Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 112.

Over 2,000 Persons Attend Open House

More than 2,000 people, many of them from outside of the county, took advantage of the Sunday open house for three Decatur industries located in the Decatur Industrial Park, Herb Banning, chairman of the appreciation committee announced this morning. Police chief Grover Odle directed traffic for four hours as the number of people exceeded the wildest expectations of the industries, showing the real appreciation that local and area people have for their fine factories, and their contribution to full employment and good business in the Decatur area. Dinner This Evening The industries will be honored this evening by a dinner sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, Decatur Lions Club, Rotary club of Decatur, and Decatur Jaycees. Herman H. Krueckeberg, executive vice president of the First State Bank of Decatur, will be master' of ceremonies for the dinner, and Robert H. Heller, former Chamber president, will give expression to the community’s appreciation to the industrial park industries. Representing the three companies in reply will be Noah R. Steury, president ot Decatur Industries, Inc.; Hubert F. Gilpin, president of Gilpin Ornamental Iron; and Victor B. Porter, president of Duo, Inc. Organized Tours — Organized tours of all three plants were the feature of the open house. Most of the spectators were amazed at the tremendous scope of the three factories. At Gilpin’s, they saw how all Only 27 Reactors Os 2,009 Tested Only 27 of 2,009 students who recently received the tine test were reactors, according to Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association, in making her report of the tuberculin testing in the public and parochial schools of Adams county. The tine test was administered to the students, as it is considered superior to the natch test which was used in previous years. In all, 2.009 students in grades one. seven, and freshman and senior classes, and 27 adults received the test. Os that total, only 27 were reactors. All reactors were x-rayed un-fc der the supervision of their family doctors. Mrs. Brown said. She explained that a reaction to the test indicates that at sometime, the person reacting has been in contact with an active case of tuberculosis. The tests were administered bv the school nurses of their respective corporations, including Mrs. Gail M. Grabill, R.N.. of the North Adams schools; Mrs. Linda Honaker, of the Adams Central schools; and Mrs. Herman Bixler R.N., of the South Adams schools. The testing program is one of the projects of the Adams county tuberculosis association, and is financed through the sale of Christmas seals.

Judge Orders Halt To Railway Strikes

WASHINGTON (UPD—A federal judge today ordered a halt to wildcat strikes by railroad firemen and warned he would hold union leaders in contempt of court if they led or encouraged such walkouts. U.S. District Judge Alexander Holtzoff, acting at the request of the nation’s railroads to quell a series of work stoppages across the country, issued a permanent injunction to prevent strikes by members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen (BLFE>. Holtzoff said union members who fail to report to work without a lawful excuse may be fired or considered to have resigned their jobs. ■Die federal judge declared that the courts could not tolerate defiance of an arbitration award dealing with cutbacks in firemen’s jobs. He said the award, handed down under an act of Congress, was now the law’ of the land. "Leaders of the BLFE have declared the walkouts against more than a half dozen railroads were unauthorized but were triggered by "extreme

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of the automatic machinery wasg made right here in Decatur ti g give this city one of the four as-i sembly-line factories for irong goods. Decatur Industries had a num-g ber of workers and supervisors E present to assist in the fine technical operation that? sees small pieces of walnut glued* in one minute into a piece so* strong that the wood breaks be-; fore the glue gives; that sees re-z pairs made that the untrained eye never perceives; and an assembly line that provides hundreds of handlings in a minimum of time. The fabulous boat factory show-, ed how glass fiber is moulded into strong hulls, and worked into finished boats. Trucking on nearly a dozen trucks, each holding ten boats, takes Duo, Inc., products into every state and Canada. Some of the new aluminum boats were also shown. Study Clues In Mysterious Airliner Crash SAN FRANCISCO (UFl* — The recorded screams of a dying man, a powerful revolver containing two empty cartridges and the strange conduct of a former Olympic athlete from the Philippines were the prime clues today in the mysterious crash of an airliner which killed all 44 persons aboard. — The screams were recorded at the Oakland Airport Thursday morning as ground personnel were relaying landing instructions to the Pacific Air Lines F 27 turbo-jet as it neared the end of a flight from Reno, Nev., to San Francisco. After a brief exchange of routine messages, the voice of either the pilot or co-pilot of the ill-fated plane was heard to cry out: “I’m shot. I’m shot. Oh my God, help.” Just seconds later, the plane lunged into a hill 30 miles east of San Francisco and exploded, scattering bits of the plane and its victims over a. quarter-mile area. ' *. Find Revolver The .375 magnum revolver, believed to have been used in the shooting of both the pilot and the co-pilot, was found as authorities began the grim task of. sorting the debris. On Saturday, the weapon was traced to Frank Gonzalez, 27, a former Olympic athlete from the Philippines and one of the 44 persons killed in the crash. Investigators said Gonzalez, who had taken out insurance for at least $45,000, had bought the pistol Wednesday—shortly before leaving on the roundtrip flight to Reno. They emphasized that while ownership of the gun has been established, Gonzalez has not been accused of firing the shots.

