Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 261, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 261.

Democrats Sweep Nation, State, Lose Only One Race In Adams County Vote Tuesday

Johnson Racks Up Greatest Win In Nation’s Long History

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Lyndon B. Johnson rode into history’s greatest presidential victory today and declared his determination “to make this nation whole again” after one of the bitterest campaigns of modern times. He buried the hopes of Republican Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona that Americans were ripe for a return to conservatism. He carried with him an overwhelmingly Democratic Congress. He interpreted the results as “a mandate for unity” and a “command ... to move forward toward peace and a better life for all of our people.” For the '56-year-old former school teacher from Texas it was a triumph consonant with his dreams. A year ago he had inherited the office of President from a martyred President. But now he had earned the White House in his own right. Voting Patterns Shattered He won this testament frpm the people in ah electioh which shattered established voting patterns. Goldwater, candidate of the party of Abraham Lincoln, won five states in the traditionally Democratic South and led in a sixth, his native Arizona. But Johnson won all the rest — 44 states and the District of Columbia. P Great Hoose Majority The tide of votes which swept Johnson to victory also gave his party its greatest majority in the House of Representatives since the peak election performance in 1936 of his mentor and • idol, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Johnson’s landslide enveloped Vermont, which had never voted Democratic before; the industrial East, the Farm Belt, the Mountain States, the West Coast, Alaska, - and Hawaii. It encompassed suburbs Which normally vote Republican and rural regions which in the past have been distrustful of Democrats. With 270 electoral votes needed to win, Johnson received the clinching returns from his home state when Texas gave him its 25 Electoral College votes at 10:11 p.m. EST Tuesday. From then on his victory increased in magnitude until he had captured well over 61 per cent of the total popular vote, a margin greater than FDR’s greatest. The vote for President at 9 a.m. EST. Johnson 61.4 per cent 39,536,457 Goldwater 38.6 per cent 24,897,284. Johnson had won 45 states with 486 electoral votes. Goldwater Wins Five Goldwater had won 5 states with 47 electoral. votes and was ahead in one state with 5 electoral votes for an indicated total 52. The vote was from 92 per cent of the precincts. The Democrats had won 290 seats and were leading for 6 mthers for an indicated total of 296 in the new Congress —a gain of 39. The Republicans had captured 135 and were ahead 4 races for an indicated total of 139. The makeup of the 88th Qqrigdess was 257 Democrats and 178 Republicans. In the Senate, the Democrats had taken 26 seats and were ahead in one. Coupled with 40 holdovers, this gave them an indicated total of 67 — one more than in the last session. The Republicans had won 6 seats and were ahead in 2 for an indicated strength of 33. In the 25 governorships, the Democrats won 17 statehouses. With thejt 16 holdovers, the indicated total was 33 governors —a net loss of one. Republicans won 7 of their gubernatorial races and led in one unsettled contest With their 9 holdovers,

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their indicated total was 17. Ride Johnson’s Coattails Swept to victory with Johnson were many a Democrat who might not otherwise have won. Among these was Robert F. Kennedy, the assassinated President’s brother, who defeated veteran GOP Sen. Kenneth B. Keating. . But in California, where Sen. Pierre Salinger was seeking a full term, actor George Murphy, his Republican opponent, was in the lead. The election left the Republicans divided and shaken after their decision in San Francisco last July to confront the voters with a conservative bearing no taint of “me-tooism.” Goldwater had offered *‘a choice, not an echo,” and the people had rendered the most one - sided verdict since Alfred M. Landon lost to Roosevelt in 1936. Mrs. Elis Spitler Dies This Morning Mrs. fills Ann Spitler, 97, of Willshire, 0., died at 5 a.m. today at the' Van Wert, 0., county hospital, where she had been a patient one week. She had been bedfast for the past five years. yyggjg-Qjl o f Willshire most of her li r e. she war? born in Mercer county, 0., July 21, 1867, a daughter of Christopher and Margaret Frank-Byer, and was married to William E. Spitler May 17, 1896. Her husband preceded her in death Jan. 24, 1948. Mrs. Spitler was a member of the Willshire Methodist church, the Wesleyan Dorcas Sunday class, and was a charter member of the W. S. C. S. of the church, and also a charter member of the Wilshire Garden club. Surviving are two daughter, Mrs. Miles (Glee) Ross of Willshire, and Mrs. Harold (Mary) Taylor pt Columbus, 0.,; two sons, Glen and Jesse C. Spitler, both of Willshire; five grandchildren, seven- ■ great-grandchildren, and one great-great- granddaughter. One son, one sister and seven brothers are deceased. Funeral rites will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Paul McMurrin and the Rev. Robert Heckman officiating. Burial win

