Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1964 — Page 1

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Decatur Civil City Tax Rate Cut Nine Cents At Hearings ... — . « o v 1 ’TA . ■ 'I ■ "' • - ... • - -

Adams county auditor Ed Jaberg this morning completed the final tally of recommended cuts Monday by the state board of tax commissioners when they reviewed the budgets of the county, cities, towns, schools, townehips, and libraries. Figures on school, municipal and library rates, which were not available yesterday, were completed this morning. Overall tax rates for Adams county residents will be finalized when the entire state board has campleted its review. They are as follows: Decatur-Wash. 16.24 Decatur-Root 6.18 Monroe-Monroe 6.50 Monroe-Wash. - 6.49 Berne-Monroe 6.54 ..Berne-Wabash 6 67 Geneva 5.56 N. Blue Creek 4.32 S. Blue Creek ..... 4.70 N. French 1.32 Arabs Hold Tshombe . Under House Arrest CAIRO (UPD — The United Arab Republic government was reported holding Congolese Premier Moise Tshombe under house arrest here today as a hostage. The newspaper Al Ahram said Tshombe was officially told he would be held until armed Congolese troops now ringing the U.A.R. and Algerian embassies in Leopoldville were withdrawn and their personnel allowed to leave the Congo. Other members of Tshombe’s party also were held. It was believed to be one of the first times in history that the legal head of one government had been detained by another. Tshombe angrily gave up his attempt to crash the nonaligned summit conference and charged that he was being held a prisoner by Egyptian authorities. (Dispatches from Leopoldville said Congolese gendarmes had surrounded both the Egyptian and Algerian embassies in apparent retaliation for Tshombe’s treatment in Al Ahram said President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s special Afdican affairs specialist, Mohhamed Fayek, told Tshombe Tuesday night that he would not be free -to go home until the Egyptian and Algerian diplomats were permitted to leave the Congo and go to the neighboring former French Congo Republic.

State Will Survey City Traffic Needs

Representatives of four state traffic safety organizations appeared Tuesday night at the regular meeting pf the Decatur city council. to. mike arrangements for a 90-day state-sponsored traffic safety survey of the city. Floyd A. Kline, director of the Indiana office of traffic safety, said that the survey was being offered to the city by request of Mayor Carl Gerber. The-state provides the survey with cities which request, on the condition that the cities follow through on recommendations made by the survey team. Kline explained this stipulation to the councilmen and the council immediately passed a resolution to follow the commission’s recommendations. Accompanying Kline were Fred Striker and John Mahoney of the office of traffic safety, Elmo Stuckey and Don Petty of che Indiana state highway department state director of school safety LaVaughn Hawkins, and Sgt. Robert McGinnis of the Indiana state team will spend approxi'I

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S. French 4*70 Hartford 4.74 Jefferson 4.70 Kirkland 4.22 N. Monroe 4.26 S. Monroe ... 4.64 Preble 4.48 Root ... 4.32 St Marys 4.32 Union 4.52 Wabash ....... 4.81 N. Washington 4.40 S. Washington 4.26 Decatur Rate Cut The board cut the Decatur civil rate from 81.82 to $1.73, a slash of nine cents. Os this nine cents, eight was cut from the corporation tax. and one from the street fund. The Monroe civil city rate, highest of all the municipalities in the county, was cut only one cent—from $2.33 to $2.32. The cut was made in the corporation tax section of the Monroe budget. The overall Berne civil city rate was trimmed from $1.96 to $1.75, a drop of 23 cents. Os this 23 cents, 15 was cut from the corporation tax and eight from the park fund. The Geneva town budget of* $1.58 was left unchanged. Two of the county’s three libraries fared well with the board. The Decatur library rate, proposed at 20 cents, and the Berne library rate, proposed at 25 cents, both went unchanged. The Geneva library rate was cut from 31 to 29 cents. School Rates The North Adams school tax rate, tolling $2.98, was left unchanged by the board. The Adams Central school rate, proposed at $3.19, was cut to $2.84, a drop of 35 cents. The 35 cent cut was made as follows: special school rate, cut from $1.22 ta .965; tuition rate, cut from $1.14 to $1.02; school bond rate, cut from .09 to .033. The South Adams rate, originally proposed at $3.23, was cut only one cent. The cut was made from the special school rate, which was trimmed from $1.23 to $1.22. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy south, mostly cloudy north, warmer tonight Thursday partly cloudy and cooler north, turning cooler south, with northwesterly winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. Low tonight 46 to 53. High Thursday upper 56s extreme northwest to 65 ..to 72 southeast. Sunset today 6:18 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:48 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Fair and cool. Lows in the 40s. Highs upper 50s north to mid 60s south.

