Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1964 — Page 1

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i i~ l - I H Vb| DAN DAVIS, Central Soya personnel manager, shows some samples to one of a group of Indiana Tech students touring the plant Tuesday. 6hown with Davis are, left to right, Carl Kite, New York City; Mahmoud, Parvizi, of Iran; Sbirish Janani, of India; Rudolph Weber, from Germany; and Gerhard Kennepohr, from Canada.—(Photo by Cole) — : — T

Transfer Os Funds Voted By Council

The Decatur city council passed two resolutions for the transfer of funds Tuesday night, and an ordinance approving fire protection contracts. The first resolution . adopted transferred $2,500 from the sewage works bond redemption fund to the street department, and $7,600 from the same fund to the general fund. A resolution to appropriate the funds to steam plant improvement fund and city hall improvment was then adopted. At the next council meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 18 the appropriations will be considered for final approval, with any persons opposing the appropriations given an oportunity to do so at that meeting. Complete Work The $2,500 is needed to complete the remodeling work at the site of the old steam plant, which is now the headquarters for the city street department. Two small buildings are to be built for housing some of the depart-

Take Americans Out Os Cyprus

NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPl)—The United States began airlifting American women and children from strife-torn Cyprus today, and an embassy spokesman hinted at armed intervention if danger threatens any of those who remain behind. Two chartered Pan American jetliners took 134 Americans from Nicosia to Beirut, Lebanon, this morning. At least four more chartered planes stood by to carry others of the 800 American dependents from this embattled Mediterranean Island where nascent civil warfare and growing antiAmerican feel in g brought bombing attacks on the U.S. Embassy Tuesday. A US. Embassy spokesman said he did not know how many American dependents would remain on Cyprus at the end of the airlift. “But in case of danger,” he said, “we will ask Cyprus police to protect them and, if necessary, will call, upon our Marines,” Hie nearest force of U.S. Marines is believed to be aboard ships of the 6th Fleet operating in the eastern Mediterranean. The airlift was authorized Tuesday night by -U, S,. Ambasador Fraser Wilkins after two First Aid Seminar Scheduled Tuesday Tuesday, February 11, is the date of the next first aid instructor seminar, it was announced this morning by Gerald Durkin, first aid chairman for the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross.

Eugene Kabisch, safety director for the Fort Wayne division of Indiana & Michigan Electric Co., will present a program entitled, “Electrical Hazards" at the seminar. The meeting will be held at the Red Cross center in Fort Wayne, located at 1212 E. California Road, at 7:30 p. m. next Tuesday.

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ment’s equipment. The $7,500 will be used to complete the remodeling work now under way at the City hall. The downstairs portion is now being revamped, and upon its completion, remodeling of the second floor will begin. I . Approves Contract The ordinance adopted by the council last night approved contracts between the city and four townships which are afforded fire protection by the Decatur fire department. The contracts, with Washington, St. Mary’s, Root and Union townships, call for a fee of SI,OOO from each for the protection. They were signed by the trustees of the respective townships. Each contract contains a clause whereby the city will not be considered liable, if, in the discretion of the fire chief, sendng fire equipment to a rural area would endanger the city, and thus, the trucks would not be sent.

bombings at the U. S. Embassy here capped more than a month of inter-cummunal conflict and mounting anti-Ameri-can feeling. Two private cars owned by Americans were set on fire Tuesday night in different parts of the capital. The incidents apparently were in protest against an AngloAmerican proposal to station a NATO peace force in Cyprus. Diplomats in London began negotiations on the Cyprus government’s demand that any NATO force sent to Cyprus be under the authority of the United Nations. The fqrce would keep peace between the warring Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities pending political accord. Cochran Asks For Patrolman Return City parking meter officer James Cochran has requested a return to the rank of patrolman, it was learned following the board of works and safety meeting which preceded the city council meeting Tuesday evening, Cochran submitted a request to the board asking that he be taken from the duties of parking meter officer and be placed on the police force as a regular patrolman. Mayor Carl D. Gerber said the board of works received the request and discussed it, but no further action was taken and the request was deferred to a later meeting. Cochran* has been parking meter officer fqr approximately nine years, joining the police force after about two years as deputy sheriff of Adams county. He not only makes out parking tickets, but, maintains and repairs the meters, makes collections, and has several other duties to handle in his role as parking meter officer.

