Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1955 — Page 6

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Unusual Program To Boost Wool Output New Wool Bill In Effect January 1 WASHINGTON (INS) — Now that 1966 is here all or the features of the farm bill passed by congress last year are fully in effect, including an unusual program to stimulate wool production. For years American sheep growers have been fighting a losing battle with foreign competitors, notably in Australia, Since woo] is rated aa a strategic material, the last congress decided that something must be done to get U. S. producers back on sound footing. The result is the wool bill which took effect Jan- 1. Under this legislation, if the average price of shorn wool received by producers for the 1965 clip falls below on incentive price of 62 cents a pound, each grower will be eligible for a federal payment based on hie production and the price he received in the open market. The more he gets from direct sale of his crop the larger hie in-

centive payment will be. This is intended to stimulate growers to improve the quality of their clips and to do a better marketing job. It also gets away front the oldtype program under which pricesupported wool was hoarded in government warehouses. Funds to meet the incentive payments will come from import duties collected on wool shipped in from abroad. There are other new features of the program, including a' so-called self-help plan. This permits the type of marketing agreement among producers which has operated succesfully tor a number of other commodities, including fresh fruits and milk. Under*such a program producers can contribute to a fund to advertise and promote all of the industry’s products. General purpose of the legislation is to push total U. S. woll production at least back to the level of 300 million pounds a year as a matter of national security. Locally, the program is under jurisdiction of farmer-dominated agricultural and stabilisation committees. Boiling down, ft amounts to supporting the price of wool at a point somewhere above 100 percent of parity. At least once before the govern-

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ment has done much the same thing to encourage output, of a very scarce commodity. That whs during World War II when the U.S. was very short of linseed oil and price supports on flaxseed were kicked way -up. - t Hold Menial Test x For Young Slayer Mental Examination Scheduled On Youth BUCYRUS. O. (INS) —A remorseful Frederick Spears is scheduled for mental examination today at the state juvenile diagnostic center where psychologists will probe the makeup of the youthful slayer. *3But behind him, the ponderous wheels of justice picked up speed as society made ready some retribution for the confessed murder of Patricia Spears, his sister. In rapid order, starting Monday, the case of the 17-yearold* boy is to be handed from jqvenlle court to common pleas where a more specific charge of murder may be brought. On the day following, the grand jury gets the case. The only charge against Frederick so far, is a complaint filed in juvenile court late Wednesday which accuses him of "unlawfully and purposefully” Strangling his sister last Friday in their Gallon home. By his tale, Frederick killed accidentally. Somehow his hands found his sister’s throat during a playful pillow fight and the next he knew she was dead. „ But authorities never were completely satisfied with the story. They felt something was missing—(particularly a concrete mijtive. Prosec.utof John Sears Jr. still hunts for evidence of premeditation. The boy said he stripped the body of tried .without success to clothe it and finally drove his dead sister to a farm thicket where young hunters made the grisly find Saturday. He said he took a cord from his pocket and looped it around the neck of the naked dead girl to keep an upright position during attempts to dress her However, the autopsy report said the cord contributed to death.

Stock Prices Drop In Market Retreat 7 High-Speed Ticker Falls Well Behind •‘w * ■ NEW YORK (INS) — Steck prices crumbled one dollar to more than six dollars a share today in a continuation of the market’s headlong retreat. An initial sell-off was followed by a partial recovery and then succeeded in turn by a fresh deluge of offerings. The high-speed ticker fell as much as sig minutes behind in the first hoar, and as much as 13 minutes behind in the third hour during the heavy outpouring of selling orders. As a result the stock exchange agait resorted to the printing of "flash transactions" of representative issues tp give tape watchers an idea of the actual price situation on the trading floor. Rothneh Snpnkpr At Rural Youth Meeting Wayne Rothgeb, farm director of radio and television station WKJG, will present his slides and humorous description of his bicycle trip through Europe at the rural youth meeting Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Boy Seout cabin in Hanna-Nuttir.an park. A report on rural youth day by those who attended the Purtjue agricultural conference will also be made at the .meeting. Sally McCullough will have charge of mixers; Donna Schieferstein, devotions; Bob (Gage, group singing; recreation, Earl Yoder; ref reehments, Dallas Neuenschwandqr, Robert Yoder, and Lester Meshberger? Minneapolis Firm Submits Low Bid PERU, Ind. (INS) —Joseph A. Base Co., of Minneapolis, submitted a low bid of 3496.200 for construction projects at Bunker Hill air force base. The firm will build five squadron headquarters and a crash-and-flre station. ‘ , Ex-Congressman Is Benson Assistant WASHINGTON (INS) —Ex-Rep. Wesley A. D’Bwart (R Mont.,) has been named a special assistant to agriculture secretary Ezra Taft Benson as liaison tnan between the agriculture department and congress. ■ _ \ D’Ewart tried unsuccessfully last fall to unseat Sen. James E. Marray (D Mont.) He served in the house of r|pre»eni‘.<dves from 1946 through 1964. The new appointee has operated a Montana livestock farm since 1913. He’s a flexible price support man.

