Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI.NO. 283.

Betancourt’s Party Winner

CARACAS, Venezuela (UPD —Results of Venezuela national • election signaled a victory today for the country's democratic forces over the bullets and death threats of pro-Communist terrorists. Officials estimated 95 per cent of the electorate Voted for a new president and congress Sunday despite attacks on voting lines and police stations by gunmen of the pro-Castro armed forces of National Liberation (FALN) in which one man was killed and 10 wounded, including an American tele- . I'visidn news cameraman. Raul Leoni, candidate of President Romulo Betancourt’s M Democratic Action party, took*" an early lead in the returns in the seven-man race for a fiveyear presidential term. Unofficial, returns with about 11 per cent of the stimated three million votes counted gave Leoni 86,917 votes; Jovi.to Villalba, Democratic Republican Union, 71,555; Rafael Calzdeta, Social Christian Party (COPED, 76,614; Wolfgang Larrazabal, Democratic Popular Force, 38,824; and Arturo Uglar Pietri, independent, 74,684. Splinter Candidates Trail Two other candidates, Raul Gimenez, of the splinter Democratic Action-Opposition and German Borregales, National Action Movement, were trailing far behind. . The Communist Party of Venezuela (JPCV) and its extremist -aMy? the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR), were banned from the election. They will thus lose their current combined total of 21 mem- 1 bers of the outgoing congress.

Good Fellows Club Is Launched Today

' By A Good Fellow Christmas is more than a date on the calendar; it is a season—a season as beautiful and miracle filled as spring But as spring is nature’s time to bring to life all the beauty which has lain dormant during the long winter, Christmas is man’s time to bring forth his best—good will, love, and forgiveness. As the plant in spring must put forth every effort to burst into leaf, so is the pull w of life strong for man. If t£ere is a shred of goodness in him, at Christmas It grows and expands and demands expression. Even the most scrooge-like of man finds himself powerless against this urge. In spite of all the commercialization of Christmas this miraculous quality of man connot be obscured. This is the time we think of the poor and the needy. We give money; we prepare gifts for them. We think of the sick. Wc forget the hurt of old quarrels. We think of our friends and remember them with cards and letters. We must also remember our less fortunate neighbors. The Good Fellows receive more than their fair share of this miracle filled season when they wit- •• rtess the generosity of the community. A bleak outlook for some is turned into a time of joyful anticipation and into a moment of happiness. A child with no ’toys receives a new doll, or truck; A lonely elderly person receives a box of food. We see pleasure in the faces of those to whom the year has not been so generous. Some families have experienced illness or death, unemployment, a pension that doesn't extend beyond the necessities, or other unfortunate circumstances. We ate ashamed of our unpleasant

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Get Your Santa Claus Train Ride Tickets Tuesday

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The FALN, which has been 1 accused of receiving arms from ’ Premier Fidel Castro’s Cuban regime, warned in handbills that anyone who voted Sunday faced sudden death in the streets. Failure to disrupt the elections apparently spurred— the terrorists to launch attacks on several police stations - after dark but relative quiet was restored late Sunday night. The UPI bureau, located on the ninth floor of a downtown Caracas building, was shot up when gunmen attacked a police precinct headquarters next door. It. was not clear whether it was a planned attack on the news agency or the result of stray bullets from the gun battle with police. Cameraman Shot Carl Warner, 43, of Miami, Fla., a cameraman employed by UPI on a special assignment, was wounded in the chest, apparently by a ricocheting bullet which struck him a glancing blow. He was pronounced “out of danger” at a hospital following emergency . treatment and was expected to be released today. Other American newsmen under fire included Ruby Hart Phillips of Newsday, Garden City, N.Y.; Richard Eder of the New York Times; Bernard Collier of the New York Herald Tribune; and James R. Whelan. UPI bureau chief. . The bullets knocked out lights and—power -in the bureau. The correspondents left the building under police protection after 40 minutes and continued covering the election from a nearby radio station.

