Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1956 — Page 1

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Enrollment In Local Schools Is Increased

Enrollment in Decatur schools continues to climb and increases are shown in enrollment figures released today by W. Guy Brown, superintendent of the Decatur public schools; Sr. M. Rosemary, C.S.A., principal of the Catholic schools, and the Rev. Edgar Schmidt, of the Zion Lutheran parish school. The 1,514 enrolled in Decatur public schools is an increase of 57 — over last-year. The-608 student enrollment total at Decatur Catholic high school and St Joseph's grade school is also a record enrollment. At the Lutheran school where there is only the first grade there are 17 pupils. Attending Decatur schools this year are a total of 2.139 youngsters. These increases in the public schools include 33 more children in* kindergarten this year than last and 36 additional youngsters in the first eight grades. There is a decrease of 12 in the high school enrollment. It was pointed out. however, that these figures are not necessarily final, since there is a possibility of late registrations. At total of 969 public grade school and 329 high school pupils reported for classes today. The estimated 216 children in kindergarten bring the .jotal school enrollment for 1956 to 1,514. Last year there were 183 in kindergarten, 933 in the first eight grades and 341 in high school for a total public school enrollment of 1,457. The kindergarten class Is the largest in the school system, but this class includes youngsters who will attend parochial and township schools next year. The Targest ele- . nientary group Is. the second grade, in which 155 pupils are enrolled. The ifreshman class is the largest high school group with 93 students. The enrollment by grades this year includes kindergarten, 216; grade one, 125; grade two, 155; grade three, 138; grade four, 138; grade five, 114; grade six, 105; grade seven. 97; grade eight, 97; freshman, 93; sophomore, 91; junior, 77, and senior, 68. The 1956-57 senior class is smaller by eight students than the 76(Conttnued On Page Fiver INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing tonight. Thursday mostly cloudy with scattered showers mostly south and east portions. Turning cooler north and Central tonight. Cooler over most of state Thursday. Low tonight ranging from lower 50s extreme northwest to the 60s southeast. High Thursday 70-77 north, 76-82 south. Sunset 7:11 p.m., sunrise Thursday 6:17 i.m,

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Racial Crisis Believed Eased In Tennessee 12 Negroes Go To Integrated School Without Incident CLINTON, TENN. (UP)—Twelve Negroes went to an Integrated high-school in peace today, signalling the apparent end of a violent racial crisis over the breakdown of segregation barriers here. National guardsmen, called out Saturday to put down a serious uprising, still patrol the streets of Clinton. The next question in the minds of officials is what happens when the troops go home. President Eisenhower commented on the racial disturbances in Tennessee and Texas today, saying that the federal government should not act in such cases unless local authorities are unable or refuse to handle the problem. In every case so far, he said, local governments have moved promptly to put down violence. The President also voiced an appeal to all Americans to help bring about the change in spirit which he said is needed to prevent extremists on both sides from blocking progress toward full racial equality. John Kasper, a white citizens council leader accused by local officials with stirring up Clinton’s racial disturtpuA-e, remained in jail today awaiting a hearing, postponed until Thursday, on whether he may post bond and be released. He is under a one-year federal prison sentence for contempt of court in connection with an anti-integration speech he made here in violation of a court order. Negroes in tense spots in other southern communities went back to their own schools this week because of local opposition to integration. But here in Clinton the entire enrolled Negro group showed up for classes this morning. For the first time there were no jeers from the group of white boys standing on. the grounds when the Negroes arriver, as usual, in private cars. When 9 of the 12 Negro pupils came to scliool Tuesday, they were greeted with" jeers from white boys and mafty white pupils stayed at roots. Attendance today was 324, prin-

