Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1964 — Page 1

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Boy, Bull Aid In Capturing Ex-Convict LEBANON, Ky. (UPD —An angry, snorting bull and x an alert teen-aged boy on horseback played key roles Monday in the capture of an ex-convict wanted for the murder of one man and the critical wounding of another. State police apprehended Garland Russell, 33, after he was chased f>y the s tea med-up bull. The boy saw the chase and told his father, who called the troopers. — The boy, Terry Glasscock, 15, rode his horse to a pond on his father’s farm Monday carrying salt for tha cattle. He performs the chore daily and the cattle nearly always mill around the area waiting for him. Bull Is Missing Monday, however, all the cows were present but the bull was not. The reason became quickly apparent when young Glasscock heard loud bellowing, snoting and yelling from* a clump of trees. A man ,and a woman dashed from the trees with the incensed bull in hot pursuit. Glasscock turned his horse around and galloped home to tell his father. The elder Glasscock called state police. A short time later, the troopers found a rather Russell hiding in some woods on the Glasscock farm near Route 68. Perhaps thoroughly intimidated by the_bull, he offered no resistance. Woman With Him With Russell was a woman identified as his wife Freda, 32. Authorities had searched for Russell since J.W. Van Arsdale of Danville, Ky., showed up at a farm home near here last Wednesday, dragging the body of another man. Van A-sdale was bleeding from gunshot wounds of the head, arm and stomach. His companion, Charles Irwin, also of Danville, had been strangled. Van Arsdale identified Russell as the slayer. Russell, 'who was released recently from prison after, serving an eight-year sentence for « auto theft and shooting a Perryville, Ky., policeman in 1956, was charged with murder and shooting with intent to kill. His wife was held as an accessory. INDIANA WEATHER Fair northwest, Hearing east and south with some thunderstorms southeast portion early tonight. ' Cooler tonight. Wednesday fair, cooler and less humid. Low tonight 50s north to the 60s south. High Wednesday 76 to 84 north to the 80s south. Sunset today 8:17 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 5:18 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Fair and mild. Lows in upper 50s. Highs in the 80s. Stolen Automobile L Recovered In Ohio An automobile stolen in Decatur Monday afternoon has been recovered in Lancaster, 0., and two Fort Wayne youths are being held in connection with the theft. The 1957 model auto was stolen from the downtown area while its owner, Raymond Hockmeyer, route 2, Monroeville, was in a doctor’s office in the 200 block of S. Second street Monday. afternoon. Hockineyer reported the theft to " the city police about 10 minutes after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and said he had been in the doctor’s office for only about 20 minutes, 2:45 to 3:05 p.m. Hie stolen report was broadcast by local police to area authorities at 6:58 p.pi. Monday and by 8:53 p.m., the auto wars reported recovered in the Ohio city. Lancaster is located about 30 miles south and west of Columbus, 0., and officers there are holding the two 16-year-old Fort Wayne boys who are charged with the daring. daylight theft. One of the two boys is reported on probation in Fort Wayne on a previous vehicle taking conviction. According to information received here, the Hockmeyer ve* hicle was not damaged. Hockmeyer has filed charges against the two youths ana they will probably be returned here to face toe charges. F. B. I. agent Don Birdwell is expected in Decatur tommorrow concerning toe case.

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Henry Cabot Lodge Quits As Viet Nam Ambassador; -M • •L • Johnson Appoints Taylor ” ! - ■ i! ■ .. '

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson today accepted the resignation of Henry Cabot Lodge as U.S. ambassador to South Viet Nam, possibly clearing the way for Lodge to iilay an active role in toe fight over the Republican presidwi’-.ul nomination. » To fill toe critical post, Johnson said he was appointing Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of toe Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, Army chief of staff, will succeed Taylor. At an impromptu news conference, Johnson, said he expected to have a face-to-face meeting with Lodge by toe end of the week to bring himself up to date on toe critical situation in southeast Asia. The announcement of Lodge’s resignation, dated June 19, ended weeks of speculation. Lodge said he was quitting his job because of personal reasons. There had been earlier reports, all officially denied, that he was quitting for reasons of “health.” In any case, the timing of his request meant that Lodge will be on hand for the final days of toe GOP fight over a presidential candidate to oppose President Johnson in November. The President announced that he was naming Assistant Secretary of State U. Alexis Johnson as deputy ambassador to, republic of Viet Nam. He sajd that Johnson, a career diplomat, will proceed to Saigon immediately and will act as the chief of mission until Taylor’s arrival to succeed Lodge. The President praised both Taylor and Johnson for accepting the new post on short notice and said they had toe highest qualifications for their new assignments. “I’m satisfied that together they will give the United States toe best field leadership” in support of United States policies in South Viet Nam, Johnson said.' In his letter of resignation

