Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1957 — Page 1

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IKE OFF TO PARlS— President Eisenhower, stricken 18 days ago, appears vigorous and in good spirits as he boards the presidential plane Columbine 111 for the 17-hour flight to Paris to confer with the leaders of member-nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in an attempt to put new backbone in the NATO agreement.

Hopes Spurred Transit Strike To End Quickly Apparent Rift In Ranks Os Strikers May End Walkout NEW .YORK (UP)—«An apparent rift in -the ranks of striking motormen and plans by the Transit Authority to train 600 new motormen to break the six-day-old strike on the city’s subway system spurred hopes today the transit tieup would end quickly. Dissension in the ranks of the striking Motormens’ Benevolent Association (MBA) festered into an open clash Friday night between two MBA lawyers at a strategy meeting of the splinter union. Moss K. Schenck, an attorney for the union, said the four jailed strike leaders, including MBA President Theodore Loos, had repudiated a peace formula presented to Mayor Robert F. Wagner by Louis Waldman in an effort to settle the dispute. Waldman, another attorney for the strikers and author of the settlement terms, branded Schenck's statement a “complete sellout.’’ He called the charge so “intrinsically mischievous and untrue that it carries its own condemnation." Waldman counter-charged that Schenck had joined forces with the giant Transport Workers Union and the Transit Authority “in opposition to a fair settlement of the strike.’’ The MBA, which claims it represents 2,000 of the subway’s 3,100 motor men, went on strike last Monday in an attempt to enforce demands for bargaining rights with the Transit Authority. Four strike leaders were jailed for defying an injunction against striking issued as a result of a wildcat nine-hour walkout in 1956. The Transit Authority, meanwhile, began a crash program to train 600 new motormen in the next three weeks in a move designed to break the strike. Saturday, usually a light day on the subway lines, was expected to carry above normal numbers today as shoppers, who stayed away from the city in droves during the week, head for the department stores. — — INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight. Sunday partly cloudy with little change in temperature. Low tonight SO--35. High Sunday 48-56. Outlook for Monday: Cloudy and mild with chance of light rain southern half. Good Fellows Club Previously reported $308.47 American Legion ... 10.00 A Friend +■> 10.00 Mr. & Mrs. W. Guy Brown 5.00 A Friend - 25.00 Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Kohne . 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. Al Beavers —— 10.00 Psi lota Xi Sorority 25.00 Eagles Auxiliary - 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Petrie .. 10.00 Pythian Sisters 5.00 Total — - $418.47 NOON EPrhON

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GOP Administration Assailed By Butler Missiles Lag Blame Put On Republicans INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler blames the Eisenhower Administration for seeking a balanced budget by “playing footsie” with the missiles program. Butler denied that former President Harry Truman s administration was responsible for America's “second place” standing behind Russia and accused the current administration of dragging its feet in missiles development. “This administration has been playing footsie with the missile program in an attempt to get a balanced budget,’’ Butler told newsmen. “Which is more important —a balanced budget or our national security?” Butler’s answer to reporters' questions came after his speech Friday before Sigma Delta Chi journalism fraternity. “Liberal” For Senator Butler also: .1. Said the Democratic nominee for Indiana senator should be a "liberal.” 2. Indicated he privately has made up his mind whether he will seek the nomination. 3. Urged fellow Hoosier Democrats not to use the senatorial race as a "pawn” in power struggles. 4. Said Adlai Stevenson declined a bid to attend the Paris NATO conference because he was “slighted.” Butler said he would “fight for a liberal and forward-looking man” as the Democratic senatorial candidate in 1958. He refused to name such men, but observers figured that ruled out Butler's mind such “conservatives" as Indianapolis Mayor Phillip Bayt. Has Made Up Mind Butler did not deny that he already has decided,whether to run for tae nomination. But he insisted the announced intention of Sen. William Jenner (R-tnd.) to withdraw made no difference, and that he will announce his own intentions early next year. In a jab at Jenner, Butler said he "has hopes that even if a Republican is elected that Indiana Won’t continue to be 48th in standing in its prestige in the U. S. Senate." He said Jenner would have made "the most formidable" opponent —the candidate he would perfer tp run against. In remarks that Sounded like an attack against a party faction headed by Frank McKinney and Frank McHale, Butler said some party leaders might want a nominee who could be used as a “pawn”’ to inusre nomination of “pawn” to insure nomination of for “personal gain.” , Warns of Maneuver Butler said some Democrats might put such a maneuver ahead of attempts to get the best man for the job. The Democratic chief said he felt Stevenson declined to attend the NATO summit meetings because “he was not asked to go to Paris In a manner that indicated the Eisenhower administration wanted him to go.” Butler mentioned a remark attributed to Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams that Adams was not anxious for bi-partisan support at the meeting. ' “Eisenhower should have invited him himself,” Butler said. In his speech, Butler accused the “one party press” of foster(Continued on Page Five)

