Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 287.

JmSttBaSR 1 w ZKTfiEm Vs, y t 1 rt Jfl ill : £ &PF ? ' '*",. kSMsMS&kiI ?' '¥' ’ '•' JjFr AWAIT AFL-CIO.DECISION —John F. English of the Teamsters’ union and Herman Winter (right) of the Bakers union, both vicepresidents of the AFL-CIO wait anxiously on the rostrum of the giant union convention in Atlantic City while the body considers action on suspension of their organizations.

Former State Officials Face Bribery Charge

INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Elmer W. (Little Doc) Sherwood and William E. (Bill) Sayer, two of former Gov. ’ George Craig’s closest friends and political advisers, left Florida today to face bribery and conspiracy charges in the Indiana highway scandals. Sherwood, former Indiana adjutant general, and Sayer, former administrative assistant to Craig, were named defendants 1 hr affidavits filed Thursday here alleging they and “Glo” salesman Arthur J. Mogilner bribed former highway chairman Virgil (Bed) Smith to buy more than $600,000 worth of highway equipment from Mogilner and then split .part, of Mogilner’s commissions among themselves. Smith is under sentence on another highway scandal charge. Det. Sgt. Robert Gray of the Indiana State Police flew to Florida Thursday to serve arrest warrants on Sherwood and Sayer. But he tarried overnight at Orlando and by the time he headed for Sebring Shores, a residential development where the two live, they were enroute to Indianapolis to answer the charges. James Rocap, Jr., an Indianapolis attorney, said Sherwood and Sayer telephoned him this morning they were leaving immediately by automobile for Indianapolis. Rocap, a former Marion County deputy prosecutor, said he will surrender the two to authorities at 2 p.m. Monday. Mogilner also was charged in the new affidavits. Each of the three men was accused on two counts, one of bribery and one of conspiracy. “Sherwood and Sayer were the real schemers,” said Prosecutor John Tinder. "They were the men in a position to put it over. These three men set up the bribery and carried it through, with the. greater activity by Sherwood and Sayer.” The latest charges filed in the highway scandals alleged that the three bribed or conspired to bribe Smith by giving him more than $22,700 of Mogilner’s commissions for selling the state 36 front-end loaders for $529,000 and 8 street sweepers for SBB,OOO. Tinder said commissions from the loader deal alone were about $60,000. Mogilner, who previously faced 12 counts of bribery in connection with more than a million dollars in contracts received while Smith was highway chairman, was the target of one of the new arrest warrants. He was not at home, however, and his attorney, John Royse, said Mogilner was “hunting somewhere in Southern Indiana.’’ Royse said he was trying to reach Mogilner so he could surrender this afternoon. bulletin MOSCOW <w — Soviet Communist Party leader Nikita . Khrushchev said tonight that the carrier rocket of the first Soviet Sputnik plunged to earth over American territory last Saturday but “The, Americana will not give it up to as.” Goodfellows Club Delta Theta Tau Sorority SIOO.OO Tri Kappa Sorority 50.00 Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars 5.00 Berean Class Baptist Church 10.00 ® 4 ■» $165.00

' w 4 ,'.v’A 1 -gg-trrjy-f • DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Relief Is In Sight For Eastern States East Still Reels By UNITED PRESS Relief was in sight today for the East, still reeling from the onetwo punch of a violent snowstorm and a cold wave. A vast mass of warm moist air surging upward from the Gulf area penetrated as far norht as the upper Great Lakes early today, shedding warmth in its path to the Atlantic Coast. The welcome invasion caused temperatures in its direct path to go up as much as 25 degrees, and in some areas completely prevented nighttime cooling. To the east, where only Thursday cold records had been set in the aftermath of Wednesday’s snowstorm, a warming trend was discernible. More than a foot of snow was dumped by the storm at various points along the eastern seaboard, and sub - freezing temperatures were recorded as far south as Georgia and Alabama. As of Thursday night, frigid temperaturer extended from the southern states well into New England, and the mercury dropped into the teens in parts of Pennsylvania. A new mass of cold air, however, crossed over the Canadian border causing 10-20 degree temperature drops in Montana, and parts of the Dakotas, as it followed a southeasterly curve. Scattered snow flurries occurred in parts of Illinois, North Dakota, and in the Rockies. Heaviest snowfall amounts were recorded at Craig, Colo;, where between 3-4 inches fell, and about one inch fell in Salt Lake City, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Idaho. Local Man's Father Seriously Injured The condition of Henry H. Schwartz. 64, of Grabill, was reported as “fair” today at Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne. Schwartz was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when an auto wrecker he was driving overturned near Grabill. He suffered a punctured lung and fractured ribs. The injured man Is president of the Schwartz Auto Service at Grabill. His son, Harry Schwartz, owner of the Schwartz Ford Co., Inc., of tihs city, was associated in business with his father before locating in Decatur. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy, turning colder central and north portions tonight with rain or snow likely north and occasional rain south. Snow or rain changing to snow north and occasional rain probably changing to snow flurries south Saturday. Colder north and turning colder south Saturday. Low tonight 30s north to 40s or low 50s south. High Saturday 30s north to 40s or low 50s south. Sunset today 5:21 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 7:52 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Cloudy and colder with rain or snow ending. Lows Saturday - night 25-30. Highs Sunday mid30s.

