Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1957 — Page 1

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PROTESTS SECRECY FOR DULLES e 'TT’' HHHHH rt X I I .x (?’M. s Blk -,|M i \ sw*' H r» j>f R | JRH ‘; yWk Rjjl $h *•• X -z Hkl ; BgflF ye ' >.\ \l®W f Ajr susr. WAYNE L. HAYS (D). OhiQ, is interviewed after walking out of the closed-door session of the House foreign affairs committee, protesting that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles* testimony on the Middle East should be given Ip public. Said Hays, “As soon as Mr. Dulles’ policy gets in hot water, they run to an executive session."

Ike's Message Opens Battle Over Economy • High Interest Rate Bringing On Major Congressional Fight WASHINGTON (IF — President Eisenhower’s State of the Union message opened a major congressional fight today over the nation's booming economy. The fighting words are: High interest. ■«—-,>■ ■-■■«- —- Under the administration's socalled “tight money” policy lenders are charging the highest interest rates in 20 yeari. But there is more at stake than interest rates. The problem is how to maintain the national economy cn its current high level and at the same time prevent a catastrophic inflation. The President touched off the fight Thursday by his recommendation that Congress authorize a citizens’ commisisort to conduct a sweeping investigation of the nation’s financial system and credit policies. He also called on business and labor to gb easy on increasing wages and prices in order to curb inflationary trends. Government economists said the chances looked good that the wage line would be held. But they said the chances of holding the price line are uncertain. Boils Down Issue At the same time, leaders of a business and finance praised the President's investigation proposal. They said the study was long overdue. r '. However, Democratic congresmen — mostly House members — immediately demanded that Congress and not a presidential commission make the investigation. Rep. Wright Patman (D-Tex.) said the issue boiled down to this: Congressmen who favor continuance of the Federal Reserve board's “hard money, high interest” policy, which it says is aimed at combating infaltion, will favor the idea of a presidential commission. Those concerned about the “damage" that “tight money" is doing to home builders, who are finding it difficult to obtain credit, will want the Democratic-con-trolled Congress to do the job. Patman already has proposed such an inquiry by the House banking subcommitte which he heads. His resolution drew support from Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.). indicating it might be called up for an early House vote. Patman said a presidential commission would be composed of “biased” banking and big busi(Contlnued on Page Eight) Farm Achievement Banquet March 19 The Adams county farmers achievement banquet will be held March 19 at Adams Central high school, it was decided yesterday -by the project committee chairmen meeting with the crops committee. The Adams Central PTA will serve the dinner. Entertainment will be featured at the annual event, replacing the speaker formerly heard. Tickets will go on sale next month, and may be purchased from members of the sponsoring committee.

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Hopeful Os Renewed Suez Negotiations American Officials Express Optimism WASHINGTON (W — Top American officials today were reported optimistc that negotiations will begin soon on a permanent settlement of the Suez Canal controversy. The Suez problem was the number one issue to be discussed at talks this afternoon between Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and visiting French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau. Pineau was due to arrive in Washington by train from New York this afternoon. In advance of the talks, diplomats predicted an arrangement would be worked out soon under which U- N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold would act as an "umpire” in new negotiations on the Suez between Egypt, Britain and Frence. Egypt, it was understood, is willing to negotiate “through" Hammarskjold in order to avoid sitting down with the British and French in direct talks. Timing of the “umpire talks" may be linked with. Israel’s withdrawal of the troops she sent into the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip in her attack on Egypt. ■ The United States, in both Washington and Tel Aviv, has been urging Israel to speed up its pullback. Failure to withdraw to pre-inva-sion armistice lines, American officials believe, would both spur new U. N. action against Israel and delay settlement of the Suez Canal controversy. Egypt has held back on negotiations, in part, on the ground that Israel had failed to comply w'ith U. N. demands to withdraw its attacking forces. Symphony Concert Here Monday Night Civic Music Group Concert On Monday Izler Solomon is conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra which will present a concert Monday at 8 p. m. at the Decatur high school gymnasium for members of the Adams county civic music association. Solomon was signed as permanent conductor of the orchestra in 1956. Prior to that, he had risen to the front rank of the new generation of young, American born conductors. '■ ' - He headed such outstanding symphonies as the Columbus, Illinois, Lansing, Chicago Women’s and New Orleans summer orchestras. He attracted international acclaim when he served as guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic orchestra during its formative years. He has also recorded about 40 albums for leading record companies. Monday night’s program will include “Merry Wives of Windsor Overture” by Otto Nicolai; “Ballet Suite No. 1,” GlUck-Mottl; “Capriccio Espagnol,” Rimsky-Korsa-kov, and “Symphony No. 5 in C minor” by Beethoven. Doors of the high school will opdn at 7:15 p. m. No single session tickets are available. Con-cert-goers will receive ballots for the election of the new board of directors.