Scrap On Air Force Agency To McElroy Hassle Over Space Projects Agency By , Pentagon, Air Force WASHINGTON <UP) - The Air Force today put on ice its plans to establish a disputed space projects agency until Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy returns from Europe. Defense officials said McElroy, who is attending the NATO meeting in Paris next week, probably would straighten out a hassle over the agency which has flared between Pentagon brass and the Air Force. Air Force Secretary James H. Douglas Friday set aside the order that started the jurisdictional battle over space. He said the order was issued ‘prematurely" last Tuesday as the “result of a misunderstanding” between Air Force officers and defense officials. Douglas said he had assured the Defense Department that no action would be taken to establish the County Jail by forcing the cell ronautics” until it could be coordinated with the specific plans for a new space agency in the Department of Defense. Douglas acted shortly after William M. Holaday, Defense Department missiles chief, told the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee that the Air Force may have been trying to “grab the limelight and establish a position” before the Defense Department set up an overall space agency. Holaday said he had refused to approve an Air Force press release on establishment of the office. Deputy Defense Secretary Donald A. Quarles revealed Thursday that he had asked the Air Force to hold up establishing the office .until , foe department .set-W M own agency for coordinating space research of all the armed forces. But he said the Air Force went ahead anyway and set up the office in an order signed by Lt. Gen. Donald L. Putt, deputy Air Force chief of staff for development. In suspending the order, Douglas made it plain that the Air Force office would be re-estab-lished once the Defense Department plans have been put into effect. He said the purppse of the new office would be to serve as “an Air Force contact” with the contemplated Defense Department Agency. Before Douglas revoked the order, Air Force officials labeled the uproar over creation of the office a "tempest in a teapot.”

Appoints Chairmen For Polio Campaign Annual Fund Drive To Open January 3 Mrs. Robert Lane, of Decatur, has been named general chairman of the 1958 polio fund drive in the north part of the county, according to an announcement made today by Mrs. Robert Hess, chairman of the Adams county chapter of the polio foundation. Heading the drive in the southern part of the county will be Mrs. Irene Sprunger of Geneva, Mrs. Hess stated. Each of these women will have charge of the various fund raising projects in their area's. Both have been active in recent polio drives. Mrs. Lane has served as chairman of the annual Mothers March during the past several years. Each of the general co-chair-men will appoint assistants for the 1958 drive, which will extend from Jan. 3 to Jan. 28. A meeting has been slated for next week, Mrs. Hess stated. Attending the meeting will be Mrs. Hess, Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Sprunger, and Herman Krueckeberg, treasurer of the local polio chapter;’ Richard Linn, secretary; M. J. Pryor, vice-chairman, and Mrs. Joseph Morin, publicity chairman. Plans for the forthcoming fund drive will be discussed and the goal for the campaign will be set at next week’s meeting, ’ Mrs. Hess explained. Mrs. Hess, in making the appointments of Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Sprunger, stated that chapter officials have high hopes for a successful fund drive in January, She pointed out that even though polio incidence has been greatly reduced by the newly developed vaccine, there is still a need for money to assist* victims of polio frbm past years. For them, she said, the polio vaccine came too late and many persons are still in need of treatments which frequently cost more than they or their families can afford.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 14, 1957.

