Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1963 — Page 2

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U. S. Manned Space Flights Delayed

By ALVIN B. WEBB JR. United Press International CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) — The United States stands a better than even chance of having to wdit another 16 months or longer before it can send more astronauts into space. . This means the Soviet Union, which would hardly be expected to stand idly by amid such a golden opportunity, might have all to itself the entire year of 1964 to build an impressive and perhaps insurmountable lead in the race for man’s conquest of space. And it could mean a major space flight programs — particularly its expensive, time-consum-ing and thus far fruitless Project Gemini — in the next six to twelve months. Gemini, billed as the “follow on” to the famed Project Mercury, is supposed to send two man teams of U.S. astronauts into orbits around earth for a variety of long duration flights that also would perform some key tests in linking space ships together. But Project Gemini may develop death rattles even as it is painfully born. Congress could well see to that when, next January, it starts comparing expenses with results and takes note of the following items:

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AUCTION Since we are moving we will sell at Public Auction the following, Located 61/2 miles West of Decatur, Ind., on 224 to Magley then South 2 miles-Watch for Signs, on Saturday, Sept. 28,1963 at 10:00 A.M. Farm Machinery M. M. 10 ft. wheel disk, good; 32 ft. Harvey Elevator; 23 ft. Cross Elevator; No. 64 l-H-C P-T-O Combine; Model A-6 Case Combine with motor and pickup attachments; Wood Bros, one row corn picker; Case one row corn picker; W-6 New Idea P-T-O wire tie Baler; New Idea side rake on steel; 7 ft. P-T-O Co-op Mower; 3-14 l-H-C plow with fast hitch; 3-14 John Deere mounted plow; Horse Trailer; good rubber tired wagon; low Iron wheel wagon; Platform scales; Bob Sled; Chicken feeders; Lawn Boy, 18 in. Mower; Rabbit pens; 1 pair of 11-28 tractor tires; Clinton 26 in. Chain Saw; drill press; overhead gas tank; 9 Yake drive over gate beams; l-H-C Milker Unit; cream seperator. Hay, Straw and Hogs 800 bales of first cutting alfalfa; 900 bales of second cutting alfalfa; 300 bales of mixed hay, this hay was all made without rain and good quality; 100 bales of bright Wheat Straw., 20 Feeder Pigs. Household Goods and Antiques Maytag Gas Range; kitchen cabinet; 2 library tables; Ziegler Space heater with 275 gal. oil tank; Monarch Cook stove; China Cabinet; drop leaf table; 3 Dining room tables, 1 with 8 boards; White drop head Sewing Machine; Bed lamps; table lamps; floor lamps; flower pedestals; baskets of all kinds; pressure cooker; Steam Iron; lace table cloths; dresser scarfs; linens; hall trees; corner desk; single bed; Fire King ovenware; lots of dishes and cooking utensils; rag rugs and balls for rag rugs; lots of thread and yarn; some bedding; baby bed. Antiques: Dressbr with mirror; couch; chest; Iron Stone dishes; butter dish; 2 fruit bowls made in Prussia; 1 German Carnival glass; Plate made in Germany; Metal dial plate; butter molds; fruit dishes; several cream and sugar sets; Commode; Flat Irons; old jewelry; old buttons, and pins; Biographical and Historical Record of Adams and Wells Co.; Wilson Reader; old cook books, and other old books; hanging oil lamps; oil lamps; old silverware; water pitcher and 6 glasses to match; vinegar bottles; pruit bottles; vases; old Almanac; old calendars of 1800; dry sink; trunks; small children's shoes with white peail buttons; Candle molds; candle holders; old pendulum clock; Seth Thomas Chime clock; spice cabinet; picture frames; rocking chairs; other chairs; Cherry pitter; 2 Apple peelers; single spool bed; lard press; bread pans; lots of fruit jars; and lots of other articles too numerous to mention. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Griffiths, Owners TERMS—CASH. Lunch served. Not responsible for accidents. Auctioneers: * Walter Wiegmann, R. R. 1, Decatur, Ind. Phone 56 Preble. Herman Strahm, Craigville, Ind. . Clerk and Cashier.

