Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1964 — Page 1

VOL LXII NO. 211

Typhoon Ruby Lashes At Hong Kong, 15 Dead And Hundreds Hurt, Missing

F reedom-Of-T ravel Issue Still Clouded

WASHINGTON (UPD — Two days of stormy congressional hearings this week left the controversial freedom-of-trav-el issue exactly where it was before—in a legal jungle. All the shouting and gavelpounding in the hearing room of the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities Thursday and Friday have not changed the question which must be faced sooner or later by the courts or by Congress. Briefly stated, the question is whether during peacetime the government has the right to determine where US. citizens may or may not travel abroad. The committee agrees with an interpretation of the law, which has yet to be overturned, that the government has the right. Four persons associated with an unauthorized trip of 84 U.S. students to Communist Cuba this summer were summoned to the hearings. Similar hearings last year resulted in wild melees which saw police drag kicking and screaming spectators, out of the hearing room. But this year extraordinary police precautions and the decision of the Student Committee for Travel to Cuba to try to Lawrence S. Smith Is Still Critical Lawrence S Smith, 45, of 219 N. Seventh St., is still listed in critical condition in the Bluffton Clinic hospital. A report from the hospital at >10:30 a.m. said that although Smith was still in critical condition, ’>’s condition had ‘improved somewhat.” The local man suffered, severe electrical shock and burns about the head, arms and chest in a mishap west of Bluffton while working on a bridge protect for Yost Construction Co. Friday morning. Smith was holding a crane cable which to>>’hqd some overhead wires causing him to receive the severe electrical shock.

Biggest Satellite Runs Into Trouble

CAPE KENNEDY (UPD — America orbited its largest scientific satellite Friday night but it ran into serious troubles early today that threatened to ruin its mission to study space dangers to astronauts. The spacecraft, a half-ton orbiting geophysical observatory called Ogo, failed to properly orient itself with earth and failed to deploy a, vi al antenna and two long experiment booms. , However, the craft did point its big solar panels toward the sun to give it power, and several o‘her antennas and booms deployed automatically as scheduled. As soon as its problems become apparent, scientists commanded Ogo’s attitude control system and its experiments to remain idle until 9:15 a.m. EDT Monday when it will move within 25;000 miles of earth — close enough to attempt to correct the difficulties. “Right now we’re in trouble,” a space agency spokesman said early today. He said it was not immediately known if corrections were possible, “but we’re

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make its case in an orderly fashion coYnbined to prevent a repetition of last year’s ruckus. Witness Attacked The student group created no disturbance, but a member of the American Nazi party slipped out of his seat in the hearing room Thursday and suddenly charged up the aisle to leap on a witness who was testifying at the time. The witness, Morton Slater, 21, of New York, was hospitalized overnight. The Nazi was jailed and charged with assault and disorderly conduct. In addition to Slater, the committee heard from Yvonne Bond, 23, of Oakland, Calif.; Edward Lemansky, 24, a selfdescribed ‘‘Brooklyn Cominunist,” and leader of the trip, and Albert Maher, the 22-year-old son of a Houston, Tex., millionaire.- , Except for Maher, all three went to Cuba this year and also admitted membership in the Progressive Labor Movement, a hard-line Marxist organization. Attacks Travel Ban Maher, who went to Cuba in 1963, testified he was a member of neither group but he did join the others in attacking the travel ban and the committee, and invoking the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer certain questions. The House committee has been investigating unauthorized travel for the past 18 months. Its chairman, - Rep. Edwin E. Willis, D-La., has introduced legislation that would clarify existing law and give the government a more \ solid foundation on which to regulate travel. There has been no action, however, on the bill and it is doubtful whether there will be any this late in the congressional session. In September, 1963 a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, N. Y., indicted four participants in the Cuban trip of that year. Nearly one year later, they still have not been tried.* That case, if carried to the Supreme Court, might lead to a final judicial determination of the legality of the ban, which includes, besides Cuba, Red China, Albania, North Viet Nam and North Korea.

