Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1963 — Page 1

Vol. LXI. No. 125.

Recommends All Sales Below 25 Cents To Be Exempt From Sales Tax

Rodney Dee Brodie Dies At Farm Home

FERRIS, 111. <VPI) — Rodney Dee Brodie, who made medical history 11 years ago when he was separated from his head-joined Siamese twin brother, died Sunday at the farm home where he had struggled to lead a normal life. The boy was 11% years old when he fell victim to the prolonged after effect’ of the operation which had spared his life. The boy’s father, Royt Brodie, was feeding his son when the little boy choked and died. His doctor, J.D. Trotter, said the technical cause of death was malnutrition. Despite prolonged medical care, the boy’s body had failed to develop properly over the years, Trotter said. It was on Dec. 17, 1952, that a team of doctors at the University

Paul Scheumann Dies Early Today Paul Scheumann. 71-year-old retired farmer of Marion township Alien county, died suddenly at 3:30 o'clock this morning at his home, two and one-half miles southwest of Hoagland. A lifelong resident of Marion township, he was born there May 1, 1892, a son of Dietrich and Wilhelmina Scheumann, and was married to Ida Luttman May 28. 1922. Mr. Scheumann was a member of St. John’s Lutheran church. Surviving in addition to his wife are three sons. Raymond Scheumann of Fort Wayne, Henry Scheumann of Ossian, and Archbold Scheumann of Hoagland; four daughters, Mrs. Albert (Geraldine) Meyer of Ossian route 2. Mrs. Enno (Lona) Horman, of New Haven route 2, Mrs. Clifford (Margaret) Kiefer of Decatur route 1, and Miss Garnita Scheumann, at home; 19 grandchildren; one brother, Julius Scheumann of Hoagland, and one sister, Mrs. Louise Schroeder of Sarasota, Fla. Funeral rites will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran church. The Rev. Edwin A. H. Jacob will officiate, and burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.

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r ■ *"■" 1 "" "—l—■ ' -»■ "■■■■ 1- of Illinois ~ Educational -and Rei search Hospital performed a precl edent-setting 12% hour-operation on Rodney Dee and his twin . brother, Roger Lee. I It was the first time in medical history that doctors had been able to operate on head - joined I Siamese twins. But a decision made in the operating room • doomed Roger Lee so that Rodney Dee might have a chance for ■ life. The surgeons discovered that the brothers shared a sagittal I sinus vein which drains blood ! from the brain. Since Rodney I Dee seemed to be the healthiest I baby, the vein was allotted to him. Roger Lee died 35 days later. Rodney Dee underwent a series i of operations and then returned ' to his parents and his seven brothers and sisters at their home near this west central Illinois community. There were hopes that Rodney Dee might live to become a nonmal boy. But his head never lost its misshapen appearance.

Mrs. Mertie Blazer Dies Al Fort Wayne Mrs. Mertie May Blazer, 80, of 441 E. DeWald St., Fort Wayne, died at 7:40 p. m. Saturday at St. Joseph's hospital, where she had been a patient three days: She had been in failing health for two years. She was a native of Champaign county, 111., but spent most of her life in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Riaz°r was a member of the Mennonite church. Surviving are her husband, Fred; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Foster, Mrs. Carl Jackemeyer and Mrs. Lucille Parker, all of Fort Wayne; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Helen Wolfe of Decatur; a stepson, Harold Blazer of Fort Wayne: 11 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Belle Golden of Fort Wayne, and a brother, William Gulick of Champaign, Hl. Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m. Wednesday at the C. M. Sloan & Sons funeral home, the Rev. J. C. Hale officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn memorial park. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — State Revenue Commissioner James C. Courtney and a panel of associates today recommended that all sales below 25 cents be exempt from the 2 per cent sales tax starting July 1. Courtney announced at a news conference that the panel suggested tnat the first penny of the tax be imposed on sales between 25 and 74 cents and the second cent on sales between 75 cents and $1.24. This schedule would be carried forth on subsequent sales totals—three cents on sales of $1.25 to $1.74, four cents on $1.75 to $2.24, and five cents on $2.25 to $2.74. The recommendation meant that no tax would be collected on any “nickel and dime" sales dr any purchases totaling up to 24 cents. This was in contrast to pleas of organized retailers that the tax should be collected on sales of 15 cents or more, otherwise large quantities of small sales would be exempt from consumer taxes but the stores which made the sales would have to pay on the entire gross. However, two cents would be collected on a 75-cent sale although the retailer would pay two cents only on each dollar of sales. Courtney said it was his understanding both he and the State Revenue Board, composed of Governor Welsh, Auditor Dorothy Gardner and Treasurer Robert Hughes would participate in the formal hearing at which the brackets would be legalized. The date for the hearing has not yet been set. Courtney formally requested Atty. Gen. Edwin Steers to prepare the regulation using brackets he recommended. Steers said it was his understanding that the State Revenue Board must participate in formal promulgation of the regulation.

