Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1963 — Page 1

Vol. LXI. No. 140.

State Sales Tax Ruled Unconstitutional

State Is Faced With Financial Crisis As Tax Is Ruled Invalid

Sharp Split In Rail Labor

WASHINGTON (UPD—A sharp - split developed today in rail labor “! ranks that may make it tougher C< for the administration to avert a g< nationwide railroad shutdown that st could begin any time after midnight Monday. V, The Switchmen’s Union —one of hi five brotherhoods involved in the bi three-year-old work rules dispute pi —pulled out of negotiations and said it would bargain on its own. m Another union — the Order of w Railroad Conductors and Brake- e< men—also was reported ready to Tl withdraw from the talks. fi The rift was disclosed after tr leaders of the two unions were not shown during an hour-long le television show Wednesday night la dealing with the railroad dispute, tu Switchmen's President Neil ts Speirs told a reporter that he was fc

Russia Blasts Fifth Manned Space Flight

MOSCOW (UPD — Russia blasted its fifth manned space ship into orbit today on a flight that may be the prelude to the launching of the first spacewoman. Lt. Col. Valery Fedorivich Bykovsky, 28-year-old air force pilot, was hurled into orbit at 3 p.m. (8 a.m. EDT) in the space ship Vostok 5. His flight was believed to be the first step in a “Romanov and Juliet” man-and-woman tandem space marathon. Bykovsky, described as an athletic type with a young wife and a three - month -old son, “feels fine,” Radio Moscow said, in announcing that “all systems are functioning normally.” The official Soviet Tass news agency said without giving details that Bykovsky’s mission was to study conditions “of a long flight” in space. 'fhere were unofficial indications the young Russian might be kept up for as long as a record eight days and be joined soon by the world’s first space woman—also a Russian. Attractive And Unmarried Reports have been circulating for days that the Soviets were on the verge of launchings a space woman —said to be an attractive, unmarried girl in her 20’s. According to these unofficial reports, the Soviets were hoping to launch and bring the girl back before the start of an international woman’s congress in Moscow June 24. With the blasting of Bykovsky into orbit today,* the belief was that a man-and-woman flight in twin space ships was planned. Pioneering work in twin orbiting was carried out last year by “space twins” Andrean Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich. Nikolayev went into orbit aboard Vostok 3 on Aug. 11, 1962. A day later, Popovich went up in Vostok 4 and, according to official Soviet accounts, jockeyed to within sight of his comrade in a space spectacular that brought cheers of admiration from all the world. The two men talked back and forth with one another as they looped around he earth at speeds of 17,500 miles an hour. TSfey came down within moments of

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“fed up” with the five union unity Committee and would handle negotiations with the carriers on a separate basis. Conductors’ President Louis J. Wagner said he was “very unhappy” with the coordination of bargaining and his union might pull out of the joint talks, too. The switchmen, with 10,000 members, and , the conductors, with about 20,000. are the smallest unions involved in the dispute. The others are the engineers, firemen and enginemen and the trainmen. The split presented a new problem for Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, who had called in uqion and management representatives to his office this afternoon for another mediation effort.

one another after marathon flights that broke all space records.