Jay H. Teeple Dies At Veterans Hospital Jay H. Teeple. 69, former resident of Decatur, and a veteran of World War I, died at 7 o’clock this morning at the Veterans hospital at Danville, 111. Mr. Teeple, who was wounded during the closing week of World War I, had been a patient at the Veterans hospital for many years. He was born at Rockford, 0., a son of Zackariah and Minnie GayTeeple, but spent most of his life in Decatur prior to entering army service. Surviving are three brothers, Max H. Teeple of Bluffton, Jack S. Teeple of Decatur, and John E. Teeple, of Maumee, 0., and two sisters, Mrs. J. E. (Nellie) Rutledge of Lima, 0., and Mrs. Lillie DeWitt of Bristol Village, O. Funeral rites will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Fuhrman Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery, with military rites at graveside by the American Legion. Friends may call at the funeral home • after 6 p.m. Friday until time of the services. 4,472 Phone Calls On Wire Recorder A total of 4,472 telephone calls 1 were received on the Deactur Daily Democrat - Citizens Tele--1 phone company election news service Tuesday night. Ten people could get the election results, as recorded by Robert W. Shraluka, every 30 seconds. However, so many called at one time that frequently the number rang busy at the 3-5 level. Some dif'iculty was experienced when the first machine failed to function, and by 2 a.m. the second machine was having difficulty pulling the 60-second tape through, , and was sticking. The machine operated from 7 p.m. with the first results until 8 a.m., when the trunk line is turned over to the Decatur General Electric plant. i —— ■ —— — be in the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday until time of the services.

Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Wednesday, November 4,1964.

