Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 232.

Johnson Says U. S. Must Use Military Might For Prevention Os Warfare

BALTIMORE (UPD — President Johnson said today that America has enough military might to wipe out 300 times as many lives as were lost in World War 11. But he said this power must be used with restraint "to make man’s extinction improbable.” The Chief Executive recalled “frightening and dreadful moments” from the 1962 Cuban missile crisis to underscore his call for moderation in the use of American power. “Our politics, must serve our fai'h ratter than, foster our fears,” he told an estimated 70,000 person* at Johns Hopkins University’s quadrangle. “We have the power to destroy 300 times as many lives as were’lost in World War II,” the President said. “The purpose of our power must be to make man’s extinction improbable and man’s fulfillment inevitable.” Appeals For Unity Appealing for unity during moments of national peril, Johnson indirectly** chided Republican presidential contender BarTelephone Seminar is Held Wednesday The Citizens Telephone company and the Whitney - Blake company, a manufacturer of wire and cable, were-co-sponsors of a cable fault, location’ seminer held Wednesday at the telephone company plant department building. of 17 independent telephone companies' were present for the seminar. In the afternoon the representatives attended a field trial near the Stretton Place addition. represented were: Majenica Telephone company, Markle; Garrett Telephone company; Waterloo Telephone company; Ohio Telephone Service company, Greenville, O.; Henderfjtk Telephone company. Roachdate; Farmers Mutual Telephone company, Rochester; Sweetser Telephone company; Nappanee Telephone company; New Paris Telephone company; Citizens Telephone company, Fairmount; PUlaski - White Telephone company, Star City; Wabash Telephone company, Celina, O.; United Telephone company, Warsaw; Camden Telephone company; Thorntown Telephone company. Representatives of the Decatur Citizens Telephone company office attending the seminar included C. D. Ehinger, C. Ivan Heare, James M. Heare, Marion Friedt, Charles Voglewede, Donald Jacobs and Fred Evans.

U I S v NEW CT-F-BK-TREASTTRER—Mrs. Virginia Houk is shown taking the oath of office as Decatur city clerk-treasurer from Judge Myles F. Parrish, judge of the Adams circuit court, in swearing-in ceremonies at city hall Wednesday. Watching the ceremony are Mayor Carl D. Gerber, city attorney John L DeVoss, and Mrs. Laura Kohne, who recently resigned as clerk-treasurer, effective today. ' < — (Photo by Mac Lean)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

ry Goldwater for advocating use of Marines to restore the water supply at the U.S. Guantanamo naval base after it was cut off by Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. “We decided it was the better part of wisdom to send one admiral in to turn the water off instead of sending a batallion of Marines to turn the water on,” he said. w The President also said in his speech that America’s NATO allies should help build bridges to nations behind the Iron Curtain by means of trade, ideas, visitors and humanitarian aid. The Chief Executive said development of closer relations between the West and Eastern Europe should be part of an expanded role for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). “Our Atlantic partnership is coming to a new and greater time,” Johnson said in a speech prepared for delivery at Johns Hopkins University here. He also said understanding, restraint and unity must be keystones of American political life in the modern world. Wants Common Agreement In an apparent thrust at Republican presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater —whom he did not mention by name— Johnson said: “Our politics— Decatur Man's Son Is Taken By Death Voris M. Van Buskirk, 60, a native of Monroeville, and son of John M. Van Buskirk of this city, died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday afternoon at the home of a son, Lowell Van Buskirk, of route 1. Sullivan, O. A farmer, he moved from the Monroeville area to Ohio 26 years ago. Surviving are his wife, Viola, one son, Lowell Van Burkirk of near Sullivan, O.; his father, John M. Van Buskirk of Decatur; thiree grandchildren, and two sisters, Miss Vera Van Buskirk, Decatur school teacher, and Mrs. Doris High of Mt. Gilead, O. Funeral service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Elliott funeral home at Lodi, 0., with the Rev. Donald Wayland officiating.* Graveside services will be held at'3:3o p.m. Saturday at the IOOF cemetery at Monroeville. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday afternoon and evening.

