Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1956 — Page 1

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Gen. Twining? Says Russians Making Strides Air Force General Calls For U. S. To Protect Air Lead WASHINGTON (UP) — Gen. Nathan F. Twining said today that the Russians have made “undeni*ahle strides'* in development of modern war planes but “have not outdistanced us.” 4 The air force chief of staff added, however, that his eight-day visit to Russia “substantially, ; <> ver previous .ssseaa-' meats that the ■U.&RR., while certainly not abreast of us today, can and is progressively narrowing the technological lead of the west generally and of the United State* in particular.” Twining cautioned that with the heavy emphasis the Russians are placing on technical education, the United States must "reckon on the possibility of thei/ achieving a scientific ’ breakthrough and consequent technological surprise in new weapons.” The air force general ’called for a boost in U. S. research and development spending to protect our “qualitative lead” over Russia. Twining reported to the senate armed services committee in secret session on his recent inspection trip of Russian air power. A 31 -page summary of his report was released to reporters. Twining said his trip was too limited and controlled “to provide a basis for any substantial revision of previous estimates" of Soviet air power. "I want .to make it unequivocally clear that our findings do not justify any hasty action to write down, or for that matter, to writeup our previous assessments of Soviet air power." he said. Twining added, however, "that our Visit did have the positive effect of strengthening our previous judgment that the rate of progress and improvement in Soviet air weapons—backed by a massive sciefrtific and industrial effort—is such as to give us cause for serious thought about the future.” In respect to quality of aircraft as of now, “we can be assured that we have not lost our lend." he said. "This was our judgment before we went to the Soviet Union: it still stands ” On the basis of aircraft displayed by the Twining said that it Is his judgment that “despite the undeniable strides made, by Soviet designers, they have not outdistanced us.” , "Nothing we saw.” Twining said, “could honestly be described as being superior to the best U.S. aircraft in comparable categories.” Congress recently voted the air force an extra 900 million dollars, mainly to step up production in (Oontinnea on Page *lv«) i.' ' * Increase In Farm M Prices Reported CHICAGO (UP) —An increase in farm prices through mid-June for the sixth straight month was re ported Monday by the Feredal Reserve Bank of Chicago. An 11 per cent Increase in farm prices since last December brought the farm party figure to the "best level in more ttajt * mr.” the report said. ■ ' ■--< ■ -

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TuckerToAltack GOP Administration Vows Victory In General Election INDIAN APOUS (UP) — Democrat Ralph Tucker vowed today he would win the race for governor in November by ripping apart the current Republican state administration. The Terre Haute mayor told newsmen he wouldn’t have to dwell on national issues to defeat Lt. Gov. Harold Handley, the GOP nominee. “I’m going to run against King George and* Prince Harold," Tucker said. He referred to Governor Craig and repeating his stand that" the 4dr43siuje J.'was’ whether the people went four more years of Republican rule or "a return to government of tire people.” Tucker also indicated he would g'foree” Handley, bitter GGP factional foe of mt*, to stand 1 on the governor’s record- -> “I’m going to force Mr. Handley and Governor Craig to raise, their arms along with Sen. Jenner and President ' Eisenhower,” Tucker said. , He launched his campaign Monday by meeting with the Democratic state committee and other candidates who will appear with him on the party ticket. Tucker said before the meeting he would make no effort “at this time” to make changes in party leadership. No move was made during the meeting to replace state chairman Charles Skillen or any other officers. Tucker said he “very definitely” will use television and radio to communicate with voters in his campaign. Asked If he will travel the “county fair circuit” as Handley does, Tucker eaid he will campaign “whenever and wherever invited." "“He said he already has received 120 requests for personal appearances. „ — -j. Tucker said three of the five candidates he defeated for the nomination at the June 26 convention endorsed his plan for a “temporary advisory committee." It would be made up of those losers — Roger. Branigin, Matt Welsh, Hugh Dillin, Tom Johnston and Von Eichhorn — and former Gov. Henry Schricker. He said the committee would “become a part of and work with paign and would "prove conthe state committee” in his camclusively the unification of Democratic ranks.” He called his plan "unprecedented." Former agriculture secret ary Claude A. Wickard, who was nominated for U. S. senator to oppose Sen. Homer Capehart in November, also okayed the idea. Local Lady's Brother Dies This Morning D. W. Dohoney, 73, brother of Mrs. Carl Pumphrpy of this city, died at his home In Johnstown, Pa., at 8 o’clock this morning. Mr. Dohoney, a retired molder, had been ill for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Pumphrey and their daughter, Miss Eleanor Pumphrey, left this morning for Johnstown. Infant-Girl Killed By Father's Auto -EVANSVILLE (UP)—Tina Crowley, 22, months old, was killed Monday when a car driven by her father crutbed (nr tn driveway at their home bene. .

