Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1964 — Page 1

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2,000 Enraged Negroes Battle Police All Night At Rochester, New York

■«cut JQ| SCOUTS ARRIVE HOME— Pictured above is the Adams county contingent of Boy Scouts who returned at 2 a. m. this morning from a two-week campout which included the Sixth national jamboree. Pictured above from left to right, back row, Ken Habegger, Steve Schultz, Allen Birch, Bill Stuckey, Ralph Fireoved, and Bob Schwartz; front row, left to right, Bill Rydell, Mike Curtin, Dick Everett, John Wagley, Fred Zwick, and Dan Braun. Also with the boys were Carl A. Braun, local businessman-volunteer, and William Spice, Limberlost district executive.

Plan Commission Approves Budget

The Adams county plan commission unanimously approved a budget of $22,800 for its first year of operation, 1965, at a special meeting Friday night. The plan is expected to be completed by next May. The budget compares with a budget of $19,000 requested for this year, and $14,600 allowed by the county council. Actually very little of this was spent, since the Metropolitan Planners, originally scheduled to complete their plan this year, withdrew early in the year, and left the board without a planner for nearly six months. Probably more than $12,000 will be returned to th.? general fund, unspent, because the commission didn’t get its plan finished as scheduled this summer, attorney Lewis L. Smith estimated. Less Tax Money Needed This means that even if the full amount is allowed, it will actually mean a decrease in the additional amount that will have to be raised, which was $14,600 for this year, and will be only about ( SIO,BOO for 1965, Smith estimated. The rest will have been returned to the general fund, and will have to be appropriated again, but not raised again through taxes. The group met in the county commissioners room at 7:30 p.m. with all members present except (Jerald Vizard. Board president William F. Schnepf presided, and introduced Smith, who explained the budget, which had been drawn up by a subcommittee appointed July 8. Higher Fees The committee explained in a cover letter to the group that ihe reason the requested budget would* be higher was because of the request by the new planner for attorney and consultant fees to be included. The federal government and county commissioners are paying for the consultant . up to the time when he completes the final P lan; then the cou , nty must pay. Costs for 1965 a. .er the plan is completed were estimated at $2,500; legal fees were also increased proportionately, at the recommendation of the planner, Gerwin Rohrbach. The breakdown on the pronosed budgets shows the following: under services, personal. $1,200 ■ for per diem of plan commission citizen members, same as this year; salary of secretary, *3 300, same as requested last year, but only $2,500 was allowed; $3,000 for attorney fees, compared with , SI,OOO requested and SSOO allowed this year; $2,500 for consult- ; ant’s fees, compared with SIOO requested and granted last year, • when the planner failed to give the commission an, estimate: $9,000 for a director, same as re- i quested last year, with $6,800. al- : lowed. Thus, $19,000 was request^: ed for personal services for 1965*

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compared with $14,600 requested for this year, and sll,lOO allowed. Other Requests Under other operating expenses, SIOO is requested for postage, as this year; S3OO-for telephone and telegraph, compared with $450 last year; S4OO for transportation allowance, compared with S2OO last year; SSOO for traveling expenses, compared with S6OO re—quested and $350 granted for 1964;,. A SIOO item for freight, express, etc., was omitted this year, giving a total budget of $1,300, compared with $1,210 last year. - Under printing and advertising, $1,200 was requested, same as for this year, with SI,OOO finally allowed for this year. Again, $25 was requested for repairs to equipment. A request for 250 for office supplies was tne same as for this year, SSO was requested for premium on bond, $75 for subscriptions and dues, and S9OO for furniture and office equipment, compared with S6OO requested, and S3OO allowed, this year. The planning board, after full consideration of the budget and signing of it, then moved to other problems. Questions, Secretary Named Attorney Smith was instructed to contact Indiana University planner who represents the federal government in the planning contract, and find out if the planner or the local group was to purchase air photos, which can't be spared from any other local offices, as they are in daily use. He is also to check on the amount to be allowed for attendance at the Purdue planning school, which was urged by the planner, David Brauer. Schnepf announced that Mrs. Bernard .Hain, of route 2, had been hired as part-tirne secretary sor 1 the group. Schnepf wa= authorized to find out what office space would be available in the courthouse, and to expend the amount authorized by the current budge, $300,. on getting office equipment and furniture. Some equipment can be borrowed temporarily. Secretary Ernest Lesiuk then read a letter from the planner, Rohrbach, which called for setting up five committees immediately, so that they will be able to be present at the Aug. 26 meeting at the I & M room at l:30p. m. for a briefing by Rohrbach. Members Get Jobs L. E. Archbold was appointed to get a chairman for the basic data committee; Vilas Schindler was to get a chairman., for the land use committee; Herman Moellering was to contact a chairman for the thoroughfares and traffic committee: Smith was to contact a chairman for the schools and recreation commit-5 tee; and Schnepf was. to get the' i public buildings and utilities ' chairman; Lesiuk was named

