Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1964 — Page 1

NO. 262.

Three Youths Given Six-Monlh Terms Three youths, including two from the Decatur area, were sentenced to terms of six months each at the state penal farm this morning by Adams circuit court Judge Myles F. Parrish. Sentenced were Richard Dennis Kettron, 18. of 1121 Eton St.; Gerald Gene Harmon, 17, of route 5, Decatur; and Eddie Ray Thompson, 17, a Wells county resident. In addition to the sentences to the penal farm, each of the three youths was fined $25 by Judge Parrish. Each was charged with third degree burglary, in connection with two burglaries, and each had entered a plea of guilty to the charge. Caught Returning Thompson and Harmon were nabbed by city police officer Victor Strickler as they returned to pick up some stolen items they had hidden- around midnight on October 17. City officers, while on patrol, had discovered a break-in at Treon’s Poultry Market on 13th street. While searching for 'any more break-ins, they discovered the items stolen from Treon’s as they had been hidden under a trailer at Adams County Trailer Sales. Strickler “staked out” in a nearby trailer in hopes that the thieves would return for the merchandise. They did, about two hours later, and the officer apprehended both Harmon and Thompson. Implicate Third Interrogation of the ,two the next day implicated Kettron in a burglary at the Franklin Service station, where knives and several other articles were taken. Kettron was then taken into custody and all three were charged with third degree burglary. The trio of youths were arraigned in the circuit court and then each entered his plea of guilty. They will be taken to the penal farm as soon as arrangements can be made by the sheriff’s department. Lesiuk Is Named , Judge By Jaycees A third judge for the Decatur Jaycees’ local outstanding young farmer recognition was named today by project co-chairmen Norb Selking and Lewis Van Poppel. Ernest Lesiuk, Adams county agent, is the latest contest judge to be named, and he joins Wilmer Bultemeier, manager-treasurer of the Farm Bureau Co-op credit union in Adams county, and county soil conservationist Jerry Setser, who were previously named as judges for the affair. The five judges will select two finalists in the local program, and the finalists will be honored at? the Jaycee distinguished service award banquet on January 6, at which time the winner will be announced. * r Deadline Dec. 11 Monday, December 11, is the final day to enter the competition on the local basis. To be eligible, the entrant must be between the ages of 21 and 35, and must be an actual farm operator deriving a minimum of two-thirds of his income from farming. He need not be a Jaycee to enter. To enter the Decatur competition, the young farmer must reside in Adams county, north of state road 124. If he resides south of state road 124, he enters the Berne Jaycees’ competition. The Jaycees are now taking applications for the local program, and anyone interested may do so by contacting Selking at his home or Van Poppel at radio station WADM. The winner of the Decatur and Berne contests, and winners from Jaycee chapters from throughout the state, will then enter the statewide outsaanding young farmer competition, . which culminates with a banquet in this city in February of 1965. The Decatur Jaycees and Central Soya are sponsoring the state-wide affair. County Agent In making the announcement of the Adams county agent as a judge for the program, Selking expressed his pleasure at having a qualified individual like Lesiuk to assist the Jaycee organization. A native of St. Joseph county, Lesiuk became Adams county agent on December 2, fillling the post vacated by the resignation of Leo N- Seltenright. Lesiuk attended Purdue University before entering the U. S. Army during World War H. He served with the 30th Armored

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Viet Cong Patrol Moves Near U. S. Embassy In Attempt At Kidnaping

SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI) — A heavily-armed 30man Communist Viet Cong patrol penetrated to within less than 1,000 yards of the U.S. Embassy today in an attempt to kidnap a local government official, highly reliable sources said.

