Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 240.

INVITATION AND APOLOGY '/ .JajLr * W RTlwigWfr 1| WLJ-v Bk&& Bfe • jOB *■ >y ,W> ■ ./■■ : j 51 3 - * ■'« /< n iva rjj l '■ J PRESIDENT EISENHOWER talks with K. A. Gbedemah, Finance Minister of Ghana (left) after a Thursday breakfast at the White House also attended by Vice President Nixon (right). The Chief Executive personally extended America’s apology to the Minister who was refused service at a Delaware restautant recently because of his color. ' < <

Syria Accuses Turkey Os New Provocations h Charge Turkey With Interference Over Internal Affairs By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff, Correspondent Syria disclosed today it had formally accused Turkey of new provocations along the border and of interfering in the internal affairs of Syria. The danger of a flareup in the Middle East led the U.S. State Department Thursday to warn Russia that the United States will honor its defense commitments to Turkey. . Communist, diplomatic sources London made it clear the Kremlin expects the Middle East 'to blow up somewhere near the Turkish border, and the sources repeated Moscow’s warning that Russia would assist Syria. Troop Movement Charges Both Syria and Soviet Russia have accused Turkey in recent weeks of massing troops near the border, and Monday there was a 45-minute and potentially dangerous border skirmish between Syrian and Turkish troops. Official sources in Damascus disclosed today Syria has sent a stern note to Ankara Wednesday accusing Turkey of “unjustified provocative actions’’ along the border. These included the old charges of massing of troops and added allegations that Turkey had flown planes over Syrian territory and that Turkish soldiers fired at Syrian border residents. Lawmakers Demand Arms said Russia “inevitably’’ would ment already had demanded arms for villages and towns to defend against “mounting Turkish provocative acts” and demanded establishment of “public resistance groups.” The Syrian press said a helicopter believed to be American “violated” Syrian air space over the border district of Midan Ikbis Thursday. Syrian security forces also reported the discovery of "several hundreds of modern individual weapons” in a crackdown on the banned Socialist Nationals! Party. A military spokesman said they were hidden to “kindle a civil war designed to topple the current Syrian regime.” Syria had outlawed the party before it accused the United States recently of plotting to overthrow its pro-Communist government. The State Department warning to Russia followed a statement in Moscow earlier this week by Soviet Communist Party leader Nikita Khrushchev that the United Sattes is trying to incite Turkey into war with Russian - backed Syria. Turkey is a member of the Baghdad Pact and one of, the American allies in NATO. Washington officials said the United States “couldn’t let Russia get away with” Khrushchev’s implied threat that “if war breaks out we are near Turkey and you are not.” INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cool this afternoon. Mostly fair and cool tonight with scattered frost. Saturday partly cloudy, continued cool. Low tonight 32-39. High Saturday 57-63. Sunset today 6:12 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 6:51 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Fair, continued cool. Low Saturday night upper 30s. High Sunday low 60s.

