Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 238.

Mrs. Ananda liby Is Taken By Death Mrs. Amanda Liby, 90, of Monroe, a lifelong resident of Kirkland and Monroe townships, died at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been a patient for 11 weeks. Born in Adams county June 19, 1874, she was a daughter of William and Mary Ann Hower-Brein-er, and was married to William Liby Oct. 25, 1894. Her husband preceded her in death Aug. 2, 1937. . Mrs. Liby was a member of the Monroe United Brethren in Christ church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Cal (Ida) Ycst of Decatur; one son, Floyd Liby of Mpnroe; two grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; one brother, Frank Breiner of Decatur, and two sisters, Mrs. Simon Moore of Wakarusa, and Mrs. Goldie Schieferstein of Bluffton. Three brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Carey Knittie officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. Beme Man Is Freed 01 Evasion Charges Frank Nussbaum, 71-year-old Berne resident, was found not guilty of all charges of income tax evasion in U. S. district court in Fort Wayne Wednesday. A jury of 10 men and two women returned its verdict to Judge Jesse Eschbach after only 10 minutes of deliberation. Nussbaum, operator of the Berne Ready-Mix plant, had been charged with failure to report a total of 16,371 in income for the years 1957 through 1960. The Berne man was represented by William McNagny, and U. S. district attorney Alfred W. Moellering presented the government's case in the . trial that opened Monday. Tells Jury In his defense of Nussbaum, McNagny told the jury that “the government is not interested with* Nussbaum as a human being, but as a ‘target’ and if we had $25,000 to spend for an investigation we would tear the government’s figures to shreds.” McNagny also said the intern'll revenue agents who investigated Nussbaum’s records did not offer to help him straighten out the mess, but were there for the purpose of ‘'cutting his throat. ’ D. A. Says Moellering told the jury “there have been a whole lot of thines thrown up in a smoke screen to indicate the government is persecuting Nussbaum, but in fact, he is ‘a cheat, a liar,’ and failed in his obligation as a citizen.” Moellering also said “We’re not out to get Frank Nussbaum and whether he goes to jail or not is not your concern, but if he is guilty of not reporting all his in come is the point in contention. He did not keep any business records because he intended to cheat on his tax return,” Moellering added. • Local Man's Sister Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Virginia R. Miller, 63, of 433 Buchanan street, Fort Wayne, died Wednesday at St. Joseph’s hospital, where she had been a patient one day. She was born in Yoder, but had spent most of her life in Fort Wayne. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Elt'aoeth 3iott; three bothers, Floyd Riehle of Fort Wayne, Lawrence Riehle of Mendon, Mich., and Albert Riehle of Decatur, and three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Hill of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Celia Comedy of Lake Webster, and Mrs. Marie Barto of St. Augustine, Fla. Funeral services will be held at 10 a m. Friday at Mungovan & Sons mortuary, with Msgr. John A. Bapst officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn -memorial park. Escapes Injury In One-Car Accident Larry Dean Sipe, 17, of route 1, Monroe, escaped injury in a one-car accident this morning. Sipe lost control of his auto while traveling west on county road 16, a mile south and oneeighth mile east of Salem. Sipa, was not injured, and damage to the auto was not extensive. Sheriff Roger Singleton investigated.

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Thousands Cheer Johnson As President Barnstorms ' s’ < 1 Through Indiana Today

