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U. 8. MOON ROCKET BLOWS UP AT START— Workmen are shown as they make final adjustments on the Vanguard missile as it was being readied to carry the first U. S. satellite into outer space. The giant rocket was touched off but because of mechanical difficulties it never left the launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Instead the base of the vehicle exploded into an Inferno of flame and smoke. The Vanguard rocket (center) bursts into

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Officials In Court Today Sherwbod, Sayer Surrender Today On Charges Os Bribery United Press Staff Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Former Indiana Adj. Gen. Elmer W. Sherwood and one-time Statehouse administrative aid William E. Sayer surrendered today on charges they teamed up with a salesman to bribe a convicted road official in the ndiana highwaly scandals. Sherwood and Sayer and their attorney, James Rocap Jr., reported*" at Judge Saul Rabb’s Marion County Criminal Court 2 at 11 a.m., CST and asked for ,a reduction of their bond from $15,000 each, set last Thursday, the day an arrest warrant was issued. Newsmen walitng for the two to arrive after a three-day trip from their Florida homes asked Sherwood and Sayer if they would testify at their trials. They referred newsmen to Rocap, who said: “Why of course, there's nothing to hide.’* “Gio” salesman Arthur J. Mogilner, also named in the bribe affidavits, also will testify, his attorney said. Mogilner surrendered late Friday and posted $5,000 bond. All three were charged with bribing former highway chairman Virgil (Red) Smith to throw a $600,000 equipment contract to Mogilner. The charges were the latest chapter in the eight-month-old Indiana highway scandals. Mogilner also was charged in the latest affidavit with bribery—the 13th such count against him since the scandal stories broke last April. He posted $5,000 bond Friday. Prosecutor John G. Tinder charged that Sherwood and Sayer used their influence to get Smith to buy loaders and street sweepers from Mogilner, a salesman representing manufacturers, and that Smith got one-third, Mogilner onethird and Sherwood and Sayer onethird between them in a division of about $60,000 in commission. Sherwood and Sayer were notified of the new charges while at their Sebring Shores, Fla., real estate development. A state police detective took arrest warrants with him on a flying trip from nldianapolis. but by the time he reached Sebring Shores, Sherwood and Sayer had left, presumably for Indianapolis. Their attorney, James Rocap Jr., said Sherwood ahd Sayer told him they were driving to Indianapolis to surrender and were expected to arrive in time to give themselves up today. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with some light snow, possibly mixed with freezing *atin extreme north portion late tonight changing to snow flurries Tuesday. Warmer north portion tonight and extreme south portion Tuesday. Turning colder north portion Tuesday. Low tonight 27-33. High Tuesday ranging from 35-40 north to 40-47 south. Sunset today 5:21 p.m., sunrise Tuesday 7:55 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and cold. -Lows Tuesday night in 20s. Highs Wednesday in 30s.

