Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII NO. 283.

Nurses, Aides For Santa Claus Trains Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, executive secretary of the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross, today announced the names of nurses and first a i d workers who will be on duty on the three Santa Claus train rides Saturday. These volunteers are asked to be at the Erie Lackawanna depot one-half hour before departure time to set up equipment. The volunteers are: 10 a.m. train — Mrs. James Inskeep, R. N.; Mrs. Marlow Schieferstein and Howard Affolder, first aid. 1:30 p.m. train — Mrs. Mark Colchin, R. N.; Mrs. William Hutker and James McHugh, first aid. 4 p.m. tra : n — Mrs. Morris Krueckeberg, R. N.; Mrs. Helen Johnson and Gerald Durkin, first aid Complete Course Mrs. Oelberg and Gerald Durkin. Red Crobs safety service chairman, also announced names of those who completed the standard first aid class Monday night. They are members of Girl Scout troop 222, of which Mrs. A. H. Girod is leader. Girls completing the course are: Diane Evans, Repina Harrell, Carol Bays, Reomilda Harrell, Sue Banning, Kathy Bedwell, Linda Neyh, Debby Zerkel, Donna Smith, Kathy Burk, Janice Call, Janet Rickord, Joetta Habegger, Theresa Girod. Debby Boltz, Linda Johnson, Margaret Smith, and Susan Beeler. Mrs. Roger Singleton was the Red Cross instructor.

Postal Station At Store Is Closed The Holthouse-on-the-Highway postal station was closed Monday evening following eight years of operation at the requist of Herb Banning, operator of the store, and chief clerk for the station, John Boch postmaster, stated this morning. Banning explained that the Increasing business of the store, coupled with the numerous reports necessary for the post office ,had made it necessary for him to drop the station. However, stamps will still be available, and Railway Express money orders will be issued. A large drog box for letters and packages is located at the store. Starting today, however, no registry, parcel post, or other post office services may be obtained there. For the past eight years the station has averaged about 200 pieces of mail a day, and sold about S4O a day worth of stamps for letters and packages, Banning estimated.

Decatur Lions Hear Accordion Music A program of accordion music by Walter Zuercher, of Berne, and four of his students, including Wayne Geiger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Geiger, of 222 Adams street, entertained the Decatur Lions club Monday night. Noah Steury was in charge of the program, and he presented the group, which included Kathy Sell. Roberta Beeks, and Paul Zuercher, The entire group opened with a number, and then the two young ladies sang a vocal duet, “How Great Thou Art," and accompanied themselves on their accordions. Paul Zuercher then plaved a piano solo, and the group did another accordion number. Miss Sell sang a vocal' solo, and accompanied herself on the accordion. and Walter Zuercher plaved an accordion solo. Geiger clayed a sold on his trumpet, and the grovn closed with the ‘‘Washington Post March” by all the accordions. Ravmond Shell and Larry Zimmerly were inducted into the club as new members by President R. C. Ludwig, who spoke of the many worthwhile activities of Lipns clubs throughout the world. He especially emphasized the leader dog for the blind, the eye bank program, and the Lions cancer fund, all of which the local club supports', as do most of the clubs in Indiana. Herman Krueckeberg, Lions Bov Scout representative, led the pledge of allegiance, and Rev. Ludwig gave the invocation. Smith Snively led the group in singing. Norman Geiger of Decatur, and Mr. Sell, of Rockford. 0., were guests of the club. This is the fifth appearance of Zuercher and his students, and the program was well received by the club.

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Michigan Man, Arrested For Hamilton Robbery; Admits To Two Others

WHITE PIGEON, Mich. (UPI) —Howard A. McCutcheon, 32, a Michigan farmer, was arrested today and authorities said he confessed three bank holdups, two of them in Indiana. A hiding place in a grain combine on the farm near Coldwater, Mich., yielded most of the money from the holdups, in-

