Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 22 November 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI. NO. 276.

Pres. Kennedy Is Killed By Assassin’s Bullets; Governor Os Texas Is Also Shot

* ? -“-A J* Uhh>. ,, w..w-■* ■■» ■ ■•• %*. 'V -i. '• : ■■ W si ■. jkjßk4E|v ■ i-a XL, '/’ i Op ♦•’t'r fcSSit ■?“'!<#'' W«WWi sLX Ik. / ’ 1 .wit, w*RBBPw ..dllt; >, CJMN’ ■ 1 Bn 1 'v ? 1 -/***"' - X* ' 1 ®F >*»■ ' 7 jjf? _ _. ' > •RF**— •* ■. * • F p 1 . i ysß r-rfl President John F. Kennedy

Council Approves j Native Tongue Use

VATICAN CITY (UPl)—The Ecumenical Council, in the first final action on any major issue since it was convened more than a year ago, today overwhelmingly approved the use of modern languages instead of Latin in most forms of Roman Catholic worship. The council fathers voted 2.158 to 19 in a final vote preceding promulgation of the dogmatic constitution by Pope Paul VI in a ceremony expected next week. The pontiff will act on' the document at public session. An open vote at that time by the council fathers is considered a formality. Last week the council concluded a document on social communications; but compared to the dogmatic constitution on the liturgy, that is considered a secondary decree. The document on liturgy has

REDDY FEATHER SAYS: AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE "LESS THAN $2,000 BOY SCOUTS TO GO TODAY'S TOTAL IS $27,103 GIRL SCOUTS CRIPPLED CHILDREN SOC. umi & pony leagues The Goal Is $28,993 salvation army MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY CENTER Your Community Still Needs AMERICAN RED CROSS $1,890.” Give The United Way

,' - ' .‘I ■ •« ' ' - r— ——■■ —*'---— ■'. L__.'_: -..J a.—: %“ : DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

seven chapters. Its general aim is to modernize the forms of worship for greater understanding. It is the result of two years of preparatory commission work, 15 full general meetings ' at the council last year, subsequent revisions in commission and a final series of votes at the current council session. One of the chapters allows for the use of modern languages to replace Latin in batisms, confirmations, confessions, communions, marriages, holy orders (ordaining of priests) and extreme unction, < The . important reforms of the < document regarding the Mass ] are contained in the second | chapter, which is tong and com- ] plex. Its most widely hailed < regulation authorizes bishops to ; permit the use of modern spoken languages, from English to ( Swahili, in large parts of the 1 Mass. ” |

Jack Edris To Head Boy Scout District Jack Edris, Bluffton attorney with the firm of Edris & Edris, was elected chairman of the Limberlost disrtict of the Boy Scouts of America Thursday ’night to succeed Ted Biberstine. Carl A. Braun, Decatur insurance man, was reelected vice chairman for Adams county; Lloyd Griffis of Bluffton, and Forest Lucker, of Dunkirk, are vice chairmen for their respective counties. Paul Bender was elected district commissioner, and he appointed Steve Everhart as assistant district commissioner for Adams county. Dr. Richard Yoder of Bluffton,, and Roy Hunt, of Portland, were chosen to represent the district on the council executive board, Decatur has five permanent members of the board: H. H. Krueckeberg, E. E. Rydell, W. Guy Brown, Carl C. Pumphhey, and Clarence . Ziner. Next Wednesday is the deadline for local scouters to call in their table reservations for the annual ' appreciation dinner at the Fort Wayne coliseum Monday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 p. m. Those who have not yet sent in reservations may cull them to the scout office, Fwft JWayne, 742-3365. Annual Student Day Sale Here Saturday ' The annual student day sale of the Decatur high school senior class and retail merchants of Decatur will' be held Saturday, with approximately 115 business establishments participating. will work in most of the business houses during the day, ’while other merchants will make contributions. Each student salesman will be paid $2.50, with all proceeds going to the senior class treasury.

Decatur/Indiana, Friday, November 22,1963.

Kennedy Assassinated By Bullet In Head In Parade In Dallas, Tex.

DALLAS, Tex. (UPI) — President Kennedy has been assassinated. He was killed today by a bullet in the head while riding in an open car through the streets of Dallas. His wife was in the same car, but was not hit. She cradled the President in her arms as he was carried to a hospital where he died. Vice President Lyndon Johnson was in the same motorcade and was immediately surrounded by Secret Service men until he could take the oath of office as president.

