Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1957 — Page 1

Vol. J.V. No 102.

CLOUDBURSTS FLOOD TEXAS

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MAP. DF STORM-RAVAGED Texas shows seven principal rivers along which most of the flood damage has been done. Cities shown have been flooded by cloudbursts and torrential rains, and some have been hit by tornadoes. Almost every stream in the state is flooded

Flood Waters Chum Down 11 Texas Rivers Flurry Os Tornadoes Add To Troubles Os > Flood-Swept Texas DALLAS, Tex. (UP) X, Flood waters churned down at least 11 major rivers today. Their v fury was concentrated on the southern part of Texas and reached into Louisiana. Texas’ violent weather has claimed 17 lives in 11 day’s. President Eisenhower has dedared the huge sector of Texas racked by floods a major disaster area. Besides the floodwaters, a new flurry of tornadoes that have accompanied the flood - spawning rains, flicked over a wide area of Texas Monday. Wharton and Bay City, about 45 miles from Houston near the Gulf of Mexico, were in grave danger today from the swollen Colorado River. Major overflowing was expected in the lowlands around the two cities late today. ' Levee May Overflew A levee protects Bay City, but it would overflow at 44 feet. The Colorado was expected to crest there at from 43 to 45 feet today. President Eisenhower wired Gov. Price Daniel Monday expressing his "deep concern" with the "hardship and suffering” caused by the floods. Daniel had requested federal aid. The declaration of Texas as a major disaster area will enable the allocation of federal funds to the stricken areas. The President did not mention the amount of money which would be forthcoming. • Damage on the Trinity and Brazos rivers alone has been estimated at fifteen and one-half million dollars by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Louisiana Also Hit The Sabine River had parts of Lakeland, La., under eight feet of water Monday and lowlands along the Red River in northeastern 'Louisiana were flooded. “Every stream of any consequence from the Pecos to the Louisiana border is flooding, has been flooding, or is bankful," said R. 0. Bland of the North Texas Regional Weather Bureau. The Pecos is Texas’ westernmost river other than the Rio Grande. Houston, Texas’ largest city, was already under water in secor “Bare Hw TB Consultation Clinic May 17 ' A tuberculosis consultation clinic will be held Friday, May 17, by appointment only'from 9:30 a.m. until noon, from 1 p.m. until 2 o’clock at the American Legion home. Mrs. Guy Brown, executive secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association, announced today. The 1 clinic, which is for all chest pathology, will be conducted by C. T. Kidder. M.D., clinicman. Persons having recent chest x-rays should bring them. Appointments for the clinic may be made by calling 3-3081. Only persons with appointments will be admitted.

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Induction Held For Local Girl Scouts Ceremony Is Held Here Last Evening Members of Brownie Troops 8, 12, 20 and 23 became Girl Scouts in a “Fly-up” ceremony conducted Monday evening at the Moose home. During the dinner which preceded the investiture, the Brownies presented their mothers with corsags which they had made. They also in a flag ceremony and were then invested as Girl Scouts. After a candle-lighting service, mothers of the girls pinned the newly earned Girl Scout insignia on their daughters. Mrs. E. E. Rydell of troop 12 was chairman of the ceremony. She was assisted by Mrs. Robert August, co-leader cd troop 12; Mrs. Don Beery and Mrs. Sol Lord, leaders of troop 20; Mrs. John Koors and Mrs. Cleona Baker, leaders of troop 23, and Mrs. William Stiverson and Mrs. Dayton Swickard, leaders of troop 8. The members of troop 8 who have successfully completed requirements for the Girl Scout tenderfoot rank are Sandra Affolder, Susan August, Sandra Cookson, ffinda Geyer, Judy Lenhart, Janet Rambo, Kathryn Rash, Linda Reidenbach, Dorothy Smith. Ann Stiverson, Jean Swickard and Linda Sudduth. Troop 20 members, participating in the fly-up ceyertrohy were Judy Aumann, Sandra Beery, Alyce DeBolt, Janeen Essex. Kathy Franz, Marilyn Harmon,,Charlene Hawkins, Jane Jacobs, Lois Keller, Becky Lord, Beth Ann Snyder and Carol StaUbaum. Fly-up Insignia for members of troop 23 went to Jackie Baker, Anita Schirack, Jean Kitson, Sharon Sutton, Teresa Heiman, Ruth Heiman, Patti Parrish, Marjorie Peterson, Patti Schurger, Joy DeBolt, Judy Kohne, Kathy Walters, Cathy Koors, Darlene Gase and Carol Cook. Members of troop 12 who received pins were Sherri Affolder, Susan Ostermeyer, Sandra Hullinger, Darlene Richards, Ann Allison. Diana August, Linda Fulton, Barbara Rydell, Marlene Cowans, Janet Winteregg. Kathy Mallonee, Patty Beam and Beverly Spiegel. Anna S. Workinger Dies In Michigan Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Anna Shell Workinger,' 82, of Greenville, Mich., who died there early this morning. Mrs. Workinger and her deceased husband were natives of Adams county. They moved from Decatur many years ago. Surviving in addition to three daughters and a son are two brothers, Harvey and Ben Shell, both of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Brodbeck’ of Willshire, 0., and Mrs. Ella Finkhouse of Greenville, and several nieces and nephews who reside in this area. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p. m. in Greenville. Burial will be in that community.

