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MRS. LORETTA KORUS, 29, gets an “alls-well” gesture from an intern at Chicago's Illinois Research Hospital where a team ot seven heart specialists three days before had exposed her heart for 32 minutes and closed a silver dollar-sized cavity between the chambers. The new technique, employing a heart-lung machine which duplicates functions of the organs permitted the long exposure required and doctors hope soon to extend such surgery time to a full hour.

Ike Opposes Civil Rights Bill Changes Voices Opposition To Amend Voting Section Os Bill WASHINGTON (UP)-President Eisenhower today expressed firm opposition to any change in the civil rights bill which would provide Jury trials in contempt of court cases. The chief executive at his news conference said he did not believe there should be any amendment to Part IV—the voting rights section—of the bill pending in the Senate This would authorize the federal government to seek court injunctions to protect Negroes’ voting rights. Violations of such injunctions would become con-tempt-of-court cases. The chief executive also said he regarded as a very serious situation the block on appropriations bills caused by the civil rights fight in the Senate. He pointed out that thousands of government workers would have no assurance of continuing pay unless the log jam was broken immediately. Defends Glock Nomination Other news highlights at his meeting today with 221 reporters: —He stoutly defended his nomination of Maxwell Gluck as ambassador to Ceylon, saying he knew Gluck was not familiar with Ceylon but that a man of his record and intelligence certainly could learn. This comment arose from the fact that at a recent Senate hearing on his nomination Gluck did not know the name of the prime minister of the country to which he is being sent. Speaking quite sternly in the hot, humid conference room, the chief executive said he did not take kindly to erroneous suggestions, such as those made in the Gluck case, that he would appoint a man to a diplomatic post on the basis of his contributions to the Republican Party. —He said he would like to see Congress review the laws covering conflict of interests in federal appointments with a view to encouraging younger, experienced executives from private business to come into the government. Another School Bill —Amid uproarious laughter, he rejected a current report that he was worth one million dollars, saying that if the man printing these reports offered to buy him out for that amount, there would be a quick sale. He said that when he took office, everything he owned outside of a small amount of cash in the bank was placed in an irrevocable trust and all he knew about it was the amount of taxes he owed at the end of each year. & —He threw down assertions by House Democrats that he did not plug sufficiently for his school construction bill that was killed in the House last week. Eisenhower said he had put forth his school program on a number of occasions and despite the House ,action, would have another school bill ready for Congress next year—He urged again speedy congressional action on the foreign aid authorization bill, saying it was absolutely essential to the continued national security. —The President even came up, by request, with his formula for how to stop smoking successfully: Get busy at something else, think of something else and avoid selfPi —He said the White House would (Coati««*a «B !••«« Five)

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Forecast Os Tiny Atomic Batteries Atom Commission Reports Advances WASHINGTON (UP)—The government today forecast tiny atomic batteries powerful enough to run "equipment in guided missies and space craft." Missiles and “space craft” themselves may some day be driven by nuclear engines if research now going on bears fruit. The prediction of space craft batteries was made in the Atomic Energy Commission’s 22nd semiannual report. The report said "advances were made in all major programs’’— weapons, power, ship propulsion, atoms-for-peace, research, and production of nuclear fuels and explosives. It also: —Confirmed that the current Nevada tests are aimed at perfecting atomic weapons “with minimum fallout”—presumably smaller and thus radioactively “cleaner” atomic triggers for the big H-bombs tested in the Pacific. —Reported that “a 10-year uranium' supply is in sight.” That means enough raw material for the weapons, power, and international atoms for peace program “as projected for the next 10 years.” The United States still is the free world’s biggest uranium producer and will be “for some time to come.” —Said new experiments indicate that certain treatments can reduce radiation damage to germ cells and thus diminish the threat posed by radioactivity to future generations. . •. ' —Claimed that industrial and other private atomic research hit “an all-time high” in the past six monthsThe report said that five different kinds of atomic batteries have been developed. They convert rays from radioactive materials directly into electricity. The most recent, smaller in diameter than a dime, will run a wristwatch more than five years. “Although not available for everyday, use.” the AEC said, “larger future models of the battery are expected to power portable radios, hearing aids, and equipment in guided missiles and space craft." # The power from such batteries is tiny compared with the amount it would take to propel the missies and space craft aboard which they might be used. But the AEC said it is continuing work “relating to the application of nuclear power to rocket and ramjet engines.” It gave no progress report, however. State Traffic Toll 582 Through Sunday INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Indiana’s 1957 traffic death toll made another slight gain last week over the comparative 1956 figures. State Police provisional totals showed 582 deaths through last Sunday midnight, compared with 611 at the same time last year. The comparison represented an improvement of about five per cent. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Not much temperature change. Low tonight 64-70. High Thursday 86-90 north, 90-94 south. Sunset 7:59 p. m„ sunrise Thursday 5:44 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Fair, hot and humid. Lows Thursday night 65-70. High Friday 85-90.

