Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 130.

IKE’S ’COPTER PASSES NEW TEST |ji V'?’’ u *** H i -• Myx»XBMEMBr •?- ■* BB- II !«■'’ ’fc# •U.uu ■>• -mil I' -..■..■MM. Jt, >z ~ WHILE WHITE HOUSE staff members look on, one of President Eisenhower’s two helicopters makes its first practice landing on the lawn of the Executive Mansion, just a few yards from the entrance. Previous landings hqvc been in a park across the street.

Russian Boss Sees Hope Os Disarmament Expresses Keadiness For Small Step For World Disarmament LONDON (UP)—Russian boss Nikita Khrushchev's expressed readiness to take “some small step’’ toward disarmament bolstered Western hopes today for an agreement of sorts in the fivenation disarmament talks now underway in London. Khrushchev said in an interview! broadcast over a U.S. television and radio network (CBS) Sunday that the Soviet Union would be agreeable to a gradual approach to world disarmament similar to the plan reportedly brought here by Harold E. Stassen. Stassen, disarmament adviser to President Eisenhower, goes before the U.N. disarmament subcommittee today with the NATO-approved plan he hopes will break the yearslong deadlock on disarmament. Suggests Troop Withdrawal Khrushchev, first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, hinted that such a first step might be the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Western Europe and the withdrawal pf Soviet troops from Eastern Europe—a suggestion almost certain to be rejected by the NATO powers. — But British observers said the tone of Khrushchev’s speech appeared to indicate a broad measure of agreement between West and East on the question of convention disarmament. What the official Soviet position would be was another matter. Moscow Radio and Soviet publications in the past week have sharply attacked Stassen and his still unannounced plan and railed at the United States for frying to tie in disarmament with the unification of Germany. Predicts American Socialism Khrushchev's interview with CBS took the cold war into the American living room—and with it a statement that "I can prophesy that your grandchildren in America will live under socialism.” But his frank discussion of many East-West problems and his apparent willingness to seek agreement brought renewed hope to the London arms talks. Observers said if Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin backed up Khrushchev's words with some deeds the subcommittee might at last be near to making real progress after long and weary months of negotiation. Some of what Khrushchev said was accepted, ’but Western delegates pointed to the impracticality of accepting his troop removal 'plan. Though Soviet troops might be pulled back as far as 3,000 miles from the border, the problem of logistics would be far sim-j pier than returning A merjc a n ' troops across the Atlantic should the problem ever come up. INDIANA WEATHER Fair north and central, mostly cloudy extreme south with possibly a little rain extreme southwest tonight and Tuesday. A little warmer extreme north tonight, turning cooler north portion Tuesday. Low tonight 48-54 north, 54-60 south. High Tuesday mostly in the 70s. Sunset 8:08 p.m.. sunrise Tuesday 5:18 a.m.

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Air Force Captain Sets Flight Record Soars 18 Miler In Space In Balloon By CLYDE DONALDSON United Press Staff Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS (UP)—An Air Force captain soared a record 18 miles into space in a balloon flgiht Sunday. ’He remained at that height for nearly two hours. Capt. Joe Kittinger, 28, of Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., said he could see the eastern shore of Lake Michigan more than .300 miles away when he hit the record altitude for a balloon ascension. The red-haired pilot ascended to more than 96,000 feet and remained aloft until he was ordered idown because of a breakdown in radio communications. He had been scheduled to stay at that height for about six hours. Tops Old Mark The previous record balloon altitude was 72,395 feet, set last Nov. 8 in a launching near Rapid City, S.D. Kittinger’s record was afcout 30,000 feet short of the highest altitude man has ever reached. The altitude record for manned aircraft is 126.000 feet.s et by the Air Force rocket plane X 2. Kittinger made the ascent sealed in a three-by-eight-foot cap-sule-type gondola. “The ascension was so smooth I hardly knew I was airborne,” Kittinger told newsmen Sunday night after undergoing a medical checkup. Doctors said the pilot’s physical condition was “every bit as good” as when he left the ground. Drops In Creek Oxygen for the flight was supplied by a liquid oxygen converter, and carbon dioxide was removed by a chemical air regeneration system, enabling Kittinger to breath in the ratified atmosphere. The balloon came down in a creek near Weaver, Minn., about 70 miles southeast of Minneapolis. The gondola skimmed tree tops and utility lines in landing, but (CoaUnued ob Pane Five) District 4-H, FFA Contests June 10 The Fort Wayne district 4-H and FFA demonstration contest will be held Monday, June 10 starting at 7:30 p. m., announces Leo N. Seltenright, county agent. The contest will be held at the Monmouth school, two miles north of Decatur. There will be competition in eight different subject matter fields including: dairy, electric, field crop production, garden, livestock, poultry and eggs, tractor, and general. Enters Appearance In Mandamus Suit C. H. Muselman, Berne attorney, entered an appearance for Silvan i Sprunger, Monroe township trustee, I who Was named a defendant in the suit of L. A. Mann, Wabash township trustee, against county auditor Edward F. Jaberg, to change Berne C precinct»back to the tax records of Wabash civil township. Muselman appeared Saturday for Snrunger, who had been named Thursday afternoon as a defendant, by Judge Myles F. Parrish, who determined that he was an interested party to the case. All parties will appear June 8. the last day of the spring tprm of the court. Attorneys for the plaintiff stated that they hoped to caU a witness that day so that the case could be finished before this term expires.

