Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 254.

CAMERA FREEZES NUCLEAR BLAST

■ fl’- ■ '-’■>> <,«. ' '3fl I w .y ■# ; /;'r- Wflflß,' : .' I < fl "' >7 „’ ‘ f ‘ ~ P" '*■>l ’/ fISM? f , <• iw & / fl i I A BOILING MOUNTAIN of water and vapor swells up in a U. S. Navy test of an underwater nuclear device in the Pacific, but for a moment it appears to be a giant iceberg. The test took place in 1955, but the Navy kept secret this photo of the huge depth charge.

Economic Pact Is Signed By Syria, Russia Ties Syria Firmly To Russia In Both Economy, Military By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent Syria and Russia sign an economic agreement today in Damascus that will tie Syria firmly to the economy of the Soviet Union. This is in addition to vast military aid. • The agreement, including a Soviet loan estimated at 100 million dollars, firmly entrenches Russia in Syria as a builder of dams, railroads and deep water port at Latakia capable of handling jor vessels. Premier Sabri Assali in announcing today’s signing warned that Syria will not be affected by threats or pressures from the West and that “it’s high time imperialists reconsidered their policy toward Syria after their failure to make Syria deviate from her sovereign policy.” The trade pact took on unusual significance because of the joint Soviet and Syrian charges against the United States and Turkey and their insistence that Turkey with U.S. backing planned to attack Syria. May Air Charges Today Both Syria and Russia were expected to air the charges further in the United Nations today with answers to Henry Cabot Lodge's blistering attack on Russia last Friday. There were new Syrian charges against Turkey over the weekend. A foreign ministry spokesman said 100,000 Turkish troops were poised to strike against Syria and that border violations were a daily occurrence. And in Cairo the Egyptian Middle East News Agency quoted a Syrian spokesman as saying an armed Turkish patrol crossed the Syria border Saturday and opened fire on a village near the frontier. The agency said the incident occurred at Amouda, near Kamishly. _ , Russia has charged that Turkey planned its alleged attack on Syria immediately after Sunday’s Turkish parliamentary elections, but Istanbul dispatches said there was no sign of military activity. Wants Red Representative Syrian government officials meanwhile asked that any on-the-spot investigating team sent to the Middle East include representatives of the Communist-dominated East European nations. Other Middle East developments: . New York — Lebanese Foreign Minister Charles Malik said in a television broadcast the Soviet Union has seized the initiative in the Middle East and the United States must get it back. He said the area was disturbed by Soviet penetration. ~ Cairo — The newspaper Al Missa reported that King Saud suspended his effort to mediate the (Continu«<i o» fase Six) Lions Club Party Tonight Cancelled The Halloween Party of the Decatur Lions club, scheduled for tonight at the Community center, has been ca n c?e lied, Harry Schwartz, committee chairman, •said today. A large number of the members had checked out for other activities, including, the Boy Scout dinner at Fort Wayne. There will be no Lions club meeting until next Monday night, Schwartz said.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT •

Teverbaugh Lawyer Promises Surprise Road Scandal Trial Recessed To Tuesday INDIANAPOLIS (W — Nile Teverbaugh's attorney today promised a “big surprise” when the former right-of-way division chief testifies in his own defense at the Indiana highway scandal conspiracy trial this week. Attorney David M. Lewis told a t' newsman Teverbaugh’s story of . the back lot deals on Madison Ave. . win be “very interesting” and > “will greatly surprise oyu.” Lewis said Teverbaugh plans to - testify but still could change his mind pending a decision in a con- ■ ference late today. 1 Frank A. Symmes, attorney for 1 former highway chairman Virgil ’ (Red) Smith, indicated that Smith will not try through witnesses to : dispute the “bombshell” testimony . last week of a state police handl writing expert who said Smith's , writing and “Dean Burton’s” sig- > nature are in the same hand. Ob- . sefvers had thought Smith’s counr sel might produce a handwriting > expcyt to contradict Lt. Edwin ■ Schroeder’s testimony. The statements were made while 1 the trial was in recess for the fu- ‘ neral of former Marion Superior ■ Judge Henry 0. Goett. 1 It was the second time the Goett ! case had prompted a one-day re- ‘ cess in the three-week trials of former highway chairman Virgil (Red) Smith and three other men . accused of conspiring to embezzle i $25,800 of public funds in Madison ; Ave. Expressway right-of-way pur- ; chases. There was one delay when a dei sense attorney associated in the law practice with Goett sought i time to help locate the missing ! ex-judge, who vanished from a hos--1 pital Oct. 13 while under observation for a suspected case of diabetes. Goett’s body was found last Fri- ‘ day in Fall Creek less than a mile , from the hospital. He had drownI jed, an autopsy showed. The trial recess until Tuesday ’ apparently gave Smith, Nile Tever- . baugh, Harry Doggett and Robert Peak niore time to study whether • they will testify in their own de(Contlnusd on Page Five) Radio Hams Aid In : Halloween Parade Units Will Assist In Parade Thursday Members of the amateur radio i operators’ group will meet Tuesi day at 7:30 p. m. in the com- . munications headquarters at the • Adams county jail to discuss ; plans for their part in the Cablithumpian parade Thursday eve- ■ ning. Meeting with the radio men will be parade chairmen and of- - ficials. The radio hams will be ‘ utilized during the parade to control the flow of the parade for the first time this year. A base station will be set up at the main judges stand and three mobile units will be along the parade route. The radio men will relay information on parade spacing and timing, which is expected to be of valuable assistance to the parade officials. The parade will begin at 7 p. m.- All participants are requested to be at the jail yard by 6:30 p. m. Many cash prizes will be awarded to bands and to masked individuals and groups. The event is sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce.

Eisenhower And Commander Os NATO Confer General Norstad Is Summoned To Parley With Ike WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower brought in the top NATO military commander today for a discussion expected to cover reported plans for a "Summit” NATO conference to deal with Russia’s military and scientific threat. Eisenhower scheduled the White House meeting with Gen. Lauris Norstad, commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Forces, at a time when drastic new programs were afoot or in prospect to meet the challenge of rocketing Russian science. The United States entered the fourth full week ot the new space age with new moves expected toward greater U..S efforts in basic rsearch, which underlines all major breakthroughs to military science. The President wls Reported today to favor m<fre government spending on basic research. May Hold NATO Talks An official announcement also was expected this week that Eisenhower will attend a “summit" meeting of heads of the NATO alliance to Paris in mid-December. Tbe aim of the meeting would be to strengthen allied unity and set in motion new ways for Western scientific and weapons pooling. The Air Force said Sunday night it has successfully tested a new long-range guided missile, the “Rascal.” The missile is carried by bombers for strikes at targets miles away. And Vice Adm. Thomas S. Combs, deputy chief of Nval Operations, said the Navy soon will be able to launch its Polaris intermediate range ballistic missile from submarines far below the surface of the sea. May tep Up Program — - Defence Secretary McElroy has hinted he would take measures shortly to speed up the entire military research program, including missile*. Paul-Henri Spaak, secretary-gen eral of NATO who suggested the summit conference to Eisenhower last week, said unday an exchange of scientific information was vital to the security of the free world. As indications pointed to greater U.S. effort to the new weaponsh field, there were, these other developments: —Britain’s Defense Ministry in(Contlnued on Page Five)

