Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1963 — Page 1

01. LXI. No. 198.

Court Orders Halt To Demonstrations

By United Press International A federal judge Wednesday issued an order halting demonstrations in Plaquemine, La., 'but Negroes marched again in the racially tense Mississippi River town. Police arrested 104 of the demonstrators, who set out in “task force groups,” and the day’s total reached 187. Many of them were juveniles who were released later. Authorities said the temporary restraining order issued in Baton Rouge, the state capital 13 miles away, may not have been filed in time to stop the defiant protest march. The Negroes marched on the city hall and county court house, led by member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLCh——-———-They were met by helmeted state troopers, local police and civil defense wardens carrying billy clubs. The order prohibited meetings, sidewalk and street gatherings, marches and other activities. Other raciaj developments: Birmingham, Ala.* U.S. Attorney Macon Weaver said a false tale spread by an unidentified Negro was responsible for a wild rock-hurling melee by 2,000 Negroes Tuesday night following the bombing of a Negro attorney’s

Rail Dispute

To Congress

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The crisis-laden railroad rules dispute was turned over to Congress today following another breakdown in peace talks by Labor Secretary Wirtz. The Senate OdjfiKre Committee was expecteirlb start serious work today on legislation designed to avert a nationwide rail strike at midnight Wednesday. The committee was scheduled, to meet at 10 a.m., EDT. Chairman Warren G. Magnuson, D-Wash., called the group to consider the failure to reach an accord despite tentative agreement on an arbitration plan proposed by Wirtz. The Cabinet officer told Magnuson Wednesday night the breakoff of negotiations left no immediate prospect of a voluntary settlement before the Aug. 29 strike deadline. Congress Reluctant Congress was reluctant to get involved in the four-year-old controversy but appeared to have little choice in view of the collapse of Wirtz’ latest mediation effort. The Senate committee was reported split, 9-8, in favor of President Kennedy’s recommendation to give thq Interstate Commerce Commission power to approve new work rules that would remain in effect for two years. No strike would be allowed during this time. Kennedy’s plan has been endorsed by the railroads but condemned as a form of compulsory arbitration by the five unions involved in the dispute. Organized labor is backing an

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home. The unidentified Negro bad blamed an earlier bombing on Birmingham police. New York: Mayor Robert F. Wagner said he would take part in the Aug. 28 civil rights march in Washington. “I am clearing my desk so I can get down there in time,” Wagner said. Athens, Ga.: Negro pickets surrounded city hall in a new effort to spur integration concessions. Birmingham, Ala.: Mayor Albert Boutwell said his home has been under heavy police guard because of threatening telephone calls that the residence would be bombed. Farmville, Va.> More than a quarter of the 1,600 Negro children in Prince Edward County, Who have gone without public schooling since 1959,’ registered for a free, integrated, privately endowed school system scheduled to begin in September. Baton Rouge, La.: Twenty-eight Negroes will be admitted to white public high schools this fall. St. Louis, Mo.: Negroes filed a suit in federal court charging the public school system is racially segregated. Lexington, Ky.: Fifteen Negro demonstrators, including 10 juveniles, were arrested when they declined to leave a downtown department store after losing time in a drive against alleged discriminatory hiring practices.

alternative proposal by AFL-CIO president George Meany which would temporarily block any rules changes while a congressional committee supervises renewed negotiations. Week From Today The railroad spokesmen said they intended to place sweeping new rules into effect at 12:01 a.m. (local time) next Thursday despite union warning this would trigger a rail strike. Discussing the breakdown in negotiations, management spokesman J. E. Wolfe said union restrictions on the Wirtz arbitration plan would have destroyed its effectiveness. ( Charles Luna, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said the collapse of peace talks indicated to him the railroads never wanted a settlement but preferred to put the dispute in the lap of Congress. Magnuson said there was a possibility that legislation could be approved Friday if enough senators were in the city, but he added that the vote was more likely to come Monday. This would give the House three days to act before the strike deadline.

INDIANA WEATHER A little warmer tonight. Fair and warm Friday. Law tonight 62 to 69 north, 56 to 64 south. High Friday 82 to 90. Sunset today 7:32 p.m. Sunrise Friday 6:04 aim. Outlook for Saturday: Lows 60 to 66. Highs 85 to 90. Sunny and continued warm.

