Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 80.

No Appeasement In Crisis In Berlin Is Eisenhower Pledge ! ■

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (UPD 4 President Eisenhower said today that a course of appeasement in the Berlin crisis would be not only dishonorable but "the most dangerous one we could pursue." He also asserted that the United States and its friends want to settle international disputes at the conference table and not on the battlefield. Eisenhower, in a speech prepared for the spring convocation at Gettysburg College, described the Communist threat to Berlin as part of a continuing effort to win world domination. „ ",. .The mere handing over of a single city,” he said, "could not possibly satisfy the Communists, even though they would particularly like to eliminate what has been called the ‘free world’s show case behind the Iron Curtain'.. "Indeed, even if we should acquiesce in the unthinkable sacrifice of two million free Germans, such a confession of weakness would dismay our friends and embolden the Communists to step up their campaign of domination. "The course of appeasement is not only dishonorable, it is the most dangerous one we could pursue. The world paid a high price for the lesson of Munich — but it learned it well.” Eisenhower denied that firmness means "mere rigidity” or "arrogant stubbomess” and said the free nations do not want war. "(We) seek to substitute the rule of ]»w for the rule of force, the conference table for the battlefield.” he said. He cited two programs m exPolio Contributions Total Over $4,500 The Adams county chapter of the National Polio foundation announced today that $4,534.78 was contributed by county individuals, organizations and industries toward the recent drive for funds. The national foundation will receive part of this sum to pay for hospital and doctor bills of those who suffered the effects of polio, arthritic conditions, and birth defects. The latter two categories were recently added'to the foundation's care. Another part of the money will go for research in these three fields. Mrs. Roy Kalver, county chairman, George Auer, city chairman, Mrs. Leo Curtin, county drive chairman, and Herman H. Krueckeberg, county treasurer, all wish to thank those who gave so freely of their time and money to make the campaign a success. The "Mothers March for Polio,” the Teen Age council, the bowling sweepstakes, school contributions, contributions at a few of the local basketball games, and solicitations from organizations and industries, were several of the' methods used by the county committee to procure funds. Ibis year’s total compares favorably with the 1958 total of $4,705.75.

- ■* —— U.S. Missile Might Displayed

CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (UPD —The Air Force’s newest ICBM. the Titan, made its third straight successful flight Friday during an action-packed seven hours at the Atlantic missile range. In other displays of missile might and plans, a swift 847 jet bomber fired a test version of an air-launched ballistic missile : (ALBM) and the Air Force assisted the Army in launching another intermediate range Jupiter. Both veteran missile men and amateur birdwatchers on nearby beaches were impressed with the ' Titan hop. Only a little more then three years off the drawing board, the bullet-shaped Titan scored what its makers called a “perfect success” to match its two previous performances. It was a big day far the Martin Co., which made both the Titan and the secret ALBM test rocket. Important ALBM Step Although it was not as spectacular or as large as the Titan, the slender, two-stage test rocket’s flight was regarded as an important step in the Air Force’s proj-

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. . . . . ... . _... .... . - . - J r - amples of the need for firmness in the face ot Soviet challenges: —Foreign aid to keep the outposts of freedom from crumbling. —Foreign trade to save friendly countries from dependence on Communist markets. The President said the weakest and most exposed areas are most vulnerable to Communist conquest. He cited the example of Vietnam, exactly halfway around the globe from Gettysburg. He said it could maintain freedom only if it can develop its resources with capital from foreign investors or from friendly governments offering loans or grants. - Loss of Vietnam to communism, he continued, would mean the immediate loss of 12 million people and the exposure of 150 million others to a flanking movement and new threats. In all, he said, a third of the world's population faces similar challenges in South Asia and Africa. The 30-minute speech was advertised in advance by the White House as a major foreign policy nd tire ss Gettysburg College is headed by Lt Gen. Willard S. Paul, retired, who was chief of personnel on Gen. Eisenhower’s Wor|d War II staff. B The President was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by the college in May, 1946, shortly after his return from the war in Europe. ■ Secretary of Interior Fred Seaton was present to receive an honorary doctor of Laws at today's convocation. The President flew directly from the White House to his farm Friday afternoon by helicopter while Mrs. Eisenhower made the trip by car. Record Number Os Hospital Patients The Adams County memorial hospital set a new record Saturday for the number of patients being served. There were 66 patients on hand, according to Thurman Drew, manager. This is the largest number of people ever to be in the local hospital at one time. Despite the record number, Drew stated that there was still room available. This was not an invitation, but merely a statement of the improved facilities since the opening of the new addition. Sell Funeral Rites Sun4ay Afternoon Funeral services for Allen Sell, month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Sell of near Monroe, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Black funeral home. The Rev. C. E. Lykins will officiate and burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The child died at 4 a.m. Friday at the Adams county memorial ' hospital. Surviving in addition to the parents are two sisters, Annette Kay and Jeanette, and the grandparents, Mrs. Ruth Alberson of Geneva, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark of Bluffton.

