Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 43.

U. S. Base Is Rescue Center

LAJES AIR BASE, Aaores (UPD — The islanders of nearby Sao Jorge escaped three days of destructive earth shocks without casualties, but many of the 1,800 who fled say they will never return, a U. S. Air Force spokesman said today. This big U. S. Air Force Base on the neighboring island of Trceira was a communications center for the rescue operation after the tremors began to jar Sao Jorge Sunday night. Gale winds of up to 80 miles per hour kept rescue planes on the ground, but an international fleet bucked high waves to come to the aid of the islanders. , By Wednesday night, however, the shocks appeared to have ended and the rescue operation was suspended temporarily. If there are no further tremors It may not be resumed. X are about 18,000 islanders remaining on Sao Jorge, a pencil - shaped island about twice the size of New York City’s Manhattan with volcanoes at each end. Most of the clay, and wooden houses in the island’s largest town, Vila das Velas, were destroyed. One refugee said 4,000 to 5,000 cattle may have been killed. The last shock Wednesday morning was the strongest, geophysical experts said. It measured 8 on the international scale of 12. They said it may have been the final eruption of Local Lady's Father p Is Taken By Death Raymond H. Myers, 63, father of Mrs. Patrick J. Briede of Decatur, died at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday at the Hillcrest convalescent home in Columbia City, where he bad been a patient only a few hours. He had been ill since November of 1953. and had been hospitalized several times. Born in Fort Wayne April 27, 1901, he moved to Whitley county in 1945, and to Columbia City in 1955. Mr. Myers, a retired Pennsylvania railroad trainman, was a member of St. Paul of the Cross Catholic church at Columbia City, and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Surviving in addition to the daughter in this city are his wife, Marie A.; six sons, Carl Myers, of Edgerton, 0., Donald H. Myers of Crown Point, James H. Myers of Columbia City, Joseph A. and John K. Myers, both of Fort Wayne, and Wallace L. Myers, at home; 21 grandchildren; a brother, Earl Myers of Huntertown, and a sister, Mrs. Loy Ayers of Eustis, Fla. Funeral services will be held at 8:45 a.m. Saturday at the J. A. DeMoney & Son funeral home in Columbia City, and at 9 a.m. at the St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church. The Rev. Louis J. Zenz will celebrate the requiem high mass, and burial will be in Eel river cemetery in Allen county. Friends may call at the (funeral home after 7 p,m. today. The rosary will be recited at 8:30 p.m. Friday.

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a submarine volcano they believed caused the tremors. The Azores are mountain peaks on a 10,000 - mile undersea range called the Mid-Atlan-tic Cordillera. There are frequent seismic disturbances along the range, the longest in the world, but most of them are far from any land. Even though the danger appears past, the Air Force spokesman said "some of the people never want to go back to their island again.” They apparently fear that the two volcanoes on the island will become active. The geophysical experts have warned that a major eruption on Sao Jorge could split the narrow island in half. Youth Sentenced To Boys' School A local boy was sentenced to the Indiana boys’ school and three others were placed on probation, in a juvenile court session this morning. Gerald G. Harmon, 16, of 1225 Elm St., was sentenced to the boys’ school at Plainfield until he reaches the age of 21. Harmon received the term at boys’ school since he had been given a suspended term to the institution in the local juvenile court in April of 1963. He had been brought before juvenile authorities last year on a charge of committing a burglary. Rand Sieling, 16, of 768 Parkview Drive; Larry A. Krick, 17, of 343 S. Uth St., and Daniel L. Hawkins, 15, of 122 N. Fifth St., were all placed on probation for six months periods to Chris H. Muselman, probation officer. Six Involved .The four youths named above and two other local youths were involved in a series of break-ins in this city during the past year. City police uncovered the six boys in January of this year, and cleared up a number of burglaries. The other two, William A. Dawson, 18, of 710 Spencer St., and Donald Leroy Lough, 18, of 434 Mercer Ave., were charged with second . degree burglary. Both received suspended sentences of six months at the state penal farm and were placed on probation until the age of 21. Shell Funeral Rites On Friday Morning Funeral services for Francis E. Shell, partner in the Shell Bros. Plumbing Co., who died Tuesday afternoon, will be held at 9:30 a. m. Friday at St. Mary’s Catholic church. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt will officiate, and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home until time of the services. The name of a surviving brbther, Charles Shell of Monroe, was inadvertently printed as Virgil in Wednesday’s Daily Democrat.

