Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1963 — Page 1

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Discover Debris Os Missing Military Airliner In Water

Americans Mourning Death Os Pope John

By WESLEY G. Pippert United Press International With singleness of heart; America’s humble and mighty today mourned the passing of Pope John XXIII. Catholic, * Protestant and Jew, from cardinals to humble parish priests, from the President to the man in the street, all were saddened by the death of the son of a sharecropper who became the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The eulogies poured in, some in prepared statements, some in telephoned calls. But perhaps most eloquent were the expressions of grief by men and women when word was flashed that the Pope was dead. “There really isn’t 4 anything you can say," Anita Sandoval, a concession stand operator in a Chicago train depot, said, “but God bless him.” Kennedy Leads Mourning President Kennedy led the nation in mourning. He said the Pope “brought compassion and an understanding drawn from wide experience to the meet divisive problems of a tumultous age.” There was unanimity among the three faiths in praise of the Pope, whose major contribution during his four and a half year reign was the Ecumenical Council. “We who are of the Jewish faith have been blessed by his warmth, by his concern for all human beings and by the attributes of greatness he possessed,” said the Chicago Federation of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. “His pronouncements on topics such as world peace and the brotherhood of man revealed the broad dimensions oi his fine mind and yet they invariably reached the heart of the matter with a penetrating and profound clarity.” The Rev. Fredrik A. Shiotz, president of the American Luthean Church, said that “Christians everywhere grieve in the death of Pope John.”

115 Pints Os Blood Are Donated Here

One hundred and fifteen pints of blood — ten short of the goal of 125 — were donated Monday when the Bloodmobile visited the Decatur Youth and Community Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donors filed through the center all day and were handled by a large crew of local volunteer workers, nurses and doctors. City workers helped set up the bloodmobile unit in the center. Six local doctors John Carroll, William Freeby, G. J. Kohne, Richard Parrish, NorVai Rich, and Harold Zwick assisted in the program. Nunes Assist A corps of local nurses were on hand to assist in the donation process. They were Mrs. Arthur Miller, Mrs. Cletus Miller, Mrs. Ed Buckner, Mrs. Tom Sefton, Mrs. Gail Grabill, Mrs. Dan Kwasneski, Mrs. John McConaha and Mrs. Joe Azbell. Canteen workers, who served sandwiches and soup to the don- » ors, were Mrs- Lee Fleming, Mrs. Harold Messick, Mrs. Harmon Kraft, Mrs. L. E .Archbold, Mrs. Woodson Ogg, Mrs. Edgar Reinking, and Mrs. Charles Beineke. Volunteers who served as receptionists and who telephoned prospective donors were Mrs. Earl Fuhrman, Mrs. George Alton, Miss Fan Hammell, Mrs. Joe Rash and ‘ Mrs. Francis Ellsworth. Typists, who registered the don- ----- —• ors, were Mrs. Elbert Smith, Mrs. Vernon Hirschey, Mrs. Robert Hammond, Mrs. Ralph Kenyon and Mrs. Bill Tutewiler.

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"... A New Openness” “He has given his own church a new openness to other Christians as all of us seek to proclaim the Gospel of Christ to a weeking world,” Dr. Schiotz said. Dr. Robert Cook, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, said “the Bible teaches us to mourn with those who mourn.” ° "So although our beliefs differ sharply,” Dr. Cook said, “We share the sorrow of our Roman Catholic friends in the loss of their dedicated leader.” The president of the board of directors of the five-million member National (Negro) Baptist Convention said Pope John related the church as no other recent Pope has “to the struggles of mankind.” “The humble people of the world have lost a real friend and mankind has lost a devout apostle of peace,” the Rev. J. H. Jackson said. Spirit Os Unity The lay president of the National Council of Churches, J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., said Pope John left as his heritage a re-awakened spirit of unity and love that will be felt forever by men of faith. The archbishop of Chicago, Albert Cardinal Meyer, who received his red cap from Pope John, said of the pontiff: “In him people beheld that rare combination of all the desirable I traits possessed by each social class. He was genuine like a true peasant; he was honest > and strong, like one of our factory workers; he had the true patience of the seaman; he was calm as a shepherd; he was well-bred and austere as the descendants of the noblest families in the land; he', was benign and courteous as a I teacher or judge; he was good and generous as we imagine the saints to be.” Richard Cardinal Cushing, the archbishop of Boston, said Pope John was “a man of advanced years . . . (but) young at heart in every way.”

