Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1964 — Page 1

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More Than 4,000 Forced From Homes

By United Press International Swollen Indiana rivers and creeks, which already have forced more than 4,000 persons from their homes and claimed one life, began to crest today, bringing the probability of more evacuations. Officials in the 20 southern Indiana counties which have borne the brunt of the flooding said Wednesday night that they expected to have to evacuate as many as 2,000 more persons during the next three days. The Ohio River began to crest today in eastern Indiana and the crest will move slowly downstream between now and the weekend. Flooded tributaries of the Ohio already were cresting upstream with the crests moving into the areas which have been hardest hit. Governor Welsh asked President Johnson Wednesday to declare 20 counties flood disaster areas, making them eligible for federal relief funds. The counties involved are' Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Pike, Dubois, Spencer, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Martin, Gibson, Orange, Ohio, Washington, Switzerland, Jefferson, Scott and Dearborn. Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., joined Welsh in making the request for federal aid for the area. Bayh was to fly to southern Indiana today with Sen. Vance Hartke, D-Ind., and Rep. Winfield K. Denton, D-Ind., to inspect the flood area with officials of various federal and state agencies. The bulk of the evacuations came in areas along the Ohio River and the Patoka River with about half of them in three counties —Clark, Dearborn and Spencer. Some of those evacuated expected to return to their homes today as the flood waters began

Floods Spread Devastation

By United Press International The worst floods since World War II spread devastation from Pennsylvania to Illinois today and the list of homeless topped the 47,000 mark. Authorities feared that before the day’s end the number of homeless might exceed 50,000. Kentucky reported that more than 12,000 persons have fled from homes in the Louisville suburbs. Red Cross estimates of the homeless in Pennsylvania ranged as high as 20,000, half of them along the west branch of the Susquehanna River. Indiana listed 4,200 refugees from the floods and feared the total would top 6,000. Ohio and West Virginia had nearly 10,000 persons forced from homes by the swollen Ohio River and its tributaries. Missouri’s Black River was receding but the 460 flood refugees still hadn’t returned to their : homes. There were at least 130 homeless in Illinois. Twenty-Three Deaths The week-long weather rampage was blamed for at least 23 deaths. The latest were a Kansas father and son whose light plane crashed during a show storm at Kankakee, 111. The water rolled 10 feet deep through downtown streets in New Martinsville, W.Va., and the town of 4,000 was isolated. Nurses were being shuttled to hospitals by boat. Pennsylvania’s Gov. William Scranton declared a state of “extreme emergency” at Lock Haven and Renovo, Pa. _ Louisville, Ky., residents watched the Ohio River edge

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to recede at some upstream points on the Ohio’s tributaries. However, mpre evacuees were expected to replace them. Authorities in most places said they were getting residents of low-lying areas evacuated “well ahead of any danger” but that some wanted to wait until the last minute before leaving their homes. “They won’t move until we have to go in with a boat,” said one sheriff. Schools, youth centers and other large buildings were pressed into use to serve as shelters for the flood victims and emergency kitchens were set up to feed them. A new round of rain splashed across the river valleys of the southlands during the night but apparently was not heavy enough to add significantly to crest forecasts. Precipitation totals for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. today included Lafayette .41, Fort Wayne .28, Evansville .09, Indianapolis .18, Louisville .10, Cincinnati .14, Austin .09, Noblesville .22, Peru .32, Bedford .17, Columbus .20, Spencer .35, Crawfordsville .11, Seymour .18, Muncie .37, Covington .25, Anderson .32, Petersburg .18, Vincennes .14, Kokomo .69, Wabash .30, Terre Haute .11, Bluffton .30. Forecasts called for scattered showers again Saturday. Temperatures reached highs Wednesday ranging from 32 at Lafayette to 51 at Evansville. Overnight lows this morning ranged from 25 at Fort Wayne to 40 at Louisville. Highs today will range from 38 to the 40s, lows tonight from 25 to 36, and highs Friday in a major warmup in the north and central portions will be in the 50s throughout the state. Clear skies will prevail tonight and Friday.

