Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 154

SCIENTISTS DISARM ATOMIC BOMB m**> J® >!wg—> |F - '* W,.* ■>',. r‘ ” > ’ B 2lu| WfM . t / ’fM? ' W«i jk'--•-» "1 liMr --< * *<' ‘ 1 HEBE IS THE FIVE-MAN TEAM of scientists who disarmed th? atomic bomb that failed to fire on the test site at Yucca Flat, Nevada. Standing (1. to r.) are; Edward R. Tucker, who remained at the base of the 500-foot tower on which the bomb was placed; Walter Arnold, who also remained at the base, and Robert Burton, electrical engineer, who actually disconnected the firing mechanism of the atomic weapon in the cab on top of the tower. Seated are Barney Hubin (left), and Forrest Fairbrother, both of whom climbed the tower.

Death Toll In Louisiana In Hurricane 246 Authorities Work On Health Problem In Stricken Areas LAKE CHARLES, La. (UP) - The number of dead accounted for in Hurricane Audrey’s disastrous blow at the Louisiana coast rose to 246 today. Sheriff Henry Reid, announcing the official figures, said the total now is expected to reach 350 dead. “We have confirmed that a total of 246 bodies have been recovered," Reid said at a news conference. "Os these, 182 have been processed through Shed 4 at the Lake Charles docks. * “The balance are accounted for in burials on toe spot, bodies sent directly to private mortuaries and deaths ir hospitals.” Crews on toe devastated coast, south of Lake Charles, speeded up their efforts to recover the bodies of the dead still in toe swamps and wreckage and to bury or burn the carcasses of thousands of animals and pets. These were causing a severe health problem, but evidently not too much of a problem to discourage the government from planning to build a big tent city at Cameron—toe biggest town on the coast that Audrey hit — to house toe homeless. Will Build Tents Since Saturday, crews on the coast had been piling up automobile tires and setting them cm fire to burn the carcasses of dead animals. A spokesman for toe Federal Civil Defense Administration says toe government plans to build 500 to 1,000 tents right away at Cameron ' To do this quickly, he said, civil defense will enlist toe support of other federal agencies. Hie Department of Health, Education and Welfare, for instance, will be responsible for toe health problem. The Housing and Home ‘Finance Administration will be responsible for getting the tents, lumber to floor them, furniture and kitchen utensils. Shed 4 on the Lake Charles docks, which Reid mentioned at the news conference, is where the dead from the coast are deposited by boats for spraying with a preservative and for identification. " Earl Long said Sunday night that toe dead and missing will exceed 460. The cleanup ap(C«.. ..need «* P««e Fire) Local Lady's Father Is Taken By Death Mr. and Mrs. Donald Norquest and daughters Carol, Rita, and Jami®; attended the funeral Sunday of Mrs. Norquest’s father, James Omer Clarke. 64, at Fountain City. Mr. Clarke, a Wayne county farmer, died Friday afternoon. He resided two miles east ' of Fountain City. He was a member of the Fountain City Friends church, the Masoflic cbmmandery in Richmond, and was a past mas-, ter of Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 667 in Fountain City. In addition to Mrs. Norquest he is survived by one other daughter. Mrs. Clyde Hinshaw, of Fountain City, and six grand-children. Bur- - ial was at the Willow Grove cemetery. with graveside services by toe Masonic lodge. — " 12 Pace*

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Indiana Mopping Up After Flash Floods Nine Deaths Are Blamed On Floods By UNITED PRESS Muddy crests of toe Wabash and White Rivers moved downstream today as Central iixUpny swabbed up from flash floods blamed for at least nine deaths. More thunderstorms were due . | Tuesday and Wednesday, but there • was no indication they would i dump heavy rainfall on a soggy > state already overburdened with . near record spring and early sumI foer precipitation. t The long-range outlook was for precipitation averaging only one 1 to two-tenths of an tach in toe ex- . treme north and less than that t elsewhere over the five-day period , ending next Saturdayt This was welcome news to Hoosiers, thousands of whom fled ■ their homes to keep from drown- ■ tag in a rash of floods that flashed I from rains up to 10 inches in depth late last week. ’ . . Farmer’s Body Found > The flood fighting wasn’t over, i But tense situations were dimta- ; ishing rapidly as clear weather re- ■ placed the torrents over most of [ toe weekend and today. At Indianapolis, a flood on Big > Eagle Creek which claimed four : lives receded and another sent ■ White River far out of its