Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1957 — Page 1

Vol LV. No. 301.

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High Fatality Auto Crashes Across Nation At Least 42 Killed In Grim Beginning To Christmas Week By UNITED PRESS An outbreak of high fatality weekend traffic crashes marked a grim beginning to Christmas week. Many of the victims were children. A United Press count showed at least 42 persons were killed in weekend multiple-fatality traffic wrecks around the country. One of the weekend’s worst collisions killed six persons on U.S. 66 near Holbrook, Ariz. The crash Sunday involved- a pickup truck and a ear containing four holiday travelers from Indiana. Lester Boyd Jones, 44; Frank E. Port, 17; Carol Mildred Port, 45, and Janet L. Port, about 14, all of Hobart, Ind., Tsosi Shirley, 45, Sanders, Ariz., and David Fix, about 40, Pine Springs, Ariz., both passengers in the truck, were killed. Shopping Trip Tragedy Five persons were killed in a two-car collision Sunday near Lafayette, Ind. The dead were Keith Weaver, 26, and John McCloud, 22, both of Lafayette; Jack McCloud, 24, Monitor; Mrs. Margaret Ayers, 50, Frankfort, Ind., and Mrs. Virginia Mae Rowan, 48, also of Frankfort. A mother and her three daughters were killed near Salinas, Calif., while returning from a Christmas program at church. Mrs. Dorothea Martella, 42. and hdr daughters, Sally, 10; Judy, 12, and Barbara, 15, died when their pickup truck was struck by a train. The three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Stork were killed Saturday as they returned from a Christmas shopping trip in Breda, lowa, during which the boys asked Santa Claus for gifts they’ll never see. The victims were Neil Stork, 8, and his brothers Eugene, 10, and Daniel, 12. Two sisters and a brother riding home from church at Opelousas, La., in the back of a pickup truck . Sunday were crushed to death when a trailer truck jackknifed and toppled on them. Beatrice Papillion, 14; her sister, Mabie, 10, and a brother, Rocklyn. 12, died. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Papillion, and another brother, Linus, were riding in the cab and escaped death. on Pag* Flv«) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, colder central and south, much colder extreme north tonight. Tuesday generally fair and colder. Low tonight ranging from the 20s extreme north to the 30s ~ central. Sunset 5:25 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 8:03 a.m. High Tuesday near 40 north, in mid 40s south- Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy with rain likely, not so warm but continued above - normal temperatures. -.Low Tuesday night in the 40s. High Wednesday in the 40s.

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Central Soya Makes Hospital Donation Gift Os $5,157 To Addition Announced A gift of $5,157 to the new addition to the Adams county memorial hospital has been announced by the Central Soya company. The gift, to be made through the Central Soya Foundation, will be used to furnish a second floor waiting room, a third floor day room, a nursery, and a delivery room. In the letter of notification to the board of trustees of the hospital, Harold W. McMillen, chairman of the board for Central Soya company, said, “Our interest in the welfare of our employes where they live and work has always been of prime importance as you know. We are happy to be of assistance in the .worthwhile.effort.” The gift by the Central Soya company is the largest gift announced so far. The Aja ms county medical association gave $4,350 to furnish the father’s waiting room and the doctors’ and nurses’ rooms. A total of 28 memorial units have also been announced, with just seven remaining. The original 50 units in the hospital, opened in 1923, were all donated. The Central Soya union, local 261 nf the United Brewery Workers, the five daughters of Dr. Amos i eusser in honor of their father, and Helen Niblick Stoner and Josephine Niblick Edwards in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick, have all given double units. Single unit donors include one by the board of county commissioners and county council members; Teeple Truck Lines, Inc., in memory of Mr. and Mrs. David F. Teeple: the 22 clubs and 636 members of the Adams county home demonstration clubs; in memory of Mrs. Emma Lankenau, R.N.; Mrs. Sara Kalver; Arthur D. Suttles, Sr.; Psi lota Xi; Tri Kappa; Women of the Moose, Delta TTieta Tau;.Beta Sigma Phi; Mr. and Mrs. William Schaefer; E. W. Busche; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper; Mrs. C. C. Rayl and daughter, Mrs. C. K. Egeler; The Holthouse Drug Co.; The First State Bank of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Pumphrey; the American Legion, Post 43; Decatur Lions club F The Mental Health chapter of Adams county. Many other donations, smaller in size, have also been announced. The new entrance and waiting rooms are now open, and the new office is expected to be in use within a week. Hie remainder of the new addition will be finished early next year. Good Fellows Fund Prevoiusly Reportedss63.4B Pocahantas Lodge 5.00 Grace and Paul Wolf 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Don Hakes 5.00 A Friend ... 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baker 3.00 Jerome and Roger Geimer 5.00 Total $588.48 32 Pages ■ 1’ * • — *

