Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1964 — Page 1

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New Titan - 3A Rocket In Apparently Successfull Satellite Orbit Today

CAPE KENNEDY (UPD — The new Titan-3A rocket, key to an Air Force bid to orbit the first U.S. space station, today apparently scored its first success in two tries to orbit a dummy satellite. The 124-foot booster apparently overcome troubles encount-

Confession To Deaths Blocked

By ROBERT GORDON United Press International MERIDIAN, Miss. (UPD—A U. S. commissioner conducting a preliminary hearing today blocked testimony concerning an alleged confession which the FBI says it has from one of the 21 men charged in connection with the slaying of three civil rights workers. The purpose of the prelimi'•nary hearing, conducted by U. . Commissioner Esther Carter, was to determine whether the charges should be continued against the suspects. Only 19 of the 21 defendants were involved in today’s hearing. Miss Carter refused to allow FBI agent Henry Rask to testify about an alleged confession which he said he took from Horace Doyle Barnette, 22, one of the defendants. The commissioner said she based her ruling on the fact that it was hearsay because Barnette himself was not in the U. S. District courtroom for the hearing. Barnette, a former Meridian \ man arrested in Louisiana, was released on bond Wednesday in Shreveport, La. He has not yet been arraigned. After the ruling regarding theß alleged confession, Justice De-M partment attorney Robert Owenil asked for a 1% hour recess. Hei said the ruling “requires that"

Troops Mop Up In Viet Nam

SAIGON, South Viet Nam ( (UPI) — Government troops mopped up today after a series of bloody Communist attacks within four days. Six Americans have been killed in the fighting, and a seventh is missing. There have been 232 Americans killed in Viet Nam action since January 1961. Government losses have not been to ailed, but at least 200 Communist Viet Cong . have been reported killed in this ■week’s battles. Two connected battles in the northernmost part of the coun- a try cost the Communists. 124 dead, more than they have suffered in any single engagement since the civil war started. The bloodiest of these fights—took place Wednesday atop Hill 159 in Quang Tin Province and at a command post a mile away Hie Vietnamese defense ministry reported that 112 Viet Cong Were killed on the hilltop, and another 12 at the nearby command post. U.S. Army Ist Lt. Brian K. Skinner of Denver, Colo., was killed in the battle for Hill 159. U.S. Army Sgt. Fred Flowers of Charleston, W. Va. was wounded in this action. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gary F. Janulewicz, 20, of

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ered on its maiden test flight Sept. 1 and shot its third stage and a 3,750-pound lead payload into a 17,500-mile an hour path about 115 miles above earth. The success was an important step in an Air Force effort to develop a more powerful Ti-tan-3 version, called the Titan-

we confer now to determine how to proceed.” Miss Carter granted a recess until 2:30 p.m. EST. Open Way To More Math Instruction INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana Textbook Adoption Commission Wednesday opened the doors for possible expansion of mathematics instruction in public schools during the next five years. The commission adopted a resolution suggested by William E. Wilson, state superintendent of public instruction and chairman of the commission, that “instructional materials” other than authorized textbooks be permitted if the General Education Commission so desires. In the past, up to seven textbooks have been approved by the commission for each course. Regulations limit the number of books usable over a five-year period as a means of reducing the burden on parents by making it unnecessary for them to buy so many new books. However, Wilson said the ; commission felt that of it did b not make possible the use of | other books and instructional I materials which may become I available within the next five I years, education in Indiana 1 would be hampered.

Feeding Hills, Mass., gave Flowers emergency treatment for wounds in bo h legs and saved his life. Janulewicz was personally congratulated for his heroism by Gen. William C. Westmoreland, commander of all U.S. forces in Viet Nam. The young Marine later was decorated for bravery by Brig. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi, commander of the Vietnamese First Corps. Three other Americans were killed earlier Tuesday when the Viet Cong attacked a government outpost in the Mekong Delta 125 miles southwest of Saigon. They were Capt. Norman W. Heck, Jr., of Ida, Mich., Ist Lt. James G. Dunton, of Melrose, Mass., and Sfc. Guy T. Freeland, of Fort Smith, Ark. Maj. John F. Stoneburner, of Sandia Base, N.M., was killed Wednesday when he was ambushed on a highway. The missing American is Spec. 5 William R. Hamlin, of Seattle, Wash, He was with a force of Vietnamese infan‘ry and armored personnel carriers trying to break through to a beleaguered garrison at an Lao when ambushed Tuesday by the Viet Cong. Three of the APC’s were destroyed by Communist recoilless rifle fire.

