Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV, No. 169

JUSTICES SAIL FOR EUROPE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U. S. Earl Warren (middle) and Associate Justices Tom Clark (left)) arid John M. Harlan wave goodby with their wives <in front of each!) as they sail from New York aboard the Queen Mary. They are bound for a conference In London along with 350 bar association members. ■. — - . .

_. GOP Leaders Seek To Save Key Measures Seek To Save Key Parts Os Aid And Civil Rights Bills WASHINGTON (UP>—Administration forces in the Senate and House fought today to save key parts erf the foreign aid and civil rights bills. Senate GOP Leader William F. Knowland called a meeting of GOP senators to try to reach a compromise proposal aimed at saving at least part of the southern-hated Part IH of the civil rights bill - The section,would empower the attorney general to seek injunctions against anyone seeking to deprive persons of their civil rights. A federal judge could fine and jail a violator without a jury trial. Backers of the bill already have offered one compromise amendment to meet another main southern objection to Part HI. The amendment would bar presidential use of federal troops to back up civil rights injunctions. The House rapidly approached a final vote on a new 300-million-dollar cut from the foreign aid bill. Eisenhower called the cut a threat to national securityRep. A. S. J. Carnahan (D-Mo.) said the President’s warning may prevent the cut. The $3,242,333,000 bill already has been cut 622 million dollars in coftunittee before it reached the House floor. Other congressional news: Rackets: Members of the Senate Rackets Committee called for laws to end the “financial smorgasbord" of union officials helping themselves to loans from union funds. The senators issued the demand as the committee summoned Secretary-Treasurer Lloyd Klenert of the United-Textile Workers Union. He lias admitted taking a SI,OOO loan from his union. Basebail: House . anti-trust investigators turned their attention to the farm system of the National League champion Brooklyn Dodgers. The House Anti-Trust subcommittee conducting the investigation will turn its attention next week to professional football. Schools: Backers of the federal school constructton bill sought votes to push it through the House- Chairman Cleveland M. Bailey of the House Education ■U’ **ax« . ** Governor Handley Returns To Office INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Governor Handley was back at his Statehouse office today after a threeday “fishing" recess. His aides brushed off questions about the governor’s whereabouts since Monday, but he was believed on a Canadian fishing trip. Thursday was Handley’s first day at his desk since last Friday. He took part in American Legton festivities last weekend, then left town. Three Brothers Are Fined $30,000 Each INDIANAPOLIS (UP) —Federal Judge Cale J. Holder late Thursday fined three Indianapolis brothers $30,000 each and gave them two-year suspended prison terms on their guilty pleas to charges of evading income taxes. The defendants were Morris Katz, 42. and his brothers, Alex, 49, and Isidore, 39, all officials of the Max Katz Bag Co. here.

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Two Youths Nabbed After Stealing Car Automobile Stolen In Portland Today Two Decatur youths, 14 and 10 years of age respectively, were apprehended by state trooper Bob Davis, early this morning after they wrecked a car they had stolen minutes before, in Portland. t, , The night of crime began I Thursday evening when the boys r "borrowed" the car of the eldest I youth's father. It has not been determined where the boys were . headed, but in Berne, they aban- » doned the car they were driving. - It was discovered later this I morning that after the boys left 1 the car to Berne, they took time to stage £ robbery, breaking into ) “The Den" owned and operated -by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Baum- ■ bauer. j Entry was made by tearing through a screen on the back door, thus enabling them to un- ! latch the door. Inside, they took $46.50 in cash, and about S2O in [ merchandise, including . chewing l gum, ice cream, flashlights, combs, a fishing tackle, and several other small items. Following the robbery, the boys ‘ipessed around” awhile, before j hopping a freight train to PortJ land. A car owned by Olland Coolman, of Portland, was parked in ■ front of the Peoples Bank in Portland, while the otraer was iri ’ a nearby drug store, and when i the boys discovered the keys in > the car, hurriedly took off. This was. at 6:30 a. m. today. Coolman immediately reported • the theft of the 1954 Chevrolet to the Portland police, who sent out ’ a radio theft alarm. Meanwhile, ’ the adventurous youth driving the 1 car south of Portland, lost coni trol of the car as it slid off the berm, and the ear skidded ac- ’ cross the highway, into a ditch and landed against the fence. Davis was patroling die area, . which is just one-half mile south of the Jay-Randolph county line ■ on U. S. 37, and he came accross . the deserted wrecked car, with . the radio still playing, and a man’s lunch bag in the front seat. ; Neighbors informed him that two young boys had just run into a cornfield near the scene of the accident. After a wild chase through the fields, the boys were captured, and taken to the Portland police department, where it was discovered that the car they wrecked was the stolen car, which was reported just 18 minutes before they were brought in. Damage to the car was not ser- . ious. After extensive questioning, and the report of the break in, the boys admitted the theft at "The Den,” and turned over S2B ' of trfe stolen cash. The merchan- ‘ dise that they stole was placed in a shoe box, and hidden in an alley in the north end of Berne, ’ they said, and a paper bag containing $lB in bills was apparent- ’ ly lost as they continued their escapades. Most of the merchan(Conttuued on Pair* Four) Hogs At Two-Year High On Chicago Market CHICAGO (UP) — Hogs opened ■ at a two-year high today on the i Chicago market. U.S. No. 1 grade 210 pounds unif form in weight and grade opened at 22.00. highest since June, 1955. ; The opening was fairly active , with receipts of 4.500 going around I 35 canto higher then at tbe does Thudsday.