Nikolayev clocked 64 orbits in 94 hours, 22 minutes for an estimated total distance of 1,615,000 miles. Popovich completed 48 orbits in 70 hours, 59 minutes and a space distance of 1,243,000 miles. It appeared likely the Russians now were preparing to top this with a man and woman space duet. Yanks Expect Shot U. S. space officials in Washington lent support to this theory by saying that a second Soviet manned space launching may come within 24 hours. They based their ’views on belief the Russians have been planning a space rendezvous mission in which two craft would be coupled aloft An alternative guess in Washington was that the Russians were out to set a new record with a one-man space flight of about eight days to test life support equipment for a later moon mission. The launching put the Soviet Union one orbital shot ahead of the United States in the space race. The best and latest U.S. effort was the 22.9-orbit flight of Maj. L. Gordon Cooper last month. The official Soviet Tass news agency announced the launching with a statement saying, “The Soviet' space ship Vostok 5 has been placed in orbit around the earth today.” The official announcement said Bykovsky reported he survived the blastoff and went into orbit satisfactorily. It - added that he “feels well” and said that “all equipment on board is working normally.” INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cooler tonight Saturday partly sunny and a little warmer near Lake Michigan. Low tonight in the 50s. High Saturday in the 70s north 75 to 84 south. Sunset today p. m. Sunrise Saturday 5:16 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Generally fair and mild. Lows in the 50s. Highs 70s north to 80s south.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The State of Indiana came face to face with a financial crisis today when a circuit judge ruled unconstitutional the two per cent sales tax scheduled to become effective July 1. Judge John L. Njblack issued the ruling in a suit filed by the Indianh State AFL-CIO challenging the validity of a law enacted by thp 1963 Legislature in a rec-ord-breaking 101-day session from January to late April. Niblack said the law was “conceived in confusion and drawn in desparation and haste’’ and was illegal because it delegated legislative authority to the executive branch of government. Governor Welsh, reached by telephone at New Orleans where he is attending a meeting, withheld comment as did Atty. Gen. Edwin K. Steers with whom the governor said he would confer by phone early this afternoon to discuss the emergency. Appeal Would Drag A state appeal of the ruling or move fdr a new trial could result in long delays well past the time the state was due to start collecting millions of dollars from the buying public to help finance a record budget for the new fiscal year beginning next month. Some state legal minds expressed the opinion that if Niblack fails to issue an injunction against collection of the tax after a show cause hearing he set for June 19, the state could impose the tax pending a final determination of the issue on appeal. John Hatchett, Commissioner for the State Department of Administration, said if the state is unable to collect the sales tax it could mean a reduction of $94 million in general fund expenditures next fiscal year. He said most of the cut would come in state aid to local schools because that was where most of the increased taxes were earmarked and local schools have other revenue sources to fall back onWelsh conferred with four state aides by phone and said "I will discuss the matter with the attorney general, the commissioner of revenue and the budget agency. The state will take the appropriate action.” Aides of the governor said any speculation as to what would happen next would be “premature and inappropriate,” including speculation that Welsh might call another special session of the legislature before July 1. Has Power to Act Niblack’s ruling said the legislature has the power to enact a valid sales tax but failed to do so. He said, for one thing, the leg. islature unduly delegated authority for the setting of brackets for application of the tax to purchases. , Niblack set June 19 for a hearing for the state to show cause why an injunction should not be issued preventing the state from putting the tax law into effect July 1. Stells State Plans The ruling threw Indiana officials into a dither and raised a huge question mark over the financial future of the state only two weeks and two days short of the start of a new fiscal year. The sales tax was one of two key items in a broad tax package enacted by the lawmakers in a 101-day session which included the regular 61-day biennial session and a special session of 40 days called by Governor Welsh when budget and tax issues remained unsettled. After Niblack’s ruling, assistant Indiana Atty. Gen. William Ruckelshaus said the next step for the state would be to ask for a new trial. If the motion were rejected, an appeal would be taken to the Indiana Supreme Court, a timeconsuming process which would delay a final determination for months past the effective date of the sales tax law. The chief alternative appeared to be for Welsh to call another special session of the legislature before July I to enact a tax law which would met Niblack’s inter(Continued'on Page Eight)

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 14,1963.

