Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI NO. 118.

Astronaut Cooper Heads For Reunion With Wife, Daughters In Honolulu

U.S. Interrupts Haitian Relations

WASHINGTON (UPI) - The United States has interrupted diplomatic relations with Haiti as a gesture of “disapproval” of the dictatorship of President Francois Duvalier, officials disclosed today. Hie action was taken Wednesday, the day the United States claimed Duvalier’s term of office legally expired, but was not made public. U.S. Ambassador in Port au Prince Raymond L. Thurston and his staff were instructed then to have no “formal” contacts with the Haitian government. State Department officials said, however, the action was technically not a “suspension” of relations. They said the U.S. position remained flexible and contacts could be resumed at any time as though nothing had happened, if the need arose Officials said the U.S. action was not announced for two reasons: To be in a position to resume relations if necessary and Three Persons Hurt In Accident Friday Five accidents occurred on city streets within the past 24 hours, with three persons injured in one of the mishaps. Hospitalized following a two-car crackup at the intersection of Second St. and.U. S. 27, were Raul Chavez Morales, 39, 109 S. 16th St; Wayne Bodie, 43, 605 Studebaker St.; and Ralph William Bennett, 44, Portland. Morales suffered a broken left ankle, while Bodie received an injury to his left shoulder, a bad laceration to the upper lip, and had a tooth knocked out. Bennett suffered injuries to the nose, right arm and chest, and was scheduled for x-rays at the local hospital where all three remain today. Bodie was a passenger in the car driven by Bennett which was traveling north on U.S. 27, and was struck by die Morales auto. Morales, eastbound on the Winchester Rd., turned right onto 27 in the path of the Portland man’s car. The Morales auto was left of center, and struck the left front of the Bennett car. One Released A passenger in the Morales car, Paul Ortiz, 28, 411 N. Ninth St., was examined at the hospital and later released. The city police investigated the 9:27 p.m. mishap, estimating damages at 6800 to Bennett's car and SSOO to the Morales auto. At 9:52 p.m. Friday, a car operated by Daniel Judson Butcher, 17, 1062 Russell St. was struck in the rear by an auto operated by Dan L. Mclntyre, 22, 521 S. 13th — Both were southbound on 13th St, near the Nuttman Ave. intersection, when Butcher stopped in a line of traffic, and his car was hit. Damages were estimated at SIOO to the Butcher car and $5 to the Mclntyre auto. Mclntyre was arrested and charged with reckless driving following the mishap, and will appear in J. P. court May 24. Cars driven by Michael Beery, 21, 4, pecatur, and Edward Francis Loshe, 18, route 4, Decatur, collided at the intersection of Monroe and 13th streets at 9:37 p.m. Friday. Damage Listed Beery was southbound on 13th St. and was waiting in the center lane to turn left onto Monroe, when his car was struck by Loshe, who was traveling north on 13th street. Loshe’s vehicle received $145 damage while Beery’s was estimated at $45. . Michael A. Hartsough, 16, 715 Elm St., was arrested for driving left of center after a minor twocar accident at 4:48 p.m. Friday.

