Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 156.

CHECK FOR “HOT” FIREMEN I fl i * ' ;*:* *lTjffi I jfi^^fl^w 1 ’" X I V fl J J* r ’ v nm 'Sa i • 1 -Wfi [JJL-JL.. . .7. . E7 j FIREMEN, who with police and company personnel came within range of two explosions that ripped the Sylvania Electric Products plant at Bayside. N. Y„ undergo Geiger Counter inspection beforeleaving the plant. Twenty-five persons were injured in the blasts, with two reported in critical condition. Radioactive contamination was at a minimum and not considered dangerous.

Find Evidence Os Collision Os Airliners Positive Evidence ’ , Os Collision Found At Disaster Scene GRAND Ariz. (UP) — An air and the coroner-in-charge Uy« evidence" that two super air- , .Jtom. collidgd .in flight, before lhejf, eraeiuni with 128 aboard in history's worst commercial, aviation disaster. The disclosures were made by Shelby McCauley, of Flagstaff, Ariz., acting coroner, and Capt. Byrd Ryland, commanding the search and body-recovery teams. McCauley, Cococino county justice of the peace who took charge of the death scene in Grand Canyon, said: "From the evidence that the civil aeonautics board people have seen so far in the TWA wreckage it would indicate that the planes definitely collided.” (Ryland said, "there is positive evidence in the wreckage that the two planes hit each other in midair." , y--" '■■■— ■, ■; McCauley and 12 other men, 5 of whom were technical engineers for the civil aeronautics board, spent the night stranded in the mile-deep gorge of the Grand Canyon alongside the TWA. wreckage when helicopters were unable to lift them out Monday because of bad wind conditions. The party was dropped into the. canyon to complete the recovery of the badly charred remains amid the wreckage of the TransWorld Airlines Super Constellation and to seek the cause of the tragedy in the details of the wreckage. Ryland personally flew into the mile-deep gorge for an on-the-gronnd examination of the TWA wreckage and a flight as close as feasible to the remains of the United Airlines DC7 a mile away. At 11:3(1 a.m. CST all further helicopter action for the day was called off. .leaving two teams on the river’s edge and three paramedics at -the -TWA site for an overnight .stay. All weft wellequipped and in no danger. _ J \ . ..... . Draft Board Office To Close Wednesday , The selective service office on North Second streeUwill be closed all day Wednesday, July 4, which is-ffidependence Day,

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Urge Cabinet Style System For Indiana Change Is Suggested By Efficiency Firm INDIANAPOLIS (UP) -7 A-i efficiency firm hired to streamline rtate government today urged a cabinet-style administration with 102 agencies combined into 15 major departments. The report of Robert Heller & Associates, Cleveland, was similar to Governor Craig’s controversial plan which -was largely ~ (iftfcatesl ’ns the 1953. legiS»usaK The Heller report recommended abortion of one elective office (auditor. Tt urged two oth-ers--ft’orney general and school superintendent— be made appointive by the governor. The report, climaxing a survey of more than two years, recommended the following departments, with one-man control: Financial control, agriculture, education, revenue, administration, public safety, law. labor, health, correction, conservation, military affairs, public welfare, commerce and highways. The plan proposed the lieutenant governor be stripped of two present main jobs-—commissioner of agriculture, and head of commerce and public relations. The firm made 290 proposals for increasing state government efficiency which it said could save the state. $7,600,000 every two years. 4 • About $1,600,000 already has been “saved”; the report said, by partially or fully putting many of the recommendations into effect. The firm Said each of the 15 departments' should be headed by a single official, with . boards' and commissions in general used only in advisory„capacities. The report suggested a bi-parti-san merit system for patronage departments to eliminate shakeups due to changes in political control. ' , The need for economy, the report said, is urgent since Indi ana's 78 million dollar general fund surplus has "dwindled” to about 53 million the last two years and new taxes are in prospect. "Government administration ..has ..become ,ao costly and so complex that it no longer can be dismissed as the domain of politicians.* wherein they can reward the party faithful or build-up an organization for the future,” the report said. Other recommendations includcd: Shift control of prison farms and industries from public works and supply to correction department; sell 47,000 low-number auto license plates at premium $6 fee; issue permanent plates for “free” vehicles owned by government agencies: allow license branches 1 to issue license renewals directly | to drivers; make permanent record of traffic convictions on driv--4 erJicenses; give prisoners pay for ((Continued on cage Sixj — ——- • „ INDIANA WEATHER Scattered showers and thunderstbrrns mostly north and centiiel portions this afternoon, tonight .and Wednesday. A little warmer north portion Wedneatfayr Low tonight 65-73. Wednesday 84-88 north. 90s extreme south. Sunset dfld p.m., surtr+w Wednesday 5/22 a.m. * ’. , f>-< . . * - , ------ - . ’ ‘ 1-