Nasser Favors Advisory Board To Run Canal Suggests Advisory Board Linked With The United Nations CAIRO (UP) —President Gamal Abdel Nasser suggested to the five-natipu Suez committee that an advisory board closely linked with the United Nations be set up to rqn the Suez Canal, government sources said today. Within a few hours after the Nasser stand was made public, Maj. Kamal El Din Hussein, head of Egypt’s volunteer national liberation army, ordered his units into the front line with the warning “a surprise attack may come at any time.” • ■ ■ • Hussein issued the warning during a surprise Visit to potential battlegrounds in the Suez Canal Zone where liberation Army units —the hurriedly mustered reserve army—have been stationed. Although Nasser rejected the Dulles plan for international control of the canal, Egyptian sources said he offered his counterproposal in an effort to break the deadlock. The sources emphasized that neither the Dulles* nor the Nasser proposals were final but were suggested in hopes of reaching a negotiated settlement. In London, British foreign secretary Selwyn Lloyd reaffirmed Britain’s intent to seek a peaceful solution but said closure of the canal would affect every nation in Europe and Asia and that force would be used as a “last resort.” In Tripoli, the Libyan government, a neighbor of Egypt, protested to the United States and France against the French military buildup on Cyprus and expelled a French consul at Fezzan as an "undesirable person.” In Beirut, Lebanon, unknown persons calling themselves “Nasser's volunteers” dynamited the Beirut office of the British-found-ed Arab News Agency. No casualties were reported. James Swinburn, British business manager of the agency, was arrested last week in Cairo on espionage Charges. The French cruiser Georges Leygues arrived in Valletta -Malta, today and there were unconfirmed reports it was en route to Cyprus to join the Anglo-French military buildup. The official government newspaper Al Gomhouria reiterated Egypt's adamant rejection of the frulles plan and publisher Anwar El Sadat, former member of the ruling military junta, called international control "the latest development in imperialist thinking.” He gave an ultimatumlike warning to the West —“throw aside the international committee plan if you are serious” about reaching a peaceful settlement. Earlier there were indications both sides were showing some slight optimism. The sources said Egypt especially appreciated the role taken in the negotiations by Loy W. Henderson, U. S. deputy under-secre-tary of state who has mediated between the West and Egypt and that it was believed his mediation might lead the talks to a happy (Continued On Page Five)

Adjustment Board Members Appointed Meets Next Monday For Budget Study Appointments have been completed for the seven-member Adams county tax adjustment board whicb meets Monday to give further study to budget proposals for 1957. The board’s work follows the cuts and approvals made by the county council which is in session today. The county council’s representative on the tax board will be C. J. Jones of Berne. Representing township trustees w’ill be William Linn. Also serving on the board will be Mayor Robert Cole as mayor of the largest city. ■ The four other members pf the board are [the appointees of Judge Myles F. Parrish. They include John M. Doan, Decatur, Republican; Louis Reinking, Sr., Preble township Democrat; Menno I. Lehman, Berne, Republican, and John Moore, Geneva, Democrat. The board has the authority to make further cuts in certain parts of the budget After their study is completed file approved budgets and tax levies are submitted to the state board of tax commissioners before final approval.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 5, 1956.

20 Killed As Speeding Passenger Mistakenly Switched Into Siding

Eisenhower To Open Campaign In Farm Belt Concentrates First Campaign Effort In Midwestern States WASHINGTON (UP) — President Eisenhower announced todrfy that his first major re-election campaign effort will be concentrated in the midwetftern farm belt. Mr. Eisenhower told his news conference that he will make a speceh at Newton, lowa, Sept. 21. The chief executive, running over early campaign plans, said he would make at least four speeches this month. One of them will be a major nationwide television and radio discussion of farm policy from a site yet to be announced. Other highlights of Mr. Eisenhower’s news conference: He deplored activities of extremists on both sides of the school segregation issue in the South, saying they sitonid jiot be permitted to defeat what the nation knows is a logical conclusion to the school segregation probity* —the equality of man. He said it is unimportant whether he endorsed or accepted the supreme court’s outlawing public school segregation. More important, he said, is the fact that the decision represented the constitutional power of this country and he must conform with it. He hit back at Democratic Labor Day spee'-’ier charging that the West has been losing the cold war since he took office. He said the free world is appreciably stronger now than in 1953, when he became president. Mr. Eisenhower said the United States is committed to a peaceful solution of the Suez crisis. He said the solution is one that would assure all nations free use of the waterway. He does not see any advantage now in a new summit conference with Russian leaders. Sen. Mike Mansfield (DuMont.) has suggested it is time for another summit meeting. He praised New York Atty. GenJacob Javits, now seeking the GOP senatorial nomination in his state, as a fine American. Mr. Eisenhower said if he, himself, is wrong in his estimation of Javits, (Continued On Page Five)

