Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXIl: NO. 84.

Railroads To Impose New Work Rules Friday; Rail Unions Threaten Strike

MacArthur On Last Trip To Washington

NEW YORK (UPI) —• New York bid a brief final farewell to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur today before the body of the gallant old soldier began a last trip to Washington to receive the tributes of government leaders. The high and the humble —a cross section .of Americans — stood in long lines in the rain Tuesday to pay homage to this country’s “fightingest general” who first saw combat 61 years ago and commanded brilliantly in three major wars. From 10 a.m. until after 11 p.m., an estimated 35,000 mourners, some in tears, passed through the 7th Regiment Armory where the body was reposed. At 8 a.m. EST today, the body of MacArthur was moved in a 50-minute military procession from the armory to Pennsylvania Station for the train trip to Washington to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. Placed Atop Caisson The general’s body was placed atop a horse-drawn caisson for the final trip in the city that was his home, passing _ down Broadway and through Times Square at the peak of the morning rush hour en route to the stationThere, five brigades of West Point cadets — the Long Gray Line of which MacArthur was a member at the turn of the century — stood at attention as the fallen hero’s four-block cortege passed. The procession included massed military colors, cars carrying the general's family, friends and dignitaries, a symbolic riderless horse, an honor

Plan For Railroad Siding Submitted

Plans for a new Nickel Plate railroad siding, that will require 413 feet of track to reach into Clarence Bultemeier’s Adams Builders Supply, were presented to the Decatur city council Tuesday night, and referred to the street committee for study. The plans include a track that will lead from the north side of the Nickel Plate track at 12th street, extend 170 feet along the railroad right-of-way, and 243 feet into Bultemeier’s property. A dock 20 feet wide and 90 feet long, parallel to the track, is anticipated. New Car Arrived Police chief Grover Odle announced that the new police car has arrived, and should be ready for service by the weekend. The present fund balances were given as follows by Mrs. Laura Bosse, city clerk-treasurer: general fund, which includes most of the budget items, $166,981.94; the light department refund fund, $1,225.67; sewage bond fund, $1,175; sewage fund, $41,752.24; water department fund, $84,909 75. Lights For Jefferson Mrs. Peg Crist appeared before Parish Rosary For Rev. Kohne Toniqht The parish rosary for the Rev. Ambrose A. Kohne, native of Decatur who died Sunday morning in a fire at the Good Samaritan hospital in Kokomo, will be recited at 7:30 o’clock this evening at St Mary’s Catholic church. The Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus will serve as an honor guard in the church from 6 to 10:30 o’clock tonight while the body lies in state. A solemn requiem high mass will be sung at the church at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery.

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guard of flag officers, marching troops and the U.S. Military Academy band. At the fore were the colors of the 42nd “Rainbow” Division in which MacArthur served as a brigade commander in World War I and the 77th Division which landed in Leyte in World War 11, helping t to fulfill the general’s promise to The Philippines: “I will return.” The train carrying the old soldier’s body to Washington was scheduled to stop in Trenton, N.J., for three minutes so military units from bases nearby could pay their last respects to the five-star general who was the nation’s highest ranking officer until his death. Slow For Salutes The special train was to slow at Odenton and Aberdeen, Maryland, for similar salutes. In Washington,- President Johnson planned to meet the train at its scheduled 1:45 p.m. EST arrival. An hour-long procession was planned to carry the body from Union Station to the White House and then to the Capitol. In the capital", where MacArthur died Sunday in Walter Reed Army Hospital, a solemn pageant of honor — muffled drums, a jet flyover, 19-gun salute, a horse-drawn caisson followed by riderless horse — was to be witnessed by thousands <sf" government workers lining the streets and a nation-wide television audience. Finally, the general’s body will lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda until noon Thursday when it will be moved to Norfolk, Va., for funeral services and. burial Saturday at the MacArthur Memorial.

the city council and asked that street lights be installed between Fourth and Seventh streets: on Jefferson street. Mrs. Crist stated that she had contacted 75% of the people on the street, and that they would even be willing to pay a small amount themselves toward the lights, although they felt that the city should install street lights. She pointed out how glad they would have been to have gotten the old lights from Madison street. ___ She also mentioned that Madison street had had two different sets of street lights, and Jefferson had none, and that it was very dark, and hard for pedestrians to walk at night. Mayor Gerber explained that new lights would have to be paid for out of the street light budget, and that no funds had been included for this year, but that the matter would be referred to the ’’street light committee, for possible special action, or for inclusion in a future budget. He explained that the street light committee was drawing up a master plan for street lighting, to- systematically light the city. Kohne, Asks Meeting Lawrence Kohne, chairman of the street light committee, explained that the old lights on Madison street were taken down because the city had so much expense in operating them. Costly repairs to the underground cable were frequent. Kohne explained that the city couldn’t afford to install any more lights of that type. He also asked the mayor to call a special meeting of the committee with city officials to discuss the problem of street lighting. Kohne indicated that money had been taken from the water improvement fund before, and might be taken from it again to improve street lights.

