Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 13 October 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 242

HIGH JINKS ON THE STEVENSON CAMPAIGN TRAIL X I J Ski MHrJlwi ml t i | jELx-77-YEAR-OLD BEN STEWART parts his beard at a Democratic rally in Richmond, Calif., to let you know who he’s for, and at the same gathering, Acflai Stevenson strums a guitar, a gift of the Gateway Singers, a folk song quartet.

Adlai Pounds Al Eisenhower On Bomb Issue To Carry Fight On H-Bortib Testing To Nation Through TV CHICAGO (UP) — Adlai E. Stevenson flies here today for a week end of campaign planning and preparation of the important hydrogen bomb address he will deliver to the nation Monday night. The Democratic presidential candidate spoke Friday night in San Diego, Calif;, winding up a four day furiously paced aerial stump tour through the Northwest -- and down the Pacific Coast. Immediately after his speech in which he accused the Eisenhower administration of approaching grave world problems with "bland and weary complacency." Stevenson boarded his chartered plane for an overnight flight to Chicago. Stevenson once planned tentatively to remainvoernigh t in San Diego and make a more leisurely daytime flight back to his Chicago base. He changed his mind arid decided to return as rapidly as possible once he made a definite commitment to carry his fight with President Eisenhower over H-bomb testing to a na'tion wide audience. Stevenson will discuss his position on seeking away to halt the H-bomb explosions at 10:30 p.m. EDT Monday over the television network of the American Broadcasting Company speaking from Chicago. He tested his thesis on the Hbomb tests repeatedly during his West Coast campaigning and drew heavy applause almost every time he went into the subject. Consequently the Democratic candidate apparently is convinced that he has a major campaign issue particularly since it has drawn definite response from Mr. Eisenhower. The Chief Executive said at his news conference in Washington this Week that his administration had done everything humanly possible to bring about the international control of atomic weapons, and to put the atom to work for the peaceful advancement of man kind. In the same conference howference howevr, Mr. Eisenhower said this would b his "last word” on the subject. The “last word” phraseology was snapped up immediately by Stevenson and hurled repeatedly back at his opponent. - Friday night for example he renewed his attack on the President’s. position saying “when the President is silent millions despair.” Stevenson was returning to Chicago' thoroughly convinced that most Americans are concerned — rind deeply concerned about the need to “tame the hydrogen bomb.” INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and mild tonight. Partly, cloudy, windy and warm Sunday. Low tonight 60-65. High Sunday 85. Outlook for Monday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms and turning cooler. NOON EDITION

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Kidnaped New York Baby Is Found Safe Alleged Kidnaper Seized By Police NEW YORK (UP) — Police found a kidnaped 6week-old Negro girl early today and took into custody a 35-year-old woman disappointed over the loss of a newborn child. Patrolman Salvatore Trovato and John Tomasulo ended a citywide police-FBI search for Joanne Wells accidentally. They were cruising on a Brooklyn street and became suspicious when they saw Albert Corbin, a Negro, running down the sidewalk. ’ ; Corbin was stopped and questioned. He blurted out that he might have some information on the kidnaped baby and told them to go to a second floor apartment in the neighborhood. Trovato and. Tomasulo found a baby in the apartment. A woman identified as Mary Jackson told the patrolmen she gave birth to the child nine days ago but they thought she looked older. Under questioning the woman admitted taking the child from Mrs. Clarice HaiK a Xegro babysitter hired by Joanne’s mother, Mra. Gloria Wells, two days ago by pretending to be a friend of the family. The woman was formally charged with kidnaping at a hearing today. A man in the Brooklyn apartment where Joanne was found told police he was Richard Glanton, common-law husband of the Jackson woman. Mrs. Wells tearfully claimed the child as hers and when confronted by the Jackson woman at a police precinct identified her as a woman witb whom she. had talked at a hospital before Joanne was kidnaped. They said the Jackson woman became pregnant without Glanton’s knowledge and checked into a hotel last Saturday and delivered the baby stillborn there. Not wishing to disappoint Glanton, she struck up an acquaintance with Mrs. Wells at a hospital where Joanne’s mother worked as a nurse’s aid. From her conversation with Mrs. Wells, she learned that Joane was at a baby sitter’s home (Continued on Page Six) Wells County State Forest Is Closed Area Near Bluffton Termed Fire Hazard BLUFFTON, Ind. (UP) — State conservation director’ Harley Hook late Friday closed the Wells county state forest and game preserve to the public at least for the weekend because of dry timber and ground conditions. The 1,000 - Here wooded area southeast of here was declared a fire Hazard. - Guards were posted on a24 - hour -a - day basis and entrances were blocked off. Fires destroyed valuable timber in several forests early in the week, including 5,000 acres in the Jasper-Pulaski State Game Preserve arid 1,200 acres at Tippecanoe State Officials said «o decision was reached on whether the Wells county ban will l be extended next week. The area contains pheasants and qual, picnic areas, a small too, playgrounds and an artificial lake.