Mediator Calls Steelworkers Heads To Meet Federal Mediator Calls Union Heads Into Meeting Today WASHINGTON (UP) — Federal, mediation chief Joseph F. Finnegan summoned leaders of the United Steelworkers to a meeting here late today to discuss their position in the steel strike. Finnegan announced- he will meet here Wednesday with representatives of the steel .industry. He plans to hold a joint meeting with both workers and industry representatives in Pittsburgh "probably on Thursday.” ■At today’s session, Finnegan and two aides will meet with United Steel Workers president David McDonald at McDonald’s Washington hotel. On Wednesday, the mediation officials will meet with the industry's chief spokesman, Vice President John A. Stephens, of U. S. Steel. Accompanying Finnegan to this afternoon’s talks will be Clyde Mills, assistant director of the Mediation- Service, and Robert Moore, special assistant to the director. A spokesman for the service said the separate talks would cover the positions of the two sides in the steel dispute, their explanations of their positions, and their proposals. The crippling 10-day walkout by 680,000 members of the steelworkers has idled thousands more in related industries. In steel • dependent industries, particularly in transportation, between 65,000 and 90,000 workers have been laid off. And some 40,000 coal miners, ending their annual 12-day vacation, joined the growing ranks of sidelined victims today. The strike, w-hicW hhß cut trtr 87 per cent of the nation's steel production, continued to sap the country’s economy. A United Press spot survey showed 22,000 workers, Including If,ooo strikers, were strike-idled in Michigan. Washington state officials reported 1,740 workers off the job, lid allied-industry victims. Alabama had 26,100 steelworkers and- 5,500 sideliners out of work because of the walkout About 1,000 coal miners today joined the 9,000 millworkers affected by the strike in Colorado. About 1,400 steel-dependent workers in Missouri have been idled. Pennsylvania had 202,900 out of work because of the strike, including 185,800 strikers, 11,200 furloughed railroad workers and 5,900 laid-off in steel-dependent industries. Sharp Upswing In Polio In Chicago Health Board Cites Acute Emergency CHICAGO (UP) — The Chicago board of health began an investigation Tuesday in an effort to learn the cause of a sharp upswing in the number of polio cases here. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, board of health president, termed it an “acute emergency.” He said Monday that the city had 97 cases so 'far this year, compared with 27 at the same time last year. Bundesen was advised by a state polio committee Monday night to continue use of the Salk vaccine during the present upsurge. The committee, a technical advisory group of the state’s department of public health, met with Bundesen to discuss the emergency. Bundesen reported that there had been 41 new cases reported ip the city between midnight last Thursday and midnight last Monday. An additional 10 cases were Reported Monday, he said later. Dr. Ruth Church, chief of the state bureau of communicable disease control said Salk vaccinations should continue except among families of persons already stricken. She said this restriction was designed primarily to save vaccine, because it is believed the vaccine is of no value to a person already exposed to or infected by polio virus. - S ”* ’ < INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight. Wednesday fair and warmer. Low tonight mostly in the 50s. High Wednesday 82-87. ' Sunset 8:14 p. m„ sunrise Wednesday 5:25 a. m.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 10, 1956.

