Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 21 October 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII NO. 249.

Johnson Says Republican And Democratic Leaders Back Policies On Reds

AKRON, Ohio (UPD—President Johnson, drawing the acclaim of thousands in this industrial center, said today Republican and Democratic leaders back his determination to use continued • “strength and restraint” in dealing with Russia and Red China. He threw this assertion at Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, his GOP opponent who visited Akron last Saturday to far small-

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C. C. Membership | Drive Is Launched \ The kickoff breakfast for the| membership drive of the Decaturs Chamber of Commerce was heldi at 8 o’clock this morning «t theg Youth and Community Center. | Victor Porter k chairman of thes membership committee, presidedg at the kickoff. He will be assist-' ed in the drive by Morris Begun, | vice chairman, and 30 other mem-J bers of the business organization.i L. E. Anspaugh, C. C. presi-§ dent, delivered a brief kickoff ad-’ dress, thanking the members forg “your cooperation during the past| year. Continue the good works for the progress of our commun-2 ity.” P The committee of 30 men will '■ call* on non-members in the busi-, ness and professional community during the next week. It was revealed that there are a few business organizations and professional firms who are not partici-' paring in community enterprises through the Chamber of Commerce. Porter stated, “the Chamber has been riding consistently with a membership of 200 for the past year, the best membership total in recent years.” The goal for the present campaign is 25 new members. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary, and his assistant, Mrs. Maynard Hetrick, explained the details of the campaign to the membership workers. Mrs. TeFrona Floyd Is Taken By Death Mrs. TeFrona Floyd, 85, well known Monroe lady, and a lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been a patient for five days. She was born in Washington township May 17, 1879, a daughter of Jacob and Nancy Parrish-Crist, and was married to John Floyd in 1908. Her husband preceded her ~-i; ...fo death May 25, 1953. . i,.. ,i i >■ Mrs. Floyd, who had spent the winters in Florida for the past several years, was a member of the Monroe Methodist church, the Roadside Council, W. C. T. U., the • W. S. C. S. of the church, the Adams county Choral Society, Rose Garden club, and the Better Homes club. Surviving are a brother-in-law, Willis Floyd of Genoa, 0., and a

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er street crowds, while attacking the Johnson administration for so-called “one-man onethumb government.” Street crowds estimated at over 30,000 persons welcomed the President as he motorcaded into Akron, stopping four times en route from the airport to shake hands with hundreds and pass out “LBJ” lapel pins to excited admirers. Johnson told his University of

| Mrs. Henry Baumann (Dies At Noon Today § Mrr. Florence Baumann, 84, g widow of the late Henry Baug mann, arid mother of the late 5 Mrs. Mary Drew, died suddeng ly this nooh of a heart attack at g the Berne Nursing Home, where g she had been a patient since a early spring. Mrs. Baumann was the grand--3 mother of Mrs. Dick Heller, Jr., g Mrs. Rolland Gilliom, of Decatur, Tom Drew of Columbia City, g and Robert Drew, of Zeeland, S Mich. She left eight great-grand-S children. g S flineral arrangements have S not yet been completed at the g Zwick Funeral Home. ’Thelma Litzenberg Is Taken By Death 1 Mrs. Thelma M. Litzenberg, 60, of Woodburn route 2, was dead on arrival Monday night at Parkview memerial- hospital, Fort Wayne. She was a native of Gridley, 111., but lived most of her life in the Woodburn community. Mrs. Litzenberg was a member of the Woodburn Missionary church. • Surviving are her husband, Jesse; two daughters, Mrs. Ladonna Gerig of Berne, and Mrs. Lois Vo n Gunten of Woodburn route two; a son, Dennis Litzenberg, in the U. S. Army of Fort Dix, N. J.; seven grandchildren; two siste-s, Mrs. Mildred Clawson of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Louise Capper of Royal Oak, Mich., and a brother, Joseph Zook of Riverside, Calif. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Woodburn Missionary church, with the Rev. Paul DeMerchant officiating. Friends may call at the Schilb funeral home in Antwerp, 0., until 11:30 a.m. Thursday. number of nieces and nephews. Two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home and at 1:30 p.m. at t h e Monroe Methodist church, with the Rev. Charles E. Elam 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. The Rose Garden club will hold a memorial'service at the funeral home' at 8 o’clock this evening.

