Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 292.

Moon Rocket Shoots Into Near - Perfect Orbit For Practice Run For Launch

CAPE KENNEDY (UPD—A high - powered Atlas Centaur moon rocket shot into a nearperfect orbit today on a tough practice run for next year’s scheduled launch of a lunar landing spacecraft. However, a secondary “bonus” experiment — restarting the Centaur’s engines in space—failed as the experimental upper stage whirled around the globe. . Rainfall General Throughout State By United Press International Rain pelted Indiana with amounts ranging r from onefourth to ’ more than one and one-half inches today. Precipitation totals by 7 a.m. EST today ranged up to 1.54 inches at Evansville. Other southern points received generally more than an inch, while ' central and nor hern areas got mostly less than one-half inch. But the rainfall was due to continue until tonight throughout the state. Temperatures moderated considerably as the rain came, and for the first night in some time, reading were x gCfiCrally above freezing, thus eliminating the hazards of icy highways and s tree's. Other precipitation totals included Medora 1.44, Seymour 1.43, Petersburg 1.26, Columbus 1.10, Austin 1.33, Bedford 103, Shoals 1.25, Williams 1.12, Edwardsport .81, Vincennes .77, Newberry .77, Cincinnati 1.15, Louisville 1.89, Spencer .55, Lafayette .17, Indianapolis .33,

U.S. To Step Up Aid To Viet Nam

SAIGON. South Viet Nam (UPD—The United States has pledged to step up its aid to South Viet Nam in the fight to crush the Communists, a government communique said today. The United States also “expressed full support for the duly constituted government” of Prime Minister Tran Van Huong. The pledge of government support and of addi'ional military and economic assistance came in the face of new Buddhist demands for Huong’s overthrow and some of the bitterest fighting of the war during the past week. Khanh Attacked Simultaneously, it was disclosed that Lt. Gen. Nguven Khanh, commander of Tie armed forces and military “strong man” of the country, was fired on by Red gunfire this morning. Khanh’s office said the general and Deputy Premier Nguyen Luu Vien were aboilt to board a plane following an overnight inspection trip of Phu Quoc Province 190 miles southwest of Saigon when the Reds opened fire cm the airstrip. Shell fragments damaged two transport planes on the .field, but Khanh and Vien escaped unharmed. The Reds were driven off. The defense ministry also disclosed that Communist forces revenged an earlier setback in their offensive southeast of Saigon by wiping out a government armored column Wednesday in one of the costliest ambushes of the war. The Reds killed 12 government troops and wounded 31 others, with an additional 10 missing and possibly captured. They also destroyed six U. S. - supplied Mll3 ar-

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Centaur project officials said the restart capability is not needed on moon shots. Program Manager R.E. Ginter said he did not expect the restart failure to change the launch schedule for the surveyor Moon landing. Centaur, using its own guidance system for the first time, went into an orbit ranging from 102 to 105 miles above earth. Project officials said it was "very, very close” to the precise orbit aimed for. The secondary objective of restarting the engine failed for some unexplained reason. It was the second orbital sucSouth Bend .29, and Fort Wayne .27. Despi'e the warming trend and rain, 6 inches of snow remained on the ground at South Bend this morning and 2 inches at Fort Wayne. High temperatures Thursday ranged from 39 at South Bend and Fort Wayne to 50 at Evansville and Cincinnati and 51 at Louisville. Highs today will range from the upper 40s to the mid 50s, lows tonight from 28 to 35 north to the mid 40s south, and highs Saturday from the low 40s to near 50. The outlook for Sunday was colder with rain south and rain or snow north. The five-day outlook called for temperatures to average 3 to 5 degrees above normal highs of 36 to 44 and normal lows of 20 to 30. The colder trend will continue into Monday but it will turn warmer thereafter.