Bierly Leads Branigin Tops State Ticket z Ticket, Leads For County Party's Sweep Judge G. Remy Bierly led the INDIANAPOLIS (UPI >—DemDemocratic state ticket in Adams ocrats raced to their greatest county with a 2,418 margin over election triumph in Indiana in the Republican opponents, as the 28 years Tuesday as Hoosiers Democrats swept the state ticket gave President Johnson the in Adams county, with majorities state’s 13 electoral votes and ranging down to 1,419 by Judge swept Roger D. Branigin into Thomas J. Faulconer, appellate the governor’s office by a court, Ist district. ticket-leading margin. An astounding 86% of the coun- Sen. Vance Hartke and all ty’s 12,984 registered voters troop- four incumbent Democratic coned to the pools on a beautiful gressmen were shoved into November day Tuesday to cast Washington for new terms as their votes for president and vice the party s ballot battalion president. An exact count of the rolled relentless over Indiana’s voters will be available later, flatlands and hills and through Judge Smith, running with Judge industrial centers and farming Bierly, received an estimated ma- areas. jority oi 1,981. Indiana’s congressional deleWilson A Leader « a « on also wi!l ? ave a DemoNext to Judge Bierly, William crat ‘" I marg !?“ 6 to . E. Wilson, Jeffersonville veter- ” u " ed lat T e ™rning. when an, was elected to a fourth two- A , nd^ w Jacobs ’ Jr ” n was Wi de ’ „ ’ clared winner over Republican year term as superintendent of „ . . . ~ .V,, i j—___i 4_ Don A, labbert in the 11th Dispublic instruction by a majority of 1,833 over James R. Beasley, 4,172, and 57 votes cast for Pro- Not since 1936, when Franklin hibition ticket candidate Martha d. Roosevelt won a second Shelly. term at the expense of Alfred Gov. Roger D. Branigin ran a M. Landon and carried Indiana surprising fourth with a majority and 45 other states, had the of 1,709, garnering 6,243 votes to Democratic team chalked up Richard L. Ristine’s 4,480 votes, such a big victory. This was well ahead of the 1,009 that Matthew E. Welsh carried by Lt - G® v - Rl chard Q. Ristme, in 1960 a Republican whom pre-election Hartke Next s poils had shown likely to surSen. R. Vance Hartke, who may ™f e even •„ near for have over-campaigned, ran next, Jobns °”’ fe c U “ dafeat „ a £"« with a margin of 1,595, 6,223 to 4 w,th Sta l e n ,’ PusseU , 4,582 for Republican D. Russell trager ’ Hartke s GOP rlval - Bontrager, and 46 for Prohibition- Branigin Win Greatest ist J. Rolston Miller. Sen. Hartke But to the surprise of most carried the county by 2,353 in experts, it was Branigin rather 1958- than Hartke who led the ticket Perhaps the biggest surprise i n margin of victory and the in the Adams county state ticket senator’s second-term plurality voting were the Socialist Labor was somewhat less than the votes cast — one for governor to 242,000 votes by which he beat Gordon Atwood Long, and one then Gov. Harold W. Handley in for treasurer of state, for Her- 1958. man Kronewitter. No votes went to the senate candidate of the So- From the outset of the vote cialist Labor party, who had the counting in Indiana s 4,416 preunlikely name of Casimer Kane cincts - Bran ‘g in drew more supzuzewski' P° rt an Johnson, until near Attorney general John J. Dil- daw, \ wh J en „ Johnson pulled lon carried by 1,709 votes, ousting ahead ’ and Pa I '’ tke . t^ ail ® d ~b e ’ the incumbent, Edward K. Steers’ hind them both. And Ristme, a long-time Republican office * as e * pe Sj® d to le ™ e holder. Dillon, who lost a close Goldwater and Bontrager plodrace in 1960, receiver 5,994 votes ding “ a c ‘ oud . of ballot to 4,285 for Steers in Adams t ran thousands of votes behlnd county. them ’ Rock Carries The Democratic victory gave In the lieutenant - governor that party control of both (Continued on Page Six) houses of the 1965 Legislature, first time that happened since n I I I iif> 1936. It also assured the legislaulirl lOhnCOn Wine tive and administrative maVHII JVIIIIJVII If IIIJ chinery of government would be — - U _ of the same political faith, endrminh nAIICA Tarm in ß a sometimes stalemate situI UUIIII IIUUJG ICI 111 ation when Democratic Gov. , 1 . Matthew E. Welsh had to comState representative Burl John- promise with a baiky GOP-con-son was elected to a fourth two- foiled legislature, year term in the state house of representatives, defeating former Nearly complete returns gave state representative L. Luther Johnson a Hoosier victory by» a Yager, of Berne, by 1,336 votes. little more than 215,000 votes, Johnson carried Adams county Branigin by about 220,000, and by 221 votes against the Berne Hartke by about 160,000. businessman, and Wells county Entire Ticket Wins by 1,115 votes. The total vote Th® entire Democratic state was 10,991 for Johnson and 9,655 ticket, headed by Branigin with for Yager. State Rep. Robert L. Rock of Johnson received 5.480 votes Anderson running for lieutenant in Wells county, and 5,511 in Ad- governor as Ristine’s successor, ams. Yager received 5,290 votes was elected with ease. The in Adams county, and 4,365 in ticket included John D. Bottorff Wells. -■ of Seymour, a young school In Adams county, Johnson about teacher and athletic coach at doubled his margin of 120 votes Culver, as secretary of state, by which fie won in 1958, when he « ivin « the party control of the defeated then-incumbent Yager, election machinery for the 1966 Johnson had been ill during his election keeping the lucrative last term, and it looked as if he auto branch system in might not be able to run, but he hands. made a remarkable comeback, J? n h * rs Jj’ was able to campaign vigor- mr lack L New. ‘*?ecX fo^rSr^T S « y asu?er;%\S SctiM y son ’ Jeffersonville, incumbent Stete Von A. Eichhorn, of Uniondale, a holdover will re- att omey general, and Miss present Adams, Wells and Black- Helen Corey Terre Haute> ford counties in the state senate courts repO rter. ne ,~. Jaln ! ary ' Also elected were five DemoThis will be the first Demo- crats as Indiana Appellate 7 atlC ,^ USe . of re P res entatives judgeg giving th at pa rty since 1949, when Robert H. Heller a 5.3 margin on the court which of Decatur, was speaker of the presently is 7-1 Republican. Rehouse while representing Adams election of Judge Amos Jackson and Wells counties. It is the first kept the balance of political time since 1936 that both houses power unchanged on the Indihave been Democratic at the same ana Supreme Court, now 3-2 time. Republican.

