Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 308.

Last American Victim I , ' ■ 1 Os Congolese Rebels Was Stomped To Death

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (UPD—William McChesney, the last American victim of the Congo rebels, was trampled to death, a survivor said today. “They danced on his stomajch until he must have died from Four Local Ladies Injured In Wreck Three Decatur ladies and a fourth from Pleasant Mills were injured in a three-car accident early this morning on U. S. 27, at the intersection of the Tillman Road, just inside the city limits of Fort Wayne. In all, seven persons were injured, with Jennien Huston, 31, route 3, Decatur, most seriously injured. She suffered a broken left shoulder, broken left leg and rib fractures. Also injured were: Alma M. Thieme, 45, route 3, Decatur, swelling in the right hand and arm; Agnes Morence, 31, 615 N. Fifth St., pain in the left shoulder and right leg; Virginia Dague, 40, Pleasant Mills, severe laceration to the scalp. All four, and the other three injured persons, were taken to the Lutheran hospital for treatment. Return From Work The four local women were returning from work at one of the Fort Wayne General Electric plants when the ■ mishap occurred at 1:05 a. m. today. Aline B. Blair, 61, of Loretto, Ky., was traveling east qn the Tillman road. She told investigating Fort Wayne city police officers that she had stopped at the intersection of U. S. 27, and didn’t see any oncoming traffic, so she pulled onto the highway. Mrs. Thieme, driver of the car with the local residents, was traveling south on 27 and saw the Blair car pull out. She applied the brakes of her auto but was unable to stop in time and crashed into the vehicle. Third Car Harold A. Miller, 48, of Maples Road, Fort Wayne, was following the Thieme car and struck it after its impact with the Blair vehicle. Miller was uninjured, ■while Mhs. Blair suffered possible back injuries and abrasions to the leg. William C. Blair, 64, complained of shoulder pains, and Emmanuel Blanford, of St. Mary’s, Kv., complained of pain in the right chest area. Both were passengers in the Blair vehicle. Mrs. Blair was charged wi*h failure to yield the right of wav. Damages were estimated at 8650 to the Thieme car. $550 to the Blair auto and SSOO to Miller’s ngachine.

LB J Budget *..." 7 • . * • K Near Complete

JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPI)« — President Johnson’s bud-Z get for the next fiscal year is“ about 90 per cent complete and 3 is expected to be wrapped up J completely in a week or 10“ davs. The week-to-10-days will car- = cy Johnson past 'he New* Year’s deadline which budget | officials had hoped they could I meet for sending the bulky doc-| ument to the printers. Johnson | therefore is likely to »k Con-* gres? to let him send his new' budget to the House and Senate after Jan. 19, the ’resent time limit. : Presidential press secretary - George Reedy said Johnson would spent most of today working on the State of the Union message he will deliver to Congress and the nation Monday at 9 pm. EST. No official visitors were scheduled.

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internal bleedings,” said one of the whites rescued from the towns of Wamba and Mungbere. “Then they gored his eyes out before they threw the body into the Wamna River.” McChesney of Phoenix, Ariz., was a missionary who was the last American known to be held by the rebels. He was killed Dec. 15, along with a British Protestant missionary, survivors said. The best available estimate of the number of whites killed by Congo rebels since midNovember was placed at 206, including six Americans. McChesney was a “heart of Africa” missionary affiliated with the world-wide evangelization crusade at Washington, Pa. A Greek refugee liberated by Congolese troops said today Decatur Optimists Hear Navy Officer Lt. Forrest Durnell, U. S. naval officer gave an informative and interesting talk on his experiences during a 15-month tour of. duty at the South Pole at this morning’s weekly meeting of the Decatur Optimist club. Using colored slides, the officer gave a running commentary of life as it exists in the Antartic *•regions. , He described the ice sheaf as being 5,000 feet thick and temperatures that dip below the minus 80 degree mark. The men at Little America work a 12-hcur shift seven days a week, with a tour of duty averaging 15 months. No mail is received from March until the 15th of November, and the only contact with the outside world is made via short wave radio. The most versatile vehicle in use in that region is the “Weasel” which can travel any type of terraine regardless of weather conditions. Dogs are seldom used because they each require a full ration of one seal per season. The camp is connected by| underground tunnels, any part of which can be immediately sealed off in the event of fire in any particular building. Many nations maintain weather stations at the South Pole and complete cooperation prevails among them as politics is never practiced in that desolate area. President Dean Boltz paid tribute to Bill Spice, who is mov-' ing to the Hammond area in the near future. Spice, in turn, gave a report on a recent Scouting “Order of the Arrow” meeting in which he served as entertainment chairman. * ■