Former Local Boy Drowning Victim Tommy Pancake, 13, of Grabill route 1, was drowned Thursday afternoon when he stepped into a drcp-off in the St. Joseph river near Leo while wading with two companions while on a camping trip. The boy’s body was recovered at 4:12 p. m., about one hour and 12 minutes after the tragedy. The boy and his companions, Steve CricK, 15, of Leo, and Barry Wetzel, Grabill route 1, had been wading along the shoreline north of Leo when Pancake stepped into the drop-off of 10 to 15 feet. He could not swim and efforts of his chums to save him were futile. The drowning victim lived in Monmouth a number of years ago while his father, Vernon E. Pancake, was employed as a pressman at the Decatur Daily Democrat. The father died several months ago after an extended illness. The boy would have entered the eighth grade at Leo junior high in September. He was active in Little League baseball and was a member of the Sherman Street Church of God in Fort Wayne. Surviving are his mother, Helen: one brother, Richard K., at home; his paternal grandfather, Albert Pancake of Convoy, 0., and several aunts and uncles. Funeral services will be held at I p. m. Monday at the Sherman Street Church of God, the Rev. A. F. Dreger officiating. Burial will be at Scott, O. Friends may call at the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home in Fort Wayne after 7 p. m. Saturday. Owens Named To Wage Scale Board Mayor Donald F. Gage has appointed Russell E. Owens, 322 N. Fifth street, retired General Electric plant foreman, to the wage scale board for the construction of the new city police station and renovation of city hall. City attorney Robert S. Anderson has written to Governor Matthew E. Welsh and the state federation of labor, notifying them of the appointment of Owens. The governor and the state federation of labor will now each appoint a representative to serve on the board. The two appointees and Owens will then meet and establish a wage scale which the contractor who is awarded the bid on the work must pay his workers by the hour while constructing the new building and renovating the city hall building. It is mandatory on any public construction that is either new or being renovated, that a wage scale board is appointed. If this procedure is not followed, the state board of accounts will not approve payment by the city administration for the work. Jerold Lobsiger, local" architectural designer handling the plans and specifications for the construction and renovation, informed the city council at its June 4 meeting that plans were nearly completed. Lobsiger explained that the police station plans were completed and the city hall renovation plans vzere nearly finished. Send Plans Both plans and specifications for the buildings will be sent to the state board in Indianapolis for the approval by the state fire marshal, state board of health, etc. Lobsiger had stated at the meeting that the plans would probably be sent out that week- — — When approval is granted, and it is expected to be, the board of works and safety will then be free to let bids for both the construction of the new police station and the city hall renovation.

First Session Os Day Camp Closed The first three-day session o Girl Scout day camp was completed Thursday with 139 girls, ages 7-17, registered for the activities at Hanna-Nuttman park. Directing the activities is Girl Scout leader Martha Seaman of Fort Wayne. Staffing the camp are Hilda Eichenauer, assistant director, Jane Luginbill, nurse, Naomi Bodie, business manager, Octavie Edvin, assistant business manager, Sarah Collier, consultant, and Ruth Harper, consultant. George Mac Lean is equipment chairman. Unit leaders and assistants are Betty Chew, Aileen Baumgardner, Shirley Eloph, Joan Borne, Ruth Gehrig, Rosalee Hagan, Pat Boltz, Winnie Phillips, Doris Johnson, Jane Roughia, Peggy Williamson, Barbara Gaunt, Vickie Girod and, Dorothy Beeler. Lola Gould and Jennie Dailey are caring for the children of the staff members. Guests at the camp Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Todd, accredited visitors and inspectors for the American camping association. The Todds spent several hours at the park viewing the work done by the various units of the camp. Each unit is engaged in a different activity. The pioneer unit, composed of the older girls in the scouting group, has constructed a completely equipped campsite in the wooded area of the park. Assisted by local Boy Scouts, they also built a rope bridge across the stream which runs through the park. This bridge was partially destroyed by vandals Tuesday night, but Mrs. Seaman said she had hopes that it could be repaired in time 'for next week’s activities. _ • The second session of the camp runs from Tuesday to Thursday of next week. Wednesday evening about forty of the girls and their leaders will sleep overnight in tents at the park. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heis of the Fort Wayne astronomy society will visit the camp that evening and give a talk on “star-gazing.” Dedicate Church Os God Here On Sunday Dedication services for the new Decatur Church of God, 1129 Mercer avenue, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the pastor, the Rev. Huston Bever, Jr., announced today. The new church has been used for regular church services since Sunday, May 12, but formal decication was delayed until this coming Sunday. The church edifice is located on the east side of Mercer avenue, near the southeast city limits, and on the site of the former Decatur Country club. Dr. D. Dale Oldham, noted speaker on the Christian Brotherhood Hour, will deliver the dedicatory sermon. Following the service, those in attendance will be given an opportunity to make a tour of the building. A fellowship dinner will be served at 5 o'clock. The order of the dedication service follows: Order Os Service Organ prelude — Mrs. Kenneth Roop. Invocation — Rev. Jeff Webb. Hymn -r- “We Praise Thee O God Our Redeemer,” Mrs. Kenneth Watkins. Scripture reading. Duet — Rev. and Mrs. William Hawkins.' 7 ’ •' 1... Prayer—Rev. Dwight McCurdy. Greetings — Rev. Huston Bever, Jr., pastor. Choir — “Bless the Lord O My Soul,” Mrs. Kenneth Watkins. Offering — S R ev. Lawrence Foudy. Acknowledgments — Herman Hammond, chairman of board of trustees, and Clarence Strickler, chairman of building committee. Quartet — "Fill Thy Temple,” .Gospelaires. Sermon of dedication. — Dr. W. Dale Oldham. Choir — "Bless This House,” Mrs. Kenneth Watkins. Act of dedication — The minister and congregation. Prayer of dedication — Rev. Glen Marshall. Comments Mayor Donald F. Gage for city of Decatur; Rev. William C. Feller for Decatur ministerial association. Splo — “The Lord’s Prayer,”, Raymond Seitz. Benediction — Rev. Feller.

OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATION — A group of Girl Scouts receive instructions on the finer points of outdoor cookery. Left to right seated, Bobbi Burke, leader Aileen Baumgardner, Margaret Adams, Nancy Basham, Lisa Norquest, Scherry Hurst, Diane Miller, Roxanne Zigler and Jody McColly. Standing. Mary Ellen Kilmer. Janet Mosher, Cynthia Hann, Deborah Lenhart, Kathy Rowland and leaders Martha Seaman, Betty Chew and Hilda Eichen auer.—'Photo by Mac Lean)

Vernon Zurcher Is Adams Central Coach Vernon Zurcher Vernon Zurcher, former Monroe high school basketball star, has been appointed coach at the Adams Central high school, according to an announcement! made today by the Adams Central school board. Zurcher. 34 years of age, will be varsity basketball, varsity baseball, and fifth and sixth grade coach, and also the 1964 summer recreation supervisor. The Monroe native succeeds Carl Honaker, who was recently named principal of the Adams Central high school after serving for one year as coach. Zurcher is the son of Mr. ‘and Mrs. William Zurcher of Monroe. He graduated in 1947 from the Monroe high school, where he was a regular on the basketball, team which won the sectional tourney. He participated in various sports at Huntington College, and has been head basketball, baseball, track and cross country coach at Larwill high school for the past five years since graduating • from Huntington College in 1958 with a B. S. degree. He received his M. A. degree at Ball State Teachers College in 1962. The new coach is married to the former Miss Vera Inniger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Inniger of Berne route 1. They have four children, Steven, 11, Mike, 8, Robin 5 and Melanie Rose 1. 1 Annual Benefit Gas Sale Here Saturday The Beta Sigma Phi sorority will conduct its annual benefit gasoline day Saturday at the Parkview 66 station, 13th street and Nuttman avenue. The sale will be conducted from 7 a.m. until 9 p,m,—-—-— There will be clowns to add to the festivities, free balloons for the kiddies 'and free Cokes for all. All profits from the sale will go for glasses for needy children in the area. Warning Is Issued On Use Os Drug WASHINGTON (UPI) — Doctors, hospitals and drug wholesalers have been asked to stop issuing Renacidin, ’ a drug used to treat urinary tract ailments. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) issued the warning Thursday because it said “the safety of the drug is questioned by a number of doctors who have used theproduct.”

