Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1964 — Page 1

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Lenten Meditation (By Rev. F. P. Miller, pastor, Bethany Evangelical United Brethren Church) Isaiah 55:1-7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7. A certain man of bad reputation lived in a rural community. His neighbors had good reason to doubt his uprightness. He did an unusual thing. He sewed to the outer garment on his back a white cross, which he wore. His youthful nephew said to him: “Uncle, I’ve heard of the thief on the cross, but I never before saw a cross on a thief.” A sacred symbol used falsely deceives neither God nor the person himself. Unless what we are from day to day confirms our Christian profession, our lives are out of harmony with the eternal God. Hypocrisy, deceit, and sham were disdained by our Lord, for they have no place in the gospel of brotherly love. In its noblest meaning, character is Christ-like. The cross symbolizes the finest in our Christian religion—God’s gift of love revealed to mankind. So let this Lenten season be a time when we forsake our wicked ways, and let God cleanse and develop a Christ-like character in our lives.

Union Holds To Wheat Boycott

UNION HOLDS TO MIAMI BEACH <UPl>—Union leaders vowed today to continue indefinitely a ban on loading of American wheat for Russia until President Johnson assures them that half of the grain will be carried in American ships. They stood by their position following the breakdown of four days of talks conducted by Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz aimed at ending the labor boycott. Wirtz said the problem was grave and involved international relations as well as the American balance of payments. Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, said not one bushel of wheat would be put aboard a ship by members of his union until new

DeMolay Chapter Initiated Here The Decatur chapter, Order of DeMolay. got its official start Saturday, with 32 boys given the initiatory degree at the Masonic Lodge, followed by the DeMolay degree. The new Decatur chapter had 29 boys as candidates, while the Bluffton chapter had one candidate and the Warsaw chapter two. All three chapters are in district 7 of the Order of DeMolay. The initiation ceremonies were presented by DeMolays from Bluffton, Columbia City, Huntington, Warren and Warsaw chapters, all district 7 chapters. Attending the ceremonies were all of the DeMolay “dads” and some of the advisory council members, including Emery Tucker, Fort Wayne; Lawrence Marshall, Columbia City; Bob Osborne, Warsaw; John Ebersole, Huntington; Keith Sehoeff, Warren; Ned Carnall, Bluffton, and the district governor, Fred Divelbiss. Locals Present Also present were the advisory council members of the Decatur DeMolay chapter, consisting of Robert S. Workinger, ■ council president; Niland Ochsenrider, worshipful master of Decatur lodge No. 571; Keith Schnepp, secretary-treasurer; Robert Raudenbush, chapter advisor; Richard Linn; Dean Bblfz, James Cowens, Fred Isch, Robert Stricklec, Rolland Gilliom, Don Nor-

DOPE RING SHATTERED — Salvador Pardo-Bolland (left), Mexican Ambassador to Bolivia, and Rene Bruchon (right), a French citizen, were arrested in New York on charges of smuggling millions of dollars worth of heroin into the United States and Canada.

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government assurances on use of U.S. vessels were obtained. “As far as I’m concerned we are going to stay that way until we get a solution,” Gleason said. Wirtz, who returned to Washington empty - handed Sunday night after futile efforts to settle the dispute, blocking mul-ti-million dollar wheat shipments, obviously was irritated by union demands concerning shipments to Soviet bloc countries in eastern Europe. Sources close to the cabinet officer said he felt the unions were trying to wring as many benefits as they could out of federal officials before agreeing to halt their .week-old boycott. Union leaderss, however, denied they had “upped the ante” and said they had pressed through the negotiations for a guarantee that half of the grain going to Soviet satellites would be sent in American ships. They said such shipments might be diverted to Russia unless they were- included in the 50 per cent pledge. quest and Max Andrews. After the 32 boys were given the initiatory degree, a dinner was served. The meal was prepared by the women of- the Order of Eastern Star, and served by members of the Rainbow Girls. Following the dinner, a-“ Flower Talk” was presented, which is a very impressive talk designed for public viewing and commemorating each mother of a DeMolay. Founded in 1919 The DeMolay movement was founded in 1919 by the late Frank S. Land, in Kansis City, Mo. It started with nine high school boys, and today nearly three million young men have passed through the portals of DeMolay. Each DeMolay chapter is sponsored by a recognized group of Masons, but is in no way affiliated with the Masonic institution and does not hold promise of future membership in Freemasonry. The efforts of the chapter are to make the boy, who is of high moral standards, a better man, citizen and leader in the future. The ritualism of DeMolay depicts the great lesson of fidelity. The parents of all the candidates, as well as parents of initiated DeMolays. were present tor the dinner an 3" the “Flower Talk.” The ceremonies conclucTed about 9 p. m. Saturday.