and our politicians—must seek to widen our common agreement, not to inflame our mutual mistrusts.” Democrats have charged that Goldwater is making a divisive appeal to voters in the election campaign. Speaking of NATO’s future, the President said: “We must mobilize the vast strength of our communities to defend freedom, not only in Europe but wherever it is attacked. “We must together continue to meet the vast challenge of the underdeveloped world. As the jvorld’s great arsenal of industry and ideas, we cannot allow a growing separation between rich nations and poor nations or white nations and colored nations. “Finally, we must bring the countries of Eastern Europe closer to the Western community. This we can do by building bridges to these peoples—bridges of trade, of ideas, of visitors and of humanitarian aid." Johnson was invited to Johns Hopkins by its president, Milton S. Eisenhower, brother of the former President. Goldwater also has been invited to appear • at the university and is expected to Johnson did not outline any specific steps to bring closer ties with the Communist nations that have been showing increased independence from the Soviet Union. Cites Marshall Plan But he added this reference to former Secretary of State George C. Marshall, author of the Marshall Plan for European recovery: “Gen.. Marshall recognized—and we firmly believe —that permanent peace requires European civilization -to develop Wi’hin its historic boundaries. This is our aim. This is the real rpad to freedom for those behind the Iron Curtain.” Johnson devoted part of his speech to a call for excellence in politics and public service. “I believe the performance of American government can and must be improved — and the standards of American politics can and must be raised,” he said. The Johns Hopkins address was the second campus engagement for the President in four days. He spoke Monday at Brown University in Providence, R.I. He said today he felt campus appearances by a president was a good idea. “I regard it as wise for the flame of learning to be applied occasionally to the seats of ’ power,” he quipped in his speech.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Thursday, October 1, 1964.

Bobby Baker Probe Is Reopened Today WASHINGTON (UPD — Senate investigators reopened the Bobby Baker inquiry today with all the trappings of a major hearing — and all the excitement of an .auditor’s report. Television lights glared, cameras whirred, and the big hearing room was half-filled with spectators as the Senate Rules Committee stated delving into a new chapter of the Baker case. The latest allegation was that Baker was involved in a $25,000 political payoff to the Kennedy- • Johnson presidential campaign of 1960. If the spectators expected fireworks, the opening gun of the new round of hearings was a dud. Baker’s was not even mentioned. And among the missing was the Republicans’ battery of Sen. Carl T. Curtis, Neb., and Hugh Scott, Pa., two rules committee members who led GOP demands for reopening the inquiry. Local Lady's Brother Dies At Fort Wayne C. Lloyd Bonham, 66, of 2520 Warsaw street, Fort Wayne, died Wednesday morning at Parkview memorial hospital, where he was admitted Tuesday. He was a native of Jasonville but had resided in Fort Wayne for the past 50 years. He had been an employe of City Utilities for 10 years, retiring in 1963. Surviving are his wife, Martha' E.; three sisters, Mrs. Lucille Carr of Decatur, Miss Hazel Bonham of Chicago, and Mrs. Grace Weihe of Oak Park, 111., and one brother, Walter W. Bonham of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the ChalfantPerry funeral home, with the Rev. A. L. Keller officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. Trucker Unhurt In Crash With Train A Columbia City truck driver escaped without injury when his truck was struck by a slow-mov-ing Pennsylvania railroad train on N. Second streeet at 8:18 a m. today. Earl B. Waterman, 55, of route 2, Columbia City, Was not injured when the engine of the train struck his truck as he was attempting to cross one of the set of tracks near Central Soya. Watterman was traveling toward Decatur and had stopped at the tracks and the train backed south and cleared about half of the crossing. Waterman started to cross when the engine began moving forward again, and struck the left side of the'truck’s trailer. Damage to the truck was estimated at $l5O by investigating city police officers, and at sls to the train. G. W. Achleman of Fort Wayne was the engineer. Hit and Ran * Nina Jane Deroo of 233 N. 16th street, reported a hit and run mishap to city police today. Her auto had been parked on the east side of Second street, in the 800 block, when it was struck by an unidentified vehicle on the left front. Damage to the auto was listed at S4O. The incident occurred sometime late Wednesday.

