Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1963 — Page 1

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Space Flight Set Tuesday

CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) — Scientists moved ahead confidently today with plans to send Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on America's most ambitious space journey Tuesday despite a threat of bad weather“As of this time preparations fob the attempted launch. . .are continuing,” a federal space agency spokesman said at a 'midmorning weather briefing. Cooper, a 36-year-old Air Force major, is scheduled to lift off Tuesday morning on a planned 22-orbit voyage that would far surpass three previous orbital flights by americans. Foul weather could delay his .trip one day or possibly longer. TTie first half of a “split dountdown” for the flight was completed at 10 a.m. EDT today. This consisted essentially of preparing the launch facilities and equipment to be used in the 34 hour flight. If all goes well, the second half of the countdown will begin shortly after midnight tonight. The spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said “the extended period of clear skies over Florida is coming to an end. . .and it now seems quite certain that morning cloudiness Tuesday over Cape Canaveral will cover at least half of the sky, with some periods during the morning having nearly overcast conditions.” NASA officials expressed confidence that the clouds would clear away sufficiently to permit the intense camera and tracking — necessary for the blastoff sometime between 9 a.m. EDT and 11:30 a.m. EDT. Also troublesome was the main ♦ recovery area in the western Atlantic, off Bermuda, which “will have cloudy weather and a few showers along with winds near critical limits on launch day,” the spokesman said“Improving conditions are expected on the following day,” he said. — Weather Remains Gentle The weather in the primary recovery area in the Pacific near Midway Island remained gentle—“partly cloudy with scattered light showers and moderate to fresh winds along with moderate seas. Improving sea conditions are expected by the end of the 22nd orbit.” Cooper himself planned a relatively quiet day today. He was scheduled to make at least one simulated flight in a Mercury procedures trainer and later review star charts and technical information. Tbe astronaut was to meet with Mercury Project leaders late totoday for what was described as an “informal briefing” on the flight. A. spokesma said the discussion would cover everything from the status of the Alias rocket that will boost Cooper into the sky at a speed of 17,500 miles per hour to the recovery plans. Technicians were so confident of the rocket’s readiness Sunday that they loaded it up with fuel

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one day ahead of schedule. Around the world, the weather was reported in top shape—“for a change,” as one federal space agency spokesman put it. Some areas still were being watched closely today, but the foul weather conditions that regularly steped in to interfere with the previous JUS. manned orbitaj flights were remarkably absent this time around. Preparations for the flight by Copper ranked as far and away the smoothest of any shot in the turbulet, five-year history of the SSOO million Mercury man-into-space program. Rumors Are Absent Missing even was the usual epidemic of postponement rumors that normally sweep through the tide of newsmen who have poured into the area to cover the launching. “It looks so good I’m really getting a bit worried,” said one. Instead, the odds appeared good that —barring a late-hour hitch— Cooper will arise shortly after midnight tonight, grab a hearty breakfast and don a silvery, 20pound spacesuit for a planned blast-off between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., EDT Tuesday. Mrs. Carrie Heare Dies This Morning Mrs. Carrie E. Heare, 64, pf 108 South Third street, died at 4:05 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital following an extended illness of complications. She had been hospitalized for the past two weeks. She was born in Edgar county. 111., March 2, 1899, a daughter of Commodore Perry and Mary E. Baysinger-Evitt. She was married to Charles A. Heare, who preceded her in death in October of 1953. - Mrs. Heare was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Marcella) Schnitz of Cleveland, O.; seven sons, William Tutewiler qf Decatur, Chester, Marion and Ivan Heare, all of Decatur, George Heare of,Van Wert, 0., Max Heare of Minneapolis, Minn., and Rex A. Heare of Fort Wayne; 26 grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren; one brother, William Evitt of Paris, Hl., and one sister, Mrs. Joe (Sue) Cary of Paris, Hl. Four brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Zion United Church of Christ, the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the Winteregg-Unn funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p. m. today until 12 noon Wednesday. The body will lie in state at the church from 12 noon Wednesday until time of the services.