g Wednesday, Johnson met at 3 the ranch with Chairman Glenn 3T. Seaborg of the Atomic En--3 ergy Commission: science adB visor Donald S. Hornig; Budget 3“ Bureau Director Kermit Gordon, and George C. McGhee, gU. S. ambassador to West Ger--5 many. ■ The President also made pub--3 lie New Year’s messages he i1 had sent *o Soviet Premier |l Aleksei N. Kosygin and PresiU dent Anattas Mikoyan urging I efforts toward “substantial .{progress” in disarmament and : nuclear weapons control in 1965. q “The year just ending has -{ produced significant accomplish- , ment in some areas of endeav:or,” Johnson said. “But major international -problems are unresolved and the . most urgent business for all of us remains strengthening the foundation of world peace.”

that children only eight years’ old took part in some of the massacres. The children, he said invented "the most cruel tortures.” “The worst killer among the Simbas (rebels) was a Col. Pierre Olembe,” the Greek said. “He was the same one who ordered the killings at Paulis, when 20 whites were beaten to death slowly before the paras arrived.” In the past two days mercenary-led columns of Congo troops rescued about 300 whites from Wamba and Mungbere. A plane with an estimated 170 whites freed at Mungbere was expected in Leopoldville this afternoon. A government column reached Mungbere Wednesday and freed whites who had been dragged away from Wamba over the weekend by the rebels. Wednesday night, 112 white refugees f lew into Leopoldville from Wamba, where they were recaptured from the rebels Tuesday by a fighter-supported column led by 24 whi’e soldiers of fortune. The refugees, mostly Greek, said the rebels massacred 30 persons, including 7 Belgian priests, when they heard on Nov. 26 that Belgian paratroopers had landed in Stanleyville to rescue white prisoners there. The first to die was Belgianborn Bishop Joseph Wittebol. Missionary William McChesney, the last American known to be held by the rebels, was killed Dec. 15 along with a British protestant missionary, the survivors said. Four Europeans were killed earlier this month, three at Medje and one at the mission station of Ibambi the survivors said. At least 195 white men and women have been murdered in the Congo since mid-November.

Small Home Gutted By Flames Today The small, three-room home of Delbert Frank, at 934 Dayton St., was completely gutted by a fire that broke out this morning while the local man was asleep. Frank escaped the burring home without injury, but) lost nearly all of his household possessions and clothes, except the clothes he managed to put on before fleeing the burning building. Decatur firemen were called to the home, owned by the Victor Eicher estate and Mrs. Matilda C. Braun, at 8:45 a. m., and battled the blaze until 10:25 a. m. before finally extinguishing it completely. Fire chief Cedric Fisher \said the fire had a very good head start when th® firemen arrived, and that all they could do was save th* other apartment of the duplex home. Smeke, Water Damage The adjoining apartment, where Htv emnlove Gerald She'tnn resides. received some smoke and wat»r damaoe. b”t firemen managed tn keen the blaze from sp’-cadin® to the other apartment. Chief Fisher sa’d th» cans* of the blaze was still undetermined, b"t it was b“lipved ta have darted in a clothes closet, possibly from faultv wiring. Fra"k had r»tnm*d <*» his hn-np around A o’clock this momi-»<r from work. He had eon* to bed >B"d a short time lat*r awoke to find th* home tn flames. He managed to grab ’"’ne cloth« before escaoing the faming buildinc. but was unable to save anv of the other household items in the three-room apartment. Shelton was not at home in his portion of the dtmlex when the fire broke out, as he had already IOT WOTK.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Thursday, December 31, 1964.