Reports Navy Repaid Bribes To Teamsters Contractor Says Contract Adjusted To Pay Added Cost WASHINGTON (UP)-The Senate Rackets Committee will ask Navy officials whether the taxpayers footed the bill for a $4,200 bribery payoff to Teamster Union leaders, according to Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.). McClellan also has threatened contempt action unless a balky Teamster official hands over union records under subpena. Businessman Earl T. Bettendorf of Texarkana, Tex., testified Monday he paid $175 a week to Scranton, Pa., Teamster Union officials so his non - union trucks could deliver goods under contract with the Navy at an Army Signal Corps depot at Tobyhanna, Pa. Claims Government Aide Bettendorf said he made the payments "with the knowledge and consent of the United States government" — and said the government adjusted his contract to pay for the added cost. Newsmen later asked McClellan if the committee will question Navy officials about the payment. "It will be gone into,” McClellan said. Rear Adm. R. J. Arnold, chief of the Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, told the United Press today he had no information on the matter but that "we win investigate it promptly and thoroughly.” The committee also gave a brief preview Monday of its forthcoming New York hearings. It demanded that Bernard Adelstein, secretary - treasurer of the ’ Teamsters garbage - hauling local 1 813 in New York, surrender union 1 records. States Conditions Adelstein balked. He told the committee he allowed investiga- ' tors to examine books in his of--1 flee and they could continue if a ■ union representative were pres- ’ ent. • Committee counsel Robert F. ! Kennedy said it was “impossible” Caattaaed e» Pace I County Extension Committee Meets Committee Named For 4-H Catalog A four-man committee to supervise solicitations for the 4-H club catalog was appointed Monday night at a meeting of the county , extension committee, held in the Decatur high school. Paul Yoder will act as chairman of the group, and assisting him will be Ben Mazelin, Roy Price, and Walter Thieme. The Farm Bureau had formerly made the solicitations for the catalog advertising. It was announced at the meeting by county agent Leo N. Seltenright that two 4-H club agents had been approved for the summer work. Mrs. Lorene Fenstermaker, who has been very active in 4-H and home demonstration work in the eounty, wiH be the girts’ 4-H agent. Eldon Holsapple, of Mitshell, a sophomore at Purdue, and a delegate to two national 4-H congresses, will be the boys' agent. He is a brother of Guy Holsapple, of Pleasant Mills. A report on the building committee was made by Peter B. Lehman. Lehman reported that the toilets in the dairy barn had been completed. He also announced that the committee had received almost S3OO in storage and rental fees on the 4-H building this winter. Recommendations for the Adams county extension committee program were made at the meeting in a 12-page booklet presented by Seltenright. The booklets were passed out to those present, and will be considered by the program committee. Authorities Seek, Hit And Run Driver Investigation of a hit and run accident which occurred about 1 9:30 p. m. Monday on a county road northeast of Decatur is being made today by the A<jams county sheriff’s department. The driver of the hit and run vehicle reportedly ran two cars off the road before the car went out of control and ran up onto the lawn of the Lawrence Springer property on route three. The careening vehicle caused extensive damage to fencing, lawn and shrubbery on the Springer ; property, and then sped away from j the scene of the accident. t

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday,April 30,1957.

