Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1964 — Page 1

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Stepped-Up Effort Need In Viet Nam

WASHINGTON (UPI) - U.S. officials believe a stepped -up effort will be necessary to win the war against Communist guerrillas in South Viet Nam. They believe it may require increased help from the United States in the form of military supplies and technicians. Against this background, officials conceded they still do not know for sui'e whether the new military regime in South Viet Nam, which took over in a coup Wednesday, will be one that can efficiently prosecute the war. Officials said Friday the United States will continue its recognition of the government of Viet Nam without interruption, despite the coup. The coup will be regarded as a mere reshuffle of officials, not requiring a new act of U. S. recognition. Against the uncertainties of the Viet Nam situtation, there appeared on the scene Friday another major complication — French President Charles de Gaulle, again promoting in a Paris news conference his pro-

Plan Os Policing Cyprus Is Stymied

LONDON (UPI) — A plan to police the peace in Cyprus with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops appeared stymied today fey the opposition of Archbishop Makarios, the island’s bearded president and leader of its Greek Cypriot community. However there was a glimmer of hope in late word from Athens, where informed sources said the Greek government approved the idea of a NATO “police force” at a midnight conference. Spyrw Kyferianou, the foreign minister of ‘Cyprus and another of its Greek community leaders, landed in Athens on his way home from London, where for weeks diplomats of Britain, Greece and Turkey have been trying to work out a solution. It was hoped that the Greek government might be able to persuade Kyprianou to try to change Makarios’s mind, al-

Claim Staked By de Gaulle

PARIS (UPI) — President Charles de» Gaulle has staked France's claim to renew its role as a big power' in embattled Southeast Asia. In his news conference Friday, De Gaulle called for neutralization of the Communistthreatened Southeast Asian states, challenged the U. S. policy of "containing” Communism through military alliances, and announced he will seek Red China’s agreement to pull the whole area out of the EastWest power struggle. Diplomats here noted this was De Gaulle’s first attempt at a diplomatic breakthrough aimed at asserting his influence in an area outside Western Europe. • He made it without having a single French soldier, plane or warship in the area. His chief weapons for challenging the United States are France’s continuing cultural influence in its former Indochinese colonies and his agreement last Monday to establish diplomatic relations with Communist China. French officials said De Gaulle was fully aware his latest dip loma ti c blockbuster would touch off angry reaction in the United States. But they said regardless of this he would push ahead with his diplomatic comapign to neutralize Southeast Asia. " French official's said De Gaulle hopes to persuhde Communist North Viet Nam and INDIANA WEATHER , Partly cloudy tonight. Sunday partly cloudy and mild with chance of rain north portion afternoon or night Law tonight in the 20s. High Sunday in the 40s north, 43 to 53 south. Outlook for Monday: Mostly cloudy, chance of snow north and chance of rain central and south.

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posal to “neutralize” Southeast i Asia by agreement with Communist China. De Gaulle’s proposal clashes directly with U. S. policy in Asia, particularly in South Viet Nam, where 15 ; 500 U. S. soldiers are helping fight the Communists and where this country sends $1.5 million in aid daily. De Gaulle has proposed in . the past unifying Communist North Viet Nam and non-Com-munist South Viet Nam into one neutral government. But U. S. officials see not the slightest indication that the Communists in the north have any intention of changing their half of the country or of giving up their efforts to capture the sguth. If the Communists ever want to make peace in Southeast Asia, U. S. officials believe, they won’t need a big peace conference and neutralization, such as De Gaulle proposes, all they have to do is stop sending guerrilla fighters to the south. Then there would be no problem.

though at latest reports the foreign minister also opposed the plan. Makarios has said that any international, peace force for his Mediterranean Island should be supervised by the United Nations, not NATO. Britain, Greece and Turkey, all partners of the United States in NATO, guaranteed the independence of Cyprus when it ceased being a British colony in 1961. But they are reluctant to see 'the prpblem go before the U.N. Security Council for fear Russia might take a hand in the final solution. The Soviet Union has a veto in the Security Council. Under the plan worked out in London a NATO force of 10,000 men, including up to 2,000 Americans, would be landed in Cyprus to prevent another outbreak of communal warfare. About 200 Cypriots were killed in fighting last December.

