Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1964 — Page 1

VOL LXII NO. 203

Johnson And Humphrey Named By Democrats As 1964 Standard Bearers

Atlantic city <upd — President Johnson, a handpicked and unabashed liberal as his running mate, sketched the battle lines today for the impending collision with the GOP’s conservative GoldwaterMiller team. —- — Johnson was handed the Democratic party's presidential nomination by acclamation Wednesday night by a happy, howling convention which went on to ratify his choice of Minnesota Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey as the vice presidential nominee. It all went according to the script laid down by Johnson, although he insisted to the end that it was not until Wednesday afternoon that he finally tapped Humphrey — the “best man in America’’ for the job. Both nominees go before the delegates tonight to make their formal acceptance speeches and set the course for the campaign which they confidently hope will give Johnson a full four - year term in the White House and on his own. Johnson’s Birthday Today was also Johnson’s 56th birthday. And Democrats were going all out to celebrate wih parties, receptions and fireworks along the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The 'President was the typical candidate in the hours preceding his return to Washington Wednesday night. He shook hands and flashed his Texas smile at countless delegates and well - wishers, held news conferences almost nonstop and barely concealed his impatience to get on with the campaign. He made clear that the' cam-

Miami Ripped By Hurricane

MIAMI (UPI) — Hurricane Cleo bat’ered the metropolitan Miami area with 100-mil4 winds for seven hours today, then struck a deadly course up Florida’s East Coast toward the nation’s missile center at Cape Kennedy. The storm, its intensity and forward speed picking up’ as it roared northward, heavily damaged the tourist resort of Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale and other coastal cities. Looting was reported in smashed stores near the heart of- Miami and at a shopping center near Fort Lauderdale. One looter was shot by Miami police. At 11 a.m. EST Cleo was located near Stuart, Fla., 100 miles north of Miami, and churning a coastline course. Its center was expected to pass near Cape Kennedy early tonight, forecasters said. At noon EST, the storm was located just southwest of Stuart and forecasters said it may have taken a slight turn toward the northwest. Cleo’s center was estimated to be 20 miles in diameter. Hurricane warnings south of Boca Raton were lowered at noon EST. No Florida Deaths Hurricane-w i s e Floridians battened down in advance of the storm ,— worst to hit Miami »in 14 years — and by mid-day there were no reports » of deaths in south Florida. This contrasted to the 122 known dead Cleo left in her wake in an assadlt on the Caribbean islands from Guadeloupe to Cuba. A hurricane watch was* extended at 11 a.m. EST all the way north to Charleston, S.C. Hurricane warnings flew from Boca Raton, Fla. to Cape Kennedy where five giant rockets were secured on their launch pads and another -• was dismantled to await the blow. Miami forecasters called Cleo a “rather small but dangerous hurricane.” At 7 a.m. EST Cleo’s center was located near Pompano Beach, about 50 miles north of Miami, and churning along the coast at 11 miles an hour. a Forecasts said the storm was expected to gradually turn to

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paign against Barry M. Goldwater and William E. Miller would be an active one when a reporter asked how much politicking he would assign to Humphrey. "All he can take,” the President flashed back. j He said he and Humphrey planned to take their wives to Johnson’s Texas -ranch this weekend “and there in the shade of the live oaks on the banks of the Pedernales, we’ll talk about our duty for the>aext few weeks.” Leaves No Doubt The President’s statements and actions left no doubt they will make every effort to convince the voters - that the nation’s security and well - being are safer in Democratic hands. By picking a vice presidential nominee whose congressional record is far more liberal than his own, Johnson made clear he has no intention of turning his back on the social - economic programs that have drawn some of the strongest conservative Republican fire. He made one gesture to the party’s conservative wing by inviting Connecticut Sen. Thomas E. Dodd, who has been critical of some aspects of U. S. foreign policy, to fly to Washington with Humphrey Wednesday for last - minute discussions of the vice presidency. But when it was all over, Johnson reported that Dodd pointed out that he was running for re - election and that he preferred to be “counted out.” There was no indication 'that Johnson actually offered him the job. * ,0

