Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1964 — Page 1

VOL LXII. NO. 118.

Utah Public School Teachers On Strike

SALT LAKE CITY, (UPD— The majority of Utah’s public schools opened on schedule today despite a two-day *strike by most of the state’s 11,000 teachers in a long-standing, heated dispute over the condition of of the state’s education system. All but three of the state’s 40 school districts swung their doors open to greet the children. The strike, labeled by the Utah Education Association as a “two day recess,” was one of two staged in the nation by teachers today. The other took place at East St. Louis, 111., where the dispute centered around higher wages. The UEA called the strike in protest against Gov. George D. Clyde’s refusal to call the legislature into special session to appropriate $6 million in emergency funds for the next school year. “Volunteer” teachers and willing parents were pressed into use to take up some' of the slack caused by the absence of teachers. < The UEA’s action, which Dr. A. C. Stellhorn Dies At St. Louis Dr. August C. Stellhorn, Sr., 77, one of the leaders in development of Lutheran schools in the Lutheran church synod, died Sunday Louis, Mo. He graduated from the synod’s teacher training seminary then located in Addison, 111., in 1908. In 1918 he was named as the first district superintendent of Lutheran schools in Indiana. In 1921, he was elected secretary of schools for the entire synod, holding this position until his retirement in 1960. Dr. Stellhorn was active in literary work, from revision of a serips of readers for use in the Lutheran schools, writing of tracts,' a Bible history textbook still used in Lutheran schools, writing of tracts, a Bible history textbook still used in Lutheran schools. His largest .literary production was a 500-page volume titled “Schools of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.” Surviving are three sons, August C. Stellhorn, Jr., teacher at St. Paul Lutheran school in Fort Wayne and church organist since 1950, Adelbert Stellhorn, teacher in Lutheran elementary school in Van Nuys, Calif., and Martin Stellhorn, professor of music at the University of Arizona, and, one sister, Mrs. Edwin A. H. Jacob, whose husband is pastor of St. John's Lutheran church, north of Decatur. Funeral services and burial will be in St. Louis.

Asks More Aid For Viet Nam

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson asked Congress today for an additional $125 million in economic and military aid to advance the antiCommunist war in Viet Nam. - “The Viet Cong guerrillas, under orders from their Communist masters in the north, have intensified terrorist actions against the peaceful people of South Viet Nam, Johnson said in a special message to Congress. “This increased terrorism requires increased response,” he said. Os the new funds, S7O million would be for economic and $55 million for military uses in Viet Nam. Johnson said this was one of “two major changes” which prompted his request to add the $125 million for Viet Nam to the $3.4 billion foreign aid program he already had submitted to Congress for the 1965 fiscal year, starting July 1. Cites Other Change The other change, he said, was that “a new government under Prime Minister Khanh has come to power, bringing new energy and leadership arid new hope for effective action.” “I| share with Ambassador (Henry Cabot) Lodge the conviction that this new government can mount a successful campaign against the Communists.” the President declared. “We cannot respond to." the new situation in Viet Nam within the limits of the original budget proposal without unacceptable danger to our other

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came during the weekend on a vote of 231 to 7 by its J>ouse of delegates, created widespread confusion for the .State’s 274,500 students and thefr parents. News media were besieged with telephone calls asking whether schools would be opened or closed. It took several hours for officials in the ’ state’s 40 school districts to make up their minds. As a result, many students prepared for a “holiday” with parental approval. In an emergency Sunday session, the Utah School Board Association agreed with state school Supt. T. H. Bell that the district boards were “to take all necessary preparations” to open the schools. They also discussed the possibility of breach of contract action against the teachers or an injunctive measure to force teachers to report to work. . Atty. Gen. A. Pratt Kessler reported no legal action was planned “at the present time on the state level.” But late Sunday night there was a flurry of legal maneuvering by individual districts. Salt Lake County’s Granite District — the largest in the state —obtained a restraining order 15 minutes before midnight to keep 1,800 teachers on the job. A similar order was obtained earlier by Box Elder County, which hffh 387 teachers. A UEA spokesman promptly called the action “an ill-advised attempt to interfere” with the strike. The UEA’s “recess” call came three days after the governor refused to call the legislative session in spite of a recommendation by his special school study committee. Clyde based his action, in part, on the fact that state incfome is running about $4 million in the red. Jaycees Will Meet Tuesday Evening All Jaycee members are urged to attend an important general membership meeting Tuesday evening. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room above the First State Bank. The newlyelected officers will discuss policies, and a’iso up for discussion will be a community project now in the planning stage. Three-Year-Old Boy Is Fatally Wounded INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Robin Glar.ton, 3, Indianapolis, died today in General Hospital from a gunshot wound in the abdomen. Authorities said the boy’s parents, the Robert Glantons, told them they were moving into an apartment where the shooting occurred and the boy apparently found his father’s gun and shot himself accidentally while playing with it in bed. —

