Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1964 — Page 8

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National Library Week Is Observed

The Decatur public library, along with libraries in Berner Geneva and throughout the nation, are being featured this week—which is national library week. “Reading — the Key to New Worlds” is the national library ! week theme, and people are urged and invited this week —and. of course, every week—to visit their library. A visit will prove fascinating, entertaining, and educational. Miss Bertha C. Heller, the wellknown librarian of the local library, extends an invitation to residents of Decatur and the area to attend the library during this week of observance. Miss Heller explained that the Decatur library is planning no special observance, since the annual—and quite popular—Egg tree project was just recently completed. Hundreds of persons were attracted to the local library during the time the tree was up, including a number of school classes. 31,000 Books Persons visiting the Decatur public library will not want for reading material, as the Ibirary now has a stock of nearly 31,000 books. The stock totaled 30.708 at the end of last year, according to Miss Heller, and some new books have been added since that time. A number of new books are due to go on the shelf sometime this week. Miss Heller said, and the names of some of them will be published in the Daily Democrat. Large Circulation Circulation grows each year at the Decatur library. In 1963, circulation amounted to 89,945, which was an increase of 10.799 over just the previous year. “This is pretty good,” explains Miss Heller. Registration at the end of March, or the number of persons owning library cards, amounted to another large figure, 4,553. Os those four and one-half thousand persons. 1,163, reside outside of the city, in the rural areas. Juveniles owning library cards outnumber the adults some, but not by a large margin. Abo Offer Filins The public library in Decatur offers not only books, newspapers, ’ etc., but also films, which have a “very good” circulation, according to the librarian. The local library receives about 18 new films each month, which may be checked out like a book. With many persons now owning home movie screens, the films have proven quite popular. The films are distributed bv the state library and Decatur is on a “film circuit” with such cities as Berne, Bluffton, Kendallville, and others in the state. Each month, the films used by the Berne library the previous month, come to Decatur for use for the month. The Decatur films move on to the Bluffton library, whose films move to the Kendallville library, and so on through the

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circuit. Select Films The librarians op the circuit • meet each year to select new films to travel through their circuit, and each library will receive more than 200 films during the year for circulation. The local library pays an annual fee to the state library for the use of the films, which the state library distributes. New Fees At the present time> the Decatur public library, along with those in Berne and Geneva, service everyone in Adams county, free of charge. This may change at the end of 1964, however. Beginning January 1 of 1965, only people residing in the townships that carry a library tax will be eligible for the “no-charge” library service. The only townships now carrying a tax rate to support the three libraries in Adams county are Washington, Monroe, French and Wabash. Z Th? township trustees have been meeting with the library board, and must decide whether or not they will carry a tax rate to support the libraries. Persons living in townships that do not, will i have to pay a set fee each year for service at the libraries. I School Boycott At : Gary Slated Friday GARY, Ind. (UPD—A “Freedom Day” rally featuring two nationally-known civil rights leaders tonight will serve as a kickoff for a Gary school boycott Friday which sponsors believe will be observed by 18,000 pupils. Comedian Dick Gregory and the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Birmingham, Ala., integrationist, will speak at the rally, which spokesmen for the Civil Rights Coordinating Committee said w’as planned “to further inform the public of the reasons for Gary’s school boycott.” The school boycott was planned weekfe ago as a protest of “de facto segregation” the committee feels exists in Gary schools. Spokesmen said they believe about 18,000 of the 46,000 students in Gary public schools will participate in the boycott by staying away from classes. ; Os the 46,000, about 25,000 are ; Negro. F. Laurence Anderson, Jr., ! chairman of the “Freedom i Day” project, said most of. the ; children participating would be Negro but he hoped “many white students” would join the demonstration. ; The committee said the boy- ; cott was called “to focus atten- ; tion on cancerous conditions , existing in our community.” “We hope to arouse apathetic ; citizens to greater concern for

Political Interest On Illinois Primary CHICAGO (UPD—An expected two million voters go to the polls today in the year’s third presidential primary election with Sen. Barry M. Goldwater considered an odds-on favorite to pull dorwn his first primary victory. The weatherman promised mild temperatures from Chicago to Cairo and the possibility of scattered light showers in the northern half of the state during the afternoon. Goldwater pitted his Midwest strength against Maine’s woman senator, Margaret Chase Smith, in the Republican presidential race. Boosters of the Arizona senator claim Illinois is "Goldwater country” and predict he will be an easy winner. But political observers kept a keen eye on Mrs. Smith’s vote total and considered it a barometer of Goldwater’s popularity. Also watched closely was the possibility of write-in votes for other candidates. Former Vice President Ricrard M. Nixon personally called off a statewide write-in campaign on his behalf and backers of Henry Cabot Lodge stopped their drive for write-in votes almost as soon as they started it. There was talk of a write-in campaign for Alabama Gov. George A Wallace — who walked off with 25 per cent of the total vote in last week’s Wisconsin primary—but no organization was behind a Wallace drive. the type of education some of our children receive,” a statement said. “We wish to emphasize that the school board has the responsibility to take constructive action to end segregation and we hope to urge them to take that action.” Sponsors said in a three-page letter mailed to Gary residents they “have no illusions that in and of itself a successful boycott will end de facto segregation.” But they said the boycott would “bring a great deal of public attention to' bear on the subject of school integration” and “impress upon the powerful and influential leaders of our community the seriousness of our demands.”

