Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1956 — Page 1

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LAST VIEW OF HOME df** wWL” fj»/ ■ ■■ AS RUN-AWAY FIRES RAGE through the Malibu Beach area, a group of Californians watch their hornet go up in smoke in the Escondido Canyon. Ted Harber < kneeling right) and his neighbors share in disbelief as they retreat from blistering heat. The widespread blazes, suspected of being set by an arsonist, caused one death and SIOO million in damage in the famed movie colony residential district. 5 T

New Defiance Voiced Today Against Kadar Hungarian Writers Accuse Russia Os Historical Mistake BUDAPEST (UP)—A declaration by Hungarian writers who marched in the forefront of the nation's revolt accused Russia today of a "historical mistake when it stained the revolution with bfawyt," • The fresh spark of defiance from shattered Budapest followed an admission by Radio Budapest that coal miners were taking “vacations." * There was no immediate sign of government reaction to ■ the declaration. '■- The declaration was passed in a closed meeting of the Hungarian Writers Assn. Friday and made available to Western newsmen. It pledged “loyalty to the flag that symbolizes that a nation was .born again from the unity of the revolution." Make No Concessions The writers pledged no concessions to the Soviet-imposed government of Premier Janos Kadar and rejected charges they had set the spark to the revolution. The declaration said all the writers did was to tell the truth in October when the revolt erupted. Some 250 members voted on the resolution with only 8 votes against it and 5 abstentions, one of the writers present said. “We have to state with a depressed heart that the Soviet government made a historical mistake when it stained the revolution with blood," the declaration stated Signs of renewed opposition to the Kadar regime from Hungarian coal miners dealt a heavy blow to the government’s hopes it had crushed the rebellion. Coal is the key to the recovery of- Hungary’s shattered national economy. The mines have been paralyzed since the freedom 7 revolt erupted Oct. 23 and stockpiles are virtually depleted. Throughout the nation, thousands of factories were standing idle because of power shortages caused by the lack of fuel. Radio Budapest admitted Friday night that the Janos Kadar re-month-long campaign to get coal production ’ rolling again had run into new obstacles. Workers On "Vacation" The Red-controlled radio said thousands of miners, had declared themselves a “vacation”, and that the “holiday mood” was spreading. The broadcast said the miners claimed they were unable to take vacations earlier because of the series of strikes. The mines already have been plagued by a serious manpower shortage. Almost half of the veteran miners were missing—many were killed in the revolt, others fled to the West, and still others disappeared from the diggings. A government effort to enlist "volunteer” miners failed. This week, Budapest Radio reported the government v<as drafting peasant farmers for the wines in the Pecs area near the Yugoslav border. “Holiday” In Pecs Friday Budapest Radio said mere than 1,000 of the Pecs miners had declared themselves a (Continued On Png* Five) NOON EDITION

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Diminishing Winds Aid Fire Fighters Over 2,000 Battle California Blazes BULLETIN MALIBU, Calif. (IP) — The fourth major brush fire in four • days broke out early today in foothills above the heavilypopulated dty of Palos Verdes Estates ’as ah army of fire fighters were battling to quell flames raging in. this movie colony resort ares. • MALIBU, Calif. (UP)—Diminishing winds gave firefighters hope today they could stem the brush fires that tyres destroyed at least 65 homes and caused more than S6O million damage to property and vital watershed land in this movie- colony . resort area. Two of the three fires menacing this beach playground joined Friday night and the third inferno reportedly was exhausting itself in rugged, uninhabited terrain. More than 2,000 weary firefighters have been thrown into the battle against the three major blazes. The first fire started, here Wednesday and was followed in the next two days by big blazes at nearby Zuma Beach and in the fashionable home-dotted Lake Sherwood area. * Stars’ Homes Jeopardised Ambng the film celebrities whose homes were threatened or licked by flames of the fires were Jane Russell, Kim Novak, Alan Ladd, Glenn Ford, Eve Arden and Bob Hope. Ralph Edwards lost his $75,000 beach home to the fastmoving fire near here Wednesday. “I’m so sorry for the people who lost their uninsured homes and for the animals which were burned,” Miss Russell said. Los Angeles County Fire Chief Keith Klinger hbped that the Malibu and Zuma Beach blazes could be brought under control this weekend. Klinger, however, warned that a sudden shift in winds could spring the blazes into new fury. One Fatality So Far The major fires raged with a 100-mlle perimeter, spreading over 40,000 acres. One man has been burned to death and about 75 persons, mainly firefighters, have been trated for minor injuries. Fire officials are investigating the possibilities of arson in two of the three major blazes. Arson also investigated three other brush fires that had plagued Los Angeles County in the past four days. » The fires broke out at the height of an abnormal drought season in tinder-dry brush in foothills of the Santa Monica mountains. Winds reaching gusts of 70 miles an hour fanned the Malibu and Zuma Beach fires into raging infernos during" their early stages. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and colder with occasional snow flurries today and tonight. Sunday continued cold with snow likely. Low tonight 15-22. High Sunday 30- . 35. Outlook for Monday: Snow and continued cold. —< V ... NO PAPER TUESDAY The Decatur Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Tuesday, Jan.l, because of the New Yean day holiday. Monday’s edition, the last for 1956, will be published at the usual . 3 p.m. press time. PracticaDy all business will be suspended in the city Tuesday, with retail stores closing at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

