Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1964 — Page 1

VOL LXII. NO. 296.

Labor Relations Board Rule May Bar Employer From Expressing Views

Youth Is Critical From Near Hanging

A five-year-old Root township boy remains in critical condition at the Adams county memorial hospital this afternoon after hanging himself from a tree in the back yard of his home. The attending physician said this uafternoon that the condition of Jeffrey Lynn Durfey, age 5, remained critical. “It. is too early to say,” said the local doctor when asked if the youth would live. The boy was rushed to the hospital a short time after 10 o’clock this morning when his grandmother found him hanging by the neck from a rope that was tied to a tree in the backyard of his home, just south of Williams near the Allen county line. Search For Mother Sheriff’s department authorities had some difficulty locating the boy’s mother. Both parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Durfey, are Watkins Products- salesmen. The father has a heart condition and is currently in the Adams county hi.spital as a result of the condition. He was not informed of the incident immediately, but was later told when the mother was unable to be located. It was reported that the father of he boy had suffered a relapse after being informed of his son’s condition. Mrs. Durfey had left the home around 9 o’clock this morning to begin her daily route, and was not located and informed of the near-tragedy until approximately 1 o’clock this afternoon. The Durfeys just recently moved to Aams county, and it was believed thay formerly resided in or near Auburn. With Grandmother The boy, and a younger sister, were staying with their grand-

Monroe Township Leads CROP Fund Monroe township is presently leading the Adams county CROP donation list, according to figures released this morning by Adams county CROP treasurer Brice Bauserman. Bauserman’s report showed that the township’s donations totaled $1,620.22. Total Adams county donations now stand at $8,452.87. All twelve townships have now reported some contributions. Contribution figures by townships are: Union $ 35.26 Root 645.31 Preble 659.08 Kirkland 1,068.13 Washington 254.01 St. Mary's 207.26 French 1,313.65 Monroe 1,620.22 Blue Creek . 381.03 Hartford 1,579.55 Wabash 521.11 Jefferson 163.26 Adams and Jasper counties n- w head the list of counties which have shown the longest period of yearly increases in their CROP donations. Both counties have shown a continuous increase for the past six years. The county is presently second tn amount contributed during the 1964 campaign. Heading the list is Elkhart county, with donations now totaling $12,665. The too ten counties, in order, are Elknart, Adams, Knox. Miami, Cass,, Kosciusko, St. Joseph, Pulaski, Grange and Wells. Fifteen counties have already surpassed their 1963 totals.

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mother, Mrs. Phyllis - Monts. When his mother left this morning around 9 o’clock, young Jeffrey went out to play. A short time oefore 10 o’clock, his grandmother looked out a window to see him standing on a ramp-like affair, near a tree, holding a rope. She immediately hurried outside to take the rope from the boy. But when she reached him, she found the rope looped around his neck and his feet just inches off the ramp. She quickly loosened the noose and the youngster fell to the ground. Mrs. Monts took him inside and telephoned the sheriff’s department. Boy Unconscious When sheriff’s officers arrived, and an abmulance a few moments later, the boy was vomiting and unconscious. Oxygen was administered the boy in the abmulance during the quick trip to the hospital Local officers were situated at the intersection of 13th and Adams streets and at the Five Points intersecion to halt traffic as the. ambulance approached. . ; The youngster, unconscious when he reached the hospital, was treated in the emergency room. Not Suicide Attempt Deputy sheriffs Harold August and Warren Kneuss investigated at the scene of the mishap. August said it did not appear to be a suicide attempt on the part of the boy. He said as far as he was concerned, suicide was ruled out. “That is my own interpretation after looking it over,” stated the deputy.

7 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT CHRISTMAS SEALS light TB and other RESPIRATORY DISEASES ? pST o s ? o c ? VrL ° Z l s ? o s ? ° Ft' 5 s >o J k c s Chusfrnas § (fattinoa ? Local Lady's Mother Is Taken By Death Funeral services for Mrs. Estella Kantner, 91, mother of Mrs. Dora Jones, of 1120 Mix avenue, will be held at the Williamson chapel in Portland at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Kantner died at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, apparently of a heart attack, at Greensburg following a long illness. The daughter of John J. and Sara Jane Emerson Brown, she was born in Jay county August 13, 1873, and lived there most of her life. She was married January 1,1891 to Henry Kantner, who preceded her in death September 22, 1942 at Pennville. In addition to Mrs. Jones, two other daughters survive, Mrs. Mary Flora, of near Peru, and Mrs. Grace Bell, of Lansing, Mich.; 14 grandchildren, including Donald E. Jones of Decatur, and several great-grandchildren.