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RUSSIA (Continued from Page One) understanding. According to the agency, a Japanese journalist in Moscow may have started the death rumor when he asked the Tass news office why the text of Khrushchev’s speech at the Kremlin reception had been broken off. "Apparently he misunderstood the explanation given in Russian,” DPA said. The Japanese correspondent was said to have been told the wire was dead and was understood to have misinterpreted this to mean that Khrushchev was dead. New York Acts To Bar Traffic Snarl NEW YORK (UPD—The city has made it illegal to run out of gas on expressways, bridges and tunnels in a move to counter a plan by a brebellious branch of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to paralyze traffic here the day the World’s Fair opens. The new traffic ordinance, which goes into effect Wednesday, would make each motorist participating in CORE’S planned “stall-in” liable to a fine of SSO for the first offense and more for repeat violations. Traffic Commissioner Henry A. Barnes announced the ordinance Monday. The Brooklyn CORE branch previously made known its intention to hamstring traffic on all major arteries leading to the fair on opening day, April 22, in an attempt to dramatize its grievances involving racial bias in schools, housing, employment and law enforcement. The national CORE organization disavowed the plan and suspended the Brooklyn group. Raymond Roth Dies Enroute To Hospital Raymond Roth, 64, of Geneva, retired farmer, died Monday in an ambulance enroute to the Jay county hospital at Portland. Surviving are his wife, Rose, and a brother, Clarence Roth of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva, and at 2 p. m. in the Evangelical Mennonite church, west of Berne. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Race Trouble Spots Across United States By United Press International There were racial trouble spots in all major geographical regions of the United States today—from New York across to California, from Ohio down to Mississippi. The hottest point apparently was Cleveland, where the city’s 300,000 Negroes have been called upon to boycott two downtown department stores and the Cleveland Press newspaper. Cleveland’s 75,000 Negro children were asked to boycott schools next Monday. The boycotts are designed to dramatize a Negro campaign for “integrated education.” More than 650 demonstrators marched through Cleveland during the rush hour Monday without incident. In San Francisco, a human relations committee failed to negotiate an agreement to end sit-in demonstratitns at the city’s automobile agencies. There were mass weekend arrests of demonstrators demanding that the agencies hire from 16 to 30 per cent of their new employes from minority groups. The agencies refuse to commit themselves to “unskilled workmen.” New York City officials Monday announced new traffic regulations aimed at halting a proposed plan by a civil rights group to tie up traffic on roads leading to the World’s Fair next week. The Brooklyn chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) said its members would deliberately run out of gasoline while driving on the roads — creating traffic jams. The new regulations would make such incidents traffic violations punishable by up to SSO fines. Negroes at Hattiesburg, Miss, asked a federal court Monday to prohibit the enforcement of a new Mississippi law against picketing at public buildings. Police have arrested 37 persons for violating the law during a voter registration drive in Hattiesburg. Another federal court Monday issued an injunction knocking down racial barriers at airport, bus and railroad terminals in Jackson, Miss. Elsewhere: Syracuse, N.Y.: A group of Syracuse University professors reported Monday a study indicated the city is discriminating agamst Negro workers. Mobile, Ala.: Federal Judge Daniel Thomas Monday ordered Choctaw County voting registrars to stop depriving Negroes of their right to vote. Princess Skimmer Pfjnted Pattern KiX&ijE I*» I* I' KbHHf « i < > If W Ju I f I I H I fB I * I 9407 \ I SIZES 10—18 VW’ In/ LITHE LINES and lively pleats make this figure-skimming princess the very form of flattery. Simulated slot seaming is easy, smart. ’ Printed Pattern 9407: Misses’ Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16,* 18. Size 16 requires 3% yards 35-inch fabric. FIFTY CENTS in coins for this pattern—add 15 cents for each .pattern for first-class mailing and special handling. Send to Marian Martin, Decatur Daily Democrat Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly Name, Address with Zone, Size and Style Number. YOUR FREE PATTERN IS READY —choose it from 250 design ideas in new SPRING-SUM-MER Pattern Catalog, just out! Dresses, sportswear, coats, more! Send 50c now.

