Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 21 May 1964 — Page 1

VOL.rLXII. NO. 121.

Adlai E. Stevenson Tells U.N. United States Will Continue Aid For Asians

First Lady On Tour Os Poverty Areas »

JACKSON, Ky. (UPI) —Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson said today “much remains to be doneX, to fight illiteracy and other problems but President Johnson is confident of victory in the war on poverty. The First Lady, on an all-day tour of poverty - stricken areas, made the statements in a speech prepared for delivery at the dedication of a new gymnasium at Breathitt County High School here. Citing construction of the new gym and other accelerated public works programs in the area, Mrs. Johnson said ; , “This is the kind of concrete evidence of Kentucky pioneer self - help and self - reliance that makes the President and all America so confident of victory in our war against poverty” — —— ■ More Facilities Needed Mrs. Johnson said more such facilities were needed so that “boys and girls across the country will increasingly be physically fit, mentally awake and morally straight.” 'The President’s wife flew to Kentucky for an overnight stay which included an address tonight before the Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs at

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VIENTIANE, Laos (UPl>— Pockets of neutralist troops were reported still holding out in the hills west of the Plain of Jars today, fighting their way back or infiltrating the Communist lines to join neutralist commander Kong Le. A neutralist command communique broadcast over Radio Vientiane Wednesday night reported that a neutralist unit from Phou Teneng had broken through the enemy lines and reached the Ban Na area, Kong Le’s newest command post. It was believed that these troops were loyal remnants of Parachute Battelion Four, which originally held one corner of the plain before the Communists launched their allINDIANA WEATHER Fair and warmer tonight and Friday. Low tonight in the 50s. High Friday upper 80s. Sunset today 7:58 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:25 a.m. Outlook for Saturday:...Sunny and warm. Lows mid 50s to low 60s. Highs around 90. I & M Petition For Rate Drop Approved " The public service commission of Indiana has notified Indiana & Michigan Electric company that it has approved I&M’s latest petition for a rate decrease. I & M filed for a rate decrease May 8, for the second consecutive year, that will save Indiana customers of the utility $312,000 annually. The lower rates will become effective on bills issued in July fpr electric power used in June. Benefiting from the new rate reduction will be large users of electricity among residential and farm customers as well as electrically heated schools, municiS (pal street-lighting installations, and large industrial and commercial customers of the utility.

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the Phoenix Hotel in Lexington. Mrs. Johnson recalled that her predecessor, the late Eleanor Roosevelt, had dedicated the Breathitt High School on Jan. 28, 1938, and had deplored illiteracy in the country. “Much progress has been made since then in the fields of literacy and general education,” she said. “Much remains to be done.” Symbolises Step “This new gymnasium symbolizes the steps we as a nation are taking to strengthen the physical fitness of our youth — our greatest natural resource,” Mrs. Johnson said. “Here again much progress has been made, but as the nation s unduly high percentage of draft rejections shows, much still remains to be done.” The First Lady was greeted at the school by Gov. Edward Breathitt of Kentucky. Earlier today, she threw a switch to bring electricity to one - room Lick Branch school in the mountains. Mrs. Johnson, who attended a one - room school in Texas, also joined the school’s 25 pupils at the hot 10 - cent school lunch.

out offensive. Elements of this unit allowed the Pathet Lao to infiltrate their positions last Friday night at the beginning of the offensive which swept the neutralists off the plain. All was calm at Muo u g Soui, 18 miles to the west of the plain on strattgic Route Seven. But some skirmishing was still reported around Muong Kheung. Despite the actions of the paratroopers, Qommunist Pathet Lao forces were reported driving Kong Le farther into the hills despite his aerial support from rightist forces. Neutralist officers in Vientiane reported sharp fighting southwest of the strategic Plain of Jars which is held entirely by the Cofnmunists except for a small corner where a neutralist armored unit was holding out. Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma pressed the British and Soviet, envoys for an answer to his appeal for action to stop the fighting. He asked them to meet with his government to consider means of saving Laos from chaos. Britain and Russia are cochairmen of the 1962 Geneva conference which called a cease-fire in Laos’ civil war, guaranteed the tiny kingdom’s neutrality, and set up Souvanna's coalition government of rightists, neutralists and Communists. Souvanna sent a strongly worded tetter to the two envoys af’er the Pathet Lao forces chased government troops deeper off the Plain of Jars in an offensive reported. to have killed 200 neutralist defenders. The letter noted that the Ge-/ neva accords stipulate that members of the 1962 conference should consult with the Laotian government and among themselves when the Kingdom’s independence, neutrality or territorial integrity is threatened. France appealed to Britain and Russia Wednesday to reconvene the 14-nation Geneva conference as the best means of restoring peace and neutrality in Laos.

/ UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPD—Ambassador Adlai E. ( Stevenson said today the United States will aid Southeast Asian countries in resisting Communist aggression as long as their governments ask for it. “The United States cannot stand by while Southeast Asia is overrun,” he told the Security Council. “And if anyone has the illusion that my government will abandon the people of Viet Nam . . . it can only be due to ignorance of the strength and conviction of the American people.” C&tevenson, summoned from London by President Johnson to deliver a major declaration of U.S. Southeast Asia policy, made these points in his 41minute address, approved by the State Department and the White House 90 minutes before he took the floor. —The United States sees no need for another conference like the Geneva parleys of 1954 and 1962 which set up Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia in the former French Indochina and guaranteed their independence. Russia, Communist China and Francfe have suggested a new Geneva conference. —What is needed is respect for the Geneva conference accords which the Communist Indochina leadership regards “as an instrument which in no ’ way restrains the Communists from pursuing their objective of taking over Laos as well as South Viet Nam.” * —All foreign troops should be withdrawn from Laos and the “export of revolution and the doctrine of violence” stopped. —The United States, for the first time, would be interested in U.N. involvement in Southeast Asia, either with world organization observers participating with a Viet-Cambodian border patrol or an all-U.N. force sent to the area. —- Stevenson addressed the Security Council against a background of accelerating crisis in Laos, where Communist troops have won control of the northcentral portion of the country, and of increasing criticism of U.S. strategy in South Viet Nam, where 129 Americans have died in combat against Communist guerrillas. Same As Korea He said tht United States felt the threat was “the same in Viet Nam today as it was in Greece in 1947 and- in Korea in 1950.” He rejected demands by Russia, Communist China and France for a reconvening of the Geneva conferences of 1954 and 1962 which set up the present arrangements in the former French Indochina and guaranteed the neutrality of the newly created countries. '».■ “There is no need for another such conference,” Stevenson said. “Another Geneva conference, if it reached any agreement at all, would prove no more effective than the agreements we already have. “What is needed is not more conference; what is imperative is to carry out, to respect and honor the agreements we already made. If the parties will do in good faith what they promised to do in Laos and Viet Nam, whether in good faith or not, there will be no danger to the integrity of Cambodia; there will be peace in Southeast Asia and another threat to international ’ security will be removed.” Says Accords Violated Stevenson said there is fighting in Viet Nam today only because the political settlement reached at Geneva in 1954 “has been deliberately and flagrantly and systematically violated.” “The same disregard for the political settlement reached at Geneva has been demonstrated —by the same parties — in Laos,” he said. “Violation has been followed by a period of quiet—and then another violation . . . “Now, in the past few days, we have seen a massive, deliberate, armed attack against the foces of the coalition government of Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma. The attack was

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mounted by a member of that I. coalition government, with the military assistance of one of t the signatories of the Geneva g accords. These violations are g obviously aimed at increasing r the amount of Laos territory under Communist control. . . “It is quite clear that the • Communists regard the Geneva a accords of 1962 as an instrument which in no way restrains B the Communists from pursuing ’ their objective of taking over ” Laos as well as South Viet y Nam. e e “Mr. President, the long crisis in Southeast Asia has taken a turn for the worse . . . 1 my government takes a very n grave view of these events. n Those who are responsible have ■ set foot upon an exceedingly dangerous path.” y e • Decatur Optimists •* Told Os Shoplifting a Phil Barger, program chairman. introduced Mel Lew, representative of Food Marketing Co. a of Fort Wayne, who gave an in- . formative talk on shoplifting at this morning’s weekly meeting of the Decatur Optimists. 8 Entitled “Billion Dollar Heads' ache,” the talk featured slides n and statistics supplied by the national association of retail groJ 1 cers exposing the various methods of shoplifting. The annual e loss of the food retail volume is e %of 1 per cent of the total sales. e Broken down by statistics it was shown that women are responsie ble for over 78.5 per cent of the 1 shoplifting committed. Open purses, baby carriages - and parcels carried into the store - are among the most successful ; type of stealing. Changing caps on bottles and altering the price - mark are also favorite tricks. - Stuffing articles such as beauty i aids, tooth paste, shampoo, and s small cheeses inside rolls of tis- - sue is widely used by the exper- , ienced shoplifter. . f ' ~ t Saturday is the most popular ; day for shoplifting since the t stores are crowded and supervision by clerks is less attentive, while Friday, Thursday, Tuest day, Wednesday and Monday ( follow in order. The association ! warns all store personnel to be 1 extra alert and to examine any . suspicious carton that appears to . have been opened. I ■ Cuba Prepares For . Possible Attacks MIAMI (UPI) — Cuban Premier Fidel Castro, confronted with “war declarations” by two r refugee groups, prepared today ; for possible air and sea attacks > against his island stronghold. Refugee . sources interpreted ’ Wednesday night’s flight over ■ Oriente Province by a mystery 1 826 — apparently refugee re- ‘ connaissance plane—as a- “hint J of things to come.” I Castro's military radio net--1 work reported the presence of > the twin-engine plane —a U.S.- - made bomber of the type used i in the 1961 Bay of Pigs, inva- ’ sion—near Ensenada de Mora, r target of last week’s exile sea raid by Manuel Artime's Revolutionary Recovery Movement y (MRR). t Cuban broadcasts monitored ; here indicated that two Rus- . sian-made MIG jet fighters were , dispatched to intercept . the plane, but apparently too i late - / , The 826, grey with a red ' stripe on its fuselage and a Cu- ; ban flag painted on the tail, “buzzed” Cuban fishing boats twice and headed inland before the alarm was given. ’ Subsequently the Cuban ma- • rine radio network warned fishing boats to keep their running ■ lights on because “we don’t want to make any mistakes.”

