Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 290.

Mt. t STRIKE SNARLS N. Y. TRANSPORT—A jurisdictional strike fouled New York's subway transportation and caused scene* like this all along the IRT system Monday morning when motormen struck at sa. m. Thousands were late for work as usual subway riders jammed surface transportation beyond capacity. . ___________ -

Survey City's Electric Plant For Sale Value Mayor Cole Gives Year's Summary Os Progress Os Decatur The Decatur city council has authorized Indiana * Michigan Electric company to make a survey of the value of the municipal electric plant and all distributing lines, to aid the residents of the city in deciding whether they want to sell the entire municipal plant, Mayor Robert D. Cole told the wjustrial Chamber of Commerce Monday noon In his year's end summary of city progress. . ■- Vlxym Cole explained that the electric company would make a complete survey of all the electrial «LHU>n?ent,, JnclpdiMtoe? and, transformers, owned by the city, and report on their sale value. Any decision to sell the municipal works would have to be decided by referendum, he added, but the administration wants the citizens of Decatur to know the true picture of the power situation here before any referendum takes place. ............ In reviewing the progress at the sewage treatment plant. Mayor Cole stated that the basement of the main administration building is partly in, and that the workers are ready to pour the floor. The slabs for the three primary and three secondary settling tanks are also poured, all concrete work is completed on the trickling filters, and about 20% of the under drains are installed on the two filters. Concrete work is also completed on the two digester tanks, and the cement work on the digester control building located between the two digester tanks is 75% completed. A 24-inch glazed tile outfall sewer from the plant to the river is now finished.- At the lift station, about 90% of the concrete work and 75% of the brick work is completed. The main lines of the interceptor are up to the lift station, but not completed. A 14-inch cast iron force main under river crossing is also completed by the old north bridge. The Interceptor sewer is finished to Marshall street, or about 4,000 feet. The roadway and brushing is complete to the jail. The Meibers street connection is completed on the west side interceptor, and about 2,700 feet of the interceptor is also finished. The four intercepting chambers are precast, and ready for installation, he concluded. Speaking on the city's water supply, the mayor pointed out that during this past year well 14 has been drilled, and put into service, adding 202,000 gallons to the daily water supply. Well 15 is drilled, and capped, and will go into service early next year. It will also produce 202,000 gallons a day. The transmission main from the water plant to well 9 has been increased in size to 12 inches. This main will be extended to well 12 during 1958. « All wells are being connected to the automatic electric pumping system in the plant which fills the reservoirs rapidly, and allows the wells a rest period, which in turn increases their yield. ' Progress on enlarging the wat(Comma** on Face Six)

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179,937 Acres In Crops Harvested Figures For 1957 Given By Assessor The 1,543 farms in Adams county Included a total of 179, 937 acres in harvested crops during the past year, according to the 1957 figures compiled and released by county assessor Walter Koos. Koos’ report shows that Monroe township has the greatest number of farms 188 with 20,196 acres, but Washington township's 165 farms included a higher acreage, 21,070. Other township totals include Blue Creek, 130 farms with 14,927 acres; French township, 95 farms with 14,651 acres: Hartford township, 114 farms with 12,968 acres; Jefferson township. 94. farms with 10,967 acres; Kirkland township, 112 farms with 15,012 acres. , Preble township. 128 farms with 14,432 acres; Root township, 174 farms with 19,958 acres; St. Mary's township. 116 farms with 12,809 acres’; Union township. 160 farms with' 14,533 acres and ; Wabash township, 67 farms with 8,394 acres, the lowest of the county. As shown in Koos’ report there are 6.849 persons residing on Adams county farms. Thesp include 584 in Blue Creek, 440 in French, 451 in Hartford, 332 in Jefferson, 557 in Kirkland, 948 in Monroe, 519 in Preble, 712 in Root, 455 in St. Mary’s; 609 in Union, 332 to Wabash and 910 in Washington. Crop Totals As was to be expected more acres were harvested in corn than in any other crop, 43.840 in the county. Second highest acreage in a single crop was the 33,315 planted in soybeans. Other harvested crop acreage totals for the county include oats, 18,994; wheat, 12,286; rye 137,barley, 142; sorghum, 16; popcorn, 110; alfalfa hay, 10,029 clovertimothy hay, 8,862; lespedeza hay 14; other hay, 16, and tomatoes, 1,043. Potatoes, 33; other crops, 353; plowland pastured, 13,032; rough pasture, timber or wasteland, 26,-’ 744 acres, and clover seed acres harvested, 1,222. The report also shows cattle placed on grain feed since July 1, 1956, 1,540. The report further shows the following number of acres planted nr to be planted for this year: winter wheat, 15,852: rye, 379; corn, 42,054; oats, 18,761; legumes and grasses, 27,562,' and soybeans, 31,759. Township Crop Acreage The breakdown of these crop totals by townships shows: Blue Creek —'4,214 in corn, 1,419 to oats, 1,267 in wheat, 10 in barley, 40 in popcorn, 3,637 in soybeans, 903 in alfalfa, 177 in clover-timo-thy, 66 in tomatoes, 20 in potatoes, 62 in other crops, 784 in plowland pastured: 2,170 in rough pasture, 20 in cattle placed on grain feed, and six in seed. This year’s acreage for that township includes 1,356 in winter wheat, 4,047 in corn, 1,553 in oats, 1,647 in legumes and grasses and 3,418 in soybeans. French Township Harvested crop acreage for French township shows 3,646 in corn, 1,401 in oats, 1,115 in wheat, 12 in rye, 50 in barley, 70 i npocorn, 3,046 in soybeans, 1,332 in clover-timothy, 349 in tomatoes, 1,205 in plowland pastured, and 121 in cattle placed on grain feed. Planned acreage for the new year includes 1,410 in winter wheat, five in rye, 3,790 in com, 1,463 in oats, 2,756 in legumes and grasses and 2,623 in soybeans. Hartford Township Harvested crop acreage for Hartford township includes 3,419 to corn, 1,304 in oats, 985 to wheat, (Continued on Pago Five)

