Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1964 — Page 1

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Agreement Made By Kennedy, Sukarno

TOKYO (UPI) — Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy reached agreement with Indonesian President Sukarno today that the Malaysia , crisis, which threatens the peace in Southeast Asia, should be solved by consultation. Kennedy, in his first diplomatic mission for President Johnson, held a cordial 90-min-ute meeting with Sukarno, whose threat to crush the new British Commonwealth nation of Malaysia has increased tension in Asia. He made no statement after the meeting. A second round of talks was scheduled for Saturday. Ed Guthman, spokesman for the attorney general, said “agreement was reached that the problem (of Indonesia’s opposition to Malaysia) should be solved by consultation.” Talks Were Cordial Guthman said the talks were “cordial, a friendly exchange of views.” An Indonesian spokesman also described the talks as friendly and said “there was no difficulty at all in finding ways for the solution of the problems, which should be solved by consultations by the parties concerned.”

Students Plan Panama Rally

PANAMA CITY (UPD—Left-ist-led university students scheduled a “patriotic mass rally” here tonight—the second in 48 hours — to support demands that the United States agree to revise the Panama Canal Treaty. (In Washington Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Thursday that the United States is willing to discuss mutual problems with Panama but will not negotiate under threats of violence. (He said the United States still feels the trouble in Panama “can be resolved, in the absence of violence, and with the restoration of relations and discussions between the two governments.”) Advance publicity said the mass meeting at 7 p.m., J 2 * 1 would urge those present to “reject aggressor imperialism Big Ten Official Is Rotary Speaker Officiating Big Ten football can be rugged but it is also a pleasant and rewarding experience, according to Bill Borgmann’s address Thursday night to the' Decatur Rotary club at the Decatur Youth and Community Centef. Warren Druetzler was program chairman. Borgmann, a Fort Wayne native, and a graduate of Michigan University, is an attorney with Central Soya Co. He has had 13 years experience and officiated at seven Big Ten games this past fall. Game assignments are made in April and May. although officials do not reveal where they will be working. Various rule books and interpretation of rules are sent and the speaker said he often needed 80 to 90 hours of study to complete a true or false exam before the season starts. A two and a half day clinic is also held at Chicago. On the day of the game, all five officials meet at about 10 am. and stay together until the game is comnleted. The five officials are: refree, head linesman, field judge, umpire, and back judge. Borgmann regretted that there are actually four sets of rules currently in use. High school rules differ from college rules, and the two professional leagues also have slightly different rules. He explained the newest rule changes which include spearing with the helmet, a substitution rule change, and some air catch signal changes. The veteran official said that it was impossible to include every situation in the rule book, so some judgement was necessary. A ouick or slow whistle often depends on conditions in a given game the main object to prevent injuries. President George Auer announced that the club will not meet next Thursday night, but will participate in the Joint Lion Club and Chamber of Commerce banquet on Monday at 6:30 p.m.

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Asked about the US. role in the dispute, Guthman repeated Kennedy’s views that the problem should be solved, by the Asians involved, not outsiders. This suggested that one of the attorney general’s aims is to bring together the leaders of the three nations involved in the crisis — Malaysia, Indonesia, and The Philippines. Kennedy will fly to The Philippines Sunday for talks with President Diosdado Macapagal, whose nation claims some of the territory Malaysia occupies on Borneo. May Go To Capital He may then go to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, to see Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman. There was a possibility of a third meeting with Sukarno before Kennedy leaves here Sunday. Sukarno opposes Malaysia as a new form of British colonialism that threatens his 3,000-is-land nation on its borders. Kennedy is believed to have told him the Johnson administration is under pressure from Congress to cut off U.S. aid to Indonesia unless it pursues peaceful policies. r

