Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 27 October 1964 — Page 1

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Pres. Johnson Carries »' —— Campaign To Vote-Heavy Boston And Pittsburgh

Warns Television To Cut Violence

WASHINGTON (UPI) — A Senate subcommittee today warned the television industry to cut the amount of violence and crime on its programs or face possible congressional intervention. In an interim report, the Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency prodded the industry to “substantially reduce the violence and crime which today is fed the nation’s children as an all too steady diet.” “Effective self-policing is the desirable approach to this probleo Which poses so clear a threa’ to both our present and our future,” the report said. “But the patience of congress, though considerable, is not endless.” The subcommittee said it had under consideration several legislative proposals designed to spur the networks into better programming. The report aid Next Monday Final Dav To Pay Taxes The offices of the Adams county treasurer, auditor and assessor will be open all day Saturday, October. 31, the next to last day for payment of taxes. Nov. 2 is the final taxpaying date. Treasurer William Linn said that his office will accept mailed tax payments ‘ postmarked November 2. The treasurer's office willl be closed until all tax mail’ is processed.

Marines Carry On Maneuvers

HUELVA, Spain U.S. Manne Corps carried on today with the largest peacetime amphibious landing exercise in history despite the loss of nine lives in a helicopter collision. Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. Fay, who watched the landings from the flagship Pocono, said the tragedy “put a cloud over the whole operation.” “It’s the price you pay when you have maneuvers which deal with war.” The nine Marines were killed and 13 others were injured Monday when two helicopters in which they were being ferried ashore from ships collided 800 feet above the Huelva beaches and plummeted into a wooded area. The dead were members of the 3rd Battalion of the B'h Marines, 2nd Marine Division, stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. In Washington, the Pentagon today identified the dead Marines as: Cpl. Herbert Miller, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Robert L. Miller of 104-09 165th St., Jaraica, N.Y. Lance Cpl. David George Dewyngerdt, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Dewyngaerdt of 6 Cottage St., Goffstown, N.H. Lance Cpl. Thomas Kenneth McManus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McManus of 24 Fifield St., Dorchester, Mass. Pft. Walter' Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell of 305 Queen Anne Rd., Teaneck, NJ. ’ Pfc. Harry Truman Hines, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fleming Hines, Ona, Fla. Pte. George Dennis Spence, Jr., son “of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Spence Sr. of 3239 North Marshall St., Philadelphia-

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no legislation would be introduced at this time, but the investigation was continuing. * The Senate group found “that a selationship has been conclusively established between televised crime and violence anr anti-social attitudes and behavior among juvenile viewers.” The investigation began in 1954. At that time and again after the 1961-62 season, the industry asked for a chance at s e If-regulation through its “code of good practice.” But the subcommittee reported it still did not find any reduction of violence and crime. Chairman Thomas J. Dodd, D-Conn., said the National Association of ’ Broadcasters’ (NAB) code “is violated with impunity.’' “There has been no substantial over-all change in the degree of violation between 1961 and 1964,” he said. "The NAB code is drawn up so that it appears to be the proverbial ‘Mailed fist.’ But its impact has been that on the velvet glove. “The industry’s claim that this code is an effective vehicle cannot be substantiated in light of the evidence of chronic violation. “Network programming policies which deliberately call for insertion of violence, crime and brutality are hardly conducive to building respect for any central authority within the industry.”

