Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 257, Decatur, Adams County, 30 October 1964 — Page 1

VOL LXII. NO. 257.

Mrs. Anna M. Myers Dies Os Injuries In Train - Vehicle Crash

Decatur lady Dies Today At Local Hospital Mrs. Anna M. Myers, 60, who resided at 409 N. Seventh St., died at the Adams county memorial hospital this morning of injuries suffered when the auto she was driving was struck by an ErieLackawanna railroad train in this city late Tuesday night. Mrs. Myers, who at first was believed to have a good chance of recovering from injuries suffered in the crash, died at 7:20 a. m. today at the hospital. She was conscious when taken to the hospital following the mishap, and at noon the next day was reported as ‘'resting pretty \ good and bolding her own.” She became worse Thursday afternoon, however, with complications arising from the injuries. The pathologist at the local hospital was scheduled to perform an autopsy this afternoon to determine the exact cause of death. Known Injuries At the hospital after the fatal accident, she was discovered suffering from fractured pelvis, dislocated shoulder, multiple lacerations and shock. The mishap occurred at 10:40 p. m. Tuesday as Mrs. Myers was traveling north on Winchester street, and the 41-car freight train, headed for Huntington, was traveling west at an estimated 50 miles per hour. She apparently failed to see the train, as she drove onto the tracks directly in the train’s path. The auto, a 1954 model station wagon, was struck just to the rear of tire right front section. The impact tore the station wagon into several pieces, scattering doors, smaller debris, etc., about the yard at the Erie depot on Winchester street. Thrown Ont Mrs. Myers was found approximately 116 feet from the crossing by Jesse Patch and Carey Knit-

LBJ Hammers At Peace Issue

EN ROUTE WITH JOHNSON (UPI) — President Johnson tracked along a big city campaign trail in the East and Midwest today, hammering hard at the issue of peace or war—and telling the voters that if he is elected “the world you save will be your own.” There was a brief security scare in Philadelphia, where Johnson’s motorcade was halted a block from its destination at Temple University and then proceeded a block beyond the intended speaking site before the President got out to talk. A man was discovered in the vicinity with a hunting rifle and was taken into custody by police for questioning. The rifle bolt was out, indicating it had not been fired. Johnson motored past street crowds of many thousands in populous North Philadelphia, then flew to Detroit for an airport rally where he gave heavy emphasis not only to the peace issue but also to prosperity. He vowed both would continue if he is elected next Tuesday. Discusses Immigration Heading next to Milwaukee, which has a large population of persons of Polish and German extraction, Johnson placed stress on the topic of immigration. He declared that his ’“great sdciety” program will call for changes in laws affecting entry of people from other lands. In a speech for a rally at Milwaukee’s Kosciusko Park,

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Mrs. Anna Myers tie, who reside nearby and were first on the scene. The engine of the train was heavily damaged by the collision. Mrs. Myers, an employe of the Decatur Casting Co., had just left friends off at home, and was apparently returning to her residence when the fatal crash occurred. The fatality was the first to occur in Decatur since a Berne lady was killed in a car-truck accident at the intersection of 13th and Monroe streets on December 8, 1962. The accident victim was born in Wells county Feb. 25, 1904, a daughter of George and Mary F.‘ Double-Gibson, and was married to George A. Myers Nov. 10, 1924. Her husband preceded her in death Nov. 3, 1960. Mrs. Myers was a member of the ■ Deeatur Evangelical United Brethren church (Trinity), the Shdckley Funeral Services Saturday Funeral services for Raymond L. Shackley, who died Thursday at his home, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Decatur E. U. B. church (Trinity), wMh the Rev. J. O. Penrod officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the Winter-egg-Linn funeral home until 12 noon Saturday, when the body will be taken to the church. The name of a son, Robert Shackley, Arlington, Tex., was unintentionally omited from the list of survivors published Thursday. Pallbearers will be Robert Beery, Clifford Mann, Marvin Beery, Gary Mann, David Beery and Raymond Landis.

