Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1956 — Page 1

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Grace Speaks Wedding Vows With Rainier Brilliant Religious Wedding Rites In 11 Monaca Cathedral MONTE CARLO (INS) — Pope Pius XII bestowed his blessing to- i day on Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier in a brilliant religious wed < ding ceremony In Monaco cathedral before nearly 1,000 ’ stunningly garbed guests from the ends of christendom. In much warmer and more colorful rites than the glum civil cere i mony that legally made the dewy i eyed Philadelphia girl and the ruler day, the superb-Jooking pair exof Monaco man and wife Wedneschanged gold wedding rings, and received Holy Communion before an altar that was a precipice of white flowers and dark television 1 cameras. 1 Then they went off smiling broadly in an open car while subjects and visitors cheered mightily and cries of “vive la prlncesse" 1 rang through the sunshine-bathed air. The hour for the long-delayed honeymoon of the golden-haired American film beauty and her Prince on the royal yacht grew a ' . bit nearer and, as it did, the tempo of this slightly incredible story 1 picked up pace and pomp. Shouts rang through all the 375 acres of what the Papa) Nuncio— i who gave the pair the Pontiff’s blessing —called “this precious jewel on the Mediterranean shore." Wildly cheering Monegasques and others lined the gracefully twisting streets as the prince and his regal beauty passed before them after the wedding, enroute to the palace, some of whose ram parts date back to the early 13th century. On the way they received shrill squeals of delight from Monegasque schoolchildren dressed in bright red and white and alternately waving United States and Monacan flags. As the young former film star ’ predicted with a sad smile Wednesday. the ceremony today was an 1 other wedding without a kiss. But Rainier had shed most of the cool, aloof manner he displayed at the civil ceremony. He was as proud as his personally designed uniform —and almost its cheerful as his sky blue trousers with gold sidewalls as he took her serene highness down the deep red earpets of the church whose white marble seemed made of angel cake. Philadelphia-born Princess Grace. 26, looked proudlv and -longingly at the 32-year-old Rainier once thev were seated in the back of a black and yellow Rolls-Royce convertible with the top down. The bride was radiant in her ronttnuMl on Paa* Five) 12 Pages t ""

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Margaret Truman To Be Married Saturday Quiet Church Rites In Her Home Town INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (INS) — When Margaret Truman takes her vows, to become the wife of newsman E. C. Daniel Jr„ this Saturday. it will be amid a woman's most flattering background — candlelight and flowers. And she will walk down one of the shortest aisles in the United States to do it — In the same church where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Truman, were married 37 years ago. The Trinity Episcopal church, built in 1880, and one of the oldest in Missouri, is chapel-sized by modern standards and -its aisle is less than 45 feet long. The golden-haired daughter of the former U. S. President will stand before an altar, barren except for two unlighted candles. The Rev. Patrie Hutton, who will perform the 15-minute ceremony at 5 p.m. (EST) explained the altar candles are lighted only for communion services. A visit to the tiny brick church at the same time of day that the ceremony will take place found it dim enough to require candlelight despite its recent redecoration. Its pews have been enameled, its dark wood rafters polished and the walls repainted in soft beige and green. The decor fits perfectly with the color sfeheme Margaret has chosen for the bridal party. Margaret is wearing beige lace and her two attendants yellow and pale green. The attendants are Mrs. John B. Horton of Los Angeles, the former Drucie Snyder and daughter of former treasury secretary John Snyder, and Mrs. William Coleman Branton of Kansas City, the former Mary Shaw and a girlhood friend. Father Hutton said that the wedding rehearsal is scheduled for Friday at 4 p.m., just 24 hours before the nuptials and that it will be a single ring ceremony. Meanwhile, the tempo of pre-nup tial activities is picking up. Daniel was expected to arrive at midday today and will meet most of his bride-to-be's aunts, uncles and cousins for the first time at a family dinner in the Truman home tonight. Fewer Polio Coses Reported In State INDIANAPOLIS (INS)' — The Indiana state board of health reported today that seven cases of polio have been listed thus far in 1956, the lowest, number in six years, and poesibly for much longer than that. The cases include two each in LaPorte and Marion counties, and one each in Pike, St. Joseph and Vanderburgh counties. INDIANA WEATHER Fsh*' tonight and Friday,, quite cool again tonight with scattered front .Low tonight 2748. High Friday 55-«0 north, “ 60-68 south.-