Navy Launches New Hypersonic Guided Missile First Semi-Public Demonstration Held For Navy's Missile EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (UP) — The Navy today showed off its new Regulus 11, a hypersonic guided missile soon to become operational aboard fighting ships and submarines, in its first semi-public demonstration. The missile, which can carry a nuclear warhead and was designed to replace the Regulus I—now carried on surface and undersea craft—was launched at about 10:20 %.m. c.s.t. from this desert base. ■- ST — The surface-to-surface missile, capable of a flying at twice the speed of sound and smashing down on » target'more than 1,600 miles away, was guided on a flight of about half an hour and then brought in to a landing on its retractable tricycle landing gear by a jet “chase” plane. The missile used today had been “recovered” twice previously in this manner. The Navy described the test as successful. Hie flight of the nearly fivestory high missile, witnessed by newsmen, was conducted under simulated shipboard conditions. Hie Navy said the firing was not ‘just a demonstration,” but a regular part of the final testing program for the Regulus H. The 57-foot Regulus II has more than twice the range of the Regulus I, which is 30 feet long. It could be fired from a submarine far at sea to hit a coastal installation or city with a nuclear bomb. The radio-controlled missile differs from a ballistic-type missile to that it can be guided in its flight and perform elusive maneuvers to order to reach its target without being destroyed or detected. A ballistic missile is aimed before firing. Third Attempt CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UP) —lt appeared likely today that a third attempt will be made this week to successfully launch the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the “big bird” in this country’s missile arsenal. There also were reports that an Army missile, either an intermediate range Jupiter or a Redstone, would be fired tonight. This gave rise to speculation that the Army might be ready to test fire its satellite-bearing Jupiter C. missile in the wake of failure of the Navy Vanguard satellite carrier last Friday. Army Denies Report Although a spokesman fort he Army ballistic missile agency at Huntsville, Ala., said no fully assembled Jupiter C’s were at the cape, the Restone believed to be sitting in one of two Army service towers here is the fundamental unit of the Jupiter C. The Air Force kicked off what almost certainly will be another busy week at this Air Force test center Monday by triggering a ground-to-air BoMarc, a small but swift missile which sped away leaving only a thin trail of smoke. Monday the Navy issued a statement listing the reason for the Vanguard misfiring as “a mechanical ‘ failure in the propulsion system.” The statement said the specific trouble was “classified,” but that damage to the launching stand was only “moderately serious . .. Repairs can be made in a short period of time... Work is proceeding on the preparation of another test vehicle for firing.” (Continued on Pace Flv«)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 10, 1957