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Record Yields Are Predicted In U.S. Lower Acreage To Bring High Yields WASHINGTON CUP) - Recordbreaking yields are refilling America’s breadbasket this year from the smallest acreage harvested in four decades. The Agrlluut rceDepa rmtnetpe-r The Agriculture .Department predicts the 1957 crop harvest will be a “bountiful” one — equal in size to any of the largest in past years. The department's crop reporting board estimated the 1957 corn crop at 3,304,621,000 bushels and the wheat crop at 927,324,000 bushels. This included 690,601,000 bushels of winter wheat and 236,723,000 bushels erf spring wheat. Last year farmers harvested 3.451,292,000 bushels of corn and 997,207,000 bushels of wheat But this year’s per acre corn yield was estimated at 45.7 bushels compared with last year’s 45.4 bushels. The wheat yield per acre was forecast at 21.5 bushels compared with 20 bushels in 1956. Although the two leading grain crops, corn and wheat were expected to fall 4 and 7 per cent below last year’s harvest respectively, record production prospects in other feed grains will boost the overall crop level to the records of previous years. Record harvest? are expected for sorghums, hay, sugar cane and sugar beets and soybeans. The small acreage harvested largely reflected farmers’ use of the soil bank acreage reserve program. The all-crop production index stood at 106 on Oct. 1, matching the earlier record years of 1956 and 1948. Feed grain production, swelled by September gains in corn and sorghum grain prospects, now is expected to set a new record and be 7 per cent above last year. Farm stocks on the first of the month included more corn, oats, barley, rye and soybeans than a year ago, and less wheat, flaxseed, and sorghum grain, the department sid. Winter wheat seedings in the Great Plains, spurred by favorable moisture supplies, “are making the best start in recent years,” seeding is nearly complete in many actions, the report said. Production of fall vegetables was down nearly 10 per cent for major crops, largely because of declines in cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, celery and brussels sprouts. Check To DecaturFor Alcohol Tax INDIANAPOLIS (W — Indiana cities and towns were mailed $833,333 today as their share of state taxes on alcoholic beverages collected during three months ending Sept. 30. Total collections for the period were $1,667,698, and half of that was distributed. '■ The distribution included: Decatur, $2,328; Bluffton. $1,862; Columbia City, $1,454; Auburn, $1,801; Fort Wayne $44,391; Hartford City, $2,222; Huntington, $4,620; Portland, $2,164. Late Bulletins UNITED NATIONS W) — The U. S. and 20 other countries today called for General Assembly endorsement of a disarmament plan based on Western proposals including a joint study of outer space objects. WASHINGTON (W — The State Department said today it would not be surprised if Russia launched a second space satellite “at any time.”

President And Top Officials Confer Again Cabinet, Defense Officials Confer On U. S. Programs WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower met with his Cabinet and top defense officials today in a continuing reappraisal of the U.S. missile and satellite programs. Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy and Assistant Defense Secretary William M. Holaday, the Pentagon's chief of missile research and development, met privately with the President before the Cabinet session. The twin White House meetings came on the heels of a Russian promise to send a second and more advanced satellite spinning around the globe next month—before the United States gets its first one into space. The Cabinet meeting lasted about two hours. As is customary, the White House declined to disclose what was discussed. It was the second day of high level - administrations talks bihind closed doors, continuing a reappraisal of the nation's missile and satellite programs which was touched off by the launching of the first Sputnik a week ago today possibly with an intercontinental ballistic missile. All-Out Effort After a meeting of Eisenhower and the National Security Council Thursday, defense officials indicated there would be an all-out effort to perfect an intermediate range ballistic missile. At the same time Eisenhower and McElroy are under a steady drumfire of congressional criticism to speed up America's missile effort. However, the big question remained: When will the United States seize back the initiative in the space rivalry with Russia as Sputnik I, the first man-made moon, continues to circle the earth-. J&dL. ’ The Soviets threw hew heat into the race by claiming their second Sputnik may outdate U.S. satellites before they get off the ground Starting in December. Russian weapons expert Lt. Gen. Anatoly A. Blagonravov said the second Red artificial moon will be packed with scientific instruments when it is sent up possibly on Red Army Day, Nov. . “The American satellite will give less information than our next one,” he confidently told newsmen Thursday at New York. Around the world there were Close Berne School Because 01 Illness More Grade Students Out Os School Here Flu; colds, and other respiratory diseases closed the Berne school today, and continued to affect students in all parts of the county. Decatur high school’s absenteeism decreased from 63 yesterday to 51 today. A week ago the school was hard-hit, with more than 130 students absent. Absenteeism increased in Decatur’s grade schools, with 74 report'd yesterday at Northwest, and 84 today. At Lincoln school 194 were absent today, as compared with 175 vesterday. Absenres totalled 339 for the public school system today, and 312 yesterday. At Adams Central there were’l34 absent today, as compared with 133 yesterday. Only two teachers were sick, but eight or nine of the teachers have already been sick, at different times in the past week. The absentee rate has been over 130 at Adams Central for ten days. Decatur Catholic schools report'd 147 out today, as compared with 146 yesterday. The total enrollment in the school system is 685. Monmouth was hard-hit today with 104 of their 340 students out. Yesterday they had 99 out. Only one teacher is absent, however. At Berne, more than 125 students were absent this morning from the top six grades, the principal was absent, and several teachers,. so school was dismissed. It is hoped that school will be able to start again Monday, as many students and teachers may recuperate over the weekend. At Bobo, 18 of the 69 students were absent today. Yesterday there were 11 absent. Only eight students were absent Thursday at Hartford township school. Pleasant Mills reported about 30 absent today, several less than earlier in the week. The situation seems to be generally improving in that school.