Jaycees To Conduct Annual Safety Check Join the circle of safety — check your car — check your driving — check accidents,” Gene Ziner president of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce, urged area motorists today in announcing plans for the Jaycees annual voluntary safety check. The annual safety check will be operated by the Jaycees Wednesday, May 15 through May 26. The Adams county sheriff’s department will aid in operation of the check lanes. Jack Petrie, chairman of the Jaycee committee in charge of handling the safety check, announced the dates and locations of the check lanes this week. The first check lane will be set up on Monroe street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday the lanes will be set up on Mercer Ave., by the Adams county hospital, and Friday in front of the Youth and community Center. Tbe Thursday and Friday lanes will also be open from 5 to 7 p.m. Held this Week Check lanes will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on N. 13th street and S. 13th street, respectively. The lanes are provided during the month of May each year to give motorists the opportunity to take advantage of the free and voluntary 10-point vehicle safety-checks. The safety check in Decatur is part of the annual Indiana vehicle safety check for communities and industries sponsored by the auto industries highway safety committee and Look magazine, in cooperation with the Indiana state police, the Indiana sheriffs association, the Indiana association of chiefs of police, the Automobile dealers associatioon of Indiana and the Indiana office of traffic safety. In 1962, 3,500 programs were conducted in states not requiring periodical motor vehicle inspection Over three and one-half million motorists had their vehicles checked and more than two hundred thousand had unsafe items repaired and their cars rechecked. Near 3JM In Decatur alone last year, nearly 3,000 automobiles were checked in the safety check conduncted by the Jaycees and the city police. “This voluntary vehicle safety check gives every motorist a chance to do his part in making our community a safer place to live," Ziner said, “and even our best drivers are poor risks if they are driving cars with bad brakes, worn tires, or other neglected items. “Equally important in our safety check 'is the challenge to all drivers to check their conduct behind the wheel,’ chairman Petrie explained. “Both safe cars and safe drivers are needed to check accidents,” Petrie added. One of Seven According to figures, Ziner reported, one out of every seven vehicles checked in the 1962 statewide safety check needed immediate attention to one or more items affecting safe -driving condition. Ziner and Petrie listed the items to be checked in the check lanes, which include brakes, front and rear lights (turn signals and stop lights), steering, tires, exhaust system, glass, windshield wipers, rear view mirror, and horn. “A safety checked windshield sticker reassures owners their vehicles were checked and found in safe operating condition,” Patrie remarked. Mrs. Collier Head Os Cancer Society Mrs. Sara L. Collier, wife of local insurance salesman and school teacher Doyle C. Collier, Homestead 43, has been selected chairman of ttie Adams county Cancer society, re placing Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg. Mrs. Collier, who has been quite active in Cancer society affairs the past few years, was elected recently along with a new slate officers, all of whom will take office in September. John B. Spaulding whs elected first vice-chairman, and Roy Kalver was chosen second vice-chair-man. Mrs. Forrest Dryer was elect-’ ed secretary and Miss Jane Bailey treasurer of the county organization. Five committee chairmen were also chosen, with outgoing president Mrs. Krueckeberg named to head the education committee. Other committee chairman selected were Miss Marie Felber, servige' committee; Miss Joanne Wemhoff, crusade chairman; Kalver, public relations; and Kenneth Gaunt, budget committee.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday,May 13,1963.

Federal Troops Poised For Action In Event Os Further Racial Trouble

Russians In Reply To Test Ban Plea

LONDON (UPI) — Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev has sent a reply to the joint appeal from President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan urging an early nuclear test ban, the Foreign Office said today. The Foreign Office spokesman said the Soviet reply is “under study” by Macmillan. The contents of Khrushchev’s note were not disclosed. The spokesman declined to say when and how the reply was handed to the prime minister in London. Kennedy and Macmillan urged Khrushchev last month to stop stalling and help to pave the way for nuclear test ban with adequate international verfication. The U.S. and British envoys in Moscow presented the KennedyMacmillan appeal at a special interview with Khrushchev at the Kremlin April 24. Details of the Anglo-American approach have not been disclosed, but according to authoritative diplomatic sources the Western move was designed to try and break the deadlock at the marathon Geneva nuclear talks. Khrushchev’s immediate reaction to the Allied initiative was