certainly going to try something." Ogo, shaped like a giant fly, is America’s most advanced unmanned satellite. It was placed in a near-perfect orbit that will take it 92,731 miles away from earth and then back around the globe at a 175-mile alti ude. It will make one circuit every 63 hours. OGO, shaped like a giant fly, is America’s most advanced unmanned satellite. It was placed in a near-perfect orbit that will take. It 92,731 miles away from earth and then back around the globe at a 175-mile al'itude. It will make one circuit every 63 hours. OGO carried 20 experiments to examine space radiation, magnetic fields, space dust, radio noises from the sun and jupiter * and a s’range space light that has. baffled astronomers for 200 years. The most crucial failure was the ship’s lack of earth orientation. Unless its antennas are pointed to earth, little, if anything, could be received front its radios and many experiments would be useless.

HONG KONCr (UPD — Typhoon Ruby smashed into Hong Kong with killer winds today, leaving at least 15 persons dead and hundreds injured and missing. Property damage was extensive. Ships in the harbor were ripped from their mooring and set adrift. At least two sank from the battering winds and others ran aground. Scores of smaller junks were flipped over in the water and left derelict. Twenty crewmen were reported missing from the two sunken ships. Along with the 15 dead, authorities said 39 in all were missing and 259 were injured. Casualty figures mounted lyWinds ranging from 110 to 120 miles an hour ripped signs from buildings and uprooted trees. Numerous persons were hurt by flying objects propelled by the driving winds. The city was drenched with torrential rains. Hundreds of residents of low lying areas were moved from homes, inundated by several feet of flood water. . , .... .. City transportation, including cross harbor ferry service to. Kowloon and the new territories on the China mainland side, was paralyzed. *nie Olympic torch, on a nation -by - nation airplane trip from Greece to Tokyo, burned through the storm outside the Hong Kong city hall. The special Japanese airliner carrying the torch was grounded at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport along with all other flights. Originally scheduled to depart for Taipei today, the torch plane was sitting out a 24-hour delay. Landslides blocked roads in outlying areas. The Hong Kong stock market closed because of the storm. The typhoon was moving towards the Red China coast and was due to hit the area west of the Pearl River later in the day, probably wi|h diminished force. Johnson Speaks In Detroit On Monday WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson will address a Labor Day rally in Detroit Monday in what either may or may not be the formal opening of his election campaign. The White House announced Friday the President wbuld fly to Detroit Monday for a fivehour trip that will include an address at a Cadillac Square rally sponsored by the Wayne County AFL-CIO. It has been traditional since the days of Franklin D. Roosevelt for Democratic presidential chndidates to open their campaigns with a Labor Day speech in the .auto city. But White House Press Secretary George E. Reedy told reporters that "I am not calling this a campaign trip. He is going out to Detroit to deliver a Labor Day speech.” So far the White House has not issued any campaign schedule for Johnson. There have been no indications when a schedule might be announced. But when Reedy was asked whether the government or the Democratic party would pay the expenses for the flight aboard the presidential jetliner, he said he will let newsmen know if and when the bill is sent to the party treasurer. The Democratic National Committee receives the bill whenever the White House de- . rides a trio by the President is primarilly political. In the past Johnson has been known to leave his regular jetliner at home and take a smaller plane to save the party money on political trips. In a related development. Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall said Friday the only the only western sate in which Johnson is not ahead in the presidential race is Arizona,

OKLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Saturday, September 5,1964