the northeast tonight. Hurricane warnings were ordered up at the U.S. Missile center at Cape Kennedy —2OO miles north of Miami — and the Weather Bureau warned of tides 5 to 7 feet above normal along the coast. In Miami, a steady drizzle fell and winds were 25 to 30 miles an hour at 7 a.m. —four hours after the hurricane passed dead center over the city. Travelling Northward The Weather Bureau said the full ftiry of the storm would move northward at 11 mph along the plush resort coast to Palm Beach, As the center passed, the shrieking winds started in high gear again from the opposite direction. The Miami Weather Bureau said the winds blew at a sustained 100 mph as the eye approached, then well above 90 mph when it passed. The howling winds blew out the lobby windows of at least three major ocean front hotels on Miami Beach — the Americana, Carillon and Deauville. The lobbies were deserted, however, and no injuries were reported. — The Americana, site of the upcoming quadrennial convention of the United Mine Workers, reported its 30 by 200 foot lobby glass wall facing the ocean caved in. The Deauville has booked the convention of the International Association of Machinists, starting Sept. 1. Hit By Door Mrs. Minnie Seligman, 60, of 920 Hudson St., Hoboken, N J., suffered a fractured arm when the door to her room in the luxury Fontainebleau Hotel slammed on her. “The wall started cracking and water was coming in,” said her 69-year-dld husband, Eli. She went to the door to get help and tha''s when the window went out. She was ’ screaming and I couldn’t get the door open to free her.” Cleo’s 100-plus nfph winds exceeded the pounding administered by Hurricane Donna which flung 98 mph' winds into the city as it devastated the Florida Keys. It was similar to a 1950 hurricane that bored inland from the Atlantic with 126 mph winds.

Already In Session When the presidential plane landed here Wednesday, the convention was already in session, hearing speeches placing Johnson in nomination. Alabama, its strength reduced by a walkout to a few loyalist delegates, had yielded to Texas for Gov. John Connally to make the Johnson nominating speech. Connally, who was wounded when the late Prsident John F. Kennedy was assassinated at Dallas, said that “shocking tragedy awakened the nation to the calm, unwavering strength, born of dedication and tempered by experience, of Lyndon Johnson.” A “co - nommatof”~ was Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown of California. He pointed to Johnson “as America’s best hope, as the world’s best hope.” The delegates exploded. Giant balloons throughout the hall proclaimed that Massachusetts, North Carolina and other states were “For LBJ.” There were sunshine placards for California and sunflower signs for Kansas. Two signs in the Ohio section declared “Ashtabula for LBJ.” Confetti Rained Confetti in the form of tiny red, white and blue stars rained from the ceiling. A string of seconding speeches followed the demonstration, and Alaska yielded to Florida. Mrs. Joan Damsey got up and moved that the rules be suspended and the presidential nominee chosen by acclamation. ,i,. ab Wading Pool Plan Changes Suggested Plans and specifications for the Decatur Jaycees’ wading pool, to be given to the chidren of the city, were not approved Wednesday, but approval is expected in the near future, according to Jaycee president C. Wayne Roahrig. Roahrig, who has been highly instrumental in the Jaycee plans for construction of the pool, met with George G. Fassnacht, chief of the water supply section, of the division of sanitary engineering, in Indianapolis Wednesday. He was accompanied on the trip by John Baxter, the local Jaycees’ state director. Fassnacht told the two local men that the-plans and specifications were not yet ready for approval, and offered several sugges'ion for changes to meet requirements. The meeting lasted three hours and Roahrig said that Fassnacht gave some “very helpful ideas,” which included economical changes. Roahrig and the organization will now make the necessary changes in the plans and specifications and return them to Fassnacht in the next few weeks, and will 'he, undoubtedly, receive approval. Once the plans are approved, plans call for letting bids for construction of the 15 x 30 foot pool. Which will be placed at the northwest’corner of the existing city swimming pool. The Jaycees still plan to have the pool constructed sometime this fall in order to be ready for opening next summer at the same_ time the present pool opens. After dedication ceremonies, the wading pool will be turned over to the city of Decatur. Several Injured In Crash At Noon Several persons, including six children, were taken to the to-’ cal hospital with what is believed minor injuries, following a fourcar accident at the intersection of Monroe and Second street, shortly before 1 o’clock this afternoon. Six children riding with their mother, Mrs. Carolyn Case, of 1705 W. Monroe St., were taken to the hospital, but none was believed injured seriously. Also • taken to the hospital were Mrs. Case and Rev. John L. Ward, of Martin, Mich. Rev. Ward slammed into the rear of a car driven by John Rosier, of 421 W. Adams St., as both were northbound on Second

Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Thursday, August 27,1964

' j j % . Hoagland SchooHil Open September 8 Ivan Mulligan, principal of the Madison Marion consolidated school *fHoagland), announces-JhaL classes will open Tuesday, Sept? 8, for the 1964-65 school year. This will be an all-day sesisdn and the school lunch program will be in operation. Lunch prices will be'the same as last year, $1.25 weekly for the first six grades, and $1.50 weekly for grades seven through 12. Tickets wiH be sold by the week only. .. r . r Buses will operate on regular schedules as last year, and class times are unchanged, with school opening at 8:10 a.m. and closing at 3!10 p.m. Parents of first graders are reminded to send their birth certiffe cates along if this has not alreadj been done. Book lists will be di», tributed and all books should be paid for by the end of the first’ week of school. All new students should the school for enrollment no later’ than Friday, Sept. 4, before 3 p.m. If possible, all new students should see about enrollemnt before that date. Those who pre-enrolled need not contact the school. ♦ Temporary Planning Office Arranged opening of a temporary planning of. ice in the courthouse across from the school supertotendent’s office, and the possible appointment of a county planner, were announced Wednesday by the Adams county plan commission. a William F. Schnepf, president, reported that a temporary office has been set up in the room formerly used by the county school board. Mrs. Bernard Hain has been retained as part - time secretary, and. is now staffing the office on a needs basis. May Be Hired The naming of James A. Cox, 57, of near Miami, Fla., as county planner was approved bju-foaj, commission, provided that he acceps the salary and contract as offered, and that a background check, to be completed by Friday evening. Both Gerwin K. Rohrbach, planning consultant now helping the county draw up its future plan, and ROland J. Mross, staff consultant of the IU division' of community planning, agreed that the county now needs a planner. • He will have to become acquaited with the people, the plan, and the county, and then will have to enforce the plan, and keep it up to date, and reccomend |or or agairtSt variances. Is Well Experienced The new planner has excellent experience, and met almost all of the commission members when he visited the county recently. He is a graduate of Michigan State in urban planning, ad has his master’s from Miami University, Oxford, 0., in city design. For the past four years he has been a planing consultant in the Cape Kennedy area. He desires a chage because his fabnily lives near Angola, and because the driving space in Florida is too great for him at his age, he feels. He had good recommendations in all his former work, which included 20 years of experience in state, county, regional, and city planning in Florida, ad about a year in Ohio. He Was assigned by the U. S. Army to Brazil on a year’s planning project and a year setting up San Antonio de Los Banos, in Cuba, an Air Force base during the second World War. Carwash Saturday For Kennedy Fund A community-wide effort to raise additional funds for the Kennedy memorial library' will take place from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. this Saturday in the form of the Kennedy library carwash at the Gulf Super Servcie Station, 4th and Monroe, it was reported today. More than two dozen local young ladies are taking part in the carwash, and they invite anyone iterested in helping to build the $lO million library center, in honor of the martyred presideht, to help by bringing their cars; St. The force of the impact drove the Rosier auto into the rear of the Case car, and the Case auto dumped the car in front of it The three vehicles were all stopped for a red light when the Michigan driver set off the chain reaction. • Rev. Ward received facial cuts which required several stitches to close, and Mri. Case complained of a wrenched back. The driver of the auto struck by the Case car ifras not identified. Rev. Ward was arrested for following toe closely.