Decatur Girl Fifth In Spelling Contest Miss Constance Gerber, 12-year-old St. Joseph grade school student finished fifth among 19 entrants in the Jounal-Gazette area spelling bee Saturday, which was won by Robert Frain, 14, of LaGrange county. i Miss Gerber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde L. Gerber, 115 N. Fourth St., was one of five remaining in the area bee when she misspellled ventricles, forcing, her out of the running. The Decatur young lady, the only Adams county entrant remaining from an original field in this county of some 950 students, just finished out o the prize range. The first four/ place winners were each awarded a prize. Cindy Powers, the Allen county representative, was runner-up to Frain. The area bee was held at Fort Wayne's North Side high school Saturday, with a field of 19 students competing. A total of 19 rounds were needed before Frain spelled chromium to clinch the spelling title. ' Miss Gerber had defeated Charles Joray of Hartford Center to win the right to represent Adams county in the area bee Saturday. Fran will represent this area in the national finals in Washington, D. C., early in June. Frank L. Rowley Is Taken By Death Frank L. Rowley, 75, of 221% West Jefferson street, died at 12:15 o’clock this afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital, where he had been a patient for six days. He had been in failing health since last July. Born in Omaha, Neb., Feb. 27, 1888, he was a son of Richard and Hanna Moses-Rowley, and was married to Donna Parrish Oct. 5, 1925. He had lived in Decatur for the past 37 years. Mr. Rowley, a retired employe of the Decatur plant of the General Electric Co., was a member of the First Methodist church. Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, Sgt. James L. Row-, ley, serving with the U. S. Army in Korea, and two grandchildren. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

reported at the time to have been cool. The Soviet leader, however, said he would study the Western ideas and send a reply in due course. Informed sources believed Khrushchev was hedging and apparently was not ready for any major “compromise” toward the Western position. But there was no confirmation of this reported Soviet reaction, thus farBut radio Moscow hinted this morning that the Russians may hold a new round of nuclear, tests. A broadcast referred to the’ announcement last week by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission that three small experiments would be conducted at the Nevada proving grounds and said the Soviet Union "is not going to stand by idly watching the U.S.A, perfect its nuclear weapons.” The major hurdle towards a test ban agreement is the question of on-site inspections to police a test oan effectively. Khrushchev earlier this year offered a token of two to three on-site i nspections of so-called suspicious seismic events to guard against cheating. The West, has reduced its de.mands to a minimum of seven fin-site inspections.