mored personnel carriers and captured or destroyed a massive array of weapons in the ambush 39 miles southeast of Saigon. Decision In Washington The American promise of more help for this embattled na’lon was the result of U. S. Ambassador Maxwell Taylor's recent trip to Washington during which he discussed future policy with President Johnson and high administration officials. Meanwhile, government casualty reports indicated today that the Communists are paying a high price for their current offensive in the central mountain area. Six Americans have been killed and a seventh is listednas “missing in action” in the latest Viet Cong push. But a spokesman for the Sou‘h Vietnamese Defense Ministry said at least 200 guerrillas have been cut down in the past three days. The spokesman said 124 Viet Cong were killed in three related mountain battles, the highest reported Communist casualty figure of the war. Six-ty-five other guerrillas were said to have been slain in other engagements with government troops this week. The biggest battle occurred in and around An Lao, a government garrison 300 miles north of Saigon. Communist forces seized high ground surrounding the fort and bombarded it with merciless mortar and automatic weapons fire.’ A U.S. military spokesman said today that sporadic firing was still reported fcfiin An Lao, but that only a harassing force of guerrillas remained in the area. 1

cess in four flights for the-y troubled $550 million Centaur 1 development program that is nj three years behind schedule. *1 The hydrogen-fueled Centaur 1 second stage carried for the 1 first time a simple 2,100-pound , weight model of its future proj- 'J ect surveyor paylorad — a spidery robot that will land I cameras and instruments on j the moon to explore astronaut 4 landing sites. 1 The centaur used its own guidance system for the first . time to send it on a launch { trajectory that future surveyor t flights will take and put it into , an orbit about 105 miles above the earth. “Based on preliminary information, the Centaur is in a ‘parking orbit,’ ” a Space Agency spokesman said. After reaching orbit, the 46foot long Centaur-payload unit was programed to coast 25 minutes. Then, upon signal from its electronic brain, Centaur was to restart its two engines for the first time in space and shoot into a higher orbit. The 112-foot Atlas Centaur combination blasted from Its launch pad at -9:25 ,a.m. EST and began its 9% minute climb into space atop a bright orange column of flame. The shot wound up the year’s busiest space week and followed Thursday’s successful orbital test of the new Titan 3-A military space rocket. 'News Service' Wire Is Now Discontinued The Daily Democrat - Citizens Telephone Co. “news service” is being discontinued, effective immediately, it was announced today by publisher Dick D. Heller, Jr., after learning the telephone company was planning to discontinue the service within the next few months. A letter was received today from Charles D. Ehinger, Citizens president, informing the Daily Democrat that as of May 1, 1965, the telephone company would no £ longer be able to provide the 3 equipment for the service. In his letter, Ehiger said, “Thisq service has provided, in my esti- j mation, a great deal of service to res dents of this area and an amazingly large amount of traffic has been handled by the equipment. For your company’s participating in this joint project, please accept the sincere gratitude of my company.” “It is with regret thpt I must notify you that, effective May 1, 1965, we will not longer be able to provide the equipment for such service and will discontinue furnishing our portion of the service, effective as of that date.” Many Tears For a number of years, the Democrat and Citizens company provided the “news service” on a joint basis wherein the the telephone company fum'ished the equipment involved and the newspaper supplied the personnel necessary to record news items on a tape recorder. A message was placed on the recorder, telephone number 3-5171 each afternoon by Democrat employes. But its most important function was to list results on election nights and evenings when there were basketball games or tournaments. During an evening when several games were being played, or the sectional tourney was in progres, or an election night, the recorder handled more than 1,000 cans. Also, special news items occurring after press time of the paper were placed on the “news service” for the convenience of local residents. fl*

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Two More Nuns Slain In Congo

