Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1964 — Page 1

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Democrats Seek 1 o Settle • I Fight Over Delegations; A » z . . — . : ' ; Open Convention Tonight

Civil Rights Plank Okayed

ATLANTIC CITY (UPI) — Democratic platform, drafters approved unanimously a plank today asserting that the new civil rights law “deserves and requires full observance by ever American and a fair, effective enforcement if there is any default.” They then went on to other sections of the party document, including an anti - extremist plank denouncing by name the Communist party, the Ku Klux Klan and the John Birch Society. The civil rights plank, carefully tailored to prevent a convention flodr battle over the thorny issue, was described as, acceptable to delegates from both the North and South. It declared: “We re-affirm our belief that lawless disregard for the rights of others is wrong — whether used to deny equal rights or to obtain equal rights. “We cannot and will not tolerate lawlessness.. .” The plank specifically endorsed the new law by saying that it “impairs the rights of no American ... (and) affirms the rights of all Americans.” Needs Convention Approval The plank was included in the final section of the 1964 campaign document, and now must be approved by the convention itself. The writers meantime, went on to o’her planks in the domestic section of the platform. Next, to civil rights, one of the most important of these was an anti - extremist plank which was said to denounce by name the Communist party, the Ku Klux Klan and the John Birch Society. Both actions were taken in compliance with wishes of President Johnson. The President wanted a compromise rights plank acceptable to both Northern and Southern delegates to the convention. On extremism he hoped to draw a

Congo Denies Any Mercenary Trpops

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (UPI) — A “foreign legion” type of fighting unit made up of veteran white soldiers is being formed to help crush the Communist-led rebellion against Premier Moise Tshombe’s central Congdlese government, it was learned reliably today. An informed source said the brigade, which will consist of more than 500 Rhodesians, South Africans and Britons, is being formed at a military base in Katanga, Tshombe’s old secessionist stronghold. The source, who did not wish to be* identified, said the brigade is expected to go into action by the end of this month. It will be commanded by Maj. Mike Hoare, a British former tank Corps officer who fought in the Burma campaign during World War 11, the source said. It was reported that the brigade will operate on its own and under its own commander. A government spokesman in Leopoldville denied that such a special • mercenary force was being formed' “We do not need foreign mercenaries,” government information chief Emanuel Msinda said. "Our own army can do the job

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sharp contrast with views of Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, who told the Republican National Convention that extremism in defense of liberty was hot an evil. Therse and other party positions on domestic affairs were to get final platform committee approval today. The committee Sunday approved foreign policy and security planks, including a pledge to leave to presidential discretion any decision on unleashing the nuclear bomb. This was another jab at Goldwater, who thinks the NATO commander needs freer access to nuclear weapons in event of attack. The rights plank up for final approval today pledges “fair effective (federal) enforcement” of the new civil rights law in event “there is default” in local enforcement? Easier, in a general statement on democratic “stewardship,” the committee called the law the greatest civil rights measure in history. The plank was reported acceptable to both Northern and Southern members and was ex- t peeked to head off a minority challenge which could lead to a floor fight when the platform is presented to the full convention Tuesday night. It would pledge effective federal action only if local officials failed to carry out the law but would give the cities and states the first chance. David McConnell, a platform committee member from North Carolina, said the plank had been drafted “in a state of very high coordination” with Southerners who might have objected to it. Rep. Emanuel Celler of New York, a civil rights leader and House co-sponsor of the recently enacted federal law, said he was satisfied with the draft. He said it “did not pussyfoot on enforcement. It uses the word enforcement.”

and all we have asked for is technical assistance and advice.” Reliable informants, nevertheless, insisted the brigade was being formed. They said it would be supported by a small air force unit, also under white command, consisting mainly of transport planes capable of taking off and landing on short airstrips. The sources added that about 14 pilots Would be hired for this air force which would be commanded by a South African. The source said some of the volunteers are ■- former British officers from Kenya who fought the terrorist Mau Mau. Most of the “legionnaires” are experienced jungle - fighters who speak Swahili or another African language. Since his return from exile, Tshombe has been faced with a spreading rebellion led by agitators trained by Communist China. For the most part, the Congolese national army has been ineffective against the rebels. But an American army colonel said Sunday that government forces killed 600 rebels in Bukavu and may have turned the tide against the rebellion in eastern Congo. ’

