Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 21.

Suspect Arson In Fire KIA >• * .•■ 1 ■ ''WlKft itt • J9* JijK, ’ : if JSt .\jfIMTK - g-Mg.' , ■j; - ZZ_ ■Brl % '~i ini'I kS JaSS o £>. INVESTIGATION of suspicion p.f arson is urjder way ihtb this fire which gutted the huge Connelly Con- , tainer Corp., in Philadelphia and .threatened valuable oil properties nearby. Damage is estimated at '$ 1.500.000.

Army Chief Os Staff At War front In Korea Arrives For Series t Os Top-Level Talks! * On Korean Situation SEOUL, Korea. UP — Army ch|iAf of Staff Gen. J. Lawton Collins hr ? rived in Korea today for a aeries? of top-level conferences which observers believed might signal the of President Eisen program of “deeds ratheg tluii. words’* in the stalemated war. Collins arrived on the ‘scene . 1. Allied fighter-bombers bombed and strafed the sOng “truce road" to halt ('oiling-,' ’ nist movement of illegal war sup*, plies down vital route whiidijr was supposed to be kept open only for movement of personnel and supplies required-for the stalemated truce negotiations. ' "? 2. Deeply dug in Red defenders on T-bone Hill humiliated U. “Nj | forces by blunting and then tu|m .trig .back the heaviest Allied attack in three months. High U. «<. brass followed the operations fr&m ? an elaborate, cardboard backed, three-color timetable which called for a combined artillery and flu-' fantry assault to take the Rstl (llil nese position. jThe show didity sip? s ceed.\ ■ '3. Fourteen American Sabrejeis | in the seventh day of a rampagftg air war, tangled, with an eqytl mUmber of Red MiG’s. Returning pilots claimed damage to threeypf the Russian-built jets. 4. Retiring eighth, army commander Gen. James A. Van Fleet jtold a farewell press conference . it would be possible to man the en-. tire Korean, bat tie line with South Korean troops within the next year T — if the United Nations are ed for an Indefinite stalemate. ' Van Fleet's, remarks .'were ins tended to be off record but were published widely. Collins will confer with Van Fleet and other top ' United Nations commanders, i * The nature 9! their discussions 1 will be top-secret, but speculation was widespread that Collins’ jarri val here just at the moment of the change in the field command strongly influence the future conduct of the Korean war. . r Fighter • bopibers struck again with bombs ahd rockets at. she vital Communist bridge systfem north of Sinanju where the Rids were rushing repairs following. |he massive attacks of two weeks akox ■ I Air fighting flared in the wakeiof Sunday’s Allied ground,attack [bin the central front, biggest siice \ October. Infantrymen hit T-Bqne Hill behind powerful air and aj|ib lery support but failed to dfnt Communist defenses. | Fifth air force fighter-bombers and Australian Meteor jets pounded convoys op the .PyongyangrKaesqng road on Which the Communists now are allowed'' only two attack-ffee trips a week-pone north and one isouth on Sundays only. They reported wrecking at leUst 13 trucks on the road set aside jhjr Safe-conduct of truce terms. | I U. N. forces have for some suspected the Reds were .using |lre road to bring supplies to the frdnh Although the peace talks at papmuhjom have virtually frogged down. as much traffic was goijng down the road on “truce” .days], as in the past. . ] According to a unilateral ' meat, the U. N. granted the attackfree privilege to the Reds wlthput' asking anything of them. The prlvi(Tara To t»««e Tfcreej