Date Was Postponed —The first manned flight in Project Gemini originally was set for late 1963. That already has slipped to October, 1964, and it is an odds-on favorite to skid all the way into 1965. Since the Mercury, program was axed, that would mean no U.S. manned srace flights next year. — This, in turn, means the Gemini program may be running square into the rear end of the first earth orbit flight of the three-man Apollo space ships now set for late 1965. Congress may question the value of running such a Ijttle-and-late project like the Gemini alongside the Apollo program that has the more important goal of landing men on the moon. —Gemini looks suspiciously like a “dead-end” program. The federal space agency, which once proposed using the ballistic capsules as shuttles to and from manned space stations, is now looking at entirely new proposals, such as space gliders and socalled “lifting bodies” for such futuristic tasks. Cools Toward Gemini —The Air Force, and to a lesser extent the Defense Department, has suddenly developed a cooling in its recent passion for a chunk of Project Gemini . —That last point could become the killer for Gemini and the pivctal point for a relignment of the nation’s manned space programs. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been interested for some time in divesting itself of at least a part of the Gemini program and the corresponding expense. NASA thought it had a taker early this year when it came to vague sort of agreement to let the Air Force come in as a partner. But eight months have passed and the Air Force-NASA agreement looks like so much more paper work. Now, informed sources saj£,jhe Air Force wants to keep it that way. There is a reason. The multitude of problems and slipping ■ schedules engulfing Gemini ent the Air Force with an opening to push its own manned space flight program, Project Dyna-Soar or X2O, to a successful conclusion within three years. Off And On Situation Dyna-Soar is a winged glider vehicle which would give its astronaut a fair degree of control over where he would land. The Air Force has been proposing it off and on for six years or more but had trouble getting it out of the “paper project” stage. Early this year after the Air Force-NASA agreement on Project Gemini, it appeared that Dyna-Soar was dead for good and

certain. Only the official word flom Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara was needed to make it so. That word never came. McNamara, who had been dead-set against the Dyna-Soar, apparently his mind sometime during a tour earlier this year to the Boeing Co. at Seattle, Wash., where the Dyna-Soar is being built, and then on to Gemini headquarters at Houston, Tex. McDonnell Aircraft of St .Louis, Mo., holds the Gemini contract. The defense secretary reportedly was impressed by what he saw at Boeing. He was considerably less than impressed at Houston. And the result may be that Dyna-Soar will live and Gemini —its problems, slipping schedules and millions of dollars in money,, already spent — is headed for the drain.

Eye-catching new styling is combined in the 1964 Thunderbird with unique luxury features including thin-shell bucket seats and the auto industry’s first retractable seat belts, A longer hood, Integrated bumper and grille and rectangular taillights enhance its traditional look of elegance (top photo). New features of its cockpit motif interior styling (bottom photo) include separate instrument pods, a distinctive new command console, and coved rear seats. An optional reclining seat for the front passenger includes an extendible head rest for complete relaxation on long trips. A new Silent-Flo ventilation system includes a vent at the bottom of the rear window on Landau and Hardtop model*. The new Thunderbirds will be introduced In Ford dealer showrooms September 27.