Prison Riots End, Guards Are Unharmed Montana Convicts End Revolt, Eight Hostages Released DEER LODGE, Mont., (UP)— Rioting convicts who threatened to kill eight hostages if National Guardsmen stormed their cell block ended their revolt early today on assurance their grievances would get "fair consideration." The 600 demonstrating prisoners, constituting the entire prison population, released all of their hostages and calmly returned to their cells. Even as the riot stopped, about 200 crack Montana National Guardsmen with bayonets fixed to unloaded rifles and about 80 lawmen carrying pistols with live ammunition prepared to storm the captured prison. Stop At Midnight The end of the nine - hour riot camo-at 12:01 a. m. m,s.t. when the angry inmates, calmed by the assurances of Atty. Gen- Forrest Anderson, agreed to halt the disturbance. Ringleaders of the riot released the last five of eight guards they had held as hostages. The men were haggard from their ordeal but otherwide unharmed. Prisoners at one point had warned over loudspeakers set up in windows ot a captured cellblock that if the National Guard ; were sent in "We’ll throw out bod- • ies (of guards).” 1 Anderson told the rioters after a truce talk that “as a member of the board I will see .that the prison board does whatever is possible to right any of the wrongs which exist within or without the prison. “You can be assured that the attorney general’s office will make a separate investigation of the problems that exist here in the penitentiary.” Governor’s Views Differ At the state capitol in Helena, somewhat different from the Democratic attorney general. Aronson Sid he was "extremely happy that aU the hostages have been released and that the, riot has apparently been halted.” But he stressed that “as governor I have made .no concessions to any of the convicts/’ The riot began shortly after 3 p. m. m-s.t. Tuesday as Aronson, Anderson and other state officials wound up an inspection tour of the prison ranch. They had not gone inside the prison. Hundreds of convicts swarmed into the yard in front of the central cellblock and unfurled a white flag on which they had smeared in red paint the words: “We want rights.” Duane Arnold Wins Poultry Show Title Named Grand Champ For Poultry Show Duane Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Arnold of Monroe township, won the grand champion award in the poultry show held Tuesday afternoon, Joe Sicer, extension poultryman and judge C the show, said today. Arnold, a member of the Monroe Boosters, was also first in the second division. Ronald W. Thieme, of the Union Workers, placed second in the second division. Division I was divided into two White Rock classes, with those hatched before March 15 in one class, and those hatched since in another. There was also a Leghorn and hybrid class. In the first White Rock class, Richard Hockemeyer, of Root Roving Rangers, won first, and Kenneth W. Reed, of the Washington Variety Farmers, placed second. In the second class, Paul E. Rich, St. Mary’s Sodbusters, was first. First place in the hybrid class was won by John R. Inniger, of the Monroe Boosters; Nancy Bailey, of St. Mary’s township, placed second; David Bailey of St. Mary’s township was third: and fourth, Duane Arnold, of Monroe township. Lynn Lehman, of the Monroe Boosters, won first place in the White Leghorn class; Roy Fuhrman, of the Root Roving Rangers, was second; and John Fuhrman. Root Roving Rangers, was third . The poultry shows all over the state were smaller this year, Sicer stated, probably because of the increased specialization, and the fact that many small farmers have stopped raising chickens.

