Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 24 November 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 278.

Congo Rebels Massacre 50 White Hostages As Rescue Mission Sent

Scout Registration Is Due By Dec. 15 Adams county Boy Scout troops, Cub Scout packs, and Explorer posts have reported only 82 new scouts toward a goal of 137, due in the Anthony Wayne Council office by Dec. 15, Limberlost executive G. William Spice warned this morning. The report shows that Cub pack 3064, sponsored by St. Mary’s Catholic church, has just one member less than pack 3061, sponsored by the Lincoln school PTA; the PTA pack had two more before the Frontier roundup started. One pack gained 17, the other 18, to pick up one member. Troop 64, sponsored by the St. Mary’s Catholic church, is the largest troop in the county, with 41 members, and it has picked up five of six pledged, new members in the roundup. 230 Members Short The Limberlost district, one of four in the council, is 230 members short of its goal of 1,650, and the council is about 1,000 members short of its goal. Only one of the county’s three explorer pos.ta has submitted any new members for the frontier roundup — the largest post, 2069, has submitted three of five pledged. The other two posts, 2062, of Decatur, sponsored by the Elks, and 2068, have not reported any new members, although they have goals of 10 and three respectively. Troop 72, of Monroe, sponsored by the First Methodist Church of that town, is the only Scout troop to go over its goal having already turned in six applications, although its goal was only five. Troops 60 and 61 of Decatur have reached their goals of five and ten, respectively. t ' — Troop 63 has one of three pled-. ged; troop 65 has 2 of 4; troop 67, 2of 5; troop 69, 2of 4. The following troop pledges have not been met with any new members reported as yet, although undoubtedly many have new members not yet turned into the council office: troop 62, 3; troop 66, 6; troop 70, 2. Cub Packs Cub Scout packs 3063 , 3067, and 3069 are the only non-reporting packs, with 10, 12, and 5 members pledged, respectively. Packs 3061 and 3064 have both exceeded their goals, as previously mentioned. Pack 3060 has 2 of4; 8 of 8; and 3072, 1 of 6. Spice stated that he would very much like to see every pack, troop and post meet and exceed its goal in Adams county, as well

Plan Commission Grand Jurors Meet Meets This Morning Here This Morning

The Adams county plan commission met this morning and discussed the feasability of including Monroe and Geneva under the auspices of the plan commission. Under state law it is possible for either of the towns to delegate their ordinances enacting the recommendations of the plan commission. Gerwin Rohrbach, of General Planning Consultants, participated in the discussion and pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of such a course of action. The commission also discussed the necessity of creating a countywide code to govern sewage disposal. A representative of the Indiana * Univers ty community planning department told the commission - that the department has received two applications for the post of permanent planning consultant for Adams county. Rohrbach said he was certain that more applications would be forthcoming. The university planning department will study the

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Mark Thanksgiving _ Holiday In Decatur Suspension of most business activities will mark the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Decatur Thursday, with exceptions to the closing by some restaurants, confectioneries, service stations, the theater and taverns. All public offices, federal, state, county and city, will be closed for the entire day, and the auto license bureau will also be closed for the balance of the week. There will be no mail deliveries Thursday, except special delivery, but the post office lobby will be open on regular holiday hours and outgoing mail will be dispatched. Also closed for the day will be the First State Bank and the public library. The Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Thursday, with the office closed for the day. Church Services Union Thanksgiving services will be held at 9 a. m. Thursday, sponsored by the ministerial association, at the First Missionary church, 10th and Dayton streets, with the Rev. J. O. Penrod as the speaker. Thanksgiving services wfll be held at the Zion Lutheran church at 9a. m. Regular weekly masses will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic church, but there will be no evening mass. All schools in the county, public and parochial, will close Wednesday, with classes resuming Monday morning. Although Thursday is a holiday, Decatur merchants are busy decorating and rearranging their stores for the annual Christmas shopping opening, which is effec- - tive Friday morning. Decatur stores will be open Thursday afternoons until Christ-., mas, starting Thursday, Dec. 3, and will be open six nights a week until 9 o’clock, beginning Friday, Dec. 4. as in Jay and Wells counties. Must Work Hard Actually, Adams county is pre- — sently better reported than thee other two counties in the district, and Limberlost district is better.-' reported than its fellow districts \; in the Anthony Wayne council. D But to keep the local district on top, it is necessary for every lead- |j er of every unit to fill in the JO necessary forms, and get them to the council office. Anyone withes any questions should contact -j Spice, or the council office for the =* necessary blanks, and for infor- ~ mation on registration, and a list of who is, and is not, registered.

