Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 73.

SERVE SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE BECK RECORDS jTEft .?• * ✓ * woIBP FOLLOWING HIS REFUSAL to turn over personal financial records to the Senate racket investigating committee before which he appeared for questioning, Teamsters* Union president Dave Beck (arrow) is served with a subpoena by Mrs. Ruth Watt, the committee clerk.

Report Syrian Troops Fire On Israeli Pest Arab Moves Sharply Increase Tension Over Middle East By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent Is-ael reported today that Syrian troops opened fire on an Israeli settlement at midnight and that marauders from the Gaza Strip ambushed an Israeli truck Tuesday, seriously wounding one civilian. * Egypt’s semi-official news agency reported in Cairo that Saudi Arabia had moved troops to the outskirts of the Jordanian port of Aqaba, but a Jordanian military source denied the report in Amman. However other sources said the Saudis had moved troops all along the western shore of the Gulf of Aqaba in what could be the start of a new Arab move to blockade Israeli shipping .In tbe.,wrrow, waterway. The Arab moves sharply* increased tension in the Middle East as UN. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold ended his Cairo mission and left for New York without solving the future of the Suez Canal or the U.N. Emergency Force. The West was silent pending a formal report from Hammarskjold on his mission, but in Bermuda a •'highly informed -source said •‘everybody accepts the fact that for better or worse Egyptians are going to operate the canal.” The statement came after the AngloCanadian conference. Syrian Border Incidents The Saudi military moves followed a recent announcement that the nation would take “all measures” to prevent the establishment of any Israeli right to send ships through the Gulf of Aqaba. Cairo sources said the move in- 1 dicated Saudi Arabia was willing, to relieve Egypt of the task of, blackading Israeli shipping since Egypt is under heavy pressure and Saudi Arabia has emerged as one of the keystones in U.S. Middle East policy. Col. Nehemia Brosh, the Israeli army spokesman, announced the border incident with Syria. He said the Syrian troops fired for 20 minutes on the outskirts of the settlement of Dardara in northern Israel. He said Israeli troops returned the fire. No casualties were reported. The second incident occurred late Tuesday when marauders opened fire with rifles and machine guns on a truckload of Israelis 36 miles north of the port of Eilat on the road to Beersheba. The driver sped out of the trap and reached safety in the south. Israeli police rushed to the scene to investigate the shooting, and a spokesman said it was believed tne raiders came from the Gaza Strip on their "usual one-way kill or die exploits.” The Canal Plan Hammarskjold left Cairo by plane and was to stop at Beirut, Lebanon, where he planned to talk with John J. McCloy, a New York banker who serves as his financial adviser. McCloy will go to Cairo later to try to. solve the problem of who will pay for clearing the Suez Canal. Tuesday night Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi called in seven ambassadors for a preview of the plan Hammarskjold is taking back to New York for preentation to the Suez Canal users. Informed sources said the plan called for Egypt Jo collect all tolls in advance, to set aside some 25 per cent for canal improvement, to consult internationallly on canal improvement and for Egypt to pledge to live up to the 1888 convention guaranteeing free passage of the canal. The question of the future of the UNEF was in doubt. Israel has (Contmuea on tMxj