City Council Takes Action Tuesday Night Several items of business came before the local city council in its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The council meetings are now being held in the city court room, since the former council chambers is the temperary location of the city utilities with the remodeling being done on the ground level of city hall. First on the agenda was the reading and approving of the minutes of the first meeting, and following, a letter from Dick Mansfield, secretary-treasurer of the police pension board, was read. The letter explained that the board has approved the death benefit for the widow of the late city policeman Jay H. Minch, plus the widow’s pension and the pension of three children under 18 years of age. The council gave its approval and made the letter a matter of record. Asks One-Way Phil Sauer spoke to the council as a representative of the Zion Lutheran church in this city. Sauer said church officials would like to have the alley behind the church on W. Monroe street converted to one-way traffic. Sauer explained that many children play in the area behind the church which is beside the alley between 10th and 11th sheets, and two-way traffic is hazardous in the opinion of the church council. The city council referred the matter to the board of works and safety for its consideration. A1 Anderson Speaks A1 Anderson who has requested an ordinance prohibiting merchants from displays on the city’s sidewalks, asked the council “for the privilage of meeting” with the committee. Mayor Gerber said this could be arranged. At the previous meeting, Mayor Gerber suggested that local merchants select a represntative to meet with the council’s ordinance committee to draw an ordinance which would protect both the pedestrians and merchants in their (Continued on Page 3)

Mrs. Nick Schroer Is Taken By Death Funeral services for Mrs. Cecilia Spangler Schroer, 61, St. Anthony, 0., a pative of Decatur, will be held at 9:30 a. m. Friday in St. Anthony Catholic church. Mrs. Schroer, wife of Nick Schroer, died at 2:55 a. m. Tuesday in the Jay county hospital, Portland, after a long illness. ■ Bor/rbi Decatur January 26, 1903, she was the daughter of John and Amelia Kahlig Spangler. She was married May 6, ,1924, and her husband, and two children survive; the latter are Joe Schroer of Cassella, 0., and Mrs. A1 Laloge, of St. Anthony; four grandchildren, two brothers, Mike Spangler of New Corydon and Tony Spangler of Decatur; four sisters, Mrs. Amelia Miller of Monroe, Mrs. Rose Miller, Mrs. Agnes Kable, and Mrs. Ann Tricker, all pf Decatur. Four brothers and one sister are deceased. Friends may call at the Brockman funeral home, Fort Recovery, 0., after 7 p. m. today. The Rev. Albert Gerhardstein will be celebrant of the Requiem Mass. Burial will be in the St? Anthony church cemetery. ’

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Mayor Os Alabama Town Defies Federal Orders On School Integration

