Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 297.

Wildcat Picket Lines Halt Construction At Cape Kennedy Today

CAPE KENNEDY (UP!) — Wildcat picket lines today halted major moonport construction and seriously slowed other space building at America’s No. 1 rocket center. Pickets at all the entrances to the sprawling $750 million Merritt Island moon base and at nearby Patrick Air Force Base turned away 3,350 of 4,285 construction workers. The pickets, members of the Carpenters .Local 1685, were protesting the use of non-union carpenters by one firm at the spaceport. Labor officials said the strike was not sanctioned by the local union council. } “The impact of this walkout . . .will be far reaching on the construction efforts of our nation’s space program,” said Col. W. L. Starnes, head of the Army Corps of Engineers’ space construction here. A spokesman' for the corps said nearly all of the 1,700 men

Urge Stronger West Alliance

PARIS (UPI) — The NATO council called today for strengthening of the Western Alliance Id deal with “uncertainties” caused by the shakeup in the Soviet Union and the Communist Chinese nuclear explosion. In a communique winding up their three-day winter meeting, Ihe NATO ministers pledged continued efforts to lower EastWest tensions and obtain German reunification. They ducked the key question of the muli-lateral nuclear force (MLF), which has been proposed by the United States and bitterly opposed by France. A single sentence glossed over the grave differences that exist within NATO on nuclear and conventional warfare strategy. “A thorough exchange of views on these problems took place and will be continued,” the communique said. Plan January Meeting However, outside the ac'ual NATO structure, five and possibly six - major Western Alliance members were preparing to meet around Jan. 15 to push plans for an Allied multi - national nuclear force. They were the Uni'ed States, Great Britain, West Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. It was understood Belgium also might join the talks. France, whose President Charles de Gaulle has adamantly rejected participation in any integrated nuclear force in which the United States is included, will not be presen'. De Gaulle is pressing development of his own independent nuclear force. Secretary of State Dean Rusk left for Washington at 2:40 p.m. (8:40 a.m. EST) just as the communique was published, confident that some form of Allied multi-lateral force eventually would be created. .He was uncertain, however, z as to whether his two long talks here with De Gaulle had improved U.S.-French relations perceptibly, American officials said In a communique, the NATO council members said the y would bontinue studying the problems facing the alliance, which remained intact but tense with disagreement over nuclear strategy for the defense of the West. Saying the 15 nations would continue working for a disarmament agreement, the communique added: —

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working on the 52-story Saturn-5 _ moon rocket assembly building g were off the job. Work on the? key SIOO million project is abouthalf finished. Although there was no picketing at the missile center on Cape Kennedy itself, work was stopped on a Cape pad being refurbished to handle g tiie Saturn-IB super rocket tha g is scheduled to orbit three men g in 1967. Work was also halted on a SI J million laboratory at Patrick, 2 headquarters of the Atlantic j; Missile Testing Range. t The pickets first appearedearly today when roads were jammed with workers driving to the space center. Huge traffic snags developed and at one entrace, traffic was backed up for two miles. The Carpenters Union pickets were protesting the use of nonunion carpenters by the Akwa Downey Co., of Milwaukee,

“In this connection, they stressed the importance of avoiding dissemination of nuclear weapons." The communique said the ministers instructed the permanent NATO council to continue the studies begun in Ottawa in 1963 on problems connected with NATO s'rategy, force goals and available forces. It added that the permanent council also was instructed to continue studies on the state of the alliance “and the purposes and objectives commonly accepted by all members” and to keep the ministers informed. It also said the ministers reaffirmed' their de'ermination to continue their efforts to find a peaceful solution to East-West issues. “In particular,” it said, “ hey continue to attach great importance to making progress towards meeting the legitima'e aspirations of the German people to reunification on the basis of their right to self-determina-tion.” Repeat Defense Pledge The ministers once again repeated their Dec. 16, 1958, pledge to defend West Berlin. The communique indicated the alliance had averted an explosive showdown over conflic'ing nuclear policies. But it was evident the conferees had failed to budge French President Charles de Gaulle from his opposition to U.S. leadership of the defense of Europe. It appeared U.S. Secretary of S'ate Dean Rusk, in two meetings with De Gaulle, had little success in his attempts to dispel the French feeling the Americans are seeking to isolate France in the Western Alliance. The talks made it clear, however, that despite any political differences the alliance has retained its military strength. Economic Development The communique went on to say t hat the ministers reaffid med the need for speeding up economic development in Greece and Turkey. It announced that they "established a procedure,” which was not spelled out, aimed at “contributing to the solution of the special defense problems of i Greece and Turkey.” - It said the council also re-g newed the “watchdog” assign-& ment given to NATO Secretary ■ General Manlio Brosio to helpj solve the Cyprus crisis. , ■

