Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 16.

WORLD FLIERS END HISTORIC FLIGHT ' .JI hWmF v • "‘ i EsmMDJ »h J 385 _•: .... —■—, AIRMEN OF THE HISTORIC three-plane round-the-world refuelling flight line up at March Air Force Base, Calif., to be greeted by wives and families following their 44%-hour effort. .The three gigantic B-’ 52 Stratofortresses, demonstrating Uncle Sam’s fearful power to strike any aggressor nation on the globd, sped 24,325 miles at average speed of 525 miles an hour, less than half the old record of 94 hours and one minute, set In 1949 by the B-50 "Lucky Lady.” ~

Crucial Vote Scheduled In Poland Sunday Gomulka Leadership Resting On Result Os Election Sunday . WARSAW. Poland (UP)- Poland votes Sunday in critical national elections that could spell the end to the •’liberal" Communism of Wladyslaw Gomulka. , The results of the balloting, heralded here as the first, "free” elections since the end of World War 11, could have major repercussion* in other restive East European states. The Communists cannot lone the election. What is at stake is Gomulka’s experiment in "democratization.” The real showdown is between Gomulka and the diehard Stalinists of the "tough’’ Communist line. Gomulka will speak to the coun-try-tonight over a nationwide radio hookup. He is expected to warn Poles to indicate by their votes wholehearted support of his policies or face a return to the harsh policies of the past. . He faced a largely apathetic population. Fired last year by the Poznan rebellion and the subsequent ouster of the old-line Stalin- * ists, the majority of Poles are subdued and confused by the more recent patching up of relations with Moscow. All signs point to a victory for Gomulka, who came out of a Communist prison to free Poland from the harsh domination of the Kremlin. But if he should fail to get a solid majority — and many Poles may boycott the election as a protest against Communism —the diehard Stalinist wing may attempt to return to power. The election is free in the sense voters may have a choice of 723 candidates to fill the 459-member Sejm (Parliament). But all the candidates were hand-picked by the Polish United Workers (Com(Coattaued ob Paa* Five) Temperatures Miss Zero In Indiana By UNITED PRESS Temperatures missed the zero mark today 1 for the first time in six days and were due to dimb past freezing over much of Indi- — ana this afternoon. The lowest overnight temperature reported by the weather bureau was 7 above at Lafayette. Other low marks ranged from 10 at Fort Wayne to 2 sat Evansville. Duncombe Is Editor • Os Public Relations The promotion of Andrew M. Duncombe to the position of public relations editor for Central Soya Company, Inc., was announced today by Dr. J. L. Krider, vice- ' president and director of public relations. Effective January 15, his new duties as public relations editor include primary responsibility for ' creating or editing all written material handled by the public relations division. In addition, he will assist in developing and conducting the company’s public relations projects. Duncombe is a graduate of Ohio State University, where he majored in animal husbandry and techideal journalism. He has been with Central Soya company since 1952. performing creative copy, public relations and publicity ditties to the advertising and promotion departments.

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American Air Power Is Shown By Flight Air-Atomic Power Os America Shown WASHINGTON (UP) —More global demonstrations of American air-atomic power can be expected to follow the historic round-the-world flight of 852 hydrogen bombers, military authorities said today.' They saw the first non-stop jet circuit of the earth as one in a series of maneuvers that will make their significance felt in the Kremlin and will buoy up allied confidence in American power to deter war. Three of the huge 852 Stratoforts winged into March Air Force Base, Calif., Thursday to complete a, 24,325-mile flight that took just 45 hours 19 minutes at an av-erage-speed of more than 535 miles ah hour. They simulated e bomb drop halfway through the mission —about SO miles west of the Malay Peninsula. The "bombs" could have been dropped anywhere “on.the face of the earth," the Strategic Air Command pointed out. SAC is slated to get 11 852 wings each with 45 bombers. Several hundred jet-propelled tankers will be built to replace the obsolescent piston-engine planes now used for in flight refueling. Within a single day such a force could fly missions of 12,000 miles and deliver on distant targets nuclear weapons with the destructive power of billions of tons of TNT. President Eisenhower put maintenance of such air-atomic forces to deter aggresson at the top of U.S. defense missions in the new budget just sent to Congress. The round-the-world flights were taken as visible evidence of that wardeterring power. Four Persons Killed In Wreck At Muncie Indiana Death Toll Near 50 For Year By UNITED PRESS ‘ Indiana’s worst traffic accident of 1957 killed four persons today and sent the year’s death toll near 50. A collision of two Cadillacs near Muncie killed Clifford Riggins, 34, and his brother, Ronald, 25, Anderson, and Vestal Hoppes, 34, and Audrey Mudd, 35, Alexandria. Authorities were uncertain whether snow on the berm of the county road where the’accident happened had anything to do with the crash. The accident sent the weekend traffic toll off to a gloomy start and increased to at least 47 the of dead in Indiana since New Year’s DgyAt least three persons were killed in separate accidents Friday. Carl Robinson, 11, Gary, was hit by a car when his bike" skidded on an icy street. Mrs. Albert Hutchens, 43, Wabash, was killed in a collision near that town on a snowcovered road. Rodney Hughes, 15. Indianapolis, was killed when an automobile collided with an ambulance enroute to another accident in Indianapolis. _ -J* I Visitors Ban Lifted At County Hospital Thurman Drew, administrator of the Adams county memorial hospital, announced today that the visitor ban, effective at the hospital for the past several days, has been lifted. The crowded conditions, which prompted the limiting of visitors, have been alleviated.

