Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 267.

CHECKOUT AFTER CHECKUP

n |" IM—I JSH •«****—■' *U wW **** i J SMILING BROADLY, President Eisenhower leaves Walter Reed Hospital in Washington after his first head-to-toe physical checkup since his reelcct'on. Behind the President is his personal physician Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder (center) and Press Secretary James Hagerty. Mr. Eisenhower was found to be in excellent shape.

Russia Joins In Moves To Oust Hussein Soviet Radio Joins Egypt And Syria In Moves Against King By WALTER LOGAN. United Press Staff Correspondent Moscow Radio joined Egypt and Syria today in attempts to drive King Hussein off the throne ot Jordan. Cairo newspapers said “King Hussein’s fate is sealed.” Arab language broadcasts by Moscow Radio beamed to the Middle East appeared aimed at stirring up Palestinian refugees against Hussein in the campaign of assassination begun by Cairo Radio In Amman itself Hussein moved to bolster his shaky throne by receiving a delegation of Palestine refugees and thanking them for 'their faithfulness to the throne,” Jordan's state radio at Ramallah announced. Moscow said Hussein was an “ally and a friend of the bitterest enemies of the Arab world — the USA, Britain and Turkey.” It said he had plotted secretly with Israel and was an enemy of Arab unity. New Charges by Egypt The Egyptian press heaped new coals on the smouldering fire today with charges that only American support keeps Hussein on the throne. Tne Cairo newspaper Al Shaab said the United States engineered a coup against the Jordanian people to keep Hussein on the throne and said the same power “created and is now bolstering up Israel." The newspaper' Al Ahram warned in a seven column headline: "King Hussein’s Life In Danger.” It quoted Damascus reports that security measures were increased around the King's palace. The official government newspaper Al Gomhouria said Hussein used "cruel and repressive measures against the Jordanian people” and said he was "seeking the protection of the Eisenhower Doctrine and the Baghdad Pact.” Cairo's Voice of the Arabs said Monday night Hussein had betrayed the Arab neutralist front to serve “American imperialist interests in the Mideast.” It said Egypt and Syria were determined to aid Hussein “until he bolted the Arab cause and took arms from the United States." Has Support of Saud Hussein was believed to still have the support of King Saud of Saudi Arabia and his cousin, King Feisal of neighboring Iraq, but whether those two monarchs could halt a propaganda-sparked revolt against Hussein remained to be seen. , . Syria remained tense because of what it called “abnormal and unprecedented” troop movements along the Turkish-Syrian border An official communique Monday night said "necessary precautions’) had been taken following Monday’s emergency cabinet meeting. „ „.. In the United Nations the United States and Syria were disclosed to have begun-talks aimed at patching up their diplomatic differences and perhaps replace the ambassadors withdrawn by (Continued on Page Five)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Death Discharged From Police Force Attorney Indicates Appeal On Decision Dale Death, a member of the Decatur police force for the past ten years, was ordered discharged permanently from the department by an order of the board of public works and safety ' made this morning in city hail. Robert S. Anderson, attorney for Death, indicated that the decision of the board as well as the public intoxication conviction, which led to the dismissal, would be appealed. Death was arrested on the public intoxication charge Friday, Nov. 1, and entered a plea of guilty to the charge the following day in city court. A hearing, conducted by the board of works, to consider disciplinary action against him, was held last Thursday and continued to this morning. Mayor Robert Cole, a member of the board along with city attorney John L. DeVoss and city councilman Norbert Aumann, issued a statement following, this morning’s session. He stated, “The board of public works and safety has conducted this hearing on charges preferred by chief of police James M. Borders. The statutes of the state of Indiana concerning such charges have been followed. All police officers of the city of Decatur are on tenure and cannot be removed except for cause. “We believe that we have given Mr. Death a fair hearing and our ruling does not arise out of any personal motive, nor from politics nor is it capricious or illegal, but is founded on the facts as presented to the board. It is an unfortunate occurence but we believe that In the best interest of the citizens of the cly of Decatur and of the police department of the city of Decatur that we have no alternative but to discharge this officer." A vigorous protest was made by Anderson this morning against the inclusion of the affidavit and the certified record of city court proceedings in the transcript of the board of works hearing. He sS|d that these documents were not introduced during the hearing and Anderton stated that for this should not be a part of the record on the hearing. Anderson told the board, "You have not realized the gravity of the situation. Economically, you have ruined this man'slli e ” He added that, in his Opinion, the board failed to give careful consideration to three other important points: that Death has been very cooperative throughout the entire affair, that he was off duty at the time of the offense and that a good portion of police chief Borders’ testimony was favorable to Death. He concluded by stating, "Os course, we have no alternative but to appeal the decision and we will also appeal the public intoxication conviction.” The. latter appeal. Was filed today and the appeal on the decision will be filed sometime within the next 30 days. Both appeals will be in Adams circuit court.