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPD — Two thousand enraged Negroes using knives, clubs, bottles and bare fists battled police and state troopers today in a nightlong orgy of rioting and looting. Police fought back with high pressure water hoses and tear gas. Police said at 10 a.m. EDT that the situation was under control but still so explosive that it could erupt again at any moment. At least 98 persons were injure!, including 24 policemen, and more than 80 arrested, according to latest figures. Damage was estimated in the millions. A spokesman for Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller said that National Guard troops could be mobilized at a moment’s notice if necessary. A few guardsmen in Rochester reportedly went to armories on their own to be ready if needed. “We came very close to it (mobilization) early this morning but have not done so,” the spokesman said. “On the basis of field reports from police at the scene we have committed 211 state troopers to the, area. We can mobilize the National Guard if necessary but have not done so yet.” Rockefeller was keeping in . elose- touch with the situation at his family mansion at Tarrytown, N.Y,, near New York City. Police sealed off the 52 block, two sqpare mile Negro neighborhood where the rioting and looting ran rampant. They used barricades to keep the riots from spreading to other sections of the city and to prevent anyone from going into the area. Public transportation throughout the city was halted during “the night, but was resumed shortly after daybreak in all sections except the battle scene. Arrest Triggers Rioting The violence began as an anti-police riot when two policemen tried to arrest a Negro for intoxication at a street dance and were jumped on by several other Negroes. Crowds of young Negroes poured out .of nearby dance halls and saloons and riot calls flashed throughout the city. As word of the trouble spread, white toughs moved into the area and the situation exploded with renewed fury into a full-scale race riot. The rioting flared in this city of 318,000 with a Negro population of 25,000 after week long disturbances in New York City which spread from the nation’s largest Negro ghetto of Harlem to Negro slum areas of Brooklyn. More trouble was expected in New York City later today when Negroes were scheduled to defy a police ban and march on a Harlem police station. City Manager Porter W. Homer appealed to Gov. Rockefeller for help. The governor ordered 200 state police into the area. < Police Chief William Lombard sped to the scene when the rioting started. Negroes mobbed his car, overturned it and set it on fire, and beat him. He was not seriously injured’. Police surrounded him, battled off rioters with clubs, and took him out of the danger area. Five fire companies were sent to the area. The Negroes chopped some of the hoses when high pressure streams were turned on them. A police dispatcher said that some of them used machetes. Calls It “A Shambles” Captain John Nohlen of state chairman of the publicity committee, and asked to get a few men to work with him on it. The men agreed to get their chairmen, and brief them on what their duties would be, and how many members, and whom, should serve with them, at a special meeting at Schnepfs office, set for Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 7:30 p. m.

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police troop A said the Negro neighborhood was “a shambles.” “You cant imagine that this could happen to an American city,” he said. “I’ve never seen anything like it in my 35 years with the state police.” During the worst of the rioting police abandoned the area and retreated to the barricades set up on the perimeter of the 52 block area. Shortly after dawn, reinforced by state police, they began moving back into the area to stop looting and break up the massed Ne-