Joint Historical Meeting Tuesday Ohio Historian To Speak Here Tuesday The actions of the Indian scouts who accompanied Wayne’s Legion of the United States will be explained to an open joint meeting of the Anthony Wayne Parkway commission and the Adams county historical society by Richard Knopf, historian of the Ohio Parkway board, at the Decatur public library Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. The public, as well as all members of the Decatur Lions club. Rotary club, and civic groups are invited to attend. The open meeting 1* part of the "Anthony Wayne Day" celebration, proclaimed last week by acting mayor Norbert Aumann, to commemorate the famous march of Gen. Wayne and his legion, through Adams county during October, 1794. “A Delicate Affair" Is the title of Knopf's speech, which will Include many little-known details of Wayne’s march. Knopf is a fulltime student of the Wayne campaign, and has many diaries, documents, and other material at his command to study. Robert H. Heller, chairman of the joint meeting, will preside. Following a prayer by the Rev. Lawrence Norris, Heller will introduce G. Remy Bierly, president of the Indiana Anthony Wayne Parkway commission, and he in turn will introduce the other commission members, all appointed by the governor for four-year terms. Bryce Thomas, president of the Adams county historical society, which is meeting jointly with the commission, will then be Introduced, and he will present any announcements for his group. The board of trustees of the historical society will meet one-half hour before the main meeting. A special music feature will then be provided. This will be followed by the introduction and a few words by Dr. Hubert H. Hawkins, director of the Indiana historical bureau. Knopf's speech will follow.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER EN ADAMS COUNT!

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 28, 1957

Predict Dismissal Os _ , ; . V• ■,* . .. ’ • * .• ' I ' ' * • i 7 Zhukov Forerunner Os Other Soviet Changes

lodge Issues Challenge To Soviet Union Attacks Russia For Stirring Up Trouble For Middle East UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) —U.S. Ambassador Henry -Cabot Lodge challenged theßussians today to start "behaving like good citizens” and stop stirring up trouble between Syria and Turkey. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko was scheduled to answer him today when the General Assembly resumes its Middle East debate. He and Syrian Foreign Minister Salah El Bitar were expected to press charges that Turkey, prodded by the United States, is threatening an attack on Syria. Gromyko said 10 days ago the attack was planned for “imaiedi J ately after” the Turkish elections. The elections were held Sunday and dispatches from Istanbul today said there were no indications of such preparations. Resolution Sponsored Syria already has said ia resist this move even though the sent a resolution asking Secretary; General Dag Hammarskjold to, start mediating the Turkish-Symn crisis, on the spot if necessary. The sponsors were Norway, Japan, Canada, Spain, Peru, Paraguay and Ghana. Syria already hs said it would resist this move even htough the Syrian Speaker of Parliament, Akram Hourani, first suggested it. The Syrians are pressing for a multi-nation U.N. commission to go to the Middle East and investigate the border tension. Lebanese Foreign Minister Charles Malik said Sunday the other Arab nations would vote for such a commission “but if that is not approved we would go along with the idea of having. .. Hammarskjold investigate.” Hopes Saud Will Mediate Lodge said on a television interview (ABC) Sunday that the United States still had not given up hope that King Saud of Saudi Arabia would mediate the SyrianTurkey dispute. He said the only word that Saud (Continued on Page Five) Three Autos Stolen Here Over Weekend All Are Recovered, Youth In Custody Three car* reported rtolen to Decatur over the weekend have been recoverd and a 15-year-old Decatur boy was apprehended in Fort Wayne in connection with at least one of the vehicle thefts. The thefts included a car stolen Saturday evening from the rear of 226 South Second street. The car, owned by Winona F. Eicher of Decatur route three, was located to Fort Wayne. Another car, owned by Donald Dale of Decatur, was stolen Saturday afternoon from the 200 block of West Madison street and was found Sunday at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Damage to the vehicle indicated that it probably had been involved to an accident. The third car stolen was reporter by its owner, Tom Zeser of 215 Jackson street, who stated that it was taken from the parking lot of the Bowers Hardware store. It was located later at the rear of 135 South Second stroot The Eicher car, which was found in Fort Wayne, had been driven to Auburn and then back to Fort Wayne, where it was seen by Fort Wayne police. The Decatur boy who was arrested then was taken to the Sol Wood home for juveniles and held there until today. He was returned to Decatur to be turned over to juvenile authorities here. No report was available on whether the boy had admitted any connection with the other vehicle thefts.