Gov. John B. Connally of Texas, beside the President in the car. was also hit by the assassin’s bullets. He was wounded in the head and wrist. Johnson was in the Parkland Hospital where Kennedy died. The vice president was in the same motorcade as it sped through crowds in the downtown streets but he was some distance back and not harmed. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and Connally’s wife were both in the same famous bubbletop limousine —its nrotective glass shield down today. Neither women was believed hurt. Mrs. Kennedy screamed as her husband fell over on the back Seat. She held his head in her arms. The car was spattered with blood. The last rites of the Roman Catholic Church were administered to the 46-year-old President at the Parkland Hospital. The identity of the assassin or acssassins was not immediately known. Sheriff’s officers took a young man into custody at the scene and questioned him behind closed doors. A Dallas television reporter said he saw a rifle being withdrawn from a window on the fifth or sixth floor of an office building shortly after the gunfire. Kennedy was shot at 12 25 p.m. CST He died at approximately 1 p.m. CST. Mrs. Connally was also in the famous bubbletop car. The top was down. Neither of the women appeared to have been hurt, at least not seriously. Hear Three Gunbursts Three gunbursts of fire, apparently from automatic weapons, were heard. . The Secret Service men, who are constantly at the President's side, unloosened automatic weapons and drew pistols but it was too late. The incident occurred just east of an underpass facing a public park in downtown Dallas. Moments after the shooting, Kennedy lay slumped over in the back seat of the car, face down. Connally law on the floor of the rear seat. There was one report that Kennedy had been wounded in the head, Connally in the Chest. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy was heard to scream as she reached for her husband. Both men were taken to the Parkland Hospital. Rear Adm. George Burley. USN, the White House physician, went to the emergency room where the President and Connally had been taken.On Two-Day Visit The President was in Texas on a two-day visit, one of whose purposes was to buck up Democratic presidential strength. Both wives waited outside the emergency room of the hospital Anxious members of the White House staff assembled. The President had landed only a short time before at Dallas’ Love Field and was driving to the trade mart to deliver a lunch speech. The streets were lined by crowds, the biggest turnout of the Texas tour. The motorcade was so strung out as the result of the speedy movement of the cavalcade that members of the Kennedy staff were 15 minutes to a half hour behind in. reaching the Parkland Hospital. Blood. was spattered over the

limousine, which had been flown in specially to carry the President. The driver was Secret Service man Bill Greer. Top Was Down Both the body and glass bubble of the car are proof against most gunfire, but the top . was down so the President could wave to the crowds. In the turmoil, it was impossible to determine at once whether the Secret Service and Dallas police had a chance to return the gunfire. UPI White House reporter Merriman Smith was in a raf»o - telephone “pobT’ car about eight car lengths behind the President; He and three other colleagues along with Kilduff raced to the hospital behind the President's car and arrived at the emergency entrance before litters were brought up to remove the President and the- governor from their car. When the President was taken into the emergency room, a call was sent out immediately for some of the top surgical specialists in Dallas. A call also was sent for a Roman Catholic priest. Congressman Jim Wright of Fort Worth said both Kennedy and Connally were seriously wounded but were alive. Blood was spattered over the limousine, which had been flown in specially to carry the President in a welcoming parade. The driver was Secret. Service man Bill Greer. A second priest was escorted in a a few moments later. At the height of the emergency room drama, a weeping Negro woman bearing a small bloody child rushed into the hospital, where a nurse and an intern went quickly to her side. Mrs. Kennedy apparently was safe. Mrs. Connally also was safe, it appeared. Both women were stunned. Kennedy, according to a member of his staff, was still alive at 12:55 p.m. CST. Both women disappeared into the emergency section of Parkland Hospital, to wait news of their husbands. Outside the emergency room anxious members of the White House staff gathered, including Maj. Gen. Chester V. Clifton, military aide to the President, and Brig. Gen. Godfrey McHugh, Air Force aide. Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln, Kennedy’s secretary, Pamela Tenure, press secretary to Mrs. Kennedy, and other members of the staff were shown to a special waiting room not far from the emergency room area. Mrs. Lincoln broke into tears at one point, but managed to pull herself together and resume what appeared to be official chores. Mrs. Johnson, flanked by two Secret Service agents, arrived at the hospital shortly after. She walked in at 1:10 p.m. and went immediately to the emergency ward. Also standing by the door to the emergency section was Mrs. Mary Gallagher, personal secretary to the first lady. Although Dallas is regarded as a center of strong political opposition to Kennedy, the heavy street crowds between the Love Field airport and the scene of the shooting was overwhelmingly friendly. There were numerous “Welcome Kennedy” signs, but a few were anti-Kennedy.

