Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 192.

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U.S., Syrian Relations Near Breaking Point Syrian Ambassador And Secretary Are Ordered To Leave WASHINGTON (UP)—Diplomatic relations between the United States and Syria were near the breaking point today. But American officials said any such move is up to Syria. They said the U S. government does not intend to cut off all relations with the Middle Eastern country, now at the lowest point in recent history. The crisis in American-Syrian relations has been developing for more than a year because of the Syrian government’s policy of cooperation with the Soviet Union. SomtU.S. diplomats believe Syria under its present regime has virtually a Soviet satellite status. The explosion was reached this week when Syria suddenly accused the United States of plotting to overthrow the Syrian government. Two American diplomats and the U.S. military attache were told to get out of Syria. The State Department retaliated Wednesday by ousting Dr. Farid Zeineddine, Syrian ambassador to the United States, and Dr. Yassin Zakaria, second secretary of the Syrian embassy here. The State Department simultaneously announced that James S. Moose Jr., U.S. ambassador to Syria now in the United States for home leave and reassignment, “is not returning to Syria.” It said the ambassadorial post will remain vacant for the foreseeable future. The U.S. embassy in Syria will be kept open, however, with Robert C. Strong in charge. Zeineddine. who is now in Syria, will not be permitted to return to Washington. But he may return to New York if he keeps his other job in this country as Syrian delegate to the United Nations. Zakaria was given until Friday to leave the United States. The United States also "strongly protested" the ouster of the three Americans from Syria, what it called the "slanderous campaign waged against the United States by Syria and the "interference" with an American diplomatic courier at the Syrian border Monday. In Damascus, Zeineddine said his ouster by the State Department was the "expected United. States policy toward Arabs. Zeineddine said the United States might take similar action against other Arab states which might follow a policy of national independence in the future. Syrian newspapers priced the American move as a action aimed at covering the United States conspiracy against Syria.” Three Youths Leave For Army Induction Three Decatur young men left early this morning, for induction into the army, according to a release from the selective service board. The three are Paul Conrad, Jr.. Richard Duane Duff and Ronald Eugene Secaur. .

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To Furnish Room In Hospital Addition Bank Makes First Offer To Hospital The First State Bank of Decatur is the first county organization to offer to furnish one of the rooms in the new hospital addition, Thurman Drew, hospital manager, said today. The bank, through its president, T. F. Graliker, informed Cal E. Peterson, president of the hospital board of trustees, that the bank directors have agreed to furnish one of the single rooms in the new addition. There will be three private rooms, two isolation rooms, also private, and 15 double rooms in the new addition. Also, the present office will be converted into a single room. * Groups of individuals wishing to furnish rooms will be remembered by a plaque on the door of the room furnished, as was done when the hospital was built 35 years ago. A plaque will also commemorate the gifts of Thurman Schug, Eli W. Steele, William Miller, and the Dr. C. C. Rayl fund. The cost of furnishing a single room is estimated at SSOO, and a double room at SI,OOO. Since only a small number of rooms will be single, groups or individuals wishing to make donations for half a double room will also be remembered by a plaque. The Adams county memorial hospital, when it was built in 192223, was dedicated to those of the county who served in World War I. Almost every room was furnished by an organization or individual. Smaller gifts of equipment oy furnishings will also be appreciated, the hospital board stated. Anyone interested in making a contribution may contact any member of the board. Cal E. Peterson, Dee Fryback, Wilbert Nussbaum, or Henry Rumple: or Thurman Drew, hospital manager. The present rooms were furnished by the following groups: room 102, Decatur Rotary club; room 105, in memoriam Dr. W. W. P. aqd Mrs. McMillen by Mr. and Mrs. John D. O'Brien; room 106, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bell; room 114, Alpha Delta of Psi lota Xi; room 115, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller in memory of daughter ZiHa; room 117, Gecode Girls club of the General Electric: room 130, Catholic 1 Ladies*" of Columbia St. Mary's council No. 20. Room 202, Loyal Order of Moose; room 205, in memory of Mr. and 'Mrs. J. A. Fonner by Mrs. A. J. Smith; room 206, M. J. and Mrs. Sam B. Wertzberger; room 207, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schafer; room 208, Rebekah Lodge No. 86; room 209: Mrs. S. A. Fry in honor of Samuel Doak; room 212, Eastern Satr, Decatur; room 214, Pythian Sisters. DeCatur; room 215, Alpha Sigma of Kappa Kappa Kappa; room 217, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Continued On Pure Five INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and taming cooler north, scattered thunderstorms, little change in temperature south tonight. Friday fair and cooler north and central, partly cloudy with chance of few thundershowers and not much temperature change south. Low tonight 63-68 north, 68-74 south. High Friday low 80s extreme north to the 90s extreme south. Sunset 7:41 p.m. sunrise Friday 5:57 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Fair and pleasant. Lows Friday night . 60-76. Highs Saturday 86-90.