Members of the grand jury for the November term of the Adams circuit court were chosen this morning, and the six-man jury went into its conclave in the courtroom. The six jurors selected during today’s impaneling were Robert G. Colchin, Washington township, Holman Egly, Jefferson township; William E. Heeter, Wabash township; Harry fcekrote, Berne; Reuben Steury, Berne; and Carl W. Menter, Preble. The jurors, along with grand jury bailiff Charles Smith and court reporter Romaine Young, were sworn in before receiving their instructions from Judge Myles F. Parrish and beginning their session. Colchin was named jury foreman. Some 30 Monmouth high school seniors and their teacher, Don Elder, witnessed the impaneling of the jury. applications and submit evaluations to the county plan commission.

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (UPD—In a frenzy of gunfire, Congo rebels massacred an estimated 50 white hostages in Stanleyville today as Belgian paratroops and American planes carried out a spectacular rescue mission. Dr. Paul Carlson, an American medical missionary from Culver City, Calif., was reported among the dead. He. had been condemned earlier by the Communist-backed rebels as an American spy. The bloodshed in Stanleyville was centered at two points—a hotel where whites were held captive and in Lumumba Square in the heart of the city. In the hotel killings, the rebels hauled about 200 white persons out of the building into the street where they sprayed them with machine gun fire. A number were killed; others wounded. Herded Into Square Another 250 hostages were herded into Lumumba Square, scene of numerous other atrocities which have been inflicted against whites. Survivors said the rebels had promised the hostages would be handed over to the, paratroopers who had hurtled out of the pre-dawn Skies over the Stanleyville airport. But the rebels opened fire as the paratroopers came into sight. The hostages broke and ran, and many escaped over a wall which cuts across the square. Others were cut down as they tried to climb the barrier. Still others were shot by rebels firing into the panic(Continued on Page Three) Only 5 More Days To Give A Present SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS WITH A MENTAL PATIENT Decatur Lions Hear Rev. Wm. Feller Thanksgiving, a response as old as history itself, should not be limited to one day a year, the Rev. William C. Feller, pastor of the Zion United Church of Christ, told the Decatur Lions club members Monday night. Rev. Feller was introduced by Victor Porter, November program chairman. Boy Scout Kenneth Ward led the pledge of allegiance, and Alva Lawson gave the invocation. Christmas trees will be received Nov. 30 at Holthouse-on-the-High-way. A children’s Christmas party will also be held again this year, but no date was set. “While cynics question what they have to be thankful for, they raise the same question as Jesus’ parable concerning the ten cleansed lepers. One returned to thank Jesus, but where were the other nine? “People are ungrateful,” Rev. Feller pointed out, "because they take things for granted, and think other people know automatically that they are grateful. “Also, individuals feels so selfsufficient today that they forget their dependence on God and many others. “We should beware, especially in times* of prosperity such as we have today, that we do not take full credit to ourselves for our ‘accomplishments',” he continued. Forgetfulness is another factor in ingratitude, as is self-pit-ty, which causes one to think he should have such-an-such, aa a matter of right. “If we think, we will thank,” Rev. Feller concluded in an address which was well received by the members.

