Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 69.

Wounded U. S. Airman Is Being Released By Beds; No Word On Other Men

18 Deaths Blamed On Severe Weather

By United Press International You couldn’t blame a Midwesterner for feeling a bit nostalgic today about the newly concluded winter. After one of the mildest winters in years, spring’s advent plastered the landscape from the Rockies to the Great Lakes with up to 9 inches of wet, sloppy snow, and it brought a flood emergency to historic old Shawneetown, 111. Blizzard-like winds drifted snow roof-deep in parts of Nebraska and closed schools in Colorado. Hundreds of motorists were stranded by the blinding snow in the Central Plains. Nine inch snowfalls were measured in lowa and South Dakota. Highways were hazardous__ as far east as Michigan. In Kansas, up to 6 inches of snow

Veteran Telephone Employe Retires ' .'V’ ■■ O’ Joseph A. Hunter Retirement of Joseph A. Hunter after 57 years and six months of service has been approved by the Citizens Telephone Co. of this city, it was announced today by company officials. When Hunter began working for the utility May 5, 1906, there were 533 customers in the city of Decatur and 160 in the rural area. Transportation consisted of a horse and wagon for “trouble shooting” in the rural sections, and a “storm king’’ buggy for this purpose in the city. In 1912, the company purchased an automobile called “The Decatur,” which was manufactured in this city, This car had a front seat, with a bucket seat in the rear. At a later date the company purchased a Model T truck and Model T roadster for troubleshooting purposes. Hunter is the second Citizens employe to retire under the new pension plan which was inaugurated July 1,1962. In May of 1956, a party was held honoring his 50 years of service. At that time, all employes of the Citizens system, including those from the Argos and Nappanee Telephone companies, subsidiaries of Citizens, joined in the celebration. Hunter was general foreman for many years, and chief cable splicer until the company's exchanges were cut over to dial service. He has seen the company grow from 693 subscribers in 1906 to t he 11,331 stations in service at the time of his retirement. Active all his life in civic affairs, Hunter served for eight years as a member of the Decatur school board, and nine years as a member of the city eouncfl. He,. and his Mfel-Iva--reside at 401 West Adams streetin this city.

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brought drought relief. At least 18 deaths were blamed on the weather; six in Missouri, three in North Carolina, and two each in Illinois, lowa, Indiana, and Nebraska, and one in South Dakota. Plane Hits Snow In Chicago a Trans Canada Airlines plane arriving at O’Hare Internatoonal Airport with" 102 persons from Montreal and Toronto skidded into a snow bank but all aboard escaped injury, Four persons aboard a light plane which crashed near Half Day, 111., during the storm were not as lucky. All were seriously hurt. Three men were kileld’ when their light plane crashed in fog in North Carolina. /..ZZZ7 Near Cameron, Mo., a car skidded on an icy curve of U.S. 69 and was struck broadside by »a truck. Six persons died. In Nebraska, the snow as accompanied by 50-mile winds, snapping telephone lines to 1,600 farms and leaving hundreds of persons without electric power. Mayors of Old Shawneetown, Shawneetown and Juntion, Hl., declared flood emergencies and Gov. Otto Kerner, who made an air Inspection of the swollen Ohio River, sent a company of National Guardsmen to patrol elvess. Several more families fled from homes at Junction. lIL, Friday, bringing the total to about’ 100, nearly a third of the town’s population. But all but about 25 of Old Shawneetown’s 600 residents remained behind its levees, which were holding back the Ohio. The flood was within 5 feet of the top of the levee at Old Shawnee town today and with in 2 feet of the 57-foot mark Which authorities regard as_criti_caL The Ohio was expected to crest today at Old Shawneetown. Upstream, Gov. James Rhodes asked $2,132,400 in federal aid for 42 Ohio counties hit by last week's floods. In southern Indiana authorities appealed to curiosity seekers to stay away from the flooded areas. Traffic jams caused by hordes of the curious have impeded flood cleanup operations in Indiana. Maddox Funeral Rites Tuesday Afternoon Funeral services for Harry A. Maddox, well known Decatur man who died suddenly Thursday at Sarasota. “Fla., will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. WilliamC. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Monday. Masonic services will be held at 8 p. m. Monday. Pallbearers will be H. W. McMillen, D. ,W. McMillen. Jr., Eural Rose, Richard Aden, Luther Clase and T. C. Smith.