' Mrs. Merlin Sieling was in . charge of the blood bottles and , Mrs. Robert Zwick kept the files. Mrs. Richard Macklin was in charge -of transportation. Floor , fans for use during the day were provided by Ashbaucher’s Tin ' Shop. Gallon Donors Several donors logged their first, second or third gallon on donated blood yesterday. Completing their 1 first gallon were Donald Bollenbacher, Roger Hawkins, Mrs. Ken- ! neth Erhart, Mrs. Lester Aumann and J. J. Yost. Two-gallon donors were Dick ! Heller, Jr., Mrs. Ferris Bower, Harlan Jackson and Albert Gilllg. . Three-gallon donors were Charles Stonestreet, Robert Worthman and Ben Mazelin. k The 115 donors were: Ralph G. i Conrad, Mrs. Luke Majorki, Kenneth Roop, Dale Makey, Bert I Crosbey, John Smith, Mrs. John - Kohne, Mrs. Elmer Bultemeier, . Mrs. Benjamin Mazelin, Calvin i Burnett, Rev. J. O. Penrod, Ar- . thur Braun. Gretchen Foreman, - Kathryn Young, Delphenia Reynolds. Nick Secaur, Mrs. George Rentz, - Mrs. Robert Mutchler, Harold 1 Baughn, Donald Bollenbacher, > Mrs. Edgar Krueckeburg, Wilbur 1 Harman, Mrs. Oral Fulton, Arthur Suttles, Jr., Mrs. Charles Busse, - Robert Rumschlag, John Rawlin- . son, Mrs. James Cochran, Mrs. t Robert Colchin, John Butler, Lois 1 Sharpe, Mrs. Ralph Bailer, Edwin (Continued on Page Eight)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (UPD—A missing military chartered airliner with 101 men, women and children aboard definitely crashed or ditched in the Gulf of Alaska, the Coast Guard said today. "We can't determine now whether it ditched or crashed,” a Coast Guard spokesman in Juneau said. “But it did go into the water.” The announcement came after a search fleet discovered pieces of aircraft - type metal, uninflated life rafts and parts of seats and seat belts. A fleet of six ships and three aircraft continued the search in hopes of finding survivors. Twenty-eight women and children were aboard the plane. Six family groups were aboard. The four-engine Northwest Orient Airlines DC7 disappeared Monday shortly after requesting a routine change in altitude while on a flight from McChord Ai r Force Base near Tacoma, Wash., | to Elmendorf Air Force Base here. A Royal Canadian Air Force plane later notified the U.S. Coast Guard that it had sighted debris 60 miles west of Graham Island. The plane last reported its position as 150 miles northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. Finds Debris The Coast Guard cutter Sorrell, skippered by Lt. Cmdr. Claude W. Jenkins arrived upon the scene shortly after daybreak and reported finding conclusive evidence that thd debris had come from the plane. But the Coast Guard spokesman stressed that the plane did not necessarily crash in the ocean, but may have jettisoned cargo over the ocean. A spokesman aboard the Sorrell said the first ship on the scene, the Japanese ship Hosei Maru, had found a suitcase identified as being from one of the passengers. The Sorrell then reported discovery of a life jacket and some women's wearing apparel also identified as having come from the missing plane. A drizzling rain and damp fog covered the ocean as the little circle of ships gathered debris from the storm-tossed surface. Ships reported at the scene included the Hosei Maru, the tugboat Andrew Foss out of Seattle, the SS Chena, and the Coast Guard tug Albatross. Two Coast Guard airplanes joined the search at daybreak. The missing plane, Flight 293, was chartered by the Military Air Transport Service. It was the same regularly scheduled flight to Anchorage that once before was forced to ditch in the Pacific with 102 persons aboard. All were rescued in that mishap. Mrs. Agnes Linn Dies Unexpectedly Mrs. Agnes Unn, 73, of 128 East Masterson Ave., Fort Wayne, and a native and former resident of Decatur, died suddenly at 4:30 p. m. Monday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. Born in Decatur May 18, 1890, a daughter of Walter and Hila Roop-Murray, she had resided in Fort Wayne for the past 40 years. She was married June 15, 1911 in Decatur to (Todd) Linn, who preceded her in death March 29, 1959. Mrs. Linn was a member of the Third Presbyterian church at Fort Wayne. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Rosemary Hartwig and Mrs. Jeanne Bloom, both of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Clayton Zeddis of Markle route 1, and Mrs. Robert Schwiezer of Winchester road, Allen county; three sons, Edward Linn of Washington, D. C., and James and Tom Linn, both of Fort Wayne; 13 grandchildren; one brother, Forrest Murray of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. Kenneth Eady of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Elzey funeral home in Ossian, the Rev. Robert Bieber officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 4,1963.

