Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 178.

Big -Crowd Attends Tuesday Opening Os County’s 4 - H Fair

(4-H fair photos, stories on pages 2, 3 and 6>. The Adams county 4-H fair sweltered through a sticky morning and afternoon Tuesday, then received some more than welcome relief when threatening clouds blocked out the sun, but failed to make good on their threat. Fairgoers, worried for a time about the possibility of rain, settled down to enjoy the coolness once they decided that the drops weren’t coming. Despite the heat, in the early part of the afternoon large crowds flocked to the fairgrounds and hundreds more came in the cooler eveping. One of the busiest spots through-

Riot Erupts At Dance Tuesday

By United Press International A riot erupted at a rock and roll dance Ttfesday night at Medford, Mass. . .where more than 200 Negro and white youths fought each other and threw rocks at police. Dozens of persons were injured, and eight _ youths required treatment at a hospital. Fifty police, swinging clubs, broke up the disturbance at the dance held at a skating rink and attended by 1,200 Negro and white youths. Authorities said that many out-of-town youths were herded aboard buses and were transported to nearby Boston where they were met by riot-trained police and their police dogs. Several police were struck by fists and rocks when they broke up the melee. Lift Curfew In other racial developments north of the Mason-Dixon Line, a three-day curfew at riot-torn Rochester, N.Y., was lifted Tuesday. But liquor sales were banned until 5 p.m. today. Rochester city Manager Porter Homer told newsmen that “there’s no question there have been some injustices here. These cannot be cured overnight.” An atmosphere of calm settled over Rochester where violence last Friday, Saturday and Sunday left four persons dead, hundreds injured and about 800 arrested. Scores —of- business houses were pillaged ‘and damage was estimated in the millions. So intense was the violence

Continue Study Os Site For Reservoir Decatur mayor Carl Gerber said Tuesday that the South Bend engineering firm of Clyde Williams Associates is still in the process of making a preliminary study of a site for a water reservoir for the city. The mayor declined to comment on the location of the site,, but said that the engineering firm would have its study completed within a few weeks. He said that the firm is conducting its study free of charge. “The water problem should be approached carefully,” said the mayor. “It’s something which should not be jumped into.” Gerber said that the site which the city was previously considering, on the Harry Dailey farm, has been declared unsuitable for purposes pf a reservoir. He said that the various city departmen s have been working on completing their budget proposals. The budget for the street department has been causing some trouble because of new state requirements which will require the keening of special records. The mayor said that it will probably be necessary for the city to hire extra help to keep these records next year. The budget proposals are due for publication on August 13.

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out the afternoon and evening was the food building, staffed by women volunteers. The building, managed by Orval Neuenschwnader and Mrs. Chalmer Barkley, served continuously until 10:30 p.rri., halt an hour past its scheduled closing time. The women dispensed 262 pounds of ham and 230 pounds of hamburger, plus gallons of iced tea, lemonade and other cold drinks. They ‘ reported that coffee, soup and other hot dishes were slow sellers. A record 1,200 pieces of chilled watermelon was also sold. The Red Cross first aid trailer treated 19 cases yesterday — most of which were cut fingers and blistered feet.