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| - ■ - HUr y? - Tommy Mann Fund Now Over SI,OOO Donations Mount To Cancer Victim “ i ' ■ The Tommy Mann fund must be well past the thousand dollar mark , at this writing; 1 h Ik■ ■’• At this time, however. $525.25 has b|?eil j eoliected bij the Daily Democrat alone. The Pleasant Dale church of the Brethren. K’irklapd township. \ sajid to have cplledted about S4OO. qnd the ladies who started the dindj ,of tlie Farm Bureau olf Preble and Root townships; estimate th have in ’ their coffers at least ||sO. i ’ ■ Mrs. Leo King. Sra reported to- 1 .day' that the Mt. ,Pleasant churc h ( took up a collection ij’om within f their Congregation and counted ( $55..t0 which she saidtoday has f been turned directly oyer to Clif- f ford Mann, father of the cancer victim, Tommy Manti, i j Mrs. Matin some good news today. , Sbe said her “>n will be home Tuesday S|te and Mr. rMahn visitejd the 4rickdp Tad oyer tie and report he , is in good: spirits and joyous over ; the prospect of being Rome attain. , As imported earlier, a for the full amount collected at ' the Daily Democrat offi< e Will be turned' over to the Manps on Wednesday ipight at their Home, route 2. The Collecting will continue} by thC multitude of stations who* have t|one so up to now?. . ■i. u it V’ Mr. apd Mrs. Frank Mr. and Mrs. J'erbme lyeJler 3 Mr. and Mrs. Le|o King,l rir. j 5 C. E. iTrinity. Jr. L_._X 5 Charldji “FJ Burkhart — 10 | A - J 5 Dorothy and Stew Schnepf 2 Rip and Bret Lutes 1 Mr. Mrsj Loren Burkliart. Sr. anX Virginia --<7 j Mrs? fjlArfiHi B. 'Arifiold 5' Helerip Wehmeyer L 3.‘ •Mr. Mrs; Leo Tqeple 5 Mr. & Mr 4 Robert. W. Miller and Fred __j_. X-y--,- 5 Mr. &i Mrs; C. R. SmitijXrq-4 5 Margiil & }Kathryn Shaffej" 5 Mrs. Clyde W. Shafer jit 5 1 Mr. Mrs?. Walter Peck 5 John IL Peters * r - 5 ■•'Mr, &; Mrs, Austin 0. Straub __ 5 Mr. & Mrs. Arlje Bollinger _t._ 2, 'Friends _XX-:— --'-X-4-'P 27 L A-thtal collected sinde; las|t Mon-; day o] $649.25, Jei?s $l2O being? re-! tainbd by the ladies ■ ‘who began the cjilleclion, brings the mbney received in hand by tjie Daily Democrat |o $525.25. i ■ ' '•. L J ' i i ■ _ Walter B. Pitkin * Diesi In California , LOS. ALTOS, Mali, dp— Walter .BoUghton Pitkin, who wrote Life Degins at 4io. died Sunday at the age of 71. i • J Pitkin, author, psychologist? bdu(•ator and editor., died at Palo Alto hospital from g heart attack) suf- ' sered jhree 'days ago. ' j Medical Student Plunges To Death CHICAGO. UP —A Northwestern University medical student — ( -tormented by indecision about whether to enlist .in the army or continue his studies — plunged , eight floors, from his dormitory rpom Sunday and died a short time later. 1 The youth’’ was ideritified as , David F. Schmitt, 23-year-old son of Dr. Francis O.‘Schmitt, head • of the biology'department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Belmont, Mass. < S . ' 1H H -

Million Dollar Gas Well Fire Off Louisiana Flames Visible tor 50 Miles, Flames Started By Blast MORGAN CITY. Ld. (UP) — Wind-whippod flames visible for 50 miles billowed from a stubborn, million -dollar fire engulfing, five gas wells at an off-shore oil drilling platform early today. A spokesman for the Pure Oil Co. said a shift in wind direction to the southeast lessened,, a threat to two ndfirby equipment platforms but once again ignited all five wells-on the drilling platform. “It |s a flexible “itluation.” Walter C. Roome, a company official. "It ds hard to tell when the Wells are burning and when they are not.” . i ; \ Rdom.e said that at one time since an explosion s'et off the blaze shortly before noon Sunday “storm appeared to havb cut the supply, of gas, but flames nevertheless continued towering skyward. “ j Fire-fighting ships led by the heavy lug Trojan from port Arthur} Tex., were being rushed to the spot Ift miles off the Louisiana coast. ' A 45-man crew escaped without injury when a broken flow line exploded and set off the blaze Sunday mprning. The men returned Id fight the,, fij-e from barges equipped with sea pumps. \ A special fire-fighting team was expected to arrive shortly by air from! California. , I \ , A .company official said $1,000.000 |was\“a safe estimate of the loss nowj” and the dahaage would become 'much greater' i( the fire spread. The two other platforms, each 70 feet away, contain pumps and other machinery. Crane for New Cily Plant Js Delivered Early Installation Os Crane Planned A 20-ton cratie, to be used to haiil parts'bf the diesel engine into 6pe new city light and pother department, Seventh and Dayton streets, arrived here over the weekend and is on a freight car on Un Erie Railroad siding he?e. The announcement w|s made by light and power superintendent L. C. Pettibone this morning. Pettibone said the erdne will be moved into place and the installations completed within the plant in not more than a week to ten days. A Fort Wayne rigging firm willhandle the moving job. Pettibone stated that the engineers for the job, Emery, Marker and Emery, Toledo, 0.,. have beep notified ojf the delivery df the crane and have in turn notified builders of the diesel engine, the LimaHamilton Co., Hamilton, O. Since the installation of the engine was contingent upon whether the crane was on hand. Pettibone predicted the of-the engine alpjost on the heels of the completion of the crane installation. He Indicated it wouldn’t be out W line then to expect delivery of the engine In not more than two weeks. '• Along With the crane announce(Turn T» Page Five)

