Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII NO. 225.

Four Men Trapped 80 Hours In Nuclear Chamber Saved In Good Condition

Johnson Warns On Extremists

By ALVIN SPIVAK United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson said today the nation must be ever on guard against falling into the “hands of extremists of any strip.” In a speech prepared for the annual convention of International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE), Johnson said: “Americans are faced today with a concerted bid for power by factions which oppose all that both parties have supported. It is a choice between the center and the fringe—between the responsible mainstream of American experience and the reckless and rejected extremes.” In one ot ms toughest speeches since the current election campaign moved into full swing, Johnson said all Americans should “stand .up and be counted for the character and conscience of their country.” he added: Cttes Way Os Life “It is the heart of our American way of life that is under attack, and those who love it must go forth now to save it.” As has been his custom most of the time, Johnson did not mention the name of his presidential opponent, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz. But he asserted that in this election, voters are not presented with a choice of parties nor a choice of liberalism and conservatism. “We are called to stand up and be counted,” he said. “For we have a duty—a clear and compelling duty—to make clear that America has not fallen and will not fall into the hands of extremists of any stripe.” “. . . The American way of life is under attack from the Mrs. William Lose Dies This Morning Mrs. Ida P. Lose, 73, wife of William P. Lose, 228 North Fifth street, prominent retired Decatur businessman, died at 5 o’clock this morning at the Linville memorial clinic at Columbia City. Mrs. Lose was taken to the hospital Monday after suffering e heart attack at the Lose summer cottage at Small Lake. A lifelong • resident of Decatur, she was born here Nov. 14, 1890, a daughter of Michael and Marv Wolnert-Bogner,. and was m»’-r i ' tv d to William P. Lose May 1, 1912. Mrs. Lose was a member of Si . Mary’s Catholic church, the Rosarv society, Catholic Ladies of Columbia, St. Dominic’S study club, and the St. Anne’s Grandmother club. Surviving in addition to her husband are one son, William R. Rose. Decatur: two daughters, Mrs. Edward J. (Marv Ann) Vian and Mrs. Richard (Margaret E ) Walter, both ,of Decatur: nine grandchildren; four great-grand-children, and six sisters. Mrs. Minnie Murray, Mrs. George Bruggencate and Mrs. Frances Bierley, all of Fort Wayne, Sr. M. Carolita. Society of the Poor Handmaids, Bellville, 111., Mrs. Earl Wynn of Hendersonville, N. C., and Mrs. Andy Trowmatier of Akron, la. Five brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 8:45 a. m. Sa turd a v at the St. Mary’s Catholm church, with the Rev. Dennis Blank officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillie. Doan & Sefton funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p. m. Thursday until time of the services. The rosary will be recited at 8 p. m. Friday.

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fringe and extremes.” And he added “I call on you to save - it.” j “Our directions and our des- , tiny must not be placed in the hands of those who would steer , a callous reckless course. “We must be guided by those not by those whose compass points backward—but by those whom eyes and heart are fixed ’ on the stars that -lead us for--ward.” : This was the President’s third i speech in eight days and the t second in two days before a > major labor union organization. ■ His address to about I,OW IDE • delegates was carried by tele- . vision and radio hookups to five L other union gatherings around the nation. < They are the United * Rubber Workers in Chicago, Tobacco Workers in Miami, United Textile Workers in New York City, the Minnesota AFL-CIO in St. Patil and the Missouri AFL-CIO in Kansas City. Union gatherings have provided major audiences for Johnson since he opened his campaign on Labor Day in Detroit with an address to an AFL-CIO rally. He also addressed the Machinists’ Union convention in Miami Beach, Fla. The Chief Executive, who has been endorsed by nearly all top labor leaders, has emphasized in his speechs to union members that the nation is enjoying unparalleled prosperity under his administration. He promised the steelworkers Tuesday that he would cut excise taxes next year as part of a six-point program designed to give every American family more money to spend. Plan Commission Meets This Morning Members of the Adams county planning commission met this morning with Gerwin K. Rohrbach, president of General Planning and Resource Consultants, Inc., the firm which the county has retained to draw up a master plan for county growth and development. Rohrbach told the commission members of the latest work which has been done by his firm in its work with the Adams coun■tv project. He also submitted several recently completed maps Os the Berne area. These maps will be referred to . the plan commission’s basic data committee for corrections and additions. The maps depicted patterns of street condition, available facilities and land use in the Berne area. Rohrbach said that the courthouse room in which the commission was meeting, would definitely provide adequate office square soace when a permanent county planning consultant is hired. He there was po need to consider renting outside office space. Seek Consultant Plan commission president Bill Schnepf said this morning that the commission had not yet hired a tiermanent planning consultant. An applicant whom they had been considering last month was found unsuitable. Other applications are currently being taken. Rohrbach said that his office has recently sent ouestionaires to the heads of various county schools. When these forms are completed and submitted to his office it will be possible to use them to predict trends in Adams