and “show the world the Panamanian people are alert against the Yankee assassins.” Extremist Terms “Aggression” and “assassination” are terms used by Panamanian extremists to describe the U.S. defense of the Canal Zone against armed marauders during last week’s anti-Ameri-ean riote, in which at least 21 persons, including four U.S- soldiers, were killed. Meanwhile, Panamanian Foreign Minister Galileo Solis and Chilean diplomat Manuel Trucco were seeking means of breaking the deadlock over resumption of diplomatic relations between Panama and the United States. Solis and Trucco—one of the inter - American peacemakers sent here last week by the Organization of American States —-were closeted together at the Hilton Hotel here until well after midnight. Confers with Trucco U.S. diplomatic troubleshooter Edwin Martin also has been conferring with Trucco. There were unconfirmed reports Martin phoned Washington Thursday night after talking with the Chilean, but there was no indication as to what was said. Strict secrecy veiled the three-day talks. No confirmation could be obtained for reports that Panama is preparing to expel the U.S. Embassy staff unless Washington yields promptly to Panamanian demands for treaty revision. , , ... , Solis said Thursday that he knew nothing “up to this moment” about any order to U.S. diplomats to get out of Panama. Chalmer Wolfe Is Critically Injured Chalmer Wolfe, 24-year-old resident of route 1, Decatur, remained on the critical list at Parkview. memorial hospital in Fort Wayne at noon today, after being seriously injured Thursday afternoon while working in Allen county. Wolfe was struck in the face by a load of steel beams while working with another man in making preparations for a bridge construction this spring on state road 101, just north of U. S. 30. Wolfe was rushed, to . the Fort Wayne hospital with a fractured skull and facial bone fractures. SUU Critical He was in critical condition at first, but his condition was later listed as serious. Between midnight and 2 am., however, it was reported he began to have trouble breathing, and was considered critical again. The mishap occurred as Wolfe and a fellow worker for Yost Construction Co. of Decatur were unloading the steel pilings from a truck. It was not definitely known whether he was standing on the truck or had fallen off, when a chain broke and the steel fell on him. The steel beams weighed a total of approximately 600 pounds, and fell about eight to ten feet onto the local man.

Richard Linn Is Coroner Candidate Jl’ ' ft \ j| ’ I Richard F. Linn Richard F. Linn, well known Decatur mortician, today announced he will be a candidate for Adams county coroner on the Democratic ticket in the primary election Tuesday, May 5. Linn is a native of Decatur and a graduate of the Decatur high school. He served with the medical department of the U. S. Armay in Europe during World War 11, and upon his discharge, entered the Indiana College of Mortuary Science, graduating in 1947. He -is a licensed embalmer and funeral director. Linn was associated with the Black funeral home for several years before becoming director of the Decatur Youth and Community Center in 1957. In 1962 he became a partner with Elmer Winteregg. Jr., in the "Winteregg-Linn funeral home in this city. He is married and the father of two children. He is a member of the Zion United Church of Christ and the official board of the churchThe Candidate is a member of the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled American Veterans. He is also a member of the Masonic lodge, Lions club and Fraternal Order of Police. He is vice president of the Adams county chapter of the National Foundation and a member of the committee for Boy Scout troop 63. BULLETIN Mrs. Emma Simerman, of 921 North 13th St., died at 10:25 a.m. today at the South View nursing home at Bluffton. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Dr. William Gillig Opens Office Here Dr. William C. Gillig Dr. William C. Gillig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Gillig of Decatur, has taken over the dental office of Dr. Joe Morris, and will practice his specialty of orthodony here, it was announced today. Dr. Gillig will work with Dr. Robert R. Irwin, 305 W. Adams street, where Dr. Morris formerly practiced. Dr. Morris has left on a seven-month vacation, and will announce his future plans when he returns. Dr. Gillig is a 1950 D. C. H. S. graduate, and was graduated in 1954 from Xavier University. He then attended Indiana University school of dentistry, and was graduated in 1958. He did graduate work in pedodonics, the specialty of children’s teeth, and orthodonics, or straightening teeth. He also was graduated from the Dewey School of Orthodenture in New York City. Dr. Gillig has practiced since his graduation in Rock Ledge, Fla., near Cape Kennedy, and in Kort Wayne. He was wed to the former / Janet Hartman in Novembei. » «