Racket sGroup Investigators Hold Session Field Investigators Hold Closed-Door Strategy Sessions WASHINGTON (UP) — Thirtyfive field investigators for the Senate Rackets Committee gathered here today for closed - door strategy sessions on common problems. There could be some side discussions of the uncommon problems encountered by one of their number. The investigators were summoned from the committee's field offices and local headguarters to give progress, reports on work under their direction. Chief counsel Robert F. Kennedy said the meeting will enable staff members to talk facv-to-face about cases that overlap into several areas. One investigator, John B. McGovern, was under heavy fire from one of the nation's most powerful unions. In a letter to Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) Friday, President Walter P. Reuther of the United Auto Workers Union accused McGovern of trying to stack evidence against his union with "fabricated conclusions.” McClellan has declined comment on the letter. He said in the rush of holiday mail he has not even received it With no quorum of the eight-member committee in Washington no immediate formal action on the letter was expected. Urge UAW Investigation But it seemed clear Reuther's letter, repeating criticism leveled by UAW official Emil Mazey at the recent AFL-CIO convention, has pointed up some of the semipolitical problems dogging the committee since its inception. Neither side has been anxious to talk about the controversy but informed sources describe it this way: ‘—Republican committee members Barry Goldwater (Ariz.), Carl T. Curtis (Neb.) and Karl E. Mundt (S.D.), grew restive with the committee’s concentration on the Teamsters and other old line unions which have sometimes supported the GOP. They pushed for an investigation of Reuther's UAW, normally a Democratic backer, and its bitter labor dispute with the Kohler Co. of Kohler, Wis. (Continued on Page Five) Funeral Rites Held For Osterman Child Graveside services were held this morning at the Decatur cemetery for Timothy Keven Osterman, son of Enos and Barbara Jean Sauer Osterman, stillborn at the Adams county memorial hospital Sanday. Surviving in addition to the parents are a brother, Michael E. Osterman, and the maternal grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Sauer of Decatur. The services were conducted by the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt officiating.

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Abandon Hope For 28 Men On Sunken Vessel British Freighter Sinks In North Sea Storm, 28 Aboard LONDON (UP)— Hope was all but abandoned Monday for the 28 crewmen aboard the British freighter Narva which sank in a North Sea storm as it rated to the rescue of another ship in distress. An international mercy fleet searched the mountainous seas but all they found were a spreading oil slick# an overturned lifeboat and two lifebuoys with their flares ■ still burning. Ironically all 14 men aboard the I other ship, the 865-ton British coaster Bosworth, were saved and , the vessel taken in tow while the Narva was speeding to its rescue. The dramatic battle against the sea took place in the North Sea midway between Aberdeen, Scotland, and the southern tip of Norway. The Bosworth had radioed. an SOS that it was listing dangerously; The 1,991-ton Scottlsh-owiied NarVa heeded the call of distress, shouldering through the gigantic waves in its 60-mile rescue mission. Later the Bosworth reported the list somewhat corrected although it was abandoned. The Bosworth, with a hole in its stern, was being towed to Aberdeen by the British trawler Faraday. The Bosworth's crew transferred to the trawler Wolverhampton Wanderer. The &676-ton Norwegian liner Leda arrived on the scene in time (Continued on Page Five) Eisenhower Lights Big Christmas Tree Symbol Os Nation's Hopes For Peace WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower planned to take time off from official duties Monday to light a giant Christmas tree symbolic of the nation’s hope for peace. The President was scheduled to throw a switch (at 5 p.m. e.s.t) illuminating the huge "national Christmas tree” set up in a park behind the White House as part of the capital's annual “Pageant of Peace.” The Chief Executive was also scheduled to deliver a brief Christmas message to the nation and the world. The President’s plans for touching off the capital’s traditional yuletide observance were fitted into a day of urgent appointments. His schedule will be climaxed Monday night (at 8:30 p.m. e.s.t.) when he and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles report to the American people over nationwide radio and television on results of the recent Paris meeting of allied chiefs of state. In the forenoon he was to meet with the National Security Council for consideration of urgent national defense and foreign policy issues. Before the council meeting he had an appointment with Raymond J. Saulnier, chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers. He also scheduled a morning visit with Burmese President U Win Maung, in this country on an un,Continued on Page Five)

