Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1963 — Page 1

Vol. LXI. NO. 163.

Plan Strategy For Ban Talks

LONDON (UPD — U.S. presidential envoy W. Averell Harriman add British government leaders agreed today to press for a nuclear test ban with no strings attached at the three-pawer nuclear test ban negotiations in Moscow next week, diplomatic sources said. The U.S. and British diplomats laid down a joifit'Anglo-American strategy for the Moscow nuclear conference in a series of consultations here with top advisers. Harriman, who arrived in London Thursday night from New York, conferred with Lord Hailsham, the British minister of science who will lead the British delegation at Moscow. Harriman and Hailsham were joined later by their top political ' and scientific advisers who will accompany them to Moscow. Top Level Meeting • Harriman then met with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at lunch talks at which Lord Hailsham, Defense Minister Peter Thorneycroft, U. S. Ambassador David Bruce and top State Department advisers also participated. ' A message from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, delivered to Macmillan Thursday night by Soviet Ambassador Alexander Soldatov, provided the background for the discussion. Khrushchev’s message, British government sources said, set out briefly the latest thinking of the Kremlin leader “on world events in general.” It also referred in particular to the forthcoming round of nuclear test ban talks and East-West relations. Caution Against Optimism Authoritative gov e r n m e n t sounees cautioned, however, against any*-great optimism over the message. They indicated it did not go beyond the outlines of the Soviet leader’s East B erl in speech earlier this month. Macmillan talked for 15 minutes Thursday with Soldatov who recently returned from Moscow and

Wait-See Approach Over Rail Dispute •

WASHINGTON (UPD — The Kennedy administration adopted a “wait and see” approach today before renewing its efforts to settle the strike-threatening railroad rules dispute. Authoritative sources said President Kennedy had not decided on what legislation to seek from Congress if there is no agreement by July 22, when he has promised to submit his recommendations. Administration officials believe chances are slight that the four-year-old controversy over the railroads’ proposed work rule changes will be settled without legislation. But they said a six-man panel named by the President to investigate the dispute might help to shape the issues for Congress and the public. The committee’s report to the President also might tend to put pressure on both sides to change their position before the document is sent to Congress, the officials said. * Meets Second Time iThe special fact-finding committee was scheduled to meet for the second time today and continue preparations for making its report. U- •' A labor spokesman said that AFL-CIO president George Meany, a member of the presidential pan-

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unexpectedly requested the meeting- _ ■ ■ The United States and Britain are pushing this two-line approach on an urgent basis: —To press Khrushchev for a comprehensive nuclear test ban, barring all tests, with adequate international controls, including , on-site inspection of Soviet territory. —Failing this, because of probable Soviet objections to onsite inspection, to seek a partial ban of tests in the atmosphere, on the ground and underwater, leaving aside the controversial issue of underground testing. Widespread Search For Bank Bandits FISHERS, Ind. (UPD—Two men and a blond, pistol-packing woman were the object of a widespread search today for the $16,277 holdup of, a branch of the Wainwright Bank & Trust Co. Roadblocks for the trio were cancelled late Thursday, police said, hours after the woman accompanied by a shotgun-carrying man walked into the smalj bank, cleaned out a cash drawer and rifled a vault and herded five persons into the vault. A second man drove their getaway car. _ State police said numerous tips that the suspects were sighted in the Indianapolis area proved false, but the search was pressed especially in this area and surrounding counties. The woman wearing yellow slacks and matching moccasins, was carrying a pistol. There was speculation, at first, that she actually was a man in disguise, especially since She wore a man’s hat pulled tightly over her hair.

el, would try to see if there was any chance he could settle the dispute and avoid emergency congressional action, Meany’s mediation role became known as Republican leaders served notice that Congress would not be “stampeded” into action to prevent a strike when the temporary truce ends July 29. An AFL-CIO spokesman said Meany was unhappy at the prospect of a strike, special legislation to deal with a walkout, or the loss of jobs the railway unions faces if new work rules go into effect. On His Own .. The spokesman said Meany’s mediation efforts would be conducted outside the presidential committee. Meany was said to believe the panel must serve purely as a fact-finding agency for the President, not as a negotiation team. The President postponed a request for legislation because Democratic leaders in Congress convinced him it would have a better chance in another 10 days, informed sources said: “There is not going to be any easy legislative answer,” said one official, who is familiar with the administration’s efforts in the rail crisis.