One man perched on the roof of his car had held out toward the President a sign saying that because of Kennedy’s “socialistic beliefs,”'. . . “I hold you in complete contempt.” The President was slumped over in the backseat of the car face down. Connally lay on the floor of the rear seat. It was impossible to tell at once wherp Kennedy was hit, but bullet wounds in Connally’s chest were plainly visible, indicating the gunfire might possibly have come from an automatic weapon. There were three loud bursts. Dalias motorcycle officers escorting the President quickly leaped from their bikes and raced up a grassy hill. At the top of the hill, a man and woman appeared huddled on the ground. In the turmoil, it was impossible to determine at once whether the Secret Service and Dallas police returned the gunfire that struck down Kennedy and Connally, It was also difficult to determine immediately whether the first lady and Mrs. Connally were injured. Both women were crouched down over the inert forms of their husbands as the big car raced toward the hospital. Mrs. Kennedy was on her knees on the floor of the rear seat with her head- toward the President. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was in a car behind the President’s. There was no immediate sign that he was hurt. In fact, there was no evidence at all at what might have happened to Johnson since only the President's car and its Secret Service fol-low-up car went to the hospital. A screaming motorcycle escort led the cars there. The President had landed only- a short time before at Dallas Love Field and was driving to the trade mart to deliver a lunch speech sponsored by three Dallas organizations. The largest turnout of the current Texas tour was on the streets to greet Kennedy. An estimated 250,000 people lined the streets. ■■" "“Al T2Tstr Trrfr.“ tST;'-Acting-white House Secretary Malcolm Kilduff was asked whether the President was dead. “I have no word noy," Kilduff replied. A few minutes later, Rear Adm. George Burkley, USN, the White House physician, rushed into the hospital. He _ headed for the emergency rodTri .where the President and Connally were taken. The motorcade was so strung out as the result of the speedy Secret Service departure from the scene of the shooting that members of the Kennedy staff were from 15 minutes to a half hour behind in reaching the hospital, INDIANA WEATHER Rain ending most sections tonight and turning much colder. Saturday considerable cloudlneM and colder. Low tonight 25 to 34 north, 50m south. High Saturday in the 30s. Sunset today 5:25 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 7:38 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and cold. Lows in the 20s. Highs 35 to 40. GAME CANCELLED The Decatur Catholic Com-modore-Marion Bennett basketball game, scheduled for this evening, has been postponed. Rev. Charles Ueber, athletic director, Mid at 3 p.m. today. v No date has been set for the game to be played, according to coach George Waning. The contest was postponed due to the assasination of President Kennedy this afternoon.

Miss Ann Allwein Is Rotary Speaker Miss Ann Allwein, the American Field Service exchange student from Decatur to Norway last summer, recalled her experiences and showed slides to the Decatur Rotary club Thursday night at the Decatur Youth and Com>munity Center. Her father, Tom Allwein. was program chairman. Miss Allwein® wearing a colorful Norweigian costume which her overseas family had given her. explained that she w>as one of 854 American students who spent last summer in 33 different countries. She lived with a family in Leira, Norway, which is-a small tawn Q f a bou t 500 popu lat ion in the mountain area. Het Norwegian “father" wax a butcher who sold many of his sausages from a truck traveled through a scenic"Uß*fSnain route. Miss Allwein proved herself an excellent photographer. She showj