Johnson Asks For Protection Os Consumers

WASHINGTON (UPl)—Pr«i|ident Johnson today pledged bis administration to protect consumers and give the American housewife the best value far “her hard earned dollar.” In a special message to Congress Johnson recommended a 10-point program of legislation and federal action aimed at safeguarding consumers in their spending for products and services. Among them were recommendations for enactment of bills to insure truth-in-packag-ing, truth-in-lending, and truth in the sale of over-the-counter securities. Most of the bills Johnson endorsed were recommended by the late President John F. Kennedy. One new Johnson proposal was a request for legislation tp require that all meat and % poultry sold in the United States — intrastate as well as interstate — be inspected for safety and wholesomeness, either by the Agriculture Department or in cooperation with state authorities. Inform More Families White House officials emphasized the importance of Johnson’s proposals to inform and educate more families, qarticularly in the low-income bracket, “to help diem get the most for their money.” The President said he had directed his committee on consumer interests to hold a series of regional consumer conferences and report to him. Assistant Labor Secretary Esther Peterson* White House consumer adviser, said she planned to invite regional meetings a “handful” of the conNew Election Board Members Appointed The Democratic and Republican county chairmen have recommended two new members of the with the new county clerk, county election board to serve George Bair, third member of the board, announced today. Earl Fuhrman, 415 Stratton, has been nominated by Republican county chairman Roy L. Price, to replace Mrs. Lavelle Death, who has served since 1962, and Mrs. James Kortenber, of 349 Mercer avenue, has been appointed by Democratic chairman Dr. Harry H. Hebble to replace Mrs. Edith Beer, who has served since 1956. Legal Requirement State law requires the county chairmen of the two main parties in a county to nominate in writing a member of the county election board 90 days before the primary. If the county chairman fails to make the nomination, the clerk shall, on his own initiative, make the appointment. Hie election this year is May • 5, and Feb. 5, today, is the deadline for nominations. There are three members of the board, which always includes the county clerk. Mrs. Death was appointed two years ago to succeed Cal E. Peterson, and Mrs. Beer replaced David A. Macklin on the boards in 1956. Will Name Chairman When the board meets, they will select a chairman from the two appointed members. The clerk serves as secretary of the board. , The board Is required to keep minutes of each meeting, with the aye and no vote of each member on all questions. The county election board supervises the entire election proceedings, including the printing of the ballots.

Burners who had been writing complaints to her. Representatives of manufacturers, retailers, advertising agencies, government agencies, and consumer groups also will attend the conferences. Johnson said he also was asking federal agencies to explore the possibility of adapting the Rural Extension Service concept to an urban setting. He asked the agencies to examine programs for consumer education in schools and to develop means of keeping the public informed of developments in the consumer field. Check Service Costs The President also stressed the need for looking into the costs of services such as repair and labor charges. “Our record of over-all price stability in recentyears has been excellent,” he said. “But the trend dr spending for services has been constantly rising; and the safeguarding of the consumers’ interest in the area of services is comparatively weak.” Johnson noted that services could not be treated in the same way as food and drugs, (Continued on Page 3) World Prayer Day Here February 14 The 78th annual observance of the World Day of Prayer, sponsored by the Decatur council of the pnited church women, will be held at 7:30 p. m. Friday, Feb. 14, at the First Christian church. Theme of this year’s observance is “Let Us Pray.” This service, held each year on the first Friday in Lent, is sponsored by women of the major Protestant and Orthodox communions. . Prayer and giving for the world-wide mission of the church have been the primary purposes. It has traditionally brought people together across denominational, racial, national, and cultural boundaries to pray for the needs of the world, and to make an offering for carrying out die church’s mission around the world. Basically, the same service is used by groups in approximately 150 countries and areas of the world, providing an extraordinary opportunity for fellowship at a deep level with Christians all over the world and the experience of Christian unity in prayer. Increasingly, persons from many “nations are involved in shaping the service. To Aid Projects The offering will be used for various projects of the united church women, which include the support of 12 women’s colleges in Africa, India, Pakistan,- Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; providing Christian literature for women and children in Asia; Africa and Latin America; friendly reception and hospitality for students coming from foreign countries ; provision of ministries of concern to migrant workers and those settling on the fringe of urban area, and provision of work directors for American Indian youth and assistance for their transition to urban lfie. Mrs. Wesley Lehman, chairman of Christian world missions for the council, is being assisted in planning the program by committee members of the three host churches, Nuttman Ave. United Brethren, First Presbyterian, and First Christian. There will also be a service for children at the First Missionary church ft 3 p. m. on the same day, with Mrs. Weldon Soldner in charge.

