Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1964 — Page 1

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Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Joseph G. Carter, Pleasant Mills Baptist Church) Isaiah 12:1-6 As we think of Easter and die resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, few words can describe its deepest thought and meaning. ' Isaiah in looking forward to the coming Immanuel and His Kingdom could only describe his feelings with songs of complete praise. With only days of destruction and captivity ahead, Isaiah, then like people of today, find their only hope in a Son: Isa. 7:14, 9:6 and 7. . Now, centuries later we can join with the prophet Isaiah in singing songs of praise. “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvatioA.” Though we anger Him many times, we need only to turn to Him for complete forgiveness, comfort and strength. Oh sing unto the Lord for His ways are best, His strength complete. His judgments sure. “Sing unto the Lord; for He hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.”

Elks Scholarships Awarded Students

Miss Marilyn Knudsen, Decatur high school senior, and Roger Gene Lautzenheiser, Geneva high school senior, were presented the top scholarship awards of the Decatur Elks lodge at the lodge home Thurday evening. Each of the winners was awarded a SSO U. S. savings bond. Second place awards, $25 savings bonds, were presented to Miss Donna Sue Hodgin, Geneva high school senior, and to Thomas A. Baxter, Decatur high school senior. In addition, all entrants in the contest were presented pen and pencil sets from the fraternal organization. Presentations were made by George F. Laurent, honorary chairman of the Elks scholarship committee. Seniors in all Adams county high schools were invited to participate for this annual award. Miss Knudsen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Knudsen, 341 South Fifth street; Lautzenheiser is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Lautzenheiser of Geneva; Miss Hodgin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gail E. Hodgin of Geneva, and Baxter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baxter, 403 North, Fifth street. In addition

Judge Denies Hoffa Retrial

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UPI) —Federal Judge Frank Wilson today overruled last-ditch motions to throw out the jury tampering conviction of Teamsters President James R. Hoffa and set sentencing for March 12. Hoffa, convicted on two counts, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. Wilson, in turning down the defense requests for a mistrial, brought to an end nearly seven weeks of courtroom proceedings. Defense attorneys sought the mistrial declaration on grounds government “spying” gave the U.S. Justice Department its first victory in five federal court cases against Hoffa Wednesday. The labor leader and three others were convicted of attempting to bribe and corrupt jurors in the government’s 1962 conspiracy case against Hoffa. U.S. District Court Judge Frank Wilson —had already begun hearing “surveillance” charges when the jury returned its verdict. Hoffa attorneys claimed the Berne Girl Dies Thursday Evening Miss Norma Charlotte Lewis, 17, died at 7:05 o’clock Thursday evening at the home of her parents, on Rose Lane drive in Berne. Death was caused by a brain tumor and complications. She had been seriously ill since Saturday. | She was born in Bridgeport, Conn., July 23, 1946. a daughter of Stanley W. and Ethel Water-worth-Lewis. The family moved nine months ago frojn Huntington to Berne, where the father is manager of Mclntosh, Inc. . , Miss Lewis was a member of the Christ .the King Episcopal church at Huntington. Surviving in addition to Ihe parents is one brother. David Stanley Lewis, a student at Purdue University. Funeral services will be con-v ducted at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at the Yager funeral home in Berne, the Rev. J. Ralph Tatston officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today.

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to the winners and their parents Gerald Carey, guidance counselor i of the Geneva high school, and Mrs. Carey attended the ceremony. Brochures submitted by all contestants were judged by three out of county educators. Other members of the Elks committee in addition to Laurent, are Robert Mutschler and Richard Sullivan, co-chairmen, Deane Dorwin and Pete Reynolds. To State Competition The brochures of Miss Knudsen and Lautzenheiser have been sent to the Indiana Elks, where they will be judged against entries from other chapters of the fraternal organization for scholarships on the state level. Valuable scholarships will be awarded on <he state level, and the best entrants wil be entered in the national contest. The Elks National Foundation will distribute SIIO,OOO in scholarship awards on the national level, equally divided among boys and girls. ' The top award nationally is $1,500 in each division. Second award is $1,400 in each division, and the scholarships then range downward to 50 awards in each division at S7OO each.