Sets Formula To Negotiate Suez Dispute Leaders Os Three Nations Agreed On Six-Point Formula UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UP) —Western diplomats said today the U.N. security council will unanimously endorse a six - point negotiating formula for the Suez dispute which virtually drops Anglo • French demands for internationalization of the waterway.. The formula was agreed on by the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Egypt Friday and submitted to a closed session of the council Frl-’ay night. A resolution endorsing the principles ’was scheduled to be put before the council when it meets in public session this afternqon. The council was prepared to meet again tonight if necessary to clear the way for future Anglo-Freneh-Egyp-tian negotiations, possibly in Geneva next month andprobablyon the ambassadorial level. Agreement on the principles cames after France dropped its adamant insistence for international control of the 101-mile waterway linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Britain, according to authoritative sources, shifted its position earlier with proposals for sanctifies if Egypt refused passage to ships of any .nation. The principles were formulated by secretary general Dag Hammarskjold who won agreement from British foreign secretary Selwyn Lloyd, French foreign minister Christian Pineau and Egyptian foreign minister Mahmoud Fawzi in six secret session's in his office. As’ released officially by Pineau, council president for this month, after the council had been informed of them, they read: •“Arrangements made should meet the following requirements: . “1. There shall be free arid open transit through the canal without discrimination overt and covert. Byway of clarification: This principle covers the same ground as the corresponding principle of the Constantinople convention of 1888; That is, it covers the technical as well as the political aspects with which point three below is also concerned. “2. Egypt's sovereignty shall be respected. "3. The operation of the canal shall be insulated from the politics of any country. “4. The manner of fixing tolls and charges shall be decided by agreement between Egypt and the users. ‘ “5. A fair proportion of the dues shall be allotted to development. “6. In case of dispute, unresolved affairs between the Suez Canal Company and the Egyptian government shall be settled by arbitration with suitable terms of reference and suitable provisions for the payment of sums found to be due.” Family Os Six Die As Home Destroyed TORONTO (UP) • A family of sfX burned to death early today whew fire destroyed their East Toronto house. , ’ Police identified the;victims as Leonard Burt, 45: his wife Catherine. 44; and their children . Mary Ann, 11, Michael. 9, Margaret, 7, and David, 5.