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City Must Approve Sewer Extension

The Adams county commissioners Monday received a letter from Decatur city engineer Ralph Roop informing them that approval of the city council would be necessary before the Anthony Wayne Meadows addition constructed by Tony Faurote of Decatur could be attached to any city sewer line. Faurote, at the time that he began construction of plat C of the addition, told the commissioners that he intended to make a connection with the city sewer system when sewer lines were extended to serve land recently acquired by the North Adams school board. Faurote was requested by the commisisoners to appear at their meeting last week’to explain why he had not taken steps to do this. He told the commissioners that he still intended to make a sewer connection. Faurote also told the commissioners at that time that he would contact city engineer Roop to determine the necessary steps for making the connection. He said that he would then ask Roop to write the commissioners anif , inform them of what steps were being taken. However, Roop’s letter received Monday by the commissioners stated positively that city council approval would be needed before a sewer connection could be made. Roop’s letter said, in part: “I informed Mr. Faurote that before any sewer is connected to the Decatur sewer system it would be necessary to have the approval of the city council of Decatur, Indiana.” The commissioners also reviewed a drainage request presented by Tom Miller. Miller requested permission to divert overflow water on land owned by him into a closed drain. Miller’s land is across High street from the Homestead and Homestead surface water flows onto his land. The request was denied. The commissioners said that the existing closed drain was not large enough to carry the amount of surface water in question. Coroner’s bond was set by the board at 81,000, a reduction of SI,OOO from the amount which had been required this year. The amount of the required bond is set each year by the commissioners. The commissioners also gave the Indiana unemployment security division temporary permission to use space in the basement of the courthouse for reviewing the unemployment comp e n s a t i o n claims of Adams county residents. During the morning portion of their meeting, the board signed election bills totaling $6,062.95. Set Speed Limits For County Roads The Adams county commissioners Monday passed speed limits for several county blacktop roads which pass through residential areas. A speed limit of 35 miles per hour was set for East Monroe street from the city limits to the Piqua road and for West Monroe street from the city limits to the Erie railroad. » A speed limit of 40 miles per hour was set for the road through the Eiting Acres addition. The speed limit for Monmouth was set at 30, as required by state law for areas with residences on both sides of the road. ~ The speed limit for one half mile of county road 31 along the west side of Saddle Lake was set at 40 miles per hour. Speed limit signs will now be erected along all these sections of the county road system.

Local Office Needed For Unemployment Unemployment compensation claims for Adams county dropped to 29 last week, with eight new claims and 21 continued claims filed, Richard P. App, manager of the Fort Wayne office, announced this morning. Figures on Adams county unemployment — or employment — will no longer be available if Decatur officials — either city or county—are not able to provide space -for the Indiana employment security division, App added. WOl End Reports For the past four years, unemployment figures have been made available to the public regularly every week for the Adams county visit. This was made on Friday. Those who are serviced here ard generally those who trade or do business in the area —it is not limited to those who -reside in Decatur, App explained. Unemployment has ranged from nearly 400 in 1960 to 25 or 30 the past six months. Many Incal businessmen fear that what happened in Angola wiUhappen here — when the unemployment office was discontinued there, the unem- ,, ployment checks! disappeared from local business places. May Effect 500 While at present only 25 or 30 weekly checks are involved, if a recession or depression strikes, and 400 or 500 checks are involved, the amount of business siphoned from Decatur could be very serious to the local economy, and local tax picture. App pointed out that this is certainly no attempt by the state to centralize, but that the state will be forced to do this if local government cannot furnish working space on a weekly basis. Expensive Janitor tag Mayor Gerber, speaking for the city, pointed out that the’city hall had recently been remodeled at considerable expense, and that lines of people waiting for several hours tend to damage the facilities, throw cigarette butts around, and result in added janitorial expense. App stated that all the IESD is allowed by the state auditors to pay toward janitorial help is $lO a month, and he has offered it for any public building made • available to the department. He pointed out the inconvenience and cost of getting to Fort Wayne for the unemployed, as well as possible loss of business locally. Many of those drawing unemployment compensation are women who work only six months or so each year, retiring workers, or those who will have to spend every cent on food and clothes, and will do it as they cash their checks, usually nearby where they collect them. Hie city council, apparently in a private session held prior to last Tuesday's public meeting, had asked the mayor to turn down App and the Indiana security employment division, which has been using the American Legion building on a temporary basis while the city hall was repaired. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, warmer south half tonight. Wednesday fair and a little warmer south. Low tonight 28 to 34 north, in the 30s south. Highs Wedesday In the 50s. Sunset today 5:24 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:40 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy and probably a little warmer. Lows mostly in the 30s. Highs in the 50s. BULLETIN JOHNSON CITY, Tex (UPD — President Johnson takes “full responsibility” for U. 8. J participation in the Belgian- - American air drop designed ” to rescue white hostages from “ Congo rebel forees, the White ■ Home said today. ;