Akron overflow audience of more than 4,000 persons that both Republicans and Democrats who conferred with him in recent days on the Soviet and Chinese foreign policy developments “agrted that he should continue on the path of strength and restraint which we have followed for the past 20 years.” With little question that he was referring to his GOP opponent, Johnson said: “But now there are those who do not follow this responsible course. They have placed under attack all of the policies which have brought us closer toward peace. “They stand in opposition to the collective wisdom of both parties, experience in foreign affairs.” Johnson said that the “great power” of the presidency “cannot be put in the hands of those who might use it impulsively or carelessly.” And he said this is the concern “of a watching and worried world.” Akron was the President’s first stop on a jet-hopping trip alsq, taking him to see former President Harry S Truman, hospitalized in Kansas City, Mo., and to later campaign appearances in East St. Louis and St. Louis, Mo. Refers To Change The President, recalling last week’s Soviet leadership upheaval, Red China’s atomic explosion, and the British Labor party victory said: “Last Saturday I met with the National Security Council. On Monday I met with congressional leaders from both parties. Yesterday I met with my cabinet. And you can be proud of the kind of leadership this country has produced. “All those I meet with—from both parties—were in agreement on the broad course of American foreign policy. “No one advised me to break the nuclear test ban treaty. Instead they discussed ways of making it apply to all nations. “No one advised me to break off relations with the Soviet Union. Instead we discussed ways to make our relations with the new Soviet leadership more productive. “No one advised me to withdraw from the United Nations. Instead we talked about the need to strengthen it. “No one advised me to make threats, or issue ultimatums, or expand conflicts. Instead we discussed ways to reduce tensions and resolve disputes among nations. “All of those who met with, and gave me their counsel, agreed that we should continue on the path of strength and restraint which we have followed for the past 20 years.” Voted Against Ban Goldwater, who spoke in the same university auditorium at Akron last Saturday, voted against the nuclear test ban treaty and has accused the administration of a “soft” attitude toward the Compiunists. Tuesday night Goldwater charged that both the Kremlin shake-up and the Chinese atomic explosion resulted from the administra’ion’s “insane policy of strengthening an enemy who has vowed to bury us.” Before his departure from Washington, Johnson conferred with a panel of private citizens set up to advise him on international relations.—The discussion centered on the sudden change in Soviet leadership and Red China’s first nuclear test explosion. BULLETIN SAIGON, Sooth Viet Nam (UPD — Military Premier Nguyen Khanh and hie goyernment resigned tonight. A government spokesman said the resignatfaas were presented to the 17-member civilian high national council and promptly accepted.

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Services Friday For Frank Heiser Frank T. Heiser, 82, former Fort Wayne resident, died Monday in St. Joseph’s hospital, Tampa, Fla. He had resided in Tampa 13 years. Mr. Heiser was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic church at Fort Wayne and the Most Holy Redeemer Catholic church in Tampa. He was retired as an oiler at Tokheim Corp, in Fort Wayne. Surviving are his wife, Helen; a daughter, Mrs. Kathryn Maggart of Elkhart; two sons, Paul Heiser of Elkhart and Arnold J. Heiser of New Orleans, La.; a sister, Mrs. Jenny Mette of Los Angeles; five grandchildren, including Paul F. Heiser of Decatur, and Carl Lee Heiser oft New Haven, and five greatgrandchildren. Services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Mungovan & Sons mortuary in Fort Wayne, and at 9 a.m. in St. Patrick’s church, with the Rev. Edward A. Miller officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday. TWO SECTIONS South Adams School Fund Is Approved INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The State Board of Tax Commissioners Tuesday denied a remonstrance and approved a cumulative building fund levy for the South Adams community schools. The tax is for 50 cents per SIOO of taxable property and will run for six years Aufo Workers Order Council To Vole Friday DETROIT (UPD—The United Auto Workers union, in response to White House prodding and economic needs of its members, today ordered the national General Motors council into session Friday to vote on ending a 27-day strike that has idled more than 300,000 workers. Leonard Woodcock, UAW vice president, said in a news conference he “would anticipate that if the membership so votys, we would be back at work Monday.’’ And Woodcock added that the union's executive board would recommend endorsement of the national contract reached Oct. 5 between GM and the union. However, Louis G. Seaton, GM vice president, said the prospect of immediate resumption of car production was not good because of unsettled local conditions. Seaton joined Woodcock in hoping many of the unsettled locals could reach agreement by the time the GM council votes Friday. GM has 130 plant locals and only 85 had reached agreement by today. Woodcock said that it was conceivable that unsettled locals* “can vo‘e to go back to work if they feel the unsettled issues are not worth a strike ” Woodcock, in response to questioning, said the union’s decision to call the ratification meeting “was in part prompted by the President’s action,” of two days ago, but also by the impact of the prolonged strike on the workers and their families. President Johnson issued a statement from the White Hoase Monday calling for a quick end to the strike because it was interfering with “the up.

INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy south, mostly cloudy north and cooler tonight and Thursday. Showers changing to snow flurries and probably ending tonight near Lake Michigan. Low tonight mostly in the 30s. High Thursday in the 40s north and the 50s south. Sunset today 5:58 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 7:02 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Fair north, partly cloudy south. Lows 28 to 35. Highs in the 50s. Dr. Richard Gill Dies In Florida Word was received here Tuesday by the J. S. Bowers family of the death of Dr. Richard Spencer Gill, prominent physician of West Palm Beach, FTa. He was the husband of the former Ruth Bowers of this city. Dr. Gill graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in internal medicine and practiced in West Palm Beach for 29 years. He became ill shortly ..after returning from a medical meeting in Virginia and was hospitalized for seven weeks. He is survived by his wife, a native of Decatur who graduated from Indiana University and taught English in the Decatur public school until her mdrriage. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons. Bill and Jack Gill, his only sister, Mrs. Gertrude Towell, wife of the late Dr. Towell, West Palm Beach, and four grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday in West Palm Beach and the body will be taken to Petersburg, Va., his birthplace, for burial in the family plot. Three-Year Railroad Contract Proposed WASHINGTON (UPD — A presidential emergency board has recommended that a dispute between the nation’s railroads and 11 non-operating unions be settled through a three-year contract with wage increases of 27 cents an hour. The board, headed by former Philadelphia Mayor Richardson L. Dilworth, sharply criticized both management and the unions for their unnecessarily lengthy presentation of evidence *in hearings held for a total of 22 days in Chicago and Washington. In its report, made public Tuesday, the seven - member panel recommended a threeyear contract instead of the one and two-year contracts recommended by earlier boards because“all the economic indicators seem to point strongly to substantial gains in the next year or two in collective bargaining agreements.” ■* The board also recommended: » —Wage increases of 9 cents an hour in each of the three contract years, with the first 9 cents ,■ retroactive to Jan. 1, 1964. —An additional 2 cents an hour, as of Jan. 1, 1966, for added costs of continuing present health and welfare benefits. —Fringe benefits, including a fourth week of vacation, added paid holidays, and S2OOO of life insurance for retired employes. ward thrust of the economy.” Twin wildcat walkouts hit AMC car plants Tuesday in Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wis. but the workers, who were dissatisfied because there was no , signed contract, returned •to their jobs early today.