alleged spying hamstrung their efforts to defend the tough-talk-ing Teamsters leader, who quickly termed the conviction, “unfair . . a railroad job.” The government repeatedly denied it conducted surveillance of defense attorneys, defendants, or defense witnesses in the case, although Justice Department officials have admittedthat the public “coming and goings” of five other individuals were watched in Chattanooga. New York wiretapping expert Bernard Spindel told the hearing Thursday he was hired as a “counter surveillance” agent for the defense. Spindel, who took the Fifth Amendment about 20 times under government cross-examina-tion Thursday, said he was almost constantly “watched” by federal agents. No Indication Wilson made no indication Jiow soon he would pass sentence, pending the outcome of the mistrial hearing. He gave defense attorneys 10 days from the date of conviction to file motions for a new trial. Hoffa, found guilty on two counts of a federal jury tampering indictment, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years and SIO,OOO fine. Thomas Ewing Parks of Nashville, Larry Campbell of Detroit, and Ewing King, former president of the Nashville Teamsters local, were convicted with Hoffa and face maximum sentence of 5 years and $5,000 each. Hoffa and two other defendants, Nicholas Tweel, Huntington, W.Va., and Allen Dorfman, Chicago, were acquitted on a third count of the indictment. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Chance of a little rain and a little rain or snow Saturday. Warmer tonight. Turning colder Saturday. Ix>w tonight in the 30s north, 34 to 42 south. High Saturday 35 to 45 north, 53 to 62 south. Sunset today 6:42 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 7:10 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Mostly cloudy with little temperature change, chance of rain south and snow north. Lows 28 to 38. Highs 36 to 48.

King Paul I Os Greece Dies This Morning; Son Sworn In As Successor

Youth Sentenced To State Penal Farm David Lee Beery, 19, of 510 Grant St., was sentenced to one year at the state penal farm this morning by Judge Myles F. Parrish, who found the local youth guilty of assault and battery with intent to commit a felonv. The Adams circuit court judge found Beery guilty of the assault and battery with intent charge, instead of the rape charge, and added that, he was convinced beyond and reasonable doubt that Beery was guilty of the charge of assault and battery with intent to commit a felony. Beery was charged with both counts, but the assault and battery with intent charge provides for a lesser sentence, one to 10 years at the state reformatory, as compared to two to 25 years at the state prison on the rape charge. Judge Parrish then sentenced Beery under the youthful offender's act, which premits a judge to sentence anyone under the age of 21 years who has never been convicted previously of a felony, to a term of the judge’s discretion. Under the act. Judge Parrish sentenced Beery to one year and to the penal farm, instead of the reformatory. Sheriff Boger Siqgleton said Beery would probably be transported to the farm at Putnamville the first of next week. Two-Day Trial Judge Parrish handed down his ruling about 10 o’clock this morning, after taking the case under advisement Wednesday afternoon when the two-day trial was concluded with final arguments by prosecutor Severin H. Schurger and defense attorney Lewis L. Smith. In the session which began this morning at 9:30, Judge Parrish told of the events of the morning, of December 14 when Beery assaulted Mrs. Norma Bixler. The judge said that according to the evidence, Beery had found the keys to the house in the door lock, where they had been left earlier as Roger Bixler, husband of the assaulted woman, had forgotten to take them from the lock. Tells Incident Judge Parrish proceeded to fill what had happened that morning according to the evidence given during the two-day trial. He said Beery used the key to enter the home and then assaulted the local woman as she was asleep beside her husband. The judge said the evidence disclosed that Mrs. Bixler thought Beery to be her husband until she smelled alcohol on his breath and heard the defendant speak. She then screamed, waking her husband; • He added that as Beery fled the home, Mrs. Bixler’s husband ran after him, and through the picture-window on the ground floor saw Beery run to his car. When he opened the car door, the dome light came on and Bixler (Continued on Page Six)

v >7 ar i a ynßw'll J I ELKS AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS— The Decatur Elks lodge presented scholarship awards Thursday evening in a special ceremony at the lodge home. Pictured above are, left to right—Mr. and' Mrs. Carl Baxter, Mrs. Gail Hodgin, Miss Donna Sue Hodgin, Mrs. J. S. Knudsen, Miss Marilyn Knudsen, Mrs. Robert L. Lautzenheiser, Mr. Lautzenheiser, Roger Gene Lautzenheiser, Mrs. Gerald Carey, Mr. Carey, and George F. Laurent. Thomas Baxter, Mr. Knudsen and Mr. Hodgin were unable to attend. — (Photo by Cole).