President Eisenhower Arrives In Paris For Atlantic Pact Parley

Israel Warns 1 Against Loss Os Territory Warns Attempt To Slice Off Territory Means More Trouble TEL AVIV, Israel (UP)-For-eign Secretary Golda Meir today said any attempt to slice off territory claimed by Israel to appease the Arabs would result in more trouble for the Middle East. Mrs. Meir, in an interview with United Press, said Israel had not been notified of any plan by the major powers to push the 1947 partition agreement to ease tei> sion between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Reports circulated here earlier this week that such a plan would be discussed at the NATO Summit Conference in Paris next week. "Any idea of slicing off Israel’s territory is' an illusion which harbors not peace but greater tension and will defeat the very purpose these people have in mind,” Mrs. Meier said. “ It Was het'ffifkt"intefview since she was injured in a bombing of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) last month. Cant Change History “It is fantastic that anybody should think history can be turned back and speak as though nothing had happened between 1947 and 1957,” she said. “It is especially peculiar on the part of people who refused to implement resolutions in 1947 to speak of them in 1957. “There can be no doubt in anybody’s mind of Israel’s desire for peace and for negotiations for settlement of any mid-Eastern problems, But such negotiations must take place with /Israel as it is." Mrs. Meir was asked whether there were any Israeli objections to Russia supplying Syria or other countries with economic aid. "I am in favor of constructive efforts in any country by anybody that respects the independence of that country,” she said. “We would like to see Russia as well as other powers work towards peace in the Middle East.” r Negotiating For Loan She said negotiations are continuing for a 75 million dollar loan from the export-import bank. (C.ntlnuod on Pago Five)

Auction Tonight To Help Youth Center To Raise Funds To Help Operate Center More than $3,000 worth of merchandise will be auctioned off this evening at 8 o'clock to raise $2,000 for the Decatur Youth center, J. Ward Calland, general of the auction, said this morning. Merchandise began to fill the former Schwartz Ford garage at Third and Monroe streets Friday, and a fleet of trucks loaned by Petrie Oil company and the city of Decatur spent the morning picking up other goods. A bake sale started at 2 p.m. today, sponsored by the Teen Council, and it will continue until after the auction, or until everything is sold. Students from Reppert's auction school will stage a parade from the court house through town at 8 p.m. to start, the auction. The goods will be sold in the Boknecht building at Third and Monroe streets. A space heater has been provided to warm up the building, and the city light department has provided lights for file interior of the garage. »■ The Teen council met Thursday night and cleaned up the main rooms of the building for the sale. All parents have been invited either through their high school children, or by note through their grade school children, to attend the auction, which is open to the public.

Florida Citrus Crop Is Heavily Damaged Warmer Weather In Southern Portion Tha Florida Citrus Commission was to meet in emergency session today to estimate freeze damage to the 300-million-dollar citrus crop frosted in a Dixie cold snap. -Forecasts for today, however, were for warmer weather over the southern portion of the United States. Only the fog-bound central California Va 11 ex, the snowwhipped Northeast and the rainspattered West Coast were left out of the general forecast for warmer temperatures and clearing skies. Most of the nation enjoyed fine weather Friday because a huge high pressure area had settled over America. A weak low pressure area brought snow flurries to the northern Great Lakes region and eastward through New England. Cool air sweeping in from the Pacific brought rain to Washington and Oregon and held the fogproducing low pressure center over the central California Valley. The Weather Bureau said temperatures rose highest Friday in the area between the Mississippi Biver and..the Atlantic Coast. -Theincrease was from 10 to 20 degrees over Thursday’s readings. In,Florida, it was feared at least hafi the crop had suffered “severely.” One estimate said about 25 million dollars worth of vegetables withered .in the two-day cold snap Thursday and Friday in the northern part of the state. Farmers south of Miami, however, reported most of their crops untouched by the freeze. Homer Hooks, general manager of the Citrus Commission, said tile freeze was the worst since Dec. 11, 1934. Growers in all sections of the citrus belt reported finding ice under the skins of oranges and grapefruit, but the 3,300,000 boxes of unharvested and thin - skinned tangerines suffered most, Hooks said.

