Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 264.

Soviet Russia Unveils Monster Rocket; Lashes At American Imperialism

MOSCOW (UPI) — Defense Minister Rodion Y. Malinovsky assailed American “imperialism” today and then unveiled the largest Soviet rocket ever seen in public. “Imperialist circles, headed by the United States, are stubbornly resisting the easing of international tensions,” the stocky Communist leader told thousands of Russians crowding Moscow’s vast Red Square. He broke into a grin moments later when his Red army legions wheeled into the square an 80-foot-long monster missile which Western military experts said was the biggest Soviet rocket they had ever seen. Missile Draws Cheers The big rocket, presumably Local Lady's Father Dies At Fort Wayne Charles D. Roth, 84, died at 9:30 o’clock Thursday night at his home, 29J0 South-Hann street, Fort Wayne, following an illness of several years. A lifelong resident of Fort Wayne, he was former bailiff of Allen superior court 2 for three terms, and retired eight -years ago from City Utilities, where he was employed in the meter department Mr. Roth was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic church, the Holy Name society and the Royal league. Surviving are his wife, Magdalene; four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Reynolds of Decatur, Mrs. Madelene Trick and Mrs. Eilene Schiffli, both of Fort Wayne, and Miss Alberta Roth, at home; two sons, Charles N. and Paul J. Roth, both of Fort Wayne; 24 grandchildren and two great-grand-children. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a. m. Monday at the Tom Mungovan funeral home and at 9 a. m. in St. Peter’s Catholic church, with Msgr. John A. Baost officiating. Burial will be in the Fort Wayne Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today. The Holy Name society will recite the rosary at 7:30 p. m. Sunday.

Open Fight On Union Control

PITTSBURGH (UPD—The 1.2 million-member United Steelworkers Union (USW), for the first time in its history, today was locked in a power struggle among its top leaders. The leadership battle could affect the putcome of the 1965 wage contract, talks. The open fight for union control was triggered Friday by the announcement by I. W. Abel, USW secretary-treasurer, ’that he would oppose David J. McDonald for the union presidency in elections next February. Abel was reported to have substantial support. Sources said he had been under pres•sure by numerous USW locals to seek the union presidency. Abel’s announcement came just as the union was about to start the ball rolling on the upcoming contract reopening. Reopening Expected The union’s Executive Board mee’s here Tuesday. It will map plans for a meeting of the union’s 170-member Wage Policy Committee, which will , decide officially whether the union reopens wage contract talks next Jan. 1. It is expected the committee will vote to reopen the labor agreements in the basic steel Industry. The outcome of those talks could affect the pocketbook of every American. Under current industry-union labor - agreements, the USW

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designed to carry a nuclear warhead, and other missiles including one Western experts called the “Havana cigar" brought roaring cheers from the crowd and smiling waves from atop Lenin’s tomb where Malinovsky stood among Red notables including Soviet Leader Leonid I. Brezhnev and Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-lai. The weapons on display included: —The 80-foot missile that ended the rocket parade, which experts said might be either an intercontinental or intermediate range rocket. They said the West has larger missiles. —A 60-foot-long missile, apparetly designed for long-range bombardment possibly in the intercontinental class. —The 60-foot-long “havana cigar," which experts said is probably an anti-missile missile. —Eighteen - foot - long antiNative Os Decatur Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Elizabeth T. Witzigreuter, 77, 3823 Husted street, Fort Wayne, died Friday morning at a nursing home in that city. She was a native of Decatur but had lived in Fort Wayne for 60 years. She was a member of Most Precious Blood Catholic church. Surviving are four sons, Max C. Witzigreuter, Sr., Woodrow W., <-James and Calvin, all of Fort Wayne; a daughter, Mrs. Be’ty Long of Fort Wayne; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Niblick of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Oscar Berber of Angola, Mrs. Anna Ness of Huntington, and Mrs. Eugenia Warren 1 ’ of Fort Wayne; 13 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Funeral rites will be held at 8:45 a.m. Monday gt the C.M. Sloan & Sons funeral home and at 9 a.m. at Most Precious Blood church. The Rev. Leonard sH. Fullenkamp will officiate, with burial in Lindenwood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday.