Tony Corallo In Refusal To Give Evidence Mystery Figure In Rackets Refuses To Answer Questions WASHINGTON (UP) — Anthony (Tony Ducks) Corallo, mystery figure in New York labor rackets, refused to testify today but heard a recorded wire-tap in which he directed another Teamster official to refer a problem to “Jimmy” Hoffa. Appearing before the Senate Labor Rackets Committee, Corallo refused to answer almost all the questions put to him. He declined to say whether he knew Hoffa, heir presumptive to the presidency of the giant Teamsters Union, or racketeer Johnny Dio. But the committee, over the objections of Corallo’s attorney, confronted the Teamster official and narcotics figure with a series of tape recordings and had a New York City detective identify Corallo’s voice. One of them was a conversation of Oct. 28, 1954, between Corallo, vice president of Teamster Local 229 in New York, and Al Reger, secretary - treasurer of Teamster Local 522, who was recently convicted of extortion. Signals Were Changed Reger was being advised by Corallo to get an official from the Teamster high command to advise New Jersey’s joint Teamster counsel that the charter of Reger’s local was intact. Reger first suggested that "Jimmy from Detroit” might send a telegram. “Well, get Jimmy Hoffa to send it,” said Corallo. In the subsequent discussion, however, signals were changed. Corallo said that Harold Gibbons, Hoffa's second in command in the Central of Teamsters, would be the man to send the telegram. “Would you want a better man than Gibbons to send it7...Let Gibbons send it,” said the voice identified as Corallo’s. . The committee is especially interested in Hoffa because he has announced he will seek the Teamster presidency at the union’s convention in late September. He is presumed -to have more than enough support to become president of the union, the nation’s largest. The committee has charged that Hoffa used the underworld muscle of Corallo and mobster Johnny Dio to rig an election and seize control of New York’s Joint Council of Teamsters. The maneuver according to the committee, was a step in a plan which would have given Hoffa a stranglehold on the transportation lifeline of the nation’s largest city. Claims Fifth Amendment Before his testimony today Corallo was regarded as a shadowy figure in New York City’s halfworld. He shed little light on his activities as he steadfastly claimed the protection of the Fifth Amendment. , .. Even with the playing of the tape recordings, supplied under a New York court order, he managed to assert his privilege at a rate just short of once a minute during the first hour of his testimony. . , Corallo, who earned his nickname by his ability to duck con (lontlxtw <* Drayer Takes Over Highway Purchases Change Ordered By Governor Handley INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Indiana state purchasing director Clarence Drayer today took over control of state highway department buying in a move designed to eliminate waste and abuses in a huge spending program. Drayer appointed William Higburg, Indianapolis, as a deputy to work as an assistant in the supervision of purchasing. Higburg replaces William Liebold, Indianapolis, who resigned several days ago. The change was ordered by Gov. ernor Handley and means that Drayer's Department of Public Works and Supply will handle purchasing of all highway materials except those related to construction and maintenance projects. Handley’s office, which made the announcement, said highway purchasing will be conducted through competitive bids on a “businesslike basis.” Higburg. a graduate of the University of Minnesota, was sales director for 30 years with the Reilly Tar & Chemical Corp., and most recently was'sales executive with Mid-States Freight Lines. Both are Indianapolis firms.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 15,1957