Decatur, Indiana, Mondays January 26, 1953.

Eisenhower To Deliver \ ' I \> • ' State Os Union Message To Congress On Monday

Senate Meets ! On Wilson's Nomination Taft Says Senate To Stay In Session Until Confirmation - z ) Washington up— Republican leader Robert A. Taft promised 'to hold; the senate iri overtime Session today if pecessary to confirm Gtiwles ,E. W|lson as defense secretary and complete formation of the .Elsenhower cabinet.' U ■ Advance nose-co.unting indicated that the former General Motors president would win Senate apprbv;al by an overwhelming vote, now that'he has agreed to sell his |2.T.fHX. JOO wortp of GM stopk. Bus Taft evidently expected sohje lengthy anti-Wilson speeches frpm Oregon's independent. Sen. Wayne Morie,. an avowed foe of the hdm ; Ijiaiipn. and possibly frotji sdine Democrats. 4li| gave the controversial ndmihat on top priority at today's Sendie session dnd told a reporters ijfeWejre going 4o stick with; it uijtii he i * approved, if it takes until, evening.” But on two other} defense dA" paithient afipofntm.enta, Taft had bad ; news to report to President Eisenhower at their; firsit, White House legislative Cohferenice this mor pi ng. I That news was that a clear jOritfi' of the senaite armed seif vices; committee will oppose SrjEiseijihower’.iy choices of army and air [force secretaries, unless and .until; the , prospective ; officials their stocks in companies doing de? fetish business witih thlei govesnmeh . ' I - linitolved are Robert I’. B. Stek vejhs of New Jersgyj prospective iitmy chief, and Harold E;. Talbott ot,u iNew York, tpe IfreSidetU's clipitsp as'atr secretary. j 1 ■ ■iKtevensf ease is regarded by stjnajtfors as ' partieiiMrly difficult. Herolds 42*486 shairek df stock, in his, family business, jl. F’. ptevens & TMjU a large textile firm which does one-third of its business with; the government. Arid he owns 12.-; (Turn To I’aao jSlx> V Chest X-Rays To Be Conducted In County Schedule Listed | For Mobile! Unit Cheat x-rays to determine the presence' of tuberculosis will lie extensively throughout the coring from February 2-6, it was announced today in a release by Mrs. iw. Guy Brown, {secretary Jf the IjAdains County tuberculosis association. ,following is the schejdulel Monday, February 2 - Hartford high ; school and Jefferson high school, from 12:30 jp.ih. to 2 p.in. Aho on Monday x-raying will be conducted at Geneva high school. Irui ft*om 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. For al| thpee schools the may Hje between thfe hours of 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.. and 7 p.m, and 8 p.m. i '! Tuesday, February 3 -- Bernp high School gym, from 10\n.m. to noon; the public will; taken cars of between 1 p.m. ahd 4 p.m. Wednesday, x-rayk will be given at the; Central SoyA Co. bietweep the hours of 9 a.m. and noon, and 1 ii,m« and 4 p.m. Thursday, February 5 L. jheDecatdr Casting Co, from 9 a.ni. to 11 d-m. Also at those tiknes at the tlecatur high school gym - Third street entrance, Mqnmouth high from 1 p.ih. to 2 p.m, Adamd Central high school from 2 p.ih. to 3 p.m. For the general public, at both schools, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. : i ' M Friday, February 6 - At the Decatur high school gym: Pleasant Mills high school, b a.m,; Decatur Catholic high school. 9:30 to 10 (Tara To I*U*e Slx>