Ike Requests More Funds To Postal Service Asks Congress For Additional Funds For Mail Service WASHINGTON (UP)-President Eisenhower today asked Congress for $149,500,00 in extra money to operate the postal service in the fiscal year beginning July 1. He said it was necessary to prevent the major reduction in postal services threatened by Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield. The supplemental appropriation request is necessitated, the President said, by a sharply increasing volume of mail and a resultant heavier workload in the Post Office Department. In January the administration asked $3,250,600,000 for the postal service in the new fiscal year, but Congress cut this back to $3,192,000,00*. Eisenhower's request today, contained in a letter to House Speaker Sam Rayburn, included $92,100,000 in new funds plus restoration of the $57,400,00 cut by Congress from the original budget request. The President when he signed the reduced appropriation on May 27, said that without additional funds postal services would be “substantially curtailed” beginning July 1, the start of the new fiscal year. The new money included $64,900,00 to cover the cost of increased workload, $21,600,00 for increased average salaries required by law and $5,600,00 to meet claims. - . The President sent with his request a report from Budget Director Percival Brundage saying, “It is urgent that immediate action be taken on the...request in order that the Post Office Department may plan for a level of service within the funds provided before July 1...” “If additional funds are not available by the time it is necessary to apportion 1958 appropriations, apportionments will be made so as to require appropriations for the full year to be carried on within the amounts already appropriated.” In simpler terms, t his meant (CoßtlßßC* ob Pare Five) Second Atom Test In Nevada Sunday Examine Animals Exposed To Blast LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UP)—Scientists today examined scores of mice, pigs and monkeys exposed to radiation in the Atomic Energy Commission’s latest A-test at the Nevada proving grounds. They hoped their study would lead to the development of a practical shield to protect humans from the “prompt” radiation flares out when a nuclear device is detonated. The animals were anesthetized and placed at varying distances behind various types of shields before Sunday's test of' a “small” nuclear device blasted off atop a 300-foot steel tower. “Dosimeters” were surgically inserted into the bodies of some of the animals to count internal as well as external dosages of radiation. The “shot” Sunday was the second’in the AEC's spring-sum-mer series, the most extensive ever staged by any nation. It was detonated after three 24-hour delays at the test site 75 miles northwest of here. < Its kick of 2,000 tons of TNT was the second smallest in the history of tests on continental United States. The device was five times less powerful than last Tuesday’s opening blast and ten times weaker than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. .. ~ ... .. Two hours after the blast, the AEC called back the planes assigned to keep track of the atomic cloud because radiation from the air mass which contained the remnants of the detonation was so small. The third test in the series was scheduled for Tuesday morning. Six Junior Leaders To Attend Conference Six Adams county 4-H junior leaders were selected by the Adams county 4-H club council to attend the state 4-H jujrior leader training conference June 11 to 14 at DePauw University. Junior leaders selected were: Wanda Neuenschwander, Annette Thomas, Lucille Knittie, Larry Busick, Qari Baker, and Alan Habegger. The state training conference is sponsored by Kiwanis clubs and included 4-H junior leaders from all counties in Indiana.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 3, 1957.