14 Killed In Crashes Os Two Giant Planes Separate Crashes - Thursday Night Os Air Force Planes By UNITED PRESS Fourteen persons were killed Thursday night in two «eparate crashes of giant U.S. Air Force planes. Eight crew members of an eight-million-dollar 852 jet bomber were killed when the plane apparently exploded in flight and crashed in rugged country near the U.S.Canadian border in New Brunswick. _ The plane, with a crew of nine, was reported on a shake-down flight from Limestone, Maine, about 15 miles from the scene of the crash. A spokesman said the plane was evidently “put in a position beyond its stress capabilities.” The pilot, Ist Lt. Joe L. Church, Charlotte, N.C., parachuted tp safety after finding himself thrown clear of the stricken craft. Air Force spokesmen said ground parties had recovered seven bodies and were pressing a search for the eighth man, presumed dead. A tour-foot deep snow hampered the search. The names of three of the victims were withheld pending notification of next of kin. Names of five of the victims were released, however. The dead were identified as: Capt. Richard A. Jenkins, 35, Port Huron, Mich.; Capt. William C. Davidson, 40. Stockton, Calif.; Capt. John McCune, 31, Heyward, Calif.; Capt. Marquid H. D. Myers, 36, Tracy, Calif.; and T. Sgt. Ray A. Miller, 27, Racine, Wis. The eight-jet bomber is one of the newest to go on operational duty with the Air Force. It was based at Loring Air Force Base at Limestone. The pilot was engaged in instrument maneuvers when the explosion took place. Six Crewmen Killed \ ; Six crewmen were killed and three were injured at Bfergstrom Air Force Base near Austin, Tex., when their K 829 aerial tanker dropped onto the runway and burped as it came in for a landing. Air Force spokesmen said the plane was returning from a refueling mission but could indicate no cause for the crash. The dead were identified as: Ist Lt. Ronald Rosetti, 24, Patterson, N.J.; 2nd Lt. Robert E. Smith, 23, San Antonio, Tex.; T. Sgt. Edward Z. Clemons, 29, Beckley, W. Va.; S. Sgt. Thomas Salazar, 24, Uvalde, /Tex.; A-1C Michael Bryan Mclntosh, Houston, Tex.; and 2nd Lt. John Anderson Berg, Birkenfeld, Ore. Hospitalized with minor injuries were Et. Joel F. Howerton, 23, San Angelo, Tex.; T. Sgt. Robert C, Winegar, 28, Austin, tex.; and A-2C Bartholomew Esposito, 20, Plainview, N.Y. The Air Forge said the fourengine tanker was used to re-fuel jets in flight. An official hearing was called for today. Cut Production Os Hydrogen Bombers Defense Department To Cut Production WASHINGTON (UP)— The Defense Department is preparing to cut planned production rates for 852 hydrogen bombers — directly reversing action taken in the heat of the 1956 Senate air power investigation. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson raised the goal from 17 to 20 a month during the 1956 controversy over relative American and Russian air strength. Before Senate critics, he personally took credit for pushing the big jet bomber program “faster than the Air Force.” The 20-a-month goal for the $8 million bombers was to be reached in late 1957. However, instead of rising to that level now combined production at Boeing’s Wichita, Kans., and Seattle, Wash., plants may be flattened out at the previous goal of 17 a month — possibly fewer. A final decision is expected in April. The move is linked partially with the tight new military budget • that goes to Congress next week. It also indicates that he Penagon expects to hold the Air Force to 11 852 wings of 45 planes each instead of the 17 wings proposed by Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chief of staff. The 17wing proposal is still before the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reversal of the widely publi cized production increase will be a‘shock to Senate Democrats who assailed Pentagon policies on the ground that Russia was being allowed to catch up with America in air power.