Welsh Speaks To Legislators

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)— Governor Welsh urged Indiana legisla ors today to hold their biennial session to its legal limit of 61 days. “There have been strident voices raised demanding that we lengthen or increase the frequency of our sessions,” Welsh told a joint meeting of the 1965 Senate and House members at a pre-legislative conference. “I do not agree with these recurring recommendations, mainly because our relatively short biennial session allows and encourages virtually all citizens to become legislators,” Welsh said. “However, I am keenly aware of the increasing complexities of problems that face our lawmakers, many of whom arirve here without prior experience in government. That is why this pre-legislative conference is so important to our law-making process.” The conference will last three days. It was designed to acquaint members with the major problems they will face beginning in January, and it followed party organiza ion caucuses by only a few hours. The Republican minorities in - the House and Senate had no difficulty picking leaders in organization sessions Monday but the Democrats managed only to pick their Senate leaders. The House Democrats scheduled an organization meeting later today. The two big delegations—Marion and Lake counties—asked time Monday night to hold separate caucuses which could resolve a lively four-way battle for Speaker and to select a caucus chairman. The 78 House Democrats face a choice among Reps. William T. Sebree, Anderson; Richfard C. Bodine, Mishawaka; Wayne Townsend, Upland and Ronald L. Drake, Farmersburg. In addition Lake County is backing Rep. James Junter, East Chicago, for caucus chairman, a pos* tVhich some of those in the Speakership battle also view as a "second best” job. The 35 Democrat senators unanimously named Sen. Jack Mankin, Terre Haute, as president pro temnore and selected Sen. David Rogers, BloomingMrs. George Thoms Dies At Evanston Mrs. George Thoms, about 60, of Arlington Heights, 111., and a former resident of Decatur, died at 9 a m. Monday in an Evanston, 111., hospital following a serious illness.,, Her husband was office manager of the Cloverleaf Creamery here, and a former official of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Bom Marie Robbins, she was daughter of Charles and Maude Robbins, and was boro in South Whitley. She is survived bv her husband, two daughters, Marlene and Nadele, a grandson, Pat, and a sister. Miss Pauline Robbins of Huntington. Funeral will be held in Arlington Heights at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Price of Decatur plan to attend. The Thoms live at 648 Bristol Lane, Arlington' Heights, 111.

eluding a $14,000 robbery of the Hamilton Bank at Hamilton, Ind., Monday. Authorities said McCutcheon also confessed the $2,071 holdup Sept. 18 of the State Bank of Lima at Howe, Ind., and the, Sept. 28 holdup of a bank at Waldron, Mich., for $2,172. The arrest was made by An-

ton, for caucus leader. Rogers was challenged by Sen. We.ley Bowers, Evansville. The 15 GOP senators quietly named Sen. Allan E. Bloom, Fort Wayne, for minority leader and Sen.. Charles Maddox, Ot’erbein, minority caucus leader. The 22 GOP representatives picked Rep? Otis Bowen, Bremen physician, for. minority floor leader, and Rep. William Berning, Fort Wayne, for Republican* caucus chairman. Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine, who will be succeeded Jan.’ 11 by Robert Rock, Anderson Democrat, presided this moining oven the Senate session while 1963 House Speaker Richard W. Guthrie, wielded the gavel in the House. Both chambers joined for a joint session to hear Governor Welsh speak. Welsh is to be succeeded Jan. 11 by* Roger D. Branigin, who is scheduled to address the prelegislative session Wednesday, along with Rock and the winner of the 1965 Speaker battle. The formal unveiling of the 1965-67 biennial budget also will come Wednesday. The concluding session of the preliminary conference Wednesday features hear’-to-heart talks by Rock and six senators in the upper chamber and the Speaker-elect and six representatives in the House on the problems faced by the lawmakers when they convene the General Assembly Jan. 7, Rock told a news conference shared with Mankin and Rogers after the Senate Democra'ic organization late Monday that he hopes to name the reapportionment, election and patronage committees yet this week. The Senate majority caucus was interrupted by Sen. Nelson G. Grills, Indianapolis, whp stormed out in a huff because the Marion County delegation was “taking orders” from Marion County lawmakers to an original plan to caucus before voting on the House and Senate posts and was told Beatty “said it was all right” to go ahead and organize the Senate. Grills appea r ed more perturbed, however, over indications that the Democratic majority of the 1965 session would not repeal the 2 per cent sales tax. Despite the walkout, Mankin said “I think Nelson will work with us on mos‘ things.” Mankin "Said he thought “Senate Bill 1 will be repealer of right to work." He joined Branigin in isdicating doubt that the sales tax would be renealed although all agree modifications will be made. “We would have to see where the money is coming from” before repealing the sales tax, Mankin said. Rock said the election committee probably will deal both with the challenge to. Mankin’s seat by John Thomas, Brazil Republican, elected to a threecounty seat not au horized by the Indiana Election Board, and a contest involving Sen. Willis Batchelet, R-Angola, and Philip Bir, LaGrange Democrat. Bir lost by 40 votes .and has filed for a recount. Batchelet has brought a coujh’er-suit seeking to prevent the recount. Rock said early naming of the reapportionment committee was needed so it could work with the House committee on re-aligning legislative and congressional districts.