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The nation’s railroads announced today they will impose controversial new work rules at 12:01 a.m. (local time) Friday. The government galled in both sides in an effort to prevent a nationwide strike. . J. E. Wolfe, chief negotiator for the railroads, announced the deadline for the rules after four rail unions struck the 14state Illinois Central. The strike could mushroom to nationwide proportions wheh the rules go into effect. Within an hour and a half of Wolfe’s announcement, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announced it would call members out on strike if the railroads take the action. The other major unions withheld immediate comment, but were expected to walk out also in protest. Wirtc Calls Meeting ~ Shortly after noon, EST, Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz called union and management negotiators to a meeting at 8 p.m. EST to try to head off the threatened transportation crisis. . * Wirtz, acting at the direction of President Johnson, sent telegrams to negotiators for the railroads and heads of five rail unions involved in the lengthy dispute. The decision to call both sides to Washington was made at a •meeting in the White House attended by Johnson, Wirtz and Assistant Labor Secretary James J. Reynolds. The government has exhausted its strike - preventing machinery in the four-year-old dispute. A spokesman for the engine’ers' declared: “The railroads have a legal right to put the rules into effect, but no moral right.” Wolfe said neither the railroads nor the public cauld tolerate “this guerrilla warfare” in making public his plans to force a showdown on the issues. Moratorium Over The unions have 'been free to strike and the railroads have been free to place the new rules into effect since a sixrrtonth congressional moratorium on such actions expired (Continued on Page 3) Summer School To Open Here June 1 Hugh J. Andrews, principal of the Decatur high school, announced today that registration is now being conducted for the 1964 summer school at the public high school. Tuition-free classes will be conducted for eight weeks, from June 1 to July 24, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. (except for special hours for driver training and the possibility of other extra classes). Two credits may be earned in addition to one in driver training and the classes are for those who might have difficulty arranging for them during the regular school year. (Driver training students must ,be 15 years of age by June 8.) Courses to be offered are as follows: Juniors and seniors — Civics and sociology, $2.66; typing I, $1; physical science, $2.67; speech, $3; shorthand 11, $5. Freshmen and sophomores — Algebra I. $1.19; biology, $3.36; driver training, $2.10; auto mechanics, $1.75; typing I (no freshmen), $1; remedial English, $2. Fees must be paid by May 15. Andrews said, “we fully expect the largest enrollment in this, the seventh consecutive summer session in our high school. Intermittent summer schools have been held in the past, with the present series the most widely attended. “Summer school is designed for both acceleration and for making provisions for some to care for previous omissions of courses. Any one who desires further information may call the guidance office, 3-5121.” Arrangements are being made to contact interested Decatur Catholic high school students next week.