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_ Wis., a subcontractor on the s huge vertical -Assembly buildE ing. S' Bill Nipper, president of the ~ Brevard Building Trades and Crafts Council, said the picketing was a wildcat strike and was not autorized by the j; council. SHe urged till union members at the center to ignore the picket lines and report back to work. £ The. last- major work stop»page at the spaceport came * June 8 when one of the nonoperating unions on strike - against the Florida East Coast Railway set up picket lines. Federal officials estimated at that time that the dispute was cosing $1 million a day. The first labor dispute of the year started on Feb. 10 and kept most construction idle for two days. Labor troubles flared up again April I and stopped work for three days. The Merritt Island moonporf is west of the main rocket launching area on Cape Kennedy proper. Patrick Air Force Base is 19 miles south of the Cape.

Plan New Bridges In Adams County The Indiana highway department has released information concerning the cnostruction of two new bridges in Adams county, one south and the other north of Geneva. Both will replace existing structures, including the long and narrow bridge located north of Geneva. A three-span, continuous reinforced concrete girder bridge will be constructed over Loblolly Creek at south ecge of Geneva, on U.S. 27* The bridge will be 152 feet, two inches long, with a 33 foot clear roadway width curbs, and will replace an existing bridge. The state highway commision is further planning the construction of a four span pre-stressed reinforced concrete ‘l’ beam type bridge to replace the long structure north of Geneva, near Ceylon, on U.S. 27. The bridge will be 310 feet, nine inches long, with a 33 foot clear roadway width. The bridge spans the Wabash River. The contingency road improvements of the bridge project are a total gross length of .22 mile and involve concrete pavements 22 feet wide 11-foot shoulders. Temporary run-arounds on the west side of each existing structure are planned at the time of the construction. Both proposed projects are established in the highway commission's 1964-66 previously announced biennial construction program. A legal notice of the constructions will appear in the December 21 and 28 issues of the Daily Democrat. INDIANA WEATHER -■ Cold wave with partly cloudy tonight and snow flurries near Lake Michigan. Low Friday morning aero to 5 above '"■arth, aero to 10 above south, but a little higher near Late«L_, Michigan. Partly cloudy and colder Friday with snow flurries near Lake Michigan. High Friday 5 to 15 above * north, 12 to 20 south. Sunset S today 5:22 p. m. Sunrise Fri- § day 8:01 a. m. Outlook for g Saturday: Fair and very cold. K Low Friday night 5 below to ■ 5 above. High Saturday 12 to ■ m j. ■ ..

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Name Speaker Soon For Jaycee Banquet The speaker for the fourth annual Decatur Jaycees distinguished service award banquet will be announced next week, it was revealed today by Jack Ely, Jaycee banquet chairman. The annual D.S.A. banquet will be held the evening of WednesdayJanuary 6, and will be highlighted not only by the naming of the recipient of the distinguished service award, but by announcement of the winner of the local outstanding young farmer program. Approximately 10 Adams county farmers are entered in the local contest, and the Decatur winner named at the banquet will advance to the state O.Y.F. program, to be held in this city in February. The D.S.A. banquet will be held at the Four Seasons restaurant, beginning at 6:30 p. m., Jan. 6. Cards Sent Ely explained that reservation cards for the D.S.A. banquet will be sent to members of the local , Jaycee chapter within the next few days. He not only urged immediate return of the cards, but for all Jaycees to attend the banquet. The affair is also known as “Bosses Night,” as many of the Jaycees invite their employers to attend the gathering. Mayor Carl D. Gerber, and a committee chosen by* him, are presently studying prospects for the annual distinguished service award. Their selection, of course, will not be announced until the evening of the banauet. Previous Winners Previous winners of the award were Jack Heller, Eugene Zincr and Wayne Roahrig, last year’s recipient and current president of the local Jaycee chapter. The Junior Chamber’s distinguished service award is present-

Hooded Bandit Holds Up Bank *

SHARPSVILLE, Ind. (UPU— A hooded bandit held up the local branch of the Union State Bank today and officials said he fled with $2,895. It was the first time that the bank, with headquarters at Windfall, was held up. Only the manager, Mrs. Jane Harper, and Mrs. Charlene Roler, another employe, were in the bank when the bandit walked in. Wi hout saying a word, he motional Mrs. Harper to a cash drawer with a blue steel revolver, handed her a pillow slip, and ordered her to fill it.

