Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1964 — Page 1

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Plane Crashes At Stanleyville

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (UPI) — A chartered Belgian airliner Sunday night crashed and burned during a takeoff from Stanleyville Airport, i t ■was reported today. There were conflicting reports of the death toll. (In Brussels, the Belgian government Institute for Information and Documentation (INBEL), said the plane was shot down by rebel gunfire and that 44 persons were believed to have been killed.) Reports received here said seven crewmembers and passengers aboard the four-engine DC4 were killed. Other sources said 33 persons were killed and seven injured. The reports said the plane had a crew of four—three Belgians and Congolese steward. One report identified one of the injured as a Col. Leigeois, Belgian commander of a white mercenary unit. The planne had transported ammunition and supplies to Congolese army troops in Stanleyville. It was owned by the Belgian International Air Service (BIAS) and chartered by the Congolese government. The plane cra'h report came as hopes dimmed for saving more than 500 white hostages in rebel-held territory. New bloodbaths were fearpd. The American-Belgian mercy airlift was over. Diehard rebels stiffened against desperate efforts by outnumbered Congolese Army troops and white mercenaries to cru-h the rebellion. Reports from figh'ing areas .were scant, but the rebels were reliably reported to control almost one-sixth of the country—an area about as large as the state of Texas. Army Bogged Down “With the withdrawal of the Belgian paratroops and the BULLETIN UNITED NATIONS (UPI) ' — The Soviet delegation announced today that it opposes any postponement of General Assembly debate to afj ford time to solve the problem of financial < rsponsibility for U. N. peace-keeping operations. INDIANA WEATHER Fal rand quite cold tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low tonight 5 below to 5 above. High Tuesday 12 to 20. Sunset today 5:22 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:47 a.m. Outlook for Wednesdav; Consk'rrable cloudiness and rather cold with a good chance of light now. Low* to 20. Highs lower 30s.

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Congolese Army bogged down on all fronts, the chances of survival for many of the whites are seriously compromised to say the least,” one military observer said. Nearly 2,000 hostages were rescued last week in two spectacular missions carried out by the Belgian paratroopers jumping from U.S. Air Force planes. The troops left the Cdngo Sunday en route back to Brussels. Eighty-five — and possibly as many as 137 — hostages were slain by rebels before help could reach them. Three of the victims were Americans and at lea=t five more U.S. citizens remained at the mercy of savage rebels today. Status In Doubt The status of Stanleyville, the rebel capital, was still in doubt. Congolese troops and white mercenaries controlled some areas of the city but the rebels were entrenched in others. Maj. Michael (“Mad Mike”) Hoare, the British commander of the mercenary forces, returned disillusioned to Leopoldville Sunday night. “I think it’s unfair to expect less than 300 men to hold an a r ea as big as France,” he said before conferring with Congolese Premier Moise Tshombe. ‘‘l must have 35,000 to 40,000 men to maintain peace if some other solu ion is not found.” Mrs. Rheda Brough Dies Early Sunday Mrs. Rheda Ann Brough, 80, of Ohio City, 0., died at 3:40 a. m. Sunday at the Otis hospital in Celina, 0., where she had been a patient three weeks. Bom in Liberty township, Mercer county, 0., July 30, 1884. she was a daughter of John and So-phia-Ault Andrews, and was married to Lewis Brough June 17, 1914. She had lived in Ohio City for the past seven years. Surviving are her husband; one son, Raymond Brough, at home; two daughters, Mrs. David Stucky of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Wilbur Marbaugh of Willshire, O.; four grandchildren; nine great-srand-children; three brothers, William Andrews of Linn Grove. Charles and Victor Andrews, both of Chattanooga. 0., and one sister, Mrs. Hulda Butler of Chattanooga. Funeral rites will be held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Ketcham and Rioley funeral home at Rockford. 0.. with <he Rev. Mr. Moss of Ohio Citv Church of God officiating. Burial will be in Buck cemetery. Friends mav call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Pennsy Freight Is Derailed Sunday As Stop Signal Ignored