Rocket Fired From Fighter In Test Today Dazzling Teamwork Display Os Things Coming In Future ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev. (UP) —The Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission, in a dazzling teamwork display of things to come, today fired a nuclear-armed rocket from a fighter plane high above the Nevada proving grounds The rocket was launched from one of three FB9 Scorpion jets at an elevation somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 feet above tbe test site in an air-to-air experiment. Others like it are stockpiled at the nation’s defense bases. The device was fired so close to the jets that the crews were doused with radiation and had to scurry to the ground for decontamination. It was the first firing delivery of a nuclear device by. a fighter plane and its impact was rated by the AEC as “only less than nominal,” meaning less than 20,000 tons of TNT. A sequence timer controlled the rocket from the time the parent nlane left the Indian Springs Air Force Base 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas. ' The timer remotely launched the 0 weapon and electronically detonate ed it after it left the parent plane. r Douglas Aircraft Co. described . the rocket as its new MBI Genie. • It was fired at a theoretical target j in space. — AEC omciais said we rocket did i not „ make the characteristic s "swish” as it left the plane but t sounded more like "beating on a j washtub” as it exploded when leav- . ing the plane. . The accompanying jets conducted scientific sutdies of the nuclear s Mast as they flew in the vanguard Hos tile firing plane. Because the a three fighters were flying so close j to the actual blast they were saKirtland Air Force Base, N,M. within 2M> hours for decontaminaI tion. c When the device was fired it ■ appeared very brightly from News t Nob and the fireball was visible i for 15-20 seconds. The cloud < ! formed into a doughnut shape , with a tinge of pink coloring and • a weird spray dropped eastward. More than a minute later the ; (Continued on Pago Three) Two Crewmen Killed • In Jet Plane Crash I*' ~ ‘ i Six Homes Are Set Ablaze After Crash 1 WORCESTER, Mass. (UP)—A ’ jet training plane exploded over 1 a residential area Thursday, kUI- • ing both crewmen and spewing - flaming fuel and hot metal frag- ■ ments for a block. > Fire officials said it was "a mi- ■ racle” that no one in the area i was killed or injured. Many persons were shaken, however. , Six homes were set ablaze by i the hot fuel. One, in front of > which the plane crashed, was de- [ stroyed by flamest Killed were the pilot, Ist Lt. , Lawrence C. Guild, 26, of Quincy, and Capt. John F. Murphy Jr., 32, ’ of Worcester. Guild’s body was found strapped ‘ in his seat of the T 33 jet, attached to the 133rd Air National , Guard unit at Grenier Air Force ' Base at Manchester, N.H. Mur- ’ phy’s body was found in a yard, ’ 100 feet from the crash scene. ‘ Air Force investigators said it appeared that Guild was trying to > land in Indian Lake, a few hun- • dred yards from where the aircraft crashed. Witnesses said the plane suddenly went into a sharp spin, , plunging into a yard along the , tree - lined street. The craft then I caromed 40 feet into the air and I exploded, showering the area with . blazing fuel. f Residents fought the flames ! with garden hoses until firemen arrivedFire chief Herbert Travers said children usually played ball in the . street about the time the crash occurred. Fortunately, the street was empty when the jet plunged to earth. , Firemen Called By False Alarm The city fire department was summoned to the Harry Essex property on West Monroe street, shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday, when an excited neighbor thought the Essex garage was in flames. . When firemen arrived, they found a brush fire, being carefully watched. at th* back corner of the garage. : , -----

