Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1964 — Page 1

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- — —/■ " ■ •— ; ■■ Bangkok, Thailand is a colorful, crowded, bustling Southeast Asian city. A city of elaborate temples and graceful spires. A city with a huge modern airport. A city where a teeming riverfront forms a backdrop for the fabled Temple of the Fig Tree. A city which is a port of call for more than one thousand steamers each year. A city which juxtaposes the modern and, the traditional as only the Orient can do. A city which is the home of Decatur’s new foreign exchange student, a slim, dark-haired, 17-year-old girl called Suvimol Trisuwan. “Sue”' arrived Monday after a circuitous plane and bus jaunt Poverty Bill Faces Final Vote WASHINGTON (UPI) — The House was all done arguing and ready to vote on President Johnson’s anti-poverty bill today. The windup promised to . be dramatic. As the House wound up two .days of general debate on the.... $962.5 million measure Thursday, Democratic leaders pleaded with wavering .members for support in the crucial voting. Republicans worked just- as hard to keep their lines firm. House Democratic Leader Carl Albert, Okla., made clear to his colleagues just how important the bill was to Johnson. “He has geared his budget, aimed his entire program at solving this problem,” Albert told the House. “He wan’s to try to make taxpayers out of ta v eaters.” The Johnson “war on poverty” program would seek to give*" youths new skills, work experience and earnings; finance locally-plaained anti-pov-erty projects; and offer additional federal aid to business and farm operators in “poverty pockets.” . 4 In order to attract “ crucial Southern Democratic votes, administration lieutenants agreed to major “states rights” amendments in the legislation. These include granting the power of veto over the location of the CCC-type “job corps” camps and any community anti-poverty projects to the governor of the affected state. Other congressional news: Resolution: Congress prepared for the fifth time in nine years to approve a fight-if-we-musf resolution backing the Presidents action in dealing with a world crisis. The resolution, requested by President Johnson, affirms bipartisan support of any steps he deems necessary to meet Communist aggression in Viet Nam and preserve the independence of Southeast Asian Allies. Alcatrai’ Sen. Edward V. Long. D-Mo., and Rep. Jeffery Cohelan, D-Calif.. planned to introduce legislation in the House and Senate to authorize ' the erection of a monument on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay commemorating the founding’ of the United Nations. Long heads a commission on the disposition of the island, which is the site of an abandoned federal maximum security prison. The United Nations was founded in San Francisco in 1945.

which brought her from monsoondrenched Thailand to sunny Decatur via Saigon, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Anchorage, San Francisco, Denver and Chicago — all on her first trip outside her native country. Meets “Parents” She flew as far as San Francisco, then took the bus. to Chicago where her Decatur “parents,” Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jacobs, met her, took her on a tour of the windy city, then brought her to her new home. The Jacob’s daughter, Jane, will be Sue’s American sister during her stay. Both will be seniors at Decatur high school. Sue, a Buddhist, has had twelve years of education, in a Bangkok Roman Catholic school staffed by Ursuline nuns and Thai teachers. The school is organized like most American educational units, with a kindergarten, eight grades and four years of high school. One orihe ftCst "schools in Thailand, it serve® 4560 pupils and offers an extensive curriculum. Last term Sue took French, English, Thai, history, art and general science. She has had 12 years of English. Sue’s father owns and operates a rice mill and an ice factory. She has three sisters, Amara, who is Heller Speaks To Rotary Club A trip to northern Mexico, via colored slides, entertained the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Dick D. Heller, Jr., publisher of the Decatur Daily Democrat, showed slides taken on a rpnpnt trip which included Mr. and Mrs., Heller and their niece, Miss Barbara Gilliom, and Mr. and Mrs Ralph E. Smith, Jr., and son, Allen. The slides included shots taken along the way at Lincoln’s home and tomb in Springfield, 111., at Eisenhower’s birthplace, at the scene of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Alamo in San Antonio, the San Antonio canal, and others. Scenes in Mexico included Montfterrey and Saltillo, neighboring cities, the former over 600,000 population and the latter of 80,000, the largest adobe city in the world. Mexican homes, a bull fight, mountain and desert scenerv, tropical flowers and valleys, the Cola de Caballo waterfall, Garcia cavern, and other scenes were included. Eleven guests were introduced, including former Decatur member David E. Moore, several from Berne and Van Wert. 0., and John Rossi, of Milan, Italy, who is visiting at Central Soya with Tom H. Allwein. plant manager. In’ showing the slides, Heller appeared in tvpical Mexican Scrape, a Charro’s sombrerrn. with bull whip and machete. He was introduced by E. E. Rvdell for program chairman Bill Lose. INDIANA WEATHER INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, slight chance of a few scattered thundershowers. Generally fair and cooler tonight. Saturday fair and cooler. Low tonight in the Ms. High Saturday 78 to 83. Sunset today 7;52 p.m. San-, rise Saturday 5:50 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Fair and pleasant. Lows in mid 60s, • high in upper 70s.