Pledges Fight To Reduce Aid

WASHINGTON (UPI) A House critic of President Johnson’s $3.5 billion foreign aid bill promised a fight to cut the program today even as top defense officials appealed to senators for the full amount. Rep. Otto Passman, D-La., sent a letter to all House members denouncing the aid request as his appropriations subcommittee prepared for a closed session to act on the money bill for the program, the session was,, scheduled for 2 p.m. EDT. There were strong indications that Passman’s group would reject the $515 million cut he proposed. He served notice he would carry the battle to the House floor, and assailed what he called White House “pres- - sure." ' ’ On the Senate side, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went before the Foreign Relations Committe to ask approval of the entire $3.5 billion authorization voted by the house. McNamara said that U.S. efforts • to strengthen “limited war forces” had discouraged the Soviet Union from “engaging in even a conventional war against the United States ad its Allies.” *•- ■ "We believe that the actions we have taken to strenghten, protect and make more ready our strategic nuclear forces have convinced at least the leaders of the Soviet Union that a nuclear attack against us or our Allies could not end in other than disaster for them,” he said in prepared

Ambassador Lodge, still a pos- - sible Republican presidential nominee, said his resignation was prompted eritirely by personal reasons. He thanked the Chief Executive for his guidance and devotion for helping him to carry out the job. Johnson wrote Lodge that he should make his farewell calls in Saigon and that he hoped to see him as soon as he returned. In his letter of reply, dated June 23, Johnson told Lodge that his departure “will mean no change in the determination of toe United States to support toe people of Viet Nam.” Johnson stressed that U.’ S. policy toward Viet Nam remains as it was on June 2 when he stated these four propositions : “ —That America keeps her j ward; that the issue is toe future of Southeast Asia as a whole; our purpose is peace and this is not a jungle war, but- a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.” , Johnson was asked in this connection whether North Viet Nam and toe Chinese Communists understand this country’s willingness to fight if necessary to defend Southeast Asia against Communist aggression. “We feel our attitude has gotten through to them,” he replied- "I think I would say we believe they are aware of our attitude and they have no doubt >. about our policy or position.” In toe past several days, U.S. officials have gone out of their way to stress that the United States is willing to go all out to defend the integrity of toe Southeast Asian nations. “I repeat again that our purpose is peace,” the President said in a statement. “Our people in South Viet Nam are helping to protect people against terror; they are also helping — and they will help more—in increasing agriculture A production, and expanding medical help, and building a sense of hope.”

testimony. &■ Taylor told the Senate group that it would be a “tragic emasculation” of military aid not to grant Johnson extra funds he requested to press the fight in South Viet Nam against the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas. McNamara and Taylor stressed the importance of the $1,055 billion earmarked for military • aid, which includes part of the extra money for the stepped up Viet Nam effort. They said it was vital national security. Hoffa Judge Orders Arrest Os Witness— CHICAGO (UPD—The judge in the James R. Hoffa $25 million fraud trial today issued a warrant for the arrest of a “missing” government witness who has been located in a Miamiv Fla., hospital. Asst. U.S. Atty. William O. Bittman charged that the . ness, Eric Shinkel, “has refused to submit to a government physician for an examination.” “This corroborates our original belief that he is evading appearing as a witness,” Bittman told U.S., . District Court Judge Richard B. Austin. Bittman asked Austin to reinstate a previously v quashed warrant for Shinkel’s arrest and to set bond at SIO,OOO. Atis- ‘ tin issued the warrant and raised the bond to $40,000.

Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Tuesday, dune 23, 1964.

