Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 244.

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*<->*** I—' 1 —' Asserts Craig Ordered Bypass Os Vogelgesang Snftith Says Former Governor Ordered Engineer Bypassed INDIANAPOLIS W) - Virgil (Red) Stnitj says fotraer Gov. George Craig ordered him to “bypass” the State Highway Department’s chief engineer in approving right-of-way payments when Smith W highway chairmap. , thMWd of chief engineer Carl Vogelgesang about losing control over right-of-way spending was true. Craig told him to disregard Vogelgesang because the engineering department was questioning the prices paid on too many right-of-way grants, Smith said. ~ Craig, reached at his home in Bethesda, Md., indicated he could not recall any specific order to that effect. But he said he recalled *'a general order to all highway employes to speed up.” "1 insisted that all members of the commission use their best efforts to keep abreast of roadbuilding and to avail themselves of federal funds,” Craig said.' But he said it would be “improper’’ for him to comment on the trial. Part of Responsibility In testimony Tuesday, Vogelgesang told the jury the right-of-way division was part of his responsibility until Craig appointed Smith chairman. After that, the divsion received orders direct from the commission, Vogelgesang said. Smith is one of four persons on trial for alleged conspiracy to embezzle public funds in right-of-way deals on the Madison Ave. Expressway route here. The others are nile Teverbaugh, Harry Doggett and Robert Peak. Smith’s statement was not made on the witness stand and not subject to cross-examination. He said Craig asked him at one time if right-of-way purchases were being held up unnecessarily. He told Craig that Vogelgesang’s subordinates were questioning several payments as perhaps too much, and Craig told him to stop submitting grants to the engineers for approval. Smith said. ... • He said Craig felt the engineers were not particularly qualified to appraise real estate. State Highway Chairman John Peters returned to the witness stand and brought records on the sale of more than a dozen lots in a two-biock area along Madison Ave. Peters Is Questioned Defense attorney William Irwin questioned Peters about his private business interests. Peters said he is president of a loan firm and has an interest in a areal estate firm. The state showed the jury Madison Ave. maps and sought to bring out that Peak tried to sell two back lots to the state “in haste.” As a result, perhaps by clerical error, Peak’s parents still own part of one of the two lots they sold to the highway department, state attorneys said. The lots were the two Prosecutor John Tinder contends were sold to "mystery man” Dean Burton and finally resold by Peak to the state at a profit of $22,800. tried to hichhike to shops and ofpartment secretary, brought Jo the coartroom the minutes of commission meetings at which Madison Ave. right-of-way plans were -approved. Aslo introduced as evidence were minutes approving a (Continued on Pwe Five)

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Flu Outbreaks Are Gaining Strength At Least 12 Dead * In Flu Outbreaks By UNITED PRESS Flu outbreaks killed at least 12 persons, five of |hem Pennsylvania school children, in a centinuing rampage among the » tion’s young. The disease appeared to be gathenng strength from one end'of the nation to the other, with children the chief victims of toe .Asian flu and other respiratory ailments, r At least seven deaths blamed on the flu were reported in Penusylgan and Indiana. Five children died and four others were critically ill in a tragic influenza epidemic at the Pennhurst State Training School for the Mentally Retarded near Philadelphia. The disease hit 838 of the school’s 3,149 children and 56 of its 400 employes. Tests were begun to determine whether the flu was of the Asian variety. Four of the dead children, who ranged in age from six to 16 years, were recent admissions. Dr. Leopold Potkonski, school superintendent, said none of the victims had been “in too good physical shape." None of the children in the institution had received Asian flu inoculations. Another flu outbreak caught up with a speeding North Western Road train, forcing it to mpke an emergency stop at Elroy, Wis., Tuesday so doctors could treat 14 stricken children. The youths, members of a St. Margaret’s High School, Chicago, class returning from a student tour to the Black Hills, S.D., came down with nausea and high fever. The train was delayed 37 minutes while the students were treated. Other flu outbreaks forced the shutdown of dozens of schools throughout the country and at least four colleges—Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.; Lehigh and Lycoming colleges in Pennsylvania, and Beloit College, Beloit, Wis. The flu outbreak in the Midwest was as follows: . ... lowa —About four dozen high schools closed in widespread outbreak. Nebraska—About 20 per cent of Omaha’s public school pupils out with flu, 2,100 of them high school students. Mercy High School closed, but expected to reopen today. Minnesota—Flu caused up to 40 per cent absenteeism at four Minneapolis and suburban high schools Tuesday. Absenteeism also high at Austin, Mountain Iron and Hutchinson. A total of 120 students hospitalized at the University of Minnesota. Illinois—An outbreak believed to be of the Asian variety kept 40 per cent of 3,385 high school students home in the Chicago suburb of New Trier. The University of Illinois set up an emergency ward when the campus hospital was filled to capacity with 165 flu patients. Michigan—Flu widespread in western and north central sections of the state. Wisconsin—All schools in Columbia County closed. Ohio—Schools closed in communities of Oakwood and Farmer, and a Hamilton County parochial school is to close today. Kentucky—Three schools in the northern part of the state shut.