City Prepares For Christmas Holiday Suspend Business Early On Tuesday Residents of Decatur and community were preparing today to join the Christian world in observance of the birth of Jesus Christ, Wednesday, Dec. 25. Practically all business in Decatur will cease early Tuesday 1 evening as the city's stores close I at 5:30 or 6 o’clock to enable ownt ers artd employes alike to spend i Christmas Eve with their families i or to travel afar to join relatives • and friends for the holiday observance. Retail stores will be open until '■ 9 o’clock tonight to accommodate late shoppers, but will be closed all day Wednesday. Industry will cease operations for Christmas day. All public offices will be closed. The Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Wednesday, and will go to press earlier than usual Tuesday to afford employes additional time off for Christmas Eve. Church services Tuesday night and Wednesday morping will add a reverent touch to the Christmas observance. Many of the city’s churches- will hoklwateh nightservices Tuesdav night. Special Christmas programs were held in many of the Churches Sunday. Christmas masses at St. Mary's Catholic church will open with a solemn high mass at 5 a.m. Wednesday, with continuous masses until the closing high mass at 10 o'clock. A special festival service will be held at Zion Lutheran church Christmas morning at 9 o'clock. Special children’s programs will be presented at 7 o’clock tonight and Tuesday night. Schools of the city and county, which closed Friday afternoon, will be closed all this week. The Decatur public schools and the county’s rural schools will resume classes Thursday, Jan. 2, while the Decatur Catholic schools will not reopen until Monday, Jan. 6. Pope Warns Against All-Out Anns Race Christmas Mesage Broadcast To World VATICAN CITY (UP) — Pope Pius XII Sunday cautioned against letting Communist technological advances and propaganda panic the free world blindly into an allout arms race. The 81-year-old Pontiff, in a 1 Christmas message broadcast throughout the world in 27 languages, defended the right of free nations to band together for com- ' mon defense—an obvious refer- I ence to NATO. i But he said the "true friends of peace” should not be duped by i short-term Soviet advantages. 1 “Let those who observe today’s competition know how to reduce i the facts to their true proper- ; tions," he said. * < “Let them not permit them- , selves to be misled by suprema- ( qies, of very short duration, nor , to be influenced by fears skill- , fully evoked to win the interest . and support of others.” He said the world needs a . "breathing space" from the costs of the arms race. He said he was * confident the free nations of the j world would band together in the event of danger. "We are certain that at the first ' Continuea on ’age Five) 1 z

File Motions For Quashing Bribery Charge Attorneys For Three Highway Defendants File Quash Motions INDIANAPOLIS (IB — Attorneys for three defendants in the Indiana highway scandals filed motions to quash bribery charges today in a 10-minute Criminal Court session that did not disclose any “surprises.” Attorneys for ‘‘Gio*’ salesman Arthur J. Mogilner and former state officials William E. Sayer and Elmer (Doc) Sherwood filed the motions on technical grounds. Judge Saul Rabb ordered the three to appear in person Dec. 30 when he will rule on the motions. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Asa Smith .and deputy William Sharp represented the state. Sayer and Sherwood were represented by James Rocap Jr., Mogilner by John Royse. Observers speculated a surprise might be after Mogilncr paid - a7O-ftiinute call on Marion County Prosecutor John Tinder last Friday. Tinder was non-com-mittal but he said he had both Sherwood and Sayer "baffled.” * Tinder was not in the courtroom at this morning’s brief hearing. Sherwood ofrmerly was Indiana Adjutant General. Sayer was administrative assistant to ex-Gov. George N. Craig. They returned here from their Florida real estate development recently when the charges against them were announced. Both claimed the# were innocent. Neither Mogilner nor Tinder would reveal if the super-salesman who sold millions of dollars worth of highway supplies to the state (C.ntlnuad on Pag* Five) Award Contract On Chemical Bomber Air Force Awards Contract For Plane WASHINGTON (IB — The air force today awarded a contract for development of a “chemical bomber" capable of flying three times the speed of sound. The contract went to North American Aviation Inc. The amount of money Involved was ■not disclosed. ~: The plane, called the WSIIOA, will use so-called "exotic" chemical fuels. It will be designed to reach speeds of 2,200 miles per hour and to climb to altitudes approaching lUO.OOO feet. It will be able to make transcontinental bomber runs and return without refueling. The WSIIOA is planned as a successor to the H-bomb carrying 852, a subsonic aircraft with a 6,000-mile range which is now the mainstay of the Strategic Air Command, the nation’s main retaliatory force in the event of war ' until ballistic missiles are perfected. The WSIIOA will be powered by high energy chemical fuels, such as boron. Presumably it will use an advanced type of jet engine. It has been reported that the ' General Electric Co. is conducting research on the new fuels for the plane.