Parole Violator Is I Arrested Thursday w Daniel T. Souder The first parole violator arrested in Adams county in three years was taken at 1:30 p.m. Thursday by senior parole officer Jack Fitzgerald, sheriff Roger Singleton, and deputy Waren Kneuss. Daniel T. Souder, 30, of Bluffton, was apprehended at the Decatur Casting Co., and tried to escape when told he was under arrest. The three officers, led by Singleton, ran. him down behind the area where he worked, to the amazement of the other empolyes. Shot At Wife Souder, arrested in Bluffton five years ago for assault and battery with intent to commit manslaughter when he fired a shotgun at his wife, was paroled last January. He has lived at Bluffton and worked at Decatur. Souder was arrested for violating his parole by frequenting taverns, including two which he “cleaned out” of patrons. He is six feet tall and 232 pounds. He also illegally crossed the state line to visit a tavern, according to witnesses. He denied all counts, except those of entering local taverns. After his arrest and sentence to the Indiana state reformatory at Pendleton five years ago, he was transferred to Norman Beattey hospital for two years. He had been sentenced to 1-10 years. If the parole officer and his witnesses prove the charges against him, he will be returned to prison to serve the remaining five years of his sentence. « Warned Repeatedly Souder had been warned repeatedly by the parole officer, and by his friends, to stop drinking, but his attitude was very poor, according to witnesses. He was taken to the Adams county jail, where he will be lodged for approximately two weeks, until the case against him is presented to the state parole board, and he is returned to the refromatory. After a month he will then be given a hearing, and a chance to disprove the allegations against him. The last parole violator arrested here was taken three years ago, and was a truck driver out of Gary, who spent the day drinking here, and then tried to drive away in his truck, after a warning by the chief of police. Most parolees today, 88% of them in fact, never get into trouble again after leaving Pendleton, Fitzgerald explained. If they do get into trouble, they know that they will have to serve at least the remainder of their terms, maybe longer. Ecuador President Is Ousted By Junta QUITO, Ecuador (UPD — The military junta which ousted harddrinking, . President Carlos Julio Arosemena clamped tight control on Ecuador today and promised heavy penalties for anyone opposing it. The nation’s military chiefs deposed Arosemena in a bloodelss coup d’etat Thursday and put him aboard a military plane to Panama, where he arrived late Thursday night and was taken to a hotel. Four persons were reported injured in anti-military rioting in Quito and the port city of Guayaquil following the coup. The junta announced strict 9 p.m. curfew in Guayaquil and put the entire nation under military law. Censorship was established, all constitutional guarantees were suspended, and summary punishment was promised for anyone attempting to disturb the peace. Arosemena, 43, who became president after a military coup only 20 months ago, was said to have been drunk Wednesday night at a reception attended fay officials including U.S. Ambassador Maprice Bembaumt Quito radio stations said the president insulted several foreign ambassadors at the reception, and this culminated a series of incidents which led the military to depose him. Newspapers in Chile charged early this year that Arosemena insulted Chilean President Jorge Alessandri at a formal banquet during Alessandri’s state visit to Ecuador.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 12,1963.