Supreme Court Rules Two Industrial Giants In Restraint Os Trade »■. v . -

Traffic Toll j On Holiday Is ■ Under Estimate • Motorists And Law Agencies Praised For Reducing Toll By UNITED PRESS The nation’s/ motorists and law ' enforcement agencies won plaudits from safety leaders today for ‘ combining to hold the Memorial 1 Day holiday traffic death toll ’ “well below” estimates. Safety officials had feared the four-day holiday death count on the highways would hit 450, but it ' appeared the final toll would fall far short of that mark. The National Safety Council, 1 which considered the holiday as ended at midnight on Memorial Day, termed the four-day traffic toll “admirable, even for a nor- ! mal week end.” l “We congratulate motorists and . traffic law agencies on holding . the long week end toll down to . below what is expected for a nonholiday week end at this time of t year,” Safety Council spokesman . Paul Jones said. A United Press count at 5 a.m. ; e.d.t. showed at least 374 persSts - were killed In traffic from 6 p.m. . Wednesday to midnight Sunday. . Plane crashes killed 19 persons, 123 persons drowned and 82 died t in miscellaneous accidents for a week end total of 598 deaths. California had the poorest traffic record with 33 killed, followed by Texas with 30, Ohio 25, Pennsylvania 21, Georgia 19, Illinois 18, Michigan 17 and Indiana 16. Idaho and the Dakotas were the only fatality-free states for the week end. In cme of the week end’s worst traffic wrecks, five persons were killed and three others injured seriously Sunday in a two- car collision during a’ rainstorm near Stamford, Tex. The victims included a young couple and their two children. Four young persons, two boys and their dates, were killed Sunday night when their car was struck by a passenger train at a crossing near Wausau, Wis. AU of the dead were from Wausau. Other severe accidents occurred in a rash of airplane accidents. A young couple and their two smaU children from New Castle, (Coattßaet ob Pane Five) Mont Fee Dies At Greenfield Sunday. Former Decatur Man Is Taken By Death MJ. Mont Harmon Fee, 80, of Greenfield, died at 9:30 o’clock Sunday night at the Hoosierland motel, where he had made his home the last few years with his son, R. Lyle Fee. He had been in failing health for four years and bedfast for the last five months. He was born in DeKalb county June 22, 1876, a son of Abraham and Charlotte Eddy Fee, and was the last surviving member of a family of 13 children. Mr. Fee was married in Decatur in September, 1905, to Miss Celia Estil Garard.- He was a member of the Greenfield Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving in addition to his wife are four chUdren, aU of whom were born in Decatur, R. Lyle Fee, Greenfield route 4, Donald Fee of Tucson, Ariz., who left Tucson Saturday to visit his parents; Mrs. Richard (Blenn) Frisinger of Greenfield route 4; and Mrs. Glenn (Louise) Catt of Indianapolis; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchUd. Robert Garard, of this city, is a brother-in-law. The body will be brought to the Black funeral home in this city, where friends may call after 7 p. m. Wednesday. Services wiU be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the funeral home, the Rev. Philip Hillsamer, of Greenfield, officiating. Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery.

Special Wisconsin Election Planned To Name Successor To Sen. McCarthy MADISON, Wis. (UP) — Gov. Vernon 'Hiomson of Wisconsin announced today that he'll call a special election to name a successor to the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy. He said he’ll set a date by the end of ..this week. Thon&on ended weeks of speculation with his announcement. He said that "conscious of the responsibility placed in me by the discretion given me by the statute, I have carefully appraised the course which should be followed to most completely carry out the trust and confidence placed in me by the electorate.” “It is now my considered judgment that a special election shall be called and that the people of this state shall choose a successor to the late Senator McCarthy,” Thomson said. The speculation on how McCarthy’s successor would be chosen began at his death, May 2. Rumors had circulated that Thomson would ask for power to ; appoint a successor to McCarthy and that Thomson was interested ' in running for the. Senate in 1958. Thomson told newsmen that ■ “The appraisal of the factors con- ' 'sidered it no time involved any personal considerations.*’ Against Chairman’s Preference i Thomson said the press has a , duty to perform in its handling of his decision. He called on news- . men to “make it clear that in WisI consin there is no present authori- , ty for the executive to appoint a successor;” that “no request has been made by me for such authority;” and that the governor has absolute discretion in determining whether an election should be held, or whether the position should remain vacant until the next general election. “Much editorial comment has served only to confuse and leave the impression that the governor was required To call an election,” Thomson said. Thomson’s decision was against the stated preference of Wisconsin GOP Chairman Philip Kuehn, who first favored an election and then-switched to support appointment of McCarthy’s successor. Candidates for the office however and a number of GOP representatives said they favored a special election. Republican leaders in th® state Senate scotched chances for an appointment when they voted in caucus against it, But GOP senators later killed a Democratic measure to put the Senate on record in favor of a special election. The Likely Candidates Former Gov. Walter Kohler, forPag* Five) Three Women Dead In Fire Al Hofei Nine Other Persons Injured Early Today WORCESTER, Mass. (UP)—A pre-dawn fire raced through the Hotel Pleasant today, killing three women and injuring at least nine other persons. About 50 others were led to safety, many down fire ladders. Four of the injured were reported in critical condition at City Hospital and at least one was not expected to survive. None of the dead was immediately identified. Most of those staying at the 65room hotel were permanent residents. The fire,- of undetermined origin, broke out on the first floor and quickly swept through the six-story combination brick-wood building. It was extinguished in an hour. Listed in critical condition with serious burns were Maurice O’Connor, 53; his wife, Lillian 46; Miss Margaret O’Brien, and an unidentified man. Five others who suffered smoke inhalation were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Those who escaped injury were given temporary lodging at a welfare home.

