Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1964 — Page 1

VOL LXII. NO. 248.

Herbert C. Hoover Passes Away This Morning 9 - „ ; i_ -.,....

31st President Os United States Dies Today At Age Os 90

NEW YORK (UPD—Herbert Clark Hoover, humanitarian, statesman and 31st president of the United States died today. He was 90. Death came in his Waldorf Towers apartment at 11:35 a.m. EDT when his heart, weakened by blood toxins resulting from massive internal hemorrhaging, finally gave out. The Army immediately put into action its long prepared plan for impressive funeral rites through which the nation could express its admiration and gratitude far Hoover’s 50year * career of public service. His body will be flown later this week to Washington to lie in state under the Rotunda of the nation’s capitol, so recently the scene of President Kennedy’s and Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s lying-in-state. The former Chief Executive, who occupied the White House in the economically fateful years of 1929 to 1932, will be buried atop a slight hill in West Branch, lowa, overlooking the cottage where he was born. The body of his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, will be disinterred at Stanford University in California and brought’ to West Branch for reinterrment at his side. Hoover’s only children, sons Herbert, Jr., and Allan, were at their father’s bedside when death came. The death announcement giving only name, date and time, was handed to two wire service correspondents, the only press allowed in the apartment, . by Hoover’s aide, Neil Mac Neil. Three physicians, headed by Dr. Michael J. Lepore, signed the death bulletin, which said Hoover took a turn for the worse at 11 p.m. EDT Monday after a slight rally. He was in a deep coma throughout the night and morning and did not regain consciousness. “Late last evening and for the first time, his heart began to fail him,” the bulletin said. “During the day (Monday) he had seemed to be holding his own or improving slightly and his family, his physicians and associates had begun to hope once again his great zest for life would win out for him. “A great American has ended a brilliant career of service to his fellow men. Above all he was a humanitarian. He fed more people and saved more lives than any other man in history.” The announcement referred to Hoover’s massive efforts to feed starving Europe after World War I and 11. In later years, his cumulative record of leadership in succoring the war-stricken and bettering the lives of children, had almost (pmpletely overshiadiowed |hie charge that the Great Depres-

Terre Haute Blast Blows Up Building

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (UPD— A two-story brick building blew up today, apparently while workmen were repairing a gas line, and at least 13 persons were injured and •hospitalized. None of the injured, most of whom suffered burns, was believed in serious condition and most were released from hospitals following treatment. The blast occurred -in the basement of the Swap Shop, a near north side store at the cornr of 6th and Lafayette Sts. Witnesses said the explosion was so forceful the building collapsed into a pile of debris and persons inside at the time were buried under the bricks. Ambulances sped the injured to two hospitals. Meanwhile, police and firemen sorted through the rubble to see if others were trapped inside. Police said they learned several men from the gas company were working in the basement of the shop at the time, apparently repairing a gas line. The manager of a store near-

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sion was a “Hoover depression.” Hoover bore this calumny gallantly but he was always quick to point out that the factors that made an international depression inevitable were set in motion long before he defeated Democratic candidate Al Smith for the presidency and succeded Calvin Coolidge. There never was any love lost between Hoover and his Democratic successor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but another Democratic president, Harry S Truman brought Hoover back into government service. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower survive Hoover as the last living former presidents. President Johnson and his opponent for the presidency, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, were among the first persons to be notified of Hoover’s death, MacNeil reported. Within minutes after the announcement, the flag on the International Telephone Telegraph Corp, building, across Park Avenue from the Waldorf was lowered to half staff. At St. Bartholomew’s Protestant Episcopal Church, directly north of the Waldorf on the avenue, preparations began for a two-day lying-in-state prior to the transfer of the body to Washington. Hoover, one of the great humanitarians of World War I and the post war period, lived for years In the shadow of the

by said he heard the blast and rushed to the shop where he found “Mr. Thompson,” the owner of the shop, lying under some debris. He said he pulled the man out and that he lay in the street until an ambulance arrived. The building was blown apart and caved in, transformed in a moment into a pile of rubble. Union Hospital said 10 victims were admitted there. St. Anthony’s Hospital said “at least two” were being treated there. It was the latest in a series of explosions, which have plagued Terre Haute for nearly two years, since Jan. 2, 1963, when 17 persons were killed and 60 injured in a blast that wrecked the Home Packing Co., a meat processing plant. , Only a month later, 18 persons were hurt when a second gas explosion rocked three homes and two stores. In September, 1963, a blast killed one and injured nine at the Central Nitrogen Co.- plant under construction.