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83 Sections Unreported To Red Cross Just 83 sections, out of 336, remain to be heard from in the annual Red Cross rural fund drive, John B. Faurote, campaign co-chairman, said today. Kirkland has just one section out, and Preble has just two. Union Blue Creek and St. Mary’s have four each, and Root and Washington have just eight each. In the south, there are still 20 sections from Wabash, 18 from Hartford, and 14 from Jefferson to be heard from, Faurote stated. Recent Receipts Recent receipts include the following by noon Tuesday: from Preble township, Mrs. Arthur Worth, Sec. 3, $22, 100%. Individual gifts included $lO from C. E. Hocker, and $5 from Phil Sauer. From Blue Creek: Mr. and Mrs. D. Habegger, Sec. 6. $2 additional; Mr. and Mrs. C. Brunstrup, Sec. 4, $4, 100%. Union township included Mrs. Dan Lehrman, Sec. 6, $9, 100%; Mrs. Leo E. Thieme, Sec. 34, $8.75% Eugene Schlemmer, Sec. 3, SB, 100%. St. Mary’s township: Richard Winans, zone 13, $13.50, 100%; Mrs. Charles Tumbleson, zone 6, $6.25 and zone 7, $4; Mrs. Don Hakes, zone 11, $4.25. Root township: Herbert Hobrock, Sec. 3, $8,100%; Mrs. Martin Braun, Sec. 5, sl3; Otto Boerger, Sec. 14, sl3; Mrs. Earl Caston, Sec. 20, $10; Brice Sheets, Sec. 31, sll. Kirkland township: Daniel Fiechter, Sec. 33, $11; Mrs. Joseph Zimmerman, Sec. 36, $5.30. Washington township: Paul Kohne, Sec. 8, $5, 100%; Mrs. Wilmer Bultemeier, Sec. 9, $18.50; Pete B. Lehman, Sec. 18, SB, 100%: Mrs. Jack Hackman, Sec. 7, $8 “The American Red Cross will remain on the job in Alaska until all families needing assistance have been helped,” Robert F. Shea, vice president for ARC dissatcr services, had announced. At least 4,000 people there will need Red Cross disaster rehabilitation aid, he stated after a personal survey. Red Cross assistance bridges the gap between what a family can do for itself, aqd what is needed to restore it to normal living. Each aid grant is extended on an individual basis and tailored specifically to each family's requirements. These gifts come directly from you, the people who support the American Red Cross in the local drives, he stressed. At least $2 million will be needed for disaster aid in Alaska alone. In Crescent City, Calif., JI staff members and volunteers from the local Red Cross chapter are conducting relief operations. They report 54 homes completely destroyed, and 100 with major damage. More than 40 of the families have applied for Red Cross aid. Many small businesses will also be helped. INDIANA WFATHF® Clearing and a little colder tonight. Thursday sunny, warmer In afternoon. Low tonight 24 to 32. High Thursday lower 50s. Sunset today 7:16 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:17 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Mostly fair and warmer but with increasing cloudiness and turning colder north in afternoon. Lows mid 30s north in midafternoon. Highs mid 50s north to mid 60s south. Herbert Fravel To Head Moose Lodge Herbert Fravel was elected governor of the local lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose, in an election conducted Tuesday evening. Fravel, of 334 S. Fifth St., was elected governor and Carl Baker was chosen as junior governor. Other officers elected were: Ronald Henkle, treasurer; Marion Heare, prelate; Charles Haney, trustee.

Berne Team Winner In County Contest The Berne high school team won the annual Adams county 4-H and FFA dairy judging contest, held at Berne Tuesday afternoon. The winning team, coached by Doyle Lehman, had high team score of 795 points, according to the report submitted by Ernest J. Lesiuk, county agricultural agent. Individual scores for Berne were: Phil Wulliman, 273 points; Charles Schaffter, 263; Eddie Yoder, 258; Stanley Von Gunten, 245. The team score is determined from the scores of the three high individuals, with the fourth member as an alternate. Adams Central, coached by Martin Watson, placed second with 773 points. Individual scores were: Max Beer, 269; Brian Schwartz, 253; Kenneth Pyle, 251; Ron Habegger, 220. Geneva, coached by Bill Kipfer, placed third with 669 points. Individual scores were: Ron Bollenbacher, 231; Mary Ann Duff, 230; Jim Bibersteirt, 208. Phil Wulliman, Berne, was top individual scorer with 273 points. Others in the top were: Max Beer, Adams Central, 269; Charles Schaffter, Berne, 263; Eddie Yoder, Berne, 259; Brian Schwartz, Adams Central, 253; Kenneth Pyle, Adams Central, 251; Stanley Von Gunten, Berne, 245; Ron Bollenbacher, Geneva, 231; Mary Ann Duff, Geneva, 230; Alan Bertsch. Berne, 230. The teams judged at the Fred Duff Jersery farm in Hartford township, and the Paul Liechty Holstein farm in Monroe township. Wayne Heffner, of Bryant, was the official judge who placed the cattle and graded oral reasons. The first and second place teanf A will represent Adams county at the Fort Wayne district contest at Fremont, April 25. Train Service To Continue On Erie Decatur will continue to have passenger train service after the train schedule change April 26, according to a telegram received here this ntornfng from G. C. Frank, public relations man for the Erie Lackawanna railroad in Cleveland, O. The telegram read, “In reference to your editorial March 30, happy to advise that present Erie Lackawanna" trains , will continue to stop In Decatur after the time schedule change April 26. Letter follows.” The railroad recently requested that the post office department completely terminate mail delivery here, on the grounds that the railroad loses money stopping in Decatur. But the only trains carrying mail are passenger trains, so this would imply a passenger train service cut here. It would also mean the end of the mail box service at the railroad on Winchester street, a late night drop box with pick-up by the eastbound night train, a valuv able service for those desiring late next-day service. The last , truck pick-up at the local post office is 7 p. m., and mail must be in before that time for next-oay service over the state. Passenger service increases have been noted in Decatur recently, with a great interest in special group rates to Chicago and New York. Many Decatur people prefer the comfort of riding on the train to driving in bigcity traffic. Democratic Women Plan Dinner Meeting The Adams county Democratic Women's club has planned a dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m./ Thursday, April 16, at the Palmer House in Berne. Tickets for the banquet are $1.50. For reservations, call Mrs. Frank Bohnke, 3-4175, before Tuesday evening, April 14.