Kennedy Gives Order Against Discrimination WASHINGTON (UPD — President Kennedy today issued orders barring discrimination against Negroes in federal construction programs or other federal projects involving the hiring of work* ers or apprentices. The President issued a special statement asserting that unem--ployment among Negroes poses “serious problems in every part of the country.” He said these problems could be met partly by his anti-reces-sion program but that he also was issuing his new anti-discrimination directive and taking “other measures to end job discrimination in this country.” —• ■Die White House disclosed earlier that the chief executive had decided on . “the broad general outline” of new civil rights legislation prompted by recent racial disturbancesjt said he planned to send a special message to Congress on the subject next week. The twin actions came as Kennedy prepared to meet late this afternoon with 100 businessmen in hopes of enlisting their voluntary support in desegregating facilities they operate in the South. » Kennedy had hoped to get his special civil rights message to Congress today, but administration sources said he had postponed the legislation to await conferences — such as today’s—which he and Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy feel are vital to success of the program. One of the proposals under consideration is reported to permit the attorney general to file suits on behalf of Negroes excluded from public schools and other facilities. Another would forbid racial discrimination in businesses dealing in interstate commerce — presumably hotels, motels, some stores, theaters, restaurants and such. / Involved in today’s meeting were representatives from chain stores, restaurants, hotels and theaters — the targets of many Negro demonstrations recently. Allen Wolfe Dies Early This Morning Allen (Roonie) Wolfe, 84-year-old retired farmer of Monroe route 1, two miles east of Salem, died at 5 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been ill of complications for one year and in serious condition two days. Born in Fairfield county, 0., July 11, 1878( he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wolfe, but had spent most of his life in Adams county. His wife, the former Aldah Marbaugh, preceded him in death in 1947. Surviving are one son, Thurman Wolfe of Monroe route 1; two grand children; seven great-grand-children; two stepbrothers, Glen and Grover Wolfe, and a half-sis-ter, Mrs. Genevieve Poole, all of Canal Winchester, O. Funeral rites will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Union E. U. B. church, one mile west and onefourth mile south of Wilshire, O. The Rev. Robert Heckman will officiate and burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home in Berne after 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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Partly cloudy tonight with chance of some isolated thundershowers this evening. Fair and warm Wednesday. Low tonight in the 60s. High Wednesday upper 80s. Sunset today 8:09 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Mostly fair and warm. Lows mid 60s. Highs upper 80s.

House Group Blocks Slated Tax Reduction WASHINGTON (UPD — The House Ways and Means Committee voted, 19-6, today to block a scheduled July 1 reduction of about $4 billion a year in federal ■taxes on corporations, liquor, cig-’ arettes, automobiles, telephone calls and airline tickets. The committee bill would extend without change for one year the 52 per cent tax on corporation profits and the temporary excise taxes. Except for the tax on telephone calls and airline tickets, the existing temporary rates were levied in 1951 to help finance the Korean War. The new bill seemed certain to clear Congress before the deadline. To clear the way for quick enactment, the committee temporarily put aside work on Kennedy’s program of permanent tax revisions and rate reductions. 380 Students Enroll In Summer School School is out—but not for some 380 students who have enrolled for courses in Decatur high school’s summer program, which runs from June 3 to July 25. This is about 75% of the normal winter enrollment. The school’s present summer program, now in its sixth year, has grown from modest beginnings. When it wgs started in 1958 by present principal Hugh J. Andrews, only 40 students were registered for the one civics- sociology course which was offered. The school’s only previous sum- . mer program, a twelve-week, full course arrangement begun in 1943, was discontinued in 1951. Sevon Subjects This year’s program embraces seven subjects—introductory algebrt, auto mechanics, civics-sociol-ogy, driver training, physical science, speech, and typing. In addition to the scheduled classes the school will be the scene of two other summer programs. Members of the high school band will be attending a summer music training program under the directorship of Richard Collins, and local 4-H members will be participating in a summer program headed by Mrs. Phyllis Houk. 170 Drivers The largest number of students, nearly 170, are enrolled in the driver training course, under, the direction of Bill McColly. The course combines six hours of actual driving and 12 hours of observation, with 36 hours of classroom instruction. About 40 of the driver training students are from Decatur Catholic high school. The eight driver training instructors are: McColly, Bob Worthman, Steve Everhart, Jerry Mitchell, Floyd Reed, Gary Giessler, Charles Swales and Jerry Leitz. There are two 25-student sections of introductory algebra, taught by John Clark and Merritt Alger. A speech class of 13 students is being taught by Deane T. Dor win. Maynard Hetrick is instructing a typing class of 38 students, and Tom Torenson is teaching a physical science course of 39. An auto mechanics course of 30 students is taught by Amos Ketchum. The largest class, a 42-member civics sociology group, is taught by Lowell Smith.