Rotary Foundation's Fellowship Available

A year of study abroad a Rotary foundation fellow is the exciting possibility for some student from Decatur, Joseph G. Kaehr, president of the Rotary club of Decatur, announced Applications are now being accepted by the Rotary club for the fellowship, which includes all transportation, education and living expenses for the 1957-58 academic year. Qualificationa for the Fellowznip: Applications for the Rotary Fellowship may be made only through the Rotary club in the city where the student has his permanent residence. In Decatur application should be made to Joseph G. Kaehr, 126 S. First street. Candidate hrust be between 20 and 29 years of age. They must have a college or university degree (or they must now be in their senior year), a record of high scholastic standing, and a thorough knowledge of the language of the country in whibh they propose to study. They must have the ability to make friends easily, be vitally interested in -world affairs, and possess an instinct for leadership. Rotary fellowships are granted without regard to race, creed or citizenship. The applicant selected by the Rotary club of Decatur, will comp-

Retailers' Day At Indiana State Fair Top Honor Tuesday Awarded Housewife INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Paid admissions to the Indiana state fair today appeared sure to top the 700,000 mark tor the first time ' in the event's 104 year history. Total admissions including 4-H youngsters, children under 12, visit- - ing dignitaries and other guests k should go well over a million by the end of the fair Friday, officials said. The previous record for admissions was in 1952 when more than 660,000 persons paid their way into the grounds. Today, officials estimated paid admissions will hit : 630,000 in the first eight days. 1 with heavy crowds expected for the final two days. Open and state livestock judging, , special 4-H trophy awards, -a erochet contest and other events for women, a horse show and grand today’s fair events. circuit harness racing highlighted Early returns in open cattle judging this morning placed the top awards outside Indiana. Walter Ruby of Madisonville. Ky., took 1 irand champion Hereford bull aWard. The grand champion Guernsey bull prize went to Anson Smith, * Columbus. Ohio. " W. E. Bernloehr of Brazil showed the grand champion Toggenburg ’ doe in the dairy got competition, ’ limited to Indiana entrants. Morris W. Gilbert of Lowell won with his grand champion Saaen doe. ! Mo&t Daily of Plainfield showed the grand jchampion Nubian doe. The grand champion French Alt pine "doe jook a blue ribbon for j Edgar" W. Johnson of Waldron. ! Other cattle, sheep and swine r breed judging began as the fair ( opened. It was retail grocers’ and meat I dealers' day, highlighted by a I market barrow carcass show, more > breed livestock awards, and the 1 annual crochet, contest for women. > Fair officials kept their fingers crossed for continued fine weather. » Tuesday’s ideal conditions lured > another estimated 48,000 cash > customers to the fairgrounds. Top honors Tuesday, governor’s and legislators' day, went to a modest Indianapolis housewife, whose apple pie topped all others i for the fair’s pie queen championi ship. Mrs. Robert A. Baker, who . lives up to her name in every sense of the word, topped more , than 250 female baking experts (Continued on Page Four)

pete for the Rotary Fellowship with applicants selected by the other 38 Rotary clubs in this district, which is comprised of clubs in the northern part of Indiana. Deadline for the receipt of applications for 1957-58 academic year by the local Rotary club is November 15. Since the program was inaugurated in 1947 jt in memory of the founder of Rotary. Paul Harris, Rotary foundation fellowship have been awarded to .827 young men and women living in 61 countries in Europe. Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the island of the 'Pacific, for study in 40 countries. The one year grants average $2,500 each -and the total grants since 1947 have been in excess of $2,000,000. Rotary fellows have proved themselves to be unusually effective ambassadors of international good will, not only in the lands in which they do their graduate work, but also in their own countries after their year of study. Rotary foundation fellowships are unique in that, with some 9.200 Rotary Clubs in 99 countties throughout the free world, the student it in direct contact with Rotarians and their families during this year away from home, no matter where be is studying. He at(ConUnued On Page Five)