Subway Strikers Are Ordered To Return Or Face Discharge Threat

Order Bakery Union Comply Or Be Ousted AFL-CIO Council To Expel Bakery Union If Orders Ignored ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ffl - The AFL-CIO Executive Council said today it would expel the Bakery Workers Unton this week unless it complies with AFL-CIO clean-up orders. Federation President George Meany said the AFL-CIO would have “no choice” but to charter a rebel Bakers' group if the ouster goes through. The Bakers’ executive board backed union President James G. Cross in boycotting the hour-long council meeting this morning. Cross has repeatedly refused to resign, the main demand made by the AFL-CIO Executive Council. Sources within the federation said the Bakery Union would have to show signs of compliance by Thursday noon to avoid ouster. Meany said the union would have to abandon a policy of “reprisals and threats” against Cross’ opponents, who seek to bolt .from the-WO.OOO-member ueicn te 'DUy with the AFL-CIO. - Meany told the convention that the Executive Council “still intends to get from the Bakers Union some form of compliance" with the AFL-CIO clean-up orders. Meantime, the council moved to suspend the 5,000-member Distillery Workers unless it agreed to AFL-CIO demands. Former officials were asked to allow AFL-CIO leaders to direct union affairs to avoid ouster. The AFL-CIO convention voted (Continued on Page Five)

Girl Scouts Plan Caroling Saturday To Present Carols Saturday Afternoon A Christmas caroling party for Decatur Girl Scouts is planned tor Saturday under the sponsorship of the Girl Scout board of directors, according to an . announcement made today by Mrs. Jack Rosenberger, program chairman of the Girl Scout association. — All Girl Scouts and Brownies of the community are invited to participate. The party will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the county court house, where the girls will sing carols under the direction of Senior Scouts Jane Bedwell, Deanna Small and Janice Badenhop. The girls will then be divided into two groups. Troops five eight, 21, 27, one three, 23, 15, 20, 15 20, 35, 19, 22 and 31 will go to the Adams county memorial hospital to entertain patients and staff members with carols. This group will be directed by Miss Small. Troop six, 18, 10. 24, two, 25, 12, 14, 30, 26, 34 and 29 will be taken to the county home to present a concert of Christmas carols under the direction of Miss Bedwell and Miss Badenhop. Each troop of the city will contribute a carton of soft drinks to be taken to the county home as a treat for the residents there. Those troops which will not sing at the county home will be asked to give their soft drinks to one of the troops assigned to the county home project. The leaders of each troop will be responsible for arranging transportation of the girls to the hospital and county home. Permission slips from parents are required for the event, Mrs. Rosenberg stated. After the caroling, the troops will meet at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church at the corner of Ninth and Madison streets, where the board members will serve refreshments. The party will be concluded at about 4:30 p.m.

Merchants Donate Prizes For Auction Sale Saturday For Youth Center Fund Seven elaborate and beautiful door prize* have been obtained from Decatur merchants to be given away to those who attend the Youth bake sale and auction Saturday at 8 p.m. at the old Ford agency building at Third and Monroe streets, Mrs. Roy Kalver, chairman of the door prize committee, said today. Everyone who attends the auction or bake sale will be given a ticket and drawings will be made at different times during the evening sale. Ticket holders must be present to win. Prizes will be donated by Gass Ready-to-wear, Halthouse Drug company, Bowers Jewelry, the Adams Theater, Begun’s Men’s Store, Bowers Hardware Store, and Niblick’s Store. All Decatur merchants are being asked, not only to give something tor the sale, but to take an active part in it Saturday evening. The purpose of the sale is to raise $2,000 tor the Youth Center. The Lincoln, Northwest, and St. Joseph grade schools have been contacted, and the children wiU carry home mimeographed slips to their parents Wednesday asking for donations to the sale, and urging the parents to take part andattend the sale. The children will be reminded again Friday about the program,. .. Retailers Appointed Clarence Ziner, iiho isi acting chairman of the downtown soliciting committee to contact merchants, announced this morning that seven sub-captains have been named to cover each area of the downtown section. M. J. Pryor will solicit Second street on both sides north from Monroe street; Ralph Habegger will solicit Monroe street from Third Street to First street on both sides; Dick Ehinger will contact mo-chants on the west side of Second street between Monroe street and the alley, going south. Pax* six)