U. S. Transfers Title Claims To Philippines Will Transfer All Claims To Military Bases In Islands MANILA (UP) — President Ramon Magsaysay and U. S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon announced today the United States will transfer to the Philippines all title claims to U.S. military bases in the islands, The announcement came in a joint statement less than seven hours after Nixon landed here on the first hop of his goodwill tour of the Far East. * “The United States has. since the independence of the Philippines. always acknowledged the sovereignty of the Philippines over such military bases and expressly reaffirms full «•—v Philippine authority over the bases.” the statement said. The United States signed a pact with the Philippines in 1947 leasing 23 bases for 99 years, subsequently, U.S. Atty-Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr. held that the United States ne v e'r relinquished , ; permanent claim to parts of Clark air fords base, parts of the Cavite and Subic Bay naval bases and a small area at Ft. McKinley when it granted Philippine independence. The joint statement apparently meant the United States now has abandoned this view in the face of . sharp opposition and criticism both ■ in the Philippines and abroad. 1 The statement said the two 1 countries would hold formal negoi tiatiohs in the near future to prepare for the formal transfer of : base title papers and claims. Nixon also delivered to Magsay- • say a teeter from PresidenbJEisen- ’ hower in which the chief executive extended tSe pest wishes'* of the ' United States on the 10th anniver- ’ sa.'* of Philippine independence. , On hfc arrival at the airport 1 Nfion said therfe is no country in the world “with which we have closer ties than the republics of the Philippines.". Nixon received a rousing welcome and full military honors when he arrived with his wife. Patricia, aboard a military air transports plane at International airport, Nixon accompanied Philippines Vice President Carlos .P. Garcia to an improvised platform at the terminal grounds. Garcia made a brief speech in which he warmly welcomed the Nixons on behalf of the President and the Philippines people and offered them the hospitality of the country. x, Garcia also paid tribute to the United States on the occasion of the 180th anniversary Wednesday of the Declaration of Independence. Nixon, making a whirlwind goodwill tour of friendly nations in the (Continued on Page Four) Japanese Report New Nuclear Blast Claims U. S. Sets _ OH Nuclear Blast TOKYO (UP) — The Japanese government weather observatory claimed today that the United States, set off another nuclear explosion this morning at its Eniwetok - Bikini proving grounds. U.S. officials refused to confirm the report. r The observatory’s meteorological section said the reported blast "appeared to be much smaller” than previous tests in recent weeks, with A maximum oscillation measured at .05 millibars, compered to .1 and .2 in earlier blasts. By me Japanese count, this would be the sixth in the series of nuclear tests, which started with the explosion of a “baby” atom bomb on May 5. The current series of nuclear tests in the ’"’ddle Pacific is the 12th to be held by the ’’■'ited States since tee end of World War 11. Russia also had held 12 up to tnid-June, but a. Japanese scientist reported that the Soviet Union fired a nuclear device June 19 or 26. This would put the USSR ahead in the number of test series held, although not In the number of individual explosions. The Japanese observatory said today’s alleged • blast was “believed” to have occurred in the Eniwetok - Bikini area "arbund 3 a.m.. Japan time today.” That would be 6 a.m. Bikini time (noog J CST. Monday).

