Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1964 — Page 1

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Send Rescue Team i For Missionaries

LEOPOLDVILLE (UPI) — A United Nations helicopter rescue team was dispatched today to rescue five American missionaries and five of their children from an area threatened by Communist-led Congolese terrorists. One American missionary, Miss Irene Ferrel, 42, of Jerome, Idaho, was killed by a terrorist arrow last week in Kwilu Province, where bands led by Communist-trained former cabinet minister Pierre Mulule have been raiding both missionary stations and Congolese towns. Kwilu Province officials arrived here Tuesday to appeal for Central government help against the terrorists. They said -100 administrators and other civil servants have been killed by the “Mulelist hordes” and the situation is now out of control. The 10 Americans to be rescued are in £he Kwilu Province town of Kintshua, where razed houses have been sighted from the air. They were not immediately identified. Other missionaries in the province also have appealed for help. , Most Serious Outbreak The Congo situation was by far the most serious outbreak of violence in Africa, but trouble was reported in other nations from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. In the North African kingdom of Libya, six rioters were repo rt e d killed in scattered clashes with police. Students destroyed foreign property and stoned some foreign nationals in the street, They were protesting the slaying Os two students killed in a demonstration for Arab unity two weeks ago. Tanganyikan President Julius Nyerere named a commission to prepare the way for converting his nation into a “democratic one-party state.” Foreign Minister Oscar Kambona said that British troops who put down an African troop mutiny Saturday' would remain as long as the wants them. Nyerere charged Monday that “a number of people” had plotted to overthrow his twbyear regime when troops mutinied to demand more pay and to oust their British officers. Fire On Crowd In Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, police Tuesday opened fire on a crowd of rock-hurling Afri-

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cans protesting the six-month jail sentence given African nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo. Two Africans were reported killed. Nkomo was convicted of violating the law, order, and Maintenance Act by his nationalist campaigning against the white government. The Congolese " crisis brought emergency res cue measures from Premier Cyrille Adoula and the United Nations. But Secretary General Thant said Tuesday night before leaving New York for a tour that will include the Congo that no decision has been made on the use of U.N. troops in Kwilu Province. TWO SECTIONS Burial Held Today For Braun Infant Julia Ann Braun, infant of John and Mary Ann Ulman-Braun, of Decatur route 4, died at birth Tuesday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. The parents are members of St. Mary’s Catholic church. Surviving in addition to the parents are two brothers, Gregory and Lawrence, and two sisters, Jeanette and Deborah, all at home; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Matilda Braun of Decatur, and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ulman of Decatur. Graveside services, conducted by the Gillig & Doan funeral home, were held at the Catholic cemetery this afternoon, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Baker Funeral Rites Thursday Morninq Funeral services for Robert J. Baker, who died Monday afternoon, will be held at 9:30 a. m. Thursday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the'*’furtef‘al home until time of the services. Pallbearers will be Walter Baker. Lee Schultz. Dave Bake?. Harold Baker, Paul Wolpe t and Vincent Baker. The Loyal Order of Moose will hold memorial services at the funeral home at 7 o’clock this evening, and the rosary will be recited at 8 p. m.