Fourth Arrest Made I In Garage Burglary James Plasterer, 24, former Decatur resident now living in Van Wert, 0., was jailed Wednesday evening, becoming the fourth person to be arrested in connection with a burglary at the Highway Service station. Plasterer is charged with receiving stolen goods, and was jailed Wednesday evening about 7 o’clock. He was released about 10:30 pum., however, when his mother posted a SI,OOO property bond. No date for arraigning the former Decatur young man has been set as yet, but it is expected to be Friday. Plasterer was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday while in Decatur to see his attorney, D. Burdette Custer. City police officers Victor Strickler and Dick Mansfield, mainly responsible for clearing up the burglary in such a short time, were on their way to Van Wert to see Plasterer. Since he resides in Van Wert, he could not be brought to this county without proper extradition proceedings. ..£■ Comes To Decarar Strickler and Mansfield, however, passed Plasterer as he was enroute to Decatur, and radioed back to this city informing deputy sheriff Harold August that he was traveling toward Deactur. Upon arriving in Decatur, Plasterer was stopped by the deputy sheriff who read the warrant for his arrest, and took , him into custody. The three local youths involved in the burglary were all arraigned in the Adams circuit court Wednesday afternoon. Roger Dale Death, 18, of 818 Adams St., and Ronald Eugene Myers, 18, of route 6, Decatur, were arraigned on charges of second degree burglary and grand larceny. Given Time They were without counsel and after having their rights read to them by Judge Myles F. Parrish, were given further time by the court in which to secure legal advice and enter a plea to the charges. Larry Gene Baumgartner, kl, of 216 N. Fourth St., who is represented by Richard J. Sullivan of this city, was also arraigned Thursday afternoon, and given further time in which to enter a plea. Baumgartner faces charges similar to those lodged against Plasterer. , With the apprehension of Plasterer, all of the stolen merchandise was recovered. Death and Myers broke into a small building adjacent to the service station, located at 1013 N. Second St., and owned by Francis Ellsworth, around 1:30 a.m. Monday. All Recovered They took five automobile transmissions, valued at a total of approximately SI,OOO, from the building, put them in Death’s car and left. Myers kept two of the transmissions, while Plasterer allegedly purchased the other three from Death. , The two in the possession of Myers were recovered upon his arrest Tuesday, and the other three have been recovered from a barn near Celina, which was reported owned by a relative of Plasterer. The city police cleared up the burglary in a matter of three hours after it was reported by Ellsworth Monday evening, with Death signing a statement admitting the burglary. Myers and Baumgartner Were taken into custody on Tuesday. All but Myers have been released from the Adams county jail after each pcsted a bond of $lj)00. Adams Central High Students To Report All students who will attend the Adams Central high school during the 1963-64 school year are to report at the school next week to fill out enrollment cards, pick up and pay for books, and make any necessary changes in schedules. Freshmen will register from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday, sophomores from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, juniors from 8 to 10 a m. Tuesday, and seniors from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, seventh grade 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday and eigth grade 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday. , Decatur Canning Co. Begins Operations Tomato packing began today at the Decatur Canning company, 403 S. Eleventh street. About 130 employees are working on the pilot run, die first of the season. About 50 tons of tomatoes will be packed in this run. The tomato packing will last until about October 15 and the Decatur firm expects to pack about 100 tons of tomatoes per day. Most of the tomatoes come from this area and from western Ohio. They are transported by truck to the plant.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 22, 1963.