Two Persons Hurl As Auto Hits Tree Extensive Property Damage Also Caused Two persons sustained injuries in a one-vehicle accident which caused extensive property damage at 1009 Winchester street shortly after midnight last night. A car driven by Chris A. Schwartz, 25, of 228’4 South Second street, went out of control and smashed into a tree, completely demolishing the vehicle and the tree. Schwartz sustained a cut on the right side of his nose and a cut to his right knee. His wife, Virginia, 27, a passenger in the car, suffered abrasions to her face and forehead, a cut on the left knee and possible fractures of the ribs and leg. Both were taken to the Adams county memorial hospital for treatment. Mrs. Schwartz is being held at the hospital for further observation. » Schwartz tcld the investigating officer. Grover Odle, that he was th’ middle car in a line of three vehicles. He stated that the lights of a car approaching from the north blinded him, causing the car to go out of control. Th? car, a 1956 model, skidded for 132 feet before hitting the tree and then traveled another 64 feet before earning to a stop. Damage to the tree and lawn of the Charles Cook residenct at 1009 Winchester was estimated at S3OO. Investigation of the accident is being continued. Goodfellows Club Previously Reported $165.00 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson 5.00 Elks Lodge 993 —— 25.00 Mies Nelle E. Winnes ...... 5.00 TOTAL ... S2OO

Supreme Court Bars Wire Tap Evidence Use Wiretap Evidence By States Banned In Federal Courts NEW YORK (UP)— The government may have to drop its perjury case against Teamsters Pres-ident-elect James R. Hoffa as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ban on the use of state-obtained wiretap evidence in federal court trials, it was learned today. The ruling handed down by the high, cchrt Monday may also aid kingpin gambler Frank Costello In his motion to set aside an income tax conviction tor which he was sentenced to fivq years in prison. U.S. Attorney Paul W. Williams and other Justice Department officials must decide whether the government has enough evidence against Hoffa to continue the perjury prosecution now that wiretap evidence obtained from the New York District Attorney’s office cannot be used. Williams has admitted that wiretaps were an important facet of the government's case. Hoffa* trial on a live-count indictment, charging that he lied to a grand jury about wiretapping the Detroit teamsters’ headquarters, had been-postponed-by Federal Judge Frederick Van Pelt Bryan pending action by the Supreme Court on the legality of using wiretaps procured by state law enforcement agencies under state wiretap laws. In the Costello case. Federal Judge John F. X. McGohey reserved decision last Oct. 22 on a government cross-motion to dismiss Costello’s motion. Costello’s attorney. Edward Bennett Williams, had argued that McGohey should set aside the gambler’s conviction because Costello’s constitutional rights had been violated when the government obtained leads from state-obtained wire, taps. Costello was convicted in 1954 of evading $28,532 in income taxes in 1948 and 1949. He was released in $25,000 bail last March after serving 11 months of his five-year term as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to grant a review of his conviction.

Mathias J. Coffee Dies Last Evening Lifelong Resident Os Decatur Is Dead Mathias J. Coffee, 63. of 347 South Third street,, a lifelong resident of Decatur, died at 9:25 o’clock Monday night at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been ill of complications for the past year. He *as born In Decatur Nov. 17, 1894, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Coffee, and was married to Leona Tonnellier June 25, 1925. He was an employe of the Wayne Novelty Co. Mr. Coffee was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Holy Name society, the Third Order of St. .Francis, and the Moose lodge. . Surviving in addition to his wife are a brother, Joseph Coffee of Decatur, and two sisters, the Misses Mary and Rose Coffee, both of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 9 o'clock Thursday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be ih the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. The Third Order of St. Francis will recite the rosary at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, followed at 8 p. m. by the Holy Name society.

