Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1957 — Page 1

Vol. IV. No. 96.

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Cairo Reports Resignation Os Jordan Leader No Confirmation Os Cairo Radio Report On Jordan Premier By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent Cairo Radio reported without confirmation that Jordan’s moderate Premier Hussein Khalidi resigned today in the face of opposition from leftist elements. The broadcast was heard in London. The broadcast quoted Egypt's semi-official Middle East News Agency. The agency often is used as a propaganda mouthpiece by Egypt, which would like to see the uneasy Jordan situation kept in a state ci turmoil. The broadcast said Khalidi, who took office last week following the ouster of pro-Egyptian, pro-Soviet > Premier Suleiman Nabulsi, handed King Hussein his resignation after consulting with his cabinet. There was no immediate confirmation of the Cairo report from Amman, Jordan's capital, where correspondents are subject to strict censorship. Earlier today Amman dispatches said Soviet propagandists have intervened in Jordan in an effort to bring down the government. At die same time Cairo Radio beamed a steady propaganda barrage at Jordan in apparent* hopes of inflaming the people against the Khalidi regime and keeping Jordan in the Syrian-Egyptian “neutralist" bloc. It appeared events were budding up to a climax behind the military censorship imposed in Jordan. A brief dispatch from Amman said police loyal to 22-year-old King Hussein seized batches of Communist leaflets exhorting the nation to “stand united" against an Anglo-American “conspiracy against the people." The leaflets, said to be of Soviet origin, linked the Anglo-Americans with King Hussein and called on the people and army to unite against a conspiracy “which resulted in the firing of the national cabinet and the arrest and jailing of army officers.” Cairo Radio, which calls itself “The. Voice of the Arabs,” cut through the Jordan censorship with slashing attacks against the Eisenhower Doctrine and the Baghdad Pact. Dangerous Trouble Ahead Coupled with the all-out propaganda war were open predictions in Cairo that street demonstrations Monday in Jordan might signal the beginning of a mass outburst against young King Hussein. A United Press dispatch from Beirut reported: “A former Jordan minister who reached Beirut during the weekend believes , dangerous troubles lie ahead. Demonstrations continue to ravage the west bank of Jordan, and the Khalidi government will be unable to win a vote of approval in parliament. “The -former government member predicted Nabulsi will quit the Khalidi non-party government because he is all out against Hussein.” Egypt was reported to feel that the struggle between Hussein and the pro-Egyptian and pro-Syrian elements in his government presented Egypt and its neutral Arab bloc with the gravest crisis in months. President Gamal Abdel Nasser called an extraordinary cabinet session for Wednesday night to consider the situation and the Suez Canal Nasser was believed ready to wash his hands of the canal (Coatlaned aa F««« Five)

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Living Costs Reach Another New Record Reach New Record •7th Straight Month WASHINGTON (UP) - The government reported today that the cost of living reached a new record for the seventh straight month in March. It brought automatic wage hikes of 1 to 3 cents an hour for 1,400,000 workers. The government also reported that the purchasing power of the average factory worker’s pay check declined in March for the second month in a row. The'decline wiped out gains made in buying power since March, 1956. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ mice index rose .2 of 1 per cent between February and March to 11879 per cent of average 1947-1949 prices. The index was 3.7 per cent higher than a year ago. The rise means a 3-cent hourly pay raise for nearly one million railroad workers on May 1 under semi-annual wage "escalation provisions in their wage contracts. Another 400.000 workers scattered through the aircraft, electrical, and a variety of other industries also will get some pay raises under similar clauses. The BLS reported that average weekly take-hoihe pay — earnings after federal taxes —for factory workers declined by more than 30 cents between February and March. The decline, it said, reflected a drop in the average work week. The average factory take-home pay in March for a worker with three dependents was 374.65 a week. Fort Wayne Youth Oratorical Winner Regional K. Os C. x Contest Held Here Jerome Kearns, of Central Catholic high school in Fort Wayne, son of Bernard Kearns of that city, won the regional elimination in the ninth annual Knights of Columbus ortorical contest, held at the K. of C. hall here Monday night. The other regional contestants were David Vogelewede, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Voglewede of Decatur, and William Holyingey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Holyinger, of Huntington. The purpose of the contest is to aid in the development of leadership among Catholic youth by encouraging interest in public speaking. All Catholic boys, juniors or seniors, attending any public or Catholic high school in the state, are eligible to participate. The subject for this year’s contest is “Good reading makes good thoughts.” The regional winner received a silver medal inscribed with his name and the honor received. The final contest, which includes the six regional winners, will be held in Indianpaolis Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. in the K. of C. hall of Indianapolis Council 437. The state winner will deliver his address at the annual state convention banquet, to be held in Indianapolis May 19. \ INDIANA WEATHER ' Partly cloudy with a few widely scattered thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Continued warm and humid Wednesday. Low tonight 58-66. High Wednesday 76-82 north, 86-85 south. Sunset 7:31 p. m., sunrise Wednesday 5:55 a. m.

