Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 234.

Kickoff For Community Fund Monday

A push fdr early completion »_ to be the outstanding feature of the 1964 Decatur Community* Fund drive, which will open at 6 _ a. m. Monday with a blare ofsirens as Mayor Carl Gerber,drive chairman Mabie Murray® and co-chairmen Norm Sreury* and Ted Hill are taken by engine to the Decatur Community* Center for the campaign’s kick--, off breakfast. * * Division chairmen and captains - attending the breakfast will hear* a short talk by Tom Witherspoon,® editor of the Portland Commer-g cial-Review and publicity chair-’ man of the Jay county United* Fund drive, ► Solicitations of Decatur business and professional people will; begin after the breakfast and thisyear chairmen, captains and so-; Heitors will concentrate on wind-;; ing up the campaign quickly. - Two Months t Preparations for the drive have been underway for the past two months with drive chairman Mrs. Mabel Murray, assisted by co-chairmen Norm Steury and Ted Hill, handling the mountain of correspondence and detfl’l.' work which precedes each year’s drive. Headquarters for the effort to wrap up this year’s drive early will be the Citizens Telephone company building. The building will be kept open Monday and Wednesday nights next week and the 13 division chairmen wfflmake progress reports there, x Mrs. Murray will handle incom- = ing donations and serve coffee for= the chairmen as they report withtheir funds. The chairmen and their div+j sions are: Louis Jacobs, retail A;g Ferris Bower, retail B; Elmers Winteregg, Jr., retail C: Alanl Zoss, retail D: Gene Rydell andc Dick Schauss, Industry; Dr. H. RS Frey, professional; Gail Grabill.j schools; Rev. J. O. Penrod. cler-* gy; Mrs. Laura Kohne, citv of-e fices; Ed Jaberg, county offices;" H. H. Krueckeberg, special gifts:2 Mrs. Pearl Whetstone, out-of-town* workers; Mrs. Kaye Schwartz, j wdftien’s groups; Mike Kohne,• Dr, Birch McMurray Promoted By Soya I The promo’ion of Dr. Birch L.T McMurray to the position of mahager-veterihary research forCentral Soya’s feed research department at Decatur, has been announced by Dr. W. W. Cravens, director of feed research. Dr. McMurray joined Central Soya in 1962 as a research vet-J erjnarian. From 1958 to 1960, he g was director of the Florida ■ poultry disease laboratory al | Callahan, and from 1960 to 1962g Dr. McMurray -was in private* practice. He is a graduate of 5 North Carolina State College I where he received a bachelor of® science degree in agriculture inc 1953. He was granted the D.V.M S degree by the University of s Georgia in 1957.. £ c Monday Oct. 5, ■ Last Day To j Register! j Remember p./>- to Register; Vote..* and the choice is yonrs! Don’t v01e... and the choice is theirs; Published M ■ public (wvica in coop- * •ration with Th« American Heritage Foundation and The Advertleing Council. .

Decatur Community Fund Kickoff Monday

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fraternal groups; John Boch, post office; Thurman Drew, hospital. < Preparing the drive is in itself * a monumental task. It begins in »the middle of summer when the 2 ten member agencies of the Deli catur Community Fund submit *; their budgets to the fund’s board ’’of directors. The board studies J the budgets and occasionally . recommends changes. I . Appoint Chairmen Once the budgets have been 1 approved the board appoints a S chairman to handle the drive. 2 The chairman is usually one of ft the two persons who served as co--chairmen in the previous year. - The chairman then appoints di- ; vision chairmen, who in turn se- - lect captains and solicitors. Each division chairman has five cap- - tains and each captain has five - workers. As a general rule each ; solicitor is responsible for only - one or two other persons, plus himself. This affords ample opportunity for the solicitors to see their assigned individuals and to talk to them about their contributions. -All told, about 250 persons are involved in the Com- ' munitv Fund effort. Office personnel at Central Soya and the Citizens Telephone company handling the typing and mailing of letters to Decatur residents who work out of town. These residents have been asked to donate at least half of their charity contributions to the Decatur Community Fund and, if ~ they wish, the other half to the E fund in the city or town where x they work. I Safely Ace Award > To L. 6. Morrison bH I ■ O * “T ■ T SHPwf ,AT •, 5 MF Leonard G. Morrison 3 s Leonard G. Morrison, superin- ® tendent of the solvent extraction n department at Central Soya’s De--5 catur plant, received a safety E ace award Thursday night at the B annual foreman’s safety institute § in Fort Wayne. g Howard Pyle, president of the « National Safety Council, presented § the award “in recognition of dis- § tinguished service to safety” at g the safety institutes “awards * dinner” held at the Fort Wayne 8 Chamber of Commerce. j Tom Allwein, Decatur plant h manager ,and Steve Halac, CenM tral Soya safety director, said ju that Morrison’s award was based upon his leadership in establish- " ing communication between foreu men and the men by conducting ' a program of safety meetings on ‘ all shifts. The safety meetings ■ helped to educate workers in the hazards of the department, the ; recognition of unsafe practices, and the elimination of unsafe conditions. "As a result of the efforts,” Allwein said, “the solvent extraction department has operated over the past 24 months free of lost-time disabling injuries.” In accepting the award, Morrison expressed his appreciation for the assisance of assistant - superintendent, Thurmond Baker, and shift foreman, Ed Vian, Jim * Miller, Tim Fluecklger and Dovie 4 Bedwell, all of whom reside in 5 Decatur.

