Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI NO. 112.

George Waning Director Os Wildcat Loop

•*> George A. Waning — ~ ■—— --T-- ---77 Floyd A. Reed George A. Waning, coach at Decatur Catholic high school, was named director of the Decatur » Wildcat League for toe 1963 seasn-i by the unanimous vote of the board of directors Friday night.' William D. McColly, coach at Decatur high school, was named assistant director, to serve halfdays while driver’s training instructor at Decatur high school this summer. Floyd A. Reed, principal of Northwest school, and Jerry L, Mitchel, high school and junior high instructor in the Decatur system, will be coaches, also on a half-day basis. Two Fields, 40 Hours Hie Decatur Wildcat League will operate on two fields from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, during the eight weeks of Play. Waning, 25 years old, 6 foot, three inches tall, and weighing 220 pounds, is a graduate of Central Catholic high school in Fort Wayne. In high school he played basketball, baseball, and football, and also played varsity baseball and basketball in college. Former Director He has had five years experience working for the Fort Wayne park board in recreation, and one year "as athletic director of a recreation center in Indianapolis. He has been in teaching and coaching for three years. In baseball, he has played in Pony league, junior federation, as well as college baseball. McColly’s Experience His’assistant, McColly, has been in Decatur seven years as a teacher, and athletic instructor and coach. He has his master’s degree from Ball State Teachers College, where he also played three years of varsity baseball and basketball. His playing experience includes: three years of Junior American Legion baseball in Hartford City; three years varsity baseball, Hartford City high school; three years varsity at Ball State; two years semi-pro baseball with the Marhoefer Packers, Muncie: a year of baseball in the U. S. 7th army, Stuttgart; three years professional baseball as property of the Milwaukee Braves, one year semi-pro with Allen Dairy, and five years senior federation league, Colonial Oilers, Fort Wayne. Reed, Mitchel Floyd A. Reed, principal of Northwest school, played basket-

I (We) wish to be a co-sponsor of the Decatur Wildcat League to provide training in citizenship and baseball for boys who do not make the other teams. I (We) hereby subscribe and enclose $ to this worthwhile project. signature

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William D. McCoUy Jerry L. Mitchel ball, baseball and football in high school, four of baseball at Ball State, and eight years of semi-pro ball. He has coached the Little League three years, the Pony League three years, and has also been active in Cub Scout work. Mitchel, a graduate of Adams Central high school, where he played three years of baseball, is experienced in working with junior high boys, having coached the sth and 6th grades in basketball, softball, and track, junior high basketball and track, freshman basketball, and B team football. He has taught at Decatur junior high school since graduation from Manchester College in 1960. The past two summers Mitchel has worked as a play ground director at Worthman Field, and helped the Decatur high school baseball coach. In college he took a class in techniques of teaching baseball, and worked one summer with 8-10 year-old boys who did not make the Little League teams. Attend Meeting Today AU four Wildcat staff members, Carl A. Braun, commissioner of the league, and Warren Druetzler. board member, are in Fort Wayne today to attend a seminar on Wildcat League play. A total of $3,105.42, including 5391 still outstanding in pledges, has been collected so far for the Wildcat League. Contributors include Dr. O. A. Spiegel, J. Ward Calland, Dr. H. F. Zwick, Roy Hall, Bob Mutschler, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Beeler, Arthur Heimann, Klenk’s, Begun’s Men’s Wear, Jani Lyn, Bob Heller, realtor; and David A. Macklin. Please Pledge Anyone desiring to pledge an amount, or make a contribution, is asked to do so immediately, Braun stressed this morning. 'Hie following form should be filled out and submitted with a check, to Decatur Wildcat League, Box 4, Decatur, Indiana. Please enclose check and mail to Decatur Wildcat League, Box 4, Decatur, Indiana, Braun added. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cool tonight, Sunday partly cloudy and not quite so cool with showers likely in afternoon or night. Low tonight 37 to 42. High Sunday low 60s north, low 70s south.

