Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 158, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1954 — Page 1

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CIO Workers On Strike At Atomic Plants Warns Production Os Weapons May Be Crippled, By Strike OAK RIDGE. Tenn. (INS)—CIO workers walked out on strike today at the Oak Ridge aud Paducah. Ky., atomic plants in "> work - stoppage atomic energy commission chairman L%wis Strausswarned could cripple production of atomic‘and hydrogen weapons. The strike began deaptta.fi wve by President Riawnhuwer W~lmad it off following the warning from Strauss. „ ■ - Pickets were placed in the control areas of the huge plants in the first hours of a strike that tied up one of three main divisions at Oak Ridge. -'* On strike at Oak Ridge was the gaseous diffusion division. AFL workers at two other plants, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 division, crossed picket lines to go to their jobs. The AFL workers also have threatened to walk out in a dispute over wages. Picketing was orderly and no Incidents were reported. Plea By Eisenhower WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower called on strikers at the government’s Oak Ridge, Tenn, and Paducah. Ky.. Slonric plants today to get back to work while his fact-finding board investigates their labor dispute. .< Mr. Eisenhower told a news conference that the CIO walkout is a very serious thing, and he expressed hope that the union will obey the law, call off Rs strike for the time being and take away (('•■tlnueS Oa l’«f Five* Five Are Missing On Lake Michigan DRUMMOND ISLAND. Mich.. (INS)—Air force helicopters and coast guardsmen pressed a search today for three men and two children who disappeared during a pleasure ride in their 15-foot boat on Lake Michigan. The group -dropped from sight after leaving DrurniHlHld island Monday afternoon. -'t The missing persons are George Smick, SI, of Dearborn. Mich.. George Onnels, 52, of Drummond Island, his brother Roy. 40. and two of Roy Onnels' children.’Betty, 13. and Larry. 6. fl Meeting Thursday On Civil Defense A county-wide meeting to discuss plans for civil - defense in Adame county will take place Thursday at 7:30 p. tn. In the American Legion home. Invitations have l*den sbnt to ’ organizations throughout the county to send representative* to the meeting which will feature a talk ‘by Marvin H, Miller of Indianapolis. field director of the Indiana department of civil defense. MUler will also ahow -colored slides of the test explosions of the H-bomb In the Pacific. The general public has been invited to attend jtnd assist In setting up a •trong civil* defense program for this county. .

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Ask Modern Street Lights On Highway 13th Street Lights Sought Os Council Cletus Miller, Decatur restaur-ant-owner, and Ron Parrfsh. president of the Chamber of Commerce, appeared before the city council In behalf of the project for lighting 13th street with modern street lights. On suggestion of Parrish. Mayor John Doan asked superintendent of the light and power plant Lester Pettibone to ask the General Electric company to make a sur- _ vey of the need for * lighting on the highways through* Decatur. Miller asked if any action had been taken on the petition of businessmen for electric lights on*l3th street. Introduced before the city council on July 7, 1953. The mayor stated that the chairman' of the electric light and power committee. councilman Hugh Engle, was absent, and that no action had yet been taken by the committee. Pettibone reported that if modern steel light poles with underground cables were installed on 13 th street at 100-foot intervals between Washington street and the Erie railroad, it would cokt the land owners approximately 336.615. This estimate was made from catalog figures, Pettibone emphasized, and that an engineer’s opinion would be needed for an accurate estimate. The mayor stated that it was customary for the property owners to bear the expense of the materials involved in new street light projects, and that the city would Install them. Pettibone estimated that it would cost 310,000 less to install Overhead wiring, and that if wooden poles were used with overhead wiring the total cost would be about 37,223. . Pettibone estimated that It woujd take 37 lights to complete the project, and stated that they -could be staggered across the highway every 100 feet as desired by the businessmen in the area, cs City Meets Power Recommendations State Suggestions • All Complied With All recommendations made to