Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 281.

, LITTLE BALL WITH BIG MISSION v J IB wjWIL - r < I '■’'*' ■ t ?. ( x'. * F’B I '" ' ■/ ' 1 =&. I &£» .-«®'■*•?*• ■■ sei I ... W^jiHiw' HmF ■■ w : y ' ■ ON THE LEFT is a model of the 6.4” baby satellite weighing four pounds that will be sent into space in a test rocket sometime during December, 1957. This satellite is perched atop a simulated thirdstage rocket motor in the top of the 72-foot vanguard earth satellite launching rocket in the Martin Company’s test tower in Baltimore. Md. On the right are two Martin Company employees inspecting half the nose cone shell which will protect'the aatelilte in it's ascent through the atmosphere.

Russia Denies Sputnik Makes Earth Measure Partial Details On Sputnik Operations Revealed By Russia' MOSCOW (UP) — The scientists in charge of Russia's Sputniks today dismissed speculation in the West that the first two earth satellites ais making measurements of the earth as they criss cross its surface. The Soviet experts said that instead their latest Sputnik is concentrating on the stujjy of cosmic and solar radlaftoiL * fc ” - (Earth measurements from near space are considered an eventual mission for Sputniks and a vital one.. Long range missiles require such data for accurate aiming.) Some details of the Sputniks’ operations were disclosed in reply to a questionnaire submitted by United Press Oct. 26 on behalf of a group of astronomers in Cambridge, Mass. Partial replies came from the International Geophysical Year committee of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Some Questions Unanswered The members of the committee organize and supervise all IGY projects in Russia including Sputnik launchings. One of the Cambridge questions was, “Are measurements of the earth being fnade?” The Soviet ' committee's reply was a simple ••No.” There was no reply at all to the Cambridge question as to “how many stages were used in the rocket and what was the reflectivity of the final stage?” But it was made clear for the first time that Sputnik II is using ordinary silver-zinc batteries with mercury oxide elements and not solar or nuclear energy as has been speculated in the West Here are the other Cambridge questions and the answers received from V. Troitskaya, secretary of the Soviet IGY committee: 1. "Just what information is being telemetered down from the satellite, specifically (A) are you getting cosmic ray information; (B) are measurements of the earth being made; (C) are you measuring infra red radiation; (D) are meteor impacts being recorded.' Answer; “The first Sputnik only transmitted information on its internal perimeter: Temperature 'and pressure inside the container. ’-"The second Sputnik, in addition to this, recorded temperatures on the surface of the container, transmitted data on the intensity of shortwave radiation in various sectors of the solar spectrum (and) intensity of cosmic rays. This information was obtained by use of halogen meters.” On measuring infra-red radiation: “No." INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy, windy and turning colder tonight with rain or snow gradually changing to snow. Saturday snow and,, much colder with strong northerly winds. Low tonight mostly . in the Os. High Saturday 25-32. Sunset today 5:22 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 7:45 a.m. Outlook, for Sunday: Cloudy with snow diminishing to occasional flurries and continued windy and quite cold. Low Saturday night 10-20. High Sunday upper 20s.

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Christmas Shopping Season Opens Here Merchants Planning Extra Store Hours Lights on the community Christmas tree, located on the court house square at the corner of Seoond and Madison streets, go on at 5 p.m. today to signal the official opening of the Christmas shopping season in Decatur. Today’s official opening begins a series of projects leading up to Christmas under the sponsorship of the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. : Robert Lane, chairman of the retail division, reminded area residents that Decatur merchants will be open extra hours during the next Jew weeks for the convenience of shoppers. Most retail stores plan to remain open all day Thursday throughout the month of December preceding Christmas. Plans have also been made to have stores open in the evenings on shopping days beginning Friday, Dec. 13, through Monday, Dec. 23. Most stores plan to close at the usual hour of 5:30 p.m. on the day before Christmas. Christmas features in the city continue tomorrow when Santa Claus will make his first official visit to Decatur. He will arrive with a fire engine escort at th? "ourt house Christmas tree at 3 o.m. Saturday, when he will g children. Christmas Train Highlights of the Yuletide projects will be the Christmas train scheduled for 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, on the Erie railroad. Youngsters participating will visit with Santa Claus as they ride to and from Ohio City on three special trains arranged through the courtesy of local merchants. Louis Jacobs, chairman of the Christmas promotions, has reminded parents that tickets for the trains must be picked up Tuesday at the store where they were reserved. It was stated that most merchants have already reserved their tickets but a few are still available at some of the stores. The tickets must be reserved in advance, he added. Different color tickets will be given for the different train times. Parents who plan to purchase adult tickets in order to accompany their children are advised to pick up the children’s tickets first and then go to the Chamber of Commerce office for their own tickets. This will enable them to be assured that they are on the same train as their children. Yuletide Music Another feature of the Christmas season here will be the nightly concerts of Yuletide music to be broadcast over a loud speaker system from the First Christian church. Five choirs have notified the Chamber of Commerce office about their plans to participate in this project. These include the choirs of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren hcurch, the First Christian church, the First Methodist church, the First Baptist church and the Immanuel Lutheran Church of route five. All organized choirs of the area are invited to take part in the project. Any choir not contacted by letter is invited to call or write to the Chamber of Commerce office if they wish to sing. The concerts will be presented nightly from Friday, Dec. 13, through Saturday, Dec. 1. with two choirs taking part each evening. Hours (Continued on Page Five) .