thoughts, and wish we could be more generous and gracious, and bring forth our best efforts to help the season express its love for all men. Aid City’s Needy It is through your generosity and the Good Fellows’ comradeship and good will that each year some 75-80 needy families are included in the beautiful Christmas season. The Good Fellows organize the whole routine of determining the needy families, soliciting and purchasing the necessary food, toys and money, organizing baskets according to size of families and seeing that each basket is delivered. This all requires many contributed hours of. work from the busy schedules of wives,rno) hers. and working, girls. . Committees are appointed, early in the year and by the first of December the wheels are turning. This year, the co-chairmen Mrs. Wilmer Bultemeier. Comare Mrs. Kenneth Shannon and mittee heads are Mrs. John MeConaha, food; Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg and Mrs. Donald Middendorf. toys; Mrs. Henry Neireiter, telephoning; Mrs. Wilmer Bultemeier, publicity; and Miss Rosemary Spangler, treasurer;.. Immediately after Thanksgiving publicity must be started to explain the program to the public and invite them to share in the work. Then boxes are placed in each school to collect canned food. It is hoped that each child who can, will donate a can of food. Money containers are placed ‘in the First State Bank, Holthouse Drug Store and the Daily Democrat office for the convenience of those wishing to contribute money. Delivery Headquarters A delivery headquarters ihust be obtained and the fire station has offered both space and manpower for many years. Also, arrangements must be made to obtain empty cartons for collecting food and toys and for packing of. boxes two days before Christmas, and of course, the much-needed cooperation of the city trucks for delivery. This all takes a bit of organizing and then the real work begins. Members divide into groups of two and visit each name on the list to determine the needs, especially of the children. Each year a completely new list of families is compiled. The club concentrates primarily on the absolute needs, and yet, who can doubt that a candy treat and a new toy isn’t a need to a small child at Christmas time? After all the families are fn(Continued on Page Eight)

47 Are Enrolled In Auction School •A good-sized enrollment of 47 persons began first-day classes at the Reppert school of auctioneering this morning. The 47 enrollment is large for the winter session, and there was the possibility of a few more students arriving today or tomorrow to enroll in the three-week auctioneering course. Seventeen of the 50 United States, and Canada, are represented in the class, Dr. Roland Reppert, president, said this morning. The Canadian student is from Deercreek, Alberta. A Florida police' investigator is included in the class, and three other Florida students had indicated they would enroll but had rot arrived as yet this morning. 87th Session This winter session is the 37th in the history of the world-famed Reppert auction school, founded »in 1921 by Col. Fred Reppert, father of the current president. Dr. Reppert. Quarters for the schoqj’s instructors have been set up for this session. The instructors will live in quarters provided for them along U. S. 224 on the school grounds, where Dr. Reppert's home was formerly located, during the three-week period. The instructors previously resided in the Rice' Hotel during the school’s session as there were no quarters for them on the school grounds. Chaffee Dean Col. Q. R. Chaffee, of Towanda, Pa., is the school’s dean of instruction and manager of sessions, a position he has held with the school for many years. During the three-week session, students will receive instruction in every phase —of the auction business, including real estate sales, salesmanship, livestock judging, etc. The student is taught the procedure of conducting sales of real estate, farm, household goods, registered livestock, homes, antiques, and many, many INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with occasional light snow tonight and Tuesday. Not much temperature change. Low tonight 18 to 25. High Tuesday 28 to 35. Sunset today 5:21 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:49 a.mj Out Cook for Wednesday: Partly cloudy and continued cold with snow flurries north. Lows 22 to 28. Highs mid 30s north to low 40s south. Local Lady's Father Is Taken By Death Calvin Smith, of Chicago, 111., died suddenly Saturday morning at his home. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Norman Wenger, manager of the Valu dress shop in this city, and. Mrs. Billie Jean Cornett of Chicago. . Funeral services will be held Tuesday «afternoon at the Burn funeral home in Hammond. Mrs. Fred Baker, Sr., Dies Sunday Night Mrs. Fred E. Baker, Sr., 76, well known Decatur resident, died suddenly of a heart attack at 9. o’clock Sunday night at her home, 325 North Fifth street. Although she had been suffering from complications, hep death was unexpected. Born in Adams county March 5, 1887. she was a daughter of Henry and Anna Kohne, and was a lifelong resident of the community. She was married Oct. 8, 1913, to Fred E. Baker, Sr., who preceded her in death several years ago. Mrs. Baker was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, the Rosary society, Third Order of St. Francis and K. of C. auxiliary. Surviving are fobr sons, Harold (Dutch), Arthur, William and Eugene Baker, all of Decatur; three daughters, Mrs. Nicholas (Lucille) Filips of South Bend. Mrs. Ernest (Alice) Fullenkamp and Mrs. James (Mary) Inskeep, both of Decatur; and 34 grandchildren. One son, Fred E. Baker, Jr., four brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral rites will be conducted at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may • call at the Gillig & Doan -funeral home after 7 p.m. today until ' time of, the services. The rol Tuesday by the Third Order of St. Francis and at 8 p.m. by • sary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. the Rosary society.