disastrous economic depression which occurred during his administration. But he emerged a again in World War II and Its aftermath as a revered participant in domestic and world affairs. Hoover, who was 90 last August 10, had the distinction of living longer as an ex-president than any other chief executive, although John Adams lived six months longer in his 90th year than Hoover. His death left only two former presidents — Harry S Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Hoover had been more or less inactive since last February when he was bedded by an old kidney ailment and a respiratory condition. He had his gall bladder removed in 1958, underwent surgery for a growth in his bowel in 1962, and was stricken by anemia and intestinal bledding in 1963. His survival after each of these setbacks was described by physicians as “miraculous.” Through it all Hoover continued work on the fourth and final volume of his autobiography, “An American Epic” his 30th book. It was published last May. The “grand old man of the Grand Old Party” was born a blacksmith’s son and rose to fame and fortune as a mining engineer. He had a distinguished career of public service behind him when he was elected to succeed President Calvin Coolidge in 1928, defeating Gov. Al

Smith of New York. He had served in the cabinets of Presidents Warren Harding and Coolidge. But he was proudest of his (Continued on Page Six) Mrs. Eliza Hahnert Is Taken By Death Mrs. Eliza Mae Hahnert, 83, prominent Monroe ladv, and widow of George A. Hahnert, di«d at 2:34 p. m. Monday at the Adams county memorial hosoital, where she had been a patient eight days. She had been, in failing health for some time. She was bom in Adams county July 1, 1881. a daughter of James S. and Malinda Ball-Johnston, and was married to George A. Hahnert Nov. 1, 1903. Her husband, a Spanish-American War veteran and for manv years a rural mail carrier at Monroe, preceded her in death March 18, 1943. Mrs. Hahnert was a member of the Monroe Methodist church, the Better Home Demonstration club, and a former member of the Adams county Choral Society. Surviving are three sons. Herman Kirkendall of Manroe, Maurice (Don) Hahnert of Hartford City, and Howard Veigh Hahnert of Urbana; two daugh-

ONLY, DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

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Only One Change In County Voting Sites There is only one change in the location of 40 Adams county voting places for the November 3 election, as designated by the f Adams county commissioners. The only change from the voting places used in the primary election last spring is in the N. St. Mary’s precinct, where voters will cast their ballots November 3 at the John G. Bunner garage. In the primary election, the Mt. Tabor church parsonage had been used as the N. St. Mary’s voting place. The others remain the same. There has been some confusion in the past as to the East Root voting place, as to whether it is the garage or beach house owned by Jack Zehr. East Root voters will cast their ballots at the beach house on November 3. Decatur’s Same Decatur’s 11 voting places remain the same as in the primary. They are: 1-A, quonset on Grant St.; 1-B, the DeCatur Canning Co., on S. 10th St.; 1-C, the county jail on First St.; 1-D, Glen Rambo’s garage at 404 S. Fifth St.; 2-A, courthouse: 2-B, the fire station on Seventh St.; 2-C, the Worthman field clubhouse; 3-A, Zintsmaster’s garage at the corner of Jackson and First streets; 3-B, Hebble’s barbershop on Nuttman Ave.; 3-C, Jess Sheets garage, Washington at Walnut streets; Decatur-Root, Decatur Equipment Co., on N. 13th street. Berne A voting will again be in the auditorium, while Berne B will be at the school building. Berne C voters will vote at the Berne Farm Equipment, and Berne D voters will cast ballots at the city hall. Persons living in Geneva A precinct will vote at the town hall, and those in Geneva B will vote at the Eastern Indiana Oil and Supply. Other Places The other voting places throughout the county for the November election are as follows: East Union, Bleeke Service station; West Union, Highway Airport; . East Root, Zehr’s boanh house: West Root, Monmouth school; N. Preble. Friedheim school: S. Preble. Mawlev school: N. Kirkland. Bobbv Heller dence: S K'rkland, Pleasant Dale recreation hall. N. Washington. Mrs. Ben EHinc residence; s. Washington. 4-H building; N. St. Marv’s. John Bunner garage: S, St Marv’s, Pleasant Mills school: N. Pine Creek. Lawrence Carver garage: S. Blue Creek. Earl Sine residence: N. Monroe. Monroe town ball: S Monroe. Emick’s bowling alley: French, election school: N. Hartford. Soich’ger restaurant: S. Hartford. Gail Runyon residence: N. Wabash, Wesley rt. Amstutz residence; Ceylon. Robert Hall residence: E Jefferson. Robert Crandall residence: W. Jefferson, Woodrow Kelley residence. ters, Mrs. Ralph (Alta) Row of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Lee (Loma) Miller of Bluffton route 1'; six grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. A son, Mervin Glen, died at the age of 16, and another son, Calvin George, was killed March 8,'1944, while serving with the U. S. Air Force in Europe during World War 11. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p, m. Wednesday at the Monroe Methodist church, with the Rev. Charles E. Elam officiating. Burial will be in the Ray Cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 2 p. m. today until 10 a. m. Wednesday. The body will lie in state at the church from 11:30 a. m. Wednesday until time of the service*.

