Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1963 — Page 1

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y Negroes Schedule Sympathy Marches

By United Press International Negroes in many cities across the nation have scheduled "sympathy marches” Sunday in memory of four girls killed in the bombing of a Negro church al Birmingham, Ala., last Sunday. Plans for such demonstrations have been announced in such cities as New York, Los Angeles and Boston. Friday, Raleigh, N.C., and Richmond and Charlottesville, Va., were added to the list. The Richmond branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said in a statement that every American, no matter what his race, bears a share of the-responsibility for the bombing. In Birmingham, city officials were hopeful that the racial crisis could move from the streets to the conference table. A two-man mediation team appointed by President Kennedy will go to Birmingham next week to meet with white and Negro leaders in an effort to settle differences. Two white youths were bound over to a grand jury without bond Friday for the pistol slaying of a

Urges Lodge Given Control

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield has warned that unless Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge is given over-all control of U. S. operations in South Viet Nam the situation could lead to a possible disaster. Expressing concern Friday over reported conflicts among U. S. officials in South Viet Nam, Mansfield said Lodge is the only man who should speak for the United States. _ The State Department took issue with Mansfield. It denied that Lodge lacks over-all authority. The department’s press spokesman, Richard I. Phillips, said that “as the President’s representative he (Lodge) certainly has the authority to operate as the head of all U. S. government operations in Viet Nam.” But administration officials said privately that there may have

Space Program Is On Schedule

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy’s proposal for a joint U. S.-Russian moon expedition may h&ve damaged his civilian space agency’s changes of getting the money it wants for its Apollo moon program. Director James E. Webb of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was quick to deny Friday that the proposal meant there would be a slowdown in project plans to put two Americans on the moon by 1970. Webb told agency colleagues the United States would continue the Apollo man-on-the-moon program pending any substantive negotiations with Moscow for a joint probe. Dr. Robert C. Seamans, associate NASA administrator, agreed, and added that Kennedy’s proposal proved that this country’s space effort was strong and right on schedule. At a news conference at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Tex., Seamans said, “The reason we have an opportunity to make this offer is because of our forward-looking program. This demonstrates we have been able to accelerate our program to inititate this type of offer.” See Trouble Ahead But other NASA sources predicted the President’s proposal would weaken the agency’s case before congressional appropriations committees, some of whose members already have indicated they would like to cut the $5.35 billion sought to finanace the program this year. The sources discounted any notion that the President, by proposing a joint program, was hedging in any way on the Apollo project, which will cost an estimated S2O billion for the rest of the decade. These sources said the administration still wants Congress to appropriate the money to finance the program authorized for the

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Negro boy following the bombing. i Elsewhere in the nation: Birmingham: Two off-duty high- • way patrolmen were attacked by ■ a Negro man on a downtown I street Friday night and another man was stabbed in the shoulder by the same Negro, police said. Selma, Ala.: A state court injunction warning will have little 1 effect on continued protest demonstrations against segregation, Negro leaders said Friday. New Orleans: Police arrested 82 Negro children and three adult i supervisors during a singing, clapping march on city hall Friday i to protest alleged discrimination ; in voting registration. Washington: Negroes will ap- ' peal on Oct. 15 to the U.S. Supreme Court an appellate court ; ruling on whether Prince Edward County, Va., can padlock public i schools to avoid integration. i Memphis, Tenn.: The NAACP has filed a motion here seeking to i reopen the Jackson, Tenn., school : desegregation case. The motion > said that a school zoning system is “completely gerrymandered,” I not only to stop desegregation but I to bring segregation back to some . schools.

been times when Lodge received less cooperation than he should have from American officials in Viet Nam. In a Senate speech Mansfield said that Lodge’s function was hot “to beg that cooperation. It is his authority to require it in the name of the President of the United States.” In he past there have been bitter disputes over how strongly the United States should press for a house cleaning in the regime of South Viet Nam’s president, Ngo Dinh Diem. Anonymous U. S. officials in Saigon have criticized the administration for not being ready with a plan to handle conflict with the Diem government. ( Other officials have charged that the United States has bowed to the dictates of Vietnamese instead of bringing heavy pressure to bear.