Society To Hear Exchange Student Leonardo Gavelli, exchange student from Florence, Italy, will be the speaker at the Adams county Historical society Tuesday. The meeting will be held in the Decatur public library, and will begin at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening. Gavelli is the young man currently residing with the Severin H. Schurger family in Decatur He will be introduced to the Historical society by Roy Kalver, president of the local chapter of the American Field Service. Kalver will give a brief description of the work and aims of his organization with particular reference to its Decatur activities. The exchange student will speak on the history and customs of his native land and home city. He will also speak on the two world famous art galleries of his native Florence ,the “Ufizzi,” and the “Pitti.” Gavelli has with him some reproductions of paintings to be found in these galleries by such famous artists as: Boticelli, Titian. Neroccio, Parniquinno, Raphael, Lippi, Crihlandeio, Del Sarto, Reai and the master, Leonardo De Vinci, who was born only 50 miles from Florence. The reproductions will be on display at the meeting Tuesday. The general public, including students, are invited to attend. There is no admission charge. Night Sessions Planned In Ruby Trial DALLAS (UPI) — The probability seemed greater today of getting a jury impaneled in Dallas and trying Jack Ruby in a building half a block from the one used as a sniper post by the murderer of John F. Kennedy. The fourth day of the murder trial of the sallow-faced Ruby found Judge Joe B. Brown pressing for night sessions. And he said court would be in session this Saturday. No jurors had been selected. Eleven veniremen have been excused "for cause.” Dist. Atty. Henry Wade used one peremptory challenge in two days and chief defense attorney Melvin Belil used four. Five prospective jurors dropped “for cause” said they objected to the death penalty — which the state intends to demand. "How do you feel,” defense attorney Joe H. Tonahill asked a prospective juror, “about Jack Ruby being tried in this courthouse half a block from where President Kennedy was shot?” Objection Blocks Answer A state objection blocked an answer. But the closeness is remarkable. The Dallas County Criminal Courts and Jail Building, in which the court room is located, is half a block south of the Texas School Book Depository, from whose sixth-floor corner window the fatal shots were fired at Kennedy. Brown, of Criminal District Court No. 3, said there probably would be night sessions, but he did not say. when they would start. He has said he would know in 10 days to two weeks how he will rule on the defense attempt to take the trial* to another town. To an observer in the spectator section, he doesn’t seem to indicate sympathy toward the change-ofvenue motion, which “Is running concurrently with the selection of the trial jury. Twice he has told the defense that he intended to qualify a prospective juror under examination, forcing the defense to exercise a peremptory challenge to get rid of the venireman. Allowed 15 Peremptories The defense is allowed 15 peremptories and it used up four in two days. At that rate, counting a Saturday session and not even allowing for night sessions, the 15 would be exhausted by Wednesday- Then things would move fast, with the defense having to accept those veniremen accepted by the prosecution and deemed qualified by the court. Belli said he thought the defense made headway Wednesday, both on “pur timetable” and on proving that “subconscious prejudice” in Dallas made it impossible to get a fair jury here. The timetable he has set is Friday night to prove his change-of-venue case. Then, he said, “it is up to the judge" — who is the tone who must decide whether or not it is proven.