State law requires that a public hearing be conducted at which a regulation scheduled for adoption is presented in its final, form. The earlier hearing which Courtney and his panel held was for the sake of collecting information for interested groups and individuals. Panel Is Listed The panel at that May 23 preliminary hearing included Dr. George Pinnell, dean of the Indiana University School of Business; Dr. James Papke, Purdue University economist and Mrs. Mildred Pilot, Hammond, chairman of the Governor’s Commission on Public School Finance. Courtney said he checked with Mrs. Pilot and Pinnell Sunday and with Papke today about 20 minutes before the news conference began. “Although there was complete unanimity of opinion among all four of the persons who were on the panel, I should like to make it clear that the ultimate decision was mine alone,” Courtney said. Courtney said “it appears virtually impossible to set the brackets so that nobody will be hurt.” He said the intent of the legislature as contained in the gfoss retail act “seems to be that the breaking point should occur at the one-half cent point.” This means that when the 2 per cent figures out to less than onehalf cent, the purchaser would benefit but if it figures out above one-half cent, the merchant would collect a whole penny. Suffer Some Loss ‘"Hie evidence at the hearing indicated that retailers using thenpresent prices would probably suffer some loss in collecting the tax if the breaking point were above 20 cents,” Courtney conceded. “On the other hand, the millions of consumer-housewives, children, retired individuals and workers who could not afford to take off from work to attend the hearing have a great deal at stake.” Courtney urged, therefore, that all retailers keep careful records of costs of colletcing the tax “to be offered as evidence for possible relief, either through modification of the regulations or a change in the law.” Courtney said he showed the recommended schedule to Governor Welsh and Welsh “approved it.”

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 27,1963.

Order Memphis _ —* s To Desegregate

WASHINGTON (UPD-The Supreme Court today ordered the city of Memphis to immediately begin desegregating its parks, libraries and museums. It also said in strong language that southern communities are moving too slowly in integrating their schools. The unanimous decision rejected a Memphis proposal for gradually opening its park and recreation facilities to white and Negroes alike. The city had claimed this was permissible under the “all deliberate speed” doctrine set out by the court in its keystone 1955 school edict. Speaking for the court, Justice Arthur J. Goldberg held that constitutional rights of Negroes were being violated by the delay and that desegregation should be started “promptly.” In other major actions today, the court: —Rejected a claim by Gov. George C. Wallace that President Kennedy had acted illegally by sending federal troops into Alabama during the recent racial violence in Birmingham. The court issued a one-paragraph opinion dismissing the governor’s complaint that Kennedy had violated the federal and Alabama state

