Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1957 — Page 1

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H / //;> fl fl »? £Jf y ' ? j ■ **' I * fl fl H>' F ’.-flfl FORMER PRESIDENT Herbert Hoover, a sponsor of the American Bible Society’s annual Worldwide Bible Reading program, smiles his approval of this year's theme poster held by Pvt. Beverly Pardue. U. S. Army, Portland, Maine. The slogan, “Now in 1,100 Tongues,” refers to the number of languages and dialects into which at least one book of the Bible has been translated. The program, which unites more than 15,000,000 persons in more than 50 countries through daily readings from Thanksgiving to Christmas, was hailed by President Eisenhower in a message to the Society, which is headed by Dr. Daniel Burke.

Offers Speedup Os Development Os Missiles Aircraft Company Is Speeding Plans To Fire Missiles WASHINGTON (UP)— The Martin Company rushed today to complete arrangements for firing the Titan intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), second of America's 5,000-mile rockets. The Baltimore aircraft firm set up a new division to speed “on-the-spot” arrangements in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for launching the Air Force Titan, now under development. The company named G. T. Willey, vice president in charge of manufacturing, to take over immediately as boss of the new division. He will supervise all Martin activities in the Patrick Air Force Base-Cape Canaveral area, including testing of the Matador tactical missile. Willey also was given orders to speed arrangements for the launching of the Navy Vanguard earth satellite. The Vanguard rocket with a test satellite aboard, has been scheduled for firing next month Indicates Launching is Near The. Martin announcement indicates the United States is getting closer to the first launching of the Titan. The other American ICBM being developed, the Atlas, has been test fired twice — both times unsuccessfully. Meanwhile, Trevor Gardner, former Aft Force research chief, recommended that the Eisenhower administration consider bringing Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer back into federal service to help on the missile-satellite program. Oppenheimer, who directed the first atomic bomb project, was denied access to government secrets in 1954 after he was termed a security risk. Gardner said the United States is two to three years behind Russia in missile progress and has “a full scale national emergency on its hands.” He said Oppenheimer has “one of the finest minds in the world” and should be put to work on the rocket-satellite program. Other developments in the mis-sile-satellite field: i ,« Pentagon Secrecy Cited —Chairman John E. Moss of the House Government Information Subcommittee charged that a Pentagon blanket of secrecy was ‘stifling scientific advance” —Dr. Alan T. Waterman, head of the National Science Foundation, blamed public indifference to science for the U.S. lag in satellite development. —lt was learned that the administration is rushing work on a “package” program aimed at producing more Scientists and engineers by giving bright high school students some financial help in going to college. —Civil Service Commissioner Harris Ellsworth said in an Indianapolis speech that the government was hampered in its search for scientists by the public’s “appalling” lack of appreciation for government employment.

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Wisconsin Farmer Confesses Slaying Woman's Body And Skulls Discovered PLAINFIELD, Wis. (UP)-Dlst Atty. Earl Kileen announced today that recluse farmer Ed Gein, in whose home 10 human skulls were found, made a “partial admission” to the butcher slaying of a woman storekeeper. Gein, who at one point curled his hands like claws and 'said, “I’ve been killing for seven years,” told Kileen after 2% hours of questioning that he “could have killed” Mrs. Bernice Worden, 58, whose headless body was strung up by the heels in a lean-to on Gein’s farm. But Gein added, "I can't remember.” Kileen said a search of -Gein’s litter-strewn home turned up “five more skulls” hidden in boxes. Including the head of Mrs. Worden, Kileen said that “10 skulls have been found. It appears to be a case of cannibalism,” Kileen said. Skulls, Bone in Utter A human heart was found in a pot on the stove in Gein’s kitchen. Gein was taken from the county jail at Wautoma shortly before noon under heavy guard. Authorities indicated he would be taken to a place where he claimed he dug up the skulls from graves. Meanwhile, state crime laboratory technicians swarmed through the white frame farm house where Gein has lived alone since the death of his mother years ago. Amid a clutter of crime magazines, old newspapers and bundles of his mother’s clothing, investigators hoped to dig out clues to the identity of the skulls and bones found in the litter. Gein, a hollow-eyed, roundshouldered bachelor of 51, was led from the county jail by state policemen, Kileen, Sheriff Arthur Schley and County Judge Boyd Clark. Gein covered his face with hands (Continued on Page Five) J. C. Meeting Here On Tuesday Evening Discuss Forming Decatur Chapter The meeting to discuss the organization of a Junior Chamber of Commerce in Decatur, slated for Tuesday at 8 p.m., will be held at the Chamber of Commerce office instead of the Decatur Youth and Community Center, it was announced today. All young men between the ages of 21 and 25 are invited to attend the open meeting. R. Dean Hall of Marion, chairman of extension activities of the Marion J. C. group, will conduct the meeting. Hall slated, "It will be short, snappy and informative with Jaycees from Marion present to answer all questions you will have about this organization. We' are urging all young men with an interest in their community to be present. Hall mentioned that the Jaycess, as they are popularly called, have chapters in over 3,500 communities in Uiis country and 60 nations throughout the world with a total membership of over 200,000. National headquarters are at Tulsa, Okla.