UN Secretary Leaves Tonight For Mid-East t * Dag Hammarskjold i Hopeful Os Easing ‘ Tension In Mid-East s UNITED NATIONS (UP)—U.N. 3 Secretary General Dag Ham--3 marskjold leaves tonight on a - trouble shooting mission he hopes will ease the growing tension in » the Middle East - His visit will take him to Jor--1 dan, Syria, Lebanon and Israel, > and he is to decide in talks today . with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawti whether be will . viiit Egypt. < Hammarskjold agreed to make r the trip at the request of Jordan, > which accused Israel of kidnaping . a Jordanian farmer and of car- , rying otft other border incidents. These developments were reI ported from the Middle East as . the secretary general moved into 1 a last minute round of conferences: Another Flareup Reported r DAMASCUS: A Syrian mißtasy 1 spokesman said Israeli troops I opened fire on Syrian positions ! and a 30-minute exchange of auto--1 matic fire resulted. No casualties >. z?ere reported. Syria complained |to the U.N. against new Israeli “aggression” and called this “preparation for committing further anti-Syrian premeditated aggression.” i JERUSALEM. Israel: An Israeli i spokesman said six Syrian soldiers entered Israel near Kfar. [ Szold, attacked two workers and . fled when the workers returned the fire. Another Israeli worker i was reported wounded Thursday when he stepped on a mine near , the Jordan border. AIRO: The semi-official Middle 1 East News Agency reported that Egyptian army and air force units held combined desert maneuvers Thursday. Burns Talks With Press UNITED NATIONS: Maj. Gen E. L. M. Burns, head of the U.N. Emergency Force, told a news conference the force would be ‘ strengthened if Israel obeyed a U.N. directive and permitted UNEF to station men on both Sides of the Israeli-Egyptian line. i Hammarskjold was flying first : to Beirut, Lebanon, arriving at ' 9:10 p.m. Saturday, Lebanon time , (2:10 pm. e.s.t.) 1 His most immediate concern was reported to be the IsraelJordan situation in which Jordan accuses Israel of a kidnaping and Israel accuses Jordan of illegally halting convoys bound for the Is- • raeli enclave of Mount Scopus in Jordan territory. i A foreign ministry spokesman in Jerusalem said Thursday night the . Jordanian blockade could develop , into a “critical position.” ■ Indict Student On Manslaughter Charge 'CLINTON W — An Indiana State College student faced involuntary manslaughter charges today ,in connection with the fatal beating of Fred Call, 57, Clinton. A Vermillion County grand jury returned an indictment against Richard Lee Goodwin, 24, New Goshen, late Wednesday. Goodwin who was free on SIO,OOO bond on a murder charge, admitted fighting Call but denied knowing of his death.

