The Herald from Jasper, Indiana (2024)

WEATHER Dubois County in the upper 50s. Low tonight rang- DAILY Consistency is the last refuge Fair and cooler. tonight, and moderately cool. High today Tuesday ing from 33 into the low 40s. High of the Tuesday in the mid 50s.

-Oscar Wilde unimaginative. Wednesday outlook: Fair and cool. VOL. 69 NO. 36 Monday, Nov.

18, 1963 Twelve Pages Today HARK THE HERALD NATO -An Effective European InstrumentIF YOU developments FOLLOW at international all, you've seen the term "NATO" pop up frequently in discussions of European Most people probably are familiar in a general way with what NATO is, but beyond that know little about it. In his most recent newsletter from Washington, Congressman Winfield. Denton discussed this organization. He had just returned from the Interparliamentary Conference NATO in Paris and prefaced his comments on the conference with a brief rundown on NATO's background. Here is what he said: "NATO, as you probably know, stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

It was formed during President Truman's administration after the communists took over Czechoslovakia. The free nations in Europe decided to form an organization to protect themselves and formed NATO. The first and primary of the organization was a military force for mutual protection. You may recall that. former President Eisenhower, (Continued on Page 12) U.L.

Wilmes Wins Football Contest U. L. Wilmes of 1406 Mill Street, Jasper, won the top prize in last week's football contest sponsored by THE DAILY HERALD and 10 business firms in the area. Last week's contest was figured on only eight games as Michigan and Iowa played to a 21-21 tie and Tulane and Vanderbilt battled to a 10-10 deadlock. Wilmes was one of six contestants who missed only one game of the remaining eight and came the closest on the most points scored.

Wheaton was the scoring leader with 41 points. Wilmes' guess was 36 points and his only miss was on the Ohio StateNorthwestern game. In fact, the other five contestants all picked the Buckeyes to win. (Continued on Page 12) Judge Is GOP Candidate For Lieutenant Governor INDIANAPOLIS (P) Judge John M. Ryan of the Indiana Appellate Court today entered the race for the Republican nomination for Ifet tenant governor.

The 43-year-old Ryan, a native of Pennsylvanta, declared his candidacy at a news conference in the Columbia Club. He is the first GOP entry. in. the derby for the No. 2 statehouse post next year.

and is regarded as politically close to Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, considered the front-runner for the Republican nod for governor. His public service includes a term Indianapolis city prosecutor from 1951 to 1956, an appointive term on the Marion County Superior Court bench from 1957.

to 1959, appointment to the Appellate Court in 1959, and election to a full four -year term on that court in 1960. Ryan said the major problems facing the next session of the General Assembly will be tax reform, reapportionment and jobs, The lieutenant governor presides over the State Senate. During a question and answer session, Judge Ryan refused to be pinned down on what he meant by tax reform. He would not say that he favored a single state tax although he complained about "our multiple tax system." He did not take a position on the sales tax. Judge Ryan said he believes there should be a "re-evaluation of our tax system." Eleven Persons Killed In Traffic Over The Weekend By The Associated Press Weekend traffic accidents in Indiana killed 11 persons and put the 1963 death toll 116 ahead of the same period in 1962.

State police said the 11 weekend fatalities pushed Indiana's highway deaths this year to 1,150. Nicholas Pappas, 19, Gary, died Sunday night of injuries suffered before dawn Sunday when his car spun out of control on a Lake County road south of Gary and hit two utility poles. Police said the victim's car skidded 190 feet, clipped off a utility pole, skidded another 180 feet and hit the second pole. Included in the 54-hour accounting of road accidents was the death of Mrs. Florence M.

Dolnick, 40, Fort Wayne, wife of Bernard Dolrick, who heads the Fort Wayne State School. Police said Mirs. Dolnick, alone in her car, control and. swerved into a tree along Ind. 37 south of Marion Saturday.

On the same highway, 20 miles away and within 45 minutes of Mrs. Dolnick's death, Thomas Bryant, 45, Flint, was killed when a car struck a bridge railing and flipped into a creek. Investigators said a car trying to pass another anto on a U. hill crashed head-on into a third auto, killing Thomas D. Wood, 3, Owensboro, Ky.

The crash 2 miles south of Loogootee Sunday injured the boy's mother, Colleen Wood, 26, his sister, Letha, 1, and his uncle, Robert Wood, 35, Indianapolis, who was driving. Police said the other driver, Carl Gibson, 19, Rt. 4, Loogootee, es(Continued on Page 12) Barghoorn Is Looking Now For "Period Of Quiet" NEW HAVEN, Conn: -(P) "I'm working on my book and I hope I'll have a period of quiet after this," says Frederick C. Barghoorn, home from the Soviet Union where he was jailed as a spy. Arrested Oct.