Democratic Women Hear Max Hobbs Democratic congression candidate Max Hobbs Monday night i told members of the Adams county Democratic Women’s club that the present Democratic administration has taken tremendous strides to help young Americans. He documented his assertion by citing specific programs adopted and supported by the administration. He mentioned the juvenile delinquency and youth offenses act of 1961, which was extended this summer by President Johnson. He said that the selective service department, in cooperation with the defense department, is examining all prospective draftees at age 18 to spot failure early and refer rejected youths to local employment services for counseling and help. He touched on other programs launched by the Democratic administration, including the antipoverty act of 1964 and the vocational training act of 1963. Referring to the Democratic record, he said, “This is a striking contrast to the negative voting record of my opponent, E. Ross Adair, who voted against medical student loans and grants, and against increasing and improving medical colleges.” —_ “The peace corps,” he added, “is a powerful demonstration of what young Americans themselves can achieve.” Hobbs arrived in the county Monday afternoon and visited groups in Geneva and Berne before delivering his speech to the Women’s club at the Moose home. He returned to Fort Wayne later in the evening to speak before the Democratic Labor club, where he outlined the increased benefits “consumers and working Americans have achieved during the past four yeans under the democratic administration.” Parole Officer Is Lions Club Speaker The problems of rehabilitating men who have served time in Indiana’s penal instituations were explained to the Decatur Lions club members Monday night by John Fitzgerald, of Fort Wayne, senior parole officer for Adams, Jay, Wells, Blackford, and Allen counties. Fitzgerald was introduced by program chairman John McConaha. Guests for the meeting in-“ eluded Larry Zimmerly of station WADM and John Krueckeberg, son of Herman Krueckeberg. Mayor Carl Gerber will present the program next week. The six-year parole veteran explained that men who had served at Michigan City state prison, Pendleton state reformatory, the Indiana women’s prison at Indianapolis, Indiana boys school at Plainfield, and Indiana girl’s school, may be eligible for parole before serving their entire sentences. They must serve one year m prison before a parole officer will be assigned to watch them, he added. The nature! of the crime, conduct in prison, community record, possibility of employment, and the attitude of the prisoner’s community all figure in obtaining a parole. In Indiana at the present time 39 men and 44 women serVe as parole officers. About 88»l of the parolees make the grade. , Fitzgerald then introduced a parolee who accompanied him. The man explained his crimes, his imprisonment, his parole, and how he is now trying to rehibilitate himself and continue within the law.

