Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1964 — Page 1

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Lenten K3RMBBR '*" r " (By Rev. Gerald Gerig, pastor, Missionary Church) WHAT IS LEFT? Luke 21: 1- 9 / In the first few verses of Luke 21, the Lord is comparing the giving of the rich with the giving of the widow who gave all that I she had. Someone baa,said, “Iris not how much you give to the Lord that counts, but how much you have left after you have given to the Lord.’.’ If careful investigation were made, it would likely be discovered that few of us have learned to sacrifice in our giving of money or in the giving of our lives. In the next few' verses, the Lord discusses with his disciples the end erf the age and some events that will take place prior to this time. It is good for us to evaluate the giving of our money and the giving of our lives against two great events. One is the price that was paid for our redemption, the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, and eternity, that endless future existence for every man. In the light of Christ’s death and in the light of eternity, it is important that we do not waste our money or our lives. At this Lenten season, let us stop and take careful inventory of these two areas of our living. Are we holding back money that rightly belongs to the Lord and are we using much of our energy for selfgratification and little energy in the service of Christ?

Final Push On Tax Cut Bill

United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD—-House and Senate negotiators today began the final push for enactment of the multi-billion dollar tax cut expected to show up in consumer pocketbooks in about three weeks. Members of the Senate-House Conference Committee sched- ‘ a closed meeting to begin voting on the compromise tax bill eagerly awaited by President Johnson. The conferees were trying to work out differences between the $11.2 billion tax cut approved by the House and the sll.B billion reduction voted by the Senate. The conflict between the two was considered minor and both sides were predicting quick agreement. The individual and corporate tax rate cuts approved by both Houses are identical. The conferees agreed last week to cut the individual income tax withholding rate to 14 per cant tips year to pump an

Plat Is Approved By Commissioners

The Adams county board of county commissioners unanimously approved plat C of the Anthony Wayne Meadows adcjion |his morning, following a three-week ■ discussion which covered every aspect. The problem of sufficient drainage was referred to the county surveyor's office by the commissioners. Tony Faurote, who is platting the addition, told the commissioners he will cooperate in any way with the surveyor in adequate drainage for his lots. Thieme Addition A fiveflot plat, called the Thieme addition, submitted through attorney Severin H. Schurger for Harold Thieme, was returned for minor corrections. The land, located just norto ot Thieme’s home • on the Saddle Lake road, west side, is to be" divided into five lots, each with 125 feet frontage on the paved county road, and a depth of 140 feet. The commissioners require that the property line start at least 25 feet back from the center of the road to allow five feet for parking and expansion; also, the building line must be back at least 20% of the depth of the lot, from the property line, in this case .35 feet. Schurger signified that they intended to comply in every way, and that they would even require a building line probably 45 feet behind the property line, 70 feet from the center of the road. Schurger also got information on septic tank and filtration bed requirements. Reynolds Drain The board also approved the cleaning of the Sanford Reynolds drain, partly in Hertford township and partly in Wells county, for $1,137.60 from the general ditch improvement fund. When the work is completed, the benefitting property owners will be assessed their share of the cost, as provided in the approved papers. Anthony Wayne Discussion The first part of the meeting was taken up by more discussion on the Anthony Wayne plat C. Attorney Robert G. Smith and Tonv Faurote appeared before the board together with Walter Gilliom, engineer who prepared the plat. Smith pointed out that he felt *Viat the arguments introduced Saturday .concerning the county plan commission, had been a smoke - screen Attempt to cloud the issues. He stated that following the meeting, he had read the

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extra SBOO million a month into the economy quickly. The new rate, 4 per cent below the present figure, is designed to produce fatter paychecks for the consuming public shortly after the bill is signed. * The House originally voted to drop the rate to 15 per cent this year and 14 per cent next Jan. 1. But President Johnson asked that the money be available for spending as soon as possible so thtt the economy would get the maximum stimulative effect of the tax reduction. Both the Senate and House bills provide for a two-stage drop in individual income taxes from the present range of 20 per cent for the lowest bracket to 91 per cent for the top income level. These rates would drop to a range of 14 per cent to 70 per cent. The two measures also call for a cut in the 52 per cent cor porate income tax rate to 50 per cent this year and to 48 per cent in 1965.

