Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1964 — Page 1

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Johnson Urges Manpower Plan

WASHINGTON (UPD—Plresident Johnson called on Congress today to provide both resources and the resourcefulness toward better utilization of the nation’s manpower supply. Johnson outlined what he called “an active manpower policy” in a report to Congress required annually by the Manpower Development Training Act of 1962. Congressional action is needed on several proposals, complemented by “two new major administrative actions” he said. Johnson said Congress must see to it that: —Youth unemployment is not allowed to grow unchecked. —Poverty is attacked. —Education is strengthened. —Areas of .high unemployment are revitalized. —Frequent use of overtime work is examined critically to determine if it is being used to avoid adding more jobs. —Racial discrimination is stamped out. —Unemployment insurance is extended and the benefits increased. —Protection under the Fair Labor Standards Act is extended. On the administrative front, Johnson said he has asked his advisory committee on labormanagement policy to “under-

Complaints Filed With County Board

Three county residents brought their complaints before the commissioners this morning, as they approved two ditch allocations, accepted a bid on coal for Ihe county farm, and approvedan amended Bangs disease testing fee schedule for 1964. Herman Brunner, of St. Mary's township, appeared before the commissioners and explained that he is having trouble with water backing up in his 14-inch tile, and other tile. Tile Damaged After the tile leaves his farm it goes through a dense woods on a farm belonging to Mrs. Frank Parrish. The tile in the woods is badly broken down. All agreed that a tile would do no good in a dense woods, and county surveyor Herman Moellering affirmed this. Moellering suggested that Brunner draw up a petition, and circulate it among those who, would be benefited by making the tile into an open ditch. If he can get neighbors to sign the petition, which should not be very expensive, the commissioners and surveyor felt, then they can go ahead with the badly needed ditch. If not. if KF? of the upstream land is on Brunner’s farm, he can petition by himself. Land-Road Problem James F. Halberstadt, Jr., appeared and explained that he had purchased, a comer of land on highway 33 about half a mile west of the Pleasant Mills school, where a county road intersects. Halberstadt explained that he had bought only a small piece of land, but that he was paying taxes on part of the highway ahd road, which have not yet been removed from the tax roll. He object-

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take a study of impact of automation and tech nolog ic a 1 change on workers, union and firms. He also said there will be a continuing top - level assessment of the relation, of the governments programs and the nations manpower assets and needs. The President said he is establishing a committee including the principal federal executives administering programs which significantly affect manpower. The committee will assist in appraising “the implications of major government programs and policies for our national manpower needs and resources, the interrelation of government programs to manpower requirements and other sectors of the economy, and the present and prospective manpower resources and requirements—of the nation.” Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, who also submitted a manpower report to Congress, said programs now completed, in operation or about to get underway will affect 200,000 workers who had been unable to find jobs. But both Johnson and Wirtz Said this was not enough. “Unemployment did not improve in step with the strong economic advance in 1963 be(Continued on Page Eight)

ed, as it was costing him quite a bit each year. Frank Blackburn, registered engineer who is presently bringing the plat books up-to-date, figured out that he owns .73 acres, .30 of which is in roadway, and still assessed against him. Wants Road Paved Bernard Staub, of Washington township, who lives on road S the county road which heads west from the intersection of old 27 and new 27 just south of Decatur at Willow Bend, asked that the road be paved another mile west. ® The road is presently paved one mile west of the highway 27 intersection, Heavy Krick-Tyndall trucks use the road every day, as often as three times an hour. They* go down the paved mile, and for almost a mile further. The paved area. Staub said, was in very good shape, but the unpaved mile is in bad shape. Although stone is frequently added, the trucks make large ruts, and splash mud, dirt, dust and water so that it would have to be graded twice a week to keep it in good shape. Staub explains that he lives a third mile down the' road, but that he is only asking that the middle mile, still used by KrickTyndall trucks, be paved. His own mile ■is in good shape, «he added. County highway superintendent Lawrence Noll explained that Krick-Tyndall Co. pays the county to have many extra loads of stone hauled in for- that road every year. They pay their fair share, he added. Staub estimated that they have enough land to haul for three or four .nore (Continued on Page Eight)