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Decatur, Indiana, October 11, 1957.

Charges Collusion Os Defendants In Scandal On Highway Purchases

13 Teamsters Reopen Battle To Oust Hoffa Prepares Request For Injunction To Bar New Officers j WASHINGTON (UP) — Thirteen dissident Teamsters reopened toi day their legal fight to bar James J R. Hoffa from the presidency of the nation’s biggest union. The law firm of Dodd, Kaplan, & Schmidt, representing the New, York group of anti-Hoffa union members, announced it has pre- , pared a request for an injunction barring Hoffa and other newly elected officers from taking office. ’ It also said it was asking that ’ the entire union be held in contempt of court. The request was addressed to Federal District Judge J. Dickin- . son Letts, whose preliminary tn- . junction against holding the union’s Miami Beach election last week . was over-ruled by the Circuit I Court of Appeals. , In New York, retiring President r Dave Beck said he would step , down in favor of Hoffa next Tues-, t day if Hoffa's trial on wiretap charges in Federal Court there is postponed.. He said Hoffa’lMw, take over as soon as possible so the union can steer a straight policy course. At the same time, the Senate Labor Rackets Committee disclosed that it has asked all Teamsters locals to supply information on selection and financing of their delegates to the Miami Beach convention. The Senate committee’s chief counsel, Robert F. Kennedy, said the committee will subpena the information from locals which do not comply with the request. The petition to bar Hoffa from office and hold the union in contempt of court was based on the appeals court’s requirement that the election could be held only if “all delegates recognized or seated by toe credentials committee shall be selected in accordance with the requirements of the constitution of the union.” • (Continued on P««e Five) Robot Fixes Orbit Os Moon's Rocket Mechanical Brain Determines Orbit CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UP) — A robot moonwatcher togay fixed precisely for the first time the orbit of the Russian satellite’s rocket. An IBM mechcnical brain, working nightlong, determined the orbit on the basis of photographs and visual observations of the rocket which trails the world-girdling satellite. - Dr. J. Allen Hynek of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said the orbit previously had been estimated by radio signals. “But this,” he said, “is the first orbit derived from actual photo and visual observation. It is subject to change, however, as we do further checking on the data. [This means that we’re really getting places in our studies of the satellite.” Hie mechanical brain is set up at nearby Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On the basis of the computations, Hynek said, the “period of the third stage rocket (the time i it takes for the missile to circle the globe) is 96.03 minutes. The third stage rocket-traverses the globe almost exactly 15 times a day.” He said the minimum altitude was figured at 143 miles and toe top altitude at 583 miles. Scientists now will be able to predict accurately when toe rocket will zoom over a given point on toe globe, Hynek said. Previously, toe observations were limited to estimates which had proven relatively accurate. Earlier today, four scientist son a rooftop here spotted what they believed was the rocket.

