Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXL NO. 235.

Hurricane Flora Churns Erratic Course Through Cuba; May Hit Florida

Halt U. S. Aid To Military Regimes

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Kennedy administration settled today on a policy of using economic and political “leverage” in dealing with new military regimes in Latin America. It announced that U. S. economic and military aid missions were being withdrawn gradually from the Dominican Republic and Honduras, where military coups have toppled elected governments ir. the past two weeks. The policy was given final approval in White House meetings Friday. Later, a policy statement was issued by Secretary of State Dean Rusk, from New York, through the State Department here. “Under existing conditions in. the Dominican Republic and Honduras,” Rusk said, “there is no opportunity for effective collaboration by the United States under the Alliance for Progress or for normalization of diplomatic relations.” “Accordingly,” the statement said, “we have stopped all economic and military aid to these x countries and have commenced orderly reassignment of the perscnnel involved.”’ *»-•— Missions Remain - - Diplomatic missions will remain in both countries, though they will

Historic Meet On Race Issue

By United Press International Negroes and whites held an historical meeting in Birmingham, Ala., Friday in an effort to solve their racial problems at the conference table, but demonstrations erupted again in South Carolina and Louisiana. The possibility of renewed massive demonstrations still hung over the Alabama steel center, where Negro leader Martin Luther King has promised to return Monday. King said if it is necessary he will mobilize Birmingham’s Negro community for more protest marches. Police at Orangeburg, S. C., broke up a mass march on the business district and jailed 318 Negro demonstrators. Officers intercepted the march two blocks from the downtown area. They said later that violence might have erupted if Negroes had reached the business district, crowded with whites. At Plaquemine, La., Negro students staged a “freedom song” classroom demonstration at a high school. Officials suspended' class■'es. School officials said nearly all of the 500 students at Iberville High were involved in the singing, chanting anti-segregation demonstration in the racially troubled industrial community just .south of Baton Rouge. Racial developments elsewhere in the nation: Columbia, S. C.: About 70 young Negroes were arrested on Columbia’s main street late Friday on charges of parading without a permit. It was the first time police had brought such charges against Negro demonstrators and was the largest mass arrest made in about two weeks. Jacksonville, Fla.: About 5,000 persons planned to march through the streets of Jacksonville to the city hall today in a “peaceful” demonstration for better jobs and INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight. Sun-., day fair and warm. Low tonight 44 to 54. High Sunday around 80. Outlook for Monday: Generally fair with little temperature change.

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deal only “informally” with the governments. An administration source told newsmen the policy was “to use our leverage to obtain as rapid and complete a return to constitutional and legitimate government as we can.” At the same time, administration officials were telling newsmen they do not consider the recent crop of military takeovers in Latin America — four this year—to be a complete disaster. They noted that while North Americans have an inborn distaste for military seizures, these have been a traditional method of political change in Latin America. Will Take Time Officials said the growth of democratic institutions in Latin America will be a slow process, and during that time the United States will have to deal with many regimes it does not fully like. Officials said they believe Argentina and Peru, where there there were military takeovers in 1962, now have governments that are more liberal than at any time in their history. They consider that the U. S. policy of conditioning aid on -democratic reforms was instrumental in bringing this about In Peru.

freedom for Negroes. Biloxi, Miss.: Sen. John C. Stennis, D-Miss., said Friday “no business and no individual and personal right will be safe from destruction” if President Kennedy’s civil rights program gets through Congress. NOON EDITION Boy Injured Friday When Hit By Auto A 14-year-old Decatur boy suffered a broken left wrist when struck by an automobile at the intersection of Monroe and 13th streets Friday at 7:37 p. m. Richard Deßolt, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Deßolt, of 504 Nuttman Ave., was struck by a car driven by Jay H. Martin which was eastbound on Monroe street. The youngster received a bruised left knee in addition to the wrist fracture, and yas treated at the local hospital. -Tie was crossing Monroe street from north to south, when struck by the car driven by Martin, 39-year-old resident of route 6, Decatur. There were no charges filed. The home of Mrs. Ward Bowman, at 422 S. 13th St., received an estimated SIOO damage when struck by the spare tire of a tnick at 5:45 p. m. Friday, r Tire Hits House The truck, was southbound on 13th street when the spare tire came loose, rolled into the, yard at the Bowman home and struck a bush, before knocking off a porch railing and hitting the house. In a third accident Friday, just four minutes after the truck tirehouse mishap, cars driven by Mark A. Jones, 16,' of 1002 Master Drive* and Irene C. Dye, 39, 806 Washington St., collided on the Pennsylvania railroad crossing on Washington St Jones was westbound and collided with the eastbound Dye car, with damages estimated at S3O to the Dye auto and sls to the Jones car.

