Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LIX. NO. 284.

Texas Plans Probe Into Assassination

DALLAS (UPI) — Texas assembled a blue ribbon panel of legal minds today for a court of inquiry’ into the assassination of President Kennedy and surrounding events. Texas Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr conferred with wounded Gov. John Connally about the Investigation Monday and announced the names of two lawyers who would help interrogate witnesses. Leon Jaworski, a Houston attorney who was trial judge advocate in the Nuremburg trials following World War 11, and Dist. Atty. Henry Wade of Dallas were named to the panel which Carr will head. Carr said the state’s investigation would open shortly after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files a with President Johnsen, presumably late this month. The state investigation, Carr said, would openly interrogate witnesses in the assassination, the slaying of policeman J. D. Tippit and the shooting of . Lee Harvey Oswald.- The findings will be turned over to a federal commission appointed by President Johnson. Carr said the state investigation would contrast both the FBl’s undercover, work and the federal commission’s consideration because witnesses would be subpoenaed and questioned un-

Venezuela Vote Is Rebuff For Reds

CARACAS ,(UPI) — Raul Leoni, a 58-year-old lawyer nominated by President Romulo Betancourt’s Democratic Action Party, was confirmed today as the victor in a presidential election regarded as a serious reverse for the Communists. Unofficial returns from Sunday’s election, reflecting the vote of 90.2 per cent of Venezuela's eligible citizens, gave Leoni 985.280 votes (32.3 per cent of the total) to 691,128 (22.6 per Cent) for runnerup Rafael Caldera, nominee of the progovernment Copei party. The remaining votes were split among five also-ran candidates. — - ———r. — Leoni declined comment on the results, saying he will wait until the official returns are in before claiming victory. The fact that more than 90 per cent of Venezuela’s registered voters went to the polls was regarded as a stinging defeat for the Castro-Communist terrorists who tried with bullets and bombs to sabotage the election and intimidate the voters. Cuba’s Premier Fidel Castro

New Powers Given Bishops

VATICAN CITY (UPD—Pope Paul VI, in a historic document read to the Ecumenical Council, today granted bishops sweeping new powers dealing with such varied subjects as outdoor Masses and marriages between Catholics and non-Catholics. The council fathers already had voted, at the invitation of the pontiff, to extend their powers and share the right of governing with the Pope. But Paul VI, apparently bypassing the council in the interest of speed, decided to issue a Contingent Sent By Selective Service A contingent of 14 Adams county meh were sent by the local draft board this morning to Indianapolis for physical examinations, and three offers were sent for induction. \ Reporting for were Duane Lee Gerber, llfnneth Wayne Terrell, and John Richard * Lantz. Taking physical examinations were Jerry Lee Douglas, George Kahlert, Robert Eugene-- Hartman, Paul Lynn Harkless, Daniel Lee Thomas, Edward Jerome Lengerich, Alvin Edison Habegger, Jerry Lou Isch, Donald Frederick Weidler. Arlen Lee Gerber, Philip William Lose, and conscientious objectors Ruben N. Schwartz, Ernest C. Troyer, and David J. Graber. Reryl R. Miller was transferred to local board No. 28, Martinsburg, W. Va.

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der oath either in Dallas or at Austin, Tex., the state capital. The three-pronged approaches to the crimes was called an “unprecedented example of cooperation between local, state and federatl government to determine the facts and make them public.” FBI information will be given the Texas cour|' of inquiry, which will forward its findings to the federal commission headed by Earl Warren, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Carr said he did not know if Jack Ruby would be questioned by the state court of inquiry. He said he “didn’t want to interfere” with the murder case that charges Ruby with Oswald’s shooting. The' Texas attorney general said he planned to select another attorney to aid in the state’s inquiry and planned to set the time and place of the probe soon. r Carr said the presidential commission would not Call witnesses, but was depending on other sources for its information. “It is my understanding the commission will take evidence assembled by the FBI and other ' agencies and evaluate this evidence and reach conclusions,” Carr said.

had set the prevention of the election as the No. 1 target of the Red underground in Venezuela. (In Havan Monday night, the Castro regime denied official Venezuelan charges that the Communists have been smuggling arms from Cuba to the terrorists in Venezuela. (A communique signed by Castro’s Foreign Minister Raul Roa said the cache of arms found on a Venezuelan beach sbme weeks ago—and said by experts to have come from Cuba—were planted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.) Leoni’s victory in the election had been predicted by virtually every political observer in Venezuela, but Caldera’s strong showing came as a surprise. Jovito Villalba of the leftist URD party, who finished fourth, had been regarded as a likely runnerup. Caldera’s Copei party is allied with the dominant Democratic Action Party in Venezuela’s current coalition government—a lineup the Leoni administration is expected to continue.