that Goy. Nelson Rockefeller sent in National Guardsmen to reinforce 1,200 local and state police in quelling the riots. To Hold Meeting In New York, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said he will hold, a “summit’’ meeting today with Negro leaders on his mission of peace following reports they were “mad as hell” because King met with Mayor Robert F. Wagner before consulting with them over racial violence in Harlem and Brook- ' lyn. King, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a proponent of nonviolence in pressing for civil rights, was asked by Wagner to lend assistance in solving racial problems that broke into repeated riots nearly two weeks ago in Harlem and Brooklyn. ■ While King was meeting with Wagner, officials of 69 civil rights and extremist groups, held a solidari’y meeting in Harlem where they denounced Wagner. Elsewhere: Cleveland, Ohio: Civil rights groups served notice Tuesday they will demonstrate in front of city hall Thursday to protest alleged police* brutality. Atlanta: Arguments continue today in federal court to determine whether Atlanta schools are being desegregated fast enough. ....... Atlanta: Georgia will send an integrated delegation to the National Democratic Convention next month, headed by GoV. Carl Sanders who fought the civil rights bill with testimony before a Senate committee. Jacksonville, Fla.: A nervous mo‘el owner from St. Augustine told a federal judge Tuesday he was “scared” because he was caught in a crossfire between determined integrationists and militant segregationists. He testified at a hearingon a suit to force St. Augustine motel and restaurant owners to re-integrate their establishments. Miami Beach: -Dorothy Johnson, an 18-year-old Negro model and telephone operator from Pocatello, Idaho, won a semifinalist spot Tuesday in the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant where she is participating as Miss Idaho. Elizabeth Peterson Has Shoulder Injury Miss Elizabeth Peterson, of 617 N. Second street, retired Lincoln grade school teacher, was reported resting comfortably at home after dislocating her shoulder in a fall in her back yard this morning. Miss Peterson fgll while trimming a rose bush* before leaving for the hospital to visit her sister, Mrs. Grace Allwein. Another sister, Mrs. Bernice Magley, helped her get a doctor, and she was taken to the hospital, where the shoulder was put back in joint while she was under an anisthetic,

Crowds slightly smaller than those which turned out last year lined the street of Monroe to watch the opening parade of the fair. Bands, floats, commercial exhibits and a large group of horses were included in :he procession assembled by parade marshals Roger Singleton and Martin Stei- ■ ner.— — - Several county 4-H clubs were represented by floats built on the parade theme of “4-H for More in ’64.” Judges for the parade were Mrs. Gerda Mazelin, circuit court judge Myles F. Parrish and Tom Kirchofer. The winning float, built by the Monmouth Senior Merry Maids club, scored 49 of a possible 50 points or the judges’ score card. The other winners were: second, Preble Peppy Peppers; third, Monroe Junior Boosterettes; fourth, Preble Telstars, fifth, Preble Junior Peppy Pals. The 4-H horse show and the Adams county entertainment festival got underway immediately after the parade. The horse show was followed by the 4-H senior horse show put on by 4-H horse and pony club members. The entertainment festival, playing to an audience of more than 1,060 persons, was judged by Joe Klarke, Mrs. Reid Erekson and Chuck Kester. The show was emceed by Paul Rich. Winners in the non-musical di- . vision were: first, Karen and Joni Van Emon of route 2, Geneva, acrobatic duo; second, Jeanne Jeffrey of route 2, Decatur, baton twirling; third. Happy Hustlers 4-H club of Washington township, comedy skit. Activity continued at the fairgrounds until 12:30, when the last event in the horse show was completed. Berne Woman Dies Today At Hospital Mrs. Rachel Regier, 83, of 506 West Water street, Berne, died at 11:20 a. m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been a patient since Saturday. The body was removed to the Yager funeral home at Berne, pending funeral arrangements.

Rhode Island Senator Hamed As Keynoter WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen. John O. Pastore of Rhode Island was chosen by Democratic leaders today to be keynote speaker at the party’s national convention. Pastore was one of a number of convention officials approved by the convention arrangements committee on recommendation of Democratic National Chairman John M. Bailey. Bailey previously had announced that he would recommend Speaker John W. McCormack to be permanent, chairman of the convention and House Democratic Leader Carl Albert to be chariman of the platform committee. These nominations also were approved. Pastore also will serve as temporary chairman and preside during the opening day, Aug. 24, of the convention at Atlantic City, N.J., which will nominate President Johnson for a full White House term. David L. Lawrence, former governor of Pennsylvania, was * named to head the convention credentials committee, which may be faced with challenges to seating of delegations from Mississippi and Alabama. Gov. Carl Sanders of Georgia was chosen to head the convention rules committee. Today’s decisions go to the Democratic National Committee for routine approval at a meeting in Atlantic City Aug. 22. White House Press Secretary George E. Reedy denied knowledge Tuesday of a report that Texas Gov. John Conn ally would put Johnson’s name in nomination at the ebnventto. Reedy slid” he knew of “no specific plans” as yet in these matters.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Wednesday, July 29, 1964.