Pvt/. Richard Vincent Pannozzo, son of Vincent Pannozzo of 1986 Hylan Blvd., S’aten Island, N.Y. and Matilda Pannozzo of 39 Emmet Ave., Staten Island. The parents were listed as divorced. Pvt. Charles Porter, son of Mrs. Louise Porter of 236 South 59th St., Philadelphia. Sgt. Earl Lee Tunmire, husoand of Mrs. Wanda J. Tunmire of 510 Sherwood Rd., Jacksonville, N.C. The men were part of a massive joint U.S.-Spanish landing exercise called Steel Pike I The exercise involves 94 ships and about 60,000 men. By the end of the first day. U.S. forces had put ashore 10,000 men. Another 2,000 Spanish marines landed safely at an adjacent beach along this atiantic coastal area. Details of the swift - moving tragedy which hit the 22 Marines in the two Sikorsky H 34 helicopters were difficult to get because the survivors and the bodies of the dead were flown from the crash scene immediately." Bo’h helicopters caught fire and burned. The one in which the nine men died caught fire on imoaßt. The other did not catch fire until all aboard were out. Observers of the landings six miles from the crash scene narrowly escaped injury when a grandstand collapsed just as Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-Ga., chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, was climbing ihe steps. About 25 persons 2-were in the grandstand at the time. The purpose of Steel Pike I is to demonstrate how U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forces could reinforce America’s allies in Europe in war.

WASHINGTON (UPI) —President Johnson redirected his campaign to the vote-heavy Northeast today following a trip into “Goldwater country” in the South. The Chief Executive planned to fly to Boston and then to Pittsburgh today for major speeches aimed at bolstering his strength in those key lectoral centers. From Pittsburgh ne jvas scheduled to fly to Albuquergue, N.M., for an overnight stay springboarding an important campaign swing through Southern California Wednesday. On the way West, he planned a brief stop at Evansville, Ind., to pick up Mrs. Johnson. Monday, Johnson campaigned in Florida, Georgia and South Ca olina. He expects to win in Florida and Georgia but sought to build up his strength in proGoldwater areas of those states. And he was cheered by a huge crowd reception he received in Columbia, S.C., even though polls indicate he is behind in that state. Steps Up Attack The President, who is pushing hard for a landslide victory against Sen*: Barry M. Goldwater next Tuesday, stepped ip his attack on the GOP candidate’s policies. He said at Jacksonville, Fla., that the voters “must crush this threat to American life.” “A great' American party has fallen in*o the hands of an extreme and narrow group,” Johnson said with respect to the GOP. “They ask you to tear down the past and take un(Continued on Page Six) Decatur Lions Hear Mayor Carl Gerber Organizations like the Decatur Lions club make Decatur a better place in which to live, Mayor Carl D. Gerber told about 50 members and guests of the Decatur Lions club Monday night. Mayor Gerber pointed out that he is handling the complaints against his administration himself. Population Gaining The area within 150 miles of Fort Wayne is one of the most densely populated in the United States, the mayor pointed out. Decatur’s population has grown from 7,400 in 1949 to 8,300 in 1959, and 8,900 today. The assessed valuation of Decatur is now about $14,400,000, and the city has 11 men in the police department, four regular firemen and 18 volunteer firemen, a seven-’ man street department, and three men in the sanitation department. Parks And Water The city maintains 50 acres of parks free to the public, and a swimming pool that averages 600 tn 700 -a dav during the summer. Extra neople are then hired for the safety of the children. Seven men work in the water department under the leadership of city engineer Ralph Roon. Four men operate the sewage treatment plant. The future includes development of water resources, traffic wrvev. civil defense, jt recreation program for adults, beautiflcaton of the river bank, and traffic controls for the new school sit" east of Decatur. The mayor also pointed out that the water and sewage departments are self-suocortino. and th-> et-oof department receives funds from the state gas tax. Christmas Tr*e« Ordered trees have been ordered and will _ It was reported that Christmas b*» ava Hable in plenty of time for Christmas. Dr. Jne Morris will «n®ak ”»xt week on his recent trip to Mexico, Nov. 16 wffl W a ladies ni«*t, with eood entertainment promised Vie Porter reonrted Mavor Gerber was introduc'd bv nrogram chairman Smith Snively.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Tuesday, October 27, 1964.

