Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 295.

ft HnHw » w n Bl '• * S st I* 4 ** ■Wr 'I CONVICT BECK OF GRAND LARCENY — Dave Beclfe retiring president of the Teamsters’ union, brushes past newsmen as he leaves the court room in Seattle after being convicted by a jury of seven men and five women of stealing $1,900 from the sale of a union-owned Cadillac. Beck, who is free on $3,000 bail, made no comment after the verdict was rendered. He could be sentenced up to 15 years.

Declares Navy Wanted Secret Satellite Test Norton Soys Snyder Overruled Secrecy On Satellite Test :»—■ ..<-*»»• — - WASHINGTON (UP)—Assistant Navy Secretary Garrison Norton said today the Navy wanted the recent unsuccessful firing of its test satellite carried out without publicity because he believed it “quite likely” would fail. But Norton said he was overruled by Assistant Defense Secretary Murray Snyder. He told Senate investigators that Snyder directed that the Navy, which controlled the Vanguard satellite project, “must be completely responsive to questions of the press.” Snyder told the Nayy it "could not conduct the project, as we — - wanted to, in privacy,” Norton testified before the Senate Preparedness subcommittee. Need More Money Norton said he believed — and had told Snyder—that the entire missiles program, particularly test firings, should be carried out in privacy. "I told' him that I thought it was against the safety of our nation to do it in public,” Norton said. Chairman Lyndon B. Johnson and other subcommittee members have been sharply critical of the fanfare of publicity on the abortive test firing of a small satellite at Cape Canaveral, Fla., recently. Norton and Lt. Gen. Verne J. McCaul. acting Marine Corps commandant, testified at a resumption of the subcommittee’s hearings on the lag in the U.S. missile and satellite programs. They testified that the Navy and Marine Corps need more money to meet Russia’s challenge in new weapons. There were these other developments on the missile — satellite fixmt: , . —Vice President Richard M. Nixon told newsmen at a background conference on. missiles that the relative military strength of Russia and the United States should be assessed “with a good dose of realism.” He said the U.S. missile industry i trying to do in 3 years what Russia’s accomplished in 6 to 10 years. Propose Space Agency —Nixon also said “there can be no sacred cows” in national defense and there should be a full airing of any inter-service rivalries that might have impaired defense. , , (Contii.ued on Page Flye) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy north, mostly cloudy south tonight. Tuesday mostly cloudy, occasional light rain or drizzle southwest and extreme west. Not much change in temperature. Low tonight 28-35 north. 35-40 south. High Tuesday in the 40s north and central and in the low 50s extreme south. Sunset today 5:22 p. m.. Sunrise Tuesday 8 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy, rainy and mild. Low Tuesday night around 40. High Wednesday in the 50s.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Home, Belongings Destroyed By Fire Trailer Destroyed By Fire Saturday Adams county and Decatur residents have a chance to help make this a merry Christmas for a St. Mary’s township family of five, whose home, clothing, and bedding were destroyed in a fire t The mother, three girls and a i boy, all the children under 12 • years off age, were left almost s destitute by the fire. The hust band had abandoned the family t some time ago, and they lived in a trailer on the back of a lot beu onging to the grandmother. The| . family had no income, and will - now move in with the grandmoth- - er, who will have five more - mouths to feed on her social se- » curity check. The Decatur fire department i sped to the scene of the fire Saturday night after the oil stove i overheated and exploded. Noth- > ing was saved, despite the fact i that two fire trucks were at the - scene. The fire took place north of Pleasant Mills about 8:45 p.m. Persons who have bedding or 1 clothing that may be used by the - family are asked to bring it to 1 the Red Cross office, and it will 1 be forwarded to the family. The Mt. Tabor Methodist 1 church, a small congregation in ‘ the Bobo area, took up a Collec--1 tion Sunday for the family, and have aided them greatly so far, ’ but here are only 23 in the cona gregation, and morf help would ; be greatly appreciated. j The mother is about 35 years old, and wears size 18% clothing. The three girls need sizes 4, 8 and ‘ 10, and the boy size 12. Any bed--1 (Continued on e«xe Five) ‘ Lewis Smith Heads 1 : State Prosecutors Decatur Man Heads State Association - INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—The Indit ana Prosecutors Association Satf urday named Lewis L. Smith, 5 Decatur, Adams County Prosecu--1 tor, as its president. Paul B. Wever, Evansville, Van1 ierburgh County prosecutor, was ‘ named president-elect for 1959 at the closing session of the group’s annual meeting. - Also elected were Vigo County " Prosecutor John R. Jett, Terre 1 Haute, vice president, and La- ‘ Grange Coimty Prosecutor Rich- ■ ard E. DeTar, LaGrange, secre-tary-treasurer. The IPA elected to its executive committee Marion County Prosecutor John Tinder, Indianapolis: St. Joseph County Prosecutor Patrick Brennan, South Bend; Benton County Prosecutor Everett West, Fowler; Scott County Prosecutor Harry McCalla, Scottsburg, and Knox County Prosecutor Harvey Ramsey, Vincennes. The group voted to establish a liaison committee to meet periodically with State Police Supt. Harold S. Zeis to discuss mutual problems. “The prosecutors association has established this permanent committee to coordinate the activities of the two groups for better law enforcement,” Smith said.