banks, i For flood workers, it was simply ■ a shift ot location from one emeri gency to another. • Three new drownings were added to toe fatality list. The body of Everett Hiatt, a I farmer near Portland, was found ■ Sunday when flood water from toe i swollen Salamonie River receded. I Hiatt disappeared Friday night while trying to save his marooned I cattle, from the fast-rising water. At Indianapolis, Miss Brenda ' I Durrtson, 17, and Eugene Brame, 27, drowned in the ’White River ' overflow. Witnesses (said the girl ; I was wading when current swept ‘ I her off her feet, and Brame drowned trying to save her. 1,500 Are Evacuated Movement of the crests into ' i Southern Indiana virtually ended s the crises posed by the floods. Above-flood stage levels were , due most of the way downstream, f but areas involved are used to it and few evacuations were exi pected t More than a dozen counties in a > rather narrow band across toe l center of Hoosferland were hard • hit, however. The heavy precipitation fell in an area 50 or more miles wide and Ciear aeross the : state from Vigo to Jay counties. ■ Floods hit such cities as Terre Haute, Rockville, Clinton, Lebanon, Crawfordsville, Tipton, Indianapolis, Marion, Muncie and Portland, and dozens of smaller towns and rural areas. About 1,500 persons were evacut ated from an Indianapolis area I Sunday night when levees were • threatened by toe White. They were permitted to return to their ’ homes a few hours later when . volunteers reinforced the levees and the stream slowly receded. Cooler Air Comes \ Literally thousands of Indian- ’ apolis area residents left their ’ homes during the thrqe-day siege , of floods. ’ A stream of cooler air filtered ’ down from Canada Sunday to send temperatures into the high 50s ! early this morning. The low was , 55 at Goshen. All points had readt tags in the 50s except Evansville • where toe low was ». ! - Highs Sunday ranged from 77 at • South Bend to 87 at Evansville. Highs today were expected to range from 82 to 88 and lows tonhgit from 60 to 65. Highs near 90 - (Coatlnuo<s on rare Bta)

Senate Plans u Quick Action On Must Bills Senate Is Clearing Decks For Fight On Civil Rights Bill By UNITED PRESS The Senate planned quick action this week on a number of "must’’ bills to get them out of the way before toe lengthy and bitter battle , over expected civil rights begins next week. The Senate GOP leadership, supported by some northern Democrats, will propose some time next week that floor action be taken on President Eisenhower’s civil rights bill. Southern senators are expected thereupon to embark immediately upon a filibuster against it. If toe filibuster goes on at great length a number of bills may have to be put off until next session. Estimates on how long toe talkathon will last vary from 10 days to a month or more. While toe talk drags cm the Senate will be unable to act cm other legislation. So action is being pushed on toe military appropriations bill and i legislation to limit toe right of ■ crminal defendants n certain cases to inspect FBI reports. Both , measures are in committee. The ! Senate also plans to pass other ] routine legislation this week House leaders are considering ( two plans to take account of toe Senate legislative setup. They may decide to continue in session hoping to wind up late in August or they may take a-recess until toe Senate completes its rights fight. Other congressional news: Television: Hie staff of the Senate Commerce Committee has recommended a broad investigation into the alleged monopolistic practices of toe major radio-tele-vision networks. A House judiciary subcommittee already has urged such an inquiry. The report, on which toe Senate committee withheld comment pending comments from the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, charges that television executives of the three networks “in effect determine what toe entire nation watches.’’ . Governors: Rep. L. H. Fountain (D-N.C ) said a preliminary survey showed that most governors do not favor |ny "major transfer of responsibility” for fed- : eral aid programs. Fountain is chairman of a House subcommittee which is now completing a report on questionnaires it sent all ' state governors and many mayors ! and county officials last yearTrade: House Republican ' (C«*tlaaed •» Pare Five) Handley Seeks To , I Soothe Politicians I Controversy Over State Patronage INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Gover- 1 nor Handley met today with heads 1 of Indiana state departments in a ( move to smooth toe ruffled feelings of fellow Republicans over patronage matters. That toe closed meeting was i aimed at a