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Claims Polish Revolt Heads Are Executed -fcA/fttaarMTVlSt POfty Purge In Poland Likely Imminent BERLIN (UP) — A Scandinavian businessman said today Polish Communists already have executed the leaders of the "(odd and free\ dom” uprising in Ponznan. A purge of Polish Communist party ranks also appeared imminent because of the bloody, uprising last week. The official Communist Party newspaper Tvarned, Ihat heads will roll. '• *7 , The businessman who 1 arrived here from Poznan today said workers suspected of leading the demonstrations were placed before firing squads and excuted as soon as they were caught. Others captured with arms tn their possession also were summarily shot, he ?aid. The businessman said he was tqjd Ijn Poznan that "dozens” were executed bslhe Communist /trlng sciads. ... a disptach from Moscow quoted tue new Russian republic organ Sbvifet ftdssids reporting Mil was quiet in Poznan. But the newspaper published a telephone interview with **>« editor of the Gaaeta Poznanskv* saying “Poznan workers, profoundly Indignant with the bloody provocation organized by enemies of the people, are demanding harsh punishment for the perpetrators. . . ’ The official Polish Communist newspaper Trybuna Ludu today attached party officials in Poznan for cowardice the uprising and said they will, "answer for their acts.” The East German Radio said the Polish Communist party was investigating the Communist lack of vigilance in Pqznan. The newspaper said that numerous f.rty officials hid when the “food and freedom” riots erupted and reappeared only after Polis’, Communist troops and tanks had restored order. Western businessmen who were in Poznan during the • upheaval reported that party officials stood by while demonstrators seized the arsenal at the militia command headquarters. Weapons also were (Continued on Page Four.) Explosions Wreck Atomic Laboratory Four Os Injured In Critical Condition NEW YORK (UP) — Federal agents today investigated the possibility that saboteurs may have been responsible for two explosions which wrecked an atomic research laboratory. ? , Four of nine men injured in the Masts which shattered part of the Sylvania Electric Products Co. plant were in critical condition in a hospital today. Officials emphasized that none of the injured appeared to be suffering from radiation effects. . The explosions, described by residents of the Queens Borough area where the plant is located as “two tremendous claps of thunder,” apparently resulted from the handling Thorium, used in the manufactur of radio and television tube filaments. » The blaets occurred white plant’s 225 employes were at their jobs. Three technicians and an engineer were the most seriously injured and were hospitalized with burns, ci'ts and brokeh bones. FBI agents and investigators for the atomic energy commission clamped a ' security blackout on the damaged. twO-story plant and immediately began investigating the possibility that the blasts sibbtage.

Putting Practice Is Enjoyed By Ike Spends Half Hour On Private Green GETTYSBURG, Pa. (UP)—President Eisenhower spent a half hour ■on his private ft was his first encounter with a golf ball ince his intestinal operation. He “thoroughly enjoyed’-’ it, his secretary said. Meanwhile, the White - HouSe curtly brushed off a charge by former President Truman that Mr. Eisenhower has been a “part-time president.” Presidential secretary Janies C. Hagerty told newsmen he "couldn’t care less” about what Mr. .Trtmaii says. On his third day of convalescence at his farm, the President in addition to the putting practice, conducted White House business for an hour and made plans to see Gen. Nathan F. Twining, air force chief of staff, oh his return later this week from iMoseow. : ' During a morning business ses- ■ sion in his den. the President a number of “confidential” 'diplomatic and intelligence documents and nine bills. _ - One of the new tews authorizes payment of almost one million dollars to Vatican City for dam- ; agea suffered duriug accidental Wrvld War II bombings by American ..lanes. ‘.‘.lr. Eiseahower and his wife plan to pend a quiet Fourth of July. Persons who have seen the President this week said that "everything is fine . . . his color is back,” and that the farm is “very good for him” at this stage of his convalescence from his recent intestinal operation. (Continued on Page Two) Petition On Drain Approved By Board Other Action Taken By Commissioners A petition for repair and cleaning of the Archie P. Hardison drain in Geneva and Wabash township was approved by the county commissioners at their regular meeting Monday at the county court house. The commissioners stated that in their inspection of the drain they found that the repair would be practical and be of benefit and improvement to the public health. Two other petitions requesting repair arid cleaning of ditches were .filed , Monday with the commissioners. They are the Al-bright-Colter ditch in St. Mary’s township and the Farlow branch of the Henry Wagley ditch in Wabash township. addition to the routine business of paying the claims, the commissioners also approved the county home report for the month of June, showing an income of $677.87:' Residents at the home included 21 men and eight women. The commissioners also approved and signed the plat for Roe Acres, a housing development northeast of Monmouth planned by Leo Roe. Wiljis Hakes appeared before the corfimisteoners about the repairing of spouting at the jail and roofing, and spouting on the county court house. Also appearing before the council was Harold C. Bfjidi, Jr., of Fort Wayne, a rep--eseniative of the But’er Steel Aluminum building company. Plans and specifications were partially reported for the new boilers at the county home by Fred Haugk. The commissioners Scheduled a special meeting next week to aapproVe the completed plans in order \that advertising could be released for eontraqt bids. ' , t \ Ami Miller of Root township appeared before the commissioners with a raqueat for a draJuAsa. outlet on bis farm. Ar inspection (Continued on Page Three)