Nearly 400 Dead Os Flu, Complications 18th Victim Dies At Pennsylvania School By UNITED PRESS Nearly 400 Americans have died of Asian fiu and its complications, including an 18th victim pt the ♦ennhurst School for Mentally Regarded Children near Philadelphia, a count showed today. New York State reported 125 flucaused deaths and Pennsylvania 70 account_ ofr nearly half of the . total across the country. Elsewhere, Michigan had 32 deaths, California 31, Louisiana 21, < Illinois 20, Ohio 14, lowa 13, Utah and Wisconsin 11 each, Colorado 10, Hawaii 9, Kentucky 6, Connetticut 5, Indiana 4, New Jersey 3,' and Arizona, Maine, Minnesota, j Oklahoma Oregon, Washington and : the District of Columbia 1 each. A flu epidemic at the Pennhurst ' School claimed its 17th and 18th , victims during the weekend with j i the deaths of an 11-year-old boy , and a 21-year-old youth. Two new flu fatalities were reported in Illinois institutions during the weekend, including an 11th victim at the Dixon School for Mentally Retarded. The Other ' death was a woman, 49, at Kankakee State Hospital. - P A third flu death occurred at » the Southern Colony training school near Union Grove, Wis. Severe outbreaks of flu also have oc- ’ curred to state institutions in Oregon and California. ! A flu epidemjc at Yemassee, 8. , C., struck nearly one-fourth of the ’ community’s 900 population, including its only two physicians who i .were hospitalized with the ailment, i Authorities said nearly every fam- • ily had at least one person stricken by the disease, believed to be ' Asian flu. I Fall Festival Here Thursday Evening Annual Halloween Festival At Gym Members of the Lincoln school and Northwest school P. T. A.’s have combined numbers and talents to present the annual P.T.A. fall festival at the ’high school gymnasium Thursday night. As in years past, the festival will follow the Callithumpian parade. This season's affair promises to be one of the grandest ever. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moore, representing the Northwest school, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gaunt from the Lincoln school P.T.A., are the general chairmen of the festival. Each booth, stand and event at the high school will be under the direction of a separate committee, and the general chairmen report an enthusiastic response by all who have been asked to help. Booths and events at the fair will include the various pitching contests, fish pond, refreshments, cake • walk and many others designed to entertain all comers. All of the contests can be enjoyed by all age groups, for the festival is for the adults as well as the children. All money raised by the festival is used by the local P. T. A. organizations for improvements in the local public grade schools. As in the past, these projects not only improve the local school system, but also demand no tax money for the fulfillment. Anyone interested in having a fine evening’s entertainment and helping local schools at the same time is cordially invited to attend. The annual parade will begin at 7 p. m., and the fall festival will (Continued on Page Five) INDIANA WEATHER Fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 32-38. High Tuesday 54-60. Sunset today 5:48 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:10 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Fair 'and mild. Lows Tuesday night near 40. High* Wednesday in 60s.