interpretations of the arbitration award. A spokesman for H. E. Gilbert, president of the firemen, said after today's ruling: “we hope all the firemen stay on the job until we get this thing settled. We hoped the carriers, ■will refrain from extreme applcation of the award, too.” J.E. Wolfe, chief spokesman for the railroads, said he hoped Holtzoff's ruling would end the walkouts. Wolfe added: “The court’s verbal statement made clear that employes who fail to obey the award will be considered as having resigned or are subject to discharge. __ "We devoutly hope there will be complete acceptance of the award and that the railroads will not have to take drastic action that the court indicated is an available , remedy.", ’ The arbitration decision, which took effect Thursday, led to immediate dismissal of more than 3,000 firemen with less than two years’ service. It could eventually eliminate 33,000 firemen’s jobs.

Busy Session Held Today By Commissioners Hie county commissioners put in a busy morning session before adjourning at noon for lunch, and planned another session this afternoon. A federal aid agreement, signifying 50% federal aid on the construction of the new bridge on the Winchester road half a mile west of highway 27, was signed today, indicated that the new bridge will be completed about next Thanksgiving. Bids for the bridge will be let in June, and it will then be about 10 days before construction can start, and it will take at least four months county engineer Walter Gilliom estimated. The only remaining item to get squared away is an engineer, whose application was to have been presented today, but which had not arrived. A SI,OOO bond for Mrs. Margaret Beal, Adams county memorial hospital bookkeeper, was approved by the commissioners. Traffic Counter County engineer Gilliom and '•highway superintendent LawrV ence Nbll asked the commisioners to consider again the purchase, for about SSOO. of a device that would measure the traffic over county roads. The traffic count is needed for applications for federal aid. and to design properly the bridges, approaches, and curves in the roads, as well as to verify observations as to which arer the most heavily traveled. The men testified that Steuben, DeKalb, and Tippecanoe counties already are using them. The commissioners took the matter under advisement after a thorough discussion. May Attend Meeting Reservations for the area road school at Albion Thursday and Friday were discussed with the general concensus being that if it rained, the commissioners would go, if not, probably only one commissioner and the representatives of the highway department. The meeting May 18 of the Indiana Counties, Inc., at Bluffton was also discussed, but no one seemed too intrested in attending. Tax Rebates • Auditor Edward F. Jaberg pointed out the board’s legal duties concerning tax rebates. Two men, one a Decatur merchant, the other a St. Mary’s township farmer, claim that they have overpaid their taxes due to faulty assessments for the past year. The former was charged for his complete inventory, rather than one-third; the latter was taxed for land in the classified forest program. The law provides that if the commissioners find the claims to be true, they can grant a rebate for one year, and the state board can grant it for two additional years, after proper review. The commissioners decided that they would ask the county assessor to verify the claims made by the two men before acting on the claim. The commissioners also made a matter of record a letter from the Marathon Gas Co., raising the price of gasoline for the county highway department to 17.9 cents a gallon, including the sixcent state gas tax. New Awning John Kohne was asked to construct aluminum awnings over the entrances to the women’s rest room and welfare offfice on the north side of the courthouse, to protect the doors from water damage. A new door will have to be built at the welfare office where the jamb and door have rotted and warped. The two awn ings will cost $129.75, and are 56 and 60 inches wide, respectively. 45 inches broad from the building out, and have a drop of 23 inches. They will be bolted to the brick building The awnings will save the doors from weathering due to rain, snow, etc., the commissioners stated. Mrs. Minnie Rogers Rites Held Sunday Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Van Wert for Mrs. Minnie Rogers, 77, of that city, who died at.6:30 a.m. Friday following a six-week illness. Mrs. Rogers was the mother of Mrs. Mildred L. Geisler, of 304 Stratton Way, Decatur. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward O'Day, she was born May 4, 1887 in Union township Van Wert county. O. She was married to Roy Rogers Jan. 12, 1907. She was an employe of the Van Wert Manufacturing Co. until her retirement in 1953. In addition to Mrs. Geisler, four other daughters. four sons, . four sisters. 16 grandchildren, and 16 great-grand-children survive. Burial was in the Mohr cemetery near Van Wert.

Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Monday, May 11,1964.

71 Persons Are Killed In Crash Os U. S. Military Transport In Philippines

ysjl Roy L. Price

CHAIRMEN REELECTED— AII officers of the Adams county Democratic and Republican central committees were reelected at the biennial party reorganization meetings held in Decatur Saturday. The parties are led by Dr. Harry Hebble, Democrat, and Roy L. Price, Republican.

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Parlies Reelect Hebble And Price All officers of both political parties in Adams county were reelected. in the biennial reorganization meetings of the Democratic and Republican central committees Saturday afternoon. Dr. Harry Hebble, Decatur optometrist, was reelected for his sixth term at a meeting of the Democratic central committee. Dr. Hebble was first named county chairman in 1952, succeeding G. W. Vizard after the latter’s resignation. Other officers reelected by the Democrats are Mrs. Elmer C. Beer, of Berne, vice chairman; Mrs. Austin Merriman, of Blue Creek township, secretary; and 0.. W. P. Macklin, Decatur, treasurer. Roy L, Price, -well known farmer of southeast of Decatur, was reelected chairman at the Republican committee meeting. Price is serving his first term, having been named to succeed True Andrews when the latter was forced to resign because of ill health. Other Republican officers, all reelected, are Mrs. Eleanor Snyder, Geneva, vice chairman; Kenyon Sprunger, Berne, secretary, and Mrs. LaVelle Death, Decatur, treasurer. The chairman and vice chairman of both parties will attend district meetings this week when fourth district officers will be chosen. County Council To Meet Here May 25 The county commissioners called the county, council into session for Monday, May 25, and approved the following requests for- transfers from the general fund: $3,000 for patients in Irene Byron tuberculosis sanitarium. S2OO for emergency help, courthouse janitor, to cover vacation period, special cleaning of the basement and courthouse yard after construction of the elevator. $2,000 for the engineer working on the reconstruction of the township plat books. SIOO for a calculator: the r.est of the funds will come from the assessor’s budget (s3oo* for calculator rental, and auditor's budget (ssoo* for copying machine — the latter could not be agreed to by the various courthouse offices, so was not purchased. After the council approves or disapproves the request, they will ■ be published, in legal form. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy, scattered showers likely tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight and not much temperature change Tuesday. Low tonight 54 to 63. High Tuesday in the 70s. Sunset today 7:49 p.m. Sunrise Tues-

Dr. Harry Hebble

Local Lady's Mother Dies Early Sunday Mrs. Ethel L. Thomas, 81, of 311 South Bennett street, Bluffton, mother of Mrs. Maynard Hetrick of this city, died at 3:55 a m. Sunday at the Wells county hospital, following an illness of six months. Born in Wells county, a daughter of William Henry and Rebecca Kunkel-Masterson, she was a lifelong resident of Wells county. She was married Feb. 7, 1900, to Ralph C. Thomas. Her husband, who served for many years as postmaster at Bluffton, preceded her in death July 24, 1947. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the First Presyterian church at Bluffton. Surviving are one son, Howard Thomas of Bluffton: five daughters, Mrs. Russell Rippe of Madisqn, Wis., Mrs. Maynard Hetrick of Decatur, Mrs. Roy Speheger of Bluffton, Mrs. Charles Clowser of Colton, Calif., and Mrs. Donald Martin of Bridgeport, Conn.; 11 grandchildren; 24 great-grand-children, and one great-great-grandchild. She was the last surviving member of a family of seven. , Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, with the Rev. Henry Churchill officiating. Burial will be in the E1 m Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. Investigate Break-in At Berne Building Officers of the county sheriff's department and state police are investigating a weekend break-in at the Affolder Implement building, located just outside the south city limits of Berne. The thief, or thieves, were successful in breaking open the office safe, but found there was no money in the safe. The only thing taken was four new chain saws, as no money was found anywhere in the building by the burglars. Entry to the building was gained by forcing open the rear door on the west side. .The thieves took a portable welding torch to the office, where they used the torch to open the safe. Finding no money there, they'forced open several desk drawers but were still unable to. find any money. Investigating officers have established the thieves parked a vehicle along old U. S. 27, to the west of the building, carrying the chain saws through a field to the auto. Anyone who saw an auto in that area late Saturday night or early Sunday morning is to contact sheriff Roger Singleton. day 5:34 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers likely. Lows in the low 50s. Highs in the low 70s.