Jes Distance Record Set By Giant Tanker General LeMay At Controls Os Plane For Record Flight BUENOS AIRES (TO - Gen. Curtis E. LeMay set a new jet distance record today when he flew here non stop from Westover, Mass., in a giant Stratojet tanker. It was a dramatic demonstration of the Unted States intercontinental striking power. LeMay, who helped develop the U. S. Strategic Air Force into the West's chief deterrent against Communist aggression, displayed a speedup in America’s hydrogen bomb striking power. He flew the eight-jet KC-135 tanker to Buenos Aires in 13 hours and two minutes. It was a 6,300-mile non-stop flight, the longest ever made without refueling in flight. He took off from Westover at 3:48 p.m. c.s.t. Monday and landed at 4:50 a.tn. c.s.t. The presence of Lemay—second in command of the Air Force—added to the surprise show of air versatility in answer to Russia’s Sputniks. HH 500 M P.H. During the flight the Air Force said the big tanker hit speeds of more than 500 miles an hour and flew at an altitude of more than 35,000 feet. The KC-135 carried a crew of 19 including Lemay, Air Force vice chief of staff. The Air Force did not announce the flight publicly in advance. But some newsmen were alerted that it might be attempted. The historic flight was originated as a highlight of Argentina’s National Aviation Week. But it also dramatically turned the world spotlight back on America’s chief retaliatory weapon, its long-range Strategic Air Command, after weeks of space missile talk generated by Russia’s launching of two earth satellites. , The KC-135 is" designed to help the nUClear-armed 942 s get to their targets faster, anywhere in the world. The jet tanker can refuel the big bombers on the run without loss of speed or altitude. At present they are refueled by DC-97 propeller-driven tankers which are much slower and have a top altitude of 25,000 to 30,000 feet. B-52s have to slow down, drop from their normal 50,000-foot cruising altitude, refuel and then climb back up again, consuming HUM* nn Piure 811* Henry W. Fuelling Dies Monday Night Retired Root Twp. Farmer Dies Monday Henry W. Fuelling, 76, retired farmer, died suddenly at 10:30 o’clock Monday night at his home in Root township, four and onehalf miles north of Decatur. Although he had been ill for the past two years, death was unexpected. He was born in Adams county Aug. 11, 1880, a son of Fred and Sophia Horman-Fuelling, and lived practically his entire life in Root township. He was married to Louise Kukelhan April 21, 1910. Mr. Fuelling was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife; two sons Laurence Fuelling, at home, and Wilbert Fuelling of Decatur; one daughter, Mrs. Walter Doctor of the Tillman road, Fort Wayne; seven grandchildren; one brother, Fred Fuellin gos Adams county, and one sister, Mrs. Herman Franz of Decatur. A son, Harold Fuelling, was killed in 1945 while serving with the armed forces on the Luzon islands. Two other sons died in infancy. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran church, the Rev. Fred Droegemueller officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. Cut Water Pressure Half-Hour Tonight Ralph Roop, superintendent of the city water department, announced this afternoon that water pressure throughout the city will be lowered for about a- half hour tonight beginning at 9 p. m. Roop said that a valve located in a main at the intersection of Adams and Winchester streets will be repaired at that time and it will be necessary to reduce the pressure until the repair is completed. He added that the work would be done as quickly as possible.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 12,1957

