Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 104.

Civil Rights Vote Foreseen By Next Week WASHINGTON (UPI) — Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen predicted today that the first vote on the civil rights bill would come by the middle of next week. He hinted it might at last break up the Senate’s lengthy debate for serious voting. Dirksen and Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey, Minn., also said they believed that their bipartisan jury trial amendment would not be upset by a late entry in forthcoming test. , They referred to a proposal offered Thursday night by Sen. John Sherman Cooper, R-Ky., that would grant jury trials in criminal contempt cases arising from the civil rights bill to everyone except state and local officials. In their case, the judge would grant jury trials at his discretion. The Kentucky senator’s amendment was designed to be part of the southern-backed proposal of Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, D-Ga., which would grant jury trial in all criminal contempt cases stemming from the rights bill. As a perfecting amendment, the Cooper proposal took precedence over the amendment sponsored by Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., and GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen, 111. Their amendment is a substitute for the Talmadge proposal. The bipartisan leadership compromise would provide jury trials in criminal contempt cases where the punishment was higher than a S3OO fine or 30 days in jail. Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial association will meet Motiday at 9:30 am. at the Zion United Church of Christ. Election of officers will be held. Joe Klarke, manager of radio Decatur WADM, will be present to discuss plans for a daily religious radio broadcast. The Rev. Huston Bever, Jr., pastor of the Church of-God, will lead in devotions.

Gov. Wallace In Fort Wayne

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace will head into the home stretch of his Indiana Democratic presidential primary campaign today, probably with his usual Prague of pickets and hecklers. He will journey to Fort Wayne and Muncie in his primary campaign against Governor Welsh who is running as a favorite son stand-in for President Johnson. Leaders of the National Association for the Advancemtnt of Colored People have announced that Negroes and other civil rights adherents at Fort Wayne will picket the Van Orman Hotel where the Alabaman is scheduled for a midafternoon news conference. —-Students at Ball State Teachers College at Muncie probably will beset Wallace with picketing and demonstrations when he addresses them later in the aft_._ernoon. He also is scheduled to address a group of newspaper editors tonight at Muncie. At a rally for his campaign workers Thursday night in Indianapolis. Wallace made a strong /pitch for Republican crossover votes in next Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Exfriain Crossover “We’ll take all the votes we can get,” he told about 300 enthusiastic campaign workers at the rally. Much of- the time was devoted to an outline of the procedures for Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary and many of those present indicated they were Republicans who planned to do just that. Walla-e told the group. “You tell everyone, even the ones who believe in integration, that they can vote for me.” Heckling Wallace has become a new springtime prank for Indiana collegians, recalling the eras of goldfish swallowing,, panty raids and telephone booth cramming. The new vogue reached its peak at Butler, Indiana and Notre Dame Universities when

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Castro Warns U. S. Halt Reconnaisance Flights On Cuba; Allow No Inspection

County Political Meetings May 9 INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Political party reorganization, which comes every two years after the primaries, will begin in Indiana with the election of precinct committeemen May 5. The winning committeemen and the vice committeemen they appoint will convene Saturday, May 9, for county reorganization meetings. The county chairmen and vice chairmen elected then will meet in district reorganization sessions the following week, the Republicans on Tuesday, May 12, and the Democrats on Wednesday, May 13. Republicans will reorganize the State Central Committee on Wednesday, May 13, and the Democrats on Saturday, May 16, both at Indianapolis. Outcome of the Various reorganization steps ultimately determines whether GOP State Chairman Robert N. Stewart of Columbus and Democratic State Chairman J. Manfred Core of Vincennes keep their jobs. Republicans have scheduled district reorganization meetings at Merrillville, Ist District; Winamac, 2nd; » South Bend, 3rd; Fort Wayne, 4th; Marion, sth; Crawfordsville, 6th; Bloomington, 7th; Huntingburg, Bth; Columbus, 9th; Rushville, 10th, and Indianapolis, 11th. Democrats have not yet announced sites for their district meetings.