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Over 2,000 In Hong Kong Riol Area Arrested Report Hong Kong Area Quiet After Days Os Rioting HONG KONK (UP) — Police today- raided the Lichengjik resettlement area where anti-Euro-pean riots first’ erupted four days ago and marched 1,085 persons to police headquarters for questioning. Authorities worked feverishly to fingerprint and interrogate a total of 2,115 persons arredted so far. Suspects were herded into’ court in large groups and tried- en masse on charges ranging from curfew violation to inciting to riot. The Hong Kong government charged that Chinese secret societies “planned and directed” the riots in which 26 persons were killed and 176 injured during a '■three-day period. Although the official casualty figure remained at 26 dead, high police sources said the final count may be -closer* to S(K The governmen» said no policemen or military troops were killed in the rioting but from eyewitness reports at least 30 were injured — Despite the Jatest mass arrests, riot—ridden Kowloon returned to partial -normalcy today. The government lifted curfew restrictions in some sections of the district and permitted ferry service to resume to Hong" Kong. The government said today there ’ have been no disturbances during the past 24 hours, “with the situation in Kowloon returning to normal.” United Press correspondent Peter Sum roamed the streets of Kowloon with patrols and reported that “the situation is very quiet.” Cites Principles For Safe Driving Top Racing Driver Speaks To Students Students of Decatur high school and Decatur Catholic high school heard a top racing driver describe the principles of safe-driving in a speech Friday afternoon at the Decatur high school auditorium. Pat O’Connor, one of the top racers in the country and three times a competitor in the Indianapolis 500 mile speedway race, presented a 14-minute film showing professional race drivers in action and how they can get into trouble. This was followed with a 30minute talk on safe driving practices, both on the speedway and the highway. Three main points emphasized by O’Connor were courtesy, mental alertness, and the condition of the car. O’Connor impressed upon Decatur’s teenagers how easy it is to get into trouble while driving an automobile and also told them that because of the youth which gives them excellent reflexes and control, because of improvements in cars and highways, they have the opportunity to become the best drivers of the nation. O’Connor was- presented through the courtesy of Champion Spark Plug company and tfee Decatur Auto. Supply store managed by Don Forst, in conjunction with the national safety council. These organizations have chosen four top racing drfvers to , conduct similar programs throughout the nation, recognizing that these men are experts in the field of automobilb driving. The programs have been well received by civie leaders and law enforcement officers. O’Connor, a native of Indiana and a resident of North Vernon, is traveling throughout the state this year conducting programs in (Continued on Page Three?

Reagan To Appear On TV And Radio TV And Movie Star Here Tuesday Night Ronald R&agan, noted television and footion picture personality, who will be in Decatur Tuesday afternoon and evening, is scheduled to be interviewed in Fort Wayne Tuesday morning before Jie arrives in Decatur. i Reagan will arrive at the press (flub at the Van Orman Hotel in Fort Wayne at 11:10 a. m. He will be interviewed by representatives of WIN-T and WKJG television stations, the News-,Sentinel and WOWO, WANE and WGL radio stations. « For local persons who wish to see and hear the programs on which Reagan will appear the following schedule has been announced: Tuesday, at 6 p. in. and Wednesday at noon, filmed interviews will be presented by station WIN-T; Tuesday at noon, 6:15 p. m. and 11:15 p. m., filmed interviews will be presented on WKJG-TV; Wednesday at 1:30 p. m., a taped interview on the Jane Weston show over WOWO: Wednesday at 9 a. m. a taped interview on the Doug and June Hadley show over WANE, and Wednesday at 4:30 p. m„ a taped interview on the Ann Colone show over WGL. His schedule in Decatur includes a luncheon with General Electric plant foremen and supervisors at 12:30 p. m. at the community center, tours of the General Electric plant during the first -and- second shifts, a public -reception at the community center beginning at 5:15 p. m., and a civic dinner at 6:30 p. m. at the center. Teenagers To Sell Fire Extinguishers To Raise Fund For Community Center Teenagers of the city, under the direction of the teen council of the Decatur Youth and Community Center, will _ sponsor a city-wide sale of fire ektinguishers to raise money for the community center which is uow operating in the red. . Co-chairmen of the sale are DeWayne Agler of Decatur high school and Bill Beal of* Decatur Catholic high school. The teen council, which is-directing the project, is composed of the presidents of each class in both Decatur high schools. Last year’s class officers are also cooperating and all teenagers of the city will participate. The project will be officially opened Monday evening when Boy Scouts will pass handbills to every home in twn describing the fire extinguishers and explaining the reason for the sale. On the following Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, teenagers will conduct a door-to-door sales campaign. A goal of 1,000 fire extinguishers has been set. Teenagers participating will report their Sales Thursday night at the Decatur high school gym. Following the check in on sales will be an old fashioned sock hop with free cider and doughnuts. All teenagers who report a sale will be admitted free of charge to the dance. Letters explaining the project have been sent to all teenagers who participate in center activities. Decatur City Parks Will Close Sunday Steve Everhart, supervisor of Decatur’s city parks, today announced that parks will be closed for the seasoh Sunday. All tables will be removed and stored until next spring. Everhart reports much increased use of park facilities dur-l ing the season which closes to-l morrbw.