Bultemeier Seeks Commissioner Post | ft i 4 V§ i Gerhard (Johnny) Bultemeier, lifelong resident of Preble township, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner, first district, at the primary election Tuesday, May 5. Bultemeier, a lifelong Democrat, owns and operates his own farm in Preble township, has also done custom work, is a dealer in hay and straw, and is director of the Preble Equity Exchange. The candidate, a member of the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim, attended the Friedheim school and finished his education in the public schools. This will be Bultemeier's second race for the nomination as commissioner. Single, Bultemeier is a son of Adolph Bultemeier of 'Preble township, and a brother of Clarence and Elmer Bultemeier and Miss Eldora Bultemeier. He stated that he plans to w&ge an active campaign for the nomination, and if chosen, will also campaign vigorously for the general election. County Council Grants Most Os Fund Requests The Adams county council met in session this morning in the courthouse for the first time this year, and allowed nearly all additional appropriations which were requested. ' The only request turned down by the council was that of S2OO by county prosecuting attorney Severin H. Schurger. Schurger requested SIOO for telephone calls and tolls, and another SIOO for criminal detection. Since he had the necessary funds available at the present time, the request was denied, with the understanding that such a request would more than likely be granted in the future if funds were no longer availavle. Others Allowed County clerk George Bair had asked $l5O for repair of equipment, $250 for copy paper and S2OO from the registration of voters fund for clerical help and another $l5O from the same fund for fees for deputies and registration. All four requests were allowed. Adams county auditor Edward F. Jaberg was granted a sum of $1,500 for operation of the office's plat books. The books have been kept up to date since they were made beginning in 1938-39, with the exception of the maps. Some time during Ihc year, as required by the state, someone with' the necessary knowledge of maps, engineering, eto . will be hired to bring the plat maps up to date. Committee Legal Fees The county treasurer, William Linn, was granted a $36.40 appropriation for a Line-A-Type mechanism used in tax papers, and county recorder Rosemary Spangler was granted a $650 request for new equipment required by the ’.state.The sum of $450 was allowed the county commissioners for membership fees in the Indiana Counties, Inc. The county school (Continued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Increasing cloudiness torigtit with some light snow or snow flurries developing late tonight or Tuesday. Warmer tonivht and a little warmer Tuesday. Low tonight 15 to 25. High Tuesday 27 to 38. Sunset today 7:25 a.m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:25 a.m. Outlook fir Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Colder again Tuesday night. Lows aero to 10 above. Highs 25 to 32.

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Old Hotel In Kankakee Is Fi ■ i t> |7* rn Destroyed by Fire; two To Nine Persons Missing

Russia Moves Into Crisis Over Cyprus

NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPl)—The Russians moved directly into the Cyprus crisis today with the opening of negotiations on an air link between Moscow and Nicosia. The foreign ministery insisted the talks were “routine” and unrelated to the island’s civil strife, but they coincided with Turkish charges that President Makarios is seeking Soviet intervention. Direct talks of any kind between Cyprus and the Kremlin run counter to efforts by the United States and Britain to avoid Soviet involvement in a ticklish situation affecting the eastern flank of NATO defenses. Makarios’ government refused to comment on efforts to settle the crisis at the United Natiins in New York, but Nicosia newsr papers which generally reflect the government’s views said the negotiations wre collapsing. There were persistent fears that collapse of the peace talks would set off new major vio-

Speaker Is Named For Farm Banquet Merle R. Teal Merle R. Teel, director of research. American Farm Research Association, Lafayette, will be the principal speaker for the 42nd annual farmers achievement banquet which will be held Tuesday evening, March 3 at 6:45 o’clock in the Berne school cafeteria. Teel is well known throughout the United States for his scientific studies, and research on grasses and their uses in livestock programs. He has chosen the title “How About That,” and he plans to show colored slides with his presentation. The invocation will be given by the Rev. Frank D. Voss, pastor of Mt. Hope Nazarene church of Blue Creek township. The master of ceremonies for the banquet will be Herman Krueckeberg, vice president of the First State Bank of Decatur. The dinner music will be presented bv Fred VonGunten. Berne. The Wabash Ramblers, a musical group from Hartford and Wabash townships, will provide the entertainment feature at the banquet. - Recognition of awards will be presented tp farmers for their' achievement by the various project committees. In the crops project committee,’ the recognition of the 5-are corn elttb members will be done by Elmer Baumgartner, of First Bank of Berne. Recognition for DHIA winners will be done by Jerry Sprunger. The dinner banquet will be family style and tickets are $1.95 per person. *

lence between the warring Greek and Turkish Cypriots in their dispute over constitutional rights. This could provoke war between NATO partners Greek and Turkey. (In Ankara Sunday, Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Cemal Erkin sail the initial fights between Greek and Turkish Cypriots last December “were prearranged genocide of Turkish Cypriots, an attempt to force them to accept Greek wishes.” (“Makarios is trying to achieve this aim by obtaining intervention by the Soviet Union and other Communist countires,” Erkin said.) Foreign ministry officials made no secret of the possibility that the three-man Soviet delegation would win landing rights on Cyprus for the Soviet airljne Aeroflot. Souces close to the ministry said test flights might begin within two weeks, bringing Soviet planes over the secret British Royal Air Force bases on this Mediterranean island.