Girl Hurt Slightly As Bike Hits Auto A 14-year-old Decatur girl suffered minor injuries Tuesday evening when she" rode her bicycle into the side of an automobile at the intersection of Third and Marshall streets. Julie Lynne Zerkel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Zerkel, Jr., of 209 S. Third St., suffered abrasions to both elbows and a constusion of the right hip. She was treated at the hospital by a local psysician and released. The auto she hit was driven by Ru*h Jane Mills, 49, of 204 S. Tenth St. The local lady was west bound on Marshall street and had stopped tor a stop sign at the intersection. As she started to crass the intersection, she saw the bicyclist and stopped- The girl, however,, was unable to stop in time and her bicycle rammed into the left front of 'the auto. Damage to the bicycle was estimated at $5, while the car was not damaged. The city police investigated the mishap. TWO SECTIONS Sandra Bransteter Wins Two Projects The afternoon of opening day is always anxiously awaiting at the annual Adams county 4-H fair, for it is at that time that the fair office begins announcing the winners of the judging in various projects. The year the office announced winners in four classes on Tuesday afternoon. Os • the four grand champion awards, two were won by a pert veteran of eight years’ 4-H competition, ’ Sandra Bransteter.

Miss Bransteter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bransteter of route 2, Berne took home the grand champion awards in clothing and food preservation. Her winning entries were a dress and an exhibition of frozen foods. P In her eight years of 4-H experience she has never won more than one grand championship award in any year. Tuesday, with, the fair just hours old, she learned that she had won two. She has another exhibit in the. electricity division, which has yet to be judged. The dress with which she won the clothing contest took more than four weeks of her spare time. It was made from a pattern although Sandra added several original touches to the basic design. Her frozen food exhibit included peas, green beans, cauliflower, red beets, broccoli, and corn, all packaged in plastic containers. Her electricity exhibit is a lamp which she made. A 1964 graduate of Berne high school, she began her 4-H work at the Jefferson township school in 1956. She plans to attend International Business college in Fort Wavne. Two sister, Sharon and Diane, also received awards in this year’s clothing and food preservation judging. Business Matters Are Discussed Bv Jaycees The Decatur Jaycees held their regularly-scheduled general membership meeting Tuesday night, with discussion held on several matters of business. The awarding of the color television ,set, to be held Friday night in front of the Decatur Record Store, was discussed, and final plans were made. The members present also discussed the airport survey presently being conducted, and tentative plans for a musical production to be given next year. President Wayne Roahrig presided at the meeting.

9 1 frfy Au.IB If 1 I (HOL' v* ■ M IL a K. i J* ▲ DECISIONS— These two youngsters, cousins Tony and Louie Braun, were snapped yesterday as they ponaered over the huge pile of watermelons just inside the 4-H food building.—(Photo by Mac Lean)

Bids Received By North Adams Board

Petroleum and fuel oil bids were received by the North Adams community school board* Tuesday night, in addition to bids’ for oil, tires, and other items. There were three bids submitted for a grade 5 fuel oil contract with North Adams schools. Indiana Fuels submitted a bid of 9.53 cents per gallon, and not to exceed 9.83 per gallon. Gladieux Refining Co. submitted a bid of 9.75 cents per gallon, an Identical* figure to the bid submitted by Eastern Indiana Oil and Refining Co. . Petrie Oil Co., Seavers Oil Sefe= vice and Eastern Indiana submitted bids for a petroleum contract, to provide gasoline for the school buses. Eastern’s bid amounted to 20.5 cents per gallon if purchased at the storage tank, and 22.5 cents a gallon if purchased at service stations. The Petrie bid, for Mobil gasoAccident Victim Is Slightly Improved Mrs. Joan Workinger has “shown some improvement,” according to a report received from the Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne at 1:30 p.m. today. Mrs. Workinger, who has remained conscious through nearly the entire affair, is now listed as “only fair,” which is just a step up from the “poor” report which was released by the hospital Tuesday. * Her husband, Robert Workinger, owner and operator of the Downtown Texaco Service station in Decatur, and nine-year-old daughter Darlene are continuing to improve. They remain in the Elmhurst hospital in Angola. Mrs. Workinger suffered severe facial lacerations and head injuries when their car was struck head-on by another vehicle on state road J, near Hamilton, a few miles south of Saturday afternoon. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Johnson today aproved a proposed federal-pri-'vate partnership for construction of a $697 million electric 4 power transmission system to Hnk 11 Western states. INDIANA WEATHER . J- .. J Fair and cooler tonight. Thursday sunny and pleasant. Low tonight 56 to 62 north, to low 60s south. High Thursday * 80 to 85. Sunset today 8:01 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 5:42 » a.m. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy and warmer. Lows mid 60s. Highs mid 80s northeast to near M southwest.