UN Delegates Head For Home After Session Prepared To Return On Short Notice On Hungary Situation UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) —United Nations delegates packed today and headed for their homes throughout the world for Christmas, prepared to return on short notice if an emerency session on Hungry is called. The General Assembly completed its 12th annual session Saturday and Secretary - General Dag Hammarskjold was scheduled to give his assessment of its work today. -— The assembly ended its 12-week session with a protest from the United States against persecution of Hungarian patriot leaders and a warning that it would demand a special session on Hungary “should circumstances warrant.” U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge spoke out in the assembly’s closing hbur against the trial before a secret military tribunal in Budapest of Gen. Pal (correct) Maleter, Gen. Istvan Kovacs and Col. Sandor Kopacsy, former police chief in the Hungarian capital. . —~ Alsing Anderson of Denmark, chairman of the assembly’s fivemember investigating committee that condemned Russia's suppression of the Hungarian revolt, was due here today. He planned to reconvene the committee Tuesday to discuss the plight of the three freedom fighters. Observers agreed the 12th Assembly had these items on its credit side: jections, to finance the United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle East on the basis of regular budget assessments. Some diplomats saw this as the first real tep toward providing a permanent force., .. "AW- * —lt established a 3 per cent surcharge on all Suez Canal tolls to meet the $8,400,000 billfor clearing the waterway of blockades- resulting from the 1956 hostilities there. Again Russia objected, contending the “aggressors”—Britain, France and Israel —should pay the bill. - ~ * u By a unanimous vote, it established a U.S.-proposed special (Continued on Pase Five) Add Temporary Help On Christmas Mail 14 Employes Added In Handling Mail Fourteen men have been added temporarily to the staff of the Decatur post office to assist in handling the heavy volume of Christmas mail, postmaster Leo Kirsch stated today. Each of the regular carriers of the department has been assigned an assistant, and two men have been hired to help as clerks in sorting mail. - -' The temporary assistants include Lester A. Backhaus, on rural route one with Jerry K. Price: Floyd M. Roth, on rural route two with Charles W. Malony; Jack L. Shady, on rural route three with Harold J. Hoffman; Chalmer L, Reber, on rural route four with W. Earl Chase; Jerome H. Ginter, on rural route five with Richard E. Maloney, and Edward J. Bowers, on rural route six with Gerald R. Durkin. Working in the city will be Robert L. August, on city route one with Jay H. Martin; Thomas A. Miller, on city route two with Norbert L. Bleeke; Ned W. Myers, on city route three with Robert A. Light; Robert H. Krueckeberg,,on city route four with Harold E Thieme; Patrick J. Briede, on ■Miriliary with John L. Frank, and Jack M. Weldy, on parcel post delivery with William P. Schrock Jr. The two temporary clerks are Lester G. Bartholomew and Robert E. Noll. Postmaster Kirsch said that the additional help is enabling the local post offipe to handle the heavy flow of mail in and out of the city. He added that this year’s mail volume is running about even with that of last year. A big increase in the number of parcels coming in to Decatur residents was noted this weekend, Kirsch added. He pointed out that between Saturday morning and Monday morning, 160 sacks containing close to 1,600 parcels destined for local residents were handled by the Decatur post office. No figures are available yet on the number of cards and packages being mailed out, Kirsch added. This ‘ week is expected to be the most hectic of the pre-Christmas period for the postal crew. ; .