MIAMI (UPI) — Hurricane Flora, death and devastation in its path, churned on an erratic course through Cuba today and was expected to turn its 100-mile an hour winds toward the United States mainland. The Miami Weather Bureau said in a 6 a. m. advisory that Flora’s maximum winds should decrease slightly over Cuba but it “remains a large and dangerous hurricane.” Flora moved erratically before dawn, the weather bureau said, drifting slowly westward over Cuba. The latest advisory located Flora at latitude 20.8 north, longitude 76.8 west, or about 76 statute miles southeast of Camaguey. “Indications are that Flora will move rather slowly at about 7 miles per hour toward the northwest today,” the weather bureau said. “This will result in the circulation of the hurricane being affected by the terrain of Cuba and a slight decrease in maximum winds should occur.” The weather bureau said all precautions against dangerous winds, high tides and heavy rains should be continued through central and eastern Cuba and northward through the Bahamas to the area from Acklins to Andros Island. Severe flooding may be expected in eastern Cuba, the bureau said. “The slower movement on Uiel present course means that Flora could not seriously affect the south Florida area today or tonight,” the bureau said. “However all interests should keep in touch with the advisories for the possibility of warnings being issued later today.” The hurricane, sixth and most vicious of the season, delivered a glancing blow to the big U. S. naval base at Guantanoma Bay, whi ch reported 75-mile-an-hour winds as Flora passed 31 miles • east of it on the southeastern coast of the island. But no damage was reported. Flora struck into Oriente’s 4,-000-foot mountain peaks with winds up to 125 miles an hour. The Weather Bureau said Flora, a 140-mile-an-hour killer storm when it tore into Haiti’s southern peninsula peninsula Thursday night, was expected to intensify again as it sucked up new energy over the tropical waters. “This is a large and powerful hurricane and continued northwest movement increases the tlieat to southeastern Florida,” a midnight, EDT, Miami Weather Bureau..advisory said. Huge seas and torrents of rain swept ahead of the hurricane. Scores Aj-e Dead Flora had accounted for at least 41 deaths, and uncounted; devastation.' Doug Kennedy, chief photon grapher for the Miami Herald, flew over the Aburon Peninsula of Haiti Friday night and reported that “at least eight villages on the southern coast* of Haiti were wiped out. . .99 per cent of the dwellings in the path of the hurricane were flattened.” * Probing Death Os * Research Engineer SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD — St. Joseph County Cbroner Edward E. Shelley today studied the death of a research engineer for Bendix Corp., who was injured when a hydraulic brake pressure gauge broke. Gary W. Ash, 30, South Bend, died Thursday of toxic poisoning He was operating a brake testing machine in the plant’s automotive test division when the gauge broke gnd sprajed toxic .gil, pptaJfejbs Jgg. Cattle Rustling Is Under Investigation BROOKSTON, Ind. (UPI) — Authorities were investigating a case of cattle rustling today after Warren North found 13(000 pounds of prime Herefords stolen. North said he “suspected trouble when some of the critters didn't show up for chow.” He operates a 352-head beef ranch near here. North told the White County sheriffs office and state polica the missing 97 head were valued at “about 130,000,”