A four-unit Pennsylvania railroad engine, pulling a 129-car freight train, was derailed and seven cars were overturned at the Pennsylvania - Elm street crossing in Decatur when the I train ran through a stop signal H one mile south of Decatur and! hit an automatic derailing device near the crossing at 2:20 a.m.?; Sunday. 11 One of the derailed cars was 4 full of naptha gas, which De-' catur fire chief Cedric Fisher described this morning as “highly explosive, worse *han gasoline.” Another of the derailed cars came within ten feet of hitting a group of Sinclair gasoline bulk storage tanks. The accident was nearly followed by another railroad mishap, when a truck stalled on the Erie Lackawanna Mercer avenue crossing at 9 a.m. Sunday. The truck was removed only seconds before a train pas,sed through the intersection. Train Northbound The Pennsylvania train, numbered GR7, was northbound at the time of the derailment. The automatic derailing device was in operation at the time of the accident because an Erie-Lacka-wanna passenger train was scheduled to cross the Pennsylvania tracks. The di.vice is a safety precaution which prevents one train from hitting another at the intersection of the two railroad linep. The Pennsylvania crew missed the stop signal south of Decatur and hit the derailing device, unaware that it was in operation. The Erie passenger train, running slightly behind schedule, was not actually crossing the Pennsylvania tracks at the time. The derailing device caused the four engine units to jump the track,, although they did not overturn. The first seven cars of the train also hit the" derailer and overturned, tearing up several hundred feet of track and tlie, Elm street crossing. The seven derailed cars included two empty tankers, one empty gondola, one gondola full of coal, two box cars full of soybeans and the tanker full of naptha. One of the empty tankers landed ten or fifteen feet from the track, on its side in the middle of the crossing. The naptha tanker sprung a $137,685 Raised In EUB Church Drive The Decatur Evangelical United Brethren church reports a total of $137,685 raised in commitments in their recent capital funds campaign. The successful campaign provides a giant step forward toward the erection of a new church building on the east edge of Decatur. The success of the campaign was due to the loyal and enthusiastic support of the members of the congregation. Many members have increased their giving bv substancial amounts. Others plan to give sacrificially during the period of the coming three years. Inspiration for the successful campaign came from the men who served on the general committees and the team visitors who called on the members. Chalmer Bollenbacher gave leadership as general chairman and Charles Kent as advance gifts chairman. The work of these men made possible a personal visit into more than 360 homes of the congregation. Only a few calls remain to be made at this date. As a result of the successful campaign, the congregation will proceed as rapidly as possible into the steps of building. Remaining to be completed are the -working drawings of the architect. Upon completion of the working drawings, bids will be let for construction. Revs. F. P. MiUer and J. O. Penrod expressed congratulations to the members and friends of the congregation on the success of their campagin.

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small leak and Decatur firemen Stood by all day, from 3 a.m. to 7 p.m., to enforce a no smoking ban until the tanker was removed. A large Pennsylvania repair I crew from Fort Wayne worked | all day Sunday to clear the cross--1 ing. They relaid enough track lto have rail traffic moving by ■ 7 p.m. The crossing has not yet been repaired. The Fort Wayne 1 office of the Pennsylvania railroad said this morning that the cause of the accident is "under investigation.” The office also revealed that three Pennsylvania freights encountered long delays as a result of the accident. The lost time for the three trains was, respectively, six hours and seven minutes, nine hours and 30 minutes and 16 hours. Red Cross volunteers, using the Bag Service plant as a base of operations, served coffee to the firemen and railroad workmen. The Red Cross this morning expressed thanks to Lowell Harper and Gene Rydell for making the plant available. Assisting the Red Cross were. Mrs. Helen Johnson, Andy Cook, Jr., the C.B.’s club, the sheriff’s mobile posse and Ralph Gordon. Near Derailment While Pennsylvania railroad crews were working to open the tracks where the early morning derailment occurred, a neat deLiving Cost Rise During October WASHINGTON (UPI) — The cost of living went up ano.her one-tenth of one per cent in October, the Labor Department reported today. The increase to 108.5 per cent of the norm was in line with steady jumps taken by the cost of living over the past year. In the last 12 months the cost of living has increased 1.2 per cent.’ Arnold Chase, deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said prices rose slightly during October for almost everything except food, gasoline, and household appliances. The la'est index means that it would cost $10.85 to buy the same goods and services that could be purchased for a $lO bill in the 1957-59 base period. The size in the cost of living, coupled with a decrease in the spendable earnings of the average factory production worker, cut the average worker’s purchasing power by about 77 cents from the September figure. Chase said net spendable earnings of factory production workers dropped primarily because a strike in the automobile industry sharply reduced employment, hours and earnings in several high-wage industries. Based on the October index, about 850,000 workers will receive cost of living increases of one cent an hour. Os these, 725,000 are in the automobile industry, 45,000 in farm equipment, and 80,000 in aerospace. . An additional 200,000 • workers in the automotive parts and farm equipment industries also are covered by cost of living agreements based on the October index, but de'ails of any adjustments they might receive were not yet available. Today Is Final Day To Give A Present SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS WITH A MENTAL PATIENT 1