I I LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo ! (UPI) — Mercenary-led troops troops have rescued another 42 ; white survivors in rebel - held J territory, authoritative sources ’ said _ today. But they also ' learned of the murder of two more nuns, including an American. News of the latest killings, of an American nun identified only as Sister Marie Antoinette and a Belgian nun named Sister Marie Fracoise, brought to 97 the number of whites executed by rebels since Belgian paratroopers landed in StanleySchool Goals In Assembly Are Outlined School board members, legislators, and news media representatives from nine northeastern Indiana counties were introduced to the legislative goals of the Indiana school boards association at a dinner meeting at the Van Orman Hotel in Fort Wayne Thursday night. - ' Herb Banning, of the North Adams school board, region 111 chairman, presided at the meeting. Invocation was given by the Rev. Melvin R. Seeger, of the First Methodist church of Decatur. President Speaks Wayne Hatfield, of Mitchell, state president of the ISRA, was introduced, and he told the group that he was touring the state to help introduce the program and - convince legislators that it was a | good one. The state association g furnishes data to toe state’s i school boards, and works with the 4 state teachers and state superinj tendents groups. Milton D. Marx, of Huntington, immediate past president, outlined his ideas on schools, including a program to reward the good teacher, rather than to protect the useless ones through tenure. Boost For Children He called on lawmakers to look for what is best for toe individual school child, rather than for any pressure group. He called for stronger lay control at the local and state level. Dr. William Gitlin, BlufftonHarrison school board, explained why it is important for the legislators to strengthen lay control, at toe state level, s He pointed ot t toe recent book by Dr. James Conant, which lists Indiana and Illinois as “horrible examples” of states still with political centred of its schools. Dr. Lorin A. Burt, executive secretary ot the ISBA, and of the school of education, Indiana University, Bloomington, then went through four pages of goals, both positive and negative, that the school board associations will concentrate cm during the legislature. Goals Listed These included: a reasonable increase in state public school support, state support of kindergarten instruction, a statewide system of junior colleges, an appointive state superintendent, a lay state board of education, a SIOO petty cash fund, control and audit outside of toe state board of accounts, permissive legislation for cooperative funded endeavors

ville on a rescue mission Nov. 24. ' SiSter Marie Antoinette’s name had not appeared so far on lists of Americans believed missing in rebel-controlled territory. Throw in River . The bodies of the two nuns were thrown into the Congo River by “Simba” rebel warriors, the sources said. The 42 survivors were rescued Thursday by a mercenary patrol at Isangi and Yangambi on the Congo River about 63 miles from Stanleyville, they said. The mercenaries who reached Isangi by river barge found only one white priest there. But they discovered toe others later at the agricultural research station at Yangambi, where they had been taken by rebels after Stanleyville paratroop operattoo. reports ' had : placed the number saved at 59. An official government announcement said, meanwhile, that six Belgian nationals were missing from the Isangi plantation of the Busira Lomami Co. A plane carrying 60 whites north was expected to arrive in Leopoldville from Paulis this afternoon.? north was expected to arrive in Radio reports from Stanleyville said the plane also was scheduled to fly in the bodies of six mercenaries apparently killed in action around Paulis Thursday or the day before. The latest group of 42 whites rescued at Isangi and Yangambi also were expected to be flown to Leopoldville today. Os Many Nations They include 3 Canadians, 18 Dutch, 14 Belgians, 5 Luxembourgers, 1 German and 1 Italian. Good Fellows Club Previously Reported —5202.59 St. Vincent de Paul .... 5.00 Woman’s Club 5 00 Beta Sigma Phi 10.00 Berean Class (Baptist) .. 5.00 J. Carl Mayclin Family 10.00 Total — $237.59 .. 4 o among school corporations, a discretionary repayment levy for common school fund loans, a school board powers code, a law to enable school corporations to defend teachers, school board members, etc., who are sued for school-related acts; opening of bids by a committee; professionalization of school superintendency, support for 10 proposed bills of other groups, and apposition to 10 other bills that may be presented. Questions were then entertained, and two points were made: those school board members 5 and superintendents present definite-' ly favored a system of junior colleges for vocational and technical purposes, and favored wider use of school facilities than 180 days a year, six hours a day. All three school boards from Adams county were well represented at the meeting. Gail M. GraUll. North Adams superintendent, Richard Mackin, state senator Von Eichhorn, Russel Fleming, Clarence Bultemeier, attended with representatives of the local -press and radio.