toward the third highest flood crest of the century. The crest is due Friday. Gov. Edward T. Breathitt asked President Johnson to declare 30 Kentucky counties disaster areas. Shepardsville, Ky., reported 7 (Continued on Page Eight) To Reroute Traffic During Rail Repair Grover Odle, chief of police, explained this morning plans for rerouting of traffic, especially trucks, while the Pennsylvania railroad repairs its Monroe street crossing. Repair of the crossing, which has been long needed, is expected to begin soon, and will necessitate detouring traffic, especially truck traffic. No parking will be allowed on either side of Nuttman Ave., from Fi.th street to 13th street, and on either side of Fifth St., from Nuttman to Monroe St., during that time. —— This will be necessary on the two streets in order that trucks will have room to travel on the streets, which are not as wide as the highway and Monroe Street. New Stop Sign All motorists are asked by Odle to take note of a new stop sign that will be erected by the state highway department during the time the crossing repairs are being mader The sign will be located on the northwest corner of the Nuttman Ave. and Fifth St. crossing. The sign require all traffic southbound on Fifth St., to halt at the intersection of Nuttman Ave. Traffic for U.S. 224 will be rerouted from 13th street and 224 west, east on ’ Nuttman Ave. to Fifth, one block south on Fifth, and then east on Monroe street. Traffic for U.S. 33, or Mercer Ave., will be detoured from 13th street to Adams street, and then east W Five “PS&tarjf - ; One Done The major repair work is expected to take more than a week. Pennsylvania railroad crews have repaired the crossing on Nuttman Ave., and are presently working on the Dayton St. crossing. Detour signs have been „ erected, but have been covered by the state highway department. When the Monroe street crossing work begins, the signs will be uncovered and the parking regulations on Nuttman Ave. and Fifth St. will become

Former Assistant Named Monsignor

/ Msgr. Robert W. Contant Msgr. Robert W. Contant, former assistant pastor at Decatur’s St. Mary’s Catholic church, has been elevated to the rank of papal chamberlain with the title of Very Rev. Monsignor by Pope Paul • VI, according to word received here. Notification of the papal honors were received bv the Most Rev. Bishop Leo A. Pursley this past weekend, from the Vatican. Five Fort Wayne-South Bend diocese priests were honored: -Rt. Rev. Msgr. Charles F Girardot, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John F. Nadolny, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Leo A. Hoffman, and Rt. Rev. Msgr. Frederick W. Meehling, all elevated to domestic prelate. The documents conferring the new honors were signed in Rome Feb. 20 by Arnleto Cardinal Ciconani, Vatican secretary of state and former apostolic delegate to the United States. For Exceptional Service The dignity of monsignor is an honorary title conferred by the Pope for exceptional service to the church. Domestic prelates become members of the Pontifical household while papal chamberlains are considered 1 honorary members of the Papal court. The rank of papal chamberlain is temporarily discontinued with’ the death of a Pope and is re-con-ferred by the new Pontiff. There are 14 domestic prelates and 13 papal chamberlains among priests in the diocese. The Very Rev. Msgr. Contant heads three diocesan organizations, including the massive confraternity of Christian doctrine, which is* sponsoring a large variety of activities in parishes throughout the diocese. He is also diocesan director of cemeteries and this week was appointed diocesan director of rural life. Native of Fort Wayne A native of Fort Wayne, he attended St. Patrick school and Central Catholic high school there. He later studied at St. Joseph College, Rensselaer; St. Gregory Seminary, Cincinnati, and Mt. St. Mary of the West seminary, Norwood, O. He holds a degree from the Atenaeum of Ohio. He was ordained Sept. 21, 1946 by Archbishop Noll, and served assistant posts at St. Vincent, Elkhart; St. Patrick, Fort Wayne; and St. Mary’s, Decatur. Last year Msgr. Contant was named diocesan confraternity of Christian doctrine director, and heads the organization from offices in the Catholic Center, 919 Fairfield, Fort Wayne. Local Lady's Mother Is Taken By Death Mrs. Ellen Mondhank, 86, of Butler, mother of Mrs. Elizabeth Hersh, of pecatur, died at 1:15 a.m. Wednesday in the DeKalb memOTial hospital, Auburn. She had been ill six months, and critically ill since Sunday. The daughter of Elizabeth and James Willock, she was born in Lancaster, 0., March 25, 1877. She was married in 1900 to Walter J. Mondhank, who preceded ,her jn death. They lived in Butler for more than 60 years. Mrs. Mondhank had visited frequently in Decatur. A past worthy matron of the Eastern Star, she was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran church in Butler. Survivors include the daughter, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. A son, Frederick, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Johnson funeral home. Butler, Rev. Hertenstein, of St. Mark’s Lutheran church, officiating. Burial will be in the Butler cemetery. Churchill Visits House Os Commons LONDON IUPI) Sir Win- . ston Churchill, who will be 90 . in November, Wednesday visit- i ed his "favorite club.” the House of Commons, where he took his usual seat.