could call an industry-wide strike 120 days after the reopening of the contracts. Abel, 56, had two powerful union men running with him. Walter J. Burke of Milwaukee, director of USW District 32, will run for secretary-treasurer and Joseph P. Molony of Buffalo, director of District 4, will seek the vice presidency. An unknown factor. in the power struggle was Joseph Germane, head of the USW’s GaryEast Chicago district, the union’s largest Several sources here said he was in Abel’s corner. Shrugs Off Challenge McDonald, 62, whose salary is $50,000 a year and who has been in the job for 12 years, shrugged off Abel’s candidacy. “After all, this seems to be the season for such antics,’* he said. It was several hours before McDonald reacted to Abel’s announcement. When he did, he called a news conference and read a statement in which he dwelt glowingly on file union’s accomplishments and claimed that together with the late Philip Murray “I fashioned the United Steelworkers of America into the tremendous power for good that it has become in the life of our nation.”Murray, principal founder of the USW, was its first president. McDonald took over after his death in 1952.

aircraft missiles which Western experts said appear to be up-to-date models or older rocket hardware. One expert said the rocket parade was “very interesting, but we saw nothing to surpass what the West has." Chou Appears Bored Cho'u appeared slightly bored as he watched the parade, which included swarms of furcapped and helmeted troops and banner - waving battalions of workers and athletes. The Russians used 16 - wheel vehicles to pull the bigger missiles in and out of Red Square. Western experts said the vehicles indicated Russia, like the United States and Britain, is trying to make its missiles more mobile. Posters on the Kremlin walls proclaimed “peace,” but as usual the day was given over chiefly to military boasting. Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky, standing atop Lenin’s tomb with such other Communist notables-as Soviet Leader Leonid I. Brezhnev and Red China's Premier Chou En-lai, said in a speech Russia “must be vigilant.” . “imperialist circles, headed by the United States, are slubbornly resisting the easing of international tensions,” Malinovsky said. “The imperialist forces do not z give up their military adventures. They continue to create a threat of war. ‘“Under these conditions the Soviet Communist party shows a steady solicitude for further strengthening the military might of the Soviet state, equipping the army and navy with the most up to date means of war.” Malinovsky also paid tribute to the “peaceful coexistence” policy proclaimed by the Kremlin and opposed by Chou and his Peking comrades. School Addition Dedication Delayed The dedication of the Vera Cruz opportunity school’s new addition, originally scheduled for November 22, has been postponed until after the first of the year, school officials announced today. The new addition will give the school x much-needed space and facilities for its work in the care and teaching of mentally retarded children.

Victoria Stonebumer Dies Friday Night Mrs. Victoria Stoneburner, 71, wife of Floyd Stoneburner, died suddenly at 8:50 p. m. Friday at' her home in Kirkland township, two and one-half miles south of Preble. She had been in failing health for several years but her death was unexpected. Born in Wells county Oct. 11, 1893, she was a daughter of Samuel and Harriet Esse#-Wolf, and was married to Floyd Stonebumer Jan. 19, 1918. They have lived in Kirkland township for the past 44 years. Mrs. Stoneburner was a member of the Tocsin Evangelical United Brethren church, and had attended the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren for a number of years. Surviving' tn addition to her husband are two brothers, Charles C. Wolf of Bluffton route 2, and De Witt T. Wolf of Bluffton, and one sister, Mrs. Henry (Mary) Yake of Switz City. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Monday at the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren, with the Rev. Dolar Ritchey and the Rev. John P. McAhren officiating. The bodv was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p. m. today. The body will He in state at the church from 12 noon Monday until time of the services.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Saturday, November 7,1964.

Firm Control By Democrats Over Assembly INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— Postelection comments about the Democratic sweep into power in the Indiana Legislature for the first time since 1937 have beep confined chiefly to the firm control the party will have in the next session beginning in January. However, the fact is the Democratic triumph in last Tuesday’s legislative election extends into the 1967 session of the General Assembly as well. Only a Republican landslide of even greater proportions than the one forged by the Demo- j crats this week could prevent the Indiana Senate from beingDemocratic in 1967 as well as 1965. The reason is that senators are elected for four-year terms. AU except three of the 27 senators who were elected Tuesday, will serve in the 1967 as well as the 1965 session. Those three were elected to two-year terms because of resignations and procedures necessary to put into effect the new reapportionment act. Os the 24 senators elected to four-year terms, only four are Republicans and this means that when the 1966 election rolls around there will be only four holdover Republicans compared with 20 holdover Democrats. In order to win a bare constitutional majority of 26 out of the 50 Senate seats, the Democrats would have to win in the 1966 election oply 6 of the 26 races. Even in a Republican year, this should be easy. On the other hand, the Republicans would have to win 22 of the 26, virtually an impossibility. To make things even more tough for the Republicans two years hence, the Democratic legislature in 1965 is almost certain to enact new reapportionvent legislation using only the population factor in redistricting the General Assembly, as mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court. Furthermore, there surely will be some gerrymandering—alignment of districts in such a manner that it will be easier for Democrats to capture certain seats than it has been in the past.

INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and cool tonight and Sunday. Light rain central and south portions tonight. Low tonight in the 40s.