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Rep. Wm. Bray Tosses Hat In Governor Race; INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Rep. William G. Bray announced for governor today. He told a news conference that "I have decided to allow my name to be entered into the Republican convention in June as a candidate for Indiana governor.” Bray, who has represented Indiana’s 7th District for 14 years, became the sixth candidate for the GOP nomination. Bray denied that he had told Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine three weeks ago that he would not enter the gubernatorial fight in which Ristine has been polling as top choice. “Dick Ristine was in my home three weeks ago, and we have been friends for a long time,” Bray said. “But I did not tell him I would not enter the governor race.” The Martinsville man denied that his entrance was part of a “dump Ristine drive" by 1 some party leaders. “I believe I am the best candidate to be elected for governor,” Bray said. “That is the only reason I am entering.” Bray said his conversations with many people, both in and out of the Republican party had convinced him he could win the governorship race this year and that “whether the Republicans win or lose depends greatly upon who is the candidate for governor.” He said this was the “real reason” that he decided not to run for the seat of Sen. Vance Hartke, D-Ind. Bray said the fact that Rep. Donald Bruce, R-Indianapolis; was a candidate for this seat had nothing to do with his decision to go for governor instead of Senate. “People came to me and asked me to run for both offices,” Bray said. Bray said he would be unable to campaign very much for the gubernatorial nomination because “I will be busy in Washinton —I do not intend to miss any important roll calls.” However, he said he would open an Indianapolis headquarters with Dan Cravens, Franklin, as his campaign manager. an<J James Sedwick, Martinsville, as treasurer. Bray was asked why he felt 14 years in Congress qualified him for governor. “I think I understand government and people and have the courage to pick men who will do a good job. It takes a whole lot of horse-sense and dedication to duty to do any government job,” he said.

ATHENS (UPI) — King Paul 1, whose courage and leadership helped beat back a Communist bid to seize Greece after World War 11, died today in Tatoi Palace. He was 62. He was succeeded almost immediately as monarch by his son, Prince Constantine, who had been acting regent. Constantine was sworn in as King by Archbishop Chryostomos of Athes at the royal palace. At 23, Constantine is the yongest royal ruler in Europe. Paul lost his struggle for life after an operation for a serious stomach ulcer Feb. 21. A brief rally followed the four-hour operation. But the King’s condition steadily deteriorated until it became apparent thpt it was only a question of time before the end. An official announcement from the palace said the King died at 4:12 p.m. (9:12 a.m. EST). A medical bulletin this morning had reported a “very slight improvement” in the King’s condition, reportedly because of an improvement in the functioning of his. kidneysBut three hours later, the improvement reversed itself, palace sources said, and the King entered the last hours of his life. Queen At Bedside Queen Frederika, who - cut short an American tour last month to rush back to her ailing husband, was at his bedside when he died. Dr. Thomas Doxides certified the King’s death, then kissed him on the forehead, as did the weeping Queen and other members of the royal family. Paul ascended the throne as King of the Hellenes on April 2, 1947. By that time, he had made a name for himself through his bravery. It took a top-level decision by the Western Allied command to keep him from returning from exile- to join the underground resistance against the Nazis during World War 11. During the bitter Communistinspired civil war in ■ the postwar years, Paul continually projected himself into the thick of hostilities and visited the front at least 50 times. He was born in Athens on Dec. 14, 1901, the third son of King Constantine. At the time, he had only a remote chance of ascending toe throne, so he was able, to embark on adventures and exploits which he never could have done as crown prince. by the time he was 30, it appeared obvious he would ascend toe throne. Paul’s oldest brother George died without heirs in 1947. His second brother Alexander had died without a male heir. Experiences Exile When he finally became king, Paul had shared all toe vicissitudes of the country and the monarchy, including three periods of exile with his bother (Continued on Page Six)