■ entire law as it now stands, and that he feels that no action is anticipated by law until the final plan is approved by the commisioners and citizens. County attorney David A. Macklin stated to the commissioners that he agreed on this point. Macklin stated that as he saw it, the commissioners should decide if the plat agreed with previous standards they had set, or if they wish to change the standards. Smith also pointed out that the master plan, now being drawn by itself make drainage requirements the county plan commission, may .which can supercede the present approval by the commissioners. Drainage Problem Bollenbacher asked then, concerning drainage, if Faurote planned to bring drainage from all of • his area into the proposed drain. Gilliom, who is engineer for the project, pointed out that this was impossible, that in the plat A area the drainage was naturally the other way, and it just could’ n’t be brought over to the new drain. Also, all 25 homes presently built are in plat A area. Plat B, already approved by the commissioners, includes six lots which will drain into the drain in question. One house is precently being constructed in this area. All 23 lots in plat C, including one lot where a house is presently being constructed, will drain as proposed. Bollenbacher then asked about the pipe across the rpad. Gilliom *who is also county highway engineer, stated that he has never, in all of his experience, heard of a private drain under a, road, but that he would refer the matter to the county surveyor to see how it was put in. He pointed out that when one breaks down/it .always seems to be the county's" responsibility to fix it. Macklin then stated that he would search the law for precedent to see if a private drain remains private under such conditions. Faurote stated that he had spoken with Ray Eichenauer on the matter, that the supposed rvvner of the tile lives in Chicago, that he told Eichenauer would be glad to pay his fair share for the tile,"but that this morning Eichenauer informed hini that the owner of the tile was interested in selling him the land it drains. Delmas Bollenbacher, president of the commissioners, stated that he was ready for the Hugo Boerger made the motion to approve the plat, and it was (Continued on Page Six)

i Fort Wayne Youths I Given Prison Terms | The two Fort Wayne youths found guilty of burglarizing a clothing store in Berne, were sentenced to prison terms in the Adams circuit court this morning • by Judge Myles F. Parrish. William Michael Fair, 19, was sentenced to a term of two to five years at the state reformatory, and Trevore Edward Frye, Jr., 18, was sentenced to a oneyear term at the penal farm. Sheriff Roger Singleton said after the sentencing that his department expects to transport the two to the respective institutions Tuesday. Fair was given the maximum sentence on a conviction of second degree burglary due to his previous record, which includes a previous conviction of a felony. No Record Frye, however, had no previous record, and was sentenced under the youthful offender’s Act, which permits a lesser sentence or a suspended sentence on a second degree burglary charge. Judge Parrish explained that anyone previously convicted of a felony, as was Fair, can not be sentenced under the youthful offender’s act. The sentences close the books on a burglagy that occurred in the wee hours of the morning of Tuesday, January 21. Fair and Frye had entered Stan’s Men’s Wear in Berne and were seen in the store by near-by residents who contacted police. Flee Scene Minutes later, Berne policeman Alfred Zumbrum ordered the two out the back door of the store, but they kicked out the' glass of a front door and fled down the street despite warning shots fired by Berne chief Don Grove. Ulis happened around 3 a.m. and five hours later Fair and Frye were picked up by state detective sergeant Alan D. Coppes as they were eating breakfast in a Decatur restaurant on 13th street. They were taken into custody as prime suspects -in the burglary, and later charged with second degree burglary. Approximately SIOO in cash and several cigarette lighters, which were found in the possessio of the two men, were stolen. After arraignment they pleaded not guilty, but were found guilty by Judge Parrish last week. Fair was reported to have previously spent time in the penal farm and Frye was A.W.O.L. from the U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg. N.C., at the time of the burglary. Valuable Painting Stolen At Brussels BRUSSELS (UPD—A milliondollar Rubens painting, one of the world’s most valuable works of art, was stolen over the weekend from Burrels’ Ancient Art Museum, police said today - tty The police announcement Os the theft of the painting, “Negroes’ Heads,” did not set a price. But leading art critic Urbain van de Voorde called it one of the Flemish master’s greatest and said it whs worth at least $1 million. * The thieves broke into the museum through a skylight, removed the 18 by 26 inch painting from its frame, left the frame behind, and escaped with the canvas, police said. The painting is a national treasure, a Belgian government designation for especially valuable works of art in this artrich nation. It depicts the heads of four Moors—Negroes from North Africa—and is# a study for a later work considered the masterpiece of the painter, “The Adoration of the Magi.” The painting is reproduced on Belgium’s 500-franc notes. It is as familiar to Belgians as the portraits of American presidents on U.S. currency..,—.-—. Van de Voorde said the painting “is one of the greatest paintings Rubens ever created“lt is nearly impossible to attach a price to it but I would say it is worth at least 50 million francs ($1 million),” he said. "It is a national treas- * Peter Paul Rubens, the Flemish master who lived and worked in what is now Belgium at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century, found the Moorish models for his painting in the port of Antwerp. “Negroes’ Heads” dates from , his “Antwerp period,” the prolific years he spent in the city from 1609 until 1624.