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Hoffa Is Sentenced To Eight Years In Federal Prison On Bribe Charge

Asserts Ruby Mentally 11l

DALLAS (UPI) — A $350 a day New York psychiatrist today capped the defense effort to save Jack Ruby from the electric chair with testimony that he was mentally ill and legally insane when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald. Assistant defense attorfiey Joe H. Tonahill created a stir when he tried to introduce a blow-up of a photograph of the accused assassin holding his manacled right hand up in a Marxist salute. “Joe, get that thing out of here,” ordered Judge Joe B. Brown. Dr. Walter Bromberg, the defense “ambush” witness, maintained that Ruby instinctively and automatically shot the accused assassin in a “blackout.” Ruby looked haggard but calm as he sat listening. There was speculation the slayer would be called to testify in his own defense. Chief defense attorney Melvin Belli, a man of legal surprises, has said he might put him on the stafid —and he might not. Bromberg, a dinstinguishedlooking man with flowing white hair and a graying mustache, agreed with two previous befense psychiatrists who said Ruby suffered from a form of epilepsy. * However, the state planned to counter Bromberg with Dr. Civil War Program At Monmouth School Next Wednesday afternoon at 1:15 o’clock the fourth Adams county Civil War commemoration will be held at the Monmouth school auditorium. Judge Myles F. Parrish, the grandson of a Civil War veteran, will act as master of ceremonies. He will be introduced by Cal Peterson, the son of a Civil War soldier, and the president of the Adams county Civil War centennial committee. The Monmouth school band will render several appropriate selections after which the Rev. O. C. Busse, former chaplain of the American Legion, will give the principal address. The meeting will close with the announcement of the winners and presentation of prizes in connection with the county Mde Civil War essay contest. Prizes are to T>e awarded to the top two winners in each of the three contests; 7th grade, Bth grade and high school juniors. Consolation prizes are to be given for all other essays entered in the final contest. The essay contest is being sponsored jointly by the Adams county Historical society, the Decatur American Legion the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the First State bank of Decatur, the First Bank of Berne, the Decatur Daily Democrat, the Berne Witness and C. H. Muselman of Berne. All students and adults who are interested are invited to attend this program and there is no admission charge. Adams Central May Start Kindergarten The possibility of establishing a kindergarten at Adams Central during the 1964-65 school year will be discussed at a public meeting at 7:30 p. m. Mondav at the school cafeteria. Mrs. Fred Soldner, secretary of the Adams Central PTA. announced today. All taxpayers and all interested parents are urged to attend. Those unable to attend, but inter- : ested, are asked to notify School : authorities of their interest. > North Adams community schools and South Adams community schools presently have kinder- ; gartens.