...Al - “ — MH t'J It HH ; x v. y > Vk* * \ > fir ’vVQrall I J Mr W DECATUR LIONS INSTALL OFFICERS— The officers of the Decatur Lions club, who will serve during the 1964-65 service club year, were installed Monday night. Left to right, front row: Smith Snively. frs vice rnSent Ted Hi’l vice president; Norman Steury, director; the Rev. Richard Ludwig president; rear row, left to right: Harry Knapp, teasurer; Roy Price, director; Earl Dawaid, tail twister; Charles McFarren, secretary; Dick Mies, diector and immediate past president, Richard Linn, Lion tamer.—((Photo by Mac Lean)

Officers Installed By Decatur Lions Officers of the Decatur lions club for the 1964-65 year were Installed Monday evening at a special dinner meeting at T£jjla Lanes. *•. « v . Herbert Snyder, of Fort Wayne, deputy district governor of Lions region two, was toe installing officer, and stressed the motto, “We serve,” during the ceremony. The Rev. Richard C. Ludwig, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church, was installed as president. Other officers are Carroll Schroeder, first vice presided!; Smith Snively, second vice president; Ted Hill, third vice president; Charles McFarren, secretary; Harry Knapp, treasurer; Richard Linn, Lion tamer; Earl Dawaid, tail twister; directors, Roy Price, Dick Mies, the retiring president; Merritt Alger and Norman Steury. Awards fbr perfect attendance were made to Lawrence Anspaugh. Herb Banning, Fred Corah, Fritz Ellsworth, Jack Gordon, Gordon Mooper, Harry Knapp, Rev. Richard Ludwig, Charles McFarrep, Dick Mies, Carroll Schroeder, Smith Snively, Norman Steury and Roy Price. A 15-year membership certificate was awarded to Earl Dawaid, and a 10-year certificate to Jack Gordon. Membership kits were presented to Ted Hill, John McConaha and Gerald Coolman. Feature of toe evening was a steak dinner served to Herman Krueckeberg’s winning attendance team by Jack Gordon’s losing attendance team, despite the fact Gordon’s team “picketed” Villa Lanes. Guests at the meeting were Doti Farr, guest of Harry Knapp, and Dick Vergosen and Harvey Kowitz, new employes of Duo-Marine, and Robert Horack, Paul Fleming and Jim Herrel, of Allied Chemical Co., all guests of Vic Porter.' ■ •T Next Monday's meeting will be" a -picnhffbrLions and their ladies at Hanna-Nuttman park. The club will then be in vacation until September. Rites Held Monday For Harve Steele Funeral services for Harve E. Stele, 67, a native of Salem, were held Monday in Three Rivers, Mich. He died Friday afternoon following an illness of two months in the hospital at Kalamazoo, Mich. The son of Samuel and Mary Steele, he was bom at Salem, in .Blue Creek township, April 15, '■ 1897. He was a veteran of World Wai- I. z Surviving are his wife, Georgia Butcher, and two daughters; one sister, Mrs. Stella Marks, of Three Rivers, Mich. Attending the services from Decatur were his nieces, Mrs. Nile Butler, Mrs. Arthur Hurst, and Mrs. Cliff Norman.

Birth Control Discussed By Pope Paul VI VATICAN CITY (UPD—Pope Paul VI said today toe Roman Catholic Church is actively studying the “extremely serious problem” of birth control. But he said so far he finds no grounds for changing church policy, which includes a total ban on artificial contraceptives. In one of toe major speeches of his year-old pontificate, the Pope spoke before 26 cardinals on the eve of his name day, toe Feast of St. John toe Baptist. He covered subjects ranging from Christian unity to world peace. The a discussion of birth controQ came at a time when toe subject is the topic 6f lively debate within the Catholic Church, especially over toe use of newly-developed contraceptive pills. The Pope, in toe first statement he has made on the subject, said the question of birth control “is being considered as amply and deeply as possible., and we hope soon to conclude toese studies with the collaboration of many distinguished scholars.” “But, meanwhile,” he warned “we frankly say that so far we have no sufficient motive to consider surpassed, and therefore not compulsory, the rules given out by Pope Pius XII in this regard.” 7 - 7 ' 7 " . 'Y* ien cur ‘ rent studies are completed, “we will therefore soon put forth toe conclusions in the forms which will be considered more adequate on the subject dealt with and to toe target to xtoteved.”-- 77 ~ wests Thus, he said, the teachings laid down by toe late Pope Pius XII that no artificial contraceptives may be used “must be considered valid, at least until that time when we conscientiously will feel obliged to change them.” “In a subject of suqfi gravity it appears good that Catholics should follow a single law, such as toe church of authority proposes and it seems therefore opportune to recommend that nobody for toe time being take upon himself to pronounce himself in terms that are different from the exsting rule.” Burns Prove Fatal To Rockville Lady ROCKVILLE, Ind. (UPD — Mrs. Mae Tyler, 68, R. R. 4, Rockville, died Monday from burns suffered five weeks earlier when gasoline with which she was cleaning draperies ignited in her home.