Democrats To Have Barbecue Saturday A combination “white donkey” sale and beef barbecue will be held Saturday, evening at Democratic headquarters from 5 until 7:30 p. m., Dr. Harry H. Hebble, county chairman, announced today. Anyone with any item that they would like to donate for the “white donkey” sale may bring it to Democrat headquarters, which will be open from 10 a. m. until 12 noon, from 2 until 4 p.m., and 7 until 9 p. m. daily. '‘lf you can’t get here during that time, call the Decatur license bureau, and Mrs. Bernadine Heller will help,” Dr. Hebble stated. Such items as potatoes, apples, handicrafts, etc., as well as the usual “white donkevs” may be donated for the auction sale. The barbecue will include the 4-H beef purchased by the local Democratic candidates at the county 4-H fair. Brothers Released - After Bond Posted The two local young men arrested Saturday evening in connection with the theft of soybeans. have been released from custody at the Adams county jail. Thomas Garwood, 23, of Madison street, and his brother, James Garwood, 18, route 5, were released after property bonds covering the SI,OOO bond for each were posted. Thd two were arraigned in the Adams Mr edit court Monday on charges of second degree burglary and theft, and given further time before entering please to the charges. They are alleged to have been

Paving Asked By Residents

Two groups of Adams county t residents appeared Monday at the j weekly meeting of the county s commissioners to request paving s of two sections of blacktop t roads, one in Monroe township, < the other in Kirkland. t The Monroe township group, with Everett Rice as their spokesman, appeared for the second 1 time in recent weeks to request t paving of six miles of county < road 32 (Mud Pike) in Monroe t township. The group sumitted a j new petition to the commission- j ers. with a number of new signa- < tures which were not on their original petition 14 years ago. s The entire length of the section 1 of roal 32 which the group wishes < paved lies between two paved 1 roads, 31 and 32, both only a mile < away. Each year the county 1 paves about 12 miles of road. The i six miles which the group has re- i quested for Monroe township i would represent about half of the 1 county’s annual paving mileage. i ToW of Plan The commissioners informed i the group that county roads are 1 paved under a four-vear plan, but i that on occasion the acou'sit’on < of additional funds makes it nos- i sible to pave extra mileage. They < told th* groun that their request ; would be considered. The Kirkland townshin groun, < Mr. and Mrs. Bdt> Bucher. Mr. and Mrs. Aroh Loshe and Mr. and < Mrs. Gary Fawcett, appeared tn ' reouesf. paving of npe mile of mad 7>4 between roads 36 and 37. Thev said that there are six ■ homes on the one-mile stretch of road. The commissioners pointed out

I Historical Society Hears Dick Heller Members and guests of the Adams county historical society Monday evening enjoyed a viewing at the library of some 140 slides showing recent pictures of the visitors’ center and grounds at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., and scenes from Washington, D. C. The speaker, Dick Heller, opened his talk with a description of the paintings in the cyclorama in the visitors’ center, showing the main action of the final battle July 3, 1863. Os particular Interest was the fighting at the Bloody Angle, the copse, Little Round Top. the wheat field, etc. Monuments and statues now marking various ites were also shown. The pictures from the top of thhe Washington monument were arranged in groups, showing the various government buildings and other points of interest in Washington as seen from that 555-foot- .. high structure;. . ; The -speaker lived in Washington, D. C., for about a year during the war, and later spent several months there in 1956 with the U. S. Air Force at national security administration headquarters. The next meeting of the society will be held Nov. 24, and will be devoted to a travelogue on Russia, Gerald R. Durkin, society president, announced today. taking the soybeans from a box car on the Pennsylvania railroad track, one-quarter mile north of Monroe. Sheriff’s mobile reserves, put on patrol in an effort to curb Halloween vandalism, spotted a pick-up truck along the railroad track. Upon investigating, they found the Garwoods and held them until sheriff’s department and state police arrived.

to the group that, when the 1965 paving program is competed next summer, both ends of the mile section of the road will intersect with a paved road and no resident of the road will be more than a half-mile from pavement. Road Not In System Mrs. Doris Chilcote, 117 S. Ninth St., Decatur, appeared at the meeting to request that the commissioners consider making the half-mile road to the Dennis Augsburger farm in the southern part of the county a part of the county road system. Two weeks ago the commis-. stoners received a letter from the Sob th Adams school board requesting them to certify whether the half-mile road was in the county road system. Checking the available records the commissioners discovered that the road was not actually in the county system, although the county had been doing maintenance work on It for some time. The commissioners then authorized auditor Ed Jaberg to notify tfre South Adams board that the road was not in the system. Upon receiving this notification the school board prohibited school bus drivers to go down the road to pick up the Augsburger children. The commissioners told Mrs. Chilcote that they could do nothing about the matter unless records showing that the road is in the system can be found. A request for permission to purchase new radio eaulnment was submitted to the cotnrrvssioners bv Adams county sheriff Roger Singleton. The request was approved.