I Yost Plant Badly | Damaged By Fire The Yost Ready-Mix plant west of Decatur was swept by fire Wednedsay night as Decatur and » Preble firemen battled for more than two and a half hours before subduing the blaze. Flames shot as high as the top of the fifty-foot concrete batch mixing plant before the first was brought under control. Damage was extensive, although most of it was confined to the wooden parts of the structure. Sam Yost said this morning that the plant should be back in operation by the first of the week. The Decatur department received the alarm at 8:05 p.m. and ryshed to the scene. The Preble department was called in a little later. Three Decatur trucks and two Preble trucks were at the scene. The Decatur and Preble tank trucks shuttled water to the fire scene. Firemen were unable to use water from the Yost gravel pit because the surface of the water was 25 foot below ground level and available pumps could not pump water that far lyContain Flames Located above the wooden portion of the batch plant was a large hopper holding some 150 tons of concrete mix and gravel. Decatur fire chief Cedric Fisher said last night that “things could have been very bad” if the fire had caused the hopper to collapse. The building also contained a boiler which is left running to keep the aggregate material at a constant temperature. A large fuel oil tank for the boiler is located in one part of the building, but firemen were able to keep flames from reaching it. The two departments worked more than two and one half hours to extinguish the blaze and the last December truck did not return to the fire station Unil 10:45 p.m. Yost said this morning that a damage estimate had not yet been made. "Things are in kind of a mess,” he said, “but we should be able to get them straightened up fast."

ed annually, explained Ely, “to an outstanding young man of the community for leadership and service during the calendar year.” The winner does not have to be a Jaycee. The decision of the selection committee is based on three points: (1) contributions to the general community welfare during the year. <2) Evidence of leadership ability. (3) Evidence of personal or business progress. “ b’ *

Mrs. Harper said most of the money was in smaller bills, but some SSO and SIOO bills were included. The gunman, described as "young and slender," turned with his loot—and walked out. It was not known whether he had an accomplice, but police set up roadblocks and searched for a black-colored sedan. Mrs. Harper said the bandit wore a white knitted cap which covered all but his' blue eyes. She said she believed he was in his 20s. Sharpsville is a few miles , northwest of Tipton.

Boy Seoul District Elects Carl Braun Sr H I Cart A. Braun Carl A. Braun, Decatur insuranc eman with New York Life Insurance Co., was elected chairman of the three-county Limberlost district of the Boy Scouts of America Wednesday night. Braun, who has served the past two years as vice chairman, succeeds John H. Edris, Jr., Bluffton attorney. He is also head of the Decatur Wildcat League. Braun announced that he would ask his present district chairmen to accept another year's term of office, and that he would have his official "cabinet” lined up by the January meeting. E. E. Rydell, organization and extension chairman, reported that th edistrict was just 75 scouts away from its goal of 1,650 members. This would mean a 100% increase in the number of scouts in the two years that G. William Spice was district executive. All units were encouraged to register their new scouts immediately so that the district could reach its goal. The annual’ Klondike Derby will be held the weekend of January 23 at the Oua.bache state recreation area. , Information has already beeifmailed to scoutmasters in the area. Edris called attention to the fine job that spice has done in the district as executive, and wished him much success at his new job. He pointed out how easy his job had been with Spice working in the district. ♦> John Eichhorn, district advancement chairman, reported that several boys in Adams and Jay counties had recently passed their Eagles tests' before boards of review, an accomplishmnet that only one out of every 100 scouts completes. Courts of honor will welcome these boys in the new future, and also a dinner will be given for them in Februray. Braun announced that Paul Bender, of Bluffton, would serve another year's term as district commrnissioner, and that Roy Hunt of Portland, and Dr. Richard Yoder, of Bluffton, would represent the district on the Anthony Wayne council. Good Fellows Club Previously Reported $478.63 Gaylie Bittner 5.00 Decatur Liom Club 50.00 Mr. & Mrs. Carl Lose 10.00 Gerber Supermarket ’’ 10.00 Total $553.63

Durfey Boy Taken Off Critical List Five-year-old Jeffrey Lynn Durfey has been removed from the critical list at the Adams county memorial hospital and is reported by hospital officials today as “much improved." The youngster, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Durfey, of Root township, was close to death around 10 a. m. Wednesday when his grandmothtSr found" him hanging by the neck from a rope attached to a tree in the backyard of the Durfey home. The little boy had gone out to play when his mother left tor work around 9 a. m., and at approximately 10 o’clock, his grandmother looked out a window of the home and saw him hanging from the tree. His father, in the hospital at the time of the incident with a heart condition, was told of the coalition of the boy and reportedly suffeder a relapse. His condition was not given.