Eisenhower Expresses Grave Concern On Cut • 0 In Foreign Aid Funds

23 Killed As Russian Plane Crashes Today Clips Chimney In Copenhagen, Falls Into Harbor Today COPENHAGEN, Denmark (UP) —A Soviet passenger plane, clipped the chimney of a power station while coming in for a landing today and spun into Copenhagen harbor, killing the 18 passengers and 5 crewmen aboard. -J _;— The plane, a twin-engined Ilyu-shin-14, was flying in from Riga, the former Latvian capital on the Baltic coast, for a landing at Kastrup Airport outside Copenhagen when the crash occurred. A United Press reporter who saw the passports taken off three of the bodies laid out on the quayside said they were Russian diplomatic passports. The three were Alex Rosine. 37, Maria Bouchowa, 31, and Ninel Silina, 27. Silina was attached to the Soviet Embassy at Oslo. Seamen’s clothing was seen floating,on the surface of the harbor after the crash and it was believed some of the were Russian seamen. There was some speculation at first—-but no evidence—the passengers may have included Americans returning from the Moscow Youth Festival. A number of American youths have left Moscow recently by plane. The plane sank in about 26 feet of water with only its tail sticking up above the surface. All available harbor craft converged on the area to seek possible survivors and look for bodies. Other craft searched a wider area of the harbor. Police said the plane came in low from the west and collided with a tall chimney atop the Oersteds Vaerket power station and plummeted into the harbor basin. Harry Randrup, an eyewitness, gave this account: “Suddenly we heard a terrible noise. It was as if the day had changed to night as the huge shadow of the plane was flung on the ground. “Then there was a huge bang Continued On Page Five Streets Are Flooded By Sudden Downpour Spotty Rainfall In County Wednesday A heavy downpour In downtown Decatur flooded the streets between 4:45 and 5 p. m. Wednesday, and deposited about an inch of raid on the city. Other parts of the county were not so fortunate, and the showers varied greatly, even within a township. In Washington township the Belle Terre farm reported only a trace of rain; the Rolland Gillium home east of Decatur reported .5 inches, and the Walter Lengerich farm reported 1.1 inches. In Root township only .1 inch was reported by Cletus Gillman; Jerrq Staub in Union township reported only a light sprinkle, but the rain appeared to have hit at other points in Union township. In St. Mary’s township, the Nimrod McCullough farm reported .175 inches of rain; Kirkland township reported .3 inches at the Peter Spangler farm. Ben Mazelin reported .14 inches in Monroe township about halfway between Berne and Monroe. Ivan Huser ip Hartford township reported .3 of an inch of rain there, and that they could use much more rain right now. A wet telephone cable prevented any calls to Blue Creek township today. Rolland J. Miller reported 3 inches of rain at his farin, 1 mile north of Bobo, and 1% miles east, in the northern part of St. Mary’s township.

Kiddies Day Here Friday, August 23 Decatur Merchants L Plan Special Day Twenty-eight local merchants have promised their support of the ' Community wide “kiddies day,' to ‘ be staged in Decatur Friday August 23. A committee of workers is still trying to secure the backing as more merchants, so that an evi fa bigger and better day of spe- , cial entertainment for the com- • munity’s youngsters may be prei Rented. [ An all day program has been t formulated by the participating merchants, with various periods of . entertainment to be presented , throughout the morning, afternoon • and evening. A portable stage will ; be erected at the court house ■ square, to accommodate several of the special acts and performI ances planned. t One of the highlights of the day ’ will be a pet parade, at 11 a.m., with cash prizes to be awarded for the best judged pets in various categories. Bob King, internationally ' known magician, has been booked by the “Kiddies day" committee, '• and will present an interesting per- ' formance both afternoon and evening. p. Also signed to entertain the ' youngsters on their special day is Reggie Lawrence, nationally known “king of the unicycle,” who will be here to entertain with his cycling tricks and also to demonstrate safety in bicycle riding. The entire schedule of special events will be announced within the next few days. Thus far, the following merchants have promised their sui> port of the event: Klenk's Service Center, Smith Drug Co., Blackwell’s Department store, Schmitt Meat Market. Haflich & Morrissey, Zintsmaster Motors, R.& S. Super Service, Decatur Music House. Floyd Mcßride Welding, Myers Home & Auto Supply, Begun Clothing Store, Sprunger Implement Co„ Stop Back News and Hobby Shop, Baber's Jewelry Store, Schafer’s, Dick’s Grill, Bowers’ Hardware store. The J. J. Newberry Co., Mary Welch’s beauty shop, Kohne Drug store, Decatur Hatchery, Schwartz Ford Co., Sheets Furniture store, Decatur Auto Supply, Decatur Lumber Co., Butler’s Garage, Ashbaucher’s and Holthouse Drug Co. Six Workmen Killed In Canadian Cave-in Buried Alive Under Tons Os Blue Clay DRESDEN, Ont. (UP)—The vibration of a heavy machine'was believed today to have caused a cave-in, which buried six workmen alive under 200 tons of blue clay. Rescuers used a crane, bulldozer and shovels to recover the bodies of the workmen, all Dutch immigrants, who died when the 35-foot deep sides of a water plant cofferdam collapsed Wednesday night. Four other workers escaped safely. Several workmen on the scene said they believed the vibration of a piece of heavy machinery loosened the sides of the structure, rolling 15 to 25 feet of clay onto the workers as they poured a concrete foundation and laid pipe for a city waterworks pumphouse. Dresden police promised an intensive investigation into the Occident. Authorities also indicated Ontaro provincial investgators may enter the probe. The dead (all employed by the Kellor Construction Co., of St. "Diomas) were identified as Jan Oldervening, 45; Dick Ryksen, 45; Jan Bremer, 42; Nenne Hovius, 45, and his son, Wilfrid, 23, and Henry Drenth, 50. Dresden is on Highway 40, about 40 miles east of Mount Clemens, Mich., and about 50 miles northeast of Detroit.