Decatur Optimists Hear Duo Official Members of the Decatur Optimist club this morning heard Tom Miller, marketing vice president of Duo, Inc., tell the story of tiie local boat-manufacturing firm’s birth and growth. Miller told the club members that the boat industry is very competitive and has a high mortality rate. He said that 217 boat manufacturers have gone out of business in the last two years. The Duo firm, Miller explained, first began business in 1958, manufacturing catamarans, a boat design which he characterized as “too advanced for today’s. buying public.” Die catamaran venture was almost catastrophic for the fledgling Duo firm. The name “Duo” originally stood for the catamaran design, but the firm now produces boats with a single-hull deep-vee design. Since the design change, Miller said, the Duo sales department jokingly maintains that the name stands for “double order. ’ Miller told the Optimists that 1964 was the firm’s best year, with sales figures running three times the 1963 dollar volume. The company did more business in October of this year than in October, November and December of 1963. Dollar volume for 1965 is expected to be about 2.5 times that of 1964. Volume Increases Duo’s fiberglass plant in Decatur is one of the most modern in the industry and its aluminum boat plant in White Pigeon, Mich., is also one of the best in the business. The Decatur plant has operated 16 hours a day for the last year, without a seasonal layoff. Production capacity now runs between 20 and 25 boats a day, making the firm the third largest boat manufacturer in the nation. Duo now offers a line of 22 boats, all covered by 15-year warranty. Miller explained the firm's success is partially based on the excellent service which it has offered to dealers and customers. Duo boats are transported in fleecelined shipping covers and dealer service standards are maintained at a high level. Six Duo salesmen now service the eastern half of the country and Miller handles the western area, where large dealers are serviced direct. Duo also works through large distributors. Miller described the fiberglass manufacturing process, a chemical operation in which the main problems are temperature apd humidity. He showed samoles of new materials being used by the Duo firm. He gave much credit for the firm’s succes to the people of Decatur and the Industrial Park sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Division and upon his discharge in 1946, he returned to Purdue and received his degree in 1948. While in the Army, he attended Indiana University under the Army’s training program in basic engineering. Lesiuk, who also took some short courses at Wisconsin U., served as county agent for DeKalb county for a period of 15 years, before replacing Seltenright. He his wife, and their four daughters and three sons, reside at 1516 W. Monroe street in this city.

But the Red guerrillas fled when local citizens began shouting and banging on pots and pands to attract the attention of security forces. The sources said the guerrilla band entered the village of An Khanh, directly across the Saigon River from the downtown district of the capital. The small cluster of thatch huts An Khanh, directly across the Saigon River from the downtown district of the capital. The small cluster of thatch huts which makes, up the village is well within rifle range of the U.S. Embassy and can be seen clearly from the Saigon waterfront. It was the closest reported penetration by combat forces of the Viet Cong since the American build-up here in early 1962. Other developments:

Central Office Os Health Agencies An office to house the headquarters of three county health agencies has been opened at 228 N. Second St., in to give constant service to residents of Adams county. The three groups that will share the room are Adams County Cancer Society, Adams County Mental Health Association and the Adams County chapter of the National Foundation — March of Dimes. All types of educational material such as books, pamphlets ahd films are available to the public and will be distributed free upon request. Die office will be open daily from 10 until 12 in the morning and from 1 until 3 in the afternoon. Some one will be in attendance during those hours to answer questions and pass out whatever material is desired. The phone number is 3-5226, and will be listed in the telephone book under the name of the Adams county health organizations. The room will also be used as the headquarters for the annual drives of these organizations and in the case of the Mental Health association will be. a place where donors can leave Christmas gifts for the mentally ill in' Indiana hospitals. Several other health groups arer interested in sharing this office, and as soon as their annual budgets make funds available, they, too. will be able to take advantage of this central location, so that the public may be better served. World Community Day Here Friday Friday evening, the women of the Decatur council of church women will consider the ways in which they may build for peace at the annual observance of world community day at the First Presbyterian church at 7:30 o’clock. The program will include a “tour” of Brazil and Africa (the Congo, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria). The sewing projects of schoool bags and school clothing will be dedicated during the service and sent to these countries. The service has been planned bv the First Presbyterian, Union Chapel E. U. B. and Decatur E. U. B. churches. In commenting on the observance. the committee said, “as we read and listen to the news these days, we cannot help being aware that a very thin line exists between war and peace. Peace is more than the absence of war. It is a society where in the causes of war have been eliminated *’ The committee in charge of the observance consists of Mrs. Elbert Smith, chairman; Miss Betty Walters, Mrs. Doyle Gehres, Mrs. Bert Haley, Mre. Robert Raudenbush, Mrs. Richard Schauss and Mrs. Homer Miller.

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—South Viet Nam’s 24-hour-old civilian government hit its first political snag today when the acting chairman of the High National Council resigned in a dispute over the new cabinet. The council is the country’s temporary legislature. —Authorities reported that government troops killed 62 Communist guerrillas in four interlocking battles which blazed nine miles south of Saigon’s city limits. Government losses were given as 20 dead, 15 wounded and three missing.