Missile Chief Says Missiles To Come First Says U.S. Holding Back On Satellites To Stock Missiles WASHINGTON (UP)—The United States is bolding back on any big “jump into space” until it has produced an adequate arsenal of long-range ballistic missiles. Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary William M. Holaday said flatly this country has the "hardware”—presumatdy ballistic missiles—to launch large earth satellites any time It wanted. But the missiles director emphasized this would have to take a back seat to the stockpiling of long-range missiles. Holaday told a meeting of the American Rocket Society in New York Thursday night that right now “satellites are not as military useful as a working dependable ballistic missile weapon system would be.” First The Missiles “When we are assured of an adequate intermediate range ballistic missile capability and an intercontinental ballistic missile system with the necessary support equipmentand stockpile of missiles, then we intend to jump into space. “To do so beforehand would be like trying to lock the front door and to let the back door stay open,” he said. The United States is attempting again today to fire a six-inch test satellite into a globe-circling orbit. The Soviet Union — presumably with the aid erf ballistic missile power—has sent up a 1,120pound Sputnik. Sen. Henry M. Jackson (DWash.) accused the Defense Department of handing the Russians another propaganda victory by its “stupidity” in announcing the hour by hour failure Wednesday to paunch the - first .American “moon.” Other Developments In other missile - satellite developments : —George S. Trimble, vice president of the Martin Co. which built the satellite -launching Vanguard rocket, predicted the first attempt to orbit a U.S. satellite would fail. —Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler said the Truman administration produced all of the 11 operational missiles now in this country’s arsenal. He said the “failures” in the U.S. missile program rest with President Eisenhower. —Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover urged speedy construction of a fleet of “underwater satellites” —atom-powered submarines capable of launching ballistic missiles while surfaced or submerged. He said the Russians have a sub fleet five times as large as this country. United Nations May Take Middle Course Compromise Likely . On Alqeria Problem UNITED NATIONS (UP)— The United Nations appeared to be ready today to adopt a middleroad course on Algeria as suggested by the United States. Western observers expected that a compromise resolution, embodying essentially the ideas of a draft introduced Thursday 1 by Latin countries of Europe and South America, would be submitted to the main political committee today. Hope for Peace The Latin resolution—sponsored by Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Peru and Spain — would “express again the hope that. . .a peaceful, democratic and just solution will be found” for the three-year-old guerrilla war against Francfe in Algeria. Both France and its Arab opponents questioned certain introductory phrases. But Iranian Ambassador Nasrolla Entezam suggested it might very well be approved unanimously “if amended somewhat.” The greatest opposition came from the Soviet Union. Russian Ambassador Arkady A. Sobolev contended it “defends the old and obsolete cause of colonialism.” Vote Expected Today The committee met this morning to work out the differences and it appeared there would be a vote sometime today. Another resolution, introduced by 17 of the 29 members of the Afro-Asian bloc, would “recognize that the principle of self-determin-ation is applicable to the Algerian people.” It was possible such a resolution would get a majority vote in the Political Committee but it was unlikely it could muster the twothirds vote necessary in the General Assembly.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER BN ADAMS COUNT*