Stevenson Declines To Help Prepare American Program For Meeting

West Powers Oppose Korean Part In Debate Prepared To Block Communist Effort For North Koreans UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) ' —The western powers prepared today to block any attempt by the Communist bloc to give the Red North Korean regime a voice in the United Nations debate on Korea. The Communist attempt was expected at the opening of annual debate by the U.N. General Assembly’s main political committee on the unification of Korea this morning. , Behind, the scenes, the United States continued consultations with its allies on an Indian plan to expand the U.N. Disarmament Commission and end the threat of a Soviet boycott of future arms talks. The Indian plan would add seven members to the Disarmament! Commission, currently made up of the 11-nation Security CouncilIt was designed to thwart the. Soviet “ultimatum” that it would not] participate in future talks of the ’ commission or its subcommittee* “in their present composition. In the face of the "threat," the United States with the concurrence of Britain, France and Canada, last week privately rejected the Indian proposal. However, after a week’s “cooling off” period, the arms question is scheduled to come before the General Assembly for final action on Thursday *and a modified Indian plan is scheduled to be introduced. , . The Security Council was scheduled to resume discussions this afternoon on the Indian-Pakistani dispute over Kashmir. Monday's session came to an abrupt halt when Indian Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon l&oscd(Continued on Pare Three) Juries Are Drawn For November Term Circuit Court Term Begins Next Monday Grand and petit juries for the November term of Adams circuit court were drawn this morning by the jury commissioners in the office of county clerk Richard Lewton. The November term begins Monday. Named to the grand jury were W. M. Fiechter, French township; Claude Edw. Foreman, DecaturRoot; Franklin T. Oliver, MonroeWashington; Martin L. Hoffman, Monroe - Washington; Ivan G. Booher. Geneva; Otto J. Bieberich, Preble township; Ross McKean, Decatur-Washington; Richard Arnold. Kirkland township; Rudolph F. Deßolt, Jefferson township; O. W. P. Macklin, De-’atur-Washington; Alpha Barkley, St. Mary’s township, and Orlanda Lehman, Monroe township. The 24 names drawn for the petit jury includg Paul Hilyard, Decatur-Root; Richard A. Hill, Washington township; Raymond E. Fields, Geneva; Walter Conrad, Kirkland township; Virgil Bowers, Kirkland township; Herman Ehlerding, Preble township;. Edwin Collier, Berne; Roy E. Barnes, Hartford township: Robert Aeschliman, Decatur-Washington; John C. Morgan, Decatur-Washington; Kenneth Beer, Jefferson township. Oscar H. Fuelling, Union township; Lester Wayne Ford, DecaturRoot; .Leo Faurote, Root township; Martin F. Gallmeyer, Preble township; Howard D. Nussbaum, Monroe township; Menno- Hanni, Geneva; Harvey F. Lawson, Blue Creek township; Lester L. Farlow, Berne: Herman Bixler, Geneva: Alvin Bollenbacher, Wabash township; Leo E. Engle, French township, and Vilas D. Elzey, Root township.

Fate Os Dog Aboard i Sputnik A Mystery Scientists Believe Space Dog Is Dead LONDON (UP) -The fate of Laika, the dog aboard Sputnik 11, was growing into somewhat of a mystery today Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin told reporters Monday night the dog was alive when the satellite was last heard from Sunday but That he had received no new reports. Moscow scientists expressed be- ' lief the space dog was dead, and the Communist newspaper L’Unita said today in Rome it was dead 1 although the official announcement had been held up. The latest Sputnik rumor ■ cropped up in New Delhi where wholly unconfirmed reports said Laika had landed near Jubbulpore 1 in Central India, after being ’ ejected by an escape mechanism. The Baltimore (Md.) Sun quoted ■ an unidentified source in Russia as saying the dog was catapulted successfully out ot its orbiting satellite and landed some 30 miles from Moscow. It did not say if ‘the dog was -alive. ' United Press Correspondent Henry Shapiro said in a Moscow cuspateh there was no confirmation of this report- or a similar ! one printed Monday in Stockholm's Communist newspaper Ny ■Dag. Shapiro said such rumors had been floating around Moscow for several days but that Russian officials were not commenting. Most Western scientists believe the dog died when Sputnik Il's * radio transmitters went dead Saturday. Sputnik I and Sputnik II continued to circle the earth today but the possibility of visual sightings will be slight, according to experts at the Smithsonian Astrophysical . 'on'!-u>“" on Page Four) Brother Os Decatur Man Taken By Death Calvin Amick has received word of the death of his brother, Willis Amick, of St. John. Also surviving are his wife, Sara; two daughters. Fay Agnes of Kansas City, Mo., and Margaret May of Hammond; one sister, Mrs. Gladys Smith of Anderson, and two other brothers Elmer of Louisville, Ky., and Guy of Hammond. Funeral services and burial will be held Thursday at Hammond. Mrs. Minnie Essex Dies This Morning Funernl Services Thursday Morning Mrs. Minnie May Essex, 76, wife of Merl Essex, died suddenly at 5:30 o’clock this morning at her home one and one-half miles west of Coppess Corners. She had been ailing for two years but her death was unexpected. She was bom in Washington township Nov. 5, 1881, to Ezra and Martha Rice-Leßrun. She was first married in 1898 to Frank Cop* pess, who died in 1950. She was married to Merl Essex in 1953. ' Mrs. Essex was a member of the Winchester United Brethren church. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, Calvin Coppess of Coppess Corners, and Albert Coppess of Washington township; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Foley of Preble; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Marie Fox of Blue Creek township, and Mrs. Chloe Fortney of Pleasant Mills; one stepson, Jesse Essex of Decatur; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Coy Martz of Monroe. One sister preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Paul Parker officiating. Burial' will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday until time of the services.

