Vidette-Messenger of Porter County from Valparaiso, Indiana • 1

Rain Forecast Cloudy, little temperature change tonight, Saturday; light freezing precipitation tonight; rain "30; high 33. Sunday outlook: Cloudy, colder, flurries. Fasliion Leader Wife of President Kennedy le again selected among best dressed women. AP story is on page Ten Cent Vol 36 No. 154 10 PAGES Valparaiso, Indiana, Friday, January 4, 1963 Phone: HOward 2-5151 Wall Fund.

meEt Would Aid Harbor i 1 a -in la after heshe had led entire pigeon population oh brief circular flight over Franklin-Jefferson intersection. Flight was repeated in intervals. (V-M Staff Photo) FOLLOW THE LEADER Considerable attention was focused Thursday on fellow-the-leader demonstration by pigeons which lined, rooftops and steeple areas of Methodist and Presbyterian churches. V-M camera snapped 'leader lighting on cupo Electronic Aspirin Cures Telstar Radiation Illness By ALTON BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) Telstar went back into action today transmitting television programs across the Atlantic, its radiation sickness overcome by kind of electronic aspirin. The communications satellite had been out of operation for six weeks.

Engineers of the Bell Telephone laboratories diagnosed the trouble, blamed on radiation, and found a way" to restore normal operation. In essence, one translator in Telstar's command decoder was running electrical fever, refusing HONOR MRS. NEALON Mrs. Paul (Celia) Nealon, recently elected vice" president of. Porter County Democratic Central committee, cuts cake at party given in her honor at Thursday's Portage Township Democratic club meeting.

Preparing to present Mrs. Nealon with toy Donkey is William McKeown, club chairman, while looking on is Sheriff William SeideL Story is districting Speedup Sought ILandgrebe Chairman's INDIANAPOLIS AP) Republicans in the Indiana General Assembly today began discussing a one-year Hills A 21-vear-old Liberty township man was fatally injured Thursday afternoon when a frame, wall fell on him while a demolition crew was wrecking a house in the Pulaski urban project in Gary. Jerry Metz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Metz, RFD 7, died shortly after hewas taken to Gary Mercy hospital in a station wagonydriven by his father.

Young Metz was learning the business of his father's company, the Alex Metz Construction, a Gary concern. The father was just leaving the wrecked house after an" inspection when the wall fell. Was Liberty -Graduate Metz was born in East Gary He was graduated from the Liberty Township High school. Surviving besides the parents are1" one brother, James, Hobart; and one sister, Dorothy Dotlich, Valparaiso. Services will be held at 9:30 a.

Monday in the St. Francis Xavier Catholic church in Gary with the Rev. Clemens Koors officiating. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery in Portage. -The rosary will be recited at 84p.

m. Sunday. Friends may call at the Pflug- hoeft Funeral home in Hobart after 2 p. m. Saturday.

Young Metz was one of two workmen killed Thursday and early today in accidents in Lake county Edgar Holder, 38, Calumet City died of burns suffered today while working inside a tank car at the General American Transportation Corp. in East Chicago. He was welder. Authorities were trying to deter mine how he was burned, company repairs railroad cars. The i tank Wheeler Store Broken Into During Night WHEELER A break-in and robbery which occurred Thursday night at the Royal Blue store in Wheeler was investigated this morning by the Porter county sheriff's office.

Taken was $12.50 in change and an undetermined amount of cigarettes. Forty cents in change was found on the floor. Entry was discovered by Mrs. Goldie King, 2836 DeKalb, East Gary, owner of the store. She notified Constable Jess Davis, who in turn alerted the sheriff's office.

A desk drawer in the store was ransacked. Entrance was gained by breaking through the front door Investigation was made by Dep uty Sheriff Elmer Scobey. Smallest, Envelope Size For Mailing-Described Valparaiso Postmaster Charle Keller today corrected an item in Thursday's Coffee column relative to a new minimum envelope mailing size which goes into effect on Jan. 7. According to a directive fronrthe U.

S. Postal department, the minimum envelope size 'is 3 by. iV inches and not 3'fc by 4 inches as quoted in Coffee. STAGE PAY STRIKE ROME (AP) Buses and street cars stopped running today in Rome as workers staged a 24-hour wage strike. I NEwV LICENSE PLATES Three Youth ig speedup in their plan -for a constitutional amendment for legislative reapportionment.