Church Assembly To v Meet Next Sunday A special Zion Lutheran voters' assembly meeting has been scheduled immediately following the 10:30 a. m. services next Sunday by the church council to consider the recent call received by its pastor, the Rev. Edgar'P. Schmidt. The council in its January meeting held Tuesday evening unani'mously passed a resolution which it will then submit to the voters' assembly urging Rev. Schmidt to return the call and to continue serving at his present post here In Decatur. . . The call had been extended to him by St. John's Lutheran church at Kendallville, whose pastor, Dr. Martin F. Kretzdiann will retire The Kendallville parish is consideraby larger than the local congregation, with an assistant pastor and a parochial school; but members here are hopeful that Rev. Schmidt, under whose leadership the parish has experienced Increased activity during the past seven years, will remain here. ' ■ —j-l’.L..-Double Slaying Is Reported By Child Murder And Suicide Theory Is Advanced MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (INS) — Three-year-old John Feaster walked into the apartment above that of this grandparents aud told the neighbors: 'lEverybody's dead down there." The small child’s report led to discovery of an apparent murder and suicide which cost the lives of the little boy's grandparents, Agnes Domroski, 40, and her new-ly-divorced husband, Edward, also 46, Wednesday, The Michigan City couple had been divorced Friday. Police believe on tpe basis of what the little grandson said, and on evidence in the apartment, that Edward Domroski returned to his former home and shot his ex-wife to death then killed himself. Both Johnny Feaster and his nine-month-old brother, Michael, were in the kitchen with their grandmother when she was killed. Her body was found under an ironing board, as though she had "been ironing at the time. Domroski, a riveter, was still alive when police arrived, but he died one hour later. He was in a bedroom, with a .32 caliber pistol in his hand. , .

Cold Front Moving Into State Today INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —While Hoosiers ran for cover in the face of a coldsnap forecast today, local weather bureaus ran for record books to check on Jan. 5 highs. Evansville with 65. Terre Haute with 62 and Indianapolis with 61 readings, respectively and unofficially, are believed to have set new highs for Jan. 5. The cold front moving into Indiana from the northwest is expected to bring an end to the warm spell that had Hoosierland bathing in spring showers.

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Hoosier Grocer Is l . ..... ; a* :— Reported Missing Grocer Is Missing Since Monday Night ROSS, Ind., (INS) — Financial records and family were called in today to help trace the 47-year-old Ross grocer who disappeared mysteriously Monday night. Richard Riedst'ra, father of four children, was reported missing by his wife, Elizabeth. 44, when she went to the store after several hours telephoning drew only a busy signal. At the store in the Oary suburb of Ross, Mrs. Reidstra discovered the phone oft the hook, evidence of a struggle, her husband's jacket and topcoat but not her husband. About 1300 in cash also was missing. ~ A posse scoured the area around Ross, particularly a boggy region, but uncovered nothing. Deputy sheriffs Michael Leeney and F\ank Chale said they are working now on the possibility that Riedstra took his own life or ran away because of financial andor family troubles. The grocer’s records were checked today to determine his financial status and members of his family were quizzed concerning home life. Leehey and Chale said the new turn has been taken in the investigation because while merchandise was strewn on the floor of the store, none of it had been tramped on as would have been done during a fight. Des Moines — lowa grows more than 500 million bushels of corn in a normal year. , Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Toledo Times To. Increase Prices TOLEDO (INS) —The Toledo Times has announced that, due to increasing publishing costs, the price of its paper will be boosted from five to seven cents, effective Monday. The paper announced that it was reluctant to increase its price and held off long after many newspapers in cities of comparable size were forced to up the price. It was the first increase in 10 years.Senate And House Select Officers Republicans Name Assembly Officers INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Indiana, senate and house today elected all Republican officers for the general assembly's 61 day sessions. .. ' The senate, by 35-14 votes, elected: For Sen, Albert Ferris, of Milton. secretary, over former Sen. Edward Cbubinski, of East Chicago; Roger Gay. of New Carlftte-. assistant secretary, over Mrs. Mary Fish, of JSvansville; William Carithers, of Shelbyville, chief doorkeeper, over former Sen. Cecil McConahey, of Indianapolis, and Morris Tilley, of Brazil, postmaster, over former .Sen. Jack O'Grady, also of Brazil. The house, by 63-36 votes, elected: William C. Brummett, of Jeffersonville, chief clerk; Mrs. Martha Graham, of Franklin. assistant clerk, and Gilbert D. Ogles, of Greencastle, chief doorkeeper. Trade in a Gooa Town — Decatur

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Burglary Charge On Capital Policeman Veteran Os Nine Years Os Service INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — A veteran of nine years service on the Indianapolis police force today faces charges of second degree burglary. He is Patrolman Kenneth Turpen, 36, who was picked from a lineup by two fellow as the man they met coming out of a cleaning shop at 2 a.m. When the shop owner opened his place of business at 6 a.m. Wednesday he reported it had been broken intcuTlje two officers said that the The two officers said that the man they met was in police uniform and said to them: “Hello, I'm Turpen.” The patrolman denied that he had burglarised the shop, but admitted being in the vicinity. He ... was off duty at the time. Late Wednesday night, a charge of second degree burglary wae placed against Turpen, who earlier was suspended from the force pending outcome of « full brass probe headed by police chief John E: 'Ambuhl. Berne Bank Renames Officers, Directors Officers and directors of the First Bank of Berne were reelected at the annual meeting of stockholders at the bank Tuesday. E. W. Baumgartner was renamed president; also trust officer; L. B. Lehman, vice president; Brice Bauserman, cashier bnd assistant trust officer, and Frieda Lehman, , assistant cashier. Directors are Baumgartner, Lehman, Bauserman, C. H. Sprunger and Palmer Mosar.