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 6, 1957,

United States’ Effort To Launch Satellite Is Failure This Morning

12 Bodies Are Recovered From Georgia Blast Hunting Possible Additional Victims Os Terrific Blast VILLA RICA, Ga. (UP)-Civil defense crews moved into the devastated heart of this small textile town today to clear debris and hunt possible other victims of a gas explosion that killed at least 12 persons. Organized teams replaced the frenzied and at times haphazard search Thursday in the smoldering wake of the blast that leveled five buildings. John Bailey, a city councilman who worked nightlong with civil defence officials and other authorities in counting the toll said 12 bodies had been found and identified, and 14 persons were hospitalized. Civil defense officials had placed the death count at 16 but apparently their figures had contained some duplicatons, United Press completed a thoroagh cheek of mortuaries within a 50 mile radius .of Villa Rica this morning and it appeared that the count of 12 was accurate unless further victims; were found in the rubble of the blasted buildings. -,’V ' •. ‘ -• • •' « The blast, followed by fire, came in mid-morning Thursday, when the town’s business section was crowded with shoppers. Investigators said it apparently was caused by a leaking gas line in a drug store on the main street. The drug store is a favorite eating place of textile workers, one resident told United Press, and the blast occurred about 30 minutes before the store would have been filled with customers. National Guardsmen patrolled the blast area during the night to prevent looting and the section was roped off to keep away hundreds of persons who flocked in to watch the search. One of the last bodies recovered Thursday was that of Bobby Roberts, 12, found in a dentist chair which had been buried in the rubble. Decatur Young Man Reported Improved Junior Myers Is On Recovery Road Dwight Junior Myers, Decatur young man who has recently undergone brain surgery at Community hospital in Indianapolis, is now responding very favorably, has regained consciousness, has no headache, and is well on his way to recovery, his father stated today. Myers underwent surgery more than a week ago. A brain tumor had been suspected, but the operation revealed a very serious infection of the left side of the brain, which was covered with pus. The doctors cleaned the infection, and treated Myers with several drugs before finding one to which he responded. Myers lay unconscious until Sunday, and as the swelling receded, he slowly responded. He is now reported back to normal, hungry, and anxious to be released from the hospital. Myers’ father stated that friends and acquaintances here in Decatur have been wonderful throughout the experience, and church groups have greatly comforted the ‘ family. Myers’ address is Room 525, Community hospital, Indianapolis. BULLETIN ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (W— The AFL-CIO convention today booted the Teamsters Union oat of the merged 1 labor movement for failure to remove officials charged with corruption.

New Developments I In Policeman Case Plea In Abatement Is Filed For Death Two new developments in the Dale Death case may postpone arraignment, it was learned toIA plea in abatement has been entered for Death, a farmer city policeman charged with public intoxication following an accident near the Standard Grocery Nov. 1 1. This plea asks the court to j abate, or dismiss, the charge against Death, and release him [ from it, and charges that the trial was illegal because no sum- , mons or warrant was ever issued for Death after arrest The appeal was based on a part of Judge Myles F. Parrish's decision in the plea to change a plea of guilty to not guilty, in Which the judge stated that the summons question was not an issue in the previous case, but ; that it could be brought up at aay stage of the trial, including the present stage. The second development was ' the filing of a verified complaint to set aside the decision of the hoard .of public. works, which has dismissed Death from the police , force for conduct unbecoming an officer, absent without leave, and conviction of public intoxication. "Death had been served notice of the action on Nov. 2, following his conviction, now set aside by the court, of public intoxication following an accident. The hearing was Nov. 7, before tire three-member board of works, and the Hatter was taken under advisement until Nov. 12 At that time, by unanimous vote of the board, Death was discharged. Death asks that the court hear the evidence against him for the three charges, stating in his complaint that the charges are not true, and therefore his discharge illegal, and asks that he receive all pay due him, and be ’•einstated in tha police pension fund. The city of Decatur has been ordered by the court to file with ( r riMnued on Page Five) Indiana Bell Asks Toll Rate Increase Seeks Permission To Increase Rates INDIANAPOLIS (UP)-Indiana Bell Telephone Co. today asked nermissicn to raise its rates for long distance calls Between points within the -tate to raise the utility’s grosi revenue by 2% per cent. Bell submitted 1 to the Indiana Public Service Commission a proposed rate adjustment schedule which would nearly double some toll rates for person-to-person calls. To counteract the increases on person-to-person calls, Bell proposed “bargain” prices for station-to-station calls made at night. Bell said it wants to permit sixminute station-to-station calls after 9 p.m. same price effective for threfe minutes at present. The proposal did not ask any change in basic monthly “rental” costs for telephone service itself. It did not ask any change in long distance calls between Indiana points and points outside the state. Spokesmen for the utility said they could not tell exactly how much additional revenue would be produced by the adjusted rates. But they believed it would be about $2,300,000 a year gross (before taxes) and $1,100,000 a year net (after taxes). They believed the additional income would be 2% per cent of the present total gross revenue from all sources. Under the proposed new rates, a 3-minute person-to-person call from Indianapolis to South Bend would be $1.40, whether -made at night or daytime. The present rate is 90 cents at night and $1.05 daytime. The proposed rate to Fort Wayne would be $1.20, compared with 90 cents daytime and 80 cents nighttime now.

