Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1964 — Page 1

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U. S. Air Force Captain Killed In Viet Nam As Guerrillas Shoot Plane

SAIGON, Viet Nam (UPD— A U. S. military spokesman said today that an American Air Force captain was killed • when Communist guerrillas fired on his plane near the edge of Bien Hoa Air Base. The spokesman also disclosed that four other Americans have been wounded by Communist mines and gunfire in South Viet Nam. The slain Air Force captain was identified as Richard Dean Goss, of Seattle, Wash. The spokesman said Goss was killed along with a Vietnamese student _ plot Saturday while practicing night landings at the American Bien Hoa base, 15 miles north of here. U. S. jet bombers are stationed at He said their A-lE-G fighterbomber was fired on from the ground immediately before it crashed 200 yards from the end of the runway. The spokesman said an investigation was still going on to determine whether the enemy ground fire was the actual cause of the crash. The ' captain was the 276th American to die in South Viet Nam since Jan. 1, 1961. Os these 188 have been killed in combat action. Two other Americans — an American officer and an enlisted man — wer'e wounded when their jeep struck a Communist mine Sunday 20 miles north of Saigon on highway 10. Their condition was described as “not serious” but they were taken to the U.S. Navy hospital in Saigon for further treatment. A U. S. Special Forces officer was wounded Sunday morning when two companies of Communist Viet Cong guerrillas ambushed a government patrol near the Cambodian border, 90 miles west of Saigon. He was said to be in fair condition at Saigon Navy hospital. Nineteen Vietnamese soldiers

Titan Firing Delayed Today

CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) — Tracking difficulties caused a delay today in the first launching of a mighty Air Force Ti-tan-3A rocket, newest star in William J. Bluhm Is Taken By Death William John Zjßluhm, 83-year-old retired farmer of 122 E. Andrews street, Monroe, died at 4:20 p.m. Saturday at the Adams county memorial liospital, where he had been a patient since suffering a stroke five days ago. He was born at Richmond June 20, 1881, a son of "Henry and Mary Greve-Bluhm, and had lived in Adams county 81 years. He was married May 7, 1906, to Mary E. Van Emon, who preceded him in death Jan. 30, 1952. Mrs. Bluhm was a member of the Monroe Methodist church. Surviving are one son, Ralph V. Bluhm of Monroe route 1; one daughter, Mrs. Claude (Helen) Decker of Bluffton; two brothers, Rayrtiond Bluhm of Monroe, and Walter Bluhm of Conway, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Reinhard of Baltimore. Md.. and two grandchildren, Carl L. Bluhm of Monroe, and Mrs. Thomas EVersden of Toledo, ( O. Four sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Winter-egg-Linn funeral home, with the Rev. Charles Elam officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery at Bluffton. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

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were reported killed, wounded or missing in the same engagement, but two other American advisers with them escaped injury. Another American officer was slightly wounded Saturday by ground fire while flying as a gunner during helicopter practice near Pleiku, 240 miles north of Saigon. The armed helicopters returned the Red fire and their crews claimed to have killed 15 Communist guerillas. It was expected today that the Communist forces would open up a massive offensive against Vietnamese outpostg whose morale has been sapped by the political crisis in Saigon. A reliable source said droves of rural officials had left outposts in Communist-infiltrated provinces ringing the capital. In most cases they had gone home to await developments. An American source said bitterly that officials in the Mekong delta south of Saigon, Where Communist infiltration is heaviest, had dropped from “their normal, half speed down to one-quarter speed.” U.S. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor flew today to the mountain resort of Dalat, 145 miles northeast of Saigon, to assess the position of Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, who was president until last week. Khanh stepped down from the presidency, but apparently retained Ihe title to the premiership, in the power struggle that followed last week’s riots. Khanh, 36, flew to Dalat to recover from a supposed state of exhaustion. Harvard-educated Nguyen Xuan Oanh, 43, a civilian and economist, was left in. charge as acting premier. A high American official said “Khanh is still prime minister of this country and we support that position.”