Plan Memorial Day Services Here Thursday Decatur’s three veterans' organizations will hold joint Memorial Day services Thursday morning, it was announced today by the respective commanders of the organizations. Dr. Richard K. Parrish, commander of Adams Post 43, American Legion, Clarence Hook, commander of the Adams county chapter of the Disabled American Veterans, and Bill Grant, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, made the announcement of the plans for the services. The joint services will open at 9 a.m. Thursday with the Legion post conducting services in the Catholic cemetery, and services to be held in the Decatur cemetery by the V.F.W. Following the services in the two cemeteries, a parade will be formed at Second and Madison streets at 10 a.m., and will move to the St. Mary’s river bridge, where the D.A.V. will hold services. Monument Services The parade will travel down Second St. to Monroe St., and out to the bridge. Following services there, the parade will return to the peace monument in the southwest portion of the courthouse yard. Further ceremonies will be performed there. Seven crosses will be erected there, and wreaths,.will be put oi£ each commenorating the following: Civil War, SpanishAmerican war. World War I, World War 11, Korean War, nurses and aides of all wars and the unknown dead. Vernon L. Krugh, V. F. W. post chaplain, will give the prayer at the peace monument services. Adams circuit court Judge Myles F. Parrish will be the guest sneaker at the monument ceremonies. The services at the monument are expected to begin about 10:45 a.m. Sohurger Marshall Severin Schurger will serve as grand marshal of the parade, which will include the colors of the three veterans organizations, the Decatur high school band, (Continued On Page Three)

r constitutions. , —Granted a hearing to Dion T. . Diamond, who was convicted of [ disturbing the peace when he encouraged students at Southern ' University at East Baton Rouge, La., to boycott their classes in 1962. ’ —Let stand a lower court rul- ’ ing that allows Negroes suing for ’ integrated schools in Clarendon ■ County, S.C., to act as a group ‘ rather than individually. ! —Denied a hearing to Carlos ! Marcello, New Orleans racketeer, ' who has been fighting deporation for more than 10 years. • —Agreed to decide next term • whether acquisition of Pacific : Northwest Pipeline Corp, by El I Paso Natural Gas Co. is permis- > sible under the antitrust laws. In rejecting the Wallace suit, , the court said the governor’s complaint showed “no more than . that the President has made t ready to exercise the authority ’ conferred on him by (federal • law( by alerting and stationing • military personnel in the' Birmt ingham area." “Such purely preparatory measures. . .afford no basis for the granting of any relief,” the court said.

Farewell Held Here For Rev. Confant A farewell party was held in the auditorium of the Decatur Catholic school for the Rev. Robert W. Contant Sunday evening. Rev. Contant, who has served as assistant pastor at St. Mary’s Catholic church here since 1951, has been assigned as diocesan director of the confraternity of Christian doctrine, effective Saturday. Julius Baker served as master of ceremonies for the affair, and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt and the Rev. Charles Ueber each talked briefly of Rev. Contant. The assistant pastor received numerous gifts, including a purse from the parish, presented by Msgr. Schmitt; an automatic shotgun from the K. of C., K. of C. auxiliary and Fourth - Degree Knights; an overnight case from the C. L. or C.; a briefcase from the Holy Name society; a pen set from the home and school association; a desk lamp from the Rosary society; and a-number of gifts from the various grades of the school. The study clubs and Rosary society furnished cookies and refreshments for the farewell party. Music was presented by the high school band and school chorus and the men’s choir. Rev. Contant's mother was the guest of honor. Also present was Sr. M. Rosita, mother-general of the Sisters of St. Agnes. Hurschel Murphy Is Taken By Death Hurschel Murphy, 69, of 1719 West Wayne street, Fort Wayne, and a native of Decatur, died at 9 o’clock Saturday night at Colon, Mich. Mr. Murphy retired five years ago after 26 years with the Falstaff Brewery. Surviving are two sons, Richard and Robert Murphy, both of Fort Wayne; and Mrs. Edward Burchard of North Webster; a brother, Frank Murphy of Muskegon, Mich; nine grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Funeral rites will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the D. O. McComb A Sons funeral home, the Rev. Robert Meier officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after- 7 p.m. today.

Rev. Underwood To Return To Decatur Si * y r ' : ‘- < s ■ Rev. A. C. Underwood The Rev. A. C. Underwood, pastor of the First Methodist church in Decatur for the past two years, has been returned to the local pastorate. Ministerial appointments were announced Sunday afternoon at the closing session of the 120th Methodist North Indiana Conference at Marion. Fifty-three changes in appointments were made Sunday. The Rev. Claude A. McCallister was transferred from the Monroe Methodist church to Grace church at Marion. He will be succeeded at Monroe by the Rev. Charles Elam, transferred from the Wheatland Ave. church at Logansport. Die Rev. Howard Cress, pastor of the Geneva Methodist church, was appointed as associate pastor at Fort Wayne Forest Park church, and will be suCeeded at Geneva by the Rev. Wayne Bantz, from McCordsville. The Rev. Howard Tyner was transferred from the Geneva parish to the Bourbon parish. Topping the list of appointments was naming the Rev Ernest W. Lawshe, pastor of New Castle's First Methodist church since 1959, as superintendent of the Wabash district. Dr. Lawshe suceeds the Rev. Clarence C. Collins, who was transferred to the Indiana conference for appointment June 16.

