Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1964 — Page 1

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Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Eugene A. Fekete, assistant pastor, St. Mary’s Catholic Church) “My God, in Whom I Trust” Psalm 91 On practically all the currency of the United States of America, there is that wonderful expression of faith and confidence ’ln God We Trust.” Thus, as a nation and as individuals, the American people proclaim to the world that they are believers in the Supreme Being. Because we have made the Lord our refuge, and the Most High our rock, no disaster will befall us. No atomic calamity will come near oUr shores as long as we have this supernatural trust in God. God, Who is our loving Father, will protect us from evil as long as we sincerely proclaim Him to be our refuge and our rock. This trust in God will overcome all obstacles, all hardships, all tears and all our sufferings. We know (because He told us) that as long as we trust in Him, we will be safe. We are always in the Hands of God. • Let us during this season of Lent, cling to God with love. Let us call upon Him and He will deliver us. He will be with us in trouble and show us His salvation always. Let “In God We Trust” be our personal motto forever.

Receive Petition On Marking Roads

The county commissioners allowed bills, received a petition on marking county roads, approved two allocations from the county ditch fund, and considered street and sewage filter bed specifications for new additions, at their meeting this morning. The commissioners took under advisement a petition from the 12 township trustees requesting that every road intersection be marked; the commissioners were inclined to view it favorably and will discuss including it in the 1965 budget, if they can get a valid estimate on costs. County highway superintendent Lawrence Noll stated that it would be in the neighborhood of SB,OOO to get reflector signs, visible at night, and that within a month he would have a better estimate. Numbering System The commissioners also discussed the numbering system. County engineer Walter H. Gilliom stated he favored retaining the present numbering system, which starts with “1” in the northeast corner of the county, ' proceeds south, then west. Noll explained that Purdue University had set up a system whereby highway 124 would be the base line 00, the first section road north would be 100 North; the first south, 100 South, The road that separates Kirkland ana Washington townships would be •the east-west baseline, and those east would be 100 East, 200 East, etc., and those west, 100 West, etc. By the Purdue system, a farmer who lives by Saddle Lake would have an address of 800 N. 500 E, which would be marked on the intersection. By the present county number system, he would be on road 31, just south of its intersection jof road 5. Petition Given The petition, requesting the marking of the roads, stated in part: “Due to the increased importance of fire fighting and fire prevention, it is necessary that some expedient means be arranged so that the fire fighting facilities which we support by taxes can be used to the fullest advantage. It serves no purpose to pay for a fire department and not be able to use the equipment properly. Our fire fighting facilities have been hampered by not having a' uniform road marking system whereby a fire can be reported and the equipment dispatched in time to be of service. These road markers will be of great advantage, also to the sheriff's department, the police department, the post department, and the ambulances and to the traveler.” The commissioners also instructed the auditor to contact the owners of the 40 voting places to see if they will be able to use the same precinct voting places • as two years ago. It was pointed

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out that the Jefferson school ana the Bobo school, formerly used, have been sold, and it is understood that the Bobo school will not be available for renting. Trailer Court Road The commissioners reported that they had had a request to pave a county road near the Oakhurst trailer coast, one-half mile south of highway 224, by the Decatur airport? The trailer court, owned by Mrs. Daisy) Hurst, presently includes 20 slabs, with 15 trailers, and 15 slabs are expected to be added this summer. This would give it a potential of 35 homes, and there is no paved road to it. Highway superintendent Noll ’stated that during the past two summers he had had to oil increasingly larger areas of road in that area, because of the heavy traffic. He stated that stone was hauled for that road just this past week. Reject Contract Noll also reported that the company which had sold the county highway department a calculator offered a cleaning-re-pair contract for SSO a year, almost 10% of the contract The commissioners, as well as Noll, felt that this was not needed, as the machine was* only a year old, and the 10c a mile, $8 an hour repair fee would be less expensive for the time being. The commissioners received word that two bridges for which the county will receive federal aid have been approved. These were a bridge on the Piqua road near the Dr. Carroll farm in St. Mary’s township, and a road in the northeast part of Union township, on county road 27 between county roads 2 and 3. William B. Trout Dies Early Sunday William B. Trout, 86, of 220% West Main street, Fort Wayne, and a native of Decatur, was pronounced dead on arrival Sunday morning at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne following a short illness. He was born in Decatur Nov. 19, 1877, a son of Dr. Dallas G. N. and Flora Blackman-Trout, and had resided in this city until moving to Fort Wayne six years ago. He was a retired postal worker. Surviving are one son, Benjamin Trout of Decatur; two daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Overmyer and Miss Mildred Trout, both ot Fort Wayne, and one grandchild. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home after 7 p. m. today. Services will be held at the funeral home at 2 p. m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Gerald Gerig officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery.

