Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII NO. 205

1,000 Negroes Riot In Philadelphia, Hundreds Os Businesses Wrecked

PHILADELPHIA (UPD — More than 1,000 Negroes raged through an all-Negro section of North Philadelphia Friday night and early today, battling police during rioting and looting that left hundreds of businesses in a shambles. More than 500 policemen poured into the area. Hit-and-run raiders smashed into store after store shattering windows and stealing drugs, liquor, furniture and clothing. The roving bands hurled stones and bricks at police and firemen and screamed obscenities at them. It was the first rioting to hit Philadelphia this summer.

Girl Survives Two Nights On Mountain

CODY, Wyo. (UPD—A courageous young Chicago woman who spent tiwo nights in subfreezing mountain temperatures beside the bodies of her father and brother today was reported resting in a hospital here. Dr. DeWitt Dominick of Cody said Roberta Kowaczek, 25, was "doing very , w ell”A despite a severe concussion «l*a - multiple lacerations. “She certainly was a very courageous and wonderful little girl to take care of herself under the conditions she was in those two days,” the doctor said. Dominick, an examining physician for the Federal Aviation Agency, traveled several miles by horseback into the towering mountains of the Absaroka range to meet a four-man rescue party which brought the girl down a tortuous mountain trail Friday. Dangerous Ride A mountain guide, a newsman, a forest service employe and a sheriff had begun a dangerous night ride into the mountains shortly before midnight Thursday to the area where the family’s light plane smashed into a mountain about noon Wednesday. Miss Kowaczek, on a flight from Cody to Big Piney, Wyo., said she left intending to follow a standard route. But she said her Piper Cherokee plane “wouldn’t reach the altitude needed, so I decided to

Troops Halt Saigon Riots

' SAIGON, Sou’h Viet Nam (UPD—US. - educated Nguyen Xuan Oanh took over as acting premier today and announced that strongman Gen. Nguyen Khanh had gone to the resort cjty of Dalat to convalesce from “physical and mental” illness. Oanh said Khanh and the two other generals in his triumvirate remained “the supreme body of leadership” and that Khanh, “although sick, would be consulted” by Gens. Duong Van Minh and Tran Thien Khieum on all decisions. But observers viewed the change as a crushing defeat for the 36-year old Khanh’s bid to stay in power. They noted that when he staged his coup in January, it was to Dalat that he exiled his defeated opponents. It was not immediately clear, however, who had emerged to take has place. Oanh was seen as a compromise choice not committed to any faction. Police Halt Riots The appointment of Oanh was made after eight days oT rioting in Saigon and other areas—al first against Khanh’s one-

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Preliminary police estimates put damage at “several hundred thousands dollars.” At one point a few gunshots were heard from an unknown source. Police said they did not use their guns in battling the rioters. The rioting, apparently touched off by a minor motor vehicle arrest of a Negro woman by two Negro police Friday night, flared after midnight, died down, 'roused a second time, and then roared again to full fury following a brief respite at dawn. Many Injured An early morning count

follow the Yellowstone Highway from Cody to Yellowstone.” But she became lost when she decided to turn around in the Yellowstone Canyon and ended up in the Silvertip Basin. She was in . a box canyon which rises sharply and levels off at about 1,500 feet. “I but realized I could not sal.toe top (end canyon),” she said, "so I decided to try to crash land the plane at the end of the canyon.” Hits Canyon Wall The plane struck a canyon wall about a quarter of a mile up from the canyon floor. She said She lost consciousness when the plane hit. When she regained consciousness she found her brother and father still alive. Her brother • died first, she said, before she could administer first aid. Her father died a short while later after she had bandaged his head. “When they died, I decided to try to climb up over the basin to get down to the highway," she said. “I thought I knew where the highway was, but after 200 yards, I realized I couldn’t do it and turned back.” She returned to the plane, gathered what little food was available and eventually pulled clothing from the bodies to keep warm in the two nights on the mountain in temperatures estimated at 25 degrees or lower.