Decatur Stores Now Open Every Night Until Christmas

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down a farreaching decision today which could ban an employer from expressing his views to his workers while bargaining with their union. The board by a 4-1 vote ruled that the General Electric Co., had failed to bargain in good faith with the AFL-CIO International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE) in 1960 contract negotiations. One of tne major findings was that the company’s effort to present its views through plant newspapers, press releases and radio announcements was part of a campaign to undermine the union. NLRB member Boyd Leedom dissented in today’s vote, which upheld a recommendation made in April, 1963, by trial examiner. Arthur Less. Leedom said he was “particuarly disturbed” by the decision concerning the firm’s communications with its workers. He complained that the board suffered no guidelines to employers and added: “Surely the respondent (GE) can law-,, fully communicate with its employes.” A spokesman for GE said the firm would appeal the ruling to the courts. “In our judgment this split decision rewrites the law and, if upheld by the courts, it would undermine free, .collective bargaining and freedom of speech,” he said. “It would impose a new restriction on the ability of American business to stay compe’itive and provide jobs.” The board accused GE of trying to discredit the union with “an intensive communications” program wi'h workers and of being adamant at the bargaining table. Today’s decision is likely to be appealed by the company to the federal courts. The board charged that an attempt by GE to get its views across to workers through plant newspapers, telephones, perss releases and radio messages was part of a campaign to undermine the union. The NLRB noted that an emgain directly or indirectly with the employes,” but must deal directly with their union. "“It is inconsistent with this obligation for an employer to mount a campagn, as (GE) didb o‘h before and during negotiations, for the purpose of disparaging and discrediting the statutory representative in. the eyes of its employe consti’uents.” It said such tactics seek “to persuade the employes to exert pressure on the representative to submit to the will of the employer, and to create the impression that the employer rather than the union is the true protector of the employes’ interests.”

INDIANA WEATHER Much colder with a few snow f'urri s and windy tonight e’C r pt locally heavy s n c w *n U al's developing by Thursday morning near Lake Michigan. Thursday partly cloudy and much colder, chence of snow or rain extreme south. Snow flurries and locsllv heavy snow ’ s"ualb continuing near Lake Michig-n. Low tonight 8 to 15 n'-r’h’veat, 15 to 25 southeast. High Thursday 10 to 15 north. 18 to 30 south. Sunset today 5:22 n.m. Sunrise Tburs- ? rise ThTSdav 8 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Generally fair and cold except sn->w squalls in vincinity of Lake Michigan. Low Thursday night ranging from sero northwest to 10

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Wednesday, December 16,1964.

Good Fellows Club Previously Reported $353.63 Mr. & Mrs. -B. F. Shroyer 25.00 A Friend 100.00 Total $478.63 ’ TWO SECTIONS Geneva Studying Plan Commission The Geneva town board will meet in special session Thursday evening to consider passing an ordinance creating a seven-man planning commission, the fourth to be created in the county, following the town meeting on the subject Dec. 8, it was learned today. Geneva will become the fourth corporate unit creating a sevenman planning board in the county. Decatur created one in 1949. the county followed in 1961, as did Berne about the same time. Monroe’s town board Considered the matter recently, and decided to stand pat for the time being $2,337.33 Local Cost The planning commission, with a workable town plan, will ccst the taxpayers of Geneva $2,337.33 over a period of three years, plus the annual cost of enforcing the ordinance. The federal government, through the provisions of section 701 of the housing act of * 1954, will pay approximately twothirds of the cost, or $4,074.67. This includes $6,000 to the proposed planner, sll2 federal inspection fee, a 5% administrative fee to the Indiana University urban planning assistance group, of S3OO. Geneva citizens and board members who attended the public meeting ten days ago seem agreed that it would be better for Geneva to have its own plan, operated by its own board, even though, like Decatur and Berne, its taxpayers will continue paying their proportionate share of the cost of planning and zoning the rest of the county. Pay 41% Although Decatur, Berne, and Geneva are excluded from county planning, since they have 41% of the taxable county property, they bear that per cent of the annual cost of county planning, receiving only residual benefits therefrom. The proposal was explained to the Geneva citizens by a representative of Indiana University, and by Erwin K. Rohrbach, of General Planning &nd Resource Consultants, Inc., of St. Louis, Mo. General Planning is designing the county and Berne plan; Metropolitan Planners, Inc., of Indianapolis, is still responsible for tne Decatur plan. Five Distinct Phases The planning program proposed for the Geneva city plan commission by General Planning wou’d be undertaken in five distinct, but largely concurrent, phases of work. Each phase will consist of activities pertinent to one of the essential elements of supcCessful planning, i.e., effective community organization for planning and carrying out plans, accurate information, careful analysis, realistic selection of planning goals and policies, and adequate documentation, so a guide for the future Will be provided. The $6,000 plan, explained in an 11-page proposel. is similar to the plan called for in the Berne and 2 Adams county proposals. — ■■■■-..- 1 ■ ■ w above sontheast, high Friday 3 15 to 25.