United Stales To Report On Canal Parley Report This Week To U. N. Council On Negotiations WASHINGTON (UP) — Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today the United States plans to report to the United Nations Security Council this week on its Suez Canal negotiations with Egypt. Dulles told a news conference that the report may be presented Wednesday or Thursday. He said it seems appropriate, now that the canal is open, that there be greater public knowledge of the Suez problem. Therefore, he said, it seems appropriate to the United States mat an early report be made to the Security Council on the Suez Canal negotiations with Egypt. Dulles* emphasized that he believes it better to report on the negotiations than to take the case to the Security Council in a controversial way. He said he is in the dark as to what Egypt’s final canal terms will be. He said he did not know whether Egypt will publish these terms within the next 48 hours. In a moderate tone, Dulles said the United States does not have I any objections if American ships i go through the canal. But he said this government’s policy of cau- , dotting prudence in regard to such movements still stands. Re said American ships are under instructions to pay canal tolls to Egypt under protest. Dulles also commented on these 1 other international subjects: East-West: The. United States would welcome very much any ' move forward that Mosdow might like to make on disarmament, eas- • ing control over the satellites, and reunification of Germany. American reaction to any proposal for i a new East-West meeting would • depend on what Russia is pre- • pared to do about these key issues, t This government however, would not be interested in a meeting designed only for propaganda. i Newsmen: Dulles said he is ready to accept a pool .arrange- ■ ment whereby a limited number of U.S. reporters would go to Red China. But so far, he said, no satisfactory plan has been worked out and proposed by American press executives. Disarmament: The current London disarmament talks do not require that U.S. representative Harold E. Stassen be given ney instructions. While the negotiations with Russia seem more serious than previously, the big question is what new instructions the Soviet delegate brings back to London from Moscow. Jordan: The United States has great confidende and regard for King Hussein of Jordan in his efforts to maintain the independence of his country from outside domination. America’s desire is to hold up the hands of King Hussein, as Dulles put'lt, in all matters to the extent he believes such support is helpful. No decision has yet been made op whether U.S. Ambassador James P. Richards will visit Jordan to determine whether there is interest in American aid under the Eisenhower Doctrine. Begin Enforcement Os Dog Ordinance Strict Enforcement To Begin Next Week’ BEGIN ENFORCEMENT Mayor Robert Cole announced today that the' city has received additional dog tags which are now available at the city hall. All dog owners are urged to secure tags for their pets by the end of this week. Strict enforcement of the dog control ordinance will begin Monday. Strict enforcement was delayed following completion of the city dog pound when the supply of dog tags was depleted before all dog owners had purchased tags. Beginning Monday, any dog found running without a tag will be picked up and taken to the city dog pound. They will be held for a period of 10 days before they are disposed of. During the ten-day period the pets may be claimed by their owners if they win purchase a dog tag and pay for the cost of keeping the animals in the pound. The pound is located near the city dump and was constructed recently under the direction of Bernard Clark, city street commissioner. For many years city officials have been unable to cof>e with the annual spring problem of running, destructive dogs because they lacked facilities. The erection of the dog pound will enable authorities to alleviate the problem.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tu esday, April 23,1957.