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New Altitude Record Set By Navy Missile Aerobee-Hi Rocket > Soars At Least 180 i Miles Aloft Today < WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUNDS, N.M. <UP) — t ,A "new and improved” Aerobee-Hi rocket set a new altitude record for a single-stage missile today when it soared aloft "at least” 180 miles. The Aerobee, carrying special instruments which "could be used in later-stage earth satellites, sped into the upper altitude at speeds between 4.500 and 4,900 miles per hour. The Navy, which fired the missile at 10:10 a.m. C.D.T. said radar contact was lost at 180 miles and that the rocket may ' have climbed "as high as 200 ' miles..” ' Navy scientists are figuring the exact altitude. But the Aerobee-Hi 1 smashed the old altitude record « 164 miles set last summer by aoother Aerobee. I Navy officials said the rocket fired today whs a “new and improved” version of the Aerobee J which held the record for nearly a year. y: '" Today's missile carried in its : specially constructed nose cone instruments . for testing “micrometeorites” and “solar batteries.” A Navy official said “solar batteries” could be used as an "integral part” of later earth satellites, but would not be used in the first man-made satellite to be launched during the geophysical year. Spokesman at White Sands said the Navy would not know the outcome of micro-meteorite tests until later. The instruments, however, were designed to measure the density of meteoritic dust in the ' earth's upper atmosphere. The Navy said the missile’s motor burned out 53 seconds after launching today. The radar equipment lost sight of the speeding missile at 75 seconds “and at an altitude of 180 miles.” The rocket, fired from the southern end of this mountain-rimmed proving grounds, landed 50 miles uprange—about the center of the 100-mile stretch of barren desert. Forget-Me-Not Sale In City This Week Proceeds Used For Disabled Veterans The annual forget-me-not sale sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans, will be conducted in Decatur Friday and Saturday by members of the Adams county D.A.V. chapter 91, and Girl Scout troops 16 and 17. “Give a little to those who gave a lot” will be the slogan for this year's drive, which is planned ‘each year to raise money for financing aid to disabled veterans. Jerome F. Heimann, local chairman of the drive, has issued a request to all local citizens to support the drive as a means of expressing appreciation to wartime disabled veterans. He pointed out that the money collected here through the sale of the forget-me-nots will be used locally to carry on a program of rehabilitation and service work. The D. A. V. offers free assistance to all disabled veterans and their families in filing their claims for government benefits. They also help with problems of employment, hospitalization, insurance, vocational training and other problems. The forget-me-not has been the official flower of the D. A. V. since 1920. INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday with little change in temperatures. Lew tonight 48-55. High Wednesday in the 70s. Sunset 7:38 p.m., sunrise Wednesday 5:46 a.m.

Earl Fuhrman Heads Red Cross Chapter Elected Chairman At AnnuaLMeeting Earl Fuhrman, of the Bellmont road, ah active supporter of Red Cross activities for the past several years, was elected chairman of the Adams county Red Cross chapter at a meeting Monday evening at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Fuhrman succeeds John Duff, of Geneva, who has served as chapter chairman for the past two years. Other officers elected last night were Wilbur Petrie, first vice-president; Claren Neuenschwander, second vice-president; Miss Glennys Roop, secretary, and Richard Macklin, treasurer. Eleven members of • the board of directors whose terms expire July 1 will be reelected to the board. They include Luellyn Lehman, Delmar Wechter, Mrs. William Noll, Gail Grabill, Marie Felber, Carl A. Braun, Richard Macklin, Claren Neuenschwander, Ray Eichenauer, Ray Leitz and Art Burris. Last night’s meeting also featured annual reports of the various Red Cross programs. The reports included disaster service by Jack Rayer, the blood program by Mrs. Ed Bauer, the first aid s program by Gerald Durkin, the fund drive by Carl Braun, the home service by the Rev. Benjamin Thoihas, the junior Red Cross by Miss Roop and the nominating committee byQail Grabill. Braun's report indicated that a total of $8,779.66 was donated throughout Adams county during the 1957 fund drive. Braun stated that a few volunteer reports have not yet been turned in to the Red Cross office/ Durkin, chairman of the .county's first aid program, presented advanced fire aid certificates last night to Mrs. Norbert Bleeke, Mrs. Albert Davison, Mrs. Leo King, Jr., Mrs. Lois Kraft, Mrs. Arthur Krueckeberg, Mrs. Paul berg, John Stucky, Mrs. Robert Teeple, Mrs. Wilbert Thieme and Jack Rayer. Plan Speech Clinic In Summer Months Decatur And Berne Sites For Clinics June 17 to July 26 has tentatively been set as the dates for the summer speech clinic, which has become an annual event, sponsored jointly by the Adams county society for crippled children and adults, and the local Psi lota Xi sorority. At a board meeting of the society held Monday evening, Miss Carol Kalver, one of the therapists for this year’s clinics, was on hand to go over the matter with the board members, and with Mrs. Jack Heller who represented the Psi Otes. Gail M. Grabill, treasurer of the society, announced that to date, a total of $1,296.97 had been acquired through the recently completed Easter Seal campaign. He stated that this amount was far from the amount hoped for, to enable the speech correction clinics to operate without financial worry. The clinic this year is in the process of hiring three' graduate speech therapists, who because of their education and experience, have Requested a salary increase. This increase has been granted, and with the promise of the cooperating sorority to hire two helpers for the clinics, the staff this year wiH be the finest in the history of the three-year-old schobff Returns of the campaign are stiU incomplete, and since the clinic is operated solely through contributions to the Easter Seal campaign, with assistance from the sorority, it is hoped that the above amo will increase to at least $1,500. are stiH being accepted by the Rev. William E. FeUer or Leslie Sprung(CoatlßaeS Pace Five)

