Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 210.

ARKANSAS GUARDS STOP PUPILS AND NEWSMEN 4 LLimH mhM NEW YORK TIMES WRITER Dr. Benjamin Fine (left) takes notes as National Guardsmen move in to break up his interview with students at Little Rock’s embattled Central High School, beset by integration problems. Adj. Gen. Sherman Clinger (right) later called a press conference and cautioned reporters to conduct themselves in such away as not “to incite violence.”

Top AFL-CIO Leaders Hint Union Guilty Refuse To Comment On Expulsion For Teamsters Union WASHINGTON (UP) — High AFL-CIO officials predicted today the AFL - CIO Ethical Practices Committee will find the. Teamsters Union “guilty” of domination by corrupt influences. But the same officials would not say whether a “guilty” verdict necessarily would mean expulsion of the union—largest in the nation, — from the AFL-CIO Much appeared to hang on what the Teamsters do at their convention Sept. 30 — especially whom they elect as president. The Teamsters Union Thursday refused to give the Ethical Practices Committee a detailed" reply to the corruption charges. Instead, retiring Teamster President Dave Peck, denied them in general terms. . W —Heck Offen Assurances Beck — charged by the Senate Rackets Committee with taking $300 ; 900 of Teamster funds for his personal use—assured the committee that some clean-up measures would be taken by the Teamsters at their convention. His statement was approved by the Teamster Executive Board. Only a few hours after the Teamster Union refused to defend itself in detail Rep. John Shelley (D-Calif.) announced his candidacy for presidency of the 1,400,00-man union. Shelly, a former California labor leader, said he will present himself formally as a candidate on Tuesday when he attends the 11-state Western Teamsters conference at Seattle, Wash. Shelley is the third man to announce plans to fight favored Teamster Midwest czar James R. Hoffa for the Teamster No. 1 post The other two are Teamster Vice President Thomas L. Hickey of New York and Thomas J. Hagerty, secretary - treasurer of a Chicago Teamster local. Hickey Complains A source close to Teamster headquarters Thursday night called Shelley’s candidacy “no opposition.” Hickey complained immediately after Beck testified that his assurances were not enough. "I think they’ll put us out of the AFL-CIO" Hickey told newsmen after the long-awaited hearings in the Teamsters case were over. The union’s decision to Ignore the three ’ bills of particulars” issued by the AFL-CIO amounetd to a plea of “no defense” to sources close to the AFL-CIO leadership. Detroit Man Killed In Head-on Collision BLUFFTON, Ind. — Francis Close, 38, Detroit, was killed late Thursday when his automobile collided headon wth a car driven by Paul Steiner, 42, Hartford City. Seriously injured in the collision were the victim’s wife, Judy, 28, their son, Norman, 3, and Steiner. All were confined to Blackford County Hospital at Hartford City. Authorities said Steiner was driving on the wrong side of the road when the accident occurred. INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness with some showers likely tonight and east to sguth portions Saturday morning, becoming partly cloudy Saturday afternoon. Continued cool. Low tonight in the 50s. High Saturday 62-72 north, 72-78 south. Sunset tonight 7:09 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 0:19 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Fair and cool. Lows Saturday night in the 50s. Highs Sunday 70-78.