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because of fears that a formal announcement might result in diplomatic retaliation such as expulsion of Ambassador Thurston and his staff. Officials said that actually there had been no. contact either between the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and the Haitian government or between the State Department and the Haitian Embassy here since Tuesday night. They would not say what would happen if the Haitian diplomats here requested an appointment at the State Department, but said this had not occurred. U.S. officials claim Duvalier’s six year term expired at midnight Wednesday and that under the Haitian constitution he cannot succeed himself. Duvalier, however, claims he was reelected in 1961 elections for a new legislature in which his name appeared on the ballot with the names of all legislative candidates. Hartsough was eastbound on Jefferson St. and made a left turn onto 13th street, but to so doing, crossed the center line and hit a parked car owned by James A. Bauman, 134 S. 16th St. The Baumann car, which received $45 damages, was parked on the west side of the street, facing : south. Hartsough’s car was not damaged. In an accident reported to the police, a truck driven by William Nelson, Jr., 35, Union City, receiv- ' ed $25 damage. The truck was hit ■ by another truck, according to the report turned in by the drivers, ■ which was operated by Russell Noah Vannett, 47, Fort Wayne. The Vannett truck was not i damaged.Two Illinois Men Die In Air Crash HAMMOND, Ind. (UPI) — Two . Illinois men were killed Friday . when their private plane crashed into a power plant smokestack . here during a rainstorm. The victims were believed to be H. W. Corman, 62, Danville, 111., ’ vice president of the Lauhoff , Grain Co. of Danvillle and Marlon Snyder, 32, Westville, 111., pilot for the grain firm. Dr. Peter Stecy, Lake County corner, said the bodies were “torn [ to bits” and almost impossible to identify but that Corman and Sny- , der were abroad the plane when it ’ left Danville for Chicago. [ Flying through a dense fog, the plane crashed into the 100-foot . smokestaack of the Commonwealth Edison Co. generating plant a i few feet east of the Indiana-Bli- , nois line on the Lake Michigan j shore. Stecy said the twin - engined t Beechcraft almost disintegrated in the crash. The body of one of the j men, still strapped in a seat, was . (•ecovered from the waters of Lake Michigan, about 200 feet j from the crash scene. Parts of the other body were found on the smokestack and the roof of the , generating plant. ’ Dan Raskin, another Lauhoff vice president, said the two men were on a routine business trip ’ and planned to visit Milwaukee before returning l to Danvillle. ’ Raskin said both men were married and that Corman was the fa- ‘ ther of two children and Snyder the father of three. ■ INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with scattered showi ers likely tonight. Sunday parti ly cloudy and much cooler s north with chance of some showers. Low tonight in the 5 40s. High Sunday near 60 j north, low 70s south. Outlook h for Monday: Partly cloudy and rather cool.

ABOARD USS KEARSARGE <UPI) — Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper undergoes final shipboard physical and technical examinations today before returning to the United States for a reunion with his family and a hero’s welcome. Cooper will take off. at 12:30 p.m. HST (6:30 p.m. EDT) from the flight deck cf this aircraft carrier that plucked him from the Pacific after his “magnificent” 22.9 orbits of the earth. Cooper will be greeted in Honolulu by his wife Trudy, and thentwo teen-aged daughtersThe newest American astronaut told doctors who examined him Friday that he kept his thumbs tucked under his harness traps while he slept during hi sspace voyage to prevent the accidental flipping of cabin switches. Pronounced Physically Fit Three physicians who examined the 36-year-old Air Force major pronounced him in A-OK physical condition after his more than 34 hours in space. Capt. Richard Pollard, one of the doctors who examined Cooper, said Cooper’s blood pressure was back to normal and the changes in pulse beat and blood pressure noted immediately after his landing were "completely cleared up.” Dr. Pollard said Cooper got 10% hours sleep during die 34 hours 20 minutes and 30 seconds from takeoff to splash in cific, less than five miles from the Kearsarge. The doctor said Cooper was in all respects today a completely healthy human being who showed [ no ill effects from his 575,000 miles in space, equivalent to a round trip to the moon. Learns From Russian As for the trick o fkeeping his hands out of harm’s way, Cooper said he learned that one from the Russian astronauts. The space flyer awoke from one of his first orbiting catnaps to see ' his arms outstretched in front of him. From then on, he made sure that he kept his thumbs tucked in. Cooper’s activities pick up again once he arrives in Honolulu. A National Aeronautics and Space Administration official says Cooper will spend about six hours at Hawaii with his wife and two daughters. The islands are plan--1 ning a wild welcome. Tonight, Cooper will take off for a return to the starting point of his space trip. Cape Canaveral. A motorcade from Patrick Air Force Base through Cocoa Beach is scheduled Sunday morning, followed by the long-awaited news , conference at which Cooper will tell of his flight. Seeking Return Os Two U. S. Officers ' PANMUNJOM, Korea (UPI) — The United Nations Command 1 (UNC) said today it is “making every possible effort" for the return of two U. S. Army officers whose helicopter landed in Cemmunist North Korea Friday. The fate of the two pilots was ■ not known and the Communists ’ gave no indication of what hap- ; pened to them. UNC authorities said— and the ’ North Koreans confirmed — that ’ the H 23 helicopter was hit by 1 North Korean gunfire. But there ’ was no indication if this was be- , fore or after the aircraft had landed on the northern side of the ' Han River estuary, about 17 miles ' north of Seoul. The estuary forms the western end of the 155-mile-long demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea under terms of the 1953 armistice agreement. The pilots were identified as Captains Ben Weakley Stutts, 32, Florence, Ala., and Charleton W. Voltz, 26, Frankfort, Mich, New York's Welcome To Cooper Wednesday NEW YORK (UPl)—Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper gets New York’s big welcome next Wednesday in a tickertape parade up Broadway’s Canyon of Heroes. j