Right To Work Issue Due To Explode Soon Touchy Issue May Come Up Next Week In State Assembly INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The “right to work" issue threatens to explode in the Indiana Legislature sometime next week. House Speaker George Diener (R-Indianapolis), one of many Republican lawmakers who would like to see such a law enacted, said the bill may be introduced by next Wednesday. Meanwhile, senators and representatives who already introduced nsxarly 300 in the 90th[ Assembly’s first seven days, took the weekend off. Both bouses adjourned Friday until Monday morning. Republican spokesmen were silent on who would introduce the controversial anti-union shop bill, tagged a “right to wreck” measure by labor leaders. Observers figured it would originate in the House—possibly with Democratic co-sponsorship. Some reports said at least three or four Democrats favor such a law, despite the Democratic platform that called it “vicious" and pledged "everything humanly possible" to defeat it. Fight Predicted In a recent United Press poll 25 lawmakers, including at least two Democrats, favored "right to vork,” and 26 were opposed. ■A “right to work” law, already passed in at least 17 states, would outlaw union membership as a condition of employment. •The issue was certain to produce a fight. Many Democrats were opposed to it, and so were Republicans who didn’t want to put Governor Handley in the position of having to sign or veto it. A similar measure failed in the 1955 session. On other issues, legislators considered several measures designee to help local communities solve their school building problems. The Senate, under rules suspen sion, passed a bill Friday to allow a four million dollar surplus in t Korean bonus fund be used now, rather than later, for school building loans. Earlier, the Senate Educatior Committee approved a bill tc raise from 4 to 5 per cent the in terest holding corporations can offer for school constructioi bonds. Sen. Charles Kellum (R-Moores-ville), said he prepared a bill tc give outright state grants—rathei than loans—to schools. But he said he probably will not introduce fa because it "wouldn’t get out of committee.” Tax Proposal* “Soon" Kellum argued direct grants avoid oppressive interest rates on bonds which eventually must be paid by local taxes. But most Republican leaders have maintained consistently the state and federal governments should keep hands off school financing. On taxes, some Republican leaders were disagreed on what administration bills would be introduced and when they would hit the House floor. House majority' leader Robert Webb (R-Arcadia) said the administration probably would wait to see how much could be pared from the state budget before deciding what tax proposals to introduce. But Rep. S. .Paul Clay (R-Indi-anapolis), chairman of House Ways and Means "A” Committee, said “every conceivable” new tax scheme probably would be introduced soon. He s«id this would (CWIUIM •• Fare Five)

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday,January 19,1957

Heads Os Arab Neutral Bloc Sign Agreement; Jordan Breaking Ties

Belt Os Cold Air In Moving Into Florida North-Central Area Os United States Experiences Relief r By UNITED PRESS A belt of wintry air that has coated most of the nation with a layer of frost puffed into Florida today as it departed from the north-central area. Temperatures scooted up to 10 to 20 degrees higher early today than Friday in a large section of land extending from the Southern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley states. The cold air, however, penetrated into hitherto balmy Florida. Tampa shivered in a nighttime climate of 36 degrees and Cross City, Fla., residents were victim* of 20 degree cold. In contrast, Cut Bank, Mont, usually one of the chilliest spots ir the country, repored a relatively warm reading of 27 degrees. The Mercury at Fargo, N.D. soared to 24 degrees Friday night, in contrast to its reading of 4 degrees the day before. Corpus Christi Tfex., also warmed up quicker. L&at niaht’s air climbed to 50 aftife. near freeetag temperatures the, night before. Florida was ribt alone in its cold spasms, however, most of the eastern third of the country continued to suffer in the unusually cold air. Zero readings were common in parts of the Great Lakes, states as well as along the northern Atlantic Coast. Light snow flurries glided over the Great Lances and Appalachians both Friday and today. Although precipitation amoupts were generally light, some spots received a fairly heavy dose of snow. Depths in upper Michigan were increased by about an inch while at Buffalo, N.Y., an additional two inches raised their total on the ground to (Caßtianed •* Page Five) March Os Dimes In County Rural Areas Rural Solicitors Listed For County Mrs. Robert Hess, county chairman of the 1957 March of Dimes campaign of the polio foundation, today announced the names of women who will conduct the Mothers March in the rural areas. The Mothers March in Decatur, under the general chairmanship of Mrs. Robert Lane, will be conducted Friday, Jan. 25. However, no date will be set for the rural Mothers March. Each of the women will call at all of the homes in her area to solicit donations for the polio fund, which is badly in need of replenishing here because of the 1956 polio epidemic. Plans are also made for the volunteers to give each, family a polio vaccine record card. This is being done as part of the general campaign to educate the public on the value of the polio shots. pie volunteers who will do the work include Mrs. Erwin Buuck, Preble township; Mrs. Florence Susdorf, Root township; Mrs. Louis Krueckeberg, Union township; Mrs. Gordon Soman and Mrs. Carl Frey, St. Mary’s township; Mrs. William Kohne and Mrs. Clarence Mitchel, Washington township. Mrs. Robert Kershner and Mrs. Robert Mitchel, Kirkland township; Mrs. Robert W. Miller, French township; Mrs. Kermit Yoder, Monroe township; Mrs. Carl Schug, Blue Creek township; Mrs. Raymond Fickert, Jefferson township. Mrs. Robert Gerber and Mrs. Waldo Bauman, .Wabash township;' Mrs. Ralph Miller, Hartford township; Mrs. Glen Stucky and Mrs. Gene Hike, Monroe, and Mrs. Robert Hsnuntad, Monmouth. _

Unusual Saturday > I . Session For U.N. . Seeks To Complete Resolution Debate UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (WThe U. N. General Assembly held an unusual Saturday session today in an attempt to complete debate on an Afro-Asian resolution demanding Israeli troops withdraw from Egypt within five days. The resolution is sponsored by . 25 of the 27 nations in the Afroi Asian bloc. Only Egypt and Laos . refused to go along with the oth- , ers. --X ,• The draft note* with “regret and i concern” Israel’s failure to com- ■ ply with a previous U. N. resoluj tion calling for. the withdrawal of i Israeli forces to the 1949 armistice lines. But it does not call for any • explicit penalty if Israel failed to i submit to the five-day deadline. Israel has announced its withdrawal from Egypt would be completed by Tuesday, with the exception of the Gaza Strip and the strategic Sharm El-Sheikh area flanking th£ Gulf of Aqaba in the southern Sinai. There is a strong sentiment among Western delegations to send U. N. Emergency Farce troops into the disputed areas until their future is settled by ne- ' jrttisb Ambassador Allan Nobel went even further. He suggested the "internationalization" under ’ U. N. control of the crucial zones. India’s V. K. Krishna Menon, however, expressed strong opposi-, tion to using UNEF troops as oc- ( cupation forces. ; Heavy Gas Fumes In : Homes, Businesses Gas Seeping Into Monroe St. Sewer Gas seeping from an undetermined source into the Monroe street sewer caused heavy gas fumes in many Decatur homes and business establishments Friday night and today. The odor was first noticed at about 9 p. m. Friday night, and members of the city street and sewer department immediately began the work of flushing out the sewer. The flushing has continued and . was still being done at mid-morn-ing today. A chemical was being j put into the sewer in an attempt , to reduce the fumes, which apparently are increasing in intensity in the homes and stores. [ The fumes were especially . heavy along Monroe street and ( city hall was so filled this morn- . ing that Mayor Robert Cole ordered it to be closed. t Decatur fire chief Cedric Fisher , has been checking all of the ser- , vice stations along Monroe street > in an attempt to find the source j of the fumes, which are obviously caused by gasoline. By 11 a. m. , today the source had not been loj cated but it was thought that a , gas tank was leaking into the , sewers since the fumes do not . seem to abate with the continued flushing. The fumes, although extremely unpleasant, are not heavy enough to create a fire hazard, chief Fisher said. However, investigation and work will continue without letup until the nuisance is eliminated. BULLETIN M. J. Pryor, manager of the loqal office of the Northern Indiana" Public Service company, received a call late tihs morn- - ing from the division office, informing him that effective Monday, industrial use of natural gas will return to 100 percent consumption. The industrial use was curtailed ThursdAy a* * result of the emergency caused by the Wednesday night explosion of * natural gas compression plant at Liberal, Kaus.

West Teamster Heads Called By Probers Labor Racketeering Probe Is Turned To West Coast Leaders ' WASHINGTON (UP)— Senators ’ Investigating labor racketeering ’ swung their attention today to the ■ West Coast stronghold of the powererful Teamsters’ Union. I Chairman John L. McClellan ■ (D-Ark) of the Senate Investigat- ■ ing subcommittee summoned for I public testimony Frank W. Brew- ■ ster, president of the Western Con- ' ference of Teamsters, and Nugent i La Poma, head of Teamsters Local 174 in Seattle, Wash. Brewster and La Poma refused ’ to testify at a closed hearing Wednesday. Another Area Probe The subcommittee indicated It ‘ also might investigate Teamster ! activities in another West Coast area. It took testimony in closed : session Friday from two reporters • from the Portland Oregonian. The > newsmen — Wallace Turner and ■ William Lambert — told in a ser- . ies of copyrighted dispatches last year of efforts by Teamster otti--1 eials to take over viee. operations I in the city. Some 30 persons, including about seven Teamster officials, have been indicted on various ’ charges including conspiracy and ; labor racketeering. The subcommittee was bucking a top-level teamsters challenge of its authority. Teamsters General President Dave Beck failed to respond to an invitation to testify, pleading illness in a telegram from his Seattle home. Beck's No. 2 man, International President Einar O. Mohn, refused to answer the subcommittee’s questions on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction to investigate the Teamsters. Insistent On Silence Mohn stuck to his silent stand e despite McClellan’s statement that s the subcommitee has jurisdiction 1 to investigate operations of the V government and administration of the law. The chairman said he t wanted to know whether the 1 Teamsters filed accurate financial 1 reports with the Labor Departs f ment and whether tax-exempt unt ion funds were diverted to private (CoßtlßßeS M Face Flee) 1 < William Bieberich ; Dies Friday Night i Funeral Services Monday Afternoon William J. Bieberich, 91, retired r farmer and lifelong resident of • Preble township, died at 9:35 p.m. 1 Friday at the home of a son, Fred ■ C. Bieberich, of Preble township, ' of a cerebral hemorrhage which he suffered last Saturday, Mr. ■ Bieberich resided three miles 1 south and one and one-half miles s west of Preble. t He was born in Preble township Aug. 31, 1865, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth Werllng-Bieberich. He was first married May 26, 1893, to ; Lisette Selking,' who died June 4, ■ 1908. He was later married to Cari rle Reinking, who <pril 3, 1918. Mr. Bieberich was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Preble. Surviving are the son, Fred C. Bieberich; one daughter, Mrs. Fremont Springer, of Fort Wayne; a step-son, Louis Reinking, of Preble; 23 grandchildren; 33 greatgrandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Brandt, of Fort Wayne. One daughter, one step-son and one step-daughter are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran church st Preble, the Rev. Otto C. Busse officiating. Burial will be In the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeraj home after T p.p. Saturday unffl time of the services.

