Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 269, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1963 — Page 1

VOL LXI. NO. 269.

Texans Terrified , By A-Plant Blast

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPD— Persons who live around the top secret Medina nuclear weapons plant know little of what goes on inside its closely guarded 4,000 acres. But they had all seen pictures of A-bomb and H-bomb blasts and what those blasts could do to a city. And they knew the Medina plant had something to do with making the deadly devices. When a concrete “igloo” full of TNT exploded at the plant Wednesday, it struck terror jgito 3 population that had lived on the edge of fear for the five years the plant had been there. After the original shock of the explosion, which staggered pedestrians and blew out store windows in downtown San Antonio 12 miles away, people panicked and fled in every direction from the plant. Roads outside the site were clogged with bumper-to-bumper traffic and a huge black cloud from the explosion drifted slowly over the area. People as far as 50 miles away called to ask what had happened. Inside the plant confines, of-

Ships Collide, All 62 Saved

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. — (UPI)—A Norweigan freighter and an empty gasoline tanker collided in haze and burst into flames off Cape Cod today. All 62 crewmen aboard the two ships were rescued. Five men were injured. The ships, locked together by the crash, were the freighter Fernview and the Sun Oil Co. coastal tanker Dynafuel. The Coast Guard evacuated the crews. =• ■ . The fire aboard the Dynafuel burned furiously for nearly five hours before it was put out shortly before noon - The small fire op the Fernview was quelled earlier. Coast Guard boats were trying to pull the two ships apart. Shortly after the collision, crewmen of the 325-foot Dynafuel transferred to the 510-foot Fern view. Fire aboard the Dynafuel was reported burning furiously in the engine room. The smaller blaze on the Fernview was brought under control. Coast Guard craft battled flames with foam and water. Both crews pitched in to fight the fires but were subsequently removed from the flaming vessels as a precautionary measure. The Fernview’s bow was imbedded 20 feet into the amidships port side of the Dynafuel. Witnesses said the Fernyiew almost rode up over the tanker in back of the pilot house. One crewman, removed to U.S. Public Service Hospital at Brighton, Mass., was identified as John L. Hudson, 19, Jackson, Miss. Officials said he suffered multiple lacerations and contusions but his condition was good. « The collision touched off an extensive rescue effort. The Coast Guard dispatched four cutters, about a dozen patrol boats, at least one plane and one helicopter. The Coast Guard said the 510foot Fernview reported that it was in no “immediate danger” from the fire aboard. The collision occurred in overcast weather 2M> miles south of Smith Neck in Buzzards Bay. A late report from the scene said the two ships were locked together while the men battled the flames. HoweVer, the Coast Guard said the freighter would not necessarily go down if the tanker sank. The Fernview built in 1961 was owned by A.S. Glittre and A.S. Marink of Oslo, Norway. The Dynafuel was built in 1946.

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ficlals were already piecing to- > gether details of the blast and checking for radioactivity. It was soon determined that a concrete storage bunker containing 13 to 28 tons of TNT had exploded while three men > were loading containers of the stuff into the bunker. The men, Floyd T. Lutz, Mar- ; vin J. Ehlinger and Hillary F. Huser, all’of San Antonio, saw a flash in one of the containers and into a ditch across the road from the bunker. Two oi the men suffered superficial injuries. All three were given the day off. Miraculously, there was no damage other than the destroyed bunker and the blown out windows. Atomic Energy Commission officials said there was no danger of radioactivity from the blast, even though some fissionable uranium had been stored in the bunker with the TNT. Normal operations at the plant were resumed today but the AEC ordered a supplemental monitoring of the atmosphere over the area of the blast with two specially-equipped aircraft.

The Coast Guard said indications were that the tanker carried a cargo of oil. A helicopter hovering over the two vessels said the tanker was settling in the water. “The fire aboard the Dynafuel is of a more serious nature than the fire aboard the Fernview,” the Coast Guard reported. The Fernview was en route from Boston to New York. The .Uynafwel’s home port was Philadelphia. Cause of the collision was not known. The two ships would pull away from each other if one of them sank, the Coast Guard said. County District To Be Honored Monday The Adams county soil and water conservation district will be one of three honored next Monday at the annual state banquet for completing its first decade. Hugh David Mosser, route 2, Geneva, chairman of the local district, will receive a framed ten-year certificate from Joe Jasper, chairman of the state soil conservation committee at the Purdue University banquet. Gov. Matthew E. Welsh and members of the Indiana legislature will be present for the banquet, which is the highlight of the three-day conference. The association will elect 1964 officers and adopt resolution at its concluding session Tuesday morning. The local district, through its work unit conservations!, plans soil and water conservation measures for farmers, from grass waterways and ponds to ditches or tile drainage. Each year several hundred farmers coperate, and improve their own farms by using better conservation methods. Adams county has become a leader in farm pond engineering in Indiana. —: — Mendoza Is Given Suspended Sentence TORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI) - John J. Mendoza, Decatur, was given a two-year suspended sentence for auto theft by Federal Judge Jesse Esbach today. Mendoza was placed on one year probation and ordered to pay SSOO damages done to the car while it was in his possession.