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Sheppard Murder Case Reopened On Basis Os Confession By Convict

U S. Ready To Drop Potential Space Weapons Ready To Renounce Missile If Russia Agrees To Control LONDON (UP) — The United States is ready to renounce the intercontinental ballistic missile provided Russia subscribes to a foolproof system of control, authoritative sources said today. The sources said U.S. delegate Harold E- Stassen hoped to present a dramatic long-range plan for "de-fusing” potential space weap. ons at the London disarmament conference next week. The sources said a draft of the American missile control plan has been circulated for study by the Western delegates at the conference. Details have not been disclosed, but according to the sources, key points of the new plan included: — —Renunciation of military missile development would be contingent on continuing improvement of East-West relations and success of an overall step-by-step disarmament. program. . —The United States would re* serve the right to resume military missile development if it found it-1 self endangered by worsening international conditions. This condition already applies to other steps in existing western conventional disarmament plans. I —Defensive short-range missiles for tactical and anti-aircraft use would not be affected. —Detailed control-and- inspection system would have to be agreed and installed by the major powers before a renunciation of missiles for military use takes full effect. The sources said it might take several years to work out an effective control plan. They said control of such outer-space missiles would be far more complicated than for any other types of armaments. Robert B. Parrott Is Rotary Speaker Central Soya Co. Official Speaks Robert B. Parrott, vice president of the commodity trading department of the Central Soya Co., located in Fort Wayne, was guest speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. Parrott, a graduate of North Dakota State, and formerly associated with Cargill, Inc., of Minneapolis, explained Central Soya’s expanding grain merchandising department as a part of the company’s diversification program. He told how facilities of the industry lend themselves to use during off seasons to the merchandise of grain. The speaker explained changes in transportation, with expanded use of trucks and river barges in addition to railroads. He also said that the proposed St. Lawrence seaway may cause a decided change in transportation patterns. • » Parrott closed by pointing to recent technical developments in engineering efficiency in handling and processing grain which help to lower storage cost, and that atomic radiation may also soon be used. It was announced that the service club’s attendance percentage for the past Rotary year was 89.55, with 11 members having perfect attendance for the year. They were Homer Arnold, A. R. Ashbaucher, Robert Ashbaucher, Harold Engle, Gail Grabill, Joe Kaehr, Roy Kalver, James Kocher, Jr., Gene Rydell, Robert Smith and Clarence Ziner. Gail Grabill, vice president, conducted the meeting, and Tom AUwetn was chairman of the program.

Highway Employes Queried On Check Records Reported Missing In State INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The right-of-way chief in the Indiana State Highway Department said today he has questioned two of his employes about a $8,850 payment for work that was not done. Right-of-way director Charles M. Dawson sought to learn how an 1 outdated check for that amount 1 got into the hands of Marvin L. | Preble, Austin moving contractor. '' A search also was under way ' for the missing records in connection with the case. [ A State Board of Accounts re- , port Thursday charged Preble was paid $8,850 for a moving job ’ on the Madison Ave. right-of-way here although the job was not i done. The report said someone in j the right-of-way division , told ‘ Preble of {he old check, and that ; Preble picked it up, got a new one written, and cashed it. The old check was being held in : escrow and never should have been honored, tbe audit said. ( The check was issued in connec- . tion with purchase of one piece of . property. The entire set of records J on that transaction and on two ' others are missing from right-of-Iway files, officials said HD Dawson ruled out the possibility [that giving the check to Preble was an “honest mistake" byj ■ someone who thought he should be | paid. He said he questioned two of his employes and “wouldn’t guess” whether the “go-between” was still in the division. State Highway Chairman John ; Peters fired many members of the division when he succeeded Virgil (Red) Smith as chairman in January. Miss United Slates Admits Marriage Replaced In Miss , Universe Contest LONG BEACH, Calif. (UP) — Miss United States—Leona Gage, of Maryland—admitted today that she is married and the mother of twb sons. She was disqualified in the Miss Universe contest, and Miss Utah was named Miss United States. I “I knew the Miss Universe rules forbade a married girl from entering the contest, but I thought I had a chance,” she sobbed. “I took it and lost. Yes, I’m married and I have two children.” The hysterical 21-year-old from Glen Burn)e. Md., girl who previously denied rumors that she was married was placed under a physician's care and given sedatives. A police officer was stationed at her hotel door. Miss Gage was selected Miss United States Wednesday night The second place runnerup, Miss Utah, is Charlotte Sheffield, 20, of Salt Lake City. Miss Gage survived Thursday night’s judging which pared the field to 15 finalists from whom Miss Universe will bee hosen tonight. Oscar Meinhardt, pageant director, said Miss Gage—who is really ■ Leona Ennis, wife of Air Force S.Sgt. G.N. Ennis—would remain in seclusion as long as she wished. .“After all, she’s a young kid,” ; he said. “Often a girl is urged and > pushed into these things. It seems ] like a small he at the beginning.” The rumors about Miss Gage’s being married originated in Balti- i more. Sgt. Ennis later admitted ] he and the winner were married ' in Vernon, Tex-, Feb. 3, 1953. Their i sons are 1 and 3 years old. Miss Gage denied the rumors at first ! and broke into tears when con- 1 fronted with them. j i INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday. Somewhat warmer most sections Saturday. Low tonight 62-66 north, 66-74 south. High Saturday in the 90s. Sunset 8:09 p. m., sunrise Satuitiay 5:33 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Continued fair and quite warm. Low Saturday night low 70a, high Sunday mid 90s. • «