the Decatur electric light department in regards to better consum er service of electricity from the Monroe light company,, which buys its electricity from Decatur," have been complied with, Lester Pettibone. superintendent of the city light and power plant, saidloday: The suggestions were made in a lengthy report of engineers of the public service commission. Most of the recommendations were directed at the Monroe utility. Recommendations were made following the filing a petition by patrons several weeks ago. asking that an investigation of the Monroe utility be made so (hat recommendations for better serv ice to customers could be made. The engineers made a thorough study of the system and came up With a series of recommendations .which stated probably would solve the problems. The suggestions made to the Decatur utility were all of a minor nature and had been carrled-otrV. prior to receiving the 11 state engin(Coatlaued Oa Page Flee)

British Shift To New Policy On Red China Surprise Move >ln UN Council Shows Change In Policy UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (INS) —Britain shifted today toward its new policy of seating Red China in UN by declining for the first time to vote in favor of Fre*e Ching’s credentials in the 12-nation trusteeship council. The surprise move was clearly the aftermath of British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill’s insistence on his recent visit with President Eisenhower that the tiine has come where a majority of UN members might favor the seating of the Peiping Communist regime despite American objectibns. . . Sir Alan Burns. British delegate to the trusteeship council, disclosed the 'new British policy brs stating before the vote on credentials that 'Britain recognizes the Central Peoples’ Republic of China ’’and so my government cannot vote in favor of the Nationalist regime because this might imply recognition.” The subsequent vote was. nine to two, with Britain abstaining. The two negative votes were cast by Russia and India. The other nine members voting in favor of the credentials report were Australia. Belgium, El Salvador France, Haiti, New Zealand. Syria, (he U. S: ■ and Free China. It is believed that as time goes on. New Zealand and Australia might also swing to the new British policy. The has 28 “reliable" assembly supporters ready to vote against seating Red China, but powerful influences are working to override the American-led opposition. Some Arab-Asian bloc members, led primarily by India, are countering the U. S. congressional outcry against admission of ping retime by campaigning for a settlement of the fesue by a simple—lnstead of a two-thirds—ma-jority vote. UN diplomats are convinced that if the U. S. can swing an assembly ruling that a two-thirds majority is required—4o out of 60 votes —then the linaup of 28 "reliables” would forestall success for the pro-Peiping group. Barring exceptional changes in the international situation between now and the September session, those clamoring for UN membership for Communist China never could muster 40 votes. By the same token, it is conceded at the UN that the 31 votes for a simple majority favoring China's admission could be stacked up without too much difficulty. UE Accepts 6. E.'s Pay Increase Offer Company Announces Union Acceptance The General Electric ’ company today announced that the United Electrical Workers (Ind.) had accepted the company’s current offer of pay and benefit increases. This brings to 66 the number of union acceptances of the agreement, the company stated. The new contract with U. E. became effective Friday. July 2. when agreement was reached with the negotiation committee, subject to approval of the U. E. conference board, and subsequent ratification by the Locale. Yesterday afternoon the company was notified that the conference board approved acceptance and would recommend ratification to its locals. Other General Electric upions which have accepted the offer in-* elude various APTL. CIO. and Inde-1 pei,dent unions. The General Electric offer includes a pay increase which ranges from four cenfa to eight cents an hour and averages about five cents an hour, plus improvements in vacation and holiday pay and some other contract Improvements. More titan 560 employes at the Decatur G. E. plant are represented by the United Electrical Workers (Ind.) / INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and a little cooler tonight, scattered thundershowers south portion. Thursday mostly fair and pleasant Low tonight 58-64 north, 64-69 south. High Thursday 78-82 north, 82-86 south.