Farm Achievement Dinner March 3 Announcement has been made of the annual Adams county farmers achievement dinner which will be held March 3. This event is one of the top agricultural events of the year for Adajms county farmers and will be heH -iir the cafeteria- of the Berne school. At this banquet the awards will be made in the fiveacre corn and soybean projects, the DHIA awards as well as the home demonstration club awards for the county. Arrangements for this banquet were completed by Leo N. Seltenright former county extension agent, and the crops committee, Ben Mazelin, chairman. The speaker of the evening will be D. Merle Teel, director of the American farm research association of West Lafayette. The rest of the program will be announced at a later date. Albert Williams Dies This Morning Albert Williams, 82, of 334 North Ninth street, died at 8 o’clock this morning at St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne following an illness of six weeks. He,was bom in Adams county June 8, 1881, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Williams, and was a lifelong resident of the Decatur area. He was married in 1904 to Miss Maude Ballard, who preceded him in death. Mr. Williams was a retired lumberman. * Surviving are one son, Clarence Williams of Decatur; four sisters, Mrs. Fan Farlow of Berne, Mrs. Maria Alt of Vicksburg, Mich., Mrs. Myrtle Sabo of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Mrs. Elsia Springer of Vicksburg, Mich., and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gillig & Doan funeral home, with the Rev. Vernon Riley officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 noon Friday until time of the services . Georgia Cracks Down Against Speed Trap LUDOWICI, Ga. (UPI) — State troopers, in unprecedented action, took over traffic duties today in this south Georgia town accused of operating a speed trap. The highway patrolmen, on orders of Gov. Carl E. Sanders, relieved local law enforcement authorities at midnight and will remain here. 90 days-.

Economy May Suffer If Tax '•;B - 4 * ’ Cuts Delayed

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Kennedy said today it waS that the outlook is now bleak for passage of either civil rights or tax legislation this year. But he said he feels it is still possible to pass the tax bill. He told his news conference that if enactment of the Housepassed sll billion tax reduction measure should be delayed until next year that the national economy may suffer. Kennedy added that he would not want to be responsible for any such development and felt that members of Congress would have a similar attitude. The President's remarks came when asked how he felt about current indications that neither of the two major administration measures would get through Congress this year. He said he thought the situation was unfortunate because the tax measure had been before the lawmakers for almost a year and he submitted his civil rights proposals last June. He expressed hope that the House, at least, still could act this year on civil rights, which is still in its Judiciary Committee. Kennedy also suggested that the Senate Finance Committee could conclude its tax hearings, now scheduled to run for another month, at an earlier date. He said it seemed possible to him that the bill could be

Decatur, Indiana, Thur sday, November 14, 19 63.

JJnitecl States Demands Soviet Russia Release 1 ,-. r . , . n „ „„. •, . ~ - ■ , .»> ,-. ' *. . Professor Held As Spy

.City Will Receive Bids For Painting The city board of works and safety will receive sealed proposals for the painting contract on the new city police station until Tuesday evening, Nov. 19. Local contractor Chalmer Barkley has the contract on construction of the station, and the work is nearing completion. The board of works does not have to advertise for bids for the work since it will be under a cost of $2,000. i The board must advertise for bids for any contract that will be over $2,000, by state law. Proposals may be submitted to city clerk-treasurer Laura Bosse before the board of works meeting in the downstairs portion of city hall Tuesday night. The meeting will convene at 7:30 p.m., with the proposals the main, topic of business. Painting Details Following are some of the details of the painting work to be done on the new building, located at Park and Third streets: exterior masonry — one coat weatherproof sealer, color pigmented, and one coat masonry paint: exterior wood — one coat of primer, two coats pil paint; exterior steel posts — one coat metal primer, two coats oil paint; interior masonry... — one coat sealer, two coats • masonry paint;, interior dry wall — one coat sealer, two coats oil paint; interior wood — one coat primer, two coats oil paint; cabinet work — one coat clear sealer, two coats spar-en-gmel. These include painting of both the basement portion of the building and the dark room. Colors are required. The new building is rapidly nearly completion, and the police department is expected to be moving in shortly. Following completion of the building, Barkley will begin remodeling the city hall building, for which he also has the contract.

