Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1957 — Page 6

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Divorce Rate In Nation Now Being Stabilized

Utter's Nate: Tea yean age tils week • United Preu survey taMJI ft*- -■* *• WaeA * WMI .wMlw nivOrC© juagra wcic « srldng overtime at settling prate leans of Americans who fatted to reooevert to peacetine rnafct-* neap. What has been tin story stars them? A new survey Indicatea the nation’s divorce rate baa stabilised. 'f' By UNITED PRESS tn IMB. 8.280 divorces were g/anted in Miami, Fla. Last year,

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5,042 were -granted there — 1,338 less. In the 10 years between the two figures Miami’s population nearly doubled. The Miami situation is fairly t typical of what’s been happening in the nation’s divorce courts during the last decade.. ; The months following World War II brought record traffic to most all • divorce courts. Later filings dropped off and, responses to a United Press survey indicated today, have stabilized since then.

— ! ... z "a;.•... ■- “The divorce rate not only has stabilized, but to some extent is dropping off,” said Justice Clarence W. Norris of the California Supreme Court. Prof. John T. Greene, Boston .University sociologist, agreed that the ratio between marriage and divorce had stabilized and said one reason is that Americans are less romantic about marriage. Sex and Money Dr. Rex A. Skidmore, dean of the University of Utah graduate school, said the rate appears to be stabilized but “there is a possibility it may go down further because of more family life education ~. and increased nvailabil-. ity of counseling services.’’ - While all points reported big declines since 1948, many showed increases in divorces from 1955 to 1956. For those years, divorces were down in New York, Kansas City, Washington, San Francisco, Reno, Oklahoma City, Detroit and in Oregon. They were up in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Des Moines, Chicago, Boston, Cheyenne, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Columbus, Ohio and in Utah and New Jersey. Reno, long America’s famed di: vorce capital, had 11,062 divorces in 1946. Five years later there were 4,713. In 1955, 4,458 were granted there and in 1956, 4,420. Despite the effect of Reno, where out-of-state divorce seekers outnumber those from Nevada 20 to 1, John Sullivan, state director of vital statistics, believed there were more marriages. than divorces in the state as a whole. Judge Berlyn E. Moore, presiding judge of the Domestic Relations Court at Atlanta, said "divorces are increasing but only in proportion to the population increase.” Moore said the “most frequent reasons for divorce nowadays are sex and money. I believe I’d put money'in first place. When I say sex, I mean other companionship, the old triangle known now as incompatibility. The lack of sex for congeniality leads to quarreling and fussing and that goes under the general heading of cruel treatment.” Aleohel a Big Factor Lynwood W. Fix, King County divorce proctor, said at Seattle

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> FORMER U.S. SENATOR Walter F. George (D-Ga.) Is congratulated as President Eisenhower confers the rank of Ambassador on him at a ceremony in the White House. Looking on is Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. George will be the President’s “trouble-shooter" in foreign affairs problems and act as bis special representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (International Soundphoto) — ...

, that the most frequent reason for ' divorce is "undoubtedly drunken- ’ ness. They call it cruelty in [ court, but it’s drunkenness.” > Circuit Judge Robert L. Floyd . of Miami said “Many couples simply do not put enough effort . into getting along, but alcohol is . a major factor. And I am not 1 only referring to people who drink . to excess or get stone drunk. . There are many cases where ; people drink just enough to get . irritable. This leads to arguments ( and finally the divorce court.” i Floyd also said "one of the rea- • sons our divorce rate is so high is : that our laws make it compara- , tively easy. In so-called uncon- ' tested suits it is easy for the : parties to agree to disagree in I court They make allegations that are probably exaggerated or at least certainly are not borne out ' by evidence.” ! Miss Agnes MeCreery, director

of the Des Moines Family Guidance Service, said “immaturity” is the prime reason for divorce and that alcoholism and financial difficulties are only symptoms of immaturity. The Rev. Don Sheridan, Oklahoma City, ministerial representative on the county marriage clinic, said "We discover in the long run that basic insecurity in the individual usually is to blame.** At Memphis. Mrs. M, V. Smith, divorce attorney, said the growing “independence** of women is behind most divorces today. “Women used to have to take it,” she said. "Divorce was frowned on so much. Not now. Things they could take they don’t Also they are independent financially. They can get just as good jobs as men, so why be unhappy at home?” But she added that many “independent” women who get divorces “often live to regret it.” ■