line, was 20.9 cents a gallon from the storage tank and 22.9 from stations, while the Beavers bid, for Fleet-lVing gasoline, was 20.9 from the storage tank and 23 cents a gallon from the station. No Contracts No contracts were awarded at the meeting, as the bids were taken under advisement by the board for" tabulation before awarding any contracts. The numerous bids for the other items were also takin under advisement. The board devoted a portion of the meeting to discussing the new budget, which must be determined by Tuesday, August 4. The board will meet again before that date in a special meeting for further work on the budget. Drivers Appear Also at the meeting, the recent-ly-aired grievances of the North Adams bus drivers was discussed. Six or eight bus drivers attended the meeting, and Don Grote, head of the North Adams community schools bus drivers association, was the group's spokesman. The bus drivers are seeking to eliminate the present inequities in the length of bus routes and to obtain extra pay for those drivers who must drive longer routes than Af nvgxcpnt —miiip ipngtris Viners, v jzi ,: • vmw vary from 87 to 22 miles per dnv. After some discussion, the board took the matter under advisement to rule on it in the near future. Superintendent Gail M. Grab'll and the board’s new member, Russel Fleming, left Decatur today to attend a regional meeting in Muncie for new members of school boards.

Bloodmobile Unit In Decatur Monday

Calling has begun for donors for the Red Cross’ bloodmobile unit visit to Decatur on Monday, August 3, Mrs. Jean Bower, blood program • chairman, said this morning. Volunteers calling from the Red Cross office in an effort to secure the necessary number of donors are Miss Karen Green, Mrs. Herman Krueckeberg, Mrs. Richard Green, Mrs. Leo Curtin, Mrs. Earl Fuhrman, Mrs. Ralph Kenyon, Mrs. Betty Beal, Mrs. Clara Bauer, Mrs. Fancis Ellsvzoth, Ms. Henry Neireiter, and Mrs. Laures Meyer. The quota is again 125 pints for Adams county, and blood program workers attempt to secure at least 180 scheduled donors to assure that that goal is met. Change In Hour* There has been a change in schedule for the unit’s August 3 visit here, as to the hours of the unit. Instead of the previous 10 a.n> to 4 p.m., the unit will be stationed at the Youth and Community

Ranger Heads On For Moon

CAPE KENNEDY (UPD— America's Ranger 7 television spacecraft executed its most crucial space maneuver “right on the nose" today, shifting it in a direction for shooting mankind's first close-up pictures of the, moon. Scientists said the feat, called the “midcourse maneuver,” swung Ranger 7 with apparent "extreme accuracy” into a new path toward its pinpoint objective on the sunlit faCe of the lunar body. The critical maneuver was triggered by a radio signal sent from scientists on earth at 6 a.m. EDT to make the spacecraft change direction from its general “moon collision" course into “a trajectory for its precise target." ~ Although jubilant scientists declined to make a prediction, they indicated they now felt confident that the spacecraft would hit close to its planned impact area in one of- the moon's dry "seas,” where astronauts of the future are to make landings. Without the correction which took I*6 hours, the spacecraft would have swung around the left edge of the moon at a distance of 243.000 miles and hit on the far and dark side of the lunar body, where television pictures could not be taken. As scientists expect on long space voyages. Ranger 7 did not shoot ' into the precise “moon collision" course from temporary earth orbit after its launch from here Tuesday morning. Scientists at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., control center for the flight, reported they were elated by the feat.