Hoosier Killer Is Sentenced To Death Rape-Killer Found Guilty, Sentenced CROWN POINT (UP)—Lake Cir cult Court Judge William J. Murray late Friday senteficed "Dunes killer” George Robert Brown, 25. East Gary, to death In the electric chair at Indiana State Prison April 17, shortly after a jury found Brown guilty of first-degree murder. Brown was convicted ip .connection with the rape-slaying of Mrs. Mildred Grigonis, 30, a Gary beauty operator; Brown, Gary steel worker, also was accused of the death of pretty Lana Brock, 16, New Chicago. Police said he confessed he strangled Mrs. Grigonis and the Brock girl in separate crimes weeks apart and buried their bodies in the shifting sands of the dunes a short distance apart. Brown’s girsly habit of dumping garbage on the grave of Mrs. Grigonis eventually led to his conviction. Neighbors became suspicious and urged police to investigate after Brown was arrested on car theft charges. Brown at first denied his guilt, but later confessed when authorities learned his wife, whom he met while both were patients at Norman Beatty Memorial Hospital at Westville, had known of his guilt for some time. He led police to Mrs. Grigonis’ grave and said he had been dumping the garbage on it “so no one could find her.’’ Mrs. Grigonis was killed Aug. 19, 1956. Her body was found in a shallow grave near an airport in New Chicago. Miss Crock was raped and murdered a month after Mrs. Grigonis. Brown led authorities to the sand grave where she was buried about a half mile from where the first victim was uncovered. Brown, whom - authorities said had a long record of sex offenses dating back to. his teens, was questioned about the murder of the Grimes sisters in Chicago, but (Continued on Page Five)

Senate Leader Demands Drive For Missiles Cites Serious Lag In Development As Russia Moves Ahead WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson said today that if America is going to* catch Russia in the crucial rocket race the government’s fop missile brass must start working harder. The Texas Democrat demanded “the same drive and energy at high levels that we have at the working levels" to help make up the “serious” lag in U.S. missile and satellite programs. Johnson made the statements to reports in advance of his Senate Preparedness Subcommittee's second day of current hearings into the nation’s space weapons programs. The government, meanwhile, went ahead with plans to fling more money and manpower into development of the Atlas Intercontinental- Ballistic -Missile tICBM). The much-demanded speedup came as Lt. Gen. James Gavin, Army Chief of Research and Development, disclosed that he and a “sizeable portion" of Army officers believe Russia has replaced hte United States as the world’s foremost military power. The subcommittee called as a witness today the Army’s Dr. Wrnher von Bi'aun, former German rocket expert now applying his talents in behalf of this country. Von Braun has become the center of a political controversy over whether Democrats or Republicans are to blame for falling behind in the missile race. Also slated to testify were Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris, head of the Army's Huntsville, Ala., missile center, and Navy Secretary Thomas S. Gates Jr. Johnson said his group’s missile investigation left no doubt “we are behind and it is serious." But he said “we can catch up if we get at the job.” - U.S. government and military officials have conceded that the Soviets may be ahead in certain military fields, especially rockets, but Gavin is the first to assert flatly they have taken an overall lead.

To Air Christinas Carols Next Week Decatur Choirs To Broadcast Carols Christmas carols to be presented by local choirs will be heard by Decatur shoppers each evening next week in a special program being sponsored by the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. An amplifying system has been installed at the First Christian church at the corner of Second and Jefferson streets. Loud speakers have been put up throughout the downtown business district. The amplifying system has been donated by the Central Soya company and the Decatur public schools. It will be supervised by Watson Maddox and Lowell Smith. The Decatur Music House has installed a tape recording of Christmas music which will be played earlier in the evenings before the choirs sing. The hours for the choir music are 7 ancj 8 o’clock each night. Ten choirs will be participating in the project, they include: Monday, the choirs of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church and of Decatur high school; Tuesday, the choirs of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and of Emmanuel Lutheran church. • Wednesday, the choirs of the Firtt Methodist church and of the Church of God; Thursday; the choirs of the First Christian church and of the First Baptist church; Friday, the Boy Scout choir, and Saturday, the choir of the First Presbyterian chureh.

Dutch Enterprises Under Army Control Indonesian Labor Unions Seek Voice JAKARTA, Indonesia (UP) — Indonesian labor unions today demanded a voice in the operation of Dutch Enterprises which came under blanket military control Friday night. In several areas the unions—not all of them Communist—demanded representation on supervisory teams which are directing the operations of the Dutch businesses. Generally these teams include only members from the military, the“agricultural service and the labor service. So far, no response to the demands had been made public. Maj. Gen. Abdul Haris Nasution Army chief of Staff, issued nationwide instructions to military commanders Friday night telling them to place all Dutch interests in Indonesia under their control. Estimates of Dutch, holdings in Indonesia range up to IMt billion dollars. While this order broadened and solidified the government’s grasp over Dutch Enterprises, it also as.eut ..warns, ihg to "individuals and organizations” to stop -seizing property. President Sukarno continued to preside at National Council sessions this morning. A cabinet session was held Friday night but, all that could be learned was that it defined Indonesian territorial waters. There also was reaffirmation that Sukarno’s health required him to take a rest but there were no details as to where or when he would go. Antar news agency today published an interview'from Peiping with Chou En Lai quoting the (Continued on Page Five)