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3C, to give the nation the ability to cope with any future military threat in space. An Air Force spokesman said the first reports on the rocket, launched at 11:52 a.m. EST after a string of delays dating back to Nov. 20, indicated that it performed as planned and achieved an orbit. The shot Was an Important step in an Air Force effort to develop a more powerful Titan--3 model, called the Titan-3C, to give the nation the ability to cope with future military threats in space. Most important of the missions now being planned for the Titan-3C is the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) expected to keep two men in orbit for 10 days in 1968. Later missions could in? elude manned satellite interceptors. The Titan-3A is an outgrowth of the Titan-2 that ran into troubles Wednesday with an unmanned t w o-seater Gemini spaceship perched on its nose. The Titan-2 engines were shu‘ down one second before liftoff time but damage to one of the engines delayed the flight test until January.

Anti-Trust Suit On Broadcast Music NEW YORK (UPD—The Justice Department today accused Broadcast Music, Inc., (BMI) and 517 broadcasters who own BMI stock of combining illegally to monopolize copyrighted music for broadcasting. The charge was made in a civil anti-trust suit filed in Manhattan Federal Court. Acting Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach said the suit asked that the broadcasters be ordered to divest themselves of BI ownership. BMI, headquartered in New York City, serves as a clearing house for licenses to perform copywrighted popular music. The complaint said BMI and the broadcasters had tried to attain a monopoly over performance rights to music and over licenses to broadcast such music. The scheme has denied composers a competitive market for the sale of licenses to their music and for its performance, and their royalties have been decreased, the complaint said. It also charged that BMI competi ors had been denied access to a free and competitive market for licensing rights and performance rights.

Crestview Student Killed In Accident

Lynn Barnhart, 17-year-old student at Crestview high school, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Harrell Barnhart of Union township, Van Wert county, 0., was killed in a truck-car crash 11 miles east of Van Wert on U. S. highway 30 shortly before noon Wednesday. The victim’s brother, Ronnie, 16, was seriously injured and taken to St. Rita’s hospital in Lima for treatment pf back injuries. The boys’ uncle, James Barnart, of Van Wert route 3, and driver of the car, is in Van Wert county hospital wfth a possible shpulder fracture and other injuries. -■ Three other persons riding in the rear seat of the car were uninjured. Howard F. Faub, 22, of Dalton, O/, driver of the truck ' escaped with only bruises. Authorities said the Barnhart car, eastbound, skidded into the path of the westbound truck. The victim’s body was taken to the .Alspach funeral home in Van Wert. ”

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I Bill Spice Is Named I | Disfricl Executive | ■» W flk In ■ * Bill Spice Bill Spice, route 6, Decatur, Limberlost district Boy Scout fexecutive, has been promoted to district Scout executive for the Ash; kum district of the Pokagon trails council in Hammood, effectlye January 1. Spice’s new district covers the south Chicago suburbs of Park Forest, Olympia Fields and East Chicago Heights. Spice, who holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Ball State, has been in profession--r al scouting since his graduation from college. He has lived in Decatur and been Limberlost district director fpr two years. He has a total of 11 years in scouting work. Spice joined the Fort Wayne area Anthony Wayne council in 1960 and served as Pokagon district director before accepting the Limberlost district directorship. He has also served as Boy Scout summer camp director. As Limberlost district executive he has been in charge of extending the scouting program in Adams, Wells and Jay counties. His duties include th organizing of nw units, training leaders, recruiting volunteers and providing materials. A native of Fort Wayne and a graduate of North Side high school, he received his profession-. al scouting training in the 229thnational training school at the J Schiff Scout Reservation in Mend-' ham, N. J. Soice is married and the father' of three children. His wife, San-* dra, was a former teacher at the S Hartford school. : President Os CTS Announces Merger ~ Basil S. Turner, president of CTS corporation of Berne, and John F. Silver, president of the James Knight company, Wednesday jointly announced a merger of the two firms. The James Knight company stockholders will receive a total of 130,527 shares of CTS stock for their holdings. The company’s , business will be handled by CTS ; Knights company, a new, wholly . owned subsidiary of CTS corpjr- •’ ation. Die CTS Knights firm will fee' located in Sandwich, IQ., and will, operate with the same manage-’’ ment and staff which guided James Knights company. « CTS is a producer of variable’ resistors, loudspeakers and microelectronic components and cir-J cults. The James Knights corn-’ pany manufactures quartz crysj tals, crystal controlled oscillator?« and crystal filters, all not currently produced pr sold byjj CTS. 3