Three Central Figures Refuse To Sign Waiver Immunity Before Jury

“ Reveals Test Rockets Reach Record Speeds Air Force Research y Rockets Reach New F And Secret Speeds WASHINGTON (UP)-Air Force research rockets have reached new and still secret speeds well above 8,000 miles an hour in simulating the performance of longrange ballistic missiles. Authorities guardedly gave details of the rocket flights today in disclosing that the United States has arrived at the “really critical period" of development in its multi - billion dollar ballistic missile program. Imminent flight tests of prototype weapons will reveal whether the program is near the pay-off stage or is to face now-unexpected problems that will throw it off schedule. Flight Test Phase The Thor 1,500-mile intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) , is expected to undergo a number of “successful launchings” from the Air Force missile test center. Patrick Air Force Base, year under present plans. It is considered to have "entered the flight test phase." The Atlas inter - continental ballistic missile (ICBM) is “entering into the flight test phasq" and should undergo launchings this year although probably not to its full 5,500-mile range. Its ultimate (Coatlaued aa Pace Five) Charles E. Boring Dies This Morning Death Attributed To Accident Injuries Charles E. Boring, 75, of one and one-half miles east of Willshire, 0., died at 5:30 o'clock this morning at the Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne. His death was attributed to complications arising from injuries sustained in a traffic accident last Dec. 7. His car was involved in a collision on the above date lith another auto on U. S. highway 33 in Pleasant Mills. He had been in the Parkview hospital since a few hours after the accident, and had never regained consciousness. He was bom in Howard county July 22, 1881, a son of Samuel and Sarah Elizabeth Rudy-Boring. His wife, Cora Alice, died Jan. 30 of this year. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Vern Harvey of Monroe, Mich., Mrs. Raymond Stephenson of Fort Wayne, Clifford Boring, Mrs. Ollie P. Brown and Clarence Boring, all of Wabash, Richard Boring of Willshire, Mrs. Chester Allison of Greentown, and Mrs. Lawrence Buffenbarger of Wabash; a step-daughter, Mrs. Flossie Jackson of Peru; 18 grandchildren and three great-grand-children. Four brothers and three sisters are deceased. Friends may call, at the Black funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday. Services Will be held at the Black home at 2 p.m. Thursday. The body will be taken to the Weier funeral home at Wabash for services at 2 p.m. Saturday, with burial in the Friends cemetery at Wabash. A Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Earle Parker Funeral serives were held today tor Mrs. B. Earle Parker, 72, who died Saturday at her home in Salem, Ore. The former Genevieve Hale, she lived in Decatur until her marriage to Dr. Earle B. Parker, Methodist minister. Her husband preceded her in death several years agdSurvivors include three daughters, Eloise, Carolyn and Betty, all in Oregon, and two sistefS, Mrs. John S. Peterson of Decatur, and Mrs. Edward Wilson bf Temple City, Calif.

