Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 209.

SCHOOL INTEGRATION FLOPS IN ARKANSAS ±I!II / I I£Jh » j| - I|. , te» IW.I WITH NATIONAL GUARDSMEN surrounding the Central High School in Little Rock “to preserve the peace”, Elizabeth Echler, one at a group of Negro students, walks a full block past the school where she had hoped to be admitted. A reporter tries to interview the girl as cat-calls echo around them. Negro pupil-prospects showed up, but none was admitted to .classes.

Teamster Union Leaders Pledge Clean-up Drive Board Denies Union Is Dominated By Corrupt Influences WASHINGTON (UP) — The executive board of the Teamsters Union denied AFL-CIO charges today that the Teamsters are dominated by corrupt influences. But it promised to start a clean-up drive at the annual convention starting in Miami Beach, Fla., on Sept. 30. ‘Tlie Teamsters answer to the AFL-CIO charges was given in the three-page statement handed to newsmen just before executive board members went before the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee for a hearing The closed, two-day hearing at AFL-CIO headquarters was almost an hour late getting started. Teamster President Dave Beck, his heir apparent, Vice President James R. Hoffa, and eight other top Teamster officials attended. The AFL-CIO accusations were based largely on accusations by the Senate Rackets Committee that Beck used union funds for his own personal profit and that Hoffa gained power with the help of gangsters and racketeers. Won't Prejudice Rights The Teamsters high command said the uhion has more than 800 locals, 5,000 local officers and 1,500,000 members and “no group of individuals can so dominate its affairs” to justify charges of corrupt domination. “Without attempting to summarize the allegations,” their threepage statement said, “it appears that none of them are of such magnitude as to support a belief that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, as an entity, is ’dominated, controlled or substantially influenced in the conduct of its affairs by an corrupt influence." " The statement said the Teamsters executive board has no intention of taking action against any official which would prejudice his rights under the U.S. onstit'Hion or federal laws. Beck is under indictment on charges of income tax evasion. Hoffa has been indicted on wiretapping charges. Vice President Frank W. Brewster has been convicted of contempt of Congress and Vice President Einor O Mohn faces the same charge. The board said the Miami Beach convention will consider changes in the Teamster constitution to provide “a more effective machinery for the handling of cases” and to "strengthen the union by broadening the influence of the rank and file members...on the actions of its responsible officials.” The board’s statement said the AFL-CIO charges were ‘ gathered from sources which have not been subject to the tests of cross-exam-ination and are hearsay or secondary in origin.” Hoffa vs Haggerty It added that the union would not punish any member for invoking the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination before any public body. This stand is in conflict with AFL-CIO policy adopted over Beck’s objection which says no union officer should use the Fifth Amendment when questioned about union affairs. Hoffa, considered the leading contender to succeed Beck as the Continued On P»«e Five 12 Pages -■■* ■ I * —

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American Consumer Cautious In Buying Reckless Spending Denied By Merchants By RICHARD A. MONTABA United Press Staff Correspondent The American consumer has beaten President Eisenhower to the punch in his appeal for discriminate buying to help combat inflation. That was the opinion today of merchants in all parts of the nation contacted in a United Press survey. The President, in a news conference Tuesday, urged the public to spend more carefully and try to save money as a safeguard against greater inflation. But big city store managers and owners were almost unanimous in their opinion that buyers already are more cautious in their spending habits. Spend On Recreation They reported only a moderate increase in sales of luxury items, largely among the so-called mid-dle-middle and uper-middle classes who are spending more on recreation goods like hi-fi sets and marine equipment. Then, too, some merchants pointed out there’s a queston of semantics involved—what's a luxury item? A spokesman for Kaufmann’s department store in Pittsburgh recalled that not too many years ago women regarded an automatic washer and dryer as a longed-for luxury. Today, many women regard these items as essentials. At Denver, Joseph Ross, manager of Daniels & Fisher department store, said he was “not qualified” to determine whether customers were buying luxuries or essentials. “Confounded By Statement “A $49 dress is a necessity to one customer, but a luxury to another,” he said Ross added he was “confoundeded” by the President’s statement. He said the “wheels of American economy” are geared to retail sales. Along a similar vein, A. W. Zelomek, president of the International Statistical Bureau, said in New York that a slowdown in customer spending could, create economic trouble. Zelomek blamed much of the current inflation on the increased costs of services, like medical care and travel, rather than on indiscriminate buying. Bicknell Man Dies Following Accident WASHINGTON (UP) — Marvin M. Brumett, 33, Bicknell, died in Daviess County Hospital Wednesday night, two hours after his automobile sideswiped another car in U.S. 50 near here. A doctor said Brumett’s injuries in the accident appeared not to be serious and cerebral hemorrhage just before that it was likely he suffered a the accident, causing his car to swerve across the centei; lane into the path of a car driven by George 3uyamasa of Salem. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool again tonight. Friday fair with little temperature change. Low tonight 4248 north. 46-54 south. High Friday in the 70s. Sunset tonight 7:11 p.m., sunrise Friday 6:17 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Clear or partly cloudy and a little farmer. Lows Friday night in the 50s. Highs Saturday mid 70s north and low 80s extreme south.