pro-Western South Viet Nam to accept reunification on the basis of complete neutrality. Then he would try to get the withdrawal of all foreign troops from both parts of Viet Nam, Camobdiai and Laos. Damp And Mild As February Arrives By United Press International February arrived in Indiana today amid damp and mild weather conditions. But the fog and mist which greeted early - morning risers was expected to vanish soon and pave the way for a weekend mostly marked by fair skies and moderate temperatures, virtually assuring that the groundhog will see his shadow Sunday, indicating six more weeks of winter. Highs today will range in the 40s, barely creeping above 50 in the far south. More of the same was expected Sunday after overnight lows in the 20s. The northern third of the state may get•a little rain by Sunday afternoon or night, and snow north and rain central and south were seen as possibilities for Monday. Highs Friday ranged from 39 at Lafayette to 53 at Louisville, and lows this morning from 25 at Terre Haute to ,40 at Louisville. Precipitation recorded during the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. today included Fort Wayne .27, South Bend .24, Lafayette .20, Indianapolis .10, and Cincinnati .02. , ' . A year ago, Indiana was just ending a week of Sub-zero temperatures. Thirteen years ago Sunday morning, temperatures plunged far below zero and Greensburg’s 35 below was the coldest official temperature ever recorded in Indiana.

Plan Further Picketing In Atlanta Today By United Press International Youthful civil rights workers said they would observe the fourth anniversary of the sit-in movement today with further picketing of segregated restaurants in Atlanta. The Ku Klux Klan began counterpicketing Friday night but the integrationists were too busy in court to picket. More than 200 racial demonstrators are being tried on disorderly conduct charges stemming from picketing of Atlanta restaurants earlier in the week. A group of Negro leaders said Friday it would accept — with qualifications—Mayor Ivan Allen’s plea for a 30-day moratorium on demonstrations. But James Forman, executive director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) said his group—which is directing the demonstrations—would not be bound by any such agreement. At Cleveland, Ohio, about 100 white and Negro demonstrators marched into the board of education building Friday to prbtest alleged school segregation. The dispute had touched off two days of violence in which six persons were hospitalized and a score of others injured. The New York City Board of Education Friday rejected a school integration plan submitted by a human rights commission and integration leaders vowed to close every school in the cty Monday. The police department issued a citywide alert to “maintain law and order and prevent violence to anyone.” Elsewhere in the nation: Las Veras, Nev. — A civil rights proposal touched off a fight between California’s delegation and Southerners Friday at the Convention of Young Democrats of America. Montgomery, Ala. — Macon County school officials agreed to obey a state school board directive ordering- the closing of of integrated Tuskegee High School, attended only by 12 Negroes following a boycott by white students. Hattiesburg, Miss. — Negro leader Lawrence Guyot Jr. was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with a girl demonstrator. He was fined SSOO and given a six-months’ sentence, five months suspended pending good behavior. West Germans Join In Mourning Airmen WIESBADEN, Germany (UPI) — American and West Germans united in sorrow today for three U. S. Air Force flyers killed when Russian jet fighters attacked their unarmed trainer over Communist East Germany. A spokesman for the Wiesbaden police said although the city did not declare a formal period of mourning, many privatelyowned West German flags were lowered to half-staff. The airmen were killed Tuesday. The first of three separate memoral services, in accordance with the wishes of the three widows, was scheduled in the St. Augustine Episcopal Church for Lt. Col. Col. Gerald A. Hannaford, 41, of Austin, Tex. Services for the men who died with him, Capt. John F. Lorraine, 34, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Capt. Donald G. Millard, 33, of Ukiah, Calif., will be held Sunday and Monday at Air Force chapels here and at Frankfurt. The bodies of the three Americans were over to a U. S. military convoy from West Berlin by Communist authorities. They were flown to the Air Force Base here Friday, where their T 39 Sabreliner training jet took off last Tuesday. Grim-faced airmen and their wives paid a simple, silent tribute to fallen comrades in an honors ceremony alongside the Cl3O Hercules transport that flew the remains to Wiesbaden. The three bodies will be flown back to the United States for burial next week. An Air Force spokesman said the three widows were “taking this tragedy magnificently.” “The Air Force is pround, and all Americans should be proud, of those women,” he said. ——r—-