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State General Fund Surplus At Low Level State Surplus Less Than S2B Million; Deficit Spending INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The Indiana general fund surplus has dropped to a contemporary low level of less than 28 million dollars, thanks to a deficit spending program that drained the fund of nearly 47 million dollars in three years. •' Deputy State Auditor Allen Lindley placed the surplus at the end of the last fiscal year which closed June 30 at $27,623,325.91. However, he said the figure is “unofficial” and may be revised upward by SIOO,OOO as unspent money reverts to the fund. Governor Handley said the size of the balance “more than proved the point we needed additional taxes “When I said the fill was empty, I wasn't just talking,” he said. The state treasury built itself up to an unencumbered peak of $74,533,526.36 in mid-1954 during the administration of then Gov. George N. Craig. Previous Low 47 Millions It had been bolstered from IS previous contemporary tow tot about 47 millions in 1951 to 70 millions during the last full year that former Gov. Henry F. Schrlcker was in office. But a reluctance to raise taxes on the part of recent legislatures, until the 1957 assembly met, coupled with spending of millions more than income, rapidly reduced the balance —from 74 millions in 1954 to 66 millions in 1955 and 50 millions in 1956. Anticipating further drainage on the balance as the cost of government continued its rise, the 1957 Legislature imposed higher taxes at the recommendation of Governor Handley to hike the size of the surplus and meet a record budget of nearly a billion dollars for the next two years. Taxes Will Boost It A 50 per cent increase in gross income tax revenues, plus a withholding feature, and a 50 per cent increase in the state gasoline tax, were due to boost the income considerably The gas tax went up March 15 and the gross income tax July 1, the start of the new biennium. The surplus hasn’t been as low as it now is since 1943, about 2% years after Schricker took office on P»«« Bix) Singing Trio Wins Musical Division Hartford Township Entrant Is Winner A singing trio, composed of Lana and Susie Bailer and Nile Ekrote, of Hartford township, won the musical division of the county entertainment festival’s first night of entertainment. Thrfee awards were made in the non-musical division and five in the musical division. Raymond McAhren, chairman, said.- - — ! - - - Johnnie Sprunger, of Monroe township, won the non-musical division with a recital, which might have been entitled, “Hey, Mom." In each division prizes were $9, $7, $5, S 3 and $1 for first through fifth places. Other winners in the contest were, musical division, second, Luginbill and Myers quartet; third, Clarence Lovelady, Nolan Ginter, and Eugene Merkle, western style music; fourth. Good Neighbors Yankees, chorus; fifth, Aim and Cynthia Moser, duet. Non-musical winners were, second, Brian Schwartz, recitations of Little Orphan Annie: third, Mrs. Midge Ripley, recitation of “Curin' de Culture.” Tuesday night’s program included only non 4-H talent. The 4-H show, including 17 entries, will start at 8:10 p.m. today.