married, Samerchai, who attends Chulalougkorn university in Bangkok, and Woraluck, who is a student at the same schoob which Susie attended. Present Dance Sue is an accomplished dancer. When the 48 Thai exchange students who traveled with her landed in San Francisco they stayed at Standford university for several days, with American Field Service studen s from other countries. While there the students presented a talent show. Sue and a friend, representing Trailand in the show, presented a traditional Thai dance. The long, gold artificial fingernails which she is wearing in the above picture are part of the costume for that dance. Sue was selected to come to this country after taking several tests given by American Field Service the agency which handles exchange student arrangements. Nearly 100 students from Bangkok were selected. Majpy more wjpre eliminated. She is well versed in modern American background. American ; movies, with Thai subtitles, play frequently in Bangkok and such All-American commodities as hot dogs, hamburgers and Coke are readily available in her native 1 country. Thailand Thailand is a small country of slightly less than 200,000 square miles with a population of 27,850,000, including three million (Continued on Page Six!

i Fortner Mayor Dies Thursday

Former Decatur Mayor George M. Krick, 85, died at 4:45 p. m. Thursday in St. Rita’s hospital, Lima, 0., following an illness of three days. He had lived in Lima, 0., since his retirement in 1949. The former Decatur mayor was born Feb; 16, 1879 in Decatur, the son of Henry and Sarah Mangold Krick. His father was in the brick and tile business, and he worked with him, eventually becoming president of the KrickTyndall Tile Co. in the 1920'5. „ Long-Term Mayor He was married to the former Mary Kleinhenz on June 26, 1906 _ by the Rev. H. Theodore Wilkin. He served as a’ Democrat on the Decatur city council from 192225, and in the latter year defeated Avon Burk for mayor, 1,261 to 1,160 He was reelected in 1929 over Burk, 1,325 to 1,037. The legislature gave him an extra year in 1934. and he served nine years as mayor, longer than any other Decatur mayor. Ed Miller was his chief of police, and Jack Friedt his fire chief. Catherine Kauffman and Mrs. Alice Christen served as clerk, and city cduncilmen during the eightyear period included Fred-Linn, Joseph Hunter, O. L. Vance, A/ R. Ashbaucher, George Appelman and Herman Gillig. His treasurers were Luella M. Magley and Mrs. Ada Martin. ■’ Retired in 1949 His wife, Mary, died in 1948, and he retired to Lima, 0., : n 1949. They lived at 323 Line street in Decatur. He is a former member of the Decatur Rotary club, and was a member of the ' St. Rose Catholic church and Holy Name Society at Lima, 0., and the Elk- lodge of Decatiir Mr. Krick Was recovering from a minor injury, and was in the best of spirits, when he suddenly

Premier Gives Declaration f *> — -- - South Viet Nam Declares Emergency State Today

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Eleven Persons Escape 4 - Car Wreck With No Serious Injury

More than 11 persons miraculously escaped serious injury in a four-car smashup on U.S. 27, fivem iles north of Decatur, at five minutes before 11 o’clock last night. Mr. and Mrs. James Graham Walsh, 34, their four childrep; Norman Warner, 29, of Fort Wayne, and Donald G. Miller, 32, also of Fort Wayne, were the eight injured persons, while Mr.

Genera Event Set

Wiliam E. Wilson, state superintendent of public instruction, announced in Indianapolis this morning that he will attend the 1964 Gene Stratton Porter memorial day dinner Monday evening, Aug. 17 in Geneva. The dinner is a highlight of the annual Gene Stratton Porter days held in Geneva under the sponsorship of the Geneva Civic Pro-