Christine Werling Dies Early Sunday Mrs. Christine Werling, 77, lifelong resident of Preble township died at 3 o’clock Sunday morning at her home, seven miles northwest of Decatur on the Winchester, road. She had been ill since November. Born in Preble township Dec. 12, 1886, she was a daughter of Andrew and Wilhelmine Gallmei-er-Fuhrman, and was married to Gottlieb Werling, Feb. 11, 1917. Her husband preceded her in death June 16, 1958. Mrs. Werling was a member of the Zion Lutheran ■ church at Friedheim, and the Tabea society. Surviving are three sons, Edwin Arthur and Gerhart Werling, dH of Preble township; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Esther) Thieme of Decatur; 14 grandchildren, and two brothers, Herman Fuhrman of Marion township, Allen county, and William Fuhrman of Preble township. Three sisters and one brother are deceased. Funeral rites will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim. The Rev. A. A. Fenner will officiate, and burial will be in the church cemetery. jFrienris may call at the funeral , home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. Mrs. Brunnegraff Is Taken By Death Mrs. Catherine Brunnegraff, 83, of 620 West Jefferson street, a resident of Decatur most of her life, died at 10 a. m. Sunday at the Cooper rest home in Bluffton. She had been in failing health for some time and bedfast since July of last year. Born in Mercer county, 0., Oct. 25, 1880, she was a daughter of Henry and Mary BreckheiserNeeman, and was married to Joseph B. Brunnegraff Feb. 13, 1899. Her husband, a Decatur grocer, preceded her in death Feb. 3, 1944. ‘ ' Mrs. Brunnegraff was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church and the Rosary society. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Elsie Brunnegraff of Decatur; two sons, Clarence F. Brun* negraff of Decatur, and Walter M. Brunnegraff of San Francisco, Calif,; eight grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. One son preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p. m. today until time of the services. The Rosary society will meet at' 8 p. m. Tuesday. Nancy Passwater Is Taken By Death Mrs. Nancy Passwater, 82, of 828 Park View drive, well known Decatur lady, died'at 4:45 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been in failing health for the past year, and critically ill for two weeks. She was born in Columbus Grove, 0., Dec. 6, 1881, a daughter of William E. and Ina WoodSmith, and married to 0. J. Passwater July 3, 1900. Her husband preceded her in death Dec. 10, 1953. Mrs. Pass water was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Pearl) Enos of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Sephus (Julia) Jackson of Decatur; one son, Judson J. Passwater of Willshire, O.; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Osborn of Robinson, 111., and Miss Wilma Smith of Lincoln, 111., and six, brothers, Cliff Smith of Terre Haute, Frank Smith of Lakeworth, Fla., Lambert and Clyde Smith of Tampa, Fla., Wood Smith of National City, Calif., and Robert Smith of Inkster, Mich. One son, two daughters, one sister and one? brother are deceased. Funeral rites will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, with the Rev. J. O. Penroad officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home until 12 noon Tuesday, when the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until time of the services.

Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Monday, March 2, 1964.