Cooper Slated For Seclusion Before Flight CAPE CANAVERAL (UPDAstronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. was expected to enter seclusion on Cape Canaveral today to wait out the final three days before his scheduled marathon flight into space. The slender, 36-year-old Air Force major will hang his hat in private astronaut living quarters at Hangar S, were physicians will keep a close eye on his physical and psychological condition. If all goes according to plan, Cooper will exchange his familiar sports clothes for a silvery, 20pound spacesuit next Tuesday and climb aboard a rocket for the most ambitious manned spaceflight ever atten)pted by the United States — 22 times around the earth in 34 hours. From the moment he enters the mechanized austerity of Hangar IS until he leaves inside a special van for the touching pad. Cooper probably- will remain almost entirely away from the frenzy of “build-up" activities going on in the surrounding civilian areas. Scores of newsmen, radio and television crews already have begun pouring into the area. Before Tuesday, they will be joined by thousands of visitors who simply want to be on hand for America’s fourth manned orbital flight. Cooper, youngest of the original seven Mercury astronauts, began curtailing his training after a busy day Friday in which he spent virtually the entire morning and afternoon in the cof-fin-tight confines of the bellshaped space capsule he named “Faith-7”. He also squeezed in a conditioning run along the sandy Canaveral beaches (despite his contention once that he felt astronauts “should be pilots and not decathlon champions’’), and he took a spin in a jet airplane. The traditional Mercury “weather watch” around the world has begun. Experts were keeping particularly critical eyes on conditions at the Cape Canaveral launching area and in the main recovery areas in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Weather Outlook Promising Generally, the outlook for good weather on launch day remained better than usitol for this tiine Os year. Weathermen said there was “some question” about the central Pacific and the Bermuda areas of the Atlantic, but that neither appeared a serious threat yet. Daniels Funeral Services Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Daniels who died Thursday night after an extended illness, will be held at 9:15 a.m. Monday at the St. Mary’s Catholic church. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt will officiate, and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home after 4 p.m. today until time of services. The Rosary society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Pallbearers will be Max Moser, Joseph Schultz, Raymond Schultz, Leo Schultz, Bryce Daniels and Arthur Daniels.

Kennedy, Pearson Resume Talks Today

HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (UPI' —The recent heat in U.S.-Canadi-an relations appeared to be subsiding today when President Kennedy and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson resumed their convivial conference beside Nantucket Sound. Fidel Castro’s Cuba and socioeconomic efforts to halt the spread of communism in the Western Hemisphere were high on the Kennedy-Pearson agenda as they met in the Chief Executive's clapboard cottage here. The conference atmosphere was one of amiability, quite unusual for a meeting of this caliber. The two principals attended a press cocktail party Friday night and vied with each other in spreading charm and neighborliness. The mood of the meeting, as determined by outsiders, was in Pearson’s recently successful election campaign which unseated the incumbent John Diefenbaker. Reflect Cordial Attitude Canadian sources felt Friday’s long meeting produced a new area of rapprochement in relations with the United States. The view was reflected by the principals, each of .wbom reported the meetings were proceeding in “fine” fashion." The U.S. disire for. Canada to join with the Organization of American States — which that

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 11, 1963.

Briton Is Sentenced To Prison, Russian To Die For Spying On Russia

Reach Accord At Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPD— Dr. Martin Luther King, the man who called Birmingham the most thoroughly segregated big city in the nation, said today the agreement ending racial hostilities here shows the “futility of massive resistance to integration.” “The walls of segregation in the South will crumble,” said King, the Atlanta minister who came here to spearhead the desegregation drive which resulted in mass arrests and violence. “The victory in Birmingham is of great significance throughout the South.” The pact was announced Friday afternoon and quashed fears that Alabama’s largest city would have to heel to the boot of limited martial tow. Neither the leaders of the integration movement led by King nor the two city governments fighting for control of civic affairs actually participated in the negotiations. The settlement was reached by local white and Negro businessmen. Agree On Demands ’ The six-man bi-racial committee reached accord on Negro demands for. —Desegregation of downtown lacilittos, including water foqntains, lunch counters and fitting rooms. —Upgrading of Negro employment in Birmingham's diverse industrial complex. —Release of all Negroes jailed during massive demonstrations here the past five weeks. —Establishment of a bi-racial committee to Set a timetable for school integration and reopening of public parks closed for more than 18 months following federal orders to .desegregate. The settlement was first announced by the Revs. King, Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy. Shuttlesworth,' leader of the local integration movement, collapsed during the conference and was rushed to the hospital. A physician said the minister, arrested 85 times here during the past six years for promoting integration, was suffering from “complete physical and mental exhaustion.” The present city commission,