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- —— r-—-Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 16,1957 — —— J H ' ■

President Eisenhower Declares West Still - » Has Margin Os Power

Subway Strike In New York Is In Eighth Day Direct Losses From Strike Estimated Over 16 Millions NEW YORK (UP)—New Yorkers were promised 60 to 75 per cent of normal subway service today despite a motor men's strike in its eight day with no sign of a quick settlement. Direct losses to the city and its commerce were estimated at $16,500,000 for the first week of the strike and continued to mount at a rate of nearly $3,00,0000 daily. The figures did not include loss of wages to thousands who were unable tq reach their jobs in the early days of the strike or secondary economic effects expected to be passed on by hard-hit retail firms. The possibility was raised that the strike might also lead to an increase in fare from 15 to 20 cents necessitated by transit losses and eventual strike settlement, cast to the city Sunday night, charged the motormen' were striking illegally in-an attempt to overrule a competent and impartial decision against them and said the city “will not permit itself to be blackmailed into such action.” The striking Motormen’s Benevolent Association, claiming membership of 2,600 of the subway’s 3,100 motormen was to vote this afternoon on the mayor’s proposal for ending the strike, which they indicated Sunday is unacceptable to them. All city transit workers vote today for a bargaining representative—an election which is certain to re-install Michael J. Quill's Transport Workers Union as sole representative for all 35,000 subway workers and' is the major strike issue. French President Invited To States PARIS — President Eisenhower has personally renewed his invitation to President Coty of France to visit the United States, probably in the spring of next year. Eisenhower invited Coty to Washington last July, but the French president was unable to go at the last minute because of a government crisis at home. SI,OOO Presented For Youth Center Bake Sale, Auction Held Here Saturday The Decatur Memorial Foundation, Inc., presented the city with a check for SI,OOO for the Youth and Community Center today, as the result of the bake sale and auction held Saturday, Ward Calland, president of the foundation, said today. More than 300 persons attended the auction sale, held in the former Ford garage Saturday at 8 p. m., and many stayed until the sale ended about 12:30 a. m. The thousands of dollars worth of new and used items were sold on the auction block by some 35 students from Reppert’s auction school. Many bargains were obtained by those who attended the sale. The members of the teen council sponsored a bake sale during the afternoon, and the few things that were not sold were also auctioned off. The auction and sale raised $752.85, which was deposited in the Foundation 'account. The foundation runs one or two fundraising projects for the eenter each year. ,

Donations Made To Hospital Addition Two Units Donated To Local Hospital Two additional SSOO units will be donated for the new addition of the Adams county memorial hospital, according to an announcement made today by Thurman Drew, hospital administrator. Donors of the one unit, the 27th to be presented to the hospital, are the members of the county council and the board of county commissioners. The 28th unit is being given by Teeple Truck Lines, Inc., in memory of Mr. and Mrs. David F. Teeple. Drew, in accepting the gift from the county officials, pointed out that it was indicative of the close cooperation and good will which has existed between the hospital board of trustees and the two county boards. The'ssoo is made up of personal SSO donations from each of the seven councilmen and three commissioners. Included on the county council are Henry, Dehner, president; and Frank Bohnke, Leon Neuenschwander, Chris Stahley, C. J. Jones, Julius Schultz, sioners are Harley J. Reef,-presi-dent, and Rolland Miller and Mrs. Mary Kintz, who is giving ber donation to* the name off her .late huSbnnd. John Kintz, former cwnmisricner. The gift from, the Teeple Truck Line company memorializes the fouhder of the company. The late David F. Teeple established the company In Decatur and it has expanded into a flourishing family corporation, with offices in Fort Wayne and Portland as well as Decatur. Drew expressed appreciation to the members of the corporation for their gift, which brings the total of units already donated to 28. Only seven units remain to be furnished, he pointed out. The new addition will bring much needed expansion and improvement to the local hospital. City Seeks Change Os Court In Case Change Os Venue In Policeman's Case The city of Decatur has asked for a change of venue from the Adams circuit court for the case of Dale Death vs the City of Decatur, it was learned today. The city asked that the case to reinstate Death as a city policeman be taken from Adams circuit court, and transferred to another court. Two reasons were set fortS in the petition. If the petition is allowed, three adjacent counties will be listed by the court, and each attorney will strike one, and the case will be tried in the remaining county. Because there are only three counties adjoining Adams in Indiana, if the change is approved the case will be tried in Jay, Wells, or Allen counties. Death was discharged from the Decatur police Ybcge following a hearing before the board of works and safety a month ago. He was charged with conduct unbecoming a public officer, absent without leave from his job, and conviction of an offense in public court.In the city’s petition, it was charged that the plaintiff has an undue influence over the citizens of Adams county, and that an odium attaches to said defendant’s cause of defense in this county. In other words, apparently the city feels that because Death is well-known here, many people would natt|rally feel sorry for him regardless of the merits of the city’s case, and they believe that justice can best be obtained in an out-of-county court. j At the same time the city filed the notice of the charge and hearing, the record of the court proceedings in mayor’s court, the transcript of the hearing before (OontlnuM on Page F1v«)