railment occurred on the ErieLackawanna "line in Decatur at the Mercer Ave. crossing. A low boy trailer, reportedly owned by Dehner Construction Co. of Fort Wayne, was carrying a bulldozer and became “hung up” on the Erie tracks at the Mercer Ave. crossing. The weight of the bulldozer was too much, and as the low boy began to pass over the crossing, it bogged down and became struck. A short time later, about 9:12 am., as the vehicle was still on the crossing, an ErieLackawanna freight, traveling west to Chicago came upon the crossing. The bulldozer had been moved off the trailer by that time, but the trailer remained on the crossing. Seeing the vehicle on the crossing, the train’s engineer threw on the emergency air brakes. Narrowly Misses As one of the men with the vehicle began driving it off the tracks, the train came skidding through the intersection, narrowAuction School Is * Opened Here Today ♦ An enrollment of 40 persons from 11 estates a'd two Canadian provinces begin first-day classes at the Reppert auction school this morning. The enrollment figure of 40 is slightly smaller than the school’s average winter class. Dr. Roland Renpert, head of the school, said this morning that a few more students may arrive tomorrow. This winter’s session is the 89th in the history of the world-famed Reppert auction school, founded in 1921 by the late Col. Fred Reppert, father of the current president, Dr. Reppert. The instructors for this session are living in quarters provided for thme along U. S. 224 on the school grounds.?.Col. Q. R. Chaffee, of Towanda, Pa., is the school’s dean of instruction and manager of sessions, a position he ha« held with the school for many years. During the three-week session, students will receive instruction in every phase of the auction business. including real, estate sales, salesmanship, livestock and produce. The student is taught the procedure of conducting sales of real estate, household goods, registered livestock, homes and antiques. Richmond Teenager Is Killed In Ohio GREENVILLE, Ohio <UPL — A Richmond, Ind., teenager was killed and three others injured when their car ran off Ohio 121 near here Sunday. Dead is Terrell Eugene Miller, 19. The injured, taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital here, were David Sharp, Maurice Chavers, and Mike Nolte, all 19. Bu/s Health Bond USE CHRISTMAS SEALS ? IZSI °at yK. 2 ISfo o < > o Z i s 0 FISHT TUBERCULOSIS and other Respiratory Diseases The Pythian Sisters have voted purchase of a S 5 health bond, of, ficials of the Christmas seal campaign ip Adams <jounty announced today. All proceeds from annual sale as used in the fight on tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases. and to provide clinies and otherwise carry on the combat against disease.