Sen. Hartke In Bid For Reelection By EUGENE J. CADOU United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Sen. Vance Hartke, D-Ind., announced officially today that he would seek reelection. The 44-y ear-old senator, a former mayor of Evansville, is unopposed to date for renomination by the Democratic state convention and probably will remain in that happy condition, despite strained relations with Governor Welsh. Hartke, at a news conference, •staked his future on the career of President Johnson. “My close personal friendship and contact with President . Johnson, developed over the . past six years, will be invaluable,” Hartke said. “I am . happy to be a working member t of the Lyndon Johnson team in [ Washington and propose to continue as! a member of this team, differing" with the Presi- ■ dent from time to time as my > own conscience and the needs : of Indiana may dictate.” Hartke, who was elected in ■ 1958 by a record majority of I 242,001 votes, was boosted to important -Committee posts by the President who then was Senate Democratic floor leader. Gets Indiana Aid Hartke proudly enumerated federal expenditures in Indiana which he said he had motivated, saying: —lndiana’s share of flood control and water resources funds has increased 30-fold and a new land-of-lakes has been created. — —'lndiana’s share of hospital, library and college help has leaped. —lndiana’s share of assistance for farm homes and improvements has doubled. —lndiana’s share of defense contracts has increased so that $575 million of these prime contracts came to the state last year, 14th among the 50 states. —lndiana has its first national park—Lincoln Boyhood—as a result of the Hartke bill. Backs New Laws Hartke maintained that he had supported remedial legislation adopted by the administration, including: —Lower retirement age under Social Security. —Higher limits on outside income for Social Security retirees, enabling them to make more money on part-time work. —lncreased benefits to widows. —Several Social Security amendments helping the blind. —Tax. changes ..to encourage expansion and modernizing of : business and industry to create new jobs. —Better world trade for the United States and promotion of Indiana products for sale abroad, creating more jobs. —Fair Political Broadcasting Code enabling people to see and hear honest debate on radio and television without undue re—strictions on stations, ; —Protection of American business property in foreign countries. —Lower federal income taxes for all. Despite the hike in Washington grants, Hartke said “we can see now a gradual, but effective, cutting of expense of government.” Veterans Memorial Services Sunday The annual combined memorial church services for all veterans organizations of Decatur and area will be held at 10 o’clock Sunday morning at the Zion United Church of Christ, Third and Jackson streets. The pastor, the Rev. William C. Feller, will conduct the service. and all veterans are urged to gftend.