NOTASULGA, Ala. (UPI) — Mayor Jack Rea today turned away six Negro students ordered admitted to an all-white school here, a white photographer was beaten into submission by police and an angry crowd of whites struck another newsman. Rea’s action set the stage for the first major school integration crisis to confront President Johnson. Six other Negro students entered the previously all-white school at nearby Shorter without incident, but half of the white student body boycotted classes. Rea borrowed a chapter from Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace’s previous defiance of federal integration orders by personally standing in the “schoolhouse door” to turn away the Negroes. Wallace did the same thing last June at Tuscaloosa when two Negros appeased to enroll at the previously all-white University of Alabama. He backed down when the late President John F. Kennedy federalized Alabama National Guardsmen and forced the enrollment of the two Negroes. Violence Erupts The violence at Notasulga broke out when the bus carrying the six Negro students appeared. It was stopped and two local officers, one dressed in civilian clothing, entered the vehicle. A young white man, identified as Vernon Merritt 111 of Birmingham, Ala., was dragged kicking and yelling from the bus and beaten with clubs and a walking stick. Merritt was identified as a photographer for Black Star Publications and apparently bad accompanied the Negroes on the ride to the school for their first day of classes. The Negroes, driven by a Negro driver, were allowed to proceed to the entrance of the gray three-story building. Rea stood waiting in the door flanked by the Macon County policemen. Mayor Rea turned the Negroes away. The bus continued around the circular school drive and left the grounds with the Negroes aboard it. • An angry crowd of about 50 whites pushed newsmen. One reporter was struck before police quickly quelled the disturbance. Merritt was dragged from the bus and lay on the curb moaning for about five minutes while police officers stood over him. He tried once to run, but stopped short when a burly policeman yelled at him to halt. The Crowd Cheers The school bus was stopped initially at the school entrance and the crowd of whites cheered when the two policemen began beating Merritt. One man carrying a walking stick attempted to break photographers’ cameras. There was brief scuffling, but police officers quickly cordoned off the area and quelled the disturbance. “Don’t turn that — camera on me,” somebody screamed. Rea’s refusal to allow the six Negroes past left the next stepup to the federal government. Federal agents were observers at both of the rural schools and presumably were reporting directly to the Department of Justice in Washington. One agent was forcibly prevented from entering the school bus that brought five Negro girls and a Negro boy to a school at nearby Shorter. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with ' rain , developing, windy and warmer tonight. Thursday rain Ukely, probably becoming mixed with snow late Thursday, windy and colder. Low tonight in the 30*. High Thursday 36 to 46. Sunset today 6:09 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 7:48 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Cloudy and colder. Low Thursday night mid-ZOs north to low 30s south. High Friday mostly in 30s.

Plans Are Unveiled For Indiana’s Port

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Governor Welsh said today "the most important concept” contained in a newly-unveiled report showing Burns Harbor to be economically feasible was the idea that the project would complement — not compete—with Chicago port facilities. Welsh differed with Indiana Port Commission Chairman James Fleming on the amount of cooperation received from two steel companies adjoining the proposed site but agreed with him the 1965 Legislature might be asked for money to complete the port. Welsh held an impromptu news conference during which he said, “I don’t know that I would agree” with Fleming’s comment that Midwest and Bethlehem Steel Companies had not cooperated with the commission in developing plans .for the port. “They have their point of view and often they have had different views and the commission took a third view,” Welsh said. “Compromises have had irtT Veachdr* Welsh said, however, that “it is quite possible” he will ask the next Legislature once again to invest In the port. The outgoing gOVePnpr will make recommendations to the Legislature shortly before he leaves office next January. “The State of Indiana has not hazarded a dime on this port to date,” Welsh declared. “The best way for the state to insure the port will be constructed is for the state to help if public money is involved.” Welsh said any money the Red Men Are Given Permission For Fair Representatives of the Red Men’s lodge were granted permission from the city council Tuesday night to use the downtown area again this summer for their annual street fair. Vernon B. Hebble, spokesman for the group, spoke to the council in the Tuesday night meeting, requesting permission be granted for use of a portion of Second street and two side streets fqr the annual street fair, presented by the Red Men. Hebble asked that the Red Men be able to use Second street, from Adams to Monroe street, and Madison St., one block east and one block west of Second street, and also Court street. Dates of the fair this year, according to Hebble, are the week of June 22 through 27, Monday through Saturday. Says Merchants Favor Hebble said his organization had contacted a number of local merchants, “and only one was not in favor of it.” He had brought with him a petition, but did not present it as approval was given by the council anyway. Following some discussion, councilman Lawrence Kohne moved and councilman Clyde Drake, seconded, that the Red Men be allowed useage of the streets named above for the week of June 22-27, and the council unanimously voted approval. Fair Profits Mayor Gerber, before approval had been given, posed a question to Hebble as to where the profits gained by the Red Men through the fair are used. Hebble replied that the Red Men donate to high school band funds, the Community Fund, the Good Fellows club, and other worthwhile organizations. He added that during the fair week, the Men purchase 1,000 tickets which are distributed to some of the tinder-privileged children of the city in order that the may enjoy the various fair rides, and also, that the organization gives away two bicycles in a contest during fair week.