Seven Escape From Jail Ip Lake County Three Os Escapees Accused Killers; One Is Recaptured CROWN POINT, Ind. (UP)— Seven prisoners on a bread and water diet for being “unruly”, including three accused killers, escaped from the Lake County Jail before dawn today. Among those who fled in the Sil’s biggest break since John illinger escaped with a wooden pistol in 1934 was George Robert Brown, 25, accused killer of two women. Brown was to have gone on trial this morning in the death of Mrs. Mildred Grigonis, 29, East Gary beauty operator. Ihe other fugitives were Kenneth Pointer, 35, and Raymond Karr, 40, also charged with murder; James Norman, 32. and Wallace Mohammed, 18, charged with burglary, and Houston E. Smith, 18, and Keith Mac . Dow, 28. charged with vehicle theft. There was no information immediately on how they got away once they reached freedom, officials were not sure who the Warden George Morrison said instigator of the break was. i Hew Did They Get O«tT The men broke out by snapping a metal table leg imbedded In concrete to a wall and using it to bend bars on a window. Karr, accused of killing his uncle, was caught hours later in the Gary home of his father, Joseph. He offered no resistance. Six other prisoners in the same section refused to join them. Morrison said all were put on a disciplinary diet Sunday morning when the section became "unruly.” “There was a lot of noise and hollering," he said. He said cause of the commotion was not determined. k The. seven prisoners were in two cells. Morris said Karr was jailed here about 10 days age. Pointer had been here “longer.” Morrison, warden four years and in the Lake County Sheriff’s office for 20, called it the biggest break in his memoryCar Stolen at Whiting All the prisoners are from Lake County. Authorities at nearby Whiting reported an automobile stolen there may have been used in the getaway. Brown, a former mental patient at Norman Beatty Memorial Hospital at Westville, was accused of killing two women and burying

County Rural Youth Officers Installed Annual Banquet Is Held Here Saturday Adams county rural youth office's for 1958 were installed Saturday night in an impressive candlelight ceremc..y at the annual installation ba quet, held at the Decatur Moose home. Alan Miller, of Washington township, was installed as president, replacing Carl Bluhm, of Washington township. Other new officers include Kathleen Boerger, of Root township, . secretary; Barbara Lewton, of Root township, treasurer; Linda McKean, of Washington township, devotional leader; Shirley Workinger, of Washington township, song leader; Janice Busiek, of Root township, news reoorter; Alice Kukelhan. of Root township, and Roger Habegger, of Monroe township, recreational leaders; Legora Markle, of Decatur, newsletter editor. Carl Bluhm, the retiring presi’ent, was chairman of the arangements committee. Barbara '.ewton, outgoing secretary, was ! n charge of decorations and ar--angements. Eight members served on the ticket committee. Mrs. Harry Crownover gave the Evocation before the meal. Toastnaster Carl Bluhm then introduced Joyce Busick, who played a medley of numbers on her accordion. Introductions were then made of all the guests present, which included a large number of Farm Bureau workers. Leo N. gritenright, county agent, was introduced, and he remarked that two key words, “cooperation” and “think,” would lead to another successful year for the Adams county rural youth. The rural youth advisors were introduced, including Seltenright and Miss Lois Folk, for the extension, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crownover, Mr. and Mrs. William Boerger, and Mr. and Mrs. Merle (Continued Fare Six)