Rackets Group Resumes Study Os Sears Co. Senate Committee j Resumes Hearings On Labor Policies i WASHINGTON (UP)—The Sen- i ate Rackets Committee resumed i its study erf Sears Roebuck & Com- I pany's labor relations policies today by calling for more testimony ( on improper activities among the ] proper Bostonians. Counsel Robert F. Kennedy said 1 the committee would hear testi- i mony today on company efforts to < resist the unionization of its instal- 1 lat Tons in Boston. The committee i began its study of Sears last Fri- < day. ( (Meanwhile it was reported new labor legislation next year may be \ limited to a measure regulating t employe welfare funds—if any- ’ thing. One reason is the fact that i 1958 is an election year. 1 Admits' Mistakes Wallace Tudor, personnel vice < president for the giant mail order ’ house, told the committee Sears 1 officials and employes of Nathan W. Shefferman’s Labor Relations Associates Inc, made “a series of ; mistakes” In Boston. * One’of the scheduled witnesses in the Boston inquiry is James T. Nielsen, identified at last week’s hearing as “Mr. Guffey.” Mr. Guffey was said to have told eaSrs employes in 1953 the company was determined to break a drive by the AFL Retail Clerks Union to organize Sears’ Boston .units. Kennedy,said the committee will take a look at Sears-Shefferman activities in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Indianapolis, Ind., after it has completed its study of events in Boston. The committee heard last week that $78,602 of the $239,651 paid by Sears to the Shefferman firm in 1953-56 was for activities in Boston. May Role Today In a related development chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) was to rule today on the request of teamster attorneys for modifies- : tion of a committee questionnaire. The request was made to McClel- i lan last week. I The committee has asked all teamster locals—some 900 of them —for data on the election of their delegates to the convention which elected James R. Hoffa as teamster president. Locals in the central and western conferences of the giant Teamsters Union—where Hoffa has his greatest strength—were asked in addition for detailed ou Pax'* Six) Menderes Retains Control In Turkey Pro-Western Leader ( Winner In Election ISTANBUL, Turkey (UP)—Turk- 1 ish voters returned Premier Ad- 1 nan Menderes’ ruling Democratic < party to power today but sharply slashed its majority in parliament. 1 The Socialist-minded Republi- i can People’s Party cried foul and declared itself “moral victor.” 1 But a government spokesman said i it was a triumphant vindication of I Menderes’ pro-Western policies 1 abrdad and private enterprise sys- 1 tern of government at home. There were no signs in Turkey 1 of an impending attack on Syria 1 which the Soviet Union had said ) would come “immediately after” 1 Sunday’s election. Results of the election showed < tiie Democrats won 398 of the 610 1 seats in parliament — 65 per cent. The Republican People’s Party ’ got 204. The Republican National ! Party and the Freedom Party each won four. Parliament was expected to re- i elect Celal Bayar as president for the next four years and Bayar 1 was expected to re-appoint Menderes as premier. ' Menderes is ' a staunch anti- ’ Communist and a strong supporter of the North Atlantic Treaty ’ Organization, of which Turkey is ; a member. 1

Nine Traffic Deaths Recorded In State Woman Is Killed In Allen County Wreck By UNITED PRESS At least nine persons were killed in Indiana traffic during the 54hour weekend. The toll stayed below double-figures for the first time in three weeks. The only double-fatality crash occurred Saturday when d* car flew 91 feet through the air, carrying two girls to their death near Charlestown. Two women were killed Sunday, six persons Saturday and a woman Friday night. Mrs. Roberta Barnett, 35, Scottsburg, was killed Sunday night when a car driven by Ronald Higdon, 19, Scottsburg, skidded into her car head-on on U.S. 31 three miles south of Scottsburg. The crash injured one teen-ager critically and another seriously. Harriett Corl, 37, Milan, Mich., was killed Sunday when a car driven by Marius Van De Weghe, 56, New Haven, rammed her automobile at the intersection of Ind. 101 and U.S. 24 in Allen County. The Corl car bounced into the path of a truck carrying itinerant laborers. The victim was thrown out landed under the truck wheels. Janice Joy Harter, 20, and Shelly Lynn FendaH, 20, both of New Albany, were Injured fatally Saturday when their car went but of control in a passing jam, on hilly Ind. 62 five miles north of Charlestown. The car hit a guard rail and sailed 91 feet landing at the bottom of a 50-foot embankment. Charles Michael Donovan, 77, Indianapolis, died in Indianapolis General Hospital Saturday after he was hit by a car at an Indinapolis intersection. James H. Jacobs, 16, Nashville, died in Bartholomew County Hospital, Columbus, about six hours after he was found under a motorcycle on a Brown County road two miles north of Nashville Saturday. William Rudy Hentzler, 31, Bourbon, was killed Saturday when his car went out of control, hit a pole and rolled over twice on an Allen County road three miles north of New Haven. A truck left Ind. 161 near Tennyson killing its driver William Stephens, 25, Dale. Katherine Moore, 29, South Conti nuea on s a«e Five) Policeman Killed During Gun Battle Another Officer, Two Men Wounded QUINCY, ni. (UP)—One policeman was killed and another policeman and two other men were wounded today in a gun fight near downtown Quincy. Palice officers Earl Smith and Gene Huddleston were called in the police ambulance to pick up Herbert Grussmeyer. who had been shot and wounded by his brother-in-law, Kenneth Darnell, during a fight. Policeman Osmar Milbert, about 50, also went to the scene in a squad car. As the ’policemen pulled UP in front of Grussmeyer’s home, Darnell ran out of the house, hid behind his automobile and started firing at the policemen with a high powered rifle. Milbert was hit with a bullet in the neck and killed by Darnell in the battle. Huddleston was hit in a foot by another shot fired by Darnell. Darnell himself was hit by one of the policemen and suffered a leg wound. After he was hit. Darnell threw up his hands and surrendered to Smith. Grussmeyer, Huddleston and Darnell were taken to a hospital for treatment of their wounds. Police said charges would be filed against Darnell later today. The reason for the argument between Darnell and Grussmeyer was not determined immediately. The police ambulance was hit with 16 bullets during the fight and Darnell's car was hit by nine bullets. , R