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United States Steps Up Security Moves, Demand Protection In Viet Nam

UNITED STATES SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPD — The United States stepped up security measures today and demanded “maximum protection? for Americans in Saigon following the terrorist bombing of a U.S. armed forces movie theater in which three persons were killed. U. S. authorities placed heavily armed military policemen■ on school buses for American, children, assigned extra guards at American installations and closed the United Service Organization (USO). The bomb that shattered the Capitol Kindo Theater Sunday night was the third attack in a week by Communist terrorist guerrillas on U.S. servicemen and their wives and children. Forty-nine persons also were ' injured in the attack, and seven of them, including a woman government employe, required hospitalization. \ - The heroism of a Marine captain who rushed into the theater just before the bomb exploded to shout a warning, was credited with saving the lives of countless other Americans spending a Sunday evening at the movies. He waji one of the three dead. There were reports that some American dependents had decided to pack up and go home in the face of the stepped-up terrorist violence. A spokesman . for the U.S. Embassy, however, said there was “no intention of evacuating dependents.” Policeman Shot Sunday night’s bombing killed tiie Marine captain and another American soldier in the audience. A U.S. military policeman was shot and killed by the terrorist and the Vietnamese who planted the bomb was killed by the M.P. Last Sunday, terrorists blew up' a bleachers during a softball game, killing two Americans and injuring 23 others. At mid-week, a U.S. officer’s home was bombed without injury. Today, Charge D’affaires David Ness acting for vacationing Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, called on Premier Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh to express concern over the threat to American lives here. The U.S. embassy said Ness demanded that Khanh’s government take stricter security measures to afford “maximum protection for the American community” in Saigon. There are about 15,000 U. S. troops serving as advisers to Kahnh’s army in its war against the Communist guerrillas. Many are stationed in Saigon, and about 1,800 civilian Americans, most of them military dependents, live in the capital. Proposes Joint Committee Khanh proposed establishment of a joint security committee to increase the protective measures, and Ness agreed to the plan. Informed sources said Ness told the Vietnamese leader that the United States believes the Communists are aiming directly at the Americans with their terror campaigns in an effort to end the U.S. role in Viet Nam. The Communists are believed to reason that. frequent attacks on Americans will force the withdrawal of dependents and hurt morale. Witnesses and U.S. military spokesmen said, the toll would have been much higher if the Marine captain, who was not identified pending notification of relatives of his death, had not acted. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight. Tuesday cloudy with little temperature change and chance of snow mixed with rain by afternoon. Low tonight in the 20s north, 23 to 32 south. High Tuesday in the 30s. Snn- ; set today 6:23 p.m. Sunrise a Tuesday 7:34 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Fair to partly cloudy. Lows 25 to 34. Highs in the 40s.