Many Workers Face Layoffs Due To Strike Industry Hard Hit As Steel Strike Continues PITTSBURGH (UP) — The piledriver economic blows of the threeday nationwide strike of 650.000 United Steelworkers hit the trans' portation Industry today with furloughs scheduled for thousands of “noncombatant” workers. Railroads alone scheduled layoffs for up- rards of 30.000 workers by the weekend. Truck, lake and driver workers also faced hard times. With the evidence of a prolonged shutdown piling up, the U. S. mediation service abandoned its sideline position and scheduled “exploratory” talks with each side in the bitter contract dispute. But it did not intervene immediately. Mediation director ’Joseph F. Finnegan said he would confer .. aeparflteW 7»avid J. McDonald, USW president, and John A. Stephens, U.S. Steel Corp: vice president and chief Industry bargainer, .. Chances 4 bringing the sides together t*'‘s week appeared sftm. • Both the union' and industry seemed adamant in their positions in the deadlocked contract dispute ' which led to the strike at 12:01 ’ am. Sunday. The union calls the company1 proposed five-year, no-strike con- ' tract “inadequate.” The companies call the union’s demands “exorbitant.” ... ■- The strike, which has cut off 90 p§r cent of the nation’s ,steel production, was already claiming its toll on these segments of the economy: . Railroads: At least 30,000 railroad workers are to be laid off by ♦he end of this week. The Pennsylvanh. a big steel hauler, began /Conti rmed on Pnge. Youth Center Fund Drive Over $1,300 Campaign For Fund For Improvements A total of $1,307 was recorded today by treasurer Theodore Graliker of the Decatur Memorial Foundation in the current drive for funds for improvements at the Youth and Community Center. Contributions will be accepted the balance of this week and it is expected that The total will swell to over the 3 2.1)00 mark. All of the money will be held by' the Foundation and will bd used as necessary for numerous proposed improvements at the Center. J. Ward Calland, president of the Foundation, pointed out that any contribution made by a family would be a "splendid way to show appreciation, especially in the youth division, for the many opportunities the Center has offered to both the young and old of the community.” j Records reveal that in the last year, since the Center was opened, juvenile delinquency has decreased in the Decatur area The building is operated by the city recreation board and. with the exception of thd approximate?” $5,500 received froth tax monies, th" building's operation Is near "the self-supporting mark.. ' . "“J No funds are avtilable, however, to make any improvements and so the Foundation decided that the drive foT funds from all Decatur families with a maximum of 3.5 a family would be appropriate, Since., the building has beepjir operation a full year, it 'was .decided to call the drive a ft. st birthday campaign. Officers ■have JexpreMed their grktitudb “R>r"Tbb" response shown by the community.

Sets 1957 Wheat Supports At $2 Benson Announces 1957 Support Rate , WASHINGTON (UP) — Secretary of agriculture Ezra T. Ben son used his discretionary powers under the flexible price support law and jacked up the government support price of 1957-crop wheat to 32 a bushel. Under the current parity price of wheat. This support rate reflects 82 Vi percent of parity. The , same rate is being paid on 1956crop wheat. Benson anne jnced the 1957 support rate Monday, well in advance of the July 20 referendum in which wheat farmers in 36 commercial wheat states will vote whether to accept marketing quotas on next year’s crop. If the producers accept quotas —as they have for several years —the government will support 1957 wheat at 32 a bpshel. If they disapprove quotas, the available support level will be 56 percent of parity, or About $1.21 cents a bushel. I TUmma, q _. 1 On the basis ot the supply situation, Benson could have set the 1957 SUffijaL. -rfte S purity,. This wotfld be about 31.-aJ * bushel. This was about w>e same figure At which he ordered the 1956 crop stfppwted before President Eisenhower overruled him in . this presidential e "'<?tion year and raised the rate to 32 at ,52’2 percent Cf parity. “i am g!sl that, the factors affecting the wheat situation make it possible to hold price supports at highej levels than the minimum indicated by the legislative provisions,”. Benson said. "It has been possible to 1 increase wheat exports, through aggressive use of the special authorizations Congress made available. “Thfe soil bank, through both (Continued on PagePFive) Rezoning Petition Under Advisement Petition By Lodge Heard Here Monday The petition of the Decatur Elks, lodge to change the six lots comprising the . Elks holdings where their home is located on North Second street from an R-2 residential area to a C-l neighborhood shopping area, was taken under advisement Monday night by mem-' Iters of the Decatur plan commission. ~ Several present and past officers of the Elks lodge, including the three present trustees of the lodge, appeared, at the hearing and through their attorney, David Macklin, stated their cause. Seven of the- eight neighbors, whose property still remains in the residential area of the city and whose property lines are adjacent on Third and Marshall streets, presented a petition asking that the zoning ordinance remain unchanged on the theory that a shift to business in the half block would ■t'jeapordize the value of their homes in direct conflict with the intent and purpose of the zoning ordinance.” Several of the home owners defended their petition before the commission. Councilman Lawrence Kohne, a member of the commission, suggested a. delay in making a. final decision on the grounds that two of the commission members. Kenneth Hirschy, president, and Charles Kent, 'vice-president, were absent. Hitschy is-recovering from an ? opAFation and was unable to attend and Kent was "detained at another meeting. In *he absence of the two' to'p officers, Ra'nh Roop, secretary of Lie. commit sibn, presided. Those in adtttntftH To Kohne and Roop who attended included Robert Gay, Deane Dorwin, .Mayor Robert Cole. ?X . Presiding officer Roop stated that both sides would be notified as soon as a decision by the full board was reached.