Squabble On Probe Os Auto Workers Senators In Reply To Union Attacks WASHINGTON (UP)-Sen. Karl E. Mundt said today inquiry into the long and bitter Kohler Co., labor dispute in Kohler, Wis., is “only one facet” of the Senate Rackets Committee investigation of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union. The South Dakota Republican made the statement in a reply along with Rep. Carl T. Curtis (RNeb.) to attacks on the committee Thursday at the AFL-CIO convention. Emil Mazey, UAW secretarytreasurer voiced some of the criticism from the convention floor. The convention itself, meeting in Atlantic City, singled out GOP committee, members Mundt, Curtis and Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) in a resolution criticizing the committee for indulging in headline hunting and showing anti-labor "bias. Mundt said if the resolution was made because the three senators named feel that the UAW should be subjected to the “same thorough and careful investigation’’ which the committee is giving the Teamsters Union, why then the AFL-CIO is "right." But Mundt said he thinks the AFL-CIO is wrong" if it believes other rackets committee members feel differently. He said the committee has received “many reports of improper activities” on the part of the UAW. He said the group plans an objective investigation as the only way to “affirm or invalidate” the reports. Curtis said he is tired of having “a handful of union leaders slander and malign the committee wrongfully with the charge that we are tools of management and that it is a one-sided investigation." He said the union officials should give the committee information on specific acts of management wrongdoing if they know of any. If the committee is conducting a “one sided, biased” inquiry, Curtis asked, why did the AFLCIO expel the Teamsters and the Bakers Union, both committee targets, only after the committee investigation?

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Carries Hope Os Free World To Keep Peace Believes Atlantic Pact Nations Will Meet Red Challenge PARIS (UP)—President Eisenhower stepped briskly off his plane today for the 'NATO summit conference and said he believed the Atlantic pact nations would meet the challenge of Russia “effectively” and “in unity.” The President's plane landed at Orly Field at 2:53 p.m. (7:53 a.m. c.s.t.) and he came down the plane's gangplank at 3 p.m., right on schedule. The President stood at attention while the United States and the French national anthems were played and then inspected the French guard of honor that met his plane. French Premier Felix Gaillard greeted Eisenhower with a formal welcoming address: The President then delivered a formal statement in ~a - voice that was firm and clear. Outlines NATO Purpose The President said he believed the 15-member NATO nations were meeting in Paris to analyze the challenge of Russia and to meet it effectively. "It is for us, together, to determine whether men will continue to live in freedom and in dignity or whether they are to become mere vassels of an all-powerful state,” Eisenhower said. “We all know that fear alone has neither the power nor the nobility to fulfill the ultimate destiny of the Atlantic community,” he said. In referring to the NATO meeting; he said: “We shaU be striving not only to strengthen the NATO shield but we shall also address ourselves to other aspects of the alliance.” , As a precaution against a strong cold wind, the President kept his hat on while the two national anthems were played. The Columbine made a brief stopover at Loring Air Force Base in Maine for refueling before taking off for the nearly 4,000 mile transatlantic flight. Storms which lashed the North Atlantic this (Continued ;r Page Five) Christmas Program Sunday Afternoon At Decatur High Three Christmas carols from various countries will be featured by the brass ensemble during the -mnual Deeatur high school Christmas program to be presented Sunday at 4 p.m. at the high school auditorium. The public is invited to attend, he program which will be free ?f charge. The program will include organ and vibra-harp selections, the brass ensemble, a candelight processional by the high school choir and "The Holy Nativity in Word, Picture and Song” by the music, art and speech departments of the school. The three numbers to be presented by the brass ensemble are “Indian Carol,” which originated from the Huron Indians, featuring Ann Kocher on the flute; “Christmas Eve” by Rimsky-Korsakoff, a Russian carol written for bell and orchestra and featuring a bell loaned by Cecil Shaffer, and “Dona Nobis Pacem,” written by an unknown German composer.

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