Bicycle Parking On Walks Problem

Councilman Chalmer Deßolt opened a brief discussion on the prpblem of bicycle parking on, city sidewalks during Tuesday night’s short city council meeting. The council also considered the appointment of a new volunteer fireman, a request to tap onto a city water main, a request for a zoning variance and Commissioners Os 13 Counties Meet Tuesday County commissioners from 13 counties were in Decatur Tuesday for a meeting of the northeast association of county commissioners and a tour of the Yost Construction company’s pre-stressed concrete beam plant. The commissioners, representing Adams, Wells, Huntington, Wabash, Henry, Jay, DeKalb, Noble, Allen, Decatur, Monroe, Tippecanoe and Marion counties, were hosted by the Yost company and the Adams county commissioners and highway department. Decatur city officials, including Mayor Carl Gerber, street commissioner Bernard Clark and city engineer Ralph Roop, were also present. During the afternoon the group visited the Yost plant and spent more than an hour watching the construction of a huge prestressed concrete beam. After the demonstration, Adams county highway superintendent Lawrence Noll conducted a tour of the county road system, which has received frequent commendations from the Purdue University road department. Business Meeting After the tour the group went tn the Decatur Elks lodge for a social hour, dinner, program and business meeting. Following the dinner the group viewed slides presented' by Harry Edwards, Lakeland, Fla., president of Leap Associates, consulting engineers for the Yost prestressed beam plant. Edwards narrated the slide presentation, which showed the variety of uses of prestressed concrete construction. The slides included crosssectional pictures of various prestressed beams. John A. Stoner, Indiana University professor of government, spoke briefly to the commissioners and told them of joint projects currently being planned by the national automotive safety foundation and the federal bureau of roads. These agencies are presently planning a new series of county highway ,road test projects. In these projects the agencies select a county as a test site and then pave a number of its roads with different surfacing materials. The roads are then subjected to extensive traffic tests. Stoner expressed the hope that at least one Indiana county would be selected as a test site. Jean Hitte, of the Purdue University road department, also spoke to the officials. He told them that, in future county highway department planning, they would have to make allowance for older blacktop county roads which have had a traffic decrease in recent years because of changing traffic patterns. Discuss Legislation Jay Shindler, Huntington county commissioner and president of the northeast commissioner’s association, then conducted the business meeting, which was chiefly devoted to discussion of proposed 1965 legislation which would affect county governments. Much time was spent in discussing a proposed bill which would change the distribution rates of state gas tax funds j Under the new plan municipalities would receive more funds, and counties less, than under the present scheme. A table showing the amount which each county would lose annually if the law is passed was distributed and explained According to the table the Adams county highwav department would lose *63,466, about 20 per cent of its annual budget Losses to other area counties were also listed: Allen, $221,129; Huntington $68,148; Jay, $63'317; Wells, $63,207. Other* legislation discussed pertained to county welfare budgets, county health departments, a commission on state tax and financing policv. property assessments, repeal of the poll tax. county officials salaries and sal- ■ ary classifications, legal advertising, education, and public records.

a suggestion for the installation of a new fire hydrant. , Deßolt told Mayor Gerber and the council that bicycle parking in the vicinity of the Adams theater constitutes a definite problem and a serious hazard on Saturday afternoons. He said that the sidewalk near the theater and, occasionally, near other Decatur business places, is frequently blockaded by parked cycles. . City police chief Grover Odle, present at the meeting, was questioned about the problem. Odle told the council that he was familiar with the problem. He said that bicycle racks which had previously been near the theater had been removed. Deßolt pointed out that space Ristine Speaks Here On Friday Morning Republican gubernatorial candidate Richard O. Ristine is scheduled to appear Friday at the Decatur Youth and Community Center as he climaxes his man-on-the-go campaign with a statewide helicopter tour that will take him into 34 counties. Ristine said Monday that he has chartered the helicopter “to give me the opportunity to talk to a maximum number of Hoosiers. The helicopter will give me a chance to step up my effort to carry my campaign directly to the people of Indiana. The counties scheduled for Ristine’s tour include Adams, Lake, Porter. Laporte, St. Joseph. Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley, Allen, White, Cass, Tippecanoe, Howard, Blackford, Madison. Randolph L Hendricks,. Wayne, Shelby, Fayette, Union, Franklin, Monroe, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings. Ripley, Dearborn, Scott, Jefferson, Vanderburgh and Starke. The Ristine helicopter will land across Monroe street from the Community Center at 9:30 Friday morning. Local Republican candidates will be present for his speech at the center and the public has been Invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Registration Down Slightly