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Defense Head Continues To Give Testimony ’ Testifies Before Senate Committee On U. S. Air Power 1 WASHINGTON (UP) — Defense ‘ secretary Cnarles E. Wilson refused today to apologize to the senate for his recent “phony" remark. Instead, he said certain sena- ’ tors owe him an apology. Testifying before senators in1 vestigating air power. Wilson, spe9 cifically named Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash) as one who owes him an apology. ’ s Jackson has been one of the I sharpest critics ot the. administrat tion’s defense policies and helped f push through a _f)00-million-dollar . increase in air force funds that - Wilson ha44abelled as “phony.” I The secretary, who said he was “misunderstood" or “partly mis- . quoted” on the "phony” remark. B suggested at the time that some f. :pr-ijßle ,lp tejrested»in J sense budget were not interested e in raising the taxes to pay the I bill. b Jackson asked ,ln. cross1 examinatfoh today if he feels he a “owes an apology to congress” for t hl’s remarks. ? “I do not,” Wilson said tn a 8 loud, firm voice. . n - “It would not be • out of order e for certain senators to- apologize B tome." . . “Who do. you mean?” Jackson l ’ asked. e “You are one of them,” .Wilson i- ~ — ■ ' —'' - ’ '' . .. said. - - ... ... A gasp followed by a wave of ] laughter swept through the old supreme court chamber where the hearing--was being held. Jackson joinetLJn the laughter. 4 Wilson, reading from the transcript of the controversial news conference at which he made the reniark, said he was not "sorry” about his "phony" . remark but “sorry about the interpretation placed on it.” What‘he had intended to say in a somewhat “offhand kind” of remark, he said, was that any idea he was “trying to stave off more money was a phony.” Wilson said he had not paid much attention to the' furor that was stirred up on the senate floor. He felt attacks on him that resulted were “political and not personal.” , Earlier, Sen. Dennis Chavez (D- □ NMI accused Wilson of disregarding a (Congressional "mandate” to accelerate 852 bomber production/ immediately. - . L Chavez, chairman of th® senate military appropriations subcommittee, said congress intended that an additional 3900 million it has voted for the air force be used largely to turn out more 8525. Wilson said Monday he will not impound the extra money but that, at the same time, he is not* going to be in any hurry to spend it. He made it plain that he has no present intention of stepping up (Continued on Page Two) Rev. Gerald Gerig Named Pastor Here Rev. Gerald Gerig, Grabi)l, formerly of Dodge City. Kas.. Will succeed the Rev. Herald Welty as pastor of the First Missionary church of Decatur on September 1. it was" announced tqdasRev. and Mrs. Welty and family have moved to ForjL Wayne and now reside at 4010 South Wyyne avenue. Rev. Welty will enroll.- in the Fort Wayne Bible college this fall and continue his college work. He will continue, however, to oc-, ■fbttpy the pulpit of the t Decatur church until’ September I. • Rev. Gerig and;family will move to the new parsonage in Decatur the first week of September. Until that he will serve as pastor of the - Gfabill church. The Gerigs have ’"T two children. "