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Threat Os New Race Violence

By United Press International A threat of new racial violence hung over Birmingham today. Police stepped up their patrols through the tense city and unarmed Negro volunteers stationed themselves around churches and the homes of integration leaders Friday night. The i activity was touched off by a report from integration strategist Martin Luther King Jr. that an anonymous telephone caller had threatened new bombings. There was another racial demonstration at Greensboro, N.C., Friday night, resulting in at least 325 arrests, and more than 50 Negro children skipped classes to stage an antisegregation march at Lynchburg, Va. Friday. At Jackson, Miss., the National Association for die Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said it would submit a “suggested list” of Negroes to meet with city officials to discuss racial problems. NAACP President Arthur B. Spingarn predicted in New York there would be a demonstration in Jackson as violent as the Birmingham marches. Tells Os Threat King said the bomb threat came from a caller who warned a Negro minister, whom King would not identify, that he was next on the bomber’s list. The bombings of a Negro home and motel last Saturday night touched off rioting that injured 22 persons and brought more than 3,000 federal troops into Alabama for possible riot control duty in Birmingham. Negroes began guarding churches and homes o f Negro leaders at sundown Friday night and King said they would be <on duty 24 hours, through the weekend. King went home to Atlanta Friday but said he would return Monday. Birmingham Police Chief Jamie Moore said he was stepping up police patrols for the weekend and taking other steps he would not reveal. Won’t Open Records There were these other developments: —A federal judge refused to order the University of Alabama’s adminission records opened to three Negroes seeking entrance to the school. —U.S. District Judge Sidney Mize dismissed a Justice Department suit to force racial integration of schools at Gulfpoint, Miss. —President Kennedy and his

brother, the attorney general, reportedly appealed to senators to “keep their mouths shut” so Birmingham problems could be worked out, Sen. George Smathers said. —The Alabama House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that " would give a state committee investigating the Birmingham racial crisis broad subpoena powers. . —The Birmingham school board restated its plans to expel or suspend Negro students who cut school to demonstrate, but said they could attend summer school. Montreal Bombers Sought By Police MONTREAL (UPD-Provincial police leaves were canceled today in the hunt for terrorists who “mailed” lethal bombs to the suburb of Westmount. Five of the devices exploded in rapid succession Friday. A sixth blew an arm off Sgt. Maj. Walter “Rocky” Leja, 42, an army explosives expert who was removing it from a mailbox. Five bombs found in other mailboxes were either deactivated or detonated safely. The group responsible is believed to be the Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ), an underground band of French-Canadians who want the English-speaking influence out of Quebec and “La Belle Province” made an independent nation. The FLQ took credit for an explosion in a downtown army recruiting center several weeks ago that killed an elderly watchman. Westmount is a predominantly English-speaking community. Another explosion Friday, at an oil refinery, blew a hole in a 100,000 gallon oil tank. Authorities said hundreds would have been killed bad the device been detonated closer to the tank. Police have not officially attributed Friday's blasts to the FLQ, but the placing of the bombs, their homemade nature, and the disregard for injury to citizens were acknowledged earmarks of the organization pledged to “forcefully evict” English-speaking residents of the province.