Atom Scientist Warns Dangers Os Radiation Appeals For Every Effort To Prevent Hydrogen Bomb War WASHINGTON (UP) — An Atomic Energy Commission scientist said today an H-bomb war . “would produce radiation hazards for all living things and for generations to come." The scientist, Dr. E.P. Cronkite, also told Congress that native children contaminated by H-bomb fallout on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific in 1954 have suffered a “slight impairment of growth and development.” Cronkite issued a plea that “every conceivable effort of diplomacy” be made to solve world problems without recourse to hydrogen warfare. Such warfare “cannot be considered in terms of calculated risk.” The results, he said, would be 1 “simply unthinkable.” In Pasadena, Calif., 2,000 U.S. 1 scientists appealed today for a world agreement to stop testing of t nuclear bombs. - In a statement prepared by ' Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Linus Pauling, the scientists warned that each nuclear bomb t test spreads an added burden of f radioactive elements over the ■ world. “Each added amount of radiation - causes damage to the health of ) human germ plasma such as to > lead to an increase in the number ■ of seriously defective children that will be. bora in future generations.” the appeal said. Cronkite headed the medical team rushed from Brookhaven National Laboratory to the Marshall Islands to help treat 236 natives March 1,. 1954. A total of 120 (Contiaaed BB Pace Five) Mrs. Ida Belle Ogg Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Ida Belle Ogg,* 82, of 307 South Seventh street, died at 6:45 o’clock Saturday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been in failing health for six months and critically ill for the past three days. Death was attributed to complications. She was bora in Green county, Ky., May 10, 1875, a daughter of John and Arina Stimson-Womack. Her husband, George Ogg, died May 20, 1945. Mrs. Ogg was a member of the First Baptist church. Surviving are one son, Woodson Ogg of,Decatur; three daughters, Mrs. Bessie Roop and Mrs. Lois Kohne, both of Decatur, and Mrs. Pearl Potts of 'Fort Wayne; 22 grandchildren; 28 great-grand-children; one brother, Dick Womack of Logan, Utah, and a halfsister, Mrs. Adolph Baumann of Decatur. One daughter, one son and one step-son preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:40 p. m. Tuesday at the residence and at 2 p. m. at the First Baptist church, the Rev. Stuart Brightwell officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body, removed to the Black funeral home, has been returned to the residence, where friends may call until time of the services. — Huge White Circle Around Sun Sunday II < A huge white circle around the ( sun about noon Sunday and lasting about two hours brought com- . ment from numerous amateur as- , tronomers. The circle appeared to < form a large solar race track, Best explanation was that the sun > was shining through a mass of ice. ; which also caused the cool temper- ’ atures Sunday. 1