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Ranger - 6 Spacecraft Is Speeding Toward Target On Moon Sunday Morning

Challenge Validity Os Indictments INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — A challenge to the validity of indictments handed down in connection with the Halloween explosion which killed 73 persons at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum had the Marion County prosecutor’s staff poring over law books today. Prosecutor Noble Pearcy Friday assigned a deputy to research the legal technicality regarding grand jury selection raised by attorneys for three of Discount Gas Co. The attorneys raised the point in pleas in abatement for company president Edward Franger, vice president Fred Helms and Richard Ensign, manager of the firm’s Indianapolis plant. They said that because of the manner in which entries regarding the grand jury selection were made in the records of Marion County Criminal Court “all proceedings by the grand jury should be set aside and all indictments quashed.” ■Special Judge Addison Dowliag has not yet set a date for a hearing on the pleas. The cobrt order book sets out' the steps which were followed in calling the grand jury but there is no record of the dates on which the steps occurred. The defense attorneys maintain that a 1937 law requires that each step be entered under the specific date on which it was taken. If Dowling upholds the defense contention, it will also invalidate indictments against State Fire Marshal Ira Anderson, Indianapolis Fire Chief Arnold Phillips and two employes of the Indiana Coliseum Corp. A grand jury indicted Anderson and Phillips on charges of failing to properly inspect the Coliseum and indicted the other five on involuntary man- ( slaughter charges. Says Way Cleared For Indiana Port FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI)— Chairman James R. Fleming of the Indiana Port Commission said Friday that the way has been cleared to “proceed to plan steps leading to the financing and construction” of a Burns Ditch harbor on Lake Michigan. Fleming made the statement after returning from St. Louis where the commission and Governor Welsh were given an interim report from Sverdrup & Parcel & Associates, an engineering firm. The report confirmed the economic feasibility of the Burns Ditch project, Fleming said. It indicated that Stage 1 development could be constructed for about $92.4 million, exclusive of financing or interest costs. This would include breakwaters, bulkheads, harbor dredging, site grading, utilities, highways, roads, railroad facilities and connections, transit sheds and storage warehouses, administrative and utility buildings, grain elevators, sugar refinery and coal handling facilities. The engineers indicated the cost would include about sl6 million for the harbor works—probably eligible for a federal appropriation; $25 million for general purpose facilities; $2.4 million for port terminal railroad; $36.2 million for special purpose facilities, and $12.6 million for improvements “by or for the account of others.” Fleming said that material taken from the harbor in dredging operations would be used to create about 90 acres of land extending into the lake. The commission will meet in Indianapolis Tuesday to expedite plans for financing and constructing the port Fleming said.