1958 Tax Levies Approved By State Final Approval To Taxing Unit Rates Decatur’s tax levies for 1958 will be $5.66 for Decatur-Root and $5.60 tor Decatur-Washington, according "to the official word received here today by county auditor Ed Jaberg. i Jaberg announced that he received a notice this morning from the i Indiana state board of tax commis- - stoners, which has given final aps proval to the rates of Adams counf ty tax units. The board approved the cuts sug- ’ gested by its representative, j" George Gable, as toe result of the . public hearing on rates and bud- ! gets held Sept. 30. These approved r cuts include toe five-cent slash . from toe Decatur civil city general t fund because of underestimating - A.B.C. tax refunds. The rates payable in 1958 by De- > catur taxpayers are the highest - in toe history of the city. Last ■ year’s rates were more than 50 1 cents lower. Only Berne has a * higher rate. The levy for that community, as approved by the state t board, is $5.68. > Geneva's official rate for 1958 is . $5.12. Levies on Monroe taxpayers > are $4.65 for Monroe-Washington ? and $4.56 for Monroe-Monroe. ! Official levies in toe township ’ units include Blue Creek, $2.62; the 1 only 1958 rate which is lower than in 1957; French, $4.14; Hartford, ! $3.16; Jefferson, $3.08; Kirkland, $3.66; Monroe, $3.64; Prebla, $2.46; ( Root, $3.14; St. Mary’s, $3.20; Un- . ion, $2.68; Wabash, $4.04, and i Washington, $3.78. The approved 1958 levies also in- ■ elude poll taxes to be paid by all 1 male adults. Berne and French ! township have poll taxes of $3.50. ’ Poll taxes in both Decatur units and in Geneva will be $2.50. In all ‘ other tax units of the county the ’ poll tax is $1.50. ; Falher-Son Banquet I Held By Rotarians Ernie Berg Speaker At Meeting Thursday A father and son banquet was held by the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center, with members of the Boy Scout troop sponsored by the service club as additional guests. Ernie Berg, general manager of the Fort Wayne Komets, was toe guest speaker. He introduced Roy Hunt, assistant manager; Ed Olson, coach, and Art Stone and Edgar Blondin, two of toe Komet stars. Berg expressed optimism over the coming season, saying hockey is truly a spectator sport with a full 60 minutes of fast action. By contrast, he pointed out the surveys of Big Ten football games showed only 11% minutes of ac- ; tion per game, an ordinary base- , ball game of two hours and 10 minutes has only 12 minutes of i player action, and professional basketball games of 48 minutes have an average of 200 whistle : stops per contest. But in hockey, he said, toe dock stops when- > ever action stops. « The Komets’ manager explained that hockey rules are very ; simple, but that it takes several games for the average spectator ’ to realize toe finer points of the 1 game. Jack Chappell was chairman of ! the program. Each son present 1 received an official hockey puck, , which the players then autograph- ; ed. Smaller boys also received suckers, balloons, bubble gum , and a coloring book and crayons. ■ Gene Rydell spoke briefly and i distributed Boy Scout registration cards to toe club’s adult leaders i and introduced Kenneth Shannon ■ as scoutmaster. Three troop members, Jimmy Dice, Johnny i Sexton and Danny Heller, were ■ given merit badges and advancement pins. i '

Flu Outbreak In Nation Is Spreading West More Than Million Americans Infected By Disease To Date / By UNITED PRESS The nation’s flu outbreak, which has infected more than one million Americans so far, spread westward into Nebraska, Kansas and lowa. In the East, epidemic-stricken New York reported one flu suspected death Thursday to bring that city’s total of such deaths to nine since toe beginning of toe month. The latest outbreak of the ailment was at Omaha where 1,200 public high school children were absent with flu • like illnesses Thursday. Douglas County Health Director Dr. Edwin Lyman of Omaha said he “wouldn’t be surprised if some of toe ilness is Asian flu. "He said it would take two or three weeks to make a definite diagnosis. A flareup of flu cases at Olathe, Kan., Naval Air Station forced cancellation of today’s scheduled annual military inspection of the Navy - Marine aerial squadron. Fifty-seven servicemen at toe base were down with the flu. ‘"lhere's little doubt it's Asian flu,” said Capt. Carroll Hungate, senior medical officer at toe base. The Marion indepndent school in suburban Cedar Rppds, lowa, closed its doors today when 107 of its 461 pupils came down with the flu. Principal Beryl Weldon said teachers spent most of Thursday taking home children who became ill. Nefr York’s department of hospitals reported another increase in the number of upper respiratory infections with 5,192 by midnight Wednesday as compared with 4,721 during the previous 24 hours. That brought toe total since Sept. 27 to 47,803. However, New York health officials were encouraged by a decline in school absenteeism in toe hardhit upper Manhattan section Thursday for toe first time since toe epidemic began. Milwaukee’s flu epidemic, now (Continued on Pw*

