Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1964 — Page 1

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Abolishment Os Indiana Sales, Gross Tax Would Mean Doubling Os Other

Detail Attitude On Communist Split

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk spelled out in separate statements Friday the attitude of the United States toward the t urmoil which is stirring the .Communist world over the drastic Soviet - Red China rift. Johnson, in a speech marking the 15th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic 'lreaty Organization (NATO), dealt mainly with the growing spirit of independence being shown by the European satellites toward the Kremlin. , “Our guard is up but our hand is out,” the President told an assemblage of NATO ambassadors at the White House ceremony. Alert To Hope In a spirit of wary friendship to any possible peace gestures from die Soviet bloc, Johnson commented: “We remain vigilant in defending our liberties but we must be alert to any hope of stable settlement with those who have made vigilance essential.” - The Chief Executive made no direct reference to the split between the Russians and the Chinese Reds, but he did make note of “the new spirit of diversity abroad in Eastern Europe. Os the outlook for free world dealings with the Soviet bloc, Johnson commented: “We did not make the Iron Curtain. We did not build the wall. Gaps in the curtain are welcome and so are holes in the wall whenever they are- not hedged by traps. The President did not go into any specifics about allied differences which have cropped up lately over such issues as trade with Cuba or French President Charles De Gaulle’ss recognition of Red China. He said however that the building of a European union “is a long hard job” and added: “We for our part will never turn back to separated insecurity.” Johnson said he welcomed the “new strength of our transatlantic allies.” “We find no contradiction between national self-respect and interdependent mutual reliance,” he told his White House audience. “We are eager to share with the new Europe at every level of power and responsibility. We aim to share the lead in the search for new and stronger patterns of cooperation.” Rusk at an earlier news con-

New Quake Rocks Alaska, No Damage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (UPI) —A jolting aftershock from the Good Friday earthquake rocked Anchorage Friday, but apparently the only damage was to the frazzled nerves of the city’s residents. The temblor was the latest and- sharpest in a series of aftershocks that have rocked the biggest city in the 49th state since the disaster which left 122 persons dead or missing March 27. Friday’s tremor occurred at 5:40 p.m. EST as many Alaskans were listening to Gov, William Egan conclude a radio speech to a joint session of the Alaska legislature at Juneau for far-reaching action to help the state battle back. Hundreds of other Alaskans meanwhile battled to save their property in the vicinity of KocTak where 80-mile-an-hour winds tore at the battered ruins left by the tidal wave spawned by the Good Friday earthquake. One fishing vessel was

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ference touched more directly on the cold war position as a result of the Soviet - Chinese schism. He said that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s overriding concern over the Red Chinese friction probably accounts for the fact that the United States and Russia have made little progress recently on settling issues that divide Washington and Moscow. He also cautioned against expecting the deepending SinoSoviet split to lead to any dramatic improvement of relations between the United States and Russia. INDIANA WEATHER Increasing cloudiness tonight, followed by rain beginning Sunday. Low tonight 28 to 38. High Sunday upper 465. Outlook for Monday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers, Frank H. Bolinger Dies Al Van Wert Frank Howard Bolinger, 73, former Adams county farmer, died at 8:30 p. m. Friday at his home, 331 West Crawford street. Van Wert, O. He had been in failing health for three months and seriously ill for the past week following a coronary attack. He was born near Kokomo Aug. 27, 1890, a son of David Edward and Durella Chane-Bolinger, and was married to Mabel Hilyard Nov. 28, 1918. Mr. Bolinger formerly operated farms near Pleasant Mills and Willshire, 0., and had owned and operated the Bon Ton shoe repair shop in Van Wert since 1929. He was a member of the First Methodist church at Van Wert, and the Masonic and Eagles lodges in that city. Surviving are his wife; one son, Kenneth Bolinger of Van Wert; two daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Helen) Spoon of Van Wert, and Mrs. Noel (Betty) Moore of Lexington, Ky.; seven grandchildren; one brother, Ralph Bolinger of Rockford, 0., and one sister, Mrs. Agnes Krick of Fort Wayne. Funeral rites will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert, Dr. Paul D. Childs officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Sunday. Masonic services will be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday.