ly avoiding a collision. As the engineer threw on the emergency air brakes, approximately 60 cars back on the 125car freight the coupling broke. This necessitated part of the repairs that were required before the train could move on again. While workmen were making repairs. on the train, traffic was blocked on both the Mercer Ave. and Winchester street crossings for approximately 45 minutes polipe were on the and had the string of cars “broken” so sa to permit traffic through the crossings. Low License Plate Numbers Available Reservations for low license numbers, either 1A or ID, are now being accepted at the Decatur auto license branch, Mrs. Bernadine Heller announced this morning. Anyone desiring a special number, or a low number, whether already reserved or not, must bring their applications, tax receipts and money for same to the license branch no later than December 10—just ten days away, she reminded. All plates not paid for by Dec. 10, whether reserved or not, will be sold on a first come, first serve basis on January 2, when the 1965 plates will be- available. The first 100 1A and ID olates have been reserved for the Democratic party workers and 80 precinct committeemen and women, ii they pay for them by Dec. 10. Otherwise, these will also be available Jan. 2 on a first come, first serve basis. There are 300 ID plates available again this year to Adams county residents. Anyone who resides in Adams county may apply for the 1A and ID licenses through the Decatur branch. IB licenses are available through the Berne branch, and 1C licenses through the Geneva branch. The Decatur license bureau is open from 9 a. m. to 12 noon, and from 1 p. m. until 5 p. m. daily, and closed Thursday and Saturday afternoons. The license examiner will be here on Wednesday and Friday 1 . Wells County Lady Dies At Age 100 Mrs. Elizabeth Gehring, life long resident of Wells county, who celebrated her 100th birthday Oct. 25, died at 12:35 p.m. Saturday at the Berne nursing home, where she had ben a patient for the past year and a half. She was born in Wells county in 1864. Her husband, Joel, whom she married in 1896, died in 1960. Surviving are two children. Homer Gehring and Mrs. John Baumgartner, both of Bluffton route 4; 15 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Apostolic Christian church, with burial in the- church cemetery. Friends may call at the Goodwin funeral home, Bluffton, until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

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Mars-Bound Craft Locked Onto Star

PASADENA, Calif. (UPD— The Mars-bound U.S. spacecraft Mariner-4 "locked” onto the bright star Canopus with its electronic eye early today in a tricky maneuver which stopped the craft’s roll in space. On its fourth try in three days, the spacecraft designed to take close-up photographs of the so-c ailed red planet achieved the camera-aiming operation. The 575-pound craft’s telescopic television camera and o’her scientific instruments needed to be aimed in the right direction for its July rendezvous with Mars, scientists said. Scientists at the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) here said the command to “lock” Leland Ripley Dies After Long Illness Leland A. Ripley, 60, well known Adams county farmer and insurance agent, died at 2:15 o’clock Sunday morning at his home on Monroe route 1. Death fojlowed an illness of five and one-half years. He was born in Adams county Sept. 27, 1904, a son of Malcolm and Lily Hops-Ripley, and was married to Midge Davis Nov. 10, 1928. Mr. Ripley was well known throughout the area as an insurance agent for 17 years until ill health forced his retirement in 1958. He was a member of the Union E. U. B. church near Willshire, 0., the Masonic lodge of Decatur, and the Scottish Rite of Fort Wayne. Surviving are his wife: two daughters, Mrs. David (Enid) Roberts of Columbus, and Miss Pauline Ripley, al home; seven sons, David Ripley of Rockford. O. z route 2; Charles Ripley of Fort Wayne, Roger Ripley of Decatur route 3; John Ripley of Fort Wayne, Marcus Ripjey of Huntington, Thomas Ripley of Coppess Corners, and Michael Ripley of Norfolk, Va.; 14 grandchildren; two brothers, Forest Ripley of Willshire route ), and Earl Ripley of Warsaw, and two sisters, Mrs. Earl Mcßride of Rockford route 1. and Mrs. Ralph Spitler of Fort Wayne. Funeral rites will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Union E. U. B. church near Willshire, with the Rev. C. C. Nichols and the Rev. Walter Marks offiBurial will be in the Tricker cemetery at Salem. Friends may call at the Ketcham and Rinley funeral home until 12 noon Tuesday.