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BERLIN (UPI) — Ist , Lt. Harold W. Welch, one of three U.S. airmen shot down and captured by the Russians in East Germany on March 10, is being released today, an Air Force spokesman here announced. An Air Force ambulance drove from West Berlin this morning to pick up Welch at the Soviet military hospital in Magdeburg, East Germany, where he has been treated for a broken leg and a broken arm. There was no announcement about the other two airmen who parachuted safely to earth after a Soviet fighter shot down their unarmed R 866 reconnaissance plane. The spokesman said Welch will be flown immediately to Wiesbaden, headquarters of the U.S. Air Force in Europe. Newspapermen will not be allowed to interview the student navigator here, he added. Col. John A. Hennessen Jr., Freeport, N.Y., the Air Force’s chief orthopedic surgeon in Europe, went with the ambulance. Hennessen visited Welch twice in the Soviet hospital earlier this week, and another U.S. doctor also was allowed to examine the injured airmen. The doctors asked the Russians to release Welch, but untiL today the Russians refused. Western diplomats here discounted a Soviet hint that the other two captive fliers might be turned over to the Communists in East Germany. Diplomatic sources said Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's statement in Stockholm Friday that the case was one • “for the East German authorities” probably was more a “vague menace” than an “immediate threat.” The whereabouts of the other fliers, Capt. David I. Holland, 35, of Holland, Minn., and Melvin J. Kessler, 30, of Philadelphia, remained a Soviet secret. Declarations Filed By 35 Candidates A total of 35 declarations of candidacy for precinct committeemen on the Republican, ticket were filed by county chairman Roy L. Price in the county clerk’s office Friday. Those filing, their address and voting precinct are as follows: Thomas A. Sullivan, route 2, Geneva, Ceylon: Willard Wulliman, Berne, Berne B: Edward Eichenberger, Berne, Berne C; Eileen Rice, 916 Walnut St.. Decatur 3-C; Francis H. Eady, 1002 Winchester, Decatur 1-A; Doris E. Doan, 522 Jefferson St., Decatur 2-B; Herman L. **Uankenau, 414 N. Third St., Decatur 3-A: Robert W. Raudenbush. 350 S. Third St.. Decatur 1-C; Curtis F. Hill, 105 S. 13th St.. Decatur 2-C; Nelson G. Do tv, 627 N. Tenth St, Decatur 3-B. Cal E. Peterson, 215 S. Fifth St., Decatur 2-A; Don H. Cochran, 530 Studebaker, Decatur 1-D; Forrest Brubaker. Geneva, Geneva A; Ardon S. Mosser, Geneva, Geneva B: R. W. Rice, route 3, Decatur. E. Root; Perry Everett, route 1. Decatur, W. Root; Dortha Shady, route 2, Decatur, N. Kirkland; Loyd L. Byerly, route 4. Decatur, S. Kirkland; Harvey E. Caston, route 1, Ossian, N. Preble: Arthur W. Adam, route 2. Decatur. S. Preble: Elmer Gaunt, route 5, Union; Clyde Harden, route s.,Decatur, W. Union; Floyd Mcßride, route 4, Decatur, N. Washington; Luther E. Engle, route 1. Monroe, S. Washington; Dale McCune, route 1, Geneva, N. Hartford. ■— Lester Zimmerman, route 1, Geneva. S. Hartford; Leo E. Engle, route 1. Monroe, French; Charles E. Hapegger, route' 1, Berne, S. Monroe; Clifford C. Essex, Monroe, N. Monroe: Fredrick A. Myers, route 1, Monroe, N. Blue Creek; Don Raudenbush. route 1, Willshire, S. Blue Creek: Erwin Bauman, route 2, Berne, N. Wabash; Harvey L. Jones, route di Decatur. S. St. Mary's; (Continued on Page 3)

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Saturday, March 21, 1964.