February Profit Shown By Hospital For the first time in history, the Adams county memorial hospital went “into the black” in the month of February strong , enough to show a profit for the - year so far, Thurman I. Drew, r hospital administrator, said to- : day. • A cash gain of $2,962.37 was ‘ shown, compared with a loss last > month of $2,159.26, for a gain for * the year of $803.11. The higher ’ level of patient-days resulted in the better cash picture, Drew said. $40,000 Deposited During the month deposits totaled an unusual $40,137.19, with bills of $15,471.16, and a payroll of $21,703.66 for the more than 100 -employes. Efcpenses totaled $37,174.82. The operating cash balance increased from $29,855.19 to $32,817.56. This was the best February in the last six years, the next best having been in 1960, when a cash gain of $2,933.29 was shown. Last year there was a deficit of $1,654.89. 206 Patients Admitted There were 206 patients admitted during the month, compared with 250 in January, and 187 a year ago. Six patients died, and 198 were dismissed, leaving a total of 57 patients in the hospital at the month’s end, compared with 55 at the beginning. The hospital must average about 45 adult patients a day to show a cash gain. During February, 42 babies were born, compared with 56 a year ago, and 56 the preceding month. There were 41 babies dismissed, with six babies in the hospital at the month’s end, compared with five at the beginning. Os the 42 newborn, there were 17 boys and 25 girls, including a set of twins. The number of outpatients continued to increase, with 327 treated in the laboratory, x-ray or emergency rooms. This compares with 318 a month ago, 317 a year ago, 312 in 1962, 188 in 1961, and 150 in 1958. Clarifies Payment Os Parking Tickets City parking meter officer Ray Seitz said this morning that many local and area residents are confused about the payment of parking meter violations. The city board of works and safety recently decreed that beginning one week from today, Monday, March 16. all parking tickets must be paid at the police station at Fifth and Park streets, and no longer will be accepted at the city hall. Seitz explained, however, that this does not include the yellow envelope tickets which may be paid with 25 cents if paid within 24 hours. These tickets may be paid by placing a quarter in the envelope and depositing it in one of the numerous courtesy boxes on the parking meters in the downtown area. These will be accepted at the police station, but motorists may still pay the tickets by depositing the quarter in the courtesy boxes. Courtesy Boxes Used Seitz said that several persons were confused, and thought they needed to drive to the police station even to pay the 25-cent violation, which is not true. If a motorist does not pay the yellow ticket within 24 hours, however, and receives a notice from the police, the fine is then $1 and may be paid only at the police station. The same is true for the red tickets, which may be paid at a minimum of si. These also must be paid at the police station. Ticket Policy Seitz, recently appointed as the parking meter officer, places red tickets on vehicles that are illegally parked, such as on a yellow line, on the sidewalk, etc. He has also been placing red tickets on vehicles that earlier have been given a yellow ticket and are still in the same space and still no money has been put in the parking meter. This practice discourages persons from parking at a meter the entire day and receiving two or three yellow tickets, which may be paid for at 25 cents each. A vehicle parked at a meter the entire day. under the present red ticket policy could receive one yellow and two red tickets, or a minimum parking fine of $2.25. Cemetery Association To Meet March 16 The Pleasant Dale cemetery association will meet March 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Pleasant Dale church.

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Heaviest Fighting Rages In Cyprus; Intervention Is Threatened By Turkey