Johnson said: I “Two-thirds of the total immi-| ■gration quota goes ... to people who never use all their quotas. “We want to abolish those discriminatory quotas gradually over a five-year period and raise the overall limit by 2,000 —or l-80th of 1 per cent of our work force. “This would permit the reuniting of families that have too long been broken. We are all Americans. We are one nationone people.” Takes Up Russia On foreign policy matters, Johnson took note of the ouster of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and said, “the other day a crack appeared in the Kremlin wall.” “It spread to the Iron Curtain,” he said. “We cannot know what the future will bring. “But we do know now that there are vast changes going on in the Communist camp. Red China has challenged the Soviet Union for leadership of the Communist camp. “And the restless stirrings in Europe suggest that Moscow cah no longer impose its will on the tragic captive countries of Eastern Europe. “The task for the United Sta’es is to keep our policies flexible — to keep them responsible and to search for new opportunities to favor freedom in a rapidly changing world.”

Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Friday, October 30, 1964.

Pocahontas lodge, the Women of the Moose, and the auxiliaries of the Eagles lodge. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans. Survivors Surviving are one son, Don M. Myers of Decatur; two daughters, Mrs, Arthur (Ruth) Whitman of Decatur route 2, and Mrs. Robert H. Miller of Decatur; two stepsons, Dale E. Myers of Fort Wayne, and Lloyd A. Myers of Craigviße route 1; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two brofliers, George Gibson of Mishawaka, and Oliver Gibson of Portlapd,- and three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Rupright of Burdett, Kan., Mrs. Rebecca Grim of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Velma Marchant of Portland. The body was removed to the Gilllg, Doan & Sefton funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p. m. Saturday. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. BULLETIN Mrs. J. O. R. Campbell, wife of Dr. J. O. R. Campbell, Geneva veterinarian, and mother of Mrs. Tom Burk of Decatur, died at 8:50 a.m. today at the Cooper rest home in this city. The body was removed to the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva pendlUBWSTmI HrrßDl“inw***»’ INDIANA WEATHER Far and warmer north portion tonight. Saturday mostly sunny and warmer with southerly winds 15 miles per hour. Low tonight 32 to 38. High Saturday 67 to 73. Sunset today 5:46 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 7:12 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Considerable cloudiness, windy and warm with showers likely." Lows mid to upper 40s. Highs upper 60s to mid 70s. S. S. Literature To Be Displayed One of the attractive features of the coming county Sunday school convention will be the large dis-’ play of various kinds of Sunday school literature and helps. This feature has always been one of high interest to many who attend the three sessions of the 1 meeting. Mrs. Arley Sprunger, of Geneva, is the chairman of the literature display. V arious P ub * lishing houses are contacted and these in turn ship samples of literature here that will be on display. Last year two publishing firms sent their representatives to the convention with a display. This year several more firms are asking for space to display their Sunday school helps. The displays will first be shown at the banquet at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Then they will be sent to the other two sessions of the convention at Monroe and Berne. All plans are completed for the convention, which promises to be one of the best of tfie convention that have been held. George S. McNeil, executive director of the national Sunday school association, will be the speaker. In addition to the speaker and the literature display, there will be workshops on Sunday afternoon at Monroe Methodikt church. Special musical numbers will be given at all sessions. A mixed chorus from two large churches in Berne, along with the men’s chorus of the Mennonite church, will furnish music at the closing session at the Mennonite church in Berne. The meeting will start with the banquet Saturday evening, Nov. 7, beginning at 6:30 pjn. Sunda y school superintendents throughout the. county have tickets. Reservations must be made by Monday evening, Nov. 2, with .Earl Chase, Decatur; Frieda Lehman, Berne; or Mrs. Arley Sprunger, Geneva.