Canadian Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Winners Listed In Science, Literature STOCKHOLM, Sweden (UP) — King Gustaf Adolf of Sweden today presented gold medals and $40,000 cash awards to the 1957 Nobel Prize winners in science and literature. Canada’s Lester Pearson, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, received his award at similar ceremonies in Oslo, Norway. Gunnar Jahn, chairman of the Norwegian National Assembly’s Nobel Committee, hailed Rearson, former Canadian foreign minister, as a key figure in saving the world from a third world war. Jahn referred to Pearson as the architect of the U.N. Middle East Emergency Force and co-founder of NATO, but said, “I want to emphasize that the peace prize has not been awarded to the politician or to the secretary of state as such, but to the man Lester Pearson because of his personal qualities, his powerful initiative... strength and perseverance...” King Gustaf Adolf presented the awards for the 1957 Nobel Physics Prize to two Chinese-born physiecists from New York. Other awards were made tor chemistry, medicine and literature. The physicists are Profs, Tsung Dao Lee, 31, and Chen Ning Yang, 35, the second win Nobel prizes. —. . . V They were honored for breaking down the law Os conservation of par i t one of the long - held theories that blocked progress in the study of the behavior of subatomic particles. They set up experiments by which their colleagues in the laboratory could disprove the theory that all sub-atomic processes which are mirror-images of each <Con' .. jea on «-»»» Bir> Nine Die As Engine Os Plane Explodes One Escapes From Plane By Parachute CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. (UP)— A twin-engine Navy PSM airplane exploded in flight here Monday, killing nine of the ten men aboard, including an aviation machinist who was hitch-hiking a ride to Baltimore, Md. An engine on the right wing of the plane exploded after the takeoff from Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, blowing the wing off and sending the plane crazily spinning into a mesquite thicket where another blast tore it apart. First reports from the Navy said eight men were killed and that another managed to bail out safely. Later, when the bodies were removed from the plane to a funeral home in Corpus Christi, it was found nine men had perished in the crash. Passenger Perishes The extra body, Identified from dog tags, was that of Aviation machinist Carl P. Renn. Renn boarded the plane in Corpus Christi to fly to Baltimore after flying in on another plane. Neither plane listed his name on their manifests. The man who escaped with his life was identified as Sam Gariffo, an aviation storekeeper. Gariffo managed somehow to bail out of the plane after the first explosion.. He is listed in excellent condition at the Naval base hospital despite deep head burns. One of the other, eight dead men also managed to bail out, but the plane was too low for his parachute to open. Live ammunntion in the plane, from Patrol Squadron, 46,’ San Diego. Calif., exploded as rescue crews rought to put out the fire and recover the bodies of the men. The plane was enroute from San Diego to Jacksonville, Fla., and Baltimore, Md. It had stopped overnight at Corpus Christi to refuel. Victims Identified The Navy Monday released the following identifications ot the men killed in the crash, the pilot, Coronado, Calif.; Avia(ConUuued «•

New York City Is Crippled By Subway Strike T ransit Authority Moves To Break Up Transport Strike NEW YORK (UP) - The New York City Transit Authority moved today to break a crippling strike on its giant subway system by ordering strikers to return to work by 3 p.m. or be fired. The TA told 2.600 members of the Motormen’s Benevolent Assn, and members of six other small unions who Monday night Joined the strike that if they wanted their jobs they must give tip their fight against domination by the giant Transport Workers Union. The TA offered bonuses to those who work. It set up dormitories in the subways for “loyal” employes and promised time and half for overtime and for those who sleep and eat on TA time. A 25 per cent bonus will be paid operating and maintenance personnel who have worked or will work during what thg TA called the ‘‘trying-circumstances' ‘caused by the strike that began Monday. Mayor Robert F. Wagner abandoned his ‘hands off’ stand on the strike and called an emergency session of key City Officials. He cancelled all appointments to "devote full time” to the transit - ’' But the TA ultimatum and'the ‘ mayor’s action were small consolation for millions of New Yorkers faced with the immediate problems of getting to work, buying Christmas gifts, and carrying on their lives in a normal manner. The worst transit snarl in the city’s history threw the lives of five million subway riders out of kilter. They milled around on subway platforms, or stood in the rain waiting for jammed busses that passed them by. Many simply gave up and did not report for work or school. The subway strike, which halted more than two thirds of the trains, forced riders to turn to unfamiliar forms of transportation. They surged into railroad stations, where long lines formed at ticket windows. At Grand Central terminal, Pennsylvania station, and at suburban train stops, the police threw up wooden horse barricades to cope with the milling masses. The MBA caked the strike to protest a Transit Authority ruling that subway workers must select a single bargaining agent in an election scheduled for next Monday. They and a number of other small craft unions had sought to escape domination of the giant Transport Workers Union through craftwide elections offering a choice between the TWL T and the splinter groups. INDIANA WEATHER Much colder tonight with north to northwest winds 25 to 35 miles per hour and snow • flurries with heavy snow squalls likely in extreme north portion. Temperatures falling to 12 to 18 above Wednesday morning. Wednesday mostly cloudy and much colder with snow flurries likely north portion. High Wednesday 18-27. Sunset today 5:21 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:56 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Mostly fair and quite cold. Lows Wednesday night aero to 10 above. Highs Thursday in the 20s. •rs ■'i ; '

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