Five-Cenf Cut By Council In County's Levy Reduction Os Five Cents In Proposed County Tax Rates The proposed 1957 county general fund was cut from $250,575 to $241,985 and the proposed county tax levy was whittled from 73 cents to 68 cents by the county council in the two-day session which concluded this afternoon. The cuts were made without any large reduction in any single budget proposals. The levy cuts include two cents off the county fund, one cent off the requested 12 cents for the county welfare fund and two cents off the requested three cents for the co.unty hospital operating fund. Levies as approved by the county council today are 40 cents, county general; eight cents, cumulative bridge fund; 11 cents, county welfare; one cent, county hospital operating, and eight cents, county hospital bond fund. The county highway budget of s2B4,was approved and although the tax levies on the county hospital and welfare were cut the budgets for these two units were okayed. The reduction in the county general fund is the result of & series of small slashes in most of the budget proposals submitted. Only budgets approved as submitted were the county health office, $1,274; the Washington township assessor, $4,610; the Adams circuit court. $15,940, and the Adams county jail, $5,575. The council took the following action on other budget proposals: county clerk, requested $11,768 and approved, $10,551; county auditor, $12,625 requested and $12,475 approved; county treasurer, $10,947 requested and $10,772 approved; county recorder, $7,507 Requested and $7,482 approved. Sheriff, $14,693 requested and $14,550 approved; surveyor, $lO,(Continued on Page Four) Report Presented On Sewage Plant City Uncertain To Qualify For Aid A report from the stream pollution control board on the subject of securing federal grants for steam pollution control projects was presented at a brief meeting of the city council Tuesday night. B. A. Poole, technical secretary of the state board, filed the report after conferring with officials of the public health service at a recent conference in Chicago. Poole was still unable to say definitely that Decatur could qualify for federal assistance”in building the sewage disposal plant which the city is under mandate to build. It was indicated thit the federal funds might not be available to each applicant. The report read last night advised local officials to proceed with plans for building the sewage disposal plant immediately. It was pointed out that the cost of building the plant has been going up five to ten per cent each year and that higher costs brought about by further delay might offset any government aid which Decatur might expect to receive. The city has been under mandate to build a sewage disposal plant for several years. A petition for rural electric line extension was filed with the council Tuesday night by Donald E. and Mary L. Gerber of Kirkland township/ThC petition was referred to the electric light committee in conjunction with the superintendent. A contract for a rural power extension with Robert and Marilyn Lebrman of Union township was approved and recorded.

Vice President’s Father Dies Tuesday Frank Nixon Dies At California Home LA HABRA, Calif. (UP)-Frank Nixon, father of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, died quietly Tuesday night from a painful illness. His sorrowing wife, Hannah, who had been at his bedside constantly, was holding his hand when the elder Nixon, 77, slipped into death from a coma. The vice president, who also was at his father’s bedside along with other members of the family, was taking the death “pretty badly," a family doctor said. The white-haired elder Nixon was stricken Aug. 22 with a ruptured abdominal artery. Later complications developed from a longstanding hemorrhaging stomach ulcer and other ailments. His doctor was amazed at the elder Nixon's ill-fated battle to live. It was not known if th£ vice president would go ahead with his scheduled major speech Thursday before the American Legion national convention in Los Angeles. The family doctor told United Press that three or four days ago he overheard the elder Nixon tell his son to “fulfill his obligation." . The doctor assumed the father . was talkings «U>out Legion > speech. i The elder Nixon lapsed into a coma early Tuesday and rallied only once before losing his courageous fight. The immediate cause 1 of death was attributed to pulmonf ary congestion. He died at 11:25 p.m. EDT. ’’ Nixon had beep, informed last Thursday that his father, a retired 1 grocer, could last "only a day or 1 ‘ two at the most" The vice presi--1 dent interrupted his vacation and arrived here by plane the next 4 (Continued On Page Five) ; Girl Scout Leaders i Needed In Decatur i Appeal Issued For Troop Leaders Here Additional Girl Scout troop leaders are needed here as urgently as they are needed in hundreds of other communities throughout the country, Mrs. Doyle Collier, president of the Decatur Girl Scout council, said today. Recruiting of approximately 30ff,000 volunteer troop leaders across the nation will be a major project of the Girl Scouts of the U. S. A. Cor the next five years. Mrs. Collier pointed out that in some large cities as many as 10,000 girls are waiting to become Girl Scouts, but cannot Im admitted to membership because of a shortage of adult leaders. In Decatur, many additional leaders are needed. In issuing a call for volunteer leaders in this area, Mrs. Collier emphasized the rewards as well as the problems and responsibilities of Girl Scout leaders. “There is a tremendous satisfaction in helping young girls to take responsibility for the troop’s affairs, to have a good time, to learn new things and explore new fields. There is a vast sense of achievement in helping them learn to accept, appreciate, and enjoy other people; to do their share as members of the Girl Scout organization in this community, and to live up to the Scout ideals of honor, courtesy, friendship, and loyalty.” Volunteers already working with Scout troops report that, as they help the girls to develop, they as leaders grown and, learn and extend their horizons. “With the national spotlight turned on teenagers and their be? havior," Mrs. Collier stated, “it behooves us as adults to take seriously our responsibilities as leaders of the youngsters in our own community.” In reference to requirements needed for leadership, Mrs. Collier pointed out that there is no need for a background of Scouting experience or knowledge of any par(Conunuea on rage Six)