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City Council Adopts Sewage System Plans Plans For Million i Dollar Disposal , System Adopted The city council of Decatur* adopted the plans and specifications for the 31,100J)00 sewage disposal system in its regular meeting last night. The council acted after a letter from the state stream pollution control board was read. The letter outlined the history of the sewage disposal plant project here, and asked for some definite action by the council before July 15. The stream pollution control board stated that it felt that Decatur should go ahead with the project in spite of the fact that a school project was in progress. The board said that several other cities had been faced with similar projects, and had sjjll ben able to complete sewage disposal units. The letter recalled that on June 17, 1952, the city council had adopted a resolution stating that the city would begin construction of a sewage disposal plant withip. two years. The original order by the stream pollution control board wvs dated December 14. 1945. but was later extended until June I, ,1948. On April 29. 1954 the pollution board approved the final plans and specifications for the project, but the council had not acted to accept them, or to begin the project. The placing of bids for the project was discussed by the council, but no action was taken. The payment of engineer’s fees and the suit against the city for the collection of 327.00'0 allegedly owed to the engineer firm by the city were also discussed. Crops Benefited By Tuesday Night Rain 1.31 Inches Os Rain Are Recorded Here Benefits from last nights rain and high wind exceeded by* many fold the damage to wheat and oats, farmers reported today. In most cases farmers referred to the rain as, one of those “million dollar showers.” Corn and soybeans needed the rain and farmers say life”crops will now "go to town” tn a -burry. Rain measured 1,31 inches, Herman “Hi" Meyer reported at 8 a.m. today. The eh owes*’continued uptil for another half hour after the rain gauge was read. Some of the wheat was reported down, but not so low as to prevent combines from picking up tlw blades, farmers say. The slope wise stands will spring back .to normal after the fields dry off. Combining of wheat had already started in the county and many farmers planned to start cutting of the crop this week. Oats was not -severely damaged, the countryi side reported.. —, Corn stands waist high and eoyI l>eans arg pushing along rapidly. The fields are heavy with verdant growth and prospects wfe bright for a bumper harvest, agriculturalists predict; iMeyer also reported that the shower Jast Sathrday afternoon brpugho down, about an inch of rain, so the Helds have (t oatlnueS On Pace Five* UN Police Patrol Boat 1$ Fired On, “ SEOUL (INS) 4- The United Nations command announced today Communists fired upon a UN police patrol boat in the Han river ary near Seoul Tuesday. The announcement said the patrol boat was not hit and there were no Injuries.

Nevada Repairing Earthquake Damage Second Quake Hits Tuesday Afternoon RENO (INS) —Western Nevada residents, jolted by two severe earthquakes within 12 hours, cautiously began repair work today on damage centered- in- Fallon, 65 iMKe eaqt of Repo. The 3.500 residents of Fallon 1 were jarred awake by a violent pre-dawn shock Tuesday. They were still checking on damage when the second quake came at 5:08 p. m. (EST). Both quakes lasted approximately 30 minutes and extended over a 500-mile area into California. They registered almost identical peak intensity marks on the University of California seismograph at Berkley. The morning jolt hit a peak of 6.5 on the Richter scale of 10, and the afternoon shock showed 6.4. Twelve navy men stationed at the auxiliary air landing station . three miles east of Fallon were injured—none seriously—when the morning quake toppled heavy lockers and smashed barracks windows. Major damage m the Fallon area was caused by the _ first queke. which toppled walls in the town, buckled nearby roads, and crumbled dams, canals find irrigation ditches In- surrtumding farmland. - Irrigation district officials estimated damage to’the dam and canal system at -more than 3100,000. . ’ T Authorities said the major factor holding casualties down during thq first quake was that it came when most residents were in bed and escaped the falling bricks and masonry. The streets had been closed to traffic by the time the -second shock etruck. The earthquakes were the largest in the western United States since the July, 1952, shock which leveled the southern California town of Tehachapi and killed 12 persons. Philmont Scouts To Meet Thursday Night Decatur Boy Scouts who will make the Philmont ranch trip this summer, and .their fathers, are asked to nfeet at the Worthman fieldhouse Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. This will be the final meeting before the trip, and all materials will be distributed. All Scouts making the trip are urged to be present, along with their fathers. -.— - • | No Money Is Found In Recovered Safe All Papers, Keys w And Checks Intact No money in the .cash box of the Sherman White Co. safe has local law enforcement authorities puzzled today. The safe was opened Tuesday afternoon by an expert from the safe company. He spent 45 minutes drilling a series of-holes in the safe to get it open, and all papers, keys and checks were found untouched. However, the cash box was completely empty. It had been reported by manager Victor Kneuss, of Bluffton, to contain <l5O in cash. Police were at a loss to explain the disappearance of the money. They had believed that the safe had not yet been opened, since the lock had not been punched through, nor was the safe open. The safe expert had to ruin the sate to open It, and the dial knob had been knocked off at the' office before the safe was, taken June 30. . The safe was found Monday almost a mile down a dirt lane lu SL Mary’s township near highway 101. It was partly buried, and covered with dirt and twlge when discovered. The sate weighed over 400 pounds, and proved very difficult to move.