mately 90 days surveying traffic needs in Decatur and working closeiy with local authorities. Klein said that the recommendations it- will be, for the most ' part, inexpensive. — - . Survey Water Needs The council also received a preliminary report from the firm it had hired to do a survey of Decatur’s water needs. The council will study the report and consider the possibility of having the firm make an extended survey. m other action the council passed an annexation ordinance which will include land in the Decatur industrial park area where the new Gage Tool and Engineering building is being constructed. The appointment of Mrs. Flo Reynolds as deputy clerk-trea-surer was announced by newly aopointed clerk-treasurer, Mrs. Virginia Houk. A petition from the Decatur Catholic home and school association asking the city to hire' a traffic, guard tor the Fourth street and Monroe street intersection was referred to the board of works for further study.

Welsh Reveals Huge Indiana Road Program INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Gov ernor Welsh announced today that State Highway Department engineers have recommended a' $235 million road and bridge construction program between 1967 and 1972. The mileage would total more than 1,200, Welsh said at a news conference. The total for primary roads would be $105.9 million, for secondary roads $73.6 million and for urban construction $55.5 million. • The recommendations represent the nigheSt priority needs which can be financed by available state and federal revenues during the five-year period be tween mid-1967 and mid-1972, the governor said. Also, the governor said road engineers are studying -future interstate routes, ■ including one from Evansville to Interstate 70 east of Terre Hatite, then north ward to Interstate 65 near Lafayette. “Such a route would connect Evansville and Indianapolis via 1-70 and Evansville to the Chicago, area byway of 1-65,” Welsh said. “Time saved and the Increase in safety would be significant in this Evansville Indianapolis-Chicago route.” Welsh likewise labeled as untrue a statement by Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine that creation of a career system in the High way Department is designed to keep “deserving Democrats” on the payroll. Welsh contended that 40 per cent of the persons affected were' on the payroll when he took office. The governor also announced that the state is in a position to beat the 1972 deadline for completion of 1,114 miles of interstate roads. The recommended construction program includes, with mileage fractions rounded out to nearest mile: Ind. I—ll miles in Wells and 4 miles in Allen. Ind. 2—ll miles in LaPorte, 11 in Lake including bridge, and 4 in Porter. Ind. 3—lo miles in Decatur, including bridges, less than a mile in Allen. Ind. 4—4 miles in St. Joseph. Ind. 5—84 miles in Hunting-, ton including bridge, 2 in Noble including bridge. U.S. 6—4 miles in Lake. Ind. 7—15 miles in Jefferson including bridges, 4 in Bartholomew. Ind. 10—7 miles in Marshall. U.S. 12—5 in Lake. Ind. 13—1 in Wabash. Ind. 14—Half mile in Allen. Ind. 17—11 in Marshall. Ind. 19—4 in Elkhart, 6 in Miami including bridges. U.S. 20—4 in St. Joseph including bridges and interchange, interchange in Gary. Ind. 22—3 in Grant. U.S. 24—2 in Allen including bridge and interchange, 12 in Cass including Logansport by pass, 5 in Wabash including bridges. Ind. 25—7 in Tippecanoe including bridge, 11 in Kosciusko. . Ind., 28—5 in Tippecanoe, 4 in Clinton, 3 in Grant. U.S. 27—4 in DeKalb, 7 in Union. Ind. 28—4 in Clinton. US. 30—Bridge over Big Flat Rock Creek in Allen. U.S. 31—1 in Marion, 7 in Hamilton & Marion including bridge, 13 in Miami & Fulton including bridges, 12 in Marshall & Fulton including bridge/ Ind. 32—3 in Madison, bridge over White River in Randolph and 1 in Delaware. ' Ind. .33—4 in Whitley. U.S. 35—Bridge over Pennsylvania Railroad in Wayne, 4 miles in Wayne, 2 in LaPorte, 20 in Delaware & Grant includ(Continued on Pagk Three) „—— ,; ■'