Johnson Given Strong Power Over Congress

WASHINGTON (UPD—President Johnson emerged from the election struggle today ift a better position to command action on his legislative program than any chief executive since the high water mark of the New Deal. From its disaster the Republican party emerged bitterly divided between its pro-and antiGoldwater wings. But it also was in a position for the hor-c' mal forces of politics to compel lurching moves toward unity after some skirmished in the early months ahead. Calls for the resignation of GOP National Chairman Dean Burch, the hand-picked choice of Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, the defeated presidential candidate, already were being heard. Returns from 98 per cent of the precincts in the nation gave Johnson 41,727,846 votes arid Goldwater, 26,197,960. Johnson won election by capturing 44 states and the District of Columbia with 486 electoral votes. Goldwater won six states with 52 electoral votes — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. Surprising Power The biggest and most pleasant election surprise for the Democrats was the size of their majority in the House. The pulling power of Johnson’s coattails was much greater than expected, even surpassing the Franklin D. Roosevelt landslide of 1936. Nearly complete congressional returns showed the Demo era's won 294 seats and the Republicans 140 with Alaska’s lone seat still in doubt. The Democrats added at least 37 seats to the majority they won two years ago. In the Senate, the Democratic margin was 67 to 32 with a Nevada seat still in doubt. This meant a net gain of at least one seat in the chamber where the administration already had

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—A broadcast by Communist North Viet Nam's Radio Hanoi heard in Tokyo quoted Capt. Floyd James Thompson of- the U.S. Army Special Forces, saying that the South Vietnamese people support the Viet Cong goals. The broadcast said Thompson made his statement in an earlier broadcast. Thompson, of Ft. Bragg, N.C., was in a liaison plane piloted by Air Force Capt. Richard L. Whiteside of Stockton, Calif., which was shot down in Quang Tri Province last March 26. Both

a fairly easy time. It is in the House where the administration has been engaged in a constant struggle to find a majority for its bills. The new Democratic members will be almost unanimous supporters of the administration. /The Democrats had dreamed of a pickup of 20 or more House seats but they felt that 10 to 15 was a realistic estimate and a ’'griUi in that area would help the administration. Offers Few Hints Johnson has offered few hints about his program for the new Congress except for excise tax cuts and unfinished business involving medical care for the aged, education, depressed areas and the anti-poverty program. Whatever program he proposes should face a friendlier reception in the House than he had expected. But the President may recall that Roosevelt’s program began running into Serious trouble when Democratic strength in Congress was at its 1937-38 crest. Johnson was a freshman House member then. His troubles are little ones compared with those facing the GOP. Goldwater said Wednesday he was not retiring from politics or abandoning his crusade for conservatism. He would not concede that the election result was a repudiation of conservatism. Among those urging Burch’s departure from GOP national headquarters was Gov. Robert E. Smylie of Idaho, chairman of the Republican Governors Association. He said he had talked with a number of GOP governors who “feel a change is indicated in general.” Governors May Talk Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York said he might talk soon with Govs. William Scranton of Pennsylvania and George Romney of Michigan to discuss “rebuilding” the party.

men had been listed as missing and presumed dead. The alleged Radio Hanoi broadcast said Thompson was a Commu- „ nist prisoner, but said nothing about Whiteside. U.S. military authorities in Saigon immediately moved to cast doubt on the statement attirbuted to Thompson. A spokesman said “radio monitoring .services in Saigon said this afternoon they had not picked up any broadcast* or iginating in South Viet Nam which included any statement attributed to Capt. * Thompson.”

Gov. Mark Hatfield of Oregon said an "agonizing remodeling" was in order. Gov.-Elect Daniel J. Evans of Washington said the GOP must change direction to attract a majority of the American people. But Southern party officials, (Continued on Page Three) Monday At Adams Central "Education pays dividends’’ is the theme of the weeklong Ameri-, can education week observance at the Adams Central school Nov. 8 through 14. Every year, In the week in which Veterans day occurs, American education week is held to put the spotlight on what the schools are doing to remind citizens that good schools are their responsibility, too. National sponsors of the observance are the National Education Association, the American Legion, the National Congress of parents and teachers, and the U.S. office of education. Open house will be held Monday from 7:30 to 9 p.m., with the Adams Central PTA sponsoring the event for all grades, kindergarten through high school senior. It is hoped that all parents and friends of the school will find time to visit with the school staff during the open house. *

INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cooler tonight. Friday mostly sunny with lit tie temperature change. Low tonight 36 to 44. High Friday 56 to 64. Sunset today 5:39 p. m. Sunrise Friday 7:19 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Fair and a little warmer. Lows lower 40s. Highs mid to upper 60s.