Find Airliner Wreckage On Mountainside; All Os 85 Aboard Reported Dead

Ruby Defense Hints Mistrial

DALLAS (UPl)—Judge - Joe B. Brown held defense lawyer Joe H. Tonahill in contempt of court for an outburst of temper today as the search for a jury to hear Jack Rub’s murder trial neared h an end. He was fined $25. Tonahill, a 6-foot-4, 245-pound lawyer from Jasper, Tex., hurled a pocket pen to the floor and the judge ruled that contempt. Only two jurors remained to be selected. Chief Defense Attorney Melvin Belli of San Francisco asked the judge to reconsider. “I’m going to hold him in contempt, Mr. Belli,” the judge said. Tonahill apologized. But the judge made his ruling stick. During questioning of George E. Staton, a ppper salesman, the prosecution objected to Belli’s questions about whether Staton had an opinion of Ruby’s guilt. Belli exploded: “Are we going to have the same hogwash that we’ve had for the last two weeks?” Tonahill joined in with a shout and hurled his pen, to the floor with a clatter. • " ' Brown sustained the prosecution objection while holding Tonahill in contempt. Tonahill also was cited for contempt earlier during heated change of venue hearings early last month when the defense sought unsuccessfully to have the trial transferred to another city. The judge suspended that fine. Before the session began, a defense psychiatrict spent an hour with Ruby, “nervous and deteriorating.’ But the 52-year-old slayer of Lee Harvey Oswald managed a slight smile as he was brought into court and seated at the defense table. Prospective juror station was the 134th panelist called and last one on the ot-iginal list of 151 names. Another 44 prospects were waiting in the wings. Defense attorneys hinted at legal fireworks and a bid for a mistrial as Judge Joe B. Brown’s court assembled to try to find two jurors needed to fill the jury box. Dr. Manfred Guttmacher, examining psychiatrist for courts in Baltimore, examined Ruby in his cell before the third week and 13th day of the trial started. Chief defense attorney

Segregation In Hospitals Out

WASHINGTON (UPD — By a brief but far-reaching order, the Supreme Court today let stand a lower court ruling that outlaws racial segregation of doctors and patients in hospitals built with the help of federal funds. ’ The court did so by refusing to review a decision against two Greensboro, N.C., hospitals which had obtained assistance under the federal Hill-Burton Act. Without comment, the court turned down a request of the two hospitals for a high court hearing on the case. The impact of the action may extend to other states and communities which have used federal grants for hospital construction. The decision banning segregation policies in , such facilities was handed down last Nov. 1 by the 4th U.S. Circuit of Appeals which reversed a district federal judge’s finding. The lawsuit was initiate in

Melvin Belli sent for Guttmacher on the ground that the slayer of Lee Harvey Oswald was "nervous as a cat” and deteriorating. Guttmacher, who last examined Ruby in December, said “he has deteriorated somewhat. He doesn’t look as well. He appears much more anxious and tense.” The defense had indicated, there would be a series of surprise motions at the trial today. , It refused to confirm or deny that it would bid for a mistrial based on the selection of jurors , in the first two weeks. Joe H. Tonahill, a Ruby de- > sense lawyer, said no decision had been made about whether > to put the ex-strip tease club operator on the stand to testify in his owh case. Ruby, when • talking with newsmen, often i burst into tears when discussing his case and the assassination of President John F. Ken- > nedy. Guttmacher was one of a twopsychiatrist team that inter- , viewed Ruby in December and * repotted. he was beyond measure by the Kennedy ■ assassination and torn by unI conscious love for the President and unconscious hatred for Oswald, charged with the crime. I The report said Ruby was basically an unstable man in a l_ condition, at the time of the Oswald shooting, of a boxer who figtits on without conscious thought after being knocked out on his feet. Ruby called Sunday for his chief defense attorney, Melvin Belli, of San Francisco, to ■ come see him. Belli went with Philip Burleson, of defense counsel. They reported his mental condition deteriorating. He . also was visited by his sister, Mrs. Eva Grant. Guttmacher came here in response to a call from Belli, who had reported all last week that Ruby seemed near the breaking point. The defendant has lost 15~ pounds and appears tense and fidgety in court. The defense will attempt to prove him temporarily insane at the time of the Oswald shooting. When the jury is completed, ? rosecution _testimony will bein, unless Belli decides to make an opening statement. Texas custom is that there are no opening statements by attorneys, but they may make them if they desire.