Garcia Given J Early Lead In 1 Philippines Incumbent Leads I I In Early Voting In Phj'ippines MANILA (UP) —President j Carlos P. Garcia and vice presi- j dential candidate Jose Laurel Jr. ran up early leads today in first 1 returns of the typhoon - disrupted 1 national elections in which six 1 million persons voted. At least nine persons were killed in violence unrelated to the elec- ' tion. ■ Although no actual trend was expected for several hours, early re- j turns showed this picture: 1 For president: Garcia, National- • Ist Party, 711 votes; Jose Yulo, j Nationalist - Citizen Party, 160; , Liberal, 184; Claro M. Recto, Manuel Manahan, Progressive, .. 113; Antonio Quirino, Independent Liberal, 2. For vice president: Laurel, Na- , tionalist, 285; Diosdado Macapagal, Liberal, 167; Lorenzo Tanada, Nationalist - Citizen, 102; Vicente Aranets. Progresrt*?. 30 Some Fatal Shootings Military officials called the election the Wietest and smoothest" in the natwn’s brief history, although it was estimated unofficial- , ly that 19 persons were killed in pre-election campaign violence. , The day’s most sensational inci- ( dent was at Cavite, where constabulary troopers shot it out with ( a bandit gang. Constabulary Col- , (Continued on Pago eight) Six Youths Injured In Accident Monday Two Cars Involved South Os Decatur Six local youths were injured in in accident at 9:50 p.m. Monday m U. S. highway 33 just south of ‘he city limits. Four were treated ind released from the Adams -ounty memorial hospital and two others are still patients at the hospital. . ' Jeapeta Harkless, 17, of Decatur •oute three, was driving a car ■>wned by Jackie McDonald of South 13th street. She and her ‘hree passengers sustained minor injuries. Driver of the other vehicle was John P. York, 22, of 936 Harrison street. He and his passenger, Dale L. Troutner, 18. of 117 North Eighth street, were the ■post seriously Injured. , Jeaneta Harkless suffered abrasions and bruises and shock. Oth■>rs in her cat were Larry Baumgartner, 16, of 216 North Fourth i, -eet, who sustained abrasions to his shoulder and side and shock: lartha Bleeke, 16, of Decatur •oute three, who received bruises ‘o her head and also suffered ’hock, and Mary Lou Lewton, 16. ->f Decatur route one, who sustain'd bruises on her leg and arm nd shock. All were released after treatment. York suffered severe lacerations *o his head and right eye. Troutner received multiple lacerations about his head, right leg and ■ shoulder. Neither is reported in serious condition. Both vehicles were headed , southeast away from the city. The Harkless vehicle apparently went out of control on the curve and York, who was following, became involved in the accident. Deputy sheriff Robert Meyer ’and state trooper Gene Rash are continuing the investigation. «_• t INDIANA WEATHER ’ Mostly cloudy with light rain likely late tonight and Wednesday. Somewhat warmer tonight. Low tonight 34-48. High Wednesday in the 50s. Sunset - today 5:33 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:26 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Mostly cloudy and mild with occasional rain. Lows Wednesday night in the 40s. Highs Thursday 55-60.