Mark Jones Winner Os Speech Contest Mark Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jones, won the boy’s division of the Rotary speech contest held Thursday night at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. The topic was "Shall the federal government control medical care for toe aged?” Other contestants included Jim Brown, Tim Singleton, Jack Stauffer, Tom Engle. Tom Whitaker, Barry Burnett, and Richard Anderson. Os the eight speakers, only Jones favored medicare. The others doubted toe need for a new plan since about 65% of those over 65 years old were already covered by insurance or because the Kerr - Mills bill was thought adequate. Some suggested a modification or elaboration of the present plan, while others feared high costs or toe possibility of socialism. All speakers showed much preparation and the judges expressed difficulty in determining a winner. Judges were John Butler, Robert Heller, and Hubert Feasel. Wilbur Petrie served as chairman and moderator. Members of toe Adams county hospital board. Dee Fryback, August Nagel, and Vincent Habegger, were guests of board chalraiau Cal Peterson at the meeting. Thurman Drew, hispital administrator, was also pre- , sent. Next week the club will have its annual Christmas program by Decatur high school musical organizations under the direction of Helen Haubold.

INDIANA WEATHER Rain this afternoon, ending during night. Mostly cloudy Saturday. Not much temperature change tonight and Saturday. Low tonight mostly in toe 30s. High Saturday in the 40s north, 48 to 56 south. Sunset today 5:21 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 7:57 <•■>. Outlook for > Sunday: Colder With chance of some light rain or snow north and light rain lively east central and southeast portions. Lows around 30 northwest to near 40 southeast. High mid or upper 30s north to low 40s south.

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591 Gifts Donated To Mental Patients Members of toe Adams county Mental Health association today reported a total of 591 gifts donated here for Christmas presents to mental patients in state hospitals. This total far exceeded toe committee’s goal of 400. Mrs. John Brunso, committee chairman, expressed thanks to ail who donated gifts, especially to the many merchants who contributed. Numerous articles were given by Jani Lyn, Begun’s and Gass stores, and Weis Men’s wear contributed 18 med’s new qyercoats. „ Thanks were also given to the Gas Co., Schnepf Realtor and toe Gass store for their cooperation as deposit stations, to Norman Steury of Decatur Industries who furnished a truck and two driv, ers to deliver the 17 cartons of gifts. Mrs. Brunso concluded by voicing a special "thank you to all who contributed; this includes individuals as well as church groups, sororities, clubs and an afternoon bridge group.”

Jury Probe Os Slayings Asked As 19 Freed

MERIDIAN, Miss. (UPI) — The federal government pressed today for an immediate federal grand jury hearing of evidence, including an alleged confession, against 21 white men arrested in the slaying of three civil rights workers. U. S. Commissioner Esther Carter shocked the Justice Department Thursday by throwing out the confession as hearsay evidence and dismissing the federal civil rights charges against 19 of the men. Acting Atty Gen Nicholas Katzenbach, in Washington, called upon federal District Judge Harold Cox. currently holding court in Gulfport, to reconvene a grand jifry "to hear these matters as promptly as possible.” After the story hearing Thursday, two of the arrested suspects, Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Cecil Price, left the courthouse chatting and joking with friends. But they gave terse “no comments” to newsmen. Six-Monfh Investigation FBI agent Henry Rask of Atlanta told Miss Carter the FBI obtained the reported confession after six months of thorough investigation of to e killing of the two white youths and the Negro near Philadelphia, Miss., last June. Rask said agents covered hundreds of miles of back country roads during toe questioning of more than 1,000 persons. He said the confession was obtained from Horace Doyle Barnette, 25, a former Meridian truck driver, during three days of interrogation last November. Barnette was one of the 21 men arrested by FBI agents last