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Indiana State Fair Will Close Tonight Attendance Record Assured For Fair "TnDIANAPOLIS (UP) - The 105th Indiana State Fair closes tonight with a new 10-day attendance record assured. Nearly 850,000 fairgoers scrambled through the fairgrounds gates during the first nine days, and "Family Day" today was expected to push total attendance to more than 900,000. The record attendance set last year was 855,117. The judging schedule was light today with only Brahma cattle in the coliseum and Ohio improved Chesters and Landrace competition in the swine barn. Exhibitors waited anxiously to tear down the faded displays and shows. The last footlong hotdogs were up for sale. And the pitchmen at the auction tent made their ’ast. sales. A total of 85,692 persons walked around the fairgrounds Thursday. One of the best crowds of the dying fair watched the “Farmers Day” parade from the grandstand and kibitzed on the Aberdeen Angus judging in the coliseum. Jay County Pomona Grange captured the S2OO first prize in the parade's float competition and the Zionsville High School band grabbed SIOO for its first place Earlier, Ronnie Binkerd, 4, LaFontaine, led Curly, a red and black spotted pig with yellow ribbons, to first place in the pet parade. Meanwhile, in th#, coliseum “foreign" exhibitors came back to take control of the livestock show after Hoosiers had a brief moment in the limelight. Robert F. Creasop, Seymour, 111., won the grand champion Angus female title over the junior champion of C.V. Whitney farms of Lexington, Ky. Earlier, Woebbeking Farms’ junior champion bull had lost the grand championship to the senior champion of W.A. Rafferty of Morocco, Ind. Other winners in the parade included Jimmy Waltz, Union County, second and Levon Rahmy, Huntington County, third, ivvulinued from One) Promotions Made By Central Soya Three Promotions Announced Today Three promotions in the auditing and accounting divisions of the Central Soya company were announced today by James R. Cowan, general auditor for the company. Donald E. Jones has been promoted from plant auditor at Decatur to manager of the grain merchandising accounting in the Fort Wayne office. He will be responsible for the supervision, practices and procedures on grain merchandising accounting in the Fort Wayne office. Jones joined the company in 1947 in the Decatur accounting department and in 1954 was promoted to office manager. He became auditor of the Decatur plant Jan. 1, 1955. A graduate of International Business college in Fort Wayne, he, his wife, Pauline, and three children reside at 1002 Master Drive in this city. Succeeding Jones as plant auditor will be Jim Hunter, who has been serving as office manager since 1955. He joined the Decatur accounting department in 1951. He is also a graduate of International Business college in Fort Wayne. The position of office manager will be taken by Tom Cole. A graduate of the same school, he has been with the company since 1965.

Baby Test Shot Triggered In Nevada Today Bonus Baby Nuclear Test Shot Is Fired Early This Morning ATOP ANGELS PEAK, Nev. (UP)—A “bonus baby” test shot dangling from a balloon 500 feet over Yucca Flat was triggered by the Atomic Energy Commission early today. » The detonation, code - namde "Wheeler” and 17th full-scale nuclear experiment of the 1957 test series, banged sharply from its platform beneath the 67-foot diameter aerial carrier, sending rumbles off the ozonosphere to echo in the valleys and craggy mountains of the western desert Blast-ojf time was 7:45 a.m. c.d.t. The AEC, giving only sparse details. said the designed oetd of the device was far below nominal. ■Observers estimated it was less than five kilotons, or about the equivalent of 5,000 tons of TNT. The shot was closed for observation by newsmen at News Nob. Newsmen witnessed the blast from Angels* Peak, about 55 miles from ground zero. Despite its small size, the bright flash from “Wheeler" wa s seen more than 300 air miles away in Los Angeles. Early, rising residents in Las Vegas, Nev., and eno. Nev., also watched the shot brighten the skies The fireball died out within moments after the detonation. Observers said it was about the same size as “Franklin” the second shot in the series that was triggered June 2. Instead of a gigantic mushroom cloud, "Wheeler” left only a small cotton ball-sized cloud. The cloud rose to 10,000 feet and then began to disperse within 10 minutes after the shot. By comparison with previous Shots, today’s was about onequarter the size of the blasts that levelled Hiroshima and Nagaski at the end of World War 11. The revised schedule for firing remaining shots at the Nevada test site listed “Whitney,” a below nominal 500-foot tower shot, for Sept. 10, and "Newton,” an above nominal balloon blast, about Sept. 13. At least two more—one an underground detonation —are slated before the AEC terminates the long summer series. U.S. Eases Ban On Travel To Bulgaria Approve Passports For American Travel WASHINGTON (UP) — The United States has relaxed a seven year ban on American travel to Bulgaria and has approved a passport to that country for Avery Brundage, hicagd, president of the International Olympic Committee. The State Department announced Thursday passports to Bulgaria also have been approved for two other IOC members, four members of California’s committee for the 1960 Winter Olympics and one newsman. All will attend the IOC meeting at Sofia, Sept. 21-28. The department also announced it will consider requests of Bulgarian reporters who wish to come to the United States. Such requests are subject to U.S. immigration laws which Secretary of State John Foster Dhlles recently described as “severe." The department statement apparently anticipated requests from Bulgarian reporters to cover the 1960 winter games at Squaw Valley. Calif. Communist China is almost cer(Continued on Page Five)

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Await Federal Court’s Action In Controversy On School Integration