Miss Bertha Busse Dies Tuesday Night Mjp» Berthi Busse, 80, for many years a resident of Adams county, died at 10 o’clock Tuesday night at her home on Decatur route 2, four miles west and one-half mile north of Decatur. She had been seriously ill for the past two months. She was born in Fort Wayne April 15, 1883, a daughter of Frederick and Louise RodenbeckBusse, and had never married. Miss Busse was a member of the St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Preble. Surviving are two brothers, the Rev. O. C. Busse and Enno Busse, both of Decatur route 2; a sister, Miss Louise Busse of Decatur route 2, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Fred Busse, of Decatur route 2, where she made her, home. Funeral, services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, and at 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Preble, with the Rev. Norman H. Kuck officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday until time of the services.

Indiana Democrats Will Spur Campaign

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—lndiana Democrats mapped a sharply intensified campaign in behalf of President Johnson in the May 5 presidential preference primary today in the light of the strong showing made in Wisconsin under similar circumstances by segregationist Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama. Governor Welsh, a favorite son stand-in candidate against Wallace in behalf of Johnson, and Democratic State Chairman J. Manfred Core withheld comment on the outcome of the Wisconsin voting for many hours until after a lengthy conference in Welsh's Statehouse office in mid-morning. Prepared statements each issued showed the fact Wallace received about 35 per cent of the total Democratic vote cast in Wisconsin had spurred the Hoosier party leaders to plan a much stronger campaign than they had intended. “We do not underestimate the challenger (of Wallace) and we intend to conduct a vigorous campaign in Indiana,” Welsh said. “We 'are now making plans for a vigorous campaign,” Core said. —— There was considerable interest in, Indiana in the Wisconsin balloting because the situations are similar — present Democratic governors of the home states running as stand-ins for Johnson against Wallace in his strong fight against the civil rights bill. Core said he was in Wisconsin two days last week and “found Wallace making substantial inroads.” “Therefore, the result? of yesterday’s teldction do ifet surprise me,” he said. “I was told by political strategists in Wisconsin that we in Indiana would have much more difficulty than they In Wisconsin. We are now making plans for a vigorous campaign.” Later, Core said the Wallace forces “have plenty of money and lots of shock troops.” He said he warned the Wisconsin regular Democrats two days ago “what was coming and they didn’t see it as we saw it.” “The Democrats of Indiana intend to see that all deelgates to our national convention support President Johnson,” Welsh said in a prepared statement after a long Statehouse conference with Democratic State Chairman J. Manfred Core. “I am confident they will support him,” Welsh added. “Wallace showed considerable strength in Wisconsin by obtaining one-third of the Democratic vote. We do not underestimate the challenge and we intend to conduct a vigorous campaign in Indiana. My job is to carry the LBJ banner in Indiana and I am proud to do it for the President.” Welsh’s reference to a “vigorous campaign” indicated he and Core decided to wage a much more intensive fight for votes than previously had been planned. The Indiana governor had planned to campaign for the presidential primary in behalf of Johnson, but the campaign had been expected to be more or less routine. However, Wallace apparently startled many of the politicians by the size of his Wisconsin vote. With less than 200 precincts of more than 3,500 still

Gemini Fired Out In Orbit

CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) — The United States rocketed an unmanned Gemini capsule into orbit today in a major step toward a space voyage by two astronauts aboard a similar craft within one year. An 11-story Titan-2, carrying the two-seater capsule on its nose, blasted into the sky at 11 a.m. EST to inaugurate the flight test phase of America’s second astronaut program, Project Gemini. Five minutes and 35 seconds later, the cone-shaped capsule with its burned-out second stage still attached, streaked into orbit above Bermuda at a speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour. , Within 20 minutes, officials said early tracking information indicated the Gemini capsule was in an orbit ranging from 100 miles to 190 miles above earth, and that it make one orbit every I*4 hours, an almost perfect orbit. “We’ve got an orbit," yelled

unreported, Wallace had piled up nearly 250,000 votes to more than 478,000 for Reynolds, who, like Welsh, was carrying the Johnson banner. Wallace entered both primaries in an effort to bolster his strong fight against the civil rights bill pending on Congress. Last week, Core described Wallace as a “racist” and deplored his entry into the Hoo- - sier primary. Wallace camp ai g ned vigorously in Wisconsin the past few weeks. He indicated he will come back to the Midwest soon to conduct his Indiana campaign. Observers believed Wallace’s strong showing In Wisconsin would intensify his campaign plans for Indiana.