Resume Atom Tests In Month Os March Proving Grounds In ? ; Nevada To Be Site i Washington, up — g<‘ energy aririounced ioday it will resume tests of atomic weapons at the Las Vegas, Nev., "proving ground in March. I The new series of\ tests “is designed to advance development Os new and improved nuclear devices and will provide additiori'4.l weai>ons performance data essential to military\and citil defense effects studies,*' the AEC said in a 1 statement. \ The announcement said iSdJOO troops of all services will participate in i maneuvers and training exercises during the 1953 spring tests. J ' (Many secondary projects will be . included tk» obtain research arid effects information \of value so other programs in government and to the public, the AE|C said. Plan HUge Plant ; WASHINGTON UP — The atomic energy commission announced: tgday that it will build a plant in Fulton\ Courity, 111., for pr<H-essing and .assembling the explosive cores of atomic weapons. -Construction, wilt start in early spring and completion is expected hhxnind mid-1954 1 i i Site of the plant is 18 miles east otf Macpmb, I|l., oil thq Spoon River. It will be caile|d\thb Spopn River plfint. The . general services administration is transferring to the AEC about 9.800 acres of govqrnmentowned land on the World [ War II site of Canip Ellis. The air force has keep using merit of the (and as a riurvivor training area and the ariny has held about 800 acres tor use by the Illinois national guard. Both the army and air force have indicated willingness to malte w;ay for the AEC. , ■ fsj C i ' ' L '' A- - ' T -r—• p . : " , War Victim's Riles Here Next Saturday I ff / ; U . s. ' Cpl. Max Myers' Funeral Saturday Final tribute will be , paid here Saturday for Cpl. Max L. Myers, 21-year-old veteran, who was killed |in action with the U. 3. army in Korea last Sept. 20, 'the veteran’s ibody; will leave Jersey City, N. J., Wednesday, and will arrive in Dricatur Thursday .ifternoon at 1:50 o’clock. The body will be removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may 'call after 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. Funeral services will be coridudteil ot 2 o'clock Saturday. afterjioOn at the Zwick funeral home, the Ilev. John E. Chambers officiating. Burial Will be in the Decatur cemetery, with full military rites conducted by Adams Post 43, American Legion. dpi. Myers was a son of Howard, and Nessie Beaip-Myers, who re.sjde at' 1009 Master Drive. He graduated from the Dricatiir high school in 1950, whqre he was a star athlete, and was employed by McMillen Feed Mills at Jhe time he entered service. .The soldier entered service Sept. 5, 1951, taking his training at Fort Riley, Kan. He arrived in Japan March 11, 1952. and was sent to Korea the following day. Fie also served in the Kojedo prison unit. Cpl. Myers is, survived by his parents ;\ one brother, Lester Myers of Decatur, and one sister. Mrs. Rosaleen Long, also of De-i-atur. : ' k "— ■• A . INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and a little warmer tonight. Tuesday mostly cloudy with occasional rain southeaet half and rain or (now near the Michigan border. Low \ tonight 25 north to 35 south. High Tuesday 35 northeast to 48 southwest. ■ v A! ■ 1 ’ ' I-