Martial Law Is Declared In Cambridge, Maryland, After Racial Violence

Present Stage Show At Sidewalk Sale A stage show, conducted by “Smokey” Davidson, of the Hootenanny variety, will be held the evening of the old-fashioned "Sidewalk Sale and Wing Ding,” George Litchfield, general chaiman, said this morning. Talent for the stage show is currently being lined up by the committee in charge, and the Hootenanny will be held in front of the Decatur Music House' the evening of the sidewalk affair, Wednesday, July 17. Final arangements are being made for a number of events which are planned for the annual affair, in whcih local merchants display their wares on the side--walks of the downtown area, with sidewalk bargains the order of the day. One of the main features will be the crowning of “Miss Roaring Twenties,” of the flapper era, at approximately 9 o’clock in the evening. Held In Evening The ceremonies wil be held near the courthouse, with Miss Debbie Bultemeier, 1962 “Miss Gay Nineties,’* crowning this year’s queen. A parade will begin at 8:30 p.m. and will wend its way through the festive area of Second St. Each entrant in the "Miss Roaring Twenties” contest will ride in the parade. Also in the parade will be valuable old model cars from the Fort Wayne and Huntertown cars clubs. Litchfield explained that the two clubs travel around the area entering a number of parades, and have the old-time clothes to go with their automobiles, and really “spruce up” the parade. Sixth Sat. Five contestants in the contest have been announced by Mrs. Bonnie Warthman, in charge of arrangements for the contest, with a sixth expected Saturday. Announced previously were the Misses Barbara Com*ad, Roberta Kunkel, Tern Buckley, Kathy Mallonee and Marsha King. The winner will take home a number of prizes, including gift certificates and a cash award form the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, which handles the sidewalk affair each summer. A teen-age dance will be held on the north end of Second street and a square dance on the south end, the night of the sidewalk jubilee, in addition to the Hootenanny.

Freak Accident In War Gaines / ■■■■■• Fatal To Two HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (UPD—A low-flying jet fighter fired four non-explosive rockets at a protective bunker here Thursday during war games. One of the rockets crashed through an 18-inch observation slit in a mil-liOn-to-one shot that killed, two persons and injured 14 others. The freak accident happened during war games by the Tactical Air Command (TAC), and an immediate investigation was launched to learn whether human or mechanical error caused the accident. Exactly how the two men were killed and the others injured was not disclosed by Air Force officials. They said," however, there was no explosion when the rockets hit the protective bunker, 200 square feet of solid reinforced concrete six feet high. The bunker was used to house personnel judging the pilots’ performances. TTie plane, an F-100 supersonic jet used to support ground troops, was strafing an isolated area with 50-caliber machine gun fire when the pilot fired all four of his rockets at a simulated target. They added that the rockets were

| Await Decision On I Police Station Site Work on the construction of the new city police station and the renovation of city hall is now being held up by a decision on whether or not to tear down an old garage building, it was learned this morning. The plan for both projects were returned to the city administration Tuesday and it was expected that legal notices advertising for bids on the work would follow within a few days. I The city council, however, is undecided as to whether or not to tear down an old gairage building that is presently located where the new station 'is to be built on the old steam plant lot. First plans called for erecting the new station between the new water tower and the old garage building on the south end of the lot. Later, however, the council requested architectural designer Jerold Lobsiger to make a study of the area to examine the feasibility of tearing down the garage building. Suggests Tear Down At the last city council meeting Tuesday, July 2, Lobsiger said •Uh had examined the area and recommended bulldozing down the old building singe it wasn’t worthwhile, and locate the new building there. The thought was that with the old garage out of the way, the new station could be constructed in the center of the south end of the lot, and that if build between the water tower and the building, the old garage would detract’ from the appearance of the new station. The council deferred decision on whether or not to tear down the old building until its next meeting, Tuesday* July 16. Need Decision When a decision is reached, the bid notices will appear in the Daily Democrat and contractors will be able to begin bidding on either of the two jobs, or both. A decision on what to do with the old building must be reached before bids are let, as contractors will have to know where the building will be located before they may determine their bids. Apparently the new station is “news” to area cities. A representative form WPTA-TV, Fort Wayne television station, was in town this morning for information on the new station. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair and warm tonight. Saturday partly cloudy, continued warm with .chance of scattered thundershowers at night. I/OW tonight in 60s. high Saturday 86 to 92. Sunset today 8:14 p, m. Sunrise Saturday 5:28 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers or thundershowers likely. Low Saturday night in 60s. high Sunday 85 to 90. I “inert,” carrying dummy warheads. The two officers killed were identified as: Lt. Col. Sherman R. Smith, 42, of the Air- Force Air-Ground Operations School here. His home address was listed as Rt. One, Mary Esther, Fla. Survivors include his wife, Alois, and two sons, Peter W., 16, and Daniel W., 11; Capt. Mercer R, Ferguson, 26, of the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cannot Air Force Base, N.M. His home address was given as 805 Belvidere, Waukegan, 111. His next of kin are his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Clay G. Ferguson of the Waukegan address. Ferguson was from the same base as the plane which fired the rockets. Five of the 14 Injured were hps* pitalized and listed in fair or gopd condition. The rest were treated and released. / ■ I