Cease-Fire Is Agreed To By Egypt, Israel Agreement Pledges Nations To Observe 1949 Truce Terms JERUSALEM (INS) — V. N. secretary general Dag Hammarskjold announced today that an unconditional cease-fire —? agreed to by both Egypt and Israel—is now in effect. The cease-fire along the common borders of the two natiops took effect as of 6 p.m. Wednesday (11 a.m.. EST). ■, The agreement which Hammarskjold hammered out during separate talks in Jerusalem and Cairo pledged both nations to observe the terms of the 1949 U. N. truce barring action by military and non-regular forces across the demarcation lines. - “ ~ Hammatskjold’s statement made it clear that Egypt had agreed to halt all activities by the Fedayeen suicide-squad commandos within Israeli territory. The announcement, which had been expected for the past 24 hours, meant Hammarskjold had scored a major victory in his fight to insure Middle East peace. The one paragraph Statement was released simultaneously in Jerusalem and Cairo at 4:45 p.m. Jerusalem time (9:45 a.m. EBT). It read: “At the request of the secretary general of the United Nations, the governments of Israel and Egypt have notified him that as of 6 p.m,. 18 April. (11 a.m.. EST) and from that time on, orders are in force to the effect that in implementation of assurances to observe article two, paragraph two of the (1949) armistice agreement, no military or paramilitary forces, including non-regulars, may shoot across the demarcation line or pass over that line for any purpose whatsoever.” Earlier, Premier David Ben-Gur- ' ion outlined to his cabinet the ro suits of his talks with the top UN official. ' . -U The morning cabined meeting j preceded a special session of the J knesset (parliament) at which a • bill to raise 50 million Israeli pounds (*28,000,000) to reinforce Israeli defenses was due for passage. ' Meanwhile, Hammarskjold and Maj. Gen. •£. L. M. Burns of Cant ada, chief UN truce supervisor, were received for a half hour by , President Ishtak Ben-Zvi. t The UN officials were to resume , their conversations with Ben-Gur-ion and foreign minister Moshe . Sharett this afternoon. It was understood that the Is- ; raelis had worked out with Hammarskjold a formula to reduce to a minimum the causes of friction along the particularly sensitive ' sections of the Israeli-Egyptian ‘ border. Those would be along the ‘ Gaza strip and in the El Auja section of the Sinai Peninsula frontier. ' Reduction of friction presumably 1 would involve withdrawing all but ‘ the absolute minimum of border patrols. Egypt, Israel’s arch-enemy, al--1 ready has agreed to a formal cease-fire and to reduction of bor- ' der patrols. Egypt’s consent to this 1 portion of the Hammarskjold plan was made contingent on Israel’s agreement . _ — An Israeli official disclosed Wed- ' nesday night that Israel had de(Continued on Page Five) i — , Hydrogen Bomb Test ■ Postponed To May 8 Technical Troubles 1 Bring Week's Delay WASHINGTON (INS)—The government announced today that the hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific scheduled for May 1 has been postponed until May 8. The defense department and the atomic energy commission, in a joint statement, attributed the de- , lay to “technical difficulties involved in making ready for the r detonation.” 1 The announcement did not explain the nature of these difficulj ties. Newsmen and civil defense off!- ( cials invited to witness the test I were advised that now do hot I need to report in Honolulu, where the group will assembly, until noon (Honolulu time) May 1. The announcement Mid that although. May 8 is the new target date, the detonation could be further delayed by unexpected devsl opttents of uhsatfufaetory weather conditions.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 19, 1956.