the military space program. - Launch time for the 124-foot rocket, which was to orbit 3,750 pounds of lead, was originally set at 11 a.m. EST but more than an hour later, a onehour hold was called while scientists tried to iron out the tracking problem. The countdown once had reached T-3 seconds, was recycled and halted again at T-9 seconds when the one-hour hold was called. The Titan-3A is the forerunner of a more powerful Titan-3C model scheduled to orbit a manned laboratory in 1968 and eight communications satellites at a time in 1966. Titan-3’s may also be used la*er to orbit satellite inspectors, space station ferry ships and rescue craft. Unlike maiden flights for most big rockets, today’s Titan--3A mission was a full scale orbital shot testing the entire system. The dummy payload, however, carried no instruments. 1116 9.000-pound third stagepayload combination was programmed to complete one sweep around the globe before sending the payload into a separate orbit. One of the most vital phases of the shot is the performance of the new third stage, called a space switch engine because of its versatility, and its sophisticated guidance system. It is the third stage that gives the Titan-3 the ability to handle a wide varie*y of manned and unmanned missions. It can stop and start several times in space, change orbits or kick probes toward the moon and planets.

Preble Trustee Explains Meeting , The Preble township advisory board meeting was held a day early, contrary to law, because some of the board members could not attend on the legally designated night, Preble township trustee Robert M. Kolter stated this morning. Kolter also asked that those who informed the newspaper that they tried' to attend the meeting Tuesday night apologize, since someone was on duty the entire day long, until 10 p.m., to take any objections, or to explain the budget. Try The Quiz On Page 5 Looking for something new’ Then why not try the weekly news quiz on page 5, a mixture of fun and serious thinking. It’s even more fun if you try it with your family or friends. Ask them to write down the answers • as you read the questions afoul. Or clip the quiz and pass it around for each guest to take separately. Give a prize to the person who scores the best. Voting this fall will require a deeper knowledge of foreign and national events than that which you get from hurried headline reading of a minute of news on the radio or TV. Have a healthy, balanced view of national and international affairs by reading your home newspaper ever day. Check up once a week to be sure you are getting the most out of your newspaper, one of the most inexpensive things you buy! Jurors Are Drawn For September Term Grand>and petit jurors for the September term of the Adams circuit court, which opens Tuesday, were drawn this morning. Names of 12 Adams county residents were drawn for grand jury duty, and another 24 for the petit jury duty, by Adams county clerk George Bair. The names were drawn in the presence of jury commissioner Edward Berling and Clarence Ziner. The 12 persons drawn for grind jury duty are as follows: Donald E. Jones, Decatur-Root township; Robert Lehrman, Union twp.; Kenneth D. Parrish, N. Monroe: John G. Brite, Root; Donald J. Dick, St. Mary’s; Lawrence Eicher, Floyd Myers, Blue Creek; Francis Ellsworth, De?a---tur-Root; Ivan Heare, Kirkland; Charles Omlor, Decatur-Washing-ton; Sheldon Wagley, Blue Creek; Albert Tinkham, N. Monroe. The 24 drawn for petit jury duty are: Frank Rayl, N. Monroe; Martin Gallmeyer, Preble; Harry H. Edgell, St. Mary's; Leonard Kingsley, French; Richard 1,. Franze, Geneva; Edgar Ehlerding, Preble; Percy Gold, Berne; William Griffiths, Kirkland; - Earl Mounsey, Union; J. Edward Conrad, Wabash; Obed Kipfer, Blue Creek; Robert Moran, Jefferson. Harold T. Fields, Geneva; Frederick Bittner, Union; Glen Stuckey, N. Monroe; Edwin Affolder, Wabash: Arthur Hartman, Ureble; William A. Miller, Washings ton; Willis L. Martin, Jefferson; Floyd Baker, Jefferson; Robert Mutschler, iKrkland; Fred Mailand. Preble; Rov Stucky, Monroe; and Edward Pageler, DecaturWashington. Repair Courthouse Heatinq System Repair work on the Adams county courthouse heating sys‘em is currently in progress. Some difficulty has been encountered in procuring replacement parts for the furnace, but the work is expected to be completed soon.

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L v e j fl kMi W / 4 > ' j J S **-• Mi ’ v." eSPfli mm f * 1 MM. HI fl - .. SIGNS OF VIOLENCE — A police officer, with a puzzled look on his face, restrains a rioter during fighting and lootling in Philadelphia. Other Negros watch skirmisn. Practically every store in a 10-square-block area was wrecked.