To File Bills Os || Exception In Case Township Line Case Appeal Is Planned Bills of exceptions for appeal In the Wabash-Monroe township fine case will be filed next week, attorneys Custer and Smith, representing L. A. Mann, Wabash township trustee, said today. On October 4 the two attorneys filed a praecipe with the clerk of i the Adams county circuit court, ] asking that a transcript of the j case be prepared. This will be ] ready about November 30, the i clerk’s office reported. i The deadline for filing the case with the supreme court for appeal J is December 27. ■ The transcript of the record, plus the bills of exceptions, will j be filed with the supreme court. The lawyers will then have 30 days ( in which to file their briefs, or j written,arguments, on the case. During the actual hearing before the supreme court, the five < justices will hear one-half hour of i verbal argument by each side. < The judges will also question the i attorneys. Mann is appealing the decision < of Judge Myles F. Parrish is the 1 township line dispute, which was ’ concluded in the local court September 28. At that time Judge Parrish ruled that the wrong type . of action had been filed, and held j against Mann, although he also ] ordered the county auditor to ( cease transferring property from Wabash to Monroe township without orders of the board of commissioners after an electidh accord- 1 ing to the law. Mann had asked that the auditor ' be mandated to fill out his records correctly this year for tax purposes, showing land that was mistakenly transferred to the Monroe township book as it should be, in Wabash township. When land was transferred from Wabash township to the city of Berne, it was also transferred to Monroe township: according to law, this can only be done by the commissioners after an election in the area. * Heart Attack Fatal To Artie L. Jackson Well Known Painter < Dies This Morning Artie L. Jackson. 63, well knowr , -minting contractor,* residing in , St. Mary’s township, three and ( -me-half miles east of Decatur | died suddenly at 3:05 o’clock this i morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, following a heart i attack. Mr. Jackson was a veteran of * World War I, serving from Ma” 1 of 1919, with the 114th engineers 1 <n France. Active in Democratic oarty circles, he was a precinct committeeman in St. Mary’s town- , sljip, and a charter member of the j fefferson club. ; He was born in St. Mary’s town- ] ship Jan. 2, 1893, a son of Elzey j and Fannie Standiford - Jackson, j •md was married to Nellie Helm i July 29, 1928. Mr. Jackson was a member of < the Calvary Evangelical United i Brethren church, the American 1 Legion and the Veterans of For- ’ eign Wars. Surviving in addition to his wife are four brothers. Harry Jackson ' of Fort Wayne, Rolla Jackson of Bluffton, Dewey Jackson of Crest- j line, 0., and Nile Jackson of Day- , ton, 0., and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Koos of St. Mary’s township, , and Mrs. Faye Baker of Decatur. , Three brothers preceded him in ■ death. Funeral services will be con- 1 ducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the i Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris officiating. ' -Burial will be in the Decatur 1 cemetery, with military rites by the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock Wednesday evening until time of the services.

Declines Bid From Ike To Aid Program Stevenson Willing To Give Views On American Program WASHINGTON (UP) -1 The White House said today that Adlai E. Stevenson has declined an administration invitation to help prepare the American program to be submitted to the December NATO meeting in Paris. But Eisenhower’s unsuccessful Democratic opponent in 1952 and 1956 was willing, according to the White House, to give his views publicly on the program after it has been prepared. “The administration plans to avail themselves of that offer of Mr- Stevenson,” Press Secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen, Stevenson was not invited to accompany the President to Paris, nor has the White House made any overtures tq former President Truman in connection with preparanf the nrogram. Apparently Stevenson will be informed of the program after it is submitted to the NATO council meeting, and he then will make some public statement on what he thinks of it The American program, according to Hagerty, certainly -will not be made public before it is submitted to the NATO meeting which opens Dec. 16. 61 Attend NSC Meeting The President today presided at a record - sized meeting of the National Security Council and a large staff of advisers. The meeting, called specially, was held as key administration officials began to form definite plans for a new budget sufficient to meet threats to American security. The Security Council meeting lasted an hour and a half. Present were 61 persons in addition to the President. Before the unprecedentedly large council meeting, the President conferred on next year’s foreign aid program with Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Secretary of Treasury Robert B Anderson, and Budget Director Percival Brundage. None of the conferees talked publicly after the meetings, and Hagerty supplied only the sketchiest details. Two Afternoon Meetings The White House statement about Stevenson was in response to questions about reports that he would become a foreign policy adviser to the administration and possibly accompany the President to Paris. Hagerty said the request was made by Secretary of State Dulles. This was the second time that Stevenson has turned down a bid to take an active role in administration foreign affairs. He was offered membership on the U.S. delegation to the United Nations in 1953 but declined. There also have been recent reports that the former Illinois governor was sounded out on possible appointment to the new Civil Rights Commission, but Hagerty today referred these reports to Stevenson without comment. The President scheduled an afternoon meeting with Aneurin Bevan, foreign policy leader of the British Labor Party, who has urged a "summit” meeting of Western and Soviet leaders. Eisenhower planned a final late afternoon meeting with Anderson and his top economic advisers, presumably to consider the impact on the national economy of possible increased military spending. No White House discussions on next year’s defense budget were expected before later in the week, after the President flies to Oklahoma City, Okla, Wednesday for his second "chins up” science speech. A qualified administration official told the United Press today he does not expect any "sharp” increase in the new defense budget from the 38 billion dollars that has been the Pentagon’s “planning figure” since before Sputnik. The Democratic-controlled Congress came under sharp attack for (OonUnue4 on Pace Plve)

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