Edgar Zimmerman Dies Last Evening Edgar M. Zimmerman, 55, lifelong resident of Adams county, died suddenly at 7:50 o’clock Sunday evening at his home, 414 North Second street. Although he had been in failing health for some time, death was sudden. He was born in Adams county arch 9. 1908. a son of Clint and Della Frye-Zimmerman, and was married to Nina Shady in March of 1928. Mr. Zimmerman, a salesman for F. McConnell & Sons, was a member of St. Luke’s United Church of Christ, and the United Travelers Association. Surviving are his wife; his mother, Mrs. Della Zimmerman of Fort Wayne; one daughter, Mrs. Frank W. (Onalee) Taylor of Cleveland, O.; two sons, Miles Zimmerman of Fort Wayne, and Ronald Zimmerman, with the U. S. Navy at Norfolk, Va.; one grandchild; one brother Joe Zimmerman oU’Decatur route 4, and five sisters; Mrs. £>. E. (Josephine) Foreman of Decatur. Mrs. Herbert (Berteline) Foreman of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Robert (Catherine) Kiess of Decatur. Miss Virginia Zimmerman and Mrs. Chalmer (Donna) Borne, both of Fort Wayne. One sister is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, with the Rev. Robert Oleson officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery at Bluffton. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.

Tuesday First Day To File Candidacy By, United .Press International The month-long period opens Tuesday for filing declarations' of candidacy in preparation for the May 5 primaries in Indiana. At the Hoosier Statehouse, declarations for Congress and legislative nominations are filed at the secretary of state’s office. At county clerks’ offices in the 92 counties,/ declarations arp filed for county offices. The filing period closes March 25. six weeks preceding the primaries. With the filing period only hours away, the situation with regard to state senatorial districts still was unsettled. The Indiana State Election Board must decide a controversy involving Vigo, Parke, Clay and

Kankakee, 111. (UPI) — Fire destroyed the old Alamo Hotel in downtown Kankakee today and fire officials said from two to nine persons were missing and feared dead. Firemen, police and the coroner’s office probed the smoldering wreckage for bodies. Construction equipment was used to sift the debris. Fire Chief John Marquart said from 30 to 32 persons, many of them elderly, had been registered at the three - story brick hotel. He first estimated that two to 15 persons were missing, but six of the missing later were located nearby or checked in at their jobs. it was hoped some of the other missing persons would be located in the same fashion. The Alamo was located across from the, Illinois Central depot on East Avenue, which in the early days of Kankakee served as the city’s main street. The hotel had been plagued by small fires in recent years. Treated At Hospital Six persons, most of them overcome by smoke, were taken to St. Mary’s Hospital. Only one of them, John S. White, 69, was held for treatment. The fire was believed to have started in the basement. By the time firemen arrived the flames had roared to the second floor and within minutes they engulfed the third floorA waitress in the hotel restaurant, Mrs. Bernice Toulouse, discovered the fire and was credited with saving the lives of many of the hotel residents. Mrs. Toulouse said she heard a noise shortly after midnight, opened the basement door, and saw flames. There were only two patrons in the restaurant, Dan McClanahan and Robert Collins. Mrs. Toulouse shouted to them to telephone the fire department. Then both men dashed, upstairs and ran through corridors knocking on doors. Flames Repel Fireman The men carried one aged hotel resident out. Two firemen got to the blazing third floor by a rear fire escape and managed to get several roomers down the stairs before they were driven down themselves by flame and smoke. A fireman on the second floor said he found an entrance blocked off and had to go to the rear of the building to get to roomers. He was credited with bringing six persons to safety. Another roomer was taken out of a second story window by ladder. As the fire mounted, the second and * third stories plunged into the basement. Only the front and rear walls of the hotel were left standing. The fire alarm was timed at 12:13 a.m.' It took five hours before the flames had died sufficiently to enable firemen to begin the search for bodies. Firemen said the hotel was occupied primarily by transients and retired persons. .Marquart said it was the twelfth time in two months that firemen had been called to the hotel to answer alarms.

Sullivan Counties and their representation in the 1965 Legislature before the district lines are clear. < , All 100 seats in the Indiana House are up for grabs this year. Thus, declarations for 200 nominations — half Republican and half Democratic—will be filed during the period. Twenty-eight seats in the Indiana Senate appear to be up for a decision by voters this year, the usual 25 seats for which incumbents will have completed four-yesr terms at the end of this year, and three other seats vacated by death and resignations. All 11 congressional seats are subject to the 1964 primaries and elections. The incumbents, including 7 Republicans and 4 Democrats, are expected to file for renomination with the exception of Rep. Donald C. Bruce, R-Indianapolis, who withdrew from the 11th District race to seek a U.S. Senate seat.