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Five Youths Found ,j Delinquent By Court’ Four Decqfur youths and <me from near Berne were found delinquent in a juvenile court session in the county courthouse Thursday. Dale L. Uhrick, 17, of route 2j Berne, was sentenced to the Indiana boys school until the age of 21, but the sentence was suspended and the youth was placed on probation for six months. He was placed on probation to former county sheriff Herman Bowman, for whom* the boy works. Uhrick was cited to the juvenile court after an automobile accident in September. He was referred to the court for violation of curfew and consuming alchoholic beverages. Judge Myles F. Parrish ordered the youth fingerprinted and photographed, prohibited him from drinking alcoholic beverages or visiting places where they are sold during his probation, and to be off the streets from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Uhrick was also ordered to surrender his driver’s license to the sheriff for six months, and to visit toe sefaeai for boys within 30 days. Second Suspension John T. Velez, of Decatur, was also sentenced to the boys school until he reaches 21, with the sentence suspended and the youth placed on probation for six months to probation office Chris H. Muselman. He, too, was ordered to surrender his license to the sheriff for six months; to not be wandering on the street or in public places from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.; to be photographed and fingerprinted; not to consume alcoholic beverages or visit places where they are sold; and to visit the boys’ school within 30 days. Velez was referred to juvenile authorities recently for driving an automobile .although only 15 years of age, and for violating curfew. Three Boys Three Decatur boys, all 12 years of age, were found deliquent in court Thursday in connection with thefts of articles from the Stonite Co., a local junk 'yard and a local Firestone store. The youngsters were ordered to make full restitution within 30 days, and were placed on probation to Muselman for one year. They were also ordpred to comply with the 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew, and told to visit the boys’ school at Plainfield. Stevenson To Quit UN Post If Barry Wins LOG ANGELES (UPD—Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said today he would resign within a minute of the inauguration if Sen. Barry M. Goldwater is elected president. In a speech for a World Affairs Council lunch, Stevenson cited a statement by Republican vice presidential candidate William E. Miller that he “will be fired five minutes after Goldwater takes office.” “To that,” Stevenson said, “I can only say that he will be at least four minutes too late.” Takes Issue While noting that his mission was “not to make a campaign speech, but to make a nonpartisan talk in behalf of a bipartisan foreign policy,” Stevenson took issue with a statement made here recently by Goldwater in which the GOP presidential candidate said: “Our major objective must be to reduce Communist power not threaten our security or the

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Bipartisan Poll Watchers Tuesday

INDIANAPOLIS ' (UP I) — Teams of 20 deputy state election commissioners will abt as observers for the State Board of Elections at polling places in Indiana’s nine most populous counties during the Nov. 3 election. At a meeting here Thursday, the three-member board voted unanimously to create the special bipartisan teams of poll watchers who will report to it on any irregularities they see. The poll watchers will operate in Allen, Lake, Vanderburgh, St. Joseph, Marion, Vigo, Delaware, Madison and Wayne Counties. Members will be named by county clerks after consultation with Democratic and Republican county committees. Each team will be made up of 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans. The main purpose of the teams is to provide the state board with information on which it can make recommendations to the 1965 Legislature regarding possible changes in the state election laws. Much of the information requested deals -with delays in -denial of voting rights. -** The 180 deputy commissioners are to report as soon as possible following the Nov. 3 election their answers to a questionnaire provided by the board. Questions deal with such topics as the number of poll workers on hand, the length of time for the average voter to cast his ballot, the hours in which voting was heaviest, whether voters were waiting in line when the polls closed and whether those waiting were allowed to vote, the method of processing absentee ballots, breakdowns in voting machines and excessive challenging of would-be voters. Governor Welsh, chairman of the state board, said the information from the poll watchers and from county clerks who will receive similar questionnaires “will enable the State Election Board to make appropriate recommendations to the next session as far as election laws are concerned. “There are areas which are a source of irritation and argument. We should take steps to acquire information as a board on an objective, nonpartisan basis and separate fact from rumor,” he said. Edwin M. S. Steers, the lone Republican on the board, said that the election laws “are clear enough now. You will always have disputes and discussions.” » However, he joined Democrats Welsh and James Noland in voting for the resolution. He also introduced a resolution reLocal Lady's Sister Killed In Accident Mrs. Oran L. Schultz received word this morning that her sister, Mrs. Clarence Fishbach, of Roosbur, 0., had been killed in an auto-truck accident. No details have been received here. peace of the world.” - “I have read and reread that statement, for •' it concerns and confuses me,” Stevenson said. “Is it a threat to reduce Communist power to insignificance by wiping out Soviet nuclear capacity or wiping out the huge Communist armies, or both? And the only way that can be done is by wiping out the Communist countries. "I thought the idea of total preventive war had long since been discarded. Or is the suggestion to reduce Communist influence by peaceful competition? Il so, that is precisely what we have been doing.” \