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Bloodmobile Quota Far Exceeded Here 157 Pints Given ' Here Last Friday A total of 157 pints of blood was collected in Decatur Friday during the visit of the bloodmobile, Mrs. Ed Bauer, chairman ofthe. drive, .. said today. The quota was 127 pints. Thursday before the mobile visit in Decatur, the regional blood center in Fort Wayne had only about 50 pints of blood on hand for the northeast area of Indiana, and the northwest part of Ohio. A total of 165 persons were scheduled, and 124 of these showed up to give blsod. But 52 persons walked in without being scheduled, and 30 donors gave for specific recipients. The family of Howard Gehrig expressed their thanks for--the many donors who gave their blood for replacement of that used during Gehrig’s sickness. 'Talmage Campbell joined the select list of three-gallon donors, and Charles Cook joined the two gallon donors list. Eight made the one-gallon list, including Billie Feasel, Robert Lane, Jesse Altman, Stanley Brenneman, Art Burris, Ethel ”';hlickman, Norma Bower, and .'-enneth Jackson. Boys whr helped load and unload the Red Cross Bloodmobile to set up in the center were David Rolston, Jerry Douglas, Hubert Magley, Bob McKinnon, Jerry Knavel, Jerry Jones, David Margerum, Harry Nicodemus, and Jim Elliott. Mrs. Bauer thanked all the volunteers who worked the day of the mobile visit, and the Week previous in scheduling the donors., and the ladies of the Presbyterian church who prepared the lunch for the volunteers and nurses, and most of all, of course, those who gave blood. Those who gave blood were Fred Lautzenhauser, Mrs. James Borders, Thurman Drew, Mel Tinkham, Mrs. W. M. Lose, Lester W. Mitchell, Mrs. Robert Teeple, Mrs. Eloise Eicher. Mrs. Leo King, Jr., Rev. J. O. Penrod, Mrs. Robert W, Johnson, Mrs. Arthur Miller, Carroll Myers, Herbert Kitson, Rev. Stuart Brightwell, Rev. C. E. Lykens, Mrs. Jessie Brunton, Don E. Gage, Carl E. Sheets, Mrs. Julius L. Lengerich, Waldo Marbaugh, Mrs. Paul Reimer, Hugo Boerger, Mrs. Morris Bleeke, Jerry Bleeke, Mrs. Harold Baughn, Harold Baughn, Norman Witte, Robert Baker, Donald Heimann, James ■ Merriman, Robert Geimer, Mrs. W. Weiland. Leo Kirsch; Frank Lybarger, Lester Sheets, Robert Morrissey, David Macklin, Paul E. Kohne, Mrs. Eva Brewster, Roy Kalver, Clarence Smith, Mrs. Fred Schamerloh, Fred Schamerloh, Mrs, Cleo Arnold, John Stuckv, Mrs. Betty ShacHey, Mrs. Floyd Reed, Ben Eichenauer. Mrs. Alice Moses; Carl Badenhop, Herman Sautbine, Kenneth Schnepp, Frank Sardella, Mrs. George Foos, Mrs. David Wynn, Mrs. Stanley Arnold, William Hutker, Richard McMahon, Mrs. Josephine Foreman, Stanley Arnold, Mr 5. Leland Smith, Mrs. Edgar Krueckeberg, Edgar Krueckeberg , Kenneth Roop, Mrs. William Felton, Mrs. Woodson Ogg, Mrs. Alvina Scheiman, Gilbert Egly, Helen Bultemeler, Joe Trentadue, Mrs. Paul Harden, Paul Harden, Harold White; Miss Mary Harpering, Mrs. Ida (Continued on Pace Five)

flames seconds after being fired. The cone tip, carrying the 6.4 inch satellite, topples from the third stage. It was thrown clear and survived the blast. But the rocket itself, which rose from two to four feet from the firing pad, fell back and was consumed. At rignt, a fireball reminiscent of the furry of an atomic blast is formed by the exploding Vanguard rocket at the missile test center. Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Over 2,400 On Erie Special Visit To Santa Merchants Sponsor Bio Event Here As A Holiday Special More than 2,488 passengers enjoyed the “Santa Claus Special” runs of the Erie railroad Saturday to Ohio City, O„ and return, Louis Jacobs, trainmaster, said today. The Ene rauroaa was able to supply an extra car so that more than 800 persons were on each of three runs, and none crowded. The Decatur music nouse furnished Christmas music at the station, and city police and sheriffs department directed traffic. Santa Claus arrived at the station in a brand new Ford from Schwartz Motor company, rather than the traditional sleigh, which was impractical in the rain. Santa was able to visit briefly with each boy and girl and give them each a candy cane during the hour-long trip. Adults on the train were given a mimeographed copy of the “Santa Claus Train News" which included items of interest about the trip, and whether it should be repeated next year. Red Cross personnel including three registered nurses and six trained first aiders reported little activity except minor illnesses, including one toothache, and one upset stomach. “We felt the entire operation was unusually smooth especially considering that it was our very first venture,” Jacobs said. “We certainly appreciate the wonderful cooperation we received from the Erie Railroad." "This was ene of the most successful ventures the retailers of Decatur have ever conducted,” Robert Lane, 1957 Chamber of Commerce retail chairman, said. “One trip through the coaches to see the happy smile on those youngsters’ faces, especially as Santa Claus approached, could leave no doubt that they were really having a wonderful time. We think the oldsters enjoyed it, too!” The following merchants in Decatur made the trip possible: Baber’s Jewelry Store, Beaver Oil Company, Begun’s Clothing Store, Bill’s Corner, Blackwell’s Dept, Store, Bower’s Hardware Store, Bower’s Jewelry Store, Brecht’s Jewelry Store, Briede Studio, Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur Hatchery, Decatur Lumber Co., Ehinger & Kortenber, Equity Dairy Store, First State Bank, Floor Craft, Gamble’s Store, E. F. Gass, Co.. Gerber's, Goodins IGA Store, Habegger Hardware, Haflich & Morrissey Shoe Store; Haugk’s, Bob Heller Real Estate, Hi-Way Service Station, Holthouse Drug Co., Kiddie Shop, Kimple Cigar Store, Leland Smith Insurance, L & O Shop, Mazelin Heating & Appliance, MilJ©r%lones Shoe Store, G. C. Murphy Co., Myer’s Home & Auto Supplies, Niblick & Co., Price Men's Wear; Schwartz Ford Company, Sears Roebuck & Co., Sheets Furniture, Smith Rexall Drug Co., Stop Back, Suttles Co., .Uhrick Bros., Wertzbergers. Why Store, and Zinstmaster Auto Sales.