Amputate Hand Os Lawrence Gallogly Lawrence (Bing) Gallogly, 34-year-old route 3, resident, was reported resting comfortably in the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne today, following amputation of his left hand Friday evening. Gallogly received a 7,200 volt electricial shock Thursday, May 16, while working atop a pole in Roanoke, with an Indiana & Michigan crew. The limb was amputated at.the wrist Friday, which will allow Gallogly to be fitted with an artificial limb soon. Hospital officials report no other amputation is believed will be necessary, although Gallogly will undergo skin grafting for the third-degree burns he * received from the electrical shock. Room 472 Gallogly is reported resting comfortably in room 472 at the Fo r t Wayne hospital ,and cards and letters from friends will be appreciated. > The well-known local man suffered third degree burns to both hands, his right hip and left forearm, when the mishap occurred. His right hand came in contact with the “hot” line, while he was working atop a pole with a fourman I&M crew. Jack E. Reiff* 120 Limberlost Trail, applied pole-top resuscitation to Gallogly, and revived him. Gallogly was not breathing at the time Reiff reached him, just seconds after the mishap. The four-man crew was repairing lines in Roanoke at the time of the accident. Gallogly was rushed to the Lutheran hospital, and was listed as in critical candition initiallyGallogly has been employed by the Decatur district of the Fort Wayne division of I A M since its inception in this city, and previous to that had been employed by the Decatur-owned electric utility since.. October 18, 1947. The accident was the first involving an employe of the utility’s Fort Wayne division since October of 1960. General Foods Corp. To Increase Prices NEW YORK (UPI) — General Foods Corp, announced today it is boosting by about 5 per cent the wholesale price of its products which have sugar as a major ingredient effective immediately.

Pope Remains In Serious Condition

VATICAN CITY (UPI) — Pope John XXIII remains in “very serious” condition despite optimistic statements that he is improving, Vatican source? said today. Semi-official sources at the Vatican said the 81-year-old pontiff, dangerously ill following a second attack of internal bleeding ’ within a week, spent a good night and feels "somewhat better —the improvement is continuing.” But other sources said that despite the deliberate optimism of the official and semi-official pronouncements, the Pope is weak, although he remains lucid. Prof. Antonio Gasbarrini, the pontiff’s personal physician, visited him shortly before noon today. Doctor Is Noncommittal When asked how the Pope was, he said: “You must understand, you must understand. I can say nothing.” Dje Pope received his aide, Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, Sunday night and again this morning for routine discussions of church business. The cardinal is Vatican secretary of state and meets the Pope regularly for a briefing on church affairs. Cicognani is about the only Vatican official outside his private entourage that the Pope has seen in the past two days. The semi - official Vatican sources insisted that “the improvement is continuing.’’ Still In Danger But it was clear that the Pope was not out of danger from his critical relapse. He was weakened by the same hemorrhaging that first struck him six months ago and returned last Monday night. The Vatican has repeatedly said the Pope's anemia is caused by a stomach ailment but there were unconfirmed reports of cancer. A Rome newspaper reported without confirmation that the Pope's condition was so grave