Evidence In Evers Case Goes To FBI

JACKSON, Miss. (UPI) .— The sorrowing family of civil rights leader Medgar Evers prepared today for his trip to Arlington National Cemetery not many miles from the Washington FBI lab that began a microscopic study of his slaying. The Evers case evidence was bundled up by police Thursday and sent by courier to the FBI. The record included a .30 caliber rifle, the apparent murder weapon, and a fingerprint taken from the gun. Mayor Allen Thompson assigned 30 officers to the case and promised that “we will not rest until it is solved.” Evers was murdered early Wednesday. Funeral Scheduled Saturday Evers’ funeral will be held Saturday at the Masonic Temple where Evers' office was located. The father of three children, he was state field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). - Evers' widow will take his body to Arlington National Cemetery where he rated a burial because

Loyal Supporters Back Macmillan

LONDON (UPI) —Loyal supporters rallied behind Prime Minister Harold Macmillan today against critics clamoring for his resignation because of the Profumo scandal. Apparently having weathered a critical cabinet crisis, the 69-year-old “unflappable Mac” won acknowledged backing from highly respected Lord Hailsham and several other government ministers. Reports persisted, however, of possible cabinet and rank and file revolts within the ruling Conservative party as a result of the sex scandal and name-calling that have mushroomed from the resignation of war minister John Profumo last week. A crisis atmosphere continued in some circles. Possible Rebels Mentioned Names most prominently mentioned —as— possible rebels were Health Minister Enoch Powell,- 50. and Education Minister Sir Edward Boyle, 39. both of whom have quit government posts in the past over matters of principle. Neither would confirm nor deny the reports after Thursday's crucial cabinet meeting, the second in two days. Political observers believed even one-cabinet resignation “could set off a cabinet revolt that could topple the government. An indication that Macmillan was more confident than he was earlier in the week was the fact he scheduled no more cabinet meetings prior to Monday’s showdown debate with the' opposition Labor party in the House of Commons. Political observers _ believed further -pledges of support for Macmillan .would Come as party officials sought to close ranks for the Commons collision. Denounces Profumo Lord Hailsham, in a television interview Thursday-night-,- furious-

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he served in World War 11. The fact that Evers’ killer was still at large and the failure of Negro leaders to get concessions from the city government kept tempers near the boiling point. Meet With Mayor Eight of the city’s top Negro spokesmen met for two hours Thursday with Mayor Thompson. They protested alleged police brutality, exerted during a club swinging incident during a demonstration Thursday, and asked I again for consideration of eight racial demands. Thompson told them he would not consent to establishment of a bi-racial committee but promised that Negro policemen would be hired when “competent’’ officers can be found. He said other issues including desegregation of eating places and schools were in federal court and off limits for discussion. Thompson advised the Negroes to keep their civil rights fight in the courts and to call off further demonstrations. The Negroes responded that they would not consider that step until “all of us are free.”

ly denounced Profumo, 48, for his ' illicit love affair with Christine ’ Keeler, a 21-year-old party girl. His face bleak with anger, Hailsham rejected any contention the i affair was a government crisis -1 and called .it one of “national . morality.” I Profumo, who is married to actress Valerie Hobson and has a daughter, carried on with Miss > Keeler while the red-haired play- ' girl was having an affair with Capt. Eugene Ivanov, assistant naval attache at the Soviet Embassy here. Ivanov returned to . Moscow before the scandal, broke. The former war minister quit his post after admitting he lied when he told .the House of Commons March 22 there was nothing ' improper about his friendship with Miss Keeler. Security implications of the love triangle apparently were brushed ' aside by a government investigation which was reported to have cleared Profumo of suspicions he may have leaked military secrets. Kennedy Speaks In Charleston June 20 WASHINGTON (UPD — Presi- : dent Kennedy plans to speak at Charleston, W. Va., June 20 during “Statehood Day” ceremonies ’ celebrateing the 100th anniversary i of the state. The White House Thursday announced acceptance of the invitaj tion which previously had been . turned down because of a possi- . ble conflict with the President’s forthcoming European trip. However, the European trip now has been scheduled to start after