ect to develop an ALBM. Martin is competing with Lockheed, McDonnell, and several other firms for the ALBM contract. The weapon, a solid-fuel rocket, would extend the range of the Strategic Air Command’s bombers by at least 1,000 miles. It is expected to, be named the Bold Orion. *--- In a jubilant post - launching press conference in Denver, where the Titan is made, Martin officials said the three successful flights of the weapon "have resulted in acceleration of what was already an accelerated program. , s Schedule Moved Ahead "Objectives that were planned for later missiles have been moved ahead of schedule and are now a part of current flight tests.” The Titan is designed to hurl a hydrogan warhead at least 6,300 (statute) miles, and unofficial estimates have placed its range capability at 9,000 miles. The Titan's flight was particularly significant because new missiles usually encounter many dis-

- X NATO Council Ends Session Al Washington WASHINGTON (UPD — The NATO Council was expected today to give the United States, Britain and France a formal vote of confidence in their efforts to negotiate an honorable settlement of the Berlin and German situations with Russia. The 15-natlon council, ending its three-day 10th anniversary session here, also was expected in a final communique to applaud the. firm determination of the Western Big Three to stand fast against Soviet threats and pressures on Berlin. Members of the council were reported by American officials to be in general agreement on the fol-, lowing points: 1. The Western powers should consider negotiating with Russia an inspected and controlled plan for limiting troops and arms along both sides of the Iron Curtain. But they should never consider any troop pull-back because that could lead to neutralization of Germany. 2. Allied troops must remain in Berlin and retain control of the access routes pending a final allGerman settlement. Otherwise, there would be no guarantee against the city falling into Communist hands. 3. Solution of disarmament and other European problems should, if at all possible, be linked to political progress on German reunification. 4. Any Allied concessions to Russia musk be balanced by Communist concessions to the West in order to maintain the balance of power in Europe. The recommendations and observations of the NATO Council members will go to a Western Big Four working group. The group meets in London April 13 to lay out the final Allied bargaining position for the foreign ministers conference with Russia beginning May 11 In Geneva. U.S. acting Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, British Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd, French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve-’de Murville, and West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano plan to meet in Paris April 29 to put the finishing touches on the proposals the Big Three will take into the Geneva talks. West Germany, along with Communist East Germany, will be at the Geneva conference only in an advisory capacity. Von Brentano Friday endorsed the idea of some form of troop limitation tied to political solutions. He told a closed council meeting, according to a NATO spokesman, that “controlled disarmament” would be a desirable contribution to German unification.

ficulties in the early flight testing phase. The Air Force had to blow up its first two Atlas ICBMs in the summer of 1957, and not until December of that year did an Atlas make a successful hop. Eleven Air Force rocketeers trained by the Army worked with members of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency to fire the Jupiter on a 1,500 mile test hop just after sundown, seven hours and 23 minutes after the Titan was launched. Although the Army designed and developed the noisy Jupiter, the Air Force will employ the weapon tactically under a Pentagon ruling lirpiting the Army to use of 'missiles with less than 1,000 miles range. An "Operation Gaslight” team of ships and planes was waiting in the impact area near the Caribbean island of Antigua for the Jupiter’s wedge shaped nose cone. The* search force wanted to observe the effects of atmospheric friction on the cone, which would have to protect a hydrogen warhead if the weapon were fired in anger.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 4, 1959.