Carl Braun Slated As Scout Chairman Carl A. Braun, veteran Decatur scouter, is expected to be electee chairman of the Limberlost district this evening at the district meeting for all institutional representatives at 7:30 p. m. in the Edris & Edris law office in Bluffton, G. William Spice, district Bov Scout executive, announced this morning. At the same time, Spice will report on 145 new boys added to the 22 Adams county posts, troops and packs during the annual fall roundup of new members. Join Unit Now *<lt still isn’t too late to join a scouting unit this year, and proud parents could give no better gift to their son than getting him into a Cub Scout pack, Boy Scout troop, or Explorer post,” Spice said. Anyone interested is invited to check with Braun fcr the details. Only one or the 11 Boy Scout troops in Adams county has failed to reach its goal—Troop 65, sponsored by the Decatur EUB church. It-had a goal of four hew boys, and so far only two have joined. Anyone interested in joining troop 65 should contact scoutmaster Herald Hitchcock. Scouting Units The other 10 units are 11 ahead of their reported goals. Troon 64, sponsored by the St. Mary's Catholic church, remains the county’s ' largest troop, and also exceeded its goal of six by four, the largest gain made by any scout troop. Troop 63, sponsored by the American Legion, and troop 69. sponsored by the Geneva Lions, and the county’s, second largest troop, each got two more members than their goals; and troop 62, sponsored by the Decatur Lions, troop 67, sponsored by the Berne Rotary, and troop 72, sponsored by the Monroe Methodist church, exceeded their goals by one. Cub Packs Two Decatur Cub packs outshone the other scouting units in the county by unusual gains. Cub pack 3061, sponsored by the Lincoln school, got 20 new members, 15 over their goal, to remain the largest Cub unit, and largest scouting unit, in the countv. Thev gained two on the second largest unit, pack 3064, sponsored by the St. Mary’s Catholic church, which has 18 new members, eight over the goal of 10. The packs have 67 and 64 members, respectively, before reregistration and dropping of lost members. Three Cub packs have failed to reach their goals: pack 3063, soonsored by the* Northwest school PTA, is one short of its goal of ten new members: pack 3072, sponsored by the Monroe Methodist chumh. is two short of its goal of six; and nack 3069. sponsored bv the First Methodist church of Geneva, is the only Cub unit renorting no progress towards its goal of five new members. All other units reached their announced goals. Explorer Posts Explorer units also havr* a snotty record, with one unit, 2068, sponsored bv the Berne American lesion exceeding its goal of three b” two. for five new members. Tbe county’s largest explorer u”’t. 2069. sponsored bv the Geneva Lions, is two short of it® goal of five new members, to add tn its ,21 registered membe-s. Post PoO2’. sponsored bv the Decatur Elks, has renorted no new members toward its goal of ten. Units which have additional new members to those renorted shovP cheek "'Hsnmes’iatelv with the Anthony Wavne Council office in Fort Wayne, and register their new members. Those units whi~h register their new members im-