sunk and 15 others piled on rocky breakwaters by the wind. When Friday’s aftershock hit Anchorage, people on the street stopped and staged at each other in disbelief and then headed for cover. Many others among the city’s 100,000 residents poured into the streets. Anchorage policeman Harold Adams said the police station “started shaking and everybody stopped what they were doing.” “Then they headed for the door. By the time they reached the door, the shaking stopped. Altogether, it lasted 5 to 10 seconds,” he said. Mrs. Lyman Woodman said “it was a''sickening sensation.” There were conflicting, reports as to the intensity of the jolt. The University of California at Berkeley said the quake registered 5.25 on the Richter scale. The University of Washington in Seattle recorded 7.5 Ind seismologists at Fairbanks, Alaska, reported a 6.5 intensity.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Abolishment of either the Indiana sales tax or the gross income tax would result in the need for doubling or nearly doubling the tax left Candidates and others who advocate repeal of either or both of the taxes today received eye-opening news from the Commission on State Tax and Financing Policy, a bi-partisan agency of the Indiana Legislature. The study showed that in order to eliminate the sales tax and - still keep the $238 million it is bringing in for the 1963-85 biennium the adjusted gross income tax of 2 per cent would go to 3% per cent. In order to fill the hole left by eliminating the gross income tax, the sales tax would need to be raised from 2 per cent to slightly over 5 per cent to produce the $220 million it is scheduled to bring in this biennium. The commission mailed the study Friday to all state candidates for political office. Repeal of the sales tax and adoption of the exemptions and deductions allowed under the federal net income tax would mean a flat rate of about 4% per cent in the gross income tax. Even those who have urged the sales and adjusted gross taxes be scrapped and the state return to the “old” gross income tax the commission warned' that to raise the same money now, the individual tax rate would have to be 2.2 per cent instead of 1% per cent and that for wholesalers it would be .54 per cent instead of .375 per cent. And those candidates who have talked happily of doing away with property taxes also got some guidelines. Personal property taxes paid to local governmental units in 1963 totaled $221 million and real property taxes produced $338.6 million. If household goods taxes alone * were eliminated, local governments would need to find $16.5 million in some other place. The report by Dr. Charles Bonser, director of the commission, shows that 65.7 per cent of the state general fund over the 10-year period, 1955-65, was earmarked for education, of which 42.33 per cent was for local school support. The data shows the state money sent back to local schools amounts to 31.3 per cent of the total school costs in the 1963-64 year and is expected to drop to 27.7 per cent for 1964-65. Highways and roads get only 1.2 per cent of the general fund dollar but 32.3 per cent of the total state funds, counting dedicated funds. The state hospitals both mental and others, take 11 per cent of the general fund dollar, welfare uses 4.1 per cent and the penal institution 2.9 per cent. The retirement funds from which teachers, government workers, police and judges are paid requires 8 per cerit of the general fund dollar. Southeast School Roundup Tuesday The pre-school roundup will be held at the Southeast school Tuesday from 8 to 9 a. m. Children living south of Monroe street and in Stratton Place Addition should attend this roundup. A child must be 5 years old on or before September 30 to be eligible to enroll in kindergarten this fall for the school year 196465. Parents, bringing their children to the Southeast school for the roundup, are asked to use the southeast entrance, bring th? child's birth certificate, have information available as to the diseases he has had, and dates of immunization shots. — Those unable to attend this roundup or the one at Northwest April 14, are asked io notify the principal in the school area concerning the child.