Wallace appeared at campus gatherings. It was strangely absent when the segregationist governor spoke at Vincennes University in "the home town of Welsh. But Wallacf is imperturbable even when the collegians are about to break up his meeting with jeering, catcalling, derisive laughter and singing. He calmly awaits the inevitable cessation of the turmoil, occasionally giving voice to a wise crack or so or plaintively saying that he has lost his place in his speech. Fends Off Questions It is rather easy for him to fend off serious questions -or sophomoric queries in the usual questions-and - answers period. Sometimes, when the going gets a bit rough, he terminates the meeting. The Alabaman may return to Montgomery after a sojourn Saturday in Chicago to cut tapes for television and radio stations covering northwest Indiana. He may also spend part of the weekend here. No capable observer believes that Wallace will defeat Welsh in the primary next Tuesday in the face of onslaughts against the southerner from Democratic and GOP leaders, conservatives and liberals, labor and organized churches, and the standing of President Johnson. But this observer will predict unhesitantly that Wallace’s vote total will be rather high, perhaps even rivaling his count in the Wisconsin primary. There is an under-current of backing for the Alabaman from the th&isands of southerners who have moved to Indiana, from householders fearing deterioration of property values and from skilled arid unskilled 'workers worried about their jobs. A wag has said: “There’s nobody for Wallace but the people.” The remark is not absurd.

INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and chance of some drizzle tonight. Saturday partly cloudy and mild with scattered showers. Low tonight in the 40s. High Saturday in the 60s north. 67 to 76 south. Sunset today 7:39 p. m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and mild. Lows upper 40s. Highs upper 60s north to low 70s south. Buggy Theft Trial Is Set For May 19 The trial of Dennis Lee Scott, 20, for stealing an Amish buggy Apr. 24, was set for 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 19, by Judge Myles F. Parrish, who overruled a motion by the defense attorney, Hubert R. McClenahan, for more time. Judge Parrish ruled on the case at 2 p.m. Thursday, and called for a venire of jurymen, so that he would be prepared for a jury trial if both defendant and prosecution fail to waive jury trial. Caused Wreck Saturday Scott, through his attorney, entered a plea of ont guilty to the charge, which grew out of a serious accident which apparently happened when the horse and boggy got away from the person or persons who stole it, and ran into the path of a truck on highway 224. Both horse and buggy were destroyed, and the persons responsible left the scene of the accident, leaving those involved to ascertain that no one had been hurt or was wandering around dazed. Two ether youths have also been charged in the offense with the new charge, theft by obtaining and exerting unauthorized control, a statute which replaced the old grand larceny charge in 1963. Other Motions Denied Earlier Thursday Judge Parrish denied McClenahan’s motion to quash, and ordered Scott to enter a plea, after McClenahan asked for more time to confer with his client. Prosecuting atorney Severin H. Schurger then moved that trial be set for May 19, and McClenahan argued that he wouldn’t have time to prepare • the case by then, and asked that it be set for trial next September, following the vacation period this summer. Cites Authorities In ruling. Judge Parrish cited numerous cases of precedent, including the sixth amendment to the federal constitution and article I, section 12 of the Indiana constitution, which guarantees every defendent a trial “speedily and without delay.’’ In the State vs. Beckwith, Judge Parrish pointed out, a speedy trial free from capricious delay was mandated, and in Zerlout vs. Stdte, the state was made responsible for seeing that the trial was speedy, even if the defendant sat on his rights. In Smith vs. State, the supreme court pointed out that it was the trial judge’s duty to determine a fair time for setting the case. Judge Parrish then decided that 20 days was ample time in which to prepare the case, and that if the prosecutor could prepare his case, so could the defense attorney. Immediately after Judge Parrish completed reading his decision in open court, and before he had given final instructions to the court stenographer, McClenahan and his defendent stalked from the court room, after a purt thank you to the judge. Parrish Date Set Mervin L. Parrish, 20, of Monroe. also charged with theft by optaming and exerting unauthorized control, has also entered a plea of not guilty. * Judge Parrish has set his date for trial at 9 am., Tuesday, May 26. in the Adams circuit court. Parrish and Scott are both represented by local attorney McClenahan. Parrish has been released under SI,OOO bond.

