Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1964 — Page 2

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State AFL-CIO likely To Keep Up Tax Fight * ’ INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Hie ■ Indiana State AFL-CIO apparently will launch a campaign stertly for repeal of the 2 per ... cent sales tax law in the IMS Legislature. The fight against the tax shifted from the courts to the legislative halls Monday when the US. Supreme Court dismissed an appeal of an Indiana Supreme Court ruling that the tax law enacted in 1963 was constitutional. Dallas Sells, president of the AFL-CIO, had hoped the nation's highest court would agree to review the case and possibly overrule the state’s top court. But it said the case did not present "a substantial federal question,” and as a result Sells admitted "we’ve gone as far as -- We can go” in the courts. 4 However, Sells said the unions’ efforts to nullify the tax -• i law would go on. jut* Hoosier citizens lost the * ’.' .battle but the war is not over yet. Hie taxpayers can make their decision on election day,” Sella said. Whether the unions will open their legislative campaign as early as the May 5 primaries was not known. If they did, „ , they might try to defeat many lawmakers running for renomJ ination who voted for the tax , f bill in last year’s 101-day regu-lar-special session. Four-fifths of the 1963 lawmakers are seeking to retain their seats. If they wait until the November election, the battle lines will have been drawn more tightly, for some of the incumbent lawmakers are certain to be defeated this spring on issues other than the sales tax. The high court decision may stimulate the unions to concentrate on electing as many Demb ocrats as possible to the 1965 Legislature on grounds that party has consistently opposed - " the sales tax as a revenue pro- ’ ducer while many Republicans d; favored it. ST OP that cough with our own Cough Syrup Kdhw Drug Stow

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[Primary Law i Faces Change

» ■ „ . INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—lhdi- ’ ana's presidential preference j primary, revived two elections r ago after being outlawed for 5 nearly 30 years, faces the possibility of revision or repeal in the 1965 Legislature. t The skirmish over validity df petitions filed by five of the nine candidates for the 1964 j primaries May 5 pointed up the likelihood of lawmakers taking J a long hard look at the situation when they convene next Janu- , ary. Many politicians believe it ‘ serves no useful purpose, since it has not thus far been used for a real test of strength among the major candidates for ■ president. If the 1960 primary proved anything at all. it was that then Vice President Richard M. Nixon appeared to be a stronger candidate in Indiana than John F. Kennedy, on the Republican ballot outpolled Kennedy on the Democratic ballot, but neither candidate faced significant opposition within his own party. No Major Matches The same situation will prevail this time, even though there are nine candidates Tuning, five Democrats and four Republicans. Despite the broad filed at GOP presidential candidates and potential candidates, only Sen. Barry Goldwater among the top prospects will be on the ballot and Republican voters can register no choice between him and such others as Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Gov. George Romney, Gov. William Scranton, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and Nixon. al« though they can vote for former Minnesota Gov. Harold E. Stassen, a perennial also-ran. Eight years ago when the Democratic presidential race was wide open, only Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee entered the Hoosier primary and Democrats in this state did not have a chance to express their sentiments, although Adlai Stevenson was a major contender and the eventual nominee. * Jg Jrtewfxrf the questions posed by the 'Tbdianc State Election

Board concerning the validity of . hundreds of signatures on the , candidates’ petitions for places ■ on the ballots, it appeared that if the primary law is allowed to , stay on the books, some adjustment would be made to permit more time for checking the pet titions. The law gives the secretary of state only three days after the filing deadline to ceri tify candidates' names to the county clerks. Arrives Day Late This year, one of the presidential petitions actually arrived on the fourth day after the deadline, but was valid because the envelope was postmarked on the last day for filing. Governor Welsh, a member of the state election board, was among the officials saying something should be done about the primary law. He said it is "In need of some repairs.” The action of Secretary of State Charles O. Hendricks in approving the candidacies in spite of recommendations by the election board that four of them be rejected was viewed as a partisan political move by Democratic State Chairman J. Manfred Core. “Mr. Hendricks accepted those invalid petitions, hoping to discomfort the Democratic Party,” Core said. “Instead, he has merely given another clear demonstration of how elected Republican officials place party before principle.” Edwin M. S. Steers, Republican, and James E. Noland. Democrat, who with Welsh make up the state election board, said the primary law should be amended. Noland said more signers should be required, perhaps 2,000, and that the signers be required to state they are members of the same party as the candidate. "The law should be amended to prevent a farce like .this,” said Steers. “Some provision should be made for an investigation of the signatures on the petitions. The secretary of state has no help to do it.”