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Guilty Plea Is Entered By Salesman Richard Paul Ridgeway, 19-year-old Topeka, Kansas, magazine salesman, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of third degree burglary in the Adams circuit court Friday afternoon. Judge Myles F. Parrish, after hearing testimony and evidence, referred the matter to probation officer Chris H. Muselman for r pre-sentence investigation report, to be submitted within five days, at which time the judge will rule on the case. A charge of larceny against Ridgeway was dismissed on a motion made by prosecutor Severin H. Schurger.— ~— Ridgeway was charged after he was caught leaving the home of Kenneth Jennings, 1134 Marshall St., about p.m. Wednesday, Sept, stolen from the home. He later admitted thefts at two other local homes and a third on a Decatur rural route. In court Friday afternoon, Robert S. Anderson, pauper attorney for Ridgeway, brought the defendant’s assistant manager James Lawson on the magazine “crew” and Ridgeway to testify. First Witness Lawson testified that he was assistant manager of the subscription crew that Ridgeway Lyndon Johnson Al Indianapolis Today INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — VicePresident Lyndon B. Johnson will be the headliner at the biggest Indiana municipal campaign rally of the year in Indianapolis tonight, Johnson will speak at the Dem-, ocratic Victory. SSO-a-plate dinner at the Murat Temple to boost the campaign of John Barton, former superintendent of the state police and the party’s nominee for mayor of Indianapolis. Senators Vance Hartke and Birch E. Bayh, Jr. and Barton also will speak. Notables attending will include Governor Welsh, Alex Campbell, Fort Wayne, national committeeman, and 4 , Mrs. Margaret Afflis Johnson, Indian* apolis, national committeewoman. Johnson is scheduled to land at the Weir Cook Airport at 5 p.m. and to motor to the Indianapolis Athletic, Club before appearing at the dinner. His wife. Lady Bird, ’will be unable to attend. The vjce president has spoken a number, of times in Indiana, during the 1960 presidential campaign and as a headliner for the Indianapolis Press Club gridiron dinner. /•.,■. * Although Hoosier delegates to the Democratic national convention were pledged to- President Kennedy because of his victory in the Hoosier primary, there was a strong Johnson presidential movement in Indiana. In, view of the binding of the delegates to Kennedy for only the first ballot, admirers of Johnson worked in the state and at the Los Angeles gathering to obtain Johnson votes, if Kennedy failed to win on the inital balloting. There was no second ballot. The' 'ißartonetteS", a group of* eight .young girls organized, by daughters of Barton, will be official hostesses. They will be led by John Barton, Jr., in the capacity of “Bartonettes Major.” Starting the program will be the singing of the national anthem by Miss Margaret Fitts, accompanied by Mrs. Goldie Frenzel. On the speakers* table was a special arrangement qf yellow roses in recognition of Johnson's theme song, “The Yellow Rose of Texas.” The Murat Temple was decorated in red, white and blue, with blue candles, red china roosters and long-stemmed red roses on the tables.