Epic Flight Is Made By Russian Jet First Transatlantic Crossing Is Flown By Jet Passenger McGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. (UP)—The first Soviet airliner to fly to the United States landed here Wednesday night marking the first transatlantic crossing of a jet passenger plane, that is in regular service. Guided by three American airmen, the sleek TUlo4A—the only jet in passenger service—touched down at 10:45 p.m- e.d.t., 22 hours after taking off from Moscow on its historic flight. Aboard were 59 persons, including 18 Russian airmen and a score of Russian diplomats bound for a special session of the United Nations General Assembly. The flight of the 70-ton, 500-mile-an-hour airliner, while ostensibly a “good will mission," served to emphasize Russia’s claimed leadership in the field of jet passenger aviation. By comparison, the United States, Britain and France, the only other nations making commercial jets, are not expected to start jet passenger service until early in 1959. Britain's Jets Grounded Britaih inaugurated commercial jet flights in 1952 with DeHaviland Comets, but grounded the planes two years later as a result of a series of crashes. A second TUIO4A is scheduled to arrive in the United States later this month. The Russians agreed to land at McGuire AFB after requests to use New York International Airport were turned down. The New York Port Authority prohibits jets from landing at any of metropolitan New York’s four airports unless they have passed a noise test. About 500 persons were on hand to greet the Soviet airliner. U.S. Public Health Service officials were the first to board the craft Then all those aboard went through customs. Alexi Semenkov, a representative of Aero Flot, the Soviet commercial airline, said the total flight was 13 hours and 29 minutes. He said the TUIO4A averaged 500 miles an hour during the 5,300-mile Hight. Engines Impressive Famed American aircraft designer Maj. Alexander de Seversky, on hand “as an interested designer," said after inspecting the craft he was especially impressed by the plane’s engines. "The location of the engines is dynamically very sound,” he said, “and they’re almost twice as powerful as anything we have in this country.” The purpose of the American airmen was to assist the Soviet crew with U.S. aerial traffic procedures and to guide them through the intricate radar defense . network spanning the northern tip of Continued On Page Five Miss Glennys Roop Teacher Delegate Teachers in the Decatur public schools met Tuesday in pre-school organizations sessions. At a general meeting of the teachers Miss Glennys Roop, teacher at the Northwest elementary school, was named local delegate to the representative assembly of the Indiana teachers society. First alternate is Mrs. Leona Feasel.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 5, 1957.