Speed Weapon Delivery To Middle East U.S. Rushes Plans As Bulwark Against Syrian Aggression WASHINGTON (UP)-The United States today rushed plans to speed weapon deliveries to the Middle East as a bulwark against possible Syrian aggression with Soviet arms. Officials said President Eisenhower gave a green light for rapid air delivery of "certain military items” to Jordan and faster delivery of weapons to Saudi Atabia, Iraq and perhaps other Middle Eastern countries. Turkey, one of Syria’s neighbors, is scheduled to receive initial delivery soon on an undisclosed number of American FIOO Supersabre jet fighters. Arms Question Raised _ The new American interest in increasing arms shipments to Arab states immediately raised the question of whether more arms would be shipped to Israel. Ambassador Abba Eban was expected to put the ‘’question before U.S officials at a scheduled meeting next week. t Additional decisive steps to counter Moscow’s stepped-up penetration of Syria may follow an extraordinary meeting at the White House Saturday between the President, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Loy W. Henderson. Henderson just returned from a Middle Eastern fact-finding tour. The President will fly to Washington from his vacation retreat at Newport, R.1., for the conference. To Consider Action The president and his top diplomatic advisers will consider possible American action on the Middle East: —ln the United Nations where Russia’s penetration of Syria could be highlighted before the world. Dulles is going to the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York on Sept. 17 to deliver a major (Continued on Page Five) Legion Scouts In Meeting Thursday Scouts Pay Honor To Retiring Leader The American Legion Boy Scout troop 63 held a special outing Thursday night in honor of Gerald Smith, retiring scoutmaster. The troop met at the Decatur Youth and Community Center with their guests and the entire group was taken by cars to Han-na-Nuttman city park. Games were played and the group enjoyed a wiener and marshmallow roast. Robert Raudenbush, the new scoutmaster, expressed the group's appreciation to Smith for his time and effort expended in last year’s successful program. Smith responded, thanking the scouts for their cooperation, and urging their continued interest and advancement in scouting. Membership rolls of the troop are open for new members for the coming scout year. It is hoped that a dozen or more new members can be obtained. Those interested should contact Robert Raudenbush or Nelson Doty. Guests present included David Teeple, Robert and Gregory Ladd, Don Heller, Joe Rousseau, Ed Kohne, David Beery, Thomas Cowens, Daniel Butcher, and Tom Kitson. Adult leaders present were Smith, Raudenbush, Doty, and Gerald R. Durkin. Troop members present at the special outing were Ernie Hanni, John Alberding, Dick Fravel, Tom Mclntosh, Jerry Mclntosh, Kenneth Riffle, Dick Omlor, Tom Gray, Roger Deßoo, Eddie Suttles, Dave Roop, Danny Christen, David Swickard, Robert Boch, Jr., Kenneth Hollopeter, and Steve Gause.

Decatur Taxpayers Face Record Rates Adjustment Board Meets Here Monday Proposed tax rates of $5.65 for Decatur-Washington and $5.71 for Decatur-Root will be submitted to Ithe tax adjustment board when it meeta next Monday at 9 a.m. at the county court house. . The originally - suggested tax levies for taxpayers in Decatur were reduced by seven cents which was cut off the county levy by the county council this week. Only drastic cutting action by the seven-man tax adjustment board or by the state board of tax commissioners can save Decatur taxpayers from paying the highest levy in the city’s history next year. The current tax rates for the city are $5.08 for Decatur Washington and $5.12 for Decatur-Root. The tax adjustment board has the power to cut the proposed levies. Following approval of this group, all budgets and levies are submitted to the state tax board for final approval. The local tax board will include William Linn, representing the • township trustees; Julius Schultz, I representing the county council; Mayor Robert Cole, representing the county's largest city; Charleg Langston and Menno I. Leh‘man, Republicans appointed by Judge Myles Parrish, and Louis . Reinking, Sr., and Ernest Hanni, . Democrats appointed by Judge . Parrish. They will study the following rates which will affect Decatur taxpayers: state, 15 cents; county, 83 cents; Washington township, 19 cents; Root township, 15 cents* school and library (Washington township), $3.02; school and library (Root township), $3.12, and civil city, $1.46. , Miss Jacie Snyder Is Contest Entrant Named Miss Decatur For State Contest Miss Jacie Snyder, Adams county’s 1956 soybean queen and a senior at Adams Central high school, will represent Decatur at the annual Junior Miss Indiana contest to be held at Bluffton Sept. 19 and 20. Miss Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Snyder, will carry the title of “Miss Decatur” during the two-day event, which is held in conjunction with the Bluffton street fair. All entries will be guests of the city of Bluffton tor the two days. The city will provide an automobile, chauffeur and ribbon banner lettered with the contestant’s city ftor the parades and presentations. The coronation of Junior Miss Indiana will take place Friday evening, Sept. 20. An estimated audience of 40,000 Hoosiers is expected to attend the final event. ( The winner of the contest will , compete in the < national Junior ( Miss America pageant later. 4 Miss Snyder is sponsored by t the Decatur Chamber of Com- , mere*. Joe Kaehr and E. E. Ry- » dell Will act as special advisors ( for the local girl. i Slight Decrease In Jobless Pay Claims ’ INDIANAPOLIS — (IP) — The < overall number of unemployment ■ insurance claims from newly-un- j employed workers dropped to 4,962 last week from 5,521 the previous ( week, according to William Stal- ] naker, director of the Indiana ] Employment Security Division, i Stalnaker said the drop came i even though 16 of the 30 division i offices reported increases in claims from newly unemployed. ( The decrease of 568 also was significant in the face of slowdowns 1 for model changes in the auto in- . dustry and the cutback in aircraft i production. 1