Yankees Seek, Series Evener

ST. LOUIS — The New York Yankees evened the 1964 World Series at one game each today as they downed the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-3. The series resumes in Yankee Stadium Saturday. ST. LOUIS (UPD— Bob Gibson, a 29-year-old right-handed fastballer, went out today against rookie Mel Stottlemyre of the New York Yankees, shooting for that big second victory for the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of the World Series. The weather . turned cooler and partly cloudy, with a brisk wind blowing toward the right field stands. The wind, frequently gusting strongly, could be a definite factor favoring the left-handed sluggers of both teams. Manager Johnny Keane of the Cardinals, was quietly confident his team will head for New York for Saturday’s third game with a 2-0 lead in the series. New York St. Louis Linz ss Flood cf Richardson 2b Brock If Maris cf White lb Mantle rs K. Boyer 3b > Howard c Groat ss Pepitone lb McCarver c Tresh If Shannon rs C. Boyer 3b Maxvill 2b Stottlemyre p Gibson p U mpir es: McKinley (AL), plate; Burkhardt (NL), first base; Soar (AL), second base; V. Smith, (NL),- third base; A. Smith (AL), left field; Secory (NL), right field. ST. LOUIS (UPD— A play by play description of the second game of the 1964 World Series: Yankees First Linz walked on four pitches. Richardson was called out on strikes. Maris struck out, swinging. Mantle fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. Cardinals First Flood was called out on strikes. Sottlemyre threw out Brock. White looked' at a third strike. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Yankees Second Howard fanned. Pepitone lined to K. Boyer, who made a leaping catch. Tresh struck out, swinging. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Cardinals Second Linz threw out K. Boyer. C. Boyer threw out Groat. Linz threw out McCarver. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Yankees Third Maxvill tossed out C. Boyer. Stottlemyre was called out on Severely Injured By Dynamite Blast Chris Liechty, 35-year-old resident of route 1, Geneva, was severely injured shortly after 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon when a dynanyte charge exploded in his face. Liechty was rushed to Parkview memorial hospital in Fo r t Wayne for plastic surgery. He is considered in serious condition. Liechty received severe bums about the forehead and right side of his face, a crushed right wrist, a broken right thumb and several fingers which were split open. The mishap occurred at Liechty’s farm in Hartford township. Liechty, a fuel truck driver, for the Berne Oil Co., was blowing stumps on his farm and had lit a fuse on a stick of dynamite. The charge failed to go off for some time, and Liechty went to investigate. While bending over to look at the charge, it blew up ip his face.

strikes. Linz singled to right center. Richardson doubled to left, Linz stopping at third. Maris grounded out, Groat to White. No runs, two hits, no errors, two left. Cardinals. Third Shannon singled to left. Maxvill singled between short and third, Shannon moving to second. Gibson sacrificed, Howard to Richardson, advancing Shannon to third and Maxvill to second. Linz threw out Flood, Shannon scoring and Maxvill going to third giving the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. Stottlemyre threw out Brock. One run, two hits, no errors, one left. Yankees Fourth Mantle was called out on strikes. Howard doubled down the third base line, Pepitone doubled to left, Howard holding at third. Tresh was walked intentionally, filling the bases. C. Boyer flied to Flood, Howard scoring after the catch to tie the score at 1-1. The other runners held their bases. Stottle---myre fanned. One run, two hits, no errors, two left. , Cardinals Fourth White grounded out, Pepitone to Stottlemyre. K. Boyer flied to Maris in deep center.. Groat walked. McCarver grounded out, Linz to Pepitone. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. . Yankees Fifth Groat threw out Linz. Richardson flied to Groat who went into short left center to make the catch. Maris flied to Brock. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Cardinals Fifth Richardson threw out Shannon. C. Boyer threw out Max(Continued on Page Six) Conservationist Is Optimists Speaker Jerry Setser, local soil and water conservationist, talked to the Decatur Optimists in their weekly meeting this morning at the Fairway Restaurant. In his talk, Setser explained the operation of th" district soil and water conservation and the three services that assist in the operations. Educational service is provided by the county extension office; technical assistance is provided by he soil conservation service; and the A.S.C.S. office which provides cost sharing. Setser explained that there are 83 districts ,and detailed. the technical services his office provides, such as farm planning and application. Application, Setser said, is showing the land owner how to put rhe operation into the land, after first planning for him. Shows Slides Setser used about 40 slides in illustrating some of the problems of farm planning and some of the practices completed in the 11 years the soil and water conservation office has been in operation in Adams county. Setser gave the following as some of the work done by his office in the past 11 years: 50 miles of surface drainage; 37 miles of open drainage; 101 acres of grass waterways; 83 farm ponds, 3.5 miles of diversions; 221 grade stabilization structures; and about 10 million feet of tile. Setser concluded by explaining some of the assistance the soil and water conservation office gives to 4-H groups and F. F. A. judging programs, etc. Before Setser’s talk, the Optimists agreed they will cooperate with the" city's upcoming traffic safety program, consentrating on bicycle safety. Further details will be announced later.