Wilbert E. Lehman Dies This Morning Wilbert E. Lehman, 76, retired farmer of Berne, died suddenly at 8:15 a.m. today while loading firewood onto a trailer at the Roger Yoder sawmill in Berne. Mr. Lehman, who had been ill with a heart condition for some time, was found beside his trailer by Yoder. Born in Wabash township, Aug. 11, 1888, he was a son of Peter C. Christina Lyginbill-Lehman, and was a lifelong resident of the county. Mr. Lehman was a member of the First Mennonite church and was active in music circle of the church. He was a director of the Gilliom Lumber Co. and the Berne Hardware. Surviving are his wife, the former Della Neuenschwander; three daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Celeste) Liechty of near Berne Mrs. Charles (Lazon) Wulliman of near Berne, and Mrs. Chester (Julia) Beitler of Berne; two sons, Warren W. (Barney) Lehman of Decatur, and Eugene R. •Lehman of Berne; 22 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and one brother, Amos Lehman of Monroe. Four brothers and four Bisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Mennonite church, with the Rev. Gordon . Neuenschwander officiating. Burial will be in MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home in Berne after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Request Paving For Salem Road Thirteen Adams county residents, including state representative Burl Johnson, appeared at Monday’s meeting of the Adams county commissioners to request the commissioners to consider paving four and one-half miles of the Salem road, between U. S. highway 33 and state road 124. The members of the group were all residents of St. Mary’s township. They were- told by the commissioners that the section of paving they requested is not in the four-year county paving plan, but that it will be considered if extra funds become available. Adolph Marbach also appeared at the meeting to request paving of one-half mile of county road 27 between county road 6 and U. S. road 224. Marbach also was told told that his request would be considered only if extra funds become available. The commissioners also received a letter from Mrs. Gus Dailey asking if the county could repair the half-mile leading to the ‘‘Loufburrow cemetery.” None of the commissioners was sure of the exact location of the cemetery. Commissioner Delmas Bollenbacher was of the opinion that it might be in Jefferson township. The mater will be considered at the next commissioners’ meeting, once the exact location of the cemetery has been established. Hislorical Society Will View Slides Slides of the 20 paintings of the battle of Gettysburg, and the battlefield today, as well as pic-' tures of the nation’s capital, Washington, D. C., will be shown next Monday at the library to members and guests of the Adams county historical society by Decatur publisher Dick D. Heller. Heller will tell of his recent trip east for the 1964 UPI editors and publishers conference, where he saw President and Mrs. Johnson, President and Mrs. Macapagal of the Philippine Islands, Senators Barry Goldwater and Hubert H. Humohrey, the police chief of New York City, and a number of well-known editors and publishers from throughout the country, The general public is invited to attend the mooting, and there is no charge. The meeting will be held at the Decatur public library. The visit to Washington included a special totir to the Kennedy gravesite, the Lee-Curtis mansion, and the tomb of the unknown soldier, as well as the Capitol, White House, and government buildings and museums.

New Soviet Leaders Favor China Talks

MOSCOW (UPD—The Soviet Union's new leadership apparently is opening a back door for talks with Communist China, Western diplomats said today. They said the firing of Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev makes a renewal of talks with Peking possible, because the Chinese had called openly for his dismissal as a condition for better relations. But the diplomats saw little chance that Khrushchev's successors, Communist party chief Leonid I. Brezhnev and Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, could easily solve the differences between the two Communist powers. (In London, qualified Chinese sources, indicated Monday night that Peking is in no hurry to come to terms with the Soviets and wants them to make the first move. They said the explosion of a Chinese nuclear device has reinforced Peking’s prestige and may have hardened its position. (Diplomats in Lond6n said the most to be expected from INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, windy and warmer tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight 33 to 39. High Wednesday in the 60s. Sunset today 5:59 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:01 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Fair and cooler. Honorable Mention To Daily Democrat The Decatur Daily Democrat has been cited for an Inland Daily Press Association honorable mention award for its coverage of local government affairs. Announcement of the award was made during a session of the semi-anrlual Inland association convention in Chicago. Membership in Inland consists of 511 daily newspapers in 19 states and one province of Canada. • Roger Swaim, publisher of the Bluffton News-Banner was elected as a director of the association. Serving with Swain as directors are Hollis Nordyke, publisher of the Ames, la., Daily Tribune and Peter MacDonald, publisher of the Hutchinson, Kan. Daily News.