Spy Charges DroppedOn Husband-Wife NEW YORK (UPI) — The , government suddenly dropped capital' espionage charges against an alleged husband-wife spy team Friday in apparent fear that their public trial would result in disclosure of vital counter - , espionage techniques. Their trial for conspiring to send American military secrets to Russia halted on orders from Washington. Alexandre Sokolov, 40, and the woman known by the alias Joy Ann Garber, 34, were seized in the courthouse by immigration agents. They were jailed pending a hearing Wednesday on what country they will be expelled to. The dramatic end to the fiveday trial, which came just after the federal court jury was sworn in, apparently resulted from a last-minute Justice Department decision that a public trial would inevitably mean disclosing intimate details of America’s counter-spy operations. For the record, the government said only that it was "acting in the interest of national security.” A top Justice Department source said “real security is at stake...the Sokolovs aren’t worth it.” Sokolov, a Russian, gripped the hand of the woman and she burst into tears when federal Judge Frank F. Dooling told them they were free of charges that could have resulted in death in the electric chair on conviction. The judge told a stunned courtroom that national security precluded a public trial and that the consequence would not be “a secret trial, nor a trial

Congress Slated To Adjourn Today

WASHINGTON (UPJ)—Today I was adjournment diy for the 88th Congress, which already has run longer and done more than any congress in recent memory. The 88th also had appropriated $94 billion to keep the government running for another 12 months, $127 million more than last year. But, according to congressional economizers whose claims are subject to a I certain amount of .dilution, this was a cut of $4 billion from what the government asked. “I think this is holding the line pretty well,’’ Appropriations Committee Chairman George Mahon, D-Tex., told ! the house. Cangrerhmen made today’s adjournment official Friday night after a long hectic day in which Social Security boosts, medicare for the aged, and Appalachian economic ment were dropped until next year. Approve Resolution With nothing much left for possible action but a SIOO million increase in non-service-connected pensions for veterans, House members shortly after 8 p.m. EDT applauded and approved a resolution to adjourn "sine die’’ at the close of business today. Despi'e an ill-tempered and futile windup, Democratic leaders said it had been the most INDIANA WEATHER Fair through Sunday, a little warmer tonight. Low tonight 445 to 51 High Sunday U tn 70 north. 68 to 74 south. Outteok for Monday: -Partly cloudy with little temperature change. Clerk's Office Open Late Monday Night Circuit clerk George Bair has announced that his office will remain open until 9 p.m. Monday to handle the expected rush of last minu'e voter registrations. Voters may register yet Monday, and application for absentee voter ballot may be made until Saturday, October 31.

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Decatur, Indiana, 4673 3jSaturday, October 3, 1964.

Tornadoes Rip At Louisiana Before Hurricane Strikes ts

NEW ORLEANS (UPl)—Hur- 1 riance Hilda smashed into the i i Louisiana coast today and,. j spawned in advance of its path f 1 a string of tornadoes that dealt’ x death and destruction. i > A United Press International! t photographer counted 12 bodies in the twister-shatterad town of Laßose, 30 miles from New Or- I t - - t I on shapeless charges, nor a trial without the production of , witnesses. . “We can count ourselves hon- f ored to witness this dignified , act of constitutional govern- j ment. This is government as , free men would have it,” the judge said. * 1 The defendants, using the 1 aliases Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Baltch, were arrested July 2, * 1963, in their Washington, D.C. ] apartment on charges of con- ( spiring to transmit to Russia ' information about U.S. rocket bases, nuclear weapons and troop movements over a sixyear period;- A quantity of spy apparatus was seized and a Soviet United Nations employe and his wife were arrested as • participants in the same spy network. They were returned to Russia in a swap for two U.S. citizens.