t><g L No Indictments Returned By Jury

No indictments were returned by the grand jury of the Adams circuit court’s November term, according to the report of the jury filed a short tfme after its adjournment at noon Thursday. The grand jury, composed of Milo Habegger, foreman; Archie Hedington, Donald Dailey. Robert W. Gase, Charles, Burkhart and Paid Busse, Jr., convened Tuesday morning, with most of its session devoted to various investigations. According to the report, the testimony and reports of seven people, including prosecutor Severin H. Schurger, were heard; duly elected county officials were also heard and there were no compla'ints from private citizens. The jury recommended six cases be dismissed, with Schurger moving for dismissal and the court ordering them to be dismissed Four of the cases were charges of Second degree burglary against Thomas Carey, Homer Jones, Donald New and Tuley Maxwell, who are now serving concurrent sentences of one to 15 years in the Mansfield, 0., reformatory. They were charged here with 1 several break-ins in the area of 13th street in starch of this year, but were first brought to trial in an Ohio court where the were con- I < Other Two I Te other two cases dismissed were charges of assault and battery filed against Carl W. Cook in i December of 1962, and charges of i contributing io the delinquency of 1 n minor and furnishing alcoholic beverages to a minor against < James Durham. 1 The charges against Durham i were fill'd in ‘April of this year I along with a statutory rape < charge, of which he was found i not guilty by the court i The jury’s report explained they investigated into the conduct of the public officials of the county, i inspected each office, and received no complaine regarding any unlawful corruption or miscondhict ' of public officials, and no charges i of extortion presented against any of them. The grand jury also inquired i into the case of prisoners in the county jail on criminal charges and not indicted, and into the 1 case "of every person under bail in said county and not indicted,” i in addition to prosecutions com- i menced by affidavits and pending no the circuit court docket. i The six members inspected the I county court house and found the i public portions of the building, 1 including the interior, in "excel- i lent clean condition.” Various RecommcndaUona Concerning maintenance of the buHdifg, line fallowing recommendations were made: the tower of the court house be inspected by the county commissioners; that the accumulation of litter should be cleaned from the various levels of the tower; that they i roof of the tower be repaired as the woodwork appears to be

SEVEN CENTS

LaPorte County Man 1,163 rd Road Death By United Press International The death of a LaPorte County man in a one-car accident Thursday night raised Indiana’s 1963 traffic fatality toll to at least 1,163 compared with 1,075 on this date last year. Larry L. Dove, 24, R. R. 4, LaPorte, was killed when his car went out-xit-control on a curve on Indiana 104 south of LaPorte, skidded into a field ans overturned. Police said the car was about 500 yards off the road when it came to rest. ed about 100 slides which included the ship “Seven Seas” on which she had traveled to and from Europe, views pf Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Osio, and parts of Swedtain area where she had stayed, en. as well as the beautiful mounThe club applauded the 55th wedding anniversary of Rotarian and Mrs. Wm. Klepper. The club will not meet next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

deteriorating to the point where numerous openings are appearing; that certain window frames appear to be only held by a "few nails and not sashed in place properly; and that the interior brickwood is flaking in places. The report suggested that ■ a competent engineer inspect the tower for safety and that any such recommendations • made by- - engineer be attended to promptly. Various recommendations were made for some of the county officers and the men’s rest room at the courthouse. One recommendation was that consideration be given for more record files in the recorder’s office, and the following paragraph in the report stated: "In this regard, we found that proper record storage in all county.offices is becoming a serious problem and that in the very near future, consideration will have to be given to providing more space and updating our present county court house facilities.” More of Same As previous grand juries have done, this year’s recommended to the county commissioners that all records now stored or piled on the third floor attic of the court house, which can be legally mov<xk-_ t Jo the county home “where ample storage space is available." The county jail was visited and according to their report, the grand jury found it to be ‘‘especially clean and orderly.” The county home was also visited and several recommendations fob repairs were made, and it was recommended that since funds had been allocated for the purpose of repainting the remainder of the farm buildings, that "this be completed as soon as possible.” The county home was found to * "be well-kept and in an excellent state of cleanliness.” The report also said the grand jury approves the decisions of the prosecuting attorney in his conduct of prosecutions .and that reports were heard from the sheriff. chief of Decatur police and public welfare director of Adams county. The grand jury commended the following: the court custodian Mel Kohler "for his efforts in keeping the courthouse in an excellent state of cleanliness;” Sam Bentz, the court bailiff, and all other, officers and clerks in the court house "for their excellent attention td, keeping said building and their respective offices In an excellent state of cleanliness, under the present circumstances and giving due regard for the physical condition of the building in general; Mr. -and Mrs. Charles Morgan ind their "small, staff” at the county home. The jury also stated in its report, "we wish to express our thanks and appreciation to Severin H. Schurger, for the efficient manner in which he has done Ms work as prosecuting atorney.”