Three Teen-Age Boys Are Killed At Peru PERU, Ind. (UPD—Three teenage boys were killed early today and another was injured when their automobile was struck by a slow - moving Wabash railroad , passenger train. Killed outright in the crash at , 1:02 a. m. (CST) were Dennis Foreman, 16, R. R. 4, Peru, the , driver, and Frank Brown, 15, a neighbor. Dale Cooper, 14, died in ; Dukes Memorial hospital about eight hours later. Elvin Cooper, 17, the dead I youth’s brother, whs listed as “poor” with a skull fracture and other injuries. Only 12 minutes before the dou- ! ble fatality was recorded, another ] Wabash railroad train struck a car containing two teen-agers on , the Dukes St. crossing just three j blocks west of the scene of the ■ fatal crash. Fred Zerbe, Kokomo, , and Carol Ann Dean, Peru, were , injured. I Asks Cancer Society Quit Community Fund The Adams county chapter of the Indiana division of the Ameri- 1 can Cancer society has been requested by the national society to withdraw from the Community Fund and conduct an independent ! crusade in April of 1960. -1 The cancer society is also with- f drawing from the Allen county ■ United Fund and plans to stage an independent rally there next year i as well.

Restore Order In Argentina

BUENOS AIRES (UPD—Army j troops, police and firemen re- ( stored order to downtown Buenos , Aires today and workmen cleared j the streets of scores of buses, , streetcars and autos overturned , or burned by Peronist and Com-munist-led rioters Friday night A powerful bomb exploded ear- j ly today in a church in the Paler- £ mo district, causing some dam- ’ age, but it was not known whether it was connected with the rioting. No one was hurt. , One policeman and three civil- ( lans were shot and 13 other per- t sons were injured before police t using tear gas and jets of colored £ water ended the three-hour riot. J One man was reported to have died of a heart attack and a po- t lice communique said 144 persons t were arrested in the “typical ( Communist demonstration.” About 500 rioters, who had ( massed before the Labor Ministry and the congressional building 12 blocks away to protest against the government’s austerity and labor control policies, burned at least a dozen automobiles, three streetcars and a bus and damaged several police cars. They also wrecked five stores, littered the streets with glass ( from shop windows and tried to ‘ ■ lynch a bus driver whose vehicle 1 ■ accidentally knocked down one 1 demonstrator who was trying to < set tire to a station-wagon. The bus driver suffered a terri- < ble beating before his passengers i rescued him and carried him to shelter in a private home. 1 The. riots erupted at 6 p.m. i when 500,000 members of 62 Pe- j ronist-led and 19 Communist-con- > trolled unions called a six-hour , strike to protest against President ’ Arturo Frpndizi’s economic poli- ( cies. j Peroniats Defy Government Defying a government ban, the ( Peronists gathered before lhe La- ( bar Ministry for a general pro- j test meeting while the leftists demonstrated before the congressional building against increased electric power rates. , About 2,000 federal police, act- ; ing under orders to break up the ' demonstrations, cordoned off the > downtown area, halted subway > trains in the district and moved < in'With tear gas, guns and fire- i hoses. ; « The squares in front of both j

Connie To Take Witness Stand In Own Defense f t -- t Lu. . By JACK V. FOX United Press International INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPD — Connie Nicholas definitely will take the witness stand to tell how and why her “gentleman” lover was shot to death, her attorney said today. The all-husband jury certainly needed help in sorting out the Amtradietory and illogical ver<6ns Heard so far in the murder trial at tiie trim divorcee, accused of killing Eli Lilly Vice President Forrest Teel after he. discarded her. Testimony of detectives Friday quoted the 44-year-old brunette as having said from a hospital bed after attempting suicide: * “You don’t shoot some one you love.” "I shot him, I shot him — I’m not sorry.” ■; "I only meant to shoot him in the arm?” "The electric chair? The sooner the better.” “Get me the best criminal lawyer in the city.” 1 *‘l loved him, I loved him.” | 4*l used to call him Forrest. Now |g£all him Teel.” YThe trial was in recess over the Week end. Prosecutor Philip Bayt, former mayor of Indianapolis, said the state would wind up its case Monday or, at the latest, Tuesday. Defense Lawyer Charles Symmes said Connie would tell her full story to the jury, includ-| ing the married Teel’s affair with a new girl, Laura Mowrer, 30. It was outside Miss Mowrer’s apartment. after a long evening, that Teel was killed as he sat in his white Cadil’ic alongside Connie. Metical testimony also will'figure largely in the trial, particularly the reason for Mrs. Nicholas paralyzed right hand. The defense contends Connie suffered a severe wrenching of her arm when Teel tried to gran ;the tiny French revolves from her [when she threatened to> shoot herIgHLThe prosecution contends she : lay- on the arm 20 hours after ! swallowing 75 sleeping pills and that the long lack of circulation I caused paralysis.