1962 by 11 Negro doctors, dentists and patients in the Greensboro area. The Justice Department later was allowed to participate in the case on the side of the Negroes. In other actions today, the Supreme Court: —Upheld by a 6-3 vote a ruling that all of Texas’ 23 congressional districts must be redrawn but opened the way for delaying the action until after this year’s elections. A lower federal court held that the Texas districts were unfairly drawn under the equal population yardstick set up in a Georgia case two weeks ago. The Supreme Court however gave the state until April 1 to obtain court relief “in light of the present circumstances including the imminence of the forthcoming election . . . ’ —Refused to give a hearing to four New York City Negroes who claimed that the 1961 re(Continued on Page Eight)

TAHOE VALLEY, Calif. <UPD—The wreckage of a four-engine airliner that vanished in a snowstorm over Lake Tahoe Sunday was found today scattered on a mountainside. An Air Force spokesman said there were no survivors among the 85 persons who were aboard. The wreckage of the Paradise Airlines Constellation was found at the 8,000-foot level of the Tahoe-Douglas Airport here. A helicopter sighted the wreckage just east of the Cal-ifornia-Nevada line. Sevc ra 1 other ’copters prepared to land at the scene. The plane vanished Sunday after radioing it was over Lake Tahoe and approaching Tahoe Valley Airport on the south shore. It carried a full load of 81 passengers bound from Salinas and San Jose, Calif., for the ski and gambling resorts at the lake. The blinding, wind-whipped snowstorm in which the craft disappeared grounded search craft Sunday and during the night. Clearing weather this morning sent 50 Air Force, Navy and civilian aircraft into the air. The plane was flying from Salinas and San Jose, Calif., to the resort area with 81 passengers, including 20 patrons from a San Jose tavern and 16 employes of a Salinas department store. It carried a crew of four. Thirty - seven persons from the Three Star Tavern were scheduled to make the flight, but only 20 were able to board the Constellation. The remaining 17 were told to wait for a second flight—which was cancelled in Oakland when news of the missing plane was received. Search officials said the plane could have hit any of numerous peaks in the area or could have gone down in Desolation Valley a wilderness area west of the lake which is so rugged it is almost impassable even under Requirements For Streets Submitted _ The county commissioners took under consideration the following proposed street requirements for rural Adams county subdivisions, as drawn up by county engineer Walter H. Gilliom from state specifications: Right of way: Minimum width 50 feet; where subdivision abuts an established county road, the plat shall provide a minimum of 25 feet from the centerline of the existing road. Pavement, bituminous surfaced compacted aggregate base: Minimum width of compacted aggregate base IBV2 feet, minimum depth 8”, minimum width of bituminous surface 18 feet; minimum depth 3”; shoulder width not less than 6 feet. Pavement, plain concrete: Concrete, class “D” <6 bag). Minimum width 18 feet. Minimum depth 6”. Width shoulders min. 6 feet. Where shoulders and side ditches are undesirable, pavement with integral curbs may be constructed in which case, pavement shall be 27 feet out to out curbs. General: In all cases adequate drainage shall be provided for side ditches and gutters, including catch basins and culverts where required. All work and materials shall conform to the Indiana state highway commission standard specifications dated 1963. The contractor or builder shall cooperate and assist in obtaining samples or making such tests as may be required by Adams county. County attorney David A. Macklin also presented a drawing of a standard filter bed, which the commissioners took under advisement as a qualification for subdivisions not on a regular sewer, or not building sewage disposal systems. Macklin stated that he was checking further with the Indiana stream pollution board to see if any further steps are recommended or required by the state.

ideal summer conditions. However, they would not discount the possibility that the Constellation might have plunged into the lake, which nestles in the mountains at an altitude of 6,225 feet and is 1,645 deep. Lt. Col.j Alexander Sherry, who arrived here from the Air Rescue Center at Hamilton Air Force Base to coordinate the search, said there was “no pattern” planned. He said reports of a low flying plane had been received from points throughout the area. Location is Difficult Search and rescue experts noted that there was an outside possibility the plane might not be found until after snows melt BULLETIN William H. Lichtenberger, 69, of- Decatur route 5, died at 11:15 a.m. today at the Veterans hospital in Fort Wayne, where he was admitted early this monring. The body was removed to the Win-teregg-Linn funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. NEW YORK (UPI) — Mrs. Susan Edwards Wagner, 54, wife of Mayor Robert F. Wagner and first lady of New * York since 1954, died today at Grade Mansion of cancer.