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 18,1957

Mount Summit Bank Robbed Os $6,000 By Three Bandits Today

Five Persons Dead In Gulf Region Storm Three Dixie States Hit By Onslaught Os Tornadoes On Sunday By UNITED PRESS An onslaught of tornadoes raked the Gulf region late Sunday, killing five persons, and the worst snowstorm of the year swept out of the Rockies into the Great Plains. The weather violence in Dixie began when a flurry of twisters dipped out of a line of severe thunderstorms in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. Most of the twisters hit rural areas. A couple and their 14-year-old daughter were killed when a tornado exploded their home “in a puff of smoke” near Jasper, Ala., and an elderly couple was killed by a twister near Macon, Miss. Weathermen warned of possible flash floods today along small rivers in eastern Tennessee as the squall line pushed eastward. A weekend snowstorm that buried parts of Colorado and Wyoming under 14 to 18 inches of snow spread today across an area from the Texas Panhandle to northagq Wisconsin. Durango, in southwestern Colorado, got an 18-inch snow blanket during the weekend, and a ,14-inch snowfall blocked South Pass in central Wyoming. All mountain pass highways in Colorado were snowpacked and snow slides at Red Mountain Pass in the southwestern section made travel hazardous , The snow accumulation during Sunday night ranged from three to six inches across Nebraska and northwest Kansas. The swirling storm, Which at times cut visibility to one-half mile, was blamed for at least two traffic fatalities. A 33-year-old man was killed when his car skidded on an icy mountain pass in Colorado and plunged over atf embankment, and a woman was killed near West Continued on Five) Bids Received For Hospital Equipment Board Os Trustees Takes Bids Today The hospital board received bids on the major operating room table and operating room light, instrument tables and other equipment, at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, Thurman Drew, hospital manager, said today. Bids were not taken on hospital beds for the new additions. These will be taken some time after the first of the year. The board will take some time to examine the bids and award contracts. The meeting was held in the new waiting room. Other equipment to be purchased from the bids made today includes a surgical stretcher; lat md X-ray equlpm’ent, a four-rack .'lectric water bath for equipment a five-shelf film filing cabinet for X-ray film, a three-drawer lettersize filing cabinet* for supplies, books and records. A four-objective microscope and light, a 5 cc 12-place angle-head centrifuge to separate liquids; a single burner electric hot plate; a six-capacity pipette shaker; r stanless steel developing tank with thermostatic control valve and inserts, and also a cassette transfer cabinet to hold the exposed undeveloped X-ray film; For the kitchen, three food carts with a total capacity of 60 or more trays; dual coffee urn, with a capacity of 10 gallons; six dining tables and chairs to match; For the laundry, an 80-pound. spin dryer; two upright 60-pound automatic washers; For the nursery, 12 plastic bassinets, one incubator; two clothes hampers, stainless steel; and one baby scale to weigh babies.

Farm Production Costs Increasing Further Increase Forecast In 1958 WASHINGTON (UP) - The Agriculture Department said today farm production costs—already at a record high—are expected to go up "Rightly to moderately” in 1958. > Economists writing in the 1958 outlook issue of ’’The Farm Cost Situation” said many of the factors that have governed farm cost rates in the past will continue to ; operate in the years ahead. Farm wage rates will continue to be Influenced by job opportunities off the farms and industrial wage rates, the department said. Prices of farm machinery will de- ■ pend on prices of steel, industrial wage rates and freight rates. Prices paid for seed and feed will tend to fluctuate with prices received by farmers for their seed and feed crops Prices of feeder cattle will depend chiefly on range conditions and prices of fat cattle. Farm property taxes will go up with the increasing cost of local governmental • services, chiefly schools and roads. The department predicted higher farm costs in 1958 for farm prop- ’ erty taxes per aere, Interest ratesand' prices paid for farm machinry, motor vehicles, farm real .estate, fencing materials, fertilizer and some farm supplies. Prices for feeder livestock are expected to be about the same as in 1957 while those paid for feed and sed are expected to average somewhat lower. Farm production costs in ' 1957 are substantially higher than they •were in 1956, the department said. Farm output is about the same, but for the first 10 months of 1957 farm production expenses were some 2 per cent higher than a year ago. By the end of the year farm costs are expected to exceed the average for 1956 by about 4 per cent. The department said a sharp rise in interest rates on new farm loans, coupled with increases in prices of farmlands and in farm wage rates, added considerably to overall production costs. The October index of farm cost rates stood at 119 per cent of the 1947-49 base period. This was 3 per cent above the October, 1956, index and a record high for the monthChristmas Savings Checks Are Mailed Over $167,000 In Checks Mailed Out Christmas savings checks totalling 8167,332.50 were sent to local residents by the First State Bank, according to an announcement made today by Herman Krueckeberg, cashier. The amount saved this year is about $6,000 more than the total of last year’s Christmas savings. The 1957 account total vas 2,044, which included savings ’lans ranging from 25 cents to "10 per week. Krueckeberg said that the most ’opular of the Christmas savogs plans is the $2 denomination, which adds up to a total of SIOO in a year's time. He added that surveys show that only about 35 percent of the "hristmas saving money is used for actual holiday expenses 'bout one third of the savers use their checks to augment permanent savings accounts and the remaining 32 percent is used to take care of miscellaneous debts. The bank official pointed out that the Christmas savings plans, used in banks throughout the country, promote the habits of regular saving and that, since the inauguration of the Christmas plans, systematic saving has greatly increased both locally and nationally. The 1958 Christmas savings club opened today, Krueckeberg said. Those wishing to particinate in the weekly plan are urged to open their accounts as soon as possible.