buildings were covered with clouds of tear gas and the demonstrators fled, losing themselves in the mass of office workers who were leaving nearby buildings en route home. Then small bands of demonstrators began to form and roam the streets between the two squares, stopping buses, streetcars and automobiles and overturning or burning many of them The police count e r-attacked with more tear gas and jets of colored water from a neptune tank which they used to identify the rioters. They also fired gunshots over the demonstrators’ heads. The rioters quickly abandoned their destructive attempts, and attempted to flee the area, but were caught by police barriers which isolated the district. The riots ended by 9 P-. Pack Committee In Planning Meeting The pack committee of Cub Scout pack 3062 held its monthly planping meeting Thursday evening in the offices of Donald Norquest, institutional representative. Six committee members and three den mothers were present for the meeting. , The first topic discussed was the homemade musical instruments that the adults are to make for the round table discussion at Berne .Tuesday. The adults will make the samples this month, and next month, the Cubs will make some 6f the instruments for themselves in their den meetings. Organization and finances in the dens were also discussed. Projects for the dens for this month and May were mentioned, with the den mothers doing much of the planning. The next pack meeting of pack 3062 will be held Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m., in the Lincoln school auditorium. A new feature of the meeting will be the presentation of den skits. This month dens four and five will join for a skM, and next month dens six and seven will present the play. V ..

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THE ADAMS COUNTY Civic Music Association will open its annual membership campaign Monday. A kick-off tea for drive workers will be held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Pictured above .are officers of the association, shown with artists Ferrante and Teicher at the latest concert of the association, following which a reception was held. Left to right: Mrs. Menno Lehman, Berne, secretary; Ferrante; Mrs. Roy Kalver, vice president; Dr. Freeman Burkhalter, Berne, president; Teicher; Glenn Hill,"vice president, and Herman H. Krueckeberg, vice president.

Hospital Gift Made By Bank Os Geneva The board of trustees of the Adams county memorffli hospital announced today the receipt of a . check in the amount of SSOO from the Bank of Geneva. The board stated that this gift would be used to refurnish one of the private j rooms in the old area of the hos- 1 pital. A plaque, acknowledging ( the gift, will be placed on the i door of the room beside the : plaque of the original donor. It 4 the intention of the hospital boat'd to refinish and refurnish the original patient rooms in •keeping with the new addition and it is hoped the generous gift of the Geneva Bank will spark a program in the county to furnish the 33 units of furniture needed. The 35 units of furniture for the addition were all donated by organizations and individuals on the basis of SSOO per unit. Several people have indicated their interest in such a project and it is believed that some who were too late on the furniture for th addition will want to assist with this project. The re-habilitation program is already underway on the second floor where the old rooms are being painted, floors repaired and new shades and drapes installed. Those who desire information concerning this program may contact one of the following trustees: Cal E. Peterson, Dee Fryback, Henry Rumple and C. August Nagel. INDIANA WEATHER Fair through Sunday. A little warmer Sunday. Low tonight 35 north to low 40s south. High Sunday 60 north to 70 south. Outlook for Monday: Fair and mild. . • .. , —

— Jf; — Spring Floods Drive 2,000 From Homes

IMted Press International Spring floods soaked New England and the Midwest Saturday, chasing more than 2.000 persons from their homes and climaxing a week of turbulent weather. Some 1,700 persons were homeless .in the industrial Rockford area in Northwest Illinois and the rampaging Pecatonica River threatened another 2,000 with evacuation in nearby Freeport. Sudden floods in Wisconsin drove 360 more into temporary shelters. Evacuations were begun throughout New England as sudden floods swept through parts of Vermont and New Hampshire and threatened towns in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The watery onslaughts capped a week in which southern tornadoes, eastern fog and northern rains took 20 lives. 16 Persons Killed The tornadoes and high winds killed 10 persons in Texas, three in Florida and one in Oklahoma while Wisconsin and Vermont each reported a single flood victim. Three crewmen were killed early Friday when an 83-foot trawler ran aground off Cape,-Cod, Mass., and one man was killed when a U.S. Navy Super-Constellation