Hol Weather Eases Grip On Hoosiers By United Press International A persistent spell of heat and humidity relaxed its grip on Indiana today, but the relief may not last very long. After hitting highs ranging from 90 to 94 Tuesday, the mercury was scheduled to ‘crest at a range of 78 to 91 today, with the greatest drop in the north portion. Hoosiers may get the first pleasant nightdime temperatures in nearly two weeks tonight when lows of 56 to 63 are recorded. Highs Thursday will be confined to the 80s. But it will warm up Friday. The five-day outlook indicated temperatures will average mostly normal with highs averaging 85 to 90 and lows 62 to 68. The warmup trend starting Friday will continue through Sunday and there will be little change Monday. Overnight lows this morning were all ip the low 70s. A little rain fell in the?, state during the 24-hour period ending at 7 a m. today. Totals for stflte pointe showed only South Bend with .05, but cities just across the border got some rain including Chicago .16, Cincinnati .05 and Louisville .04. Widely scattered thundershowers were expected today in the southern third of the state. Elsewhere. no rain was in sight before Sunday or Monday and then only totals of .10 to .25 of an inch. ~~ ..

Center from 11 a.m. until 5 p .m.„ In recent visits, donations have-* been "slow” the first hour or two,; and then pick up very rapidly as the 4 p. m. deadline approaches. * Most of this is believed due to most of the local, and Fort Wayne factories day shifts not being finished with work until 3:30 or 4 p. m. The extra afternoon in the hour will give more of these factory workers an opportunity to < donate the much-needed blood. < Urgently Needed Donors are urgently needed for the August 3 visit of the bloodmobile, and Mrs. Bower and her workers are scheduling donors with “crossed fingers. “ Anyone not contacted by the volunteers who will be making numerous telephone calls in ' the next few days, are asked to contact the Red Cross office at 33106, to be placed on the list of donors. There are some persons, too, who are not able to determine at what exact time they will be able to donate on August 3, but they <

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But they said Ranger 7 would have to be tracked for several more hours to see just how closely on target it is. JPL performed the critical maneuver by flashing a command signal to the huge Tinker Toy-like craft midiway in its 228.600-mile voyage that is expected to take some 69 hours. Ranger 7 now is expected to crash to destruction on the sunlit face of the moon about 9:45 a.m., EDT, Friday after sending back some 4,000 television pictures. Dr. William H. Pickering, director of JPL and veteran space scientist, said the terminal maneuver was performed with “tremendous success.-'—-- - Robert J. Parks, head 'of JPL’s lunar project, said: “Everything indicates we now are on an extremely accurate course for our specific target on the moon." Pickering said the planned impact area was. one of. the moon's flat, dry "seas.” He described the bullseye of the target as being a 17 • mile-radius circle. But. he said, “If we get within a hundred miles of our target point, we can still score a success." Although JPL said it would take several hours yet to confirm the precise accuracy of the shot, Ranger project manager H. M. Schurmeier said “The probability now that we will not be on an accurate course to our target is practically nil.” Ranger 6's cameras failed in the final minutes of flight, but scientists said the odds for Ranger 7 now heavily favor success. . 0 Pres. Johnson Rejects Offer Os TV Debate WASHINGTON (UPI) — "Die White House today tur ne d down for the present a suggestion by Sen. Barry Goldwater for a debate with President Johnson on television during the fall election campaign. White House Press Secretary George E. Reedy tossed back at Goldwater several statements by the GOP presidential nominee earlier this year to the effect that Goldwater regarded it as "dangerous” for a president to subject himself to questioning debate. “We are not quite certain what he intends, ’t Reedy said of Goldwater’s current position on television debates, “but this is not a matter Democrats would consider until the campaign begins...” When asked at a Friday news conference about the possibility of debating Goldwater, Johnson had said he could cross that bridge when he came to it. Rep. Jack Westland, R-Wash., said Tuesday after a meeting between Goldwater and House Republicans that the Airzona senator would like to debate Johnson during the campaign.

will be listed as “walk-ins” and can donate at any time of the day. In fact, donors do not even have to be scheduled to give blood, but the scheduling affords blood program officials some idea as to whether or not the goal will lie reaohed. She explained today that since so many of the regular donors are out of town on vacations, new donors are urgently needed, and urged to lend their support to the fine program. Os course, too, with the many vacationeers on the highways, the state is recording a tremendously high number of traffic accidents — and persons being injured. Thus, blood is even more in demand this time of the year than at any other time. The number of times Adams county has not reached its quota in recent years has been few and far between, and officials of the blood program hope that this record is maintained through the latest visit of the bloodmobile. *'