man rule, and then between’ rival religious groups. Police and troops finally cracked down on the rioters Friday night. Oanh, who once taught at Harvard University and Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., will serve for two months, until a permanent premier is named. He is a civil servant who served in Khanh’s old government as deputy premier for economic and financial affairs. His appointment was announced within hours of the crackdown on the street gangs of Catholic and Buddhist you‘hs. Three hundred persons were arrested and calm was restored to the city for the first time in nine days. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with chance of scattered thundershowers Sunday. No Important temperature changes. Lew tonight 65 to 70, high Sunday in mM-Ms north, around M south. Outlook for Monday: Fair to party cloudy with little temperature change.

showed at least 31 policemen injured, one with a possible fractured skull, 72 civilians treated at hospitals, and more than 100 persons, largely juveniles from the roving bands of looters, arrested. By 9 a m. EDT the worst of the looting had been stopped. There still was some “sneak looting” going on by individuals but the stores bad been pretty well cleaned out. Negroes were roaming the streets, jostling each other and heckling police but there was no fighting. Hearings got underway at 9 am. for 47 persons charged with burglary or looting, five

juveniles and one adult charged with carrying concealed knives and for Alfred and Odessa Crawford, the couple whose argument with police triggered the rioting. Police Commissioner Howard Leary called the looters “roving bandits” and ordered all bars in the mile square area closed. All police leaves were c ftn c - Gov. William W. Scranton ordered sta’e liquor stores in the area shut down. The night-long rioting left st.eets littered with glass and in worse condition than in Harlem during the recent New York violence. * Business estabbshiaents <W*re ransacked, an traffic was ordered kept from the area and public transportation halted. Leary said “the crowd was prepared for it.” Practically every business place in a 15 block stretch along Columbia Ave., roughly 16 blocks north of city hall, was ravished. Early this morning a mob surged to one corner of Columbia Avenue afid began ripping out parking meters. When police surged to the intersection, hundreds of adults stood along the curb shouting obscenities, and then screamed “police brutality.” Police checked all fire alarm boxes as the rioting continued to prevent any rash of false alarms. The looting was staged by commando - like groups who raced into business places, grabbed what they could and carted it away. Liquor, clothing, household furnishings, groceries, meats and fruits from supermarkets and electrical appliances were included in the loot. It was hauled away by the armful by rioters as police tried to blanket the entire area and bring the outbreak to a halt. The rioters apparently began when onlookers interfered with police arresting a woman, believed intoxicated, at a street intersection.

Some Os Preble's Taxpayers Miffed Some Preble township taxpayers were a little miffed this past week when they appeared for the advisory board meeting at the legally designated time, the last Tuesday of the month, only to learn that the meeting had been held the night before, it was* i eported today. The law specifies that the township advisory board will meet lhe last Tuesday in August. However, Preble township trustee Robert Kolter, called the meeting for Monday night. Those wishing to object tg the budget may still appear ’oefore the cdunty tax adjustment board, and before the local hearing of the board of tax commissioners,■ and present their cdmplaints. ’Die work of the county board of tax adjustment, which can only lower taxes, begins the second Monday in September, and must be completed by Oct. 1. The state board of tax commissioners then appoints hearing commissioners and advertises bearings in each county. These must be completed by Dec. 12, the Saturday following the fjrst Monday of December.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Saturday, August 29,1964