Astronaut Shepard Is Out Os Action HOUSTON (UPD — Alan B. Shepard Jr., wobbly from the same- inner ear inflammation that forced his former comrade John Glenn Jr. to quit politics; has been grounded temporarily. A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) doctor revealed Monday that Shepard, like Glenn, is suffering from labyrinthitis, an inflammation that affects the center of balance and causes dizziness. The doctor, astronaut physician Charles Berry, hastened to point out that the inflammation was not caused by the two astronauts’ space travels. Glenn’s trouble started when he slipped and struck his head, causing a concussion. Shepard's problem, Berry said, stemmed from an infection that spread into the inner left ear. He said Shepard had had the trouble for a few months, causing “some hearing loss, some episodes where he has vertigo (dizziness) and. . .ringing or tinniness in the ear.” He is responding to treatment. Glenn’s inflammation is more serious. He is bothered to the extent of nausea if he has to move his head quickly or stand for a long time. He is convalescing at his home near the Manned Spacecraft Center southeast of Houston. The first man to orbit the earth in an American space capsule more than two years ago, Glenn had to give up his plan to run for Democratic senator from his native Ohio because of the injury. He quit the space program and had planned to retire from the Marine Corps to campaign actively. Shepard’s condition came to light when NASA officials announced the makeup of the Gemini two-man spacecraft team that is due to .make a multi-orbit flight in space late this year. Shepard had been considered a prime candidate for either the job of pilot or backup pilot. He made this country’s first trip into space in a sub-orbital flight during Project Mercury. But when Shepard was passed for the Gemini flights, it was brought out that he was troubled with the ear inflammation.

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Top Acting Awards Made By Filmdom

SANTA MONICA. Calif. (UPD — Sidney Poitier, who struggled from the poverty of a Caribbean tomato farm, modestly accepted his achievement today as the first Negro to win filmdom’s top acting award. The 40-year-old Poitier won the Oscar Monday night for his performance of a footloose handyman who helps a group of nuns build a church in “Lilies of the Field.” “I'm glad I won it for my kids,” Poitier said. “I will put the Oscar wherever they want it.” Patricia Neal, 38, won the best actress award at the 36th annual Academy Awards presentations for her performance as a ragged housekeeper in “Hud.” “Tom Jones” was voted best picture of 1963 and its director. Tony Richardson, was honored as best director. ■ ■ ■ ■ Electrifies Audience But it was Poitier's choice of best actor that electrified the celebrity-studded crowd of 2.700 at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Monday night. He walked to the stage to receive his Oscar from Anne Bancroft, last year’s best actress, to an emotional ovation. In accepting the award the tall, lithe Negro said: “Because it is a long journey to this moment I am naturally indebted to countless numbers of people, principally among them were Ralph Nelson (who directed the picture). . .and members of the Academy. A very special thank ; you.” Miss Neal, who is married to ! English short story writer. Raul Dahl and expecting a baby, re- , mained in her home in England. Her award was accepted . by actress Annabella. Melvyn Douglas, who departt ed Hollywood in disgust a doz- : en years ago to concentrate on Broadway, won the best supl porting actor award for his performance of a defeated old cattle rancher in “Hud.” Portrays Doughty Duchess 1 Margaret Rutherford, the 72-year-old grand dame of English ; theater, was voted the best sup- , porting actress award for her > comic portrayal of a doughty ■ duchess in “The VIPs” which co-starred Elizabeth * Taylor

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and Richard Burton. Both Miss Rutherford and Douglas, 63, were absent from the awards. Poitier, who was born in Florida, but who was raised on a tomato farm in Nassau, was unable to attend school until he was 11 years old. Two years later he was forced to help support his family. When he was 16 he moved to New York City and a series of odd jobs, including ditch digger, store clerk, pin-boy in tj.4fowling alley and longshoreman. He finally joined the American Negro Theatre and worked as a janitor in exchange for acting lessons. He advanced to small roles and moved on to stage parts in "Lysistrata,” "Freight” and “Anna Lucasta.” Film Debut In 1949 he made his film debut in “No Way Out,” later starring in “Blackboard Jungle,” “The Defiant Ones," “Porgy and Bess” and “A Raiin in the Sun.” He was nominated for an Academy Award in “The Defiant Ones” in 1959, losing to Charlton (Ben-Hur) Heston. Poitier, who makes his home in New York City, said he was proud his role as Homer Smith in the inexpensive “Lilies o f the Field” ($450,000) gave him an opportunity to play an individual instead of “a Negro in trouble.” — The late Hattie McDaniel was the only other Negro in movie history to win an acting dscar. She won the best supporting actress award for her role in “Gone With The Wind in 1939. 1 “Cleopatra,” rhe most expensive movie ever filmed (S4O million), failed to wih a majpr award but came away with four Oscars.. “Tom Jones” captured Oscars for best screenplay and best musical score in addition to best picture and direction. I Pushbroom Handle i To prevent the handle of a push- ■ broom from working loose and cracking off the wooden threads, ' place an ordinary hcise washer on i the threaded end before screwing it into the head.