President Eisenhower Is Still A Candidate _ * -7 ■ To Serve Second Term

Governor Os Tennessee To Be Keynoter Gov. Clement To Deliver Democrat Keynote Address CHICAGO (UP) — Democrat party leaders named Gov. Frank G. Clement of Tennessee Monday to’ make the keynote speech at the party’s convention Aug. 13. Selection of Clement, a forthright backer of Adlai E. Stevenson, was seen as a favorable factor for Stevenson in his campaign for the party’s presidential nomination. ’ x National chairman Paul M. Butler announced that Clement had been chosen from about 18 prominent Democrats under consideration for the assignment. The announcement followed the end of a long three-hour meeting of the joint convention arrangements and executive committee. In Nashville. Tenn.*, Clement was reported to be. "very happy” over Dea's of his selection, but Wes 8j»(Oe • prefenyd not to com-" ment until officially ' notified. Clement, 36. is the nation’s youngest governor? ' Butler refused to say whether Element’s role as keynoter ruled him out as a vice-presidsntial nominee. “I would leave that to anyone else’s interpretation rather, than my own,” he said. The keynote speaker traditionally is left outside the .scramble for a place on the national ticket. Convention manager J. Leonard Reinsch, however, reminded reporters that the late Alben W. Barkley gained the vice-presiden-tial nomination after making a fiery keynote speech in 1948. Butler said Clement’s youth and his border state background “had some bearing” in the committee’s choice. He said Clement will handle the racial segregation matter “in away that will not be offensive to any segment of the population” and will cover the farm issue and other problems "influentially and persuasively.” Adlai E. Stevenson said Clement was a “good choice who will ade(Continued on Page Five) Local Reserve Unit To Training Camp Depart Sunday For i Camp In Wisconsin Members of' the local reserve unit, the service battery of the 424th field artillery battalion, will be among those who will participate in a summer training camp July 15 through 29 at Camp McCoy near Tomah, Wis. — The local group will leave -by train Sunday from Fort Wayne. Two officers of the battery, Ist Lt. William Gernand and S. F. C. Jack Welty, will' leave several days earlier for Camp McCoy. Os the 20 men tn the Decatur reserve unit, several were recently released from active duty and therefore are exempt from attending summer camp this year. The ten from here who will attend are S. F. C. Norbert L. Bleeke who is the battery’s first sergeant, Sgt. Bruce Schnepp and Pfc. Robert Butler, all of Decatur; Pfc. Luther Belter of Geneva; Prt. Luther fjchrock of Decatur; Pvt. Richard Velez of Berne; Pvt. Joe Jaregiii of Decatur; Lt. Gernand and S. F. C. Welty. Schrock. Velez and Jauregui will receive two weeks of basic infantry training at Camp McCoy since none of these three has had prior military service. . ' The rest of the local group will ’serve with the 424th F. A. Bn. in their normal functions. The entire lime will be spent in practical, field training to augment the class* room training given at the weekly . meetings of the local unit. '

Tough Narcotics Law Passed By Congress Drastic Tightening Os Penalty In Law WASHINGTON (UP)—Congress has approved and sent to President Eisenhower a compromise bill drastically tightening penalties for n&rcotlcs violators. It includes the sentence in some cases. "The bill Would set up a new; s(9sle of mandatory jail penalties for persons convicted of -selling narcotic drugs or marijuana and forbids probations, suspensions of sentence or paroles to convicted sellers: It would authorize a jury to Impose the death sentence for any person convicted of selling or giving heroin to youngsters under 18. The house approved the bill unanimously Monday without debate. Less than three hours later, the senate passed it by voice vote. The final measure was a compromise between earlier house and senate versions. The bill would increase present jjail and fine penalties for possessors of narcotics. A person convicted of selling . narcotics for the first time would receive a jail sentence of. 5 to 20 years and a fine of lip to $20.00(1. If the offehse involved sales to a person under 18 or a second offense. the jail sentence would be 10 to 40 years. ( maximum jail terms for persons possessing narcotics would be doubled and fines would be increased from a mandatory $2,000 to up to $20,000 in the discretion of the court. Jail sentences would be mandatory for second or subsequent offenses. 6sVictims Os Air Tragedy Are Buried Moss Burial Rites Held In Arizona FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (UP)—Sixtyseven victims of commercial aviation’s worst disaster were buried Monday on a gentle slope in the “Grand Canyon memorial plot” of Flagstaff Cemetery. All but 3 of the 70 persons aboard the TWA Super Constellation which apparently collided June 30 with a United Air Liner high above Grand Canyon were buried in the plot. The three other victims were to be buried in their home towns. Fifty-eight persons were killed in the UAL plane. The mass burial services were conducted by a clergyman from each of the Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faiths. A .Mormon clergyman also was present. More than 1,000 solemn faced spectators, including some 400 mourners, attended the services 85 miles from the scenic and awesome canyon 'Where 128 persons met death in the two-plane crash. The remains of the victims, most of them not positively identified, were placed in 67 coffins on a wooden platform above a grave 72 feet long, 24 feet wide and 6 feet deep. At the far corner, a tiny casket stood out among the other flower decked coffins. This was the final resting place for the 3-week-old unnamed daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Maag. Los Angeles. All three were victims of the crash. An armed forces color guard also participated in the services to pay last respects to the four military dead. The color guard includ-, ed members of the helicopter crew which risked death to recover body fragments from the treacherous gorge. Only a few spectators stood by as workmen lowered the casket's into the mass pit following $He hour-long ceremony. Separate services were pending later tor the 58 passengers and crew members aboard the ill-fated TJAL DC7.‘ While the services were being : held in the ahadbws of the tower(Continue on mg« rive) <.