Swank Is Sentenced To Reformatory Term Enters Guilty Plea To Burglary Charge William Wesley Swank, 23, of Fort Wayne, who was arrested in the Berne IGA store at 2:10 a.m. last Thursdya while attempting to i remove the safe, was sentenced to from 2 to 5 years in the Indiana sfate reformatory at Pendleton by Judge Myles F. Parrish of the Adams circuit court today for second degree burglary. Swank entered a plea of guilty in the court at 1:30 p.m. Monday, and was. extensively questioned by the judge to determine if he wantted a pauper attorney, had been threaten or promised any reward for pleading guilty, or had been corrupted in any way. Swank, accompanied by deputy sheriff Charles Arnold, entered the courtroom at 10:35 o’clock this morning. Deputy prosecutor Serverin H. Schurger represented the ! state. The judge ordered Swank before ' his desk, asked him if he was the William Wesley Swank who appeared in his court yesterday and . entered a plea of guilty to second degree burglary. The judge continued, “Is that i plea entered freely?” Swank re- , plied, “Yes, your honor, it is." ; The judge then asked if any ; threats had been made, or any . promises, and Swank answered all questions in the negative. The . judge asked if Swank realized that the penalty involved was 2 to 5 years imprisonment, with disfranchisement for a period to be determined by the judge. Swank again replied, “Yes, your honor, I do." The judge then said that he had told Swank time and time again yesterday that he was a poor man, without visible means of support, and that’ it was the court’s duty, if Swank desired it, to appoint a pauper’s attorney, and that Swank had absolutely refused an attorney. Swank answered that he remembered doing that. The judge then asked if he remembered reing instructed that he had a right to a trial by jury, and again Swank answered yes. The judge further-asked if he know that could not speculate On what action a judge will take on a plea of guilty, and Swank again replied, “Yes, your honor, I do.” He was then asked if he still insited on pleading guilty, and he said yes. Thq term of two to five years was again explained, and he replied, “I under<Continued a> »“a<e Five) Decatur Lions Hear Hospital Manager : Complete Addition. By First Os Year Adams county’s new 35-bed addition should be ready by the first of next year, Thurman I. Drew, hospital manager, told the Decatur Lions club Monday night. With the 35-becb addition the hospital will be classified as an 85bed hospital, he added. About 70, percent of all income from patients is collected from insurance companies now, he said. Drew emphasized the improvement in collections of money owed to the hospital in the last four years, showing how the hospital ran from 323)000 in the red four years ago to a profit last year. All money taken in by the hospital is deposited with the county treasurer and the county auditor keeps books on what is deposited, writes all checks, and pays all bills. No money received by the hospital can be spent until the county council appropriates it in the hospital budget. Drew explained that the local hospital has the lowest rates of any hospital in the area, and that as long as the income from the present rates meets expenses, they will not be raised. Lion president Harry Schwartz announced that all finei for the month would be donated to the crippled children’s fund. Guests introduced were Fred Scheiderer, Sylvester Everhart, and Clarence Rings, of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ike, Stassen In Conference -On Arms Talks I ; Policy Os U. S. On 1 Disarmament Plans Reaffirmed By Ike i r AUGUSTA, Ga. (UP)—President Eisenhower sent Harold E. Stassen i back to the London disarmament , talks today with reaffirmation of ■ this country’s belief that reduction . in world arms must come a step i at a time. I The President and his disarma- ! ment representative at the fivepower talks in London talked for - 75 minutes today. They explored I the progress made to date toward i some type of working agreement . with Russia on a dependable start >' in the reduction of conventional or non-nuclear arms and the inaugu- > ration of an international inspeci tion system. Stassen left Augusta immediatel ly after his early morning talk I with the President and will stop in Washington for a brief aftert noon meeting with Secretary bf - State John Foster Dulles before ’ continuing on to London late in the r day, , Reaffirms U.S. Policy 1 After the meeting. White House » Press Secretary James C. Hagerty t issued this statement: i “The President received from • Mr. Stassen a review of the Lon- ■ don talks. The President has fol- : lowed these London discussions , with interest. He had arranged with the secretary of state of have [ Mr. Stassen come to Augusta to t give him a personal report. “The President encouraged the United States delegation to follow through thoroughly in the resumed ; negotiations whiqj: will start again ■ in London on Wednesday. "The President reaffirmed that . United States policy is, as stated . by the -secretary of state in his . speech of yesterday, that: " ’We consider that controls and , reduction of arms are possible, desirable, and in the last reckoning, indispensable. It As not essential that control ß should encompass everything at once. In fact progress is likely to come by steps carefully measured and carefully i ICoatiefcee an Petre Five! Albert T. Everett Is Taken By Death Former Resident Os County Dies Monday Albert T. Everett, 43, former Adams county resident, died Monday at the Elmhurst hospital at Angola, where he had been a pat- - ient three days. He had been ill a ’■ year, and underwent brain surgery four weeks ago at the University ' hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich. He was born in Wren, 0., April 4, 1914, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Everett, and was married to 1 Dahlia Gross in 1941. He was a ' real estate dealer at Hudson and ' until recently owned the Ever-ette furniture store at Hudson. He also Was employed at International I Harvester in Fort Wayne. Mr. Everett was a member of the Hudson Methodist church and Hiawatha lodge 528, F. & A. M. Surviving in addition to the widow are his father, Lester Everett, of Ashley; three daughters, Shir- ' ley, Joan and Bonnie, and a son, Albert, Jr„ all at home; seven sisters, Mrs. Winona Steinhoff of ' Fort Wayne, Mrs. Verdella Souder, Mrs. Florence Hudson and Mrs. : Evangeline Genhart, all of Decatur, Mrs. Francetta Gould of Gei neva, and Mrs. Alice Leßoy and • Miss Betty Everett of Los Angeles, : Calif., and one brother, Arthur Ev- : erett of Fort Wayne. One brother preceded him in death. Funeral, services will be con- : ducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Methodist church at Hudson, the Rev. Jay Morns officiating. Burial will be in Circle cenietery, with graveside rites by the Masonic lodge. Friends may call at the Kistler funeral home in Hudson until time of the services.’