Bluffton Man, Youth Confess Vicious Attack On Local Young Couple i__—i —

Soviet Leaders Make Courtesy Call On Eden Russians Greeted With Silence From Crowds In Britain LONDON (INS) —Nikolai Bulgan in and Nikita Khrushchev paid a 40-minute courtesy call on Sir Anthony Eden today, laid a wreath on Britain’s war memorial and signed the distinguished visitor's book at Buckingham Palace. The busy Russians worked hard to thaw the curious British crowds that greeted them with silence ns they hurried about London, but with little success. -Traffic stopped dead to allow the security-bound procession to pass on normally busy streets. The silent engines of buses; trucks apd autos aptly fitted the British response. There were some grfns but no cheers at the sight of the wellguarded convoy. Police officials heaved a sigh of relief after the Soviet premier and the boss of the Communist party completed their first task of the day — laying the wreath at the cenotaph at Whitehall. An officer explained that this was the laafc of the really exposed positions where an assassin could strike. He said the Russians looked tense and nervous and moved quickly into buildings from their cars. Following the visit to Whitehall, Bulganin and Khrushchev went to Buckingham Palace to sign the dis tinguished visitors register. They were shown about the palace gar den but did not see Queen Elizabeth or the Duke of Edinburgh, who were away at the time. American tourists outnumbered British in the crowd that gathered outside the palace to catch a glimpse of the Russians. The Soviet leaders next went to No. 10 Downing Street where their visit lasted twice As long as the 20minutes scheduled. Eden and for eign secretary Selwyn Lloyd came to the door to wave goodbye as the Russians departed for their hotel. (Continued On Page Five) Junior Town Meet Here Next Tuesday Decatur And Peru Pupils Participate Hugh J. Andrews, principal of the Decatur high school, announced today that Ralph Thomas and Janet Lane, students at the school, will be speakers on the WOWO junior town meeting program, which will be recorded at the local school Tuesday. April 24. The program will be broadcast on radio station WOWO. Fort Wayne, Saturday morning. April 28, at 9 o’clock. Ron Ross, public service director of WOWO. moderator and producer of the junior town meeting series, now in its 12th season, will conduct the recording here. Also appearing on the program will be students The topic under discussion will from the Peru high school. be “Are the jporals of teenagers deteriorating?” The Decatur students appearing on the program are under the direction of Deane T. Dorwin, instructor of social studies and speech at the Depatur high school. Both local speakers are senior’s, highly active in schools activities, are members of the school choir, were in the cast of the school revue presented last week, and are active workers in their respective churches. The speech class of the Decatur school will entertain the Peru visitor* with a luncheon at the school Tuesday noon, -prepared by Mrs. Geue Chronister and her home economics department.

Witness Collapses At Senate Hearing ■ Refuses To Repeat r Charges Os Pay-off • WASHINGTON (INS)—A 64-year-old witness collapsed at a sen- ■ ate hearing today after refusing to i repeat “pay-off” charges investigators said he made against a blacklisted army uniform manufacturer. = Samuel Leider, of Millville, N.J , broke down during questioning by senate investigations subcommittee counsel Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy said Leider had told him of giving *5,000 to Herman Kravitz, a former Atlantic City garment maker, for "government personnel" handling uniform contracts. But on tne witness stand. Leider Invoked the fifth amendment and refused on grounds of possible self- ’ incrimination to say whether he had made the charge or even spoken to(the subcommittee staff prior to the hearing. Kennedy said Leider was “prepared to testify yesterday" but changed his mind after talking to Joseph Abrams of Great Neck. Long island, key figure in the investigation. Abrams • denied to newsmen that he jilted to Leider. Leider was excused from the stand and taken to a first aid room. His attorney, Charles E.jFord, said j the witness had undergone a gall ladder and kidney opeAuon recently. Decatur Schools Aid In Dental Research Decatur Schools To Cooperate In Study The Decatur public and parochial schools have been selected to aid in dental health research. W. Guy Brown, superintendent of city schools, announced that Decatur schools will cooperate in this study with the Indiana state board of health and the Indiana University chemistry department. The study is one to relate tooth decay to the composition of saliva, and will take place next Monday and Tuesday. It has been determined by the dental division of the Indiana state board of health that children in different communities in Indiana have different rates of dental decay. As an example, Bloomington children have a high dental decay rate while Decatur and Spencer children have a low dental decay rate. Decatur was selected because of the natural fluoride in the drinking water. Too, the school enrollment is large enough to provide the desired number of participants. But, Spencer does not have enough fluoride in its water to account for the lower dental decay rate. Therefore the proposed study program to test whether there is any correlation between the saliva of children from Decatur and Spencer. First, a survey will be made of al! school children to determine length of residence. The study will to six hundred children, who have always lived In Decatur. Two separate samples of saliva will be collected from each participant. Harry Dailey, chemistry teacher, Decatur high school, will make the Initial chemical analysis of these samples. Additional studies of the saliva will be made at< Indiana University by the chemistry department. Then, each student will receive a dental examination by dentists from the Indiana state board of health. The dentists will use mouth mirrors and explorers and other portable equipment which will be moved io each school. In this examination, a record will be made of the number of decayed, missing and filled permanent teeth. Decatur children and school* win be making • great contribution in th* study :of a dieeM* which reaches into -every home In-Indiana-tootlr d*eay« -