Welsh Warns Os Possible Loss Os Huge Plant INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Welsh said today he will advise the 1965 Legislature that unless it “lends” about $25 million to the proposed port on Lake Michigan, the state will lose a $2 billion industrial development to the West Coast. At a news conference Welsh ■ also took the Republican gubernatorial nominee, Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine, to task for statements on highway construction. Welsh said he is confident Congress eventually "will appropriate money for a breakwater and dredging at the proposed port at Burns Ditch but he believes the federal money will not be available “in less than three years.” He said during his visit Wednesday with a legislative delegation to the port site, he learned in conversation with officials of Bethlehem Steel that If the public pert is not decided on by mid-1965, Bethlehem will switch its- future expansion plans, amounting to nearly $2 billion, to the West Coast. Build Costly Plant . Bethlehem now is working on a $350 million plant adjacent to the port site. Welsh said this work was started two years ago and is not scheduled to be done until 1966. The governor said he was told that because of Bethlehem’s policy of working at least five years in the future in steel plant construction, it would put the remainder of the proposed plant on the West Coast instead of Indiana if the port is not assured “by the middle of next year.” Welsh said even though the reversion clause in the land deal between the Indiana Port Commission and Bethlehem and Midwest steel companies is 1968, he kvill advise the legislature it cannot delay the question until 1967. Welsh said it was “highly speculative” to aassume that the entire cost of constructing the port facilities including the breakwater and dredging could be handled by bond issue alone. He stressed that the money to be sought from the 1965 Legislature would be repaid either >from federal funds or from future port revenues. In his comments directed to Ristine, Welsh claimed his administration has spent $273.5 million on road construction compared to $170.7 million during the administration of former Gov. Harold Handley, a Republican. Cites Road Projecta Welsh contended, however, that in talking back to the GOP gubernatorial nominee he was not injecting himself into the campaign between Ristine and Roger Branigin, the Democratic nominee. Welsh said his administration has built 519 new bridges, rebuilt 8. others and widened 448 other spans. He said 4 of every 10 miles of the highway system were resurfaced since he took office. Welsh was asked to comment on published surveys indicating that Indiana will go Republican Nov. 3. “Indiana Democrats are campaigning on the theory it takes just one more vote to win,” he said. “We take the position we are a little behind.” However, Welsh predicted that the Democrats would win both the presidential and state elections and will win control qf the 1965 Legislature. Nixon Scheduled At Fort Wayne Oct. 16 FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI) — Allen County Republican chair-

Community Fund Is Mental Health Aid \

The Adams county mental health association, which has presented a budget request of SI,OOO, is another of the 10 agencies in the Decatur Community Fund drive. The association’s request is part of the $29334 goal of this — is part o fthe 29,834 goal of this year’s drive. , The county mental health organziation is supported by the Community Fund drives of Decatur, Berne and Geneva, plus some income from miscellaneous sources. It is a member of the Indiana mental health association and about half of its budget is used for work done in conjunction with that organization. It is also a member of the national mental health association. The state and national association carry much of the load of serving mental health patients {(nd the county organization works closely with them. The county association offers a variety of services. When mental illness strikes, it aids the families of the stricken and gives advice about where to obtain treatment. Variety of Services When a county patient returns home, the .mental association helps him to find a warm welcome, a job and follow-up professional care. Throughout the year the association carries on a campaign of public education to relieve fear of mental illness and to let the public know what to ' do when mental illness strikes. Much of the work done by the sociation has not required a lot Adorns county mental health asof funds from the treasury. Adams county is very active in the Christmas gift program. In 1962, 895 Christmas gifts were gathered and wrapped in Adams county and delivered to the Richmond state hospital. The gifts, the work and the cost of delivery were all donated. The association’s adopt-a-pat-ient program has also been well accepted in the county. To date, 61 volunteer members have enlisted so rthe program. The members each have one mental patient in a Matjuinstitution. They write letters and cards to the patient and make certain that he or she is remembered on special occasions. Last year the association sponsored a clergy and teacher mental health workship and a police officers’ mental health workshop, to these groups with prevalent mental health problems. Volunteer members of the organization spend much time sewing and making personal articles to be sent to patients in the state hospitals and schools. Another county volunuteer group, the Gold Teens, this summer spent one or two days a week, for six weeks, working with children at the state school in Fort Wayne. Other volunteers assist at the Vera Cruz opportunity school, which serves the retarded children of Adams and Wells counties. Indiana Highway Budget Increased INDIANAPOLIS <UPI) — The Indiana State Highway Commission presented a proposed spending program for 1965-67 to the State Budget Committee today which called for an increase of $55.4 million during the next biennium. More than half the amount would be federal funds. The proposed budget totaled $437.8 million of which federal money would total $237 million and state revenue $200.8 million. Most state revenue is from motor vehicle taxes and fees. Roger Shipley, controller for the department, advised the budget committee that if the distribution method were changed from quarterly to monthly, there would be a sl7 million windfall as result of the change. Personnel estimates are 6,784 by June 30, 1966, and 6,825 by June, 1967. The construction portion of the budget shows a higher expenditure for 1965-66 than for 1966-67. Shipley explained this is because of expected greater concentration on interstate and urban construction during the first year of the biennium. The interstate construction program is scheduled for completion by 1972 under the federal law which created the program. The total construction expenditures of state funds call for $41.3 million in 1965-66 and $28.1 million in 1966-67 compared to > $36.3 million this year. man Orvas Beers said today former vice president Richard M. Nixon is scheduled tentatively to ■ speak at a GOP breakfast rally here Oct. 18.