Fifth St. Traffic Dangers Are Cited A ptition, by more than 50 residents on North Fifth street, calling on the city police, city court, and local government, to' control, direct and eleminate the traffic problem on Fifth street, will be submitted to the Decatur city council Tuesday night. The Rev. Richard W. Van Hoosen, pastor of the First Christian church, is spokesman for .the group. He reported that only one person contacted de-« dined to sign, on the grounds that he was to old to hear or be bothered by the traffic. A few were not home, but all the others were happy to take part in the program, he added. Pettition Given The petition reads: “We, the undersigned, being directly affected and concerned about the traffic problem that exists on North Fifth street, hereby solicit the police department and all others responsible agencies of local ' government to make adequate inquiry into existing traffic conditions on the north side of Decatur, and in particular on Fifth street, to determine the seriousness and magnitude of the vehicular lawlessness to which we hereby bear witness: and further, to take appropriate action to control, direct and/or eliminate the problem in the interest of personal and public safety.” Rev. Van Hoosen explained that cars speed down the’street, violate the anti-noise ordinance, and generally disturb the residents of the area. Needs Parents Help In trying to bolster law enforcement, and strict court treatment of violations, Rev. Van Hoosen also called upon parents to caution their youngsters who drive. Many parents favor strict law enforcement, except when it’s their “Johnny,” there are always extenuating circumstances. This hurts all law enforcement, and parents can help more by holding their children to strick account, than by trying to help them weasel out of just arrests, he concluded. He mentioned that he had brought the matter to the attenion of Mayor Carl Gerber, who pointed out that parental cooperation has been frequently lacking. NOON EDITION County Youths Win State Fair Ribbons Several Adams county youths have won ribobns, according to the list of Indiana state fair 4-H awards. Stewart Bieberich, of Preble, won a red'ribbon in the division I electric exhibit, while Richard Bleeke, route 2, Decatur, won a blue ribbin in the division II electric exhibit. Judy Mosser, route 2, Geneva, won a red ribbon in the division 111, electric exhibit and Carolyn Corver, pf route 1, Monroe, won a blue ribbon in the division IV electric exhibit. Steve Landis, of route 4, Decatur, copped a blue ribbon in the advanced division of electric exhibits. Neil Tschannen of Craigville won a red ribbon in the same exhibit. Richard Doty, of 627 N. Tenth St., Decatur, won a ribbon in the division I of lawn maintenance and plant familiarization, and S’even Strouse, route 1, Decatur, won a red ribbon in 4-H home ground improvement.

School For Migrant Children Completed A crowd of 250 enjoyed the completion of the migrant Bible school program,, for some 90 migrant * children, at the First Mennonite church of Berne Friday evening. Children from three culture groups — Southern white, Southern Negro, and Spanish-speaking Americans — worked and played together In perfect harmony in the school. Need S4OO A fund to raise S4OO for a migrant boy hospitalized with cataracts, who would be blind without surfical help, was started Friday night. Anyone wishing to help may mail his contribution to the Adams county migrant committee, c/o Menno Coblentz, Route 1 Geneva, Ind. The two-week school was organized by the county director, Coblentz, and a volunteer assistant, Miss Sheila Price. They had help from volunteer program L>ok six weeks to organize and cost $5,000. Gordon Clark, state migrant work director stated. Miss Price, however,-had intended to start at Fort Wayne Bible college this fall, and may not be able to do so, since she took the time this summer to volunteer for the Christian oriented work of helping the migrant children. After the program the children and parents were treated to refreshments. __ Furnished Noon Meal During the school ,the noon nTt-al probably the best some of the children had ever had, was furnished. Local area people donated most of the groceries, including the meat, as well as the labor for fixing it. The parents especially appreciated it because of the lack of work in the fields this year. The Rev. Charles Elam, of Monroe, is chairman of the county migrant committee this year. Schurger Attends Hartke Meeting County prosecuting attorney Severin H. Schurger, county coordinator for the campaign to reelect Sen. R. Vance Hartke, and Mrs. Schurger, were guests of Sen. Hartke at a workshop meeting for leaders from all 92 counties in Indianapolis Friday. The meeting filled the Ben Franklin room of the Claypool Hotel. Miss Ruth Hartke, sister of the senator, made presonal phone calls to all cordinators, and nearly every one was present, with those few unable to attend sending representatives. Sen. Hartke spoke with the coordinators, and the chairmen of the various groups also spoke: Dr. Thomas Cortese, doctors for Hartke; John Watkins, veterans for Hartke; Thomas Murphy, Hoosiers for Hartke; Mrs. Eleanor Endsley, homemakers for' Hartke; Prof. Robert C. Jeffrey, representing Dr. John Mee, professors for Hartke; Miss Marv Kay Miller, young citizens for Hartke; Sen. Marshall Kizer, labor for Hartke; Paul Boyle,.colabor for Hartke: and Mace Brodie, campaign coordinator. The Rev. Richard Langdale gave the invocation and the Rev. Thomas Atkinson gave the benediction following the workshop. Schurger reported that many good tips on the accomplishments of Sen. Hartke, and how to best bring these before the voters, were given during the meeting. He also was given a good amount of informalion, which is available at his office for anyone desiring it.