Mitchell Points To NIPSCO's Progress “Northern Indiana Public Service company and the city of Fort Wayne have been partners in progress for 110 years,” Dean H. Mitchell, chairman and president, told more than 200 businessmen, professional and civic leaders Thursday evening at the Fort Wayne Country club. Speaking at a dinner that followed a meeting of the utility’s board of directors there vesterday, Mitchell said that NIPSCO and Fort Wayne have been fostering each other’s growth since 1853 when the Fort Wayne Gas Light company—a predecessor of NIPSCO — was organized “in the best tradition of the free enterprise system.” “At that time, Fort Wayne had only 4,300 people,” Mitchell said, “and was in need of street illumination. The formation of the Gas Light company by enterpreneurs from the businessmen of Fort Wayne marked the beginning of the utility industry in northern Indiana.” The streets of Fort Wayne still bear the names of these enterpria New Tork Stock Exchange Prices MIDDAY PRICES A. T. & T., 124%; Central Soya, 27%; DuPont. 249%; Ford. 56% I General Electric, 82%; General Motors, 78%; Gulf Oil, 49%; Standard Oil Ind., 65%; Standard Oil N. J„ 73%; U. S. Steel, 55%. Indianapolis Livestock INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Livestock : Hogs 7,400; bar rows and gilts barely steady; 1 and 2 , 200-230,11) 16.25-16.50; 1, 2 and 3 , 200-260 lb 160.0-162.5; sows unevenly steady to weak, instances 50 lower; 1, 2 and 3 , 280-400 lb 14.00-15.00; 400600 lb 13.25-14.00. Cattle 275; calves 15; all classes of cattle generally steady in clean-up type trade; load mixed high good arid low choice steel's 24.00; few standard to good 20.0023.00; canner, cutter and a few utility cows 125.0-14.00; few cutter and utility bulls 16.00-18.00; vealers scarce. Sheep 400; spring lambs fully steady; choice and prime 19.0019.50; good and choice 17.00-19.00.

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JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES KINGDOM HALL Corner Monroe and Ninth Sunday 3:00 p.m. — "How Can One’s Future be Secure?” is the name of a public Bible lecture to be given by David Hiihelick, a visiting minister from the Marion, Indiana congregatiom, Sunday 4:15 p.m.: Watchtower Bible study and discussion on the subject, “Each One Will Render an Account.” One of the scripture texts for consideration will be Rom. 14:10,12, “We shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. So, then, each of us will render an account for himself to God.” Tuesday— 8:00- p.m. — Area Bible studies in study aid, "Let Your Name Be Sanctified.” Friday 7:30 p.m. — Theocratic Ministry School followed by the Kingdom Service Meeting. All meetings are open to the public.

ing people, he continued. B. W. Oakley was its president; Robert E. Fleming, treasurer; and B. D. Angell, secretary. William Rockwell, twice elected to congress, founder of a college and a leading banker, was its best known stockholder and director. "All were prominent businessmen and all exhibited the talents, the public spirit and will to, risk that were so often exhibited in those pioneer days,” Mitchell said. As a favor to the new company, the council passed an ordinance making it unlawful to hitch or tie a horse or any other animal to a gas lamp post, Mitchell related. Mitchell also spoke of an unruly, inquisitive 17-year-old telegrapher in Fort Wayne who often visited the early plant, plying Gas company people with many annoying questions. He was Thomas A. Edison. “The Fort Wayne Gas Light company grew and prospered from the beginning,” NIPSCO’s chief executive said. “When the Civil War broke out, more than half the homes in Fort Wayne were lighted with coal gas and the principal streets were well illuminated." Today more than 162,000 people live in Fort Wayne, and there is ample proof that this phenomenal growth will continue, he stated. “But NIPSCO hasn't stood still either,” he continued. “Through mergers, consolidations and good, solid growth, Northern Indiana Public Service company today employs 4,500 people* more than the population of this city 110 years ago.” “More than, 350 of our employes work right here in our Fort Wayne division.” he aid, "and they earn $2% million a year which is injected into the local economy.” "At the end of June,” Mitchell said, "we had more than s2l million invested in plant and equipment right here in the division. We pay $553,000 in real estate and personal property taxes in the five counties (Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wells and Whitley) that make up this division.” NIPSCO serves the northern third of Indiana—the workshop of America—where 38 per cent of the state’s population live, 48 per cent of its industrial output is produced. 40 per rent of its farm products raised and 39 per cent of all retail sales made. Os the state’s 20 largest cities, the utility serves nine—Gary. Fort Wayne, South Send, Hammond, East Chicago, Elkhart, Michigan City, Mishawaka and Logansport.