Disarmament Parley Ends In Stalemate No Agreement Is Reached On When To Resume Parley BULLETIN LONDON (IP) — The fivepower disarmament conference broke up in stalemale today with no agreement on where or when to meet again. LONDON (UP)—Western diplomats believe the Soviet tactics at the London arms talks are designed to seal the doom of the present five-power U.N. disarmament subcommittee, it was reported today. The East - West disarmament conference ended in deadlock Thursday. The Western members — The United States, Great Britain France and Canada — agreed with Russia to recess the current deadlocked talks. But then they promptly disagreed on when the talks should be resumed. The delegates scheduled another meeting today to make another attempt to reach an agreement on the resumption of the conference. The Western powers proposed adjournment until Oct. 1 or until the completion of opening debate in the U-N. General Assembly which convenes on Sept. 17The Soviets de aanded the recess last until the General Assembly has debated disarmament — the last item on the agenda. That would be either in late November or more likely, in December. The subcommittee has been striving for three years to find a solution to the disarmament issue. Its latest efforts snagged after months of negotiations on Soviet rejection of the Western "package” plan. Following Thursday’s session, a Soviet delegation spokesman said flatly the subcommittee “has finished its mandate and ended its work in failure.” Sources said diplomats now belive the Kremlin will demand the inclusion of satellite and “neutralist” states in future talks to counterbalance the West. Luther Yager Speaks At Rotary Meeting Berne Man Speaks On European Trip Luther Yager, of Berne, was the guest speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Youth and Community center. Yager, a member of the Berne club, and his wife attended the Rotary International convention at Lucerne, Switzerland, this year. The speaker discussed his experiences in Europe while on his travels to and from the convention, He stated that living standards overseas are below those in America, and for that reason most people must live rather frugally. There also is more regimentation and agricultural prices are fixed. Churches, the speaker noted, are supported by the state, and as. a result there seems to be apathy toward religious matters. Yager said that Europe “has some traditions which impede its progress, but the Swiss have one concerning honesty in government which Americans might well emulate. The Berne man closed by describing a Rotary meeting which he attended in a small town in Franc*. There was no group singing, which is customary in clubs in the U.S., but the French Rotarians were very friendly. Dan Tyndall was chairman of the program. Decatur Rotarians will observe ladies night next Thursday, with J. Ward Calland speaking on his recent trip to Europe and the Rotary convention.

