Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1956 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Lose To Aubum Red Devils Friday Night 61-50

~ ■ I The Decatur Yellow Jacket*, unable to hit with any consistency, particularly froth the free throw line, were handed their third defeat in ■& row Friday irtgbt, losing to the Auburn Red Devils, at the Decatur gym, Deapite their Inability to hit and their streaks of ragged play, the Jackets were in the ball game all the way until the last few minutes. The first quarter was particularly low scoring Auburn took an early 4-0 lead but baskets by Tony Kelly and Gene Baxter knotted the count at 4-4 after nearly six The Eagles will meet the Bears - The teams were tied again at 6-6, but Jerry Heffley hit twice from 'the field for a 10-6 Auburn advantage at the end of the quarter, The Red Devils held leads of 1610 aud 19-14 but Decatur pulled even at 19-19 on Larry Mosee' first fielder of the night with a minute to go, but Heffley bit again sorta 21-19 Auburn advantage at the halt 1 TwO-poLnters by Baxter and Kelley in the first minute of the third quarter gave the Jackets a 23-21 bulge. The quintal were knotted four more times in the period, but Auburn pulled to a seven-point lead at 44-84 as the final eight minutes got underway. The Decatur lads worked to within thrqe points at 43-40 after three minutes had elapsed, but Auburn then began to pull away after Terry Murphy fouled out, and the Jackets were out of the running. Baxter led the Decatur scoring with 16 points and Moses, with 11, was the only other Jacket in double figures. Nick Beers tallied 20 to top the Red Devils, trailed by Ken Staggs with 16 and Dave Jordan with 44. ~ s The Jackets played again without Coach Bob Worthman, still laid low by the flu bug Decatur’s next game will be next Friday night at Kendallville in a Northeastern Indiana conference game. Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Banks ... — 12 4 Kelly 4 0 8 Murphy ... 40 8 Baxter 7 2 16 Moses 5 1 11 Kirkpatrick 113 Dorwin- 0 0 0 TOTALS 22 6 60 Auburn FG FT TP Jordan 7 0 14. Staggs ——.... 6 4 16 Beers 7 6 20 Heffley4 0 8 Rieke 10 2 Beuser ... 0 0 0 Sherwood Oil TOTALS 25 IT 61 Officiate: Lleberum, Moser ' ‘ Preliminary Decatur, 41-32 Five Men Are Drowned As Bridge Collapses HEMPSTEAD, Tex. (INS) — Divers and rescue workers probed the Brazos river today for the bodies of five men believed drowned when a bridge they were working on near Hempstead collapsed. Three other workmen were injured seriously Friday when the structure gave way under the weight of a heavy crane and plunged into water 75-feet below. Eight Korea Children Are Killed By Shell SEOUL (INS) — South Korea police reported today . that eight Korean primary school children were killed and two others seriously injured at Sanju, near Taegu, last Tuesday when a supposedly dud shell exploded. Police could not accurately identify the shell but said that it was probably discarded from the Korean war. "X New Orleans — Am average American eats less than six pounds of rice a year. In Louisiana the average is 100 pounds.