MANILA (UPI) — A U. S. military transport plane carrying 83 American service personnel crashed tonight during h rainstorm a half mile short of the runway at Clark Air Fore Base in the Philippines, killing 71 persons. The 12 survivors were in critical or near-critical condition at the Clark base hospital 60 miles north of Manila, and Air Force spokesman said. (In Washington, White House Press Secretary George E. Reedy said Acting Defense Secretary Cyrus R. Vance had reported to President Johnson that there “appears to be some civilians on the ground” who also were casualties as a result of the crash. Reedy said he had no details. (The press secretary said President Johnson had requested a “full report” of the crash and expressed sympathy for the families involved.) The Philippines disaster raised .to 167 the total number of persons killed in a series of air crashes since last Thursday. The Air Force spokesman said there was no hint that the four-jet C 135, a military version of the Boeing 707 jetliner, was in trouble prior to the crash. The spokesman said it was not known immediately what caused the crash, which occurred as the big jet transport, carrying 73 passengers and 10 crew members, was coming in from a landing after a flight . from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., via Hawaii. A spokesman at the Travis base originally said there were dependents as well as servicemen aboard the flight. But Travis issued a revised statement later saying only military personnel were aboard. An Air Force spokesman in Manila, Maj. John Rademacher, also said there were no dependents on the plane). The crash occurred at 7:15 p.m. (7:15 a.m., EDT). Rademacher said a medium to heavy rain was falling at thetime the jet ripped into the ground just outside the perimeter of the sprawling Air Force base. The Manila air control center said that runways at Clark field were closed for an hour and 20 minutes following the crash. The Philippines news service said residents of Anonas village, near the crash scene, reported they saw mangled bodies of the victims scattered about a ricefield. It said the aircraft broke up upon contact with the ground. The crash was believed to be the worst in the Pacific area since March 16, 1962, wheh a U.S. Flying Tiger Constellation vanished without a trace with 107 passengers and crew aboard. Funeral Held For Local Lady's Mother Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday for Mrs. Zina Keller, 73, of Hartford City, mother of Mrs. Alonzo Smith of route one, Monroe, and Mrs. Irene Death, of 818 W. Adams, Decatur. Mrs. Keller died at 9:15 p.m. Thursday at the Clinic’hospital in Bluffton, of complications following surgery and an illness of six weeks. A native of Blackford county, she was born April 10, 1891, to Henry and Viola Hullinger Nestleroad. Her marriage to Eli Keller, who died April 9, 1927, took place Jan. 16, 1909, at Hartford City. Mrs. Keller, a resident of Bluffton; Mrs. Garl Masterson of Markle, and Miss Ruby Keller, at home; one son, Cleophus E, Keller of Fort Wayne; three brothers, 18 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. The Rev. Russell Clinger, assisted by the Rev. Owen Heinzman, officiated at the services. Burial was in the IOOF cemetery at Montpelier.

Graduation May 18 At Adams Central

Commencement exercises for the 84 graduates of the Adams Central high school will be held at 8 p. m. Monday, May 18, in the school gym, according to an announcement today by Carl Honaker, school principal. Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday afternoon, May 17, at 2.30 o’clock, also in the school gym. Speaker for the baccalaureate services will be the Rev. Gerald I. Gerig, pastor of the Decatur Missionary church, who will speak on “Rise Up or Rust Out.” The processional and recessional will be played by Larry Merriman, with the processional hymn, “Go Not Far From Me,' O God,” sung by the concert choir of the school. The Rev. Dolar Ritchey, pastor of the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren, will pronounce the invocation and benediction. Dr. Schilling Speaker Guest speaker at the commencement exercises will be Dr. Arlo L. Schilling, president of North Central College, Naperville. DI., whose title will be “Your Best Investment.” Dr. Schilling, North Central’s * seventh president, is a native of i Indiana, receiving his early edu- ; cation in the public schools of Huntington county. He received his undergraduate degree from Huntington College in 1948, his master's degree from Indiana University in 1950, and lus doctor of philosophy from Purdue University in 1958. He has been president of North Central since 1960, having previously served as a high school science teacher, high school principal, college instructor, and assistant superintendent of schools. He serves gs chairman of the board of education of the First Evangelical ■ United Brethren church in Naperville. He is a member of Rotary, American as- ' sociation of school administrators, national education association, the Economic club of Chicago, Phi Delta Kappa and Kappa Delta Pi. He is a director of the YMCA, the Bank of Naperville, the Yokefellow, and a trustee of Huntington College. The processional and recessional will be played by Larry Merriman, and the invocation and benediction will be pronounced by the Rev. Chester Hirschy, pastor of the United Brethren church at Dayton, O. The senior girls’ trio will sing “My Task,” and the senior ensemble will sing “Hall of Central.” Awards to the graduates will be