Decatur, Indiana, Mon day, December 2, 1963.

Asks President Johnson Undertake Crash Effort To Aid Jobless Negroes

REDDY FEATHER SAYS: AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE "LESS THAN $2,000 BOY SCOUTS - TO ®°- TODAY ' S girl scouts Ek T s 27 553 CRIPPLED CHILDREN SOC. FJk ’ LITTLE & PONY LEAGUES The Goal Is d 1 0 $28,993 MENTAL HEALTH . W Fu „ d COMMUNITY CENTER JL SHU Needs AMERICAN RED CROSS $1,440.” Give The United Way

Seven Persons Hurt In Two Accidents Seven persons were in the Adams county memorial hospital today as the result of injuries suffered in two separate accidents Sunday. Four people from one family who were injured in a crash at 8:55 a:m. Sunday at a county road intersection near Berne remained in the hospital today. They are: Suellen Bentz, 17, with multiple lacerations to the head; Ed Bentz, 16, bruised shoulder; Phil Bentz, 12, bruises to the. upper part of the body; and Jane Bentz, 6, contusions to the head. All four are residents of Berne route 1, and were injured in a two-car crash at the intersection of county roads 35 and 16t4, two and a half miles north and one mile west of Berne. Suellen Bentz was operating an auto east on county road 16>4 which was struck broadside by a car driven by Joe Coblentz, 21, route 2, Geneva, which was northbound on county road 35, No Signs There were no signs at the intersection, and neither driver saw the other until it was too ate. Coblentz applied his brakes but was upable to stop in time, ancTstruck the Bentz auto broadside. Coblentz was not hurt. State trooper Dan Kwasneski and sheriff Roger Singleton who investigated, estimated damages at S3OO to the Coblentz auto and listed the 1960 model Bentz car as a total loss. Three persons, one a Decatur youth who were injured 'in an 8:05 p.m. crash Sunday on U.S. 27, a mile north of Decatur, also remained in the hospital today. Vein Hill, 17, of 303 N. Tenth St., received a twisted left knee, while Rudolph Rocco Giudici, 19, received abrasions to the head, shoulders, back, legs and other injuries ;and John Orrico, 18, suffered a laceration to the top of the head. Gyidici was operated a small sports car, with Orrico a passenger, when th" veh’cle wp« hit in the rear by Hill’s car. Both vehicles were southbound and as the sports car slowed while approaching a curve it was struck in the rear by Hill’s car. Flips Over The impact knocked the sports car off the road and it rolled over on its convertible top and camo to rest on the wheels. State trooper Gene Rash and deputy sheriff Warren Kneuss . said the crash is still under investigation today. Damages were listed at $250 to the sports car and $l5O to the Hill can , The sheriff’s department investigated another Sunday mishap which was reported to them after the vehicles had been moved from the scene. Reported Mishap , The crash occurred at 8:50 a. m. Sunday on county road 35ti five and a half miles north and five and a half miles west of Decatur in Preble township. Gary Lee Erxleben, ,16, route 1, Decatur, pulled his auto from the driveway at his home into the

Santa Claus Train ~ Tickets On Tuesday Parents of some 3,000 children in the Decatur area may start- to pick up children’s tickets for Ihc December 7 Santa Claus train ride Tuesday in the 45 Decatur stores marked with signs in the windows, Walt Orstermeyer, committee chairman, said today. The 45 local merchants who support the annual train ride by purchasing blocks of free tickets for their patrons will receive their. tickets late today, and begin passing them out Tuesday morning upon opening. The tickets must be picked up by adults, and most of the tickets disappear the first day or two, parents are warned. Three Trains, Many Can „ The trains, each with from 12 to 14 cars, will leave at 10 a. m.. 1:30 p. m. and-4-p. m., and go to Ohio City. The children really love the short excursion ride to Ohio City and back. As usual, the featured guest on the ride will be Santa Claus, who will 'fly in from the North Pole to be with the children. Santa will be making his seventh annual trip with the popular train. Those who would like a list of the stores sponsoring the tram ride are referred to the advertisement in the Nov. 27 Decatur Daily Democrat, which lists each store. Adult Tickets Adult tickets, for those adults who want to accompany their children, may be purchased at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce office, 227 N. Second street, Tuesday and after, when the office is open. Trains will leave the Erie station in Decatur, Weldon M. Bumgerdner, station agent, announced. He has worked closely with Ostermeyer, and retail Chamber members Herb Banning, Ferris Bower, and Dick Heller, members of the train committee. Local merchants having tickets available will be identified by ’.signs in their windows saying that tickets are available there. The rides have proven highly popular with children in the past, and a record crowd is expected this year. Only free tickets will be distributed, and they must be picked up at the participating , stores, the earlier the better, Ostermeyer warned. With more than 3,000 picked up last year, a record crowd is anticipated. path of a car driven by Stephen W. Stoppenhagen,, 16, route 1, Decatur. Stoppenhagen was southbound and struck the right front of the Erxleben car as it pulled from < the drive. Erxleben said he did not see the Stoppenhabcn car as snow on his windshield hampered vision. , Sheriff Roger Singleton estimated damage at $250 to the Stoppenhagen car and SSO to the Erxleben auto. ■ -