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MIAMI (UPI) — Premier Fidel Castro told the United States today to stop reconnaissance flights . over Cuba and said he will “never” allow American on-site arms inspection in the island “until they allow us •to do the same in Florida.” Speaking afer a three - hour May Day parade featuring Soviet missiles and destruction of a float depicting Uncle Sam trying to take over Cuba, Castro said “If the U.S. forces us to fight, we shall fight, we shall fight.” * His speech was monitored here. Talking of the U.S. determination to continue U 2 reconnaissance flights over Cuba, Castro said: “They claim those flights are necessary for their security but we say that for our security it ,iis necessary that those flights do not continue.” Sugar Market WASHINGTON (UPI) — Like Alice in Wonderland, Fidel Castro’s Cuba is going to have to run harder just to stay in the same place economically over the next few years. And, because he badly needs all he can get for the Cuban economy this year, this may explain Castro’s attempt to manupulate the sensitive world sugar markets. The State Department The State Department charged Thursday that Cuba, one of die world’s leading sugar producers, has been trying to drive up world sugar prices by making mysterious purchases abroad and by leaking false information on its own sugar production. What probably lies behind it is the fact that Cuba is "now (in a crucial economic period. Its international financial position is somewhat imprdved. But the causes of the iidprovetnent are expected to reverse and bring major problems in years ahead. Markets Are Sensitive International sugar markets are so sensitive that a difference of a few hundred thousand tons in what traders think will be offered for sale can affect the price. Cuba startled trade circles recently by buying 20,000 tons of sugar in British and French markets for shipment to Bulgaria and Communist China. At the same time, Cuban officials have been claiming that recent heavy rains have hindered Cuban cane - cutting. They have cited low production figures for March indicating that this year’s Cuban sugar crop will be down. The implication was that Cuba is having so many production troubles that it must buy sugar from Europe to meet its export commitments to the Communist world. The State Department charged that this was all a fraud. It said U. S. records show no recent abnormal rains, and that Cuban production in March was higher than claimed. The U. S. estimate is that Cuban production this year will be about the same as .last year, around 3.8 million metric tons. A rapid rise m world sugar prices from cents a pound in 1962 to a peak of 12 cents in 1963 was a major windfall for Castro. It allowed him, by selling about the same amount of sugar on world markets, to increase his foreign exchange reserves from nearly zero to SIOO million. But prices have since been falling, and they are expected to decline to perhaps 4 cents in 1967. According to one informed estimate, Castro will have to double his production by 1967 to keep up his present earnings. In other words, he will have 1 to run faster to stay in the same place. 0 Doubling production would not be impossible for Cuba, which before Castro, did produce in ofte year 7 million tons. But it would take excellent management, and Cuba seems to lack that under the Communists.

Gov. Romney Is Threatened

LANSING, Mich. (UPI)—An unidentified man with a loaded revolver in a briefcase and a jackknife in his pocket was arrested by a state police bodyguard today when he tried to force his way into the office of Gov. George Romney. Romney was not injured. Romney was in his office at the time. He later said he doubted the man meant him any harm. The man first identified himself as a prominent Dade County (Fla.) Republican leader, then said he was an FBI agent, told troopers he was married to a wealthy woman with large land holdings in South America and that former Vice President Richard Nixon had arranged for him to see Romney. State Trooper Jay Kennedy, assigned to Romney’s office, grabbed the man just as he got one foot inside the office. Kennedy took him into the hallway and the man tried to break free. He was handcuffed. ~ Kennedy looked , inside the briefcase carried by the man. It contained a loaded .38 caliber, chrome-plated revolver ■with a five-inch barrel, a knife, a camera and various papers. The man told police he was “Charles P. English,” former head of the Dade County (Miami) Republican organization. He said he was a state senator elect from Dade County. Police TWO SECTIONS Annual Safely Check Opens Here Monday May is vehicle safety check month, and the annual safety check in Decatur will begin Monday according to an announcement this morning. The Decatur Jaycees will once again handle the safety check locally, with assistance from the city police, sheriff’s office and post office. Jack Ely, Jaycee project chairman, said this morning that the check will begin Monday, and r*m for 14 consecutive days, until the final day, Sunday, May 17. As in past years, the safety check here will be held on Mercer Ave. and at Fifth and Monroe streets. The check lanes will be open from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, for the two-week period, Ely explained. Police to Assist When possible, officers of the citv police department and sheriff’s department will aid the Javcees in the checking of vehicles. Police chief Grover Odle and sheriff Roger Singleton have expressed their desire to cooperate. if at all possible for them to have a man at the check lane, during the times that it is onen. Postmaster John Boch said that a couple of his employes have expressed a desire to assist in the check, and will work with the Javcees and law enforcement officers/ . ’ , No Tickets / Although there will be oolice ' officers at the check lanes most of the time, there will be no tickets written for any vehicle violations. / The Javcees will check for fn”U” mj'fflers. headlights and ♦ horn, brakes etc., and if n found fho driver Vms informed nf it in or-i-r that he may correct the defect.