Decatur Man Dies In I L.. . One-Car Crash East Os City Last Evening

A 27-year-old Decatur man became Adams county’s third traffic fatality of the year Wednesday . evening in a one-car accident on ; U.S. 224, slightly more than one ' mile east of the city. t Donald Romauld Morence, a i Michigan native, and a resident of Madison St. in this city, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by deputy coroner Richard * Linn at about 8 o’clock. Death was attributed to a crushed chest, and the accident victim * was also believed to have suffered ’ •fractuted skull. He was believed to have died instantly upon impact, when his automobile crashed into a creek embankment. Sheriff Roger Singleton, deputy sheriff Harold August, and state — trooper Dan Kwasneski, were at the scene of the fatal mishap for some time last night, and reported today that the crash is still under j investigation. Out Os Control Investigating officers reported that Morence was traveling east on 224, apparently at a high rate of speed, and, for reasons unknown, his auto left the road on the right side. The vehicle traveled some 353 feet to a small creek and jumped the creek, crashing into the em- - bankment on the other side. Witnesses said it appeared that a bulldozer had torn up, the ground t of the pmhankmowt- wbare the fornt end of the auto crashed into the earth. Deputy cordher 'Linn was at the scene moments after police arrived, and pronounced the local man as being fatally injured. The crash occurred at 7:40 p.m. Auto Demolished The 1955 automobile was heavily damaged, and considered a total loss. The force of the impact with the embankment was so great that the auto’s crankshaft was torn away. — Morence is the third person to be fatally injured in Adams county this year, and his death increased the state's 1964 highway toll to at least 822, compared with 811 at this time last year. Adams county’s last fatal accident of the year occurred on March 16, when Wayne Burdette, a Goshen resident, died several hours after a freak, two-car crash on U.S. 27, near Decatur. Also injured fatally during the year was martin Conrad, who died in a onecar accident near Monroe on February 3. Funeral Saturday The accident victim was born Feb. 7, 1937, in Owosso, Mich., and had lived in Deactur for several years at varying intervals, attending the local schools. He was married to Mary E. Egley Nov. 4, 1961. Mr. Morence, a plumber, served in the U.S. Navy oboard the in the U.S. Navy aboard the late in 1955. He was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Surviving are his wife; one daugh'er, Terry Lynn, at home; his father, Edward Morence of Owosso, Mich.; his mother, Mrs. Ray Epperson of Fort Wayne; two brothers, Jack Morence of Decatur, and Bernard Morence of Whittier, Calif.; four half-bro-thers, Harold, Mike and Tom Morence, all of Owosso, Mich., and James Leonard of Fort Wayne; a sister, Mrs. John (Norma) Lammert of Decatur, and two half-sister, Donna and Martha Morence, both of Owosso, Mich. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may caH at the funeral home after 1 p.rii. Friday until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight, warmer north half. Partly cloudy and warm Friday. Low tonight in the 60s. High Friday in the 80s. Sunset today 7:24 p.m. Sunrise Friday <:M a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers likely. Law mid to upper 665. High upper 80s.

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County Farmers Withhold Hogs