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Eisenhower Heads For Farm Home, Recovery Is Reported Excellent

Traffic Death Toll Mounting Across Nation Holiday Highway Deaths Rising To Near 200 Total By UNITED PRESS Highway deaths across the nation edged toward the 200 mark today white the fatality count rolled in from Thanksgiving holiday traffic. Four separate accidents took 19 lives. Six died in an Arkansas collision, five in another crash at Darien, Conn., four in crashes in ; Illinois and in lowa. At 11:30 a.m. e.s.t. a United Press count showed that since 6 pm. Wednesday there were 198 traffic deaths. Three died in plane smashupa and 29 in other mishaps for an overall total of 230. Leading among the states was Ohio with 18 deaths. Others with high totals Included California, 16; Michigan, 13; New York and Texas. 11; Illinois, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, 8 each. Although the National Safety Council declined to give an estimate of how many people would be kilted during the weekend, officials pointed out that a normal four - day period in November would claim 500 lives. As late fatalities continued to pour in, the Wednesday night and Thursday death total surpassed the count made by United Press last year when 150 persons died in traffic during the one-day holiday period. The number was almost double the normal highway count of 80 deaths during a nonholiday period of similar length. Hie worst holiday tragedy hap pened near Corning, Ark., when a car carrying six Maywood, 11l , residents crashed into a trucktrailer while passing another auto. Two of the six Negroes killed were children. A shocked father in Livingston, Mont., was told that an accident killed two of his children, and it was believed his wife and two other children were drowned. Their car missed a bridge ap proach and siz_t into a river. CUonllsuw* vii Pa-;e Four)

Four Hoosiers Killed In Three-Auto Crash &.- • ■ Driver Leaves Lane In No-Passing Zone By UNITED PRESS Four persons were killed in a three-car smash-up near Spencer Thanksgiving morning, shooting Indiana’s traffic death toll for the long holiday weekend to at least seven. The crash, which killed more Hoosiers on Thanksgiving Day than all other traffic accidents combined, occurred less than 24 hours after a three-fatality collision near Fort Wayne that did not count in holiday totals., Roy N. Rheinhardt, 24, Indianapolis; his wife, Martha Joy, 24; their son, Keith, 2, and Timothy Land, 9 months, Rushville, were killed in the crash on Dean's Hill five miles north of Spencer on Ind. 67. Timothy’s parents, Hosea and Betty Land, both 27, were hurt critically in the pile-up, which state police said was caused when Rheinhardt pulled out of his lane in a no-passing zone. 2 Youngsters Orphaned A car driven by Morris Sinclair, 57, Richmond, plowed into the wreckage of the head-on crash. Two Rheinhardt children, Jeff, 4, and Rickey, 3, were orphaned. Both escaped with minor injuries, along with the Lands’ daughter, Susan, 3. » Rheinhardt was a student at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis Two men were killed in other Thanksgiving Day crashes. Ollie R. Shutt. 39, Evansville, died when a car went out of control on a rain-soaked county road south of Evansville and turned over several times.

Believe Soviet Sub Can Fire H-Bomb Top-Secret Report By Secret Agents ; WASHINGTON (UP) — US. Kret agents believe Russia can i a missile armed with an Hbomb from a submarine 500 miles At sea and all but wipe out a city like New York. This evaluation of Russia’s military might was one scrap of a topsecret report made to the Senate Military Preparedness subcommittee Wednesday by the Central Intelligence Agency. Tbe report shocked the seven senators who heard it One informant, who refused use of his name, said the CIA told the senators that Russia now has the capability of launching an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) with an atomic or hydrogen warhead from a submarine. He set the effective range at 500 miles. Another senator, who also heard 'the CIA report, said Russia has already put the IRBM Into mass production "and apparently has them in quantity.” The Navy, it was reported, is sure that it cab detect and cope with any large-scale Russian submarine movements which would foretell any major attack on the United States. . i The repeat came after Defense Secretary Neil H. MCElroy gave the order to put both the Army Jupiter and the Air Force Thor IRBM’s into full-scale production. McElroy took the action under heavy pressure from Congress and the swift Russian missile advancements, despite the fact that neither the Jupiter nor the Thor have been fully tested. He said, however, that tests so far have warranted the gamble. The CIA report, made at a closed-door session to the Senate subcommittee by CIA Director Allen W. Dulles and his top aides, covered Russian power in missiles, submarines and strategic bombers. Bloodmobile Unit In Decatur Dec. 6 Volunteers Urged To Donate Blood Adams county residents will again be called upon to give 127 pints of much-needed blood for the blood bank next Friday, Dec. 6, from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m. at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, Mrs. Ed Batter, chairman of the blood program, said today. Volunteers will be busy phoning for scheduled donors until the day of the visit, Mrs. Bauer explained. Friday Mrs. Earl Fuhrman, Mrs. Clarence Smith, and Mrs. Hersel Nash were telephone volunteers, and Saturday's volunteers are Mrs. Wayne Schnepf, Mrs. Lucille Miller, and Mrs. Meldren Kreps. Mrs. Roscoe Glendening is chairman of volunteers in charge of scheduling for calling the day of the mobile unit’s visit. Anyone desiring to replace blood that some family member has used may secure replacement slips the day of the mobile visit, or at the local office. Replacement of blood is not compulsory, but every pint that is replaced means that the next person who needs blood has it available. Last week the Adams county memorial hospital requested a unit of A negative blood, and none was available. It was necessary to delay the delivery until the mobile unit had returned from the day’s run, which included some of the precious blood. Dr. H. C. Harvey, director of the Fort Wayne regional blood center, drove to Decatur with the unit of blood. Regulitaons have been changed recently concerning shots and injections that require periods of waiting before blood can be given. Donors may be accepted 24 hours after shots for cholera, diphtheria, flu, polio, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tetanus, typhoid, and typhus. (Contiuu*.d on Page eight)