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Cuban Naval Garrison Is In Rebellion Town Is Reported Seized In Heavy Fighting In Cuba HAVANA, Cuba (UP)-The 250- . man Cuban naval garrison in Cien- : fuegos, Las Villas province, was : reported today to have rebelled against the government and seized ] the town in heavy fighting. The naval mutineers far out- • numbered the small army and po- : lice garrison which was reported to have surrendered to the insur- ■ gents. The naval men were report- < ed distributing arms to the populace in the city, which is antigovernment. At 11:30 a.m. sporadic fighting was reported continuing. Navy planes were flying over the ! south coastal city but it was not immediately clear whether they were for or against the revolt movement. In Havana, meanwhile, police killed three persons and two others were wounded in a suburban gun battle with unidentified armed men, and several other persons were injured in front of city hall when police seized a car loaded , with arms in a second gun fight. It was not immediately known whether the developments in-Cien-fuegos and Havana were part of a related movement. I School Reporter Feature Resumes First Columns Are In Today's Paper The “School Reporter,” popular teen-age column of the Decatur Daily Democrat, makes its first appearance of the 1957-’SB school year in the second section of today’s edition. Reporters from Adams Central, Monmouth and Pleasant Mills high schools submitted their teen-age topics this week, and they will be joined next Thursday by reporters from both' the Decatur Catholic and Decatur high schools, in giving a complete coverage of activities of the county’s teen-agers. Originally, when the column was started in 1954, reporters from the two Decatur schools submitted weekly columns, but the following year the three other schools also provided reporters, greatly adding to the column's popularity. As in the past, the column will appear each Thursday to the second section of the Democrat, along with staff photos of school activities. Reporters and the schools they will write about include Marilou Uhrick, Adams Central; Kenny Peck, Monmouth; Janice Smith, Pleasant Mills; Mary Frances Beckmeyer, Decatur Catholic, and Emily Swearingen, Decatur high school. Again this year, the column will be edited by Mrs. Gwen Mies. Miss Uhrick, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Uhrick, of route 6, is beginning her third year as a member of the Greyhound Gazette staff. This year she will supply the weekly school paper with a human interest column, “Merrlies with Marilou.” Following graduation in 1958, she plans to enter nurse’s training. Marilou has a sister, who graduated from Adams Central in 1957 and a younger brother, who is in the sixth grade at A.C. The Monmouth school reporter, who will have those duties for the first semester, is the only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Peck, of route 3. Her only brother is a freshman at Monmouth. An avid horse enthusiast, Kenny boasts of owning her own, which she calls “Boomerang.” This will be her first attempt at any type of journalism. After graduation, she would like to enter an airline hostess school. (Continued on Para Four)

Fanners' Parade At Indiana Fair Attendance Higher At Fair Wednesday INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Woebbeklng Farms of Woodburn, breeders of the last three grand champion 4-H steers, returned to the 105th Indiana State Fair today for open Angus competition. The Woebbeking's have 10 sleek black beauties in the cattle pavilion. They hope to add to the family honors which were climaxed last week when Max, 18, won the grand championship with his steer That was the third straight year the Woebbeking family won the fair’s top award for livestock.. Twenty-three bands and more than 40 floats were scheduled to take part in the “Farmers’ Day” parade today. They will compete for a share of $2,400 in prize money. Sixty pet owners, under 10-years-old, were scheduled to lead their charges in the parade which was nearly twice as big as last year's. Wednesday was “Teachers’ Day,” but the highlight of activities was the brief appearance of an Anderson school boy. Terry Townsend, 14, National Soapbox Derby champion, arrived with a motor cycle escort leading his convertible. When Townsend stepped his plane he met his parents, Mr. and Mrs- Woodrow Townsend, and his girl Judy Wright, 13, for the first time in two weeks. The smiling champion had just returned from a European junket which was one of his derby prizes. Governor Handley greeted the boy and gave him a certificate of achievement from Indiana. Townsend said the highlight of his trip was “a hamburger in Paris.” Meanwhile fair officials were giving apples to about 80 Hoosier Continued On Pare Five Leadership School Opens Next Monday Associated Churches Will Sponsor School The annual Decatur leadership education school, sponsored by the Associated Churches of Decatur, will open next Monday evening. The school will meet on six successive Monday evenings, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, 327 Winchester street. Registration has been set for 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. next Monday, with ’a fee of $2 per pupil. Late registrations will be accepted for those unable to attend the opening session. Purpose of the school is to further train young people and adults for church school leadership, in knowledge of the Bible, and In methods of effective teaching. An excellent faculty of experienced teachers has been obtained for the school, and the churches of Decatur and Adams county are urged to enroll their teachers and prospective teachers in the school. Courses of instruction are as follows: Survey of the New Testamenttaught by Prof. Wesley L. Gerig of the Fort Wayne Bible College. Teaching primaries and teaching juniors—taught by Mrs. Milton L. Nolin of Ossian. Teaching youth—taught by the Rev. Virgil W. Sexton, pastor of the First Methodist church, Decatur. Teaching adults — taught by guest teachers for each evening session, including the following: the Rev. Earl Toy, Greenville. O.; Dr. Jesse Fox, chaplain. Parkview memorial hospital, Fort Wayne; Dr. W. R. Montgomery, Dayton, 0., and Mrs. Charles Teeple, Decatur. A demonstration film will also be shown at one of the evening sessions. The leadership education committee for the Associated Churches is composed of the following: the Rev. Benj. G. Thomas, pastor of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, chairContiiHMd Ob Para Five

