Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1964 — Page 1

VOL. L.XII. NO. 133.

To File Cloture Petition Saturday In Attempt To Muzzle South Talkathon

Rev. Swenson Dies Suddenly Thursday The Rev. Albert Swenson, 72, of Willshire, 0., who has been serving for several months as supply pastor of the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren church, east of Decatur, and the Mt. Tabor Methodist church, died at 5:05 o’dock Thursday evening at the Van Wert county hospital. Rev. Swenson, who had been in failing health for several years, suffered an apparent coronary attack one hour before his death. A native of Sweden, he received his education at Ripon College in Ripon, Wis., and the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He had served pastorates in Defiance, Wauseon, Wren and Ohio City in Ohio, and Butler and Silver Lake in Indiana. Rev. Swenson was well known in Decatur, from visits with a daughter, and as supply pastor in local churches. He had been retired from active ministry for several years. He was born in Sweden Nov. 7, 1892, a son of John and Inga Hakan son-Swenson, and was married kr-Eleanor Peterson June 1, 1921. He was a veteran of World War L Funeral Saturday Surviving in addition to -his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Neil (Albertha) Ritchie of Wilmington, Del., and Mrs. Lewis L. (Esther) Smith of Decatur; two sons, Hardy Swenson of Birmingham, Ala., and Nathan Swenson of San Jose, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; a brother, Emil Swenson in Sweden; a sister, Mrs. Anna Jenson of Denmark, and a half-brother, Elos Hakson of Sweden. A sot, Elwood, died in 1943. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at the Calvary E. U. B. church in Van Wert, with Dr. John Searle, of Findlay, 0., and the Rev. Howard W. McCracken, of Van Wert, officiating. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery at Defiance. Friends may call at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert after 7 p. m. today. The body will lie in state at the church one hour before time of the services. The family prefers memorials to the local heart fund.

Record Enrollment In Summer School

Record enrollment in the annual summer school at the Decatur high school was reported today by Hugh J. Andrews, principal. Total enrollment in classes is 471, although this includes a few students who are taking two different courses, hence are counted 'twice. This total is approximate, ly IQO more than were enrolled last summer. John E. McConaha, Monmouth school principal, and head of the summer remedial reading program at the Northwest elementary school, reports 221 children are enrolled in the program, which is for grades three througn eight. The schools opened Monday and will continue through Friday, July 24. Class Enrollment The enrollment by Courses, with the teachers and number of students in each class, follows: Algebra, 36 enrolled —Merritt J. Alger, 19; John Clark, 17. Auto mechanics (at quonset hut),34 enrolled—Amos Ketchum and Norman Kuhn. Biology, 42 enrolled — William Journay, 24; .Steven Branden-

Wildcat League Registration Saturday, 8:30 - 12

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Radio Station Head Is Rotary Speaker Joe Klarke, manager of Decatur’s new. radio station, WADM, told the Decatur Rotary club Thursday night at its weekly meeting at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, that his station’s programs are especially planned to serve the local area. Richard Reetz was program chairman. Klarke, who has had a long experience in radio and TV, began his talk with a clever, humorous skit concerning a listener who insisted on frequently changing stations while listening to the radio. He explained local listeners need not change their stations but have their dial set at Decatur’s new station. He commented that he has established four stations in recent years, but that his reception in Decatur had been the best he had ever experienced. The station manager then reviewed a day’s listening on WADM. Emphasis is on local news and local talent, with plans for live coverage of local sports and special events. An open house at the studio is being planned soon. President George Auer announced that the club’s spring steak-out has been scheduled for June 18 at Hanna-NOttm an park. I To Install Jaycees Officers Saturday Dick Rammel, outgoing president of the Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be the installing officer Saturday evening at the annual installation banquet of the local Junior Chamber of Commerce.' The installation banquet will be held at the Moose home, beginning' at 7 o’clock Saturday night. Rammel, of Logansport, served as president of the state Jaycee organization during the 1963-64 year. The 1964-65 officers for the Decatur Jaycees, to be installed at the banquet, are as follows: — Wayne Roahrig, president; Dick Johnson, internal vice president; Kenny Nash, external vice president: Jack Eley, secretary; Pete Sotile, treasurer; Tom Weis, Mike Murphy, and Bob Shraluka, board of directors. Outgoing president Ralph Bigs also serves one year on the board as the past president.