Jackson City Officers Meet

JACKSON, Miss. (UPI) —City officials scheduled a meeting with Negro leaders today in a grievance session that may determine whether massive racial demonstrations will be staged in the Mississippi capital. Antisegregation demonstrations had been planned for this past weekend, but were held in abeyance pending today’s meeting at 4 p.m. EDT. Medgar Evers, state field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said Negroes would hold a “mass meeting” Tuesday night, apparently to hear a report on the results of the grievance session. Mayor Allen Thompson, who has vowed that segregation wiU be preserved here, invited 14 Negroes to the meeting and asked the city’s two Negro ministerial groups send two representaHarold Tester Dies After Brief Illness Harold R. (Jack) Tester, 55, of 126 South Fifth street, lifelong resident of Decatur, died at 10:40 p.m. Saturday at the Adams county memorial hospital after an illness of several days. He had been hospitalized last Friday. He was employed at the municipal light and power plant for 13 years until its sale to Indiana & Michigan, and since that time had been employed by the state highway department at Bluffton. Born in Decatur Nov. 26, 1907, he was a son of George W. and Edith Hackman-Tester, and was married to Estella Bentz May 24, 1941. He attended the Decatur Catholic schools. Mr. Tester was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Holy Name society and the Moose lodge. Surviving are his wife; two sons, George E. and David E. Tester, both at home; his mother, Mrs. Edith Tester of Decatur, and one brother, Guy D. Tester of Fullerton, Calif., who arrived in Decatur Sunday evening. Funeral services will be conducted at 9:15 a. m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon J. Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services. The Moose lodge w*U hold services at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday and the Holy Name society will reeite the rosary at 8 p. m. Tuesday.

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Sunday that he received the Viaticum, the Holy Communion given to those in danger of death. It may be given at the same time as Extreme Unction, the last rites, which officials said the Pope did not receive. The newspaper, Il Messaggero, said the Pope has had only liquid foods since last Monday. The Pope was ordered to bed by the team of doctors attending him day and night and forced to cancel Sunday’s public benediction from his window. His doctors gave him blood transfusions and drugs to clot his blood. — . Asks for Prayers The Vatican appealed for prayers “that the Holy Father may soon be well’’ and issued relatively optimistic reports of his condition. But there was deep concern among those close to the Pope. They feared another setback might prove too much, even for Pope John's “magnificent heart.” Vatican sources said the Pope took Communion in bed Sunday morning but did not receive Extreme Unction, the last rites given a Catholic who is in danger of death. Medical sources said the first 24 hours after the hemorrhage was the critical period. After this period, they said, at least the first crucial trouble is out of the way. Cancer Reports Persist But if Pope John has cancer, as many printed reports have said, the sources said further bleeding would be inevitable and would ultimately result in death. The Vatican has never confirmed or denied the cancer reports. Vatican sources said shortly after midnight today that the Pope had gained a “little strength” since his crisis and was resting peacefully. All the lights of the Vatican apartments were dark and the Pope’s windows were tightly shuttered.

fives each. Four of the 14 were chosen by Negroes at a civil rights rally last Tuesday. Ministers Confer A group of top Negro and white ministers also have begun conferring on the racial situation, but Thompson said the city administration has not sanctioned these conferences. Evers also said he had not been advised of any conclusions reached by the ministers. At Greensboro, N.C., Negroes halted their daily demonstrations over the weekend but told Mayor David Schenck they would be resumed this afternoon unless “some concrete, tangible, positive action on desegregation is taken.” Schenck last week appointed a special “goodwill committee” to seek a solution to Greensboro’s racial problems. * Other Developments Elsewhere, there were these developments: —A group of Negro organizations at Clarksdale, Miss., asked city officials for an audience to discuss racial problems. The Negroes threatened mass demonstrations if their request went unheeded. —North Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford told Negro college graduates at Elizabeth City, N.C., that “racial tolerance cannot be ordered—no proclamation can do away with prejudices and discrimination.” —The Southern Regional Council in Atlanta called upon the South to end segregation in governmental facilities and businesses serving the general public. —Negroes planned a meeting in Richmond, Va., tonight to lay strategy for more antisegregation demonstrations against, downtown theaters. —The Montgomery AdvertiserJournal, starting today, will carry news of interests to Negroes in all editions instead of in separate editions. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with occasional light rain tonight. Chance of>few severe thunderstorms south to- , night. Tuesday becoming partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low tonight in the 50s north, 55 to 64 south. High Tuesday in the 70s. Sunset today 8:03 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 5:21 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Partly clopdy to cloudy and cool, chance of showers. Lows 50s north to low 60s south. Highs 60s north to tow 70s extreme south.