r 1 *■■»<!■ i. ■ „ . Ike Studying Speedup For Missile Plan Recommendations Os Top Scientists Are Under Ike's Study WASHINGTON (UP)-Praodeht Elsenhower is considering Recommendations from top US. scientists for stepping up missile development in the race w(th Russia into space. ’ > , The highly secret scientific Appraisal coincided with an abrupt warning from top administration spokesmen that more swney msy have to be poured into toe nation’s military effort, Cooling off hopes for a tax cut. ■ . '3 Eisenhower, awaiting toe Washington arrival Thursday of Queen Elizabeth, scheduled! talk today With Budget . Director Pxrxival Brundage. The conference was. considered a possible further step in the continuing iTOKidy*. Xt»wppraisal ot the missile jh the light of Russia's send®g a >at« ellite into orbit a earthy Secretary of State John Foster Dulles WM expected today jo assess the Itnpact of the nUNfeutrnk on American foreign tx-lky at a news conference. j.f , Sputnik Keeps Spinning The Red Sputnik itself continued spinning arbupd the globe every 96 minutes amid scientific speculation it may soon enter the earth's 1 atmosphere and burn up. A Naval Research Laboratory spokesman said it has been losing altitude due to air resistance. He said ft dipped to a low of 147 miles in a pass over Washington Monday. In Cambridge. 'ntist/ r at the Smithsonian Astror%rieal observatory . said they hope soon to strive the “celestian mechanics” behind the mysterious force tugging at the satellites third stage rocket which is speeding ahead of the artificial moon. The President, ft was under-, stood, received specific recomflyn* dations from hig they would signal a shift into higher gear for the missile program being sought by congressmen who claim Russia has taken a significant lead over this country in the field. • Tax Relief Doubtful Indications Americans may have (cuudnued on Pa<« Six) Appropriations Are Okayed By Council Public Hearing On Funds November 5 A resolution authorizing the publication of legal advertising on additional appropriations totalling $2,691.88 for various city departments, was’ adopted by the city council in regular session Tuesday night at city hall. The. proposed additional appropriations, to be met with money in the general fund, include SIOO for city judge supplies; SSOO fdr clerk-treasurer regular salary; $225 for clerk-treasurer temporary labor; S3OO for police equipment; SSOO for volunteer firemen’s salaries; S3OO for the department of health salaries; $64.50 for official records; $31.38 for old age survivors insurance; sl7l for Barger ditch assessment, and SSOO for insurance. A public hearing on the proposed appropriations will be conducted at the next regular meeting of the council Tuesday, Nov.s. The council last night approved contracts with Anthony Faurote in St. Mary’s township and Clarence Lybarger in Root township for rural power line extensions. Petitions for rural line extensions filed by Homer Arnold of Washington township and George Sonner, Jr., of Root township, were referred to the light and power committee in conjunction with the superintendent. A complaint that the Erie railroad crossings in the west part of .the city are being tied up at times when children are going to and coming from school was referred to the city attorney. He has been instructed to write to all three railroads and request immediate action on the problem of crossings being blocked for long periods of time. Mayor Robert Cole announced to the council that the matter of the parking tickets which were sent to the editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat is being thoroughly investigated and that a full report will be made to the council when the Investigation is complete. City clerk-treasurer Mrs. Miriam Hall was absent from last night’s meeting because of illness.