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Armed Cypriots Open Fire x ■ . • 5a f; On British Soldiers For First Time During Crisis

Early Passage Os Tax Cut Foreseen

WASHINGTON (UPD — Congressional leaders were confident today the $11.5 billon taxj, cut bill would be on President Johnsons desk by the middle of next’ week to provide an early March paycheck boost for millions of wage earners. The final compromise version of the biggest tax cut in U. S. history was cleared by a House-Senate conference committee Wednesday — almost 13 months after the la’te President John F. Kennedy proposed to remove the brakes of high wartime federal tax rates. House leaders planned to allot one hour of debate and pass the bill next Tuesday. The Senate was to follow suit the same day or Wednesday. Final approval by both chambers Jack Gordon Speaks To OptimistChib At their weekly meeting this morning, the Decatur Optimisw heard Jack Gordon, management consultant, give a talk entitled “Don’t sell your town short.” The speaker described an Optimist as one who, despite the world’s imperfections, looks for the best things in life. A pessimist, on the other hand, concerns himself only with what is wrong with the world. By talking and thinking in a derogative direction it is possible to ruin a town’s prosperity. The value of property will drop and potential jobs ruined because new industries will seek other localities. “Ask yourself, am I a killer? Do I deliberately run down Decatur and our own prosperity?” Gordon emphasized he chose Decatur to live in 12 years ago because he firmly believed this town had all the attributes of a thriving community. Stressing appreciation of the fine facilities Decatur has to offer, the speaker stated, “we have an excellent shopping district. library, school system, police and fire protection, a fine hospital and the services of many professional fields. “Industries seeking new localities send out scouts to investigate communities and base their reports on the attitude of citizens they talk to.” Mr. Gordon concluded his talk with the admonishment “We have many blessings to be grateful for, it is up to each citizen to be a salesman for Decatur.” Barnett Funeral Rites Saturday Carl O. Barnett, 67, retired truck driver —for the Belmont Trucking C 0.,, died at 10:45 o’clock Wednesday morning at his home, 219 Rugg street, following an illness of three weeks. He was born in Decatur May 21, 1896, a son of J. A. and Ada Oliver - Barnett, and lived in Adams county and Decatur most of his life. He was married to Sadie Bushman Sept. 25, 1916. '• Mr. Barnett, who retired from Belmont in 1961, was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Granite City, 111. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Carl A. Barnett of Indianapolis, and Jay F. Barnett of Whiteland: one daughter, Mrs. J. F. (Alice Irene) Stachelek of Sunnyvale, Calif.; five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, with the Rev. Carey Knittie officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. . •&

was assured. 18 Per Cent Cut When fully effective in 1965, the average taxpayer will enjoy about a 19 per cent tax cut, the first major reduction in federal income taxes since a 10 per cent slash in 1954. Most important to the President, the take - home pay of wage earners will increase an average of $4.50 a week eight days after the bill is signed into law when payroll withholding rates drop from 18 to 14 per cent. Johnson is anxious to see this $27 million -a - day in greater consumer spending start flowing into the economy as early as possible this election year. The compromise bill which emerged from the House-Senate conference group after four days of bargaining gave the new Chief Executive about all that he wanted. 51 Million Get Cuts It provides top-to-bottom cuts in tax rates for about 51 million taxpayers in all income brackets. Another 1.5 pillion would be removed from toe tax rolls '"altogether througH more liberal tax treatment of low - income persons. A single taxpayer, for example, earning $5,000 a year will pay $147 less taxes when the program is fully effective. A married couple with two children, SIO,OOO a year income and typical itemized deductions, will have the tax bill reduced by $233 a year. Two-thirds of the tax reduction bill will be effective this year, retroactive to Jan. 1. The remainder will go into effect Jan. 1, 1965. The cuts do not apply to taxes due now on 1963 income. Hold Career Night Program Tonight The Decatur Rotary club’s fifth annual “Career Night” program will begin at 7 o’clock this evening at the Youth and Community Center, following the regular weekly dinner for the Rotarians. Over 300 guests are expected for the affair, which will cover numerous professions, and there will be more than 20 counselors present. Students from the two Decatur schools. Monmouth, Adams Central, Berne and Geneva have been invited to attend the program. The counselors will talk with the students in certain fields of endeavor. Priebe Speaker Robert J. Prietfe, of Magnavox in Fort Wayne, will be the main speaker for the program, speaking on the topic “Prepare for Tomorrow Today.” The counselors have been added to the staff, according to program co-chairman George Litchfield. Bayne Mo rely of the Fort Wayne- Jounal-Gazette staff, will counsel on journalism, and James Simon of Bill Zoss ChevroletBuick in Decatur, will cover the field of auto mechanics. A lunch will be served to the students following the program, through the courtesy of the following: William Scheele & Sons, Pioneer Ice Cream Co.. Decatur Baking Co., Smith Pure Milk Co., Menu Meats, Parrot Packing Co., Dilgand Frozen Foods, E. J, Evans, and the Pioneer' Restaurant. Library To Be Open Here On Saturday Officials of, the Decatur public library reported today that the library will be open Saturday, which is Washington’s birthday. The Dally Democrat erroneously reported Wednesday that the library would be closed on the legal holiday. I

NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) — Armed Cypriots, in a display of growing anti-British feeling, opened fire on British soldiers today for the first time since the current Cyprus crisis began in December. No casualties were reported in the attack. British officials said irregular Cypriot soldiers in the Greek sector of Nicosia fired on a British patrol. The troops searched a nearby building and detained two Cypriots who later were released. The British said that in the future no Greek Cypriot irregulars would be allowed to patrol the quarter. They will be replaced by official police. The officials said they believed the incident was due to “individual actions of the irregulars rather than as part of a coordinated policy.’ First Armed Attack * Though the incident was isolated and relatively harmless, it was significant in that the armed attack was the first on British troops sent to Cyprus to supervise a cease-fire between warring Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The attack came at a time when the Cypriot press was intensifying a campaign against the British for their role in the peace-keeping operation. Greek Cypriot ’newspapers have accused the British of siding with the Turks. Britain was flying in 1,500 more troops to bolster its 5,000man peace force. The force has come under increasing strain because of continuing cummunal clashes in rugged outlying areas. The Mediterranean island was relatively quiet for the third straight day under watchful eyes of British patrols, but the tension between rival communities was evident. interim Measure The British Defense Ministry in London said the troops reinforcements were an “interim measure’ and did not reduce the need for an international peace-keeping force. Diplomatic efforts to establih an international force were deadlocked for the moment at the United Nations in New York. Britain, Turkey and the United States resisted an attempt by President Archbishop Makarios’ government to get a U. N. guarantee of protection against invasion of Cyprus. Makarios fears Turkey will invade the island ostensibly to protect the Turkish Cypriots, who are outnumbered four to one by the Greek Cypriots. The Turkish Cypriots claim the Makarios government is trying to take away some of their rights through amendments to the constitution. Would Abrogate Treaty A U. N. guarantee of protection would be tantamount to abrogating the 1960 independence treaties under which Britain, Turkey and Greece assumed the responsibility for guarding Cyprus’ sovereignty and security. Cyprus was a British colony prior to 1960. The reason for the urgent diplomacy is the fear of a major outbreak between the rival Cypriots that could escalate into a war between NATO partners Greece and Turkey. As a precaution against an explosion, British troops reinforced positions along the truce lines between Greek and Cypriot communities. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with a few snow flurries tonight. Friday partly cloudy and cold with a few snow flurries likely near Lake Michigan. Low tonight 15 to 22 north, 18 to 26 south. High Friday 28 to 37. Sunset today 6:27 p.m. Sunrise Friday 7:30 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Fair with little temperature change. Lows 5 to 10 above north, 15 to 25 south. Highs upper 30s north to lower 40s south. - — ■ ts. - 4-‘ ;

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Robert E. McQuaid, pastor, First Baptist Church) Scripture: Psalm 119:105-112 Text: “Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Verse 105. A recent cartoon pictured two men on a park bench. One was very ragged and dirty, evidently a professional tramp. The other man had a definite wrinkled, shabby look but was clearly a newcomer to the world of public loafers. The one with the better appearance spoke to his friend, “I forgot the code number of my secret bank account in New York.” This is ■ a humorous but not impossible situation in a world of increased use of numbers: yin, code, area, account, etc. Think of having a supply of funds sufficient to meet the needs of life but not using it! Our world is setting on the park bench of spiritual starvation. We go begging at the doorsteps of materialism, sex, adventure and emotional excesses to satisfy our hunger for life while a bank account of spiritual resources goes to waste. The Bible has been a devine guide to life for millions. We need to get back to it. Someone has said, “I like a ’read’ Bible,” speaking of use not color. Dust off the copy in your home today and discover the power and wisdom there by daily reading and meditation.