INDIANA WEATHER

INDIANA WEATHER Rain spreading 1 over entire state tonight, continuing Friday. Warmer. Low tonight in the 30s north and the 40s south. High Friday mostly in the 40s. Sunset today 5:21 p.m. Sunrise Friday 7:50 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Rain probably diminishing or ending during afternoon. No decided temperature change. Highs mid 40s to upper 40s. Lows mostly in the low 40s. Judge To Enjoin Railroad Strike CHICAGO (UPD—A federal judge said Wednesday he will stop the threatened nationwide rail strike until at least Christmas Eve. U.S? District* Court Judge Joseph Sam Perry said he would issue a 10-day temporary restraining order Monday against more than 50,000 shopcraft ■workers in their long dispute with the railroads over wages. The railroad machinists, electricians and sheet metal workers announced after breakdown of talks in Washington that they would go on strike at 6 am. local time Tuesday. A strike by the shopcraft workers would affect all of the na'ion’s 189 class I railroads except the Southern Railway System and the Florida East Coast ..Railway. The affected trains carry more than 90 per cent of the nation’s rail freight. The railroads have stood firm on President Johnson’s emergency board recommendations of a nine cent an hour wage increase for each of three years. The proposal was accepted by other railroad unions, but the machinists, electricians and shett metal workers demanded mare. Ferry said it was a “very involved matter — something that can’t be decided quickly.” “I want to give more time to W entire question," Perry said. Bids For Materials Approved By Board j The Adams county commissioners this week received bids and j awarded contracts for the sup- : plying of materials for 1965. ’ Materials bids were awarded ’ to: Tires — Zurcher tire company and Mobil service, Monroe. Gasoline — Beavers Oil company, Decatur. • Diesel Fuel — Eastern Indiana Oil and Supply company. Lubricating oil — D. A. Lubricant company. Stone — Meshberger Brothers, John W. Karch, Yost Gravel and Ready Mix and Erie Stone Company. -All stone bids submitted were nearly equal. The commissioners accepted each bid and will use stone from the supplier closest to each county project. • Gravel — Yost Gravel and Ready Mix, Lucius Sommers and ■ S & L gravel company. Gravel J bids were also nearly identical ■ and all were accepted. J Concrete pipe — Yost Gravel ■ and Ready Mix. • Bituminous material — Meshi berger Brothers and Ayres As«phalt company. » gait —Diamond Crystal comI pany. (Grader Blades — Armco Steel Supply. | Aluminum pipe — Logansport * Culvert company. I Corrugated pipe — Beach Maniufacturing company. Structural steel and guard rails

Berne Resident In Critical Condition Rufus Amstutz, 64-year-old Berne resident, is listed in critical condition in a Kokomo hospital after a car in which he was a passenger was involved in a two-car accident near Kokomo Monday morning. Amstutz is under oxygen. Both his lungs have collapsed and one is puctured. He also has broken ribs. At the time of the accident Amstutz was riding with four other men to attend an investment firm meeting in Kokomo. Amstutz and two other men were sitting in the back seat when the vehicle in which they were riding was struck from the rear by another car. The other two men were thrown against Amstutz, pushing him against the arm rest on the door, which crushed his chest. Examination revealed at least six broken ribs on one side, one on the other and punctured lung. However, his condition was not believed critical until Tuseday afternoon when both lungs collapsed. Publisher Named On Advisory Committee Dick D. Heller, Jr., publisher of the Decatur Daily Democrat, was one of 52 Indiana citizens appointed today to serve on the Indiana sesquicentennial advisory committee of 100, Gov. Matthew E. Welsh announced. Indiana will celebrate its 150th birthday in 1966, having been officially admitted to the United States on Dec. 11, .1816. Advisory committee members, recommended by the Indiana sesquicentennial commission and appointed by the governor, are to serve as advisors to the state commission and are to help county and local groups in planning sesquicentennial programs in their areas of the state. Die remaining members of the group will be appointed at a later date, the governor stated. Among those appointed were state senator Jesse L. Dickinson of South Bend, former state senator Robert Brokenburr, of Indianapolis, former Governors George N. Craig, Ralph F. Gates, Harold W. Handley, and Henry F. Schricker, John Hurt of Martinsville, Eli Lilly, state senator Robert O’Bannon, Fred J. Reynolds, Fort Wayne librarian, and Gondon St. Angelo, of Huntingburg.