minding ‘ employers that they are required by law to assure, each employe of a four-hour consecutive period within the voting hours in which to cast his ballot. The resolution alsowas unanimously, Monmouth Pupils Hear Max Hobbs Fourth district Democratic Congressional candidate Max Hobbs, a Decatur native, Thursday told an assembly of Monmouth students that "one of the most pleas-: urable parts of this campaign has been speaking to students in schools. • Hobbs, appearing as the feature speaker in the Monmouth school’s first assembly program of the 1964-65 school term, gave a short talk explaining the issues of the campaign and the importance of a well-informed electorate. He then opened the floor for questions and was bombarded with inquiries on issues and events. -smffobbs told the group of seventh to twelfth graders that he had found that students throughout the district are knowledgable on campaign issues and current events. He explained that it is both right and Important for them to pay attention to those things. ■'You are the people,” he said, “who will inherit the future. You are the people who are going to have to live with the situations we are creating now. “It is important for you to get involved in politics, with a party. You should ’ seriously consider joining and working with a party —either party. It’s necessary to maintain freedom. “There is much for young people to do in politics today. In my own campaign some of the best assistance I have received has been from the Teen Democrats —who have assisted by distributing my literature and other material.” Be Informed Hobbs said that it is important that young people strive to become informed by reading newspapers and news magazines of “both political faiths.” He added that the effort to stay informed should not cease after graduation from high school. He told the assembly that the most important issues in the campaign were prosperity, national defense and foreign policy. “Crime in the streets and morality,” he said, “are issues which should not have been injected into the campaign.” He listed water resource problems, conservation and dwindling farm income as the most important problems in the fourth district, then opened the floor for questions. They came thick and last Asked for his opinion on the civil rights bill he explained that it was intended for states which had not previously enacted civil rights legislation. This, he said, meant that it would not affect Indiana very much, since the state has had laws on civil rights for many years. One student asked him why President Johnson announced during the Tonkin Bay incident that American planes were flying to bomb North Vietnamese bases before the planes were over their target. Hobbs said that at the time Johnson made the announcement the planes had already been picked up by North Vietnamese radar. Other questions posed to Hobbs touched on such subjects as medicare, segregation, the new Russian leaders, the quality of military equipment being used in North Viet Nam, the possibility of lowering the voting age to 18, foreign aid. the Jenkins case, Barry Goldwater, Red China s new-found nuclear power, big government and the organization of political campaigns.