Zhukov Ousted By Russia As Defense Head Changes Likely To Fix Krushchev As Firmly In Control LONDON (UP) - Western diplomats predicted today that the dismissal of Marslal Georgi K, Zhukov as Soviet defense minister will be followed shortly, possibly within the next few days, by additional changes in Soviet leadership. They expect the changes to establish Communist Party leader Nikita Khrushchev firmly in control. That probability seemed to be forecast in a long editorial in today’s issue of the Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda. That editorial stated in the wake of Zhukov's “release” ' from his job Saturday that “party direction” has been and still is the only source of strength in the Soviet Union. The editorial made no mention of Zhukov or his future. But there have been predictions ranging I from a report that he would be ! named premier of the Soviet Union • to one that he would be appointed t ambassador to Washington. A Familiar Ring t It was noted that the Pravda I editorial was similar in tone to t editorials that have preceded other ■ recent major reorganizations in the Kremlin high command. Pravda made it clear that the j Communist Party was the chief . architect of the victories of the . Bolshevik revolution 40 years ago, the civil war and World War 11. There was no official or unofficial Soviet guidance on what if any new post was planned for , Zhukov. But diplomatic observers i noted that the Pravda editorial went out of its way to emphasize that the party was the supreme authority over the armed forces. < This seemed a clear indication that Khrushchev, as head of the party, was the victor in what may have been the latest struggle for power in Soviet ranks over Zhukov, as head of the armed forces. Says White House in Dark White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said in Washington the Eisenhower administration had received no indications of the reasons behind Zhukov's removal. Communist newspapers which praised Zhukov Saturday and predicted great things tor him did an abrupt about face today and said the possibility of a major promotion appears to be totally discarded. The well-informed West German (non-Communist) newspaper B. Z. (initials) said flatly Zhukov had been firSd because he warned Khrushchev against his anti-Amer-ican policy. It said a number of Zhukov's close army friends also were fired. Pravda Silent Despite Moscow’s silence—t h e Communist organ Pravda failed even to mention Zhukov todaydiplomatic sources in London believed Khrushchev was finally on top almost on the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. The well-informed Times of London summed up the situation in an editorial today when it said: “In whatever post (if any) Marshal Zhukov finds himself it seems it has been made deliberately clear it is with Khrushchev alone that power at the present resides.” , , „ The Manchester Guaadian’s So- '■ viet expert Victor Zorza pointed out that if Marshal Zhukov became premier or even president, “the separation of Zhukov from ' the armed ftrces whicch such a ‘promotion’ would imply would deprive him of his hold on one of the most effective levers of power. A Soviet expert in Washington said: Fueling ThAr Way "Look at it this way. The Soviet people are suddenly told their respected hero is out of a Job. No other job is mentioned tor him. It’s bound to look worse as time passes and he isn't given a naw (Continued qn Page Five)

<ix Ce«b