State Sen. Earl Landgrebe said today that he is pleased at his appointment as chairman of the important Senate Affairs of Lake County committee in the 1963 General Assembly session which opens at Indianapolis on Jan. 10. Report of his appointment was published Thursday Welsh Reports Ristine Gives His Approval INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Gov. Matthew E.

Welsh today proposed an Indiana economic development to finance a major program, including the $25.5 million offshore work for a -deep-water port. The governor, who said Repub lican Lt. Gov. Richard R. Ristine agrees with the recom mended that it be financed through an Increased 'cigarette tax.

He did not propose a specifio increase, but Commissioner of Administration John T. Hatchett said the thinking was along lines' of a 3-cent increase, doubling the present rate. Ristine was quoted as agreeing with establishment of the fund, but as being uncommitted orf how to finance it. Await Federal Okay The offshore part of the port project at Burns Ditch is await ing approval of federal funds by the Bureau of the Budget in Wash ington. There has been no indication whether the approval will come and the governor indicated he wanted to go ahead with the work, with reimbursement coming later from the federal government should it approve the pre? ject.

Welsh laid out a program total ing more than $35.4 million for initial use of the proposed fund. In addition to the offshore port- work, he listed new toll bridges at Mauckport and Cannelton costing $3.75 million each; an additional $1,235,800 for toe Monroe Reser voir southeast of Bloomington; and $1.2 million for rehabilitating Conservation Department facili ties, including state parks. The governor's proposal came at a noon news conference following a meeting of Democratic legislative leaders in his office. The Republican 4egislative policy committee met separately at the same time with Ristine. Indiana Lagging Welsh said that during recent years "Indiana has lagged signif icantly in the development of ex panded business opportunities and in providing sufficient jobs for its people." "Although we have made important gains during the past two years," Welsh said, "we are still far below the growth rate in in-' come and employment we should have, if we expect to keep up with the needs of our expanding population." The governor said engineering reports show that both of the pro posed toll bridges and the port art (Continued on page 6, column 0) Calls Meeting ROBERT D.

ANDERSON ine siaie icgisiaiui luumui-tee of the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce yv'll hold a prelim minary meeting at noon Saturday at Hotel Lembke. Committee Chairman Robert D. Anderson said informal discussion will be conducted covering general areas proposed to be present when the General Assembly next week. Perhaps the most important item to be d' cu-sil. Anderson notnd.

will I inure revenue to run the with tlie group giving conoid r'-a'ion to taxes and state budget. Twenty-one persons ere exerted to attend the meeting Saturday, Including Mayor 'Don Will and Wayne Hall, of secretary-manager. The presence of State Sen. Earl Landgrebe is also anticipated. The of state legislative committee plans to meet every Saturday while the General Assembly Is in session to examine actions of the state legislative body, Chairmen Anderson stated, Annexation Is Contested In Chesterton An injunction suit has been filed in Porter Superior court against the town of Chesterton and the Chesterton town board.

Filed by George Andershock, Mr. and Mrs. James Andershock, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F.

Graff, the suit is an attempt to reverse annextion of land lying primarily to the east side of the town's boundaries. The plaintiffs, who named Paul Hathaway, Melvin E. Schneider, nd Edwin P. Glawe as defendants because of their positions as members of the town board, claim they own 60 percent of the land purported to be annexed on the eastern side and say they do not want their land within the town limits. Ordinance Adopted rne town board adopted an ordinance on Nov.

16 annexing six parcels of land to the town: one parcel is on the west boun dary of Chesterton and the re maining five tracts are on tlie east. The plaintiffs claim the ordi nance is void and because it was not publshed as required by law, the property is not con- tiguous to previously existing boundaries of the town, notice given was not sufficient, annexa tion is not in the best interests of the town, or territory sought to be annexed, area is not urban and is not an economic and social Part 01 town, the town is unable to provide municipal services, the area is not needed by. the town and the tracts do not form a com pact area abutting the municipal ity. Claim Damages The "suit also claims that the plaintiffs would suffer irreparable damage if the town is permitted to exercise jurisdiction because there would a levy of taxes without any benefits to the plaintiffs and the zoning rules wouldl be changed which woulld decrease the value of the plaintiffs' property. The injunction is requested to prevent the town from including the purportedly annexed land as part of Chesterton.

Representing the plaintiffs is the firm of Hodges, Ridgely, Davis, Gruenberg and Draper of Gary. Traffic Accident Record Broken By City Drivers A record has apparently been broken by Valparaiso motorists during the first three days of 1963, city police reported Since midnight Tuesday, when local residents welcomed in the New Year, there has not been one traffic accident reported in which damages have been over $50. There has been only one under $50 crash listed Two accidents occucced early Tuesday morning in the county. However, Sheriff William Seidel's department has hot investigated any crashes since that time. One of Tuesday morning's acct dents was a personal injury case near Kouts, and was investigated by state police.