16 Hurt As Train Hits Stalled Car Streamliner Train Derailed By Crash OAKLEY, Calif. (UP)-Sixteen persons were injured Sunday night when the speeding Santa Fe streamliner train Golden Gate limited smashed into a stalled car at a crossing here and was derailed. A United Press check of hospitals in the area disclosed 15 pas--1 sengers and a crewman were 1 treated for injuries. None of the 1 victims was reported in serious i condition. i Eight of the train’s ten cars left the track and were scattered along a half-mile area. Although i the train was traveling at better than 65 miles an hour, none of the cars overturned. A The driver of the auto jumped out before the train hit and was not injured. C. J. Smith, editor of Oakley’s only paper, the Diablo Valley News, said the cars broke away from each other as they left the track, t “None .of them overturned, but they were scattered along the ripped up roadbed for a half mile, all tilted at crazy angles,’’ Smith said. Smith, one of the first to reach the scene, said there was no panic among the passengers. "They sat quietly in their cars and waited for someone to tall them what to do,” he said. One of the 121 passengers said he wasn't aware of the collision but "when the engineer* hit the emergency brakes it felt like the train was lifting right off the tracks.” Santa Fe headquarters in San (Continued on Paae Five) No White Christmas Likely In Indiana Continued Mild Is Forecast In State By UNITED PRESS The weatherman’s long-range forecast of continued mild temperatures today apparently ruled out any chances for a white Christmas in Indiana. The five-day outlook Tuesday through Saturday called for temperatures averaging about five degress above normal highs of 29 north to 45 south and normal lows 14 north to 31 south. It was the third consecutive week of above-normal weather predictions for hoosierland. The Indianapolis Weather Bureau said it may be a wet Christmas Wednesday in the form of rain, and additional showers were predicted for Saturday. The forecast called for colder Tuesday and Wednesday, warmer Thursday, turning colder again Friday or Saturday with precipitation averaging about one-quarter inch to near one-half inch, northwest and southeast, respectively. Winter officially came to Hoosierland at 8:49 p.m., CST, Saturday night amid unseasonably mild temperatures. The low Sunday was just one degree below freezing—3l at South Bend and Evansville. The mercury soared to 60 at Evansville Sunday afternoon, 58 at Indianapolis and 57 at South Bend. Early-morning readings today were 39 at Indianapolis and 42 at Fort Wayne. Warm and windy weather was op tap for Indiana today, with the high in the low 60s downstate. Slightly cooler weather was on tap for Tuesday. The Wabash River, meanwhile, continued to rise in the Terre (Continued on Pa«e Five)

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I President To Give Report To . Nation Tonight e National Security t Council Meets In Washington Today - WASHINGTON (UP)—President e Eisenhower, preparing a radio-TV e report to the nation on Allied des sense plans, presided today over „ a meeting of the National Security * Council. * It was the council’s first meeta ing since the President returned J from the NATO “summit” confer--1 ence in Paris. In addition to dis- , cussing the Paris decisions, the 1 meeting was expected to consider 5 parts of the top-secret Gaither report, which is reported to have 3 drawn a frightening picture of the r lag in U.S. military preparedness. Before opening the council meet- ! ing, the President met briefly with . Secretary of State John Foster ; Dulles. White House Press Secretary ' James C. Hagerty said the Presi- ' dent and Dulles discussed plana for their broadcast tonight. 1 Hagerty said he beMeved the re- ’ port would be "informal,” with both men speaking only front notes. , In his radio-TV talk, the Presi> , dent is expected to stand firmly behind proposals by the NATO ' conference for disarmament talks ’ with Russia either in a special ; 25-nation United Nations committee or a foreign ministers conference. By implication, at least, he is expected to reject Russia’s weekend proposals of summit, U.N. and world conference on disarmament and the cold war. Russia apparently has rejected either possibility. But high U.S. officials believe the Soviet ’Union has left the. door open to possible eventual participation in the 25nation U.N. disarmament talks. The United States is standing firm on dealing through the 25-nation group rather than a special meet- , ing of the full U.N, General Assemhlv as Russia has counterproposed. Aiuwugh this government went along with its allies in proposing a foreign ministers meeting with Russia as an alternative, top U.S. officials still favor quiet negotiations through diplomatic channels as urged Sunday night by two leading Democrats—assistant Senate Democratic. Leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.) and Gov. Averell Harriman of New York. The administration has come under intense pressure over the week (Continued on Page Five) NO PAPER WEDNESDAY The Decatur Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Wednesday, Dec. 25, which is Christmas Day. The Democrat will go to press approximately one hoar earlier than usual Tuesday. J effigy hep FIGHT < T» iOgsKHj |BUY CWsTMAS S'EALS