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Dulles Doubts 1 War Outbreak I- j f 3‘i ' In Mra-tast Says United States Must |e Ort Guard ? Far Syrian Attack WASHINGTON (UP)-Secretary of State Jbhn Foster Dulles said today the United States must be on guard against a possible attsck on Turkey by Syria and the Soviet Union. But la* said he does hot think an pifthrAak of war to the Middle East is likely. . * DuHed Ipiplied that the United States would take the offensive against Russia if it attacks Turkey. He ruled out any defensive reaction by the United States which .would leave Russia what he called » privileged sanctuary, Dulles told his news coherence that despite recent Soviet sciqnBQc aciffevements, the Unit e d SftatAs still has a very marked military superiority ever the Soviet Untort. He conceded Russia probably has some advantage in potential military activity of the future, he is absolutely cote k IW \ country’s ability to IlMMuhm'' ahead,, the scientific field. In this connection, he said, Russia’s satellite accomplishment is very useful. He said Sputnik completely voids complacency based on the idea that American super iority is automatic and alerts the nation and Congress to the necessity for pushing ahead in scientific fields that may be decisive five to 10 years from now. As for Russia’s violent propaganda campaign against Turkey, Dulles' said he always feels a measure of concern when such charges are leveled so wildly and indiscriminately. He is fearful that this type of campaign may be a smokescreen to hide something more serious, he said. The secretary said tne present situation resembles the period at the outbreak of the Korean War in June of 1950. “Do you fear there might be an attack by Syria and the Soviet Union on Turkey?” a reporter asked. 5 Dulles replied that one always must be on guard against that possibility. General Rain Over Decatur And County Long Dry Spell Is Ended In Indiana A general rain settled over Adams county this morning after a light sprinkle Tuesday night. While the rain slowed corn drying it helped fill empty cisterns. It was the first rain reported in several weeks. —- By 11 a. m. this morning .7 inches of rain had fallen according to a rain gauge at the Cletus Gillman home in Root township. In Monroe township the Ben Mazelin farm reported .75 inches at the same time. ,♦ Jerry Staub reported .25 inches of rain had fallen in Union township up until 7:30 this morning, and about .1 inches was reported in Washington township at the Rolland Gilliom home. Ivan Huser reported .5 inches about 9 a. m. in Hartford township. Ends Dry Spell By UNITED PRESS Rain pelted Hoosierland from stem to stern today and brought an end to a long dry spell. The damp weather, while needed badly to restore soil moisture and reduce autumn fire danger in brush and woodlands, may have added new handicaps to health authorities fighting outbreaks, of flu and colds which have closed many schools and decimated attendance at others. The showers started Tuesday and spread throughout the state during the night. They were (Continues on Pare Five)

Additional Schools Closed In Indiana Flu Outbreaks Eat Into Student Ranks By UNITED PRESS Health authorities kept a watchful eye for reports of deaths from Hij O r pneumonia today as an outbreak of respiratory ailments seemed to ground throughout •Indiana. 'The list of schools closed or hit by abnormal absences began to read like an educational directory with each day finding additional institutions suspending classes or chalking up higher rates of absenteeism. Three deaths unofficially blamed on flu or pneumonia have been reported this week in Hoosierland, but none has yet reached the records of the Indiana State Board of Health, which relies on weekly reports from local health authorities. But health board spokesmen said they have asked 'a selective group of local health authorities to furnish weekly reports on pneumonia deaths so the state agency can keep its finger on the situation. While none of the deaths and few of the illnesses have been directly blamed on the Asian flu strain, health board spokesmen revealed that more than 200,000 doses of Asian flu vaccine probably have b&An adnrfrrtsterea Hoetaacs ttour’ far. Actually, 268,614 doses WM made available in the state up to Oct. 10, and doctors believe few are lying idle waiting to be administered. The health board reported the flu outbreak reached Valparaiso University where "a very large number" of students were out today. It also reported nearly onethird of students absent in the Edinburg public schools, and in the Greenfield and Danville schools, and 15 per cent absent at Avon. Huntington High School and six city grade schools there closed at noon for the rest of the week when absentees reached about 20 percent of the enrollments. (Continued on Page Five) Annual County Music Festival October 22 Rural High Schools To Present Festival The choirs and bands of the five high schools of the Adams county school system will combine to present a concert at the annual Adams county music festival Tues., Oct 22, at 8 p.m. at Adams Central high school. The participating school groups are Monmouth high school under the direction of Darrell Gerig, Pleasant Mills high school under Mrs. Helen Ehrsam, Adams Cen-. tral high school under Don Leon Gerig, Hartford high school under Joseph Morin and Geneva high school under Lewis Van Cleave. Darrell Gerig, general chairman ced that the combined choir and band will be directed by Carl Nicholas, director of choral music at New Haven high school. Nicholas, who received his bachelor’s degree from Butler Univerity and his master’s degree from Ball State Teachers College, has also served as director of instrumental music in the New Haven school. The combined band, with about 175 students, and the massed chorus, with about 250 voices, will present a varied musical program featuring numbers ranging from light classical to folk music, modern ballads, marches, Negro spirituals and hymns. Also to be featured during the concert will be a twirling demonstration to be presented by the twirlers from all of the participating schools. The full program and other details of the concert will be announced later, according to Gerig. Rehearsals for the combined groups are slated for Monday and Tuesday, he stated.