Beitler Estate Is Awarded $25,000 The Howard Beitler estate was awarded $25,000 by an Allen county jury in a suit against Adams county arising from a fatal injury of Beitler suffered in an accident Aprii 17, 1958. An award of $150,000 has been asked. Beitler was headed north on highway 27 at the old 27 crossing south of Decatur at 7 a.m. on the fatal day. A county vehicle driven by Wendell Abbott drove across the highway from the east in the path of Beitler. who died as a result of the accident, leaving a widow and two minor children. The case was filed in 1960 by Mrs. Beitler against the county, against Abbott, and against Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Vizard, who owned a restaurant which had a sign erected, according to the plaintiff, on the state highway right-of-way, blocking Abbott’s view. Vizard and Abbott were dropped as defendants before the case was tried, and the jury which heard the case found for Mrs. Vizard, but against the county. Attorneys, however, considered the low award to have been a partial victory for the county. The amount was covered by insurance. The case was originally filed in Adams county, then venuqd to Allen, and to Wells, and then back to superior court 3, Allen county, where it was heard before Judge S. Hartzler. Attorney James Larson of Jackson and Parrish law firm represented Mrs. Beitler, the plaintiff as administratrix of the estate; William McNaghy of Barrett, Barrett, and McNagny, represented the Adams county commissioners, as did county attorney Robert S. Anderson, when the case was filed, and later David Macklin, when the case was - tried; Lewis U Smith, , .awi William- Wilks, ’of the’ firm of Hunt, Suedhoff and Wilka, represented the Vizards.

Fund Drive Heads To Meet Tonight Decatur Community Fund chairman Mabie Murray has announced a meeting of all captains and division chairmen at 7 o’clock this evening at the Citizens Telephone building. The meeting will be held to analyze the progress of the drive to date and to organize that portion of the work yet to be completed. The Community Fund drive, which opened October 5, has netted almost $17,000 *n its first three weeks of operation.’ Another $13,000 is yet to be collected to meet the $29,834 1964 drive goal and satisfy the needs of the fund’s ten member agencies. * Agencies included in the fund are the Boy Scouts. Salvation Army, Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Mental Health association, Crippled Children’s as'sociation, Little and Pony leagues, Decatur Youth and Community Center, U. S. O. and the American Field Service. Fire Chief Warns On Burning Leaves "Please don’t let leaves burn unattended,” was the plea issued today by local fire chief Cedric Fisher, in the wake of a number of small fires in the city in recent days. Fisher asked that if local residents must burn leaves, that they stay near the fire at all times, to make sure it does not get out of control. "At least during this dry spell,” the chief added. In the past several days, leaf, grass, trash fires, etc., have gotten out of control in the city, but fortunately there has been no serious blaze as yet, Fisher said. “With everything so dry, and so many leaves about,” said, “an unattended fire could get out of control and cause serious damage.” The department made two runs Monday, one around noon when burning leaves began to spread, and another in the evening. Monday night’s fire could have been very bad. Fisher explained. The blaze began along the St. Mary’s river banks, just west of the Youth and Community Cen--1 terFiremen were called at 6:25 r - p.m. and got the fire extinuished • around 7 o’clock. Fortunately, we got it before it got a good f start,” Fisher said. Only some t trees and grass were damaged in the blaze.