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Sweden Troops Are Flown To

Cyprus Today NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPD—A U.S. Air Force Hercules turboprop transport plane flew 30Can Swedish contingent to this oubled Mediterranean island today to take part in a United Nations peace force. It was the first American action on behalf of the U.N. forct. Informed sources said U.S. planes were also expected to airlift the 600-man Irish contingent pledged for the U.N. force. Feelings between- Greek and Turkish Cypriots rema i n e d tense as Turkey moved 280 fresh t r oops onto the island this morning. Sporadic firing was reported in Nicosia during the night but the only reported casualty was a Greek Cypriot policeman shot accidentally by a fellow policeman. A patrol of Britain’s crack Life Guards rushed at dawn to Marina alerted for possible '.trouble in. the northwestern zone; Firing was reported at Ayix Marina Friday. Diplomats said they expected an announcement that President Makarios, a Greek Cypriot, would abrogate treaties .giving Turkish troops the right to be stationed on Cyprus. Turkey, Greece and Britain have the right to maintain garrisons on Cyprus under treaties signed in 1960 when Cyprus gained its independence from - Britain. ; . The 280 new Turkish troops were assigned to the Turkish garfison at Famagusta. A total of 650 Turkish soldiers are being rotated home from Cyprus. Fears that the troop arrival might spark shooting by Greek Cypriots proved unfounded. Costly Complex In Downtown Chicago CHICAGO (UPD—The latest thing in soup-to-nuts living—the Jupiter Corporation’s Outer Drive East Apartments overlooking Lake Michigan — will open here this spring. Jupiter President Jerrold Wexlerthinks his “back to the city” movement will be speeded up if people are offered just about everything their hearts desire in the way of services—and all under one roof. So the Outer Drive East will include: —For the gourmet, three restaurants (one specializing in seafood) and a catering service offering full-course meals to tenants within a few minutes notice.— —For the swimmer, "an Olympic-size, kidney - shaped pool, enclosed in a huge glass dome to allow year - round swimming and sun bathing. —For the shopper, men and women’s clothing stores, a beauty salon, barber shop, drugstore and dry cleaners. —For the motorist, an 850-car garage. Or if, you don’t have a car, limousine service to Chicago’s business section every 15 minutes. ’ —And for just about everyone, soundproof walls, interior burglar alarms, a message service; and air conditioning. Rents for the 940 residential apartments will run from $l5O to $370 a month. The two-bedroom apartments each have two baths. The efficiency apartments each have a folding wall so that tenants can have two rooms when they want them. Wexler claims Outer Drive East will be the world’s largest apartment house. The 40-story, T-shaped building is costing $27 million, towards which the Jupiter Corp, obtained a S2O

Gen. MacArthur Is In Deepening Coma WASHINGTON (UPD — Gen. Douglas MacArthur today was reported in a “gradually deep; ening” coma. Lt. Gen. Leonard B. Heaton, Army surgeon general, said MacArthur’s condition was ominous. He refused to say that death was imminent but conceded that .it’s certainly not a matter of yvaeks.” He said MacArthur’s “peaceful” coma is primarily due to “liver failure.” The 84-year-old five-star general, who underwent three major operations in 24 days at the Army’s Walter Reed Medical center, lapsed into what was (described as a “peaceful coma” Friday. Kidney matfunction rather than' failure of the old solsoldier’s stout heart thus became the major factor in the war hero’s decline, according to Heaton. The kidney difficulty was reported this week in the wake of the third operation on MacArthur Easter Sunday. Special steps were taken to do artificially what the kidneys would not do themselves. But these processes, f though * be successful la part Friday, could not make up for the natural actions of the kidneys. Spokesmen at Walter Reed said Friday night that MacArthur’s main heart actions > signs—blood pressure and pulse z.rate —were not changed perceptibly. His doctors had been amazed at the way these vital signs held up. Heaton said today MacArthur had managed to survive “due to the fact that! he has an extraordinary strong constitution, a strong fiber,” and he has received the '“ultimate in care and surgery.” Decatur Lions Club Will Meet Monday The Decatur Lions club will meet Monday at 6:30 p. m. at the Community Center, Dick Mies, president, announced today. This will be the first meeting during the attendance contest, and all Lions are urged to attend. Also, the program will be presented by Luke Majorki and will prove to be very interesting, Mies said. Son Os Top State Aide Killed Friday INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —An Indiana Air National Guard jet plane rushed a top state aide home from South Carolina late Friday from a goodwill flight with Governor Welsh after the official’s son was killed in a traffic accident and his wife and daughter were injured. James Cole, 15, son of Maj. Wyatt Cole, assistant to the Indiana adjutant general, was killed Friday and the officer’s wife and daughter injured when their car was struck by a train west of Bridgeport. ___st —-gp— — - ... Fort Wavne Legion Post Raided Today FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD — An American Legion post commander and about two dozen other men were arrested early today in a police vice raid on a stag party. They were arrested on charges of gambling and disorderly conduct, including Post Commander Byron Sweeney, in whose club the party was staged. million mortgage, the largest the Federal Housing Administration has ever approved for an apartment building. Outer Drive East is the first building of a $750 mililon complex planned by the Jupiter Corp, for downtown Chicago. The development will include art museums, hotels, a hospital, parks, churches and theaters.