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Bi-Race Group | Fails Move To j Integrate Bar j ' By United Press International : A biracial group of visitingNew England integrationists \ failed Monday to integrate a| bar at historic St. Augustine, i Fla. Hie group said they would! try to integrate a church today. [ The Trinity Episcopal Church [ was the announced target tddayj for . the New England Integra-: tionists at St. Augustine. Mrs. Malcolm Peabody. 72-1 year-old mother of Massachu-! setts Gov. Endicott Peabody,; said she and a biracial group' planned to attend communion services at the Trinity Episcopal Church this morning. Mrs. Peabody said a Negro member of her group, Mrs. John Burgess of Newton Center, Mass., would be among the group. Mrs. Burgess is the wife of Massachusetts suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Church. Mrs. Burgess was arrested during a sit-in demonstration Monday in the bar room of the Ponce de Leon Motor Lodge along with four whites from New England. Bond was -set at i $750 each. She is expected to be released in time to attend the services. Mrs. Peabody and two others were not arrested. They walked out after Sheriff L. O. Davis read an anti-trespass law to them. Mrs. Peabody demanded that the law be read and the sheriff obliged from a dogeared copy. Mrs. Peabody’s group also tried to integrate several restaurants and lunch counters and got halfway through one meal before Mrs. Peabody told a waitress that Mrs. Burgess, who has a light skin, is a Negro. The manager asked them to leave and said he would pay the bill- himself. _ In other racial activity in St. Augustine police reported a gang of Negro youths threw rocks at cars in a Negro section of the city Monday night. Elsewhere in the , nation: Jackson, Miss.: Another biracial group that includes seven white religion professors was expected to begin appeals of six-months jail sentences and fines of SSOO today on charges of disturbing public worship at the Capitol Street Metitodiffl Church on Sunday. Nine were convicted for the Easter Sunday “kneel-in” attempt in Jackson’s city court Monday. Birmingham: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has called for the passage of the federal civil rights bill as "the greatest tribute that can be paid the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.” King said the bill “won’t make a man love" me. but it will prevent him from lynching me.” King also called for the continuation of small-scale picketing and a selective buying campaign in Birmingham as levers against segregation. Macon. Ga.: Former- Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett told a rally of 'white' citizens councils Monday night that the proposed federal civil rights bill would destroy local self-govern-ment and “impairs the property rights as well as the civil rights of all Americans. Barnett’s appearance was picketed by eight Negroes who carried signs reading "Run, Ross, Run” and "Go Home. Ross.” Phoenix, Aria.: More than J. 500 civil rights demonstrators seeking a public accommodations bill marched through the state Capitol Monday and staged a sit-in demonstration in the lobby of the governor’s office. Gov. Paul Fannin, apparently upset by the demonstration’ left the capitol shortly before noon under a heavy guard of highway patrolmen. Five Decatur Teams In WIBC Tourney { Five teams of women bowlers from the Decatur area will travel to Minneapolis during April and May to compete in the 1964 WIBC championship tournament, which this vear is the largest women’s bowling tournament ever scheduled. The 1964 tournament, which runs from April 9 to May 24, has an entry of 5071 teams 'more than--25.000 women), exceeding the old record of 5000 teams at the 1953 WIBC tournament in Detroit. Local team- captains. and dates to bowl include: Myers Florist, Lois, Gehrig: First State Bank of Decatur. Carolyn Steele;! Yost & Fleming Construction Company, Eileen Fleming: Adams County Trailer Sales, Inc.. Margie Smithev; Hammond Brothers Produce. Joan Pickford. All the abtiVe mentioned names will be bowling April 24. New York Stock Exchange Price Minn a r prices A. T & T. 139. Du Pont' 259%, Ford 54. General Electric 86%, General Motors 80%. Gulf Oil 54 3 s, 1 Standard Oil Inti. 62%. Standard Oil N. J. 83%, U. S. Steel 58%.