31 on an espionage charge, the 52-year-old Yale professor was imprisoned in Moscow until Saturday. Then the Soviet Union, citing the personal concern expressed by Presldent Kennedy, announced it Was expelling Barghoorn. He was hustled aboard an airliner and flown to London. Sunday a second flight carried him to New York and a chartered plane brought him to New Haven. He was taken to the apartment of Mrs.

Elizabeth Barghoorn, his 80- year-old mother. Barghoorn, a bachelor, lives next door, At. a news conference Sunday night, Barghoorn read a statement (Continued on Page 12) Ten Speeders Fined In Local J.P. Court Sixteen persons were fined during the past week in Justice of the Peace Herbert- A. Lueken's court "in Jasper for violations of the traffic rules, including ten persons who were 'arrested for speeding.

Five of those fined for driving too fast had been apprehended during state police radar checks. Two of these were fined $5 and costs: Kenneth Lyndell Hall, 23, of Winslow, who was charged with doing 58 mph in a 30-mile zone, and Milton Nicholson, 31, of R. 3, Petersburg (61 in 10. mile zone). The other three drivers arrested with the aid of radar were fined $1 and 'costs for lesser speeding violations.

They were Henry Allen Cary, 33, of R. 4, Jasper; Adrian Arnold, 48, of Petersburg; and Arthur Or(Continued on Page 2) Block Of Atlantic City Hotels Leveled By Fire Death Takes Father Of Mrs. Art Renner Gilbert Lester, 69, of Buffalo, died at 4:20 p.m. Saturday while at work in the bank of which he was vice-president. He was the father of Mrs.

Marge Renner, wife of Assistant Postmaster Art Renner of Huntingburg. Surviving are the wife, Angela; two other daughters, Mrs. Edith Causey of San Diego, and Miss Janet, a nurse at Great Lakes, two sons, George, at home, and Jim of Peoria, a sister, Mrs. Russ Edwards of Buffalo; and 15 grandchildren. The funeral service has been scheduled for 2 p.m.

Tuesday at Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. Rerner left Sunday for Buffalo to attend the funeral. Improper Passing Is Blamed For Fatality Investigating state police blamed improper passing by a 19-year-old Loogootee youth for a two-car crash.

on U. S. 231 south of Loogootee over the weekend which killed a small boy and sent his mother and his uncle to the hospital with critical injuries. Dead is Tommy Dale Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Dale Wood of Owensboro. He died about hours after the accident. His mother, Mrs. Colleen Wood, 26, and his uncle, Robert Wood, 35, of Indianapolis, were removed to the Daviess County Hospital. The dead boy's sister, Lisa Joy, age one, suffered loss of one of her toes and is in fair condition at the hospital in' Washington.

Police said the accident, which occurred Saturday night, resulted when the Wood car was struck head on by a car driven by Carl Gibson, 19, of R. 4, Loogootee, who escaped without serious injury. The state police said Gibson was passing another car on a hill. The Wood car burned after the collision. Temperatures Due To Drop Across State By The Associated Press.

Temperatures began a slow drop across Indiana today in the wake of thunderstorms which washed most of the northern half of the state overnight. A warning for hail and damaging winds was issued for the northern third of the state Sunday, but no major damage was reported as the storms cut through the area. No more precipitation was forecast until the end of the week when a quarter of an inch was likely from showers in central and southern Indiana and showers or snow flurries in the north. High temperatures Tuesday were predicted for the 50s across the state after overnight lows generally in the 30s, but possibly nudging into the low 40s in the south. "Tractor Power Day" Set For Wednesday "Tractor Power Day" has been scheduled for Wednesday of this week at the National Guard Armory at Jasper, sponsored by the Dubois County Farm Bureau Co-Op.

The program will open at 11 a. m. with a lunch, courtesy of the petroleum department of the sponsoring group. At 12 noon, Bill Prather, manager of the county Farm Bureau Co(Continued on Page 12) Elizabeth Matheis Dies Suddenly At Home In Dubois Mrs. Elizabeth Matheis, 79, wife of Frank T.

Matheis, died unexpectedly at her home in Dubois at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Mrs. Matheis had attended the 9:30 Mass in St. Raphael's Church.