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British Build Up Forces On Cyprus Today NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPD— Britain reinforced its peacekeeping forces in Cyprus today in an effort to curb the communal fighting while the United Nations seeks a solution to the crisis. President Archbishop- Makarios warned Sunday night that there is danger of increased fighting between Greeks and Turks on the island and foreign intervention unless a settlement is found soon. He said “mere recourse” to the United Nations does not mean a satisfactory solution. The United Nations Security Council was opening debate on the Cypntfs problem this afternoon. Britain and Cyprus, a former British colony, requested the council meeting after Anglo-American efforts to establish an International peace force in Cyprus failed. Situation Is Explosive While the situation remained potentially explosive, the immediate threat of .military intervention by Turkey or Greece appeared abated pending U.N. consideration of the problem. (Some sources in London close to the Cyprus problem felt the Makarios government was becoming fragmented, with the archbishop having only limited control. The sources said the dangers were increased by the existence of “private armies” in the countryside and arms smuggling to Greek Cypriots.) Undersecretary of , State George Ball, who hea'ded the U.S. peace mission to Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, said on returning to Washington Sunday night that the situation in Cyprus is “very critical.” He said top priority must be given to stopping the bloodshed between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.' Send In Troops With communal fighting erupting daily, the British ordered in 260 crack troops from a Royal Guards regiment, equipped with ‘armored cars, to reinforce the 5,000 British troops policing this Mediterranean island republic. British authorities also began setting up numerous subsidiary headquarters all over the island to act as fire stations for rapid action when shooting starts in the villages. The dispute stems from Turkish Cypriot fears they will lose their rqinority rights under constitutional changes proposed by Makarios. Fighting broke out in December, killing 200 persons before a ceasefire was called under supervision of the British security forces. Creeks in Cyprus outnumber the Turks four to one.

Willis Baumgartner Is Taken By Death Willis Baumgartner, 64, of 4009 Oliver street, Fort Wayne, and a native of Berne, died at noon Sunday at Lutheran hospital after being admitted. Mr. Baumgartner, who had lived in Fort Wayne 40 years, was chief regional dispatcher for Indiana & Michigan Electric Co., for whom he had worked 39 years. He was a veteran of World War I, and was active in Boy Scout troop 22 and the Order of the Arrow. Surviving are three sons, James N., John D. and Thomas C. Baumgartner, all of Fort Wayne; one daughter, Mrs. Donald Snyder of Ashley; three brothers, Edison and Oscar, both of Fort Wayne, and Leonard of Berne; and eight grand children. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Klaehn funeral home, thfe Rev. Williard Zinke officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. George W. Hawkins Dies This Morning George W. Hawkins, 46, a resident of Decatur for the past 25 year, died at 7 o’clock this morning at his home, 122 North 15th street, following an illness of two and one-half months. — • He had been employed as a driver for the Krick-Tyndall Co. for the last 22 years. Born in Monroeville Feb. 22, 1917, he was a son of Leßoy and Mabel Sprague - Hawkins, and was married to Helen Krick March 1, 1937. Mr. Hawkins was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. Surviving are his wife; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Hawkins of Decatur; five sons, Roger F. Hawkins of Decatur route 2, Kenneth L. Hawkins of Monroe, James E. Hawkins of Decatur, Daniel L and Timothy S. Hawkins, both at home; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Rogers of Decatur; six grandchildren; four brothers, - Alvin and Dale Hawkins, both of Decatur, Kenneth Hawkins of Columbia City, and David Hawkins of New Castle, and four sisters, Mrs. Harold (Dorothy) DeArmond of Berne, Mrs. Amos (Nancy) Baumann of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Bernard (Mazetta) Harrison of Monroe, and Mrs. Orval (Vera) Sudduth of Decatur. * Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.ni. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Wilmer R. Watson officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the Aservices.