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Republicans Plan Meeting, Caravan Roy L. Price, chairman of the Adams county Republican central committee, today announced plans for a meeting at headquarters Saturday night, and a caravan of candidates to be staged throughout the county next Tuesday. L. Luther Yager, of Berne, candidate for joint state representative from Adams and Wells counties, will speak at Republican headquarters on North Second street Saturday night at 7:30 o’clock. The public is invited to bear Yager’s discussion of campaign issues. The county Republican party will sponsor a caravan of candidates throughout the county next Tuesday. Several candidates for state office will join local and district candidates for the tour. The group will include incumbent Cong. E. Ross Adair, and state Gerald L. Pow-» ell, candidate for secretary of state; incumbent attorney general Edwin K. Steers; Allen J. Ljnlley, candidate for auditor; Judge John W. Pfaff, candidate for judge* of the appellate court, and all of the Republican county candidates. The tour will start at 9 a. m. at the Geneva town hall, with stops at Linn Grove, a 10 a. m coffee break at Berne, then Salem, Pleasant Mills, and Decatur for lunch and a program at Republican headquarters, 132 North Second street. In the afternoon, the caravan . will continue with stops at Monmouth, Preble, Magley, Petersen and Monroe. Field Harvest Day Held Here Tuesday More than 250 farmers the Indiana tillage field harvest day, held Tuesday at the Paul Kohne and Krick-Tyndall farm, near Decatur. This event was sponsored jointly by the cooperative extension, service and the Adams county soil and water conservation district. The program began at 8.30 a. m. with corn harvesting demonstration with the latest harvesting equipment. The following implement dealers, demonstrating their picker, sheller machines were, Paul Reidenbach Equipment company, Decatur, and Affolder Implement Sates, Berne. Paul Kohne demonstrated his newly —purchased International Harvester picker-sheller machine. The tours of the corn and soybean test-plots were held at 10 a. m. and again at 2 p. m. — Farmers attending the field day had an opportunity to see the latest soybean varieties, their rate of planting and row spacing. They also saw the latest corn plots that were treated with different weed chemicals and different rate of planting. The following Purdue extension specialists were present to discuss the various plots on the field harvest day: Harry Galloway, Cliff Spies, Marvin Phillips, Donald Griffith, Ben Southard, Eldon Hood, all from the Purdue agronomy department; Eric Sharvelle and James Williams from the Purdue botany department; Sam Parsons of the agriculture engineering department, and Oscar Hopkins, extension soil conservationist. The scales for weighing shelled corn end wagon was provided by the Indiana state police. ' The results from the various Corn and soybean plots are being tabulated by the Purdue specialists, and will be made available to farmers in this area. Farmers who did not have the opportunity to visit the field harvest day, can still observe the test plots this vreek.

REDDY FEATHER SAYS: [ "TODAY'S DECATUR AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE COMMUNITY FUND A ROY SCOUTS TOTAL IS if GIRL SCOUTS $6,049.25 CRIPPLED CHILDREN SOC. The Goal Is A LITTLE & PONY LEAGUES $29,834 Mnfl u - s * °* YOUR MM? SALVATION ARMY Community Fund MENTAL HEALTH Still Needs COMMUNITY CENTER $23,784.75 40* AMERICAN RED CROSS Give The United Way 6

Johnson Scores Farm Policies Os Republicans DES MOINES, lowa (UPD— President Johnson campaigned across the Middle West today, E ailing on Corn Belt voters to ecide “whether to keep the engines of progress ro.aring for ward — or whether to. throw, them into reverse.” In a speech from the steps of the lowa Capitol here, Johnson denounced Republican farm policies as “heartless prescriptions of economic disaster.” He ' 'said his goal was “parity of ' opportunity for rural America.” The President kept up his at tack on the Republicans in speeches prepared for delivery at Springfield and Peoria, 111. His Peoria speech attacked whose who would “bankrupt” the Social Security system by making it voluntary. Johnson’s opponent, Sen. Barry M. Gold- • water once advocated a volunl tary Social Security stem. * In a statement issued at the 1 White House before he flew in to the Midwest on his frankly political trip, and again in his . fram speech today the President pledged a responsible Campaign. lie said in his Des Moines speech: “The basic issue is responsibility versus Irresponsibility. And for my part, this is going to be a responsible campaign. “I am here to alke the politics of responsibility.” Greatest Military Power In the Springfield speech, the President said the United Press is “the greatest military power on earth.” The administration’s policy for peace, he said, “rests on two foundations —strength and reason.” Presidents from both parties in the recent past have “used our strength with resolution—but never recklessly .. . they have been resolute but not reckless, courageous but never