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Boy Injured When Hil By Automobile Runs From Behind Truck Into Auto Duane Davis, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Davis of 627 North Second street, is a patient at Parkview memorial hospital, suffering injuries received in an auto-pedestrian accident Tuesday at 5:55 p. m. on North Third street. The boy was hit when he ran out from behind a parked truck into the front part of a northbound I car driven by William A. Lichtle, 21, of Decatur route three. The accident occurred in the 700 block of North Third street. The impact caused the Davis boy to suffer a broken right leg, a skull fracture and a brain concussion. He was to the Adams county memorial hospital and later taken to the Fort Wayne hospital for special treatment. The only witness to the accident 1 was 10-year-old David Bracey, of 707 North Third street. He stated that he saw the Davis boy running toward the street from the west side and yelled to him that a car was coming. . tlowever, Duane apparently did not hear David and continued into the street. » .. ~ Lichtle was unable to see the running child because of the parked truck. Investigating officers said that he was not to blame for the accident but he was charged with driving a car with improper registration. He appeared in justice of the peace court later and was fined $1 and costs. - — Red Cross Fund Is Now Over $3,420 Monroe Residents Increase Donation Residents of the town of Monroe have contributed $111.50 to the 11957 Red Cross fund, according to a report made today by Carl A. Braun, fund chairman. This am-, ouht is almost triple their donation of last year. This contribution and other reports during the early part of this week from campaign solicitors has brought the total up to $3,420.58. This amount includes the reports of about one-third of the workers in the fund drive. The campaign is now in its final week and Braun has urged that solicitors complete their reports before the end of the week. The goal this year is $11,500, Recent reports and contributions include Mrs. Ray Stingely, Decatur residential, $9.35; American Legion Post 43, $lO-, Mrs. Harold Barger, Kirkland township, $3.50; Mrs. Ruben Schwartz, Monroe township, $10.25; Mrs. Floyd Baker, Jefferson township, $3; Christain Hackman, Decatur residential, $3.10; Mrs. Ray Moser, Decatur residential, sl2; Mrs. Alva Baker, Decatur residential, $63.25. Mrs. T. Sprague, Decatur residential, $17.50; Emerson Wass, Union township, $7.75; Lester Busick, Root township. $10; Francis Geels, Root township, $6; St. Paul’s Ladies Aid of Preble, $5; Henry Heiman, Washington township, $10; Elmer Myers, Blue Creek township, $11; Mrs. Lester Adler, Kirkland township, $10; Mrs. Paul Morgan, Decatur residential, $2.82. Mrs. Harry Lehman, Monroe township, $6; Otto Longenberger, Monroe, s3l; H. Tate, Adams Central, $29; Ned Stucky, Monroe, $19.50; Mrs. Forest Ray, Monroe, sl2.so;Georgana Essex, Monroe, $14.75; Noble Ehrsam, $4 75; Mrs. A. Wilder, Washington township, sl4. Miss Donelda Markel, Blue Creek township, $6.50; Friendship Village club, $5; John Kintz, Washington township, $8; Mrs. Tillman Beer, Monroe township, sl3; Lowell Smith, Decatur high school, SSO; Martin Schroeder, Preble (Continued on Pago Six)

Spent $85,000 In Union Funds For Dave Beck Chicago Consultant Testifies Before Senate Committee WASHINGTON (UP) — A Chicago labor relations consultant testified today that he spent $85,000 of Teamsters Union money on a host of items ranging from nylon hose to* loveseats for Teamsters boss Dave Beck and his son. The consultant. Nathan W. Shefferman, told the Senate Rackets Committee he didn’t know the $85,000 came out of the union treasury until income tax investigators discovered it had. He said he paid the bills and, as it turned out, was I reimbursed by the union. As Shefferman testified, the : ruddy-faced and rotund Beck waited -in a chair a few rows awaW for a second appearance on the witness stand. Beck refused all day Tuesday to answer committee charges* that he . have misappropriated” more than $322,000 of union money. He invoked the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination. Shefferman said he acted as Beck's purchasing agent because of their 20-year friendship. He didn't consider it improper to do so while at the same time acting aa labor consultant for firms having contracts with the Teamsters Union. Will Answer hi Court But Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy said he had "some information and evidence” that the union showed favoritism to business firms which employed Shefferman’s services. Highlights of today’s session included: —A statement by Beck to reporters that he expects to be prosecuted on income tax charges. He said that at that time all the questions he has refused to answer “will come before hi court of law and wil be answered freely.” —Another Beck statement, made (Com;=uM on r-xre Bit) Soviet Threats Are Denounced By Ike Asserts Threats To Allies Indefensible WASHINGTON (UP)-President Eisenhower today branded as completely indefensible Russia's recent threats against Norway, Japan and other U.S. Allies. He told his news conference that all nations have the right to take whatever measures they believe to be necessary to protect themselves. The President made the remark when asked what he thought of such recent Russian statements as Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin’s warning to Norway that she would pay dearly if she allowed her territory to be used as a base against the Soviet Union. He said he felt there, were no grounds for the statements referred to and they were completely indefensible. The President told newsmen on other foreign policy developments: —The movement of Saudi Arabian troops to the shores of Gulf of Aqaba may not have any great bearing on Israeli shipping through the narrow waterway. The actual passage of ships through the Strait of Tiran is much closer to the Egyptian shore which is controlled by United Nations forces. —Plans to supply guided missiles to Britain and perhaps other nations do not mean any big new increase im U.S. production of fissionable material for nuclear warheads. The British, for example, already are producing their -own.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 27, 1957