Five Cars Involved In Accident Today A Fort Wayne man was taken to the Lutheran hospital in that city following a five-car accident on U. S. 27, two miles north ot Decatur, .around 1 a. m. today. Kenneth Evans, of 4242 ‘Reed St., Fort Wayne, was rushed to the Lutheran hospital, and was reported at that time to be paralyzed from the hips down as a result of a spinal injury. Hospital officals said at 10 a. m. today that his condition is listed as “good.” Several other persons were also injured, but they were brought to the local hospital. Daniel L. Biller, 35, of route 3, Decatur, was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital with injuries to the ribs and left knee, and his wife, Betty J., 34, escaped without injury. Robert Rogers, 21-year-old Glenmore, 0., resident, was hospitalized here with back injuries, and Charles O’Shaughnessey, of 1110 Marshall St., and Cadarino Briones, 809 N. 12th St., were treated for minor injuries. Investigation Continues State trooper Dan' Kwasneskl and deputy sheriff Harold August 4ve»e continuing their investigation of the mishap yet today. Miller was operating his auto south on 27, and his car sideswiped the northbound Evans car, and then also struck the side of another northbound vehicle, operated by Thomas Shaw, 33, of Fort Wayne. Moments later, a vehicle driven by James Staub, 20, of route 5, Decatur, was southbound and came upon the accident. As Staub started to pull his auto off the right side of the road, his car was rammed in the rear by another southbound vehicle, driver by Garland V. West, 55, of Portland. In Staub Car Rogers, O’Shaughnessey and Briones were all riding in the Staub auto, and suffered injuries, while Staub escaped unhurt. As die investigation continued today, damages were listed as follows: the 1961 model Miller car was considered a total loss; the Evans car suffered $350 damage and the Staub vehicle S6OO damage; West’s vehicle received $350 damage and Shaw's was damaged the least, an estimated $75. Joel Ellenberger Dies Early Today Joel Ellenberger, 91, of 1312 McKinnie Ave., Fort Wayne, a retired brickmason, died at 12:2Q o’clock this morning at the St. Joseph hospital in that city. He was born in Monroe township March 21, 1872. His wife, the former Lillie Florey, preceeded him in death. Mr. Ellenberger was a member of the Berne United Church in Christ. Surviving are one son, Floyd Ellenberger of Portland; one daughter, Mrs. Opal Price of Fort Wayne; one brother Noah Ellenberger of Berne; three sisters, Mrs. Rose Steiner and Mrs. Caroline Schinbeck, both of Berne, and Mrs. Catherine Studler of Vincennes; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild and three great-great-grandchild-ren. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Yager funeral home, the Rev. Harry Reiners officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Sunday. - - BULLETIN HOUSTON (UPI) Evangelist Billy Graham said today be will not run for president and win not accept a presidential draft Graham called a news conference this morning to spike rumors that he would get into politics. —7 s

PASADENA, Calif. (UPD — The spectacularly successful Ranger-6 spacecraft today sped toward a "right on target” hit on the moon Sunday that will give the Unieed States the lead over Russian in lunar exploration. The history- making probe is scheduled to make a "pinpoint” strike on the face of the moon within a 150-mile-wide circle in the Sea of Tranquility —a land region — at 4:24 a.m. EST Sunday. Such accuracy would spell one of the most successful maneuvering feats of the space age. The 805-pound space vehicle, which resembles a large mechanical tinker toy, is to take the first close-up televison pictures of the lunar suface to pioneer the way for America’s future manned flights to the moon. Near Perfect Hit "Our latest figures indicate it will miss the exact target point by only a mere 10 miles,” said Dr. William Pickering, director of Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who headed the pioneer team which put America’s first satellite into orbit almost exactly six years ago. Scientists noted that Ranger--6 was aimed “right on target” by an expertly executed midcourse maneuver that corrected the space-craft’s course by bnly a fractuion of an meh. Without the correction, the ppdbe would have missed the moon entirely. "If the mission is successfully completed, we will certainly surpass Russia ( in moon exploration," said H. M. Schurmeier, Ranger project manager. And he said that with Ranger-6 only hours away from the moon, the mission appeared a virtual success. Transmits Pictures The bank of six RCA television cameras aboard Ranger6, which was launched from Cape Kennedy Thursday, will be triggered from the earth and will telemeter them some 240,000 miles back to JPL’s Goldstone tracking station in the nearby desert. The first of some 3,000 pictures will be taken about 900 miles above the lunar surface and the last a. fraction of a second before Ranger-6 crashes. Schurmeier noted that Russia in her successful moon shot “went to the backside, and we are going to hit the front side of the moon.” He said Rang?r---6 would be “most valuable” from the point of providing scientific information on the lunar terrain, particularly in the form of clearly defined pictures. New Hope Held For Cardinal's Release VATICAN CITY (UPD — There was new hope at the Vatican today that Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty may soon be released from his seven-year seclusion in the U. S. legation in Communist Hungary. The hope was spurred by an Italian News Agency report from the United Nations Friday night, quoting unnamed diplomats as saying year-long negotiations for Mindszenity’s release are nearing a successful conclusion. The ANSA Agency said Hungary, which previously insisted that the 71-year-old cardinal request a pardon, is now prepared to give him unconditional “full liberty.” The agency said this would amount to an admission that the cardinal’s conviction in 1949 on charges of treason, espionage and black market currency dealings was unjust. ANSA said Hungary also is prepared to let the Vatican appoint bishops to fill Vacant dioceses in that country, subject to government approval. A high Vatican source acknowledged that the Mindszenty negotiations were “in a very advanced, stage” but said he could not confirm or deny the report. “We hope it is true,” he said.