West Europe's Socialists Cool To Khrushchev Challenge Russian Leader On Charge On United Stater By MURRAY BROWN United Press Staff Correspondent West Europe’s Socialists today challenged Nikita S. Khrushchev to raise before the United Nations his charges that the United States and Turkey are creating a “real danger” of a new world war by “threatening” Syria. The Socialists, in effect, told the Soviet Communist Party boss that bis appeal tor their help in allieviating tensions in the Middle East had been misdirected. Khrushchev, in similarly - worded letters to the Socialist parties in seven Western European countries, Tuesday accused the United States and Turkey of preparing a “military adventure” against Syria. He warned that such “military provocations" could touch off World War 111. Procedure Rsented There was considerable resentment in some Western quarters over, Khrushchev’s use of diplo- > power. The British press, in partir culariy, was particularly loud in . loud in its criticisms of Khrushchev's violation of diplomatic cour- , tesy. The letter was sent to Socialist ’ parties in Britain, Norway, Den- ! mark, France, Italy, Belgium and ' the Netherlands by ■ the Soviet ■ Communist Party Central Com- ! mittee over Khrushchev’s sigirai ture. The British, Norwegian and Danish Socialists pointed out in their replies that the keeping of the peace in the Middle East as elsewhere in the world was the function of the United Nations. Propogauda Maneuver Seen They urged Khrushchev to bring the Soviet charges of planned aggression against Syria before the United Nations if he was so concerned over the threat of war. From Moscow, United Press correspondent Whitman Bassow reported that diplomatic observers saw the Khrushchev letter as another propaganda maneuver (Continued on Pdge Five) Table Captains Are Named For Fish Fry Annual Fish Fry In Decatur October 24 Cliff Brewer, president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, today announced the list of 25 table captains who will supervise serving at the annual rural-urban fish fry, Thursday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p. m. at the Decatur high school gym. The fish fry, to be prepared again this year by the Jonah Club of Silver Lake, is sponsored each year by the Chamber to promote good relations between merchants and their customers. This year, as last year, it is being held in conjunction with the annual soybean festival, which will feature the crowning of a soybean queen and king. The table captains, each of whom will be assisted by several waiters, are all active members of one of the divisions of the Chamber of Commerce. Waiters will also be drawn from the Chamber membership. The captains include Clyde Butler, garages; Dwight Myers, Bag Service; Everett Hutker, Central Soya; Earl Caston, 'First State Bank; George Laurent, General Electric; Carl Braun, real estate and insurance; William Linn, cburt house and post office, and LaDoyt Miller, Schafers. Captains from the retail group will be Robert Zwick, Ralph Habegger, ° Harold Niblick, Ivan Stucky, Robert Holthouse, Jack Gordon, Morris Begun. Joe Gray, iconUnuea on Pago tax)

Parts Os Louisiana Hit By Tornadoes At Least 26 Are Reported Injured By UNITED PRESS Tornadoes ripped sections of Louisiana today, injuring at least 26 persons and causing heavy property damage in the Opelousas The.-‘vis ter s followed wake of torrential rains along" fee Louisiana-Texas coast. Houston, Tex., recorded more than 10 inches of rain during the past 48 hours, and more than 5 inches in the past 24. t Six persons from rural areas near Opelousas were admitted to a clinic for treatment of injuries suffered in the twister. Twenty other persons were hurt when a tornado hit near Leonville, north of Opelousas. They were treated for minor injuries and released. About 10 homes were destroyed by the twister near Leonville. Unconfirmed twisters were reported at Port Barre, La., and in the Baton Rouge, La., area. Rainfall was general throughout the Gulf Coast Tuesday night and early today, with a number of communities reporting up to 2 inches of precipitation. Although rainfall was considerably lighter north of the Gulf Coast, some points had locally heavy storms. Storms touched off by the .northward movement t£ i warm moist air deposited almost • an inch of rain In Fargo, N.D., I and lesser amounts in widely • separated points such as Little Rock, Ark., Belleville, 111., and Green Bay, Wis. Wet pavement at Portageville, Mo., Tuesday was blamed for acollision between a Greyhound bus and a car which killed three persons. Showers also fell in the Rockies and on the Southern Plateau. Community Fund Is Over $12,000 Mark Many Reports Are Still Incomplete An estimated total of from $12,000 to $13,000 has been reported to date in the 1957 