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dres Muth of the Michigan State Police and Al Maki of the Indiana State Police. FBI agents and the Branch County, Mich., sheriff’s office also were in on the case. Hamilton is in the northeast tomer of Indiana about 10 miles M south of the Michigan state line. Howe is about 2? miles northwest of Hamilton and ohly three miles from the Michigan border. The Hamilton bank was held up by a well-dressed gunman believed to have been driving a 1964 car. A cashier, Mrs. Glida Jackson, told authorities the gunrnan “was very neat and looked Hjke a businessman. He was very polite.” She said the man forced Executive Vice-President Marvin J. Thompson to get the money from a vault. The bandit then stuffed the cash into a brief case and walked out of the building. Officials said the cash was mosly in sl, $5, and S2O bills and added they did not know if the man had any accomplices or fled by car. Police said witness saw the 1964 auto heading west out of the city with cardboard over its license plates. i The thief did not take any money from cash drawers af.er he announced “This is a holdup,” but simply motioned to Thompson to get the money fronT the vault.

Ask For Survey Os Stream Conditions The Adams county commissioners Monday authorized county attorney Dave Macklin to 00111301? the Indiana pollution board of the state department of conservation.' They asked Macklin to request the board survey Adams county and • prepare a report of stream conditions within the county. Mrs. Tom Hurst and Mrs. Josephine Richardson appeared at the meeting to request the commisr sioners to insnect a recently completed tile drain installed east of Decatur. The women reported that several areas around the drain had not been filled in. The commissioners inspected the area. Monday afternoon and decided to authorize payment until the job had been pronerlv comnieted. A petition requestin' l blacktnnpin<? of countv road 8 between countv ronHs 37 and 39 was received at the meeting. The petition was signed by 40 residents of the area near the road. Another petition, reouedlng cleaning and repair of the Steel open drain in St. Mary’s township, was also received. Doyle Rich, William Miller, George Strickler, Jess Edgell and. Joe Carter appeared at the meeting to request naving of countv road 12 between U. S. 27 and countv road 34. The group pointed out that there are 12 homes on the one mile section which they wish paved. The matter was taken under advisement. • The commissioners also decided to have the countv h’ghwav department put a vield e ign on an abandoned portion of stats highwav 191. Commissioner Dolmas Bollenbacher pointed out that a safetv hazard now exists at the intersection of the old highway and county road 26. Resume Classes At Lincoln Wednesday No heat, no classes — but the Lincoln school expects to resume classes Wednesday. 'The school was closed this morning due to a failure in the beating system, according to principal Hubert Zerkel. Jr. But classes will be held Wednesday, Zerkel said, as repairmen told h<n they expected to have the necessary repairs finished by this evening. Zerkel explained that a leak di^'loped in a return line that runs under the cement floors on the first floor to the boiler in the school’s first floor. The leak caused a loss of water pressure,

i — ! . CHICAGO— Janet Perkins, 15, of Le Roy, 111., sheds tears of joy here , as her half-ton Aberdeen-Angus steer, named "Charger," was a picked as the grand champion steer in the international livestock exposition—(UPl Telephoto).

INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness and warmer this afternoon and tonight. Occasional light snow north, probably mixed with some freezing rain at times this afternoon or tonight. Wednesday cloudy, occasional rain or snow north, wanner central and south. Low tonight 18 to 23. High Wednesday in the 30s north and central and the 40s south. Sunset ' today 5:21 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:48 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Cloudy and warmer with rain south and snow north, possibly changing to snow south by night. Lows to 34. Highs in the 30s north to the low 40s south. Substitute Rural Carrier Is Needed A substitute rural mail carrier for rural route four, to replace Chalmer Reber, who has resigned is urgently neded, John Boch, postmaster, announced tdday. Boch also announced the recent appointment of Calvin Caston as rural substitute on route 2, replacing Gene Moser, who resigned to become a full-time Decatur fireman. A substitute carrier replaces the regular carrier, who, in the case of rural route 4 is Robert August, when he is on vacation or sick leave. Every rural carrier gets 20 days vacation a year, plus 13 days of sick leave. He can accumulate 30 days of vacation, and any amount of sick leave. He is paid $20.13 a day, plus 12 cents a mile. Route 4 is approximately 70 miles long, and winds ■ through parts of Washington, French and Kirkland townships. The carrier must report in at 6 am., and is usually finished by 1:30 or 2 p.m. Duo Unveils New RelaHonship Program Hie Decatur plant of Duo, Inc., today is unveiling a new dealer,'customer and employe relationship program. Details of the program are being presented today in a special press, radio and TV conference and luncheon in Decatur.

which in turn meant no heat for the day. Repairmen immediately went to work, however* and classes are expected to be held ag<|n Wednesday. *

Half Million Gift To Berne Church The congregation of the F i r 4 t Mennonite church of Berne Monday voted to accept a $500,000 donation from Mrs. O. F. Gilliom, a member of the church. The gift, in the form of Lincoln Life Insurance company stock, amounts to approximately $500,000 and is designated for vse in the retirement home and health care project which a committee of the church has been studying. Mrs. Gilliom, widow of one of the early Lincoln Life Insurance j company representatives in the area, announced her gift to the congregation Sunday night. The congregation voted Monday night, 169 to 6 in favor of accepting the donation. Mrs. Gilliom has, in the past, made a number of other gifts to religious These gifts were made to the Cross United Church of Christ for the construction of the church’s new sanctuary, tothe First Mennonite church for its educational building, to Bluffton college, Bluffton. 0., to the Mennonite Biblical seminary at Elkhart, and to the Berne M. R. E. cemetery. Recently she contributed $lB,000 to the Mennonite Biblical seminary to be applied to the building of a new chapel which is now under construction. The total amount of her donations to various causes now exceeds one million dollars. The entire community of Berne will benefit from her donation to the Mennonite church. The proposed retirement home and health care facilities will be available to all residents of Berne. It is also anticipated that in various phases of the planning, building and operation of the facilities, some representation from other churches will be included. A similar arrangement has been used in the operation of the M. R E cemetery. Mrs. Gilliom expressed the wish that her gift would serve as a stimulant to others to help support the project. About 30 Berne residents have indicated that they would give a total of about $103,000. - - . Former Decatur Man Dies In California Riley Chrisman, 81, a former Decatur resident, died Monday at Glendora, Calif., according to a

12 Children Die In Fires During Night

BALTIMORE (UPI) — Seven children died today when an early morning fire gutted their tenement home. 1116 mother and four other children escaped. Police sought the father, Arnold Kennard Smith, 40, for questioning. A can believed to contain a flammable liquid was found in the charred ruins. The victims, all Negroes, were as Vivian, 13; Darlene, 8: Timothy, 7; Annette. 6; Kevin, 4; Gary, 2; and Janet, 1. Police said Smith was free on bail resulting from charges last August that he fatally stabbed a 25-year-old woman, Helen Wallace. Police said there were reports he had been seen in the vieinity of the gutted house at the time of the fire. Five In Kentucky VERSAILLES, Ky. (UPI) — Five children, all daughters of