Secy. Benson Defends Veto Os Farm Bill Senators Angered At Administration On Price Supports ” WASHINGTON (INS) —Agriculture secretary Ezra Taft Benson insisted to angry senators today that the administration's, boost in farm price supports will not encourage over-production. Benson ran into a welter of heated questions from senate agriculture chairman Allen J. Ellender (D La.,) as he sought to defend President Eisenhower’s veto of the farm bill and decision to increase support levels on basis commodities. Ellender demanded to know how Benson couliT say that production will be reduced “by your doing administratively what we (congress) sought to do legislatively.” This was a reference to the fact that the administration now intends to boost supports — as congress wanted to do—well above the level originally planned under its flexible price support system. The secretary replied that, while the administration proposes to increase supports at a higher percentage lev# than they originally were set for 1956, “we have not raised the dollars-and-cents levels.” pointed out, for example, tha* wheat will be supported at 12 a bushel under the administration’s progranij compared with the |2.OS support level in effect last year. Benson told congress that the President’s decision to raise price supports was based on the prospect of a sound soil bank program The agriculture secretary said “it should be possible” for congress to pass a separate soil bank bill ith a minimum of difficulty because there is general agreement on its features. The cabinet member strongly defended the President’s action in announcing he would raise price supports on basis commodities after he had vetoed the farm bill. He told the senators, still angry Over the veto which was upheld by the house Wednesday, that the administration believe farmers should not be penalized by the failure to get a soil bank for this year’s crops. Benson said the new supports announced by the President are "based on the prospect of sound (Continued on Page Five) Planting At Youth Center Next Week: Plant Trees, Shrubs At Center Tuesday Lowell Harper, general chairman of the Youth and Community Center tree and shrub planting project scheduled for next Tuesday, starting at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, has announced that plans are completed for the occasion. Leo Seltneright, Adams county agricultural agent, technical chairman for the planting, stated that two men from Purdue University would be on hand to assist in the actual planting. Burk Elevator Co. of this city has contributed the services of trucks and shovels for the project. it was announced. Seltenright also issued an invitation to al! persons interested in planting of shrubbery or trees to visit the project. He said that the Purdue men would be glad to give them instructions and offer planting suggestions. Thirty local men have volunteered, according to chairman Harper, to assist in the preparation of the ground. Trees and shrubbery . will be planted along the driveways, walks and also at the east side of the building.