Stepfafher Os Local Woman Dies Monday Arthur F. Benn, 84, was found dead Monday at his residence, 345 French Ave., Fort Wayne. He apparently died of a heart attack Sunday night. He was born in Logansport and had resided in Fort Wayne for 50 years. He retired eight years ago as an employee of Fort Wayne Newspapers, Inc. Survivors include his wife. Edna: a son, Kenneth of Kokomo; two stepsons, Harry and Edward Quinn, both of Fort Wayne; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Leone Bassett of Decatur, Mrs. Ruth Chaney and Mrs. May Jane Bakel, both of Fort Wayne; a sister, Mrs. Edna Miller of Nottingham: one granddaughter, 20 stepgrandchildren and 20 greatstepgrandchildren . Friends may call after 7 p. m. today at the Tom Mungovan funeral home. Services will be Thursday at a time to be announced, with burial in Lindenwood cemetery.

Body Os Pope John Is Lying In Regal Raiment In Palace

VATICAN CITY (UPD— The body of Pope John XXIII, his face lined with the suffering of four days of agony, lay today in regal raiment in the Vatican Palace where cardinals and diplomats paid their last respects. This evening the remains will be borne in procession to the Basilica of St. Peter’s. Starting Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of the people of Rome and all others who wish, will begin filing by for a final salute to the late , pontiff, who gave a new warmth to religious statesmanship. Pope John died in his simple bed in the apostolic palace Monday night at 7:49 p.m. (2:49 p.m. EDT) after almost 94 hours of suffering from a stomach tumor and peritonitis. The suffering showed on his face as he lay richly-robed on a red-draped catafalque placed in a salon of the Vatican Palace, His gloved hands were clasped over a beloved crucifix. Flanked By Guards A tall Noble guard, wearing plumed helmet and holding his sword at salute position, stood on either side of the catafalque which was flanked by four giant candles. ' Pope John had on soft, richlyembroidered cloth slippers with

State Senator Is Speaker To Lions The even split between the two political parties was responsible for the state legislature’s failure to solve the state’s three major problems in the regular session, State Senator Lucius Sommers, told the Decatur Lions club Monday night. Sen. Sommers was introduced by Roger Gentis, who had charge of the program. Sen. Sommers has served as senator from Allen county for 24 years. He is an Allen county gravel pit owner-operator. Toughest Session This session was the toughest in which he has served, Sen. Sommers told the group. Three main problems were before the group: taxation, reapportionment, and a proper state budget. Both parties, the senator explained, wanted to do what they felt was best for the people, but they differed in their approaches to the basic problems of budgets, taxation, and reapportionment. It takes a majority of 26 to carry the state senate, and the senate was split, 25-24 Republican, with the 26th, or majority, Republican, having died before the session started. This meant that Republican Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, of Crawfordsville, had to cast several deciding votes, where party lines were nearly equal. None of the principal issues were settled in the regular session, and the governor called a special session to settle the problems, he continued. In the extra 40 days they passed a special amendment to the state constitution which would call for reapportionment, on a new basis, in 1970. Tax Compromise The tax bill had to be introduced in the lower house, but the senate refused to agree, and it went to a conference committee, which brought up the compromise of a 2% gross income, and a 2% sales tax—the Democrats had proposed a 3% gross income tax, the Republicans the sales tax. • On the compromise, the senate voted 24-24, a tie, and Lt. Gov. Ristine cast the deciding vote in favor of the sales tax-gross income increase. Still Pending While the governor’s committee has proposed starting the sales tax on 25-cent sales, the two Republican members of the deciding committee have suggested 51c; this is opposed by retailers, who would then have to pay the difference in 2% of their gross sales between the amount collected and the amount owed. The final hearing will be June 11. It was the intention of the state legislature to pass state school tax appropriaions high enough to lower substantially the school tax rates ton property, but teachers are looking forward to an increase in pay to take up the difference, Sen. Sommers pointed out.