Few Receipts At Local Market

Only 23}>ead of hogs, destined for local processors, were handled Friday by the local P. B. Stewart stock yards at Tenth and Elm streets, it was reported this morning. This brought the week’s total to about 50, one-tenth the average number of 500 handled by the market. At Geneva, no sales were reported. The Tuesday sale was cancelled this week. Close Cooperation Here Adams county farmers are cooperating very closely with the local NFO members, reported Gene Arnold, president of the county group which now includes nearly 100 active members. 'Hie NFO has set up a farmer s information center just west of Monroe at the junction of highways 27 and 124, Arnold state!. The Allen county group has a similar station at Monroeville. Farmers in 24 states have been taking part in a holding action to try to force up the price of hogs. Farmers have been taking serious

MUQKANT BIBLE SCHOOL at the First Mennonite Church of Berne, illustrated graphically this past two weeks how little children of all backgrounds and cultures cpuld get along_together in work and play. Above, children of Spanish-speaking American 'culture, southern Negro culture, and southern white culture all rest together after a playground period. A better program, with licensed teachers, is planed next summer by the county migrant committee, sponsored and supported by most of the churches in the county. 1 —'Photo by Cole)

Turkey Averts Showdown In Cyprus Crisis NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPD— Turkey averted a possible shooting showdown over Cyprus today by agreeing to postpone temporarily the rotation of its troops on this island. The announcement in Ankara said the planned replacement of 335 Turkish soldiers whose tour of duty is completed here with an equal number of new troops is being held off “for a short time.” The move was viewed as a bid to head off a clash with Greek Cypriot forces which could explode into war involving Greece and Turkey, NATO allies of the United States. The Turks had planned to rotate part of their 650-man garrison on Cyprus by Monday because under Turkish law draftees must be home by the end of the month. Would Oppose Landings But Greek Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios said his government would not let the Turkish replacements land. Some members of the Turkish force were quoted as saying they would shoot if necessary. The Turkish Foreign Ministry Brother Os Local Lady Dies Friday Kenneth Zigler, 49, of Alexandria, died at 4 o’colck Friday afternoon at a hospital in Anderson, following a heart attack. Survivors include his wife, Mary; one son, Roger; a daughter, Janice; three grandchildren; his mohter, Mrs. Zenobia Zigier, of Hartford City ; four sisters, Mrs. A. J. Zelt of 834 Mercer avenue, Decatur, Mrs. Alvin Rogers of Hartford City, Mrs. John Newcomer of Fairborn, 0., ;ind Mrs. Ralph Hartman of Traverse City, Mich. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Church of God. in Alexandria, with the Rev. Dwight McCurdy, former Decatur pastor, officiating. . Burial will be in the Garden of Memories cemetery in Muncie. Friends may call at the Kile funeral home in Alexandria.

losses by selling hogs at the prevailing low prices, Arnold pointed out. Each day two or three local farmers are designated to visit the stock yards at Decatur and Geneva. Everyone has been cooperating, Arnold reported, and no violence or trouble has been reported in the county. “Oh, a few friendly agruments have taken place, but these have all been rettled peacefully,” he added. The farmers hope to get the markets to sign a contract with them, guaranteeing them certain prices, fixed bv the time of year and weight of the hogs. The markets claim that the big chain stores set the prices, not them. Reject Theory Local NFO members explain their position thusly: — “During the past ages, alchemists experimented in transmitting Iron and other base metals into gold. However, all such atempts had the same result — failure.