Civil Rights Bill Is Stuck In Committee Chances Dim For Quick Action On * Controversial Bill WASHINGTON (UP)—The civil ' rights bill languished in the House today with chances dim for quick action on the controversial measure. Some congressmen believed that ‘ talk ot a special session this fall on foreign aid might put off settlement of the civil rights stalemate until then. The bill was lodged in the House Rules committee and apparently neither Republican or Democratic committee members could get enough support to push their rival plans through. And they were getting no help from Committee Chairman Howard W. Smith (D-Va.), an ardent foe of the measure. Smith said he would make no immediate move to call the committee to take up the bill. Smith could delay action until next week. He said he hasn't decided what Course to follow but was ya<H inclined” to do anything until brnne agreemeitf is reached between Tfackers of Tival bills. Republicans want to broaden the Senate - passed civil rights bill. Democrats are willing to accept the Senate version with a change only in the jury trial amendment to limit it to voting rights cases. Rep. Kenneth B. Keating (RN.Y.) said that he would recommend that, in the event of a special session on the foreign aid bill, the issue be taken up then if no “adequate” civil rights measure is worked out before Congress adjourns. - Other congressional news: Drags: The House Government Operations Committee urged that a grand jury investigate possible price fixing in the sale of drugs as well as polio vaccine to the government. The committee said a grand jury investigation of polio Continued On Pure Five Exchange Student Arrives In City Lad Is Sponsored By Decatur Rotary Jan Kenneth Eliasson, of Gothenburg, Sweden, arrived last night by train from New York to become Decatur’s first exchange student, sponsored by the Decatur Rotary club. The 17-year-old youth will live with Dr. and Mrs. Harry Hebble and sons John and Harry, Jr., during the first part of his stay here, and attend Decatur high school. Eliasson arrived on the Arosa Sky with a shipload of fellow exchange students from all parts of Europe. About 200 of the youths were sick coming over, and one death was reported. Eliasson, however, was not sick. Some of the students on the ship may have had Asiatic flu, but this has not been determined as yet. This morning the blond, 154pound, six-foot youth watched the Decatur high school football team practice, and will attend the Rotary club meeting this evening. The boy was met in Fort Wayne last night about midnight by the Hebble family, and brought immediately to their home here. He was quite tired from the long trip. Another boy from the same town that he is from will be in Bluffton, he said. The young man’s family includes his father) John, who is a taxi-cab drive? in Gothenburg; his mother, Karin, and a brother, Roger, who is 12 years old. Eliasson has had six years of English, and speaks it well; he can also get along fairly well in German, French and Latin. His favorite sports in Sweden were soccer, handball, and all winter sports, such as skiing, ice skating, tobogganning, etc.