■H ju^in■ fjh' ' 1 REVIVAL—Hie Rev. Dee Henderson, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene at Alexandria, will be the evangelist for revival services at the Mt. Hope Church of the Nazarene April 1 to 12, at 7:30 p. m. daily. Jim and Evelyn Callihan, Fairborn, 0., will be in charge of the music. Their instruments consist of accordion, electric guitar and piano. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Frank D. Voss, invites the public to attend. The church is located five miles east and one mile north of Berne, or four miles east and six miles south of Monroe. Long-Range Program Is Urged For Youth By United Press International Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, one of seven candidates for the Indiana Republican gubernatorial nomination, called Monday night for establishment of a long-range program to provide, more job opportunities for young people." Addressing a Gas City civic club, Ristine said that "too many of our young people are frustrated and embittered by a lack of opportunities to busy themselves and to earn a few dollars. Many students of our society believe this enforced idleness is a major contributing factor to the upswing in juvenile delinquency.” Ristine said institution of such a program at the state and local level could help prevent establishment of “still another necessarily . wasteful program instituted and administered at the federal level.” Roger D. Branigin. Lafayette attorney and one of seven candidates for the Democratic nomination, spent Monday meeting with Democratic officials in the South Bend area. He moved into the 2nd Congressional District today for meetings with local party leaders. Another GOP gubernatorial candidate, Robert E. Gates of Columbia City, was in Indianapolis today for a daylong series of meetings and speeches, including talks with prospective delegates to the June 9 Republican state convention. In a speech to party leaders, Gates promised “truth and consistency” in providing information from state agencies if he becomes governor. He accused the present Democratic administration of handing out "misinformation which amounts to Democrat political propaganda . .

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Urge Coffee Break For Menial Health The coffee break is a great American tradition. Hie Adams .county association for mental health will extend the coffee break to at least 30 minutes and use it to inform the people how they can help Indiana's mentally ill and retarded. Mrs. Roger Schuster, coffee break chairman, is asking people throughout the county to have a mental health coffee break April 27. * “As a hostess, you will invite your friends and neighbors to Join you for a cup of coffee and watch a special mental health program on television. Representatives from the mental health chapter will also join you to answer your guests’ questions. All you will have to do as a hostess is invite your friends in and give them a cup of coffee. You probably do this occasionally anyway.” "Please call Mrs. Roger Schuster at 3-8522, or Mrs. Tom Weis at 3-4140, and volunteer to aid Indiana’s mentally ill and retarded by serving as a learn and serve coffee hostess in your own home,” Mrs. Schuster added. Khrushchev In Budapest For Kadar Talks BUDAPEST, Hungary (UPI) —Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev arrived today for talks with Premier Janos Kadar which may lead to a major new move against Communist China. Khrushchev was welcomed with banners and flags in the streets where Soviet tanks crushed the Hungarian rebels more than seven years ago. It Was his fourth visit since the 1956 rebellion. Thousands of Hungarians heard Khrushchev say in a speech of greeting that he considered his trip “more than just a friendship visit.” Will Continue Talks “Dur current visit will enable us to continue our talks, which started so successfully last summer in Moscow,” he told Kadar. “I am convinced that our talks will be interesting, useful, and cordial, as is usual among .friends.” Kadar, who took po\yer with Soviet backing after the defeat of the uprising, met Khrushchev and his party at the railway station today and arranged his first talks with Khrushchev this afternoon. Hungarian sources said they were likely to discuss strategy for a “’new counter - attack against Peking by the Moscowled Communist nations. May Plan Break Communist China attacked Khrushchev in a long article timed to Coincide with his official visit here. The attack was seen as an attempt to force a formal break in ties and to put the blame for it on Moscow. • There was increasing speculation in Moscow that a worldwide summit of Communist leaders is planned to take up the Sino - Soviet dispute. The Communist party newspaper Pravda today published another call for such 4 a meeting — this one made by the tiny Dutch Communist party. (Diplomats said that before any summit is called, Khrushchev wants to be sure of maximum support from East European leaders as well as * Communist parties in the West. They viewed his talks with Kadar as a step in this direction.)