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Lake County Shows No White Backlash

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Final • official returns from Indiana’s election may show that more Hoosiers went to the polls Tuesday than four years ago. But on the basis of comparisons between the Johnson-Gold-water totals and the KennedyNixon totals of 1960, it appeared the ballot volume was lower this time. President Johnson and Sen. Barry Goldwater received 2,071,080 votes between them, with Johnson’s margin in winning the state’s 13 electoral votes set at 254,238. Four years ago, John F. Ken- 1 nedy and Richard Nixon received 2,127,478 votes between them, with Nixon’s margin 222,762. » This would indicate -.56,398 fewer voters went to the polls this year, despite much higher registration and a substantial increase in population in the s ate the past four years. However, what doesn't show up is the size of the so-called protest vote for minor party nominees. This will "not be available until the Indiana secretary of state tallies up the final official vote for certification of winners, probably within the next 10 days, after receiving the official returns from county clerks and canvassing boards throughout the state. Political observers believe that if the presidential vote fell off this time, it was due to voter disenchantment with both the national tickets, including presidential and vice-presiden-tial nominees. However, there's a strong possibility thq Prohibition and Socialist-Labor presidential tickets won some backing from thousands Os partisans who -couldn’t see their way clear to support the Republican or Democratic candidates. Ordinarily, these minor party nominees receive a small handful of votes. This year, the size of this vote could have been much larger, and hidden at the bottom of the ballot stacks un-

Democrats Hold On Congress Boosted

WASHINGTON (UPD — Congressional leaders agreed today that President Johnson’s landslide victory and the increased Democratic majorities in the House and Senate would ease the way for his legislative program. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. Mont., and House Speaker John W. McCormack, D-Mass., said that health care for the aged and the antipoverty program for the Jlstate Appalachian area probably would get top billing in the new 89th Congress. The Senate passed both measures before adjournment but they became bogged down in the House. Each must make a fresh start in the new Congress. Mansfield told United Press International that the Johnson sweep and the Democratic gains in Congress “certainly are a declaration on the part of the American people in favor of moderation and responsibility.” Given Mandate He said the election results meant that “the President has now, in his own right, been given a mandate by the voters" to push his program. “The American people were faced with a choice and the issues were definitely laid out for them and they knew where each candidate stood,” he added. ManffieM, McCormack and House Democratic Leader Carl Albert, Okla., were

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til the canvassing boards ferret it out belatedly. On the other hand, the decrease may hayg simply been a case of thousands of voters staying home. The presidential vote for the two major candidates dropped from the corresponding totals for Kennedy and Nixon in all counties of Indiana except 24, and most of those 24 increases were in suburban areas adjacent to the cities where population hikes have been great. Increases were shown only in Adams, Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, DeKalb, Dubois, Gibson, Grant, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Porter, Putnam, Scott and Warren. Some of the decreases were substantial. The St. Joseph County vote was down 12,000, but part of this may have been due -to losses from the Studebaker Corp, closedown last December. Elkhart County was off 4,000, Vigo 5,000, Vanderburgh nearly 5,000, and even the small copnty of Steuben polled 2,400 UWar presidential votes this time than last. Probably, the most stfrprising outcome of the Indiana election after Roger Branigin’s gubernatorial win by a ticket-leading margin of 260,846 votes, 6.594 more than Johnson’s margin, was the fact no white backlash showed up in Lake County. As a matter of fact, the 66,668-vote plurality by which Branigin beat Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine in Lake was described locally as the greatest margin ever given a Democratic candidate there. Governor Welsh had a 61,850-vote margin in 1960. Branigin’s margin of victory in the state as a whole is believed to be the largest ever given a Democrat. But it was far short of the 398,000 vote plurality Dwight D. Eisenhower received in Hoosierland in the GOP sweep of 1956.

about the outlook for Johnson’s program. Besides medicare and the Appalachian program, the overwhelming victory offered a new lease on life in the House to such measures as extension of federal aid to depressed areas, increased public works projects and additional funds for the president’s anti-poverty program. The new Congress shows a lineup of 67-32, with one seat in doubt, in favor of the Democrats in the Senate,' and 294-140, ’with one in doubt, in the House. This is a net gain of 37 seats in the House and one in the Senate. One Not Settled Only one House race was still not settled: Republican challenger Lowell Thomas Jr., son of the famed radio commentator held a narrow lead over Democratic Rep. Ralph J. Rivers in Alaska. The race between Sen. Howard W. Cannon, D-Nev., and Republican Lt. Gov. Paul D. Laxalt. the tightest senatorial contest in the nation, was still in doubt.. The Democratic house gains ranged from coast to coast, with particularly heavy inroads in GOP ranks in lowa — only veteran Republican Rep. H. R. Gross won re-election — and in Washington state." The political wayside was strewn with well-known GOP names. Most of the Republican House casualties were conservatives.