U.S., Britain Reject Answer

MOSCOW (UPD—The United States and Britain today rejected as “unsatisfactory” a Soviet note accusing three American military attaches and a British officer of spying in Siberia. Both the U.S. and British governments complained the Soviets had violated the diplomatic immunity of the attaches by searching them and confis eating their possessions in a Siberian hotel raid. In London, the foreign office said: “We consider the Soviet reply as unsatisfactory since it in no way deals with our complaint, which is one of violation of diplomatic immunity.” Western officials said the attaches had notified Soviet authorities of their plans to travel across the Soviet Union to Tokyo. It said Soviet officials had given them clearance for the trip. Malcolm Toon, U.S. acting deputy chief of mission, went to the Soviet foreign ministry today and delivered an oral protest to Mikhail Smirnovsky, head of the ministry’s American affairs section. Toon told Smirnovsky that the Soviet note, delivered Tuesday, was “unsatisfactory since it does not address itself to points raised in our protest,” a U.S. Embassy spokesman said. s The three Americans accused of spying during a train trip across Siberia were heading back to their Moscow posts today. They faced the possibility of expulsion.

$28,000 In Damages Sought In Suits Two suits, asking a total of $28,000 for damages and personal injuries, have been filed against a local resident in connection with a traffic accident in 1962. Janet Arlene Kohne, by her father, John A. Kohne, has filed a suit for $25,000 for personal injuries against Arthur Jackie Daniels, of 934 Highland Park. Kohne, of 711 Winchester St., has also filed suit for $3,000 damages against Daniels. A trial by jury has been requested and a summons was ordered issued to the sheriff for the defendant, returnable October 15. Car-Bike Mishap The suits stem from a mishap that occurred just south of the Five Points intersection late in the afternoon of October 2,1962. According to the suits, the young girl, nine years of age, was riding her bicycle south on Winchester street when allegedly struck by an automobile operated by Daniels. The suits state that the youngster suffered numerous cuts about the face and forehead, abrasions and a fracture of the left teg, that has caused a permanent limp, in addition to severe shock. , Hie girl’s suit requests $25,000, while her father’s suit asks $3,000, claiming he has incurred $2,319.70 In medical expenses. careless,”. Johnson said. He added that these presidents have not been afraid to seek agreement at the council table and noted that today is the first anniversary of the test ban treaty negotiated by the late President Kennedy. He said: “Those policies of power plus reason are wise. They are strong. They are tested. They have worked. “I don’t believe you want to abandon those tested polices now. I don’t believe you want to start down an uncharted course. That is the choice in this election.”

1 A British military attache named with the Americans as a spy during the same train trip was also reported return ing to Moscow. (From Siberia, all four had gone to Japan and thence to Hong Kong. U.S. officials said the three Americans would fly on to New Delhi Thursday. It was possible the Briton might return via Communist China, a British official indicated. The Soviet Union said it "reserves the right to return to the question of the further stay of the diplomatic officials in the Soviet Union.” Both the United States and Britain rejected the Soviet charges. Protest notes were delivered by Washington and London on Monday, charging that the Soviets had searched the attaches and confiscated thenpossessions tn violation of diplomatic immunity. The incident occurred on the night of Sept. 28-29 in a hotel at Khabarovsk, Siberia. The Americans are Col. George Aubrey, 47, of Annapolis, Md.; Lt. Col. Carl B. Hewer, 40, of Osmond, Neb., and Naj. James F. Smith, 41, of Meers, Okla. AU are Army of ficers. ** - BULLETIN Mrs. Amanda Liby, 90, of Monroe, mother of Mrs. Cal Yost of Decatar, died at 2:15 p.m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, pending funeral arrangements.

World Series Opens Today

BULLETIN ST. LOUIS—The St. Louis Cardinals held a 6-4 lead over the New York Yankees after six Innings of the first game of the 1964 World Series at Busch stadium here. ST. LOUIS (UPD — Ray Sadecki and Whitey Ford, a pair of cocky left-handers, squared off under sunny, almost cloudless skies today as the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees met in the opening game of the World Series with injured Cardinal second baseman Julian Javier doubting he could get into the game at all. Javier, nursing a bruised left hip, sat out the finale in which the Cardinals won the National League pennant last Sunday with a victory over the New York Mets. Today, his hip pained worse than ever and Dal Maxvill was his probable replacement. Manager Johnny Keane, disappointed by the relapse in Javier’s condition which Tuesday had him an almost certain starter, said he’d go with Maxvill “if Javier can’t make it.” Manager Yogi Berra of the Yankees, who led the bombers to their 29th American League pennant in his first year as manager admitted, “I’m nervous. . .but I’m always nervous until the first ball is pitched.” One of his worries is whether Ford, who has lost his last three World Series starts,, can extend his World Series record total of 10 and get the Yankees their first series triumph since 1963. The brash, 23-year-old Sadecki appeared confident as tiny Busch Stadium began to fill with its expected crowd of 31, 000. Tickets were offered — and many grabbed — at up to SSO for an $8 opening ticket and SIOO for a set including all games scheduled for the St. Louis ball park. Ken Boyer, slugging third baseman, and shortstop Dick Groat indicated their injuries had responded much bettr than Javier’s. Both were in the Cardinals lineup. But the Yankees were going TWO SECTIONS