checked his description and said it matched that of a man named “Potts,” who often used the alias of Charles P. English. They said “Potts” had a record of carrying a concealed weapon and parole violation. The man carried identification as Charles P. English. Identity cards in his wallet were from Miami, Fla., Mansfield, Ohio, Columbia, S.C., Ithaca, N.Y., and California. Romney, surrounded by eight law enforcement officers, later talked to “English” because “I want to find out what he wants.” Romney said the man was “incoherent.” “He said I (Romney) ought to get into the Oregon presidential primary and that Nixon ought to get into it too. He brought a gun along and maybe he wanted to draft me,” Romney laughed. “I guess that could be pretty persuasive. He was for Nixon and me to get together on the ticket. He didn’t say who would be number one and who would be number two.” Romney said the man told him Nixon made arrangements for him to see the governor. But no such arrangements were made. “As far as I know, I have never seen the man before, Romney said. “And from what I could gather, he meant no ill will toward me.” Dan Davis Speaker At Rotary Meeting Dan Davis, personnel manager at Central Soya Co. gave a classification talk to the Decatur Rotary club Thursday night at its weekly meeting at the Decatur Youth and Community Center in which he described the function of personnel work in today’s corporations. Jack McEwan introduced the speaker. Davis is a native of Indianapolis and a graduate of Northwestern University. After serving three years in the navy, he began his personnel work in 1955 at Huntington. He has also worked in Dayton and Indianapolis, where he was with Stewart-Warn-er company, before joining Central Soya Co. The speaker defined personnel work as “helping other managers get the best performance out of their people for a long period of time.” He explained that the “commodity idea” concerning labor in which an employer assumed be was simply buying a given number of hours of work has been largely abandoned. Employers now recognize that they are hiring the “whole man” and this means they, too, are interested in that man’s complex problems both on and off the job. The first assignment of a personnel man is to fit the individual to the job. He must look for and try to prevent any reasons which could cause a lack of cooperation or loyalty to the company. David said “most Americans feel best when they have done a good job.” He said greater emphasis is put on good employe relations in America than anywhere else in the world because here there is greater stress on the individual and his independence. Joe Klarke, a Rotarian from Bryan, Ohio, and the manager of Decatur’s new radio station, was introduced. • C Craig McEwan and Alan Kalver were student guests. President George Auer announced that the club is participating in the joint meeting May II to honor the industries in Decatur’s Industrial Park.

Says Wallace Seeks To Destroy America

Gov. Wallace is a Benedict Arnold who wants to destroy America and create an Alabama-type police state where patrolmen walk into a church and tape-re-cord the sermon to “clear” it with the dictatorial little presidential candidate, Roy Whitten, executive secretary of the Indiana highway department, told more than 100 Democrats at the American Legion home Thursday night. Hobbs Speaks Max Hobbs, native of Adams county, Fort Wayne attorney, and candidate for congress, pointed out how proud he was to be a Democrat today, and how proud he was of what the Democratic leaders are doing for America. He. promised that if nominated he will give the incumbent "donothing” Republican the hardest battle he has had in his 14 years. Dr. Harry H. Hebble, Democratic county chairman, introduced Hobbs and Whitten, and following the short speeches he passed out literature, posters, and badges for the precinct people. Compares Parties Whitten reviewed the recent history of the Democratic party, pointing out “how proud we can be of our governors this century —Schricker, Welsh, Townsend, McNutt, Ralston and Marshall.” He then compared these -men with Handley, Craig, whose official family were imprisoned for various deeds; Warren McCray, who served a term; Ed Jackson, who pleaded the statute of limitation to avoid prison, Emmet F, Branch, who was intoxicated most of the nine months he served as governor during prohibition, the Ku Klux Klan Republican governors of the 1920’5, etc. “In the mid-1950’s the Democratic party in Indiana had been left prostrate by eight years of no office-holders on the state level. Then the election of Sen. R. Vance Hartke rejuvenated interest, and in 1960 the Democrats nominated a man who could be elected, Gov. Welsh. In 1962, the election of Birch Bayh to the U. S. Senate gave us two working senators for the first time in decades.” Mtrw Listed Whitten reviewed the reforms of the Welsh administration, the auto pool that saves the state $4 million a year; more roads resurfaced in one year than ever before; mental health improvements, purchasing reforms, and many others. But elections are won in the precincts, not on the state level, Whitten warned, and every precinct committeeman must see that his area is polled, all eligible registered, and then voted' on election day. Nothing can substitute for good organization, he added. Eyes on Indiana Hie eyes of the U. S. will be on Indiana next Tuesday, he stressed. Walter Cronkite and a crew of 75 will cover for CBS; every network is sending in huge crews to study the Indiana results. “If we Indiana Democrats are going to support President Lyndon B. Johnson, and carry on in the memory of the martyred president John F. Kennedy, we must vote Tuesday, and not let our president down,” he continued. All Churches Oppose Every religious person — Protestant, Catholic and Jew — realizes that Gov. Wallace is a pious