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, January 17, 1964,

Zanzibar Releases Two U.S. Diplomats, New President Is Appointed

Hold C. C. Banquet Here Monday Night Lewis L. Smith, prominent Decatur attorney, will serve as toastmaster for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet, which will be held at the Youth and Community Center Monday evening, according to the program announced today by W. Guy Brown, executive secretary of the business organization. The banquet, a joint meeting of the C. of C. and the Rotary, Lions and Optimist service clubs, and the ladies, will be served at 6:30 p. m. The- banquet is also open to the public. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Phillip Philbrook, pastor of the First Baptist church at Fort Wayne. He will speak on “The Half-Way House.” Die meeting will open with the pledge of allegiance to the flag, group singing of America, and the invocation by the Rev. William C. FellOr, pastor of the Zion United Church of Christ. Dinner music will be played by Chet Longenberger on a Wurlitzer organ, courtesy of the Decatur Music House. The Decatur high school choir, directed by Miss Helen Haubold, supervisor of vocal music in the Decatur public schools, will sing several numbers, Included on the program will be introduction of Mayor Carl Gerber, and presidents of the various service clubs, outgoing, holdover and new directors of the Chamber of Commerce. E. E. Rydell, retiring C. C. president, will review activities of the past year, and introduce the incoming president, Lawrence E. Anspaugh. Rev. Philbrook will be introduced by Tom Allwein.

X-Ray Unit In County Next Week The state board of health’s rtiobile X-ray unit, whose visit to Adams county this week was postponed because of the heavy snowstorm Sunday and Monday, will be in the county next week, Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association, stated today. The unit will follow the same schedule as originally planned for this week. The project is sponsored jointly by the local TB association and the state board of health. There is no charge for the diest X-rays, with the state furnishing the unit and the TB association defraying cost of reading the films. Removal of clothing is unnecessary, except \for overcoats. Metal combs, pens, etc., must be removed. No one under the age of 18 will be X-rayed nor will pregnant women by X-rayed. Food handlers under the age of 18 may receive certificates to be X-raved from the office of Dr. C. William Freeby. The schedule of next week’s visit follows: Monday — Old bank building gt Berne, to 5 p.m. Tuesday— Decatur Casting Co., 10 a m. to 12 noon; General Electric Co., 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday — General Electric Co.. 8:30 toTT arm.rCentral Soya ' Co.. 1 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday — Public, courthouse in Decatur, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Bag Service. 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday — Home Dairy (Berne), 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Snow Removal Cost To State $401,000 INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana state highway commission chairman David Cohen said that the battle to keep highways clear during and after the recent snow storm cost the state $401,000. He said the labor cost was $185,000, cost of chemicals spread to melt snow and ice was $160,000 and fees for extra snow removal equipment that had to be rented totaled $56,000.