Atlas Missile Being Readied For Launching [ * America's Largest I Ballistics Missile ; Is Being Prepared ) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UP) 1 —The "Big A” pointed skywArd ■ ready for launching today. The ■ U.S. hopes its earth-shaking rocki et engines will give a shot in the I arm to the NATO summit conference opening in Paris 4,000 i miles away. The “Big A” is America’s larg- > est and most powerful ballistics i missile, the Air Force Atlas, a L three - stage rocket designed to span continents with an atomic warhead in its blunt nose. Two Atlas missiles stood on the launching pads at this top secret guided missile test center and the ’ launching of one of therri appeared ’ to be imminent, barring lastminute complications in the "count-down” to -the zero .second • of firing. Both of the fat, 90-foot long ■ ■ were static fired last week. Scientists tied down the missiles and ■ ran up their rocket engines in the k testa. Xi** XdL"-- '' . It Was reported in San Diego one would be launched today and the other Wednesday. San Diego c is the home of the Convair plant, ; also was reported that the Air : prime contractor for the Atlas. It : also was reported that the Air i Force has ordered a speed-up in ■ the Atlas testing program. i When it comes, it will be the i third test of the Atlas. The missile is designed to fly 5,000 miles i at supersonic speed. But in the i two previous tests last summer, it has flown only a few thousand , feet. Ground safety officers de- , stroyed both missiles in flight be- ■ cause of maulfunctions. — Iran's Earthquake Death Toll 2,000 TEHRAN. Iran W) — The governor of Hamadan province said today that “at least 2,000 whre killed” In the series of earthquakes that have hit northwestern IrVm since last Friday. EarUCr, "the Red Lion and Sun Society, Iranian equivalent of the Red Cross, reported that troops 1 thus far have buried 952 victims. ! A Spokesman added that the ! death -toll was “beyond anything we imagined." He added that the job of rebuilding destroyed homes ' could not be started immediately • because of the intense cold in the ; afflicted area. 1 •- ■* ■■■- ‘ ' John S. Bryan Dies Sunday At Warsaw Funeral Services I Here On Thursday . John S. Bryan, 79, a native of i Adams county, died at 4:30 o’clock . Sunday morning at the Murphy j medical center in Warsaw, where , he had been a patient two weeks. J He was born in Adams county i Oct. 4. 1878, and was married in 1905 at Berne to Miss Sylvia Laut- . zenheiser. His wife preceded him , in death. t A retired farmer, Mrs. Bryan i had lived in Warsaw for 30 years. Surviving are four sons, Kenneth A. Bryan of Cedar Springs, , Mich., Lawrence A. Bryan of War- . saw; one daughter, Mrs. Walter , Allen of Villa Park. Ill.; three sisj ters; nine grandehildren and four , great-grandchildren. i Funeral services will be held , at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at the Zwick funeral home, with bur- > ial in the Willshire, 0., cemetery. The body, at the Landis funeral ; home in Warsaw, will be brought ’ to the Zwick funeral home, where » friends may call after 3 p.m. Wed-1 ' I nesday. |