J ; • 'I / J ISSBI y, ' Mfraato, i I--. ■ AH Kr *■ S » B- dS " ' ■ 5 ■■ m llt MOMENT OF SILENCE—An honor guard stands at attention as the casket containing the body of one of the U. S. Air Force men downed over East Germany b carried toward plane in West Berlin for flight to Wiesbaden.

Launch Saturn In Four Years

AUSTIN, Tex. (UPD—America within four years will launch Saturn V, the mightiest rocket the world has ever known, Paul Haney, the new head of publi-c-city for the Federal Space Agency, predicted Friday night. Haney said Saturn V was capable of orbiting around the earth a 240,000-pound payload. He said it would provide the Ex-Convict Arrested For Auto Bombing CHICAGO (UPD — An exconvict bartender with crime syndicate ties was charged today with attempted murder, arson and aggravated battery in the bombing of playboy insurance broker Lewis C. Barbe. A dynamite bomb attached to the starter of Barbe’s car Jan. 27 exploded in front of the Cook County Criminal Courts building, on Chicago’s southwest side. Barbe, who had gone to the building for arraignment on his part in an alleged crime syndicate $48,000 insurance swindle, suffered a mangled right leg. Eugene R. Yocca, 28, was charged early today by <Asst. State’s .Atty. James Flynn following a full night of questioning about the bombing. Authorities said he would be booked into Hokiday Court today and the case continued until Monday in Felony Court. Says he knew Barbe Charles Siragusa, the former ace federal narcotics agent who became director of the newly formed Illinois Crime Commission, said Yocca “admits knowing Barbe” but not much else. Yocca served a prison term for burglary and was jailed for

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power to boost America’s three-man crews of astronauts to the moon aboard Apollo vehicles. He compared this power with a 37,700-pound cargo hurled into space this week and the first 31.4-pound ball the United States orbited six years ago Friday. “The space age is now coming upon its seventh birthday,” Haney said, “and I was taught that seven is the age of reason. I don’t think it (the space program) needs any more defense than that.” America’s goal to put a man on the moon in this decade, Haney said, “had been defended almost to the point of boredom.” The information officer addressed a meeting of the Texas United Press International Editors Association. He said the maturing complexity of the space effort demanded more specialized news coverage. He commanded UPl’s recent establishment of a bureau at the Houston Manned Spacecraft Center. Haney, a veteran newsman, recently was named public affairs officer at the Houston facility. NOON EDITION

larceny when police found a cache of stolen furs in his apartment on the city’s Near North Side. Yocca is among four men under indictment for the $1 million looting Sept. 22 of the Polish Roman Catholic Union museum and was free on $25,000 bond pending further court proceedings Valentine’s Day. Siragusa said Yocca is a bartender in one of the Rush Street “glitter gulch” saloons and admits "knowing the boys.” Authorities said Yocca also admitted it was his voice on tape recordings which were -th---. Barbe’s car at the time of the bombing. ~-■ ' ■ -