Charges Reds Intervened In Jordan Crisis I :*'* V- W • * Statement By U. S. Comes As Marines Landed In Lebanon By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent The United States accused the 1 Soviet Union today of backing “foreign intervention” during the recent crisis in Jordan. The accusation was made by the State Department in answer to an earlier Moscow charge that the United States is responsible for recent developments in Jordan, where King Hussein barely saved his government from the forces of international communism. The Washington statement came as the U.S. 6th Fleet landed 1,000 Marines in Beirut,'Lebanon, today on a frjendly “shoe the flag” mission which demonstrated U.S. striking power in the mideast dan- , ger zone. Moscow had accused the West- . ern powers of “outright foreign r interference” in the Middle East, t saying the responsibility for this i intervention rested “above all on » the United States of America.” ; To this State Department press ' officer Lincoln White retorted: ■ "There has indeed been foreign intervention in that country (Jor- ' dan), namely as King Hussein said on April 24—the Intervention of ! international communism.” denies U.S. Interfering I In response to questions, White emphasized that the United States i regards the Soviet Union as the fountainhead of international communism. A few hours earlier King Hussein denied to a news conference in ; Amman that the United States is interfering in Jordan’s internal “This statement has no basis whatsoever," he said. "Everything that took place In Jordan was our own internal affair.” Hussein indicated he would accept an American offer of 10 million doHars worth of economic aid provided no strings are attached. He said the question of formal acceptance will be discussed "in the near future." In Washington, however. White said the State Department understood the economic aid offer was accepted Monday afternoon by the Jordanian government. Community Choir To Present Concert First Concert Here On Sunday Afternoon The community choir of the Associated Churches of Decatur wHI present its first public concert at 3 o'clock next Sunday afternoon at the Youth and Community Center. The public is invited to attend this opening concert by the combined choirs _of the Decatur churches. There will be no admission charge but an offering will be taken to defray rental fee for the center. -. The final rehearsal for the community choir wHI be held at 7:30 o’clock Friday evening at the First Methodist church. Leland Neuen Is the director of the choir, whici will sing a long list of favorites such as “My God and I,” by Sergei; "Souls of the Righteous,” by Noble; "The Lord’s Prayer,” by Forsthe, and “Balm in Gilead,” arranged by Dawson. The individual church choirs have been rehearsing steadily under their directors, and will group together for the final rehearsal Friday night. The committee In charge of arrangements for the Concert is composed of Norman Guard, president of the associated choirs; Mrs. J. . Clark Mayclln, vice president, and Mrs. Walter Krick, secretary.