Decalur Forestry Judging Team Tops The Decatur high school forestry judging tearfi, comprised of Roger Lehrman and Tom Schnepf, won blue ribboi) honors Saturday at the state fair. The two youths scored a total of 1,788 points out of a possible 1,800, and edged a team from Marshall Co., which placed second with 1,786 points. Schnepf is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schnepf of Decatur, and is a junior at Decatur high school. J>hrman, a senior, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lehrman of Union township. Lehrman’s 898 point total placed him in a tie for second place in individual hours, while Schnepf tied for fifth with an 890 score. The contest consisted of identifying 45 leaf and 20 seed specimens, in addition to a written test Lehrman and Schnepf, along with their coach, William Journay, Decatur high agriculture teacher, will travel tar Butler* University in Indianapolis next Saturday to receive tneir trophies. Geneva Seventh A Geneva team made up of Mary Lybarger and Mary Ann Duff placed seventh in the same competition, recording a score of I, points. According to a list of fair awards issued today, Patti Isch of route 1, Monroe, won a white ribbon, in forestry, division I; Kent Watson, of Berne, won a' greian ribbon in division II; and Mary J. Baker, route 2, •Berne, received a green ribbon in division 111. Adams county youths winning ribbons in photography were as folloMifer Kim Watson, Berne, red ribbon in natural light; Sara J. Biberstein, route 2, Geneva, white ribbon in natural and artifical light; Mary Lybarger, route 2, Geneva, white ribbon in color prints; Paul E. Rich, red in color slides; Kathy Beeler, Geneva, red ribbon, black and white prints. Ribbon winners in food preservation were: Sara Biberstein, route 2, Geneva, blue ribbon in one jar of fruit or tomatoes or one package of frozen fruit;» Patty Thieme, route 3, Decatur, blue ribbon in one jar of vegetables or one package of frozen vegetables; Dianne Bransteter, route P 2, Berne, blue ribbon in one quart or pint of vegetables or Continued on Page 8)

Study Liability At County Dump Site The question of liability for personal injuries at the new Adams county dumping site south of Berne was discussed this morning at the weekly meeting of the Adams cdunty commissioners. * The dumping grounds, an abandoned gravel pit, was recently pur- ‘ chased by the county for the use . of the residents of the southern* half of the county. j* Commissioner Deimos Bollenbacher raised the question of Ha-* bility and the board had Arthur « Suttles, the county’s liability Compensation insurance agent,come to the meeting to clarify the S' problem. Suttles told the com-is missioners that the dump was cov-a< ered under the county's present in-3 surance protection. Mrs. Carl Smith and Mrs. Ad-fl rian Burke, of St. Mary's town-H ship, attended the meeting to re-fl quest the commisisoners to con-fl sider blacktopping county roadg, B’6 between the Piqua road andg state road 101. The commisison-5 ers took the matter under advise-J ment. The board authorized the clean-g ing and repair of the Warner g, b-anch of the Christian J. Gerber » ditch in French township. They* also ordered county surveyor He:-* man Moellering and county high-®, way superintendent Noil to clear brush and unde--* growth from county property just* south of the Adams county mem-* orial hospital. ~ ( The commisisoners spent some's, time discussing problems related* to the formation of a county board*, of health. It was pointed out that 5 the function of a board of health *[ is, at present, questionable, since 5it is not known what health and 5' sanitation responsibilities will be*i assumed by the county plan com-*' misison once the Proposed county ’1 plan is put into operation. Si INDIANA WEATHER g Fair and cooler tonixht. =>, Mostly sunny Tuesday with 3. chance of .afternoon showers extreme southwest. Not much g temperature change. Low to- h. night upper 50s north, 59 to 8 65 south. High Tuesday most- fl ly in the 80s. Sunset today 7:18 5 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 6:13 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: • Increasing cloudiness and warmer. Lows in the 60s. Higha in the 80s north to low Ms south.