NEVADA TEST SITE, Nev. (UPD — Four men who were trapped in an underground nuclear detonotion chamber for 1 more than 80 hours were rescued today in good condition. George R. Cooper of Tucson, Ariz., was the last of the four workers to be brought up an 1,800 foot elevator shaft which was jammed Saturday night when an auxiliary elevator cable snapped. Cooper stepped foot on the surface shortly after 8 a.m. PDT Arthur Luhnow of North Las Vegas, Nev., reached the top about an hour earlier None of the men was injured. They enjoyed most of the comforts of home during their entombment in a room described by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) as being “as large as a house.” The chamber was one of many such sites at this testing facility used in under ground nuclear detonations. The four electricians, employes of a support ABIC contractor, were trapped when thousands of tons of cable blocked the elevator shaft and damaged the elevator guide rails- Rescue teams worked 81 hours before finally drilling through the tons of cable to the level where the men were imprisoned. The actual process of bringing the men to the surface one at a time took about five hours. Leland Roeder of Pioche, Nev., reached the surface at 5:50 a.m. PDT (8:50 a.m. EDT). He was preceded by Floyd Shaw of Santa Barbara, Calif., at 4:20 a.m. PDT (7:20 a.m. EDT). Officials said his family in Santa Barbara would be notified immediately of his safety and he said: “Tell them I am well and happy to be upstairs.” He was accompanied up by another worker. The trip to the surface took an hour and 30 minutes. Spokesmen said they experienced some trouble with a trailing cable, but believed the problem has been corrected and the next trip up will be much faster. One worker was killed on the surface and four others were injured when the cable —about the size of a man’s wristwhiplashed up to the top before dropping back down into the hole. Nearly five tons of snarled steel wire crashed to the bottom, sealing off the passageway and trapping the men out of harm’s way in a room-sized chamber at the bottom. They were in no danger and remained in good spirits throughout their ordeal. After the main problem the men faced was taxes. As of 4 a.m., PDT, (7 a.m., EDT) today, each had earned $1,160 for their period below ground. For the 24 hours of Sunday alone, each man had made a whopping $528 on dou-ble-double time. The remainder of the hours was to be paid at the double-time rate of sll hourly. county school population. He also said that his office has been corresponding with the Indiana inspection bureau, which is currently making a survey of fire-fighting techniques and resources in the county. He told the commission that at present his company needs data - on the development plans of the city of Decatur." It is necessary to know the city's plans before a plan for the entire county can be completed. Schnepf said that Mayor Carl Gerber had said that existing city data is obsolete, since the present city plan was drawn up in 1949. Rohrbach said that, if necessary, he could work with the 1949 city plan. Members of the commission also spent some time discussing some of the long-range aspects of the plan, which will encompass a periqd of at least 20-25 years.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Wednesday, September 23,1964.