soles that showed they had been worn. The robes were the same he donned on Holy Thursday more than a year ago in the Basilica of St. John in Lateran for the elevation of 12 cardinal deacons to cardinal bishop ranks. The worn shoes were'almost indicative of the earthly character of the Pope himself, who came from peasant stock in the rugged mountains of northern Italy. Pope John’s body was brought from his bedroom to the salon shortly after dawn, and at 9 a.m. <4 a.m. EDT) there began a steady stream of distinguished visitors, ranging from President Antonio Segni of Italy to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. Like Tinted Statue Pope John’s face almost had the appearance of a tinted statue. As he lay in death, plans went ahead to choose his successor. The first to visit the Pope in the spectacular chamber in which he lay was the camerlengo, or chamberlain, Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella, who carried for the first time the staff symbolizing his primacy in the church. He holds this authority until the election of a new Pope. Later, Italian President Segni

Federal Jury Indicts Hoffa

CHICAGO (UPD — A federal grand jury today indicted Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa along with seven other men on charges of fraudulently obtaining S2O million in loans from a Teamsters’ pension fund and using more than $1 million of it for their own benefit. The indictment, the latest move in the Justice Department’s continuing battle with the Teamsters boss, was announced simultaneously by the Justice Department in Washington and U.S. Atty. James P. O’Brien in Chicago. A 28-count indictment accused Hoffa and the others of obtaining 14 loans from the giant Central State Teamsters pension fund headquartered in Chicago. The Justice Department said thp indictments capped a two- year investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The indictment accused Hoffa of deceiving his fellow fund trustees to obtain loans for favored companies in six states but mainly

IIHI■■HHHHHHHH * '-Jit I* THEY’LL CARRY BURDEN OF PAPACY— Four cardinals pictured, above, will assume direction of Roman Catholic church affairs pending election of a new Pope. Left to right, top to bottom: Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, dean of Sacred College of Cardinals; Aloisi Cardinal Massella, chamberlain, who will assume control of Vatican affairs;’ Jaime Cardinal Copello; Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, head of the Holy Office.—

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paid homage to the body of the dead pontiff at 1D22 a.m. (6:22 a.m. EDT). He was accompanied by Vice Premier Attilio Piccioni and other state officials. Other high government leaders filed into the room throughout the morning and into the afternoon. Segni prayed by the Pope’s body for 25 minutes. Elsewhere in the Vatican and in St. Peter’s Square, preparations were going on feverishly for the transfer of the Pope’s body into St. Peter's Basilica. Spectacular Procession This will take place at 6 p.m. (1 p.m. EDT) in a spectacular procession down the royal stairs of the palace and out into St Peter’s Square. It will be the first time that the thousands of faithful who have been gathering in the square since noon will see the Pope since he went into his death throes on Friday. The Pope, son of a northern Italian peasant, brought new ideas and new warmth to religious leadership during his four and one-half year reign, set an example even in death. Despite four days of agony that touched a listening and watching world, his last prayers were for (Continued on Page Eight)

in the Miami, Fla., area. It also charged that he and five others demanded and received money, stock options, and financial control of some borrowing firms. Benjamin Dranow, 55, former Minneapolis department store executive now serving prison terms for bankruptcy fraud and tax evasion. His conviction for bail jumping is under appeal. Abe I. Weinblatt, 67, retired Miami Beach businessman and former associate of Dranow. S. George Burris, 65, New York City accountant, and his son, Herbert’ R. Burris, 41, a New York City attorney. Samuel Hyman, 69, Miami Beach, a Key West, Fla., real estate operator. Calvin Kovens, 39, Miami Beach builder and real estate man. Zachary A. Strate Jr., 43, New Orleans builder and real estate man.