Johnson Resumes Campaign Wednesday

By United Press International President Johnson left the campaigning to the other three major candidates today, sticking close to his White House desk for a series of meetings on next year’s budget. Johnson temporarily stepped off the campaign trail last weekend following the ouster of Soviet Premier, Nikita S. Khrushchev and Communist China’s detonation of a nuclear device. But he announced that he- would head back to the hustings Wednesday, starting with a mid-day appearance at Akron, Ohio. The Chief Executive’s opponent, GOP presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater, resumes his campaign after a weekend of rest with a speech scheduled tonight at Pikesville, Md., near Baltimore. Goldwater’s supporters also sought $500,000 .in contributions to buy television time on the three major networks to answer President Johnson’s speech on world affairs Sunday night. Ready To Speak GOP National Chairman Dean Burch said Goldwater Would be ready to speak to the nation Wednesday night if enough money could be raised by then. The Republicans also planned to appeal the Federal Communications Commission decision denying them equal time to reply to Johnson’s speech. While Goldwater rested and held strategy meetings Monday, his running mate, Rep. William E.. Miller, campaigned in California. He told a crowd at San Diego that the basic difference between the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates was “character versus corruption.” He also at-

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Moscow-Peking talks at this time would be a propaganda truce.) Despite the poor prospects of success, diplomats in Moscow feel a resumption of the talks would bring Brezhnev and Kosygin at least two advantages. One is that they would win time to map new tactics against Peking’s bid for world Communist leadership. The other is the favorable reaction that could be expected from some of the Communist leaders in. Eastern Europe, who felt Khrushchev went too far too fast in his quarrel with the Chinese. Both Moscow and Peking were talking unity. Chinese Communist Chief Mao Tze-tung Monday expressed the wish that the two parties would unite "on the basis of Marxism-Lenin-ism.” Brezhnev made a similar appeal at a rally for the three new Soviet spacemen. Contingent Sent By Selective Service The Adams county selective service board sent 23 Adams county young men to Indianapolis this morning, one for active induction into the armed forces, and 22 for physical examinations prior to induction. John James Hofstetter, son of . Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hofstetter of Geneva route 1, was sent to the z armed forces induction station. ' Registrants reporting for phys--11 ical examinations were: William Edward Hirschy, Wil--3 Ham Ernest Fullenkamp, Sammy B Lee Baumann, Eugene Wayne 3 Peterson, Jon Alan Agler, Peter ‘ Q. Schwartz, John Leo LaFon- ' taine, Dennis Alan Liechty, Larry * Wayne Gerber, James Arthur Ford, Richard Earl Harkless. - Thomas Lee Schell, Robert Eu--1 gene Patterson, Noel Leslie Dan- • iel, Allen Eugene Bender, Dale 5 Leroy Troutner, Thomas Carroll f McKean, Enos G. Schwartz, 1 Maryin Lynn Kirchhofer, David ■ Lee Amstutz, Faustino Benjamin Mendoza, David Lee Houck.

tacked the administration’s foreign policy from the Bay of Pigs to South Viet Nam. ‘‘This war in South Viet Nam will never be ended, and never be won, until Barry Goldwater becomes president of the United States,” Miller said. Referring to the Walter Jenkins case, Miller said: “This man went to the White House with Lyndon Johnson and he was given access to classified information in the White House on which might depend the fate of alb mankind. Can we afford four more years„of this?” Kept Informed Johnson assured congressional leaders Monday that they would be kept informed of progress in the FBI and Secret Service investigations of Jenkins, a former White House aide. He was said to have given the assurances voluntarily at a bipartisan session with House and Senate leaders. None of the legislative leaders questioned him about Jenkins, who resigned after his arrest on a morals charge had been disclosed. Democratic vice presidential candidate Hubert H. Humphrey, in a .speech prepared for delivery at Tulsa, Okla., said that President Johnson “stands as the one man qualified to preserve the peace of the world—to insure the national security of the United States.” j I The Minnesota senator said that Americans understood that “performance — not promises —is the test of a man. “They know that promises—allegation's — distortions -»> radicalism — extremism cannot substitute for the hard currency of responsible performance in the presidency,” Humphrey said.