Community Fund drive, according to M. J 5 Pryor, general chairman of the drive. Pryor added that, from the number of reports still outstanding, it seems almost positive that the goal of $18,450 will be reached. He pointed out that, because of the incomplete reports, a definite total cannot be given, but he expects to be able to do so by the end of the week. High praise was given by Pryor today to local industry, whose excellent cooperation through payroll deduction plans is the major factor in pushing the drive to a sucessful conclusion. The deadline tor reports from captains to their co-chairmen has been extended to Friday noon, Pryor said, for the benefit of those captains with workers who have not completed their contacts. Pryor issued an urgent appeal to all captains to utilize the next day and a half in contacting their workers and completing their reports so that final tabulations could be made. He added that, since each worker has only one contact to make, it should not be difficult to wind up the campaign by Friday. He expressed disappointment that he was unable to complete the fund drive in the originally scheduled one-week campaign and asked for the full cooperation of all volunteer workers in bringing it to a close this week. The 1957 goal is the highest quota ever set in a local Community Fund campaign because of the addition of the Red Cross to the member agencies of the campaign. This addition however, will eliminate the need for a separate Red Cross drive in Decatur next spring. Other agencies to benefit from the Community Fund are th Ad(Cootlnued on Page Five)

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Syria Claims Troop Move Mean Attack Troop Concentration Termed By Syria As Presaging Attacks UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (W — Syria today demanded urgent action by the United Nations General Assembly against Turkish troop concentrations which it said presage “imminent attack.” A Syrian note to Assembly President Sir Leslie Munro' of New Zealand said the situation on the Syrian-Turkish border had become “intolerably dangerous.” “At present,” it said, “there exists an actual military threat to Syria, resulting from the heavy, unprecedented and unwarranted concentration of Turkish troops, up to several divisions, in close proximity to the SyrianTurkish border. “They are now massed mainly in a small sector and have taken a disposition which presages imminent attack. The Turkish troops have apparently been given a slogan, ’To Aleppo!* which they now publicly repeat.”" „ Aleppo is a Syrian city a few i rfritw rrfitth at the border. The Turkish delegation had no ■ immediate comment, pending receipt of the official Syrian Complaint which was submitted to the U. N. this morning. The Syrian charge followed close on the heels of a warning from Soviet boss Nikita S. Khrushchev that “a barely disguised threat of war and a threat of aggression, which may have . the most dangerous consequences to all international life,” exists in the Middle East. It came only one day after Lebanese Foreign Minister Charles Malik declared that while his country would adhere to the Eisenhower Doctrine which gave it American aid, it “certainly will rise to die support of Syria in case Syria is attacked.” The Syrian delegation, acting on instructions from Damascus, asked for assembly debate on its (Continues on rage Mx) Aumqnn Appointed As Acting Mayor City councilman Norbert Aumann has been appointed acting mayor during the absence of Mayor Robert Cole, who left with hts family today for a vacation in the New England states. Mayor Cole and his wife will visit their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Cole ot Lynn, Mass. Accompanied by their daughter, Nancy, they will be gone for about three weeks. „ Two More Selling Fish Fry Tickets More stores were added today to the list of merchants selling tickets for the annual rural-urban fish fry Oct. 24, Herman Krueckeberg, ticket chairman, said today. Additional stores are the Bowers Hardware and the Stopback. The Newberry Store was unintentionally omitted from the original Mst. A double post card has been mailed to all sales points, and a report of sales to date is requested. A final report of sales will be made Oct. 22, so that final details can be arranged. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with occasional rain tonight. Thursday partly cloudy northwest, mostly cloudy with occasional rain south and east. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 55-66. High Thursday in the 68s north and low 78s south. Sunset today 6:85 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 8:57 am. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy with showers ending. A little cooler Thursday night. Low Thursday night 45-56. High Friday near 78.