Baccalaureate Rites Here Sunday Night . at fl * K ’’W' M ' Rev. William C. Feller The annual baccalaureate service for the Decatur high school will be held at 7:30 o’clock Sunday evening at the high school auditorium. The Rev. William C. Feller, pastor of the Zion United Church of Christ, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon, and other ministers of the city will assist in the iceCommencement exercises for the 93 graduates will be held at the school auditorium at 8 p.m. next Thursday. The order of service for the baccalaureate exercises is as follows: Processional — “Triumphal March,” by Grieg. Invocation—Rev. Sylvester Martin, pastor. Nuttman Ave. United Brethren church. Hymn — “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus.” Scripture reading — Rev. Fuhrman Miller, pastor, Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church. Prayer—Rev. Wilmar R. Watson, pastor, Church of the Nazarene. Music — “Sing Praises to Our God,” Welsh hymn, arranged by Davis, and “The Lord Bless You and Keep You,” by Lutkin; high school choir, directed by Miss Helen Haubold, supervisor of music. Sermon —“Youth Meets the Chailenge,’’ Rev. Feller. Benediction—Rev. Martin. Recessional— "Majestic March,” by Peery. Two Youths Nabbed For Gasoline Theft Stake-outs on a nearby farm the past two weekends paid off early this morning, as two local youths were apprehended in the act of stealing gasoline. Charged with petit larceny were David Allen Gage, 21, 339 N. 11th St., and Dennis Lee Scott, 19, 328 Bollman Ave. The two youths appeared in city court -this morning and pleaded guilty to the charge and were fined SSO and costs, amounting to $67 each, and each was given a suspended sentence of six months. Scott and Gage were given until next weekend to come up with the $67 to pay their fines. The two were apprehended while in the act, about 3:20 a. m. today as they were stealing gas from a large outside drum on the John Hutchinson farm, located on the Piqua road, about one mile southeast of the Monmouth road. Staking Out Sheriff Roger Singleton, deputies Harold August and Warren Kneuss, two special deputies, and the Indiana state police have been staking out the farm the past several weekends in hopes of apprehending thieves who have been stealing gas from the gasoline drum. Hutchinson has lost considerable amounts of gasoline in recent weeks, in a number of thefts from the drum, which is located across the road from his home. On one occasion, thieves even siphoned gasoline from his automobile. Caught in Act Scott and Gage would not make any statements on whether or not they were involved in previous gasoline thefts at the Hutchinson farm. The sheriff’s department, state trooper Al Goppes and one of the special deputies were staked out again early this morning when a car driven by Gage pulled into the area with its lights turned out. The officers waited until the two youths had begun the siphoning process, and then popped out from their hiding places to make ther arrest. NOON EDITION

JFK In Plea For Tolerance

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) — President Kennedy flew to the South today with a plea for racial tolerance and an end to the violence which has caused "alarm and dismay” around the world. Kennedy urged educated persons to assume a special responsibility to “reject the temptations of prejudice and violence." “No one can deny the complexity of the problems involved in assuring to all our citizens their full rights as Americans,” he said. “But no one can gainsay the fact that the determination to secure those rights is in the highest traditions of American freedom.’’ “In these moments of tragic disorder, a special burden rests on the educated men and women of our country—to reject the temptations of prejudice and violence, and to reaffirm the values of freedom and law on which our society depends ” Kennedy’s speech was the first of three he was to make today on a nine-hour tour of the racially troubled South. His trip was on