Council Turns Down New County Garage Appropriation For $50,000 Rejected Requests for additional appropriations totalling $12,557 were approved by the county council in a special meeting Monday at the Adams county court house. The council completed action on the proposed emergency requests in a single day’s session. Until t recently-adopted legislation chang- . ed the law, the council was re- , quired to meet two days for any ! request totalling more than $15,000. Under the new laws, the > council need only meet for the l length of time required to rule > on the requested appropriations. The amount approved Monday afternoon was $52,000 less than I the total amount requested by ' various county departments. The council failed to approve the largest item requested, the 1 $50,000 sought by the county commissioners for the erection of a • new county highway building. The council refused to allow this ' request since it would drastically lower the operating * balance of ■ the county general fund if ap--1 proved. < The only other cut made by the 5 council in the requested emergen--1 cy appropriations was $2,000 off the $4,000 asked by the county s recorder’s office for the repair of books. 1 Among the items approved was > the request by Adams county 1 sheriff Merle Affolder for $595 to finance purchase of a breath-o-llzer, a device for measuring the state of intoxication of any per- ’ son suspected of being under the ; influence of alcohol. ’ . The other items approved included the per diem salaries of [ several county officials and other j minor emergency expenditures. The council also approved the transfer of S3OO from home demonstration agent mileage to the ; county 4-H club agent mileage, and the transfer of $1,400 from drivers and mechanics wage fund of the highway department to the highway clerk. The approved appropriations wiH now be submitted to the state board of tax commissioners for further study and final approval. The board will hold a public hearing in Decatur before final approval is made. The date and place of this hearing will be announced later. / / ,•’ ■ ■ New Members Are Inducted By Lions Weekly Meeting Is Held Monday Night Four members were formally presented with pins and congratulated on joining the Lions club Monday night by George W. Bormuth, special representative of Lions International, at the weekly Decatur Lions "club meeting. New members are Joe Mulligan, Charles Stonestreet, RusseU Owens, and Gordon Gregg. Glenn Hill, chairman of the nominating committee, submitted the following nominations for officers to take office in June: president. Merle Seiling; first vice president, Don Stover, Thurman Drew; second vice president; Cliff Brewer, the Rev. Edgar Schmidt; third vice president, Roger Gentis, Richard Macklin; secretary, G. Remy Bierly, Gordon Cooper; treasurer, Leo Seltenright, Noah Steury; tail twister, Dale Hunt. Ralph Smith; Lion tamer, Harry James, Gordon Gregg; directors, H. H. Krueckeberg, Jay Markley, Ed Highland, Ronald Parrish. Nominations will also be accepted ; from the floor. Guests for the evening included i Joe L. Craig and Shirley N. Longworth, charter members of the Central Fort Wayne Lions club, who were present at Decatur’s charter night years ago, and Dr. Wesley Warner, also of the Cenfral ’ club. The state convention at Fort Wayne May 10-12 was announced, (Continuea uu BUJ

Ex-Assistant To Teverbaugh Before Jurors b ' Horry Doggett With Jury Investigating* ' Highway Scandals 1 Indianapolis <up> - Harry Doggett, former assistant chief of Sjht-of-way division of the i Highway Department, 15 minutes closeted with a County grand jury investi-land-buying scandals today. Doggett’s attorney, H. William Irwin, said he advised Doggett, who was chief assistant to Nile Teverbaugh in the administration of former Gov. George N. Craig, not to waive immunity from prosecution. But Doggett spent much more time in the jury room than it takes to refuse to testify. This indicated 4 to observers that either he ignored i his lawyer’s advice or Prosecutor ’ John G. Tinder decided to hear ! his story without requiring a ■ waiver. ; 7 "- Doggett refused to talk with - newsmen either before or after he - was in the jury room. f Last week, former highway r chairman Virgil W. (Red) Smith, f. Teverbaugh and Milan attorney Robert A. Peak were excused 3 without giving testimony when r they appeared at the courthouse > and declined to take the risk of - prosecution by signing away their * immunity rights. Two Bankers Testify Two bankers were among the witnesses ushered A into the jury's J chambers this morning. They were _ Thomas Stahl of Moores Hill, a town only two miles from Milan where Smith lives, and Durward L. Power of Indianapolis. Meanwhile, the Senate Public ' Works Committee planned to hear reports in Washington Wednesday 1 from two investigators who spent I about two weeks in Indianapolis ‘ studying federal* aspects of the scandal. Observers speculated a decision may be made to hold Senate hearings. Also in Washington, U.S. highway administrator Bertram Tallamy said Indiana could regain eligibility for federal right-of-way funds, suspended since early in the Investigation of the scandal, by complying with two provisions. Tallamy said in a letter to State Highway Chairman John Peters that the suspension will be lifted if Indiana complies with a federal request made last Dec. 31 that the state tell how it buys right-of-way, and submit promptly a full audit of right-of-way buying along United States highways up to today. Lower Price Set While the grand jury met here, state highway officials disclosed they have offered to buy the remaining land for the Madison Ave. Expressway in Indianapolis for little more than half the sum of the appraisals set by Teverbaugh. C.O. Crawford, a professional appraiser appointed by Governor Handley two weeks ago, set a price of $138,000 on the remaining land after he reappraised 18 properties still to be bought. Teverbaugh's appraisal on the same land was $253,000. Today’s grand jury session was the third on. the highway situation. Funeral Wednesday For James E. Bond Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at Klaehn funeral home in Fort Wayne for James Ewing Bond, 68, of that city, state representative on the alcoholic beverage commission for northern Indiana counties, including Adams county for more than 20 years. A graduate of University of Michigan, Bond held numerous track records at that school and in the Western Conference. His wife, Winifred EUingham Bond, formerly of Decatur; one son. James Ewing Bond, Jr., Foft Wayne, and two grandchildren survive.

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