Plan Dance After Speech Class Play Plans for a dance following the one-act play presented by the fourth period speech class of Decatur high school Friday evening, were revealed today by class instructor Tony Kelly. The dance, also sponsored by the speech class, will begin after the play, at about 9:30 p.m., and will be held at the Youth and Community Center; Admission is 35 cents per person and 60 cents a couple. Kelly said the dance will not be ordinary in that some entertainment has been arranged by the class members, and various prizes will be won by those attending. Play Friday Night The speech class will present “The Neighbors,” a one-act play written by Zona Gale. Die performance will be given in the Decatur high school auditorium, beginning at 8 o’clock Friday night. The play depicts what happens when three neighbors, who are known for their gossiping, decide that another neighbor needs their help. The cast includes 10 members of the speech class, and Dave Baker will serve as student director, with Lynn Sheets master of ceremonies and technical director. Tickets, priced at 25 cents for students and 50 cents for adults, are now on sale, and may be purchased from any member of the speech class. Threat Os Flooding Is Eased In State By United Press International The threat of new extensive flooding faded in Indiana today but weekend showers may hit most areas by late today or Sunday. Heavy rains Thursday night and early Friday pushed levels of the Wabash and White Rivers to or slightly above flood level at some points, but forecasters said flooding would be minor barring further heavy precipitation. In the £4-hour period ending at 7 a.nf., Evansville reported .26 of an inch of rain and most other points even less. Rain and warmer Sunday was the prediction for the northern portion and a "chance” of showers also included the extreme southern district. The additional rainfall was not expected to add to the woes of lowland areas, some of them hit the hardest with floods in more than 25 years during March. Temperature's were expected to climb into the 40s today, followed J?y overnight lows in the high 20s and 30s, and highs Sunday near 50 in the extreme south. The outlook for Monday was mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Evansville reported a high of 69 Friday and it was 62 at Indianapolis in the morning before strong winds forced temperatures into the 30s and 40s. South Bend recorded a chilly overnight low of 21, it was 25 at Fort Wayne, 27 at Lafayette, 28 at Indianapolis and 36 at Evansville. Moose Election To Be Held Tuesday The Decatur Moose lodge will hold election, of officers for the ensuing year’ next Tuesday, April 7, and not April 27, as erroneously stated in Friday’s Daily Democrat. Voting for the new officers will be conducted from 12 noon until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Miss Spuller Dies After Long Illness Miss Flossie D, Spuller, 79, of 222 South 12th street, a lifelong resident of Decatur, died at 6:50 o’clock Friday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been ill for two years and hospitalized for the past J 43 days. She was born in . Adams county March 25, 1885, a daughter of William and Mary A. Cline-Spul-ler, and had never married. . She was a retired glove factory employe. Miss Spuller was a member of the First Baptist church. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Otto Johnson of Decatur, and several nieces and nephews, including Tony Eaton of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Monday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, with the Rev. Robert E. McQuaid officiating. Burial will be in the East Salem cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services.

New Brazilian Cabinet Named

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (UPI) — Interim President Ranieri Mazzilli and his newly-ap-pointed cabinet worked today to put the government in order and comply with military demands for an immediate purge of Communists. The whereabouts of deposed President Joao Goulart remained a mystery. There were indications he was at his mil-lion-acre ranch near Sao Borja, in Rio Grande do Sul State, preparing to leave for exile in neighboring Uruguay. Goulart's wife and two small children arrived in Montevideo Friday and Mrs. Goulart said she hoped her husband would soon join her. She said he still was at their ranch near Sao Borja. Goulart was deposed this week in an uprising led by military men and state governors who charged he was pushing Brazil toward communism. Names New Cabinet Mazzilli named a cabinet Friday night which was composed entirely of anti-Communist ministers. All were said to be friendly to the United States. Five hundred army, navy and air force officers meeting at the military club in Rio Friday night demanded a .Communist purge and unanimously approved a motion calling on congress to elect an army general immediately to take over Mazzilli’s place* instead of waiting 30 days as planned. The interim president will serve until the presidential election scheduled next year. Club President Marshall Augusto Magessi said the officers did not name* any candidates but Marshal Eurico Dutra, an ex-president, and Gen. Humber-