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Auction And Sale For Youth Center Plans Proceeding For Sale Saturday A partial list of items from the industrial committee to be sold at the public auction in the former Ford agency at Third and Monroe streets at 8 p.m. Saturday, was obtained-today from C. I. Finlayson, chairman of the committee. Tom Allwein has been appointed acting chairman of the committee, to serve the rest of the week while Finlayson is out of town on business. Other committee members are Lowell Harper, Clark Mayclin. and Al Riehle. Current model fractional horsepower motors, worth S3O each, and ten pairs of shoes, have been do-, nated to the auction by the General Electric company. Five-yard pieces of dress prin 4 material, and hand-stitched towels, in groups of three, have been given by Bag Service, Inc. Central Soya will give assorted feeds, and items from their farm supply store. All the items donated above are unused and in good condition. The Reppert auction school students under the direction of Col. Q. R. Chaffee, will make the sale. Sell Baked Goods The Teen council, the high school group which manages the youth part of the Decatur Youth and Community Center, will stage the bake sale which will be held from 2 p.m. until the auction Saturday evening to raise money for the youth center. The council met Sunday afternoon and decided to sponsor the sale through the school classes. The sale will be held at the former Ford agency building at Third and Monroe streets. Fred Lengerich, president of the council, and Janalee Smith and Delores Kohne, the other elected members, will organize the sale. The presidents of the eight high school classes will meet with their classes today to get donations for the sale, and helpers to ‘sell the goods gathered. They will report back Thursday night at the regular Teen council meeting. The entire Teen council will meet at the Boknecht building where the sale will be held, to (Continued on Page Three> Native Os Decatur Dies In California - * • Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Agnes Coffee Robison, 65, a native of Decatur Mrs. Robison died Nov. 20 at a hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. She moved away from Decatur about 30 years ago. She is survived by a son, two sisters and a brother. Several surviving aunts, uncles and cousins reside in this community. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Coffee.

BULLETIN CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. UP—The engine of a Martin PSM plane with 11 persons on board blew up today. The plane broke apart in the air and crashed in an open field. There was no immediate report on casualties. But reports said the plane hit the ground so violently it would have been difficult for any to survive.

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Continue Hunt In Illinois Kidnaping No Trace Found Os Missing Young Girl SYCAMORE, Ill.(UP) : Police Chief William Hindenburg said early today that a childless cckple may have kidnaped Maria Hindenburg made the conjecture at a midnight conference of federal, state and local officers reviewing six days of intensive searching. The 7-year-old girl disappeared last Tuesday. A man offering her a piggy - back ride has been suspected as the abductor. But Hindenburg pointed out that the street on which the girl was playing is a heavily traveled state highway. A “child-starved” couple could have suddenly decided to take her, he said. The police chief said no ransom notes had been found and that a roundup of sex deviates in the area had yielded no clues. The child could be alive and well in the care of a childless couple, he said. FBI agents from among the 50 working on the case in this area participated in the conference. The federal agents examined about a dozen possible new clues turned up in a search near Sheridan, site of the State Industrial School for Boys. About 1,000 volunteer searchers probed the rugged, wooded area along the Fox River 35 miles south of Sycamore Sunday. . . . Authorities theorized the little girl was ‘kidnaped while playing near her home here last Tuesday night, and the abductor fled south along a road leading from Sycamore to Sheridan. The searchers were taken to the Sheridan vicinity by school buses and private cars to scour the quicksand and bog dotted area along the river. Civil Air Patrol planes and bloodhounds also aided in the search. Police saiA about a dozen articles of clothing were found, along with a blue velvet doll dress and a crocheted flower. They were turned over to FBI agents who (( ..Unued ou Page Five) Transport Snarled In New York Cily Subway Motormen Go Out On Strike NEW YORK (UP) — A strike of subway motormen snarled transportation in New York City and many of its suburbs today. The massive traffic tangle was complicated by heavy rains and snow was forecast for later in the day. The strike came at a time when Christmas shopping added to the normally heavy Monday load of business and office workers. Police estimated half of the city’s subway system was shut down at the height of the morning hour. Another 25 per cent of the lines were operating on curtailed schedules. The situation improved somewhat after 9 a.m. when the Transit Authority announced that some of its 200 dispatchers had been put to work in place of absent motormen. A spokesman said new train crews were reporting "by the minute,” and said the prospect of normal or near-normal service “looks good” for the evening rush hour. Members of the striking Motormen’s Benevolent Assn., however, vowed to stay out “till Teddy gets out of jail." MBA President Theodore (Teddy) Loose and three other union officers were jailed for contempt of court at 3:30 a.m. for refusing to call off the 5 a.m. strike. The union has been under an antistrike injunction for more than a year. The motormen, supported by six other small unions of subway workers, are seeking recognition as a bargaining agent for all motormen. The Transit Authority has refused to permit a craftbased electioh among its 35,000 employes, all of whom now are represented by the Transport Workers Union.

