Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 258.

- Y ' lOU .miwili lohi■!r t -P» KJ3i THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS and not all of them children, either, from all parts of the county lined the streets of Decatur Thursday night for the annual Callithumpian parade. Squeezed four or five deep all along Second street from Five Points to Jackson, the crowd enjoyed the hour and a half show. The above crowd stood at the corner of Second and Madison for the show.—(Staff Photo)

Soviet Papers Ready Zhukov For Disgrace Party Newspapers Preparing People For Public Disgrace LONDON (UP)— TVWO TOP Soviet publications started preparing the Russian people today for the public disgrace of Red army hero Marshal Georgi Zhukov. The Soviet naval organ Red Fleet called l( for “decisive condemnation" of “exaltation of individual . . swaggering. . .military leaders'. ’’ ' The Soviet party newspaper Pravda printed an article noting the “apostates and renegades, right or left wing schismatists and fractionaries" in the party have “invariably met with crushing rebuff.” Cleared Red Censors Dispatches on both articles cleared meticulous Soviet censorship. The censors also passed a line in a dispatch that referred to Zhukov as a “former hero.” 6 The liberal Paris newspaper "Franc Tireur” said the Kremlin was holding up announcement of Zhukov's fate because he refuses to sign a “confession of errors” at party chief Nikita S. Khurshchev's command. None has come although informed sources said the Communist Party's 133-member Central Committee had made its decision on Zhukov Wednesday. Westerners still expected the announcement within the next few days—or even hours. Possibly as part of the groundwork for making the announcement, the Soviet News Agency Tass Thursday night distributed a Communist Chinese statement giving unqualified support to Khrushchev’s insistence on supremacy of the party over the army. Zhukov was commander in chief of the Red army as well as defense minister. Western as well as Communist reports have said his downfall was caused by Khrushchev’s fear the army was getting more powerful that the party. Party Is The Power The Tass report quoted Li Bo Chen, a Red Chinese military official and politburo member, as saying in the Peiping daily that the first and basic principle of the army is “absolute leadership of the party.” Franc Tireur said that during the “bargaining" that has gone on this week between him and the army hero, Khrushchev has agreed to reduce Zhu k o v’s “faults” to modest proportions if he would accuse himself publicly. But Zhukov so far has refused to have any part of the idea and that 4s why the Soviet announcement on his fate has been postponed twice after reports that it was “imminent," France Timer said. Sleeper Awakened As Auto Hits Bed GARY (TO — Richard Hotchklns. 17, Gary, was awakened unexpectedly Thursday when an automobile rammed through a wall of his apartment and hit the bed in which he was sleeping. Both Hotchkins and Billy Carter, 23. Gary, driver of the car, were injured and hospitalized. Damage was estimated at $7,000.

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Annual Halloween Parade Held Here First Band Prize To Berne School A huge crowd lined the downtown streets of Decatur Thursday evening for the 1957 Callithumpian parade and then jammed Decatur high school gym for the P.T.A. fall festival. A fine parade featuring 12 bands, new and old cars, military equipment, mounted Shriners and the Shriner calliope, farm implements, horse riders and masked individuals and groups too numerous to mention, was led by Decatur police cars and the Decatur fire truck. First place in band competition wiht’ to the Berne-French high school band. Other awards in the contest were Monmouth, second, and Huntertown, third. Among the bands in parade but not competing were the Decatur high school band', the Decatur Catholic high school band, the Decatur junior high school band and a grade school band composed of youngsters from the public and Catholic schools. Judges for the band event were Clyde Ploughe, Ossian high school band director, and Norman Guard, local florist and band director at Poling high school. These judges also named winners in the drum major contest won by Adams Central, first, and Berne-French, second. ~ Twenty prizes were awarded to individuals and groups who were masked in a variety of costumes. Judges in this section of the event included Joseph Kaehr, Robert Heller, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sanmann, Robert Haggerty, Mr. and Mrs. Gail Grabill, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ashbaucher, Mr. and Mrs. * Francis Ellsworth, Dr. R. E. Alison, William Schnepf and Harry Young. The parade prizes went to Billy Burk, best comic strip man; Alicia Morales and Dora DeLeon, Spanish Louis Jones, best conflc strip boy; Katherine Walter, best comic strip girl; Joe Gray and James Beery, tallest men; Von Call, best fat boy; Tom Arnold, John Boch, Robert Boch, Jr., and Robert Webert, best masked group of three or more. Mrs. Gladys Reynolds, most original adult; John Becker, most original.-boy;..- Rex Funk, most original girl; Athan Burk, most comically dressed pet; Mike Burke, best decorated pet-drawn toy vehicle; Clem Baker, best adult clown; David Alberding, I best kid clown; Donna Noll, best witch; Nick Conrad, best ghost for the seventh consecutive year; Carl Miller and Fred Brecht, best decorated toy wagon and bicycle; Mrs. Paul Sapp and Nancy Sapp, best masked couple, and Toby and Benny Sapp, best animal impersonation. The parade, lasting almost an hour and a half, was one of the best organized in recent years. Praise was given by parade chairmen and officials for the assistance of the Adams county amateur radio operators who set up mobile radio equipment along the parade route for relaying information concerning the flow of the parade. Kenneth Shannon, general chairman, offered an apology today for the absence of Miss Susan Custer, 1957 Adams county soybean queen, who was originally scheduled to appear in the narade. Shannon explained that the queen’s gown and crown were! (Continue* on Page Eight) I