Warren Report Shows Horrifying Details Os Day Kennedy Killed

By JOSEPH L. MYLER United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) — For all anybody knew John F. Kennedy was not the only official of the U.S. government earmarked for death. For all anybody knew, in those confused hours just after the shooting, this monstrous deed was merely the first act in a complex conspiracy to destroy not only the President but his successor and the men around them. As Lady Bird Johnson said, recalling the terrible events of Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, Tex., “we did not know how widespread this incident was as to intended victims.” But as the Warren Commission has since reported, the assassination of President Kennedy was not a conspiracy; it was the single act of a demented man, Lee Harvey Oswald, who desperately wanted to make the world take notice of Him. Published 26 Volumes The comm ; jssion announced this conclusion last Sept. 7. Now it has published 26 volumes of testimony and exhibits which support its findings and reveal in horrifying detail the events of that day in Dallas and the events which inexorably led up to them. It is . a story of agonizing “ifs.” The murder of the young President was not the work of a conspiracy of men. It was, instead, the consequence of a long series of events moving mindlessly, like the unfolding actions in a Greek tragedy, toward a climax which only the fates could have foretold. If Oswald had not been an unloved and burdensome child... If, after he embraced Marxism and defected to Russia, the State Department had not not brought him back . . . If Gov. John B. Connally Jr. of Texas had prevailed in his first advice’ against Kennedy’s visit to Dallas . . . Told of Attempt If Oswald’s pretty wife, Marina; had only told authorities of her husband’s first venture in violence—the attempt of April 10, 1963, to shoot Gen. Edwin A. Walker ... * ’■ If 16-year-old Amos Lee Buins' had only understood what he was seeing on that day in Dallas and had shouted to the cops about “this pipe thing’’ he saw sticking out the window of the building from which the fatal shots were fired . . . The now published testimony of 552 witnesses before the Warren Commission tells little of consequence that was not known before. But it pitilessly exposes in great detail the shock, the bewilderment, the dismay, the anguish, and momentary helplessness of the principal actors. It also dramatically reveals the speed with which tough and courageous Americans in responsible positions reacted to a calamity which might have made the nation falter. Called RFK In Dallas Lyndon B. Johnson found time in the first hour after the assassination to call the attorney general in Washington for advice about the ceremony of succession. In Washington the at’orney general, the slain President’s brother, Robert F. Kennedy, found the fortitude to look up the law and precedents and advise the new President to take the oath of office before leaving Dallas. In those hours, no one knew whether or when new blows would fall. Hie conspiracy notion has since been laid to rest —by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Director John A. McCone of the Central Intelligence Agency — in their testimony before the Warren Commission. Lee Harvey Oswald, and only Lee Harvey Oswald, killed President Kennedy. But the agonizing “ifs" remain. Jacqueline Kennedy, who carried the President’s blood back to Washington on her gloves and hose and dress, was plagued for months by the notion that she might have saved her husband’s life If she had just been looking in Jhe right direction when he was hit. Looking Toward Left As the motorcade crawled along, she told the Warren Commission, she was looking toward the left at the cheering crowds. For g. long time after-