Arraign Pair In Connection f To Kidnap Case Mother Os Kidnaped Infant Appears At Session Os Court NEWL hearK broken mother of kidnaped Peter Weinberger went to court today to make a formal complaint against two men who raised and then cruelly dashed her hopes that the 38-day-old child would be restored to her. Mrs. Betty Weinberger, accompanied by a Nassau county detective and her uncle, arrived at Ridgewood Felony Court 25 minutes before the scheduled arraignment of the two men charged with luring her to a rendezvous Sunday night in an attempt to steal $5,000 in ransom money. She appeared composed. Her only comment to newsmen was: "I just feel sorry for the women,” a reference to the wives of the .arrested men, Robert Giebler, 26, and Thomas Rowell, 24. “ Two rows behind Mrs, Weinberger it) the courtroom sat’ Mrs. 40riane Rowell, a bride of three months, end Mrs. Barbara-' Giebler. expecting her fourth child. Mrs. Rowell said etie and her husband nad an ailment on Sunday afternoon. “He wanted to stay at my mother’s for dinner, and I wanted* to go foi* a drive. After the argument he took me home and drove away. That’s the j Igst I saw of him?’ On that evening, police charge. Rowel! was' tike ringleader and Giebler his collaborator in four telephone calls to the Weinberger home in suburban Westbury, Peter, then 42 days old, w r as stolen from his carriage on the patio of the family's home in * fashionable suburban development Shouty’S p. m. July 4. Police said, the false calls have raised doubts that any attempt to reach the family has been made by the real abductor of (he child. Long Island Jewish hospital, where Peter was born on June 2, raised questions Monday mto the possibility of identifying the child if he is found, Jt makes no hand or foot prints of newborn children and its records show no identifying marks. The family has said, however, that the child had two srtial brown birthmarks, one on each eyelid. Early today, the detective in charge of the investigation suggested .that the abductor return the child to a clergyman because "they are the only people he can deal with in good faith.” Nassau county detective chief Stuyvesant Pinnell said if the kidnaper wants to get tfte infant (Continued on Page Fivs) William H. Badders Dies At Fort Wayne Funeral Services To Be Wednesday William H. Badders, 77, a natiie of Monroe, died Monday morning at his home, 1301 E. Masterson avenue in Fort Wayne. He had been in the real estate business about 20 yearsr retiring in 1950. He had lived in the Fort Waytoe area "for the past 40 years. Mr. Badders was a member of the Simpson Methodist church. Surviving are the widow, Margaret; a daughter. Mrs. Leo Motes of Denver, Colo.; a son. Stanford Badders of Mississippi, two granddaughters and three greatgranddaughters. Funeral services will be held at 3 p ni. Wednesday in the 'D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home, the Rev. Clarenee Collins officiating. The body will be brought ttf this city for burial in to* Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home “after 6 o’clock this evening. ' ; '