State Lawmakers Arrive In Capital

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— Indiana’s 150 lawmakers arrived m the Hoosier capital today for important preliminaries to a three-day advance session of the 1965 Legislature. The 103 Democratic members were to be luncheon guests of Gov.-elect Roger Branlgin. The occasion is expected to produce Branigin’s first formal outline of what he regards as major issues confronting the 1965 session. The luncheon talk will be off-the-r.ecord. It likely will preview what he will say Wednesday to the legislative conference and Thursday at an annual Indiana State Chamber of Commerce meeting. Branigin has told newsmen he “didn’t run for the legislature” and doesn’t intend to dictate to the 78 House and 35 Senate Democrats their choice of leadership. But a lively fight is underway for the powerful speakership of the House and contests are brewing for the Senate president pro tern and Democratic caucus chairmanship. Factions May Develop f Since those choices could set a future pattern for a dangerous division into factions that could nullify the heavy Democratic strength,, some observers felt Branigin or his associates might take a behind-the-scenes role in the contests. Four men are battling for the House speaker’s post — State Reps. William T. Sebree, D-An-derson; Richard C. Bodine, DMishawaka; Wayne Townsend, D-Upland. and Ronald L. Drake DaFarmersburg. Indications are that two of the losers in the speaker battle might get the

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onto Canopus was sent at 2:57 a m. PST (5:57 a.m. EST). Three minutes later, instruments at the JPL command center confirmed the feat bythe intensity of light recorded. Mariner-4, launched • from Cape Kennedy, Fla., last Saturday, was 359,850 miles from earth and its velocity relative to earth was 74,000 miles per hour when the maneuver took place. “Now that it has locked onto the star we can plan a midcourse maneuver, which should take place in a few days,” a . JPL spokesman said. “The function of the midcourse maneuver is to refine the flight path of the spacecraft to Mars. The current flight path would miss Mars by 150,000 miles," the spokesman added. “A new course would bring it to the mission objective of within 8,000 miles from the surface." Scientists noted that this was the first time a star — in this case the second brightest visible from earth — was ursed for an attitude reference, on a long space mission. The historic trip to Mars, where scientists beleve some form of life exist, is 325 million miles long. Clara Stoppenhagen Dies Last Evening Miss Clara Stoppenhagen, 62, a native of Adams county, and resident of the Allen county home since 1959, died at 7:30 pm. Sunday at the Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne,- where she had been a patient since Friday. Born in Adams county Nov. 10, 1902, she was a daughter of Ernest and Louise FuhrmanStoppenhagen, and had never married. She was employed at the Greyhound cafeteria in Fort Wayne for seven years pHor to becoming ill in 1957. Miss Stoppenhagen was a member of the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim. Surviving are a brother-in-law, Alfred Reese of Fort Wayne; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Adolph Stoppenhagen of Decatur route 1, and 10 nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be ronducted at 2 pm. Wednesday at the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim, with the Rev. A. A. Fenner officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today. The body will lie in state at the church from 12:30 p.m. Wednesday until time of the services.

Democratic floor leader and caucus chairman posts. In the Senate, Sen. Jack Mankin, D-Terre Haute, has been hailed as front-runner in the president pro tern contest with Sen. Nelson Grills, D-Indianapo-lis, ready to volunteer for the job if he falters. The Democratic caucus chairmanship is subject of a contest, too, Sen. David Rogers, DBloomington, regarded as Mankin’s choice, has been challenged by Sen. Wesley Bowers D-Evansville. t No Democrat Date No formal date has been announced for the Democratic organization meeting although it could come today or Tuesday. The minority Republicans held their organization meetings today in GOP state headquarters in a daylong' session. Withdrawal of State Sen. Keith Fraser, R-Portland, from the minority leader race in favor of Sen. Allan E. Bloom, R-Fort Wayne, may give Bloom a winning advantage. But at least one other — Sen. Keith C. McCormick, R-Lebanon, has some friends who want the job for him. Sen. Charles Maddox, R-Otterbein, is likely to get the GOP minority caucus leader’s post. .. 2 The 22 Republican represents* fives held their organization session along with sharing a joint luncheon with the senators. Dr. Otis" Bowen, R-Bremen, is an announced candidate fqr Republican floor leader. Rep. William Berning, R-Fort Wayne, has been mentioned in connection with the caucus chairmanship for the GOP House minority.