Johnson And Mateos Meet In California

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson flies to California tonight for a two-day meeting with President Adolfo Lopez Mateos of Mexico in his first official conference with a Latin American chief of state since taking office. Johnson and his wife were scheduled to take off by jet from Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington at 6 p.m. EST for a flight of five hours and 15 minutes to Palm Springs, Calif., where they will spend the night. Lopez Mateos and his wife, who are arriving in Los Angeles Thursday morning, were to be greeted by the Johnsons at International Airport. Both Presidents speak and receive honorary degrees Thursday at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), then fly by helicopter to Palm Springs to begin their official talks. While their meeting was « largely a hands-across-the-bor. der gesture of friendship customary early in a new administration, there were some sub-

Slender Hope For Crewmen

NEW YORK (UPI) — A pinpoint of light sighted by a search - plane near the foundering British freighter Ambassador held out slender hope today that some of the 14 missinng crewmen who took to life rafts two days ago may yet be alive in the stormy North Atlantic. Twenty other crew members were rescued from the flooded and heavily listing Ambassador Wednesday, and the body of the freighter’s captain was recovered. The U. S. Coast Guard cutter Coos Bay continued to search the sea 600 miles off Halifax, N. S. for the missing seamen. They were presumed drowned before a Canadian plane reported seeing a blip of light on the ink-black sea Wednesday night. Called Off Search “Final disposition of all life rafts now prime importance,” Coast Guard headquarters in New York radioed the Coos Bay. The Coast Guard said a British - made life raft was recovered Wednesday night but it definitely was not the lighted object the Canadian aircraft sighted. Rain and poor visi b i 11 y caused a temporary suspension of the air search during the night, but a Coast Guard plane flew back over the area before, dawn. Wind diminished to 22 knots and waves were 10 to 15-

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stantive matters to come before the two Chieff Executives. Lopez Mateos was expected to urge a permanent solution to salinity of the Colorado River and the damage it has caused to an estimated 50,000 acres of Mexican farmland. The same problem figured prominently in the March, 1962, meeting between Lopez Mateos and the late President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy and the Mexican president agreed to seek a solution, and certain steps have been taken by the United States to solve the problem. Mexico, however, contends that salinity of the Colorado remains excessive and that damage to Mexican farmland continues. Johnson and Lopez Mateos scheduled two main business sessions — Thursday afternoon and the second on Saturday morning after which a joint communique was to be issued and the Mexican president planned to hold a news conference in Palm Springs.

feet, the Coast Guard said. Gale winds boiled _up waves as ~ high as a two-story house Tuesday when the seamen abandoned ship. The cutter concentrated its search pattern six miles north of the Ambassador’s abandoned hull where the flashing light was seen. Before the light was sighted, the Cooc Bay had released three commercial vessels from the search. In Good Condition The 20 survivors from the Ambassador, which flooded and lost power Tuesday while en route to Britain with a cargo of wheat, were rescued Wednesday by daring Norwegian merchant seamen and U. S. Coast Guardsmen. All were reported in good condition today — nine abroad the Norwegian freighter Fruen and 12 on the Coos Bay. THe Coos Bay also picked up the body pf the ambassador’s master, Capt. Harry Strickland, who was making his first voyIge aboard the 7,308-ton freighter as a vacation relief skipper. It was not' certain wehther he drowned or died of injuries aboard the gale - tossed vessel. The Dutch tug Elb put lines on the abandoned Ambassador during the night and began towing the badly listing ship toward the Azones about 5:46 a.rti.