ward she told herself that "if I only had been looking to the right, I would have seen the first shot hit him, then I could have pulled him down, and then the second shot would not have hit him.’’ It was the second shot that killed the President. He “never made any sound,” his widow said. There was just “this sort of quizzical look on his face. . . The testiijnony ’portrays Lee Harvey Oswald as an emotionally starved child who grew up at odds with his world. He went to Russia but found no acceptance there. The State Department let him come back and even advanced him $435 so he could bring his Russian wife, Marine, with him. —. The State Department, the Warren Commission documents show, considered Oswald “an

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Rome Plane Crash Death Toll Now 45

ROME (UPD — The death toll in the fiery crash of a Trans World Airlines jet at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport climbed to 45 today when a French crewmember of the plane died in Santeugenio Hospital. TWA officials said a 300-foot long blazing trail of jet fuel apparently caused the explosion Monday after the big airliner faltered on takeoff and clipped a steamroller on the ground. There were 73- persons aboard the plane. The crewman who died of injuries this morning was identified as Edouard Lesniak, the purser aboard the craft. Many of the dead were Americans, including the Roman Catholic bishop of Des Moines, lowa, Edward Celestine Daly, 70, and Msgr. Joseph J. Sondag, the former chancellor of the Des Moines diocese. They had attended the Ecumenical Council. A TWA spokesman said 37 passengers out of the 56 aboard and 8 crewmembers out of the 17 were killed. Nationalities of all the dead and the 28 survivors were not immediately known. The plane was bound for Athens and Cairo. The flight had originated in Kansas City with stops in Chicago, New York, Paris, and Milan. The Boeing 707 jet had an apparent engine failure on takeoff. While braking to stop the takeoff, it swerved and strutk a steamroller in an adjacent runway. The collision gashed the plane's right wing fuel tank and it trailed fuel for 300 yards before stopping. Passengers were tumbling' out of the plane in evacuation

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unstable character whose actions are entirely unpredictable.” But it felt it was better for U.S. interests to have him here than in Russia. Recommended Against Trip If Oswald had just stayed in Russia, .if Kennedy had just, stayed away from Dallas.. . Gov. Connally told the Warren Commission that he had, indeed, recommended against the Dallas trip. It was not, however, because he feared for the President’s life. “The reason I didn’t want him to do it at the time it came up,” Connally said, “was simply we were running out of time and that I thought we were working him too hard.” Kennedy’s Texas schedule was revised somewhat and Connally withdrew his objections. (Continued on Page Three)

chutes when the fuel trail caught fire. The flames flashed along the ground until they reached the plane's tanks. Then the aircraft exploded “in an enormous spurt of fire” with a sound like a volcano, a witness said. Airport workers said all aboard probably would have been saved if it were not for the explosion and fire. It was the first fatal accident since TWA began jet passenger operations in 1959, and the victims were TWA’s first in 28 billion passenger miles. It was also the first disaster since Rome’s Fiumicino Airport opened four years ago. Pilot Survives The pilot, Capt. Vern Lowell, 44, of Portland, Maine was among the survivors. TWA officials said that the plane began a normal takeoff on the mile and one-half long runway. Witnesses said it seemed to lose power in the starboard engines, and TWA said preliminary crew reports showed that trouble was indicated in two engines. “Capt. Lowell immediately aborted the takeoff, using brakes, spoilers, and reverse thrust,” a TWA spokesman said. “During the deceleration process, the aircraft veered to the right sufficiently for the wing, overhanging the runway edge, to strike a steamroller which was being operated at a distance of 24 feet from the edge of the runway.” The runway being used for the* takeoff was 200 feet wide. The airline officials said at the time he began stopping the plane. Lowell’s speed was 100 knots, 29 knots below the critical stopping speed.