brought to the Senate floor yet this year. This in spite of the fact that witnesses summoned by the committee are so great in number it will run hearings to a week before the Christmas recess. Other conference highlights: Cambodia' Kennedy said Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk's threat this week to cancel U.S. aid was regarded as a serious development. But the President voiced hope the prince has enough interest in the well being of his country not to carry through the threat. For Cambodia to renounce U.S. aid, he said, would be an act bf “folly,” and Sihanouk is not a “foolish man.” Viet Nam: ’The President expressed complete confidence in Gen. Paul Harkins, commander of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam. He said Harkins was “just doing his job” and he planned to keep him there. Kennedy said a meeting ha s been called at Honolulu to assess U.S. policy in South Viet Nam because of the new gov? ernment there. Nhu: Kennedy said the visa of Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu will be 'renewed when she returns to this country from Rome, where she is viaiting .her three small children. Aid: Kennedy said he was very concerned about steppedContinued on Page 8)

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Kennedy said today that prompt release of a Yale professor held on spy charges in Russia is "essential” to continuation of U.S.-Soviet cultural exchange programs. Kennedy told a news conference the United States is “deeply concerned” over what he called Russia's “unwarranted and unjust arrest" of Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn, 52, head of the Soviet studies department at Yale. He had been traveling in Russia as a tours ist when he was picked up. As a result of Barghoorn’s arrest and Russia’s refusal even to allow American officials to see him, the United States today ■ canceled negotiations with the Soviets on a new cultural exchange agreement. Kennedy said Barghoorn “was not on an intelligence mission of any kind.” Sees “Serious Effect” His arrest, the President said, could have a “most serious effect” on efforts to Widen U.S.Soviet cultural, educational and scientific exchanges. Kennedy said he had “understood" Russia had wanted to expand these exchanges. Kennedy described Barghoorn as a distinguished scholar and noted that the professor had befen active in past U.S.-Soviet exchange programs. The President said “early release" Os the Yale scholar is “essential if these programs are to be continued.” The negotiations for a new exchange were to have begun in Moscow Tuesday to replace a two-y„ear agreement which expires Dec. 31. The President himself, it was disclosed, made the decision that it would be singularly inappropriate to proceed now with negotiations scheduled to begin Tuesday in Moscow, while the Soviets were still holding Professor Frederick Barghoorn. The United States. States has protested vigorously against Barghoorn’s arrest, calling espionage charges against him “groundless.” The American ambassador in Moscow, Foy D. was advised Wednesday of the White House decision. and early today cabled Washinton that he was in complete agreement with the action. Kennedy’s decision cancelled the departure, scheduled for today, of a 10-man American delegation headed by Frank ~G. Siscoe, director of the. State Department’s Division of Soviet and East European Exchanges. Shorter Work Week KGoal Os AFL-CIO NEW YORK (UPI) — 1710 AFL-CIO, worried by dwindling membership, automation and the growing power.. of ..the. poliiical right, opens its fifth biennial convention here today in a mood critical of the average American’s apathy. “Labor is worried because the rest of the nation doesn't seem to be worried—about our economy, our chronic unemployment, the drift to the right,” said an AFL - CIO spokesman on the. eve of the convention at the Americana Hotel. The 12.5 million member labor federation has lost 75,000 members since its last convention in 1961. Atitomation has replaced thousands of workers and at least 400,000 workers change jobs and even industries every month. Cost of living increases have offset onethird of the wage gains negotiated last year and the average national increase in purchasing