— * Ford Philpot Rally Draws Large Crowd Approximately 500 persons attended the Ford Philpot rally held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Tuesday evening. Dr. Philpot, who will open the crusade for the Greater Fort Wayne area at the Fort Wayne coliseum Sunday, was the principal speaker at last night’s rally. The noted evangelist said, “We, the American people, have lost a sense of what it means to be lo,st, personally. Consequently, we have lost our concern for others. “We have lost a sense of how God loves people. We must iet God work through us, words are not enough. We must use our talents, money and positions to enable God to love others through us. “We -have lost a sense of the brevity of life. World powers rise and fall within a person’s lifetime. (Germany and Japan for example). Our own lives are cut short, quite often, of the Bibical 70 years. And even 70 years go by very quickly. “So our responsibilites as Christians are great and important. They are vital to a Jost world which has nothing eveh Lftv sembling Christian love to offer the occupants of this terrestrial ball. Only Christ through Christians has the answer to a'l cf life’s problems.” ■> Adams County Night Plans were announced today for an all-Adams county night at the Fort Wayne crusade Tuesday, Sept. 29. Under the leadership of the men’s prayer group, which sponsored last night’s rally, a local committee is calling on ail churches in the county to cooperate. A central office has been established at the Roy Strickler car sales, Eighth and Monroe streets. t Reservations for a block of seats ’ for next Tuesday are available by calling or visiting the office. Don Sliger and James Borchers, general co-chairmen, expect a delegation of several hundred from Adams county to attend. On other nights, churches may make reservations for advance seats directly from the crusade office in Fort Wayne, Box 2465. Ralph Snyder Dies After Long Illness ’ Ralph Snyder, 69, prominent Geneva resident, died at 10:20 p. m. Tuesday at the Veterans hospital at Danville, 111., where he had been a patient for three years. Born in Jefferson township Sept. 25, 1894, he was a son of Charles and * Anna Neiman-Sny-der, and was a lifelong resident of Adams county. He was mar-, ried March 9, 1918, to Miss Eleanor Banta, who has been active in political and civic activities m Adams county many years, and has been vice chairman of the county Republican central committee for more than 20 years. Mr. Snyder, a retired coal salesman, was a member of the Methodist church, the Masonic lodge, tht Scottish Rite and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Surviving are his wife: one daughter, Mrs. Clarence (Margaret) Duke of Muncie; three grandchildren; three brothers, Ernest Snyder of Antioch. 0., and Ravmond and Clarence Snyder, both of Decatur, and three sisters, Mrs Jake (Edith) Foster of Dayton, 0.. and Mrs. Luther (Indianola) Clase and Mrs. Cletus (Nina) Miller, both of Decatur. A sori, Maurice Snvder. who wns in the U. S. Air Force, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p. m. Friday at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva, with the Rev. Wayne Bantz officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p. m. Thursday until time of the services, ,

I- - % INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 49 to 55. High Thursday mostly in the 60s. Sunset today 6:41 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:34 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy and continued cool. Lows upper 40s to mid 50s. Highs low 60s to the low 70s. Scout Honor Court Thursday Evening An outstanding year of individual progress will be marked Thursday night when a court of honor will be presented as the program by the Decatur Rotary club for boys of troop 61 which the organization sponsors. Robert Cook, youth committee cha rman. has made the arrangements. Parents of scouts are invited to attend the court of honor, which will be convened at 7 p.m. at the Decautr Youth and Community Center with Gene Rydell as chairman and Carl Pumphrey as honorary chairman. Donald Secaur, Scoutmaster, will be the scribe. Heading the list of boys to be honored will be Gary Teeple, who will become a life scout, second highest award in Scouting. Others who will be advanced will be: Bill Rydell and John Ginter to star scout; Mike Patch, Jon Knudsen, Randy Irwin and Roy Patch to first class; Randy Irwin, Kenny Smitley, Dennis Johnson, ■ Mike Crider, Richard Aeschliman and Deon Hawkins to second , class.' , The following merit badges will ? also be presented, for particular proficiency in specialized of Scouting: cooking and basketry'’ to John Souder; personal fitness.S basketry, animal industry and” * camping to Gary Teeple; ing to John Ginter; basketry and* swimming to Mike Patch; animal S industry and cooking to Richard* Howard. The following Rotarians will!; serve in the court of honor: HfeiS commissioner, W. TJuy Brown ;jS star commissioner, Clarence 2in-|| er; merit badge commissioner,! George Auer; first class commis-J sioner, Hubert P. Schmitt, Jr. g and second class commissioner ■ Jack McEwan. Former Decafur Man | Dies Al Van Wert ; Theodore R. Etzler, 61, of 325 North Cherry street, Van Wert,_ 0., former resident of near De—catur, died unexpectedly of a~ cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday morning at the Van Wert county T hospital. He had been in failing , health for the past year. Z Mr. Etzler, who was employed,. at the Borden Foods Co., former-,, ly farmed the Fonner stock farm north of Decatur. He was born* in Harrison township, Van Wert county, Feb. 17, 1903. a ;on of J Andrew and Emma Gunsett-Etz-S ler. * He was a member of the Em->» manuel Lutheran church at Van” Wert. . !! Surviving are his parents; his’; wife, Viola; a daughter, Mrs.s Gertrude DeSpirito of San Diego, Calif.; a son, Elmer T. Etzler of North Olmstead, O.; two sisters, Mich., and Mrs. Elma Thieme of . Mrs. Leah Dowler of Waltz, J Decatur route 5; six brothers,;* Otto Etzler of Lima, 0., Ralph--Etzler of Monroeville, Harold and" Arnold Etzler of Convoy, 0.,,7 Henry Etzler of Willshire, 0,and Leo Etzler of Van Wert, andfive grandchildren” ~ Funeral rites will be held at 2* p. m. Thursday at the Emmanuel-* Lutheran church in Van Wert” with the Rev. Herbert G. Walth-J er officiating. Burial will be in* Woodland cemetery. Friends may* call at the Knoll-Brickner home until 12 noon Thursday,* when the body will be removed to* the church.

Sen. Humphrey In Fort Wayne Tonight

Several hundred Adams county people have already requested tickets for the speech in Fort Wayne this evening of Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, whose soulstirring oratory and conscientious devotion to the ideals of Amer- | lea made him the overwhelming choice for the Democratic nomination for vice president this year. Dr. Harry H. Hebble, Democratic county chairman, announced this evening. Some tickets are* still available from the license bureau, or at Dr. Hebble's office for those who desire them. Speaking starts at 8:30 at the coliseum. Fireworks and Parade An extravaganza of fireworks, bands, searchlights, and a parade from Baer field will focus attention on the nationally important appearance of Sen. Humphrey in Fort Wayne this evening. NBC, CBS, and ABC television teams will be present for the speech, as ell as AP, UPI, Time, Life, Newsweek, New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Washington Star, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Baltimore Sun reporters and photographers. Sen. and Mrs. R. Vance Hartk» will arrive from Terre Haute at Baer Field shortly after 7 p.m. A motorcade of 100 cars will greet him, and follow the parade route: north on Ferguson road from Baer field to Bluffton road; north on Bluffton road to Broadway; south on Broadway to Rudisill; east on Rudisill to Calhoun; north on Colhoun to Main street; east on Main to Lafayette; north on Lafayette to Spy Run; Spy Run to Swanson, then to Parnell and to the coliseum. Gov. Matthew E. Welsh, state chairman J. Manfred Core, and many other n a tobies will be present so rthe meeting. South Dakota Native Sen. Humphrey was born May 27, 1911, in Wallace, S. D. He was educated in the Doland, S. D. schools, the Denver college of „pharmacy, the University of Minnesota (B. A. in political sicince) and Louisiana State University State University (master of arts in political science). In 1945 he was elected mayor of Minneapolis, and reelected two years later. In 1948, he was elected to the U. S. Senate, and reelected in 1954 and 1960. He was chosen senate majority whip in 1961. • Married to the former Muriel , Buck of Huron, S. D., Sen. Humphrey is the father of three sons , and one daughter and has two $ grandchildren. Church Members * He is a member of the United p Church of Christ. The Humg phrey home is in Waverly, Minn. j The vice presidential candidate | has been deeply maligned by his P opponent’s party, but he des-