Rex Halberstadt Is Critically Injured Rex Halberstadt, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Clarke, of route 5, Decatur, remained on the critical list at Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne this noon, where he was taken following a Monday afternoon accident. Halberstadt suffered fractures of the right leg, hip and ribs, and internal injuries. He was rushed to the Lutheran hospital in critical condition after a cartruck crash, and a report from the hospital at noon today said the youth remained “critical.” Two youths with Halberstadt at the time of the accident, Verlin Macintosh, 17-year-old resident of this city, and Robert Liby, 16, of route 3, Decatur, were listed in “fair” condition at noon by hospital officials. Liby suffered a fracture of the pelvis, among other injuries, and Macintosh received cuts on the face and arms. Both are in Lutheran hospital. The accident involving the car driven by Halberstadt and a truck operated by Hilbert Witte, 32, of route 2, Ossian, occurred at the intersection of the Thiele and Ferguson roads in Allen county at 2:30 p.m. Monday. Liby is the son of Mrs. Homer Liby, while Mclntosh resides at 1415 W. Monroe street in this city. The Witte pickup truck and Halberstadt’s auto collided at the intersection of the two county roads, and the force of the impact threw the auto onto its right side. Witte suffered only a wrist injury in the mishap. Investigating officers said Halberstadt failed to stop at a stop sign and would be charged with the violation. . X Mrs. Jennie Kiefer Dies This Morninq Mrs. Jennie Isabel Kiefer, 86, who made her home with a daughter, Mrs. Ross Miller of Geneva route 1, died at 5:30 am. today at the Jay county hospital in Portland. She was a native of Switzerland. Her husband, Otto Kiefer, preceded her in death. Surviving in addition to the daughter with whom she made her home are another daughter, Mrs. Jennie Miller of Portland; three sons, Ted and Ed Myers of Geneva, and Fred Meyers of Anaheim, Calif.; five grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Funeral rites will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva, with burial in Westlawn cetnetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 noon Wednesday.

Hearings Launched On Tobacco-Health

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sur- k geon General Luther Terry to- n day proposed a plan whereby tl Congress rather than a govern- e ment agency, would decide r whether cigarette packages should carry a health warn- p ing. f Terry, head of the U.S. Pub- t lie Health Service, made the t recommendation as the House c Commerce Committee began 8 the first in a series of congressional hearings into all aspects t of the tobacco-health controver- t sy. [ 1 Sen. Maurine Neuberger, IlOre., a longtime anti-smoking campaigner, immediately at- J tacked the proposal. The smoking controversy < reached a peak in January i when the surgeon general’s ad- < visory committee on smoking reported that there was a sta- i tistical link between cigarette I smoking and lung cancer. 1 Mrs. Neuberger was critical s of the Terry proposal, saying a s jurisdictional dispute over who 1 should decide about the labeling 1 question would weaken efforts 1 to bring to the attention to the 1 public the health hazards of < smoking. Chairman Oren Harris, D- : Ark., said that the committee, ; in deciding whether any new i legislation was needed, had to 1