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WITH JOHNSON IN INDIANA (UPD — President Johnson, barnstorming for votes in traditionally Republican, Indiana, .jibed today that he’s not sure there’s a “real Republican candidate” running against him. In speeches in the steel-mak-ing city of East Chicago and in the capital city of Indianapolis, Johnson called for revision of immigration laws and compared the nation’s economy to a "sturdy, mighty oak tree.” i “The issue today is whether we tend this oak with care, nourish its growth as it must be nourished—or whether we chop it up for firewood.” he said. Tens of thousands of Hoosiers turned out to greet the President in the two cities. But the crowds did not appear as exuberant as the throngs in lowa and Illinois Wednesday which inspired Johnson to predict a history-making landslide come November. Johnson was on the second day of a six-day, 10-state campaign swing which will take him into Ohio tonight. Since its start in Des Moines Wednesday, he has tried to get as close to the crowds as possible. He followed the same technique today and * added some homey touches At East Chicago, Johnson dropped in at the home, of a steel worker. The President sipped coffee on the front porch and said “I feel just like I’m with my home folks.” He also shook hands with a Negro woman who said she is 116 years old. gshe said she has registered to vote for the first time. Johnson exhorted her to "vote for Lyndon Johnson.” Indiana hasn’t gone Democratic in a presidential race since 1936 and Johnson took note of this in his speech before an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 persons in Indianapolis' Monument Circle. He asked the Hoosiers to consider changing their ways. He added: “In the first place, I’m not just sure whether there is a real Republican candidate this time.” “For the first time in over a century, an administration is unblemished by the scars of depression or recession,” he said. “Yours has been a fair share in that tremendous prosperity.” Johnson said the recently enacted federal tax cut would mean “an average of $350 for a family of four, create 50,000 new jobs in the state, boost local revenues, and cut with- - holding taxes by 210 million. “They all said it oouldn’t be done in Indiana or anywhere else.” At East Chicago, an ethnic melting pot, he said everyone has a right to look for a “house with a rug on the floor, a picture on the wall and music in the living room. All of these things are at stake in this election.” From the time Johnson's plane brought him to Indiana from Chicago, he stopped to adress street crowds and shake hands as often as he could. At the Gary, Ind., Airport, some of the estimated 2,000 crowd surged over a barricade to greet him. Police estimated a total of 50,000 saw Johnson in East Chicago. On the short plane flight to Indianapolis,- Johnson did a bit of official business. He signed six bills passed in the waning hours of Congress, one of them a' two-year extension of the Food for Peace program. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cooler north tonight. Friday generally fair and cooler southeast. Low tonight 38 to 46. High Friday 35 to 64. Sunset today 1:17 p.m. Sunrise Friday 6:49 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Fair and a little warmer to afternoon. lows upper 30s. Highs low 60s north to upper south.

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Cuban Problem Was Inherited

WASHINGTON (UPD—Secretary .of State Dean Rusk said today the Democrats inherited - the problem of Communist Cuba from the Eisenhower administration. He said it was much more difficult to “cure” it than it would have been to prevent it. The secretary reacted sharply to a news conference question based on charges by Republican vice presidential candidate William E. MVILLER T U.S. po-1 William E. Miller that U.S. policy toward Cuba was not as effective as it could be. Rusk said the Kennedy and Johnson administrations “were not presented” with the problem of “prevention” of Cuba's defection from the hemispheric alliance and adherence to the Communist camp. “We were presented with the problem of the cure, which is much more difficult,” he said. In * far-ranging news confer'/ence discussion of global affairs, Rusk also: —ln effect warned President Sukarno of Indonesia that the United States would immediately defend the Philippines if Su- * karno should turn his aggressive attentions in that direction. “If the Philippines are attacked from any quarter, that is an attack on the United States,” he