CAPE KENNEDY (UPD — The United States today tired the world’s heaviest satellite into orbit around earth with its mighty Saturn-1 super rocket, and scored a key success in its drive toward the moon this decade. The 16-story Saturn-1, more powerful than six railroad diesel engines, thundered from its concrete launching pad at 10:25 a.m. CST in one of the most spectacular blastoffs ever seen at this spaceport. After a fiery flight of 10 minutes, 32 seconds the 84-foot secone stage—now a veritable “flying junkpile"—sped into orbit at 16,650 miles per hour. It was a double-barreled success—the fifth in a row for the Saturn-1 and the orbiting of a 37,700 pound satellite that far outstripped anything the Soviet Union has put up, as far as weight is concerned. The heaviest Soviet moonlet has been estimated at about 15,000 pounds. Upper Stage in Orbit The federal space agency said, “It can be considered that the upper stage and payload is in orbit” — an announcement that sent cheers echoing through the Saturn blockhouse and around the cape among thousands of spectators who had gathered to watch. The exact altitude of the orbit could not be determined immediately. But plans had called for the satellite to swing around earth from 160 miles to about 400 miles up. Scientists also said that, under good viewing conditions, the second stage could probably be seen as a bright star in the sky as it circled the globe. However, the second stage was not expected to remain in orbit for more than a few days. Scientists on a firing complex about two miles away were in the midst of preparations for the second half of the space doubleheader —a planned attempt Thursday to rocket an 808-pounder ranger probe more than 230,000 miles to take closeup oictures of the moon. Today’s launching was nationally televised and the 164foot black and white rocket carried a television camera aloft in an attempt to flash back to earth for the first time the separation of the first and second stages of the rocket. An attempt to launch the Sat-urn-1 Monday forced a two-day delay when someone forgot to pull a plug in an oxygen line. Today, a launch delay of one hour and 13 minutes was required because of radio interference in the Cape Kennedy area. Scientists feared it might interfere with radio commands to the rocket, particularly the mechanism to destroy the rocket if it veered off course.

Kennedy Memorial Fund Is Over Top “The John F. Kennedy memorial fund is over the top!” Judge Myles F. Parrish, head of the fund-raising committee, said at noon today. Judge Parrish said contributions have now reached 5770.02, which will be used to purchase a memorial plaque to be erected in the Youth and Community Center in honor of the late president’s visit here a few years ago. ’ The fund will remain open, Judge Parrish explained, until February 8, which will be the end of the 30-day period established for receiving contributions for the memorial. “Every penny we get will be placed in this memorial,” Judge Pn’-rish said, “and we may be able to get a bigger, better and rnce beautiful plaque.” Die committee has selected a plaque which will be purchased from the E. L. Ponader Co., of Fort Wayne, at a cost of $685. If more contributions are received by the February 8 deadline, a bigger plaque may be purchased. . Present Choice The committee’s choice is a ''' , '■ -'te, 'Z

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JeTTrainer Shot Down In East Germany

WIE SBAD IN, Germany (UPD—The Soviet news agency Tass announced in Moscow today that a Russian fighter forced down a UJS. Air Force jet trainer and that it crashed in East Germany, killing the three American airmen aboard. A high-ranking U.S. Air Force officer said the unarmed T 39 plane was “probably shot down” by Soviet jet fighters after it strayed across the border into Communist East Germany. Three officers were aboard it on a local training flight when it disappeared Tuesday. • Tass said the U.S. T 39 plane crashed near Vogelsberg about 20 miles northeast of Erfurt “after a Soviet fighter took measures” against it The announcement was not clear aa«te, whether the plane was shot' ' down. . “The Soviet fighter had to take measures in compliance with air defense instructions and as a result the intruder plane crashed," Tass said. “An inspection of the crash site showed that the intruder was ft military jet plane of the T 39 type belonging to the U.S. Air Force. Three corpses of serTass said the plane was intercepted by the Soviet fighter over the town of Muehlhausen. “The intruder did not react to the conventional signals demanding it to land and continued its flight deeper into the territory of, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). “It also did not react to the warning fire opened in the area of Weimar. Therefore, the Soviet fighter had to take measures in compliance with air defense instructions which are well known to the American command.” • Tass said the Soviet Union had protested the alleged intrusion of the T 39 in a note delivered to U.S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler in Moscow. The note called the incident “a gross provocation aimed at aggravating the situation in Central Europe.” Tbe Soviet Embassy in East Berlin said Russian military representatives will begin “immediate contacts” with the U. S. military mission in Potsdam to determine what happened to the T 39 jet and the three officers who were aboard when it disappeared. A spokesman for the Soviet Embassy said he knew nothing about the fate of the missing plane. ~~~ ■ _ “The organs of the Soviet armed forces at present stationed in the German: Demo--24” by 36” cast bronze portrait plaque, which would show a 14inch high head and shoulders of the late president. The cost would also include appropriate warding and installation of the pfaque. The Adams circuit court judge explained the committee’s work as “One of the most wonderful experiences I have ever had. The committee was appointed late in December by then-maydr Donald Gage, with Judge Parrish chosen as chairman. Other members of the committee are E. E. Rydell, Sylvester L. Everhart, H. Krueckeberg, and Melvin H. Tinkham. Judge Parrish said contribu-’' tions were received from hundreds of persons, as no one individual or firm made a large contribution to carry the fund over the top—just small contritutions from many, many people.