Guilty Os Charge Os Jury Tampering NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) - Sandwich shop operator Lawrence W. Medlin was convicted by a federal court jury Friday on a charge of offering a $lO,000 bribe to a prospective juror in the 1962 conspiracy trial of Teamsters boss James Hoffa. Medlin, 53, freed under $5,000 bond, will be sentenced within the “next two or three weeks,” according to Federal District Judge Frank Wilson. Maximum penalty for the conviction is five years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Defense attorney R.B. Parker Jr. filed a motion for a new trial shortly after the jury returned its verdict following nearly three hours of delibera-, tion. Parker said a written motion probably will be filed next week. The new trial motion, if denied, will be sent to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. Medlin was one of six persons indicted with Hoffa last year on charges of jury tampering during Hoffa’s trial here. Hoffa and two co-defendants were convicted recently by a Chattanooga federal court jury. Hoffa was sentenced to 8 years in prison. He has appealed the conviction.

Seven Dead In Texas Tornado

WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (UPI) —A killer tornado dipped down out of a clear sky Friday and churned a 15 minute path of death and destruction through Sheppard Air Force Base and two residential areas. By the time it lifted back into the sky 15 minutes later, it had killed seven persons, injured 68 and caused an estimated $1.5 million in property damage. The dead were Albert Miller, 75; Mrs. Dawson Minear; Mrs. Carl E. Hoeffger, 58; Ernest Caswell, 55; Mrs. Rena Caswell; Mrs. Hazel Rea Collins, 35, and a woman identified as Mrs. Hartay. Wichita Falls General Hospital treated 26 injured persons while the Sheppard Air Force Base hospital treated 40 and Bethania Hospital two. 200 Left Homeless Red Cross and Salvation Army workers set up emergency shelters and many people opened their houses to more than' 200 families left homeless. Gov? John Connally ordered 100 National Guardsmen to protect wrecked and damaged homes from looting and sent

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to Castello Branco “are the two top names.” Press reports also mentioned Gen. Amaury Kruel, commander of the second army, which played a key role in the uprising. Purge All Reds He said the officers want a purge of all Communists in congress, state legislatures and city councils throughout the country. “We want complete eradication of all Communists in any posts of power," Magessi said. “There is absolute agreement on this among officers of the three services." Magessi said the officers did W* want to depose Mazzilli but they wanted Congress to choose his successor without delay. Rumors persisted in congress and military circles, however, that the leading generals were not satisfied with Mazzilli. They distrust him because he supported Goulart while president of the chamber of deputies and they want a strong president installed immediately to get rid of the Communists and stabilize the economy, according to informed sources. U. S., Panama To - Reopen Relations WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States and Panama have agreed to reopen diplomatic relations and bold talks on long-standing issues which flared into major riots 12 weeks ago. i The agreement, reached Friday after many earlier attempts by negotiators had failed, said the two countries would name special ambassadors to meet and “seek the prompt elimination of the causes of conflict.” It said these talks would be entered into “without, limitations or preconditions of any kind.” President Johnson named former Republican Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson as his special emissary for the talks. The agreement said the special envoys “will begin immediately the necessary procedures with the objective of reaching a just and fair agreement, which would be subject to the constitutional processes of each country.” Diplomats said the actual restoration of diplomatic relations, which Panama broke off in January, would be deme in an early exchange of notes. » In announcing the agreement, the White House pulled out all stops. President Johnson met with Latin American ambassadors at the White House and told them “this is truly a great day.” Johnson also talked with Panama’s President Roberto Chiari by telephone, and the President summoned Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to an extraordinary meeting of the National Security Council at which the agreement was explained to them.

Col. Jesse Ward, state director of Civil Defense, to the area. Civil Defense officials estimate ed damage at more than $1.5 million, including the damage done to the airbase. At least 200 hundred homes were destroyed, most of them in the Sunset Terrace addition. At the airbase, the funnel tore up ah old Air Force hospital and a clinic, both empty at the time, and missed a new $5 million hospital. ? Flee To Cellar H. T. Daniel, owner of a liquor store that was totally destroyed told how he and Gene Griffin, an employe, took refuge in a storm cellar moments before the twister tore into the area. “There were 21 of us in the cellar,** he said. “Gene and I tried to hold the door on but the wind sucked it right off.** A railroad boxcar was lifted about 100 yards and dumped on top of the ruins of a house. A car with two women in it was lifted up by the twister and dropped a block and a half away. Neither of the women was harmed.