Local Stores Sell Fish Fry Tickets Location Os Ticket Sites Is Announced Tickets for toe annual ruralurban fish fry are now available at 45 different business places, and at most Decatur industries, Herman Krueckeberg, ticket chairman, said today. Miss Indiana will be present at the annual fish fry to crown toe soybean queen, Thursday night, October 24. Tickets are now on sale at Begun Clothing store, Beavers Oil Service, Bill’s Corner, Blackwell’s department» store, Bob’s Confectionery, Brooks Store, Burk Elevator, Butler Garage, Center Ice Cream, Chamber of Commerce office, county agent’s office, Decatur Equipment. Decatur Hatchery, DoNut Shop, Equity Dairy Store, The First State Bank, Firtz Ellsworth, Gay’s Service, Goodyear Store, Habegger Hardware, Heller Feed, Coal & Supply, Holtoouse Drug Store, IdeaF'Dairy, Jani Lyn, Kaye’s Shoe Store, Kimpel Cigar Store, Klenk’s, Kohne Drug Store, Lord’s, Miller-Jones Shoe Store, Morrison Farm Store, Murphy 5 & 10c Store, Price Clothing, Parkway 66, Riehle Tractor Bc. Implement, Smith Drug Store, Sprunger Implement, Stewart’s Bakery, Uhrick Brothers, Western AutoJ Wertzberger Confectionery, Why Store, Ziner Culligan Service, and Stiefel Grain company. Tickets cost $1.75, and more than 1,000 persons are expected at toe annual event

Farmers Hurl Eggs At Secretary Benson Platform Pelted By Eggs During Speech SIOUX FALLS, S. D. W — Gov. Joe Foss has demanded full prosecution of a band of embittered farmers who pelted Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson with eggs. Benson barely escaped being hit by a half-dozen eggs which showered on the platform Thursday as he made a speech demanding repeal of federal price support floors on com and other major crops. . One splattered over his hat and another smeared Foss’ suit Benson was addressing about 7,500 farmers who had gathered for the National Mechanical Corn Picking Contest which begins today. Ten cornbelt states are entered in the “World's Fair of Agriculture." . Despite toe shelling from the group, Benson went on to finish his speech while state troopers picked their way through the crowd and nabbed five men who admitted throwing the eggs. Later, he said “It’s nothinglet’s forget about it.” Foss apparently didn’t intend to forget about it and made, it known he intended to have toe men prosecuted. “The next' time they might throw bricks.” he said. There was little response from the group as Benson argued that artificially high supports drive customers away and bring “lower farm income.” Nor was there much enthusiasm when Ray Loftesness, Sioux Falls, vice-presi-dent of toe com-picking contest and master of ceremonies, offered a public apology to Benson. CMtlaaee Rlcb> Community Fund's Drive Ends Today General Chairman Shows Optimism Optimism on the success of the 1957 Community Fund drive was expressed today by its general chairman, M. J. Pryor, as the campaign went into its final day. Pryor stated that according to all indications workers, including about 260 solicitors, have been doing a good job of making their contacts during toe week. It was also pointed out by Pryor that, while no figure is yet available, initial reports of many of the solicitors show a fine response from individuals, organizations and businesses to the requests for contributions. Pryor had high praise for local industry, which is cooperating very well through payroll deduction plans. It seems almost certain that toe fund campaign will reach its goal of $18,450, according to Pryor. This year’s Community Fund in Decatur includes for toe first time the local Red Cross drive, consolidating two of toe major fund drives of the city. This year’s campaign was planned so that it could be completed in one week and so that each solicitor had only one contact to make. Pryor issued a reminder to all team captains that their reports are due today. He indicated that toe total amount would probably not be available until after the weekend, when the tabulating would be done. Court House, Bank To Close Saturday All offices of the county court house will be closed Saturday in observance of Columbus Day, a legal holiday for the state of Indiana. Also to be closed is the First State Bank. Since it is not a federal holiday, toe post office and other federal offices will remain open as usual. Miss Bertha Heller, librarian, announced that toe Decatur public library will also be open for its regular hours.