City To Welcome New Year Tonight Decatur citizens will join the rest of the world in greeting New Year 1965 at midnight tonight with the usual round of watch night parties. Practically all business will be suspended Friday, New Year’s Day, but most of the city will return to normal activities Saturday. The Decatur post office will be closed Friday, with no mail deliveries, but the regular schedule will be followed Saturday, with city and rural deliveries as usual, with the office closing at noon. > All federal, state, county and city offices will be closed Friday, and also Saturday, as usual. The First State Bank will he open for regular banking hours Saturday after being closed Friday. The Decatur Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Friday, but will observe it usual 12 noon press time Saturday. > Only exceptions to the general closing Friday will be the theater, some restaurants, confectioneries and service stations. Ail tavern® and clubs will be closed Friday,

J. Edgar Hoover To Carry On In FBI

EDITOR’S NOTE: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover will ' observe his 70th birthday Friday. In reply to questions submitted by United Press International he makes it clear that he intends to carry on in his post at an age when many men seek retirement.) By HALE MONTGOMERY United Press International . WASHINGTON (UPI) — “I intend to continue to serve my country as director of the FBI as long as my health and Ihe confidence of the President and the American people will permit.” This statement, characteristically emphatic, was made by John Edgar Hoover today in reply to a UPI question about his retirement plans. Hoover marks his 70th birthday Friday, New Year’s Day. Last May 10, the renowned crime fighter celebrated his 40th anniversary as head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. President Johnson called him a "magnificent public servant” and in a special ceremony formally waived the requirement that government officials must retire at the age of 70. As the prime force in the creation of an elite corps of enforcement officers with high morale and discipline, Hoover today enjoys a national standing as something of a legend in his time, a living hero to millions of Americans. Encountering Trouble But at the height of a long career, he is encountering trouble from law-abiding friends as well as law-breaking foes. Most of the trouble comes in an area where Hoover always has done well — public relations. Hoover, replied to some of the criticisms from civil rights leaders and others in reply to written questions submitted to him by UPI. He relayed the answers from his vacation spot outside Miami, Fla., where he'' is spending the holidays. As for retirement, Hoover said, “my health is good, the President has expressed confidence in me, I enjoy my work and feel completely competent to carry out all the demands of my job — why should I think about retirement?” He expressed the hope that when he does step down his

NIPSCO Asks For More Space Heating INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana Public Service Commission today received a petition from the Northern Indiana Public Service Company asking for authority to add 1,800 spaceheating customers in Allen, Adams, Wells, Whitley and Huntington Counties. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and not quite so cold tonight with rain berinning extreme southwest. Rain spreading over state Friday, probably beginning as snow or freesing rain north. Warmer Friday. Low tonight around 30 north to mid or unner 30s south, Highs in the 40s north and the 50s south. Sunset today 5:30 p.m. Sunrise Friday 8:06 p.m. Outlook for Saturday:' Mostly cloudy and turkning colder. Lows upper 30s north to upper 40s south. Highs around 40 extreme north to mid 50s extreme south. under state law. Many of the city’s churches will hold special watch night services -tonight.

successor “will be selected from among the many excellent career FBI employes.” ‘ Has No Authority On the civil rights situation, Hoover emphaeied that the 1964 Civil Rights Act contains no criminal provisions, hence there is no authority for the FBI to step in and make arrests. “The belief that FBI agents can make arrests for violations of the Civil Rights Act is another horrendous misconception which has built up,” Hoover said. He also raid the FBI cannot provide protection for individuals or demonstrators. “One of the major reasons for this misunderstanding is the fact that some so-called civil rights leaders have deliberately accused the FBI of not performing its duties in protecting civil rights demonstrators. They know we do not have the authority to do so,” he said. “The FBI cannot and will not exceed its authority in the civil rights field or any other field, We perform our duties according to the law and instructions from the Department of Justice.” Asks For Expansion Hoover disclosed he will ask Congress to expand the FBI by adding between 300 and 400 more agents. He also, in answer to questions, outlined his goals and commented on whe lief he considers himself a conservative or a moderate. The FBI chief said he doesn’t fit any special label—conservative, liberal or moderate. “I do not consider matters from a political viewpoint for I serve no polPical faction,” he said. “Objectivity is my hallmark. In this regard, I might best be classed as an objectivist. He made it clear that his greates' pride, and future goal, is to see law enforcement respected as a profession. "I have dedicated my life to law enforcement, and I have seen it come of age and be accepted as a profession worthy of respect and support. I want to see this respect and support enhanced and strengthened. ..1 would like to see a decline in our crime rate. Some citizens seem, to feel the latter goal can never be achieved, perhaps not, but we must not cease trying. I certainly never will give up.”