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The .executive, secretary of the National Urban League asked President - Johnson today to undertake a “crash effort,’ , including a public works ' program. to ease Negro unemployment. The Negro* official, Whitney Young, discussed Negro school dropouts; delinquency, and unemployment with Johnson at a 45-minute meeting at the White House. He said the main discussion centered on the fact that 15 [>er cent of the Negro labor force is unemployed. Young said that the Urban League does not regard the new President “as a Johnny-come-lately in the field of civil rights.” . He said the league, an interracial group with 65 affiliates in major cities, has worked closely with Johnson, who formerly Headed the President's committee on’- equal employ- ’ m eht opportunity. said the — association with Johnson dates back to 1957 when the civil fights legislation was enacted. Young said some of Johnson’s recommenda'tions on .civil rights in the past have gone further than the .present bill pending in fongress. , President Johnson was intensely interested "in the employment proposals.” Young said, “and said he’d give it serious thought.” Johnson already has received enthusiastic backing from Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People JNAACP'. Wilkins, - who conferred with him last week, said in a New York television interview Sundavthat..he ..was. "c0n...... vinced” of the President's “strong convictions” on civil rights. To Meet Gordon The President was to meet with Budget Director Kermit . Gordon this afternoon to review the outlook for the proposed fiscal 1965 budget, which he must submit to Congress by Jan. 18. i He also was to see Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara Commerce Secretary Luther H. Hodges and McGeorge Bundy, presidential adviser on national security affairs. The Bundy meeting was for the President’s daily mid-morning intelligence briefing. Johnson was scheduled to present the $50,000 Enrico Fermi Award to Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer for his work on the atomic bomb. The honoring of Oppenheimer by the Atomic Energy Commission, -. which ruled him a security risk 10 years ago. brought a protest from Sen. Bourke B. HickenliMip- . er. R-lowa, who said he Was rejecting an invitation to atfend the White House ceremony. . Johnso' l carried hi® economy pleas to 7.500 defense contractors Sunday-with a personal reciuest that they |pelp him get "a dollar's value for a dollar spent” by the government. , The unusual letter, which will goto about 90 per cent of the Defense x Department's prime and subcontract holders, was drafted during a five-hour Sunday work session and after ‘ conferences with McNamara, Gordon and Comptroller General Joseph Campbell. It marked another in a series of steps that Johnson has taken i tn hammer home his demand .. for government economy. In a speech to a joint session of. Congress last Wednesday he promised that the government would be administered with the “utmost thrift and frugality " In a move aimed at emphasizing his intention of maintaining the deep U.S. commitment to the defense of Western Europe, , Johnson will meet with the leaders' of thr<»e Allied nations—West Germany. Italy and Britain — within the next 10 weeks. The consultations with West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Italian President Antonio Segni will take place in this country, it was announced Sunday.