lapsed into a cpma Tuesday and was taken immediately to StRita’s hospital. He was living with his son and family until his injury. Survivors include his brother, Virgil (Pete) Krick, of Decatur; two sisters, Miss Agnes Krick, of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Dallas Butler, of Fort Wayne; one son, Arthur William, of Lima, 0., and two grandchildren. One brother, Walter Krick, former Decatur school superintendent, preceded him in death. Services Here Monday Friends may call at the Cant-well-Sweet Mortuary in Lima. 0, after 8 p. m. Saturday, and until 10 p. m. Sunday. Funeral services will be held at the St. Marys Catholic church in Decatur at 10 a. m. Monday, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Catholic cemetery. Correction A story in Thursday’s Daily Democrat erronously attributed two fund appropriations to the wrong funds, (following a Thursday morning hearing in the city auditor s office with the Mayor Carl Gerber, city attorney John DeVoss, clerktreasurer Laura Bosse and a member of the state board of tax commissioners attending. The additional appropriations were for $2,400 from the general fund to the park department, and $350 from the general fond to the clerk-treasurer’s fund for temporary salaries. Yesterday's story had the funds with the wrong appropriations. There was also a $250 transfer from one police department fund to another. ?

and Mrs. Sylvan Habegger, of Berne, and their granddaughter, escaped without injury. Most seriously injured were Miller, driver of one of the autos, and Mrs. Warner, who was a passenger in his vehicle. Miller suffered a dislocated left hip and lacerations to the forehead and right elbow. She received a dislocated right elbow, abrasions to the forehead

gress Assn., Inc. ' Popular Here Wilson is well-known in Adams county, and has been elected superintendent of public instruction several times because of the support he gets from large numbers of teachers in the state. A former teacher and school superin- ' SB \ HMh nBBI William E. Wilson

Four Gaming Device Stamps Issued .In County

By HORTENSE MYERS United Press International INDIANAPOLIS <UPI) — The number of $250 federal gaming device tax stamps in Indiana has dropped from 908 last year to 587 this year, the Internal Revenue Service reported today. The list of gaming devices sold includes four in Adams county. Some counties where a large number were sold last year had low sales totals this year, and some where only a few were sold in 1963 had, sharp increases for 1964. On July 1. the IRS listed 250 stamp buyers. Since then, 337 were added to the list, apparently many of them applicants who waited in an effort to avoid publicity. Lake County emerged as the county to which the most gaming stamps were issued with a new total of 115. Last year’s leader, Vigo, now has only 40, only a fourth of what it had last year. . Vigo dropped all the way to fourth place in the state. Madi-

and a bruised chest. Walsh Family None of the Walsh family are believed to have suffered any serious injuries. Walsh, the driver of the auto, complained of back injuries, as did his wife, Joan Marie, and both are scheduled for x-rays at the local hosiptal. Their children, and their injuries, are as follows: Sharon Marie, a year old, a forehead ...... o . .

tendent, he is highly respected all over Indiana. , A main feature of the annual dinner is the Freckles contest, for boys between the ages of 6 and 14 years, excluding last years 'winner. The dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17, following the threeday memorial affair. Blanks for entering the Freckles contest and the talent contest may now be obtained at the Kozy Korner in Geneva or at the Payless Store. Rules For Contest Rules are: 1. Any boy 6-14 years of age may enter, except the 1963 winner. 2. Each boy entering must will out a contest blank and have it signed by his parent or guardian, as well as by himself. 3. Contest blanks should be in *the hands of the Geneva CPA, Inc., by 5:30 p.m. Friday, August 14. 4. Each contesting boy should be at the Kozy Korner in Geneva by 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 17, for the Gene Stratton Porter memorial dinner and the talent contest which will follow the dinner. 5. The winner will be picked (Continued on Page Six)

son was second with a new total of 48, and St. Joseph third with 47. Marion and Dearborn, among the top counties a year ago, emerged with zero and 8, respectively, on the latest count. Vanderburgh, with 32, and Knox with 25, climbed into the top six counties this time. Noticeable was the drop in plhces having state beverage permits. There were such puzzlers as the Literary Aid Society, Peru, and the Peru Male Chorus listed as purchasers of gaming stamps in the IRS records. Although the number of stamps increased sharply during the 4 past three weeks, the number of SSO wagering tax certificates required for persons who take bets did not show any change. The total remained at 257 as compared to Aug. 1, 1963, when 328 had been issued. How the new total of stamps sold will rate Indiana nationally probably will not be known un-i til an IRS report from Washington in November, but as of Nov. 1, 1963, Indiana rated ’ seventh I V