New Violence In South Over Racial Dispute Negro Passenger On Montgomery Bus Is Wounded By Sniper By AL KUETTNER United Press Staff Correspondent Violence has flared again in Dixie's long-smouldering segregation dispute.'Negroes continued today their push for integrated busseating, both in the courtrooms and on the buses themselves. A one-day calm in the bus battle at Montgomery, Ala., was broken Friday night when a sniper twice shot at a city bus, wounding a Negro passenger and forcing a temporary suspension of the City’s bus service. A Negro woman, Rosa Jordan, 22, was struck in the legs by a bullet that tore through the side of a Montgomery city bus as it drove past a Negro housing project. The bus driver, W. H. Fullllove, 47, drove Straight to police headquarters, but resumed his route following questioning and was once again the,target for a sniper. Less than an hour after the first shooting, a bullet hit the bus about two feet from Fullilove and glanced harmlessly away. Second Night For Snipers It was the second night that snipers had made city buses their targets. Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers immediately suspended the city’s bus operation for the night following the shooting. Hie city commission scheduled an emergency meeting for today. Four days of court-ordered bus integration in Montgomery had passed practically without incident before Wednesday night when one bus was riddled by rifle fire and ahother sprayed by a shotgun. No one was hurt then. In. Birmingham, Ala., a segregation leader unfolded his plan for a “minuteman” method of keeping the color barriers up even if a federal court throws out Birmingham’s bus segregation law. White Citizens Council leader Asa Carter told a gathering, of segregationists Friday night that he would organize “minute-man” vigilante groups to board buses in the event of trouble. He said the groups “would not ■go there for violence, but for good race relations and to relieve tensions.” 22 Negroes Arrested Birmingham Negroes made a one-day assault on local bus segregation and 22 Negroes, were arrested for the city's Jim Crow laws. However, following the arrest, the Negro leaders claimed a victory and halted the drive. They said they would take the arrests to federal court and have the city’s bus segregation laws thrownout. . “Both the city - officials and the'* Negroes in Tallahassee. Fla., were awaiting the outcome of court action before making any new moves in the bus integration dispute there. „ Meanwhile, Negro leaders are sitting where they please on Tallahassee buses, while most of the rank and file Negroes are still taking traditional back seats. ■ Consider Action On American Newsmen Enter Communist China Illegally WASHINGTON (UP) — The Treasury Department today considered taking, stiff. disciplinary action against three American newsmen who slipped into Communist China illegally. The Treasury Department is empowered under the Trading with the Enemy Act to block at least temporarily the bank and other financial accounts of the newsmen in the United States. The State Department said Friday night in a formal statement that the cases are “being called to the attention of the Treasury Department in view of the relevant provisions of file Trading with the Enemy Act." The State Department also said the newsmen’s passports “will be made valid only for return to the United States.” The State Department listed the three newsmen as William Worthy, Negro correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American, and Edmund Stevens and Phillip Hollington, both of Look Magazine. Hollington is a photographer. However, Look Magazine said it has no Hollington on its staff. It said it did have a Phillip Harrington who travels at least 15,000 miles a year.