Good Fellows Ask For Help To Needy

By A Good Fellow “Peace on earth, good will toward men." We have heard this phrase so many times, yet how often do we stop to think what it really means. In this age of atomic warfare, submarines and jet airplanes, our world has faced many a crisis. Thus far we have been fortunate in avoiding war, thanks to toe many learned and great men who lead us. Yet we are a long way from having “peace on earth.” So many of us bicker and fight with one another over petty grievances. If we cannot get along with our neighbor, how can we expect nations to avoid quarrels? If we could bring ourselves to rise above petty quarrels, there would not be so much dissension in the world. Joy, Good Will Now that Christmas season is near, most of us will manage to break through these barriers of bitterness and fear. We will assume an air of joy and good will. Our list of Christmas cards w.ill grow and toe presents under our trees will , pile up. Our kitchens will be filled with the aroma of rich cakes, cookies and cand'es. Our homes will ring with laughter. Friends will come to visit and the streets will echo the songs of the carolers. Some of usi will be making New Year’s resolutions and vow. “This time I am going to keep them.” We are so filled with iov. What has happened? With the turn of a pave on our calendar, we are transformed. The competitive drive for self satisfaction turns into a feeling of love and compassion for our fellow man. Gone is toe bitterness and fear that has ruled our lives. How long will it last? This all applies to most of us. There are 'some, however, who know nothing but toe nain and anxietv of the day to flav bat»’e to- life. To them. Christmas will rnlv bring more nain and anxietv, for thev will not have the luxuries we are accustomed to. It is with these people that the Good Fellows are concerned.

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week. Miss Carter ruled the confession would be hearsay and in* admissible unless Barnette were in the courtroom and the confession itself produced. Justice Department Attorney Robert Owen of Washington began citing cases in which such evidence had been accepted but Miss Carter shut off his arguments. Drops Charges Frustrated and unwilling to reveal the contents of the confession itself, Owen said “we will produce' no more evidence.” Miss Carter quickly dropped charges against the 19 suspects. Civil rights leaders and groups expressed shock and indignation. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) denounced the ruling as "chaos andanarchy * rampant" in Mississippi. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in Oslo, Norway, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, called for a nationwide economic boycott of Mississippi products unless ways can be found to bring* “justice for all men in that state.” Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said “We are deeply shocked as we are certain most Americans of all races are.” Justice Department sources in Washington said the decision would have little practical effect on the case, since a federal grand jury would have to consider the case in any event. They expressed surprise, however, since the rules against hearsay evidence normally apply only in a trial.

Here in Decatur, are manyfamilies who cannot afford a Christmas. Their children will not get a new doll or a truck trom Santa Claus. How can they when they are lacking the necessities of life. Many of these people need warm clothing, shoes and coats and, most of all, food. The things we take for granted are luxuries to them. > Christmas Baskets Each year, the Good Fellows try to bring a little Christmas cheer to these people. Food, toys and clothing are collected into Christmas baskets for them. But we can’t do it alone. We need your help. While you are so filled w*th all of this love and charity toward your family and friends, won’t you help these people too? Then perhaps they can, for a little while, forget their fears and anxieties. Maybe we can help them to have a happier outlook on life by letting them know that we care about them. The Good Fellows are again appealing to your generosity. Anything you have to give will be appreciated so much. We ask that any toys and clothing you give be in good condition. With so much to do, we Just can’t make repairs on these items. Any food can be taken to the fire station or any member of Delta Theta Tau sorority. Monetary contributions can be sent to Miss Rosemary Spangler, R. R. 2. Decatur, or dropped in the canisters at the First State Bank, Holthouse Drug Store or the Decatur Daily Democrat office. Anyone knowing of a needy family, please call Mrs. Henry Neireiter at 3-2525aaxerf x er 10 a m. • Knowing that vou have helped these needy people to have a hanpier Christmas, will surely heln to make vour Christmas brighter too. Each of us should try to keen this attitude of love and charity with us, not only during Christmas |-*ason. but throughout the year. If we would adoot this attitude of good will toward all men. then surelv there would be true peace on earth.