Kohler, Proxmire Win In Wisconsin Winners In Tuesday Wisconsin Election MILWAUKEE, Wis., UP)—Former Gov. Walter J. Kohler, an "Eisenhower Republican,” and Democrat William Proxmire, whom he beat in two gubernatorw elections, will fight it out ini Sie August 27 general election to succeed the late Sen. Joseph R. ! McCarthy. ! It will be a familiar scen£ ' when the two winners of Tues- ‘ day’s Wisconsin primary election • battle for the Senate seat. Kohler F was governor tor three terms 5 (1950-1956), and Proxmire thrice tried unsuccessfully for that office. 1 Kohler won both times they op- ! posed each other. 1 Only about 500,000 of the state’s ; j 2,300,000 eligible voters cast bal- j lots despite generally fair wea- > ther. . . Proxmire predicted: “For the , Ifirst time in 20 years Wisconsin i iwill have a Democratic senator.” ■ Kohler said: “It is important now that we all unite and look to a Republican victory.” Six Conservatives Beaten > Kohler beat out six conservative f opponents for the Republican j nomination. He rallied late in the . vote - counting, mainly on the strength of support in populous Milwaukee County, to beat former fl 'Glenn Davis by nearly 9,000 f votes. Rep. Alvin O’Konski, an - early leader, fell back to thirdt Proxmire won the Democratic • nomination, by about a 3-2 margin, over Rep. Clement Zablocki , i of Milwaukee. , One hitch developed in the pri- , mary election, however, which ( t could lead to a court battle. , • Gaige Roberts, state election su- , • pervisor, said "Republican Party” , i and ''Democratic Party” were , printed on the outside of Milwau- j i kee County ballots rather than on • the inside. i O’Konski Weight Suit - „ i O’Konski said he was seriously ( ■ considering a suit to “void the , ( ballots.” He said the printing mis- , I take was a “typical Chicago ma- ; Continued On Page Five $15,000 Is Sought ■ For Wrongful Death Husband Killed At 4-H Fair In 1955 Mrs. Anna E. McKean, widow of Marion McKean, is seeking $15,000 judgment from the Adams county 4-H club and Extension Exhibit, Inc., in a complaint for wrongful death, filed Tuesday. ] McKean was electrocuted Aug- > uat 2, 1955, on the opening day of < the 4-H fair held at Monroe, as he was sitting on a utility pole, i working on the installation and ( connection of a de-energized elec- i trie line for distribution of power 1 for the 4-H grounds. The complaint states that, fast- < ened to the pole on which Me- J Kean was working, were electric lines intended to carry electric currents of extremely high voltage. These lines were, or were supposed to be, de-generized or dead at the time, the complaint sets out, but that without warn- ( ing, an agent or employe of the . defendant turned the power on 1 while McKean was on the cross- 1 arm qf the pole. As a result of the negligence ( on the part of the defendant, Me- , Kean was instantly electrocuted, ; the complaint alleges. ] Mrs. McKean, through her ( lawyers, Gallivan and Hamilton, of Bluffton, seeks judgment of $15,000 and all proper relief. As a result of McKean’s death, Mrs. McKean was left sole supporter , for three minor children. Two ’ older children of the couple were j married at the time of the tragedy. A summons has been ordered 1 issued to the sheriff of Adams < county, to be serviced on Paul 1 Yoder, as president, and Esther 1 Striker, as secretary of the Adams county 4-H olub and Exten- j . sion Exhibit, Inc., returnable j September 9.

Charge Hoffa Used Gangland Aid In Drive Senate Committee In Charge Against Teamster Official WASHINGTON (UP) — The Senate Rackets Committee charged today that James R. Hoffa, Teamsters Union heir presumptive, used gangland muscle in a drive to gain land-and-sea control over the nation’s transportation lifeline. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), Sen Karl E. Mundt (RS.D.), and chief counsel Robert F. Kennedy made the charge in opening statements as the committee began hearings on the New York area. They stressed the danger to the nation which ensues when a giant union like the Teamsters hooks up with hoodlums and gangsters to control the economic life of New York and other major cities. Kennedy began the hearings by illustrating with charts the “key position” of the Teamsters Union in the nation's largest city. He also played a tape recorded tap from the phone of a New York union, official. “If the Teamsters Union is run by hoodlums_-pr gqngsters, or people who are obligated 4o hoodlums or gangsters—or Communists—die ijfe blood of New York City, and really of the United States can be cut off,” Kennedy said. McClellan said Hoffa used New York racketeers in a bid for a trnck-and-ship stranglehold over the entire Eastern Seaboard and the St. Lawrence Seaway. He emphasized die “danger to the welfare of the nation” that this involvedMundt brought up the possibility that Communists might move in where a racket-controlled union dominates the lifeline of the nation’s greatest port “either by dealing with racketeers or replacing them.” Such a situation, he said, offers the Communists “a tremendous opportunity to control that city without firing a sho.” . Leopold Is Expected To Seek Rehearing Governor Stratton Refuses Clemency JOLIET, 111. (UP)—Thrill killer Nathan Leopold said today he would seek freedom until “my dying breath." Leopold told a news conference in the chapel at Stateville Penitentiary that he would start work immediately on another parole petition. The balding, paunchy prisoner’s appeal for executive clemency and a reduced sentence was rejected Tuesday by Gov. William G. Stratton. But Stratton, in a carefully worded statement, left the door sen for Leopold to petition a thin time on his parole application. Leopold is serving terms of life and 85 years for his part in the “thrill slaying” of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924, a killing called the “crime of the century.” Now 52 and ailing with diabetes and a heart condition, Leopold does not believe he will liye to the year 1968 when he Will be eligible for parole under his present sentences. His attorney, Elmer Gertz, told newsmen Leopold's new petition for a rehearing on his application for parole would be filed before September, so that the Parole Board can consider it at its regular September meetingDuring his 22-minutes news conference, Leopold said he would continue to seek freedom “even with my dying breath from a hospital bed.” “Even should I be alive in 2083 I still would be applying for commutation or clemency," he said. (Conuauea ou s , a*«

Blue Creek Club Is Winner In Parade Has Winning Float In Parade At Fair The Blue Creek Up . and At II 4-H club had the winning float in the annual 4-H parade at the Adams county 4-H fair Tuesday night. There were 20 floats, one marching unit, a calliope, several ponies, farm machinery, and the county 4-H band in the parade, which was watched by a crowd of thousands, lining the streets of Monroe from the fair grounds to the main street section. Nearly 40 members of the pet and hobby division of the Farm Bureau marched about half of the route past the judges stand. The theme of the floats this year was “Climbing to Success Through 4-H." Each club developed this into ideas for a float or marching unit. A first prize of 810 was awarded to the Blue Creek club for its work. Prizes of $9, 87.50, 86.54 and 86 were given to the next highest in the contest, and 85 was given to all other entries. Other float winners were second Kirkland Kut-Ups; third, Unior Pals and Workers; fourth, Jeffer son Work and Win; fifth, Monrot Hardy Workers. The Washingtoi Happy Hustlers won the marching unit prize. Marjorie Schwartz, daughter o Mr. and Mrs. Eli Schwartz, o Monroe township, won first place in the pet and hobby group with an entry entitled “The Old Lady in a Shoe.” Other pet and hobby winners were, second, Norman Sprunger and Ernest Steiner, of Monroe township, the baby buggy entry; third, Johnnie Sprunger, of Monroe township, with his pet frog; fourth, Ann Kruetzman, of Preble township, a pet dog; fifth, Danny Worthman, of Preble township, a banty rooster in a cage. Each of the children was given a treat after the parade."'" The 4-H band concert at 7 o’clock tonight will start the evening program. Beef, swine, and rabbit exhibits will have been judged by evening, and the winners will be ribboned. Continued On Pare Five Hampshire Lamb Is Named Grand Champ Gyneth Schnepp Is Owner Os Champion A Hampshire lamb bom in February won the grand champion award for its owner, Gyneth Schnepp, of the Washington Happy Hustlers 4-H club, at the county 4-H fair. The champion is a very lowset, deep, thick bodied lamb with uniform covering over the back and loin, and is very deep, thick and full in the leg. About 35 head of sheep were judged