Voter registration for the No vember 3 election has decreased 10 from the total registration in Adams county for the 1960 fall presidential election, according to figures released today by counity clerk George M. Bair. A total of 12,984 Adams county residents are registered and eligible to vote in next month's election, 10 less than the 12.994 that were registered for the election in the fall of M)6O, Bair’s figures reveal. There are, however, 1,208 more persons registered to vote in the upcoming election than were for this spring’s primary, when just 11,776 were eligible to vote. Bair added that of the 12,984 registered, 763 are new registrations and 363 are transfers. Largest Number Decatur claims the highest number of registered voters in any of the county’s 40 precincts. 1-A has 599 persons eligible to vote. Three other precincts have more than 500 registrations. They are Decatur 2-A, 540; Decatur 3-B, 515; N. Washington, 510. The following precincts have 400 or more registered: West Root, 442; Berne A, 433; Berne B, 467; Berne C, 427; Decatur 1-D; 430; Decatur 3-A, 467; Decatur-Root, 400. East Jefferson has the least number of eligible voters, 117, followed by South Kirkland, which has a registration total of 128. Decatur Down The decline of 10 from the 1960 Presidential election is due main.: ly to a drop of 133 registered voters in the 11 Decatur precincts. This year’s registration in Decatur precincts amounts to 4,559, as compared to 4,692 in the 1960 election. Berne has increased its registration by 25,from the 1960 registration. 1 663 registered this year as compared to 1,641 in 1960. Geneva is down slightly, with three less, 732 this year and 735 in 1960. The other precincts throughout the county show an increase of 101 over 1960, 6,027 this year as compared to 5,926 four years ago. Decatur’s 1-A precinct also

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was available at the edge of the Leland Smith Insurance company parking lot, if a rack could be provided. Odle said he would contact theater owner Roy Kalver to see what could be done about the situation. New Fireman A letter from fire chief Cedric Fisher was received by the council. It stated that Ferris Kohne had T>een elected as a new volunteer fireman, subject to the approval of the council. The approval was given. Letters requesting permission to tap a city water main near High street extended were received from Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miller and Mr. and Mrs, Vic Porter. The two families are building homes near the street, but on land not within the city limits. For water line installation® outside the city, city ordinances require that the irtstaller pay the entire cost of tapping the main and connecting the building. Approval was given, subject to the conditions of the ordinance. A letter from Gage Tool and Engineering company was read at the meeting. The firm has recently relocated at the west' edge of the Decatur industrial park and has discovered that its building site is actually zoned residential. The letter, a request for rezoning as an industrial area, was referred to the city planning commission. Fire chief Cedric Fisher requested that the council approve installation of a fire hydrant at the intersection of Twelfth and Elm streets. He said the installation would improve fire protection facilities in that vicinity. The request was referred to the water department. Schools.To Close Thursday, Friday AU Adams county schools, public and parochial, will be closed Thursday and Friday due to the various teachers conventions to be held in the state. Moot of the county’s .public school teachers will attend the Fort Wayne convention, while some will go to Indianapolis for sessions in that city. The schools will reopen Monday. -

shows the largest increase in voI ter registration over 1960. The 1-A i precinct has 103 more voters this 1 year, 599< over 496 in 1960. Two ! Decatur precincts show the sharpest declines when compared to 1960. Both 1-B and 3-A have 67 ’ less voters registered this year ■ than in 1960, and 2-B has dropped 58 in registration. Following is a breakdown of the i number of registered voters in ■ each precinct, comparing totals from this year’s primary and : 1960’s fall election. Decatur 1964 1964 1960 Primary 1-A 599 531 496 1-B 339 279 406 1-C 335 303 360 1- 430 387 479 2- 540 473 543 2-B 297 277 355 2- 312 281 316 3- 467 416 534 ' 3-B 515 449 458 3-C 325 281 321 D-Root 400 348 414 N, Preble 233 220 232 S. Preble 283 262 275 W. Root . 442 318 397 E. Root 372 334 364 W. Union ’ 233 229 222 E. Union 236 212 199 N. Kirk. 240 231 221 S. Kirk. 128 119 127 N. St. M. 244 227 251 S. St. M. 292 279 291 French 289 285 268 N. Monroe 387 382 390 S. Monroe 357 335 340 N. B. Creek 177 177 186 S. B. Creek 146 133 145 N. Hartford 307 299 325 S. Hartford 137 129 164 N. Wabash 234 206 212 Ceylon 177 166 182 W E. Jefferson 117 117 137 N. Wash. ■ * 510 459 491 S. Wash. 327 295 341 Berne A 433 394 367 Berne B 467 419 566 Berne C 427 382 708 Berne D 339 309 ** Geneva A 396 375 403 Geneva B 336 331 332 TOTALS 12,984 11,778 19,194 **Berne had only three precincts in 1960.