Adams county farmers, together with hog farmers throughout , the United States, continued with--1 holding hogs from the market in i an attempt to get a fair price for t their labor an investment, a check ; of the local market showed today The P. B. Stewart stock yard.:, > located on 10th street near Elm, . reported no receipts today by - noon, nor any at all yesterday, with r only 31 total on Monday and Tuesi day. This was far under normal receipts, which average about 500 -a week during this time >f the i year in Decatur. j Very Quiet Here j John Tolan, acting as local , manager in the absence of the ; regular manager, who is on vaca- . tion this week, stated that his stock i yard was very quiet, absolutely no trouble was reported, and that all of the farmers had respected the property, had been allowed their usual run of the property, and that there were no pickets, only a few NFO visitors who were orderly, friendly, and sonsiderate to all who approached the market. Adams county NFO members, under the leadership of farmer Gene Arnold, have set up an information center at Coppess Corners to explain to farmers the NFO’s position, and its method of trying to get farmers a better price for what they raise. Local Visitors The NFO has had local members at both Stewart markets, in Decatur and Geneva, since a week ago today. They reported full cooperation from both the market and the local farmers. Tuesday evening's auction at the Berne - Geneva Livestock Sales Co., two miles south of Berne, was cancelled this week, after Dan Stewart, of Fort Wayne, a partner in tba auction, talked the matter, oypr with Arnold. A number oft local NFO members from the surroundingarea who use the market were present. Stewart explained that all Concerned; werg gentlemen and treating each other as gentlemen. In fairess to all buyers and tellers, he called the sale off. Mercer, Wells The Monday evening sale at Montezuma, usually put on by the Western Ohio stockyards, was also cancelled at 5:30 . p.m. No stock was sold in Mercer county, 0., on Monday at all. 1 On Wednesday, August 19, NFO members and other farmers in 23 states started withholding hogs and cattle from the market. In Wells county stockyards drew the NFO attention and 35 appeared Wednesday at the Heinold hog market, formerly Bluffton stock

yards. Others went to Liberty Center and Uniondale. The Producers Marketing Association yards at Montpelier closed Tuesday evening as no hogs were received, and a large number of farmers were opposed to the sale at the prevailing low prices. Four truckloads were reported turned back. No hogs were received Wednesday. Mass picketing were reported at Huntington, where some Adams county farmers who normally sell there were present. Asking Fair Price NFO is reported asking for a low of $22.75 per hundredweight in July and a high of $24 in De-

Intelligent Local Planning Is Vital

“Adams county, through in-S telligent local planning, must prepare for an in-migration in the the next few years greater than the original settling of the county, . bringing in vast numbers of people with no local ties, to local churches and community centers,” Gerwin K. Rohrbach, president of General Planning and Resource Consultants, St. Louis, Mo., told the five assembled committees and members of the Adams county planning commission Wednesday afternoon. Nearly 30 persons amended the meeting, and got the “feel” of planning, and the hard work ahead of them, as presented by Rohrbach. Maintain Centers At present there are a number of cultural centers that have served the county for a century, mostly centered around church groups and trade centers’. These can be preserved, or they can be crowded out by newcomers, new additions and helter-skelter growth, depending on the plan prepared locally, Rohrbach continued. Rohrbach then gave a good example. “Take the various dumping sites in the county,” he ventured, in an off-the-cuff example. “This morning we visited the county dump, just started, but with no method of policing. It is good naw, but without policing will deteriorate. The Berne dump, just across the way, is a good horrible example. A- pit by the river, - which every spring

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cember on a contract basis. Recently hogs have dropped to sl6.50 per hundredweight before the farmers started taking action. This, farmers maintain, does not permit them a decent return on their labor and investment. At Kendallville, the Heinold Hog Market opened Wednesday after being closed two days. Receipts, however, were far below normal, they reported. The Brady stockyards, at Ligonier, also reopened after closing, but reported no sales. Estimates at Monday’s sale at Smysers in Huntington varied from one-third to two-thirds of normal. *

3 flood will practically empty, car- -■ rying refuse and trash downstream, it is an unsightly thing when the trees are bare of leaves . and you .approach the county from south. Worst Example “But the worst example is the new Decatur pit, located in the county,” he continued. “A ‘sanitary fill’ was placed in an area below the river level, and every french just filled up with water, and floated the garbage out. So, now they are building a mountain of garbage, which is covered with dirt, but which is no sanitary land fill. In fact, it is a potential health menace and is located very poorly at one of the entrances to the city. The bean mash was little better.** He recommended immediate consideration of these problems by the appropriate committees, and immediate solutions, before problems develop. “They can be solved now, but in ten years they ,will be impossible to solve. . Very Fortunate “This county is fortunate because good planning now will stop most problems before they realty become problems. Unfortunate counties, who have grown wtthoutplanning, are now in imfgjssible situations as far as cSrrecting their problems. "Ihe housing committee should study the availablity and conditionion of housing, and try to project these problems into the future with the increase of popuContinued on Page 8)