| Report Ike To Attend NATO Council Meet Final Decision On Paris Conference Up To Physicians WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower has decided to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit meeting in Paris Dec. 16, it was learned today. Only an unexpected setback in his rapid recovery from a mild stroke, or a firm-veto by his doctors, could alter his decision to head the U.S. delegation to the crucial cold war meeting, administration officials said. Reliable informants said plans are being made for the President to make the transatlantic trip. Formal announcement of his decision may be put off, however, until Wednesday or Thursday of next week. Doctors Will Decide . The Chief Executive's doctors are expected to make their final checkup prior to the announcement some time after Eisenhower ends his current long weekend stay at tais Gettysburg, Pa., farm. Announcement by the White House and State Department that the President would not attend the meeting, following his Nov. 25 cerebral attack, led to deep concern among somp of the European leaders slated to attend the meeting of chiefs of the NATO nations. There was considerable feeling that lack of his leadership might weaken the hoped-for allied effort to strengthen western scientific, military and political cooperation in the face of Russia’s space-age challenge. Made Quick Recovery The announcement “assuming" the Chief Executive would not go, made during the uncertain hours following disclosure of his mild stroke, was issued without consulting the President. But his quicker-than-expected recovery from his attack, plus his personal anxiety over the fate of the NATO meeting, led to his decision to go ahead with plans to make the trip. The White House has, since its original announcement, reopened the door publicly to the possibility he will go. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty’s latest word is that the decision now will be up to the Chief Executive’s tors. Vice President Richard M. Nixon is ticketed to go if, the President does not. Women's Clubs Aid Auction For Center Sale Dec. 14 For Youth Center Fund The women’s clubs of the area are being contacted this week by Miss Frances Dugan, and urged to give two-fold support to the coming auction to raise $2,000 for the Youth Center, staged by the Decatur Memorial Foundation, Inc. Miss Dugan stated that she is asking club presidents to contact their members, and ask them to donate useful articles which they do not need for the sale, which will be Saturday evening, December 14, at the Boknecht building, formerly the Ford agency, at Third and Monroe streets. The women are also urged to attend the auction, which will include many new, bargain items from Decatur sHops, as well as valuable second-hand buys. Most women’s organizations contacted so far have pledged wholehearted cooperation with the project, she added. Those who cannot be contacted by telephone will receive post cards concerning the project. Students from Reppert’s auction school will stage the sale, and door prizes will be awarded.