New Twin Rockets Unveiled By Russia

MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union unveiled new mobile “twin rockets” today in a warand - peace display in Red Square opening its annual May .Day celebrations. Western observers believed the rockets were new ground-to-air missiles, variations of the missiles Premier Nikita S. ■Khrushchev ohce said could “hit a fly in the sky.” The official Soviet news agency Tass called the new missiles “a new formidable weapon .. ~ the core of the fire power of the Soviet armed forces.” The celebrations traditionally are dedicated to Communist unity, but this year they pointed up the deepening split between the Soviet Union and Red China, the two giants of the Communist world. Despite a Chinese charge that the Russians withdrew its invitation to Peking to attend the celebrations, Chinese Ambassador Pan Tsu Li showed up among the foreign diplomatic guests. For the first time in years, however, a regular May Day delegation from Red China was

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fraud, denounced by his own religious leader, Bishop Raines, of the Methodist church, and by every responsible leader in other religions, for his duplicity and lies concerning his stand. Wallace has furthered Communism in the United States far more than Khrushchev by setting class against class, race against race, and by preaching violence against the United States. Patriots Back America Whitten told how proud he was to serve America in two wars, five years in World War II and 3M more in the Korean War, and pointed out that he was defending the United States then, not just Indiana; one Indiana division cannot stand against communist pressure from Russia to the east, and Red China to the west; but as a united nation, can. “In fact,” he pointed out, “we learned from 1776 to 1788, when we adopted our constitution, how futile it was to try to operate under a confederation; we formed a nation then, a federal government, we outlined our incu -d ual rights, defended them in the Civil War, and should stand fast for them today. “I still get a kick out of seeing the American flag fly,” Whitten stated, “and it "made me sick to see the Alabama flag and Confederate flag flown higher than the U. S. flag, Old Glory, over the Alabama capitol last summer.” , Even Whites Persecuted Whitten told how a former Alabama Young Democrat president had been driven out of the state when, after originally supporting Wallace he had broken with him during the Montgomery riots last summer. He was hounded by the state police in that Stalin-like state until he and his family had to leave. And they were white people, not colored. • Royal Stauffer, administrative assistant to highway district engineer Cal Webber, was introduced by Whitten, and the former FBI agent told of his experiences with Wallace. Stauffer attended, three of Wai- . lace’s appearances in Indiana, - and told just how clever he was, l how hard he was underneath his . soft soap 'exterior, and how he was losing out as more and more I people read the civil rights biH, [ and understand the lies Wallace tells. : Rejects Request To » Halt Free Service ! INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The 1 Indiana Public Service Commission today turned thumbs down ■ on a request from General Telephone Co. to eliminate free service between its Poe and Hoagland exchange and those of Ci- ’ tizens Telephone Co. at Preble and Toscin. General had asked that when it converts Poe-Hoagland to automatic dial service it be allowed to charge tolls. But the PSC said that free service must continue. I 80-Year-Old Man Dies In Apartment Fire FORTVILLE, Ind. (UPI) — George W. Young, 80, was killed early today by a $25,000 • fire which swept an apartment ■ building in which he lived with ; his son.

conspicuously absent from Red Square. (The New China News agency said there was no Soviet delegation at the May Day celebrations in Peking.) The military parade and other festivities in the square lasted four hours. Khrushchev and visiting Algerian President Ahmed . Ben Bella led the dignitaries standing atop Lenin’s mausoleum as the parade rolled past in the square. Thousands of Russians turned the square into a sea of red flags. Wearing a natty suit, a hornburg and a spring coat in the 70 degree weather, Khrushchev smiled and waved to the colorful mass of humanity, estimated at half a million strong, which surged, shuffled and danced through the square. As is the May Day custom, the premier did not speak. The roll - past of rockets, mobile cannons and troops carriers was followed by a mass demonstration of physical culture specialists and a parade of thousands of Muscovites carrying flags and placards.