ATLANTIC CITY (UPI) — Democrats tried today to resolve a national convention fight over the Alabama and Mississippi delegations and avert a party split which could only help the Republicans in November. The party was all set to nominate Lyndon B. Johnson for President and his still unannounced choice for running mate, whoever he may be. That will come on Wednesday night, the eve of Johnson’s 56th birthday anniversary. But the controversy over seating the two Southern delegations was a blow to party harmony, and officials hoped it could be settled before the opening gavel falls at 8:30 p.m. EDT in Atlantic City’s mammoth Convention Hall. As party leaders wrestled with the problem, various compromise suggestions were ~ advanced and debated. Under a decision made Sunday by the credentials committee, the Alabama delegation could its seats by taking a loyalty oath to support the national ticket in November agains the GOP’s Barry M. Goldwaer and William E. Miller. • Alabamans Refuse But most of the Alabamans refused on the ground .that they should not be asked to take a pledge not demanded of all delegations. An Alabama delegate, Earl Goodwin, said members of the group will take their seats at tonight's opening session of the convention but will leave if they are refused full standing. He said they would not,stay in the hall if “they don’t want us.” But a crack appeared to be developing wif|hin the delegation. One delegate who had refused to sign the loyalty pledge changed his mind. He was Bill Hardin of Gadsden, who said he is now ready to take the pledge. Hardin also predicted “a vast majority” of the delegates who voted 33-3 against the pledge Sunday are now willing to sign it. He said the delegation was under pressure from other Southerners to stay in the convention to preserve both Southern and party unity. “I feel,” Hardin said, “that I have resisted up to the point where it is pointless to resist.” The Mississippi case was more complicated inasmuch as it involved a seating contest beMrs. Beatrice Wyer Is Taken By Death Mrs. Beatrice C. Barkley Wyer, 75, of Hoagland, died at 1:10 -p.m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital, following an illness of seven months. She was born in Adams coumy June 2, 1889, a daughter of Nelson and Alice Carpenter - May, and had lived in Hoagland for the past 57 years. Her first husband, Dayton Barkley, former postmaster at Hoagland, preceded her in death. She was marired July 3, 1961, to James Wyer, who survives Mrs. Wyer, who also had served as assistant postmaster at Hoagland, was a member of the Hoagland Methodist church. Surviving are her husband; three stepsons, Kenneth Barkley of Fort Wayne, Ivan Wyer of Willshire, 0., and Albert Wyer of Albuquerque, N. M.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Rinard of St. Joe; 10 grandchildren: several great-grandchildren; one brother, two sisters, Mrs. A. D. (Pearl) Wilbur C. May of Jackson, Mich.; J Bollinger of Decatur, and Mrs.; Lloyd (Mabie) Archer of Colum-; bia City, and a sister-in-law, M rs.Richard (Luella) May of Jgckson.g Mich. One brother is deceased. S Funeral services will be held at; 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the ZwickS funeral home, with the Rev. Mar | vin Jones officiating. Burial wf’S be in the Decatur cemetery I Friends may call at the funeral harne after 7 p.m. today until timcG of the services.