French Leader Deplores Arms Sent Tunisia Pineau Arrives In States For Parley With Secy. Dulles NEW YORK (VP) — French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau said today that Anglo-American shipments of arms to Tunisia did not head off possible arms deliveries from Moscow to that North African country. Instead, he said they only succeeded in greatly angering French public opinion. Pineau made his statement , shortly after arriving here by ’plane from Paris on his way to Washington and talks with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The United States and Britain decided las‘ week to supply small arms an» ammunition to Tunisia, a form ■. French protectorate. ‘ Ph tau in effect denied a stateanc are expectedtoaverag Jackson (D-Wash.), who said the Anglo-American arms move was necessary to counteract a potential Soviet supply of arms. ’ Pineau said he had been assured by Moscow that it did not plan to send weapons to Tunisia. He also said that Tunisian 'President Habib Bourguiba does not desire arms from the Soviets Upsets NATO Meeting He said the only good effect- of the British-American arms move would be to counteract shipments entering Tunisia from Egypt. But he said this “benefit” came at the expense of a much more important thing, “very troubled French public opinion.” He added that the move by Washington and London had posed further problems to a direct settlement of the overall question of French-Tunisian relations. He said it also has upset functioning of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and plans for the December meeting in Paris which will be attended by President Eisenhower and other heads of state. Pineau wfll see Dulles in Washington Tuesday afternoon. He will prepare for the meeting by talking in New York today with United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and French Ambassador Herve Alphand. ‘ Won’t Soothe French Before leaving Paris Pineau admitted that no matter how well his talks with Dulles turn out they will not soothe the anger of the (CouUnued on Page Six) Petition Filed By Ousted Policeman Petition Is Filed In Circuit Court Dale D. Death, through his attorney, Robert S. Anderson, filed in Adams circuit court this morning a “verified application for leave to withdraw plea of guilty," Anderson contends that the proceedings before Mayor Robert D. Cole were "irregular and in violation of the statutes and constitution of the state of Indiana, as well as the constitution of the United States.” The petition states that Death was arrested at 7 p. m. Nov. 1, arid that although in the presence rtf Mayor Cole that evening, that no bond was set until the following morning, Nov. 2, during which time Death was held In custody. The petition further states that Death was induced to plead guilty, to quickly dispose of the case and get back to work. Death’s petition further states that Mayor Cole was prejudiced and prejudged the case and should not have sat as judge at the proceedings. If the petition by Death is granted, Anderson states that the petition would allow a trial to be held on its merits, and that, in his opinion, at a trial, the state of Indiana cannot prove the charge against Dale Death. ■»..