Makarios Orders Prisoners Freed

NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) — .President Archbishop Makarios today ordered his Greek Cypriot followers to release their Turkish Cypriot prisoners to “relax tension” on this embattled island. • The move came as new fighting flared in the northern Kyrenia region, threatening to torpedo toe tenuous truce, even before a United Nations peace force arrives for police duty. The new fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, which already has taken more than 200 lives since Christmas, raised fears that; today would be a repetition of Thursday as one of toe most violent days in weeks. Makarios, in a statement explaining toe dispatch to Cyprus of an international force under U.N. auspices, said any peace “depends mainly on the Uypriot people themselves — Greeks and Turks ...” “One of the tasks is to relax tension,” Makarios said. “A first step in this direction is the release of all. those held as hostages.” He ordered toe island’s Greeks to release their Turkish hostages by noon (5 a.m. EST) Saturday and to turn them over to Red Cross workers at Nicosia police headquarters. Failure to comply, he said, “will invo 1v e strict punishment.” Makarios said his decision

Shooting Film Shown Jurors

DALLAS (UPI) — In a darkened courtroom, the jury at Jack Ruby’s murder trial today watched films of • the Lee Harvey Oswald shooting while the defendant sat chewing gum like any moviegoer. Halfway through the showing of two historic films of the slaying in the city jail basement, the defendant spat out his gum. He nibbled his fingernails, but otherwise seemed calm. Occasionally, he whispered comments to assistant defense attorney Joe H. Tonahill. The films were silent. ? The slow motion film was taken by Isidore Bleckman, a newsfilm cameramen for United Press International on that fateful Sunday morning. It was shown in stop-motion sequence so the key moments of the drama could be frozen for the viewers. Hie showing was without the jury to allow the defense a chance to object to portions of the film it thought might prejudice Ruby’s case. Ruby sat not more than 10 feet from the screen. He was calm throughout. Dist. Atty. Henry Wade and chief defense counsel Melvin Belli both sat in the box. A second film was run. It was taken by George Phoenix of Dallas televisidh station KRLD. The jury was to view the films as Soon as legal objections were cleared up. Two Dallas policemen were sworn as witnesses to give • comment on the films if necessary. The state expected to. rest its direct case before noon in Criminal District Court No. 3. It scheduled, as the opening of this third day of its case, two —perhaps even three —motion pictures of the scene in the city hall basement at 11:21 • o’clock on a Sabbath morning when Ruby quick-paced two steps out of the mob and fired his gun. There were rumors t hat at /least one of two major witnesses to follow the film would say

was made without strings and “was not linked with any conditions to the Turkish-Greek leadership.” However, he added that “I hope there will be a similar response and gesture” from the Turks. But the reports of new fighting provided a violent background to his peace move. The fresh outbreak at the village of Temblos was a continuation of Thursday’s violence which was the worst on the troubled island since the clashes between Greek and Turkish Cypriots at Limassol and Ayios Theodoros early last month. » Casualty figures were not available, but British military ambulances stood by all night to receive wounded Cypriots. At least two persons Were killed in the fighting at Kazaphani, and five others were injured by an explosion of a timebomb in the Turkish quarter of Nicosia Thursday. Leaders of the rival Greek and Turkish communities argued over the responsibility for the violence and seemed as far apart as ever despite the United Nations decision to try to settle the crisis. (In Athens, 5,000 Greeks demonstrated against the United States for the third day Thursday, they charge the United States backs the Turks.)