Mrs. Ruth I. Teeple Dies This Morning j Mrs. Ruth Irene Teeple, 12, of 403 North Third 'street, died at 6:30 a.m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lenore Lytle, 1234 Master drive, following an illness of three weeks. She was born in Alger, 0., Dec.? 11, 1891, a daughter of Ezra and: Cina D Shockey-Conner, and hadlived in Decatur most of her life.. Her husband, Oscar O. Teeple, to? whom she was married Aug. 15/ 1912, preceded her in death March 2C, 1960. Mrs. Teeple was a member of? the Methodist church, the 39’ers‘ club, and the American Legion - auxiliary. i Surviving in addition to the: daughter are a son, Charles W.; Teeple of Fort Pierce, Fla.; three; brothers, Mason Conned of St.J Marys, 0., Maurice Conner of’ Lima, 0., and Clarence Connenof; Colorado Springs, Coto.; three: grandchildren, Mrs. Robert (June); Christen of Decatur, Mrs.. Betty; Hedquist of Klamath Falls, Ore.,; and Steven Lytle of Decatur., and; eight great-grandchildren. Two' half-sisters are deceased Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Melvin R. Seeger officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemptery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday until time of the services. — — / ■ J ' ~~ ~ Public Schools Open On Tuesday Morning School will be in session almost a full day Tuesday in the North Adams community school, superintendent Gail M. Grabill announced this morning. School will take up at the regularly established new times .on Tuesday, and will be dismisesd at 2 p.m. Hours are: Dectftur schools, start B,axn.; Monmouth, 8:10 a.m. Dismiss: Decatur elementary, 3 p.m.; Decatur high school, 2:35 and 3:35 p.m.; Monmouth, 3:27 p.m. Minor changes have been made in the bus routes, with Roger Fuelling in bus 11 picking up the children in South Union township formerly hauled by Herb Wiegman, who will share part of Hugo Blakey’s route in North Union. Any student missed bv the bus should call the principal at the school which he will attend. Reuther Planning Intense Bargaining DETROIT (UPD - United Auto Workers union President Walter P. Reuther today planned to conduct “intensive bargaining on major issues” with Chrysler Corp, negotiators four days before a strike dead, line. The deadline is 10 a. m. Wednesday. Reuther Friday night told reporters, "I intend to spend more hours at the bargaining table beginning tomorrow.” The' union president said that meaningful progress had been made in subcommittees and the night session was encouraging. Asked if the union was willing to spell out exactly what it would need as an economic package before settling, Reuther said yes. He added the union was willing to bargain with a give - and - take spirit — something company negotiators have called for since Chrysler was picked as this year’s strike target Aug. 26. “Unless we reach the major the home state of GOP presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater.

j Educardo Frei Us Winner In Chile Election £ v | SANTIAGO, Chile (UPD — j= Educardo Frei rode the wo- = men’s vote to a smashing vic- .£ tory today over Communist-So--5 cialist candidate Salvador Al'2 lende in Chile’s latest presidential election. Frei is the first Christian rs Democrat ever elected presi--2 dent of a Latin American nation. ■£ NEARLY • complete returns £ made it seem certain that Frei '5 had amassed the majority re--2 quired for popular election in 5 Chile. With 258 of 272 electoral 2 districts reporting, he had 1,’2 404,809 votes to 975,210 for Allende and 124,764 for Radical ‘3 Julio Duran. 3 The election would have been g thrown into congress if no candidate had received a majority?’ IY Allende missed the presidency in 1958 by oily 30,000 votes, < and a comparably close elecijatlon had been expected this year. The women’s vote appeared to be the decisive facl - tor in Frei’s victory. . ; Allende conceded defeated in i- a balcony speech when he i learned that he had lost his home town of Valparaiso and , was trailing in almost every ' province. He had expected to sweep rural areas. Allende and Frei are friends of long standing. They ran on closely similar platforms, calling for leftwing reforms. A significant difference fay in their attitude toward the United States. Allende had vowed that he would nationalize Chile’s bil-lion-dollar, U.S. owned copper mines and scrap this country's defense treaty with the United States. He probably also would have renewed relations with Communist Cuba, broken off last month in accordance with I inter-American agreements, i For the time being, at least, Frei proposes only Chilean control of the production and marketing of copper. He called the Alliance for Progress aid program a “laudatory con- ► cept,” although he complained that it is falling short of its i goals because of “bureaucratic bungling.” I Rules On Traffic At Public Schools Parents who plan to pick up or bring their children to Decatur schools, and students* who plan to ride bikes to school, have special rules that they will be expected to follow this _year, superintendent Gail M. Grabill announced this morning. Parents driving their children to or from school are asked to avoid blocking the buses from, loading or unloading their pupils. Students picked up at the Decatur high school are to be picked up at the east or west ends of the building, never on the north side, Jefferson street, because the buses load and unload there, and a dan- ' gerous traffic situation results when buses are blocked. and z anxious children are trying to get on or off In traffic. Students riding bicycles were cautioned to ride single file, and observe all bicycle riding regulations. issues tomorrow, we might not be able to prevent a strike,” Reuther said. Earlier, William O'Brien, Chrysler’s personnel vice presi- ’ dent, told reporters the company did not plan to present a new economic offer to the union today. In response to questions, O’Brien said the company could not amend its offer unless the union indicated in more detail exactly what it wanted.