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i Decatur, Indiana, Satur day, December 29, 1956

United Nations Salvage Crew Begins Herculean Task Os Clearing Suez

Holiday Death Toll Beginning Upward Climb 490 Traffic Deaths On Holiday Foreseen By National Council By UNITED PRESS “ The New Year’s holiday death toll began climbing slowly today as the four-day holiday got underway. Slippery roads in many sections of the Northeast and the Ohio Valley were expected to add to the predicted 490 traffic deaths foreseen by the-National Safety Council A two car crash described as the worst New Year’s highway disaster on record in Pittsburgh, Pa., took five lives Friday night shortly after the holiday officially began at 6 p.m. Four teen-agers and a steelworker were ‘killed when their cars piled up on a curve. One youth survived the crash and .wa# reported in fair condition. Pennsylvania led the nation with 8 of the 23 traffic deaths reported. One person was reported killed in a holiday fire in Maryland bringing the present death toll to 24. j The National Safety Council hoped the shock value of the Christmas bloodbath in which .715’ persons ’died on the nations highways would hold acciderfts down but the prediction was 83 deaths greater than the New Year’s record of 417 set during a four-day holiday in 1952-53. President Eisenhower voiced this hope in a special statement. He reminded motorists that Christ-' mas turned out, to be “a time of sorrow” for hundreds of American families who lost loved ones. He -said that the New Year’s week end would inflict an “equally tragic toll” .unless all drivers follow the rules of the road, keep a decent regard for the safety of ourselves and others and show a courtesy that reflects respect for the life and welfare of our neighbors. Continued on Pag* Five Breakdown At Plant Interrupts Service Stoker Breakdown Cuts Power Here A breakdown in the stoker of the boiler to the main generatirft unit at the city’s steam plant on Third street caused an interruption of power service to residents of the west and south areas of Decatur Friday night. The power went off at about 8:30 p.m. when the 5,000 KW generating unit went down. Electrical service to theTjeneral Electric company was not stopped, although the company was asked to cut back on electrical use temporarily. One of the smaller steam generating units was put into operation along with the dieseLpnit and most service was restored by 10:30 p.m. A crew was expected to work today to determine the cause ot the breakdown and to attempt to f make repairs by Monday. The electrical demg nd over the weekend is low enough to be supplied without the large unit, but the supply will not be sufficient’without it during the week. Mayor Robert Cole stated today that if repairs cannot be made to the stoker by Monday, a temporary line will be brought in by Indiana Michigan. Electrical Power company to supply additional power until the correction is made. The temporary line will insure an adequate supply of power for patrons of the city, it was pointed out. Decatur Lions Club Not To Meet Monday Harry Schwartz, president of the Decatur Lions club, announced today that the club will not hold its regular dinner meeting Monday evening because of the New Years holiday.

No Indictments By County Grand Jury Report Inspection Os County* Building No indictments were returned by the November term grand jury of the Adams circuit court in the feeport filed Friday afternoon with Judge Myles F. Parrish. f The report was accepted and the jury was excused for the remainder of the term, subject to recall Until the term,ends Jan. 17. The jury included John A. Myers, foreman, and Clyde E. Drake, Anna I Brown, Carl Adler, Glen D. Adler and Leo B. Engle. Tice Baker served as jury baliff. Several recommendations concerning the repair of county buildings and the Improvement of facilities in some county offices were included in the jury’s report. The report also pointed out that the criminal docket was examined, resulting no indictments and that the erection papers were examined and no irregularities were found. Concerning tne county court house, which toe grand jury found in generally good repair, recommendations included that window weights in the court room, jury room and judge’s chambers be repaired, that provision be made tot' the storage of records and books [sinpe there is a 'serious shortage ]Of storage space in the various offices, that the wiring in the treasurer’s office' be checked, that a lock comparable to ,h ose On the doors of other county offices be placed 'on the county assessor’s dobr and that florescent lighting be put in the assessor’s office.. i The jury also found that the assessor must be absent from his office on occasion in the discharge of his duties and that he leaves his -office unattended. The group therefore recommended that a deputy or assistant should be available to be in charge of the records during all business hours. Other recommendations concerning the court house included that the floor covering be repaired in the county clerk’s office and the county welfare office, that proper lighting be installed in the welfare department, that the crack in the outside wall at the southeast corner be pointed, that the ceillhg in jury aooms be repaired, that sidewalks leading to and around the court house be blacktopped, that a new office directory be installed in the lobby as two previous grand juries have suggested, that the rest rooms and large hall space in the basement could provide excel(ContintMd oh rage Five, Eisenhower Golls On Georgia Links Eisenhower Plans No-Work Weekend AUGUSTA, Ga. (UP)-President Eisenhower today headed for the golf links in anticipation of another day of relaxation and exercise beneath warm southern skies. The President looked forward to another 24 hours of golf and taking it easy at Augusta National Golf Club before returning to Washington to complete preparations for the opening of Congress. Barring some unexpected international development, the President planned a virtually no-work weekend when ue flew here Friday from ttie chilly capital. The tanned ‘ano smiling President stepped from the presidential plane. Columbine 111, eager and impatient to take up his golf clubs. He was accompanied by his son and daughter-in-law, Maj. John and Barbara Eisenhower. The first lady and the Eisenhower grandchildren stayed home. The President posed briefly for photographers with a three-man, green-coated delegation from the golf course. * “Say, took, we ve got to get going because the afternoon is going,” he remarked impatiently. Then he headed for the golf course with golfing partners William E. Robinson of New York, president ot the Coca Cola Company, and George E. Allen.