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*' K . Week's Schedule For Adam? County Basketball Teams Saturday Ohio City at Pleasant Mills. Angola at Bettie (2 p.m.) Jefferson vb Gray at Geneva. I — ■ ■■■ ■- —«* - 111 Adams Central Whips Bryant Friday Night The Adame Central Greyhounds had little difficulty in registering their fifth victory of the season i Friday night, whipping the Bryant t Owls. 69-50, at the Adams Central i gymThe Greyhounds were well in . front at all stopping points, 12-5, 35-14 and 51-32. Adams Central had four players in double figures, topped by Jerry Mitchel with ,16. then Jim Steiner i 14. Ron Corson 13 and Ken Baumi gartner 11. Bergman tallied 15 and Masters 14 for Bryant. The Greyhounds will meet the Gorillas at Hartford next Friday. Adams Central FG FT TP Steiner --5 4 14 Mitchel 5 6 16 .Hoffman 1 3 5 Corson 6 1 13 I Baumgartner 5 1 11 ; Dick 12 4 , Sprunger 0 11 McMillen 12 4 Smith Oil Totals 24 21 69 Bryant FG FT TP ; Walter .1 0 2 Nelson 10 2 | Guntie 2 15 Bergman ....2 11 15 Masters 6 2 14 Haffner 0 0 0 Pyle 0 4 4 Sipe 2 0 4 Armantrout 2 0 4 Toy -0 0 0 Totals 16 18 50 Officials: Harshman, Lord. Preliminary Adams Central, 47-17. - —■ '"1“— ■ . High School Basketball Bluffton 56. Kendallville 41. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 63, Fort Wayne Concordia 59. Huntington 60, Fort Wayne Central 47. Fort Wayne South 83, Muncie Burris 53. Elkhart 63, Fort Wayne North I 60. ; " Liberty Center 67, Rockcreek 45 Ashley 75, Churubusco 41. Union .Center 78, Petroleum 40. Lancaster Central 64, Chester Center 52. I Clear Creek 69, Roanoke 41. Anderson 81, Frankfort 47. Bloomington 74, Martinsville 72. East Chicago Washington 84, Hammond Tech 52. ' , Elwood 52, Peru 46. Evansville Hossa 51, Bedford 50. < Evansville Central 65, Jasper 64 (2 overtimes.) Goshen 81, South Bend Washington 57. Hatnipond 71, East Chicago Roosevelt 50. Huntingburg 62. Jeffersonville 47. Indianapolis Crispps Attacks 67, Indianapolis Washington 62. Indianapolis Cathedral 73, Lebanon 38. * Indianapolis Howe 66, Shelbyville 62. Indianapolis Tech 63, Muncie Central 44. Kokomo 66. Richmond 6L Lafayette 82, Marion 70. Logansport 76, New Castle 50. Milan 67, Brownstown 48. Mishawaka 67, Michigan City 61 Mississlnewa 59, Yorktown 43.. , Montpelier -80, Portland 72. New Albany 84. Madison 68. Princeton 67, Washington 50. Rushville 74, Columbus 67. Wabash 72, Plymouth 59. ‘ Warsaw 86, Hartford City 69. Allen County Tourney Elmhurst 58, Hoagland 54, New Haven 52, Monroeville 51. Arcola 52, Huntertown 51. Leo 69, Lafayette Central 64. Pre Basketball > New York 122, Minneapolis 109. Boston 133, St. Louis 112. ' ( ■ College Basketball Concordia 87, Giffin 65. Indiana Tech 109, Trl-State 89. Vincennes 86, Belleville 65. Utah 60, Oklahoma City 58. . Memphis State 73, Washington (St. Louis) 71. Marshall 91, Baldwin Wallsce 87. Rio Grande JO2, West Virginia State 94. I

— ■■■'> " —.H ■-I X Ml- vJb... 144-Race Day Is Outlined By New Auto Club INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The newly-formed United States auto club today announced a tentative 144-race day program from midgets on dirt to a pair of 500 mile championship classics. The season opens with a midget race at Saugus, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 29, and before the season ends fans across’the nation will have had a chance to see 63 separate midget race programs. West Palm Beach. Fla., will have the second show and the first of 38 nation-wide sprint races Feb. 5, and Saugus will host the first of 22 USAC-approved stock car races. Seventeen championship events, which will serve as the basis for choosing the first USAC driving king, will begin with the annual May 30th 500 mile race at Indianapolis, with four days of qualification leading to the actual race. A second 500 miler is scheduled on the tentative USAC championship trail this year for the to-be-completed track at Toronto, Canada, a 214 mile paved speed plant. The Canadian classic should turn in record shattering speeds on its completely paved surface as opposed to the Indianapolis oval which still shows brick on the main straightaway. After Indianapolis on the championship trail will be the 100 miler at Milwaukee, June 10; Langhorne, Pa.. 100 miles. June 24; Toronto, 500, July 2r Darlington, S.C., 200 miles, July 4; Pikes Peak, 12.5 mile hill climb, July 4. And Dayton, 0., championship car springs, July 8; championship car springs, Williams Grove, Pa., July 22; Springfield, 111., 100 miles, Aug. 18; Milwaukee, 200 miles, Aug. 26. September has three championship races lined up: DuQuoln, 111., 100 miles, Sept. 3; Syracuse, N.Y., 100 miles, Sept. 8, and Indianapolis fairgrounds, 100 miles, Sept. 15. Three closing title races are scheduled for Sacramento, Calif., 100 miles, Oct. 14; Phoenix, Aria., 100 miles, Nov. 4, and Willow Springs, Calif., 250 miles, Nov. 18. The Willow Springs road course race will close the USAC’s first year as governing body of auto racing replacing the AAA contest board, which closed shop after the uncommon number of disasters in auto racing last year. - Urges Breaking Os Red China's Talks t SEOUL (INS) — South Korea's government - sponsored Englishlanguage newspaper today called on the United States to break oft talks with Red China in Geneva because they have proven “futile." Asserting that Communist China haa already “gained too much" 'from the U.S., the newspaper Korean Republic chided America for agreeing to bi-lateral negotiations with the (Reds. “Even to international lawyers this constitutes a forni of recognition by the U. S. ana Red tuna's prestige has risen acfiopdfngly,” the paper said. Trade in a <ruod Tovu — Decatm J