17 Killed As Brazil Building Collapses

PIRACICABA, Brazil (UPD— A 15-story structure which was to. have been this provincial city’s tallest building split Friday, Half of it fell into the street with a thunderous roar, killing at least 17 persons and wrecking nearby shops and homes. Search crews were sifting the rubble today. Authorities said the death toll might go as high as 40. The other half of the partially completed Puiz de Querioz building was still standing, but city officials feared it might fall at any moment. Mayor Luciano Quidoti pro claimed a state of “public calamity.” An estimated 8,000 tons of reinforced Concrete cascaded into the street when toe building

Car Wash Formally Opened This Morning Mayor Carl D. Gerber cut the ribbon officially opening the Corah car wash on North Second street at 7:45 a.m. today. Although ft was a chilly, foggy morning, several cars were in the process of being washed during the ceremony. Most unusual of the washing "loads” was a truck owned by Robert Everett containing a horse, which Everett also planned to wash after he finished the truck. Chamber Officials Accompanying Mayor Gerber i in the opening ceremonies were Lawrence E. Anspaugh, president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, and W. Guy Brown, executive secretary. Fred Corah, owner, his wife and two sons, James and Joseph, f were present, representing the management of Decatur’s 214th - business, as President Anspaugh pointed out. The coin-operated 5minute car wash was opened in September by the franchise owner, and operated by Ralph E. Smith, Jr., until Corah recently purchased it. Broadcast From Site Radio station WADM attended the opening ceremonies in the persons of three station personalities — Ted Covert, announcer-disc jockey, Paul Rich, sports announcer, and Glen Mcßride, advertising soliciter. Representing the Decatur Daily Democrat was the publisher, Dick D. Heller, Jr. The broadcast was scheduled to continue all day. The mayor, Corah, and Chamber officials, and newspaper publisher were interviewed over the radio concerning the new opening. • The new business is open 24 hours a day regardless of the weather. Soft, warm water, a scientifically designed detergent to lossen dirt, under 550 pounds of water pressure, removes dirt but will not remove wax, Corah stated. Washes Car Mayor Gerber, as the ceremonies began, started by washing his car in his business suit before reporting to work at 8 a.m. While he was washing his car, another businessman drove in, and before he washed the car, Mrs. Mildred Foley, court bailiff, had washed her car. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the car wash, coffee and doughnuts were served to the public who attended the event. Free refreshments will be served all day, and free gifts to each automobile owner, Corah announced.

High Sunday tn the 50s. Outlook for Monday: Decreasing cloudiness and continued cool.

split, burying at least two homes, an undetermined number of stores and several parked cars. -Five members of one family were killed and a sixth was critically injured when the torrent of rubble crushed their home. Most of the victims were believed to be construction workers or passersby. Although work was still in progress on the upper floors of toe building, a movie bouse and a wax musehm were already in opera’ion on lower floors. Residents of Piracicaba said it had been evident for some time that ’the building was in trouble. They said patrons of the movie theater had been disturbed by “loud, rumbling noises” several times in toe past month.

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Cancer Education Program Conducted

The Adams county chapter of the American Cancer society is delivering a series of educational presentations in the Berne area in connection with the American Cancer society’s cancer education month program during November. Last year the county chapter centered its education month activities in Decatur. This year the chapter already presented an educational program to the employes of the Berne CTS plant. Two other educational programs are scheduled in Berne — one at a meeting of the Berne Jaycees and the other at a mass meeting for all interested Berne, women. Hie programs are conducted by volunteers from the county chapter and Clifton Bush, American Cancer society field representative. * In Decatur, educational materials on cancer will be available at the newly-opened joint office of the Cancer society, the Adams county Mental Health association and the Adams county

NOON EDITION Mrs. Lena Sherlock Dies Friday Night Mrs. Lena Sherlock, 80, of Preble, and a lifelong resident of that community, died at 11:50 o’clock Friday night at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been in failing health for several months, and critically ill for the past week. She was born in Adams county Aug. 4, 1884, a daughter of Reinhard and Rachel Martin-Leimen-stoll, and was married to Robert Sherlock, who preceded her in death in 1931. Mrs. Sherlock was a member of . the Pleasant Valley Methodist church. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Hoffman of Preble, Mrs. Catherine Ehrman of near Decatur, and Mrs. Rosa Leimenstoll of Magley. Two brothers are deceased. Funeral rites will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, with the Rev. Jack Fitzgerald officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasgnt Dale cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services.