Intensify Hunt For Bomber In New York City Latest Foray Sets Off Wave Os Hoax Bombs, Phone Calls NEW YORK (UP)— Detectives were assigned to theaters and other public places today as police intensified one of the . greatest manhunt’s in New York history for the elusive “mad bomber.” The bomber’s latest foray has touched off a wave of hoax “bomb” plants and Inspired scores of crank dalls by pranksters. Stepping up of the search was ordered after tests of the maniac’s latest two bombs — discovered before their detonation — showed both to be capable of killing persons nearby. The devices, discovered at the New York Public Library and the Paramount Theater, were detonated. Friday by. police and Army ordnance experts on the beach at Fort Tilden in Queens. In the wake of the bombers’ latest bomb plant Thursday at the Paramount Theater, bomb scares and telephone hoaxes reached epidemic proportions. Four fake bombs were found, including one at crowded Madison Square Garden Friday night, and at least 35 "scare” calls were received. They' brought to 72 the number of crank calls made since Christmas' Eye. Bomb threats also were received at Jersey City, at the State House in Trenton, N.J., and at Philadelphia. All of the alarms proved to be false. In Yonkers, N.Y., three 14-year-old boys admitted planting a simulated bomb in the Yonkers Putx lie Library. They were seized after their call to a newspaper was traced. Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Stephen Kennedy promised the bomber “the best psychiatric treatment available, if he gives up." The Apparent psychopath has deposited at least 32 lethal calling cards in public places since 1940, causing injury to 15 persons. ■ Continued on Page Five Court House Offices Close Early Monday Suspend Business Here For Holiday County auditor Frank Kitson announced today that the offices Os the county court house, with the exception of the clerk’s office, will close aj 10 a. m. Monday, fire day .before New Year’s Day. The clerk’s office will remain open until noon Monday. All of the ofifees will remain closed all day Tuesday, which is New Year’s day, a general holiday. They will re-open at the regular time Wednesday mornmg. , Other offices and business establishments throughout the eity will also be closed all day Tuesday to mark- the beginning of the new year. The county commissioners will meet in the auditor's office at 8:30 h. m. Tuesday for their annual re-organization meeting and the taking of the inventory at the county home. Also a feature of the meeting will be appointments for the coming year. Auditor-elect Ed Jaberg will assume the duties of the office at Lhat meeting. A few churches have planned watch night services for New Year's Eve and many parties are planned by various organizations, lodges and individuals to welcome the New Year. Decatur Attorney Reported Improving Ed Bosse, local attorney who underwent surgery about 10 days ago, is reported improving at St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne. He is still not permitted to have visitors but he is allowed to sit up a little during the day.