Neuen Is Lone GOP Winner From County

Leland A. Neuen, Berne department store manager, was the only Republican to survivie the biggest Democratic landslide in Adams county since 1936, and he defeated Richard D. Lewton by just 60 votes out of more than 10,000, 5,427 to 5,367. He is the second Republican to hold the office in 128 years. Frank Kitson served 1953-57. County commissioners board president Delmas (Mike) Bollenbacher, Jefferson township farmer, led the oposed members of the county ticket, winning over fellow Jefferson township farmer Hugh David Mosser by 1,791 votes, 6,261 to 4,470. Getting Second Next largest majority was run up by Root township farmer Henry Getting, 37, who defeated , fellow Root township farmercarpenter William Fritzinger by 1.427 votes. 5,977 to 4,550. He will begin his three-year-term in January. Max E. Htfctes, dynamic native • of Adams county, led veteran E. Ross Adair by 513 votes in Adams county, 5,666 to 5,153. Adair, however, carried the district to win an eighth term in Congress; if he completes one year, he will serve longer than any other man to ever represent Adams county in congress. Linn Defeats Doctor County coroner candidate Richard F. Linn, of Decatur, defeated Dr. John E. Doan by 438 votes, 5,591 to 5,155. Linn will succeed his partner in the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, Elmer Winteregg. Jr. to a four-year term. County, surveyor Herman Moellering won a sixth term as surLawrence Andrews Dies Tuesday Night Lawrence W. Andrews, 50, of 946 North 11th street, a veteran of World War 11, died at 9:05 p.m. Tuesday at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been ill since Jan. 25 of this year. Born in Decatur July 27, 1914, he was a son of Russel and Mae Elzey-Andrews, and was married to Samantha Drake Jan. 25, 1941. Mr. Andrews served in the U. S. Army in the European theater for two years, taking part in the Normandy Beach invasion. He was in service from Oct. 5, 1942 until Nov. 6. 1945. He attended the Mt. Tabor Methodist church at Bobo, and had been employed at Kunkel Valve, Fort Wayne, for 15 years. Surviving are his wife; three children, Larry W., Sally and Judy Andrews, all at home; one brother, Russel Andrews of Decatur; a half-brother. Melvin Andrews of St. Joe, Mich., and two sisters, Mrs. Irene Kraus of Decatur, and Mrs. Lloyd (Geraldine) YouSe of Hoagland. One brother is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Leroy E. Rusher 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. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. Thursday mostly cloudy, .... cooler north, turning cooler central. Low tonight 44 to 52. High Thursday 57 to 65 north, 65 to 75 south. Sunset today 5:46 °p.m. Sun lse Thursday 7:18 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy and cool Low Thursday night ranging from low 46* north to low 50s south. High Friday in the upper 50s „ north to the mid 60s south. '•