Dies Sunday ' Jbk BgL .. ■ B w E. W. Lankenau —, x E. W. Lankenau Dies Sunday At Local Hospital Retired Manager Os Decatur GE. Plant Is Taken By Death Enno W. Lankenau, 71, retired manager of the Decatur plant of the General Electric Co., and one of the city’s best known citizens, died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been ill for the past two months and his condition had been serious for the past two weeks. Mr. Lankenau, highly active in business, civic, church, and social circles of the community for many years, retired as manager of the G. E. plant in 1951, after serving as manager since the local plant was built in 1920. A native of Preble township, he moved to Fort Wayne when 12 years of age. He learned the machinist's trade and began his employment with the G. E. in Fort Wayne in 1911, working there until the Decatur plant was completed. Mr. Lankenau was a member of the Eion Lutheran church in this city, a member of the Decatur Rotary club for 30 years, a member of the board of the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. He was a director of the Decatur Memorial Foundation, Inc., active for years in Red Cross and Boy Scout work, serving for years on the Anthony Wayne council of Boy Scouts of America. ’He was a member of the Elfun society of the General Electric Co., and an honorary member of the Gecode club, an organization of women employes of the Decatur plant. Born in Preble township April 28. 1886, he was a son of Henry and Katherine Sehumm-Lankenau. He was married to Miss Rose Johnson Oct. 19, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Lankenau had made their home the past few years in a new residence a short distance west of Decatur on .U. S. highway 224. rtz Mr. Lankenau is survived, in addition to his wife, by three sons, Walter .E. Lankenau . of Fort Wayne, Herman L. Lankenau of Decatur, and Robert 0. Lankenau of Akron, O.; four daughters. Mrs. Robert B. Helm of New Port Ritchey, Fla., Mrs. R. L. Bemont of Phoenix, -Artes, Mrs. Paul Hancher of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. William J. Spahr of Holland, Mich.; 12 grandchildren; one brother, Oscar Lankenau of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. Herman Gerke of Fort Wayne. Four sisters and four brothers preceded him in death. . Funeral services will be conducted at 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Zwick funeral home and at 1:30 p.m. at the Zion theran church, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in Covington memorial gardens at Fort Wayne. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock I this evening until time of the services. ♦ ; • *.

Gives Keynote Address Today AtNATOMeef Asserts West Must Work To Maintain Lead On Red Bloc PARIS (UP)— President Eisenhower told the opening session of the first NATO summit conference today the West still holds I ‘‘the margin of power." I But he said the Western nations i’‘must work to maintain this lead lover the Communist bloc” beI cause the triumph of freedom over despotism is not inevitable. ‘‘lt takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice by a lot of people to bring about the inevitable,” he declared. The President said in his keynote speech the Atlantic alliance nations are willing to join the Soviet Union in bringing “under rational control in the common interest" what he termed ‘vast physical forces which cast a pall over the world.” Calls For Strength “Until that can be done,” Ei - senhower said, “we must continue to create and substain within the free world the necessary strength to make certain of the common security. All of us must have the assurance that the strength will I be used to sustain peace and free- > dom.’*. “We are in a fast-running current of the great stream of history," he said. "Heroic efforts will long be needed to steer the world toward true peace.” “The forces arrayed against us are formidable but not irresistible.” Eisenhower’s address set the tone for the meeting of the chiefs of state of the NATO alliance who have gathered here to seek an answer to recent Soviet scientific and diplomatic successes. Meets With Macmillan He met first with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to align Anglo-American policies and then used the full weight of his immense personal prestige in a speech aimed at infusing the ailing alliance with new streighth and unity. Authoritative sources indicated Eisenhower’s opening statement 1 would lead the three-day, 15-na-tion meeting into an agreement on the future setting up of U.S. missile bases in Western Europe —the key issue facing the conference. Eisenhower spoke in the modernistic, box-like Chaillot Palace NATO headquarters just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. He spoke as the only one of the 15 heads of government present who is also chief of state. Full Sunday Schedule Eisenhower went through a full Sunday schedule, appearing fit despite his long drive through the Paris street In cold weathermen his arrival Saturday. The President: u u \ —Got up at 8 a.m. and breakfasted with Gen. Lauris Norstad, SHAPE commander, at theU. S. Embassy residence. —Attended special services at (Continued on Pa.se Five) Good Fellows Club Previously reported $418.47 American Legion Auxiliary 5.00 Dutiful’ Daughters Class— 5.00 Knights of Columbus 10.00 Business & Professional Women’s Club 14.50 TOTAL ——— $452.97 help ■FIGHT ? iBUYWIWSEArsI *

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