Carwash Nels $78.60 For Kennedy Fund A $2 gift, received through the mail from J. O. Sellemeyer, former Decatur resident, who read about the Kennedy memorial library carwash in the Decatur Daily Democrat in his home near Los Angeles, Calif., bolstered the total made Saturday on the carwash to 878.60, it was reported this morning. The 14 girls and their helpers worked like beavers from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and had a backlog of cars at all times. Those who helped with the carwash will now send the money in to the library fund toward the $lO million needed to see the late president’s dream of a permanent useful memorial established. Hundreds of thousands of people from all parts of the United States, and the world, have made donations, and those who donate will be remembered in the huge library center, which will house the late president’s mementos, papers, and a training center for future diplomats and government employes. S. S. Convention November 7 And 8 The officers of the Adams county Sunday school association met at the home of the president, Carl Chase, to make plans for the annual convention. Eight of the county officers were in attendance at the meeting. The banquet Saturday evening, Nov. 7, will be held in the Decatur youth and Community Center. Last year, 498 Sunday school workers and scholars attended the banquet. A session of the convention will be held Sunday afternoon. At this session, workshops will be given. Various Sunday school teachers from various parts of the county will have panel discussions on teaching. The final session will be held Sunday evening at the Mennonite church in Berne with inspirational singing and special music.

The newly appointed general director of the national Sunday school association, George S. McNeill, will be the speaker for the convention. McNeill took over the duties of being the director last August 1. Further plans of the convention will be announced later. Sunday school workers are asked to keep these dates open and avail themselves of the many aids that come from the convention. J. C. Strickler Dies After Long Illness ; James C. Strickler, 73, lifellong resident of Adams county [and Decatur, died at 11:20 o’clock I Sunday morning at his home, 117 I Porter Vista, following an illness |of two years. Mrs. Strickler retired in 1960 from the Decatur Casting Co., where he had been employed for !41 years. I Born in Blue Creek township Oct. 25, 1890, he was a son of [Grant and Emma Everett-Strick-Iler. He was first married to Edna I Durr, who died in 1957. He was I married to Mrs. Mary Hazelwood lin 1959. I Mr. Strickler was a member lof the First Baptist church. ! Surviving are his wife; three [sons, Harold C.. Gerald G. and [ James J. Strickler, all of Deca|tur; eight grandchildren; two I great-grandchildren; two brothers, William Strickler of RedIkey, and Russell Strickler of Fort [Wayne, and eight sisters. Mrs. [Cora Lautzenheiser of Decatur, [Mrs. Effie Corbett of St. Paul Minn., Mrs. Floyd L. (Lydia) [Meyers of Salem, Mrs. Ed (Ver[notia) Wolke of Fort Wayne, [Mrs. Wilma Hoblet of Willshire, [O., Mrs. Henry B. (Jessie) Par[rish of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Le- [ Doyle (Mabel) Feigley of Rock[ford, 0.. and Mrs. Norbert [(Ruby) Huffman of Berne. One [sister and one grandchild are deI ceased. i Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at [♦he First Baptist church, with [the Rev. Robert L. Chidister officiating, assisted by the Rev. [Richard Van Hoosen. Burial will ibe in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the Win-iteregg-Linn funeral home, where friends may call from 7 to 10 p.m. today, 5 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, and 8 a.m. to 12 noon Wednesday, when the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until time of the services.

Paul Uhrick Dies Suddenly Sunday

Paul S. Uhrick, prominent Decatur businessman and a lifelong resident of this community, died suddenly of a heart attack at 7:30 o’clock Sunday eveijing at his home near Decatur, on rural route 6. He had not been ill and dnth was unexpected. He was 50 years old. Mr. Uhrick has been asosciated with his brother, Ernest, as a partner in Uhrick Bros. Furniture and Appliance store on Monroe ,-treet in Decatur, which the brothers founded in 1934. Active in business circles in this city all his life, he was a member of and former officer of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. He was also an avid conservationist, and was active member of several conservation clubs in this area. He was born in Adams county Oct. 12, 1913, a son of Frank and Rosy Diehl - Uhrick, and was mar-

Biloxi Schools Desegregated

BILOXI. Miss. (UPD —Mississippi desegregated its first public schools today in an atmosphere of resignation after years of resistance. Sixteen Negroes were accepted in four elementary schools in this historic coastal city, where stately, moss Covered oaks bend to the blast of lowflying jet planes at a nearby Air Force base, and by 10 a.m. CST, 14 were in first grade classes. There were no incidents. „ It was in sbarp contrast to the rioting that claimed two lives when Negro James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi at Oxford on Sept. 30, 1962. Seventeen Negroes had registered for classes at Biloxi, one. of four Mississippi cities ordered by the courts to make a start toward desegregation this fall. One was rejected, however. When it was learned that the child’s parents live outside the state. White parents sat in their cars in the vicinity of the four Biloxi schools long after their children had entered but there