MS*"’ > <7 J THE JOY OF GIVING— One of the county Mental Health Association’s biggest projects is the preparation of Christmas gifts for patients in state hospitals. Here Mrs. W. Lowell Harper, Mrs. Robert Boch and Mrs. Simeon Hain prepare packages during the 1963 holiday season.—<Photo by Mac Lean)

Fourth Traffic Death Recorded

Adams county recorded its fourth traffic fatality of the year when a Chicago woman died at Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. Maire K. Butler, 62, died at 6:30 a.m. today at Parkview memorial hospital from injuries suffered in an accident east of Decatur Sunday morning. Death was attributed to head injuries receiv. ed in the crash. The death was the fourth recorded in Adams county traffic accidents this year, and second in slightly more than 30 days. The first occurred on February 3 when a Preble man was killed in a one-car crash on U. S. 27, near Monroe. The second fatal mishap Occur- ■ red on March 16 when a Goshen man was killed in a freak mishap north of Decatur on U. S. 27, and the most recent fatality was on August 27 when Donald Morence of Decatur died in a one-car crash east of Decatur on U. S. 224. Thrown From Auto Mrs. Butler suffered head injuries when thrown from the vehicle in which she was riding. Seat belts in use could have possibly prevented the fatal injuries, as she suffered the injuries when thrown to the pavement. Mrs. Butler was riding in an auto driven by her husband, Edmund J. Butler, also 62, when the two-car crash occurred at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, east of Decatur.

Five Firemen Dead In Fire At Boston

BOSTON. LUPI > - Five firemen Were killed and 12 per- < sons were hospitalized early today when the top two floors of a flaming four-story building collapsed, burying them under bricks and fiery rubble. < The dead were identified as Pvt. Robert Clougherty, 31, of ' Charlestown, son of Acting Fire Chief John E. Clougherty; Lt. John Geswell, 40, of Dorchester; Lt. John McCorkle, 53, of Dorchester; Pvt. Frank Murphy, 42, of South Boston; and Pvt. James B. Sheedy, 38, of Dorchester. Sheedy died at City Hospital 6% hours after he was admitted. No one else was believed 1 trapped in the rubble. Four In Danger The names of four, including one civilian, were on the danger list. City Hospital officials said an unknown number of firemen were treated for minor injuries and were released. Among those in critical con*' dition were Andrew Sheehan of Milton, believed to be an auxiliary fireman and freelance photographer; and Deputy Chief

SEVEN CENTS

Her husband failed to see a car traveling east on U. S. 224, and operated by James Calvin Moses, 50, of route 3, Decatur, as he pulled off state road 101 into the path of the Moses auto. Moses was unable to avoid the Butler car, and struck it on the side. Moses escaped without Injury, and Butler was only slightly injured. The Chicago man was cited by investigating offeiers for failute to yield the right of way. Geneva Boy Critical Meanwhile seven-year-old David Brorein of Geneva remains in critical condition at Parkview hospital. The youngster was struck by an automobile Friday afternoon in Geneva as he was leaving school and walked onto U. S. 27 into the path of the automobile. INDIANA WEATHER • Partly cloudy, windy and warmer tonight. Friday partly cloudy and mild with showers in north portion covering about 40 per cent of the area. Low tonight in the 50s. High Friday mid and upper 70s. Sunset today 6:28 p.m. Sunrise Friday 6:42 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Fair to partly cloudy north and central. Considerable cloudiness south. Continued mild. Lows in the 50s. Highs in the 70s.

Frederick Clauss, who apparently suffered a heart attack while battling the blaze. Clauss sounded the third and fourth alarms. The five - alarm blaze broke out in a brick warehouse in a congested tenement district on Trumbell Street. Firemen put five ladders on the rear wall and scrambled up them to spray water onto the flames. Ladders Crumple A section of the walls of the top two floors crumbled, hurling chunks of bricks and flaming pieces of wood on the firemen. Their ladders crumbled. The men fell to the*, ground and were buried under the debris. Other firemen risked their lives as they ran into the rubble and began digging desperately in an attempt to rescue their fellow workers. Ten minutes later another weakened section of the wall tore loose, burying other firemen. An alarm was issued for “all available ambulances.” One ladder truck was partially buried by the debris.