burg,lß. — - Civics-sociology, 36 enrolled — Lowell J. Smith. Driver education, 211 enrolled —Morning classes—Sylvester Everhart, 21; Gary GTessler, 21; William McColly, 21; Floyd Reed, 22; Robert Worthman, 21; afternoon classes —Donald Elder, 21; Ned Knape, 21; Jerry Leitz, 21; John Minch, 21; Charles Swales, 21. Physical science, 16 enrolled— Thomas Torson. Remedial English, 17 enrolled— Catherine Weidler. Speech, 10 enrolled — Deane T. Dor win. Typing, 69 enrolled— Maynard Hetrick, 34; Ellen Stucky, 35. Northwest School Mrs. Deane T. Dorwin, 55 enrolled—ls at 8 a. m., 15 at 9 a. m.. 14 at 10 a. m., 11 at 11 a. m. Kay Daugherty, 56 enrolled — 16 at 8 am., 13 at 9 a. m., 13 at 10 a. m., 14 at 11 a. m. Glennys Roop, 54 enrolled—l 2 at 8 a. m., 15 at 9 a. m., 15 at 10 a. m., 12 at 11 a. m. Robert Doan, 56 enrolled -s- 13 at 8 am., 12 at 9 a. ni., 16 at 10 a. m., 15 at 11 a.m.

- WASHINGTON (UPD—Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield today urged senators to stand up now and be counted in support of Tuesday’s scheduled attempt to muzzle the 70day Southern talkathon against the civil rights bill. The Montana lawmaker said Senate leaders will go ahead with their plan to offer a cloture petition Saturday to curb debate on the House - approved bill. Sixteen signatures are required for such a petition. But Mansfield, in a short Senate speech, asked for signatures from all senators whb are “interested in allowing the Senate to face up to its responsibility.” He said senator leaders want to make “as reasonably good a showing as possible” in launching their drive. Filing of die cloture petition will automatically pave the way for a vote one hour after the Senate meets Tuesday. Two thirds of the senators present and voting are needed to invoke cloture. This would be 67 senators if all hands were present. There appeared to be only one slim possibility a cloture showdown would be avoided Tuesday. That would be if the bill’s opponents agreed to the leadership’s last-chance offer to set up a schedule for voting on amendments and finally the bill itself. In a minor schedule change, j Mansfield today obtained approval for a 10 a. m. session on Tuesday. That means that I the cloture vote will' come at 11 a. m. EDT instead of 1 p.m. as previously planned. Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey, D-Minn., was ready with his offer to the Southerners to set up a voting timetable which would eliminate need for the cloture move. A similiar agreement for voting on the bill was proposed Thursday and promptly rejected by Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-Ga., leader of the southern bloc. Humphrey appeared more optimistic than ever that the leadership had rounded up the twothirds majority needed to cut off debate, but he stopped short of predicting victory. “I am as optimistic as I can ’be and on the other hand as prudent as I can be,” Humphrey said. He said the situation was still “too slippery” to make a firm prediction. County Delegates To 6.0. P. Convention Adams county’s 11 delegates to the Republican state convention, plus several other city and county residents, will leave Monday for the convention. Roy L. Price, Republican county chairman and delegate from district four, will head the Adams county delegation. The daylong convention will be held at the Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis. Some of those attending, in addition to the delegates, will be Arne Liechty, of Berne, who is assistant secretary for the state convention; Mrs. LaVelle Death, a convention inspector, and Carl Klepper and Mrs. Patricia Crider, all from Decatur. Adams county’s delegates, all of whom will be attending, are: Richard K. Moses, district one; L. Luther Yager, district two; Thomas A. Sullivan, district three; Price, district four; Charles Backhaus, district five; James M. Teeple, district six; Menno Ira Lehman, district seven; Leland A. Neuen, district eight; Thomas A. Miller, district nine; Cal E. Peterson, district 10; and David H. Campbell, district 11.