Kathryn Walter Is Given Commendation

A senior at Decatur Catholic high school has been honored for her high performance on the national merit scholarship qualifying test (NMSQT) given last spring. Each student who is endorsed by his school receives a formal letter of commendation signed by his principal and the president of the national merit scholarship corporation. Sister Julienne, the school’s principal, has announced that the commended student is Miss Kathryn Walter. John M. Stalnaker, president of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, said: “Letters of commendation are being awarded to 38,000 students throughout the country in recognition of their outstanding performance on the qualifying test. We wish to call attention in this way to their high academic achievement. “Although they did not reach the status of semifinalists in the current merit program, they are very capable students. The semifinalists and commended students together constitute about 2 per cent of all high school seniors. This certainly signifies noteworthy accomplishment by all these bright young people. “We urge the commended students to make every effort to attend college, and to develop to the fullest their promise of future achievement. By doing so they will benefit both themselves and the nation.” The National Merit Scholarship Corporation gives recognition to two groups of students who achieve high scores on the NMSQT. The semifinalist group is composed of the highest-scoring students in each state and in U.S. territories. Some 14,000 semifinalists take a second examination 'to establish further their eligibility, to become finialists and to receive consideration for merit scholarships. To increase their opportunities to obtain financial assistance if they need it, the Merit Corporation sends the names, home addresses, test scores, and proposed

said. —Said he was optimistic that a number of NATO countries would join the U.S. in creating a multilateral nuclear force <MLF). But he evaded a question whether the United States might sign an MLF charter with West German alone later this year. —Said President Johnson had told him and his other top advisers that war and peace decisions regarding the war in South Viet Nam are not to be considered fit subjects for political maneuver. Such critical decisions “have nothing to do with the American elections," Rusk said. He said the United States was “not going to pull away from our commitment to the security of Southeast Asia and specifically to gsouth Viet Nam.” —Said that if Russia failed to pay its back United Nations dues, it would be at odds with all U.N. members, not the United States alone. This wap in reply to a question whether Russia and the United were on a “collison course" an the issue—of- the Soviets’ refusal to * pay its part of U.N. peace keeping operations. He added that he was certain the Russians eventually would find it necessary to “modify” their refusal.

I || J <. ■ “% :i W H .4 Miss Kathryn Walter college majors of all commended students to the two colleges thejr indicated as their first and second choices at the time they took the qualifying test. The commended students were among the high school juniors in approximately 17,000 schools who took the NMSQT last March. The test is a three-hour examination’ that covers five separate areas of educational development. It was the first step in the tenth annual merit program. The annual merit scholarship competition is open to ail high schools in the United States and its territories. There are about 5,000 merit scholars currently enrolled iif more than 400 colleges and universities. Approximately 9,100 merit scholars have been appointed to date. This year’s program will conclude about Ap* il 28, 1965, with the naming of finalists who will receive four-year merit scholarships to the colleges of their choice. Scholarships awarded through the merit program are financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation itself andj by more then 230 sponsoring business corporations, foundations, colleges, unions, trusts, professional associations, and individuals. •

Publisher Writes Os Washington Trip

By Dick Heller, Jr. With a 2%-hour lunch pause during the sixth annual UP I editors and publishers conference at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Washington, D. C„ we give a few of our irppressions gathered during the first few days of the week. We left Decatur by car Saturday noon, and headed for Van Wert then north to Bryan, and onto the Ohio turnpike. It was a beautiful warm, sunny fall afternoon, and driving was quite pleasant, except that a driver ahead, and another behind, got picked off by the state police J for speeding. Tne police cars 2 were parked behind overhead g bridges, out of sight to approach-H ing motorists who were speedings over the 70 mile per hour limit, g By 5 p.m. we were entering B Pennsylvania via the Pennsy- S Ivania turnpike, and we ate sup-g per at one of the turnpike How 9 ard Johnson restaurants near Pittsburgh. We drove, until dark just to watch the beautiful hills turning copper ancj gold in the autumn subset. Saturday evening we spent near Washington, Pa., visiting a friend of Jane's from her nursing school days in Indianapolis, who is now married to a doctor who practices in Washington, Pa. B They had rebuilt an old Pennsyl-§ vania farmhouse into a beautiful H brick home. B It was particularly to me to see neighboring Greene * county. Pa., where my third great-grandfather, Anthony Heller, had left in 1810 for Bowerston, Ohio. It was quite mountainous and beautiful, but looked like poor farming country. Having lost an hour as we went to eastern daylight savings time, we slept a little late in the morn ing, and drove into Gettysburg, Pa., byway of the turnpike, for lunch. On the turnpike we were quite careful, .having been warned by recent travellers, including Decatur attorney Robert S. Anderson and former truck driver Floyd Balliet, that Pennsylvania state police, using both marked and unmarked cars, wait on the downhill side of overpasses, with radar, to catch those unwary motorists who allow their downhill speed to go over 65 miles per hour, the Pennsylvania turnpike limit.— Nine Arrests And it was well than we were warned. We saw. no less than nine arrests made in that fashion in the four hours it took to vive to Gettysburg, mosly byway of the turnpike to exit 17! In Gettysburg we ate lunch in a building that was standing 100 years ago at the time of the great battle, which represened the high-water mark of the last great offensive launched by the Confederate troops. Next door was the very home where Abraham Lincoln stayed the night of Nov. 18. 1863, and completed his address which he gave the following day. After lunch we drove out to the new visitor’s center, where the justly famous cyclorama may be viewed for a nominal charge. A part of Gettysburg national military park. It gives a good background for an actual tour of the battle ground itself. In about 15 minutes, the highlights of the battle, and is meaning to the present generation, ' are given while a light pointer flashes on the 360-degree painting, historically accurate of the battle itself. We then hired a park service guide who took us on a two-hour tour in our own automobile of the park grounds, pointing out every detail of interest. It would have been more interesting if We had known more about the battle before arriving, orif we had a couple bf days to spend there, and walk over more of the sites. See ESsenhower Home An interesting sidelight was the last stop, which included a trip