country has resisted so far—and the current tension regarding Haiti were other matters to be ' considered in a discussion of Latin America. Kennedy and Pearson began a ’ fast-paced series of conversations here Friday and planned by the . conclusion of conversations this i afternoon to issue a communique . noting new harmony between i their governments. Meet Newsmen At Party The tone was apparent last evening when 100 or so Canadian i and American newsmen were in- [ vited to a cocktail party at which > Pearson and Kennedy stood side i by side to announce “progress” [ in their discussions. It was an event outside the dip- . lomatic norm, with diplomatic . formalities swept aside while the i two government heads rubbed el- [ bows with reporters and ticked . off the lists of topics discussed . at Friday’s sessions and those planned for today. Kennedy said there was “prog- ; ress in all those matters” dis- ' cussed Friday. And he said to- ■ day’s agenda included Latin i America — an area where Cuba • obviously is “topic A” — plus I such matters as oil, lumber, and I a Columbia < River U eaty. Pearson, speaking on behalf of > himself and the President, re- ' served any detailed comments ; for a communique this afternoon.

which refuses to yielded control to the newly elected mayor-coun-cil form of government, refused to be tied to the settlement. Calls Pact Capitulation Mayor Arthur Hanes said “the only thing I'd say is capitulation by certain weak-kneed white people under threats of violence by the rabble rousing Negro King has encouraged him greatly to move to another area and upset some other fine city.” Hanes added, “I certainly am not bound by the concessions granted to the terrorist King and have no intention of doing one thing to implement or facilitate these agreements. On the contrary, I will oppose these integration efforts.” King said, however, he was “confident” authorities would abide by the pact. “the political structure always responds to the economic structure,” he said. Sidney W. Smyer, leader of the white negotiators, said whites . should realize the .agreement was necessary to “avoid a dangerous and imminent explosion.” The city recently voted —to switch from a three-commission-ap form of government tea may-or-councirfofm, but the cbfnrtifssioners have refused to give up their offices on the ground that their terms have not expired. The dispute currently is before the Alabama Supreme Court. Decafur Teacher To Head TV Workshop LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Lowell J. Smith, audio visual supervisor at the Decatur high school, is one 51 educators chosen to direct summer workshops for teachers on the use of television in the classroom who Friday attended a seminar on the subject at headquarters of midwest program on airborne television instruction. After receiving intensive training and being issued materials at the seminar, Smith will conduct a workshop for teachers of the Decatur area on the important part the classroom teacher plays in making the best use of television lessons. That workshop will be one of 150 involving about 5,000 teachers of schools in the sixstate region covered by MPATI educational telecasts. When Smith conducts the workshop in Decatur the teachers attending will get professional advice televised from the MPATI aircraft, similar to the way physicians are instructed in surgical procedures by watching an operation on closed-circuit television. The DC-6 will be in the air telecasting teacher training all during the summer vacation. Professional instruction can be viewed from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 4 through September 5, except for the week of the July 4 holiday, when the telecasts will be on Monday and Wednesday. : This is the third year that airborne television has been used for teacher-training workships. Teachers attended 62 workshops las year in schools qf Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the period ending at 10 a.m. today. 12 noon 76 12 midnight .. 36 1 p.m 78—1 a.m. 36 2 p.m. 78 2 a.m 34 3 p.m. —— 78 3 a.m. . ........ 33 4 p.m. 70 4 a.m 33 5 p.m 68 5 a.m 32 6 p.m 62 6 a.m 32 7 p.m. 56 7 g.m. 32 8 p.m. ...J 50 —8 a.m —. 32 sm- =h ...... n 11 pm ’ ‘ ; Tbtal for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. ‘ The St. Mary’s river was at 1.67 feet.