To Seek Delay In Ouster Os . Bakery Union j CIO-AFL Officers Decide On Delay On k Corruption Ouster e ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (UP)-AFL-CIO officials have decided to 3 seek a delay in ouster of the 160,r 000-member Bakery Workers Union on corruption charges, it was reported today. I Labor sources said the AFLs CIO convention would be asked to » wait until March 15 to expel the » union in an effort to head off a j clash between rival factions in the bakers. The reprieve plan will Joe drawn up at a meeting of the AFL1 CIO Appeals Committee this aft- * emoon. The *time-extension would allow L the union to choose a successor for its $35,000-a-year president, ’ James G. Cross, main target of I AFL-CIO objections. i Convention Slated For March Cross has agreed to call a spel cial convention in Cincinnati, ; Ohio, the first week in March at ■ which he and other executive I board members would resign and stand for re-election. The Appeals i Committee decided to give the uni ion a chance to chuck Cross, it i was reported. ' The AFL-CIO expulsion would J take effect if Cross won' but ! would be revoked if he were de- ' seated, AFL-CIO aides reported, i No similar delay was granted the ■ powerful Teamsters Union which was expelled by the convention ! last Friday. s In the Bakers’ feud, about 275 : anti-Cross delegates claiming to i represent 100 locals and one-third I of the union membership drew up I a request for a charter in the bakery field. - Cross warned that asking the ! AFL-CIO for a charter would be 1 tantamount to declaring war. He • said he would seek help from any > group, including the teamsters, in event of a struggle for members. Accused of Misuse of Funds The bakers’ 45-year-old leader was accused of lavish spending of union money and making collusive deals with employers in testimony before the Senate Rackets Committee. Cross consistently denied wrongdoing and said he could be held responsible only for errors of •judgment.” "continued on Page Two) "■ Heart Attack Fatal To Jacob J. Wagner Root Twp. Farmer Dies This Morning Jacob J. Wagner, 68-year-old retired farmer of Root township, six miles northeast of Decatur, died suddenly of • heart attack at 11:30 o’clock this morning. He suffered the attack while at the Hugo Fuelling farm in Allen county, seven miles north of Decatur, where he worked occasionally. He had been ill for the past year but death was unexpected. He was born in Bremen July 18, 1889, a son of Henry and Elizabeth ' Fox-Wagner, and was married to Anna Bucher Feb. 11, 1914. He had lived in Adams county for the past 50 years. He played independent baseball in this area for many years and was an ardent fan. Mr. Wagner was a member of the Zion Lutheran church in this city. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Lloyd Wagner of Phoenix, Ariz.; one brother, William Wagner of Nappanee, and one sister, Mrs. Otis Troxell of Bourbon. Two brothers and three sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home and at 1:30 p.m. at ■ the Zion Lutheran church, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt officiating 0 . Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the fu- ; neral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday until time of the services.