basic security interests,” the President said. Johnson noted that in March Khanh “declared his intention to mobilize his nation” and enlarge his domestic budget by 40 per cent to provide for this. “We must share the increased costs of the greatly intensified Vietnamese effort,” < Johnson said. Follows Conference His decision on a $125 million increase followed three days of conferences with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, who returned from an inspection trip to V;et Nam with proposals for increasing U.S. aid. Secretary of . State Dean Rusk and other top advisers also took part in mapping the expanded program. Johnson said that the military aid funds would provide additional equipment, ammunition. training and supplies for South Vietnamese forces as well as additional planes, pilot training and air field improvements, plus additional ammunition and support equipment. On the civilian side, Johnson said the aid would help provide “more fertilizer, medical supplies and services, repair parts and / replacements for wardamaged railway rolling stock, school supplies fcnd building materials, well - drilling equipment and teams to bring fresh wa'er to the villagers, and enlarged advisory staffs- in the provinces.” Johnson said he tried To fit the new funds into his existing $3.4 billion foreign aid request but could not.

North Adams Board Asks For Dismissal . ( * ■— ( Os Appeal By Court 9

Asks Indiana Supreme Court Dismiss Suit North Adams Community schools, through its attorneys, John L. DeVoss, and Robert D. Risch and George B. Gavit, the latter two of Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan, an Indianapolis firm, moved today that the Supreme court dismiss or affirm the suit appealed by Robert J. Rice, et al. The motion was made on a number of grounds, based on transcript of the record of the lower court. If the appellants so desire, they may correct their transcript at the present time. If not, the court will rule. Ask Reply Extension At the same time, North Adams asked for an extension of time in which to prepare its answer to the brief filed by the oppeliants, Robert J. Rice, Elbert J. Fuhrman, Robert F. Carr, Russel Fleming, Leo Workinger, Walter Hildebrand. Otto Boerger, Martin Hulmahn, Ervin Fuelling, Everett Singleton, and Fred Bieberich. The school corporation aisked that time be extended to 30 days after the supreme court rules on the motion to dismiss. d Following is the text of the ruling filed this afternoon in Indianapolis: Come now the appellees, ClarNative Os Decatur Dies At Fort Wayne Hugh N. Johnson, 71, of 2321 Eby Ave., Fort Wayne, died at 12:25 p. m. Sunday at the Lutheran hospital one ftour after being admitted. He had been under treatment for. a heart ailment. He was born in Decatur, a son ,of Lewis and Effie HammondJohnson, and had lived in Fort Wayne for 60 years. He retired from the General Electric Co. in 1957 after 33 years of service. Mr. Johnson was a member of the G. E. Quarter Century club. Surviving are his wife, Minnie; four sisters. Mrs. Pearl Miller, Mrs. Ollie Vance and Mrs. Elmer Pettit, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Nannie Schultz of Lansing, Mich.; two brothers, Jess Johnson of Fort Wayne, and Otto Johnson of Decatur, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Klaehn funeral home, with Marian Lambert of Unity church officiating. Burial be in Greenlawn memorial park. Friends may call at the funerdl home after 7 p. m. today. Local Lady's Father Is Taken By Death Joseph F. Bowyer, 58, of Monroeville. died at 5 a. m. Sunday at Parkview memorial hospital, Fort Wayne, following an illness of two weeks. He was a native of Monroeville and graduated from Monroeville high school in 1925. He had been employed at International Harvester Co. for 35 years. Mr. Bowyer was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran church at Monroeville. Surviving are his wife, Lena M.; a son, James Bowyer of Fort Wayne; a daughter,» Mrs. Fred (Ann> McDougal of Decatur; his mother, Mrs. Frances Bowyer of Monroeville; a brother, Edward Bowyer of Washington, D. C.; a sister, Miss Mary Helen Bowyer Os Monroeville, and three grandchildren. Funeral' rites will be held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Marquart funeral home in Monroeville, with the Rev. Byron Sommers officiating. Burial will be in the IOOF cemetery at Monroeville. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9:30 p. m. today.

Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Monday, May 18,1964.

enee Bultemeier, Louis Krueckeberg.XHarb Banning, James M. Burk, board of school trustees of North Adams community schools, appearing specially, and respectfully move the coutt. to dismiss the appeal of the appellants, or in the alternative to affirm the judgment of the court below, upon the following grounds jointly and severally considered: 1; On March 23, 1964, the appellants submitted this appeal by filing their purported transcript. 2. On April 22. 1964, said appellants filed their appellants' brief. * Doesn’t Comply 3. The purported transcript filed by appellants 'does not comply with rule 2-5 in that: a. It does not contain marginal notations on each page thereof, or for each entrju/as required by rule 2-5. b. The purported transcript is not properly or fully indexed as required by rule 2-5. » 4. The appellants’ praecipes do not appear immediately before the certificate of the clerk in violation of Bums Ind. Stat. Ann., S 2-3112.. The certificate of the clerk of they Huntington circut court is on page 233 of the transcript. Appellants’ praecipes appear on pages 125-126, 143-144 and 147 of the transcript. Transcripts Not Sealed ’ 5. The transcript reflects that separate praecipes wer& filed by appellants with the clerks of the Wells circuit court and the Adams circuit court. SEE. Tr. p. 125-126, 143-144 and 147. The from these clerks are not sealed by the clerks of these courts as to any matters embraced by said praecipes.-.SEE: Tr. p. 127 and 145. 6. The transcript reflects that certain documnts identified in the transcript are difficult to find or are not in the transcript. On page, 46, line 16. of the. transcript, there is a reference to an enclosure from the Wells circuit court to the Adams circuit court of a “Letter in leiu of original complaint.’’ The transcript does not include such a letter and does not disclose what happened tq theWriginal complaint. Further, oh page 208, lines 23. and 24, defendants’ exhibit A was admitted into evidence. The transcript page 208. line 25, states: “Defendants’ Exhibit A— See next page.” The next page is page 209 but does not contain exhibit A nor does it state where said exhibit can be found. Not Contract, To Len 7. The brief filed by the appellants does not comply with rule 2-17 in that: a. Appellants, who were plaintiffs below, are appealing from a negative finding. The only possible basis for appeal would be that the decision below was contrary to law. Consideration of this ground requires a fulL accurate and impartial statement of the record and recital of the evidence which appellants have failed to do as is more fully dsicussed in. the brief filed in support of this motion. b. Appellants’ “argument” does not contain a specification of such of the- assigned errors as are intended to be urged, or of each cause in the'motion for new trial which is intended to be urged. c. Further, appellants' bru f fails to comply with the requirement of setting forth the first three authorities relied upon in blackface type or capitals. 8. Appellants' assignment of errors does not comply with tules 2-3 and 2-6 in failing to make all parties to- the judgment in the court below parties to the assignment of errors. Attorney-General Not Served 9. The relief sought by appellants in this action includes? a prayer that: “ — said school reorganization act of 1959, as amended, be declared unconstitutional, illegal and void.” (Tr. p. 13, 11. 10-2' The transcript ‘’does not show that the attorney general of the state was served with a copy of the proceedings or allowed an opjxjrtunity to be heard as by Biyns Ind. Stat. Ann., S 3WII. 10. This court has jurisdiction to grant this motion. Wherefore, said moving apnellees respectfully pray that this motion be sustained, that this appeal be dismissed, Or in the alternative that the judgment of the court below be affirmed, and for all Other relief proper in the premises.

.. _■ ■ - - - - ■■■ — f I Hi ! “CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME”— New York’s Gov. Nelson Rockefeller flashes a winning I no pun intended» smile as campaign workers greet him at his political campaign headquarters in New York. .It’s off to California for Rockefeller now, with the Upset -victory in the Oregon Republican Presidential primary in his hip pocket.