Dwight Raudenbush Dies At Celina, 0. Dwight Raudenbush, 54, former Mercer county sheriff, county commissioner and state representative, died late Monday night at Gibbons hospital, Celina, 0., after an extended illness. He was born in Mercer county Jan. 7, 1910, the son of Rollo and Lula Meyer-Raudenbush and was married to Grace Huffman in 1929. Mr. Raudenbush had served as state representative one term, n deputy sheriff for four years, r ieriff for two terms, and county commissioner for one term. He had recently been associated with the Green Belt Fertilizer Co. He was a member of St. John s Lutheran church at Celina, and a Sunday school teacher, member of the Hopewell Grange, vice president of the Mercer county Crippled Children's society, and past president of the Celina Lions club. Surviving are his wife; his T.jther, Mrs. Lula Raudenbush of near Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. William (Phyllis) Nash of Celina, and Mrs. Daniel (Nila Cue) Piper of Chicago; five grandchildren, and three brothers, Don Raudenbush of Willshire, 0., Noble Raudenbush of Decatur, and Harry Raudenbush of Monroe. Funeral rites will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. John’? Lutheran church at Celina, with the Rev. Don Bachman officiating. Burial will be in North Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the W. H. Dick and Sons funeral home in Celina until noon Thursday, when the body will be removed to the church to lie in state until time of the services.

Christmas Program At School Sunday The annual Christmas program, be presented in the Decatur nigh school auditorium, Sunday, December 20, is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. | A brass choir will open the program by playing four selections. They are “Sleigh Ride,” “Christmas Party,” “Christmas ( Festival,” and “March of the Skaters.” ' • Following a candlelight proces- ’< sional, the choir will sing sever- ' al arrangements from the collec- 1 tion entitled, ‘‘A Song of Christ- 1 mas.” During this presentation, . the - speech class will depict the) Nativity in several scenes toj coincide with the music. A Soloists for the program are I Jane Jacobs, Carole Mitch, Tom ’ Engle, Tim Singleton, and Leon ; Habegger. Accompanists are - Carol Hoverman, ‘piano; Becky*! Lord celeste; Jim Brown, or-i gan. 1 The props and background 1 scenes for the play are the con- 1 tribution of the Art II class. Floyd Smitley Dies f Early This Morning c Floyd Smitley, 70, retired farmer and a former Central Soya | Co. employe, died suddenly at■ 7:15 o’clock this morning at his home in Eiting Acres, Decatur 1 route 2. He had been in ill health for 10 yeans but death was unexpected. — He was born in Chillicothe, O<, Oct. 18, 1894, a son of John and Virginia Moss-Smitley, and had lived in Washington township i most of his life. He was married to Lula Bess Oct. 25, 1913. I Mr. Smitley was a member of j the St. Paul Missionary church. ’ Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Lee (Violet) Me- . Bride of Eiting Acres; four grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren,, and one sister. Mrs. Anna Collins j of Toledo, Ore. Five brothers and I five sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be con- 1 ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the St. Paul Misipnary church, with j the Rev. Robert R. Welch officiat- i ing. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday. The body will lie in, state at the church from 1 p.m. Saturday until time of the services. mediately will get credit toward the fall roundup. ;

Duke Os Windsor Undergoes Surgery

HOUSTON (UPI) —Surgeons today removed a foor-inch section of the Duke of Windsor’s main artery and replaced it with an artificial “patch” in a 67-minute operation. The 70-year-old Duke withstood the surgery well. “The surgery took one hour and seven minutes, during which doctors replaced a section of his aorta 10-12 centimeters (3.94-4.68 inches) long.” said famed surgeon Dr. Michael Deßakey. Deßakey, who has performed thousands of such operations, went from the operating room to the administration offices to issue the report. Then he went to the fourth floor to inform the anxious duchess that all went well. “He tolerated te surgery well and is now in what is ex-