Second Attempt To Drill Escape Hole To Entombed Miners Fails Again Today

Party Conventions At Monroe, Geneva In Monroe and Geneva both major political parties have announced plans to field full tickets via party convention. The Monroe Democrats will convene at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 27 at the Monroe town hall. The Monroe Republicans will hold their convention at 8 p.m. Wednesday, August 28, at the Cliff Essex home. At Geneva, the Democrats will meet Wednesday, August 28, at 7:30 p.m. at either the Geneva town hall or school building. Walter Hofstetter and Clarence Buckingham will be in charge of the convention. The Geneva Republicans have scheduled their meeting for 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 23, at the Geneva town hall, with Ardon Mosser in charge, don Mosser in charge. Saturday, August 31, is the final day for filing candidacies for the November municipal elections. The actual filing date is September 1, but this year that date falls on a Sunday. South Adams Schools Will Open Sept. 4 School will begin for Geneva and Berne students Wednesday September 4, at 8:20 a m. School will be held all day and afternoon dismissal time will be 3:25. All students in the South Adams school system have been asked to complete pre-enrollment and class selection by Friday, August 30. Berne and Geneva schools have asked for pre-enrollment information on elementary students from Hartford and Jefferson townships. Sixteen buses will be operated in the district this year. Last year 20 were operated. The reduction has been made possible by eliminating route duplications and by routing the buses directly to Berne and Geneva. Under the present plan the average route length from the first student pick-up to the nearest school is 13.5 miles, considerably below the state average. Buses covering the north half of the school district will deliver Students to Berne. Buses covering the southern half will deliver to Geneva. From these two points students will ride shuttle buses between Berne and Geneva. This plan will allow students to attend either of the two schools if they are eligible according to “the school attendance policy previousestablished. City Republicans To Meet Aug. 29 A meeting of the Republican party in Decatur will be held Thursday, August 29, it was announced this morning by county chairman Roy Price. The meeting will be held in the Adams circuit court room, located in the county courthouse, and will begin at 8 o’clock in the evening. The Tuesday meeting has been called by Price to organize for., the upcoming fall election, aS a city chairman and other officers will be elected at the time. Also, the meeting will be held to discuss filling the vacancies now remaining on the Republican ticket for city councilman from the third district, clerk-treasurer and city judge. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPI) —Tran Van Chuong, South Viet Nam ambassador to the United States, resigned today in disapproval of the policies of his government. “I regret to offer my resignation to you,” Chuong said in a cable sent today to President Ngo Dinh Doem. “I cannot go on representing a government which ignores my advices and of which I disapprove.”

Schnepf Principal Al Hartford City Roger H. Schnepf, Decatur high school graduate and son of Mrs. Will Schnepf of this city, has accepted a position as principal of the Hartford City high school. Schnepf succeeds Myron Clark, who resigned recently to become superintendent of schools at Fremont. Schnepf graduated from the Decatur high school in 1947. He attended Cornell College from“'l947 to 1949, when he transferred to Hanover College, where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1952. He received his master’s degree at Ball State Teachers College in 1957. He has taught in the schools at Hudson and Bellevue, Mich., Valpariaso, and served as principal at Cromwell and Kimmel schools in Noble county. He has been active in the summer recreation program at Valparaiso, coaching football, basketball and golf. Schnepf, his wife, the .former Greta Erekson of this city, and their two children will move to Hartford City in the near future. .He will assume his new duties Sept. 6. Bertha I. Klickman Dies This Morning Miss Bertha Theresa Klickman, 78, died at 10 o'clock this morning at her home on Bluffton route 4. She had been in failing health for three years and critically ill for the past six weeks. She was born in Germany, Oct. 11, 1884, a daughter of Ferdinand and Augusta Yake-Klickmaa, j Miss Klickman was a member of St. Luke’s United Church of Christ at Honduras. Surviving are three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, with the Rev. Robert Oleson officiating. Burial will be in the 5. Luke’s church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday until time of the services. Britain In Protest Os Cuban Kidnaping LONDON (UPI) — Britain has protested sharply to Fidel Castro’s government in Havana against the recent kidnaping of Cubans from a British - owned Caribbean island ’ and has demanded an apology as well as the return of those captured, it was officially announced today. The Foreign Office said the note of protest was handed to the Cuban foreign ministry in Havana Wednesday by Charge d’Affaires Paul Scott. Today, the Cuban ambassador in London conferred with Assistant Undersecretary of ; State N.J.A. Cheetham at the Foreign Office. The protest was prompted by an incident last week in Anguilla CaJ, part of a group of islands in the Bahamas, when Castro Cuban gunboats forcibly seized a group I of Cubans who had landed there. I The British note demanded that the Cuban government "return the prisoners captured on AnguiL la Cay to the British authorities in the Bahamas.” The British note said that on the afternoon of Aug. 13 a reconnaissance aircraft of the U.S. Coast Guard observed an operation of Cuban units in the course of Which a number of persons were removed from Anguilla Cay. A Cuban helicopter had landed and men from the Cuban torpedo boats were seen to go ashore. A British destroyer which arrived at the Island on the following day found 10 Cubans who stated that 19 of their companions had been captured the previous day and taken back to Cuba by force. " -