States May Limit, \ 1 * z *•, Z — ; Ban Agency Shops

WASHINGTON. (UPI) ■ — fy unanimous decision. the Sureine Court ruled today Xtffiat under the Taft - Hartley law state courts have the power to enforce state laws limiting or banning so-called “agency Shop” agreements in labor union contracts. The decision came as a setback to union attorneys who had contended that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had jurisdiction to set aside such state restrictions. An agency Menial Health Gift Deadline Extended Mrs. Robert Boch, Decatur area chairman of the drive for Christmas gifts for myntal patients at Indiana state hospitals, announced today that the drive has been extended one week, or until next Saturday. Mrs. Boch reports that although many’useful and lovely gifts have been received, the county has not yet filled its quota of 800 gifts. Mrs. Boch and other officers of thtr Adams county mental •health association, in charge of the drive, stated the belief that An-sea-<onttble werflher and Un* tragiedeath of Pres. John F Kennedy at the hands of an assassin Nov. 22 had taken the thoughts of people away .from the mentally ill, hundreds of whom will not be remembered at Christmas time except for the generosity df fellow citizens. With the drive deadline extended to Saturday, people in this area may take their gifts to the Gas Co. office or the E. F. Gass store in Decatur, the Zuercher Mobil station in Monroe, - Yager furniture store in Berne, or the Dorothy La Rue ship in Geneva. Jay W. Chapman, 93, Dies Sunday Night Jay W. Chapman, 93-year-o)d retired farmer of St. Mary s tqwnship. died at 11:10 o'clock Sunday night at his home, five miles east of Decatur. lie had been bedfast for the past two weeks. He was born in Decatur July 13, 1870, a son of Aaron and Deborah Pyrden-Chapinan. He was first married Sept. 25, 1891, td May Phipps, who dic'd Jan. 25, 1907. He was then married tn Eda J. Simons Nov. 28, 1909. Mr. Chapman was a member of the First Methodist chuitoh of Decatur and the St. Mary's Farm Bureau. . Surviving in addition to" his wife are five daughters, Mrs. Vernon (Ruth* Horn of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Helen Chapman of Casino, Calif., Mrs. Arlo (Bertha) . Sevcrqnce of Jacksonville, Fla,, Mrs. Goldie Carman of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Jack ' Katherirei McCormick of Kenn-wick, Wash.; three sons. Herman Chapman of Los Angeles. Calif., Kenneth Chapman of Columbia City, and Ward Chapman of Decatur route 3; 26 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren. T w a daughters, three sons and eight brothers and sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. A. C. Underwood officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the furferal home after 7 p. m. Tuesday until time of the services. -

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shop clause requires that workers covered by the agreement must pay monthly service fees in lieu of dues if they do not join the union. The Supreme Court decided last June that the agency shop —now included in about 6 of every 100 contracts—is valid under federal law. But today’s 8-0 vote upheld a Florida Supreme Court finding that state tribunals could void a contract with an agency shop . provision.. if. it .violated state law. This went counter to the union claim that the NLRH had exclusive jurisdiction Tn this area. In other actions today, the Supreme, Court; —Agreed to hear arguments add decide the constitutionality of the federal law which denies passports to members of such organizations as the Communist party which have been ordered to register with the Justice Department. I ■ —Asked the Florida Supreme t Court to answer a series of questions involving state law as . applied to the conviction of 10 northern clergymen during a 1961 “freedom ride" demonstra«tion at Tallahassee They were found guilty of violating local laws against unlawful assembly. - —Agreed to take another look at the complex 18-year-old dispute between the federal government and California on the boundaries of- the offshore oil lands of the state. —Reversed the conviction of a Connecticut man, Harold Fahy, who was sentenced to 30 days in jail for painting swastikas on a Norwalk synagogue in 1961. The high court held Fahy was convicted on illegally seized evidence. Mrs. Chalmer Sheets Dies Saturday Night Mrs. Mclvena Sheets, 53, wife of Chalmer K. Sheets of Decatur route 5; died at 6:50 p:m. Saturday at the Adams county membflal hospTtal following an extended illness. She was born in Adams county Oct 9. 1910, a daughter of John ' and Edna Sinitley. and was married to Chalmer K. Sheets March 21. 1930. Mrs. Sheets was a member of the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving are her husband; her mother, Mrs. Edna Smitley; seven daughters, Mrs. Homer I Deloris) Tschannen, Mrs. Jack (Josephine) Weldy, Mrs. Don (Esther)- Peterson and Mrs. Jerry (Carolyn) Fry, all of Decatur. Mrs. John (Betty) Haverholser of Hicksville, O„ Mrs. William 'Mary McCarty of Cutler, ami Mrs. Richard (Sally) McDongough of Lima, O.; three sons, Max Sheets of LaGrange, Lester Sheets of Monroe, and Jay Sheets of Decatur; 33 grandchildren, and two brothers, t h e Rev. Keith Smitley of Kewanna, 111., and John Smitley of Fort Wayne. One daughter and one brother are deceased. " Funeral services will be conducte dat 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, with the Rev. Kenneth Angle officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home until 11:30 a.m.' Tuesday. The body will lie In state at the church from 12:30 p.m. Tuesday until time of the services. '