MOSCOW (UPD — The Soviet Supreme Court today sentenced a British businessman to eight years imprisionment and a Russian citizen to death by the firing squad for spying against the Soviet Union. The verdicts were handed down before a packed courtroom after the two men, 42-year-old Greville Wynne, a Briton, and Oleg Penkovsky, a 43-year-old former Soviet scientific official, made final pleas in a secret hearing. Both had testified during the five-day trial that they had passed Soviet secrets to Western intelligence agencies. The court also issued a special ruling in which it said some members of the British and US. embassies in Moscow “assisted the convicted Penkovsky and Wynne in their espionage activity.” The court said it would inform the Foreign Office “for the adoption of appropriate measures.” Americans named in the ruling were Rodney Carlson, Richard Jacob, William Johns, Hugh Montgomery and Alexis Davison. The Britons were Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Chisolm, Mr. and Mrs. Gervase Cowell, Ivor Rausell, John Varley and Felicity Stewart. More than 300 spectators, including Wynne’s wife, Sheila, jammed into the courtroom to hear the verdict. The court announced that the first three years of Wyne’s sentence must be served in jail and the tost five in a corrective labor camp. Wynne bent forward slightly in the dock and Penkovsky gulped several times when the sentences were read, but 'neither gave evidence of any great emotion. Diplomatic sources •in j Moscow speculated that Wynne would be sent back to England quietly in a few years, perhaps as part of a diplomatic exchange. Tremendous v applause broke out in the hall when the sentences were announced. State prosecutor Artem Gorny brought the trial to its climax Friday by demanding the death sentence for Penkosvky and a 10-year prison term for Wynne. Under Russian tow, both men face possible death sentences — Wyime for spying, Penkovsky for high treason. The minimum sentence Wynne could get would be seven years’ imprisonment. Both have pleaded guilty. Gorney said there was “no need” to sentence Wynne to death. But of Penkovsky, he said: “It is difficult to find, a measure for the weightiness and baseness of the actions committed by the accused Penkovsky. There are crimes which cannot be atoned for in any way. There is no place for the traitorous spy who has sold his motherland and I demand that Penkovsky be sentenced to death.” Today’s early session was secret on the motion of the prosecutor, who argued that Wynne or Penkovsky might refer to secret testimony “involving state security” in his closing plea. Defendants’ final statements usually are public in Soviet courts. Penkovsky’s lawyer admitted the former Soviet scientific official passed military secrets to the West, but he said the secrets were “not too important” and that Penkovsky had offered “full, open hearted and sincere repentance.” To Reroute Traffic On U. S. Highway 27 Traffic on U. S. 27 through the south edge of the city will be detoured beginning Tuesday, it was learned this morning. The Erie railroad will begin work Tuesday on repairing its 13th street crossing, which will necessitate the detouring. The work is expected to take four to five days to comptote. . . - - Southbound traffic will be rerouted on Adams street to the Five Points intersection, and then south on Winchester street to the intersection of U. S. 27 at the location of Paul W. Reidenbach Equipment and the Country Charm restaurant. Southbound traffic will be de- ‘ toured at the same location, coming into the- city via Winchester St. NOON EDITION

Ruth Ann Beery

TOP STUDENTS — Larry Bieberich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Bieberich, Decatur route 2, is valedictorian of the Monmouth high school graduating class, and Miss Ruth Ann Beery, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Beery of Decatur route 2, is class salutatorian. Commencement exercises will be held at the school Wednesday evening, May 22.

Relief Crisis Is Growing In Illinois.

By FRED MOHN United Press International ' ~ CHICAGO - (UPD-Illinois welfare officials today planned the distribution of federal surplus food to met the state’s growing relief crisis. Thousands of relief recipients were without their monthly checks for food ad clothing. Private welfare agencies admitted their efforts to supply food for ttye hungry were disorganized. “We’re not geared for it,” said Clarence Boebel, executive director of the Chicago Federation of Settlements and ‘ Neighborhood Centers. He said four of his distribution centers had run out of food. The deadlocked state legislature has for seven weeks been unable to resolve a party-line dispute over ceilings on payments to reliefers. Stopped Sending Checks An emergency appropriation for the Illinois Public Aid Commission (IPAC) also has been held up- The commission has stopped sending out checks for its Aid to Dependent Children and general assistance programs. The crisis was felt mainly in Chicago, but downstate welfare

. < Wil w few ’ JEB! IB r OME < iMiBflK raw®, : | w JgW^' ST. LOUIS BOMBlNGS—Standing amid debris of bomb-damaged drug store, manager Bob Schwarzstrauber talks on phone as police sift’ far dues. background, in one of a series of bombings in St. Louis, Mo.

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Larry Bieberich

I organizations braced for the rush when aid recipients run <git-of • money. "We are expecting them,’’ said a Salvation Army spokesman at Springfield. A grocer on Chicago's South Side, however, is already feeling the pinch o f reliefers without cash. "This is worse than the depression,” he said. Dennis Doyle, area director of the Agriculture Department’s Food Distribution Division, sent his representatives to meet with IPAC members today to set up the machinery for doling out federal surplus food. Hurry-Up Program “We’re going to develop a hurry-up program to meet what appears to be an emergency,” Doyle said. Doyle said the food would probably come from school lunch program supplies stored in commercial warehouses here. He said he assumed the Cook (Chicago) County Department of Public Welfare would be used by the IPAC as a final distribution agency. The surplus food probably will not be available until Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, he said.