Tough Actions May Follow On Zhukov Ouster Washington Waits With Apprehension For After Effects WASHINGTON (UP) — Tough new statements, and perhaps actions, may follow Communist Party boss Nikita Khrushchev's newest struggle for consolidating power in the Stalin pattern, officials said today. Official Washington is waiting with some apprehension for word from Moscow -to interpret the significance of the Kremlin battle to the Free World. Ominous overtones are seen in Khrushchev's ever-tightening grip on Soviet power in his conflict with the army. Once the crisis of defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov’s ouster is past, officials said the bluster will begin. This will be an attempt to cover up any signs the struggle may have caused internal weakness. From President Eisenhower on down there is no feeling that 1. The Soviet power battle is over, or 2, that Khrushchev can be trusted. Allen Dulles, chief of the Central Intelligence Agency recently reflected top-level views when he said Khrushchev's "impetuosity and unpredictability remain a matter of grave concern in an international situation as tense as that today." This statement was made before Zhukov's removal. Zhukov and the military became the dominate physical power in the Soviet Uniop after Stalin died and secret police chief Lavrenti Beria was executed. Zhukov’s power was credited by intelligence agencies with keying the previous Kremlin shakeup in June when Molotov, Kaganovich, Malenkov and Shepilov were sacked in a political battle with Khrushchev. As the collective leadership pattern is stripped away, officials said brakes likewise are removed on Khrushchev's swash-buckling, vodka-swigging behavior. One of the big questions here is how long Khrushchev himself can last as he forces decisions in contests with his aides. Khrushchev’s troubles are far from over, according to official views. He is facing a chaotic situation in the grand plan to decentralize Soviet industry and his name is linked with the Soviet Union's ever-troublesome agricultural program. Two AF Sergeants Held For Forgery WASHINGTON (IP) — The Secret Service has arrested two Air Force sergeants for forging more than SIOO,OOO in government checks at Parkks Air Force Base, Calif. The service said the airmen’s operations became so big that they opened up a restaurant as a front to dispose of the checks. It said a preliminary investigation indicated, at least 400 checks totalling more than SIOO,000 were forged. More than 400,000 other checks were being scrutinized to discover the full extent of the scheme. Arrested and charged with forgery were T/Sgt. Theodore Goldberg, 28, of Louisville, Ky., and S/Sgt. Charles A. Evans, 27, of Dyersburg, Tenn.