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state advances for the port would eventually be returned. He explained that the two million dollars which a previous Legislature appropriated for the (Continued on Page 3) Contingent Is Sent For Physical Exams Another large contingent of young men from Decatur ami Adams county was sent to Indianapolis this morning for pre-induc-tion physical examinations, by the local draft board. Sent for physicals were the following: Terry Lynn Linker, David George Schieferstein, Merrill Lewis Dull, Jerry Lee Zeigler, Herman Lynn Dellinger, Edward Lee Schultz, Rex Elgene Kuhn, Jesse Daniel Blume, Jr., David Vincent Omlor, Thomas Michael Fuhrman, James Henry Baumer, Dwight Allen Moser, James William Lefever, Thomas Frederick , Johnson, Jerry Lynn Rambo, Barry Robert Eugene Landrum, Jerry Wayne Shaffer, ; James Edwin Bilderback, Larry Wayne Andrews, Kenneth Wilson ; Reed, Richard M. Ruakel, Keith B. Affolder, Dang* Junior Lantz, Larry Eugene Bauman, Walter Levon Walchle, Jr., Jerry Wayne Knavel and Daniel Jared Michaels. » Also Sent Conscientious objectors sent for physicals were Daniel D. Wickey, Enos A. Schwartz, John J. Neuensehwander, Howard D. Neuenschwander, James Allen Neuenschwander, Raymond B. Schwartz, Clyde Don Wulliman, and Samuel H. Schwartz, transferred to local board 42, Lagrange. „ John T. Sommer was sent by topboard this morning for Induction, and Gary Lee McMillen was transferred to local board 105, Los Angeles, Calif., and Edward Earl Craftan was transferred to local board 106 in toe same city. ‘i City Officials To Water Works Meet Four city officials, including Mayor Carl D. Gerber, will travel to Indianapolis this week to attend the 56th annual meeting of the Indiana section of the American water works association. Mayor Gerber, councilmen and board of works member Ralph E. Allison and Chalmer Deßolt will attend the meeeting, along with city engineer and water superintendent Ralph E. Roop. The mayor mentioned at the city council meeting Tuesday evenihg about toe meeting, when Russell Andrews of 103 N. 15th i_ St., said he has had to have four new water heaters installed in the past four years. Andrews questioned the mayor as to what was being done about the problem, and Mayor Gerber informed him of the trip ; Thursday, which is the first'step. ■ Many From State Mayor, council members and water superintendents from thr--1 oughout the state wUI attend toe i meeting, which opens today at i the Lincoln-Sheraton hotel in Ini dianapolis and continues through • Thursday. » The Decatur contingent will • leave early Thursday morning i and return after the Friday aes- • sion. The meeting is held in cooperation with the state board of - health and there will be several ) speakers and business sessions. > Most important, however, will tig. ■ the opportunity to mingle with t other city officials an ddlscun ■ various water problems, which ■ the Decatur officials will do hi i an effort to find a solution to ttta city’s problem. J||