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■ niy Two Boys Confess To Bicycle Thefts Two more local boys were taken into custody fay city police officers Thursday, and their apprehension cleared up three bicycle thefts. The boys, aged 13 and 14, have • been placed in the custody of their parents, and the matter will be filed with the juvenile authorities Monday, chief of police Grover Odle said this morning. The youths are the seventh and eighth juveniles taken into custody in the past two days by local law enforcement officers. Three Decatur boys were bound to the juvenile court for a laundromat theft, and the dieriff’s department apprehended three Monroe area juveniles for a series of ? thefts. A number of bicycles had been stolen in Decatur the past week, and the two boys taken into custody yesterday cleared up bicycle thefts reported to the city police by Perry Parrish, Teddy Loshe and Alejo Romero. The bicycles, stolen on May 31, June 1 and 3, had been dismantled by the local youths. The alertness of an off-duty patrolman, William Baumann, led to the apprehension of the two youths. Baumann saw one of the boys around 11:39 a m. Thursday as the youngster was riding his bicycle in the Seventh St. and Nuttman Ave. area. The youth was carrying two bicycle tires across the handlebars of his bike, and Baumann stopped the youth and questioned him as to where he got the tires. He gave the name of the second boy, claiming he had purchased them from him. Baumann talked to the other youth and his mother, and they said they had not sold the youngster the tires. Baumann and another officer returned to the other youngster’s home and after questioning, he admitted that both of them had taken the bicycles and had been dismantling them. Local Man's Sister Dies Al Bluffton Mrs. Helen Ilene Baker, 39, wife of Ora L. Baker, Jr., of Bluffton, died Thursday at the Clinic hospital in that city. She had been in failing health since 1961. She was born in Lancaster township, Wells county, Dec. 21, 1924, a daughter of Homer and Hilda Trearary-Souder, and was married Oct. 4, 1946. Mrs. Baker was a member of the First Methodist church at Bluffton. Surviving are her husband; her father, who resides in Bluffton: two sons, Terry and Kennety, and one daughter, Diana, all at home, and one brother, Frank Souder of Decatur. Funeral rites will be held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at the Thonja funeral home in Bluffton, with the Rev. Albert Habgood officiating. Burial will be. jn Elm Grove cemetery. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy extreme north, occasional rain central portion. Saturday fair north, partly cloudy south with showers ending. Low tonight 48 to 56. High Saturday 76 to 85. Sunset today 8:09 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 5:17 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Considerable Cloudiness and a little warmer, chance of showers west by > late afternoon. Lows near 60. < Highs low 80s.

Report Effort Underway To Block Branigin INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — A report circulated at the Statehouse today that two Democratic hopefuls have combined forces in an attempt to block the threatened victory of a third candidate, Roger D. Branigin, Lafayette, former president of the Indiana State Bar Association. Branigin generally is regarded as holding a huge lead in the Democratic gubernatorial derby. The two candidates are former Bloomington Mayor 1 Thomas Lemon and State Sen. Marshall F. Kizer, Plymouth, the party’s Senate floor leader in the. 1963 legislative session. *The report said that the ticket of the “stop-Branigin” combine will be Lemon for governor and Kizer for lieutenant goverpor. Observers believe that Lemon now is second and Kizer third in the gubernatorial fracas. The other contestants are I Clinton Green, Worthington, for- • mer administrative assistant to I Governor Welsh; Luke White, Covington, member of the State i Board of Education, and former 1 Appellate Court Judge John S. Gonas, South Bend. Others Affected If the Lemon-Kizer union matures, the contest for the second spot on the ticket will become quite crowded. William Fortune, Zionsville, former state treasurer, and State Rep. Robert L. Rock, Anderson, recently demoted themselves from the governor melee to the race for lieutenant governor. Others running around the track for lieutenant governor are former Appellate Court Judge John Ax, Linton; Joseph Farina, LaPorte County farmer, and former Secretary of State and former Congressman John R. Walsh, Anderson. Ristine Leads With Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, Crawfordsville, leading the GOP pack, the total remains at seven. > The' others are State Treas- ’ urer Robert E. Hughes, Greenwood; Rep. William G. Bray, ! Martinsville; Robert E. Gates, ’ Columbia City, son of forrtier Governor Ralph F. Gates and erstwhile state commander of the American Legion; Secretary of State Charles Hendricks, Speed; former State Sen. G. Richard Ellis, Kokomo; and State Sen. Earl Landgrebe, Val- • paraiso. In the Democratic senatorial lineup, Sen. Vance Hartke, Evansville, is rolling around the track in solitary grandeur. In contrast, there are four candidates for the GOP senatorial ! bid—State Sen. D. Russell Bontrager, Elkhart, his party’s floor leader in the 1963 legislative meeting; Rep. Donald C. Bruce, Indianapolis; former State Sen. Edward D. Whitcomb, Seymour; and a Johnny-Come-Lately, J)r. Walter Bradley, Churubusco veterinarian. Decatur Lions Club Will Meet Monday The Decatur Lions club will hold their second June meeting Monday evening at the Youth , and Community Center. A representative from one of the large motor companies is scheduled to provide the program. All Lions: are urged to attend and get the £ “dope” on tfee May attendance contest.