Indiana Road Scandal Trial Now Underway i Prosecutor Charges » Collusion By Four Defendants On Trial j i INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Prose- - cutor John G. Tinder told a con- - spiracy trial jury today that the - Madison Ave. Expressway phase -of the Indiana highway scandals “would not have been possible t without the active concurrence and collusion of all four defend- , ants.” . Tinder made the statement In ' opening remarks before a jury im- • paneled Thursday to try former [ highway chairman Virgil (Red) ! Smith and three associates accused of cooking up an embezzle- ’ ment plot involving $25,800 in public funds for a highway Deputy Prosecutor Robert Orbison told the jury that Smith, who ' once was acting chairman, kept control of the highway department “without legal authority” after then chairman Neil R. Godwin re- , turned to his post from a long illness. Godwin has since suffered a . second heart attack, cm the open- , ing day of this trial, and probably will not get to testify for the state . in support of his previous state- . meats that he was investigating ' stories of scandals at the time ; former Gov. George Craig fired . him and advanced Smith Jo the chairmanship. Tinder told the jury that Smith, Harry Doggett and Nile Teverbaugh "could not help but be aware that the purchase of these back lots for the large sum that was paid was not only unauthorized, but such land was not required by the engineers' plan sfor the projects.” He charged that Smith brought Robert Peak, an attorney from Smith’s hometown of Milan, into the “conspiracy” so that Peak ‘would be the front man for handling the receipts and disbursements of state money acquired by the fraudulent grant.” “Used Parente As Tools” Peak "used his ailing mother i and father as tools in this game , of thievery from the state,” Under said, referring to use of the names of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence . Peak as temporary owners of two of the controversial lots. Tinder and Orbison spoke for the prosecution as the opening statements began. The defense was next, then the first witnesses were to be called. The trial got underway after four days of jury selection, with a "flu bug” looming as a possible threat. Judge Walter Pritchard, presiding at the conspiracy trial of four men who figured in the scandal, said "we’d have to recess” if two of the newly-chosen 12 jurors should come down with influenza in an outbreak sweeping IndijO.'; 1 areas currently. Prosecutor John Tinder and defense attorneys agreed Thursday to choose only one alternate juror instead of two. That left room for only one illness or other emergency situation. Pritchard said if two were stricken for a long enough period it could result in a mistrial. First Testimony Expected Meanwhile, the first in a long series of state witnesses was expected to testify today. Tinder hoped to prove the defendants conspired to embezzle $25,800 in public money in an Indianapolis right-of-way deal. The defendants were former State Highway Chairman Virgil (Red) Smith; his right-of-way chief, Nile Teverbaugh; Hany Doggett, Teverbaugh’s assistant, and Robert Peak, Milan attorney. The trial bogged down late Thursday, after the jury was impaneled, when both sides disagreed on the instructions Pritchard should give the jurors. Frank Symes, Smith’s attorney, claimed the instructions should include the rules on circumstantial evidence. Pritchard agreed to include that point. New Trial Planned The judge said he would tell the jurors circumstantial evidence— on Paao «*x>

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