Dunes Park Closer To Congress Okay

WASHINGTON (UPD — The long-sought and bitterly disputed bill to create an Indiana Dunes National Park was a giant step closer to congressional approval today. The measure got the green light Friday from the Senate Public Land subcommittee. It is a compromise agreed to by interest formerly in violent opposition., and would authorize, the. Local Boy Scouts Back From Jamboree by Steve Schulte Fourteen tired but thrilled Boy Scouts and leaders returned early this morning from a two-week trip that included the World’s Fair and sixth national jamboree at Valley Forge. The scouts arrived at 2 a.m. in Fort Wayne, about three hours» later than the 11 p.m. time given their parents, who waited and waited. The three council buses got separated, and t*wo waited for a third, which had passed them, and arrived an hour earlier. On Road 18 Hours The scouts left the camp by bus at 7:30 a.m. Friday, and rode all day and night, with just two stops for lunch, and supper. They had taken three days, including visits to the Cleveland zoo, Niagara Falls, and West Point, to get to Valley Forge, Pa. Arriving in Decatur this morning with the scouts were Christopher Rhodes and Stefen Maxwell, Jamaican scouts who will visit over the weekend with Robbert Schwartz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schwartz. The scouts got to see a number of movie and TV stars, as well as President Lyndon Johnson, who helped close the jamboree Thursday night. Daily Journal Each day the Jamboree Journal was published to keep the scouts advised as to what was going on in the temporary city of 52,000. Wednesday night home talent was featured at each of the area campfires. Each day 6.000 scouts went to the rifle ranges for practice with .22 rifles or shotguns Capt. E. White, astronaut, songstress Anita Bryant, Mt. Everest climber James W. Whittaker, actors Lorna “Pa Cartright” Green, and Dan “Hoss Cartright” Blocker, Olympic star Adolph Kiefer, and many other stars attended the jamboree. The local scouts were distributed through three Anthony Wayne council troops, as well as three buses. An official picture, in front of thg council area, was taken of each troop. Boys from all over northeastern Indiana were in the troops. While the Scouts were all glad to be home this morning, all reported a good time. A few accidents, including one scout death when a boy was run over by a bus Friday morning, and two scouters dying of heart attacks, marred the jamboree, but all in all it was a wonderful experience in living and getting along together for the 12 local youths and their two advisors.

groes into smaller groups. They lobbed tear gas grenades into the larger gangs of marauders. So much tear gas was used that state police rushed eight more cases of gas to the scene. — t— Report Shotgun Blasts There were reports of shotgun blasts in the area during the hours-long rioting. But it was not determined whether police had fired riot guns or whether their revolvers bolstered. They were under orders not to use their guns unless (Continued on Page 5>

$23 million appropriation to establish the 11,292-acre park at the southern tip of Lake Michigan. Sen. Paul H. Douglas, D-IU., who has sponsored the legislation in every Congress since 1958 and never before seeri it progress this far, was jubilant. He told a hastily summoned news conference he was confident of approval by the full ' Senate Interior Committee amd predicted the measure would reach the Senate floore next week. “I am already in touch with the appropriate members of the House and I shall pay personal visits seeking their support,” he said. Welsh is Pleased Indiana’s Gov. Matthew E. Welsh said he was pleased with the subcommittee action on the dunes bill. “The bill represents substantially what was proposed by me ,as a compromise over two years ago,” Welsh said. 'Die governor spoke to newsmen at the White House after he and other midwestern state executives with President Johnson about winning a bigger share of government spending for their area. Welsh said the dunes bill “will be a great asset for Indiana and for the entire Chicago area.” “I sincerely hope it passes,” he added. Douglas expected support from Rep. John P. Thaylor, RPa., who has favored the bill in the past. He noted that Welsh has endorsed the measure, and it is co-sponsored by Sen. Birch Bayh and Vance Hartke, Indiana Democrats. • . House May Pass Douglas said he considered it iirtssiblethat the Hotfse would pass the bill before Congress adjourns. “If.it could surmount the obstacles in the Senate committee, anything is possible,” he said. He was reminded that House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck opposed the park on grounds that it would inhibit the industrial— growth of the area. “I hope that Halleck will have his opposition moderated by the demands of his constituents and appeal to his better nature,” Douglas said. - . He quoted Chairman Wayne Aspinall, D-Colo., of the House Interior Committee as saying that before Congress adjourns he would like to three areas set aside for public parks—one 'in the Eastern part of the country, one in the Midwest, and one in the West. “I don’t believe there is any rivalry with the dunes for the Midwestern one," he said. ( Not Ideal—Douglas Douglas emphasized he did not consider the bill ideal. . I “We’ve lost the 2,000 most beutiful acres of dunes due to construction by Bethlehem Steel Companies,” he said. “This is the best we could get. "Now we hope the steel com-! panies, Bethlehem and National,* will cooperate in preventing pol-j hit ion at the air and the water. This is going to be a real prob- 1 lem, but they said they could; do it.”