said the decision to delay the rotation program was taken following urgent requests from the Greek government, United Nations Secretary General Thant and other Allied governments. These have been trying to get Makarios to change his mind about the Turkish replacements. Thousands of Turkish university students demonstrated for a third day against the American position on Cyprus, which they believe favors the Greek Cypriots. The demonstrations in Istanbul were orderly. They followed similar actions Friday and the day before in Istanbul and Ankara. In Nicosia, United Nations officials reported sightings of six unidentified aircraft and four unidentified ships off the northern coast of Cyprus. Swedes Sight Planes The sightings, by Swedish

Hurricane Cleo Is Sweeping To North

SAVANNAH. Ga. (UPD—The blustery remains of Hurricane Cleo swept northward today dumping heavy rains on coastal Georgia and threatening the Carolinas with tornadoes. A late advisory placed the center of the storm near Savannah, but forecasters said the disturbance was gradually weakening and its center becoming poorly defined. “The principal weather threat remaining at this time is heavy rains north of the center and the possibility of severe thunderstorms or a tornado in the area 50 miles either side of a line from 30 miles northwest of Charleston. (S.C.) to 40 miles northwest of Wilmington (N. C.I” the weather agency said. - Claims 122 Lives Cleo claimed 122 lives during a four day rampage through the Caribbean, then rip-sawed up the Florida peninsula, causing S2OO-million damage and injuring about 200 persons. Cleo lost its hurricane punch after its bout with the mainland, and today its high winds were limited to about 40 to 50 jnjpJi. A violent swirl of wind hit Charleston early today, but police labeled it a “windstorm” rather than a tornado.

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Hence the term, fool’s gold. * 'Currently some farm economists have propagated the idea of bigness. Farmers are told that go<xi maitagement and massive production will solve their main problem — too low an income. This will yield a small net income per hen pig, cow, etc. In this way they will obtain an adequate income. But if this fails, the larger the production, the greater the loss. ’’During this year, 1964, the biggest feeder and finisher of cattle was forced into bankruptcy — not because he lacked expert knowledge of how to produce prime beef cattle, but simply because the price he received was too low to repay full cost of production. "This theory of bigness as the solution to the farmers’ problem of low income nothing but fool’s gold, a gigantic fraud regardless of who promulgates it,” the group concluded. .

troops of the United Nations peace force, all were made within the last 24 hours. All occurred in the general area whore Turkish air force jets .bombed and strafed Greek Cypriot positions three weeks ago. The United Nations also reported several new shooting incidents and two unexplained explosions near Larnaca stadium early this morning. There were no Immediate reports of possible casualties. But the incidents served to heighten tension on this island. Arcttbishdp Makarios, the president of Cyprus and leader of its Greek Cypriot community flew to Alexandria Friday night for talks with President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic. There was speculation the two leaders would discuss the possibility of Egyptian military aid tor Cyprus.

The wind burst unroofed at least two houses, tore down fences and uprooted trees. Thunderstorms prec edi n g Cleo hit Charleston and Florence this morning and the area braced for lowland flooding from heavy rains. Military aircraft were evacuated from 'bases at Myrtle Beach, Charleston and Sumter. Brings Much Rain Cleo brought seven inches of rain to this Georgia coastal city of 150,000 persons in five hours Friday night along with 48 mile an hour winds and civil defense officials prepared for the blow. But early today. Savannah civil defense director Madison Browder said two defense shelters were being shut down at high schools when the 60 persons who had sought shelter there decided to go home with the worst of the storm over. Eight families had been evacuated from low-lying areas because of flash flooding from the torrential downpours. The Weather Bureau warned of heavy rains of 5 to 10 inches from the present position of the storm center through central asyi eastern South Carolina and heavy rains would spread into much of North Carolina later today and tonight