patronage controversy was hinted by Handley’s admission there was “some dissatisfaction" in the ranks and the fact the meeting was held in GOP state headquarters. Handley said, however, the meeting had a general purpose of “discussing the past, present and future” of toe Republican party. The governor indicated, how- ■ ever, he feels that “in-fighttag is j at a new tow” in the factional dispute between his wing of toe GOP and that headed by former Goy. j George N. Craig Tells of Conference Nevertheless, he said there is some dissatisfaction in patronage matters. There are only so many jobs to be filled, he said, and ; naturally there will be disagree(ConMnued on Pag* Four) 2'; •mßwi-weiwwoßßwwT - “““**“ < Dennis Frank Dies At Home Near Bryant Dennis G. Frank, 70, died Saturday night at hi* home four and one- ‘ half miles southeast ot Bryant fol- ' lowing a heart attack. Survivors j include the widow, Laura; two ‘ sons, Lester and Leßoy of Jay county; two daughters, Mrs. Gale , Hinshaw of near Portland, and Mrs. ; Everette Ritter of near Bryant; two sisters, Mrs. Oral Pyle of near ■ Bryant, and Mrs. Elmer Knoelke of Portland; two stepsons, William j Fifer of Decatur, and Richard Fif- , er of Portland, and a step-daugh-ter, Mrs. James Kelly of Portland. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Macklin Methodist church. Burial will be in Gravel Hill cemetery, west of Bryant. Friends may call at the residence until time of toe services.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 1,1957

Decatur Worker, Berne Man Drown Sunday As Small Boat Capsizes .. . - ■ . -A-... 'A..-.

Says Brownell ? Blocking Data On Security Alleged Security Leaks By Newsmen In Current Dispute WASHINGTON (UP)—Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr. was named today as the official who is blocking publication of data showing alleged “dark chapters of betrayal” of security by American newsmen. . Brownell’s role in the current dispute over alleged security breaches by newsmen was revealed by Rep John E. Moss (D-Calif.) whose House Government Information subcommittee resumed hearings today on military information. Moss issued a statement de* nouncing a list of 15 examples of news reputedly “prejudicial” to national security. The list was issued Sunday night by Loyd Wright; chairman of a bipartisan commis-| sion on government security. Moss, who had challenged Wright to document his claim of unauthorized press disclosures “seriously” affecting security, labelled- the list an unproved “summary of contentions” that failed to show wrongdoing by l>ress. *’ Wright, whose commission has recommended legislation providing jail terms and fines for unauthorized of highly secret data, did not narmjf toe publications involved in tnel£< "cold war” instances. Among them were: —“A national weekly in January, 1956, carried an article on missiles” of which some statements were erroneous but in other respects was basically correct "and disclosed characteristics of missiles which were still in a highly classified (secret) status.” --"A metropolitan daily in December of 1953 published quite accurately toe then highly classified information relative to the socalled ‘new look’ (in military strategy)” —“A wire < service story in January, 1956, carried a report on the use of air-to-air missiles with atomic warheads. Because of the high (secrecy) classification and vital importance of this project, this itemi s under investigation by (Coßtlaaea «B. Pace Five) George McAlhaney Dies Last Evening Operated Grocery At Salem 45 Years George C. McAlhaney, 89, fof' years owner of a grocery store aVSalem, died at 8:30 o’clock Sunday night at the home of his son. Ora McAlhaney, Decatur route 3. He had. been ill for several weeks and in eritieai codnition for the past two. weeks. ■ - - - • z' l . ■ He was born in Adams county Aug. 16, 1867, a son of Robert and Zoe Clauson-McAlhaney. His wife, Elsie, died several years ago. Mr. McAlhaney operated the sfore at Salem for 45 years until his retirement 10 years ago. He was a member of the Methodist church at Salem. Surviving in addition to the son are a' step-daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Carver, of Salem; a step son, Clarence Longenbarger of Toledo, O.; six grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at toe Black funeral home, the Rev. Billy J. Springfield officiating. Burial will be in the Tricker cemetefy. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening! until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. A little warmerand more humid Tuesday. Low tonight 58-66. High Tuesday 84-89. Sunset 8:17 p. n*, sunrise Tuesday 5:21 a. m.