Hasten Legalizing New Districting

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Seven representatives of the Indiana secretary of state’s office Y neared the end today of a whirlwind tour of 92 county seat cities in an effort to hasten the legalization of the state’s new legislative reapportionment law so a controversy over senatorial districts can be settled quickly. The reason for the rush was that Tuesday is the opening day for filing declarations of candidacy for 128 seats in the 1965 Legislature. The Indiana State Election Board planned a meeting sometime today to sort out hazy wording in the reapportionment act so that the senate districts will be settled, at least temporarily, when the filing period opens. The board could not meet until the last county clerk had certified receipt of printed copies of the law, declared constitutional two weeks ago today on grounds that Governor Welsh waited too long to veto it early last year. Signatures of all 92 clerks are needtd before Secretary of State Charles O. Hendricks can take a proclamation to Welsh showing that the act is now law. The seven representatives began distributing the printed copies of the act last Friday. They took some to the homes of county clerks during the weekend to speed the process, and they expected to make the final deliveries this morning in the southeast corner of the state, with Dearborn County at Lawrenceburg probably being the last to certify. r The board was expected to meet probably late this afternoon. Meanwhile, former State Sen. Nelson G. Grills, D-Indianapolis, said he will file today with a three-judge federal panel a

Albania Takes Red Property

MOSCOW (UPI) — Albania has seized property belonging to the Soviet Embassy in the Albanian, capital of Tirana, it was disclosed today. The official Soviet governAssessors, Aides To Meet Thursday The township assessors and their deputies will hold their anhual meeting Thursday, county assessor Omer Merriman said this morning. The meeting will be held at the American Legion home and at least one state representative will be present. The assessors and their deputies will be, reviewed on the laws concerning their work and receive various instructions. The assessing work officially begins Monday, March 2, Merriman said. The assessors and their deputies will soon be calling at homes and business places, supplying them with the necessary personal property forms on which all personal property must be listed for taxation purposes. A taxpayer Who fails to return his assessment by May 15 may be penalized $lO and 25 per cent of the tax payable if it is not returned by June 15- The taxpayer should have his copy of assessment signed by the assessor, which will be proof that a return was made.

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brief saying the 1963 Legislature was guilty of an “intentional” violation of the U.S. and Indiana Constitutions in connection with passage of the reapportionment trill. State Sen. Kenneth Reagin, D-Cory, said Saturday night the problem of reapportioning Western Indiana Senate seats is “not one of legalities but one of political expediency.” Reagin was threatened with the loss of his district. The section dealing with the Senate is so worded it could set up toe election of 51 senators instead of the legal limit of 50. The problem was created by changes in the districts represented by Reagin and fellow Democrats Jack Mankin and Dewey Annakin, both of Terre Haute. Unofficial reports have indicated that the board would solve the problem by delaying the change until 1966. This would allow Mankin to seek reelection and Annakin to complete the remaining two years of his term. But it would mean also that Reagin would not be able to ■ seek re-election u ntil 1966. Mankin represents Vigo County and Annakin represents Vigo and Sullivan Counties while Reagin represents Clay and Parke Counties. Hie new law would give *Vigo County a single senator and combine Clay, Sullivan and Owen into a single district. Reagin threatened court action if he is prohibited from running for re-election. The controversy “has been made to look like a big complex problem by Indiana Atty. Gen. Edwin Steers,” Reagin said. “Nothing could be farther from the truth.” He said it is a “simple matter of Vigo County having two senators and the Clay, Owen and Sullivan County districts having none.”

ment newspaper Izvestia revealed the seizure in an article demanding the “immediate return” of the Soviet property. Izvestia said the property was seized last Thursday. The Soviet Union and Albania broke off relations in December, 1961, after a bitter exchange of charges between the two Communist governments. Caretakers had been left behind in both embassies. “The Foreign Ministry of toe U.S.S.R. has declared its decisive protest in connection with hostile acts of leaders- of Albania and demanded that the Soviet buidlings be returned

immediately,” Izvestia said. The Soviet - Albanian dispute broke out in 1956 after Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev instituted a program of de - Stalinization, which -Albanian Communist Chief Enver Hoxha opposed. Communist China, the Soviet Union's political and ideological foe within the Communist world, has' championed Albania. The Albanians in turn, have backed the Peking regime in its bitter controversy with Moscow. FOUR SECTIONS BULLETIN DALLAS (UPl)—Mrs. Mildred McCollum, mnkwr of six children, was cfcsaen today as the third Juror ta the Jack Ruby murder trial.