40 College Students Arrested At Hotel

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— Forty college students appear in municipal court toda/ and try to explain their part in a “whooping and hollering” party in which boys pranced half-naked after squealing coeds. One guest at the Claypool Hotel said the party, which lasted into the wee small hours Sunday, had all the earmarks of a Roman orgy. The students, including J 6 girls, ranged in age from 18 to 22. - ' Police who answered a complaint of “whooping and hollering” at the hotel walked through empty beer cans to arrest some students on charges of under-age drinking. Police officers investigating the third floor saw a youth clad only in shorts chasing a girl who was fully clothed. Several rooms held young couples in various stages of undress and other couples unconscious from too much alcohc*. Nearly Hit By Bottle Before police arrived, "Lt. Ray Hfrschauer of the State ExttMr Police, who was investigating because of a worried parent’s call, was almost beaned by a soft drink bottle that was heaved out of a hotel window as ..he arrived. After the party, the" stree t s and sidewalk around the hotel were littered with beer cans, soft drink and liquor bottles. One youth who answered a police knock on his door dressed only in his undershorts tried explaining away the presence of a girl in his room by saying, “I know this looks funny, officer. Let me explain.” He said he had climbed in a window as a joke. Several girls were found nude in the rooms. One girl, clad in a nightgown, became so hysterical other girls had to help her dress. Youths were booked on a number of charges, including morals offense, even though Vice Squad Patrolman Robert C. Gigure said there was no evidence of sexual immorality in most of the rooms. Sitting Around Talking “Many of the kids were just Three Marines Die Examining 'Dud' TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (UPD —One thing they afways tell the troops before sending them out on a live-fire training exercise is “don’t p' ic k up a dud. Five Marines participating in a desert counter-insurgency maneuver here apparently violated this cardinal rule of “the book and it cost three of them their lives. A “dud—a live round which failed to explode when - fired—went off while the five Marine artillerymen were examining it Saturday. Three were killed and two others were injured seriously. An investigator blamed an old previously unexploded aerial bomb fuse for the blast which marred a combined airground desert warfare exercise. Killed were Pvt. Jack W. Cowsert, 17, son of Mrs. Gloria L. Cowsert of Oakland, Calif.; Pvt. David P. Barnes, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Barnes of St. Louis, Mo.; and Cpl. Peter S. Lopez, 22, husband of Mrs. Fye A. Lopez of Twentynine Palms. The injured were Lance Cpl. Roger D. Rusnak, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob A. Rusnak of Chicago, and Pfc. Gary P. Betters, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin' Betters, also of Chicago. They were reported in satisfactory condition at San Diego Naval Hospital.

sitting around talking and drinking,” he said. “We could have stayed there at least two or three more hours and arrested 50 more.” Hotel Asst. Mgr. Fred Scott said about 250 students were registered but -as many as twice that number were in the rooms, which suffered damaged windows, broken doors and mirrors and other destruction. Even so, hotel officials said the property damage was not heavy. “We’ve had adults do just as bad,’ William Cummings, resident manager of the hotel said. “This happens at a lot of these conventions.” The youths were visiting Indianapolis for a statewide convention of the Phi Delta Theta social fraternity. The girls were described as girlfriends of some of the boys. Some of the girls led off to the city lockup, where all were jailed for a number of hours, wept as they entered the paddy wagons. Seme Post SIOO Bonds “That’s what I always wanted, a criminal police record,” said one coed. “A good thing to tell your kids—l spent the night in the pokey, picked up on trumped-up sex charges. That slays me.” The students who lived in Indianapolis were released on their own recognizance. Others had to put up SIOO bonds. A few grim-faced parents sprung their offspring. They had all been released by late Sunday night. - The charges the ~ students faced include violating the 1935 Alcoholic Beverage Act, visiting the bedroom of the opposite sex, disorderly conduct, being a disorderly person, taunting a policeman and offense against property. The male students arrested were from Indiana, Purdue and DePauw Universities and from Wabash and Hanover Colleges. One parent who was alarmed by a police call to his home in the pre-dawn hours said he had feared his daughter had been involved in an accident. “Thank God, it’s only this,” he said.

Two Burglaries Are Investigated Here Local police officers are investigating today two burglaries that occurred this past weekend. One occurred at the McMillen Farm Supply building, on N. Second street near the Central Soya plant, between 7 and 10:20 p. m. Sunday. Entry was made through a sliding door and then by force through another part of the building. The building’s office was ransacked and several small appliances, radios and insulated jackets were stolen. The amounts were undetermined but an inventory was to be taken today <to determine the number of items taken. The thief, or thieves, also broke into a soft-drink machine but failed to reach the coin box in the machine. Second Break-in Hie other break-in occurred at the Decatur Casting Co. plant, at 822 Dayton St., sometime Saturday evening or early Sunday morning. Entry to ,the plant was made by climbing over the fence at the main gate. A cigarette machine was broken open and an unknown amount of money and cigarettes were taken. A soft-drink was forced open but nothing was b<*lieved taken, and unsuccessful attempts were made to open three other vending machines to extract the change in the coin boxes. .

NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPD — The heaviest fighting of the current crisis raged in several areas of Cyprus today and the Turkish government threatened to intervene on this Mediterranean island if the clashes continued. Diplomatic observers said Cyprus was dangerously near the brink of all-out civil war as cease-fire efforts failed in several areas were Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots were locked in battle. In Ankara, Turkish Information Minister Ali Ihsan Gogus said Turkey considers the Cyprus situation “extremely serious.” The Turkish spokesman charged the fighting was “deliberately staged by Cyprus President Makarios” and said that if it continues Turkey “might be obliged to use her right to intervene.” The Greek community flatly refused to accept a Turkish Cypriotcease-fire offer in . the town of Paphos on the islands southwestern coast. Mortars and bazookas set off a fire which blazed -out of control in the center of the port town.. The Greek Cypriots also turned down a plea by Dr. Fazil Kuchuk, vice president of] Cyprus and the. leader of the Turkish minority, that aißyUrks be moved out Jof Kazdghani, a beseiged Turkish Cypriot village in northern 'Cyprus. A new Greek Cypriot assault on the village appeared likely. In Nicosia, the capital, almost all uniformed Greek Cypriot police disappeared, from the streets and the city was controlled by armed bands of civilian irregulars. There were unconfirmed reports that the British peacekeeping force was rigging field telephone lines in the city against the possibility that the violence would explode with such force that normal communications would be cut. Most shops and stores were closed. The Greek Cypriots claimed one of their men was killed by a Turkish Cypriot sheltered behind a British armored car. The Greeks charged the Turks were using mortars and long-range weapons from the minarets of mosques. A Greek source said, “thus, there is no alternative to considering the minarets military targets. A Turkish Cypriot spokesman counter-charged that the Greeks had launched “a large-scale attack against the Turkish -Cypriots in Paphos. , Maj. Gen. Mike Carver, commander of the British peace force, flew by helicopter from Nicosia to Paphos to try to stop the fighting. ’ The new fighting caused fear to sweep through the capital. Many shops in Nicosia—otesed. In the Turkish quarter, men built new sandbagged gun positions on the old city walls and at strategic gates into the quarter. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and a little colder tonight with rain changing to sleet or snow before ending tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy. Low tonight 24 to 30 north, 27 to 35 south. High Tuesday 37 to 45. Sunset today 6:45 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:05 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Fair to partly cloudy and a little warmer. Lows in the 30s. Highs 48 to 58. Bultemeier Files For Commissioner Gerhard (Johnny) Bultemeier, Preble township resident, has filed his declaration of candidacy for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner from the first district. ' Bultemeier filed his declaration of candidacy Saturday in the county clerk’s office. Henry Getting has also announced he would seek the county commissioner first district nomination on the Democratic ticket, but has not filed his candidacy declaration as yet.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Joseph Gibson, Pleasant Mills and Salem Methodist Churches) Throughout the world there seems to be an ever increasing sentiment that man can get along without God. The development of nuclear science, the exploration of inner and outer space—the fact that we believe that we can put a man on the moon, the propaganda—often false—of the success of atheistic Communism, seem to make many feel that man is self-sufficient, and that God is to be ruled out of the thinking of the modem mind. Far from such was the thinking of the early Hebrew writers, particularly the writer of the 90th Psalm. “Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God .” The psalmist then further writes of the timelessness of God; of the frailty of man, and the brevity of his life-span; his dependence upon God; and of God’s anger against the sins of mankind and His judgments upon thos„e sins. Finally he reaches an appeal to God to teach us these things, “that we may get a heart of wisdom.” So will every right thinking person appeal likewise to God.