Town Retaken In Viet Nam

SAIGON (UPD—The costliest single battle for American military advisers in the South Vietnamese war ended in a government victory today, according to U.S. military spokesmen, but sporadic fighting continued. Scene of the four - day long clash was Binh Gia Town, a hamlet for Roman Catholic refugees about 40 miles southeast of Saigon. Communist Viet Cong guerrilla forces of regiment size wi hdrew from the jungles around the town before dawn today, the spokesman said. But fighting continued. Government forces retook the town Wednesday. Eleven U.S. military advisors were reported wounded and six missing. The missing were believed to include four dead and two captured. Veteran military men could not recall a single battle here with so much American bloodshed. Ford, Halleck Both Claiming Win In House

WASHINGTON (UPI) - Supporters of Rep. Gerald R. Ford and of Rep. Charles A. Halleck today brandished almost identical claims that they have lined up winning margins in Ford's at empt to unseat Halleck as House GOP leader. Backers ot Ford, the challenger from Michigan, said 81 of 140 House Republicans had lined up for Ford or were leaning toward him. Halleck's camp immediately replied that their reckoning showed 85 votes committed to Halleck or leaning toward him. The Halleck baekers did not break down their figures. The House Republicans will make their choice at a closeddoor caucus Monday. Both the Ford and Halleck camps expressed confidence as the voting drew near, but up to today neither side had backed up optimistic statements with figures. The Ford organization, on the basis of personal contacts with most of the Republicans who will serve in the 89th Congress, produced this breakdown: ~ —Solid for Ford, 61. . - —Leaning toward Ford, 20. 6 —Solid for Halleck, 25. Leaning toward Halleck, 5. J —Unmown sentiments, 29. If the Ford forces can hold I their 61 "solid” votes they! claim, they need to garnOr no H more than half of the 20 they list as “leaning” to assure vic-1 tory. A majority of the GOP mem-U bers present at the caucus is* required for election, and 71 j votes would nail down the lead-f] ership. I Ford backers said their listjj counts as “solid” only members g who had personally committed! themselves, either in public or? private, td Ford. The group list-1 ed as leaning toward Ford, his* camp -said, includes those who g have given indications they will ■ vote for Ford, but have not ac-j tually promised to do so. Those listed in the unknown ? category were congressmen who! had not been contacted since ■ Ford announced his candidacy fl just before Christmas or who| had refused to declare or evend indica e their preference. * The election will be by secret’ ballot, and for this reason theN Ford group said it was with-| holding names on its lists. I Decatur Ministers Will Meat Monday The regular meeting of the De-S catur ministerial association wills be held at 9:30 o’clock Mondaymoriing at the Zion United] Church of Christ. • , J c Indianapolis Home Is Robbed Os $7,000 INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) - Burglars robbed the home of insurance broker Melville Rentsche Wednesday night of $7,000 worth of personal effects.' The loot included a tWo-carat diatnond ring worth $2,000, a diamond bracelet valued at $1,200. a man's 20-diamond ring listed at $1,250,. a $1,200 mink stole, two Shrine pins, 18 shirts, a coat and other clothing.