To Expand Wildcat Play To Older Boys The Decatur Wildcat league will be expanded this summer to include all 16-year-olds interested in playing baseball, Wildcat commissioner, Carl A. Braun, announced today. Bill Mall, assistant coach at Monmouth, has been hired to assist league director George Waning at the second field this year, Braun stated, following Wednesday night's board meeting. For several years, boys over 15 have had no regular leagues in which to play baseball after high school ball ends. This will give them a chance to continue play after the Pony league. Board members are now contacting people interested in supporting the Wildcat baseball program, which makes a league available to all boys 8% to 16 in which to compete all summer. Last year, more than 460 took part in the program. Anyone interested in making a donation is asked to leave his contribution at the First State Bank with Robert Boch, or mail it to Wildcat, Box 347, Decatur, Indiana, 46733. Waning will announce in the near future when the boys should sign up for play. • Play will not begin until all schools in the area nave closed their regular terms. Secret Service Agent Claims Being Framed CHICAGO (UPD—A U.S. Secret Service agent charged with trying to sell a government report said Wednesday he is being framed because he intended to reveal details of heavy drinking and “general laxity” among agents assigned to the late President Kennedy. Abraham Bolden, 29, who in 1961 became the first Negro ever assigned to the Secret Service detail guarding the President’s life, outlined his charges in a new conference at his South Side home. He is charged with trying to sell a confidential government fife to a man indicted for the v alleged counterfeiting of a halfmillion dollars in bonds and checks. Bolden said two weeks ago he told another agent, “I’m going before the Warren Commission and tell about the drinking And disappearance of the (Secret Service) agents from their posts while they were, guarding President Kennedy in Hyannis Port.” He said agents guarding Kennedy often reported for work “half drunk” and used official cars for hauling woman friends around the resort town. During the time he was assigned to guard the President, Golden said, some agents “drank whisky and beer for breakfast.” “I stood on one agent’s post for two hours one morning because he had taken his private car into Hyannis Port, Mass., and couldn’t be found,” he said. “These things worried me.” “I’m not trying to speculate what happened in Dallas, but I intend to tell the Warren Commission what I know.” Truck Stolen Here Recovered In Ohio A truck stolen from Decatur has been recovered in Payne, 0., and the thief may be in custody, chief of police Grover Odle said this morning. Richard Peterson, of route 6, Decatur, reported the theft of his 1949 model one-ton pick-up truck to the police at 3 o’clock Wednesday morning. He said the vehicle had .been parked in the Standard parking lot. Second and Marshall streets, between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 2 a.m. Wednesday. During that time, it had been stolen. The stolen vehicle report was dispatched to law enforcement authorities in the area and state. At 8:18 a.m. this morning. Van Wert police notified Decatur that the vehicle had been recovered in Payne, O. The information from Van Wert also revealed that a vehicle had been stolen from Payne, which was later discovered in Logansport, with a subject apprehended in connection with the theft. Further details concerning the man arrested were not known this morning, city police said. Don Birdwell, of the F. B. 1., has been notified and wai to be in Decatur sometime today on the case.

Lutheran Schools Graduation Sunday

A joint graduation service for the nine area Lutheran schools wil be held Sunday evening, at 8 o’clock in the Decatur high school auditorium. The public is invited to attend. The Rev. Armin C. Oldsen, director of religion for Concordia high school, Fort Wayne, and former Lutheran Hour speaker, will be the speaker. The Re v. Richard C. Ludwig will serve as liturgist. William Uffelman will serve as choir director, with Donald Bieberich serving as organist. Zion Lutheran church, Decatur, is the host congregation. Rev. Ludwig, Smith Snively, and Ralph Sauer have served as the planning committee for the graduation. Listed below are the schools, their principals, and the graduates: Bethlehem Melvin Reisenbichler, principal [ — Susan Annette Brewer, Ronald Lynn Graft, Susan Kay Hetherington, Wayne Aurelius Kaltwasser, Dale Arnold Meyer, Lin- , da Marie Miller, Lois Ann Reisenbichler, Fern Irene Rekeweg, Diana Kay Scheumann, Ruth Ann 1 Schueler. Emmanuel Norman B. Riemer, principal — Denver Michael Benzinger, Marvin C. Haugk, Pennie Sue Lepper, Maureen K. Lepper, Jane Ann Mueller, Janine Kay Rebber, Alice Margaret Schlh udro ff , Cheryl Theresa Spieth, Joy Ann Werling. Immanuel Richard F. Lewer, principal — Rita Jayne Krueckeberg, Kerry Alan Schamerloh, Anita Jane Thieme. Dennis Lee Thieme, . Eloise Ann Thieme. [ St. John, Bingen W. E. Uffelman, principal — Leon R. Berning, John L. Bixler, . Verlin J. Bulmahn, Joyce Ann Bultemeier, “Colleen Kay Buuck, Larry Wayne Fuhrman, Loren Wayne Heckman, Annette DeLee Hoffman, Darrel Lee Knipstein, j Deborah Lynn Knipstein, , Dan Koenemann, Stanley Gene t Koenemann, Landa Darlene Sher- » er, Janet Fay Zelt ' St. John, Monroeville t Walter M. Mueller, principal — Michael Richard Bohnke, Jerry , Lee Burkamp, Duane Alan Doctor, Karen Louise Franke, NorJ _