productive Congress in memory. It had broken historic new ground in fields from civil rights to mental health, /ft cut ' taxes $11.5 billion. It approved an anti-poverty program t|iat will cost almost $1 billion. President Johnson scored big wins on these and other new ■ programs. But his forces col- I lapsed in the angry drive to I adjourn, (finally junking addi- I tional controversial measures I he had put high on his “must” | list for this Congress. With the November election only a month away, rank and file lawmakers of both parties reminded leaders that in the Congress’ first session last year they stayed here until Christmas, and that even with assort- ' ed recesses this year the Congress now had been in session longer than any since World War 11. Logjam Broke Quickly The legislative logjam broke up in a rush. For a time it apeared the lawmakers would abandon whatever was necessary to quit for the year last night. However, House Veter- ' ans Committee Chairman Olin E. Teague, D-Tex., said there still was a chance deadlocked House-Sena‘e conferees might agree on the popular veterans pension increase. He suggested that members jstick around through today. They agreed, despite fears the further delay might reopen other con'roversial issues such as a sugar quota extension and keep them here into another night session. A House-passjed 5 per cent increase in Social Security payments — another ever-popular election year bill — got lost in the rush when senators tied it to President Johnson’s controversial proposal for tax-paid hospital and nursing home care for the aged. A Senate-approved Appalachia development bill, popular in at least the 11 states whose mountain regions it was t designed to assist, also was dropped for lack of a sure House vote of approval. Leaders preferred to save that until January and the 89th Congress.

leans in the direct path of Hilda . and its 120-mile-an-hour winds. Ambulances were tearing through lashing rain and rising wind to the town of 2,800 people. A Coast Guard pilot reported “a mile of housing had been completely demolished.” An estimated 125,000 people from the low-lying Cajun country had fled inland to escape the storm’s approaching fury, but many stayed in some areas. UPI photographer Pete Fisher, now in nearby Galliano, said a 1%-ton truck was picked up and tossed 500 yards, smashing into a house and tearing the roof off. Fisher said it appeared that only- four houses, all brick, were left standing in the town of 2,800 and all had lost their roofs. Officials reported a number of persons missing. Fisher said he learned as many as 20 were dead, but he could not verify that. Civil defense officials said 35 people injured had been brought to Raceland and a 200-bed emergency hospital was being set up. * The twister area is in the slot southwest of New Orleans where Hilda was aiming its full fury as it hooked into the coast in a northeasterly direction. Cars were whipped around like dime-store toys tn the tornadoes that often accompany r hufrricanes. • < During Hurricane Carla in September, 1961, its glancing blows into Louisiana touched off similar, though less deadly, twisters. Rescue work was hampered by the steadily-rising winds and rain ripping over roads almost horizontally. . Sheriff J.P. Frazier at Houma said there may have been two other twisters' south of Laßose. Whirlwinds hit Galliano and Golden Meadow, but caused no casualties.

Approve Plans For New Decatur E.U.B. Church I 11 I [ r - ■.. ioi[tI j * .■" ? j BB BUB B I IJI Im T B ® Juw> t " v i FLANS AND PLANNEBS-The buMtag—«e ol Dec.lur BUB ■ . Slph Kolte^CWfJ'rd 1 Hoverman chairman Bif] Christen, architect Huber Buehrer of Buehrer and Stough, amt

The Decatur Evangelical United 1 Brethren congregation gave ap- i proval to the architect’s drawings of their new church at a ' meeting held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. The new church plant, which will be erected at a future date on the site located west of the city, will include a sanctuary seating 500 in pews, with overflow seating of 100, church school class rooms with 10,000 square feet of floor space, administrative facilities and a chapel. The drawings are being planned in such away