Wallace Polls Surprise Vote

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI,) — Alabama’s bantam Gov. George C. Wallace today claimed a major victory in his fight against the civil rights bill on Northern battlegrounds by polling nearly 25 per cent of the total vote in Wisconsin’s presidential primary. Favorite son Gov. John Reynolds of Wisconsin, the, Democratic primary winner over Wallace by a 2-to-l margin, said Republican invaders and prejudiced Wisconsinites had swelled the vote for the Alabaman. But Wallace, who campaigns back home on the slogan “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever,” crowed over his surprising quarter-million vote total that more than doubled predictions of his opponents. Snapping his fingers and clicking his heels in his Schroeder Hotel suite Monday night, he said: “We won a victory and we know it. We won without winning. We have done more than any other group to break the centralized control of the government.” Chief Brave One Chomping a big cigar and sporting a ceremonial headdress after' being adopted into the consolidated Indian tribes of Wisconsin as “Chief Brave One,” Wallace told his cheering supporters: “Your governor said if I got 100,000 votes it would be a catastrophe. Well, I guess we’ve got two Catastrophies.” With almost complete returns in from Tuesday’s voting, the segregationist governor collected well more than 30 per cent of the Democratic vote and almost outpolled the Republican favorite son candidate, winner Rep. John Byrnes. With 3,372 of the state’s 3,553 precincts counted, the vote was: Reynolds 478,017 Wallace 246,985 Byrnes 283.554 Wisconsin’ss 44 Democratic delegate votes were safe for Johnson. Reynolds got all of them and is pledged to turn them over to the President at the Democratic National Convention. - s But Wallace hadn’t expected

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a jubiliant Walter C. Williams, the Gemini operations director who today watched his final flight as an official in the program. Also watching were the nation’s 29 astronauts, two of whom will be nominated within the next few weeks to ride a Gemini capsule on a three-orbit trip around earth late this year or early in 1965. “This is a beaut,” Williams said 11 minutes after the launch. Tracking stations around the globe homed in on the highflying craft. Scientists planned to track the Gemini ship for only a few hours. There were no plans to try to recover the craft from orbit. The roaring success eliminated one of two major roadblocks that stood in the way of the first mailed Gemini flight. Next up will be an attempt, expected in August, to send a similar capsule on a suborbital (up and down) flight across the Atlantic to test re-entry and recovery technique*. Local Lady's Sister Is Taken By Death Miss Wilhelmina Wiegman, 77, of 2010 East Pontiac street, Fort. Wayne, died at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton, where she had been a patient one month. Miss Wiegman, a native of Adams county, was a retired millinery store manager for a Chicago firm. She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran church and the Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of the church. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Martin Heckman of Deactur, and two nephews, Lester and Eugene Wiegman, both of Fort Wayne. Friends may call at the Tom Mungovan funeral home after 7 p.m. today. Service will be held Friday at a time to be announced. Burial will be in Greenlawn memorial gardens.

to win. He had hoped for a Wisconsin vote big enough to “shake the eye teeth of national leaders in both parties.” By his own estimation—and by the preelection predictions of his ' opponents —he got it. Next on Wallace’s march through the north is the Indiana primary May 5 in which he is matched against another Democratic governor committed to Johnson, Matthew Welsh. After that he takes on the Maryland primary. Wallace flew home to Montgomery, Ala., today. His aides said the governor was uncertain when and how he would open up his Hoosier campaign. ’ Reynolds and other leaders of the Wisconsin Democratic party had estimated Wallace would get only 10 per cent of the vote. And Reynolds had added that a substantial Wallace vote would mean Wisconsin would be “shamed in the eyes of the, nation.” Today, he said he was “satisfied with the results.” “The people of Wisconsin have vindicated themselves as far as human rights and the brotherhood of man 'are concerned,” he said. “I’m disappointed he (Wallace) got any votes at all, but we must realize we have prejudice in the North just as in the South.” Reynolds and other Democratic bigwigs pointed a finger at the “crossover” vote — a phenomenon! of Wisconsin primaries under which voters of one party can cross -over and vdte in the primary of the opposition. There was ample, evidence of a crossover vote despite pleas by Republican leaders on the eve of the election for GOP party followers to vote Republican and stay out of the Democratic hassle. The evidence was seen in the fact that Reynolds, who won by a margin of only 12,000 votes as governor in 1962, outpolled the popular Byrnes in every congressional district Wallace had more votes than Byrnes in two districts, the sth and 9th, two traditional Republican strongholds. Southern reaction was one of rejoicing.