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Cutbacks By Air Force To Aid Missiles Less Crucial Parts | Cut Back To Boost Missiles Program WASHINGTON (W — The Air Force, determined to keep missile and space procurement programs operating full blast, was forced today into making further sacrifices in less crucial activities. The cutbacks, coming on top of recent economy reductions, are necessary to make up increased costs in missile-plane purchases of 800 million dollars since last January. An Air Force spokesman disclosed that the rise, amounting to almost 10 percent of the entire pro--gram, was due to higher labor and material costs. Part also resulted from too low estimates in the budget President Eisenhower submitted to Congress at the beginning of the year. Costs High The cost of the program now totals $9,600,000,000 — more than h|lf the entire Air Force budget ®f $18,200,000,000. The Air Force announced Tbwsx day night that its “Snark" longrange strategic missile was successfully test fired earlier in the day at the Cape Canaveral, Fla., testing center. The “Snark” is a winged, pilotless bomber destined for eventual use by the Strategic Air Command. It has flown as far as 3,000 miles. Eisenhower, meanwhile, huddled with his cabinet today for what was expected to be another highlevel review of America’s course in meeting Russia’s Challenge in the space-missile era. The meeting followed an extraordinary session Thursday of the National Security Council which presumably dealt with the same problems. At the same time, Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D-N. M.), chairman of the Joint Congressional Atomic (Continued on Page Five) Local Man Injured When Hit By Auto Fred Engle Injured When Hit Thursday Fred Engle, 67, of Rugg street, Is listed in fair condition at the Adams county memorial hospital today. He was taken to the hospital Thursday night suffering injuries sustained when he was hit by a car as he crossed Winchester street near Five Points at 10:15 p. m. Engle was on foot and was struck by a car driven by Raymond O’Campo, 17, of 703 North 11th street. As a result of the accident, Engle sustained a broken right leg, a broken nose, a possible slight skull fracture, multiple lacerations to his face and numerous bruises about his body. According to investigating officer Victor Strickler of the Decatur police force, Engle was not on the cross walk. O’Campo stated that he was traveling south on Second street and was about to turn onto Winchester when he saw Engle starting to cross the street, going from east to west. Engle was in the middle of the street when he apparently saw the approaching O’Campo car and started back to the east side. However, in the meantime, O’Campo had applied his brakes and had swerved into the left lane in an effort to hitting the man. The »point of impact occurred almost 10 feet south of the cross walk and in the east lane of traffic. Slight’ damage was caused to the car when Engle was thrown up onto the vehicle. Several persons witnessed the accident. City police stated today that the investigation is being continued.

New Billing System For City Utilities New Meter Reading i- Plan Is Instituted Mayor Robert Cole announced today the institution of a new Lystem for reading electric and *water meters in the two Decatur ' utility departments and a change in the billing for these depart,F™Jn the past, several persons from each department were taken off other work in the department for a few days a month to ’ read the meters. Effective today, one man will do nothing but read the meters on a full time basis. • * Ellis E. Call of Decatur, an employe of the city for several years in the maintenance department at’the city’s steam generation plant on Third street, has been appointed meter reader for the city. ’ Call will have regular routes covering all homes in the city. When the schedule of routes is completely settled, he will be calling at each house at approximately the same time each month. The new system of reading meters will necessitate a change in the billing system, Cole pointed out. In the past, all bills were due on the 15th of the month.. Under the new setup, billing will i be staggered and individual residents will have different due dates. Cole emphasized that this month’s bills will be due, as usual, on Nov, 15. The next billing to each customer will carry that customer's due date. The due date will be printed on each bill in the future. Cole added that with the new billing system, office work at the city hall will be made more efficient and it will take less work to accomplish the task of sending i out utility bills. He also stated that, in addition to reading the meters, Call will have charge of inspecting the meters to determine if they have been stopped, tampered with or broken in any way. The mayor indicated that there might be some confusion among utility customers over the new billing system until they become accustomed to it. However, he said, a similar system has been utilized by the Northern Indiana Public Service company for billing gas customers and it has proved entirely satisfactory to the company and the consumers. Community Fund Is Only S7OO Short Some Reports Are Still Outstanding The Decatur Community Fund drive is now only S7OO short of the $18,450 goal, according to an announcement made today by M. J. Pryor, general chairman of the campaign. Pryor pointed out that a few reports are still outstanding and that these reports, plus donations from persons who were not contacted, will undoubtedly push the figure up to the quota sought. Those persons who were not cohtacted, including Decatur residents who work outside the city of Decatur, are asked to contribute their share to the Community Fund which, through its agencies, benefits everyone living in this community. Pryor explained that any person who wishes to donate to the drive may do so by contacting him or the First State Bank. He asked that these donations be made immediately since he hopes to wind up the campaign bv the first of next week. The board of directors were highly elated earlier this week to receive an unexpected donation of <310.20 from the .membership of the Apostolic Christian Church. Thev expressed appreciation to the members of the church who gave so generously to the fund drive. (Continued on Page iFive)