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Death Penally Criticized By Governor Craig Gov. Craig Gives Farewell Message To State Assembly INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Governor Craig criticized capital punishment today as “antiquated and barbaric” and urged the Indiana ; Legislature to get rid of the elec- , trie chair. Craig, in a farewell message three days before his term ends, outlined a 17-point program highlighted by what amounted to a defense of his recent action spar- , ing the lives of the condemned Mrs. Opal Collins, Hammond kil- , ler of four persons, and Elmer Flowers, Terre Haute wife-slayer. “Capital punishment has failed , to serve society. It is antiquated. It is barbaric. It is not based on fact and is couched only upon a false pfttrtise. It* should be repealed,” Craig said. In December, Craig commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences imposed by a jury on Mrs. Collins, who was scheduled to become the first woman executed in Indiana history. He spared Flowers at the same time., Craig, in a joint session with the House and Senate, also: 1. Urged more money for education—“the greatest problem facing you today." 2. Recommended placing the State Conservation Department entirely under the merit system to prevent “the intervention and exploitation of political adventurers.” 3. Suggested setting up the State Excise Department as a separate agency “free and distinct” from the Alcoholic Beverage Commission because the ABC “is constantly the object of political friction and our laws do not protect it.” 4. Recommended construction and cash payment for a proposed seaport on Lake Michigan. 5. Proposed shifting the Indiana Boys and Girls Schools from the supervision of the State Correction Department to the State Health Department. 6. Recommended compulsory driver training in public schools and public inspection of motor vehicles. Proposes Fund Matching Craig also proposed that state matching funds for the federal highway program be made available as soon as possible, predicted the new federal road bill tUontinuso on i-nure Sir nt) Submits First Bid For License Plate Postmaster Kirsch Submits First Bid Leo Kirsch, postmaster, is the first .person to submit a bid in the auction of license number 1957 for the polio fund. His bid is S2O, which means that if this is the high bid, he will donate S2O to the fund and license 1957 will be assigned tO him. -S— r-~ Kirsch was the first person to submit a bid last year when the project was initiated. Bids may be given to Mrs. Dale Death, manager of the local license bureau. The highest bidder at the end of the month will get the license number. Another project of Jthe local polio drive will be the sale Os miniature blue crutches Saturday in the Decatur business district. Representatives of the three Decatur Boy Scout troops will conduct the sale under the Kenneth Shannon, Decatur Campaign chairman. Mrs. Robert Hess, general county chairman, has asked that local persons support the current drive for funds. She pointed out that a successful campaign is absolutely necessary since the polio chapter is now operating at a deficit.

10 Below Zero Is Recorded Al Goshen Weather Scheduled To Moderate Today By UNITED PRESS Temperatures plunged far below iero over Northern Indiana today but it was only a few degrees below freezing downstate. ; - -—w? I Goshen recorded a bone-chilling 10 below zero during the night while residents trudged through a 9-inch snow. But at the other end of the state, Evansville’s low mark was 33 degrees higher than Goshen’s, a relative mild 23 degrees. Except for the south portion, the mercury touched the season’s coldest points. South Bend had 7 below. Fort Wayne 3 below, Lafayette 5 above and Indianapolis 7 above. An earlier snow over the northern third of the state iced highways with a dangerous coating and contributed to at least four deaths in traffic. The weather was due to moderate today, and the outlook for the next five days was 3 to 5 degrees below normal for the average. Normal maximums are 32 to 43 and normal minimums 15 to 25 this time of year. Only minor fluctuations in temperatures were expected from Saturday to next Wednesday. Then it will *jarm up a Mt , I 7 Precipitation will average onetenth to, four-tenths of an inch, in the form ot snow north and snow or rain south Tuesday and Wednesday. High Temperatures Thursday ranged from 20 at Lafayette to 37 at Evansville. Highs today were expected to range from 18 to' 30, lows tonight from 10 to 22, and highs Saturday from 22 to 33. While the five-day outlook said nothing of snow tonight or Saturday, except for possible flurries near Lake Michigan, this morning’s forecast said there was a chance of some snow or sleet in the southern two-thirds of the state tonight Hall To Retire As G.O.P. Chairman Resignation To Be Effective Feb. 1 WASHINGTON (UP) -ARepublican National Chairman 'Leonard W. Hall announced today he is retiring as party chairman effective Feb. 1. Hall said he has advised President Eisenhower, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and all national committee members of his decision. He also announced that he plans to appoint a subcommittee at the GOP National Committee meeting Jan. 19 to confer with President Eisenhower. He did not say so, but the subcommittee presumably would be charged with recommending his successor as party chairman. Hall said the subcommittee would be prepared to “submit its report and recommendations” to the full committee on Jan. 22. His formal resignation will be submitted to the committee at that time, he said. Hall made his announcement after a 30-minute early morning conference with Mr. Eisenhower at the White House. Hall did not give his reasons for stepping down as chairman, a post he has held for the past four years. (Continued on devoui ——•, I? I——— Luther Yager Named Committee Chairman L. Luther Yager, of Berne, joint representative from Adams and Wells counties, Thursday was named chairman of the committee on benevolent and scientific institutions for the state house of representatives. This committee has charge of all legislation affecting mental hospitals and schools for retarded children. Yager was also appointed a member of three other major house committees; national resources and conservation, military and veterans affairs, and public pot icy.