Medical Exam For President Tuesday Full-Scale Medical Exam Is Scheduled GETTYSBURG, Pa. (UP) - President Eisenhower will undergo a full-scale medical exawtibnw tion at the White House Tuesday afternoon to determine whether he should go to the Paris NATO council meeting. The President has been resting o here since last Thursday night. He >- was scheduled to motor back to >- Washington this afternoon, s White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said he expects ■- the White House will make public o their findings shortly after the e examination. A group of physiJ cians, including neurologists, will - begin, following the examination, - what Hagerty described as a “con- - sultation’’ at 1:30 p.m. c.s.t. Tues- • day. Hagerty said he does not expect / the President to hold a news conr ference Wednesday. Eisenhower , last met with reporters on Oct. 30. f Hagerty continued to shrug off reports that the President might resist. He was asked specifically today about a statement by Gardner t Cowles, president of the Des > Moines (Iowa) Register and TribI une Co.', that Eisenhower might . retire and that the chief executive . is not as well as published reports t indicate. ‘•lt is remarkable how many I people there are that don’t know t anything about the President’s • case who are remarking on it,” . Hagerty said. • “As for the President’s condition 1 (Oontlnue«* P»,e rw) l . 1 ; Profits Shown For ' Month At Hospital November Biggest In All History i A profit of $864.22 was made at . the Adams county memorial hospital in November, putting the r hospital back in the black for the f year, Thurman Drew, hospital - manager, said today. • November brought into the hos--5 pital more deposits and more bills than any other month in its his- ' tory. On October 31 the operating cash balance was $37,984,75, and [ $24,044.48 was deposited during the month. “ The total expenses for the month were $23, 180.26, leaving an operating cash balance on November 30 of $38,848.97. There were 41 adults and 6 babies present in the hospital on Nov. 1, and 149 adults were admitted and 49 babies born there. A total of 9 adults and one baby died. There were 146 patients and 45 babies di smls se d. leaving 35 adults and 9 babies in the hospital Nov. 30. There were 31 boys and 18 girls, including one set of twins, born at the hospital during the month. A total of 12 were treated in the halls, and 157 out-patients were treated in the emergency room, xray department, or laboratory. Plea In Abatement Hearing Is Delayed The hearing in circuit court on the plea In abatement in Dale Death’s trial for public intoxication had been set tentatively this morning for 10 a.m. Tuesday, but will be reset because prosecuting attorney Lewis Lutz Smith has two other cases at that time. Death has asked that the affidavit against him be set aside on the grounds that no warrant was ever issued in the case, as was pointed out by Judge Myles Parrish in his hearing on the change of plea from guilty to not guilty, heard a week ago. The judge ruled at that time that Death could bring up the question at any stage in the trial. Death was released on bail from the county jail the morning of the trial, and appeared at the trial without a summons or warrant being issued.

Denies Report Exact Cause Os Fizzle Known NATO Commander Says Russians To Face Destruction WASHINGTON (UP)-A spokes- ; man for the U.S. space satellite , project said today that experts need ‘‘several more days” to determine what caused Friday’s embarrassing rocket fizzle. The spokesman denied reports that the exact cause already has been determined. At the same time, a high Defense Department official said the public will be given complete information as to why the rocket failed. Moreover, he forecast the Pentagon’s full publicity policy on satellite launching attempts will remain unchanged. Project Vanguard Director John P. Hagen and other scientists of the Nava Research Laboratory have been studying since Saturday thousands of feet of film and telemetered data taken Friday when the Vanguard rocket rose four feet off its launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., fell to the ground and blew up. The films were flown here by jet plane Friday night and screened for the first time Saturday. More Work, Confidence « The spokesman added that sa far there is no indication that Hagen has changed his original snap evaluation that the rocket failed because of some mechanical difficulty and not because of faulty design. Meanwhile, U.S. leaders urged, more hard work and confidence in defenses now in being and less hysteria about Russia’s present rocket leadership. Gen. Lauris Norstad, NATO supreme commander, said it would be impossible for Russia to destroy all of the thousands of retaliatory bases that surround it In a copyrighted interview with U.S. News & World Report, Norstad said a Soviet attack—“whether by missile or otherwise”— would bring instant destruction on the Soviets “of a very high order.” “An aggressor would have to destroy thousands of places simultaneously — every air base, every missile site — to escape retalia- t tion.” he said. “As we go along and add missile launchers, there will be increasing thousands of places an aggressor would have to destroy in one blow.” "No aggressor can do this,” Norstad said. "It is impossibly. .. either now or in the future.” Ji _ Weapons Fully Effective The NATO military chief said the West’s retaliatory power is “fully effective” with its manned bombers, base system, and “missiles with ranges of hundreds of miles that.. .are actually deployed right now” in Europe. He said the Free World’s striking power would continue to be improved in time with the addition of ballistic missiles and better manned aircraft. Meanwhile, Vice President Richard M. Nixon urged Americans to come away from their “weeping wall” over failure of the first U.S. satellite launching and “get behind our missile people.” Scorning any "defeatist” attitude, Nixon assured Americans that the Florida misfire did not mean the nation suddenly was “bankrupt of brains.” (Continued on Page Five)

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