Gov. Faubus Still Defies Court Order Arkansas Governor Has Troops Ringing Executive Mansion By UNITED PRESS Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus remained defiant of federal school integration orders today and kept , his executive mansion ringed with armed troops while the government was deciding how far it will go to force compliance with the Supreme Court's school ruling. It was the first major showdown between a state and the federal ' government over the school integration iss"e. — - i The White House insisted there was no plan afoot to arrest Faubus for his refusal to integrate a Little Rock school, but the chief executive was taking no chances following reports Wednesday that such a plan was being considered Two companies of National Guardsmen, armed with pistols and rifles, guarded the executive mansion. At Central High School which was to have integrated this week, another 250 Guardsmen and state troopers were on duty. There were more tense racial situations in Kentucky and North Caroline today. At Sturgis, Ky., 18 Negroes returned to the high school, marching through a narrow aisle between white pupils. State police ordered them to permit the passage. _ Maj. Gen. J.J.B, Williams, Kentucky adjutant general, predicted that the worst of the troubles at Sturgis were over. Other Trouble-Spots At Charlotte. NC„ a group of white boys stood on the school steps, hurling insults at Gustavus Roberts, a Negro boy, who appeared for the second day of school. The crowd was dispersed quietly by Principal Ed Saunders who said, “Let that boy in.” One of the Negroes who enrolled at Charlotte Wednesday and was spat upon and jeered failed to return today, begging "a sore In Montgomery, Ala., still strictly segregated, the effigy of a Negro a rope around the neck, was found on a school yard-Wednes-day night. (OnntinnM Five) Hold Monroe Days Friday, Saturday Plan Entertainment For Two-Day Event ADAFS caunty Adams county’s only street fair, the “Monroe Day,” wiU be held Friday and Saturday of this week, chairmen Martin Steiner and Gene Hike said today. A parachute jump and greased pig chase are examples of the community entertainment which will be provided by the two-day event, they said. Other chairmen include Mel Liechty, advertising chairman; Paul Lobsiger, tent chairman; Paul Zuercher, tickets; Jim McCullough public address system; Russel Mitchel, tables and chairs; Leia Arnold and Flo Brandt, food stand in fire station; Chester Brodbeck, electricity; Harold Habegger, railroad watchman; and Mrs. Clarence Mitchel, home talent. Concessions chairmen will be Leo Strahm, car smashing (the car will be furnished by the Fritz Ellsworth garage); John Genth, greased pig chases; Homer Winteregg, popcorn stand: Hubert Fuelling, sponge toss; Elmo Stucky, cakewalk: Louis Steffen, dart game; Art Raudenbush, basketball: Dick Everett, game; and Kenneth Mitchel, cleanup. Proceeds from the Monroe community days will go to the Monroe rural fire department, Monroe’s new fire station and town department, and the Monroe Lions club.