City Hall Offices . Now On Second Floor Beginning Monday, all city hall offices will be located on the second floor of the building, with t£e ground floor undergoing reiriodeling. Moving the offices to the secong floor began today, although the departments continued to operate. The city hall is closed all day Saturday, and on Monday all offices will be located on the second floor. The clerk-treasurer’s office will be located in the former site of the police station, and the city utilities will be in the council room, and former site of the unemployment office. Mayor Carl Gerber’s office will be in the city court room. Court will still be held in the court room on Mondays. and the city council will hold its meetings in the court room. Local contractor Chalmer Barkley will remodel the city hall, beginning with the ground floor. After that is completed, the offices Will be moved back to the first ilddr, and remodel on the second floor will start. Barkley recently completed construction of,the new K- ’isS station at Third and Park streets. .* Geneva Gas Service Begins Wednesday Natural gas will be turned on in Geneva next Wednesday, according to Richard M. Reetz, manager of the Decatur office of Northern Indiana Public Service company. The first customer will be Producers Dairy, north of Geneva, and located on the company’s transmission line. Only the severe storm of last weekend prevented the Gas company from extending service to Geneva residents early this week. “Prospective customers who had previously Signed up for natural gas service are asked to call Enterprise 1000 and let the company know when and where they want gas turned on,” Reetz said. “The company will immediately dispatch servicemen to set meters and start gas flowing to each individual customer.” Other Geneva residents who desire gas service but have not yet signed up for it are urged to call Enterprise 1000 and get their applications in as early as possible to enable NIPSCO’s fast-operating service crews to take care of their needs. Reetz warned local residents not to be alarmed if they think they smell gas early next week. “Natural gas is actually oderless,” he explained, “but we add an odor to it as a safety precaution. This man-made odor sometimes escapes when we make such tests in a new service area,” he continued, “but it is designed for the protection of customers.” - Weldon Nussbaum To Head Monroe Board Weldon Nussbaum has been elected president of the Monroe town board for the coming year, Arthur Moeschberger, clerk, announced today. • • •’ . j Other members of the board include Kenneth Hoffman and Arthur Roudebush. Appointments for the year include: fire chief. Arthur Roudebush; assistant fire chief, Martin Steiner; town marshal, Louis Steffen; town attorney. John DeVoss; Harold Arnold received the garbage disposal contract. During 1963 the town authorized I&M to install overhead street lighting throiy hout the town, and to keep the lights on during the entire time of darkness. Previously, the town had installed a few antiquated lights, which were turned off late in the evening. The new board, on inspection since. the operation of the new lights, have observed that several (Continued on Page Three)

DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanganyika (UPI) —Zanzibar’s revolutionary government today «, released two U.S. diplomats arrested at gunpoint Thursday. Zanzibar Radio said the man who arrested them has been supplanted as revolutionary president. “Field Marshal,” John Okello, reported to be a former Kenya Mau Mau member, broadcast over Zanzibar Radio today that he has assumed the office of president of the revolutionary government of Zanzibar. The broadcast said that Sheikh Abeid Karume, who had held the post of president since Sunday when a coup toppled the Arab-led old Zanzibar regime, had been appointed vice president. Washington reports have said it was Karume who personally arrested Frederick P. Picard 111, charge H-affairs at the U.S. Zanzibar Embassy and Embassy Third Secretary Donald K. Petterson following an angry outburst by the rebel president over what he considered distortion of events in Zanzibar by diplomats and newsmen. Newsmen Also Freed Four American newsmen also were arrested by the Zanzibar revolutionary regime. The two’ U.S. diplomats were freed on orders of Karume. Picard was flown to Dar-Es-Sa-laam, on the East African Coast opposite the spice island of Zanzibar. The U.S. State Department said the second diplomat, Petterson, was also released but was permitted to remain on Zanzibar. He thus became the only American official there. All other Americans on the island, including personnel of a U.S. space tracking station, had been evacuated early this week. State Department officials said the four American newsmen who. Were arrested Thursday at the \ame tirpe as the two diplomats’ to be freed shortly. The correspondents were identified as Robert Conley of the New York Times, John Nugent of Newsweek, Bill Smith of Time magazine and Peter Rand, described as a special writer for the New York Herald Tribune. Conley, Smith, and Nugent were said to have been accused by the revolutionary government of sending out exaggerated reports on the situation in Zanzibar. Sources here said the newsmen were charged with illegal entry and then were ordered confined to their rooms in the hotel in which they were arrested. Charges “Lies” An Embassy spokesman here ‘said President Karume stormed up to Picard while the diplomat was talking to the four newsmen at a Zanzibar hotel Thursday night. He charged the newsmen sent out stories full of “lies” and that Picard had supplied them wiih false information, the spokesman said. “Why don t you recognize us?” Karume shouted at Picard, according to the spokesman. The United States and Britain despite requests from the sixday old rebel regime, had not recognized Karume’s government. British High Commissioner Timothy Crossltiwaite said royal navy ships would remove 130 British subjects, including a few police officers. He said 270 British men would remaih as long as the situation remains quiet. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy, windy and mild tonight. Some local very light snow north portion. Saturday 'cloudy and colder north with snow flurries. Low tonight in the 20s. High Saturday 25 to 35 north, low 40s south. Sunset today 5:47 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 8:03 a. m. Outlook for Smday: Partly cloudy and a little • warmer with scattered snow flurries near Lake Michigan. Lows 18 to 27. Highs 35 to 44.