Bomb And Strafe U. S. helicopters and Vietnamese Air - Force Skyraiders bombed and strafed the Bing Gia area during the night until the guerrillas withdrew. Four U.S. helicopters were downed in the battle. The fourth one, carrying two U. S. officers and two enlisted men, was said to have crashed in slams and exploded on impact Wednesday night about a mile east of the villages. The chopper reportedly fell into an area infested by Communists. One of the wounded Americans was a Marine advisor attempting to reach the wreckage, the spokesman said. The other American casualties were helicopter crewmen. Bloodiest Month The battle for Binh Gia made December the bloodiest month for Americans in South Viet Nam since stepped up U.S. aid began in Januady, 1961, with the unofficial total of casualties at 174 Americans killed, missing or wounded. The spokesmen said that 36 Vietnamese soldiers and 2 civilians were killed. 58 soldiers and 1 civilian wounded, and 44 soldiers missing. Government equipment losses were put. at 13 automatic weapons, 53 other

Copter Pilots Wage War With Elements

SAN FRANCISCO (UPD — A small army .■•of daredevil helicopter pilots waged war against the elements today in floodbattered northern California — and like war itself, the ba’tle was one of “hurry up and wait.” The hurry up came as reenforcements and supplies were moved into key communities in Siskiyou and Humboldt counties during brief breaks in a storm which ripped the irea with snow, rain, hall and wind. But the long wait continued as swirling snow thwarted efforts by the helicopter crews to reach some 500 persons marooned by floods in mountainous areas near the California-Ore-gon border. “Everything is loaded in helicopters and ready to go,” said one civil defense official, “but the weather forecast is for five more days of snow storms." 1716 500 stranded persons live in or near. the four Siskiyou j County communities of Somes S Bar, Fork of Salmon, Sawyers

i Two Bank Robbery Suspects Are Held

’ INDIANAPOLIS 'UPI. — Rich(jard Duane Bailey, 26, faced ar- • raignment before a U. S. Commissioner,, today on a charge of a branch bank of $1,526 j| Wednesday. FBI agents said Bailey, who ■ was arrested on the streets sevBeral hours after the holdup, had l| been -identified as the lone gun- ? man who robbed the Northwest ■ branch of American Fletcher Naj tional Bank and Trust Co. ■ Robert L. Woods, 27, was ar■l ested’ earlier and charged ..with

i, ' — I JE? gS® SME MADISON, WI8.— "I fall down too." Suzzanc Larson, (R) tells Jennifer Howe as they get set on their ice skates. The two little girls are years old and are the youngest ice skaters in area. Suzzanne is the daughter of Mr. “and Mrs. -Donald Larson of Oregon, Wis., and Jennifer’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Tim Howe of Madison. — (UPI Telephoto). - -

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firearms, and 13 radios. ', The Vietnamese Defense Ministry said 120. Viet Cong casualties had been carried from the battlefield. However, soldiers on the ground had spotted 32 guerrillas dead and estimated' other casualties in the scores. Open House, Mass At St. Mary's Sunday St. Mary’s Catholic parish will stage the first open house and demonstration mass in its history* at 2 p.m. Sunday. The mass, which will be open to the public, will be celebrated by the Rev. Eugenie Fekete and narrated by the Rev. Denis Blank. The purpose Os the open house is to demonstrate the new English liturgy being adopted by the Catholic church. Before the masrs the parish men's choir will sing special Yuletide hymns. The choir will also sing during the mass. After the ceremonies. Rev. Blank will explain the vestments and the ceremonies and will conduct a tour of the church facilities. A social hour, with refreshments, will follow.

Bar and Cecilville, along the Klamath and Salmon rivers. Joe Thornton, a Klamath National Forest pilot, flew over three of the towns and reported ‘'mo t of the area appears isolated.” “No one is known to be injured or dead and there apparently are no immediate emergencies,” he ■ said. “But there is a need for food and some t medical supplies.” Os primary concern was the 1 community of Cecilville, the • only town in the area from i which no word has been re- . 'ceived in 10 days. "No one knows what the picture is there,” said Sheriff’s Deputy Gene Hinman. Meanwhile, federal,—state and local officials mapped plans for extensive recovery from the 12 days of storms and floods which claimed at least 41 lives and caused damage estimated at S7OO million in the five-state area of California," Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada.

driving the getaway car in the holdup. Woods was arraigned Wednesday before U. S. Commissioner Thomas F. Gibson Jr. and was held in lieu of $20,000 bond. Woods was jinked with the robbery when the getaway car wan found in an alley at the rear of his brother’s home. Calvin Howard, special agent in charge of the FBI office nere, said Woods implicated Bailey. Howard 1 said Bailey had about $460 in his car when he was arrested and that agents found $779 at Wood's home.