Defense Rests Case Today In Racial Trial Integration Case Appears Headed To Jury Later Today KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (UP)- The defense for all 11 remaining defendants in the Clinton High School integration trial rested today. The case appeared headed for a jury by late today. I Prosecutor John C. Crawford announced immediately that “the government is ready to begin its final argument.” The jury was excused while both sides conferred on procedure The government alleged that the 10 Clintonians conspired with John Kasper, an outsider, to prevent integration of Clinton High School by intimidation and violence. The defense claimed that with only three witnesses Thursday, it had knocked the main prop out of the government’s segregation conspiracy case. “They had only one witness who gave any substantial evidence of a conspiracy,” said Robert L. Dobbs, head of die Clinton demyself When I heard his tesni mony.” That witness, Dobbs said, was Clinton policeman Jess Braden, who testified about dark doings with typewriters “in the back room” at Ann’s Cafe‘ from last September “right on through” December. It was during that period, the government charged, the Clintonians conspired with Kasper to keep the Negroes out of Clinton High School with daily jeers, roadblocks and, finally, with open violence. U.S. District Judge Robert L. Taylor had issued an injunction against any such interference. The defendants were accused of violating his order. The government rested its case Thursday and dropped its charges against four defendants who had been mentioned casually in the testimony . -7 The defense made motions to acquit all the rest and the jury was excused while Judge Taylor listened to the biggest barrage of oratory since the case started, cvontinuaa on JPaae 81x) Boy Seoul Jamboree Is Closed Thurday Base Final Show On World Friendship VALLEY FORGE. Pa. (UP)The fourth National Boy Scout jamboree ended Thursday night with an impressive candlelight ceremony of rededication to the principles of the Boy Scout oath The big job of moving the mass of scouts and their equipment to their homes across the nation began in the early hours of the morning and continued through the day. The scouts who came from the farthest parts of the country were allowed to strike camp and pack ahead of the rest who embarked on last minute trips to Philadelphia for a tour of the many historic shrines. The big closing show, based on the theme of world friendship, paid honor to Lord Robert BadenPowell who founded the first troop in England. A tabloid was presented on the huge stage Thursday night depicting the first encampment of scout under Powell seated around a small camp fire. The fire grew into a large blaze symbolizing the spread of scouting throughout the world. The tabloid ended with a message for boys around the world recorded by Lord BadenPowell shortly before his death in The ceremony was climaxed when the 50,000 scouts seated around the hill sides of the huge amphitheater each lighted a candle and recited with Boy Scout oath en masse.