Cratic Republic- will take up immediate contact with the U. S. mission in Potsdam to clarify this matter,” the spokesman said. A spokesman for the East German Foreign Ministry said, “We knew nothing about this case.” The Soviet statement was in reply to a demand for information filed by the U. S. Embassy in Bonn with the four-power Berlin air safety center and the Soviet military headquarters in East Germany, unconfirmed reports the plane was shot down by Communist jets. One report said it was hit near Erfurt, East Germany, about 50 miles inside the border. 11 From County To Attend GOP Dinner Eleven Adams county people will attend the SIOO a plate Republican “Victory Year” dinner tonight at the Indiana Roof in Indianapolis, Roy L. Price, Republican county chairman, stated today; An over-capacity house is expected with more than 1,500 tickets sold, Robert N. Stewart, Republican state chairman, announced. The party will net the party over SIOO,OOO for the 1964 campaign. The GOP, in debt since 1960, is now debt-free, and expects to turn over $50,000 of the proceeds to the national committee, and use $50,000 in the state campaign. Attending From Adams Price stated that nine individuals were attending for certain, and that two otfiers have been sponsored by groups that bought the two tickets, but that they have not yet announced who would use the tickets. Going from Adams county are Harry Schwartz, Clarence Bultemeier, Harry Essex, Tom Miller, Dr. John Doan, and Roy Price, of Decatur, Arne Liechty and Wilbur Wulliman, of Berne, and Herman Bixler, of Geneva. Price also announced that he completed a session at Berne last week for precinct committeemen and vice-committeemen, that one will be held in Decatur this Friday at 7 p. m. at the bank building, and that a second meeting will be held in Decatur Feb. 5, with arrangements to be announced. Gov. Scranton There Speaker for the meeting will be Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton, one of the top Republican candidates for the GOP presidential nomination to face Pres. Lyndon Johnson. Seven top Republicans will be featured on a closed-circuit live telecast, including former Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Gov. Scranton, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, former vice-pres. Richard M. Nixon, Gov. George “W. Romney, and Sen. Thruston B. Morton. , There will also be nearly 50 candidates for state GOP nominations at the meeting. 4th Exceeds Quota The fourth district had a quota of 150 tickets, and 164 have been sold, according to fourth district Republican chairman Robert E. Gates. Columbia City, quoted in the Columbia City newspapers. By today, 175 were expected from the district. In addition to Adams’ 11, Allen has 90, with possibly ten more; DeKalb, 12; LaGrange. 6; Noble, 7: Steuben, 7; Wells, 15, with another 5 expected; Whitley, 16. r-