All Integrated Bus Riding In South Halted Ana Arrests Os Pastors Hatt Bus Service By AL KUETTNER United Press Staff Correspondent Mass bombings in Montgomery. Ala., and arrests of Negro minister leaders in Atlanta halted all integrated bus riding in the deep South today. In Montgomery, the only deep south city in which Negroes had established a right to sit where they please, authorities halted buses during a state of emergency following a. wave of dynamite blasts. Atlanta Negro leaders, six of them free on SI,OOO bonds after a police roundup, called off their defiance of a local bus segregation law until their cases can be settled by the courts. , Police in Chattanooga, Tenn., , said two “Molotov cocktails”— flaming gasoline - filled bottles—- . were thrown at a city bus around . midnight Thursday. No one was i injured. Veers Around Bottle The first bottle hit the pavement in front of the bus and the driver, j Frank Bailey, 56, whipped around I it. The second bounced off the rear bumper, causing no damage to the bus. , Southern Coach Lines, the city bus company in Chattanooga, has been running its buses without segregation signs since Monday but the segregation custom apparentlylfas been continued by passengers voluntarily. Thursday night’s incident was the first bus violence reported in Chattanooga. A grand jury in Atlanta may be asked today to indict the ministers charged with making a “test” ride in the white section of a trolley two days ago. The Montgomery City Commission following its declaration of a state of emergency imposed a midnight curfew for children, both white and Negro. Hold Mass Meeting “An emergency exists and...it is necessary for the life, health and property of the citizens for the city (Contlnoed ob Pare Fewer Accident In County During 1956 Annual Report By Sheriff Affolder The year 1956 was a better year for motorists in Adams county than the previous year even though accidents took a higher toll in property damage during the past year, according to the annual report released today by sheriff Merle Affolder. The total number of acciidents during the year in Adams county (excluding the city of Decatur) was cut from 200 in 1955 to 183 in 1956. Os the 183 accidents, 50 Involved out-of-state drivers; 54 involved out-of-county motorists, and 89 involved local people. Os the 1956 accident total, 42 resulted in personal injuries ranging from minor cuts and bruises to serious fractures and internal injuries. In 1955 there were 55 accidents causing injuries. (I Biggest improvement in the traffic picture came with the reduction in fatalities. Three persons died from traffic accidents in Adams county during 1956 as compared with nine killed the previous year. Property damage totals went up, however, with 1956 claiming $121,470 damage as compared to 1955’s $102,747. A total of 73 motorists Were arrested on traffic violations as a result of accidents during the last year. Sheriff Affolder’s report shows that December was the most dangerous month of 1956 for drivers. During the final month of 1956, 25 accidents occurred in the county.