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tween an all-white regular par- . ty delegation anda predominantly Negro Mississippi Freedom Democratic party group.; Louisiana National Committeewoman Blanche Lonn reported that her state delegation has | been assured the all - white delegation would be seated. Mrs. Long is a member of the credentials committee. But a statement issued by the rival Freedom group asserted that a compromise plan was winning support and might be brought to the convention floor if necessary. Freedom party officials said Rep. Edith Green of Oregon had proposed the compromise. Under it, each member of both delegations who pledged party loyalty would be seated and Mississippi votes in the convention would be divided proportionally between the two groups. Seeks Another Compromise Irving Kaier of Georgia, an- . other member of the credentials committee, also indicated a compromise was being sought in the Mississippi fight. He said the problem was to respect the legal foundation of the regular delegation while at the same time "to be sympathetic to the sissippi Freedom delegation have couched their appeal.” The Freedom party contends the regular delegation sacrificed its right to be seated _by barring Negroes from participation in Mississippi politics. Deleg at states not directly involved in the issue were caught between dictates of the emotions and those of practical politics. California leaders’, for example, sympathized with the Mississippi Freedom delegation but feared a party division which would hurt Johnson and help Goldwater in the South. In the meantime, the Indiana delegation unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that in all contests the seated delegation should be required first to pledge support for the ticket nominated by the convention. Predicts Settlement Gov. Carl Sanders of Georgia predicted the Alabama and Mississippi dispute would be worked out within the credentials committee without erupting into a fight on the convention floor. Sanders also forecast that the party plank on civil rights would be one that Southern delegations could support “without having to apologize to anyone.” Mrs. Joan Keller Dies At Hospital Mrs. Joan Keller, 40, of 522 West Madison street, well known Decatur lady, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at the Adams county memorial hospital, following an illness of two years. She was the widow of Dr. Harold (Duke) Keller also a native of Decatur, who was killed in a traffic accident June 20, 1956. Prior to her illness, Mrs. Keller was on the nursing staff of the local hospital. Born in Decatur Feb. 8, 1924, she was the daughter of John H and Jesse Holthouse-Brunton, and lived in this city most of her life. She was a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school and the Loyola University school of nursing at Chicago. J Mrs. Keller was a member of 6 St. Mary’s Catholic qhurch. the S Rosary society, Our Lady of S Fatime study club, and the g Adams County Nursese AssociaEtion. Surviving are her parents: 3‘hree sons. Mark. Gregory and B Matthew Keller, all at home; and s‘hree brothers, Paul Brunton of Hills. Calif., and John ■T. Philip Brunton, both of Degcatur. gj Funeral services will be con-

Never Too Late To Turn Back! What's going on? Well, if you jiist read the headlines, or listen to a minute of radio news, you'll never know! It’s not enough in this modern world to just scan important events. It’s the details of the story that count. A quick and easy way to check your knowledge of the news beyond the headlines is to read the weekly news quiz, printed on page 5, with answers on the back, page 6. The quiz is part of the educational program of the Decatur Daily Democrat, which also sponsors VEC news program in area schools during the school iyear. — — It’s never too late for adults ’to start enjoying being up-to--date, and understanding current events. The weekly quiz aids you, and gives you a chance to check ' yourself on reading comprehension. After all, while your newspaper costs you only 35c a week, of the least expensive Items you buy, you should try to get your full money’s worth by careful reading. Turn now to page five, and see if how sharp you were this past Week in reading your hometown daily newspaper! INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with chance of scattered thundershowers northwest tonight and entire state Tuesday. Warmer tonight. A little warmer Tuesday. Low tonight 57 to 64. High Tuesday in the 80s. Sunset today 7:29 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 6:06 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Showery conditions ending and becoming partly cloudy and cooler. Lows upper 50s north to south. Highs 74 to 80. Pair Os Thefts In County Under Probe The sheriff’s department and state police are investigating a pair of recent thefts in Adams county. Someone broke into the Cottage .Lunch, at Geneva, s/netime between 2 and 8:30 a.m. Saturday, and took money from cash boxes. Entry was gained to the Cottage Lunch by opening a window on the north side of the building. Money was taken from a cigarette machine, a juke box, a pool table, and two pin-ball machines, and some small change was stolen from behind the counter. Total loss was estimated at about 's3o. Also stolen, however, were five plaques of Indian arrow heads. The five plaques contained about 200 arrow heads, which were valued at between $l5O and S2OO. George Gerber, proprietor of the Magley Shell station, reported the theft of seven ten-dollar bills from his station. / Gerber told investigating officers he believed the theft occurt-ed while he was working at the station sometime Saturday. The loss was discovered this morning. ducted at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends mjay call until time of the sendees. The rosary will be recited at 8 o’clock this evening. Pallbearers, all members of the same graduating class as Mrs. Keller, will be Bill Baker, Joe Miller, Dave Terveer, Art Heimann, Dick Des Jean, and James Holthouse. ' - -r- ■ " ’ . • ’ X O