Delay In Action On Price Support Bill

WASHINGTON (UPl)—Derm ocratic leaders apparently have give up hope of getting & House vote next week on a Senate-passed price support bill for cotton and wheat. Also set aside for the time being is a related bill to expand nationwide an experimental plan now in effect in 43 communities under which the needy can buy at a discount food stamps that can be spent like cash in grocery stores. Failure of weekend negotiations looking toward prompt action on one or both bills apparently meant the House will start a 10-day Eastern recess Thursday without having acted on either measurer- — The delay came as a sharp disappointment to House leaders, to cotton state representatives, to textile interests, to

U.N.’s Peace .. i Force Delayed

NICOSIA (UPI) — Technicalities prevented the U.N. peace force from taking charge of the situation here today despite threats of a renewal of the violence which has taken the lives of seven Turks and two Greeks in the past two days. U. N. sources said the peace (force cannot begin operations until troops from at least one other nation a arrive to reinforce the Britons and the Canadians already here. Meanwhile, reports of new Turkish military operations in the Cyprus area heightened tension here. Turkey has threatened to land troops on the island if Greek residents continue to attack Turkish communities. Turk Fleet Sails Seven Turkish warships and two submarines were said to have sailed “on maneuvers” from the southern naval base of Iskenderun, less than 100 miles from here. (Turkish newspapers said the warships, some of which were believed to be landing craft, used live shells for gunnery practice off the southern Turkish coast. (Authoritative sources said after a cabinet meeting in Ankara the Turkish government does not agree with some of the proposed conditions for the U.N. peace force.) ” ~~ Some sources said the Irish government may have postponed sending 500 troops because it wants Britain, Greece and Turkey to renounce their right to intervene jn Cyprus. U.N. headquarters here said it still had no official confirmation of reports that 270 Brazilian troops were due to arrive shortly to join the peace force. Tuskish Cypriots strengthened their positions along the vital Nicosia-Kyrenia road with sandbags and machine guns after new fighting Friday at Kato Dhikomo, 16 miles north of Nicosia, in which one Turkish Cypriot was wounded and another man, believed to be a Greek Cypriot, was reported missing. • Military sources said the Greek Cypriots may try to retaliate for the incident, which INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and colder tonight. Sunday fair and a little warmer. —fcwr tonight 15' to 22. High Sunday in the 40s. Outlook for Monday: Mostly sunny and wanner.

some lawmakers from wheatgrowing areas, and to big city members who view the food stamp plan as one line of attack on urban poverty. The bills are related in that passage of either is dependent on passage of the other. There probably are not enough votes for any single part of the overall package to pass. House leaders have been working to put together a combination of interests sufficient to shove through both bills. They think now they may have succeeded in this. They wanted to try their luck in the| House next week, before the' recess, mainly because, of an April 1 deadline for proclamation of new support prices for cotton. But a Rules Committee delay seems to have upset their plans.

British officials said was started by Turkish Cypriots. Reprisals also were feared for the burning of the Greek village of Ayios Epiphanies. Turkish Cypriots were believed to have set Ayios Epiphanios ablaze to avenge Thursday’s Greek Cypriot attack ,on the age of Ghaziveran. NOON EDITION No One Injured In Pair Os Accidents Two accidents, each involving two vehicles, occurred within 45 minutes this morning, one west of Berne, the other east of Decatur. There were no injuries resulting from either. Hie first crash happened at 6:45 a. m., a mile and a half east of Decatur on the Piqua road, when an auto driven by Anthony Lloyd Wagner, 20, of route 3, Decatur, collided nearly head on with a car operated by Paul Revere Rich, 46, of route 3, Decatur. Wagner was nortneastbound and Rich was southwestboundj and. approaching the Erie railroad crossing. Wagner slammed on the brakes of his vehicle and the auto skidded on the wet pavement intotheopposite lane of traffic, striking the left front of Rich's vehicle. Deputy sheriff Harold August, who investigated, estimated damages at SBOO to the 1963 model Wagner car and SSOO to the 1962 model car driven by Rich. Minor Damage Deputy August investigated the second crash also, which occurred at 7:30 a. m. on state road 118, two and a half miles west of Berne. A car driven by Max De Wayne Reinhard, 19, route 1, Berne, was following an auto operated by Russell 'E. Bryant, 67-year-old resident of Beckley, W. Va., as both were eastbound. Reinhard began to pass the Bryant auto, and told the investigating officer that the accelerator of his auto stuck. He said as he reached down to loosen it, his car hit the left front of the Bryant vehicle.. Reinhard’s vehicle went out of control and ‘ traveled approximately 400 feet through the lawns at the homes of Vilas Steiner and Amos Neuenschwander. Damages were estimated at $l5O to Bryant’s vehicle and* S4O to the Reinhard auto.