Suddenly she complained of nausea and pains in the chest and died before medical aid could be summoned. She had been under a doctor's care for several years as a result of high blood pressure. Mrs. Matheis was born on Sept. 20, 1884, at Dubois, the daughter of Henry Thieman and Anna Hoefing.

Thieman. She was married to Mr. Matheis at Celestine on May 2, 1904. She was a member. of the St.

Raphael Altar Society. Surviving besides the husband are three sons, Albert, Raymond and Edwin, all. of Dubois; a daughter, Mrs. Emma Seger of New Albany; 19 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren. Friends may pay respects after 6 p.m.

today at the Becher and Son Mortuary. The Funeral will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Raphael's Church, followed by interment in the church cemetery. William Young Of Birdseye Is Dead At The Age Of 93 William J.

Young, 93, of Birdseye, died at 4:40 a. m. today in the Stork Memorial Hospital in Huntingburg where he had been a patient for the past four weeks. Death was due to a heart ailment. Mr.

Young was a native of Louisville, where he was employed by the Oertel Brewing Company for 20 years and at the same time was a tavern keeper before moving to Birdseye about 20 years ago. He was born at Louisville on Sept. 6, 1870. He was a member of the Pentecostal: Church of Birdseye, and the Odd Fellows and Redmen Lodges at Loulaville. Surviving are the wife, the former Dovie Main, to whom he was marFried on June 26, 1913; and -four grandchildren and 12.

great-grandchildren by previous marriage. He and Mrs. Young, celebrated their (Continued 'on Page 12) First Christmas Party Fund Report Is Made First reports from business firms whose employees have joined in supporting the annual Community Christmas Party for the children of the Jasper area, were announced today by George Kreilein, general chairman for the event. A total of $82.80 was announced on the first week's report. Included were Jasper Seating Co.

employees, German American Bank employees, $25; Krempp Lumber Co. employees, $12.75, and Ray Horney and Richard Steinhart, $1 each. Contributions may be turned in either at the American Legion Home or the office of THE DAILY HERALD. The annual party is sponsored by the Legion and its Auxiliary in cooperation with The Herald. This year's event is set for Sunday afternoon, December 22, 25 Guests At Hotel Listed As Missing ATLANTIC CITY, N.

J. UP) Fire swept through a block of hotels and rooming houses near the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk today and Police Capt. Albert Wilson said 25 persons were missing. Police and firemen started searching the ruins of the Surfside Hotel for bodies shortly before 11 a.m. Flames destroyed five hotels and a rooming house and damaged an apartment building before the blaze was brought under control.

Fire also spread to three other buildings but was quickly extinguished. The missing were guests at the Surfside Hotel, where the fire broke out shortly after 4 a.m. The Surfside was a kosher establishment catering mainly to elderly Jews. Milton Rauer, owner of the Surfside, said 20 of the guests were (Continued on Page 12) Two Hurt When Cars Hit On Narrow Bridge A Pike county couple were slightly injured and their car was demolished in a head-on collision of two cars on a bridge between Otwell and Washington around 6:30 Saturday evening. Mr.

and Mrs. Marion Hayes of Otwell were driving toward Otwell on highway 257 and had almost crossed the narrow Straight Line bridge, also known as the Schrolucke bridge, when a man by the name of Hopkins, who resides at Shoals, entered the bridge. The' two cars collided and Mrs. Hayes broke the windshield When she was thrown against it. She suffered a cut on one of her lips and her husband suffered minor injuries to one of his arms and one of his knees.

Both were treated at the office of a physician and were not hospitalized. Their 1958 Plymouth is considered a total loss. The other driver was unhurt, and his 1956 Chevrolet also was not greatly damaged. District Young Demos Hold Forum In Jasper The Dubois County Young Democrats Club wee host on Sunday afEternoon to an enthuslastic group representing counties in the Eighth District Young Democrats Forum. Gene Brooks of Mount Vernon, district president, conducted: the meeting at which plans were discussed concerning membership drives and fund raising projects.

Gordon St. Angelo, Eighth district chairman, spoke briefly regarding recruitment of new members, and active participation of the present members of the Young Democrats clubs throughout the district. Robbery At Craig's IGA Store In Otwell A robbery at Craig's IGA Store in Otwell last Friday night netted about 175 cartons of cigarettes and all the change in three cash registers. The robbery was discovered Saturday morning. The state police are investigating.

Entrance was gained through a window in the hardware department of the general store, and from there entrance was made to the food market. Whoever broke into the store emptied a large egg crate and used it as a container to carry away, the loot..

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