The other was a property damage accident investigated by the sheriff's office. year old Bryan Balboa, son of Mr. instead of "XX and XY IV-M Staff Photo) Mi Merchants' Cooperation Is Objective "Operation Cooperation" was announced today as the 1963 theme of Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce's Merchants Bureau by its new Sam Linkimer. Linkimer, an official of Linki-raer's, 8 Indiana, has been elected SAM LINKIMER this year to head the important of business bureau by vote of its membership. He succeeds Ernest Morris, who served the bureau as chairman during the pastyear.

Linkimer today1 named the mem-bers of the bureau, which also in eludes some members of the cham-ber's board of directors. Serving On the committee for 1963 will be Dwaine Willett, Vern on Marrell, John Lowenstine, Ray Leonard Ward, Henning Tauck, Mrs. Bertha Morris, Robert Benton and Robert Bibler. On Second Tuesday Directors who will also meet with the committee in the of offices on the, second Tuesday of each month, are Ray Har vey Miller, Fred Phillips, Charles Hough, George Neeley, Carroll Sievers, Dan Vaughn and Maxwell. In a brief statement this morn ing relative to the Bureau's 1963 plans, Linkimer stressed "our objective will be toward achieving a stronger and more united Mer-chant's Bureau, with more coop eration from all retail and profes sional establishments." "This objective," he added, "should result in bigger and bet K'onffnued on oage 6.

column 2' Heads Committee CLAIR MAXWELL, First National Bank teller, has been named chairman of Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce's new Retail Affairs committee consisting of group of retail business loaders in community. Committee was created on basis of specific business surveys conducted by Maxwell in areas ui rounding Valparaiso. (V-M Staff rhoto) 3f Cw' Iff i to act on command. The. remedy was a trick code which cut off the electrical fever, not unlike an aspirin.

For 11 minutes today, Telstar transmitted a television description of its ailments and remedy from a panel of engineers in New York. Then French and British station transmitted their congratulations via the satellite. "The pictures seem as. good as ever they were," said A. H.

Mum-ford, of the British post office. "It is a wonderful achievement, in some respects almost more wonderful than the original launching. We look forward to continued success." Likes GOP Will Elect New Party Boss Republican committeemen and vice-cdmmitteemen will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday, in the Porter Circuit courtroom to elect a successor to retiring party chairman, Prosecutor William G. Conover.

Conover, elected to the post of prosecutor this fall, announced his resignation effective Jan. 5, "upon election of my successor." Reportedly candidates for the chairmanship are former Valparaiso mayor, John E. and newly elected Washington township trustee, C. D. "Red" Clover.

Of the two, rumor has it that Wiggins apparently has a slight edge over Clover. Conover said this morning that he knew of no others in addition to Wiggins and Clover contesting for the post, but added, that it is possible that there might Ke some unidentified candidates. Dripping Thaw Spreads Across Southern England LONDON (AP) A dripping thaw spread across southern England today, promising relief from the deep freeze engulfing the country since Christmas. The thaw brought a new threat, of severe flooding, as deep snow began to melt in the south. And an old enemy, fog, blanketed wide areas of Surrey, Kent and Sussex.

London also woke to traditional fog, but weather men forecast that it would drift away during the day. Sub-freezing temperatures still held parts of western and northern Britian in their grip. More snow fell early, today in Herefordshire and Scotland. TANGLED IN WIRE BERLIN (AP) Fast German border guards today captured would he refugee who got tangled, in the wire guarding the i Communist wall through West Berlin. a i I on page 6.

(V-M Staff Photo) The speedup would come througb a special referendum election in 1965 to ratify the con stitutional amendment the GOP hopes to pass in the 1963 and 1965 legislative sessions; Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine, Senate president and highest Re publican elected official, said the idea was va major item up for discussion in a meeting of the joint Senate-House Republican poli cy committee today. The GOP reapportionment plan calls for a constitutional amend ment increasing the membership of the Senate from 50 to 60, with districting of seats recognizing present population, and reappor tionment of the 100 House seats every 10 years by population.