Syria, West Powers Drop Probe Plans Withdraw Plans To ‘ Probe War Crisis On Syria, Turkey united Nations, n.y. <up> —Syria and the Western powers today both withdrew their proposals for investigating the TurkishSyrian war crisis which the West contends was artificially created by Russia. The action followed a plan carefully worked out in two days of conferences. Indonesian Ambassador Ali Sastroamidjojo appealed to both sides to “resolve their differences in good will, m accordance with the principles of the charter and the Bandung Conference" of Asian powers held in 1955. Sastroamidjojo called on Syria and Turkey to refrain from any action likely to worsen the situatiorn He appealed to both Syria, which had demanded a sevenpower investigation, and to seven Western powers who had asked Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold to step into the "crisis”, not to press their resolutions. Ambassador Hans ®ngen of Norway, speaking for.Ms own country and Caitada, Denmark, Japan, Paraguay, Peru and Spain—the sponsors of the Western resolu-tion-announced that they would not insist bn a vote on their measure if Syria did likewise. Syrian Foreign Minister Salah El Bitar said Syria would not insist on a vote on its resolution so long as the item remained on the “We sincerely hope,” Bitar said, “that the other party, acting likewise, will take all measures to dispel the causes of tension... Such j measures would make purposeless I the submission of our complaint here and would improve relations between our neighboring countries.” Turkish Ambassador Selim Sarper said he hoped the assembly's debate would make world opinion aware of the situation and "contribute to dissipation of the real causes and thereby relieve existing tension in the Middle East. Mrs. Bertha Eaton Dies This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Mrs. Bertha Maybel Eaton, 76, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 6 o’clock this morning at her home one and one-half miles south of Decatur on U. S. highway 27. Death was sudden, following a stroke, although she had been in poor health following a fall four years ago in which she suffered a broken hip. She was born in Adams county Nov. 7. 1881, a daughter of William and Mary A. Cline-Spuller. Her husband, Thomas Eaton, preceded her in death. _ Mrs. Eaton was a member of the First Methodist church in this city. Surviving are a son, Tony Eaton, at home, and two sisters. Miss Flossie Spuller and Mrs. Bessie Johnson, both of Decatur. One brother preceded her in death Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Virgil W. Sexton officiating. Burial will be in East Salem cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Little temperature change. Low tonight 36-44. High Saturday 58-64 north, 64-72 south. Sunset today 5:44 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 7:14 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Cloudy and turning colder. Lows Saturday night in the 40a. Highs Sunday around 60.

Week’s Speaker I I Wr I Rev. Rom H. Minkler Spiritual Emphasis Week Opens Sunday Annual Services To Open Sunday Night Further details for the annual Spiritual Emphasis week services, which will open at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church Sunday evening at 7:3C o'clock, were announced today. Services will be held each evening at 7:so o'clock with the ex. ceptioft of Friday evening, wher the service will begin at 7 p. m. There will be no service- Saturday night. The annual services are sponsored by the Associated Churches of Decatur. The Rev. Ross H. Minkler, pastor of the Larchmont Church oi God, Louisville, Ky., will be guest speaker for the week’s services. Rev. Minkler has held meetings throughout the United States and Canada. He has also spoken in such foreign countries as Egypt and Greece. He is founder and director of the.radio broadcast, “The Green Pastures,” which has been on radio for ten years. He has also composed several gospel songs and choruses. Darrell Gerig, music teacher in the Monmouth schools, will be the song leader ,for the services. Ministers of tt>e participating churches will assist in the services, and special music will be presented at each service. A nursery will be provided during the meetings. One of the features of the week will be a mass youth meeting at 6 o'clock Sunday evening, Nov. 10, at the First Christian church. Dr. Minkler will be the speaker and arrangements for the serlvce will be made by the youth of the Christian church, in cooperation with leaders of the other youth groups. Presiding ministers, assisting pastors, ushers and special music for the week follow: Sunday — Rev. W. -C. Feller, presiding; Rev. Harold Bond, scripture; Rev. J. O. Penrod, prayer; ushers from the Missionary, Nazarene and Zion Evangelical and Reformed churches; special music by the Adams county home demonstration chorus. Monday—Rev. L. T. Norris, presiding; Rev. Gerald Gerig, scripture; Rev. C. E. Lykins, prayer; ushers by Presbyterian and Church of Christ; music by the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church. Tuesday— Rev. Paul Parker, presiding; Rev. Traverse Chandler, scripture; Rev. Huston Sever, Jr., prayer; ushers by Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church and Church of God; special music by First Baptist church. Wednesday (youth night)—Rev. Stuart Brightwell, presiding; Carroll Myers, scripture; Rev. Virgil Sexton, prayer; ushers by Bethany and Nuttman Ave. U. B. churches: music by the Decatur high school chorus. Thursday—Rev. Benj. G. Thomas, presiding: Rev. Bever, scripture: Rqv. Bond v praver: ushers by First Bantist and Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren churches; music by First Presby(Continued on Page Five)