HAZLETON. Pa. (UPI) — A second attempt to drill a 12-inch escape hole to two miners entombed 331 feet underground for 10 days failed today. Rescuers appealed for "radioactive material" in a new attempt tosave the men. Rescuers also planned to sink a third shaft in an effort to hit the tiny survival chamber Where David Fellin. 58, and Henry Throne, 28, have been huddled since Aug. 13. Hope faded for Louis Bova, 42, who was separated from Fellin and Throne by rock and debris in the same roof collapse. The last sign of life from Bova came last Tuesday and rescue workers planned to lower a tiny “boring” camera through a six-inch shaft to see whether he .was still alive. Dr. H. Beecher Charmbury, state secretary of mines, announced he was "appealing for radioactive material" to be lowereo down today's unsuccessful 12inch probe. Use Geiger Counter He said they would then lower a geiger counter through a sixinch food-and-water hole drilled earner so that Fellin and Throene could try to find the 12-inch hole and dig to it from their end. A 24-hour drilling attempt, which began at 7 a m. Wednesday, ground to a halt when the steel bit apparently "drifted” off course and hit a rock at the spot where rescuers believed the sur vival chamber to be. Charmbury said the new 12-inch hole would be drilled at a spot four feet east and eight feet north of the unsuccessful probe. He estimated that • the new probe would “take only 19 hours” to reach the men because of “the experience we've gained in today’s drilling.” Charmbury said the drilling bad stopped at 315 feet. “We are not going any deeper,” he said. “We think we are into bed rock. We thought they were at 330 feet, but apparently they arc higher:** ~~ — ” Some mining men theorized that a "drift” of the drill, fairly common in drilling, was responsible for the “miss.” “We will drill another hole if we have to," Charmbury said, “but this time to the north. Meanwhile, we will see if they • the trapped men) can pick their way to the hole.” The disappointing news was relayed to Fellin and Throne by state Deputy Secretary pf mines Gordon Smith on the intercom system through a six - inch hole drilled earlier. "Dave, we have a little problem," Smith, told Fellin. "It looks like it <the drill) has gone into the bottom rock.” Smith asked Fellin if he could locate the probe and Fellin replied: "It looks like it is above us a little bit. eight feet up the pitch.” Pitch is the term for slope inclination. Uncertain About Digging Smith asked whether Fellin believed he could dig to the probe. “1 don't know," Fellin said. "You must have hit something hard —a sulphur wall ian extremely hard wall of pyrite).” Rescue workers forced compressed air through the new hole to see if Fellin and Throne could spot dust and pinpoint the probe," but the miners said they could not. The trapped men informed the surface that if a new probe was necessary, they would not be able to drill any farther west lest itj be completely off course. Fell in, who had plotted the course of the drilling, did not show immediate disappointment. ... "Maybe something will work out,” he said. Rescuers also sent down a compass to aid the miners in locating the metal drill. Heard DrUI Earlier Earlier, Fellin and Throne re* ported they could hear the huge rotary drill cutting through the rock above and said it was “on target.” Rescuers had hoped to enlarge the 12-inch hole to 17Ms inches; the larger hole conceivably could serve as the escape hatch with the use of a metal cylinder raised and lowered by cables. Nothing was heard from a third miner, imprisoned about 18 feet away from Fellin and Throne. (Continued on Page 8)

Army Clamps Tight Grip On Viet Nam

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following dispatch was written by UPI correspondent Neil Sheehan in Saigon but because of censorship in South Viet Nam it was taken to a neighboring country by a traveler to be filed. By NEIL SHEEHAN United Press International SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI) — The army, acting under martial law, clamped a tight grip on South Viet Nam today to enforce harsh restrictions designed to wipe out Buddhist opposition to the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, Saigon was tense but quiet following Wednesday’s wave of postmidnight raids by armed troops and police on pagodas which have served as headquarters for Buddhists feuding with the government over alleged religious discrimination. Hundreds of Buddhist priests and nuns were arrested, and pagodas were left in shambles. Troops, with orders to shoot to kill, were deployed throughout Saigon, Hue, Danang and Nhatrang, the four main centers of Buddhist protests, to back up the martial law and state of siege proclaimed Wednesday by Diem. Four battalions of paratroops and two battalions of marines, backed by tanks and armored cars, were reported mobilized for the operation. None of the 12,000 American troops assigned to help the Vietnamese fight Vieg Cong Communist guerrillas was involved in enforcing the martial law. U.S. military personnel were under orders to avoid crowds and carry identification. American dfflc lais advised U.S. civilian dependents in the country to stay in their quarters. Press censorship proclaimed under the state of siege was in effect. Caught By Surprise High U.S. officials, who were caught by surprise by the raids,