Mother Believes Daughter Kidnaped Family's Hopes Are Vritually Vanished DEKALB, Ml. (UP)—Relatives said the grief-stricken mother of missing 7-year-old Maria Ridulph believes her daughter was kidnaped by a deranged man who now is “too scared to bring her back.” The .mother, Mrs. Frances Rit dulph, was in seclusion at her I nearby Sycamore home but her ■ sister. Mrs, Raymond Klein, said 1 Thursday night after a visit that - the family's hopes that Maria would be found alive had all but 1 vanished. Mrs. Klein said her sister "feels - that no one in his right mind 1 could have done this.” She said Mrs. Ridulph keeps “saying over and over to herself, ‘He doesn’t realize it’s wrong. He maybe just for an instant didn’t know what he was doing and now he’s too scared to bring her back. “But she must be gone now. He couldn't stand her becoming hysterical There’s so much commotion new he can’t bring her back it she is alive, but he could call any of us’,” Mrs. Klein quoted her sister. Mrs ."'Klein said she didn’t know whether to think%*isrt& might still be alive or not. “You can only go according to what you heat about other kidnapings,” Mrs. Klein said. “They are seldom alive after this much time.” Maria vanished Tuesday night shortly after a man in his 20s offered to give her a piggy-back ride. • . Mrs. Klein said Maria’s brother, Charles, 11, was closer to Maria than the other children and “he’s taking it pretty hard.” Meanwhile, at the Ridulph home in Sycamore, Maria's heartbroken father, Michael, said his wife was blaming herself for their daughter’s apparent abduction. Ridulph said his wife at first refused Maria permission to go out ■ and play Tuesday night, but gave | in to the girl’s persistent pleas. 1 ‘Tve tried to tell her it wasn’t ' her fault,” Ridulph said. “Nothing ' like this ever happened around 1 here before and she shouldn’t blame herself.” Sur. /PlannedOf Post-Polio Victims Local Chapter Will Join Nation Survey A countrywide survey to discov- . er the current rehabilitation needs of all post-polio patients will be conducted this month by the Adams county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Mrs. Robert Hess, chapter chairman, announced today. The local survey is part of a nationwide project by the National Foundation to compile g roster of polio cases of all ages and degree of disability, regardless of date of onset. The canvass here is to be completed by January 1. “Modern medicine has made impressive strides in developing new rehabilitation techniques in recent years,” Mrs. Hess said. “Pilot surveys already undertaken show that there are thousands of polio-handi-capped in the United States who have not yet had an opportunity for medical evaluation to determine if they might benefit from these new techniques. “Some of the techniques employed today for those disabled by polio and other causes were unknown or unused as recently as 10 or even five years ago. "The March of Dimes organization, having .scored a tremendous victory in its war on polio, does now propose to walk Off and leave the wounded behind, so long as help for them is possible. We wish to find everyone who has had polio, whether paralytic or nonparalytic. We want to know what their special problems may Ke, so that they may be helped to regain useful lives, if humanly possible, even though it will take a consid(Continued on Pace Five)

Six Cent

First Attempt At Launching Fizzles Today Rocket Explodes On Ground Today As Attempt Fails CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (Up) —A satellite-carrying U.S. rocket exploded on the ground today in to meet Russia’s Sputnik challenge. iKe Defense Department announced its personnel and scientists at the scene escaped injury. _ The Defense Department also said it probably will be at least several weeks before another attempt will be made to launch a test satellite. TTie Army, also in the moatfjt carrying effort, is getting ready its own attempt to launch a lite but it is not ready to fire. * The Vanguard, a thing of beauty on its launching stand, toppled into the water just before it exploded—an inglorious end to a magnificant endeavor. An orange ball of .flame and fcwL lowing black smoke engblfed the gleaming silver Vanguard Navy missile at the monent it was fired ; *-10:45 a,m. c.s.t. •V The rocket blew up on Its launching stand. % The Fewer Failed Dr. John P. Hagen, chief of the satellite project, said In Washington through a spokesman that the trouble developed two seconds after the Vanguard rocket was fired. “Then the rocket fell back on the stand, toppled over toward the water—that is toward the east—and exploded,” the spokesman said. Fire followed the explosion of the Vanguard but did not last long. In non-technical language, what happened—according to the Defense Department—was that the power which hurls the rocket into space failed. Early diagnosis put the blame in the rocket’s first stage. Hagan quoted J. Paul Walsh, deputy Vanguard director at Canaveral as being "naturally very disappointed." All Was Tense This reporter could hear the dramatic last portion of the countdown preceding the firing—l 9-18-17...... They got down to one second. All was tense in the public information office at Patrick Air Force Base. Maj. Kenneth Grine was on the phone. He got to zero. Nothing Then there was a pause. =. It was only seconds ¥ut seemed like hours. > ’ . j The announcer at the cape on the phone said “All personnel stand by." . ..... Then the news was broken that the rocket had failed. Finally they passed around a little card with these words on it; “Exploded—no Injuries.” But by then everybody knew. It was written on the face of the man on the phone. Flame and Smoke Defense officials began explaining the failure in Washington. “The percentages in this business go against you,” a spokesman said. "We've had three beautiful shots in earlier tests.” The previous tests were on the separate stages of the three-stage Vanguard during the past year. When the firing button was pressed, observers on the beach saw a huge billow of orange flume which enveloped the red-and-white (Continued on Page eight)