Auction School To Open Here Monday The 88th session of the Reppert school of auctioneering will open Monday, Dr. Roland Reppert, president of the school, announced today. Between 75 and 85 prospective auctioneers from the United States and Canada will be enrolled for the Reppert course. Dr.. Reppert is the son of the late Col. Fred Reppert, who founded the auction school in 1921. The school offers instruction in every phase of the auction business. The three-week course is taught by instructors from all over the country. The student is taught to conduct sales of real estate, farm equipment, household goods, registered livestock, jewelry, merchandise, tobacco, fruit and antiques. , _ Col. Q. R. Chaffee of Towanda. Pa. is the dean of instruction and manager of sessions. Other instructors include H. W. Sigrist, Fort Wayne; Gene Slagle, Marion, O.; H. B. Sager, Bozeman, Mont.; C. B. Drake, Decatur, Ill.; Clyde M. Wilson, Marion, O.; Dr. R. B. Miller, Fort Wayne; H. D. Darnell, Cynthianat Ky.; Ray Elliott, Portland; Walter Carlson, Triumph, Minn.; Charles Pollock, Delphos, O.; and Earl Wright, Mount Gilead, 0. Robert S. Anderson, Decatur attorney, is also an instructor at the school, teaching the legal phases that must be known to be an auctioneer.

Mrs. Ella Schroeder Is Taken By Death Mrs. Ella Schroeder, 51, wife of Lawrence T. Schroeder, of 827 Walnut street, died at 1:20 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. She . had been ..in failing health for some time, and seriously ill for the past two weeks. She was born in Preble township, Sept. 25, 1912, a daughter of Gustave and Anna JVefel-Bulte-meier ,and was married to Lawrence T. Schroeder Sept. 12, 1937. Mrs. Schroeder, an employe of the Fairway restaurant, was a member of the Zion Lutheran church of Decatur and the Needle club of the church. Surviving are her husband; her mother, Mrs. Anna Bultemeier of Madison township, Allen county; two daughters, Mrs. Frederick (Dolores) of Decatur route 2, and Miss Alice Jane Schroeder, at home ;two grandchildren; one brother, Lorenz Bulto meier of Madison township, Allen County . and two sis ters, Mr.;. Oscar (Clara) Ewell of Preble, and Mrs. Theodore (Esther) Bulmahn of Preble township. One brother is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home, and at 2 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran church, with the Rev. Richard C. Ludwig officiating. Burial will be be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.

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Carl Schinnerer Dies In Florida Carl Schinnerer, 66, retired prominent Fort Wayne building contractor, died at 1:20 p.m. Friday in the Memorial hospital at Hollywood, Fla. He was a native of Willshire, Q„, but spent most of his life in Fort Wayne, moving to Hollywood seven years ago. He was one of the founders of Schinnerer & Truemper, Inc., Fort Wayne. Mr. Schinnerer was a former member of Zion Lutheran church at Fort Wayne. Surviving are his wife, Ella; two sons, Walter and Edward Schinnerer, both of Fort Wayne; a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Klepper of Fort Wayne; a brother, Arthur Schinnerer of Willshire; two sisters, Mrs William Schinnerer and Miss Alma Schinnerer, both of ' Fort Wayne, and seven grandfl children. . Funeral rites will be held at ! 3 p.m. Tuesday $t the D. O. • McComb & Sons funeral home |in Fort Wayne, with the Rev. | Arno Scholz officiating. Burial .will be iii Old Concordia ceme■tery. Friends may call at the I funeral home after 7 p.m. Sun!day. ■ •

LBJ Outlines Disagreement With Barry

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson, in a preview of the fall political campaign, Friday sharply outlined his disatlrement w|th Sen. Barry Goldwater over civil rights, nuclear weapons control and crime in the streets. Although tempering his words with a slight smile. Johnson emphasized the gulf between his administration and the Republican presidential nominee during a news conference in which he gave detailed answers to questions arising from the Republican National Convention last week and the Arizona lawmaker’s acceptance speech. Johnson made it clear that he expected civil rights to play an (important part in the campaign and that he considered the issue a legitimate question to be raised between candidates. “Now, to the extent that Sen. Goldwater differs from these views, or the Republican party differs, there will, of course, be > discussion,” Johnson said. “I intend to carry on some of it, if I am a candidate." ' Asked About Right Asked if his White House meeting with Goldwater after the conference was aimed at removing civil rights from the campaign, Johnson said: “I do not believe that any issue, which is before the people can be eliminated from the campaign in a free society’"fir W' election year.” Following the 16-minute meet- , ing, the White House issued a terse statement saying that both Johnson and .poldwater had agred "incitement of racial tensions” should be avoided during the campaign. touring the conference, Johnson challenged Goldwater and his followers to rebuke “bigots and those whb sek to excite and exploit racial tensions.” Johnson also disagreed with the Goldwater suggestion that the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty forces be given the power to decide to use small nuclear weapons. The President said he was convinced that the American people want this power over use of nuclear weapons to be vest? ed only in a civilian. President Is Responsible “They do not expect to abandon this duty to military men in the field,” he said. “I believethat the final responsibility for all decisions on nuclear weapons must rest with the civilian head of ’ this government—the President of the United States.” Johnson also aimed a barb