Salvation Army % Is One Os Ten | Fund Agencies : Tie Salvation Army, a nation- i i ally known organization, is an- < other of the 10 Decatur Commun- - < ity Fund agencies. Its portion of j the $29,834 fund budget is SISOO. 3 During the past year the localunit provided clothing, meals, 3 travel service, lodging and ceries in more than 160 hardship cases. Many of these cases in-a< volved local persons. But many others are down-on-5 1 their-luck travelers or transients. 5 Whenever possible these persons a are referred to Salvation Armv< headquarters in Fort Wayne, where lodging and counselling facilities are available. S Heading the local chapter Earl Caston, Miss Margaret - Holthouse and Louis Jacobs. ' Disaster, Relief C The Salvation Army is bestL known for its disaster and work. During the aftermath the Good Friday earthquake ina Alaska the Salvation Army went 3 into operation on a 24-hour basis. 9 1 serving thousands of meals and 4 assisting hundreds of destitute:* families. Last year when three miners t were trapped in a Pennsylvania ? coal shaft, the organization set up food tents which served all the rescue personnel at the scene. The Army’s services include a~ missing persons bureau, homes for unwed mothers, parole services, travel aid, ■ disaster relief, sick visits, ipeal services and placement bureaus. Members of the organization .■

that the church may be either constructed in a total unit at one time, or in individual stages. The plans are being prepared by Buehrer & Stough, architects and engineers, with officers located in Toledo, Ohio. The congregational meeting was conducted by the Rev. F. P. Miller, chairman. The Rev. J. O. Penrod brought devotions entit, led “To Him Be Glory In The Church.” William Christen, chairman of the building committee, reported on the many months of

are on hand wherever understanding and personal service is needed. They aid immigrants and visit prisoners. They maintain special centers for servicemen and provide aid to children and adults in 55 camps throughout the nation. Traditionally, the Salvation Army is on hand to help wherever disaster or misfortune strikes. If a family is burned out of its home, is stranded in a strange community without funds or’ is disrupted by illness or death, trained Salvation Army personnel are ready to give essential aid. Essential Aid When hurricanes, floods, earthquakes or forest fires spread destructicn over wide areas, the Salvation Army mobilizes personnel and equipment from neighboring counties or states to serve at the scene. Assistance rendered includes provision of food, shelter and clothing. For disaster victims The Salvation Army provides furniture and bedding, meets other household 1 needs, performs such personal ; services as sending letters and > telegrams, and assists in the I clean-up work which always folI lows such disasters. It may also s provide casework services, inI eluding the registration and I Identification of disaster victims. 8* In an average year more than a half million individuals receive : aid through Salvation Army ser- : vices. The money which the Salvation Army receives through the Decatur Community Fund is divided between local cases and t the national work of the organi- ’ zation. A contribution to the fund can assure the continuance of both phases of this work. NOON EDITION |

labor contributed by the building committee members and other local church committees bringbringing the congregation to the present point of achievement. He then introduced Huber Buehrer, architect, who made detailed explanation of the plans. Following the meeting, refreshments were served by the W. S. W. S. mem- ■ bers, Mrs. Merrit Alger and Mrs. Doyle Gehres, co-chairmen. Members of the building committee are Clifford Hoverman, Adolph [ Kolter, Chalmer Barkley, Richard

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or you have no choice!l Publi.h.d •• • public service in cooperation with The American Heritage foundation and The Advertising Council. Receipts Heavy At Stewart Stockyards The P. B. Stewart Co. stockyard in Decatur was "flooded” Friday, according to word received from the stockyard, following the announced ending of the 43-day-old National Farm Organization withholding action. Member farmers throughout the country had been keeping meat animals, mostly hogs in this area, off markets in an attemot to force processors to sign contracts. According to today’s quotations from the Stewart yards, hog prices have dropped 11 from yesterday. For the first time since the withholding action began, no NFO members were present when the Stewart yards opened Friday Anorning. Stewart purchasing quit at 10:30 a. m. Friday, and already some 1 119 hogs had been bought, which • is an unusually good day. Before the withholding action began, ap- , proximately 500 hogs were purchased during a six-day week. O. L. Staley, of Rea, Mo., the ’ NFO national president, has said that stoppage of the withholding , is only a recess in the farm ‘ group’s effort to gain bargaining power on prices with meat .processors. The boycott had been the long- § est in a series of such moves by the organization. Only a few S* minor incidents marked the NFO action in Adams county.

Maloney, Chalmer Bollenbacher, William Christen, chairman, and the pastors. The Decatur E.U.B. congregation is planning a capital funds program for the new building, to be held early in November of this year. The program will be conducted by Wayne Carr, of Carr and Associates, from North Manchester. The schedule of ground breaking has not been set. i This date will be contingent upon i the success of the capital funds I program. • ' f/'’ .' ’•’ v •. •• is?