French Leader Gives Warning To Red World 9 Acceptable Peace - ix 4mk>-Chrna Or War To Continue PARIS (INS) —Premier Pierre Mendes-France warned the Communist world today that if he fails to obtain an acceptable peace settlement In Indo-Chlna by July 20, France will reinforce its troops there and fight on. The warning was delivered by Mendes-France in a strong speech before the national assembly before his departure for the revived Geneva conference where he will face officials of Russia, Red China and the Communist Vietminh across the bargaining table. The decisive phase of the conference is approaching. Mendes-France announced his intention of seeking parliamentary approval to send conscripts to Indo-China — action now blocked by law — after July 20 if the peace talks fail. - nwtmlAr if TIPPTtiatlons break down "we shall have to face the facto militarily.” He continued: ( . ."That is to w. to safeguard the i expeditionary force and put on spot a military machine sufficientiv powerful to make the adversary, realize it cannot hope for a decision through the pursuit of hostilitiefe.” Mendee-France made clear his determination to quit if he failed to obtain an honorable peace settlement in the next two weeks, as he promised to do when he became premier last month. He said French reinforcements tor Indo-Chlna, where three -Communist Vietminh divisions were reported encircling shrinking French positions in the Red River Delta, should be strong enough to make the Communist side understand it would be fn' Hs best interewto to resume peace talks. Set Board Rate At Adams County Home Other Action, Taken By Commissioners The board rate for the Adams county home was reset at $7.50 per week or $32 per month at the meeting of the county commieI sioners Tuesday , Bids on three carloads of coal for county institutions were received from Burk Elevator Co. and Heller Coal Feed and Supply. The bid was awarded to Burk’s tor sl3 per ton delivered. The commissioners also authorized the county auditor to have the ladies rest room in the county court house painted. This room has not been painted for seven years although the men’s rest room has been painted twice in that time. At Tuesday’s meeting, several Jefferson township residents ap peared with oral objections against closing a road in that township. The commissioners had previously . okayed a petition to close the r dad I but have nw agreed to Inspect the road before coming to a final decision in August. A petition by Leroy Neuenschwander for an additional 172 feet of stoning on the extension of Van Buffon street out of Berne was approved. Neuenschwanderi was ordered to have the road sur<Ci>a*lanHl Oa I'aae Ftyel Holiday Traffic - Death Toll At 332 CHICAGO (INS) — Final tabulations of traffic fatalities tor the three-day Fourth of July weekend placed the total at 332 persons. * Another 167 persona drowned and 102 perished in other accidents, i including two by fireworks, making I the total holiday death count at 5H-

Illinois, Wisconsin Hil By High Winds * • -Destructive Storm Hits Two States tive wind and rain storm, accompanied by four small tornadoes, ripped across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois Tuesday night and early today. At least one man. was drowned, five persons were injured, scores of buildings damaged and PQyfer and communications lines The tail end of the squall Hne lashed Chicago and northern suburbs, striking hard in Waukegan, Zion, northern suburbs and Chicago. Four persons on a 30-foot cabin cruiser were rescued by the coast guard when their vessel was flung against a tug. The captain and his crewmen were saved from the tug. Numerous trees were felled in the area as were telephone and electric power lines. The twisters hit Lake Mills, Bristol, Sun Prairie and Elkhorn, Wis. Property damage was concentrated in Zio,n. Winthrop Harbor and Waukegan, 111. One of the tornadoes which whipped through southeastern Wisconsin injured four persons, a mother and three children, when their cottage was destroyed at Lake Mills, east of Madison. Twisters were observed at Bristol and Sun Prairie, northeast of Cambridge, southeast of Madison, and a fourth seven miles north of Elkhorn. A water spout was reported 10 miles north of Janesville, Wls., over Lake Koshonog/ The drowning victim was Wil-1 liam Urban, 19, of Waukegan. His ! ll foot boat was swamped in Lake Michigan off the city. His wife, Vttian, 18, an expectant mother, was rescued two hours lator. Begin Talks Today On Defense System WASHINGTON (INS)—A state department spokesman .said today that U. S. and British officials will begin talks this afternoon on plans for a collective defense system in southeast