Propose New Office Os Chief Executive Building Is Proposed Next To White House WASHINGTON (UP)-A special the Presidetn move his offices out commission proposed today that the President move his offices out of the White House into a new office building next door. The new executive office building would be built on the site of the old State-War-Navy Building just west of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. It would be included in expanded White House grounds and linked by tunnel to the presidential mansion. The west wing of the White House, where the President and his top staff members now have offices, would be remodeled for use as guest quarters for visiting dignitaries. A second new executive office building would be constructed on the block immediately north of the old State-War-Navy Building. It would be connected to the proposed new White House office building by a tunnel. A commission appointed by President Eisenhower and headed by Washington. D.C., banker Robert V. Fleming recommended the , new building after lengthy study. It was charged with devising the , best way of relieving the overcrowded, makeshift conditions ’ which have plagued chief execu- ’ fives since the federal government j mushroomed in the 19305. , The commission considered seven plans and selected “Plan 1” as “the most efficient and best ' adapted to the needs of the President.” ' It would cost about 832,350,000. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said, “We believe with the commission that Plan 1 is best suited to the purposes of the President and his office.” The White House staff will study the recommendation and may request congressional action during this session to start the project. Hagerty said even if the expansion plan is adopted, the work probably could not be finished in time for Eisenhower to make much use of the new facilities before he leaves office in January, 1961. v The old building to be razed now houses the Budget Bureau, the Office of Defense Mobilization and other executive agencies. There would be no exterior alteration of the present White House and its east and west wings. Flash Flood Rolls Through Fort Worth v Most Texas Rivers Are At Flood Stage DALLAS, Tex. (UP) — A flash flood rolled through portions of Fort Worth Sunday but not many persons had to flee their homes—they hadn’t been able to move back in since the last flood. More rain was expected tof Texas today, where most rivers are at flood stage or above. Two persons were feared dead in Sunday’s chapter of the two-month long siege of violent weather. Flood gates it Lake Texoma between Texas and Oklahoma were opened, sending tons of water into the Red River. Engineers kept the gates open as long as possible, but water was boiling two feet over the spillway and rising. The Red River reached high flood stages in west central Louisiana last month. Fossil Creek rose three feet in 15 minutes from the downpour, sending water into fashionable homes in the Richland Hills area at Fort Worth. But there were very few persons to be moved out. Most residents hadn’t been able to return to their homes since they were driven out by the last flood. Many were living in 150 federally repossessed apartment units the government offered for rent at $1 per month. North of San Antonio, two airmen attempting to drive over flood-swollen Cibolo Creek were washed off the bridge. Their bodies had not been found.

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Rules Illegal Combine Made By Two Firms General Motors And DuPont Corporation Held In Violations WASHINGTON (UP) — The Supreme Court ruled today that two of the nation’s industrial giants— General Motors and the DuPont Corp —have combined in an illegal restraint of trade. The court sent the case back to Federal District Judge Walter J. Laßuy in Chicago for more proceedings and the “relief necessary and appropriate” to eliminate the effects of violations of law. Justice William J. Brennan Jr, wrote the tribunal’s 4-2 majority opinion. ' Justice Harold H. Burton wrote a 47-page dissent, in which Justice Felix Frankfurter joined. Justices Tom C. Clark, John M. Harlan and Charles E. Whittaker did not participate. Laßuy had thrown the case out. The government appealed. Today the Supreme Court upheld the appeal. Stating the background of the . case, Brennan said “this appeal is i from the dismissal of the (govern- . meat's) action as to DuPont, Gent eral Motors and the corporate holders of large amounts of Du- . Pont stock, Christiana Securities > Corp, and Delaware Realty & Int vestment Co.” The case* that reached the Supreme Court was a scaled-down version of the huge civil antitrust • suit—largest ever brought in this , country—initiated by the govern- ; ment in mid-1949. Originally, 186 DuPonts figured as defendants, many of them minors. The government charged that E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. bought stock in General Motors in 1917 with the idea of obtaining a sure market for DuPont paints, varnish and other products. It also sought to exploit GM chemical discoveries, the complaint said. DuPont has at all times owned at least 23 per cent of GM's stock. Holdings now are carried at a book value of 700 million dollars. In addition many individuals over the years have been board members of both corporations simultaneously. Earlier, Laßuy had found that the government failed to make a case. But Brennan said the test of illegality is “whether at the time of suit there is a reasonable probability that the acquisition is likely to result in the condemned restraints.” “The conclusion upon this record is inescapable that such likelihood was proved as to this acquisition,” Brennan said. “The fire that was kindled in 1917 continues to smolder. It burned briskly to forge the ties that bind the General Motors market to DuPont, and if it has quieted down, it remains hot, and, from past performance, is likely at any time to blaze and make the fusion complete.” Banquet Held Here By Gideon Society A group of 192 persons heard Bill Cooper, of Louisville, representing the Gideons International, distributors of Bibles in hotels, hospitals, schools, army camps, and prisons, describe the accomplishments of that society Friday night in a banquet at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. C. H. Muselman, Berne publisher, was chairman of the event, which was attended by Gideon > society members, ministers, and friends from all parts of Adams county. Highlight of the meeting was the presentation of two white inscribed Bibies to county superintendent of schools Gail GrabQl and Judge Myles F. Parrish for Christian service in their daily governmental service. Representatives of tiie Gideon society were in most of the churches of the county Sunday explaining their program, and taking up a special collection which will be used in this area for the distribution of Bibles here.