More Arrests In Bomb Plot

SAIGON (UPD—Police arrested three more persons today in connection with a Communist bomb plot against Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. McNamara, who arrives Tuesday, will make another inspection check on the progress of the U.S.-supported war against Communist guerrillas. 1 Gpn. Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, arrived here today. Vietnamese police said the three persons taken... into custoday today admitted their part in a plan to blow up a bridge between Saigon airport and the city at the time when McNamara’s motorcade was scheduled to pass over it. Two terrorists were arrested Saturday night while laying wires to 50 pounds of explosives under the bridge. Authorities identified the two men arrested Saturday as Nguyen Huu Lot 21, and Nguyen Van Thoi, 24. Police said both claimed they were hired for the job and promised S4OO

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B’ i 1 Dr. Arie L. Schffltaff presented by Honaker, and the diplomas will be presented by Clark W. Smith, chairman of the board of education. List Os Graduates The 84 graduates follow: Mabel Anderson, Nancy Aschliman, Edward Beef. Nancy Bertsch, Suellen Bentz, Terry Black, Ben Bluhm, Priscilla Bowers, Roger Burkhart. Sydonna Carnail, Jerry Cauble, Gary * Clouse, Linda Conrad, Susan Cook, Sharon Currie, Larry Dague, Pamela Death, Edith Dennison, Carol De Vine, Donald Egley, Carey Ellenberger. Eugene Everett, Darlene Fellers, Anita Fennig, Jane Girod, Nancy Habegger, Ronald Habeg-. ger, Kate Hindenlang, Diana Hirschy, Judy Hirschy, Paul Hirschy, William Hirschy, Carol Hoagland, Ann Inniger, Steve Isch, Eddie Jackson, Larry W. Johnson, Jane Kaehr, Michael Johnston, Mary Jo Kaehr, Steven Lehman, Michael Leyse. Larry Mailer, Bruce Maim, Miriam McAhren, Brian MeCul- ■ lough, Ruth Ann McCullough, Bob McMillen, Kathy Michaels, Eva Miller, Nancy Miller, Steve Miller, Wilford Morrison, Olin Neuenschwander; Sue Noll, Beverly Osterman, Ronald Poling, Roger Pyle, Billie Mae Rash, Diane Raudenbush, Linda Rayl, Kristine Reed, Jeanette Roth. Gloria Rupert, Roger Rupp, Leonard Schug, Carol Schwartz, Linda Shaffer, Janet Shoaf, Debby Smith, Sharon Smith (Fuelling), Pamela Sovine, Larry Springer, Imogene Steffen, Judy Steffen, Bill Strait, Donald Stucky, Sandra Teeter, Bill Tonner, Kenneth Wagner, Donald Weber. Patricia Workinger, Miriam Yager, Gloria Zimmerman.

if the plot was successful. Police said Thoi hurled himself out of a second story room today in the police headquarters building, landed on top of a truck and broke a leg. Thoi made the leap while being interrogated and police said he probably would have been fatally injured had the fall not been broken by the passing truck. -- Thoi also suffered a head injury but his condition was not serious. , An intense manhunt was launched for the plot’s alleged “master-mind," described as a Communist agent Taylor and McNamara last visited Viet Nam only two months ago. The general said on arrival today that “it would be a mistake to attach any special importance to this visHe said he Was encouraged by the recent course of Ute guerrilla war but added it was too early to draw conclusion* about the pacification plans cf Vietnamese military junta chief Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh.