Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 9 February 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No 34.

SETTLE AGREEMENTS m HW'T - - -iP*' jfth yg 1 08 OS'» fe.». wfc. w BWMk 898^ k I iwW s WITH FINAL agreement providing arms for Saudi Arabia and continued use by the U. S. of vital air bases in that country, out of the way. President Eisenhower poses with King Saud at the White House. The two met in the Chief Executive's office to finalize the agreements.

House Passes Two-Cent Hike In Gasoline Tax Democrats In House Protest Increase As Voted By House INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—A move to add two cents per gallon to the gasoline bill of Hoosier motorists was half way through the Indiana Legislature today. - Despite Democratic charges that the public was “brainwashed” on the need for the tax hike, a bill for a six-cent tax was aanrpjpA Friday by the House. Tbe vote was 62-28—mostly along party lines. If the bill passes the Senate and is signed by Governor Handley, who approves it, Hoosiers will be paying nine cents in taxes on each gallon. The current state tax is four cents, the federal levy' three. A protest signed by all 24 House Democrats was filed for publication in the House journal. It charged the GOP majority ignored recent “scandals” in the State Highway Department, refused to debate the issues, ignored public opposition and failed to show a need for the fuel increase. Handley For Increase Meanwhile, more than 60 bills flooded the House on the last day for their introduction. Monday is the deadline in the Senate,. Rep. Birch Bayh (D-West Terre Haute), House minority leader, charged in the gas tax debate Hoosiers “have received the most thorough brain washing on the gas tax than any group of citizens have ever received.” Rep. Donald E. Foltz (D-Clin-ton) accused GOP members of going along with it for fear they would “immediately be labeled anti-administration and be ostracized.” The 50 per cent boost was the only tax increase Handley and his legislative leaders have said definitely would be needed. They contended the extra money was essential to match federal money available for interstate road building. Foltz pointed out most Republicans in me 1955 House voted to keep a 2-cent increase biJi buried in committee. Tops Ohio. Illinois Tax Rep. Joseph E. Klen (D-Ham-monc ; said many Lake County filling stations would be forced out of business by the increase. The measure would put Indiana’s gas tax one cent higher than in Ohio and Illinois. But Rep. Paul Clay (R-Indianapolls) said both states are considering gas hikes of their own. In the Senate, Roy Conrad (RMonticello), chairman of the Labor Committee, said his group probably would wait until Monday or Tuesday before deciding on whether to pass out the controversial “right to work” bill. Conrad said the Senate group would wait to see what the House Labor Committee does with a, similar bill. Both committees held public hearings this week on the bill to outlaw union membership as a condition of employment. o INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and mild through Sunday. Occasional rain or drixsle Sunday. Low tonight from the 30s to 50. High Sunday 40 Ao 60. Outlook for Monday: cloudy and mild.

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Lincoln Day Dinner Held Friday Night Judge Donald Hunter Speaks At Banquet “We should draw strength from Lincoln's faith in the institutions of freedom if we are to survive today in a half-darkened world,” Judge Donald H. Hunter, of the LaGrange county circuit court, told a crowd of more than 150 , gathered for the annual Lincoln , day banquet of the Republican i party. i After the dinner, Roy Price, former county treasurer, introduced ; the Republican county and towni ship officers present, including 1 Roland Miller, commissioner from 1 th» Wy.iiiHwfftn Sfcniasa MmU . ■ commissioner-elect from the second district: Waldo Neal, county treasurer: Luther Yager, joint I representative from Adams and Wells counties,' and Sylvan Sprunger, Monroe township trustee. Attorney Robert Smith told two stories about Lincoln. Attorney Robert S. Anderson introduced Menno Lehman, Ed Lieehty, and Howard Gilliom, of the Berne Witness. He also thanked the Pythian Sisters for serving the banquet. Mrs. Edward Eichenberger, county vice-chairman, of Berne, introduced . the decorating committee: Mabel Myers, chairman; Mrs. Glen Neuenschwander, Mrs. : Harry Essex, and Mrs. John Doan. ■ James Lieehty, chairman of the ; Berne Republican club in the 1946 election, introduced the clerk from LaGrange county, and Republican city councilman Lee Leuen, of Berne. t John D. Doan, former mayor of Decatur, introduced other guests from LaGrange county. Eleanor Snyder introduced county vice-chairman Luella Ifer, of Wells county, who is also Republican fourth district vice-chair-man. Mrs. Ifer introduced Cal E. Pet- , erson, treasurer of the Republican ; county central committee, who in • turn introduced the finance com- i mittee for the dinner: Eleanor Snyder, Lavelle Death, and Glen t Neuenschwander. 1 County chairman Harry Essex s then introduced the speaker, as 1 follows: i “In 1944 I was first elected coun- J ty chairman for Adams county. 3 It had been the custom of former chairmen to recognize Lincoln’s ; birthday as one of the outstand- • ing functions of the party and I 1 am most happy to report to you 1 that this is the 13th year of my -office and this is our 13th Lin- * coin day banquet. "Lest some of you have forgot- f ten who the speakers have been, j I have asked Mrs. Cleo Linn to supply me with a list and they are f as follows: * t . Senator Ray Willis, 2 times; j Walter Helmke, of Fort Wayne, 2 ; times; Thomas Gallmeyer, 2 times; Otto Adams, Senator Hom- x er E. Capehart, Congressman E. i Ross Adair, Judge Grant Rogers, of Franklin, Mayor Robert Mey- i ers, of Fort Wayne, Judge Lloyd 1 Hartzler, of Fort Wayne, Frank 1 Millis, former state treasurer. “So tonight it gives. me great J pleasure to add to this honorable 1 list a wen-known speaker and au- ‘ thority on Lincoln, who has con- s sented so kindly to drive a long ' way to (share with us his knowledge and abiUty as a speaker. “Therefore. I give to you the (Continued on Page Four* . NOON EDITION » -- : ’

Jury Probe Is Ordered Info Oil Increase Charges Government Should Hove Acted To Forestall Hike WASHINGTON (UP) — The chairman of a joint Senate oil price inquiry today praised the Justice Department for ordering the grand jury oil price investigation. ? But he charged the government should have acted to forestall the price Increases in the first place. Sen. Joseph C. O’Mahoney, chairman of the joint Senate inquiry by the Anti-Monopoly and Public Lands subcommittees, told the United Press: “The evidence that has been developed so far in our investigation shows that the government was advised in advance that there would be price increases.” The More The Better i 1 However, he added, “the more investigation, the better it will be.” U. S. District Judge Albert V. Bryan Friday summoned a grand jury to meet March 4 in nearby Alexandria, Va..' to investigate “alleged violations of anti-trust laws” by the American oil industry in connection with the recent oil and gasoline price hikes. He acted on orders from the Justice Department. The grand jury will be directed to investigate “alleged violations of anti-trust laws by companies, corporations, and persons engaged in the distribution, production, storage, purchase and sale of petroleum products.” Victor R. Hansen, assistant general in charge of anti-trust activities, already had announced that the Justice was looking into charges that major oil companies had conspired to raise prices by taking advantage of the Suez Canal crisis. Asked By Ofl Marketers men in oil production and distribution, last month asked the Justice Department to make such an investigation. i O’Mahoney said there was no justification at all for the increase in the price of gasoline because of the huge supply on hand. The House Commerce Committee planned to question Felix E. Wormser. assistant interior secretary, next week about the “gag” against administration officials publicly discussing the price increases. A special five-man Senate commerce subcommittee also was laving the groundwork for public hearings on the price increases. Subcommittee Chairman John O. (Coatlaoed oa Pace Five) U.S. Employment Definitely Slowed Economists Urge Careful Watching WASHINGTON (UP)— Government economists said today that U.S. employment definitely has “slowed down” and bears careful watching the next few months. The economists speculated that the decline in homebuilding has hurt employment prospects in some industries. But they said there is nothing “to be alarmed about” now even though (the big job expansion of the past two years has slackened for the time. The economists are watching to see what happens this spring. They predicted an upswing in employment within the next few months. However, they said there appears to be at least some temporary employment weak spots in the clothing, radio and television, furniture and fabricated metals industries. » Employment figures released by the Commerce and Labor Departments Friday showed that the U.S. labor force was no larger in January than it was a year ago. The economists concluded this was only a “temporary phenomenon.” The figures showed the total number of jobholders dropped by 1,660,000 persons between December and January to 62,890,000. It was the first month since March, 1955, that employment failed to show a year-to-year gain and the largest monthly decline since January, 1949, a period of economic recession. The departments blamed the drop on the substantial decline in farm employment over the year. Non-farm employment, they noted, was still at a record level for the month, totaling 57,947,000 persons — 691,000 more than ■ year ago.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturf day, February 9, 1957

Serious Fuel Shortage Imminent In Greater New York Area Today

Ike And Saud In Agreement On Air Base Saudi Arabia King And Eisenhower In Middle East Accord WASHINGTON (UP)—King Saud 1 of Saudi Arabia headed homeward today in “full agreement” with 1 President Eisenhower on meas- '■ ures to defend the Middle East ' against aggression. Highlights of the outcome of the two-week Saud visit are a new five-year lease granting American use of the vital Dhahran Air Base and agreement for delivery of American arms to Saudi Arabia. Saud and his closest advisers planned to board President Eisenhower's personal plane today tat a trans-Atlantic flight to MadriM Nixon, Dulles Bid Goodbye ] Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles planned to be at the airport to say goodbye to the ' brown-robed king and his royal ' party. Mr. Eisenhower left the capital Friday for Thomasville, Ga., immediately after holding h*s final bargaining session with Saud. /ear-old king will pay a . four-day s tate visit to Spain be- , fore flying to Cairo for important ( talks with Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian leaders. ' A few of the king’s advisers re- ' mained here to conduct “further negotiations” with the United States on the amount jot arms Saudi Arabia will get under the new agreement. _ No Cost Estimate Weapons will include jet planes and tanks. Their value is expected to be far short of the S2OO millicm to $250 million worth hoped for in advance by the king. But U.S. officials would not put a price tag on the arms deal. Talks also will be continued here on economic aid for Saudi Arabia which the United States agreed to consider. One of the proposed aid projects is development of the port of Damman, which is near the SSO million U.S. base at Dhahran. United States officials said they had been unable to get the king to change the provision of the 1951 Dhahran Air Base agreement which has the effect of barring American servicemen who are Jews. Ike Begins Week Os Hunting And Golfing Indications Point To Macmillan Meet THOMASVILLE, Ga. (UP) — President Eisenhower settled down today for a week of quail hunting and golf. And it became increasingly evident that he will meet with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan soon. The White House officially dodged comment on the proposed meeting of the two chiefs of state, but sources said the only question remaining is where and when the two will meet. Mr. Eisenhower flew here Friday from Washington for a week or ten-day vacation at the Milestone Plantation of Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey. The President left Washington just after reaching an agreement with King Saud of Saudi Arabia on a new five-year lease for the vital Dhahran Air Base and on U.S. arms shipments to Saudi Arabia. Most sources were agreed that Mr. Eisenhower’s, next top-level meeting will be with the new British prime minister. British sources say the President and Macmillan will meet at Bermuda in early March. W\ite House sources traveling with the President say the time and place has not been set.

■ May Probe Airport Operations In U. S. Congressional Probe Os Crashes Continues WASHINGTON (UP)—The congressional investigation of last week’s fatal airline crashes may lead to an investigation of airport operations throughout the nation. The House Commerce Committee temporarily halted its inquiry into the New York and California 1 crashes late Friday after turning i up “serious questions” about both i of them. Committee Chairman Oren Hart ris (D-Ark) charged the crash at Pacoima, Calif., involved "derelic- ; tton.” He said he had “some very r serious questions” abouf New I York City crash. > Eight persons were killed when t a Jet lighter and a new transport . collided during test flights. Twenty persons were killed when a ’ Northeast Airlines plane crashed ' on Rikers Island seconds after tak- [ ing off in a snowstorm from Lal Guardia Airport. Harris said he thought airport conditions generally needed lookk ing into and cited Washington Na- , tional Airport as “the worst oper- , ated" in the county. [ Harris specifically questioned , whether the Northeast Airlines plane was fit and whether the j weather was proper for takeoff. He said the ship was an “o I d ‘ plane” and that “theyknew somei thing was wrong.” Northeast Airlines President t George E. Gardner said in Boston i that there was “no basis” for Harris’ statements and that Harris had been “misled by somebody.” Gardner said that since the r plane’s initial flight Jan. 25, 1955, 1 it had logged 8,314 hours in the air 5 and was "still a young plane.” 5 He said the pilot “knew his business” and “never would have taken off if he thought some- . thing was wrong.” —nr— I ' Queen, Duke Plan Second Honeymoon Royal Couple To Be Reunited Feb. 16. LISBON, Portugal (UP)—Portuguese authorities said today they were taking discreet measures to . ensure Queen Elizabeth II and the . Duke of Edinburgh complete privacy next week for their two-day “second honeymoon.” 'Die British royal couple will be reunited at the windswept airbase of Montijo on Feb. 16 and then will “disappear” from the eyes of the world for two days together before they start a state visit here on Feb. 18. It was understood they would spend the time as guests of the Duke of Palmella in his 40-room country home overlooking the sea off the Arrabida coast 30 miles south of Lisbon. The Duke of Palmella is former ambassador to the Court of St, James. Their Largest Separation The separation of the queen and her husband — more than four months — has been the longest since their marriage. Prince Philip left England Oct. 14 for the Australian Olympics and an around-the-world cruise. Philip will arrive at the sardine fishing port of Setubal Feb. 15 aboard the royal yacht Britannia. Elizabeth advanced her plans to fly to Portugal the next day to meet him. Romantic Portuguese refused to believe the rumors of a rift, published Friday in an American newspaper. And the advance party from London, arranging details of die visit, likewise ridiculed the report. Observers close to the royal family said the queen was j/ery much in love with her husband and, like any other wife, decided to fly to Portugal ahead of schedule to meet him. Reports of a “rift” between Queen Elizabeth and the duke brought a flat “It’s a lie” Friday night from the queen’s press secretary, Cmdr. Richard Colville, official spokesman of Buckingham “Another Woman” Denied The terse but outspoken denial (Continued on Page Four)

Israel Calls On Nation To Show Unity [ Demonstrations In Israel Opposed To r U.N. Resolutions ’ UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) J —lsrael called nationwide demonstrations today to show the na- . tion’s solidarity against the U.N. t resolutions demanding it give up . the Gaza Strip and areas along r the' Gulf of Aqaba. * , The demonstrations, which included the dropping of leaflets by , planes over Tel Aviv, also emphat sized Israel’s readiness to risk . U.N. sanctions if it refuses to give i up the territories without guaran--1 tees against Egyptian attacks. The U.N. General Assembly, . takes up the Middle East question again on Tuesday, was waiting t word from Secretary General Dag . Hammarskjold before deciding on . the next step. Sanctions Still Debated The 27-nation Afro-Asian bloc 1 was demanding economic, military 5 or diplomatic discipline of Israel, . but the United Nations failure to r vote sanctions against Russia for j its intervention in Hungary may prevent the body from voting them against Israel. ' it The chairman of the Afro-Asian n bloc spoke confidently of a two- .. thirds vote for sanctions, but the s group appeared divided on the ” wisdom of the act. There also was e some doubt the United States i ( would support sanctions. r Hammarskjold was keeping his own counsel. But informed sources said he would recommend the ase sembly fix a firm deadline for the . withdrawal of Israeli troops, with the implied threat of sanctions if Israel ignored the timetable. He may present his Mideast report to the assembly on Tuesday. Ike Plea Rejected Israel not only rejected the U.N. resolutions, but Premier David Ben Gurion turned down a plea From President Eisenhower to quit Egyptian territory. An Israeli government spokesman said the situation had reached rock bottom and there could be no further retreat. Every Israeli statement said ' there must be guarantees of free- • dona of navigation in the Gulf of ' Aqaba and adequate safeguards ' against the renewal of Egyptian ' Fedayeen (Commando) attacks from the Gaza Strip. ! Ben Gurion, in a three-page let- ! ter to President Eisenhower, was (Coatianea oa Pace Fire) National Electric ; Week Opens Sunday Tells Phenomenal Industry Growth , National electrical week will op- . en Sunday throughout the United States. The observance is scheduled annually for the week of Feb. , 11, the birthday of Thomas A. Edii son, who perfected the first practical incandescent lamp. i H. A. McKinnon, G. E. vice i president, in marking the opening . of the week, said that General • Electric people in Decatur and • Fort Wayne can well be proud of their part in the electrical manuI factoring industry. “The .electrical industry is one 1 of the most vital in America and ■ to America,” McKinnon said. “Its 1 growth can be seen in the fact 1 that our own company has invested almost 1.4 billion dollars in ex--1 pansioq since World War 11, and . it will be investing a half billion more during the three-year period, 1956-58. “In 1957 alone, G. E. will be investing more than $l7O million in ' new plants and facilities and the ' size of the entire industry is expected to double in the next eight years. LAL-M. “The use of electricity per man-hour has doubled since 1945 and is expected to double again in another 10 years,” McKinnon added.

Engineer KilledQn World Safest Track Wreck Mystifies Railroad Probers RIPLEY, N.Y. (UP)—Crewmen worked today to clear the wreckage of 32 derailed cars from an electronically-controlled stretch of track, described as the “world's safest,” where a New York Central passenger train collided late Friday with a freight train, killing ’ an engineer. Railroad investigators were mystified by the wreck which • blocked both tracks on the New ’ York Central’s main line in this ’ southwestern New York community, 20 miles from Erie, Pa. One ■ of the 75 passengers aboard The r Easterner was slightly Injured. The engineer of the . passenger c train, J. B. Miller, 65, of Cleve- - land, was killed when he leaped ‘ from the cab an instant before the crash at a switch-over point, op- • erated electronically from Erie. 1 His body was pinned beneath the > engine. The Easterner’s fireman, ! Ned Thompson of Linesville, Pa., 1 who was in the cab with Miller escaped injury. The railroad’s chief dispatcher : at Erie, Vincent Ruth, said he was f unable to understand how the ac- • cident could have occurred. J “We were switching the 77-car r freight onto another track when it f happened. For some reason the <1 freight Wt «gtear in time and The Easterner slammed into it at n the crossing. H’s a mystery how *■ such a thing could happen.” e A NEW York Central spokese man said a preliminary investigas tion showed that “all equipment s and signaling devices appeared to be in order” when the freight 8 train was hit “at an angle.” s In opening the 163-mile stretch ‘ of double track Jan. 16, President • Alfred E-' Perlman called it the J “world’s safest.” He said the sys- • tern precluded a Iverman from ! throwing a wrong switch or ap • engineer from failing to obey a signal without the' train being brought to an automatic stop. I 11 ■ ■ Reports Indicate : Two Froze To Death J Medical Reports In Chicago Deaths i CHICAGO (IP) — Medical reports i' on two teen-age sisters found | dead in a ditch indicate they froze to dead) in near-zero temperature. Three pathologists and a poison expert told newsmen Friday that by a process of elimination they believed the deaths were caused by "secondary shock resulting from exposure.” The stripped and frozen bodies of Barbara Grimes, 15, and her 13-year-old sister, Patricia, were found in a forest preserve ditch Jan. 22. They had been missing from their home since Pec. 28, when they had left to see an Elvis Presley movie for the Uth time. The medical reports showed the girls had not been sexually assaulted, nor was any trace of alcohol found in their bodies. These facts directly refuted a Skid Row dishwaster’s "confession” of how the girls were slugged to death after a week-long alcohol-spiced sex orgy. Edward L. Benny the Dishwasher Bedwell, an itinerant vagrant and patron of flophouses, later repudiated his confession and is 'currently free on bond. The pathologists agreed with poison expert Dr. Walter Camp, who placed the time of the girls’ deaths at about midnight Dec. 28. They failed to explain, however, how the bodies remained wellpreserved for more than three weeks until they were found in the ditch. t Cook County Coroner Walter McCarran said the team had offered possible solutions to these i questions in a conference with law enforcement officials. They also 1 confidentially turned over addi- : tional information gleaned from 1 the autopsy and toxicological 1 tests. 1 ———... . .2-. ~~

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Negotiations | Collapsing in Tugboat Strike Nine-Doy Tugboat Strike Threatens Area's Oil Supply NEW YORK (UP)—A serious fuel shortage in the Greater New York area was imminent today following the collapse of negotiations in the nine-day tugboat strike. * As reports of fuel oil shortages < poured into police headquarters, ’ fuel distributors warned that oil supplies were reaching a .critical stage. . . Distributors agreed that their supplies will be exhausted by early next week. But a spokesman for the oil industry said a sudden change from the relatively mild weather the area has been experiencing would result in “utter chaos.” Hundreds of appeals already have been received for fuel, including 1 four from hospitals and two from homes for the aged. Nearly 300 were received from apartment houses. City Plans Rattening ’ * Rationing machinery and other j emergency measures, already set > up by the city, were expected to r be plaoed intn effect shortly. A quick settlement appeared unlike- . ly, following a break down of bar- . gaining talks Friday. ; Leaders of the striking tug and [ barge crewmen and the employ- . ers' group were pessimistic over an early end .to the work stopt page which has cut off 70 per cent of the fuel deliveries to New York. "A very serious impasse has developed,” according to one of the federal mediators who, with city mediators, have been trying to resolve the contract dispute that has immobilized 400 tugboats, barges, tankers and other craft in New York harbor. No further negotiations were scheduled, thus assuring that the crippling strike will extend until next week. Adding to the woes of the nation's largest port was the virtual certainty that 25,000 longshoremen would quit their jobs here Tuesday afternoon when an 80-day cooling off injunction expires. Talks Being Continued Negotiators for the International Longshoremen’s Assn, and die I New York Shipping Assn, continued negotiations today, but hopes for a settlement! were dim. A longshoremen’s strike would be a continuation of one halted last November by an Injunction. Coupled with the tugboat strike, it would paralyze the port of New York. The longshoremen’s strike, moreover, probably would involve all ports from Portland, Me., to Hampton Roads, Va., since dock workers in those ports also have rejected final management offers. Dock workers in south Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports would not be affected, however, sinee they have - agreed to contract terms since the involking of the Taft-Hartley law that temporarily halted the November strike. >. ’ Valparaiso Youth Dies In Accident LAPORTE, Ind. (UP) — Clayton W. Bond, 21, Valparaiso, was killed Friday night when his car skidded into the path of a big truck on U. S. 30 west of Hanna. He was dead on arrival at Holy Family Hospital here. State police said the impact threw Bond out of the car and beneath the trucktrailer. Former Hungarian Regent Dies Today LISBON (UP) — Adm. Nicholas Horthy, former .regent of Hungary, died today at his home in Estoril. He was 88. Horthy died of a heart attack resulting from asthma. The Admiral ruled Hungary for 24 years until his abdication in 1944. He saw his country virtually taken over by the Nazis and, after his abdication, overrun by the Communists.