that Ruby told him after the shooting that he yearned to be the hero of the piece. Previous testimony has been that Ruby right afterward was asked by the police why he had acted and that he replied: “Somebody had to do it, and you guys couldn’t do it.” Euipment Ready The projector arid screen were ready for the show. One film selected was a slow motion sequence shot by cameraman Isidore Bleckman of UPI newsfilm. Another was a short silent film by George Phenix of KRLD-TV in Dallas. Die two major witnesses were Capt. Glen King, administrative assistant to Dallas Po, lice Chief Jesse Curry, and police Sgt. P. T. Dean. Both talked with Ruby after the Oswald shooting. King already has said Ruby told him: “You don’t think I was going to let him get away with it, do you?” There were indications that King would come up with a lot more than that. Both he and Dean were near Ruby at the scene of the shooting and were with him on the fifth floor of city hall when he was being searched and interrogated. There were a few other witnesses scheduled. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Johnson has called on Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev to avoid doing anything to aggravate the Cyprus situation and pledged that the United States would do the same, the White House disclosed today. WASHINGTON (UPI) - Secretary of State Dean Rusk said today that talk of “neutralizing” Southeast Asia as suggested by French Presi- " dent Charles de Gaulle, tends to “undermine” the morale of the South Vietnamese in their war agatet Communist guerrillas.

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Chalmer N. Denny Is Rotary Speaker ■* Chalmer N. Denny of Kokomo, • incoming district governor of neighboring Rotary district 656 and a past president of the Indiana state Junior Chamber of Commerce, and more recently of the Kokomo Chamber of Commerce, gave a humorous pep talk to the Decatur Rotary chib at its weekly meeting Thursday evening at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. His father-in-law, Dan Tyndall, was program chairman. Denny, who will assume his Rotary office July 1, will lead the central district of three divisions in Indiana. He described his talk as a warm-up for this assignment. He told of a recent speech- in Kokomo by James Webb, head of America’s space program, which described the tremendous possibilities which space offers. Die speaker paid high tribute to present scientific progress and the many marvels to come. However, he insisted that having “our eyes in the sky” should not prevent “getting down to basics.” Denny described the current Bobby Baker scandal as being the record of someone willing to “appeal to the worst in all of us to gain his kind of sordid success.” He denounced conformity and* said too many people are afraid to speak out simply because they fear it. may make them unpopular. The governor nominee doubted . any real necessity to defend the capitalistic system since it is quite able to stand on its own merits and results. It was his opinion that the present economic system can best be controlled by competition rather than by government. The speaker praised an enthusiastic positive attitude as a big help to any community. He urged his listeners to become well informed citizens with the willingness and courage to do something about it. Ed Kohne and Dick Miller were the student guests from Decatur Catholic high school. Annual 6irl Seoul Cookie Sale Opens The annual Girl Scout cookie sale opened today, and orders will be taken through Monday, March 16. The cookie sale is the only area-wide project in which all of the girls in the Limberlost Girl Scout council have an opportunity to contribute to the support of their program. Die five varieties of Burry’s cookies that will be sold will each sell for 50 cents per box, and from that 50 cents, a total of 12 per cent will be troop profit and 43% per cent will be used for camp development and maintenance. Die five kinds ot cookies on sale are chocolate and vanilla. Savannahs, mints, Scot-teas, and four-flavor shorties. Customers will be given an order card to fill" out. Deliver April IS Cookie delivery has been scheduled for Saturday, April 18, through Saturday, May 2. Money for the cookies will be collected upon delivery. Funds from the sale turned over to the Girl Scouts are used for not only the improvement and maintenance of camps, but to provide camperships for many girls who otherwise could not go to camp. They are also used to keep camp fees at a minimum, for certain operating expenses concerned with the camp program and for capital expenditures not otherwise provided. Troop 473 Handles Mrs. Railing’s senior Girl Scout troop 473 will be conducting the sale of cookies locally, and Mrs. Glen Addy, of 124 S.l4th St, is the district seven cookie chairman. Four telephone numbers have been provided for anyone who is not contacted by one of the Girl Scouts. By calling 2-2362, 3-4274, 3-4778, or 3-3466, local residents who are not contacted may order their supply of Girl Scout cookies. Services Saturday For Rose A. Tanvas Funeral services for Mrs. Rose A. Tanvas, who died Wednesday night, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home until time of the servies. The Rosary society wil recite the rosary at 8 o’clock tonight, and the Third Order of St. Francis at 8:30. ■