Venezuela Breaks Off Relations To Bolivia CARACUS (UPI) — Venezuela, following its accustomed practice of boycotting revolutionary regimes, broke off diplomatic relations with Bolivia Friday night. The 'Foreign Office announuced that this country has recalled its ambassador from La Paz. Military rebels led by Air For ?e Lt. Gen. Rene Barrientos ousted and exiled Bolivian President Victor Paz Estenssoro this week. Volpe Has 24,444 Lead For Governor BOSTON (UPI) — Former Gov. John A. Volpe, for the second time this week, has been unofficially declared winner of Tuesday’s gubernatorial election. Nearly complete unofficial • figures released Friday night gave Volpe a 24,444 vote bulge I over Democratic Lt. Gov. Frani cis X. Bellotti, Volpe had 1,147.059 votes to 1,122,015 for Bellotti.'

chapter of the National Foundation. Educational cancer films may be obtained at the office or «by contacting Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg, educational chairman of the Adams county chapter. Welsh’s Statement Governor Matthew E. Welsh has urged all citizens of Indiana to avail themselves of the cancer education program of the Amerisan Cancer Society, especially during "cancer education month." "Current statistics reveal that cancer will strike one person in every four and two of every three homes in Indiana,” Governor Welsh stated. “The society has an outstanding arsenal of strategically planned education weaponsfcto combat the disease and prevent needless fatalities. There include motion pictures, film strips, exhibits, posters, publications, news. media materials and many other, all available on a free or free-loan basis. Educational programs are offered to businesses and industries/ the news media, clubs and organizations, schools and colleges. The society strives to prove these materials through its local units. “Our doctors are curing one of every three persons so afflicted and we can rejoice in the fact that more than 1,200,000 Americans, once victims, have been cured and are alive today. Many thousands more could be saved each year if the public would take advantage of the detection and treatment methods available. Onehalf could be spared if the illness is detected and properly

REDDY FEATHER SAYS: "TODAY'S DECATUR AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE COMMUNITY FUND BOYSCOUTS « T °4A4 IS G,Rt SCOUTS $21,444.24 CRIPPLED CHILDREN SOC. The Goal Is LITTLE & PONY LEAGUES $29,834 u s. o. YOUR KH SALVATION ARMY . Community Fund W,/ MENTAL HEALTH Still Need* W COMMUNITY CENTER *8,38».7S AMERICAN RED CROSS Give The Unlied Way

Branigin’s First Appearance Monday

INDIANAPOLIS CUPI) —Roger D. Branigin will make his first public address as governorelect of Indiana at the 46th annual convention of the Indiana Farm Bureau Monday morning. The 62-year-old Lafayette attorney was in seclusion today “somewhere in Indiana” taking a short rest from the rigors of the campaign which resulted in his ticket-leading margin of victory over Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine despite predictions of "experts” that he would trail the national ticket. Farm Bureau officials got promises months ago from both Branigin and Ristine that whoever won the gubernatorial race would provide feature address at the convention six days after the election. Friends and associates of Branigin refused to reveal where he is staying during his post-election holiday. However, the rest will end within hours, and Branigin will start making plans to take over

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treated in the early stage. "Because the scope of the cancer problem is so great that no one Is immune, Governor Welstv said, "all citizens should avail themselves of the educational program being sponsored and stressed during the month of November by the American Cancer society.” Special Emphasis Harry E. Mock, Jr., M. D. of Franklin, public education chairman of the American Cancer society's Indiana division, said the society seeks to inform people of the best ways to guard their lives against cancer throughout the year but that special emphasis is being placed' on this strictly educational effort during the /all and. winter months, with the highlight being November as "cancer eduactioA month." "Statewide response to this educational service has been very gratifying, and we are confident that many additional lives will be saved from cancer as a result,” Dr. Mock said. He pointed out that any business, school or organized group could obtain a cancer educational r>rn<rr ar n/by contacting their local unit of the American Cancer society, or by writing direct to the American Cancer Society, Indiana Division, 215 East New New York Street, Indianapolis. "This strictly educational service is made possible by voluntary contributions to the American Cancer society’s annual educational and fund-raising crusade in the spring,” he said.

the chief executive office in the Statehouse from another Democrat, Matthew E. Welsh, on Jan. 11. On Wednesday in Indianapolis. Branigin will confer with advisors and others in the kickoff meeting to make plans for taking over his office. There are many decisions to be made and appointees to be chosen for administrative positions between now and Jan. 11. Heads of state departments and agencies began the quadrennial guessing game about which of them will replaced and which will be retained. Normally, when the governor’s offices switch from one party to the other, the turnover is rather extensive, except in cases where career governmental officials are retained. However, this time the office remains Democratic and some > appointees of Governor Welsh are likely to be reappointed by Branigin, although all the Welsh people are not considered to be secure by any means.