UN Assembly Opens Session

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., (UPD — The General Assembly opens its long-delayed 1964 session today with strong prospects of an immediate recess for further talks to avert a showdown on Russia's right to vote. The opening was scheduled for .3 p.m. EST. Secretary of S’ate Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko held a long but inconclusive meeting on the issue Monday. There were indications, that they agreed to postpone 5 * a showdown for two or three days and have further talks.. Secre'ary General Thant told newsmen there" was a strong possibility that the assembly would recess for at least 24 hours soon after its opening. The decision was to be made this morning after the views of various regional groups in the world, parliament were made known. Nei'her Thant nor U. S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson believed the crisis would reach a make-or-break point today. The recess action might come at any time after the opening of the session but Thant thought it more likely af'er the election of Alex Quaison-Sackey of

Two U.S. Aircraft Shot Down By Reds

SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI) — Communist guerillas shot down two U.S. military aircraft today on the fringes of the so-called Red - ‘ controlled “iron triangle" 30 miles northeast of Saigon. An American military spokesman said the American crewmen in both incidents “escaped serious injury" and were rescued by American helicopters. The first craft downed by ■ Viet Cong ground fire was a U.S. Air Force AIE Skyraider fighter-bomber. It was piloted by Ist Lt. Kemp P. Roedema, 26, of Garfield, N.J. Kemp parachuted to safety, but his Vietnamese co-pilot apparently did not and is listed as missing in action. The second craf' downed was a turbojet HUIB helicopter, which was destroyed op the ground after it made a forced landing when hit by Red ground fire.-The four U.S. Army men aboard escaped without injury. The spokesman said the Skyraider was on a “training mission” over Communist-controlled jungle terrain when it was hit while flying at about 700 feet. The plane “lost altitude rap--rdly,” the spokesman said. Roe-

telegram received yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Hilyard. A long-time resident here, he was a member of the Decatur Masonic lodge and the First Methodist church. Hi,s wife, Bertha, a daughter, Mrs. William (Helen Frances) Mooney, of Glendale, Calif., and a son. Merle, of Georgia survive. Both children attended the Decatur schools. Burial will be Thursday in the Oakdale memorial cemetery following brief services.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spencer, burned to death when fire destroyed their tenant farm home in Woodford County Monday night. A sixth daughter, Patricia Ann Spencer, 13, was severely bprned but was reported in satisfactory condition at a Lexington hospital. She had burns over 25 per cent of her body, including her face and hands. The parents, who were on the ground floor of the old twostory frame house, escaped unharmed except for shock. Mrs. Paul Curry, the children’s aunt, identified the dead children as Shirley, about 12; Birdie Lynn, about 10; Sheila Kay, 6; and twins, Treecie and Tracy, 4. She said they were all on the second floor when the fire broke out about 10:30 p.m.

Ghana, unopposed for the assembly presidency. The election would be held on a “no objection” basis, without the formality of a vote. The issue behind the dramatic situation was Russia's refusal to pay any part of the $52.6 million it owes for peacekeeping operations in the Congo and the Middle East. Russia contends it was assessed illegally by the assembly, instead of the Security Council, where there is a Soviet veto. Article 19 of the U. N. charter provides that any country in arrears for the equivalent of two years’ assessments shall lose its vote. The United States has insisted that Article 19 be applied against Russia and seven other delequents the firr>t time the assembly is called on to vote. The assembly, which normally meets in September, was postponed originally until Nov. 10. Then a - second three-week po.4‘ponement was granted to afford more time to seek a compromise on the confrontation with Russia. Despite the drama of the lastminute talks, a crisis atmosphere was notably lacking among the principal diplomats involved in the situation.

dema reported that when he realized the plane could not rectum to i s base, he gave the order to bail out. “Roedema .. . repeated the order to bail out to the VNAF (Vietnamese air force) pilot several times, but he did not know whether it was carried out,” the spokesman said. ‘‘As of late this afternoon, the aircraft searching the scene reported no sight of the missing man.” ■. The spokesman said Roedema heard Communist troops in the area where he parachuted to the ground and hid in the dense underbrush for several hours while waiting for rescue helicopters. He was picked up safely “shortly before noon.” The helicopter was one of three in a formation flying reconnaissance over the jungles of Binh Duong Province, when Communist fire ripped through one of its rocket launchers.

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