GOP Candidate For Senate Speaks Here K '“• *' /■■fl Z. I J CANDIDATES’ WELCOME — Republican county auditor candidate Lee Neuen, right, greets Republican senatorial candidate D. Russell Bontrager on his arrival in Decatur Monday. Bontrager came to the city by helicopter and spent about 45 minutes addressing and meeting a group of 75 local well-wishers.—(Photo by Mac Lean)

Indiana Republican senatorial < candidate D. Russell Bontrager, 1 making a whirlwind helicopter ‘ campaign tour similar to that be- ' ing conducted by Republican gu- i bernatoriaj.. candidate; Richard- O.- ; ” Ristine, landed Monday ’in-Deca-tur to deliver a half-hour address to a crowd of 75 persons assembled at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Bontrager's helicopter touched down across Monroe street from the Center shortly after 1 p.- m. He greeted local party members, took a few moments to talk to ; press representatives, then deliv- < ered his fiery address, accusing i his Democratic opponent, incum-. i bent Sen. R. Vance Hartke, of ] “outright lies.” i “America's hope for a strength- * ened social security program and an honest administration that is 1 rot infested with a. Bobby Baker 1 or a Walter Jenkins, rests witn a Republican victory next week,” j Bontrager said. < “Despite outright lies by Sen- , ator Hartke and other Democrats, j I pledge my all-out efforts to < strengthen the social security pro- j gram by broadening and increas- . ing benefits and by making the j social security check mean something through improvement of j the purchasing power of the dol- ( lar.” j Cites Record Bontrager commented at length upon Sen. Hartke's voting record, ] charging that the Evansville j Democrat has grossly misrepre- ] sented the facts. "Just the other night on television,” said Bontrager, “Senator Hartke spoke the truth for the first time this campaign when he said that voters should measure the honesty of the candidates ‘not by what they promised for the future, but how they voted on these issues in the past.' “Senator Hartke promises to work for repeal of the ten per cent excise taxes on cosmetics, luggage and jewelry. Butjhe fact is that he voted twice against repealing these taxes just this year. '“Senator Hartke claims he wants to provide tax relief for parents of college students. But he voted agatnst just such a measure this year. “We’re now in the home-stretch of the most important political

REDDY FEATHER SAYS: "TODAY'S DECATUR AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE COMMUNITY FUND > BOY SCOUTS TOTAL IS GIRL SC oUTS $17,885.14 fl CRIPPLED CHILDREN SOC. The Goal Is |Ea LITTLE & PONY LEAGUES j $29,834 BfSa u - s 0 YOUR SALVATION ARMY Community Fund MENTAL HEALTH Still Needs W COMMUNITY CENTER $11,948.86 AMERICAN RED CROSS Give The IHM Way .

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campaign in our nation's history,” Bontrager told the group. “I’m convinced that the outcome will determine our nation’s course for a great number oi years.” ■ . Morality Issue He said that if the present administration is returned to na tional control two major objectives of the Americans for Democratic Action, “the equivalent oi the Fabian socialists,” will be accomplished. He explained that reinstating the Democratic administration would result in federal aid to education, with federal control of local educational systems, and that it would also produce a medicare under social security program, which would furnish neither medicine nor doctor’s care, but only a minimal amount of funds to cover hospitalization expenses. Bontrager also hit hard on the morality issue. “The senator claims that morality in government is not an important issue in this campaign,” he said. "Well, he might not think it is an issue, but the people of Indiana and this nation think it is an issue. "Senator Hartke might think it’s okay for Bobby Baker, Walter Jenkins and Billie Sol Estes to infest this national administration. But, I don’t.” Bontrager, running slightly behind schedule, left shortly after his speech for Indianapolis where he appeared on a statewide question and answer telethon that was aired through stations in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Evansville, Muncie, Marion, Lafavette, Terre Haute and Louisville. - ’ INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy, some light rala over about 30 per cent of state this afternoon and early tonight. Some fog or drizzle late tonight. Wednesday becoming partly cloudy and a little, warmer. Low tonight 46 to 54. High Wednesday 66 to 73. Sunset today 5:50 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:o® a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy, little temperature change. Lows mid 40s. Highs mid 60s to low 70s.