17 More Sections Report Collections Seventeen more sections, with $145.50 collected, have reported in the annual Red Cross rural fund drive, John B. Faurote, co-chairman, announced this morning. A total of $965.57 has been raised toward the goal of $2,655. Faurote asked that all solicitors redouble their efforts now, because of the serious damage done by floods in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Eleven are reported dead, 830 injured, 88 hospitalized, 136 homes destroyed, 1.869 homes with major damage, 24,244 with minor damage; 44 trailers destroyed, 132 damaged; 29.424 families suffering loss; 20,416 people given mass care; and 10,342 families registering for aid. Red Cross has 235 staff people assisting chapter workers in seven states; 200 volunteer nurses are helping; 80 shelters were opened for those needing them until they could return to their homes, or find other places to live. Washington Moves Ahead Washington township,, with 19 sectionszof 36 reporting, has the highest number of reports brought in to the office, Faurote said. Additional reports from Washington include Fred R. Isch, section 2A, $15.50, and James C. Bolt, section 23, $7. Monroe township, with 17 sections reported, remains in second place in reporting, with no new sections turned in Friday morning, Faurote stated. Blue Creek, with eight more sections reporting, moved into third place, with nine of its 24 sections accounted for. Reporting were: John H. Sipe, section 6, $9; Fred Schaadt, section 31, $1.50; Mrs. Luther Lehman, section 33, $4.20; Mrs. Carl Smalley, section 34, $3; Mrs. Donelda Marckel, section 21, $lO, 100%; Maurice Miller, section 30, $5; Mrs. Ralph E. Jackson, section 22. $5; Harold DeArmond, section 32, $4.75. Other Reports Preble township, with one new section reporting, now has accounting for 8 of its 24 sections. Reporting was Mrs. Rufus" Scherry, section 21, sl6. Union and St. Mary’s are tied with seven reports each, three new ones form Union township, and one new zone from St. Mary’s. Mrs. Earnest Roe, zone 14, $11.05, reported from St. Mary’s. From Union, Mrs. Louis Staub, section 29, sll, 100%; Mrs. Richard Marbaugh, section 28, $3.50; Mrs» Hugo Blakey, section 8, sll. Root township has four of 36 sections reported, including one new one, Mrs. William Susdorf, section 32, sl6. French has three, no new ones; Kirkland has two, including Mrs. Clint Reed, section 11, sl2. No reports have been received yet from Jefferson, Wabash, or Hartford, but they are expected to turn in their reports to the township chairmen, who will bring them in altogether. Three Persons Die In Waterloo Fire WATERLOO, Ind. (UPI)— A retired schoolteacher, his crippled 92-year -old mother and their elderly housekeeper were killed Friday when an exploding oil space heater sent a fire shooting through their home here. Authorities said Emerson Charles Walker, 69, his mother, Christina, 92. and their housekeeper, Flossie Funk, 66, died of carbon monoxide gas poisoning. They said Walker discovered the fire, dashed out of the house to turn in an alarm and returned to the flaming building in. an unsuccessful effort to rescue the two women. He was overcome just a few feet from the kitchen door. Mrs. Walker and Miss Funk were found slumped over a wheelchair in the kitchen. Authorities said the housekeeper apparently had tried to get the older woman out of the house before they were overcome by smoke. Mrs. Kennedy Notes Received In Area Some of the more than 900.000 notes mailed by Mrs. John F. Kennedy, expressing appreciation for sympathy entended to her when the late president was assassinated, arrived in Decatur Friday, postmaster John Boch confirmed today. ' The letters, recognized by the special franking privilege granted to Mrs. Kennedy by Congress, have been turning up in mail in the area for the past week. The notes, according to recipients, say, “Mrs. Kennedy is deeply appreciative of your sympathy and grateful for your thoughtfullness.”

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Cuban Pilots Flee To U. S.