document dealing with the matter. As the pontiff sat on his red and gold throne in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pericle Felici, secretary general of the council, read a decree titled “Pastorale Munus’’ (Pastoral Office). The title is taken from the opening words in Latin. The proclamation listed 40 powers which the Pope gave the bishops on a permanent basis. It also listed new personal privileges that they may exercise. One of the powers concerning marriage is the right of a bishop to give special dispensation for mixed marriages between Catholics and others. Prior to the papal decree bishops had this power, but it had been given to them at regular intervals on a temporary basis. Now it is permanent. Ceremonies today also marked the 400th anniversary of the Council of Trent. In the 16th Century, the Council of Trent sought to defend the Catholic church from the Protestant reformation. The current council finished its 1963 working sessions Monday and will recess Wednesday until September. The pontiff's document was dated Nov. 30, 1963, the day of the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle. — BULLETIN * DALLAS, Tex. <UPI) — A judge today postponed next week’s scheduled murder trill of Jack Ruby and set a new trial date of Feb. 3 for the slayer of Lee Harvey Oswald.

High Scout Award To E. E. Rydell E. E. Rydell E. E. Rydell, assistant manager and treasurer of Bag Service, Inc., and an active scouter for the past 12 yeats, was awarded the Silver Beaver, the Anthony Wayne council's highest award, at the annual appreciation dinner at Fort Wayne Monday night. Rydell is the last of a olng line of Adams county scouters who have received the coveted warad; the county 'is noted for its many devoted scout workers. The Decatur man has served as troop committteman, troop chair-' man, district chairman, district organization and extension chairman, and council executive board member. He is associated .with the Rotary troop. He is currently serving as district brganization and extension chairman and council executive board member. An elder of the First Presbyterian church, he is currently Christian education chairman and has served as Sunday school superintendent. He is a past president of the Decatur Rotary club, and has held many other Rotary offices. Rydell is also president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, a member of its board of directors for many years, is the 1963 Community Fund campaign director, argj is aq active member of the Chamber of Commerce industrial development committee. Silver Beaver Explained The Silver Beaver award is made each year upon the nomination of the Anthony Wayne council. It is made for noteworthy service of exceptional character to boyhood by registered scooters within the council. A certificate and a silver beaver to be worn around the neck were presented. The council is entitled to five awards, having more than 300 units in the area. Other winners were Glenn Rieke, Auburn; Jack Shiddler, Norm Bauer and William Wilcox, Fort Wayne. Former scouter R. L. Van Horn made the presentations. 60 Decaturttes Attend More than 60 Decatur and area scouters and their families saw the. presentation, and also received a number of other awards on behalf of the various packs, troops, and posts in the county. Three packs and three troops in the county received outstanding achievement awards: Pack 3061, Lincoln PTA; pack 3064, St. Mary’s Catholic Church; pack 3067, Berne; troop 60, Zion Lutheran church; troop 64, St. Mary’s Catholic church ;and troop 65, Decatur EUB church. Records of achievement were also presented to Decatur packs 3060 and 3062, Zion Lutheran and Southeast PTA; Explorer post 2062, Decatur Elks; troop 67, Berne Rotary; troop 69, Geneva Lions; troop 72, Monroe Methodist church; Post 2068, Berne American Legion; and post 2069, Geneva Lions.Thomas H. Taylor Dies In Florida Thomas H. Taylor, 44, former resident of Decatur and Monroeville, died at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Pines Veterans hospital at Lake City, Fla., fallowing an illness of several months. A veteran of World War 11, he formerly owned and operated the State Gardens at Middlebury, 0., prior to moving to Florida- He was'- a Golden Gloves boxing champion from 1938 through 1941. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Elks and Moose lodges. Surviving are a son, Thomas M. Taylor, serving with the U. S. Army; a daughter, Miss Sandy Taylor of Middlebury, 0; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Taylor of Leesburg, Fla., and two brothers, Maurice Taylor of Orlando, Fla., and James Taylor of Fort Wayne. The body will be returned to the Marquart funeral home at MonrOevillle. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 3, 1963.