Asks Russia To Use Influence In Asia

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States has made a direct, high-level appeal to Russia to use its influence in persuading Asian Communists to halt aggression in Southeast Asia. The appeal was made by Secretary of State Dean Rusk to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko during a 2%-hour lunch at the Soviet Embassy Wednesday, according to U. S. officials. Gromyko also met late Wednesday with President Johnson at the White House. It was Johnson’s first meeting with a high-ranking Russian official since the Kremlin upheaval in October which turned out Nikita S. Khrushchev. U. S. officials said Rusk and Gromyko had a “lively” discussion of the Viet Nam problem, each outlining his country's position in clear but measured tones. There were no threats on either side. Asks U. S. Removal Gromyko, officials said, urged that the United States pull its military forces out of South Viet Nam, leaving the problem for the Vietnamese themselves

— American steel supply. The Wheeling Corrugated company, Armco metal products company, the Republic Steel corporation, and the Contstructiotf products company were awarded contracts for supplying culvert pipe, bridge flooring and other products.

FATHER AND SON— Sen. Edward M. Kennedy <L) is in first walking shot, with his father Joseph P. Kennedy on porch at New England Baptist Hospital, where the senator is recuperating from injuries received in a plane crash June 19.—(UPI Telephoto)

Will Resume Baker Hearing Next Year

WASHINGTON (UPD — The Senate Rules Committee cleared its files of the “party girl” issue today, but made plans to call former White House aide Walter W. Jenkins when the politically explosive Bobby Baker hearings resume next year. The committee ended the current phase of its long-running hearings into the Baker case Wednesday on a note of sharp partisan discord. i But members did agree to keep the inquiry alive into the new year. They planned "to issue a statement about the future course of the case, expected to be made public some time today. The statement was to outline decisions taken by the committee in a four-hour closed meeting Wednesday before the windup of 1964 public hearings. Sen. John Sherman Cooper, Ky., the lone Republican present at the meeting, made it clear he was outvoted on several issues. He was far from happy about the decisions of

to settle. Rusk replied that this was out of the question while Communist North Viet Nam, backed by Red China, continued to support aggression in South Viet Nam and Laos. In another development, the White House officially welcomed Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin's announcement of Russian military budget cuts of about one-half billion dollars, but said there was no U. S. - Soviet “agreement" on limiting defense spending. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara recently announced that the U. S. defense budget is expected to be reduced bv $1.2 billion between fiscal 1964 and fiscal 1966. Urged Talks The United States has long urged that there should be technical talks with the Russians on what defense budget figures mean in each country. Both countries use different accounting systems. The Russians have never agreed to such talks. Rusk’s talk with Gromyko also covered o’her possible steps toward curbing the armaments race. But it was reported there were no signs of changes in Soviet policy bringing agreements in that area any closer. At the same, time, however. Russian policy as expressed by Gromyko was not particularly hostile. It was, in fact, considerably milder than recent Russian public statements which have assailed the United States over the Congo, NATO matters, and Viet Nam. *

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the Democratic majority. Dead Issues Cooper said he felt the committee should have kept alive into the new Congress: —lts investigation into the mystery role of German beauty Mrs. Ellen Rometsch. Republicans contend “party girls” may have been used to win favors which helped Baker promote his many outside business interests. —lts material relating to an alleged campaign contribution "shakedown” of officials of International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. This was said to involve a $1,200 political donation to the 1960 campaign of vice presidential nominee Lyndon B. Johnson. Instead, committee Democrats voted to turn evidence about Mrs. Rometsch back to the FBI, drop the IT&T matter as one dealing with election laws and not within their purview, and agree to extend the inquiry into 1965 with Jenkins as the most prominent figure. Name Arose Earlier Jenkins resigned in October as a top Johnson aide after it was declared he had been arrested twice on morals charges. His name arose earlier this year when the committee investigated the sale of broadcast time on the Johnson family's Austin, Tex., television station. Insurance man Don B. Reynolds testified that Jenkins suggested he purchase $1,200 worth of air time on KOTB-TV in 1957 after Reynolds had sold then Sen. Johnson $150,000 worth of life, insurance. Reynolds said he did so, but Jenkins sent the committee an affidavit denying he had ever talked to Reynolds about the matter. Jenkins also had been mentioned during the wide-ranging investigation as one who offered to mediate a SIOO,OOO damage suit against Baker by Capitol Vending Corp. The suit, which triggered the entire Baker congressional inquiry, is still pending.

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