduates, in the summer school courses. This summer’s schedule is the most extensive ever offered in Adams county for a summer school. During the summer school, two credits can be earned by a student in academic areas. Courses which are still open include: Incoming freshmen — algebra 1; sophomores — typing 1 and drafting; juniors — civics and sociology, typing 1, and drafting; seniors — speech, civics and sociology, typing 1 and drafting.