New Effort To End Crisis Over Panama

PANAMA CITY (UPD — An Organization of American States (OAS) peace team today made a final effort to help settle the U.S.-Panama crisis in behind the scenes talks here. The team completed the investigative phase of its stay here Sunday and will fly to Washington Tuesday to report on its findings on the clashes last month that killed 21 Panamanians and four U.S. soldiers. Juan Plate, Paraguayan Ambassdor, and the other four members of the team reserved" their final day here for private and informal talks on the crisis, which led to a diplomatic break and Panamanian charges of U.S. aggression. It was learned that Edwin M. Martin, special State Department representative in the Panama dispute, planned another round of talks with President Roberto Chiari and Foreign Minister Galileo Solis before the OAS investigators leave. Although Plate has declined comment on the results of his discussions with Panamanian officials, committee sources said he feels guarded optimism about finding away out <n the crtsfc/ ' 1 ?

U.N. Meets On Cyprus Crisis

UNITED NATIONS (UPI) — The United Nations Security Council turned to the Cyprus crisis today in an effort to prevent a full-scale war between NATO Allies in the Eastern Mediterranean. The 11-nation council, after an anxious weekend clouded by reports of invasion preparations by Turkey, was scheduled to take up the Cyprus situation this afternoon after a morning session devoted to the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. Cyprus Foreign Minister Spyros Kyprianou arrived from Nicosia Sunday night to present Boycott Threatens Wheat For Russia MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (UPD— A boycott that would halt loading of American wheat for Russia in Atlantic and Gulf coast ports was threatened today by President Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). liGleason, who Sunday instructed ILA locals in New Orleans and Houston not to load wheat for the Soviet Union on three foreign flag vessels, said he might broaden the order to cover all Russian-bound grain in ports under ILA jurisdiction from Maine to Texas. Thg union leader said his action would depend on the outcome of a meeting of AFL-CIO Maritime Trade Department executive board to consider the sale of wheat to Russia under federal government auspices. Assistant Labor Secretary James J. Reynolds arrived in Miami Beach late Sunday night in an apparent effort to discuss the problem with the longshoremen boss. Indications wereuthat the department would resist pressure from the Johnson administration and formally approve a resolution condemning the sale of the grain to the Soviet Union.

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The hopes of finding a formula for settlement of the crisis also were increased by President Johnson’s St. Louis statement Friday that the United States was preparing a new proposal, and by Secretary of State Dean Rusk’s remark Saturday that the United States was “anxious to return to toe conference table with Panama.” The report of toe five-nation team could have far-reaching consequences, both for U.S. prestige in Latin Aerica and the future of the Panama Canal and the surrounding Canal Zone. Fighting started when toe Americans refused to allow a Panamanian flag to be raised there and ripped toe flag when Panamanian students attempted to fly it The incident brought to toe surface the long-seething Panamanian resentment against the 1903 treaty granting toe U.S. government permanent rights in operating the canal and controlling the 10-mile wide zone. The treaty question has been toe major barrier to settlement of the dispute. >

his government’s case to the council. He charged that Turkish forces were guilty of aggression against Cyprus. It was thought that Kyprianou arrived from Nicosia Sunday night to present his government’s case to the council. He charged that Turkish forces were guilty of aggression against Cyprus. It was thought that Kyprianou would present a resolution asking the council to guarantee the “independence and territorial integrity” of the Mediterranean island republic. British Ambassador Sir Patrick Dean, who requested the council meeting, headed the list of speakers for the debate. He was not expected to ask for a U.N. peace force at this juncture. Western strategy was to afford a full airing of the sitoation in the council and see what could be done about stopping the fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots over constitutional rights. No Western resolution was expected immediately. The communal fighting, which has caused more than 250 deaths since December, has brought the threat of military intervention by both Turkey and Greece, partners in NATO, on opposite skies. Such intervention could lead to war affecting the whole Middle East Kyprianou reaffirmed his government’s stand that any peace force sent to Cyprus should be under authority of the U.N. Security Council. Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios rejected an original Anglo-American proposal for a 10,000-man NATO force to police the island while a negotiated political settlement -is sought. For the past eight days he also, has rebuffed various modifications of the proposals. The United States and Britain at first sought to keep the Cyprus question out of the Security Council to avoid opening the door to a possible Soviet veto. Britain finally requested the meeting after all Anglo-Ameri-can negotiations with Makarios failed and the Cyprus government prepared an appeal to the world organization.

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