Nine High Officials Under Indictments

By United Press International Nine highly placed persons at, city, state and federal levels were under indictment today on charges of malfeasance in office. The misconduct in all the cases involved money and charges ranged from embezzlement to bribery. However, there was no known link between the cases. The indictments were .issued separately. At the national level, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday indicted a former aide to Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, and two other Pentagon officials for misapropriation of defense funds. In Illinois —a former state revenue director was charged with official misconduct involving the acceptance of fees from envelope companies doing a $2 million business' 1 with the state. In Omaha, Mayor James Dworak and /pur others were accused of takffig thousands of dollars in bribes from building contractors to smooth the way fdr the erection of a luxury apartment project. Acting Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach said in Washingon that the misuse of the defense funds, estimated at about $66,000. had been discovered by the Pentagon las* fall during a routin audit. The money, SIO,OOO of which had been earmarked for "certain confidential projects” in South Viet Nam, was .embezzled between 1960 and 1963. About $12,000 of the money has been recoverd. The men charged in the indictmnt are scheduled to be arraigned next Tuesday. They arc: ■ ‘ < —James Robert Loftis, 52, a $20,000 -a - year administrative aide to McNamara, who retired March 27. —John A. Wylie, 57. a $17,500-a-year head of the budget and finance branch in the Pentagon under Loftis who retired last January. —William H. Godel, 43, a |520,000-a-year deputy director for management of the Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency. He was removed from office last Aug. 24. According to the grand jury, the three men used their official status to get payments from mili'ary officers authorized to draw government funds,

Little Relief Seen From Arctie Blast

By United Press International Temperatures plunged to 51 degrees below zero in Montana today and record lows were set from the Pacific to Missouri. The Weather Bureau said little relief from the harsh arctic blast was expected the rest of this week. Strong winds and blowing snow kept wide sections of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Michigan in mid-winter misery. Many roads were impassable, schools were closed and some persons were forced to find temporary relief from the cold. It was 51 below at West Yellowstone, Mont., today, and 37 below at Helena, Mont., the latter a record low for the date. Four miles away in Helena Valley, the mercury hit an unofficial 50 below. At 9 a.m., EST, the warmest reading in Wyoming was 15 below at Rawlins. Other Wyoming readings included Worland and Moorcroft 35 below, Douglas, 33 below. Cody. 30 below, Casper, 31 below and Cheyenne, 24 below. The zero temperatures extender! as far south as Texas. Billings, Mont., had a high of 20 below Wednesday and a low today of minus 25. Snowfall was generally light today, but 8 inches fell overnight at Houghton, Mich., where schools were closed and highway travel almost impossible. Houghton has 27 inches of snow on the ground. The cold front was expected to advance to the Carolinas and the Gulf Coast by Friday.

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giving false receipts. The men then allegedly used false documents to get money from defense agencies which tye used to repay the officers. The officrs were in no way involved, according to Katzenbach. The "envelope case" scandal in Illinois involved a former Illinois revenue -director and campaign manager for ' Gov. Otto Kerner, Theodore J. Issacs. Issacs, a close aide to Kerner, was charged with misconduct and conspiracy while in office. The former state official, who managed Kerner's campaign for reelection this fall until the charges came to light, is accused of obtaining fees from two envelope companies doing business with the state. ■ A county grand jury also indicted Join J. I-ang, former superintendent of the printing section of the Illinois Department of Finance, on related charges. Kerner who reelected to a second term as governor, told newsmen, "an indictment is a very serious thing, of course, but under our system of government a man is always innocent until proven guilty. The defendant will have a chance to present, his case in the trial.” In Omaha, the grand jury indictment of Mayor Dworak and four others on bribery charges in connection with a million-dol-lar apartment project, brought counterclaims from accuser and accused. The charges against Dworak were brought by John B. Coleman, a Chicago builder, who said Dworak agreed to pocket a $25,000 "campaign contribution” in exchange for a promise not to veto a rezoning action for a $1 million apartment project. ' Asked why he offered the money- and then made his charges public, Coleman said, I t‘l cannot and will not do busii ness with gratters. With the ad- ! vice of responsible people in Omaha' I decided to stay and expose this corruption.” Dworak told newsmen he had been "playing, along" with Coleman in order to gather evidence against him. Named with Dworak were city councilmen Ernest Adams and Stephen Novak: former city planning board member C. R. Buttner; and contractor Ronald Abboud.

The biting arctic air tugged the temperature down to an unofficial low of 59 below zero in the northern Rockies Wednesday. The storm center sent cold air surging across the Rockies and into Washington and Oregon. Spokane, Wash,'recorded a 13 below reading early today, matching the all-time low mark. Six eastern Montana counties were designated disaster areas because of the storm and a number of persons were reported stranded or missing around the state. The natural gas supply was shut off to Cody, Wyo., when a pipeline burst with the mercury hovering around 25 below. The line was not expected to be restored until later today. Blizzard conditions still prevailed in 'sections of the Dako‘as and northern Minnesota today. North Dakota Gov. William Guy warned motorists- not to travel except im an emergency. Forty school children, stranded in their class rooms Wednesday at Reeder, N.D., were being housed at private homes today. Th& Highway Patrol said visibility was down to zero in blowing snow in some parts of the state.

Former Judge Ax Is 11. S’ Commissioner - INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Federal Judge William E. Steckler Wednesday announced the appointment of former Indiana Appellate Court Judge John Ax of Linton as a U. S. commissioner.