Withholding State Tax Now In Effect 50 Per Cent Boost Is Also Effective B INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Hoosiers vere hit today by toe first fullorce gusts of toe tax hike program created by the 1957 Indiana Legislature. The gross income tax rate went up 50 per cent, raising the annual tax liability for the average Hoosier earning $5,000 from S4O to S6O. I Furthermore, beginning today—fhe July 1 start of another fiscal year—his gross income taxes were withheld from his pay envelope. Thousands of employers geared to make the first state-ordered gouge pf his earnings this week. | The hike and withholding began As State Revenue Commissioner Edwin Beaman closed out toe 1956-57 fiscal year with more than 125 million dollars in the till from gross income taxes, a gain of about 7 millions over the last fiscal year. The gross tax rise marked the second time since the Legislature ended its 61-day session teat tax increases became effective for toe jnasses- The first, effective in March, was a two-cent climb in toe state gasoline tax, raising the per-gallon levy from four to six cents. ‘ Today marked another innovation for Hoosiers as a result of to® Legislature’s session. Motorists torer. 35 applying fiw renewal driving licenses toe rest of tpis year were required to take written examinations and eye tests to determine if they are qualified to stay on the road. Like withholding, the exams (were the first of their kind ta toe State’s history. •.■■■■■■' ■ Township Line Case Is Resumed Today Boundary Dispute i Resumed In Count Court recessed at 11:30 a. m. until 1 p. m. today in the WabashMonroe township boundary dispute over the question of admissible evidence. Attorneys Custer and Smith, representing the plaintiff, L. A. "Gus” Mann, objected strenously to Judge Myles F. Parrish’s ruling that evidence which was hearsay and pre judical to one of the defendants could not be admitted as evidence against the other. The lawyers F ere questioning Mann, and him to state his conversation with county auditor Edward F.tiJaberg, a defendant in the case, concerning a petition to toe auditor to correct the tax records and show Berne south of the main street to -be--ta Wabaxh township for tax purposes. —- Attorney Hubert R. McClenahan, who had entered an appearance for defendant Sylvan Sprunger, trustee of Monroe township, this morning, becoming co-counsel wito C. H. Muselman, objected to this, saying that it was hearsay to his defendant. Judge Parrish sustained toe objection, Custer objected vigorously, and the court adjourned to examine the law on toe matter. Another major development in the case was the refusal of the clerk’s office to issue a subpoena. Attorneys Custer & Smith asked that a blank subpoena be issued, so that they would not have to divulge to the defendant the name of their Witness .until he was called. The clerk’s office refused to issue a blank subpoena. Attorneys Custer & Smith asked the court to issue an order to the clerk to issue the blank subjpoena, and the judge stated that he would consider the mattery at the noon recess. -<The first witness called by the plaintiff was the trustee and township assessor of Wabash township, Mann. He stated toe facts concerning this, and was then taken from the stand to introduce Ralph E. Roop, city engineer, s- The attorneys for Mann showed (Csatimucd o» Face '

< ,N n,. Bad Weather * Hits Plains And Midwest Hurricane Audrey Churns Destructive Path Though Canada By UNITED PRESS Turbulent weather pounded the Plains and sections of the Midwest today, and Hurricane Audrey churned a destructive path through CanadaThe known death toll blamed on Audrey and other violent storms since the hurricane hit Thursday climbed hear the 200 mark. Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana estimated at least 400 persons were killed in the hurricane and tidle wave of Cameron. A total of 173 bodies have been recovered and the grim search for other victims continued. Elsewhere, at least 20 persons died in weather-caused mishaps, including a father and his five young children who were killed Sunday when their car veered from a highway and sank into a rain-flooded ditch neat Ironton, Mo. Two other storm drownings were reported in Missouri and Kansas, and flash floods claimed 12 lives io Indiana and Illinois. The low' pressure area that was thte heart of Audrey roared through Canada with fresh violence Sunday, leaving at least four persons dead and causing more than one million dollars in damage. Tornadoes Sunday night touched down near Liberal, Kan., and in southwest of Wichita. No injuries were reported in the twisters. The tornadoes swirled cut of thick storm clouds that deposited more than one inch of rain at Goodland and Hill City, Kan. The torrential rains sept the Big Blue River to more than 9 feet above flood stage at Kansas City,' Mo. Streets