20 Killed In State Traffic Over Weekend By United Press International Indiana counted 20 weekend traffic fatalities today, the worst weekend toll since last October’, to push the ‘1964 total to at least 804 compared with 799 this time last year. • . Three crashes claimed a total of 10 lives, including four teenagers Saturday night near , Haubstadt. Three persons were killed in a two-car wreck near Goshen and three others were killed in Muncie Sunday night. Three Muncie residents were killed when their car went out of control on a city street on the city’s east side and smashed into a tree. Eldridge Cooper, 39, the driver, was killed outright. Mary Whitmore, 26, and Gladys Mclntosh, 27, died in Ball Memorial Hospital. The 54-hour toll of 20 was the worst since the second weekend last October when 25 persons were killed in Indiana traffii, the worst ever on a non-holiday weekend. 4 Die In Gibson Gearge Darrington, 18, 71berfeld, Mrs. Norma Menke, 18, and Vickei Wesmolan, 13, Haubstadt, were killed Saturday night in a two-car collision on Indiana 68 near Haubstadt. Phyllis Bond, 16, Haubstadt, died Sunday of injuries suffered in the accident. A two-car collision Sunday night on U.S. 33 two miles south of Goshen killed James N. Hess Jr., 18, Goshen, Edgie S, Helms, Niles, Mich., and his _ 1 wife, Cleo. Two other persons were injured critically. Bryan Fortney, 13, Lynn, was killed Sunday afternoon when the motorcycle on which he was a passenger crashed into . a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train north of Lynn. Mrs. Phirza Fromm, 72, Dayton, Ohio, was fatally injured Sunday morning when her car ran a stop sign and struck another Vehicle at the intersection of U.S. 27 and Indiana 28 near Deerfield. She several hours later in a Dayton hospital. Auto Strikes Pole William Rude Jr., 23, Beech Grove, was killed Sunday when his car went out of control and hit a utility pole in Indianapolis. Ann Louise Laws, 18 months, Peru, died Sunday at Bunker Hill Air Force Base of injuries suffered Saturday night when she wandered into the path of a car on a Miami County road near her home. William Arthur Little, 27, Derby, died in an Evansville hospital Sunday of injuries suffered Saturday in a motorcycle accident on Indiana 66 near Derby. Susan Lee, 30, Salem, was injured fatally Saturday night when she fell from a moving car on Indiana 60 near Pekin. She died about five hours later in a Louisville hospital. Plymouth Wreck Fatal Earl E. Smith, 31, South Bend, was killed Saturday in a two-car collision on U.S. 31 north of Plymouth. Two other persons were injured, one critically. Kathi Johnson, 6, Lafayette, was killed Saturday when her grandfather’s car went out of control on U.S. 231 near Roachdale and skidded broadside into another car. Mrs. Naomin Bradley. 22, R.R. 2, Plymouth, was killed early Saturday wheh a truck, thrown out of control by a tire blowout, slammed into her car on U.S. 30 near Plymouth. Safe Is Looted At Bowers Hardware A safe robbery at the Bowers Harware store, 236 W. Monroe street, over »he weekend netted the thief or thieves approximately $565 in cash. The robbery was discovered around 7:30 a.m. today, as city police officers were notified of the break-in at 7:54 a.m. Investigation showed that the building had been entered by forcing open a sliding door at the rear 6 of the building. The burglar went to the safe and found that it was not completely locked, as the dial had been turned only slightly off the open position. Thus, there was no need to force the safe open, and the thief took the money inside, which amounted to approximately $565 in bill and change. A cash register was also forced open, but there was no money in it- The city police are continuing investigation of the robbery.

'J " WJUp ■' \ A<, ;' v ' y $ K .. LBJ GAL — Pretty Felica Plerhoples of Pennsauken, N. J., proudly wears LBJ trappings at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. The curious eyepiece is her own idea.