Snow, Cold Weather Prevalent In Slate Continued Snow And Cold Are Predicted By UNITED PRESS A four-inch blanket of snow coated a strip of the extreme north portion of Indiana today as the mercury curled up in the 20s and threatened to dig more deeply into the thermometer tube. Flurries during the night left light to unmeasurable traces of snow elsewhere around the state. Occasional flurries were predicted for the extreme north today and for the entire state Sunday and Monday. Cold weather came for what looked like a long stay. The temperature fell into the low 20s in the north and central sections of Hoosierland and the mid 20s in the south portion early this morning. Highs below freezing were expected throughout the state today, with lows tonight ranging from 15 upstate to 22 downstate, and the mercury moderating slightly to a range of 30 Ho 35 at high points Sunday. The outlook for Monday was “snow and continued cold.” The weather bureau said four inches of snow lay on the ground at Goshen, South Bend and Fort Wayne this morning. Most of it fell Thursday and Friday. There was an inch at Lafayette. Low temperatures this morning ranged from 20 at Lafayette and 21 at Fort Wayne, to 25 at Evansville.* Friday highs ranged from 32 at South Bend to 43 at Evansville. Package Plan For Aid Being Mapped Ike Administration Mapping New Plan WASHINGTON (UP) — The Elsenhower administration is drafting a new “package plan" calling for large-scale economic and military aid to counter Soviet influence in the Middle East. Some administration experts believe the cost of the economic program, if approved by Congress, would cost in the neighborhood of S4OO million. No final estimates have been set. The plan also includes a possible request by Mr. Eisenhower for standby authority from Congress to use American armed forces in the Middle East if necessary to maintain peace. * General lines of the “package plan” will be outlined early next week to: 1. Republican and Democratic congressional leaders at a Tuesday conference at the White House with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The meeting has been called to review American foreign policy and national security measures to be put before the new congress. - 2. U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold at a Monday meety ing with Dulles in New York. The meeting has been scheduled to discuss the “Middle Eastern situation.” The reaction, of the lawmakers Tuesday probably will determine whether Mr. Eisenhower will ask the new Democratic - controlled (Oontinuod on Page Five) Rosanrfa Neuhauser - Is Taken By Death Mrs. Rosanna Steiner Neuhauser, 93, died Friday at the Berne nursing home. Surviving are six sons, Edwin, of Berne, Harry of West Unity A., Henry of Markle, and Ezra, David and Menno of Napoleon, O.; a daughter, Mrs. Clifford Flueckiger of Fort Wayne, and a brother, Amos Steiner of Leo.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Evangelical Mennonite church, west of Berne, the Rev. E. G. Steiner officiating. Burial will be to the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home after 3 p. m. today. . / .

first Actual Work Done By Salvage Crew * . . . - Mines, Technical Developments Slow Huge Salvage Task LONDON (UP) A United Nations salvage crew began the Herculean task today of clearing up the Suez Canal.. Reports from Cairo said a Dutch diver plunged underwater at the southern end of the canal at midmorning to start work on dismantling the 1,200-ton Egyptian cruiser Abukir. The ship is lying on its side on the bottom of the canal at Suez, blocking the entrance to the channel. It was the first actual work by U.N. salvage crews, which have anxiously awaited final approval by Egypt to begin the task of clearing the canal of some 50 vessels and two bridges blocking the vital waterway. Mines Delay Start Mines and “technical develop- ; ments” delayed the start of the ' world’s biggest salvage operations for several days. Sixteen ships and , tugs were in position at the north [’end of the 1.01-mUe-long canal and two were anchored at Suez in the south, where first work by U.N. ; crews finally got underway today. Press reports from Port Said today credited an Egyptian progress report to Col. Mahmound Younis, general manager of the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority. They quoted him as saying his organization salvaged three sunken ships at Ismailia, midway along the waterway, Friday. Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler, retired U. S. Army engineer In charge of the U.N. clearance operation, ordered work to start at the Suez end Friday following a go-ahead by Egyptian officials. But the Egyptian authorities at Suez apparently did not receive the orders and work was held up. In Paris, French Vice Admiral Jean Champion said Friday the canal would have been cleared for medium-sized ships by the first of February if Egypt had permitted Anglo-French salvage teams to continue work. . ” - Kremlin Accuses U.B. At the same time. Radio Moscow charged that Israeli occupation of Egyptian territory was backed by “United States official circles.” ■ In London, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden refused Friday night to permit the Anglo-French commander in Egypt to tell on television what happened to a British officer murdered by Egyptian guerillas in Port Said. The officer, Lt. General Sir Hugh Stockwell, had already arrived in the TV studios of the British Broadcasting Corp, when his appearance was cancelled on government order. He was to have . given his version of the kidnaping of 2nd Lt Anthony Moorhouse, whose death at the hands of Egyptian guerrillas was reported earlier this week. Rotary, Lions Joint Meeting January 7 The Decatur Rotary and Lions clubs will hold a joint meeting at 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at the Youth and Community Center, it ‘was announced today. J. Donald Judge, director of research and engineering at the Hamilton Foundry & Machine Co., Hamilton, 0., will speak on “Gray Castings and their Manufacture.” The speaker will be introduced by Peter E. Rentschler, president : of the Hamilton company and vice president of the Decatur. Casting Co. Glenn Mauller, assistant superintendent of the Decatur Casting Co., will be program chairman. i Chamber of Commerce members who are not members of either service club are Invited to attend, i but are asked to make reservations with Fred Kolter, Chamber secretary, prior to Saturday, Jan. S.

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