Republicans In Celebration Os Ike's Birthday Asks Americans Dedicate Selves To Peace Sunday WASHINGTON (UP) — Republicans across the- nation pulled out all the stops today for a -day-early celebration of President Eisenhower's 66th birthday. But President Eisenhower said that when his birthday actually comes Sunday what he wants most is for all Americans to dedicate themselves to peace. Mr. Eisenhower expressed his birthday wishes Friday night when he stayed on for 15 minutes to answer more questions after a nationally televised “press conference” with about 100 Citizens for Eisenhower. Mrs. Samuel Harper of Portland, Me., asked what he would like most for his birthday. “If I could have the best birthday present I could ever have, it would be exactly the same ai that of every other American — an assurance thwi just peace wns oa the horizon.” he said. "If I could be sure that every individual in America on Sunday, my birthday, would pause for just one second and say, ‘I am dedicated to peace,’ . . . that would be the best birthday present I could hake." : Mr. Eisenhower’s admirers were set to give him a nationwide birthday party today climaxed by a star-studded television show tonight (CBS 10 to 10:30 p.m. EDT) featuring music and songs favored by him and the First Lady. Parades, motorcades, rallies and individual parties in honor of Mr. Eisenhower’s birthday were slated for throughout the nation. Thousands of “Ike cakes” were being baked. And tonight the President and his wife and their son and daughter-in-law, John and Barbara, will sit in the White House to enjoy the television show. Mr. Eisenhower planned to speak briefly at the beginning and the end of the show. The entertainment will be broadcast from Los Angeles and the Statler Hotel here. * During the program, actress Hel(Cojitlnued on Page Three) Merchants Fish Fry Tickets Go On Sale Annual Rural-Urban Fish Fry October 25 Merchants tickets for the eighth annual fish fry were placed on sale today. The annua! event, sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Oct. 25, at the Decatur high hscool gym. All Decatur merchants will be contacted within the next few days by the following ticket salespeople; Morris Begun. Evelynn Kingsley. Don Stover. Dick Wertzberger. M, J. Pryor, Robert Ashbaucher, Lyle Mallonee and Fred Kolter. Each of these persons has been assigned A section of business firms to contact and it is hoped that each business person will purchase two or more of these merchants tickets, priced at 32 each. Robert Lane, chairman of ticket sales, reports that early sales of the rural tickets, priced at $1.50, indicate the supply may become exhausted berofe the deadline of Saturday. Oct. 20. An entertaining program has been arranged for the annual fish fry. Headlining the program will be Robert Cocherllle, prominent Fort Wayne vocalist, and a team of square dancers. As an added feature this year, the Adams county soybean queen and king will be crowned during the evening.