Kadar Switching To Share-Work Program Attempts To Avert Further Bloodshed VIENNA (UP) - The puppet Janos Kadar regime is switching to a share-the-work program in an attempt to avert further bloody demonstrations by workers fired under the "black New Year’*?’ decree, reports from Budapest said today. Instead of firing the workers from power-short factories, official Hungarian sources said, officials are spreading available work with workers putting in shorter hours for smaller wages. The Communist Hungarian mass dismissal decree touched off widespread protests. The most serious flared at the Csepel iron and steel mills in Budapest. Hungarian Militiamen fired on the demonstrating workers, killing at least two. Austrian officials, meantime, expressed increasing concern over the problem of Hungarian refugees. Austrian Minister of Interior Oskar Helmer warned Friday night there might be major rioting in the restive refugee camps unless the free world rallies quickly to Austria's aid. Helmer told a news conference that money for handling the refugees was running desperately short. More than 175,000 Hunlast Oct. 28. Helmer said 70,000 Hungarian refugees were still in camps in Austria. And he warned that trouble in the camps could cause serious political difficulties in Aus- > tria whose capital, Vienna, is only some 35 miles from the Iron Curtain. i As a precaution, he said, Austria . is stepping up border patrols on ; the frontier and intensifying restrictions. He said "only persons [ with special pass will be allowed I in the border area.” ’ New Trial Is Asked I By Property Owners j Rices File Motion For A New Trial i Rpbert and Estella Rice, defend- • ants in the recent trial of the complaint for appropriation of 1 real property by the state of Indiana for a right-of-way, filed a motion for a new trial in Adams circuit court Friday. The Rices, who were awarded $9,990 by a jury on Dec. 20 at the conclusion of a 10-day trial, listed several reasons why they should be granted a new trial. They alleged in the motion that the verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence, that it was contrary to law, and that there was error in the assessment of the amount of the judgment. It was further claimed in the motion that the damages awarded were less than the actual pecuniary loss. It is claimed by the Rices that the court erred in presenting certain instructions to ths jury and omitting an instruction which they requested. They also alleged that the court erred in sustaining motions to amend the complaint and the order of condemnation by changing the description of the land to be • appropriated. The land in question is a portion of property along U. S. highway 27, which was appropriated by the state for highway construction and improvement. The defendants in the case who s»e represented by the law firm of Custer and Smith, sought a judgment of more than twice the amount which was awarded by the jury. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and warmer today, tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 20-30., High Sunday 3040. Outlook for Monday: Increasand a little warmer, with rain likely. NOON EDITION • '

Pad Enables Jordan Break " r .. : ' *■ - ' With Britain •* Font Nations Sign Pact Permitting Severance Os Ties CAIRO (UP)—Leaders of the fota-power Arab - "neutral bloc** signed an agreement today permitting Jordan to sever its last remaining ties with Britain. The agreement, signed by leaders of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, will provide Jordan with a 35 million dollar yearly subsidy to replace Britain's longterm financial aid agreement. The ' Arab agreement will run 10 years. Egyptian President Gamal Ab-* del Nasser, Saudi Arabia's King ' Saud, Syrian Premier Sabri El Assail and young King Hussein of r rawaii signed the new pact at the closing session of a two-day round ' of "summit" conferences. Completes “Neutralist Bloc” Jordan announced last week it was prepared to renounce the British agreement which provided an annual subsidy of 135,140,060 in ' return for the right to keep British bases in Jordan. Today** agreement ended months - long efforts by Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria to win Jordan as a full member of the "neutralist bloc" of Arab states L opposing the northern tier Bagh- ’ dad Pact, which embraces the Moslem nations of Turkey, Iran, ' Iraq and Pakistan. Uhder the agreement, Egypt and Saudi Arabia each will contribute 14 million dollars a year in financial aid and Syria will contribute 7 million. Today’s announcement also said the four leaders discussed the Eisenhower Doctrine, Israel’s refusal to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba areas, the Suez Canal, the Anglo-French and Israeli attack on Egypt, Jordanian affairs and the Arab stand on Middle East problems in general Leaves for Naples King Saud left Cairo by plane for Naples, Italy, on the way to his state visit in Washington at the invitation of President Eisenhower. He is expected to arrive in Washington later this month. The Arab “Mg tour” meeting was held as Russia and Communist China promised “necessary support” to the Middle East as a counter - move to the Eisenhower Doctrine. It was not known if the Communist proposal was included in the discussions. The leaders of the Big Four Arab States conferred behind locked doors into the late hours Friday night, and delegations representing the leaders held a separate meeting which lasted until after midnight. A communique issued Friday night said topics discussed included “the Eisenhower plan, the Suez Canal, the attack against Egypt, Jordan, and the strengthening ot relations.*’ It did not elaborate. A* second communique was expected after Saud’s departure today. — (Reports in London said the final communique was expected to announce the position of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia on the controversial Eisenhower Doctrine.) Nasser and the Syrian press have sharply attacked the Eisenhower plan. —“ I ' Chemical Foam Aids Pilot In Landing PERU, Ind. ® — Chemical foam on a Bunker Hill Air Force Base runway provided a slick surface Friday for a pilot to crash-land an F94-C jet fighter with only minor damage. When the nose wheel on the fighter flown by First Lit. Mozart E. White, 27, Kokomo, failed to extend fully, he used his two main wheel* to slide to a stop.. White tried to shake the wheel loose with dives, but failed- The air force reported no injury to either White or hi* radar observer, Ist Lt. Marvin Owens- ■ -

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