Sanla Fe Chief Smashes Into Parked Train Reports Indicate All Dead Personnel Os Santa Fe Road SPRINGER, N. M. (UP) — The speeding Santa Fe Chief was mistakenly switched onto a siding i rear here today when it smashed into a parked mail train, killing an estimated 20 persons. Railroad officials said at least Iff persons w’ere injured. Santa Fe trainsmaster J. K. Hastings said at Las Vegas. N. M„ that the crack passenger streamliner roared onto the siding when a switch was. thrown in error by railroad personnel. The eastbound mall express was waiting there for the Chief to pass. The crash of the diesel locomotives sounded like a bomb in the pre dawn hours. The huge locomotives, weighing almost two million pounds, were smashed into a thoul sand pieces. Three of the first • sleeper and Pullman cars were I telescoped into wreckage. ’ Hastings said reports indicated r that all of the dead were Santa i Fe employes. He said 4 of them were operating personnel and 16 i were stewards or similar workers. I The car in which they were rid- , ing was buried beneath the wreck- . age of two others. Removal of the 5 bodies was delayed for several hours unto heavy derricks and t other equipment could be brought ( j here to untangle the mangled cars. r A long segment of the siding rails and abjmt 75 yards of the (j main line were torn up. Cars near j the rear of the Chief stopped at crazy angles, tilting oddly down embankments along the railroad. Only the engine of the express mall train was overturned, a heap of shattered metal. Hasting said the speed tape on the Chief which automatically registers the speed at all times was ripped and jammed to a point where it may never be known ho*’ fast the luxury passenger train was travelling. The collision occurred about five • miles south of here at a siding f known as Robinson — in a semi- > arid section of northeastern New - Mexico where towns are few and - small. A passenger on the fourth car back on the w'estbound Chief, Her--1 bert Hudson, of Enon, (Mito, said he and most others on the train were asleep when the accident occurred at 4:10 a.m. CST. “When I awoke there was a lot 1 of noise from the train’s under gear we were bouncing around a bit,” he said. ’■ - - “But there way no[Wille In out ' car. No one was injured but there , was some anxiety when we learned . the doors were jammed shut.” Like those in other care, Hudson ' and his companions broke through ’ windows with sledge hammers and ( got out. The injured were taken to the Colfax general here. The ’ uninjured were brought to the Brown Hotel where many were put up in rooms or waited in the lobby. Chief steward Conrad Reyer said the men trapped in the first car of the Chief were probably all Negro dining car personnel. Joint Meeting Here Next Monday Night First meeting of the Decatur Lions club will be next Monday night at the Youth and Community Center at 6:30 o’clock, it was announced today. The meeting will l>b in conjunction with a joint meeting with the Rotary club, and Chamber of Commerce and the ladies also are invited. Howard Wlsebaupt will be the guest speaker. ' All Lions club members who will be unable to attend are asked to check out hy Friday noon with Roger Gentis at the Schafer Co., club officers havd asked.

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