Reorganization I Plans Os Craig To Legislature Strip 21 Agencies Os Independence; Central Authority INDIANAPOLIS, UP -HA majof chunk of Governor Craig’s reorganization proposals, grouping farflung agencies undei* central aut thority, w’as introduced today in the Indiana senate. A bill offered by Sen. Edwin Wi Beamari (R-Princeton) and Ed Whitcomb (R-North Vernori) would strip 21 agencies of their independence. place them under d boss of “cabinet’* rank, and transfer their fee-collecting 'powers to a brriiad revenue board envisioned by Craig, Starting April 1, Purdue University would exercise control over eight separate boards and commit-} tees, the state'health board over nine, the lieutenant governor’s office over twx». and the state board of accounts and library historical department ov\*r one each. Losing theirl independent characj ter would be Such agencies aa the egg,' veterinarian and beauty boards, athletic and real estate coinmissions, and architects committee. The bin further provides that a revenue Jioard would collect all fees nowFcollected by those agencies! starting no later than July. 1954, Employment of pejson s whose functions are transferred under the measure would be terminated. Other new senate bills .provide exemption on military pay of military personnel and reserves from gross income tax Introduced, by R. Conrad, social security assistance for disabled persons (RutledgeStemle). and abolition of alcoholic beverage commission prosecutor (R. Conrnd-Tinder); The social security measure covers totally and permanently disabled persons, age 18!to 65, requiring continuous care and having no responsible relative jahle to Bup-i port. \ !J A '; ' T The reorganization) bill . off a week when trae legislature! will give a once-over tb Craig’s pro-| posals. He may fapb a lest strength soon in a "lukeWarm’l senate. ’ s Many of the Crais - endorsed! measures already have been lutbo-i dueed. Thte big ones are on way. .. House Majority Leader Norman| (Turn To Page Two) \1 - ; : '"'ip ■ j Heart Attack (ratal To Emery Simmons •’ ir|- t Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Emery B. Simmons, 61, an employe of the Decatur General Electric plant, died suddenly of a heart attack at 8:15 O’clock Saturday night at his home,! 822 North Twelfth street. He had not been' ill and was stricken with the fatal attack while seated in a chair, listening to a radio program. He was born in fe'pbbs July 7, 1891, a son of Mr; Mrs. Jesse Simmons. 'Sj Surviving are \his§|vife, Elgie; one daughter, Mrs. Lgtreaa Hitt of ‘ Kalamazoo, Mich.; »three stepdaughters, Mrs. Mrs. Lawteijce Ladig an<| Mrs. John Spencer; two stepsons', William Hustop anA Ray Huston; two grandchildren; three brothers, Orley Os Oklahoma City, Okla., Jesse of Elkhart and Mose of Millersburg. and one sister, Mrs; Ota Gahnt of Elwood. kuneral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Gillig'& Doan funeral home, the Rev. Romaine D. W°od officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery? Friends may call at the funeral Wine until time of the services. R v I l V U ■

———l- ' — Juries Are Drawn For February Term New Court Term To Open Next Monday Jury commissioners Frank Rowley and Rd Berling today made the draw of jurors for both the grand and petit juries for the February term of the Adams circuit Court, which opens next .Monday, The twelve members of the grand jury follow: - —' Roger J. Kaehr. Ff£nch township; Clara L. jEwel, Preble; John F. Welch, Decdturf Ralph W. Miller, Hartford; Homer Wintefegg, Monroe; Leona Johnson.. St. -Mary’s; Henry Selking, Root; Daniel D. Mettler. Wabash; Adolph Hanni, Monroeg Ivan Heiare. Kirkland Earl Sipe. Blue Creek; Joseph £. Morris, Root. For the Jietit ljury panel a possible 24 jurors were chosen, and follow: Howard K. Teeter, Jefferson township; Lawrence W. Noll, Hartford; Louis Jacobs. Decatur; Fred Baumah, St. Mary’s; Elmer D. Johnson, Jefferson; Samuel H. Gerber, French; Oscar Bieberich, Preble; Arthur C. Pontius; Hartford; Oscar H. Heller, Root; Albert Roth, Kirkland; Erwin Fi Fuelling, . Jefferson: G. W. Vizard. Decatur; , Jacob Heiman, Washington; Olga . E. Stengel, Berne; Raymond E. Fields. Geneva; Carl J. Kuhn. Blue l Creek; Carl H. Frey, St. Mary’s; [ Louie Parr, Geneva; Herman F. . Geimer, Union; Marvin Conrad, Preble; Fred H. Kamholz, Berne; , Kenneth Parrish, kirkland; Witils i A. Presdorf, French. Regarding the calling of the grand jury; that is up to the discretion of the court. By law, however, they must be called at least once a year, such as the grand jury call last November, the only call in 195’. . The petit jurors are usually called within a week of a trial to choose 12 of the 24 named. Ij j Adam J. Kreischer Is Taken By Death | Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon \ Adam John Kreischer, 84, died Saturday afternoon at his home from the effects of a stroke suffered earlier in the day. A retired jErie railroad worker, he had bgen custodian of the Wren, 0., schools for 18 years. He was, a lifelong resident of the Wren community. Survivihg are his wife, Charity; two sons, Lloyd and Darrell Kreischer, both of Decatur; seven daughters. Mrs} J. D. Hunter of Glenniore. 0,, Mrs. J. R. Cooke of Holt, Mich., Mrs. K. ‘L. Cooke and Mrs. Li E High of Lansing. Mich., Mrs. Erwin Gehres of Convoy, 0., Mrs. HermriVi Brown of Decatur and Mrs.- William Bland of W’fen; 25 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three halfsistrirs, Mrs. Louise Putnam of Van Wert, 0., Mrs. J. R. Trimble of Grabill and Mrs. Rosa (Jochran of Edwardsburg. Mich., and.: a halfbrother. Alfred Kreischer of Bristol. . Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. (EST) Tuesday at the W ten Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. Donald T. Martin officiating. Burial will be in the Wren cemetery. Friends may call at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert until noon (EST) Tuesday, after which the body will lie in state at the church until time of the services. Italian Airliner Crash Fatal To 19 \ - CAGLIARI, Sardinia, UP — An Italian airliner, carrying 19 passengers, crashed into a mountain near here today and first reports said all aboard were killed. The airliner was a regularly scheduled plane flying between Cagliari and Rome.