Charles E. Pusey Dies This Morning Charles Everett Pusey, 84, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 6:15 o’clock this morning at the Berne nursing home, where he had been a patient for the past two years. Death was attributed to hardening of the arteries and complications. He was first married to Mary Liechty, who died May 8, 1939. He later was married to Merle Meshberger, who preceded him in death in 1960. Mr. Pusey was a member of the Union Chapel church, west of Geneva. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Sam (Margaret) Rongey of Bradenton, Fla., Mrs. Clare (Florence) Perkins of Boone, la., Mrs. Raymond (Leora) Meshberger of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Matt (Grace) Ober of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Victor (Edith) Kneuss of Decatur; two sons, Richard and John Pusey, both of Fort Wayne; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchil-dren. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva, with burial in the Alberson cemetery, west of Geneva. Business Increase Predicted By I. U. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UPI) Indiana University business experts said today they expect the 1963 average gross national product to be $584.4 billion. Analysts said an annual rate of $572 billion was reached in the first quarter, just as the I.U. experts had predicted despite a more standard “pessimistic overview..’’ The $572 billion was an increase of $8.5 billion over the last quarter of 1962. The analyists said they expect a year-end economy of $593.6 billion. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and not much temperature change tonight. Chance of a few severe thunderstorms central and south ending tonight. Fair and a little cooler Tuesday. Low tonight 48 to 55 north, low 60s south. High Tuesday B£> to 72 north, 70s south. Sunset today 7:51 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 5:32 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Fair and mild- Lows in the 50s. Highs in the 70s.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI) —An advance detail of federal forces set up headquarters today five blocks from a Negro section of Birmingham where a four-hour ridt erupted Sunday morning. Combat-equipped federal troops were poised at jump-off spots 80 miles south and 60 miles east of this racially-torn industrial city on orders from President Kennedy. Birmingham was quiet and on the surface at least, near-normal today. An Army colonel commanding about 15 soldiers worked through the night bringing in equiment in an office building that houses several government agencies. The headquarters was set up in the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service area across the hall from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the 14th floor of the 2121 Building, five blocks from where rioting erupted Sunday. The soldiers arrived aboard a Cl3O transport shortly before midnight. Ed Guthman of the Justice Department had an office next door to the military headquarters. Heavily armed highway patrolmen remained in the riot-torn area. Traffic moved along the streets as on any other Monday morning- But at intersections were patrolmen who had slept in patrol cars during the night with carbines and shotguns close at hand. State authorities claimed the crisis here was “firmly .under control” and said the riot trained federal troops that flew into Maxwell Air Force Base to the south and Ft. McClellan to. the east were not needed. Huge Air Force transport planes began landing the troops at Maxwell Air Force Base 90 miles south of here at Montgomery within an hour after Kennedy issued his order Sunday. By early morning, more than 10 planes had arrived with cargoes of soldiers, jeeps and other equipment. The steel-helmeted troops, carrying bayonet-tipped carbines, were housed in vacant barracks for the night at Maxwell which was placed on alert. * Kennedy said in calling out the troops that he would “do whatever must be done to preserve order” in Birmingham which was rocked by bombings and rioting early Sunday. Twenty-two persons were injured in the pitched battles between Negroes and police that climaxed six weeks of antisegregation demonstrations. Alabama Governor Protests It was the second time in a little more than seven months that Kennedy had ordered federal troops into the South in connection with racial violence. He dispatched 23,000 troops to the Oxford, Miss., area last October after University of Mississippi students rioted over the admission oL Negro student James H. Meredith. - Gov. George Wallace protested the sending of troops to Alabama. In a telegram to the President Suqday, he said “sufficient state law enforcement officers are available to maintain peace and order’’ in Birmingham. In another wire Sunday night to the Alabama congressional delgation, he said “The President has completely ignored lawfully constituted state authority.” A source close to Wallace said there was a good chance the governor would seek a court order enjoining the federal forces from leaving Maxwell. Alabama Public Safety Director Al Lingo, a shotgun slung over his shoulder, told newsmen Sunday night that “as of now, we’ve got things firmly under control. “We don’t expect any trouble and if there is any, I know we can handle it.” said Lingo, head of the State Highway Patrol. He snapped “no comment” when asked for his reaction to the sending of federal troops into the state. Dynamiting Touches Off Battle The stone, brick and bare knuckle battling of Negroes with police was touched off by the dynamiting of the home of Rev. A. D. King, brother of integration leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and of the A. G. Gaston motel, headquarters of the integration movement which began a massive campaign to tear down the racial barriers here six weeks ago. '

Diplomats Ordered Expelled By Russia

MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union today ordered the expulsion of one American and one British diplomat for alleged complicity in the espionage case that resulted in’ a death sentence for a Soviet official and imprisonment for a British businessman. In a note delivered to the U.S. Embassy, the Soviet Union also declared three former embassy members allegedly implicated in the case personna non grata (unwelcome). Similar action was taken in respect to four former members of the British embassy here. The American ordered expelled is Embassy security officer Hugh Montgomery. He is the only American named in the Soviet note still assigned to Moscow. The others had been expelled or transferred earlierThe British official ordered to leave is Embassy second secretary Gervase Cowell. His wife, Pamela, also was named in the note. The other Britons already had left Moscow. The Soviet notes were delivered just two days after former Soviet scientific official Oleg Penkovsky was sentenced to be shot by a firing spuad for passing secrets to an Anglo-American spy ring.