Rioters Swarm In Viet Nam

SAIGON, Viet Nam (UPI) — Howling mobs of anti - government rioters today stormed through at least four of South Viet Nam’s biggest cities and stoned a hotel where 500 of the U. S. troops helping fight the anti-Communist war are billeted. The American Gl’s took shelter behind the smashed windows of their rooms in the city of Da Nang while student-led mobs battled with Roman Catholic villagers armed with guns and hand grenades. A U.S. Army colonel on the scene told UPI by telephone that at least four Vietnamese were killed and four dounded in the rioting outside the U.S. billet in pa Nang. More than 30,000 demonstrators were reported to have participated in the series of angry demonstrations as a nationwide wave of anti-government lawlessness threatened to boil over into religious warfare. An estimated 15,000-rioted in Da Nang alone. Ten thousand Buddhists burned Roman Catholic stores and houses in the coastal city of Qui Nhon, battering their victims with clubs and sending scores of persons to hospitals. Students headed a mob of 4,000 to 5,000 rioters who roared through the old imperial capital of Hue, overturning desks and furniture and setting it afire while police outside direct-

Miss Carmi Steffen Miss Adams County

Carmie Steffen, an Adams Central high school senior, was named Saturday evening as “Miss Adams County” of 1964, as the annual Monroe Community Days came to a close. ~ Miss Steffen, sponsored in the contest by Zurcher Mobil, will now represent Adams county in the Junior Miss Indiana contest, held in conjunction with the Bluffton street fair next month. Miss Kathy Mallonee. Decatur high school senior and the daughter of Mr. and Mallonee, of 316 Stratton Way, was adjudged runner-up honors in the annual affair, and Miss Patricia Diehl, Berne high school senior, was announced as “Miss Congeniality.” “Miss Congeniality” was named in a vote taken among the nine girls who were contestants in the contest, and for that honor. Miss Diehl received a special prize. Wins Scholarship Miss Steffen, who. presented a Spanish monologue, which she had written herself, at the talent show Friday night, receives a SIOO scholarship as the top prize. Miss Mallonee was presented a wrist watch for being chosen runner-up, and alternate for

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ed traffic and refused to interfere. One suspected police spy was beaten up when he tried to photograph demonstrators in Saigon. Otherwise, there were no immediate reports of injuries. But a U.S. serviceman at Danang, where the American billet war.- stoned, said he could hear rifle and machinegun fire outside. It was the fifth straight day, and the worst so far, of rioting against Maj. Gen. Khanh, who promoted* himself from premier to President on Aug. 16 and issued a ban on public demonstrations. The ban was ignored. The mobs were led by students, or Buddhists, or both. There was speculation that Communist undercover agents were helping incite the riots. There was no doubt that warweariness also was a factor in a country which has been locked in civil strife for the past 20 years. Police generally did not interfere. During similar riots a year ago, police clubbed and arrested hundreds of persons. Ten weeks later, President Ngo Dinh Diem was (Overthrown and slain. The riots generally had antiAmerican overtones. In Saigon, one student speaker shouted, "let this be a warning to the United States. Do not interfere in South Viet Nam’s domestic problems.” He got stormy applause.

the Junior Miss Indiana contest. Her talent ‘was a modern jazz dance. The new “Miss Adams County” wars crowned Saturday evening by Miss Dianne Miller, Monmouth high school graduate and the 1963 contest winner. Miss Majlonee was sponsored by Schwartz Ford Co. of Decatur, and Miss Diehl was sponsored by Lee's Department store of Berne. Nine Contestants The nine contestants in the contest were the Misses Steffen, Diehl. Mallonee, Deanee Ayala. Marvene Wechter, Tonya Moser, Maris Moeschberger, Nancy Fifer and Margaret Rowden. Carl Honaker, Adams Central high school principal, served as contest chairman, assisted by Martin Steiner. They expressed their appreciation to the Decatur Music House for furnishing a piano and organ for the talent show Friday, and to Adams County Trailer Sales, which provided a dressing trailer for the talent show and an office for the fair;, The contest judges were Sally Tinkle, of Bluffton; Jane Flaningan; of station WKJG in Fort Wayne; and Larry Zimmerly, of radio WADM in Decatur.