Millis Declines As State Budget Head Reports Confirmed By Governor-Elect - INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Gov.elect Harold W. Handley today sWffrmed reports that Frank. T., Millis would not become state budget director after all. Handley said Millis, who has been state revenue commissioner in the Craig administration and was Handley’s chief rival tor the Republican gubernatorial nomination last June, has taken a job with an Indianapolis bank. Handley announced numerous appointments and reappointments. Joda G. Newsom, Columbus, was appointed chairman of the State Tax Board. He has been a member of the board for several years. Tom Hindman, Indianapolis, was named to replace Robert. R. Wickersham of Pendleton as chief examiner of the State Board, of Accounts. Dr. John W. Southworth, superintendent of the Logansport State Hospital, was appointed acting director of the Indiana Department of Mental Health until Handley can find a successor to Dr. Margaret E. Morgan, who resigned. Paul Tingle, Connersville, was reappointed secretary of the Indiana Public Service Commission. David Davis, who was assistant ; to chairman A.L., Fessler of the State Tax Board, was appointed 1 to membership on the board. F. Shirley Wilcox, New Albany, was named Democratic member of the b6ard on a temporary basis. Paul Harvey, Bloomington, and Howard B. Swaim, Tipton, were named deputy examiners in the State Board of Accounts. Bert Westover, Indianapolis, was reappointed director of the Administrative Building Council. Handley said Governor Craig did not consult him on the appointments this week of John A. Kendall and Robert Kirby as members of the Toll Road Commission. Report On Mopup On Industry Drive S6OO Collected In First Hour Today Cliff Brewer, chairman of the retail committee of the Greater Decatur fund, reported at noon today that his group of three teams had collected S6OO in cash and pledges in the first hour of the mop-up campaign. This will reduce to about $4,500 the amount necessary to purchase the first segement of approximately 35 acres of the Scheiman property, which will be available for tiie community's industrial expansion. The committee expects to continue the drive until sufficient funds are raised to purchase the entire tract of about 40 acres including buildings, but its immediate goal is to raise sufficient to pay the remainder of $26,500 due for the rear section of ground. In answer to questions asked solicitors this morning, committee members explained that the purchase of the rear area also includes a right of way to U. S. highway 27, being an extension of Patterson street. This will make available the use of the property immediately for industrial use, either as a large tract or several smaller individual plots for smaller concerns. The retail cbmmittee is continuing contacting businessman, who were previously omitted in the first part of the drive, and expect (Continued on Pago Eight) . I Six Killed, Four _ Missing In Crash BUENOS AIRES (UP) — A twinengined Viking plane of the Argentine state airline with 30 persons aboard crashed into a concrete seawall on takeoff today. An Argentine air force medical officer said there were 20 survivors, 6 dead and 4 persons unaccounted for. ‘ ' ■

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No Report Os Intervention Bj Red Tanks ; Anti-Comimmist Slogans Shouted By Hungary Workers BUDAPEST (UP) - Police and Hungarian militia opened fire today on thousands of workers shouting anti - Communist slogans in Budapest The main clash took place out side the sprawling iron and steel mills on suburban Csepel Island in thb Danube River south of the city. Less serious incidents occurred near other major factories. Police fired with submachine guns and carbines on the demonstrators, but the shots were directed over the heads of the crowds. It was not reported immediately if there were any serious casualties. The demonstrators said they were clamoring for better wages. They carried placards denouncing government concessions as inadequate. . ' - But observers said the main ‘ reasons for the new outburst of violence were: : 1. The unrelenting tone of Pre- ’ mier Janos Kadar’s policy statej ments last Sunday which said slate. ly the government was returning ; to rigorous Communist dictator- ; 2. Government attempts to infll- ' trate the factor workers’ councils with Kadar party Communists. 3. The mass layoffs in factories all over Hungary which Kadar ordered for the new year. There were no reports of intervention by Russian tanks in this morning’s demonstrations. The clashes followed resignations of Workers Councils at Csepel, the Belojannis electrical works and at least 21 other factories in Budapest In some cases, Kadar’s tough new army militia took over factories where the mood of workers was particularly g The demonstrations were the first outburst of violence between workers and police since before Christmas. In addition to the tough Kadar policy announcement, the government’s flat rejection Thursday of a U.N. proposal to send a fivenation investigation commission to Hungary spurred the workers to their reaction, observers said. Radio Budapest said the coal situation remained such that only 10 per cent of the pre-revolution coal supply could be delivered to the factories. Production was about half of the pre-revolution average, but most of that was needed urgently for hospitals and other priority users. Meanwhile, rebellious miners renewed their demands for the withdrawal ot all Soviet armed forces from Hungary. Russian tank units moved across the center of the Hungarian capital after the curfew Thursday night. Reports from Budapest said there was no indication it was anything more than a shift from one barrcks to another. Reports 'reaching Vienna said workers at the key Tatabanya mines, 50 miles welt of Budpest, listed the Russian troop evacuation demand in a resolution to the Soviet—imposed regime. The miners also demanded the withdrawal of armed Communist police guards from the pits. The demands indicated the situation was not quite as rosy as the Kadar regime was trying to paint it for the outside world. The Red-controlled Budapest Radio made no mention of the continued passive resistance among the workers. ' I • INDIANA WEATHER Increasing cloudiness this afternoon with occasional light snow. Partly cloudy tonight, a few snow flurries extreme north. Not so cold north and central tonight. Saturday partly cloudy and cold. Low tonight MS north. 5-22 seoth. High Saturday 20-25 north, 25-32 south. Sunset 5:41 p. m., sunrise Saturday B:ss a. at.