veyor, defeating Wayne’ Carpenter, Stratton Place contractor who works in Wells county, by 343 votes, 5,510 to 5,167. Moellering has had two two-year terms, and three four-year terms, serving 16 years. He was elected to a fourth four-year term. Unopposed William L. Linn, former Washington township trustee and former Decatur merchant, won a second four-year term as county treasurer unopposed, and led the ticket, with 7,133 votes. Miss Rosemary Spangler, former abstractor, won a second „ four-year term as county recorder unopposed, garnering 7,085 votes. The Neuen - Lewton race was close all night. Lewton formerly served two four-year terms as cdunty clerk, and two two-year terms as county treasurer. He was believed to be in trouble after the primary, which he won by a plurality, failing to carry .a majority over two opponents. The fact that Lewtan was trying for a third county office, and the enemies he had made while county clerk were also believed to have influenced the election against him by a narrow margin.

Brief Meeting Held By Decatur Council

Dogs, bicycles and parking meters ranked high on the order of business as the Decatur city council rushed through a series of minor affairs in a quick 25-minute election night meeting. Chief of police Grover Odle reported to tfie council that the proposal to install bicycle racks in the Leland Smith Insurance company parking lot beside the Adams theater was not feasible. Mayor Gerber told the council that arrangements are being made to install racks on the city parking lot near the Ashbaucher Tin Shop building. The mayor said that once the racks have been installed, bicycleriders attending the Saturday afternoon movie will be required to park on the city lot. In discussing other aspects of the bicycle problem, Odle said that the series of bicycle safety talks he has given in city schools seems to have had "only a little” effect in making Decatur cyclists safety-conscious. Gerber told Odle to mention the bicycle problem to the state team which is presently making a survey of Decatur traffic conditions and problems. He expressed the hope that perhaps the survey team would make recommendations for a comprehensive bicycle ordinance. Work On Dog Pound The mayor also informed the council that work on a city dog

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I County Democratic First Since 1936 President Lyndon B. Johnson and vice president -elect Hubert H. Humphrey became the first Democrats to carry Adams county on the federal ballot in 28 years, since Franklin D. Roosevelt swept Alams county in 1936 against Alf Landon. President Johnson received 60.4% of the local popular vote; Sen. Goldwater received 38.6%, and Prohibition candidate E. Harold Munn, of Hillsdale, Mich., received almost 1% — .96%. President Johnson lost North St. Mary’s by three votes, French by 20, carried Ceylon by 1, lost Rome A by 8, Berne B by 136, and Berne C by 30. He carried 35 precincts. The vote total was, Johnson, 6,637; Goldwater, 4.230; Munn, 106; Hass, O. Decatur 2-A, counting its national ballots first, reported about 6:40, while 1-B was next at 6:50 p.m. The 2,301 majority over all three opponents was a far cry from 1960, when Republican Richard M. Nixon carried Adams county by 2,634 votes against Sen. John F. Kennedy. Adams county went Democratic nationally from the early 1840’s until World War I, when the large German population here voted Republican when Democrat Wilson declared war in Germany* The county returned to the Dem. ocratic fold through the 1920’s bu| by 1940 President Roosevelt’s antii German program again got, the county off the Democrats, and > nationally it never returned un- ■ til Tuesday. i TWO SECTIONS

pound will be completed within 30 days after which the city will begin enforcing it dog ordinance in earnest. The mayor told the council that it should begin to consider making arrangements to install parking meters at downtown area curb cuts which are no longer used. He mentioned the unused filling station lot at the intersection of Jefferson and Second streets, and the unused curb cut in front of the new Golden Q billiard lounge. He also told Odle to have parking meter officer Ray Seitz investigate the posibility of adding one meter in the large driveway area on the south side of the courthouse. City engineer Ralph Roop asked the mayor is the new city zoning ordinance is in effect. He was told by city attorney John DeVoss that the ordinance has been in effect since its publication two weeks ago. Roop also told the council that the Decatur planning commission has scheduled a public hearing on the re-zoning of the property now owned by Gage Tool and Engineering. The hearing has been set for 7:30 p.m. November 16. In other action the council approved a resolution transferring $4,573.92 from the parking meter fund to the city general fund, and passed an ordinance approving a contract with Decatur Equipment, Inc., for the lease of a rotary snow blower.