Passenger Killed By Airplane Propeller Blade Whirls Into Fuselage Os Plane WINDSOR, Ont. (TTP) — A propeller blade flew off a Trane-Can-ada Viscount airliner 19,000 feet over Michigan Monday and whirled into the fuselage where it killed one passenger and injured five others. The four-enginer, turbo-prop airWhip. en route from Chicago to Toronto, Ont., with 81 passengers and 4 crew members, made an emergency landing on two engines at Windsor Airport. Airline officials blamed the freak accident on a “runaway motor,” The outside engine on the starboard wing lost the propeller while the plane was over Flat (Rock, Mich. It also knocked out the I adjacent engine, forcing the plane to land on its two port engines. The dead woman was Mrs. Robert Lippert, wife of Dr. Robert Lippert, Rochester, Minn. She was sitting with her two sons, Robert, 3, and James, 21 months. The boys were not Injured although Robert was taken to a Windsor hospital suffering from shock. James -was taken to»the-hame of art airlines official. - - ' . - Also taken to the hospital were:--Christopher Dumbell, 29, Dubuque. lowa, leg fracture; Ma wife, Donna, 24, g leg injury, their son. Donald, 3, leg injury; Donovan Stevens, 47, Mundelein, 111-., severe neck cuts, and Rita, Tohln,' 24, stewardess, shock. “ Air traffic, offcilals at DetroitWayne Motor Airport said the pilot first called them and said he was flying at ,19,0"00 feet with a prop out of control. Shortly afterward ,he reported the prop had broken and asked to be allowed to make an emergency landing at which was granted. Some of the passengers said they heard a loud whine before the propeller blade ripped off, but others said they heard nothing out of the ordinary. - ■ ■ The blade slashed back into the cabin, scattering insulation and soine glass. . Model Flying Meet Sunday Afternoon Gage Airport Site For Flying Meet . Plans have been completed for the model flying meet, sponsored by the Decatur Air Scout troop which will be held Sunday afternoon at Gage airport, located at the end of Winchester street. The first little model plane will move down the runway at 2 o’clock Sunday. Thereafter, Adams county model enthusiasts will compete in a’ir meet which will include the* following events: U-control speed and stunt flying for gas or jet powered planes, gas or jet powered free-flight endurance, rubber-pow-ered endurance, and glider competition. 4 Many flyers are putting old favorites back together and beginners are building neWplanes. The MdMillen “flying ring” has seen lots of practice service In the past weeks and Luther Schrock has been busy with balky motors. ' Officials of the meet and their duties will be announced later in the week. Entries are limited to Adams county, which may be registered at field between 1 and 1:45 p.m. Sunday, the number of entries per person being unlimited. Fuel, parts and repairs will be on hand for convenience of the flyers. ■■ .i AMA rules generally will prevail, with timing done by a stop watch to the fifth of a second and" scoring by official score sheet. Each entrant may have a njechanic or assistant but entrant- must handle his own plane In action. —The public to invited to attend and ample parking space (s prom-' feed. In event of rein, the meet win be held the following Sunday, July 22. - -.•«% ■

Disclosure Is Made Today By Sen. Knowland Disclosure After Knowland Confers With Eisenhower GETTYSBURG, Pa. (UP) — President Eisenhower is still a candidate for a second term, it was announced today. The disclosure was made to newsmen by senate Republican leader Wiliam E. Knowland following a meeting with the President. Knowland was asked whether tbe President “told you he Is going to keep his hat in the ring?” "I’m telling you precisely that," Knowland replied. "He and we are looking forward to a vigorous and active campaign under his leadership,” Knowland added. <* Regardless of all discusion, Knowland naid “the fact remains - he’r in the race.” ' •- - Knowland said the President told him "he felt he is in better shape than he was when he mass the announcement last Feb. 29" that he was going to run for s .second term.,./ , J;.*.qKnowland said Mr. Eisenhower , feels he Is just continuing his previous plans to runeKnowland said he had not doubted that the 'President would run. But he added with a smile—“this clarifies the atmosphere.” The announcement ended the new wave of speculation about the President's second term intentions which followed his June 9 operation for an intestinal obstruction. Oh Feb. 29—five months after his Sept. 24 heart attack — Mr. Eisenhower told the nation that he intended to run for another term. The announcement came after months of speculation and doubt. After the President’s recent illness, there again arose the question- whether Mr. Eisenhower would run. Almost from the beginning, however, Republicans were sure the President would stay in the race. ; The circumstances “of today’s - announcement contrasted sharply with the maner in which the President originally announced his second term intentions. His Feb. 29 announcement was made at a jam-packed White House news conference after weeks of Uncertainty and suspense over his intentions. That night, the President went on radio and television to explain -his decision to the nation. Today’s "announcement came almost casually. knowland said the word that the President would run came in his discussion of the current legislative program with Knowland and other Republican leaders. The actual confirmation, Knowland said, came during a discussion of the administration’s embattled foreign aid program. At this point, Knowland said the President "made it very cigar that he 1? going to make a vigorous fight" tor the mutual security program “during the campaign.” “He said he was going to take a very vigorous interest in this legislation during the campaign. His remarks made it plain that the President will be a candidate in November.” Knowland in response to questions said that the President did not know that the Republican leaders were going to make the dramatic announcement to reporters. But he said he had told the President that they were going to talk with newsmen about their meeting with him here. The announcement was made by Knowlgid tn the President’s temporary office In Gettysburg College. He opened the office only today to receive the legislative leaders.

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