Unions Rebel Against Hoffa

NEW YORK (UPI) — Teamster caar James R. Hoffa already fighting for his freedom in a federal court, today faced a revolt within his own union against his pet nationwide truckers contract. Five locals bolted his orders to accept the contract Monday • when Teamsters in Yonkers, N.Y., Baltimore, Wilmington, and Hoboken and Perth Amboy, N.J., voted for a second time to reject the pact. At least two locals posted pickets outside trucking firms which contract with Ford and General Motors to haul cars._ The revolt, started by Teamsters who haul a major part of the nation’s new cars to dealers, could spread to other East Coast auto assembly centers, tying up hundreds of thousands . of workers affected by a possi,ble strike, dissident union officials said. “If Jimmy Hoffa wants a fight on his hands, he’s got one,” an official of Teamster i Local 445 in Yonkers told United Press International. Refused To Negotiate The official said automobile transport companies had refused to negotiate with individual locals because Hoffa, by “underhanded” methods, had promised to whip the locals into line personally. He changed the companies were “bargaining in bad faith with the sanction of Hoffa.” Hoffa, in Chicago on trial for allegedly using S2O million in union pensions fraudulently, declined comment. But one union source said Hoffa was so angry

Jetliner Ignores Russian Protest

• American World Airweys jetliner on a direct flight from New York flew over Communist East Germany to West Berlin today and landed safely despite Soviet charges that l such service was unlawful. < Pan Am’s Flight 77 touched t down in the divided city at 1:25 p.m. (8:35 a.m. EDT) 20 [ minutes ahead of schedule, without encountering . Communist aircraft in the central air corridor from West Germany. The Soviet Union protested the flights Monday, saying that the Communist East German > government had not approved t them and that they were there- ■ fore illegal. The Soviets said the safety of the flights could ! not be guaranteed. i Today’s flight was the first since the warning was made - public. r- Western officials said the warning could mean the beginning of new Communist pres-

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keep two considerations in mind: The physical health of the American public and the economic health of the farreaching tobacco industry. Mrs. Neuberger, in her prepared testimony, praised the federal government tor action taken so far in connection with the surgeon general’s advisory committee report on smoking and health. That report concluded that there was a statistical link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer and other diseases. Mrs. Neuberger noted that the Federal Trade Commission had issued proposed regulations that would require tobacco companies to warn prospective purchasers of a possible health danger if they smoke cigarettes. This would apply to both advertising and to labeling on packages. While the FTC has had these proposals under consideration, Mrs. ~ Neuberger said, “there has arisen speculation during the past few days that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.. .should be given authority to regulate cigarette package labeling.” Under this determination, she said, the department would push aside the FTC and would ask for new legislation from Congress.

he warned that no strike benefits would be paid. A spokesman for the Ford Motor Company in Detroit sflid that “an extended strike by car haulers could have a serious effect on delivery of new cars to dealers.” In New York, a General Motors spokesman said his firm “will continue to operate our plants as long as we can. We won’t be able to comment further until we see what the situation is tomorrow.” He said continuing production would depend upon how much space each plant has tor storing the cars until the strike is settled.” Canid Upset Plana A long Teamster strike could upset the auto industry’s hopes tor its first 8-miilkm-car sales year. Hardly a dealer in the country is not dependent upon trucks for delivery, either direct from the factory or from the railhead. While auto dealers have several days supplies on hand, it would be only a matter of time until all four U.S. auto makers would have to close* their plants because of-a carriers* strike. The revolt appeared to have begun when Hoffa negotiated toe nationwide contract on Jan. 16 after five years of bargaining for the 450,000 drivers ertbployed by about 1,400 firms. The new car haulers then rejected the contract earlier this month because they wanted toe right to negotiate local by local. Hoffa ordered a second vote to be taken. That vote was taken. Monday. 0 ■» 1 ■

sure the over Communist territory. Three Western amities Pan American, Afar France and British European Airways — have been making up to 200 flights a day through the corridors, which were established by the four-power agreements governing Berlin at the end of World War H — ?■ Although Pan American has been flying into West Berlin for years, its previous flights a* touched down in West Germany. The new “direct” flights were inaugurated last month. Although they are not non-stop, they land at Prestwick, Scotland, or some other point in Western Europe for refueling and do not land in West Germany. They are called “direct” because the passengers no longer have to change planes in Frankfurt or some other West German city.

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