63 Reported Killed In Cuban Uprising Order Restored In South Coast City HAVANA, Cuba (UP) — Fifty rebels and 13 government soldiers were killed in the short-lived uprising Thursday in the south coast port city of Cienfuegos, a government communique announced today. In addition, 13 persons were wounded, but the communique did not specify if they were soldiers or rebels. The government said previously that loyal troops had recaptured the sugar port after a 10-hour flareup of violence in Cuba’s slow- ■ motion revolt. “Order has been reestablished • at Cienfuegos," President Fulgen- ■ cio Batista told newsmen Thurs- • day night "No detailed reports ■ are yet available, but it is known that both sides have suffered t casualties.” The acknowledgment that loyal troops had been killed or wounded • —exceedingly rare in Cuban battle i reports—was taken as an index of the fierceness of the fighting. t The trouble started early Thursr day, when a band of about 100 > rebels overran Cuba’s south-coast naval headquarters in centuriesr old Jagiia Castle, built by early - Spanish settlers to defend the port, i The rebels donned naval uniform . and attacked army and police I posts in the city. The outnum--1 bered soldiers and policemen were j quickly overcome. f Fighter planes and medium bombers spearheaded the govem--5 ment counterattack. By mid-after-r noon, bombing and strafing attacks 5 had driven the' rebels out of mil t tary positions to hideouts in the city. Loyal sailors rallied and recap--1 tur'ed the naval headquarters. 1 Soldiers from Havana and Sant Clara shot their way into town to i mop up rebel holdouts. 1 The fighting at Cienfuegos was ’ the heaviest reported so far in the revolt that began in eastern CUba 1 nine months ago. Past clashes be--1 tween rebels and loyal troops had ’ involved dozens rather than hun--1 dreds of men. • 10th Memorial Unit Presented Hospital C. C. Pumphrey And Wife Make Donation Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Pumphrey of Decatur became the donors of the 10th memorial unit to the new ] addition of the Adams county mem-, orial hospital, the hospital board announced today. Pumphrey was quite prominent in the jewelry business in Decatur for 42 years, retiring in October, 1951. An active Decatur citizen, he is a former president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, former president of Rotary Club, general chairman of the Decatur centennial celebration in 1936, active in Boy Scout work, the Masonic Lodge, and Decatur Community Center. Only 25 units in the new addition remain to be furnished now, with the announcement of the 10th donation. The building is expected to be completed about January 1,1958. In addition to tne 35 new rooms, two new operating rooms, a new nursery, sterilizing room, and many other modern necessities are included. The original hospital, called a 50-bed unit, although this includes patients in the halls and all three floors, was completed in 1923 and dedicated to the veterans of World War I. All rooms in the original building were gifts from prominent individuals, clubs, and organizations. Those who have given memorial units thus far are the Women of the Moose, in memory of Mrs. Sara Kalver, Arthur D. Suttles, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. William W. Shafer, The First State Bank of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Busche,' Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper, Mrs. C. C. Rayl and daughter Mrs. C. K. Egeler; and the Houthouse Drug company.

Guards Keep Up Rounds At Little Rock Await Decision By Judge On Petition To Bar Integration By UNITED PRESS The United States government and the state ot Arkansas faced one another today in what amount* ed to an armed truce In the Little Rock school integration controversy, awaiting action Saturday by a federal Judge on a petition to “suspend integration temporarily.” Armed National Guardsmen continued to pace their rounds at Little Rock’s Central High School, storm center for the past four days of Negro efforts to achieve compliance in the South with the Supreme Court’s desegregation rulings. Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus also kept armed guards at the gates of the executive mansion, despite President Eisenhower’s wired assurance to him Thursday that federal agents did not plan to seize the governor and had riot tapped telephone wires to the mansion. , ’ , Negroes seeking admittance to ; Central High School were not expected to appear at the school today, nor did they show up Thursday. Ta Hold Hearing It was assumed they, along with all parties concerned, had adopted a “wait-and-see" attitude, after federal Judge Ronald N. Davies said he would conduct > hearing Saturday on the school board’s newest petition to his court. Virgil T. Blossom, the harried superintendent of schools, joined five school board lawyers in signing the petition 'which asked Davies to “suspend integration temporarily” for “the good of all pupils.” ——- The petitition said that following state interference with the board’s gradual integration plan, students as well as their parents had divided into tense factions, some favoring the plan, others considering it "ill-advised.’’ Davies would not comment on why he set the hearing on the petition two days after it was presented. In his telegram to Faubus, prompted by the governor’s claim federal agents plarmed to "seize the head of a sovereign state,” Eisenhower urged compliance [with Davies federal court order to integrate Central High School. Asks Cooperation The President, in the strongest stand he has taken on school integration, asked Faubus to ‘'cooperate” with the U.S. District Court. He pointedly reminded Faubus that the Arkansas National Guard, which the governor has used to defy the orders of a federal court, was “uniformed, armed and partially sustained’’ by the federal government. Some observers in Washington considered this a veiled warning that the government could withdraw its support and recognition of the Arkansas guard, which last year alone received a federal cash subsidy of $5,500,00 The government was preparing for a showdown in court with Faubus. Justice Department sources said the federal government must successfully assert its constitutional authority in the controversy or face almost certain defiance of integration orders in other areas. To Uphold Constitution While Eisenhower made it clear the federal government would not resort to physical force to make Faubus capitulate, he said the U.S. Constitution "will be upheld by me by every legal means.” If Faubus does not respond to Eisenhower’s plea for “full cooperation,” the governor could be haled into federal court to show cause why he should not be enjoined from blocking Davies’ orders. The scene outside Central High School Thursday was more terse than ever. A crowd of about fOO persons jammed the sidewalks (CMtuMee on Popo »•«*<>

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