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Joint Session Os Congress To Hear President Pres. Eisenhower To Deliver First Message In Persons ' WASHINGTON. UP— President Eisenhower will deliver his state of thte union mes sa K e in person to e joint session of congress next Monday at ll;30 a. m. CST.. congressional leaders announced today. House speaker Joseph W. Martin. Jr.,' Mass., announced the plans for the President's appearance after he and eight other topranking GOP house and - senate leaders spenttwo hours with the President at* the White House covering the Outstanding matters to be included in the messaej?. Martin said today’s first regular legislative conference since Mr. Eisenhower took office, was “very interesting.” ' * House and senate GOP leaders ’ “went over all of the matters ' which will be treated by the President in his state of the urhon • message,” Martin said. : Sehate GOP leader Robert A. 1 Taft. Ohio, was among those who •- attended the early bird e beginning at 8:30 a. m. I He said • also the group went over a long list of subjects to be included in . the presidential message. “We don’t want to give you a 5 line on what it is.” Taft said.* “because, after- all. it is his mes( ' sage.” , 1 — . S Taft explained the message is rot actually written yet and what they received this morning was just an outline of what Mr. Eisenhower plans to say. Also discussed was the hitch on the nomination of Charles E. Wil/son to lie defense secretary and f the designation of a deputy secretary and the three service secretaries.l Taft expected senate confirmation of Wilson later today/ He pointed out that the nominations fbr the undersecretary, and three cithers have not yet been formally submitted “it |s up to him. Eisenhower. to decide what to do.’’’ ( Taft said he would introduce today three or fourjamendments to the Taft-Hartley law but they would not cover the whcAe field of proposed changes. Taft said the legislative leaders unll meet with the President at 8.\30 a. m. each Monday, except next week. Members of congress are looking for Mr. message to disclose what he wants done alxiut wage and price controls/ which hate been in effect since the outbreak of the Korean war. These controls are expected to die by April; 1 or earlier, although congress may consider continuing them on a standby basis. On some issues, suers as tax and labor legislation, some members doubted whether Mr. Eisenhower vrould be ready to make any hard recommendations gow. The GOP emphasis on balancing the budget has cast doubt (Tara Ta Paae Five) v Ohio Man 1$ Killed At Rockford Quarry , A 38-year-old man of near Chattanooga. Ohio, was killed about 10:30 o’clock this morning at the Rockford stone quarry, Rockford. Ohio. Lawrence G. Westerburg, 38, of north of Chattanooga, was klllet when he toppled from a truck loaded with limestone bags, struck his bead on the side of the truck and fell to the ground with a broken rjeck. The fact that he died of a broken neck was attested to by the Mercer County coroner. Dr. Macallory. The body was taken to the Yager Fuheral home, Berne. No funeral arrangements have been made. Surviving the victim are his .wife. Enid, and three daughters, Elaine, Ann, and Karen Sue. \