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Mies Classic Opens Here This Evening The 20th annual handicap Mies Classic will get underway at 6:30 o’clock this evening at Mies Recreation. This year’s tourney promisee to be one of the best In the event’s history, with 140 teams entered. On tonight’s opening squad, Hookers Paint team will try Its luck, with Al Anderson as captain. At 9 o’clock, Marathon Oil, Two Brothers aqd Preble Tavern will bowl; plus Berne Oil. Team captains Erv Ewell, Bill Fisher, Norb Bultemeier and L. Liechty will seek to lead their teams into the prize list. For those who enJOy watching top notch bowlers, the Falstaff team of Fort Wayne is scheduled to bowl at 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. Some of the other cities repr* seated ih the classic are Gary, South Bend, Indiaaapolte, Mun* cle, Richmond, as well as numerous Ohio teams. _ Parents To Visit . ... .. -- -S-V _ “ ■.? Condemned Killer Lawyers Plan To Appeal Sentence WALPOLE, Mass. (INS). — Condemned contractor Domenick Bonoml today awaited a visit from his loyal parents who he bad not Seen since a judge sentenced him to death in the electric chair for the slaying of his wife. The meeting between the 34-yeaiC-old North Scituate man and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bonomi, was a forerunner of another meeting — the latter, one which may yet save him from the chair. Attorneys Dwight Allison and Frederick Harrington, Jr., who represented Bonomi during his trial in Plymouth superior court, were due at the new state prison in W'alpole either today or Monday, to shape the appeal from the death sentence. H.— I ■ u.. If you have someimng to sell oi rooms for rent, try a Demosral Want Ad. It brings results.

Utah Redskins % Edge Win Over Oklahoma City By laternational News Service The Utah Redskins have no Ini tention of relinquishing their lead- * ershlp of the Skyline basketball i conference. 1 The Redskins squeezed out a6O to 58 victory Friday night over powerful Oklahoma City in a seesaw battle at Salt Lake City in which the lead changed hands constantly throughout the game. Utah held a 33-29 halftime advantage before the Oklahomans matched the fast break of Utah and battled on even terms during the final half. High scorer for Utah was Gary Bergen with 18. Lyndon Lee scored 15 for the losers. The margin of victory went to Utah, ranked 20th in the basketball ratings this week by International NeWs-Service, with one minute remaining in the game. Gary Hale sank a free'tbrow for Utah making it 59-58. A few seconds later a second free throw made It 60-58. Washington overpowered Washington State, 62 to 42, before 8,500 fans. Center Bruno Boin paced Washington with 22 points. High for the losers was Larry Beck with 14. i Oregon's fast break and rugged i defense combined with sharp shooti ing defeated Idaho, 84 to 76. before i 3,800 fans. Jerry Ross made 18 • points for the victors in the first L half. But the leading scorer Was Oregon center Max Anderson with i 22. Jack Mitchell and Chuck Frank- . lin each had 21 for Idaho. i ! Two Are Named In i Homemaker Award i l The Betty Crocker homemekers i of tomorrow in the Monmouth high i school and in the Decatur Catholic high school are Shirley Bleeke and Judy Parrish, respectively. Bach of these girlb received the highest score in a written examination which tested the homemaking knowledge and attitudes of senior girls la their graduating classes . They have been entered in com pe . titibn to name this state’s candi- | date tof the title of All-American homemaker of tomorrow and will - both be considered for the runnerup award in Indiana. General Mills, Inc., is presenting each girl with a golden sward pin designed by Trtfari and the two schools will receive a "Betty Crocker good and easy cookbook." - The national winner in this search conducted among 256,534 young women in 10,222 of the nation’s public, private and parochial schools, will be named April 12 at the American table banquet in Philadelphia. >