Mexican Weather Very Pleasant

By Dick Heller, Jr., Wednesday June 3, 1964 A warm, sunny 90-degree tem- . perature is making our visit here ’’•very pleasant, while an air conditioned room, and car, make sleeping and sightseeing a pleasure, too. The trip down was much more pleasant than we anticipated, probably due to the air conditioning in the car, which filtered out the noise, dust and wind of the trip. On leaving St. Louis we proceeded southwest across Missouri on highway 66, which is four-lane super-highway almost completely to the Oklahoma line. It is nearly 300 miles across Missouri, with a 70-mile speed limit the entire way, and if you can drive four hours without stopping, as we did, you can make it in that time, driving the speed limit. In Oklahoma we followed the Will Rogers Turnpike to exit three, and then wound south through Oklahoma on U. S. 69, to the Texas border, eating noon lunch Sunday in Muskogee. About 3 p.m. we crossed into Texas, and stopped at the border highway station, where they gave uS the latest information on routes, sightseeing, etc. Ike’s Birthplace We were really thrilled to stop in nearby Denison, Texas, and see the birthplace of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. They gave us little souvenir cards saying that we had visited- there, and we bought post cards and took pictures. The two kids, Barbara Gilliom and Allen Smith, have been perfect through the whole trip. We gave them half a dramamine pill each morning, and again after lunch. They either played auto bingo, or talked, or slept. Allen only got sick once, when we forgot to give him a pill, and he got too excited, as we approached Driving in big cities today takes real cooperation between the driver and map reader, who must interpret the maps to the driver. Before we knew it, we were in downtown Dallas, and then asked directions from a policeman to our hotel, which was just a few blocks away. A a c A As we neared our turn to our hotel, we were struck dumb by the. sudden sight of the Texas school book depository, and the piles of flowers in memory of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated there. It is only two blocks from dur hotel. As soon as we registered at the Dallas hotel, where we had very nice rooms, we returned to the site of the assassination, for pictures of the tragic spot. Wonderful Park ’ Then we immediately got into our car, and drove out the Dal-las-Fort Worth toll road, to see "Six Flags over Texas.” You’ve never' heard of Six Flags over Texas? Well, it’s really worth visiting, even if you are as tired as we were. It’s a super duper Disneyland-type park, with the most beautiful flowers and walkways you’ve ever seen. There are two types of admissions — one for those who just want to walk around, and the other so rthose who want to try the rides. We all six bought the latter tickets, and rode and rode, and rode, and really enjoyed it! There’s a huge lift that carries you in a ballon-like contraption up and up into the air, so you can see all Dallas and Fort Worth. The kids liked the sawmill ride the best — where you get in a Boy Scout Camporee Opens This Evening Approximately 300 Boy Scouts from Adams, Wells and Jay counties will be in Ouabache state recreation area east of Bluffton this evening for the start of a two-day camporee. Bill Spice, Limberlost area ’executive, said this morning that about 300 members of nearly all Boy Scout troops in the three counties will attend the camporee. The camporee is entitled the Eagle Trail American Heritage camporee. The “Eagle Trail” will be followed, with plans to advance as many scouts as possible up the ranks to the Eagle; i award. Second-class and firstclass tests, plus the soil and wat-i er merit badges, will be held. The camporee, which officially! opens at 6 o’clock tonight, willj conclude Sunday afternoon with a; carry-in. dinner for the parents I and families. )

ALLEN AND BARBARA pose somberly in front of the Texas school book depository, where Lee Harvey Oswald ley in wait for President John F. Kennedy last November, and assassinated him.