Rumple Is Head Os County Extension ■ Henry Rumple Henry Rumple, prominent Jefferson township farmer and Aber-deen-Angus cattleman, was elected chairman of the Adams county extension committee for 1964, succeeding Roy L. Price, of Washington township. Rumple, a former trustee of the Adams cdunty memorial hospital, is well-known in county affairs, and has been a rural leader in extension projects and 4-H work for many years. Martin Habegger, of route one, Monroe, was elected vice-chair-man; Mrs. Edwin Reifs teck, route one, Ossian, was elected secretary; Chester Isch, route one, Berne, was elected treasurer, and Ralph Bluhm, route one, Monroe, was elected director. Homer Winteregg, of Monroe, was chairman of the nominating committee. The annual meeting of the committee was held Tuesday, in the Monroe Co-Op building. Roy Price, chairman of the committee, presided at the meeting. Roll call was taken with 26 in attendance. The secretary’s report was given by Mrs. Edwin Reifsteck. Treasurer’s report was given by Chester Isch. The building committee report was given by Peter B. Lehman. The township representatives reported on 4-H ’leadership for 1964. Itie chairmen of the various project committees gave there reports of activities carried out in 1963. Patsy Lee Leaders, home economics agent, gave a report of the events to take place this year in home demonstration work. County extension agent, Ernest J. Lesiuk, presented the Adams county plan of work for the extension program, 1964, and discussed the objectives ofthe Adams county extension program. The coffee hour was held in the forenoon and a carry-in dinner was enjoyed by all.

Local Lady's Sister Is Taken By Death ■ Mrs. Betty Jane Lewis, 45, wife of Nolan Lewis of Garrett, died at 8:15 p.m. Monday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Lewis graduated from North Side high school in Fort Wayne in 1936, and had resided in Garrett for 27 years. Surviving in addition to her husband are one son, Michael Lewis; her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Coby or Fort Wayne; one sister, Mrs. Edna Castle of Decatur ; three aunts and seven nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ in Garrett, with burial at Garrett. Friends may call at the McKee funeral home in Garrett-- until time of the services. ! .dll! Mothers' March In Decatur Nets $925 Receipts from the Mothers’ March Tuesday night in Decatur were approximately. 1925, slightly higher than the total contributed last year, according to reports today by Mrs. Robert Blaney, chairman of the 1964 March, and Herman H. Krueckeberg, treasurer of the March of Dimes. Members of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority, which has sponsored the Mothers’ March for a number of years, conducted the house-to-house canvass of the city last evening. Collections were taken to the First State Bank, where Krueckeberg was assisted in checking receipts by bank employes, William Lose, Jr., Jane Dailey and Peach Courtney. Mrs. Blaney expressed thanks to all those citizens who contributed, to the workers who conducted the canvass, and to the Wertzberger confectionery. Smith Dairy and Decatur Baking Co., who provided coffee, milk and doughnuts far the solicitors.

Branigin In Governor Race

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPD— Lafayette attorney Roger D. Branigin officially entered the Democratic race for governor today with a broad attack on Indiana's tax “mess” which he said needs reforming. “Double taxes have doublecrossed the people.” Branigin said as he told 200 newsmen and party leaders in a packed conference that he would abandon his law practice for five months to “worlf hard” for the nomination with visits to every county. Branigin, 61, a wealthy corporation executive and former president of the Indiana State Bar Association, was the fifth announced hopeful in the Democratic gubernatorial picture. He said he has talked with Governor Welsh but has no blessing from him. “I hope he’s for me and I have no reason to believe he’s against me,” Branigin said. He also said he had conferred with Dallas Sells, president of the Indiana AFL-CIO, and believes he “will have the backing of and substantial support from organized labor.” “I feel that labor is interested in a governor with integrity and not just a politician who offers lip service to the cause of labor,” Branigin said. He appointed Thurman DeMoss, Franklin attorney, as his campaign manager. DeMoss is a professional associate of Branigin’s brother, Elba. On taxes, Branigin said he hopes the resolutions committee of the party presents to the convention in June a reform tax program that will remove food and prescription drugs from the sales tax. He said he believes the majority of Democrats do not favor a net income tax. Branigin said he believes his leading opponents are State Marshall F. Kizer Speaks Here Feb. 6 ,< Marshall F. Kizer Marshall F. Kizer, farmer-at-torney from near Plymouth, and one of the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor on a platform pledging repeal of the sales tax, will speak in Decatur the evening of February 6 at Northwest school at a reactivation meeting for the Jefferson Club. Kizer, senate minority leader this past session, Tought hard against the majority to stop the sales tax, and has campaigned strenuously throughout the state on the issue. Here in Decatur, where the sales tax has hurt sales from Ohio people, who used to avoid their own sales tax by shopping here, sentiment is strongly against that particular tax as a means of raising state and local funds. —Kizer has been a member of the state senate since the 195 T session, and served in Marshall county prosecuting attorney, county attorney, welfare department attorney and other posts since 1935. He is a member of the Episcopalian church, Masons. Kiwanis, and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. Roger Singleton has been named entertainment committee chairman, .and is presently securing entertainment for the program. As a former president of the club,? Singleton has been asked to head the nominating committee, which includes Maynard Lehman of Berne and Al Cott, of Geneva*. Dr. Harry H. HebWe, Democratic county chairman, will preside at the meeting Until the election of new officers. Following the meeting, coffee and doughnuts will be served by a committee headed by Mrs. Joanna Smitley.