Sixth Grader Not Literate Necessarily By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International Nonsense is the word for the proposition now being solemnly advanced in Congress that a person who has completed the sixth grade of grammar school shall be presumed to be literate. To be literate means to be able to read and to write. More than an act of Congress will be required to validate any presumption that a sixth grader is literate. This nonsensical presumption of literacy is to be written into the civil rights bill that Congress probably will enact this year. It is being written into law to protect the rights of Negroes to vote in Southern states. It is part of he voting secion of the proposed bill. This section would deprive Southern registrars and other officials of the opportunity to be arbitrary in barring Negroes from the ballot. Specifically, the voting section would forbid the use of differing tests in qualifying white and Negro voters and require written literacy tests if such examinations are used at all. And it would establish a legal presumption of literacy for any person who had completed six grammar ..school grades. Ballot Box Unprotected That is a pretty good section from the standpoint of protecting Negro voting rights. But it does not protect the ballot box. And it is a lot of nonsense to assert that a sixth grader necessarily is literate. The shameful record of education in the United States reflects a contrary situation. In 1962 the New York Department of Education reported that 3 per cent of New York City students in the 12th grade graduating class were able to read at no more than second or third grade levels. The report cited illiteracy as a. major factor in juvenile delinquency. Illiterates swell the ranks of the unemployed, a group containing much more than its proportionate share of Negroes. In the District of Columbia there was a finding last winter that at least 13,000 district students had serious reading deficiencies. To arm tens of thousands of illiterates< with the right to vote is a mighty poor way to safeguard the welfare of the United States. Ignorance should not be a passport to the voting booth. It is undeniably desirable that the voting rights of all citizens be protected and especially that Negroes be not arbitrarily excluded from the vote by race conscious registrars. A Reasonable Standard Literacy—the ability to read and to write—is a reasonable standard to be required of a citizen who would vote. But phony literacy is no proper standard. On the contrary, the qualification by law of persons to vote on grounds that they are literate, when actually they are not, is a silly procedure. More than silly, it is dangerous. In view of the current U.S. system of education, which disgracefully fails to teach kids to read, it is reasonable to believe that the proportion of illiterates to be guaranteed the right to vote by this civil rights bill will increase steadily through the years. So, in time, the illiterates and the ignoramuses will be in an undisputed majority, running the country to suit themselves. There must be a better way to protect Negro voting rights than by writing into law as a fact something that is not a fact but a phony, such as becoming literate in six grammar school grades. It recalls an old-time definition of democracy: Get all of the heads together and count 'em, empty or not. The empty heads, Negro and white, probably are gaining on us. COURT NEWS Ruled to Answer In the case of Carol Nine vs the Stauffer Home Reducing Co and the Lorraine Distributing Co., and in the case of George Nine vs the same defendants, the de fendants were ruled to answer absolute within 10 days of the date on a motion by each of the plaintiffs. Divorce Case In a divorce action venued from Allen county, Jackson Orrick vs. Mildred Orrick, on a motion by the defendant, the plaintiff war ruled to answer absolute within 10 days of the date. Het for Hearing By agreement of the parties, the defendant’s to make more specific was set for hearing and determination Oct. 22 at f am., in the complaint for damages case of Nicholas Frenn Vs Jerry Hammond. Suede Shoes You can freshen and keep suede shoes in good condition by going over them frequently with a piece of fine emery paper or a coarse brush.

— **'* ' !“"**** “■ m, , «, — . ... . — - ——— 1 "fl W fl''fl" fl E L 1 ' w 19fl|^^RL« * Knf -fl PRESENTING the president’s gavel to the incoming president of the American Legion Auxilary, Mrs. Waneta Walchle, fourth from the left, is Mrs. Peggy McKeenen, fourth district president. Shown observing the presentation are the other officers who were installed at special services last Friday evening. Left to right they are Mrs. Mary Dixon, first vice president; Mrs. Frances Bohnke, chaplain; Miss Margaret Eiting, historian; Mrs. Walchle, president; Mrs. McKeenen, installing officer; Mrs. Nancy Lengerjch, junior past president; Mrs. Mabel Linig er, seated, secretary; Mrs. Anola Crist, second vice president Mrs. Zelma Roop, treasurer; and Mrs. Joan Davis, third vice’president. Not shown is Mrs. Mildred Beltz, sergeant at arms.