Jekyll-Hyde Nature Os Atom Discussed Leading Scientists Discuss Problems WASHINGTON (UP) — Atomic energy poses the possibility of “universal death.” At the same time, according to a group of distinguished scientists, it also offers man an opportunity to achieve permanent peace and a fuller and better life than he has ever known. The Jekyll - Hyde nature of the atom was canvassed here Friday by half a dozen speakers at a meeting on “The Uses and Effects of Atomic Radiation." The consensus seemed to be that the atom’s better nature will win out — if the world’s statesmen prove themselves competent to deal with what one speaker called “the most important public question of our time.” Dr. Laurence H. Snyder, dean of the graduate college of the University of Oklahoma and presidentelect of the American association for the advancement of science, warned that “snowballing” atomic weapons tests could “progress to actual warfare.” And "nuclear warfare.” Snyder said, “might well lead to universal death..” ... He called for “international control of weapons testing.” He said it would be “tragically ironic if the same thermonuclear reactions (as in the H-bomb) which, by taking place on the sun make possible our very existence on this earth. should, through our own social bungling, lead to our destruction.” Asks Residents Not Burn Leaves, Trash Warning Issued By Decatur Fire Chief Decatur fire chief Cedric Fisher issued a request today that all residents of Decatur and the area refrain from burning leaves or trash outdoors until the current dry spell is ended. Fisher pointed out that the city street department has made arrangements to pick up the leaves so that it will not be necessary for Decatur residents to start leaf fires in front of their homes. He tyjded that because of the extreme dryness, such a small leaf fire is potentially dangerous and could quickly spread out of control, causing major damage. He also warned that people should be particularly cautious in disposing of matches and lighted cigarettes in the rural areas as well as in the city. The fire department was called out twice last night to put out leaf fires which threatened to go out of control. They were at the corner -of Fifth and Monroe streets and at the corner of Eighth and Jackson streets. Until the dry spell is ended with a good rain, small leaf and grass fires are extremely dangerous. I ■ f Injuries Are Fatal To Indiana Woman w ■ ■ BRAZIL. Ind. (UP) — Mrs Hannah Haviland, 72, Clay City, died Friday in Clay county hospital from injuries sustained Wednesday when her husband, Neal, drove in the path of a truck on Ind. 24. One Killed As Auto Hits Corn Picker MARION, Ind. (UP) — Donald J Craig, 27, Marion, was killed today when his automobile smashed into the rear of a corn picker being tow. ed along Ind. 37 by a farm tractor. - Police, said the car hit a picker being pulled by a tractor driven by Robert Wimmer. 40. near Marion. Wimmer was taken to Marion general hospital:

Search Planes Sight Rafts In Atlantic Rafts Believed To Be From Transport With 59 On Board . LONDON (UP) —Search planes today sighted two life rafts, believed to be from a U. S. air force transport missing with 59 persons aboard, but found no trace of survivors. A search on the scene, about 100 miles northwest of La Coruna, Spain, contradicted reports that a man was on one of the rafts. The planes reported “no sign of life" on either raft. The first raft was sighted 98 miles northwest of La Coruna by ■ a U. 8. C 54 search plane from . Prestwick, Scotland, commanded . by Capt, James R. Watkins, Madisonville, Tex. A British search plane sighted the second raft 20 miles away a few minutes later. Fog and clouds began to close ■ in shortly after the rafts were sighted, and by 6 a. m. CST the “ceiling”, was as law as. 100 feet , in some parts of the search area. One raft was partially inflated, • The other was deflated. They were believed to be from the military transport plane which vanished Wednesday over the Atlantic on a flight from Britain to the Azores. Aboard were 50 U.S. air force officers and enlists men and a U. S. navy crew of 9. The Cl 18 gave its last position Wednesday night as 180 miles off southwest England. But strong ocean currents could have carried the rafts hundreds of miles from the crash scene during the past two and a half days. • The plane was reported to have carried four 20-foot liferafts, as well as the “Mae West” inflatable individual life preservers. The air rescue group was one' of “the largest ever assembled in this area,” according to an air _ force spokesman. A U. S. aircraft carrier and its destroyer escort also joined in the search. Radar-equipped planes continued the hunt through the night. A dramatic message picked up by a radio controller at the St. Mawgam royal air force station in southeast England at 8:20 a.m. GMT (4:20 a. m. EDT) said a search plane spotted a 20-man raft off the Portuguese coast. Shortly after the word was flashed that a second raft had been sighted. U. S. air force headquarters at Ruislip, outside London, reported in a crisp announcement: “Air craft has sighted one raft and believed one man aboard. In addition, another raft has been sighted 20 miles from the other. A plane of the 9th air rescue group is orbitting.” Hopes for possible survivors were spurred during the night when two ships picked up distress signals in the area where the huge transport was believed to have gone down. The signals were believed to be sent by manually operated transmitters of the type in survival equipment carried by all American military planes. A third air force spokesman said both signals came from the “same general area" and could have been transmitted from two separate life rafts. The MATS plane vanished on Wednesday on a flight from the Lakenheath Air Base in England to the Azores en route to the United States. It carried a nineman navy crew and 50 air force officers and men. The air force said two ships picked up weak signals early today. The German ship Werrtal said it received weak messages which., sounded like an SOS, but with only the dashes coming through. The standard international discontinued on Pace Three)

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