Icardi Is Acquitted Os Perjury Charges Defense Argument Upheld By Judge WASHINGTON (INS) — A federal Judge today acquitted exLieut. Aldo Icardi of charges that he lied when he denied any connection with the wartim* slaying of Maj. William V. Holohan. Judge Richmond B. Keech up- ■ held defense arguments that con- - gressional investigators had no . legal right to ask Icardi whether t or not he staged the mysterious . slaying in Italy in 1944. The judge dismissed the entire t six-count perjury indictment and . said that, under court rules, he ■ would have to declare the 35-year- [ old defendant acquitted. , This sudden turn closed, appar- , ently forever, the case of the murder of Holohan. who was .on a “cloak-and-dagger" mission behind German lines. Attornays for both tides agreed . there could be no appeal and no ’ re-trial. Keech declared in a lengthy ruling that the house armed services subcommittee, in effect, conducted a “legislative trial” when it , asked Icardi to testify on the j murder and later declared him guilty of the crime. j < The judge said that the hearing . overstepped the bounds of proper <. legislative funettons. In addition. y he found, alleged false t answers “were not material . . ” Icardi, Pittsburgh real estate » salesman and father of five, was a found guilty of the crime, in abg sentla, by an Italian court and g sentenced to life imprisonment. However, he could net be extree dited and U. S. officials found no e way of bringing murder charges. ~ Nevertheless, the defense departt meat, the house subcommittee d and a federal grand jury all t . agreed that he was guilty as It charged. y Keech’s ruling today, did not >. deal with the truth or falsity of the charges against Icardi. It >. came on the fourth day of the trial after only two of a score k . of government witnesses had r been heard. The judge emphasized that the r second of these witnesses, former ~ subcommittee chairman W. Ster- . ling Cole (R-N.Y.) had testified } (Continued on'Page Five) i Local Lady's Father , Is Taken By Death * James M. Reed, 50, died suddenly 1 of a heart attack at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at his home northwest of Ossian. Surviving are the widow, Esther; two sons, Donald of Ossian and Gene, at home; five daughters, Mrs. Wilbur Silvers of Fort Wayne, 3Trs. Edgar Freiburger of near Yoder, Mrs. Gordon Watts of Decatur, Bonnie and Carol Reed, at home; a brother, Sam of near Yoder, and four sisters, Mrs. Lewis Confer of Ossian, Mrs. William Flum of Yoder, Mrs. Clifford Kimmel of Hicksville. ’ 0., and Mrs. Delmar Long of Mil- : lersburg. Friends may call at the Elzey A | Son funeral home in Ossian un- - til 1 p. m. Friday, when the body will be taken to the Ossian Methodist church for services st 2 p. m., ’ the Rev. R. Edwin (Green offlciat- - ing. Burial will be in Oak Lawn ■ cemetery at Ossian. r

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Pair Arrested Last Evening Admit Guilt Both Mon, Juvenile Also Charged With . Additional Crimes patrols by city police and the sheriffs department since the vicious attack on a young Decatur couple last Thursday paid off last night with the arrest of a Bluffton pair who have admitted guilt in the attack. The pair are Charles William Ostrander, 37, of Bluffton, a married mon and the father of a 13-year-old son, and a 15-yearold youth from Bluffton. Ostrander 1« reported to have a long record of scrapes with the law and the south has been involved in juvenile investigations at Bluffton. Their arrest at 9:50 p. m. Wednesday on Adams street ended a series of rape-robbery attacks in Marion, Fort Wayne and Decatur that began last fall with the attack on a Negro woman in Fort Wayne. Five patrol cars of the two local law enforcement agencies - have cruised the streets of Decatur since last Thursday when the Decatur boy and girl were kidnaped, taken at gun-point out into the country where the girl was sexually attacked and the boy was robbed of about 324. Deputy sheriff Roger Singleton, who was operating one of the patrol cars last evening, noticed the Bluffton pair driving around the city. He checked on them through the car which Ostrander was driving, discovered he had a record and then alerted the other patrol cars. He stopped the vehicle and within a very short time city police and other members of the sheriff's department were on the scene to check the two men who answered the description of the thugs given by the Decatur couple. A search of the car revealed a pair of white canvass gloves and leather jackets such as those worn by the attackers, a rubber Halloween mask, a loaded .38 caliber revolver and two black- - jacks. The wrist watch taken from the Decatur boy in the attack last week was found on the person of the 15-year-old accomplice. The men were taken to the city police station for questioning and they admitted verbally their guilt in the attacks at Decatur, Marion and Fort Wayne. The Decatur boy and girl were brought to the station to see the men and both identified them as the thugs who had attacked them. At the sight of Ostrander the girl became almost hyaMrieal-. —. Alien county sheriff Harold Ze|s also came to the Decatur police station with one df the victims of the Fort Wayne attacks. The woman also was able to identify the men as those who had attacked her. 3 _ On the three crimes committed in Fort Wayne by the two, a third man was implicated. He is Richard Kipfer, about 26, from Fort Wayne, who has been picked up by Fort Wayne police for (Continues on Page Five)