\ Little, Pony Leagues In Fund Budget

* The Little League and Pony 0 League organizations are among I the ten agencies which have subamitted budget requests for this i year’s Decatur Community Fund | drive. Their combined request comes' “ to $2,500, 8.3 per cent of the total $29,834 Community Fund goal. Operational in Decatur for more than a decade, the two lea- , gues posted another successful , season during the past summer. ; Approximately 150 boys had the , opportunity of playing on one of _ the nine teams and some 50 adults supervised their activity. All teams in both leagues play- - ed 12 games each and wound up - their respective season with inr tra-league tournies. R Twelve Years Old „ Little League activities were » begun in Decatur 12 years ago. ".The Pony League started 11 years " ago. Both leagues have been us- ? ing the same uniforms since the j start of their activity. This year ; four Little League players had £ to compete wihout uniform shirts * Hence, much of this year’s budget is slated to be used for new uniforms to replace the worn and tattered old standbys which were used this summer. There are six Little League * teams in Decatur, Play is open ’ to boys from 9-12 years of age. ■ The Decatur Little League or- ' eanization is headed by Junior “ Lake and most of its games are . plaved at Worthman field. - There are three Pony League ; League teams in the city organiL zation, open to boys 13 and 14 * years of age. The teams are 4 members qf the county Pony Lea- ’ gue which includes four other ■ teams — Monmouth. Geneva. * Berne and Adams Central. R. O. t Wynn heads the Pony League * organization. > About 100 youngsters participate

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cribes his own political philo- g sophy as that of a professional J Archbold To Quit Plan Commission ! L. E. Archbold, former coun- ’ ty agent and a member of the ' county plan commission; announced this morning at the commis1 slop’s meeting that he plans to ' resign before the first of October. ' Archbold said he plans to re- > sign because he and his wife i spend about six months each year vacationing and traveling, and during that time he would not be able to be present at commission meetings. He told the members that he thought the commission was approaching one of its most important periods of operation and that » he did not think it would be right \ for him to remain a member and not attend meetings. He told the group that when he returns next spring he will be available for committee work in connection with the plan commission’s work.

in Little League play and another 45 are Pony League members. ',. . , One of the main tenets of the program of both heagiles is emphasis on fair play and sportsmanship. The boys who play in the league are taught thO' importance of sportsmanship as

drift! . Ji ’ ' ' VI ™ W ,j 3 «■ <**l •Ww |h ; "" j ACTION is one characteristic of play in the Decatur Little League and Pony League. Above, Fred Schultz slides into third base during a game this summer.—(Photo by Mac Lean) ’**•■- -V

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■ and moderate, in his own words, ’ “I do not demand all or nothing, I I would rather see something ; than nothing. The hardest fob ' for a politician today is to have the courage to be a moderate?’. Sen. Humphrey has been k leader in the field of social legislation, and is well remembered in the middle west for his eightyear running battle with Ezra Taft Benson, the former secretary of agriculture. An articulate legislator, he has never been guilty of the three sins of politicians: cynicism, quietism, or op l portunism. Good For Peace In 1954, Sen. Humphrey was a member of the committee of agriculture when public law 480, basis of the food for peace program developed by the late President Kennedy, was passed, with bipartisan support. “Does it not make economic i sense, as well as moral sense, yor the' United States and other importing countries to share abundance — God-given abundance — with the millions- who are in of food, rather than to store itTn bins or let the land lay idle?” Sen, Humphrey asked recently. \

well as the fine points of baseball. The adult volunteers work with them, giving valuable instruction and individual assistance. Each team has volunteer adult ‘‘coaches” who work with it, thus assuring ample attention for each boy in th<? program. •• " f , '