Kennedy To Visit Pope John In June

VATICAN CITY (UPD—President Kennedy’s decision to visit Pope John XXIII next month instead of waiting until next year caused speculation today that his plans were based on reports of the 81-year-old pontiff’s failing health. Kennedy originally planned to confine his June visit to Italy to Milan, then to return next year, when Mrs. Kennedy will be able to travel, to visit Rome and presumably the Vatican. But Pope John has seemed haggard and. worn .in recent public appearances, giving rise to reports that the stomach ailment that kept him in bed last fall has recurred. There have been reports that he has cancer. The Vatican has never denied them, and the reports have been circulating again in recent days. Silent on Speculation Vatican sources had no comment on the speculation that the President may think it opportune not to wait a year for his meeting with the Pope. They said only that the meeting will be a “very important, very solemn affair.” Kennedy will be the third American president to meet a Pope and the second to meet Pope John. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a meeting with the pontiff in December, 1959. Woodrow Wilson was the first president to hold such a meeting, with Pope Benedict XV in 1919. But Kennedy’s visit will be pre-cedent-setting because he is the first Roman Catholic president of the United States. The visit is believed certain to reopen the delicate issue of U.S.Vatican relations. The United States has had no official contact with the Vatican since the resigHeavy Registration For Wildcat League More than 200 Decatur area boys signed up this morning during the first hour of sign-up for the Decatur Wildcat league, with several dozen on hand half an hour before registration started, George Waning, director, announced today. Signup for the Wildcat League will continue until 3 o’clock this afternoon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. The director and his three assistants will be working at the signup and measuring for shirts and caps during the entire signup period. All WUI Play All youngsters who sign up will be assigned to a team, and will get to play in every game, as well as learn all of the correct playing positions and methods. A complete signup today, with a possible cleanup signup, for those who couldn’t be present today, will allow the league to plan on purchases of bats, balls, helmets for runners, catcher’s equipment, bases, etc. Over $3,000 A total of $3,051.42 in pledges I (We) wish to be a co-sponsor to provide training in citizenship ; make the other teams. I (We) $ to this worthwhile

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the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Tenneee Valley Authority. The Preident said “the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law. . .special responsibility by virtue of his greater understanding.” “He knows that for one man to defy a law or court order he does not like is to invite others to defy those which they do not like, leading to a breakdown of all justice and order.’’ Later in the day, Kennedy was to attend a TVA ceremony at Muscle Shoals, Ala. Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who called Kennedy a “military dictator” for poising troops near Birmingham when racial violence flared up , there, also was to attend. But the White House said no conference was planned between the two men. Kennedy's speech at Vanderbilt, in addition to marking the TVA anniversary, also honored the 90th anniversary of the university and the coming construction of two dams in the vicinity.

nation of Myron C. Taylor, who served here as the presonal representative of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman until 1950. Opposed In Past Kennedy said in a magazine article before his election that he is “flatly opposed to the appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican.” “Whatever advantages it may have in Rome—and I’m not convinced of these—they would be more than offset by the divisive effects at he said. Valid reasons for establishing "relations might include the Pope’s increasingly important role in world affairs, and in the cold war in particular, and the Vatican’s position as a center of information on happenings in the Communist world through its churches thereBut these reasons were not believed strong enough for the subject to be brought up, at least publicly, during the President’s visit. Opposition on the grounds of church-state separation is believed too strong in the United States. 759 Cuban Refugees Brought To Florida i PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. (UPD—The vessel American Surveyor steamed into port here today with another 759 Cuban- refugees, the fifth shipload since Christmas. The Red Cross said the 759 refugees included 373 women, 241 men and 145 children. The American ship made its second trip to Cuba last Sunday carrying another $7.5 milliion worth of medical supplies — part of the ransom pair for the 1,113 Bay of Pigs invaders. Last month, the American Surveyor brought 668 refugees here from Cuba. In all, more than 6,000 exiles have been released by Castro since Christmas when the invasion prisoners were freed for ransom. and cash has already been received. Arthur Heimann, treasurer of the league, said this morning. This includes $2,735.42 in cash and $316 in pledges still outstanding. Latest donors include the following: Carl C. Pumphrey, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Collins, L. R. Zintsmaster Zintsmaster Motors; R. O. Wynn, Roy L. Kalver, Doyle Collier, David A. Macklin, J. Clark Mayclin, Danny Cookson, Daniel D. Cookson, Ferris Bower, Fred Soldner, Wayne Schnepf, and George Laurent. Please Pledge Anyone desiring to pledge an amount, or make a contribution, is asked to do so immediately, Braun stressed this morning. The following form should be filled out and submitted with a check, to Decatur W’ildcat League, Box 4, Decatur, Indiana. Please enclose check and mail to Decatur Wildcat League, Box 4, Decatur, Indiana, Braun added. r of the Decatur Wildcat League and baseball for boys who do not hereby subscribe and enclose ■ project. Signature