Gaillard Seeks Confidence Vote Over Algeria ; Risks Brief Career ' As Premier In Vote On Algeria Problem ‘ PARIS (UP) — Premier Felix . Gaillard was expected to win two I votes of confidence today on his t handling of the Algerian rebellion. > Gaillard risked his brief career as premier in belief the National > Assembly would not vote him out . of office for fear of rupturing the - alliance with Britain and the Unit- . ed States and for fear of disf rupting next month’s NATO sum- ■ mit conference. The most important vote is on I Gaillard’s revised framework law for Algerian home rule, ibis di-' vides Algeria into half a dozen territories, each of which would have legislative bodies. Later each territory would send delegates to a Federative Assembly and Senate in Algiers. France would control national defense, foreign pplicy, justice and currency. Proposes Change The other vote is on an accompanying electoral law which would > remove the old distinctions between Moslem and European vot- ■ err But it would maintain a form ■ of proportional representation to prevent the 1,200,000 Europeans in ■ Algeria from being dominated by 1 the 8,000,000 Moslems. Gaillard must win both to re- • main in office. • Gaillard could count on the op- ■ position of the Assembly’s 150- ■ man Communist bloc which advocates complete independence for i Algeria and on hostile ballots from • the extreme rightwing Poujadists. Socialists Favorable But the Socialists (99 seats) agreed Thursday night to vote for the Gaillard measures. Thus the I key to his success rested with the 102 Conservatives, som6 of which are represented in his coalition government, and on the assortment of centerist parties. An indication of the steady tension in France over the three-year-old Algerian rebellion came early Thursday when Algerian gunmen tried and failed to assas(Continued or. Page Seven) ' Snow With Colder Weather Forecast i Hoosiers Pestered By Rain On Holiday • By UNITED PRESS The season’s coldest blast ■ headed for Indiana today with I temperatures as low as 10 above ! zero expected within a matter of ' hours. Hoosierland may be blanketed • with snow from tip to toe. Lows of 10 to 20 above zero were forecast for Saturday night, ■ and highs Sunday may climb no ■ higher than the upper 20s. Rain tonight was due to change : to snow and continue Saturday, with more flurries Sunday. Rain wasn’t on the Thanksgiving menu for Indiana. But Hoosiers got it just the same, along with their turkey. Forecasts of dry weather condi- ■ tions went by the boards as rain and drizzle plagued Hoosierland most of the holiday. It was a prelude to a flurry of precipitation due to include snow tonight and Saturday with sharply colder temperatures spending the weekend in these parts. Rain during the 24-hour period ending this morning included nearly an inch at Columbus, Seymour, Rushville and other South Central points; about half an inch at Evansville and Scottsburg, and one-quarter inch or less at Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend and Lafayette. Temperatures hit highs ranging from 41 at Lafayette to 58 Evansville Thursday and dropped to lows ranging from 28 at Lafayette to 33 at Fort Wayne this morning. I

Suggestions Mount For Ike To Resign White House Seeks To Squelch Idea WASHINGTON (UP) — Suggestions that President Eisenhower resign or step aside temporarily during his Illness continued today despite White House efforts to squelch the idea. White House Press Secretary James C- Hagerty said there had been no discussion with or by Eisenhower on quitting. He said it would be strictly the President's decision whether to let Vice President Richard M. Nixon take over his duties while recovering from a cerebral attack. He also pointed to statements he and Nixon made Thursday to scotch reports that the President’s condition might cause him to resign. As was the case during other presidential illnesses, Nixon said he would preside over Cabinet and National Security Council meetings next week. Some of the speculation that the President might resign was based on his statement in March, 1956, that “unless I felt absolutely up to the performance of the presidency, the second that I didn’t, I would no longer be there in the j0b...” Last April, however, the President indicated he would not step aside merely because of a mild "stroke” of the type he suffered Monday. “There could be a case where a man would have a stroke that was slight, from which he could recover,” the President said then. “We have great statesmen in the world today that have recovered from a couple of them and carried on for years.”