Eisenhower Blasts At Piecemeal Reductions Os Budget By Congress

Gov. Handley For New State Office Building Governor Favors Public Financing | Os New Building INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Governor Handley said today he will try to get plans for a new state office building underway soon. He said he will call a meeting of the state office building commission created by the 1957 Legislature. The Legislature also provided two alternate plans for financing the building. One would be by a bond issue and the other calls for construction by a private firm with rent paid by Indiana going toward the purchase. The cost of the building is limited to $2,000,000. The building would house state offices now scattered around Indianapolis in rented quarters, i“I always felt there was a need for it, because we are spending an awful lot of money aU over the city,” said Handley. Handley told newsmen he • 1 thought the cheapest method «of financing is public financing. fie said a site committee would recommend location of the buildipg. Martta Named to Commfckt! , Asked if he thought the project would get underWay during his ternr, Handley replied, “I certainly hope so. I’ve got about four years.” Lt. Governor Crawford Parker, meanwhile, appointed State Sen. Warren Martin (D-Clarksville) the first member of the state office building commission. Later, Handley, Clarence Drayer, director of public works and supply, and State Treasurer Adolph L. Fossler discussed the cramped quarters at the Statehouse. Drayer pointed out one plan to ease the situation was to move the insurance department from the building iqto rented space. The department's offices are between those of the treasurer and auditor. Drayer said the plan would let the 'adjoining offices share the space which would be opened up by the move. Predicts S4O Millions Left Drayer told the governor insurance commissioner Alden Palmer liked the idea—but his employes didn’t. /‘Who’s running the show, the employes or you?” asked Handley. In answer to a question by newsmen, Handley said he expected to have S4O million left in (Continued on Pete Six) Man Is Electrocuted While Flying Kite CHARLESTON, S. C. — Capt. Arthur W. Elliot, 34, aircraft commander with the 1608th Air Transport Wing, was electrocuted Tuesday while flying an elaborate kite. he got in South America for neighborhood children. Elliott, father of four children, was killed instantly when the kite string of nylon covered wire became entangled in a high tension i line.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Carroll Myers, Church of Christ, Washington at 12th) “MONKEYS OR ANGELS?” "And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of Him.” Matt. 17:18. "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7. It seems that we who love God and are called according to his promise, are sometimes acting as monkeys when we should of course act as angels. , Lent is a wonderful period of time and many Christians use this period to give up things in their lives. God has admonished his followers, that the time to giv? up things in this world, is each day. . Lent seems to be a short substitute for God’s great plan. ’ Christians are to live lives, that everyone will see their good works and glorify God which is in heaven. Lent is an unscriptural term. We are to live daily lives as Christians, and we are to be a ‘peculiar’ people, (peculiar meaning different). Thank God for all who are willing to serve Him according to His will. Look unto Christ the author and finisher of our salvation. You too can be happy serving Christ, simply by following His will.

Senators Briefed On Defense Program Missiles Program Heads Discussion WASHINGTON (UP)-Chairman Richard B. Russell of the Senate Armed Services Committee said today he thinks a solution is “very imminent” to the U.S. development of a satisfactory intermediate range missile. The Georgia Democrat said the Pentagon has not ordered the stopping of work completely on either the Army’s Jupiter missile or the Air Force’s Thor because it hopes to combine the best features of the two into a better weapon. The Armed Services Committee was briefed Tuesday by Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson and Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the defense program in general. Wilson and Radford were questioned at length about the missiles program. Russell told newsmen that Wilson “indicated he was trying to salvage the best developments of the two.” He said “that is why he has not ordered the stoppage of either." Russell also praised all the prinI ciple figures in the shakeup of the top command at the Pentagon. He said he thought Air Force Gen. Nathan F. Twining, newly nominated chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Donald A. - Queries, nominated for deputy sec-, retary of defense, were “very capable men and will serve their country well.” The senator said James H. Douglas, promoted from undersecretary to Air Force secretary to succeed Quarles, “is well qualified” and that Gen. Thomas D. White, promoted from deputy chief to succeed Twining as Air Force (Continued on P*xe Six) Plan Adherence To Sanitation Rules City Health Board Discusses Plans Plans to improve adherence to general sanitation rules among local food handlers were discussed at a meeting of the Decatur board of health Tuesday noon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. • . ■ ■' Attending the meeting were Dr. Norval S. Rich, city health officer; Dr. John Terveer, a member of the city health board; Mayor Robert Cole; city attorney John L. DeVoss, and Miss Marlene Laurent, deputy health officer. Main emphasis of the discussion was the lack of any attempt in past years to inspect local food handlers such as restaurants, groceries and all other establishments which handle food. The local board has asked the cooperation of the city administration in forming a program of information and inspection among the Decatur food handlers. Further steps in the program will be formulated at another meeting in the near future when a representative of the state board I of health will be asked to meet with the local board.