Robert S. Schwab of Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital in a final day’s skirmish in what has been a battle of egghead technical opinion among mental, behavorial, and nervous - system experts. The Ruby murder - with - malice trial was expected to be placed in the hands of an eight - man, four •> woman jury sometime Saturday. Chief defense counsel Melvin Belli said he planned to wind up his rebuttal testimony by noon, and rest finally, with Bromberg the final witness. . Belli, a man of many surprises, has said previously in answer to questions about why he hadn’t used Bromberg: “I’m catching on to Texas customs: I’m keeping him for ambush.” Now was the time. Belli said he planned to bring him on as the final part of the defense surrebuttal case. Surrebuttal (Continued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight. Sunny and warmer Friday. Low tonight 25 to 30 north, 26 to 34 south. High Friday in the 50s. Sunset today 6:49 n.m. Sunrise Friday 7 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Cloudy and warmer with rain. Lows from the low 30s north to low 40s south. Highs in the 50s. Decatur Optimists Hear Chiropractor What a chiropractor believes and does to help those who are ill was explained to the Decatur Optimists this morning by Dr. O. Arnold Spiegel, 121 N. Third street. Dr. Spiegel explained that the science of chiropractic deals with the relationships between the articulations of the vertebral col-' umn and the nervous system,; and the role of these relationshipsin the restoration and ance of health. ■ The philosophy of chiropractic; is based upon the premise that* many abnormal functions are? caused by interference with nerve* transmission and expression, duel to pressure, strain or tension up-s on the spinal cord or spinal e nerves, as a result of bony seg-‘ ments of the vertebral column deviating from their normal position. The practice of chiropractic, he explained, consists of analysis of any' interference with normal nerve transmission and expression, and the correction thereof. The term analysis is construed to include the use of x-ray and other analytical instruments generally used in the practice of chiropractic. The spinal column is made up of 24 movable segments or vertebrag and the sacrum and coccyx. Among other functions, the spine protects the spinal cord. In openings between bones it allows for the passage of nerve trunks or spinal nerves. As they branch and ramify, the nervous system makes a connection with every tissue cell of the body, Dr. Spiegel said. Over the nervous system pass the impulses which allow normal function of the system to take place, he said. Today there are 15 accredited chiropractic colleges. Most states require six years of college and a basic science certificate which is an examination given by the state in these subjects: anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, and bacteriology. Any student wishing further information on becoming a chiropractor may contact Dr. Spiegel, he concluded. ,

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. ,(UPD —Teamsters President James R. Hoffa today was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for trying to bribe a jury that heard conspiracy charges against him. He also was fined SIO,OOO. Federal District Judge Frank Wilson handed down the sentence in the small oak-paneled courtroom where the 51-year-old labor leader and three others were found guilty last week following a marathon seven-week trial. Hoffa stood before Wilson with his hands resting on the speaker’s lectern in front of the bench. States Innocence Wilson delivered a sharp rebuke to Hoffa seconds after the Teamsters’ boss had told the judge: “I stand here today and state I am innocent.” “You stand here convicted. . .- of tampering with the very soul of this nation. . . the very foundation . . . the very basis of civilization of itself,” Wilson said. “Everything we call civilization depends on the proper ad ministration of justice.” Hoffa had said “that when the evidence is sifted calmly and cooly” it will show that he is innocent. Hoffa was convicted of two counts of a federal indictment of attempting to bribe a federal jury at Nashville in 1962 which was hearing a conspiracy case against him. He faced a maximum of 10 years in prison and SIO,OOO fine. Wilson sentenced Hoffa 'to four years on each count—the sentences to run consecutively —and fined $5,000 on each count. Hoffa, typically chipper when he walked into the courtroom, was the first man off the elevator near Wilson’s courtroom. He was dressed in a dark gray suit. ----- —: — Hoffa “Feels Fine” Flanked by his attorneys, he told newsmen, “I feel fine.” He stood in the hall outside* the courtroom and talked to his attorneys for several minutes before entering. Wilson asked Hoffa if his attorneys had anything to say. James Haggerty, Hoffa’s« chief attorney, said they did not but Hoffa did. “I have lived my life serving my fellow man,” Hoffa said. “No one can say I betrayed (Continued on Page Eight) Judge In Warning On Migrant Worker An unusual case, in which a youth brought into the county last summer remained as a neglected and dependent child, brought a strong warning from juvenile court Judge Myles F. Parrish Wednesday. In ruling on the case, Judge ParriSh warned that any factory or farmer importing migrant workers should have the responsibility of providing that these people will not be “dumped on society” for the local welfare department to care for. In the particular case before him, Judge Parrish found that this, 15-year-old youth, from Weslaco, came into the county with his cousin, who stayed here and was married. But his cousin could not find a job, and was unable to help the young man. First the youth tried to enter the Decatur school system in De-* cember, but never returned to attend. Later, when residents in St. Mary’s township reported that he was living there, he enrolled in Adams Central, but did not attend because he had no shoes. In fact. Judge Parrish found, he had ‘no means of support, and was trying to work during regular school hours, not for youths under 16 in Indiana. Judge Parrish directed that the welfare department provide for the youth until they can transport him back to the home of his aunt in Texas. His father is dead, and his mother’s whereabouts are- tinknown.