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up one of four observation towers in the park area. From this particular tower you could look down on former President Dwight Eisenhower’s farm, and the farm of his son. Fortunately, for a little privacy, the president has limited access to the road just in front of his home, and has allowed ample trees to grow around his home to give some privacy, although many on the tower were using field glasses and telescopes in hopes of seeing the general himself! A gray gloomy day slowly i changed to rain and fog as we ; proceeded south to Frederick, ■ Md., and picked up the inter- | state system again, to continue | to the Lincoln memorial bridge ! my four-lane highway. We found that here in the east however, a four-lane — and even a six or eight-lane highway is no guarantee of speed, which is limited in Maryland and parts of Virginia to 60 miles an hiur. The roads are so congested with traffic that it frequently moves much slower than the limit allowed. Wrong Hotel , I was very proud that I had driven all the way, mostly by II new four-land interstate highway 1 without a hitch and gotten right to our destination without a hitch and unloaded at the hotel and 5 everything — until I discovered that I had unloaded at the wrong hotel, and ours was right across the street, at the same intersection! It didn’t take long u get that straightened out, however, and we were checked in by 6 pm. After an outsanding steak dinner in the Swprd & Pen room, we took a walk around the capital city. Our hotel, the Statler Hilton, is close to the White House, and we walked down toward it, then around it, and up to the Washington monument, which Is striking at night, and affords a vie wof the city, with its many lights, unparalleled from any other vantage point short of a helicopter. Adams Central Is Top Judging Team The Adams county FFA and 4-H soil judging contest was held Wednesday afternoon at the Dick Meshberger farm, located near Linn Grove, according to announcement by Ernest J. Lesiuk, county extension agent. The following teams that participated were: First place, to Adams Central, coached by Martin Watson; Phil Isch, 195 points; Ray Adler, 194 points; Dale Mankey, 187 points; team score, 576 points. Alternate was Von Heyerly, 184 points. Second place went to Berne high school, coached by Albert Koehler; Keith Fox, 191 points; Dan Moser, 184 points; Duane Moser, 170 points; team score 545 points. Third place went to Adams Central: John Steffen, 183 points; Steve Amstutz, 180 points; Larry Sipe, 167 points; team score of 530 points. Alternate was Steve Kaehr, 166 points. Fourth place went to Geneva high school, coached by Albert Koehler; Derryl Amstutz, 187 points; Ron Bollenbacher, 165 points; Bob Kirchhofer, 163; team score 515 points. Alternate was Dave Hirschy, 161 points. The first and second place teams will represent Adams ocunty at the district soil judging contest to be held Saturday at Wabash county. Chester Isch, Berne, and Hugo Bulmahn, Preble township, supervisors of the Adams cuunty soil and water conservation district, assisted in soil judging contest, in which 44 boys participated.