CAMBRIDGE, Md, (UPD — Armed National Guard troops were ordered into Cambridge today and martial law was declared after a night of racial violence and bloodshed. The guard, acting on orders of Gov. J. Millard Tawes, imposed a curfew in the little Chesapeake Bay fishing town and banned demonstrations. Col. Maurice Tawes, second in command of approximately 400 guardsmen ordered back into Cambridge, said the troops would enforce a__strict 9 p.m. curfew. All business establishments were ordered to close at 7 p.m. The regulations were ordered for the second time in less than a month after a .wild night of racial warfare in the steets during which six white men were shot and wounded none critically. Under the regulations, all cars and trucks will be subject to search at any time and all liquor stores and bars will be shutdown. This is limited martial law. Under full-scale martial law, all vehicles would be searched almost automatically. Col. Tawes, a distant cousin of the governor, said cars would be searched, particularly after the curfew, and all persons with weapons in their vehicles would be arrested. Tawes added that “other restrictions as necessary will be imposed.” The regulations were established by Brig. Gen. George C. Gels-1 ton, deputy adjutant general, who .will take charge of the city. They are stricter than those which prevailed during the guard’s 25-day stay in the' city which ended Monday At that time, there was a 10 p.m. curfew and a 9 o’clock closing hour for stores. The governor issued the order for the troops following an emergency conference with state military and police heads at the statehouse in Annapolis. Three of the men shot during the running gun battle were Guardsmen under Gelston's command. More than 400 Guardsmen had been released from a five-hour standby alert around midnight when the shooting began. For several hours, white men raced through the Negro section in cars, exchanging gunfite 1 with enraged Negroes armed with rifles, shotguns, pistols, bricks, bottles and knives. There were no casualties during this stage of the battle, but five white youths were arrested. Police Stand Guard Helmeted police with dogs and tear gas stood g uard at roadblocks surrounding the area, a shambles of broken gl ass and bullet-pocked buildings, at dawn. But police feared they could not maintain order. They asked Gelston to plead with Tawes for enough National Guardsmen to seal off this Eastern Shore fishing community and place it under martial law. The three uniformed Guardsmen were shot while driving home in a civilian car on a street near the Negro section. The driver, Pfc. Leon D. Buckle pf Ridgely, was hospitalized with bullet and shotgun pellet wounds in the neck and side. Treated and released were Ernest Russell of Benfer, whose forehead was grazed, and Robert W. Fox of Ridgely, who was struck in the hand. ‘ v Civilians Wounded Earlier, three white men, neighbors on a street facing the Negro section, were wounded by shotgun blasts from across the street as htey sat on a porch. They were Frank Tavolario, 26, a pipefitter, who was struck in the arm; John Busta, t 3oT‘a truck driver, hit in the face, and Robert Harper, wounded in the side. They were treated at a Cambridge hospital. Police questioned eight Negroes about the shooting and took fingerprints fflj>m a shotgun they had seized. The gunfire climaxed a day of anti-segregation demonstrations in which six integrationists were beaten by whites during an attempted lunch-counter sit-in, and an evening protest march to the Cambridge Courthouse in defiance of National Guard pleas for . When the gunfire grew worse, city officials and Maj. G. E. Da(Continued on Page 8)

Major Soviet Spy Defects To West

LONDON <UPD — A Russian spy of major importance has defected to the West and is nowhiding in Britain under heavy guard, the government said today. The identity and whereabouts of; the defector are being kept secret to protect him from Communist agents who may want to kill him. He' is understood to - have . ?>- vealed a mass of information about other Soviet spies and the workings of the Kremlin's vast espionage network. The government, which has been plagued itself by its own security leaks, confirmed reports Thursday that the Russian first defected to the Americans and then was brought to Britain at his request after being questioned in the United States. A government spokesman said the spy was interrogated for weeks by the. U.S. Central Intelli-