worked with, and their company is Union Circulation, Co., of Atlanta. Ga. He brought out that each salesman is bonded in the amount of SI,OOO, and that Ridgeway has “a lot of potential in the sellling field.” When asked by Anderson if in the event Ridgeway would receive a suspended sentence whether or not he would be retained as an employe, Lawson replied, “yes sir, without any reservation.” Lawson then testified that Ridgeway did not “blow” the money he had stolen from the four homes, but used it to send in phony subscription orders to the company. He added that the phony subscriptions have been cancelled, and the money will be returned to the crew’s manager, who will return it to the four families from whom it was stolen. Answers Ad On cross-examination from prosecutor Schurger, Lawson said that he TneT - Tie answered an ad in a Topeka newspaper; that 13 men and women make up his crew; and that his company will hire anyone 18 years of age or over. He explained also that each salesman goes through a 30-da.v training period, during which time they are guaranteed $275 e month for living expenses. Ridgeway then was put on the stand, and testified that he had been in trouble before and served time-in an-institution. He said the previous difficulty was a sodemy charge against him when he was 15 or 16, when “this fella made some home brew and I got drunk.” When asked if the man who made the home brew was the complaining witness in the case he replied yes. Tie then told of the robbery at the Jennings home and how he halted when Jennings shouted for him to do so, and also admitted to Jennings what had happened, and his name and address. Tells Os One He also testified that he admitted to the police one of the burglaries that they did not know of since a report had not been filed with-them. . . . - Ridgeway went on to testify that his relationship with his father was “never good,” and a couple of times he had to go to a hospital for treatment after beaten with the buckle-of a Xfizor strap and once was cut with a knife by his fathers H§ said he made the phony orders to please his manager and * when asked if he did happen to receive a suspended sentence, could he make an honest living he replied "“yes sir.’*’ After crofes-examination by Schurger, Anderson presented his final argument, explaining) that he thought that the youth should be given another chance to become a credit to society, and that a prison term might ruin this chance as he asked for a suspended sen tence and probation. Schurger, in his final argument, said that under the constitution, justice is based on reformation and not vindication, and asked “when can a person feel safe in his home? Society is entitled to certain amounts of security in their own homes.” the prosecutor stated. Earlham College Dedicates Library RICHMOND, Ind. (UPI) —Earlham College today dedicated its new $1,125,000 Lilly Library after a series of pre-dedication cere■monier: and- banquets. - ..Friday night, Jassamyn West, author of the Best selling book. "Friendly Persuasion,” spoke at a banquet and urged putting more emphasis of imagination and inquisitiveness \ in teaching youngsters to write. Soviet Cosmonauts May Visit U. S. WASHINGTON (UPI) — Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova may stop in New York on their way to or from a meeting of the International Aeronautical Federation at Mexico City.

Girl Scouts Aided By Community Fund

The Limberlost council of the Girl Scouts of America is another of the ten Decatur Community Fund agencies. It has submitted a budget request of $3,397, 11.7 per cent of the $28,993 budget. A large number Os local girls are involved in Girl Scout and Brownie work. Many of them participated this summer in the Girl Scout camping and day camp activities at Hanna-Nuttman park. The purpose of the Girl Scouts is to inspire girls with highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service that they may become happy and resourceful citizens. There are four divisions of Girl Scouts: Brownies, age 7 to 9; intermediate Girl Scouts, age 10 to 13; senior Girl Scouts, age 14 to 17; volunteers, who are

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Plan South Adams Parents' Meetings Meeting have been shedulcd for the parents of those South Adams community schools students who plan to continue their education following graduation. Leonard Kingsley, director of pupil personnel services, announced that the meetings are intended for the parents of junior and senior high school students who plan to enter college or take other types of training. ' Two meetings will be held, one in the Geneva school and one in the Berne school. The Berne meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30 and the Geneva meeting will be held Monday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m. Parents of students in either school are invited to attend whichever meeting is more convenient. The meetings are being held early in the school year in order that parents of senior students may have the benefit of the information needed in making plans for their children’s future education. ' The purpose of the meetings is to give parents an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the employment situation facing young people following graduation, issues involved in choosing a college or other training program methods of financing a college (ducation, availability of scholarships. admission and testing procedures; and other pertinent problems confronting young people and their parents. _ Reports Burglary At Decatur Home A burglary at the home of Glenn Woodin, 1118 W. Elm St., wawreMO the city police, .at 3:U p. m Friday. Stolen from the . home were several items, including a set of Craftsman sockets with drives and extensions, valued at $39; seven packages of cigarettes, valued at $2; a small black leather case with a grey radio, valued at S2O; and between $lO and sls from a small tin piggy bank. The cash was in quarters and half dollars. Nothing else in the home was disturbed. No forced entry could be found, and it was thought that the door lock was “picked” by a knife or some similar object. The police are continuing their Investigation.

adults over 18. Girl Scouting is a worldwide movement with over 40 countries participating in its program. The Limberlost district was organized in 1957 and serves not only Adams county, but also Allen. DeKalb. Huntington,. Steuben and Wells counties. It includes 5.295 Brownie scouts, 4.246 Intermediate scouts. 210 Senior scouts and 1756 leaders, troop committee members. board members and neighborhood service team personnel. Girl Scouting activity in Decatur derives its support from two sources. Parents and the girls themselves supply uniforms, weekly troop dues, annual membership dues, badges and pins, special events costs, handbooks, camp fees and transportation. Cont ributtons via the Community Fund and other sources support the rest of the program.