Tension Mounting Over Cyprus Crisis

NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) — Greek Cypriots today demanded that British paratroopers surrender a key hill which dominates Turkish positions near Nicosia in another move that brought Cyprus close to allout war. The paratroopers refused to leave as tension increased over a possible Greek Cypriot-British clash following abrogation by the Greeks Wednesday night of truce zone agreement in Nicosia. “The • trouble is the 6reek Cypriots are convinced we won't fire if they try to take the hill by force,” a British paratrooper major said. “Pork Chop Hill,” as the troops call it, dominates the Turkish army positions at Trakhonas. Greek Cypriot forces at Trakhonas were reported to have quadrupled overnight from 250 to 1,000. British paratroopers continued strengthening their positions because t they said, “those 1,000 aren’t there for picking daisies.” - The Greek Cypriots Wednesday night abrogated the truce zone agreement, and a high British military source .said there were indications they soon would violate the zone. \ This could set off a “battle of Nicosia.” —r— The British warned the Greek Cypriots that any action over the “green line” —or truce zone in Nicosia—would bring immediate retaliation. This almost certainly would trigger major violence involving the Turkish Cypriots and Turkish army troops as well. The “Green line” is a 100-yard-wide no-iman’s4and which has separated the warring Greek and Turkish sectors of the capital since the crisis erupted in December. It is the

gEW'YORK WbRUp'S FAIR I .. /W& <^ < ' ‘ ■'&* ' \ x< ' ** ,4® - ' titJl '»' < -W </ JR™ * SreS* ,B * WORLD’S FAIR COMMEMORATIVE — The Post Office Department has unveiled a new five-cent stamp to commemorate the opening of the New York World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows on April 22. The stamp, a horizontal green on white, shows the main mall of the fair with the Unisphere to the left. It will be placed on sale beginning Anril 22 at the Post Office Department’s combination exhibit and working posit office on the fairgrounds. Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Albert Swenson, Decatur‘Calvary E. U. B. and Mt. Tabor Methodist, Bobo) * “GOD KNOWS AND CARES” Scripture Ps. 139*1-12 “O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.” Verses one and six. After presenting the sublime doctrine of God’s omnipresence the JPsalmist brings to our attention that God knows all about us, and that nothing can be hid from Him. He knows not only our actions and the words we speak, but our very thoughts as well. May therefore our Christian faith sense the presence of God. “'Die Lord of hosts is with us.” Our eyes may see but dimply; but the sensitive soul of the seer lays hold of the vibrant, dynamic Presence “in whom we live and have our being.” Finding Him everywhere —in the sanctities of heaven, in the loneliness of the grave, in the ends of the universe, and in the very darkness of the night. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” True and beautiful are God’s thoughts, nor can man fathom their depth; more brilliant than the diamond’s fire, richer than the ruby’s glow, yet His are compassionate thoughts, noting the sorrow. pain,, folly, sin that mar the life of His child. God’s supreme thought is a saving one, Calvary. Deep it is, full of tears, suffering unto death, redemptive by His own passion, a thought of love so excelling that He Himself can think no greater. The cross of Christ is God’s most precious thought for man.

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only area on the Mediterranean island where the British peacekeeping troops are empowered to shoot-to-kill automatically if either side violates the zone. The crisis atmosphere was heightened by reports of American and Soviet warships movements in the eastern Mediterranean and by Turkey’s format warning it would intervene military unless an international peace force is dispatched to Cyprus quickly. Elks Cancer Party Here On Saturday Plans have been completed for the 17th anual cancer fund party sponsored by the Decatur Elks lodge, which will be held Saturday night at the lodge home on North second street. The party, to which the public is invited, will get underway at 7:30 o’clock, with special games and entertainment continuing for for approximately two hours. Following these special features, dancing will be held from 9:30 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. Business and professional men of Decatur have donated dozens and dozens of prizes which will be awarded throughout the evening. All proceeds from the ticket sales and various events will be contributed to the cancer fund of the Indiana Elks, then distributed to qualified Indiana colleges and universities for cancer research. Last year, the Elks party netted S9OO for the state fund. Tickets, priced at $1 per person, may be purchased from any member of the fraternal organization, or may be obtained at the Elks club.