City Council Passes Bill On Taxicabs The Decatur city council Tuesday night passed an ordinance regulating taxicab trade within the city. Representatives of local cab companies were present at the meeting and, at their request, a minor change was made in the ordinance before passage. The originally proposed ordinance stated that leaving a cab parked longer than six days would contitute abandonment. At the request of the local cab operators, the ordinance was amended to 4 permit a period of 30 days. This was done after the cab owners pointed out that It sometimes takes longer than six days to get a garage to take a car for repairs. 1 Several other points of the ordinance were discussed and explained to the cab owners before i*. was passed. The proposed city bicycle ordin- * ance, scheduled for final passage i last night, was tabled for fur- « ther study by the council ordin--1 ance committee. ■ The council received a dona--1 tion request from the new meml orial museum of natural history I in Fort Wayne, the letter request*l ing the donation stated tha if I a SIOO donation was received L from the city of Decatur the may--3 pr would be entitled to write a J letter which would be placed in fl a time capsule to be opened in 1 2065. The matter was taken unfl der advisement. I The council also received a letI ter of resignation as zoning supM erintendent from Ralph E. Roop. ■ The resignation was accepted. I Roop said this morning that his H duties as city engineer and city If water superintendent made it i impossible for him to devote n enough time to zoning problems. A letter from the Decatur Daily ! Democrat with a proposed fullpage Christmas greeting ad from i' the city utilities was received and studied by the council. After

Secretary Hodges Quits Cabinet Post

WASHINGTON (UPD —Com- " merce Secretary Luther H. Hodges resigned today. Persi- . dent Johnson - selected John T. Connor, president of the Merck and Co. Pharmaceutical Co., to succeed him. Johnson made the announcement of the first cabinet appointment under his administration at a White House ceremony. Hodges, 66, was present when Johnson made the announce- '! ment. I Connor, 50, who served as a special assistant to the late one-time defense secretary 1 James Forrestal, also was prs—(ent., Johnson said he would send Connor’s nomination to Congress at an early date and hoped his new cabinet choice ‘' I would be able to take over ’’li from Hodges on Jan. 15.

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pected to be a three-hour postoperative recovery period,” DeBakey said. The aorta is the main artery leading from the heart. From it, blood is pumped to arteries all over the body. In the case of the Duke, a section of the aorta in the abdominal region had become weakened. Theweakened section had ballooned out in an aneurysm. It was necessary to replace it because if it had burst, the result would have been fatal. The operation started a 7:30 a m. CST. Tests had shown the Duke was in excellent physical shape. He arrived Monday from New York. He was awakened early today and the duchess went to his room. She stayed with him until she was wheeled to an elevator for the trip to the operating room.

County Accepts Bids For Highway Trucks The Adams county commissioners Monday accepted bids from Zoss Chevrolet - Buick and Phil L. Macklin Co. for purchase of two trucks to be used by the county highway department. Other bidders were Schwartz Ford company, Decatur Equipment company and Evans Sales and Service. Specifications for the two trucks were the same. The county offered a 1960 truck and a 1956 truck as trade-ins. The Zoss bid with the 1960 trade in was $4,029.55. The Macklin bid was $4,820. The Macklin bid with the 1956 trade-in was also $4,820 compared to a lower Zoss proposal of $4,764 55. The commissioners'decided to purchase one truck from the Macklin company despite the fact that the Zoss firm was low bidder on both trucks. The commissioners said that the highway department had not used Chevrolet trucks for a number of years and that they would prefer purchasing only one to see how it performed. The commissioners also awarded a $7,935.66 bid to the Hall Sign and Post company of Bloomington for purchase and installation of road marking signs for the county road system. The only other bidder for the project was the Associated Sign and Post company of Muncie, Which submitted a bid of $8,801.85. The Hall company’s bid form stated that installation work would begin within two months. The commissioners decided that all court house employes be paid as usual on or near the 30th of December, or in time to allow the balancing of books for the year 1964. The commissioners also approved $5,000 bond for county surveyor Herman Moellering. The bond is required by law. discussing the matter the council decided to purchase a quarter page Christmas greeting ad. The council also approved a $360 intra-dpeartmental fund transfer within the city engineer’s department.

The appointment will require confirmation by the Senate. Johnson praised Hodges’ leadership in the Commerce Department as “progressive and prudent.” He said he accepted the resignation of the former North Carolina governor with deep regret. He also praised Connor. Johnson said Connor, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Syracuse and the Harvard Law School, was the kind of man he wanted in the cabinet. "He is smart and he is loyal and he is patriotic,” Johnson said. Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz and George Meany, AFLCIO president, attended the ceremony. Johnson said he hoped Wirtz and Connor would be able to encourage unprecedented labor-management harmony in the future.