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PRES. JOHNSON r (Continued 'from Page One) ent in business. Johnson wants what he cflls dynamic young businessmen in government. In this connection, associates said he speaks of wating faction from the young and advice from the old.” The President seems to berincreasingly preoccupied with domestic ecohomic matters and federal finances. For example, he has been citing .recently a firm conviction that fiscal prudence is no longer what he calls a rich man's issue. He believes the massive federal budgetary burden is “stagnating traditional liberalism in the United States” and hitting particularly at middle income families. Johnson is convinced the upward progress of the economy .in 1963 will be sustained in 1964. But as part of maintaining economic progress, he wants and expects business confidence to remain high and he feels the need for a re-eyaluation of gov-ernment-business relations. Other highlights from this authoritative report on the President’s outlook and plans for 1964: : —Johnson' believes the “unrelenting peace offensive” should" be the so-called hard line on communism rather than an unrelenting cold shoulder to any possibilities of reaching an accomodation with the Soviet Union. ■ —Now is the time, the Chiet .Executive feels, to push for hew break-throughs on peace. He i§ acutely sensitive to the fact that East and West stand on a nuclear precipice. This being so he cannot wait until after the election to mount a peace offensive. He thinks it would be “muddle-headed” for the United states to fail to seek peace simply because we are afraid of being taken in by Communist tactics. He is confident. the nation is fully alert to such tactics after 15 years of cold war. —Johnson is confident that the economies planned, for fiscal 1965 will lead to a pattern which will reflect itself in fiscal 1966 budgeting. He is enthusiastic about the policies and performance of Budget Director Kermit Gordon. One problem of budget cuttcng, in the President’s opinion, is that too many department and agency officials are so influenced by the population growth and certain built-in costs of government that they accept increased spending as inevitable. He regards this attitude as unwise and unwarranted. NEWCITY (Continued from Page One) administration. State law requires that the new city heads meet on the first Monday of January. The council will then hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening. ' ' , m. J ’ Both" the Monday and Tuesday meetings whl be held in the council chambers on the second floor of the city hall, and both will begin at 8 p. m. New Police Chief The city’s police department has its first new chief in 20 years, as former patrolman Grover Odle takes over the chief’s duties. Odle replaces veteran Jim Borders, the department’s chief for the past 20 years, who requested in December to be demoted in rank to a patrolman for reasons of health. Beginning new terms are city court Judge John B. Stults, elected for a Second four-year term, and Cedric Fisher, fire department chief who was reappointed bv Mayor Gerber. ’, ‘Another Gerber appointee plunged into his new duties today. Bernard Clark, a former city street commissioner, began a. new term today and his department was at work early this morning in cleaning the streeis of the New Year’s Day showfail. Mavor Gerber has two appointments yet to make. When contacted at noon today, he said he will announce his two appointments to the city's board of works and safety at the Monday meeting. The mayor serves on the board of works ex officio, and he may appoint the city attorney and one council member, or two council members, with the city attorney attending the meetings by virtue of-his office. New County Officials Two new ..county, officials, officially began their duties Wednesday. Max Keeps, DefnoeraQc county commissioner, sat in on his first commissioner’s meeting Wednesday, and George Bair became county clerk for a four-year term. Bair, who replaces former ’’ Clerk Richard D .Dewton, was elected in 1962 but did not take over until the first of this new year. He will serve a fdur-year “ term. The commissioners made several appointments in their New Year’s Day meeting, naming Vincent Habegger to the hospital board for four years: Bob Fuhrman as assistant county s road supervisor for a one-year term; and Paul Bryan, clerk for the highway department, which is also a oneyear appointment; ■ David A. Macklin, county attorney; Mel Kohler, janitor: Mrs. Edna Werst, matron: Max Kreps and Homer Winteregg, county plan cornmission: Hugo Boerger, county extension committee.