Defense Weapons Against Missiles U.S. Development Within Three Years WASHINGTON (UP) — One of the world's leading missile experts says the United States could develop a defensive weapon against Russia’s claimed intercontinental missile within three years. He said that with "top priority, unlimited means and avoidance of red tape” the weapon—an "antimissile missile”—could be built before the Soviets could launch a decisive attack against the United States. * The expert, Dr. Walter Dornberger, former head of Germany’s missile program, said it would take the Soviet Union three to four years before it could produce enough reliable, accurate intercontinental ballistic missiles to launch such an attack. Dornberger, now with Bell Aircraft helping develop missiles for the United States, made the statements in an interview published Wednesday in the Army-Navy-Air Force Journal. He said “it is quite possible” that Russia “fired the first multistate test rocket” 5,000 miles in August as it claimed. The only weapon against the ICBM, Dornberger said, is an antimissile missile. He said the greatest hurdle to be cleared before such a defensive weapon could be effective is a system of tracking ICBM missiles. Anti-missile missiles must be fired into the flight path of the oncoming ICBM, which travels at great speeds, up to 600 miles above the earthDornberger scoffed at claims the ICBM was a so-called “ultimate” weapon. He said science always finds away to provide an adequate defense against any weapon. Lions Bring Stage Show To This City Noted Hypnotist To Show Here Sept. 26 The big professional stage show, “Hypnotic Marvels,” featuring the mystic art in all its exciting phases by Prof. George Singer, will be sponsored in Decatur Thursday, September 26, at the Decatur high school gym. Proceeds of the show will go towards the many community projects supported by the Decatur Lions club, including the leader ■ dog program for the blind, and the Lions cancer fund. Prof. George Singer, the star of the show, is a nationally known hypnotist and a top flight entertain er whose extraordinary hypnotic demonstrations have delighted and baffled audiences for many years. Not only has Prof. Singer received nationwide acclaim from theater and radio audiences, but he has also been featured on many television appearances and has fulfilled successful engagements in his tour of Canadian provinces and many countries of South America. M. J. Sieling, president of the Lions club, stated that his organization feels quite fortunate in being able to bring Prof. Singer to Decatur for the entertainment contains variety, and consists of fast, clean fun in the mystery field, which holds appeal for the whole family. 4 “Both adults and children will be fascinated by the many acts which include audience participation. In this demonstration the professor proves that hypnosis can be fun. All the various phases of the art are included in the demonstration. Pehraps the most outstanding are the control of the subconscious, extra-sensory perception, telepathy, pain control, and many others. One of the most amazing feats is a scene billed as “In the Long Long Ago” where the professor gives a demonstration of age regression, and with proper subjects, occasionally one will be taken back to a time before birth for a glimse similar to that which has caused interest and controvkloati*aM «■ r«i* Five)

Six Cents

83-Cent Rate Approved For County Budget Approved Levy Is 17 Cents Higher Than 1957 Rates The county council, ending a two-day county budget session Wednesday afternoon, pruned seven cents off the proposed 90-cent county levy for 1958 and will submit a levy of 83 cents for approval of the tax adjustment board, which meets next week. This is still a 17-cent increase over this year’s rate. The council managed to prune about 818,000 off the requested $308,429 county general budget. They also took $17,000 off the county highway budget, reduced the hospital furnishing levy from the requested nine cents to seven cents and cut the proposed 10-cent welfare levy to nine cents. A decrease of $17,990 in the county general fund accounts for a four-cent reduction in the proposed 55-cent levy. The highway cut does not affect the tax rate since revenue for this department ■ comes from state gasoline taxes ; and other revenue. Th® council approved the following levies: hospital, one cent; hospital bond, seven cents, and cumulative bridge, eight cents. Few offices or departments escaped the slashing action of the seven-man council although most of them still have higher budgets than were approved last The raise in the tax levy is due mostly to general increases in cost of operation and the purchase of new equipment. AH of the major county office budgets showed increases in salaries. However, these would not raise the levies since they will be largely paid for by the fees from these offices which will be turned back into the general fund. These fees are expected to total about $50,000. Budgets Reduced Biggest cut in a single department was the $5,750 taken off the county commissioners request of $87,306 to give them a budget of $81,556. Last year a budget of $76,917 was approved for the com-" missioners. Other reductions include caunty clerk, from the requested $16,820 to $14,985; county auditor from the requested $15,360 to $14,,590; county treasurer, from the requested $15,423 to $14,773; county recorder, from $12,720 to $12,300; sheriff, from $21,333 to $30,733; surveyor, from $13,245 to $13,530. The council also cut the county agent’s request from $11,735 to $10,350; the county board of education from $17,350 to $15,050; the county coroner from $2,075 to $1,825; the county health officer from $1,374 to $1,274; the county assessor from $9,780 to $9,515; the county election board from $15,933 to $15,558; the county home from $28,450 to $25,875, and the court house from $10,620 to $lO,420. Untouched were the following requests: prosecuting attorney, $2,555; circuit court, $16,140; registration of voters, $875, and jail, $4,325. All of the county budgets, as approved by the county council, will now go to the tax adjustment board along with all civil city, school and township budgets. The board begins its session next Monday at 9 a.m. in the office of the county auditor. After study by the adjustment board, which has the power to order further reductions, all of the proposed budgets and levies are submitted to the state board of tax commissioners for final approval. Emergency Appropriations In addition to their action on the 1958 budgets, the councilmen approved several requests for emergency appropriations during their two-day meeting. ... The requested additional appropriations, all of which were Continued On Pag* Flvo