Blood Supply Short In Area

Blood is in such short supply in s the Fort Wayne regional blood; center that member hospitals,? such as the Adams county mem-i orial hospital, can receive it on an emergency basis only, it was announced this morning. The hospitals were notified Tuesday of the impending move to conserve and control the remaining supply, Mrs. Ferris Bower, Red Cross blood chairman, said today. ~ Adams county residents between the ages of 18 and 59 can do something about it next Tuesday, however; the Red Cross regional bloodmobile will be in Decatur, and 180 donors are urgently needed to move blood back into plentiful supply for the Memorial Day weekend. Anyone who can possibly give blood is asked to call 3-3106, and be scheduled. Hie Red Cross volunteers are calling now to schedule 'previous donors. About 1,350,000 people in this region require 37,500 pints of blood, or 30 per thousand, each year. There are 34 counties and 40 Red Cross chapters, including eight counties in northwestern Ohio, in the Fort Wayne regional blood center. This is one of 54 such centers in the United States, all licensed by the national institute of health. The region has- four purposes: 1. To collect, process, store and distribute blood in amounts adequate to meet the needs of -hospitals in the region. 2. To collect blood from resi dents of the region for credit to recipients hospitalized elsewhere. 3. To collect blood for civil and national defense purposes, as needed and directed. 4. To supply blood derivatives, gamma globulin, serum albumin, fibrinogen, and fresh frozen plasma for emengency use only. People of Adams county, whether the help or not, are entitled to the following services: 1. Blood for transfusion at any of the cooperating hospitals. 2. The opportunity to replace blood used by relatives and

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, ma Jean Franke, < Ward Alroy i Guenin, Bernard John Hart, Janet Marie Springer, Paul Leslie Tyler, Linda Sue Veit, Robert H. 1 Wiegman, Fredric Eugene Wiehe. St. Pad s Raymond E. Bachmann, princif pal — Nancy Lee Fawbush, Mich- > ael Dean Hoffman, Arleen Kay • Schueler, Sandra Kay Reinking, 1 Duane Eugene Rekeweg, James Ver rone. St. Peter Fred J. Walther, principal — r Duane E. Franz, Rolland E. Fuel- ? ling, Don H. Hockemeyer, Ed • ward S. Kukelhan, Joanne M. Kukelhan. Zion, Decatur Smith F. Snively, principal — > Linda August, Sheila Buettner, 1 Tonna Bultemeier, Jack Fore- > man, Thomas Fuelling, Wayne 1 Gieger, Amy Gregg, Jane Ham- - mond, Dennis Huffman, David . Kukelhan, Mike Miller, Tony . Ostermeyer, Donna Reidenbach, 5 Duane Thieme, Joanne Walters, - Kenneth Witte, Vicki Wolfe. • Zion, Friedheim Ernest Kalthoff, principal — - Vicki Blomenberg, Donald Buuck, 'f Donald Ehlerding, Dennis A. - Erxleben, Larry Fuhrmann, Rus- - sell Fuhrmann.

in. most hospitals in the S United States and Canada in tone’s own community at a con- * venient time. 3. Donors are provided through the Red Cross volunteer service to replace blood used in veterans and military hospitals and by friendless and aged patients in other hospitals. 4. Blood and its derivatives are provided free. Laboratory, collection, administration and supply charges are billed to the patient by the hospitals and vary according to the needs of each case. All blood is drawn by compe-" ' tent registered nurses. A physician is in attendance at all times when blood is being drawn. After giving blood, the donor is escorted to the canteen, where he is treated to coffee, milk, cookies, sandwiches, and soup while resting for 15 minutes before being allowed to leave. The Red Cross bloodmobile will be in Decatur from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. next Tuesday, and will be located at the Youth and Community Center. The expense for the blood pro gram is shared by the American Red Cross, the local Red Cross chapters, and the participating hospitals. Most services are contributed by Red Cross volunteers, and this service helps keep costs low. Fort Wayne Banker Heads Indiana Masons INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana Grand Lodge of the Masonic Order installed Clyde E. Flowers, a Fort Wayne banker, as its grand master Wednesday. Other grand officers elected at the annual meeting of the organization were Don A- Burton, Muncie, deputy master; Joseph L. Bridwell, Franklin, senior warden; John L. Bloxsome, Terre Haute, junior warden; O. A. Tislow, Indianapolis, treasurer, and Dwight L. Smith, Franklin, secretary. Tislow and Smith were reelected. r