Any Old Platforms? GOP Selling! I rigga jbhbf’; II 4 1 I 1 Bl GOP LEFTOVERS???? — Someone seems to have goofed at local GOP headquarters in the old bank building, formerly Goodin’s Market, now owned by Tony Faurote. The Republican Headquarters welcome sign is up, but no one has taken down the rummage sale sign. Come now, surely you can carry “dynamic standstillism” to extremes! —(Photo by Cole)

f Two Klansmen Are Acquitted

DANIELSVILLE, Ga. (UPD —A jury of white mert late Friday night found two Ku Klux Klansmen innocent of the night rider slaying of a prominent Washington, DC., Negro educator on a lonely Georgia highway. The verdict brought scattered applause from spectators inside the dilapidated courtroom. - The defendants, -Joseph “Howard Sims, 41, and Cecil William Myers, 25, were almost swarmed under, by wellwishers. Their wives sobbed. "It was the only verdict they could bring and be fair," said Sims, who admitted he had been worried when the jury deliberated more than an hour after its return from supper. The panel, composed largely of farmers, merchants and factory workers, actually considered the case three hours and five minutes. Jury Remains Impassive The jury remained impassive when the verdict was read. Judge Carey Skelton had them file out of the room through a back door before he adjourned the session. Despite their acquittal, the two Klansmen still remained behind bars under $25,000 bond on federal charges in connection with the July 11 killing of Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, 48, as he was driving home from sumINDIANA WEATHER Fair and a little cooler tonight. Mostly sunny and not quite so cool'Sunday. Low tonight 48 to 53 north, 55 to AO south. High Sunday 77 to 82 north, upper 80s south. Frank Schumacher Dies This Morning Frank (Shucks) Schumacher, 85, a resident of Decatur most of his life, and a veteran of World War I, died at 6 o’clock this morning at the St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette following an extended illness. He had resided at the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors home at Lafayette for several months, and previously had made his home here with a brother, the late William Schumacher. Born in Decatur July 13, 1879, he was a son of Frank and Phoebe Kipper - Schumacher. Mr. Schumacher was a retired General Electric Co. employe, and a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Holy Name society, and Adams Post 43, American Legion. Surviving are a stepson, Robert Craig of Fort Wayne; a stendaughter. Mrs. Dorothy Kennedy of Fort Wayne, and a sister, Mr.’. Maggaret C. Moser of Decatur His wife, Gertrude, two brothers and several sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the Rev. Dennis Blank officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doah funeral home, where frfends call after 7 p.m. Sunday until time of the services. The rosary will be recited at 8 pm. Monday.

mer training at Ft. Benning, Ga. The federal charges of violating Penn's civil rights carry a maximum 5-year sentence and SIO,OOO fine upon conviction. Two other Klansmen, James Lackey, 29, and Herbert Guest, 37, also face the federal charges. A murder charge also is pending against Lackey, in the Penn slaying but Solicitor Cleie Johnson said Lackey would not be tried during this term of court. Earlier, he indicated Lackey may not be tried if Sims and Myers were freed. Based On Confession The state based much of its case upon an alleged confession by Lackey, implicating Sims any Myers. Lackey repudiated the confession but it was admitted into evidence over strong defense objections. The prosecution also introduced a confession from Guest who said the defendants told him they had shot at Penn. The state had demanded the death penalty for Sims and Myers, saying the “honor of the state of Georgia is on trial. This was just as much an assassination as when President Kennedy was shot down by a rifle.” Two Negro reserve officers riding with Penn, who was driving, said the victim was shot by two shotgun blasts fired from a passing car. Defense witnesses testified that Sims and Myers were around 24 miles away from the Penn car at the time of the slaying.