Boys Sign Saturday For Wildcat League

Official sign-up for the Decatur Wildcat League, for boys who were at least 8 years old on January 1, 1963, and who won’t be 16 before August 1, will be held at the Decatur Community Center from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m. Saturday, George Waning, league director, announced today. Blanks will be passed out in the Decatur schools by the director, assistant director, and coaches on Thursday, following final Little League and Pony League cuts Wednesday. Each boy will be given a card for his parents to read and sign. Others May Applyo Any boy wanting to play who does not get a card at school, or who attends another school, may bring his parents with him Saturday and sign up. Parents are welcome with all the boys. At signup, each boy will be fitted for his cap and T-shirt by the coaching staff. No boy can be on the field unless he has his cap and T-shirt with the Wildcat emblem. Boys’ may buy more than one set. Each set will cost $1.50, and no boy will be turned away if he cannot pay — he will be allowed to work on the field to earn money for the cap and T-shirt. Money will be accepted Saturday for the T-shirts and caps, if the boys are able to buy them then. Information Given When tire boy is fitted for his shirt- and cap, he will be given a pamphlet on the Wildcat league for himself and for his parents, and on each booklet will be written the time and day of his first practice. At every Wildcat field a bulletin board will be posted all league and team information’. Every boy who signs up will get to play in every game and will be carefully coached in the fundamentals of baseball, in sportsmanship, and in the ability to bounce back after a defeat to win the next day. No foul language, smoking, or belittling of players, team members or opposition members is allowed. Other Factors As soon as the number of boys who want to play is determined, applications will be taken for high school assistants on each field, and the fields of play will be located.

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His British accomplice, Greville Wynne, was senteced to 8 years deprivation of liberty. In addition to Montgomery, the Americans branded unwelcome were former second secretary William Jones, Capt. Alexis Davison, former doctor and assistant Air Force attache, and Rodney Carlson, who was agricultural attache. The note also referred to former Embassy archivist Richard Crl Jacob, who was expelled for alleged espionage activities last November. Wynne, 42, and Penkovsky, 43, were convicted and sentenced by a three-judge military court Saturday after confessing to passing on Soviet secrets to United States and British agents. The court sentenced Wynne, a British businessman arrested six months ago, to eight years’ de privation of liberty. Three years are to be spent in prison, and the rest in a so - called corrective labor camp. Western observers believed, however, that British diplomacy will be able to arrange an exchange for a British-held Soviet spy and secure Wynne’s release before the expiration bit his term.

Director Waning, assistant director Bill McColly, and coaches Floyd Reed and Jerry Mitchel attended a Wildcat leage meeting at Fort Wayne Saturday, during which the philosophy of Wildcatting, and the actual operation of a signup and first week of play were reviewed. Will Start in June The Decatur Wildcat league will begin operation as soon as school ends for the year at St. Joseph's school and will run for eight weeks. Boys are asked to be present for each practice and each game, as it is not possible to have regular team play unless they are. But. with the staff’s permission, they can be excused for church, scout, or family vacation functions. Any boy desired by the ‘majors’ —Little League or Pony Leaguewill be released immediately to move up. Purpose of the Wildcat League is to teach fundamentals to the boys, and give every boy a chance to play. 32 Persons Killed In Airliner Crash ZAHWEIIN, U.A.R. (UPD-In-vestigators today began the grim task of sifting through mangled debris in hopes of determining what -caused a UnitedArabAirlines plane to explode “like fireworks” in the air, killing all 32 persons aboard. The twin-engine Dakota, en route from Cairo to Alexandria, blew up during a dust storm Sunday night shortly after takeoff. Burning debris and pieces of shattered bodies were scattered through a lemon grove surrounding this village 20 miles north of Cairo. United Arab Airlines identified two of the victims as American Albert Lion and his wife, Gloria. The UAA office in New York said they believed the Lions were from Baltimore, Md. The plane was carrying 28 passengers and 4 crewme. An incomplete passenger list indicated many of the passengers were Lebanese and Iraqis, but a number of non-Arabs also were aboard. Two United Nations passports were found in the debris-