If 1 Walter J. Stoppenhagen

6. E. Appointees Announced Today

G. W. Auer, Decatur General Electric plant manager, announced today the appointment of Walter J. Stoppenhagen as manufacturing engineer-employe and union relations. Stoppenhagen replaces Quentin D. Ponder, who was recently appointed manager-relations in Fort Wayne for the Fort Wayne area of the General Electric company. Auer has also announced the appointment of Clifford D. Bieber as supervisor of planning and time standards at the Decatur plant, to replace en. Stoppenhagen, who resides at 527 Stratton Way, has been associated with the General Electric company for 36 years. A native of Fort Wayne, he was first employed as a machinist toolmaker TWO SECTIONS Rosary Governor Here Next Week z Roy Kalver entertained the Decatur Rotarv Club at an abbreviated meeting held Tuesday night at the Decatur Youth and Community Center with a quiz on Rotary in preparation for next week's visit by the district governor. The meeting was shortened so that members could attend the Adams County Civic Music Concert, also held at the Center last night. ..Riley Case, district governor of Rotary, will make his official visit to the club next Thuisday. He will meet with officers and board members at 5 o'clock. The regular dinner meeting for all members is scheduled for 6:15 p.m., with a club assembly to follow at 7:45 p.m. President Lowell Harper reminded the club that the annual career night to which high school students are invited to learn more about the various professions and vocations will be Nov. 12. Another high school event, the annual Rotary speech contest, is scheduled for December 3 and 10.

Landslide Win For LB J Seen

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson is leading in 36 states and the District of Columbia with ,433 electoral votes and Sen. Barry M. Goldwater is ahead in 10 states with 71 electoral votes, according to a United Press International survey. In doubt are four states with 34 electoral votes. These are Indiana, Florida, Vermont and North Dakota. This outlook for next Tuesday's election is based on- statewide polls, interviews with political leaders and the findings of veteran correspondents throughout the nation. With a Johnson landslide apparently in the offing, the Democrats also seem likely to ride his cbattails to slight gains in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and in state governorships. The UPI survey shows the Democrats, who now hold 34 governorships« to the Republicans’ 16, are favored to wind up with a net gain of at least one. Two races — in Illinois and Washington — are rated tossups. In the 35 Senate contests, the

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Clifford D. Bieber

apprentice in 1927. For 10 years following his graduation from the apprentice school, he was assigned to various departments as a machinist toolmaker in Fort Wayne. Appointed Foreman. In 1941, he was appointed foreman of machining operations in a department set up especially to build equipment for the Navy. In the ensuing years, Stoppenhagen progressed from foreman to general foreman and then to superintendent of a newly-formed refrigeration department at Fort Wayne, and subsequently to company negotiator in the. labor relations office in the same city. In 1952, Stoppenhagen was appointed general foreman at the new General Electric plant in Linton, and in 1958 he was appointed supervisor of planning at the Decatur plant, a job he held until his recent advancement. He is active in many Decatur civic affairs and is a member of the Lions club, a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce and an elder in the Zion Lutheran church of Decatur, Bieber Named Bieber, named to fill Stoppenhagen’s position, has been associated with the General Electric company since 1944. He is a graduate of Arcola high school, attended Indiana University extension, and is a 1951 graduate of the General Electric apprentice school. After graduating from apprentice school, he received a planning assignment in the works sarvice section. In 1953, he was advanced to a methods planner working on the rfew form “G” motors. During the next few years, he was advanced to a technician then to a specialistprocess and equipment. Prior to his new assignment in Decatur, Bieber was on the staff at the Taylor street plant in Fort Wayne. He is a member of the apprentice alumni association and the Lakeside Nazarene church in Fort Wayne, where he is a Sunday school teacher. Bieber, his wife, Florence, and children Susan Kay and Dawn Elaine, are living in Fort Wayne but plan to move to Decatur in the near future.

survey finds tne Democrats ahead in 26, the Republicans leading in seven and two considered uncertain. Not counting the two doubtful races, this would give the Democrats a net gain of two and 68 of the 100 Senate seats. All 435 House seats are to be filled in Tuesday’s balloting. Indications are that the Democrats will add slightly to the 254 to 176 margin they now hold over the Republicans. There are five vacancies at present. Johnson’s strength, according to the UPI survey, extents into every section of ths country with commanding leads in all of the big elec tor al-vote states. Goldwater is making his strongest showing in the once traditionally Democratic South and has scattered support in the West, but is shut out in the East. The shrvey indicates that the President has an edge in every one of the big states Goldwater has said he would need to win. These are California, Ohio, Illinois and Texas.