were blocked and homes and businesses were inundated Sunday before the river began receding. The Big Arkansas was expected to crest at 9.5 feet, about 3.5 feet above flood stage, at Hutchison, Kah. City officials prepared to sandbag dikes if the river crests are more than 9.8 feet. Widespread flooding was reported on the Lower Saline River in Kansas. The Marais des Cygne and Solomon rivers were rising. Severe thunderstorms were reported from Wichita, Kan., to Ponca City, Okla., during the night, and the area was under a (C»nttaae« Pace Five) Mrs. John Peoples Is Taken By Death •Xfuneral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Carrie E. PeopTes/SS, of (515 North Tenth street, died at 9:05 o'clock Saturday night at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she was taken after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage Friday evening. Born in Root township Nov. 4, 1871, she was a daughter of Frederick and Wilhelmina LegermanBohnke, and was married to John A, Peoples March 10,1397. Her husband died Oct. 18, 1956. Mrs. Peoples was a resident of Fort Wayne for 36 years until moving to Decatur in 1954. She was a member of the Simpson Methodist church in Fort Wayne. Surviving are one brother, August Bohnke of Decatur, and three sisters, Mrs. Emma Krueckeberg and Mrs. John Railing, both of Union township, and Mrs. Alvena Bohnke of Decatur. One daughter, Lelah, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. L. T. Norris officiating- Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery at Fort Wayne. Friends may call at jthe funeral home until time of

10 Persons Killed In Indiana Traffic In Double Figures 2nd Straight Week By UNITED PRESS Indiana's traffic death toll shot up into double figures for the second straight weekend. At least 10 persons were killed during the weekend in Hoosierland, two in Sunday accidents. The latest victim was Thomas Jernes, 2, Valparaiso, who was struck by a church bus. Authorities said he ran in front of a bus driven by Emerald George, Valparaiso, on Ind. 330 just-west of the Valparaiso city limits. Paul E. Nolan, 26, Loogootee, was killed Sunday in a head-on auto collision north of Haysville. State Police said Nolan was driving on the wrong side of the road when his car collided with an auto driven by Paul Hall, 34, Monticello- , . ' James McCallister, 23, Acton, died Sunday in an Indianapolis hospital from injuries sustained in a wreck Saturday night. McCallister was a passenger in a car driven by William Arthur, 32, Indianapolis- State Police said Arthur’s car ran off a road and turned over. Five others were killed Saturday. The victims were Russell Manns, 26, Silver Lake; Gary Wayne Williams, 19, Vincennes; and John Beals, 18, Los Angeles—both Purdue students; and Karen stallings, Manns was killed when his car ran off Ind. 15 and plunged into Bull Lake north of Wabash. Williams was involved 'in a two-car crash cm U.S, 41 near Oaktown. Brewer and Beals were passengers in a car which went out of control and struck a bridge abutment on Ind 43 near Lafayette. The driver was Richard Guhse, 20, South Bend. The Stallings girl was injured fatally when struck by a car on Ind. 66 east of Rockport. A nine-month-old baby—Pamela Ray Brown, Kalamazoo, Mich.— was killed Friday night in an accident involving two cars and a rooaunuea on Paa* Six) Pass Eye Test For Driver's License . New Indiana Law Effective Today All persons born before January, 1922, must pass an eye examination and written test of state driving signs and laws, starting today, before they may receive new drivers’ licenses, Mrs. Lavelle Death, license branch manager, said today. During the next two years all persons born before this date must take the tests, which will be administered by the regular branch personnel during business hours. Also, any person who loses his license must take the test before a new one is issued, she added. Persons over 75years of age must take the tests each time they apply for a new license, as usual. If any person's license expires, even one day, he must also take the test, she warned. The driver’s examinations for new or physically handicapped drivers will continue as before on Wednesdays only, when the driving examiner is here, Mrs. Death said. Eye checks for those with eye restrictions, and written tests may be given by the regular branch personnel. A new instrument, called the sight screener, will be used for the eye tests. Mrs. Rhoa Tricker. deputy manager, attended a special school in Indianapolis Monday to'learn to use the new instrument. The mail was delayed here today because ot flood waters south of Decatur, and the target piece for the new sight screener had not arrived yet Monday morning. Mrs. Death said she deeply apologized for the inconvenience to drivers who wanted licenses this morning, but that the device should be working by Tuesday.