Witness Says Ruby Frenzied Screamer

DALLAS (UPD — Former world welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross testified today that his boyhood friend Jack Ruby was a‘ frenzied screamer. “He would almost turn purple and walk' away from us in Chicago boyhood brawls, the key defense witness said. Ross, a World War IT hero who developed and broke a narcotics habit, testified in support of the argument that Ruby was insane when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald. Defense attorney Melvin Belli asked Ross whether Ruby, as a spectator and friend, blacked out at ringside during a San Francisco fight when Ross was badly mauled and was out on his feet for five rounds. A prosecution objection blocked the answer. “How did Jack appear when you finally finished the fight, Belli asked. “He was white as my shirtshaky and kept asking me how I was, Ross replied. Ross, a year older than Ruby at 53, said their close friendship continued from boyhood “till I was 32 or 33. He painted a picture of Ruby as “patriotic, a good hustler, but never profane. Outside the courthouse, a husband - and - wife evangelist team picketed the trial with signs denying insanity is a defense for murder. The defense sought a mistrial last week because leaflets were passed around the corridor outside the courtroom designed to keep Ruby from giving the nation’s 1.8 million epiliptics a bad name. The Ruby murder trial entered its fourth week with famed attorney Melvin Belli readying a barrage of psychological and psychiatric testimony. Belli, who is so steeped in the medical aspects of the law that intimates call him “Doc, seeks to prove that the unstable Ruby snapped into a robot state of unawareness and insanity when he kiled Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of assassinating President Kennedy. But the stripper, Penny Dollar, and the fighter, Barney Ross, were scheduled first, at the opening of a short morning session in Judge Joe B. Browns Criminal District Court No. 3. Court was to be recessed at 11 a.m., until 1:45 p.m., for the funeral pf Glenn W. Byrd, county clerk and longtime Dallas County public servant. Miss Dollar, 21, was brought here from another county, where she was jailed on charges of possessing “dangerous drugs and marijuana. Her real name is Patricia Ann Kohs. She once worked for Ruby at his Carousel Club here. Belli said she would testify that “Jack one time had a taxi driver down beating his head on the concrete, and when they pulled him Off he. said, ‘Why did I do that?

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The defense contends Ruby suffered episodes of psychomotor epilepsy during which he did not know right from wrong and acted much as a boxer does who continues to fight after being knocked out on his feet This was triggered off in the Oswald shooting by Rubys emotional involvement with Kennedy and the shock of the assassination, it seeks to prove. If the eight men and four women jurors decide a preponderance of the evidence proves Ruby insane, they must acquit him. Ross, whom Ruby adored during their rough and tumble days 35 years ago when Ross was an amateur in Chicago, also is on hand. Ross went cm to become welterweight champion of the world, a heroic fighter in World War II cm Guadalcanal, and a self-divulged winner in a fight against the narcotics habit. A squat, swarthy man with dark glasses and a friendly smile, he arrived here Sunday and was asked if he were going to be a character witness. He replied: “I know him. I know him a long time. Mrs. Emilie Kiefer Dies Saturday Night Mrs. Emilie Kiefer, 91, a lifelong resident of Preble township, died at 10 o’clock Saturday night at the home of <a son, Jacob Kiefer, Cicero, Hl. She had been seriously ill for the past three weeks. She was born in Preble township Aug.L 1872, a daughter of Conrad and Sophia HoffmanStoppenhagen, and was married to Charles Kiefer April 9, 1893. Her husband preceded her in death July 28, 1950. .Mrs. Kiefer was a member of the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim and the Ladies Aid of the church. Surviving are four sons, Adolph Kiefer of Preble township, Carl Kiefer of Chicago, 111., Martin Kiefer of Wauson, Wis., and Jaeob Kiefer of Cicero, Hl.; three daughters, Mrs. Herman (Emma) Bultemeier of Preble township, Mrs. Herbert (Millie) Bultemeier of Waynedale, and Mrs. Russell (Anna) Woldhausen of Wheaton, Hl.; 29 grandchildren; 60 greatgrandchildren, and three brothers, Carl Stoppenhagen of New Haven, Martin Stoppenhagen of Whorton, Tex., and Edwin Stoppenhagen of Fort Wayne. One son and two daughters are deceased. Funeral services 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. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Tuesday until time of the service*.