canoe, and shoot down through a sawmill-like contraption on the prettiest water you've ever seen. Then there was the La Cucaracha, or another of those Wild Mouse ridges. Model Ts, that the kids could drive, sleek racers for kids, a canoe ride, two different railroads, and hundreds of others — all included in the original admission ticket. And plenty of places to eat, too. The park is based on the theme of the six countries that have owned Texas, — Spain, France, Mexico, Texas, Confederacy, and U. S. A. A section of the park is dedicated to eat*, and there is much history to be absorbed, if you’re interested. Off Again By 10 p.m. we were all just about asleep, so we returned to our hotel, to get up at 5 a.m. to start the last leg of our trip. We drove out of Dallas, Ralph Smith and I changing off on the driving, so that we could rest and sleep. The car, a 1964 98 Olds, rides beautifully, and even on the long trip with six we got along fine. We limited baggage to start with, to have room, we hope, for all our souvenirs on the return. After breakfast at 7:30 a.m. in Waco, we drove straight through to San Antonio, except for a stop to caU back to our restaurant, to ten them to hold Ralph’s sweater, which we left accidentally. - MO At San Antonio we stopped to visit the famous Alamo, where Texas independence received its biggest boost in the sacrifice of the men of that gallant fort. Then we walked around, and along the ’San Antonio canel, a beautiful little stream lined with palms, tropical trees of all kinds, and restaurants. We stopped at a pleasant little Mexican restaurant, and ate out on the patio, overlooked the stream, where little boats, with one or two people in them, operated by foot pedals, went back and fourth. While we ate, the kids entertained themselves feeding the fish, which looked like fat bluegills and the pigeons. Then we, of course, had to spend a halfhour riding in the pedal boats! After lunch we walked around some more, and then headed Lackland Air Force base and

Pay Raise To State Workers

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Four executive orders by Governor Welsh’s administration today granted about 18,000 state employes pay raises totaling about $4 million a year beginning July 1. About 85 per cent of all state payrollers get, the increases on orders issued by Welsh, Administration Department Commissioner John Hatc h e 11 and Budget Director Jack Booher., Professional employes of the Department of Mental Health will get about $350,000 of the raises, including Dr. Stewart T. Ginsberg, state mental health commissioner, whose first hike in seven years on the tsate payroll will be from an annual rate of $20,300 to a range of $24,000 to $27,300, and mental hospital superintendents - medical directors, from a range of 15,000 to 19,000 to 20,400 to 23,700. Physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and other professionals also will get raises, “to retain the staff we have and at--3 tract more,” according to Hatchett, who said 129 doctors

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Kelley Air Force base, where I was stationed' nine years ago. The changes were spectacular. Head For Harder We then headed for the border, arriving about 4 p.m. in Laredo, where I proceeded to get Mexican auto insurance, a must for the traveler. In fact, insurance is an important part of any trip, because numerous confusing, unusual situations, and unfamiliar roads, could lead to an accident. It took only about 45 minutes to clear the border, get a ear entry permit, and have our baggage searched. Then, about 5 p.m., we were on our way. ■ Meanwhile, the scenery had changed from fine farms around Dallas, with tasseling corn already, to barren mesquite country. with huge opuntia cactus, wild flowers, and scrubby trees and sand. Watermelon Trucks Watermelons are grown on irrigated land here, and hundreds of trucks, loaded ten feet high, were carrying them north. Herds of cattle were everywhere — mostly Herefords and Santa Gertrudis, and similar white cattle. We even saw two roadrunners, those funny little birds that go “beep-beep” in the comic film*! At the border we changed scene of our money, before learning we could gat a slightly better exchange rate in Monterrey at our hotel—Monterrey is one of the few places where the hotels MW a better rate than the banks! As we headed south, over a gently rising dessert, huge cactus palms began to dominate the ever-changing roadway. It is not wise to drive much over 50 miles an hour on most stretches of the Laredo - Monterrey highway, as there is always work in progress, trucks parked on the road, cactus on the highway, etc. Cactus Truck* We were really interested in everything we saw — huge trucks loaded down with opuntia cactus, for fodder and for burning when dried. Perhaps the thing of greatest interest was a huge spider that we saw while driving. Our wives didn’t believe us, so we backed up, and sure enough, there was a huge black spider, eight indies 4 across, with a heavy body. We (Continued on Page Six)

had resigned since 1958. About 1.2 million of the increase will go for automatic promotional raises to employes of the -welfare, correction, health, employment security, personnel, conservation, civil rights, library, youth council, historical bureau, property management and civil defense departments. Hatchett said pay scales there were “thrown out of line" by mental hospital pay raises for attendants and other employes by the 1963 Legislature. About 80 per cent of all state employes whose department heads feel their efficiency and length of service qualify them for more money will receive 10 to 15 monthly increases, costing the state about 1.8 million a year. Employes are in both merit and non-merit system agencies. Hatchett said relief afforded the state by higher-than-antici-pated sales tax revenues permitted the raises, although he said that was not what motivated them.