MIAMI (UPI) — Authorities planned extensive questioning today of two Cuban air force pilots who commandeered a Russian-made helicopter, shot its pilot dead, and flew to the United States. The two defectors were brought here Friday night from Key West, along with the helicopter’s 17-year-old gunner who asked to be returned to Cuba. The body of the pilot was taken to a Key West funeral home. Cuban exiles here hailed the defection as the “most, significant’’ since the Untted States and Cuba broke diplomatic relations in 1961 because it involved the first active military men to flee from Fidel Castro's regime in that time. Could Have Impact Exile leaders felt the “psychological impact” of the defection upon Castro’s armed forces could be “tremendous.** The olive drab helicopter, blood-spattered inside and out and marked with bullet holes, stew into Key West Friday afternoon. Startled bystanders saw the Negro gunner tumble from his compartment in the lower part of the aircraft and start to flee, apparently not sure what the men above planned for him. He stopped when he saw authorities chasing him. The pilot of the Russian machine, who police investigators said died instantly from the blast of a “burp” pistol that left seven bullet holes in his body, was identified as Jose Arcadio Garcia. His body was slumped in the pilot’s compartment. * The only one of the other three men identified was Guillermo Santos, evidently the dead man’s co-pilot. Dash From Bushes U.S. officials said the third man on the helicopter was the gunner, and that the fourth man, also a helicopter pilot, dashed from bushes and jumped aboard just as the machine began lifting off from its Cuban base near Havana. He and Santos asked Arcadio Garcia to fly to Florida, and when he refused a struggle ensued. The men tried to relieve the pilot of the automatic pistol he carried. The gun went

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. William C. Feller, Zion United Church of Christ) Matthew 21:1-11 Tomorrow begins that momentous week called Holy Week. To Christians throughout the world the eight days from Palm Sunday to Easter comprise the most important period of human history. Something happened between those two days which changed the face of the world. Riding astride a borrowed donkey, Jesus was given the honor and ovation accorded a conquering hero as He entered the city of Jerusalem. Garments were spread upon the road. Branches were torn from trees and waved with enthusiastic acclaim. The cheering multitude hailed Jesus as King, shouting as they walked, “Hosanna to the Son of David.” All too soon this joyous acclaim changed to angry shouts of “Crucify Him.” Man’s acclaim of Jesus Christ is often short-lived, even today. His triumphal entry into man’s heart and mind is conditioned, not by a sudden outburst of enthusiasm, but by a sincere confession and full commitment of all that He is and has to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. The genuineness of our acclaim is tested by the events that follow in our lives. ’ May He ride again, triumphantly,' in our minds and hearts, in our homes and wherever faithful people gather for worship and Christian fellowship. May His reign over our lives be revealed in our obedience to His will

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off, felling him at the controls with two bullets in the head and five more hits from his shoulders to his hips. Traffic Light Pole Hit, Lights Out The traffic lights St the intersection of Monroe and Fifth streets are out of order, and may remain that way until repairing of the Monroe street Pennsylvania railroad crossing is completed. < A semi-trailer truck, while attempting to turn right off Monroe onto Fifth Friday evening, knocked down the light on the northeast corner. The control box for the lights is on that pole, and thus all the signals were put out of order. State highway department crews indicated they would not be able to correct the situation until the first of next week, and it may be than the lights will be left off until the crossing is repaired. _—— — — Bad Corner While the crossing is being repaired, trucks and other vehicles are being rerouted onto Fifth street to Nuttman Ave., and then to U. S. 224 and 27. Westbound trucks attempting to turn right onto Fifth street, however, have found the turn very sharp. More than likely the light would be knocked down again in a short time if it is put back up while the trucks must still turn onto Fifth street. Warren Shoemaker, 31, of Kankakee, Hl., was driving a semitrailer truck which struck the light on the northeast comer at 5:50 pm. Friday. Shoemaker was driving a truck owned by M. H. Mesenbring, of Gary, and as he was turning onto Fifth, the trailer of the truck hit the light and broke the pole. The truck suffered S3O damages, while loss of the light was estimated at SSOO. City police chief Grover Odle has asked local motorists to use extreme caution and courtesy at the intersection while the lights are not working.