Suffers Broken Nose In One-Car Wreck A local resident suffered a broken nose in a New Year's Eve one-car accident at the north edge of the Geneva town limits. Jerry Lohnas Mclntosh, 21, W Homestead. No. 2, suffered the broken nose when his car went out of control on U. S. 27 and struck an Indiana & Michigan electric pole at the intersection of Spring St. in Geneva. $ Mclntosh was southbound when his auto went off the side of the road and theri skidded on ice into the pole, breaking the pole. He was brought to the Adams coiinty memorial hospital for treatment. Deputy sheriff Warren Kneuss, who investigated the 8:10 p. m. mishap estimated damages at S9OO to Mclntosh’s 1962 model car and S2OO to the pole and light fixture. •«- ’ First 1964 Mishap In the first accident of 1964, a car driven by Robert Lee McMillen, 17, route 6, Decatur, went out of control on the Salem road, three miles north# and five miles east of Berne. ————————— McMillen’s auto lett tjie icy rqad and struck three rods of fence\on the Morris Tinkham property, \ route 1, Monroe. He was northbound when the car went out of control. Sheriff Roger Singleton investigated the new year’s first accidnt, which occurred at 12:30 a.m_ McMillen escaped without injury. One-Car Wreck Deputy sheriff Harold August investigated a one-car accident at 7:40 p.m. Thursday on county road 27 in Union township. Glen Allen Bauman, 29, of Pleasant Mills, was northbound when he lost control of hjs vehicle on ice and left side of the road, crashing into some fence and a post on the Walter Thieme property, route 3, DeCgt'ur. The auto also Struck an Indiana & Michigan electric pole. Deputy August estimated damages at $l5O to the Bauman car, $l5O to the I & M pole, and $lO go the fence and post./ ( APPOINTMENTS (Continued from Page One) from others, SI,OOO apiece. This gave the commissioners reason, they felt, to replace Rumple on the hospital board, although his service, like Dubach’s, had been unquestioned. Highway Appointment The re-appointment of Fuhrman, a Republican, but son-in-law• of Herman Bleeke, a Democratic precinct committeeman, wh o. in turn, is son-in-law of former county commissioner John Blakey, was not unexpected, but was contrary to the wishes, apparently, of the county Democratic organization. Back about five years ago. when the Republican party, by electing* two county commissioners, controlled the board, Noll, then a fairly recent Democratic appointee, was continued, on the grounds that his assistant be Robert Fuhrman, a Republican: at that time, the Republicans feared a complete changeover would wreck the department, so they settled, for that change, and then slowlv added Republican workers to the county highway department as openings developed. In December the county Democratic committee, consisting of the precinct committeemen and vice-committeemen from each of the county’s precincts, met. and at that ;|ime, advised the commissioners that they would prefer a return to patronage appointments for all the jobs. About seven ..of the 20 or 30 jobs were held by Republicans, including the assistant’s job. Three Applicants There were three applicants {or the job. Clarence.C. (Sandy) Abbott, a Democrat, had the approval of Clarence Black and Mrs. Albert Davison, his precinct Democratic leaders, and Dr. Harry H. Hebble and Mrs. Elmer C.J Beer, county Democratic chairman and vice-chairman, respectively. The third applicant, Frank Singleton, a former head of the department, and a Democrat, had the approval of his precinct committeeman, Henry Getting, The commissioners, ip reappointing Fuhrman unanimously, felt that they should abide by the ruling of five years ago, that the assistant should be of the opposite party as the superintendent. This was good, they felt because if the Republicans should again control the board. Fuhrman wjould fee qualified, and would be able to do a creditable job for the county, while if all new Republicans were to be appointed, the countv roads, arid people who travel them, might very well suffer. ~ . Firemen Are Colled To Ladd Residence Firemen were called to . the home of Mrs. Charlotte Ladd, 403 S. Fifth St, about 12:45 pm. today, i—_ • The chimney of the home had become dogged, causing an oil heater to overheat and smoke filled the home. There was no fire and no damage.