Mercury Rise Aids Resuers In Storm Area > 1 Near Normal Rail, Highway Traffic In Western Plains »By UNITED PRESS Near normal rail and highway , traffic returned .to the western plains today in the wake of a dev- ' astating blizzard that claimed at least 40 lives. Rescue and work crews in the 13 states hit hardest by the storm were aided by rising temperatures in their efforts to restore normalcy to the vast region. A United Press tally since late Friday showed at least 40 storm deaths, nine of them in Illinois, eight in Texas, seven in Kansas, five in Oklahoma, three each in Nebraska and Indiana, two in Missouri and one each in New Mexico, lowa and Ohio. A full estimate of property damage in the four-day storm, that piled up drifts as high as 30 feet, probably will not be available for several days. Southwest Bell Telephone Co. estimated its loss in wrecked equipment alone at more than SI million. Property and livestock , Jpsses will add to that figure, but part of the loss* is expected to be ’ offset by the needed moisture provided by the storm. Farm officials in drought-strick-en lowa estimated the blizzard i moisture was worth about $1 million to crops. Four trains still were halted at stations in Kansas, waiting for plows to clear the way out. Railroad spokesmen said the trains are expected to be able to resume their journeys by today. Weathermen said the storm, although no longer intense, still is active. It dumped snow from Michigan through Western Pennsylvania Tuesday night, leaving a 2 to 6-inch blanket over sections of Pennsylvania. Flurries were expected to continue today over most of Penn(Continued on Page Six) I Former Local Lady Dies At Fort Wayne Funeral Thursday For’May Schafer Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3 p. m. at the D. O. McComb and Sons funeral home in Fort Wayne for Mrs. May B. Schafer, 69, of that city, who died Monday night at Parkview memorial hospital. Mrs. Schafer, a native of Allen county, lived in Decatur for several years. Before her marriage she was May Davison. She had lived in Fort Wayne for the past 40 years, A member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, she was also a member- of the ladies auxiliary number 35 of the Typographical Union. Her husband, the late Charley Schafer, died in 1937. Surviving are two sons, William of Fort Wayne and Richard of Grand Rapids, Mich.; a daughter, Adah Jane, at home; five grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Fritzinger of Decatur, and Mrs. Della Kirn of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Hebert Lindemann. Burial will be in Grfißlflawn Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. South Bend Reports Epidemic Os Measles SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UP) -City Health Officer Dr. F. R. N. Carter , said:, today South Bend is in the midst of its worst measles season in eight years. Health department officials said reported cases, reached a peak of 268 last week. Carter termed the outbreak “• mild epidemic".