Turncoat Soldiers ' Sue For Back Pay Government Sued By ExTurncoats WASHINGTON (UP)— Three former turncoat soldiers have filed suit against the government to recover about $14,000 in back pay and allowances while they were prisoners of war in Korea. The suits were filed by Lewis Griggs of Jacksonville, Tex., Otto G. Bell of Hillsboro, Miss., and William A. Cowart of Qalton, Ga. The former prisoners of war refused to return' to the United States after the Korean armistice but later renounced Red China and came home in July, 1955. The Army charged all three with collaborating with the enemy when they returned to this country. They have denied the charges. In their suits before the U.S. Court of Claims Bell asked for $4,580; Cowart $5,057, and Griggs $4,071. After the Army filed its charges against the three men the Su- ■ preme Court ruled that since they > had been given dishonorable dis- » charges when they refused to ret turn home they could not be tried . by court-martial. f The Army has turned down their pay claims I The three were among 23 Ameri- . can soldiers who refused to return i home at the end of the Korean j War. ■ Hungarian Hopes ; On India, China May Break Shackles r. Os Puppet Regime t VIENNA (UP) - Hungarian hopes of breaking the shackles of '' the Stalin-type dictatorship of the 1 Soviet puppet regime may depend on India and Communist China, Western observers said today. A meeting in Moscow between Indian Ambassador K. P. S. Menon and Red Chinese Premier Chou En-lai may determine whether the Hungarians will obtain a measure of political, freedom, they said. It was believed Menon's report on Hungary to Chou would have a determining effect on Red China’s stand on the issue. And Western observers believed Chou more than any one else could bring pressure to bear on the Kremlin. Menon flew to Moscow from Budapest Tuesday for talks with Chou. Reports from Vienna said the meeting was a major topic of conversation in the Hungarian capital. The Indian diplomat is undoubtedly the best-informed non-Com-munist on the Hungarian situation. He was ordered from Moscow to Budapest by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru *to study conditions shortly after Soviet armored forces crushed the Hungarian freedom-fighters’ revolt. Western diplomats believed Menon would stress two main factors in his talks with-Chou: 1. Hungary must have immediate economic and material assistance if it is to avoid national bankruptcy. ' , 2. The defiance of the Hungarian people is so> strong they are not likely to make any all-out effort to put the country back on its economic feet unless the Janos Kadar regime retreats from its “proletarian dictatorship." Prayer Band Rally At Monroe Sunday , The Rev. Roy Johnson, Spencerville, Ohio, will be the guest speaker at the next Sunday rally of the Victory Prayer band, the Rev. James R. Meadows Os this city announced today. Rev. Meadows will preside at the meeting, which will be held at the Monroe Friends church, starting at 2 p.m. Mrs. Vernon Riley of Monroe will lead the singing and Mrs. Otho Lobenstein will preside at the piano. The public is invited. Elvis Presley Is Classified As 1A MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A preinduction physical report which will make singer Elvis Presley’s draft classification 1A was mailed to his draft board today. Capt. Elwyn Rowan said the singer passed his pre-induction physical with ease and “qualified for lA.” . However, Rowan said it would probably be six months or more before Presley is called in service, despite the top draft-eligible classification. Two Persons Dead In Three-Car Crash FOR TWAYNE. Ind. (UP) — Mrs, Paula . Gosner, tt, Detroit, and Calvin Myer, 48, Waterloo, were killed late Tuesday when three automobiles collided on U.S. 27 north of hareinjured in the collision were Charles Gosner, 74, husband of tlft dead woman, and Loren Dunn, 88, Waterloo, nephew of Myer. They were reported in good condition at Parkview Hospital here. Authorities said Dunn and Gosner collided almost headon. A car driven by George E. Ifoy, 82, Fort Wayne, then crashed into the wreckage.

Nixon Is Good 1 Bel Against Field In 1960 I ■ 1 Political Breaks J Going For Nixon Since Reelection > WASHINGTON (UP)- A good 1 I winter book bet today would be Richard M. Nixon against the 1 ■ field for the next Republican pres- 1 I idential nomination. i f The political breaks have been < I going for the young man from 1 California in the weeks since his 1 > reelection as vice president The ; i biggest break, of course, was the . fact that he and President Eisen- i bower polled a record vote last 1 . November. • < Their tally seems to have refut- ’ 1 ed the claims of Nixon’s opponents 1 that he would cost the ticket some 1 millions of votes. Nixon’s greatest - ' political disadvantage is the fear ' ' of some Republican leaders that ’ he Would not be a prime vote get- ; ter on his own. 1 Doubts Hurt Taft Identical doubts served to kill * off the late Robert A. Taft’s chances for the Republican presi- . ’ dential nomination. 1 “I like Taft, but " was the 1 way millions of Republicans backed into their explanations of < why they wanted some other presidential nominee. These doubts will severely handicap Nixon. Otherwise, political events are breaking well for Nixon in terms of prestige and Republican Party influence. Mr. Eisenhower continues to demonstrate. his confidence in Nixon. Good publicity is just as valuable to a politician with himself to sell as to a manufacturer with some other fancy . proauci. Mr. Eisenhower’s selection of : Nixon to investigate the situation 1 of Hungarian refugees in Austria ’ was a publicity jackpot To the confusion of his left-wing detrac--1 toes, Nixon returned from Austria ‘ a champion of relaxed immigration regulations. Takes Filibuster Stand To their further confusion, Nix- , on was given an opportunity last * week to take a position on the i Senate filibuster dispute. Nixon’s position placed him right in the middle of the so-called liberal camp. Moreover, it placed him on 1 record with Negro voters as one ! of those whose interpretation of Senate filibuster rules would favor 1 eriactmeht of far-reaching civil 1 rights legislation at this session of Congress. [ The Communists and. some i others who dislike the vice president for less reason called a per- * sonal foul on Nixon for his Sen- ’ ate filibuster position. They held that he had acted in self-interest. * The facts are that there is a scramble among politicians of ’ both parties to win Negro voters. ‘ Neither party can win nationally ’ without substantial Negro support . unless it be in a contest so one--1 sided that millions of balance-of- ' power votes in the industrial states lose their significance. I Will Plan Annual Farmers Banquet Plans for the annual farmers ’ achievement banquet win be made 1 at a meeting of the crops project j committee with chairmen of other 1 agricultural project committees participating Thursday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock* at the county agent’s office. Elmer Franz, chairman of the crops committee, will preside. The ■ annual banquet, held yearly in ■ March, is the scene of the presen- > tation of awards for various agri- , cultural project winners.

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Old Folks Leading Traffic Fatalities Nearly Half To Date Over 72 Years Os Age INDIANAPOLIS (UP)-The year 1957 has started oUt to be a bad one for the old folks in Indiana traffic. '■ Nearly half the dead in the first week of the new year were past 72 years of age, and more than half were 55 or above. - The traffic death toll for the first seven days of the year was 19. That sounds high. But if the average for each of the 52 weeks of 1957 is no greater than that Indiana will keep its fatality toll below 1,000 for the first time in years. _ , Males outnumbered females more than 2 to 1 bn the death list in the first week. The ages of the victims ranged up to 90. the age of a man killed in Lake County when struck by an automobile. Two other victims were in their 80s and five were in their 70s. Most types of accidents that will result in fatalities during 1957 already have been recorded in the year’s first week—one car collisions withfixed objects, head-on collisions of more than one vehicle, train-auto smashups, and pedestrian accidents. The death toll has been chalked up from wrecks attributed to weather conditions, and wrecks which had no possible weather connections. 1 Hendricks County, which usually has somewhat fewer than a dozen traffic fatalities in an entire year, holds the dubious distinction of leader among the Indiana counties in the toll thus far. Four of the 19 deaths occurred in Hendricks, all within a period of four days in three separate accidents. Other deaths in the year’s initial - week included 2 each in Marion, Delaware, Vanderburgh and St. Joseph, among the state’s most populous counties, and 1 each in Lake, Rush, Jackson, Madison, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Morgan. Tree Applications Available Here Applications for trees for use as windbreaks, foresting, Christmas trees, and erosipn prevention may now be obtained from district game warden Jack Hurst or from the county agent’s office, it was learned today . The trees are seedlings, 12 to 18 inches high, and cost from IV4 to 2% cents each. Several types of pine and cone-bearing trees, multiflora rose, walnut, black locust, and tulip poplar,' are available. ’ ■ Trade in a Uood Town — Decatui Buys Health Band Kelp Fight TB Buy Christmas Seals The Decatur Elks lodge has voted purchase of a $lO health bond officials of the Christmas seal sale campaign in Adams county announced today. All proceeds from the annual Christmas seal sale are used in the fight on tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the “white plague.” Th< sale is conducted by the Adami county tuberculosis association.