Council Attitude On Hoffa Stiffens Not Acceptable As Head Os Teamsters By WILLIAM J. EATON United Press Staff Correspendent CHICAGO (UP)—Midwest hamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa will not be acceptable to the AFL-CIO Executive Council as president of the huge trucking union informed sources said today.' The council’s attitude toward 2 Hoffa stiffened as a result of c backstage discussions by national ' labor leaders at the four-day council meeting ending today. | Hoffa has no significant opposi- * tion in his bid for the Teamsters * top job and is considered a cinch * to be installed in the $50,000 a year post. 2 AFL-CIO officials thus far have ' not developed an air-tight case 2 against the 44-year-old Teamster ‘ tough guy but believe that his as--1 sociations and activities should bar him from a top leadership position, * the sources said. ■ The Teamsters Union faces a 1 showdown with the AFL-CIO next - month on charges that the union is 5 dominated by corrupt influences, 3 but Hoffa has not been included In the AFL-CIO indictment made 1 public. t Unless accused President Dave , Beck and two other top officials ! are removed, the Teamsters might be ousted from the united labor , movement. Some council members are : frankly worried that ouster of the ' large trucking union would deprive other unions of_p tremendous weapon in waging strikes. Other council members say the AFL-CIO will have to live with that problem and suspend the union if Hoffa becomes Teamster chief, informed sources said. Pryor To Conduct ■ Community Drive i, Community Fund ’ Drive In October M. J. Pryor, manager of the Gas company here, and former president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, has accepted the position of drive chairman in the annual October drive of the Decatur Community Fund, Inc., Art Burris, president ot. the fund, said today. Pryor stated that he was honored in having been chosen for such an important task, and he ’ called for the, cooperation of all ’ the member organizations in putting on a successful drive this fall. Officers of the Community Fund were elected in April, and will aid in completing the drive this fall. Other officers are the Rev. Virgil Sexton, first vicepresident, representing the churches; Ralph Habegger, second vice-president, retail; Dorothy Schnepf, secretary, women's organizations; treasurer, Kenneth Shannon, retail stores; other members are Glennys Roop, representing the schools; Royal Friend, representing labor; Tillman Gehrig, representing labor; and Ed Jaberg, representing fraternal organizations. -i Pryor will meet early next week with Burris to arrange for programs and publicity for the coming campaign. Find Body Os Lady Mountain Climber COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. (UP) —The frail body of an 88-year-old Colorado Springs woman missing since Aug. 5 on 14,100-foot Pikes Peak was found Wednesday by a sheriff’s posse on the east slope of the mountain. The posse said the woman, Mrs. Inestine B. Roberts, had been dead “ for several days.” An extended search tor the woman had been carried on since she disappeared while descending she had climbed the peck 14 times the peak. An experienced climber, previously.

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Asserts Best Interests Os World Periled Ike Threatens To Call Congress Back In Special Session , WASHINGTON (UP)-President J Eisenhower said today that if cuts made in his foreign aid program by a House Appropriations subcommittee are upheld by Congress, “the best interests of the United States and the free world” might be seriously hampered. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty said Eisenhower was “gravely concerned” by the subcommittee cuts and hoped that final action by Congress would restore the foreign aid program to the $3,367,000,000 total in the mutual security authorization bill he signed Wednesday. The subcommittee, reporting out a follow-up bill to provide actual cash for the aid program, reduced the total to $2,525,000,000. To back up his feelings in the matter, the President sent his full congressional liaison staff to Capitol Hill this morning in an effort to repair what he considered to be severe damage to the aid bill. The President’s Statement While the White House liaison men were on Capitol Hill, Hagerty issued this statement: “The President said yesterday that the cuts already made in the authorization bill were of such nature as to hamper program* designed for the best interests of the United States and the free world. "Here is how the President views the additional cuts made by the subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee: "1. The cut in military assistance is very deep and seems unjustified in extent. It will seriously delay modernization of the free world’s forces in the face of progressively Improved Communist forces. (This cut amounted to 350 million dollars.) “2. The cut in defense support (165 million dollars) will compel almost certainly dangerous reduc- ■ tion in the size and effectiveness of the forces now being maintained by free nations bordering on Communist lands. Additionally it will lead to serious difficulties , in the economy of those nations supporting such forces. Concern over Cuts “J. The cut in the development loan fund—a 40 per cent cut (200 million dollars)—makes impossible the realization of the important purpose for which this fund was established by the Congress. “4. The cut in technical assistance (39 million dollars) will make it difficult to assist our friends, particularly those new independent nations that have turned to the United States for help in helping themselves. "5. The cut in the special assistance fund (75 million dollars) will not only seriously affect such programs as those to eradicate malaria and aid Hungarian refugees, but also will seriously reduce the reserve funds hitherto provided to the President to meet emergencies which will inevitably Continued On Pw Five Assistant Priest To Arrive Here Saturday The Rev. Robert A. Jaeger (pronounced Yager) will arrive in Decatur Saturday to assume his duties as an assistant priest of St. Mary's Catholic church. offer his first mass in Decatur Sunday morning. Ordained to the priesthood May 25 of this year. Rev. Jaeger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jaeger of Muncie. He attended St. Joseph grade school, Muncie; Sacred Heart seminary. Fort Wayne; and Our Lady of the Lake seminary, Wawasee. In 1951, he entered St. Meinrad seminary for philosophical and theological studies. Rev. Jaeger is presently serving as chaplain at the Catholic youth organization summer camp at Lake Wawasee. His duties there win be completed Saturday noon.