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Sen. Marshall Kizer of Plymouth and former Bloomington Mayor Thomas L. Lemon. But he added “there seem to be others who are sniffing the spring breezes or hiding behind trees who might get into the race.” The marquee of the hotel where the news conference was held was adorned with a banner saying “Good hick, Roger.” Other announced candidates are Rep. Robert L. Rock, Anderson, and William Fortune, of Carmek X There are some indications that Clinton Green, a native of Greene County, executive secretary of the Indiana Port Commission and former administrative assistant to Governor Welsh, also will run for governor. In 1956, both Branigin and Welsh were gubernatorial candidates, but were defeated in the Democratic state convention by Terre Haute Mayor Ralph Tucker, who later lost to Republican Harold W. Handley. Branigin is known to thousands of Hoosiers, as a witty after-dinner speaker at Press Club gridiron shows in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne and at numerous other, dinners and ' conventions. His backers maintain that his strength would be enhanced by the fact that he has had no connection with the 1963 Legislature that enacted the sales tax and the graduated gross income tax, which created triple taxation in the state, because there also is the property tax. .Branigin, who is married and has two sons, was born in Franklin and was graduated from Franklin College and Harvard University. He is a wealthy man because of his extensive list of clients, including National Homes and many other corporations. He is a trustee of Franklin College, a former trustee of Purine University and a member of the Phi Delta Theta and. Phi Delta Phi fraternities. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and mild. Low toniglrt in the 20s north, 25 to 34 south. High Thursday in the 40s. Sunset today 6:01 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 7:55 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Considerable cloudiness with rain early Friday southwest, spreading over state during the day. Lows in the 30s. Highs in the 40s. Scout-O-Rama To Be Held in City . Decatur will be the site of the first Limberlost district Scout-O-Rama this spring, Bill Spice, district executive, announced today. The district includes Adams, Jay and Wells counties. The district Scout-O-Rama will replace the Anthony Wayne council show at the coliseum this year, so that more units can compete, and so that more people in each district can see what their local scouts are doing, Spice explained. • “Strengthen Heritage” The theme of the show, which will be in early spring, is “Strengthen America’s Heritage.” Each of the district’s 20 troops, 26 Cub packs, and six Explorer posts will be expected to take part, making 52 units with 52 booths, Spice continued. Also new this year is the ticket sales plan, by which each unit will get to keep 50% of the ticket sale money for its own use. It is hoped that the decentraization of the show, plus the ticket plan, will encourage heavy attendance by all community members. Mating More Plans In the near future a district Scout-O-Rama chairman will be announced, a date and location in Decatur set, a ticket committee, arrangements committee, and program committee named. The district health and safety committee will handle first aid, Spice explained. All publicity will come from the scout office. Booth judging will be co-ordinated through council activities committee. Tickets for the event will he 50 cents each, and all Scouts will have them for sale well before the event. A special award for the best booth will be presented by the national council of the Boy Scouts of America.