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Dragging Lake St. Mary's For Price's Body Russell Price And Melvin Nussbaum Drowning Victims Dragging operations were resum- £' ed at dawn today for the body of • Russell Price, 47, an employe of ■ the Decatur Casting company and resident of Willshire, Ohio, which ■ has not been found after a boat he 1 was operating on Lake St. Mary’s ■ at St. Mary’s, Qhio, capsized Sun- , day afternoon. J. ' The body of Melvin Frederick Nussbaum, 42, of Berne, who was ’ riding in the boat with Price, was - found 200 yards north of Channel j Isle landing, at approximately 7:15 i p.m. A child’s life preserver was - still on Nussbaum when found, and ■ his watch was stopped at 4:13 o'- • clock. Ji The two men had set out on the I extremely rough waters from | Mack’s Marine lapdog, on the east •j shore of the lakefat 4 p.m. NussJ, baum reportedly left Berne around 3 o’clock, for the purpose of visit- ’ ing Price afad trying out the new inboard motor boat, which he planned to buy from Price. A boat race planned on that part , of the lake was transferred to the . Celina end because,of the choppy • water, and authorities were uneer* u.. tain as to whether the boat struck something or was capsized because : of rough waters. Dr. W. V. Barton, of St Mary’s who examined the body,‘stated that ■ Nussbaum had a contusion on the right cheek, but apparently was not serious enough to cause death. 1 Nussbaum is survived by his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nussbaum; a brother, . Calvin Nussbaum, and two sisters, , Mrs. Roman Liechty and Mrs. Elmer Graber, all of Berne. The body was taken to the Yager funeral home at Berne, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today. Funeral services win be held at the First Mennonite church in Berne, Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, with the Rev. Olin Khehbiel officiating. Price’s wife and two children are presently at their home in Willshire, waiting for a report of the dragging crew. Price was also an employe of the State Gardens at ; Middlebury, Ohio. Nickerson Is Given Year's Suspension Vows To Continue Fight For Missiles HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (UP)—Col. John C. Nickerson, stripped of his top - secret security clearance, vowed today he wfll continue his fight for Army missiles through "official” channels and some day ’ " regain his status as a rocket expert. Nickerson, convicted of leaking top secret missile data, drew a year’s suspension of rank, a $1,500 fine and a stem reprimand in addition to losing the right to work on Army top secret developments. However, the square - jawed colonel said he will work to regain top secret clearance so he again can work with Army missiles. "I’ll get it back,” he said. Although it was not generally known during the trial, the Army had rescinded Nickerson’s topsecret clearance last Jan. 1 at the start of an investigation of leaks in Classified missile information. While Nickerson pleaded guilty to charges of revealing v certain classified information in letters protesting assignment of intermediate missiles to the Air Force, the court-martial punishment was considered "just for the record.” He could have received 30 years at hard labor and dismissal from the service. The rocket expert said he expects to be sent overseas soon.