Set Machinery For Sales Tax

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana Department of Revenue ..worked today toward a goal of putting the new two per cent sales tax law into effect at one minute past midnight on Oct: 23. - ~ Commissioner James C. Courtney said the opinion- of the Indiana Supreme Court Wednesday that the tax law is constitutional and the tax may be collected aftei a 20-day period for an appeal for a rehearing made it possible to plan for the program to start operating at 12 01 am. Oct. 23, two weeks from next Wednesday. However, whether the tax is collected beginning on that date depends entirely on what is done after a conference of Dallas Sells, president of the Indiana State AFL-CIO, and his attorneys and colleagues Monday morning. Sells said Thursday a decision would be made at that time whether to ask for a rehearing now or later in the' 20-day grace period, whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, or whether to take no further steps to impede the application of the tax. Sells filed suit last spring to have the tax law declared unconstitutional. Marion Circuit Judge John L. Niblack on June 14 ruled the law invalid and issued an injunction which prevented the state from collecting the tax beginning July 1 as specified in the law enacted by the 1903 Legislature era marathon 100-day back-to-back regular and special sessions. - Governor Welsh through special I'e'gal co\®sel to,lights hjv# the law althofigh he and the Democratic Party slid they did not favor it as a means of solving the state's revenue problems. Meanwhile, school boards throughout the state advertised substantially higher local property tax rates for education because of the prospect of a sharp decline in state aid because of Niblack's decision. Unofficial estimates are that if die tax is imposed Oct. 23, the prospects of state aid will improve to the point that the 1964 school tax rates can be lowered up to $1 or more from advertised levels.

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A number of changes have been made during the past to make the local Girl Ssouting program even more effective. During the fall and winter of 1962 and into the spring of 1963 a special training program prepared adult volunteer leaders to lead girls m to a reorganized scout- i ing program. The elements of the new program are embodied in acticities related to the arts, the home and the out-of-doors. Instead of three age levels the new program, which went info operation only last month, now includes four — Brownie scouts Junior Girl Scouts, Cadette Girl Scouts and Senior Girl Scouts. Each of the four age levels will build on what has gone before, so that a girl who joins at 7 can continue to grow in Girl Scouting through the age of 17. At the same time .the structure within each age level will be such that a girl can begin in Girl Scouting at any age from 7 through 17. joining in the activities of her troopmates, without going back to fulfill requirements the others’ have finished. Contributions to the Decatur Community Fund are needed to sustain this program.

Buddhist Monk Burns Self To Death Today SAIGON (UPD — A Buddhist monk burned himself to death in the central park square herjp today, increasing to six the nurpber of such protest suicides' since this country’s "Buddhist crisis" began in May. ' Re|x>rters summoned to the scene by anonymous, telephone calls saw the shaven-headed monk set fire to his yellow robe, which apparently had been soaked with gasoline. He sat on the pavement surrounding a traffic circle in the center of the square. Thousands of’ Vietnamese rushed to the scene, while whistle - blowing police tried to keep newsmen and photographers away, New York Times correspondent David Halberstam and ’ two NBC men, newsmen Don Sharkey and television cameraman *. Grant Wolfkill, were beaten and kicked by police who seized Wolfkill’s camera. Sharkey, who was hit (iver' the head' with a chair, suffered a scalp wound that H took eight stitches to close. U.S. Ambassador Itonry Cabot Lodge protested to the foreign qf- • fice about the beating of the wwsmen. — -—~ Although the police succeeded in getting Wolfkill’s camera, other photographers sped away in taxis, their pictures safe,* No reason ’was given for the lihddhist’s self-immolation, but there was little doubt it was meant to protest alleged discrimination. against members of his faith by the government of President Ngo Dinh - Diem, who is a Roman Catholic. It was the first protest suicide in weeks, and the first sign that Buddhist opposition to the regime had not been crushed by the government crackdown that began Aug. 21. The nation's principal Buddhist pagodas have been sacked, and the government has arrested thousands of dissident Buddhists, students and others. v