Asia. The discussions follow the recent agreement between President Eisenhower and British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill to “press forward’’ on plans for strengthening southeast Asia de. senses against Communist domination. Points Out Danger Os Wafer Shortage Discuss Building Larger Pipeline City engineer Ralph Roop stated at the city council meeting last night that there was a danger of serious water shortage on the west bank of the river because the sixinch temporary pipe across the St. Mary's river could not handle enough water from the new wells to supply the needs of the city. Roop stated that a eerious fire would find the city without any water in the pipes west of the river. He stated that water was moving across the river at the rate of 600 gallons a minute, but that it was being used at* the rate of 800 gallons a minute In peak periods, and tliat the reserve sup ply was exhausted. The problem of building a pipeline-' sufficient to carry the load i was discussed. The fact that the | water department is running in debt each month was discussed, and Roop stated that the softener plant was undergoing renovation, and that it was hoped |hat by Jan uary salt consumption at the plant, would Ire cut ao that the water daparment would be out of the red. and showing a profit. * Mayor John Doan Mid that he felt It would not be necessary Co Issue bonds to build the .pipeline across the river. He hoped to borrow the necessary jmergency loan.

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Hedges Fight To Keep Reds Out Os U.N. President Opposes Legislation Taking Out United States 0 WASHINGTON (INS)* — Presi»J£P9- Eisenhower declared today fight to the last ditch to keep Red China out of the United Nations but said he opposes any legislation which would mean automatic U. S. withdrawal If the Chinese are admitted to the world organization. Mr. Eisenhower told his news* conference that he is completely and unalterably opposed under present conditions to the admission of Red China to the U. N. The Chief Executive declared he does not see how any country can possibly say that Red China should, be admitted to the UN until its leaders prove they can be trusted. He thus sharply challenged the British viewpoint and that expressed by New Zealand foreign minister T. Clifton Webb who argued that the Peiping regime should be given UN membership in an "endeavor to drive a diplomatic wage between Russia ami Red China." . : . Mr: Elsenhower told, his news conference, howevar, that he does not agree with senate Republican leader William F. knowland that the U. 8. should quit the UN if ft seats the Red Chinese. Mr. Eisenhower would not close ■ the door with finality against the I possibiity that Red China some day might be admitted to the UN. But he said for this to coma about,- the Chinese Reda must change their present aggressive attitudeentirely and establish a record by deeds and performance to show that .they are trustworthy. The President said that he and Krowland normally see eye-to-eye on most questions but that he does not agree with Knowland that the U.S. should withdraw from the UN if Red China is admitted over U.S. protests. .— — Mr. Eisentajpwhr said he is opposed to arty such legislation being passed m advance of such an o< currejiee. ) He said /he believes firmly that world problems should be dealt with as Ahey arise, and that any move b/ the U. 8. regarding the question of Red China ehould be undertaken only after the most serious and thorough study and ccnsideration. ' The President said that he does not believe such legislation will get through congress now. The President said that he will fight to the last ditch to keep Red China out Os the United Nations, hut that if the U.S. should be overfiwra To rase Kl*kt) > LATE BULLETINS WASHINGTON (INB)—The senate agriculture • committee rejected the administration's dairy program today and voted a 10 percent boost in dairy price supports which chairman George Aiken (R-Vt.) said would “take butter off the consumer’s table again.” t‘ - KANSAS CITY, Kas. (INS) —A jet plane crashed today near the Kansas City business district and first reports said one building was wrecked and two others set afire. Two persons were reported taken to a hospital. WASHINGTON (INS)—The government announced today that the usual„ increase In unemployment from May to June did not take place and that the number of persons holding '* jobs jumped nearly 1,000,000. Commerce secretary Slnolalr Weeka and labor secretary James P. Mitchell jointly made the announcement. It waa ths most* optimistic re- - port on ths job situation since the business downtrend began nearly a year ago.