; Paid $15,000 I For Advice On | Running Union Adviser To Ike In I 1952 Campaign Is I Hearing Witness | WASHINGTON (UP) - Meriyn i S. Pitzele, labor adviser to Presir ? dent Eisenhower in the 195? eam- ? paign, testified today ' Teamster | President Dave Beck once paid him $15,000 for "advice” on how I to run the union. II He said the money was paid him *, through Nathan W. Shefferman, labor relations consultant and -1 Beck’s personal friend. Pitzele, who was also chairman of the New York State Mediation Board for some of his time on the Beck-Shefferman payroll, told the Senate Rackets Committee he quit his advisory role in 1955 "when I I had my belly full” of the "festerling” corruption he found in the Teamsters. Pitzele has been labor editor of Business Week magazine since il 1941. He served as a labor adt- viser to New York Gov. Thomas n E. Dewey in the 1944 and 194 S d presidential campaigns. 0 In 1952, he traveled on the Eisenhower campaign train and contributed to Eisenhower speeches ’’ “ UbO Re C .H. Beck Offer , I Pitzele testified that Beck tried Jto hire him outright soon after s taking over as president of the j Teamsters in 1952. “ He recalled that Beck at the time was hailed as a strong man H who was going to clean up the *'giant Teamsters Union. Pitzele said he was summoned ■•|lnto Beck’s presence by his old i friend, David Kaplan, a former d Teamsters Union economist. o Beck, he said, “offered me a job s at my own figure, with any title, s working for the Teamsters Union, o He wanted me to take over all i- publications, improve* them and o edit them...” "Though this was a flattering j offer,” the witness said, “I turned it down—not because I felt Mr. Beck was a bad or evil man, but jbecause I did not want to change ' the direction of my own career.” Accepts Later Offer ! Beck called him again later, he ‘ said, and “told me he wanted to ; use me as an adviser...on how to k clean up the waterfront, to recom- ! mend improvement in (Teamster) publications, and on what the c Teamsters should be doing to imt prove relations with employers. “I said I would be glad to do this.” He said Kaplan told him that > Beck “wants to put this on a busi- > ness basis. Pitzele said he asked J Kaplan what the fee should be, . and Kaplan suggested a retainer of $5,000 a year plus expenseathough Pitzele said he never drew , money for expenses. Pitzele said Nathan Shefferman, the committee's current target on ’ “union-busting” charges, appeared ■ to be “chancellor of the ex- ’ chequer” for the Teamster presi- * dent. He said he received checks ' each year from Labor Relations 5 Assbclates, “which was compensa--3 tion for the advising I did for Beck 1 and the Teamsters Union.” Chairman John L. McClellan , (D-Ark.) began the day’s hearing , by palling for Zygmunt (Ziggy) , Snyder, elusive official of Team--1 (Continued on Page Five) I Mrs. Grover Farber ; Dies At Pennville w Mrs. Grover Farber, 66, Penn- ’ ville, died at noon Thursday in a II Pennville nursing home. Surviving > in addition to her husband are a • daughter, Mrs. Joe Garner of near Decatur; two sons, George Blount u of Campbellsburg, and Robert 1 Blount of Geneva; a sister, Mrs. * Faye Franklin of Marshall, Mich.; • a brother, James Layman of Portr land; five stepdaughters and s stepson. Funeral services will be held a‘ 1 p.m. Saturday at the Williamso ’ funeral home In Portland, the Re*' Purl Taylor and the Rev. Merle ’ Moore officiating. Burial will fee i” ' Green Park cemetery, Portland.

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