Ask County Road Signs Be Erected

The 12 Adams county trustees, meeting Saturday as the county board of education, petitioned the county commissioners to budget county roiad sign markers for 1965, discussed the assessment problems they will soon face, and heard representatives from the Decatur, Berne, and Geneva library boards expain the need for a township library levy. Trustee Wilbur Blakey explained that he had met recently with representatives from the rural fire departments of Adams county, and that these departments, which are largely supported by township funds, earnestly desire the roads to be marked at each intersection. The group voted unanimously to have Robert Gay, Washintgon township trustee, present the petition to the county board of commissioners. Blakey stated that he and several others had discussed the matter with individual commissioners, and that he personally feels the commissioners favor the project, but would like to know that others favor it, too. Robert Kolter, secretary of the board, stated that he had heard that the rural firemen are also circulating petitions among thenmembers, and that the Preble department is circulating one in the hopes of getting a large percentage of the voters behind the move to mark the county roads. The petition, signed by the 11 trustees present, pointed out the need, for fire departments, ambulances, school buses, mailmen, and strangers. Library Service Lowell J. Smith, president of the Decatur library board, spoke for the three libraries in the county, and explained the program of the past two years. . J Smith explained that the three libraries, supported by tax funds from Decatur, Berne, Geneva, Washington, Monroe, Wabash, and French townships, had been in an experimental plan to introduce the rural people of the county to the public libraries, and their many advantages. During the first two years, the libraries received matching funds from federal funds, approved by the Indiana state library board as the state agency of local responsibility; these funds will be received until June 30 on a 50 percent basis, and then will be discontinued. To find out if local people wanted to continue the library service in rural areas, as well

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or—if in a Sierra lake—not at all. Other planes have crashed in the Sierras and not been found for months or years. The plane captain, veteran pilot Henry Norris, 43, of Alameda, Calif., made three brief radio reports as he approached the airport near the end of 150mile non-stop flight from San Jose, Calif. He radioed at 11:21 a.m., that he had sighted the south shore of the lake and was going off instrurftents tor a visual approach. Four minutes latfer Norris reported he —was over Meeks Bays about 15 miles from the airport, but his final transmission ended abruptly with the words, “Flight 901...’* 16 Years Experience Norris was chief pilot for Pa(Continued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight. Tuesday cloudy and colder with chance of some rain or snow. Low tonight in the 36s north, near 56 south. High Tuesday 35 to 44 north, near 60 south. Sunset today 6:38 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:16 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy with chance of rain or snow and cooler. Lows 20s north t# low 40s south. Highs 30s north to low 50s south.

I as in the cities and town of Geneva, the libraries sent out a detailed questionnaire to all county residents. 25% Returned A remarkable 25 per cent of the forms were returned, and found that rural people, themselves, favored continuing free public library service by a 10 to 1 margin, even if they have to put it on the township budget, which was part of the questionnaire. Smith explained the libraries extended their hours of opening, so that rural people who were in town in the mornings, afternoons, or evenings, any of six days a week, could pick up books; they can be returned at any time in the slot by the door, in Decatur. Also, the extra funds help pay for the many duplicate books and extra books that are necessary when serving a rural popu(Continued on Page Eight) Services Tuesday For Ethel Gaffer* Mrs. Ethel Gaffer, 63, a resident of Decatur most of her life, died at 1:22 o’clock Saturday as- , ternoon at her home, 329 North Third street. She had been ill since June 29 of last year. Born in Bluffton Oct. 16, 1900, she was a daughter of Charles W. and Ellen Householder-Leist, and was married to John E. Gaffer June 28, 1916. Her husband preceded her in death Oct. 11, 1962. Mrs. Gaffer was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rosary society and the VFW . auxiliary. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Carl (Elaine) McConnell ot Fort Wayne, Mrs. Leon (Patricia) Sieger of Decatur, and Miss Jacqueline Gaffer, who resided with her mother; one son, Jack Gaffer of Decatur, and seven grandchildren. Three sisters and two brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call until time of the services. The Rosary society will meet at 8 o’clock tonight