Japan Offers To Mediate In Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (UP!) — Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman today welcomed Japan’s offer to act as mediator in the crisis between the new nation of Malaysia and neighboring Indonesia. Japanese Premier Hayato Ikeda said Thursday he would like to bring about an amicable settlement of the dispute over Malaysia's formation, which led to a diplomatic break and riots in both Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. “This move, as reported, is good,” Rahman said. “We’ll give consideration to it should Japan make a formal move.” Rahman scheduled nationwide radio broadcasts tonight to tell Malaysia’s 10 million people of developments in the crisis. He was expected to explain the “state of preparedness” ordered Wednesday, which called up reserves, strengthened the armed forces, and put civil defense measures into effect. Rahman also called the first meeting of the Malaysian defense council, made up of leading cabinet members and the armed forces chief. There were these related developments: —ln London, Commonwealth Relations Secretary Duncan Sandys said on his return from Kuala Lumpur that “we are going to have a lot of trouble” from Indonesian infiltrators along Malaysia’s borders in Borneo, but not enough to disrupt the new nation. — “All we are having is this battle against an unseen enemy — small numbers of men coming over the border into the jungle,” he said. —ln Moscow, the government newspaper Izvestia charged Thursday that Malaysia “is a regeneration of neo - colonialism policy” and a “brainchild of British imperialists.” —ln Jakarta, the Antara news agency reported army chief Maj. Gen. Achmade Jani called on his troops, especially those units stationed nearest Malaysia, to increase their "sta'le of combat readiness” as part of Indonesia’s “policy of confrontation” against Malaysia. —ln London, the Foreign Office said Thursday night Indonesia has guaranteed the safety of British citizens and their property after a day of rioting that left the British Embassy a burned-out shell and destroyed the cars and belongings of many Britons in Jakarta. An Indonesian note promised that President Sukarno’s government “will not condone any further mob violence against British nationals and property.” —ln Tokyo, Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio prepared to leave for the United Nations to take charge of his delegation at the General Assembly, and to decide whether the dispute would be raised there. I Sugarcreek Planning Ohio Swiss Festival Sugarcreek, 0., will hold its annual Ohio Swiss festival Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28, it was learned this morning from Glenn Bixler of route ?) Berne. Known as the Little Switzerland of Ohio, Sugarcreek is located in the rolling hills of western Tuscarawas county, 18 miles east of Millersburg, D., on route 39. It Is a farming community populated largely by the Amish people, and has 27 Swiss cheese factories located within a radius of ten miles of the village. Sugarcreek has a population of less than 1,000 people, yet approximately 60,000 people attend the annual two-day event, which features Swiss costumes, yodcling, wrestling, dancihg, foods, and cheese show.