Congress Tackles Legislative Jam

WASHINGTON (UPD — Congress reconvened today in a post - convention session to tackle a backlog of legislation blocking the way to its election year adjournment. Scheduled as the first order of business in the Senate was a House-passed bill to expand Social Security coverage which will be the springboard for a fight over medical care for the aged. Some House and Senate leaders have indicated it may take three to four weeks before the legislative calendar can be cleared. Sen. Hubert Humphrey, DMinn., the Democratic vice presidential candidate, was on hand to help shepherd the administration program to a vote. In the House, the Republican vice presidential nopninee, Rep. William E. Miller, R - N.Y., was present. But both President Johnson and the GOP presidential candidate Barry M. Goldwater, were on precampaign vacations. Among the issues still to be decided by the lawmakers were the medicare bill, foreign aid, and one portion of President Johnson’s overall antipoverty program. Supporters of the health care program for elderly persons predicted it would clear the Senate, but the outlook for House approval was dim. Approval Expected In the House, representatives were expected to give early approval to Johnson’s $1 billion proposal for revitalizing the depressed Appalachia region as part of his anti-poverty program. Although both Johnson and GOP presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater were on precampaign vacations and were not on hand as Congress got back to work, the session was expected to have political overtones.

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ried to Martha Reppert May 31, 1937. Mr. Uhrick attended the United Church of Christ in this city. Funeral Wednesday Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Ronald (Jane) Gerber of Decatur, and Mrs. Marilou Roop of Decatur; one son, Kenneth Uhrick, at home; two brothers, Luzerne Uhrick of Fort Wayne, and Ernest Uhrick of Decatur; four sisters, Mrs. Harry O. (Mary) Staley, Mrs. Richard C. (Emma) Myers, and Mrs. Roy (Ellen) Klusman, ail of Decatur, and Mrs. Ralph (Clarice) Shady of Tocsin, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Wililam C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.

was no attempt to interfere when the Negro youngsters appeared and walked shyly holding their parent's hands into the schools. At one of the schools, a white man had stood since early morning awaiting the arrival of the Negroes, After they disappeared inside, the man told a reporter: “Yeah, I saw them go in.” Then he turned and walked away. Seven Negroes entered Gorenflo, three others began classes at Lopez elementary and four entered Dukate, an old two-story building surrounded by ancient oaks. The mother of one of the small Negroes entering Dukate later tol<£ a reporter: "Everything it pK., but it ain’t over yet." The children, all admitted to the first grade only, walked into the school yards holding hands with their parents. A large number of police officers and plainclothesmen were on the scene at each Biloxi school and the Justice Department had two men on the scene as observers.

Bath Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey and Rep. William E. Miller, R-N.Y., the two vice presidential nominees, returned to Washington for the resumption of Congress. In addition, 35 of the 100 Senate seats and all the House seats are at stake jn the November election, giving many members a campaign interest in the final legislative action. Congressional lea de r s had hoped to finish their work before the Democratic convention, but the issue of legislative reapportionment stalled the drive. It is also expected to be a possible stumbling block to a quick cleanup of the post-con-vention session. Would Postpone Effect The apportionment dispute revolves around a bipartisan compromise proposal in the Senate aimed at postponing the effect of the recent Supreme Court order that state legislatures be districted on the basis of population only. The proposal has been introduced as a rider to the administr'ation's $3.3 billion foreign aid program, which has already been approved by the House. Senate liberals are pledged to oppose the reapportionment amendment, blocking final approval of the aid program. To add to the tangle, the House has passed a stiffer apportionment bill which would take the matter out of the jurisdiction of federal courts. Other measures still pending are a $455 million increase in the administration’s area redevelopment program and an added authorization for the accelerated public works program. The Senate has already approved the additional funds for the redevelopment program, but the measure is reported to be in trouble in the House. Neither House has acted on the pubttc works bill.