Organized Labor Pledges Pres. Johnson Help For Civil Rights Enactment

Helpers To Aid On Santa Claus Train Santa Claus will be aided by a number of helpers Saturday during the annual Santa Claus train ride sponsored by the retail division of the Decatur Chamoer of Commerce, Walter Ostermeyer, chairman, said -today. The Adams county Red Cross will have three volunteers on each train, including a registered nurse and two assistants, Claren Neuenschwander, county Red Cross chairman, announced. Merchants To Assist In addition, at least four merchants will be on each train, passing out copies of the Christmas flyer. Each merchant will handle about three cars. s. On the 10 a. m. train from the Red Cross will be Mrs. Mark Colchin, R. N., Mrs. Marlow Schieferstein, and Mrs. Maxine Ford. From the Decatur retail division will be Morris Begun, of Begun’s Men’s Wear; Mary Longenberger, of Sears-Roebuck Catalog Sales; Glen Maxwell, of G. C. Murphy & Co.;, and Harold Niblick, of Niblick & Co. At 1:30 p. in.'Mrs. Tom Sefton. R. N., and Mrs. Norbert Bleeke and Mrs. Glenn Manley will represent the Red Cross ; Ralph Habegger, of Habegger-Schafers, Jim Heimann of Decatur Music House, Darrold Augsburger of Midwest Record Store, and Carl Gerber, of Gerber's Super Dollar Market, will represent the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce. ' On Final Train Mrs. D. A. Kwasneski, R. N., Mrs. Florence Anderson and Mrs. Helen Johnson will represent the Red Cross on the final 4 p. m. train. Representing the merchants will be George Litchfield, of the Pioneer Restaurants, and Robert Both, Justin Bleeke, William Lose, Jr., and Herman Krueckeberg, all of the First State Bank of Decatur. More than 3,000 children are expected to ride the three trains to Ohio City and back. The train is very popular, especially since the children’s tickets can be obtained free of charge from participating merchants. Tickets were going very fast this morning, with many reported already out. .-ts - Citizens Telephone Boosts Dividends Hie Citizens Telephone Co. of Decatur, which operates the telephone exchanges in Decatur, Berne, Nappanee,' and other areas, announced to its stockholders that it hopes to continue dividends of 20 cents per quarter, a one-third increase over the 15 cent dividends of the past. The increase was first made at the September quarter, and continued with the December 1 divdend, received today by stockholders. Stockholders received 70 cents this year, and will receive 80 cents a share next year, according to present plans. The letter was signed by the board of directors: William H. Mell, Charles E. Hite, Char les D. Ehinger, J. Dwight Peterson, and Arthur E. Voglewede. * The Argos and Nappanee companies are operated .as subsidiaries, while exchanges are operated at Berne, Bryant, Decatur, Monroe, Linn Grove, and Pleasant Mills. INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness, not much temperature change tonight and Wednesday. Chance of light snow. Low tonight 12 to 25 north. 22 to 30 south. High Wednesday 28 to 36. Sunset today 5:21 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:50 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy with little temperature change and snow flurries north. Lews 18 to 26. Highs mostly tn the 30s.

WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi-dent Johnson received assurance today -from organized labor of help in his effort to get the late President Kennedy’s civil rights bill enacted into -law as quickly as possible. AFL - CIO President George Meany gave the pledge to Johnson during a ride with the President to the White House from the Chief Executive’s suburban home. The two also conferred briefly in Johnson’s office before Democratic congressional leaders arrived for a meeting. The first meeting Johnson has had with Meany since becoming President, as well as a number of other conferences during another busy day, dealt with civil rights. Johnson has asked Congress to pass the bill, in part as a memorial to Kennedy. Johnson had a meeting with the Rev. Martin Luther King, the third national Negro leader to be invited to the White House in five days. The primary subject for discussion obviously was civil rights. This also was expected to be the' case at an afternoon meeting by Johnson with the executive committee of the National Governors Conference. Discuss Civil Rights Meany said after his talks with Johnson during a 15-min-u'te ride to the White House and for a few minutes in the President’s office that they discussed “the whole economic picture” >ut civil rights in particular. "Meany told newsmen that organized labor is fully backing • Johnson’s effort to pass the civil rights bill “as a matter'of simple justice — and also, as President Johnson said, as a memorial to President Kennedy.” Megny said civil rights legislation “is closely tied to the unemployment problem, inasmuch (Continued on Page Eight) * Commissioners To Pay Reduced Bill The Adams county commissioners Monday received a $78.10 reduction on a previously disallowed bill from Ashbauchers Tin Shop. After receiving the bill and a statement of the welders' wage rate for the job the commissioners approved payment. The total bill, with the reduction, came to $1,635. The bill was for work on the Ashbauchers had handled the smokestack at the county home, work, but the actual repairs were done by the Schust company of Fort Wayne. The commissioners had disallowed a second bill because it was not sufficiently itemized. After receiving the third bill; which gave the wage rate and the reduction, they decided to pay the bill. The commissioners also accepted bid quotations for all county printing work. The only bidder was the Havwdod Publishing company of Chicago. Adams county sheriff Roger Singleton appeared at the meeting to discuss payment of a gasoline bill ‘which his department owes .to the county. He said that the Mobilgas company continues to serid the bill to his department, but will not sign the required legal claim form needed to process payment of the bill. The commissioners took the matter under advisement after discussing the possibility of letting local Mobilgas representative Wilbur Petrie sign the claim. * '. During the morning the commissioners processed claims which had been submitted and approved payment of all claims, including one from the Baker and Schultz company for $9,064 for bridge construction. During their afternoon session the commissioners visitedv the jail to investigate jhe possibility of remodeling several rooms at the building.-——— The commissioners met this afternoon to take bids pn nearly $200,000 worth of supplies and equipment which will be purchased by the county highway department during the coming year.