Reds Sending Men To Tibet

NEW DELHI (UPD—The Communists have rushed 100,000 fresh troops into Tibet in an. effort to crush the tough Khamba tribesmen who have taken up arms against them, according to reports reaching here today. - Although details of the battle for Tibet were Scanty, reports from the border said shooting can still be heard on the outskirts of Lhasa, the two-mile-high capital of the remote mountain state. (A Red broadcast heard in. Tokyo said, however, that the Lhasa High School, which had been closed because of the revolt, reopened Thursday to begin its spring term — an apparent indication that the city was quiet. Peiping Contradictory (Even though the Dalal Lama has ..escaped across the border into India —a fact which the Communists were the first to announce — Radio Peiping today repeated its claim that he "is held under duress by rebels.”) Indian officials, described as "most worried,” were busy trying to find, and plug the leak that enabled the Communists to announce that the Dalai I<uta had entered India before anyone here but Premier Jawaharlal Nehru and two top aides knew of his arrival. They were wondering whether the story was "leaked” by Communist agents in the border area, or whether it means that the Reds have cracked Indie's most secret codes. Deatination Uncertain Conflicting reports today on the whereabouts of the Tibetan godking placed him in or near the

plane crashed while trying an emergency landing on a fog-en-closed airstrip at Argentia, Nfld. At Rockford, the swollen Rock River threatened to surpass its highest crest in history, a peak of 63 inches recorded in 1929. Route 2,000 Residents At Freeport, where 35 to 40 blocks are still under water the Weather Bureau predicted the Pecatonica would crest at 17.5 feet by midnight Saturday. That depth would flood all of Freeport’s East Bank section, routing 2,000 residents, and would block all but one highway in the area. The Milwaukee River slammed into the Milwaukee suburbs of Glendale and Mequon and isolated the 700 residents of Saukville. The New England floods struck with « dramatic suddenness and were expected to spread swiftly through the six-state area. Flood warnings were out for White River Junction, Vt., Hartford and Middletown, Conn., and Woonsocket, R.I. Deadly ice floes rambled along with the flood waters, snapping a 65-foot metal radio transmitter tower on the Sugar River near Claremont, N.H., and bowling over trees two feet in diameter.

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Indian town of Towang. He was expected to remain there only before moving on to Bomdila, 70 miles farther from the border, and eventually to Texpur, where a plane will be waiting. No one would say exactly where India plans to house its unexpected guest. Reliable sources predicted that he will not be brought to New Delhi, but none could say exactly where he will be lodged. Reliable sources here told newsmen they are sure the Dalai Lama “won't say anything which would embarrass India's position.” So far, however, there has been no confirmation that the Tibetan leader will fulfill India’s hopes by refraining from accusations against the Communists. ; 4-H Leaders Hold * ; Training Session More than 230 Adorns county I 4-H club officers and leaders met « at the Lincoln school Friday night i for a leadership training session with local experts in various fields. Divided into groups according to office, each instructor spent 30 minutes informing the pupils of their respective duties. Eleven county clubs received gifts for perfect attendance of all officers and leaders. Leo Seitenright, county agent, and Lois Folk, county home demonstration agent, presented each member of the groups with 4-H comb cases. Dick Tonikinson, state 4-H club officer at Purdue, led the whirling swirling members through several “barn dance" numbers'. Tomkinson was also instructor for the recreation leaders. Other instructors were, Gloria Koeneman, presidents and viecx presidents; Sally McCullough; secretaries and treasurers; Ron Gerber, health and safety leaders, and Bob Wall, news reporters. The clubs and their adult leaders that received gifts for perfect attendance at the school were Wabash township Limberlost Hustlers, Ardon Mosser and Marvin Hart; St. Mary’s Kekionga, Mrs. John King; Kirkland Kut Ups, Mrs. Lores Steury; Union Pals, Mrs. Ben Gerke; French Peppy Peppers, Mrs. Chester Baumgartner; Wabash Cloverleafs, Sherman Neuenschwander; Hartford Happy Go Luckies, Mrs. Dale Grandlienard; Blue Creek Up & At It, Mrs. Carver and Mrs. Minnieh: Preble Jolly Juniors, Mrs. Brandt, and Mrs. Selking; Washington Happy Hustlers, Mrs. Arlen Mitchell and Miss Phyllis Singleton, and the Decatur City Slickers, D. Harry Hebble and Leo Seltenright. Susie McCullough, of St. Mary’s Kekionga, and Carol Norquest, of Decatur Girls, led the assembly in the pledges. Refreshments of ice cream bars were provided by the Farm Bureau Co-op. NOON EDITION