laceration; James G., 9, abrasions to the right elbow and shoulder; Steven Richard, 7, a bump on the head; Robert Thomas, 3, a slight bump on the head, The four-car pileup, including an auto that was being towed by the Walsh car, is still under investigation by deputy sheriffs Harold August and Warren Kneuss, and state trooper Gene Rash, who were at the scene of the.-®tash last night. - WaJsh was Miuthbqnqd on 27 and apparently the car his auto was towing began swinging, and caused the front car to go out of control. The Walsh car got into the opposite lane, and crashed into the northbound Miller vehicle. While the Walsh auto stopped in the roadway, Miller's continued down the road for abopt 100 feet and flipped onto its top, ip front of the southbound Habegger auto. Habegger, co-owner of Habegger Furniture in Berne, was unable to avoid the Miller vehicle, and crashed into it The auto being towed snapped loose from its tow bar and flew into a field off the side of the road and landed on its top also. A carload of Decatur youths, who were unidentified, were also fortunate in escaping injury. That car was in front of Habegger’s but saw the Miller vehicle coming down the road and the driver quickly drove off the side of the road to avoid a collision. * Habegger ad his wife were not injured. The granddaughter riding with them was shaken up, and Habegger said he would have her examined by a Berne physician. Damages were extensive, as Miller's 1964 model station wagon was considered a total loss, as was Walsh’s 1956 model car. Habegger’s vehicle received about $l5O damage, and damage was listed at 8100 |p the vehicle that was being towed.

in sale of gaming device stamps. The decreases may put the state further down the column for this year.

Notice To Dogs Showmaster Needs Fleas BIRMINGHAM, England (UPD—Britain’s only flea circus is moving to New York, but with the transfer Leonard Tomlin must find a new source of tiny performers. Tomlin flies to New York in three weeks to make a television appeal for replacements to appear at the Hubert’s Museum. "The working life of a flea is only 14 days,” Tomlin said. “It takes me several days of non-stop concentrated work to train my little artists and I need a very steady supply of newcomers.” A family in St. Helens breeds fleas for his usual 30-perform-er troupe, including sword duelists, trapeze artists, tightrope walkers and ballerinas. “I hope there are some Americans who -« breed fleas for a hobby,” Tomlin sa*d. Tomlin said he turned down previous offers to appear in the flea show run by the Hubert’s Museum, but the latest offer, “was so attractive” he could not turn it down. -, r «. ■ ’ ' •1- ' ■i iii— , i —l.-J

SAIGON. South Viet Nam (UPD—Premier Nguyen Khanh today proclaimed a state of emergency, suspending all laws banning strikes and demonstrations, and decreeing death without appeal for convicted saboteurs and terrorists. “We can be attacked at any moment,” Khanh said. Grim - faced and in uniform, the military premier appeared at a 'hews conference to an- " nounce the decree which made him the absolute ruler of the country. Immediately after he read the decree, Khanh announced he was going to the front where South Viet Namese forces were braced for possible attack from the north. Khanh acted swift and decisively in the wake of American retaliatory air attacks against North Vietnamese bases which could trigger Communist counter - blows against South Viet Nam. The United States reinforced -its air strength in this country and sent fleet units speeding into nearby waters. “We as leaders of the antiCommunist struggle will go immediately to the front to inspect our defense systenrf,” said Khanh as he rose to leave the news conference. “Soldiers there need my presence.” Asked if by "front” he meant he was heading for the 17th Parallel, which divides North and South Viet Nam, Khanh said, “it’s a secret." He said the "coming weeks will decide the fate of our people,” and called on the inhabitants of North Viet Nam to rise up and overthrow their Communist masters. He pledged South Vietnamese help in any uprising. , He also’ ordered the nation s civil defense network strengthened as a defense against possible aerial attacks from the Red north. Khanh said his action was taken “in the face of danger of open gggressim from Communist imperialism. South Viet Nam has been braced since Wednesday, in the wake of U.S. air attacks on North Vietnamese bases, for a possible frontal assault by forces from North Viet Nam. Nationalist Chinese sources on Formosa reported from Taipei that Communist China has been moving men and planes toward North Viet Nam. The China News quoted “authoritative sources” to report today -that “a large number” of Red Chinese jet fighter planes were sent to the North Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi Thursday. The English language newspaper said the Soviet - built MiG’s dispatched from mainland China were “below 100.” This report came after U. S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said it was “probable" that Red China would move combat aircraft into North Viet Nam following the American retaliatory aerial attacks. U. S. aircraft today strafed and bombed the jungle near Saigon in an attempt to scatter Communist Viet Cong guerrillas fighting off efforts to reach a U.S. Air Force 857 bomber which crashed Thursday. Bs7’s and FlO2 jet fighters have been flown to South Viet Nam during the past two days to strengthen air defense. One of the Bs7’s enroute from Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines crashed Thursday only 10 miles east of Bien Hoa and 20 miles north of Saigon, in an area heavily infiltrated Continued on Page 8> e