All 9 Candidates Placed On Ballots

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—lndiana’s May 5 presidential preference primaries were wideopen today to all 8 Democrats and 4 Republicans who filed as candidates because of a surprise decision by Secretary of State Charles O. Hendricks. * Hendricks, a Republican seeking his party’s gubernatorial nomination against six rivals, overruled the advice he solicited from the Indiana State Election Board and certified all nine candidates despite the fact at least five of the nine submitted what appeared to be illegal petitions. Hendricks' decision only a few hours before the deadline for certifying candidates’ names to 92 county clerks meant that Governor Welsh, a “favorite son” Democratic stand-in for President Johnson, will be opposed by Alabama’s segregation governor, George C. Wallace, and Sen. Barry M. Goldwater will be opposed by former Minnesota Gov. Harold E. Stassen on the GOP ballot. 5 Minor Candidates In addition, Welsh and Wallace have token opposition from Lar (America First) Daly, perennial Chicago candidate; John Hugh Latham, retired oil line pipelayer from Rockville, and Mrs. F&ye Carpenter Swain of Ohio. Goldwater and Stassen will be opposed by Indianapolis Negro attorney Frank Beckwith, who polled nearly 20,000 votes against Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 presidential primary, and Joseph G. Ettl, South Bend attorney. The decision came after a lengthy meeting of the State Election Board, whose three members include Welsh, during which the recommendation was made to Hendricks to deny the petitions of Wallace, Daly, Latham, Mrs. Swain and Ettl on grounds they did not contain the required 500 valid signatures of qualified registered voters. Literally hundreds of signatures on the petitions were declared invalid by handwriting experts and county clerks who checked them against official voter registration lists. Court Backs Stassen A few hours before Hendricks acted, Marion Superior Court Judge Glenn W. Funk issued a permanent writ prohibiting Hendricks from denying Stassen a place on the GOP ballot. Stassen flew here from Philadelphia to lead a personal fight for the right to run. Approval of the candidacies of such minor candidates as Daly and Latham had been more or less routine in previous years. No major challenges were made before and candidacies were accepted without a check of county registration records. Wallace said he was “glad” Hendricks acted as he did. Hendricks said he “should have made up my own mind in the first place and saved all

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this confusion.” Hendricks said he felt the board’s report was “inclusive” and he certified all petitions “so the voters can express their mandate.” Wallace, on the campaign trail in Wisconsin, said he was “glad that it came out this way.” “I wanted to run in Indiana,” he said. “I think it is a good state to run in.” Welsh entered the Indiana primary committed to President Johnson in an apparent bid to head off the possibility of the state’s first-ballot votes in the National Democratic Convention from going to Wallace by default. Under Indiana law, delegates must vote for the winner of the primary on the first ballot. Democrats here — as in Wisconsin — are taking seriously the challenge of the Alabama segregationist in their respective presidential primaries. An aide to Welsh last week said Wallace’s nominating petition contained such signatures as “Joe the Polack” and “SSam Sandwich” and predicted the election board would throw out the petition. The board launched a dramatic Easter weekend investigation of the signatures on the petitions of Wallace; Stassen; political unknown John H. Latham of Rockville, Ind.; perennial candidate Lar (America First) Daly of Chicago, and South Bend attorney Joseph G. Ettl. An airplane and police car relay were set up by Welsh for the investigation, which called out some county workers on Easter and rankled some county officials. Anthony Davis of the Lake County Registration Board complained the investigation meant “taking our people away from their families at Easter at a time when they should be having hearts full of religion.” . The election board report indicated that Stassen’s was the only one of the five petitions to have the required number of valid signatures. Hendricks’ rejection of the board’s advice meant Indiana would have at least two big political battles in the primary, with Wallace facing Welsh on the Democratic side and Stassen testing the strength of Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater on the Republican side. Also filing on the Democratic ballot were Daly, Latham and a woman politician, Fay Carpenter Swain of Grenhill, Ohio. The GOP ballot was padded out <> by Ettl and Negro attorney Frank Beckwith of Indianapolis. Supporters of New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller Monday announced plans to try to win support from delegates for their man, whose name will not appear on the ballot. Rockefeller backers said they hoped to convince delegates to vote for the New York governor on the second or third ballot at the national convention.