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Eagles Deleaf Geneva Friday Night 57 -47 The county champion Monmouth Eagles chided up victory number if for the season Friday night, coming back in the final quarter to defeat the Geneva Cardinals, 57-47, on the Geneva court. The Eagles led by a scant point, 12-11, at the first quarter, but the Cardinals were out in front by two points. 28-36, at the half, and still led by one marker, 39-38, at the third periodNorb Witte led the Eagles to their triumph with 23 points, nine on free throws, and Ivan Nevll was high for Geneva with 19, 13 of them on foul shots. The Eagle swill meet the Bears at Berne next Friday night, and Saturday night travel to Hoagland. The Cardinals will journej to Pennville next Friday. Monmouth FG FT TP J. Myers 3 0 6 Fuelling 11 3 Keuneke —.— 13 5 Witte 7 9 23 Worthman . 10 2 Schnepf ..-s^-3 2 8 Brown 2 0 4 W. Meyers 2 2 6 TOTALS 20 17 57 Geneva FG FT TP Nevll 3 13 19 Craigs 1 11 Stahly 0 0 0 Hunt. 1 0 2 Burke ... 269 Baumgartner . 10 2 Bauman Oil Parr ....' 11 3 Bolinger 0 0 0 TOTALS 13 21 47 Officials: Yohler, Dygert Preliminary Geneva, 30-19 i _ ——— Gil Turner Winner By Split Decision 1 SYRACUSE, N. Y. (INS)—Veteran middleweight Gil Turner of Philadelphia hammered out a split decision over Jackie La Bua 1 of East Meadow, N. Y.. Friday night in a nationally televised ' bqut from Syracuse. It was Turner’s second straight Win over the 28-year-old middleweight. Restraining Order Halts Rail Strike Temporary Order Issued At Toledo TOLEDO (IKS) — A hearing will be held Jan. 26 on the merits i 'of the Hew York Central railroad’s request for a temporary injunction barring two railroad brotherhoods from striking on its i lines west of Buffalo. Federal Judge Frank Kloeb of Toledo set the hearing date Friday as be issued a 10-day restraining order keeping the two brotherhoods from carrying out their strike threatened for tonight. Kloeb explained late Friday that he was departing from his usual precedent of never issuing a restraining order without notice being given to the other party. But he reported that the situa- > tion in the case which provoked his order was extraordinary and . the public interest was at stake. Judge Kloeb said the time required to give notice to the brotherhoods of railroad trainmen and . locomotive firemen and enginemen was waived because "the strike would upset the nation's economic balance.” Milo J. Warner, New York Central counsel, told Judge Kloeb that the system offered to submit the dispute to mediation, arbitration or a presidential fact-finding board. NYC has posted notices that it was closing its North Toledo facilities and switching interchange facilities to the Stanley yard in Wood county. The dispute was over the closing of the North Toledo yard. fl - Minneapolis — A farmer is paid about three cents for the wheat required to produce one 21-cent loaf of bread.

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Democrat Senator Opens Long Speech Four-Day Address Against Gas Bill WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.) rested today after beginning what he promised will be a four-day speech in opposition to a bill lifting price controls from natural gas producers. Tho Illinois Democrat quit Friday after reading 36 pages of his 150-page prepared address, the product of six months' intensive preparation by his staff. He emphasized he wasn't conducting a filibuster, but said he after the senate's usual weekend would resume his speech Mondaq, recess, and continue until Wednesday. < Douglas told supporters of the Harris-Fulbright gas bill: “it (the debate) is going to take at least a month.” And, holding his speech high in the air, he added: “I'm’ ready for three weeks myself.” He said his four-day marathon of the bill which would exempt was designed to reveal the ‘perils' natural gas producers from rigid federal price regulation. Douglas declared that defeat of the gas bill would save consumers some |3ff billion and denounced the measure as a “gigantic giveaway.” Ho contended passage of the bill would lead to gas price increases averaging 1600 to 8900 million a year. Utility Infielder Signed By Dodgers NEW YORK (INS)—The Brooklyn Dodgers have signed utility infielder Don Zimmer to a 1956 contract which calls for a reported 810,000.

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Li7 Leaguer uJLaw. rm safc J* f AWwrr. L, - - ~~~ *\ A i _ Famous Film Fight At Adams Theater The most famous fight in filmdom's history is to be seen in Rex Beach’s immortal saga of the Yukon, “The Spoilers," showing at the Adams theater Sunday and Monday This time the combatants are Jeff Chandler and Rory Calhiun, who reenact the memorable fistic encounter first staged in the 1914 version of the story between William Farnum and Tom SanUchi. Others in the cast of this Technicolor production are Anne Baxter. Ray ’Danton and Barbara Britton. The film version of the Pulitzer prize winning drama, “The Shrike,” starring June Allyson and Jose Ferrer, is the Tuesday—WednesdayThursday offering at the Adams Miss Allyson in this picture departs from her usual light romantic rolessto enact the character of a womanlwho seeks to destroy her own husband. “A Lawless Street”, showing at the Adams next Friday and Saturday, features rugged Randolph Scott as the tough marshal of a crime-ridden Western town. Others in the cast of this Technicolor adventure hit are Angela Lansbury, Jean Parker and Wallace FordTrade In a uooa Town — Decaul