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Local High School Scholars Honored Deane Dorwin Seventeen top local high school, students received recognition this morning at the Decatur Optimist club's youth appreciation week "achievement breakfast.” Deane Dorwin. Decatur high school guidance counselor, was. guest power is slackening. The convention is expected to endorse the AFL-CIO Executive Council's drive for a 35-hour work week without loss of pay and penalty pay of double time for overtime. It will also back the administration's tax cut proposals', a vastly expanded public works program, and a sizeable increase in the present federal minimum wage guarantee of $1,25 an hour. "Full employment cannot be reached in the United States without a cut in the basic workweek.” said AFL-CIO President George Meany in his report to the convention. "It is as simple as that; it is as vital as that. This, then, is the primary .task 1 of the .fi ft h con vent ion." Meany conceded that Negro demands for complete desegregation of unions and greater op.portunity for apprenticeship and jobs may be a major subject for debate. The council's own civil rights task force will report to the convention next Monday with the "railway porters' A. Philip Randolph, only Negro AFL-CIO vice president, leading the discussion. High .on the list of topics up for discussion are methods of boosting voter registration above the 60-70 per cent mark in the 1964 presidential election. Meany has stated that only greater participation at the polls, particularly by the working class, will stem "attacks on America’s social gain and democratic institutions by organizations such as the John Birch Society."

speaker for the breakfast. The students who attended the meeting Were the leading scholars from their respective classes and high schools. Attending from Decatur high school were sewlors Margaret Kocher and Ann Allwein, juniors Jane Swickard and Jane Ttimlin, sophomores IJnda Kiess and, Sharon Straub, and fresluuen. Dehr. atxL-Qigi i Colter. Attending from Decatur Catholic high school were seniors 7F r ed Schurger and Mary Holthouse, juniors Mike Reynolds, . James Becker and Palsy Lafountain, sophomores Margaret Schultz and Peggy Mcßride, and freshmen John Becker and Theresa Schultz. Dorwin presented a number of facts, Suggestions and questions to his audiehtie. "How highly skilled do we want kids to be?” he asked. “And when we decide are we going to be willing to pay for that training. - "We can give you highly skilled youths — auto mechanics, data processors, electricians, draftsmen — if you want them. Bu t is it the community's responsibility to provide this training, or the state's or the federal governo

North Korean Reds Fire On U.N. Team

SEOUL, Korea lUPD —North Korean Communist soldiers, firing more than 1.000 shots at an unarmed United Nations inspection team, wounded a U.S. soldier and possibly killed a South Korean officer Wednesday in the demilitarized zone, it was announced today. The Communists had been told that the eight-man group would be in the zone, which divides South Korea from the Communist North. and the members of the team‘wore yellow armbands .as identification. It was the first such incident since August, when five U. S. troops- were wounded in a series of attacks in late July and early August. The American enlisted man was wounded in the thigh and was not in serious condition. He was not identified pending notification of relatives. The South. Korean officer, a captain, had to ix- left behind seriously wounded. U.N. sjxikesrnan Col. George R. Creel said he is presumed to be dead. Suffers Bruises The other U.S. member .of the team was Lt. Col Alphus R. Clark of Leavenworth, Katy He was not wounded, although his legs were scratched and bruised. U. N. officials asked for a meeting of the Military Armistice Commission to protest "the unprovoked attack" Creel gave this account of the incident: The two U.S. soldiers, five South Korean soldiers, and a

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ment?" Dorwin also stressed the Importance of attitude and the ability to think as prim* aims of the educational process. He said that thinking ability is more important than mere memorization of names, dates and theorems. He said that education must concern jtself with Jthe question of what is best for man, for the community, for industry, for business and for society in general! He also said that a place must be found for the other “top achievers,” the D-ability student who is. making D grades and the, Cability student who is making C's. The school system must find away to provide skills for these students. INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and colder tonight. Friday mostly sunny and wit- . mer in afternoon. Low tonight 22 to 28. High Friday 45 to 52. Sunset today 5:30 p. m. Sunrise Friday 7:29 a. in. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and a little warmer. Lows 30 to 35. Highs to 50s.

Korean civilian interpreter, all unarmed, were sent to inspect the military demarcation line along the banks of the North Han River, which forms the boundary in that area. The North Koreans had been told in advance because such inspection trips are authorized under terms of the Korean armistice. All eight men wore yellow armbands to identify them as unarmed inspectors and the boat took them to the spot was flying a yellow flag. Preparing To Return At the time.. Os the incident, the party had been in the area for two hours and was preparing to return in the boat. The North Koreans opened fire with automatic weapons on the soldiers and the boat. The heavy fire pinned down the inspection team and it was forced to take cover behind the river bank, standing in the water for several hours until the Communists departed. The cicilian interpreter was hospitalized for shock and exposure because of this. The South Korean officer was wounded seriously but the team members, half-frozen and exhausted. could not carry him in their retreat and had to abandon him. Creel said the attack took place at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday <11:30 p.m 1 . EST Tuesday) about 80 miles northeast of Seoul in the east-central sector of the truce line.

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