Pick Class Leaders At Adams Central Class officers for the four high school and two junior high grades at Adams Central have been elected and announced this morning by principal Carl Honaker. Mike Leyse was chosen president of the senior class, and Gary Clouse was selected as vice president. Eddie Beer was elected secretary and Ben Bluhm treasurer .with Steve Lehman and Judy Hirschy chosen was student council representatives. Other officers chosen were as follows: junior class — Jim Rash, president; Tony Ehrsam vice president; Steve Hildebrand, secretary; Warren Macy, treasurer; Kenneth Heyerly and eJan Clark, student council. Sophomore class — Cary Gerber, president; John Geimer, vice president; Ron Kipfer, secretary; Marcene Gerber, treasurer; Kathleen Ehrsam and Ted Rash, student council. Freshman class — Raymond Adler, president; Gretchen Yost, vice president; Diane Stetler, secretary; Greta Wulliman, treasurer; Blair Brown and Pansy Zimmerman, student council. Eighth grade — Patti Isch, president; Dennis Bieberich, vice president; Brian Zurcher, secretary; Marlene Stucky, student council. Seventh grade — Lois Beavers, and Phil Arnold, co-presidents; John Sipe, secretary; Joy Kaehr. student council. The school’s cheerleaders for the 1963-64 school year have also been elected and were announced by Honaker. Varsity cherleaders are Caro l Schwartz, Suellen Bentz and Judy Hirschy. Reserve team cheerleaders elected were Kathy McKean, Lou Ann Tonner, and Bonnie Hirschy. Tom Bolyard Rejects Pro Basketball Bid BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UPD— Former Indiana basketball star Tom Bolyard said today he has rejected a. $9,000 offer to play with the professional Baltimore Bullets and will instead study for a masters degree here. “Right now I would like to settle back with a book and find out how it feels to be just a regular old full-time student,” said the 6- 4 Fort Wayne hardwood, ace. Bolyard was the Hoosiers’ sec-ond-best scorer last season and helped them to a third-place finish in the Big Ten. Bolyard said he was “disturbed about an announcement that I would play with the Baltimore club in October in an exhibition game at Lafayette against the Cincinnati Royals.” “I won’t play that game because I don’t want to harm my amateur standing,” he said. “I intend to play some ball with the Marion Kay club at Brownstown.” The former prep star aAFort Wayne South Side High School said he would give the National Basketball Association and the Baltimore club “serious consideration after I have that master’s degree in my hands.” "It seemed the only step that I could take since I hope to eventually teach and coach,” he said. STEERS RULES (Continued from Page One) his office would immediately begin printing the 1.2 million forms needed for the individual taxpayer. Each will be required to figure what he owes the state in three steps. First he will figure what he owes at the old Hi per cent rate on what he made in the first six months of 1963. Next he must figure the tax on his adjusted gross income for the entire year 1963, and finally he must compute the total. .

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1963

Quints Enter Sixth Day Os Lives Today ABERDEEN, S. D. (UPD—The thriving Aberdeen quints were scheduled for their first weighing today and townsfolk decided to do something nice for the other five Fischer children. There were busy goings-on as the quints entered the sixth day of their lives. The doctor boosted their rations again. Two grandmothers tfdied up the house for Mrs. Fischer's coming home from the hospital Saturday or Sunday. And the Aberdeen “welcome wagon” prepared to make a call to the ten-room farm house outside Aberdeen with gifts and goodies for the oldest Fischer children. They range in age from 3 to 7. “I talked with Sister Stephen, the hospital administrator, and told her the children at home would more or less be forgotten,” said Mrs. Dorothy Getsman, the welcome wagon hostess. “Some gifts would more or less cheer them up a little bit.” Mrs. Getsman said she thought of the other children in the family because she once had twins herself who were in the hospital for two months. The Getsman twins are now 16. Mrs. Getsman said she and her assistant rounded up cook sets and dishes for the two older girls, fuzzy dogs and teddy bears for the younger two, and sweat shirts and plaid bathroom slippers for the boy. “And we have a 5-pound box oi candy for the whole family,” she said. The mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Fischer, 30, admitted earlier in the week she was worried about her other children. Her doctor, Dr. James N .Berbos, said Thursday she would leave St. Luke’s Hospital either Saturday or Sunday. * 11 Area Students At International Eleven Decatur area students entered International College, Fort Wayne, this_weejc. Majoring in professional accounting are Thomas Cowans, Nancy Witte, David Riehle, Shirley Painter, Robert Ladd, William Conrad and Roger Conrad, all 1963 graduates, of Decatur high school. Majoring in the executive secretarial course is Sharon Schaekel, a 1963 graduate of Monmouth high school. Majoring in the secretarial course is Joanna Drake, a 1963 graduate of Decatur high school. Majoring in the private secretarial course are Alyce Lankenau, a 1963 graduate of Decatur high school, and Marsha King, a 1962 graduate of Monmouth high school. Film Sunday Night At Nuttman Ave. U. B. The film, “David: Profile of a Problem Drinker,” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Nuttman Ave. U.B. church, under auspices of the Woman’s missionary association. The public is invited to attend.

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