Walkout Piles Up Freight, Parcels Railway Express Drivers On Strike CHICAGO irn — and parcels piled up in seven major cities across the nation today as a strike of some 4,000 drivers against the Railway Express. Agency entered its second day. z The company placed an embar- , go on rail and air express deliveries in Newark, Philadelphia, t Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. f Louis and San Francisco. , Blood plasma, serums, medi- ( cine, and perishable goods are being moved, according to James E. . O’Hara, secretary - treasurer of . the International Brotherhood of • Teamsters, Local 702. I O'Hara said the Teamsters are I striking for higher wages. The : drivers refused to accept a threet year contract with a package • raise of 26% cents an hour offered ■by tiie agency. A presidential - fact-finding board had recommended acceptance of the con- ■ tract. c Agency drivers presently aver--3 age 32.11 per hour, according to ’ O'Hara. Herman P. Dunlap, vice presi- - dent of Railway Express said that 8 the agency will stiek by the recommendation of the board. ai Dunlap said the settlement cA " the strike was “entirely up to the Teamsters.” t The Teamsters, who'went out at . midnight Sunday, threw pickets . around rail and air terminals, as i well as company offices, in the I cities involved. > Office employes are reported to , be respecting the picket lines “100 percent,” according to union offi- > cials. (Coatinnea Pace Five) L . — *— May Fellowship Day In Decatur May 3 Annual Fellowship Service Planned May Fellowship day, sponsored annually by the united church women, has been scheduled in Decatur for May 3 at 7:3o’p.m. at the Church of God on Cleveland street. Mrs. Floyd Mitchell is chairman of the program committee. She will be assisted by Mrs. Stuart Brightwell, president of the local council of church women, and Mrs. Harold Hitchocock, Mrs. Byrce Daniels, Mrs. W. H. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Roy Stucky. A worship service will be followed by a sound film entitled "Mike Makes His Mark,” The subject of the film is in keeping with the 1957 May Fellowship theme, "Free schools in a free America.” The program will be of interest to all persons who are interested in the children of the community. A fellowship tea has been planned to conclude the event. Ladies from the Baptist, Trinity Evangelical United Brethren and First Christian churches will serve as hostesses. The tea will be served in the basement of the Church of God parsonage. The theme for the day was chosen by united church women, a general department of the national council of churches, which represents ten million women of the Protestant and Orthodox churches in the United States. The purpose is to arouse people to the fact that American schools are in jeopardy; that they are the problem of all; and that Christians must assume responsibility for seeing that the schools fillfill their herti- , age as free institutions of learning. Pedestrian Killed When Hit By Auto CROWN POINT, Ind. (UP)— , Andrew J. Hasko, 56, R. R. 3, I Crown Point, was killed today j when he was hit by an automobile j near here. 1 William S. McCool, 44, Medary- < ville, told State police Hasko j walked in front of his car on U.S. 30, three miles east of its junction i with Ind. 51.

Jury Probe Is Launched Info Road Scandal ‘ Smith, Teverbaugh And Attorney Make Denial Os Waiver I INDIANAPOLIS (UP) - Three central figures in Indiana's highway scandal investigation today refused to risk criminal prosecution by waiving immunity before a probing grand jury. Former highway chairman Vfrgil W. (Red) Smith, his chief right-of-way buyer, Nile Teverbaugh, and a small-town attorney who returned to the state a >22,500 land deal profit, declined to sign waivers asked by Prosecutor John G. Tinder. Tinder demanded immunity waivers so he could prosecute, or the grand jurors could indict, any- . one who gave evidence that might incriminate himself. . When Smith, Teverbaugh and Robert A. Peak of Milan refused to sign. Tinder excused all three and would not permit them to tes- [ tify. "Getting Some Insight” After a three-hour session, the . grand jury recessed for lunch. TindCr woirMrrottffvulge what ‘ took place in the jury room. But he said: “I feel the grand jury is getting some insight, into this.” * He added, however, that “it is too early to predict” whether indictments might result from the investigation of charges that middlemen made huge windfalls by selling to the state, property that brought the original owners less substantial sums. Teverbaugh and Smith appeared at Marion County Courthouse in answer to subpenas. They were flanked by legal counsel. But their attorneys told them not to waive immunity. That meant that if they testified without signing a waiver, anything they said in secret to the grand jurors could not .be held against them. Prosecutor John G. Tinder bad said he would not let them testify if they failed to waive immunity. Only Momenta Inside First Teverbaugh, then Smith popped into the grand jilry’s chamber for less than five minutes. They left the courthouse immediately. The time spent closeted with the jurors was hardly sufficient io tell any kind of story. It appeared to newsmen waiting in the corridors there was just enough time for them to tell the jury they would not waive their legal rights, and for Under to inform them their .presence, therefore, would not be needed. Two other witnesses went behind the jury doors. Sgt. Stanley Young, an Indiana State Police detective assigned to head a state investigative staff in the highway probe, spent 90 minutes with the jury. Another witness was Russell Freeman, Montpelier, a right-of-way buyer under Teverbaugh. Smith showed up with his attorney, Frank A. Symmes Sr., Indianapolis, who said he advised the ex-chairman not to waive immunity. He said the reason was a “legal secret.” Loren Winkler Appears Also present by subpena was Loren Winkler, office manager of the right-of-way department. Winkler was asked if he would waive immunity. “I certainly will if they ask me,” he said. “I have nothing to hide.” Another who came was Ronald Gill of Martinsville, an office worker in the right-of-way department when Teverbaugh headed it. He said he was asked to panfer with 'Dnder but was not served a subpena. Asked if he saw the name of “Dean Burton” on any documents passing through his hands, Gill said he “can’t recall exactly.” Burton is a mystery figure who is supposed to have bought back lots on an Indianapolis avenue and sold them to other persons who pocketed huge profits. Robert Peak, Milan attorney and later returned to the state y *a— am i - —a IvQßUßiei Ol • W®® f

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