State Opposed To Mass Settlement

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — An effort to have a federal court determine damage claims stemming’ from the Halloween explosion disaster at the Indianapolis Coliseum does not have state support at present. Assistant Atty. Gen. Lloyd Hutchifison, who is handling the case for Indiana, said he didn t want to “throw cold water on the idea of simplifying the distribution of proceeds."”* “But we arewiot go>ng T ° come along ana* signify tha Indiana is guility of negligence,” Hutchinson sajd. we don't think Indiana is guilty ot negligence and we have a du y to defend the state.” An attorney representing insurance companies for the Discount Gas Corp. Tuesday filed a suit in the court of Federal Judge Hugh Dillin which represented an effort to obtain mass settlement?- of all potential claims from the tragedy. Seventy-three persons were killed and nearly 400 others injured during an expjdsion during an ice show. ’ > Cause of the bla& has been attributed to accidental discharge of liquid petroleum gas used in a concession stand oeWoman To Hospital Following Accident A Decatar lady was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital for, examination shortly noon today following a car-truck accident on U. S. 224, at the east intersection of state road 101. Mrs. Maria Ortiz, of 411 N. Ninth St . was only shaken up in the mishap but due to her state of pregnancy, was taken to the hospital for an examination following the accident. She was riding in an auto driven by her husband, Paul Ortiz, Which- collided with a Steifel Grain Co. truck operated by Edward Lee Schultz, of route 4, Decatur. Both were eastbound on 224 and as the truck started to turn left,, the Ortiz auto started to pass and the two collided. » Anproximatelv 200 pounds -bf feed In sacks that were being delivered by the truck to the Hugh Thieme farm, route 5, Decatur, were dumped out of the sacks by the impact. Deputy sheriff Warren Kneuss, who investigated, said Ortiz would be charged with failure to have a valid driver’s license, and that further investigation of the crash would continue... Damage was estimated at $425 to the Ortiz car and SIOO to the truck. Jobless Pav Claims Increase Shajply INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —Jobless pay claims in Indiana last week wete up sharply, a result in part of 2.200 more workers losing their jobs at the Studebaker Corp, in South Bend. Director Lewis Nicolini of the Indiana Employment Security Division said claims totaled 50,206 or about 8,600 more than a week earlier. .But continued cutbacks in outdoor work and holiday layoffs also contributed to the figure, he said. The present level of unemployment in Indiana is running about the same as this time a year ago.. Nicolini said jobless pay claims for 1963 were just 21 fewer than in 1962. 07 * 0 20 Years Ago Today 0 Jan. 2, 1944 was Sunday and no paper was published.

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low a central sectMto of stands. The tanks wrr* provide l by the Discount firm. The suit asked the al court to distribute »J million to the blast victims. The sum rrp resented their total liability insurance, “We didn't agree with the plan,” Hutchinson said, ami *<- didn’t know about it. 1 think it complicates rather than aa»i«i» settlement.” He said 22 suits which have plready been filed were in ate courts, not federal “There is no basis for having this settled in a federal court Hutchinson said ’These are residents of Indiana suing rr».dents of Indiana ”. Floyd Burns, attorney representing the insurance firm for the state fair board also said tea had not agreed to the mass Battlement plan. Burns said he will consult with his clients to de termine their reaction to >u< h a plan. The legal procedure was considered without precedent in Indiana, and may set the pattern for action by other insurance companies involved in th< tragedy, in which 73 died The suit filed by Continental Casualty Co. and Commercial Union Insurance Co lusted 363 names of dead and injured but made provisions for other nam< to be added if any were missed The suit was filed with Judge S. Hugh Dillin in federal court Tuesday and two surety bonds were turned over to the judge. R. Stanley Lawton, attorney who filed the suit, explained that the $1 million represents the total insurance coverage held by Discount Gas Corp Tanks of gas provided to the Indianapolis Coliseum Corp b> Discount were blamed by Purdye University experts for the blast Which occurred during an ice show. “We have asked the court to determine the claimants and how 'much damages each sh<» I receive because we believe this to be the only fairway.” Lawton said. “Otherwise the first people to get judgments would get it all and the last people wouldn’t get any.’’ Lawton said to the best of h> knowledge this is the first time such a legal action has been •taken iriT Indiana. He said insurance companies representing other possible parties might take similar action "after they see what happens to us ” , To date there have been at least 22 suits filed as a result Os the explosing totaling sl9 million in damages sought De fendants named in the suits, in addition to Discount, were the Indianapolis Coliseum Corp . which operates the building un der a contract with the Indiana State Fair Board; the fair board, which owns the Coliseum, and the “Holiday On Ice” show. Lawton said persons believing they have a claim because of the. explosion have two years in which to file suit. He said advertisements will be placed in newspapers in an effort to reach all persons who consider they have a claim against Discount so they may be included in the mass settlement." The attorney stressed that he has no authority to admit liability for Discount but that the action was taken in the belief it would be better for all < < >ncerned if all possible suits against the firm could be settled in one action. Thus Discount is named a de fendant in the suit, along with the administrators of the estates of those killed and the persons injured, so far as attorneys have been able to learn. Also names! are seven other companies having an interest in the insurance policies.