Plan Sketched A constitutional amend must pass two successive legislative sessions and then be approved by the voters in a referendum. A special referendum in 1965, when no regular elections are scheduled, would avoid delaying the referendum to the 1966 election. If the 1965 session could write a reapportionment act to be effec tive after the amendment was approved, or a brief special session held to write the act after the amendment went to referendum, a reapportioned legislature could be elected in 1966. Otherwise, the 1967 session would have to write the reappor tionment act to carry out the man date of the new constitutional provision, and the reapportioned legislature would be elected in 1968 for the 1969 session. Consider Taxes Ristine said the GOP policy committee, seven members from the Senate and' eight from the House, also had taxes and state financing up for consideration at the meeting but probably would not advance definite proposals.

While the Republicans met fit the Columbia Club, Democratic legislative leaders gathered with Gov. Matthew E. Welsh in Welsh's office for their own policy meeting. Both sessions were closed. Republicans control the House 56-44 and the Senate 25-24, but their Senate majority is one short of the number of votes needed to pass bills.

CONTRACT TALKS RESUME MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) Rep-re entatives of Nyloncraft Co. and the striking Local 1151, United Auto Workers, resumed contract talks Thursday after a three-week breakdown. A mediator said the results were encouraging. More talks in the 47-day old strike were slated today.

I Military ray Increase To Be Requested WASHINGTON (AP) The administration will ask Congress to raise the pay of active duty servicemen and reservists an average of 14.4 per cent. The estimated annual cost of the proposed pay increase is about $1.75 billion. About four million persons would get the boost. President Kennedy has given his approval to the plan, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara Said Thursday.

It will be submitted to Congress this month. The estimated cost is large, Mc Namara said, "but I believe it to be fully justified." Substitution Urged "Remote and isolated duty" pay for both officers and enlisted men would be substituted for "sea and foreign duty pay." The re-en listment bonus for enlisted men the military wants to keep be cause of special skills would give way to a variable career incentive pay. The retirement pay system would be based on cost-of-living changes instead of 'merely on length of service. The first reaction from Capitol Hill was cautious. In the those, familiar with, the views of Sen.

Richard B. Russell, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said some form of pay increase legislation would be approved, but not necessarily in the form and amount proposed. No Comment On the- House side, Rep. Carl Vinson, chairman of that body's Armed Services Committee, told newsmen he will not comment on. the bill until he sees it.

Vinson said that the measure would not have first priority on the calendar. The estimate is for an average year, a Defense Department spokesman said. As the number of ithose in military retirement increases', the cost may reach $2 billion or $2.25 biTlifin, he said. CONTRACT AWARDED WASHINGTON (AP) A $2'mil lion contract for construction of the dam and spillway for the Mon roe Reservoir near Bloomington, has been awarded to the Ttnlph Myers Corp. of Salem, Sn.

Vance Hartke. said Thursday. Landgrebe also noted that he has received official appointment to the following other committees: Elections, Financial Institutions, Transportation, and Benevolent and Penal Institutions. The appointments "were made by Lt. Gov.

Richard O. Ristine and Sen. Russell D. Bontrager, of Elkhart, president pro-tern designate. Landgrebe said today he had just received official confirmation of his appointments, and had not had suff icent time to comment on what his committees will be faced with the forthcoming General Assembly session.

Plenty of Work ''I will have plenty of work to do. I am extremely pleased to have been named to the chairman; ship of the Affairs of Lake county committee," he noted. Landgrebe, however, voiced disappointment at not being named to the Education committee', on which he served during the 1962 session. "I am very disappointed, but I will continue my definite interest in the problems of education in the State of Indiana." Jjtlative to the chairmanship of the Affairs of Lake county committee, Landgrebe said tremendously important legislation is passed by this committee as' a means of solving special and complex problems faced in that county. Action Required "These "problems cannot be ef fected without legislative action by the General Assembly.

As an example, the committee promotes and passes legislation on special salary scales for officeholders in Lake county." Landgrebe said as a Republican in Senate that has a bare Republican majority (25-24), the chairmanship poses a special challenge to him because of the great Democratic vote majority in Lake county. "Republican leadership of the committee is also of great importance to the GOP party, throughout the state," he noted. Landgrebe noted that his presence on the Election committee, could also be closely aligned with the Affairs of Lake County com, millee. "It Is very likely that certain specific legislation will be enact ed to handle certain situations which seem to exist in county," Landgrebe asserted Lake nJ Vr A and Mrs. Richard Balboa, MR 2, displays 1963 vehicle license plates now on sale at couniy'ti license bureaus.

Bryan compares new Gold on Blue plates With last year's tags. This year's Valparaiso area plates cary "A and prefix.