Says Test Ban Security Risk

WASHINGTON (UPD-Former atomic energy Chairman Lewis L Strauss attacked the nuclear test ban treaty today as a security risk. He urged the Senate to surround it with two formal reservations and four other safeguards against Soviet cheating. Strauss testified after another former AEC member, Dr. Willard F. Libby, gave what he called his "worried or reluctant acquiescence” to ratification of the pact barring all but underground tests. Libby said he "probably would favor” the treaty but is "worried” that the United States has not tested a super-bomb in the up-to-100 megaton range. Russia, $9 said, tested one in the 65 megaton range and could construct a 100-megaton bomb. The United States, he testified, probably could not at this time. Outlines Reasons Strauss, a veteran of 12 years with Atomic Energy Commission affairs, outlined a broad range of reasons for continued atmospheric testing and then concluded: "Since early ratification of the treaty now appears probable on the premise that it is in the public interest 'on balance,' with which 1 wish that I could see my wdy to agree. I am concerned as a private citizen that insofar as possible the risks to our country (which the joint chiefs and other advocates concede to exist) may be reduced so far as possible.” He said thia “might be effected by two Senate reservations and four actions which the Congress might take.”

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awaited the arrival of Henry Cabot Lodge, the new U.S. ambassador to Saigon, to press efforts for a clarification of the situation from the Diem regime. Lodge was due in by air from Tokyo by military plane tonight about 11 o'clock (10 a.m., EDT). Lodge had planned to stay longer in Tokyo, but because of the tense situation in Saigon he was ordered to rush to his post, in which he is succeeding Frederick Nolting. Wednesday’s raids, with government forces firing pistols and tear gas grenades, brought a stern public protest by the U. S, government in Washington. Observers said the Diem regime's action put U.S. officials in an embarrassing position. The United States has poured millions of dollars and thousands of men into South Viet Nam to help the Diem government block penetration by the Communist guerrillas. Army Gains Power Veteran diplomats in Saigon said it appeared that Diem, for the first time, had handed over some power to the army. Topranking military commanders appeared to be in control for the time being. In the past Diem and his relatives have held all the reins. Observers said the government, after weeks of permitting the Buddhists to take the initiative in the dispute, apparently decided to crush the movement with an overwhelming use of force. The priests and nuns arrested Wednesday were herded into trucks and taken to, detention camps in the suburbs. One unconfirmed report said at least 1,000 Buddhist clergymen had been taken into custody, including the Supreme Buddhist priest, Thich Tinh Khiet. The extent of casualties in the raids was not known, but seven police ambulances carried victims away from Saigon’s main Xa Loi pagoda alone.

His reservations: —Clear up what he called "ambiguous A language" in the treaty to make it clear e the United States could use nuclear weapons to aid an ally hit by armed aggression. —Reserve the right to construct harbors, canals and other peaceful works by use of nuclear explosives on U.S. or friendly territory requesting it. Should Remain Ready Strauss said Congress should direct maintenance of test readi. ness facilities, including "vigorous” underground testing, create a number of "substantial annual awards" for weapons laboratory personnel, give "generous appropriations" to agencies operating detection systems, and require the president to "report immediately” all information on tests or ‘suspicious or unexplained events" by other countries. Strauss and Libby testified after the record of treaty endorsements was cracked a little wider by testimony from a second nuclear expert who Joined Dr. Edward Teller in warning that the pact might hurt the United States. The “no” was voiced by Dr. John S. Foster Jr., director of the Lawrence radiation Laboratory at Livermore, Calif. He testified Wednesday that from "purely technical-military considerations the treaty appears to me> to be disadvantageous." Explains Stand Foster said one of his “starkest" worries was that the United (Continued on Page 8)