Adams Central FFA Marks Thanksgiving Annual Program Is Held On Wednesday More than 300 students, faculty members, and friends of the Adams Central school joined the Adams Central FFA in its sixth annual Thanksgiving chapel program in the school gym Wednesday afternoon. ’ The Rev. John Mishler, pastor of the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren, spoke on Thanksgiving, and pointed out that King David, in the Old Testament, had proclaimed Thanksgiving several times as a forerunner of the American holiday. He praised the school and nation for setting apart a time from their regular activities to give thanks to God for the many blessings. Rev. Mishler said that there had indeed been many changes made in the program sinee he spoke at the first observance six years ago in the old Kirkland gym. Rev. Mishler then told the story of the time when Thanksgiving was forgotten. “Historians had been so ashamed that they almost failed to mention it, but towards the end of the 20th century, when there were no hungry people, and workers had a threeday work week, and churches were busy with their special programs, and shopkeepers didn’t need any extra business. Thanksgiving was completely forgotten, and so was Christmas. This story warns us to be thankful for what we have, and not to just complain about what we do not have,” he added. “We must all remember that God gives, that we- receive, and that we must be thankful and share with others to obtain God's mercy and love.” Richard Hirschey, president of the Adams Central chapter of the FFA, opened the Thanksgiving chapel with the regular FFA order of business, and he was aided by vice-president Jerry Gerber. Leon Gerig then led the school in singing “America, the Beautiful” and "Faith of Our Fathers.” .vontlnuej on Paa* Bight)

Plans Several Days Os Rest At Gettysburg . Ike, Mamie Attend Church Services On Thanksgiving Day WASHINGTON (UP) -President Eisenhower, reported to be making an "excellent” recovery from his slight cerebral attack, headed for his Gettysburg, Pa„ farm today for a few days of rest. The President, accompanied by Mrs. Eisenhower, made the 80mile trip in Mrs. Eisenhower’s Chrysler limousine. The President looked very well, and seemed to be in good spirits. Mrs. Eisenhower smiled but did not wave. The President wore a light tan sports coat, dark trousers and a brown hat. The sun broke through overcast skies just as the party drove away from the White House. Evidence of Progress Maj- Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, the President’s personal physician, accompanied the President and Mrs. Eisenhower, riding in the third car of the motorcade. The second car carried Secret Service agents. The President’s decision with the approval erf his doctors to make the try* was further evidence of progress toward recovery from his slight cerebral attack or stroke on Monday afternoon. Thursday the 67-year-old chief executive surprised fellow worshippers by escorting Mrs. Eisenhower to Thanksgiving Day services. There had been no prior announcement of his intentions. Thursday night he got almost 10 hours -of sleep. He was in bed end asleep by 7 p.m. c.s t. This morning’s medical bulletin said: “The President had a good night’s sleep. He slept almost continuously from early last evening until 6 a.m. this morning. His-— progress continues to be excellent.” Signs 11 Documenta Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the President conferred at 7:30 a.m. with Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams and BrigGen. Andrew F. Goodpaster, White House staff secretary, on “White Rouse business.” The business session lasted about 30 minute. The President signed 11 documents and initialed one. Vice President Richard M. Nixon also conferred with members of the White House staff but did not see the President. Hagerty said the President’s physicians agreed it would be “perfectly all right tor him to make the trip" to the farm. The plan to journey to the country was taken as another sign of the President’s continuing “excellent” progress from the attack Monday which caused a tempo- - - rary speech difficulty. It also kept alive hopes that he still might be able to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) “summit” meeting in Paris Dec. 16-18 to take the lead in rallying Western nations against Russia’s space missile and scientific threat Decision Expected Later Hagerty said Thursday the President’s doctors "will decide later” on the Paris trip. He did not say when. Hagerty said if Eisenhower does not go to Paris he will send Vice President Richard M. Nixon in his place. The NATO nations agreed Thursday to go ahead with the chiefs-of-state meeting in either case. i-

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