Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1963 — Page 2

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LEST WE FORGET — President Kennedy lays a Veterans Day wreath al the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery-

0 0 20 Years Ago Today 0 _0 Nov. 12, 1916 — The county agent’s office, has announced the schedule for the annual Adams county farmer’s institutes. They

will be held at Berne Jan. 4, at Root township Jan. 5, at Hartford township Jan. 18, at Kirkland township Jan. 20, and at Union township Jan. 21. French Quinn, Decatur attorney, historian and lecturer, was the Armistice day speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur

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Rotary club. John Everett, veteran retired Decatur businessman, celebrated his 90th birthday today. The annual conference of the Decatur Gecode club was held at the K. of C. hall Sunday, opening with an 11 a.m. breakfast. American and British airmen bomb out the main supply lines for the Nazi forces in Italy.

Coliseum Blast One Os Worst Disasters

By BOYD GILL United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —What was the worst disaster, from a standpoint of lives lost, in the history of Indiana? This is a question which perhaps may never be answered, partly because 'of fuzzy records and partly because nobody ever has established any set of ground rules on what is and what isn’t a disaster. UPI files indicated a tornado which swept through a 219-mile path m Missouri, Illinois and IndiapsT on March 18, 1925, claim<w 70 lives in this state and ranked the worst. The authority for the Hoosier toll was Lawrence A. Schaal, weather bureau state climatologist at Purdue University. Schaal made the report on July 12, 1960, in which he listed tornadoes in Indiana that had killed 279 persons since 1900. If that is - an accurate figure, and if it was the worst disaster ever in Indiana, then the Indianapolis Coliseum explosion Oct. 31 became the new record-hold-er on the basis of two weekend fatalities which raised the toll to 71. However, Prof. S. S. Visher, an Indiana University geologist 1 who has been the state’s leadj ing weather expert over a long period of years, lists the Pose£- > Gibson-Pike -County tornado cast ualty toll of 1925 at 93 instead , of 70. If Visher is correct, then the Coliseum blast will never go k down in the records aS the . state’s worst disaster. Visher also estimated the Hoo- . sier toll of lives in the famous 1913 flood at 200, which may be the real record-holder, if one is willing to accept a state-wide flood involving many rivers and streams as one disaster and not a string of several separate tragedies. Missing from the UPI records was the details of a circus train wreck at Ivanhoe, near Valparaiso, on June 22, 1918. Some sources listed 68 dead and this was considered by some news media as being the worst disaster before the Coliseum tragedy. However, available reference material at the Indiana State Charges Indonesia Using U. S. Planes WASHINGTON (UPI) — Rep. Oliver P. Bolton, R-Ohio, charged today that Indonesia was using late model U. S. transport planes to drop troops and supplies along the Malaysian border. Bolton accused the administion of furthering the “avaricious territorial dreams’’ of Indonesia’s President Sukarno by permitting shipment of spare parts for the Lockheed Cl3O planes. “There is evidence to suggest that these aircraft would, be grounded within about six months ’ilmfi.. lLall future export licenses for spare parts and engines were, as a matter of policy, disapproved,” Bolton said. The Ohio Republican described the U. S. planes a sthe Indonesian Air Forces’ “most potent military punch.” He said they represented one of the most serious threats to the future independence of Malaysia. Indonesia has staunchly opposed the Creation of Malaysia, a federation -comprised of _the_ former British territories of M'alaya, Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak. Touch Os Moisture In Indiana Weather By United Press International Snowshowers at Fort Wayne and rainshowers at South Bend lent a touch of to the Indiana weather picture, today. But the precipitation was minor and certainly not general, , since , skieg;.were, .clear. over'-the, bulk of the state. A chance of scattered light showers possibly becoming mixed with snow flurries was forecast for the next 24 hours or so in the north and possibly central portions. Snow flurry activity may be recorded upstate through Thursday. Temperatures fell to 26 at Indianapolis and 28 at Lafayette this morning. Elsewhere, the overnight readings were somewhat warmer, including 32 at Cincinnati, 35 at Evansville, 36 at Louisville.’ 37 at Fort Wayne and 40 at South Bend. Monday highs ranged from a chill 48 at South Bend to a mild 64 at Evansville. Highs today will range from 40 to 53, lbws tonight from 25 to 35, and highs Wednesday from the' mid to upper 40s. It will be colder south than north tonight. Windy conditions may strip most of the surviving leaves from , deciduous trees the next couple of days.

Library showed 57 dead and 17 “missing,” and no information as to whether any or all of the missing ever were found. If they actually died, the toll was 74 instead of 68. A Columbus railroader said after reading of the Coliseum blast that he believed an explosion of gunpowder at a plant in Fontanet near Terre Haute about 1907 killed 135 persons. The state library had information showing only 40 were killed in the Fontanet disaster. So it goes through disasters and tragedies down through the years — imperfect records at variance like the 1869 boiler explosion during an Indiana State Fair. One reputable disaster list had 24 killed there, but the state fair board’s own records show 30 dead. Before newspapers became accurate chroniclers of current history, who knows how many may have died in other disasters? Is the Pigeon Roost massacre of settlers by Indians near Scottsburg not to be counted because it happened before Indiana became a state as such? Were there worse disasters forgotten or lost in the musty and piecemeal records of time?

3H3li r *' ’ jiKfe. A noted educator answers an important question of our times... Does the child who is physically fit make a better student? Dr. Hollis L Caswell, President Emeritus of Teacher’s College,Columbia University, has said: “During 25 years of teaching experience, I found that there is an undeniable correlation between physical fitness and mental fitness.” The development of sound minds in sound bodies has long been an objective of our educational system. But, in most of our schools, emphasis on physical education has steadily declined. In fact, 60 percent of our schools have no daily activity programs. And many of those that do, cater to students who are athletically —— l — gifted—and neglect the 90 percent of crurbJyrand girls who are most in need of regular, vigorous physical training. For the sake of your child’s physical and mental progress, find out about the activities required of him daily. If your school doesn’t provide a program that calls for at least 15 minutes of vigorous, bodybuilding activity every day, the time to act is now. Make known your concern about the decline in youth fitness • where it counts-with your local school officials and community *•. leaders. As President Kennedy has said: "We can fully restore the physical soundness of our nation only if every American is willing to assume responsibility for the fitness of his children.” For a free booklet to help you evaluate the fitness program in your child’s school, write the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Washington 25, D.C. f ■ s

Hopeful Vietnamese To Revitalize War SIAGON, Viet Nam (UPD — American advisers were hopeful today that two tough, capable new Vietnamese commanders will revitalize the effort to defeat Communist Viet Cong guerrillas in the important Meking Delta area. The military junta which over threw President Ngo Ninh Diem Nov. 1 has appointed Col. Pham Van Dong, 44, as commander of the 7th Army Division, which holds four crucial provinces just south of Saigon. Brig. Gen. Nguyen Huu Co., 39, has taken, command of the 4th Army Corps, which- 4s -responsible for the nine remainl ing provnces of the delta further south, 'including the Communist - infested Camau Penin-

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sula. Both men are French-trained veterans of the Indo China war. They have associated with American military men for several years and attended the U s. Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth. Longtime American advisers, although warning that years of bitter fighting may lie ahead, feel that American advice will now be more readily Accepted and the war will be prosecuted more effectively and aggressively in the Delta area. The 13 provinces of the delta have become the heart of the guerrilla war and the scene of two-thirds of the fighting.

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