Reduction In iFunds Costly For Schools

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — About 15 per cent of Indiana's secondary schools must reduce terms or resume operations next fall by expanding classes, the General Commission of the Indiana Board of Education said today, as a -result of a cutback in funds in the sales tax controversy. The reduction in funds, announced earlier, will have a “disastrous” effect on Hoosier education, a high state official said. The commission said education will be hard put because many school systems cannot raise anymore money to replace expected revenues .lost by the sales tax fight, The commission wrestled today with the problem pf reducing the formula for state Support to public schools in the light of an $87.5 million cutback in state money during the coming school year. The Cutback resulted when Indiana was unable to begin collecting a 2 per cent after a circuit court held it unconstitutional. The commission said in “about 15 per cent of the school corporations it will be impossible to raise property taxes sufficiently to make up by the reduction in state aid because of the legal limit of $4.25 for school taxes.” Enlarged Classes? “The commission feels that peo ; pie should be advised that it ma/ be impossible for some of the school corporations to m aintain schools for a full 9-month term during the succeeding biennium and that some schools may b e forced to resort to double-session or greatly enlarged classes.” Members of the commission pointed out that if a high school is not able to offer a full 9-month term this may raise a question about the validity of its degree and place its graduates in a questionable position when advancing to college. The commission appealed to Governor Welsh to make a statewide television report on the effect on local units of the public schools who already are collecting the legal limit in property, taxation. However, Welsh said he would have to confer first with George Zazas, the attorney who is appealing the sales tax decision to the Indiana Supreme Court. Considers Changes Welsh said he did not want to do anything "improper as far as the case Is concerned.” The commission considered a number of changes which is indicated probably would be made. Among them were elimination of the $25 pet pupil distribution

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gence Agency <CIA> until it was convinced he was not “planted” by Moscow and told all he knew. British military intelligence questioned the Russian after he j was moved to this country, and are continuing to question him in hiding. The government was 'reluctant details about the defector, and confirmed his presence in Britain only after British newspapers reported the defection Thursday. The press said the spy was being hunted by fellow Communist agents who want to silence him and demonstrate the power of the Soviet spy system The Daily Telegraph quoted American officials as saying the man was “a major defection’' whose cross-over to the West was “a major Western victory in the unremitting war of espionage.”

which the Legislature had directed, and reducing by about $94 per pupil the school share for tuition, $47 per pupil for maintenance and operation and sl7 per pupil for transportation. “Several of the school districts ranging from Gary to Polk Twp. in Monroe County are already levying the maximum rate of $4.25," the commission said. (Continued on Page 8> I Club Assembly Is Held By Rotarians The Decatur Rotary club heaix a recorded talk by Carl P. Miller, of Los Angeles, president of Rotary International, at its first meeting rs the new Rotary year held Thursday evening at the Decatur Youth end Community Center. A club assembly was held apd committee assignments made. , - The new international president of the 58-year old world-wide service club spoke on the 1963-64 theme which is “Rotary in the Space Age." He urged Rotarians everywhere in the 128 countries in which it is active, to work toward world peace. There are over 11,000 clubs and more than 535,500 Rotarians in the world, and each was ask<*d to work toward international understanding and goodwill. He also described a plan by which each Rotary district is to be paired with another district somewhere else in the world. District 654, of which the Decatur club is a part, has been assigned to district 449 in Brazil. Details of the exchange plan will develop during the year. George Auer, Decatur- club president, then introduced the chajrmen of the four areas of Rotary service. Lowell Harper spoke briefly on club service and announced the chairmen of his subcommittees. Ed Hagan defined vocational service and discussed that area of activity. Elmer Winteregg talked on community service. Frank Detter, international servee chairman, was not present but his assignments were made through George Auer. The club attendance for the 196263 Rotary year was 87.6%. Lists showing each individual’s record were distributed. Program assignments for the entire year were also made by Ervin „Buuck through his monthly sub-chairmen.