Baccalaureate Rites Held Last Evening Comqlander Edwin R. Weidler, a chaplain in the United States Navy, spoke to the more than 100 candidates for graduation at Decatur high school Sunday evening, in the annual baccalaureate services held in the school auditorium. Comm. Weidler spoke on “A Precarious Passage, and A Promise,” at the annual services after the processional which saw the largest graduating class in the school’s history enter the auditorium. The class entered the auditorium to “Processional in C Major.” and left to the recessional “March from Egmont,”. following the sermon presented by Comm. Weidler, whose daughter is a member of the D. H. S. graduating class. Bom Here Weidler was born in this city, and is a graduate of Lakeland College. Sheboygan. Wis. He was ordained in 1942 and served as pastor of a Frostburg. Md . church before entering the chaplaih corps of the Navy in 1945. Rev. William C. Feller, pastor of the Zion United Church of Christ, gave the invocation and benediction at the Sunday evening services. The high school choir, under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold, supervisor of _mjls*c in the Decatur public schools, presented two numbers last night. “Build Thee More Stately Mansions," by Gordon Young, and “The Lord Bless You .and Keep You,” by Peterl.Wkin. Graduate Thursday Robert J. Garvue. assistant professor of education at Indiana University, will deliver the address at the school s 83rd annual commencement exercises Thursday evening, beginning at 8 o’clock in the school auditorium. Superintendent Gail M. Grabill will introduce the speaker Thursday and principal Hugh J. Andrews will present the graduating class. Diplomas will be given by Herbert N. Banning, president of the North Adams community school board. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy . tonight and Tuesday with some scattered thundershowers likely north tonight and Tuesday morning, and possibly in south portion Tuesday afternoon. A little cooler north Tuesday. Low tonight mostly in the 60s. High Tuesday 78 to 86 north and in the 80s south. Sunset today 7:55 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 5:27 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Fair and a little cooler.

Inspect Courthouse Elevator Wednesday The courthouse elevator will be inspected Wednesday and turned over to the county for use, a representative of White Evans, the elevator company, said this z morning. Painters furnished by the general contractors worked all morning on the first coat of paint for the elevator well. This afternoon mechanic Bill Allanson, of Indianapolis, will convert the elevator from manual operation to automatic button operation. Allanson and his helper, Walter Fullerton, also of Indianapolis. have been working on the installation of the elevator for about five weeks. At present a one-piece vinyl floor must be installed. and then minor cleanup work will be done after the state inspection. Once it is certified by the state, the general public may use it. Together with the new elevator is a winding spiral staircase that has made it easier to get to the second floor already; the stairway was in use at the time of the counting of the ballots following the May 5 primary election. Lodge Men To Back Rocky In California LOS ANGELES (UPD—Backers of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge today threw their—support to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller for the Republican presidential nomination in the California June 2 primary. Sen. Barry Goldwater and Rockefeller are the “ only Republicans on the California ballot. ' It was emphasized that the Lodge backers threw the support to Rockefeller because they feel that his delegation to the San Francisco convention in July will “offer the most eventual support to Ambassador Lodge.” Jack W. Crumley, co-chair-man of the California Draft Lodge for President Committee, made the announcement at a press conference and said by backing Rockefeller Lodge supporters “w ill be increasing Ambassador Lodge's eventual delegate support at the national convention in San Francisco.” The step to support Ropkefeller was taken. Crumley said, only after an extensive survey was made”of Lodge supporters in California. Crumley explained that the committee did not want to impose its views on rank and file supporters who are all volunteers.

Drain Repair Is One Topic Before Board Repairs for the Eckrote drain 1 tile in Wabash township, - approval of election day bills, and dis- ] cussion on closing the court house , on Saturdays during July and . August, occupied the Adams county commissioners during their morning session today. j The commissioners received the election bills too late to advertise and allow, so they will be ' allowed at next week’s session, auditor Edward F. Jaberg stated. The bills must be in before noon Thursday to allow advertising in Friday’s newspapers., The commissioners spent better than an hour going through each bill, and they found several errors that had to be corrected. Each read, studied and signed each bill separately. On petition from Alvin Bollenbacher, Guy Haflich, Mrs. Ben Bixler, Robert L. Hoffman, Chester Roth, Lucy Teeter, and Raymond Fields, the commissioners approved of plans to repair the Eckrote tile drain in sections 19, 30 and 31 of Wabash township, crossing state road 116 and county road 24. The petitioners had acreage affected measured at 148 acres. The petition will now be referred to the county surveyor for action. Closing Discussed County auditor Jaberg stated that a man had asked him to bring before the commissioners the idea of closing on Saturday mornings, as well as afternoons, during the months of July and August. Jaberg read off the names of the following counties that close Saturday mornings: Benton, Blackford, Boon, Cass, DeKalb, Delaware, Fountain, Allen, Gibson, Greene, Vandenburgh. and Vigo. Delraas Bollenbacher then asked him to read off the number of hours that the offices are open in the various counties, which indicated, he pointed out, that Adams county was open about the average number of hours that the rest were open. The county »«*cou*4 house is now open 36 hours a week, including all offices except the court, which sets its own hours. The commissioners took the matter under consideration, but did not seem to be very enthusiastic about closing on Saturday mornings, mentioning that many workers could (Ally come in on Saturday mornings as the hours now stand. They also briefly considered the possibility of 14 counties who are' closed Wednesday or Thursday afternoons, as well as Saturday afternoons; at present, on Saturdays during the summer, when many factory: workers are gone on vacation, the: various officers alternate in giv-l