current fiscal year. But one official admitted the program had been sold to Congress on the basis of competition with Russia and it would be difficult to recall it now on the basis of cooperation with the Soviets. Advisors In Dark Kennedy did not clear his speech with the secretariat of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, which was created specifically to advise him on U. S. space programs. But Webb said he and his deputy, Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, were consulted. Webb said McGeorge Bundy, Kennedy’s special assistant for national security affairs, called him in St. Louis Thursday and "read the language (of the speech) to me.” Asked if the President’s proposal signaled a radical departure in U. S. policy, Webb replied with a flat “no.” He said I it had always been U. S. policy to seek international cooperation in space exploration. Tomato-Throwing Incidents Reported A tomato-throwing incident was reported to the city police department Thursday evening. Mrs. Ruth O’Campo, 703 N. 11th St., reported that about 7:45 p.m. , Thursday she was riding in a car driven by her husband on Monroe St. A tomato was thrown at the vehicle, and went through an open i window, striking Mrs. O'Campo on the right side of the head. * • . She reported that she was hav- . ing considerable pain where hit by the tomatoes. A second to , matothrowing incident was reported to the police Friday even- ! ing as a local lady reported that her auto had been struck by . thrown tomatoes. She also said > that a friend’s car had also been i hit by tomatoes. The city police »| are investigating the incident.

Libraries Appeal I From Budget Cuts The public libraries of Decatur, Berne and Geneva, whose budgets were cut three cents, two cents and ten cents, respectivly, by the county tax adjustment board, have filed appeals to the state board of tax commissioners for “review and final action on the budget, levy and tax rate” for each of the libraries. The state tax board will meet in Decatur, Monday, Sept. 30 to consider the budgets of the county the municipalities the townships, the school districts and the libraries, as passed by the the county tax adjustment board. At that time the state board will receive the budgets and sonsider any apday is the last day for the filings peals which have been filed. Toof appeals and only the three libraries have filed. When the board meets to consider the appeal officials of the three libraries will probably be called in to explain the situation and show cause why the budgets should be changed to the original level. The cuts set the Decatur library tax rate back to 17 cents, its lowest operating level since 1957, and slashed the Geneva library’s budget from 28 to 18 cents. The Berne budget was cut from 25 to 23 cents. Decatur library board president Lowell Smith and county auditor Ed Jaberg, who keeps the minutes of the tax adjustment board meetings, expressed the belief that the cut came as a result of a misunderstanding on the part of the members of the county board. Evidently the board members were under the impression that the library would be receiving federal funds next year, as it is this year. It will not. At no time during its session did the board exercise its privilege of calling in appropriate officials to answer any question it might have concerning a submitted budget. The members of the county tax adjustment board, which made the cuts at its meeting September 9. were the mayor of the largest city in the county, Donald Gage of an appointee of the township trustees, Bob Gay of Decatur; an appointee of the coun-, ty council, Frank Bohnke of Decatur; and four other appointees, two Democrats and two Republicans. The four other appointees were Republican Menno Lehman of Berne, Republican Charles Langston of Decatur, Democrat Louis Reinking of Preble township and Democrat Joseph Anderson of Geneva. Both libraries, and the Berne library, had been operating part of their program during the previous year on funds granted by the federal library service act (LSA). With these funds all three libraries were operating an experimental program'which, during that year, made it possible for rural residents to borrow books from any of the libraries at no cost. Previously the libraries had charged a two to three dollar fee for serving rural residents. During the year in which the free experimental program was in operation rural use of the libraries jumped considerably. Toward the end of the experimental period the libraries circulated an information form for their rural patrons to fill out. About 1,500 patrons returned their forms. More than 1,300 of the forms returned favored the institution of a township tax levy to continue the service which the federal funds had provided for one year. Only 79 opposed it. The library levy was not included in any of the rural township budgets. Two township trustees in the southern part of the county were approached by library officials and told that a number of residents in their townships favored a library levy, but the levy was not included in their budgets. The federal funds have been discontinued since the program was designed to operate for one year only as a means of demonstrating jto rural residents the advantages of library service. It was hoped that once these advantages were demonstrated the service could be continued through county funds. But the cuts made by the tax adjustment board make it impossible for the Decatur and Geneva libraries to render that service, despite the fact that an overwhelming number of those rural residents polled favor it. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair and continued cool through Sunday. Low tonight 47 to 53 north, 54 to I 62 south. High Sunday Mto i 74. Outlook for Monday: Partly cloudy and cool with chance of a few abowera sooth.

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Six Teen - Agers Killed In Grinding Two- Auto Crash Following Football Game

Loss Os Sales Tax Revenue Slows Program INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The loss of sales tax revenue which bogged down state progress in mental , health was the topic of speeches by Governor Welsh and Mrs. Wilbur F. Pell in her final moments as president of the Indiana Association for Mental Health Friday. , - The group held its annual membership meeting here, heard the two speeches, and elected new officers. Welsh said “The state has a heavy responsibility to the mentally ill in its institutions, a responsibility that it is not fulfilling.” “We have the double tragedy of the waste of human lives ip our failure to provide the full scale treatment so necessary to return these patients to their homes quickly,” he said. He said the state policy of providing long term care exclusive to short, intensive treatment that sales tax has placed the state’s mental health program in jeopardy. Mrs. Pell, in presenting the president’s report, said “We pre disappointed that the necessary revenue measures have been held unconstitutional and, therefore, all the progress promisted by the action of the General Assembly has been delayed if not destroyed.” A Logansport newsman, Don Freehafer, was elected president of the association in the closing action of the meeting. Canon Frank Carthy of Indianapolis was elected first vice president; William Radcliff of Muncie, second; and Dr. James Simmons of Indianapolis, third. Arvai Smiley, Benton County, was elected secretary. Jameson Woollen, Indianapolis, was elected treasurer. Persons elected to three - year terms on the board of directors were: Dr. DeWitt Brown, Indianapolis; Clarence Efroymson, Hamilton County; Don Goodwell, Wayne County; Mrs. Maynard Hine, Indianapolis; Mrs. John Kirkpatrick Delphi; Edward Newill, Indianapolis; Marvin Carlson, Porter County; H. W. Reuszer, Lafayette; James Hensinger, Lawrence County; Mrs. John Hays, Parke County; M. McCabe Day, Huntington; Mrs. Sherman Stucky, Adams County; John Smullen, Tipton; and Mrs. John Stout, Hendricks County. Huntington Man Is School Board Head FRENCH LICK, Ind. (UPI) — Milton Marx, Huntington insurance executive, today was elected president of the Indiana School Boards Association, succeeding Ralph Weston of Brazil. Weston remains on the board of directors. Other new officers include Wayne Hatfield, Mitchell, vice president for Southern Indiana, and Mrs. Elizabeth Knotts, vice-presi-dent fqr Northern Indiana. Friday night members of the association were urged by State Rep. Eldon Lundquist. R-Elkhart, to begin now a grass roots campaign for legislation to establish a lay board of education and to make the post of superintendent of public instruction appointive instead of elective. Both have been major goals of the association for several years. A bill to that effect was introduced in the 1963 Legislature but was withdrawn because of considerable opposition. The proposal balls for an 11member state board, appointed by the governor, with one member representing each congressional district. The group would replace three commissions in the Department of Education.

LOWELL, Ind. (UPI)— A highspeed two-car collision following a post-football game party killed six teen-agers late Friday night, including the son of Lowell’s police chief. “Judging from the terrific damage to both vehicles, it was a high speed accident,” said Lt. Robert Mattingly of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. “It was unbelievable.” Deputy Byron Peters said it was the worst accident of its kind he ever saw. "It was a mess, he said. “These kids had never been in trouble.” Peters and his partner, Richard Frahm, were the investigating unit from the sheriff’s office. “First we found one body,” he said, “then we found two, then four and then six. We didn't realize how many dead there were until we began probing around the wreckage.” A small fire had started in the carburetor of one of the cars, but Peters and Frahm said they put it put quickly. There were no survivors. Authorities said three ,of the youths died en route to Methodist Hospital in Gary. The others were killed outright. Gerald Griesmer, 15, son of police chief Robert Griesmer, was ;l o t I Indiana 2 and 55 three miles east . of here. It was the worst traffic wreck in Indiana since the Labor Day weekend when six persons Were killed in a two-car crash near Rockville. The Lake County Sheriff’s office said Griesmer and four companions had just left a farm near here where they attended a postfootball game party when their car rammed into another. Also killed were Gwen Stack, 16, Cedar Lake; Leonnard Ausggen, 16: Robert Felder, 17, and Lewis Belshaw, 17, all of Lowell, and Carole Jean Wilson, 18, Hebron, the lone occupant of the other car. Authorities said the car driven by Belshaw crashed into the girl’s vehicle as Belshaw made a wide turn from Indiana 55 into the other highway, apparently at high speed. The impact was so great it knocked the girl’s car backward. Belshaw’s car was in flames when police arrived but authorities said none of the victims died ot burns. Most of the bodies were pinned in the wreckage, which one officer described as “unbelievable.’’ Authorities described all the victims as good students and members of well-to-do families. They said none had been drinking. The five occupants of the Belshaw car were students at Lowell High School. Griesmer, the police chief’s son, was considered a brilliant student of geology. Although only a freshman, he already had earned a scholarship to Indiana University. The post-game party followed the Lowell-Chesterton high school grid game won by Chesterton, 20-7. Miss Wilson had just dropped a friend off at Lowell and was returning to her home at Hebron when the accident happened.

•:> R1 WINNING DRIVEB— Art Zurcher of Monroe (right) receives a courtesy campaign award check from Tom Sefton for his driving conduct in an emergency situation. In a line of four trucks Friday morning at the intersection of Adams and Thirteenth streets, Zurcher was the only driver who yielded the right of way to an ambulance on a run to Fort Wayne. He is a driver for the Petrie Oil company.

few I- 4 v B I •I i 1 • ■??" ; /I'flKsZiWE^wfii llLi 11 11 * I I' < ' ?J BBB.qmBBb i ■ViHi BBbbHI ißHEiii ■ t IWMlll ~ x#*'- ' * imb »W' ®i*. ' ' w •■ '* TWELVE REPRESENTATIVES of the Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City, visited Central Soya's Decatur plant Thursday as a part of the bank's Bth ‘annual "tour of industry" for its management development groups. The delegation is visiting a cross section of industrial facilities in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan over a two-week period. CentralSoya is one oh only two agriculturally related industries on their tour schedule. The group visited the company's Fort Wayne head quarters before coming to Decatur, where they had lunch with plant manager Tom Allwein and several of his staff before touring the plant and feed research facilities. ; ~ phmt are ’from left to rtghtl, front row: Warren Drurtzler and Tom Allwein. Central Soya; Thomas O’Sullivan, R. S. Cohn, Anthony RanSazzo, Glenn Heinemeyer, and Robert W. Haszrouck, Jr., all of Chase Manhattan. . BaC L r ° W r; Dr W Cravens and Dal « Meyers. Central Soya; Jack L. McCroskey, Chase Manhattan, L»an Davis, Central Soya; James O'Donnell, Lawrence Griggs, Leslie Aronow, George R. Plender, Jr., Ronald L. Leonard, and Eugene Ressler, all of Chase Manhattan.

Kennedy Pleased At Reaction To Speech NEWPORT, XR. I. (UPI) — President Kennedy was described by members of his staff today as highly pleased over worldwide reaction to his address Friday to the United Nations General Assembly. Shortly after appearing before the General Assembly, Kennedy flew here from New York to spent the weekend with his wife and two children, Caroline and John Jr. They planned a family party tonight at the home of Mrs. Kennedy’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss. The President was reported to be particularly interested in Iron Curtain country reaction to his U. N. speech in which he urged that Russia and the United States cease the so-called cold war and join together in a new, cooperative drive for world peace. Russian diplomats in New York ' informed the President that in their estimation his; speech was "excellent,” He will confer at the White House next month with Soviet Foreign Minister Andre Gromyko. Kennedy and Gromyko discussed plans for the Washington conference when they met at a diplomatic reception at UN head- , quarters Friday. I NOON EDITION

South Adams School Plaintiffs Withdraw

Eight of the 19 plaintiffs in the Adams county school case, including all plaintiffs from the South Adamis district, have asked that the motion for a new trial, to be argued Monday in Huntington. be dismissed, and have advised Thomas D. Logan and Clarence R. McNabb, attorneys, that they are no longer authorized to represent them. Their withdrawal would affect the North Group’s Appeal. Withdrawing from the appeal are Myron Simmons, Thomas Rhodes, Gail Runyon, Grant Lindsey, H. D. Mosser, Theodore Wilhoite, Malcolm Banta, and Wayne Derrickson. SUII Parties Still parties to the suit are RoI bert J. Rice, Robert F. Cqrr, Russel Fleming, Leo Workinger, Walter Hildebrand, Otto Bix-rger, Martin Bulmahn# Albert Fuhr- i mann, Ervin Fuelling, Everett I Singleton, and Fred Bieberich. The cause, number 17,032, which will be argued Monday in Huntington circuit court, which dissolved the injunction July 1, is known legally as Robert J. Riee, et al vs. August Selking, et alw, with the * county reorganization committee, I North and South Adams schcxil boards, ect., as defendants in the | suit. Judge Ray Ade ruled two months ago that the * injunction was in-! vplid, and ordered the North and South Adams districts into being. Adams Central community schools had not been enjoined, and has been operating for more than a year. Text of Entry Attorneys affected by the case were informed today as follows: “The court received in the mail of this date (Sept. 19, 1963 ) the following papers: Letter dated September 18, 1963, addressed to Hon. Clarence R. McNabbs, attorney, and Mr. Thomas D. Logan, attorney, signed by (eight listed above), in which they advise that aaid attorneys are no longer authorized to represent said persons in any further proceedings ih' this cause, which letter reads as fol- i lbws <H. I.) with two copies of dis-1 missal of motion for new trial; by plaintiffs from South Adams |

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Community Schools area, which motion reads as billows (h. i.).” The copy of the court record was signed by H. Willard Hildebrand, clerk of the Huntington circuit court. Expect Action Monday ~ The motion is expected to be ruled on Monday, when Judge Ade considers the motion for a new trial. Ordinarily, a motion for a new trial is the first step in an apl>eal .to the supreme court of Indiana. They are usually denied, which gives the plaintiffs the chance to appeal the case. Both North and South Adams community schools are now in operation; the south group is well satisfied with the arrangements they have been able to makp through their new board, and feel that no appeal is necessary. They are willing to abide by the findings j of the court. J. F. Frisinger Is Taken By Death J F. “Free" Frisinger. 71. of j North Webster, a native of DecaI tur, died suddenly Friday afternoon of a heart attack at Veteri ans Hospital in Indianapolis, ! where he had been a patient for three weeks. The son of John and Jane Pet-erson-Frisinger, he was born in Decatur July 27. 1892 They had lived in North Webster for many years. Survivors include the wife, Mary Ann; three children. Free, of Richmond; Mrs. Jane Ricki of New Jersey, and Mrs. Ruth Myers of Palo Alto, Calif.; six grandchildren, and a brother, Richard of Greenfield. The late M. A. Frisinger, of Decatur, ‘ was a brother. v Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the; HarrisTroxel funeral home in North i Webster, Burial will be in the I North Webster cemetery. Friends i may call at the funeral home after | 12 noon Sunday.