Smoking Safer If Properly Filtered Testimony Is Given By Expert On Cancer WASHINGTON (UP)-A cancer expert testified today that smoking can be made safer through use of cigarette filters. But he said some U.S. tobacco companies are marketing “increasingly ineffective” filters on'their cigarettes. The expert—Dr. Ernest L. Wynder of Sloan - Kettering Institute for Cancer Research—testified before a House subcommittee studying advertising claims for cigarette filters- I Wynder said the scientific evidence leaves “no doubt whatsoever that smoking represents. a cause of cancer of the respiratory trac." The problem of lung cancer,, he said, could be largely overcome by abolishing use Os tobacco. But ; he said economic factors and firmly entrenched habits rule that out. Wynder said a filtered cigarette with a satisfactory tobacco taste can be produced which will yield 40 per cent less nicotine and tar than plain regular size cigarettes. Uniform acceptance of such filters would provide “a partial answer to the present problem, provided that the smoker does not deeide -to smoke twice, as many cig a reiies, ana prov»ci«i mai inc tobacco itself is not altered to yield more tar.’’ Wynder said the risk of developing cancer is directly related to the amount of tar exposure. But he Said that, “in the United States some tobacco companies have taken advantage of the public’s desire for filtered cigarettes and its equal wish for good tobacco flavor by marketing increasingly ineffective filters.” “Sooner or later,” he said, “regulations must be passed that establish criteria for the amount of tar which may pass through a given filter and that will make it a requirement for the manufacturer to state the effectiveness of a given filter.” 3 Wynder also testified that cancer hazards - from smoking could be reduced by other changes In cigarette manufacture. , He testified it may be possible to reduce the danger by drycleaning the tobacco leaf to remove the waxy coating which he said is one of the major sources of some of the cancer-causing substances. I He also said it might be possible to lower the burning temperature of cigarettes since fewer major cancer-causing substances are produced at lower temperatures. Ground Three Planes On Threat Os Bomb No Bomb Is Found In Any Os Liners NEW YORK (UP) - A telephoned bomb threat by an unidentified woman prompted the grounding of three Air France passenger planes Thursday night. No bomb was found on any of the planes. The woman telephoned the airline’s reservation office here at 9 p.m., saying there was a bomb aboard an Air France plane. She then hung up. The airline immediately ordered all three of its planes that had left New York International Airport Thursday to land at the nearest airports. One of the planes, bound for Paris with 59 passengers, was about 140 miles east of Cape Cod. It put down at Logan Airport in Bostort. The passengers were removed, placed in automobiles and taken to a Boston hotel where they spent the night. A second plane, also Parisbound, landed at Sydney, Nova Scotia, with 29 passengers It later continued the flight as did the third craft which, bound for Mexico City, put down at Dannelly Field in Montgomery, Ala., with 58 passengers.

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Ohio Governor Orders Murder Case Reopened Convicted Doctor Will Undergo Lie Detector Test Soon DELAND, Fla. (UP)—The celebrated 1954 Sheppard murder case was reopened today on the basis of a "confession” by a Florida convict that he slugged a Cleveland, Ohio, woman the night Marilyn Sheppard was slain Ohio Gov. C. William O’Neill announced in Columbus that Dr, Samuel H. Sheppard, now serving a life term in prison for his wife’s murder, will undergo a lie detector test. Sheppard would not consent to a lie test in early stages of the murder case but later asked for one. He was denied the test at that time. O’Neill told his news conference that he is “considering” evidence presented to him concerning the story told in Deland by Joseph Wedler, a blond, bushy-haired prisoner who said he wanted to “get a murder off my mind.” Until today Wedler’s story had sessions” that have come out of the Sheppard case. I The Ohio governor said he is granting Sheppard’s request for a lie detector test concerning the murder of his wife. Sheppard has maintained his innocence throughout, claiming Marilyn was killed by a bushy-haired intruder. O’Neill said he authorized the test on Dr. Sam at the request of the prisoner and his attorney Private investigators meanwhile were working here trying to determine jvhether Wedler is telling the truth or spun the story in an effort to win publicity or freedom. Ohio Atty. Gen. William Saxbe also announced that his office is studying legal questions involved in the new break. Whether Dr. Sam could get a new trial on the basis of the developments was the question pondered by legal authorities. An assistant Ohio attorney general thought that “quite possible.” Wedler, 23, has told Deland au(GuaUauM uu «ix? Fred L Pettibone Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Fred L. Pettibone. 64, of Poe, who died Thursday, will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday, at the Ake & Sons funeral home In Poe: Mr. Pettibone died at the Parkview memorial hospital after an illness of six weeks. Born in Wayne county, he lived his early life in Portland. He was a member of the Olive Branch lodge, 248, F.&A.M., and was employed by the Essex Wire Corporation in Fort Wayne, a Survivors include the wife, Maud; tour sons, Harry of Piqua, Ohio; Carl J., of Poe, and James R. and David D., both of Fort Wayne; his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Pettibone, of Fort Wayne; three brothers, L. C. Pettibone, of Decatur; Liness, of Fort Wayne, and Kenneth, of California; erne sister, Mrs. Eva Shepherd, of Louisville, Ky.. and three grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 o'clock this evening, until time of the services. 14 Persons Die In French Train Wreck BOLLENE, France (IP) — A Paris-bound express train carrying vacationers home from the Riviera leaped the tracks and was wrecked near this small town in southern France today. French police reports said that by mid-afternoon there were 14 dead and 75 injured.