Gov. Welsh Named / J-J » As Committeeman

INDIANAPOLIS (UP I) — Lame-duck Governor Welsh got a kick upstairs in his national political status with his election as Democratic national committeeman from Indiana. The Democratic State Central Committee chose Welsh to succeed Alex Campbell, Fort who apparently fell victim to opposition in his home area. There was much speculation at and after the committee meeting about Welsh’s political future. Some suggested he might be a vice presidential running mate for President Johnson or perhaps receive a cabinet appointment, as’a result of his standing in for Johnson in the presidential preference primary and winning a 2-1 victory over Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace - Welsh’s achievement placed Johnson on the debit side for the future, according to the politicos, and furthermore his liberal political philosophy would make him a sympathetic political asset to the President. Mrs. Elmore Chosen National com m i tteewoman Mrs. Margaret Afflis Johnston, Indianapolis, was also replaced as a result of the biennial reorganization. Mrs. Dorothy Elmore, 6th district vice chairman of Crawfordsville, gained the spot. Mrs. Johnston said she was not a candidate. Campbell offered this rather cryptic statement at the meeting: “As a Welsh man and as a worker in the ranks of Democracy, I want to endorse and recommend my friend Governor Welsh for national committeeman.” The final step of the party re- . ■■ . /

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Two Youths Given Suspended Sentences Dennis L. Scott, 20, of Decatur, and 19-year-old Mervin L. Parrish, of Monroe, were given suspended sentences of one year at the state penal farm in the Adams circuit court this morning. Judge Myles F. Parrish, in handing down the suspended sentences, also fined each youth SSO and costs, and ordered them to make full and complete restitution to the owner of a h orse an d buggy which they had stolen on the evening of April 18. Scott and Parrish were placed on probation to Chris H. Muselman, Adams county probation officer, for the one-year period, under the following terms of probation. Probation Terms They are prohibited from patronizing or visiting any room where there is a bar or where intoxicating liquors are sold; they are prohibited from wandering about the streets of this city or any highway or public place between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.; they are prohibited from using any vile, obscene, vulgar, or indecent language; they are ordered to refrain from using any intoxicating liquor as a beverage; and each is restained from wil fully injuring or endangering the morals or health of himself or others and are ordered to refrain from wilfully injuring or endangering the person or property of themselves or others. Judge Parrish ordered the two youths to make “full and complete restitution within 30 days of the date to the complaining party, Nate A. Wickey.” The horse and. buggy, owned by Wickey, were stolen from a parking lot in this city the evening of April 18, and were discovered after the animal had bolted from a side road onto U. S. 224 east into the path of a pick-up truck driven by Edmund W. L. Thieme. The Thieme truck was totally demolished, as was the buggy, and the horse was killed. All three youths involved were arrested by the sheriffs department in less than a week. The third youth is presently serving . a term of six months at the state penal farm, as he had been given a six months suspended sentence just a few days prior to the buggy incident . Reports Theft Os Auto License Plate Marion Brodbeck, of 627 Cleveland St., reported the theft of an automobile license plate to the city police Sunday morning. The plate, 1A 627, was stolen from Brodbeck’s auto while it was parked in front of his home sometime Saturday or early Sunday i : morning. .1 ; — Sing their deputies Saturday mom6 ing off.

shuffling brought the reelection of J. Manfred Core, Sandborn, as state chairman; Mrs. Mabel Striker, Decatur, vice chairman; James E. Noland, Indianapolis, secretary; and Eugene B. Crowe, Bedford, treasurer. All the ballots were unanimous. Calls Open Convention The committee adopted a resolution for an open v state convention as proposed by State Sen. Marshall F. Kizer, Plymouth, one of seven aspirants for governor, Kizer contended an open convention was necessary to prevent coercion of state payrollers in the various races of state nominations at the June 12 convention. The committee apparently accepted his plea to “let the people decide” and passed the resolution as a “unification” measure. In past elections, Indiana chief executives of both parties have been able pretty much to choose their successors by pressure on state job holders, directly and indirectly. The committee said the rather vague resolution “reaffirmed the historical principal of the Democratic party that state conventions should be open conventions.” The committee Saturday, took no action concerning Wallace’s three votes for the first ballot at t|ie national convention. Atlarge elections of all 51 delegates had been suggested as a method of keeping the votes tor Welsh. The segregationist governor got his votes in Lake County’s Ist District but indications were that he won’t hold them after the next committee meeting May 25.