Bids Are Authorized For Sewage Plant Plans Approved By Government Agency A letter from the federal department of health, education and welfare regional office at Chicago, has authorized the city administration to proceed with advertising for bids on construction of the sewage disposal treatment plant. The letter was received Tues- ! day by Mayor Robert Cole and . city attorney John L. DeVoss. Local officials were advised that it constituted authority to advertise for bids on construction contracts. The regional office acknowledged receipt of die completed offer and acceptance by Decatur of the $250,000 federal aid grant to assist in financing constructioin of the long-delayed sewage plant. Local officials were informed that the plans and specifications submitted by Consoer-Townsend Engineering firm of Chicago, have been reviewed and approved. City attorney DeVoss stated today that the local administration is now awaiting word from the engineering firm as to when they will be ready to receive bids. The date of receiving bids will be announced later and notice of the date will probably be advertised 30 days in advance. The legl advertising will probably be published in the near future as soon as Consoer-Tbwnsend engineers report that they are ready , to receive the bids. Limited Supply Os Polio Vaccine Here Local Physicians Have Salk Vaccine Adams county and Decatur are currently facing the same problem of dwindling polio vaccina supplies which is affecting most of the country. However, board of health officials stated that there is a limited supply of the vaccine in the hands of local physicians and those persons who have not had any of the Salk vaccine shots are urged to contact their family physician immediately. The series of three shots should be started as soon as possible if they are to give protection in time for the next polio season. Those persons who have already had two of their snots are asked to wait until about the middle of April before taking their third shot. By this time, it is expected that the vaccine supply will be replenished. Local health officials, aided by other civic leaders, including the Decatur school board, are conducting a campaign urging 100 percent protection against polio in order to prevents repetition of the high polio incidence which hit Decatur last year. The vaccine, given in a series of three shots over a period of several months, has proved an effective preventative of the dreaded crippier. The polio rate is almost negligible among those persons who have received the full protection of three shots. Local physicians have reminded all persons that no one will be denied the shots because so inability to pay for them. Through the National Polio Foundation, vaccine has been made available free of charge for those persons who are unable to pay the regular See. The vaccination should be given to all persons through the age of 40, and some persons over that age, on the advice of their physicians, are being given the polio shots. INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and rather cool tonight with scattered frost south portion. Thursday partly, cloudy and a little warmer. Lew tonight tn mid-20s north to about 30 south. High Thursday 46-52. Sunset 7:04 p. m„ sunrise Thursday 6:36 a. m.

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Congress Ads Under Attack By President Terms Piecemeal Cuts As Foolish [ Kind Os Economy WASHINGTON (UP)-President ■ Eisenhower today vehemently atI tacked piecemeal budget cuts by - Congress as fatuous and the most i foolish kind of economy. > As for a specific recommendation by Sen. Harry F. Byrd (DVa) that the $71.8 billion budget for fiscal 1958 be cut by $5 billion, the President said he did not believe a cut of this size could be accommodated within the security and welfare of the United States. Byrd made that reduction proposal in a speech prepared for delivery in the Senate today. In his most vigorous discussion of the budget to date, the President challenged Congress to decide for itself whether the American people wanted to cut down on payments to veterans, agricultural benefits and the construction of new schools. He said these are the only expenses that could be chopped down, because to reduce expenditures for defense, mutual aid and the Atomic Energy Commission i would be to invite international trouble. * — More Economy-Minded Mr. Eisenhower’s news conference ran unusually lang—3s minutes—as he went to great length to support his budget against growing demands on Capitol Hill for sharp reductions. He said savings undoubtedly were possible but he was somewhat amazed to notice recently that a number of persons were becoming more economy - minded than before. He energetically rejected the idea of any major cuts in the defense or foreign aid programs. So the only places big cuts could be made would be such possibilities as the Post Office Department, now laboring under an undesirable deficit, fixed benefits for veterans, federal aid for school construction, and farm benefits. He said he also wanted to point out that Congress has authorized many public works without proper preliminary surveys. He said he believed that Congress had done this obviously for political reasons. Mr. Eisenhower said it was futile to talk about keeping up the United States’ position in the world and still to advocate severe budget cuts. $5 Billion Cut Dangerous He added that some people become highly economy conscious without knowing what they are talking about When he was asked specifically about Byrd’s recommendations tor a $5 billion cut, the President said he did not believe a cut of that size could be made without danger to the basic defense and security programs of this country. The President said the House and Senate must look at basic programs which they themselves had voted. Frequently raising his voice, the President said let some one older than he say it is not necessary to meet fixed obligations to veterans; let someone else say a healthy agriculture is not necessary; let some one else say that efforts to ' relieve the school room shortage are not necessary. He took another example — the Post Office Department—which he said had put into effect about all of the economies possible without further reducing mail service. He said it would be up to Congress to decide whether the people of the United States should have a decreased postal service. Summarizing, the President said that if Congress regards such programs as he enumerated today as non-essential, then the budget could be cut. But for himself he believed them to be essential and therefore could not hold out Ihe prospect of any material reduction in the 1958 budget.