Sen. Hartke Spends Morning In County

Indiana’s senior Senator R. Vance Hartke, continuing to wage the same type of furious campaign schedule which brought him a record 242,000 vote victory margin in 1958, spent this morning touring Adams county as the first part of a whirlwind jaunt which wiU take him through WeUs, Huntington and Allen counties before the day is over. The day’s activities opened with a 7:30 a. m. coffee hour at the home of Lewis Van Popple, WADM radio announcer. From there the Hartke entourage moved southward, hitting Monroe, Berne, Geneva and Linn Grove. In Berne Hartke visited with •workers at the CTS plant and in Geneva he attended another coffee session at the Robert Hoffsteter residence. Votes Spending Cut In his appearances today Hanke stressed his Voting record on federal budget proposals. He said he has voted to cut budget spend-' ing by an average of $3 billion doUars each year he has served in the senate. “Congress has compiled a reSen. B. Vaaee Hartke

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through the entire series with* out shortstop Tony Kubek, whose two-week old wrist injury forced him off the series roster. He was replaced on the field by Phil Linz. The odds remained stable, favoring the Yankees at 13-10 in the first game and 17-10 in the series, with the weatherman promising cool, crisp weather for the 2 p.m. EDT, starting time. The starting lineups: New York Linz ss Richardson 2b Maris cf Mantle rs Howard c Tresh If Pepitone lb C. Boyer 3b Ford p St. Louis Flood cf Brock If Groat ss K. Boyer 3b White lb Shannon rs McCarver c Maxvill 2b Sadecki p Umpires: Secory, NL (plate), McKinley, AL, lb; Burkhardt, NL, 2b, Soar, AL, 3b; V. Smith, NL, left field, A. Smith, AL, right field. ST. LOUIS (UPD—A play by play description of the first game of the 1964 World Series:Yankees First K. Boyer tossed out Linz with ease, despite a momentary bobble of the grounder. Richardson popped to Maxvill behind second base. Maris walked. Mantle flied to Shannon. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. Cardinals First C. Boyer threw out Flood. Brock singled on a grounder between second and first into right field. Groat also singled to right, Brock advancing to third when Mantle’s throw to third was short, 20 feet away from the bag. K. Boyer flied to Mantle, Brock scoring on the sacrifice fly to put the Cardinals in' front 1-0. Groat remained on first. White struck out. One run, two hits, no errors, one left. (Continued on Page Six)

markable record for progress,” the senior Indiana senator said. “Yet we have brought progress with prudence and fiscal responsibility. The administration has placed heavy emphasis on thrift and frugality in aU government operations. “My vote in congress has been to cut unnecessary expenditures wherever they arise. During my six years in the senate I have voted to cut an average of $3 billion a year in budgeted spending. “The budget submitted by the President this year cut the deficit in half. For only the second time in nine years, it called for a reduction in spending from the previous year. Under the careful eye of congress, spending has been curtailed and total civilian employment in the executive branch reduced.” Loans Tn Students Hartke also told his audiences of his position on loans to college * students, one of the key points of his campaign. He said that Indiana is fast becoming die educational sub of mid-America. “When school doors opened this fad,- a record 120,000 students from every corner of the world headed for Indiana. Here, in our 37 colleges and universities, they find a quality in teaching and an excellence in facilities which are making the Hoosier state a center for higher education. '*Oir schools are good because we constantly seek to improve,'' Senator Hartke said. “To accommodate the number of students. I am pleased to have helped with more than 36 college housing loans, totalling more than 150 mill km. These - new buildings now accommodate more than 12.000 students in Inthis evening in Fort Wayne will end a one-day segment qf the “door-to-door” campaign Which he is carrying on aS ovw tha state Tomorrow ho I Ck' Johnson and NtoCtt - - V : - r. ” Sk