■■mbh ■ 4i gH&ll $ irl mH ■h£ 5 ‘k Mofc MRS V KENNEDY RETURNS TO WASHINGTON— Mrs. John E Kennedy nt rear, in car, Caroline, and John Jr. arrive in Washington after a solemn Thanksgiving at Hyannis .Port.

Seek To Force Civil Rights Bill To Floor

WASHINGTON (UPD-Speak-er John W. , McCormack announced today that an effort will be launched Monday to pry the civil rights bill out of the House Rules Committee and bring it to - h vote on the floor. McCormack said following a meeting of Democratic' congressional leaders with President Johnson that “as far as the leadership of the House is Concerned every effort will be made’’ to force the measure out ot the committee. Rules Chairman Howard W. Smith, D-Va., has made it clear he will try to keep it bottled up. Talking with newsmen at the White House, the speaker said a petition to discharge the bill from the rules unit would be filed Monday 'by Chairman Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., of the House Judiciary Committee. Celler’s group has approved the legislation buts-*Smith’s committee, which filters legislation to the-floor, has taken no action on it. Top Priority The bill is designed to fight, racial discrimination in voting, education, employment, public accommodations and the use of federal funds. President Johnson last "week placed the measure at the top of his congressional priority list. However, Smith Monday night threw cold water on efforts by both Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to press for action on the legislation as a testimonial to the late President Kennedy who also had made it a key priority item. • Smith -sa k! -he did not believe action should be dictated by “the present state of hysteria.’’ McCormack and other House leadets wasted no time preparing to force the bill out of the Smith "traffic cop" group. But they were not certain of sue-? cess. McCormack said he bould not predict what the prospects would be obtaining the required 218 signatures on the discharge petition. Move Already Under Way A move by administration forces in the House, led by Rep. Richard Boiling, D-Mo., already has been under way to try to extract the bill from the Rules Committee, through discharge petition. Because of oppositlori by Southern Democrats to the civil rights, bill, considerable Rcpub-

lican support is required to obtain the necessary • 2TB signa-' tures—half the House membership. But GOP leaders indicated Monday they would not help. Republican lender Charles A. Hallack, Ind . ,spid discharge petitions as* a matter of principle. ■ - Firemen Called To Public High School z The Decatur fire department answered a call to Decatur high school at 2 o’clock this afternoon when a canvas covet* on a grounds-cleaning machine caught fire. ■ ;. . The machine was parked outside near an entrance at the rear of the high school building. Students in classrooms and the area near the fire marched from building. Firemen theorized that a cigarette thrown on the‘canvas probably started the blaze. Retail Stores Open Thursday Afternoon New hours for local stores were announced today by the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce. The change in hours is due to'* the Christmas shopping season. » The stores will remain open Thursday afternoon of this week, instead of the usual noon dosing’ Beginning Friday. 'Dee. 6, Nearly all Decatur stores will remain open until 9 o'clock each evening, six days a week, until Christmas,

REDDY FEATHER SAYS: •AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE "LESS THAN $2,000 BOY SCOUTS V . T 0 G t ° ta ™ AY S iw TOTAL IS GIRL SCOUTS Wl $27,605 CRIPPLED CHILDREN SOC. r LITTLE & PONY LEAGUES The G<>al Is u. s, o. m $28,993 SALVATION ARMY _ MENTAL HEALTH Community Fund COMMUNITY CENTER Still Noeda AMERICAN RED CROSS $1,388.” Give The United Way

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Miss Ann Allwein Lions Club Speaker ■ Miss Ann Allwein, American Field Service exchange student in Norway thts past summer.shmv- < d slides of lier trip to the Decatur Lions club Monday night. The Rev. A. C. Under wood. gave the devotion, and Charles Stom*sireet led the pledge of allegiance. Don Stockman, new Decatur businessman and former Lipn in Argos. was a guest of Rev. Underwood . The Christmas party will be Dec. 16. and no meeting will be held Dec. 23*. David Reinhart, of New Baden, 111., was a guest \>t the club. , ( Next week a representative from Reppert’s auction school will give the program. Carroll Schroeder introduced the speaker, who explained that rhe was one of 854 American exchange .students who spent the summer abroad; 2.822 foreign Students were brought to this country for the past'school year. The Lions are again selling, Christmas trees at Holthouse-on-thc-Highwa.x. US SHOPPING DAYS \ / CHRISTMAS SEALS fight TB and other.RESPIRATORY DISEASES maH ?, Sa Ik V *IM ° $ r\Y w ° ©sp CHRIITMAIIJ q ORIITINQI J