by Van Holsapple, livestock specialist and field representative for the farm loan ofice of Metropolitan Life Insurance company. Miss Schnepp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Schnepp of Monroe route one, also won the showmanship contest. A threeman committee picked the 10 best showmen during the lamb show, and called them back for a final showmanship contest, which drew much enthusiasm from the crowd. Linda Riley, daughter of Mrand Mrs. Wayne Riley, of St. Mary’s township, was the owner of the reserve champion. Linda is a member of the St. Mary’s Sodbusters 4-H club. — Other winners are: JanuaryFebruary market lambs, first, Gyneth Schnepp, Washington Happy Hustlers; second, Donald Ray, Monroe Boosters; third, Ronald Ray. Monroe Boosters; fourth, Gail Egly, Jefferson Work and Win; fifth, David Singleton, Root Roving Rangers. March-April market lambs, first, Linda Riley, St. Mary’s Sodbusters; second, Jim Singleton, Root Roving Rangers; third, RogContlnu*4 On Par# Fiva

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Agree On Plan As Step For .Disarmament " Joint 'Open Skies' Aerial Inspection Proposal Approved s LONDON (UP) — The Western i, powers today agreed on a joint n “open skies” aerial inspection plan t to be presented to the Soviet Union e as part of a first step toward disa armament. e The agreement was reached at a 90-minute session this morning among Secretary of State John , Foster Dulles, France's Jules Moch, Britain’s Foreign Secretary “* Selwyn Lloyd and Canada’s David 8 JohnstonDulles immediately invited Sod viet Deputy Foreign Minister Vais erian Zorin to join the other West--0 ern delegation chiefs at an infori- mal working lunch at the official r- residence of the U.S, ambassador. In Paris, French Foreign Mln1, ister Christian Pineau announced n he would fly to London Thursday r . and join Dulles and Lloyd for the first Big Three foreign ministers’ n conference since the Suez crisis split the Atlantic alliance last fall. * Informed sources said Middle East affairs as well as disarmament would be discussed. >f . The lunch meeting today was the e first contact Dulles had with the b Russians since he arrived here y Monday at President Eisenhower’s y direction to try to inject new life n into the lagging disarmament ne,f gotiations. Y His attempts Tuesday and today t to iron out an open skies plan t satisfactory to the other Western . powers forced postponement of the formal five-power U.N. disarma- ’ ment subcommittee session sched- “ uled for today even though Thursday is its deadline for reporting 1 to the United Nations. His success this morning left t only one area of disagreement - among the Western delegations—- - ground inspection posts. They f scheduled a meeting this afternoon > to try to work it out. The lunch with Zorin apparently was planned to get Soviet agreement to extend the disarmament subcommittee’s sessions past the reporting deadlineIf such agreement is reached, Stassen would present the open skies plan formally later this week. | U.S. sources said Dulles would stay ' here until Friday. U.S. officials said the Western open skies plan was conceived as a package deal but does not alter the West's basic disarmament 1 position. i East Chicago Lumber ; Yard Is Destroyed EAST CHICAGO — T h • * Graham Lumber Co. yard and 1 millwork plant was destroyed by 1 a 8100,000 fire Tuesday. Three : firemen were affected by the 1 heat while fighting the flames 1 but none was hospitalized over- * night ' 1 More Blood Donors Are Needed Aug. 6 > At least 100 more blood donors - will be needed if Adams county ) is to reach its quota of 127 pints > during the August 6 visit of the - bloodmobile unit to Decatur, Mrs. Ed Bauer, chairman of the j Red Cross blood program, said this morning. The telephone committee is . working every day calling prosr pective blood donors, but those j who gave last time are unable to 5 give this time, greatly reducing those available. Many new do- . nors, giving blood for the first time, will be needed to reach the j quota, she added. Anyone who 1 wishes to be scheduled should call 3-3106, the Red Cross office. Ladies who helped on the telej phoiie committee Monday were Mrs. Earl Fuhrman, Mrs. Joe Hunter, and Mrs. Adrian Wemhoff; Tuesday, Mrs. Lloyd Bow- ' man, Mrs. Herman Krueckcberg; Wednesday, Mrs. Lucille Miller, ’ Mrs. Hersel Nash, and Mrs. Adrian Wemhoff.