County 4 - H Fair To Be Opened Tuesday

The annual Adams county 4-H fair gets’Underway Tuesday morning with a full slate of activities mapped out for the day and one of its biggest attractions, the owning for the evening. Exhibits will begin arriving at tfie fairgrounds in Monroe at about 7 o'clock Tuesday morning and at 9:30 a m. the dining hall will open its doors. By that time sheep, poultry, handicraft, electric, woodworking and farm shop exhibits, as well as a good number of horses and ponies, should be on the grounds and ready for viewing. The youth exhibit building opens at 10 o’clock. More exhibits, including those dealing with recreation, photography, conservation and home grounds will arrive during the Tuesday noon hour. At nbon the commercial ten will open and at 12:30 the handicrafts exhibits will be judged. At 2 p.m. the 4-H junior horse show will be held and at 7:15 p.m. the grand parade .assembled on a theme of “4-H for more’in ’64,” will begin. The Adams county entertainment festival will fee held just after the parade, as will the 4-H senior horse show. Dress Revue Wednesday Wednesday’s activities begin with a breakfast for all livestock exhibitors and swine judging at 8:30. The youth exhibit building

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at Goldwater’s convention comments deploring violence in the streets. The federal government is cooperating with state and city authorities to prevent violence, Johnson said, but It could not assume authority that was vested in the states. "I seem to have read and heard that other people, too, are opposed to the federal government usurping the rights of the states.” Johnson made these other points: 1 —Announced development of a “major new strategic manned aircraft system” to be used by the Strategic Air Command. The new plane, the SR7I, will be used for long range reconnaissance and is the “most advanced in the world," Johnson said. Able to fly at three times the speed of sound. the SR7I. Johnson said, will operate at altitudes “in excess of 80,000 feet." The Net income per farm rose from $2,960 In 1960 to $3,504 in 1963, a rise of more than 18 per cent. —During the last fiscal year which ended June 31. farm exports were at a record level and were valued at $6,151,000,000. —Firmly rejected French President Charles de Gauge’s new call for an international ....Conference, on Southeast.. Asia, He said the United States does not want "a conference called to ratify terror.” In a wide- " ranging comment on points De Gaulle made at his Paris news conference Thursday, Johnson afto rejected the idea that the United States was dominating Europe. —Declared that the world is less dangerous now and the United States is stronger. But he emphasized that his administration will continue to work for peace. —Said the administration would continue to work for “a sound and effective answer” to problems in relation to Latin American countries. He said a “highly successful” meeting of the alliance for progress nations had just been completed. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with thundershowers ending tonight and a little cooler north. Fair to partly cloudy and less humid Sunday. Low tonight in 60s north, in 70s south. High Sunday around 80 north, low 90s south. Outlook for Monday; Fair to partly cloudy and less humid.

will also open at that time. At 9 a m. the judging of exhibits of electricity, farm shop, woodworking. flower and weed exhibits will take place. The 4-H colt show is also scheduled for 9 and at 9:30 the dining hall will be open to the public. The commercial tent display will open at 10. Wednesday afternoon the dog judging will be held at 1:30 and the beef judging at 3. Rabbit judging is scheduled for 7 p in. Evening vesper’services, sponsored by the Adams county ministerial association will be held at 7 and the dress revue is scheduled for 7:45. Thursday morning, breakfast for the livestock exhibitors will again be served and the youth biulding exhibits will open again at 10. At 6 p.m. the sale of lambs, barrows and beef Will be held. Entertainment including songs offered by the Adams county chapter of the society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop quartet Singing in America, will be offered at 8:30. From 9 to 10 p.m. the exhibitors will ° close down their displays and load up for the trip home, as the fair closes. One last activity is scheduled for Friday morning at the fairgrouns, however, At 9 a.m. an open dairy show, sponsored by the Adams county extension service, will be held.