North Adams Staff Has First Meeting

Hubert Feasel and Miss Wilma; Andrews were elected delegates i to the Indiana state teachers as-] sociation meeting Oct. 24, with; Lowell J. Smith and Mrs. Josephine Mclntosh as alternates, at the first meeting of North Adams’ 102 teachers Friday morning. The group met at 9:30 at Northwest school, with superintendent Gail F. Grabill making the opening remarks. Deane T. Dorwin then took the chair, and held the election of delegates to the ISTA state meeting. Teachers* Problems Grabill’s talk was concerned with the problems of the 1964-65 school year. He prefaced his remarks with the observation that teachers can and should aid in determining the future needs and expansion rate of education in the state. They can be particularly helpful in the area of curriculum, keeping abreast of all new teaching methods, trying those that seem to promise merit, and reporting on the deslrabilty of changes. The rate of expansion must be predicated on future needs, and these have been estimated, with the estimates proving valid over the past two years with minor adjustments upward. Teacher Can Help Teachers may contribute greatly toward the public relations efforts of the school system, but they must understand and believe

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Dedicate Hoagland Station Sept. 12 The Hoagland volunteer fire department, will dedicate the new fire station Saturday,‘Sept. 12, at 2 p.m. The dedication will be preceded by a parade at 1 o’clock. The 65-plece band of Hoagland high school, under the direction of Joe Huffman, will lead the parade. The 45 Boy Scouts of troop 348, Hoagland, will present the colors. Four fire units of Hoagland will also be in the parade. Many fire fighting units from other townships will also be parading. Rev. Robert Whitenack, of Antioch Lutheran church, will preform the rite of dedication. Ivan Mulligan, principal of MadisonMarton high school, is to be master of ceremonies. Max Hobbs, Democratic candidate for the 4th district to congress is to be the speaker for the event. The 40’x80’ fire station is on a two acre plot located on the Hoagland road, east of the G. R. and I. railroad. It has an office, restrooms, kitchen, and garage to house the four vehicles of the department, which are a rescue unit, one water tanker, and two pumpers. A 20,000 gallon cistern is directly behind the station. The firemen's auxiliary has completly furnished the 20'x20’ kitchen. There are 24 active firemen in the department. The officers are as follows: Vernon Hockemeyer, fire chief; Ray Stoppenhagen, assistant fire chief; Louis Boerger, president; Hilbert Hoile, vice president; Robert Gallmeyer, secretary; Richard Scheumann, treasurer. NOON EDITION

in what they understand the proi e gram to be. Another problem this year is iU that it is the year of a legisla- ■ ~ tive session, and teachers must • * help form a legislative program ' "tar areas of teacher weifa re, state aid to schools, and curriculum. And, last Grabill stated, there is a need for continuing the ! committee groups within the school for study in the various I areas of instruction, since the i math program is up for adoption this year. The new approach to mathematics will be used in the I first, secbnd and seventh grades, i Its purpose is to introduce symbolic mathematics, the corneri stone of physics and recent atoi mic and space achievements, in the lower grades. i This year the physical education program introduced to [ boys and girls in the grade schools for the past three years, ; will be coordinated into a sysi tern, rather than each grade working individually. Last year the language arts program in French, Germany, Latin and English was stepped up, with periodic meetings of the entire language facility, and a coordinated program. This will be continued and strengthened. In, the a/ternoon the teachers met> in their respective schools with their principals, and worked out procedures for the start of school Tuesday.