Astronaut Glenn In U. S. Senate Race ■IF'. Jlfe W IW%WIT< »; W k|v - wh wl sb 1 ■ ?* JwMjQi * ■»* * < flgl ‘j£x’#''•■■ •; «- Kd| Hil x ‘ v 111 ' Ml HE’S MADE DECISION— John Glenn, the astronaut, held a press conference in Columbus, Ohio, today to announce his candidacy for the U. S. Senate.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) — Astronaut John H. Glenn today announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator from his native Ohio in the May primaries. The freckle - faced space hero’s announcement at a jampacked news conference that he is giving up the security of the space program for the uncertain life of politics throws him into the race against fiery U.S. Sen. Stephen Young, a consistent supporter of the KennedyJohnson program. And if he gets by Young, the sandy - haired Glenn probably will meet U.S. Rep. Robert Taft Jr., whose family name is as famous in politics as Glenn’s is in space exploration. Glenn, who became world famous as the first American to orbit the earth almost two years ago, landed today in the uncomfortable position of finding most of his party stalwarts in Ohio pledged to Young. Some of them urged Glenn six ■months ago to announce at a time when Young wasn’t sure of his plans but Glenn kept silent and Young announced. Democrats then had to line up with him or be in the position of opposing an administration friend. Democrat leaders said Glenn’s entry would leave the party in a shambles. It was obvious as Glenn wandered into the largest news conference ever held in this Ohio capital that his decision had created turmoil among Democratic leaders who planned to assemble in that same hotel ballroom Monday and endorse Young for reelecDemocratic leaders said late entry by the first American to orbit the earth into the race against the fiery Sen. Stephen M. Young would leave the party in a shambles. Hint Line of Attack Republicans, while not concerned with Glenn unless he wins the nomination in the May primary, hinted at their line of attack by saying Glenn had'allowed his name to be "used for girtisan political purposes" at “injected politics into the space program.” The Republican dart came frorn Rep. Charles A. Mosher of Ohio, a member of the House Space Committee and close friend of Rep. Robert Taft Jr. Taft is expected to be the Republican senatorial can-

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didate, although he faces a tough challenge from Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown. Buckeye Democrats who once had impored the space hero to head their state ticket this fall were caught off base because his entry came after most of the leaders had publicly pledged their support to the 74-year-old Young in his bid for a second term. In Sticky Position One party leader said Young had been a consistent supporter of the Kennedy-Johnson programs and if the party at its convention here Monday endorsed Glenn it would put Ohioans in the position of repudiating one of the administration’s most faithful supporters in the Senate. There was a fear, too, that a slugfest primary would endanger the party’s chances in November. Rep. Charles A. Vanik of Cleveland said a YoungGlenn race would leave the party “in shambles.’’ Another Democratic congressman, pledged to Young, said his party was a minority in Ohio and that a primary fight would play into Republican hands. If Glenn and Taft are nominated to fight it out in November, the race would attract international attention as each of the candidates is widely known. Decatur Man Asks $150,000 Damages Herbert L. Smitley,' of Decatur has filed suit for $150,000 damages in the Wells circuit court at Bluffton for injuries sustained in a traffic accident in Allen coun- , ty Jan. 17, 1962. Defendant in the case is Donald Leroy Williams of Bluffton. According to the complaint. Smitlev was a passenger in a car driven by Williams, which collided head-on with another auto on U S. highway $7 as the men were headed' for Decatur after working at Fort Wayne. Williams has also been named as defendant in other suits pending in the Bluffton court filed by the driver of the other car, Mrs. Ellen Irene Myers of Decatur, her husband, Roscoe W. Myers, and on behalf of their thrjee children. ■