Egypt And Syria To Discuss Union Federal Union Os States Proposed By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correapondeet Members of the, Egyptian and Syrian parliaments' were reported meeting today in Damascus to discuss a proposed federal union of the two Arab states. Egypt and Syria, both of which receive arms from the Soviet bloc, already are linked in a military pact which places their armies under command of Maj. Gen. Abdel Hakim Amer, the Egyptian chief of staff. The Middle East News Agency reported that Egyptian and Syrian armed units were holding maneuvers with live ammunition “somewhere in Syria” today. There were reports earlier from Damascus' Radio that 20 battalions of reservists had been mobilized this weekend in Syria but the broadcast gave no explanation. Both the Turco-Syrian “crisis” and the Syrian and Egyptian attacks on King Hssein of Jordan appeared to have slowed down. Ahmed Flhmi, a member of the Free Egypt Committee, apologized to Hussein for the bitter Egyptian attacks. ‘The heavy emphasis in the Cairo press today was unity between Egypt and Syria. Damascus reports said a 40-man delegation from the Egyptian National Assembly had arrived there for an eight-day joint session with the Syrian Parliament, The joint vote on the “merger” wfll be unique in modern Arab history. The reports said Syrian Parliament Speaker Akram Hourani was presiding over the first half of today’s proceedings and Anwar Sadat, vice chairman of the Egyptian National Assembly and leader of the visitors, would preside over the second half. Other Middle East developments: London—United Press diplomatic correspondent K. C. Thaler quoted Communist diplomats as saying there will be no peace in ' (Continued on Psge Five) Bishop To Celebrate Mass Here Thursday Special Mass Here Thursday Evening The Most Rev. Bishop Leo Pursley of Fort Wayne, bishop of the Fort Wayne diocese, wfll be celebrant for a solemn pontifical high mass to be held at St. Mary’s Catholic church in Decatur Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Purpose of the special mass Is to offer prayer for an increase in vocations to the religious life from the Decatur parish. Bishop Pursley will visit each parish in the diocese for the same purpose. Assistant priest for the mass will be the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz, pastor of the local church. Serving as deacon will be the Rev. James Hayes of St. Joseph’s parish in Roanoke. Sub-dea-con will be the Rev. Robert Traub of St. Joseph’s parish in Bluffton Assistant deacons will be th* 7ev. Harvey Roesler of St. Pete' and Paul parish in Huntington and the Rev. Simeon Schmitt, pastor of St. John the Baptist church in Fort Wayne. Other participating clergy will be the Rev. Charles Ueber of St. Peter and Pau! -'hurch of Huntington, first masteof ceremonies, and the Rev. Robert Content, assistant priest in the local parish, second master of ceremonies. 1 Students from the seventh grade through the senior class in high school of the Decatur Catholic schools will attend the' mass with the parents and other members of the parish. The Fourth Degree of the local Knights of Columbus council will serve as a guard of honor to escort the bishop and other clergy into the church. Then men’s choir ’tnder the direction of Ed Heimann end accompanied by Sr. M. Margiretta, C.S.A., at the organ will I sing the mass.

Holdup Timed For Opening Os Bank Vault Bank Manager And Bookkeeper Locked In Vault By Trio MOUNT SUMMIT (IF — T h e manager and bookkeeper of a ' branch bank were locked in a vault for 20 minutes today in a $6,00 holdup by three bandits, one described as a “bug-eyed” teenager. One bandit was described as about 19 years old. He was the driver of a getaway car. The other men were in their 30s and one carried a revolver. At Indianapolis, state police detectives investigating both cases said there was "nothing whatsoever to indicate” that the holdup was negotiated by any of seven men who escaped from the Crown , Point jail 3 hours and 10 minutes earlier, although it was barely physically possible for the jailbreakers to have driven to Mount Summit by the time of the holdup. ' . . Harry Shively, manager of the Mount Summit branch of the Citizens State Bank of New Castle, and Mrs. Fairamel HaUbarth, a bookkeeper, were locked up for 20 minutes until a bank executive from New Castle arrived and opened the vault. * Shively said two men entered the bank with guns and a third remained in a getaway car outside. He said the bandits bad their visit timed to coincide with the automatic opening of the vault by time mechanism. The holdup occurred at 8:10 a.m. CST, about 50 minutes before the bank was scheduled to open for business. ’— It was Indiana’s fourth bank holdup in a month. The bandits fled in a car described by state police as a twotone blue Oldsmobile sedan with a license plate bearing the letter prefex “QQ.” ’Die car last was seen traveling east on U. S. 36. Police said the bandits wore overalls. One was described as 23 or 24 years old, another as in his 40s. Edward Clift, New Castle, : vice-president of the parent bank, was notified of the robbery a few minutes after it occurred. He raced to Mount Summit and opened the vault within 20 minon Pure Five) Dowling Rites Set For T ue< ’ay A.M. At Gary Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart church in Gary for Mrs. Emma F. Dowling, a native of Decatur, who died/at Gary Friday night. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Terveer, she was the sister of Mrs. Minnie Holthouse and Mrs. Charles J. Voglewede of this city. Several local residents who are relatives of Mrs. Dowling visited the funeral home at Gary Sunday. They included Mrs. Frances Terveer, Miss Mary Martha Terveer and David Terveer; Miss Florence Holthouse, Miss Irene Holthouse, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Voglewede and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holthouse. Accompanying them was Mrs. Bertha Kilbourne of Home City. TNDUN4 Rain ending tonight. Windv and turning colder except rain changing to light snow or snow flurries extreme north portion late tonight. Tuesday cloudy, windy and colder with snow flurries likely extreme north. Low tonieht 28-34 north. 34-46 south. High Tuesday 33-37 north. 37-42 south. Sunset today S:2B p. m. 8u”H«« Tuesday 7:34 a. m. OtrfloMt for W»dn»sdav: Cloodv and cold snow . fin—R n » ♦ >1 , 26-30. Highs Wednesday 36-38.

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