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PICKS A LUCKY NAME—Sandy Sue Solomon (right), one of the 1958 March of Dimes poster family, holds up name of Thaddeus flatter, which she plucked from that bowl. That makes Mr. Platter, nominee of the Yuba county,' Calif., chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile "Mr. Typical Contributor." He's a farmer and USAF reserve officer. With Sandy Sue is her twin, Lindy. They are • years old. “ “

Russia Rings Berlin With More Troops Additional Troops Around Berlin To Hatt Desertions BERLIN (UP)— The Soviet Army threw additional troops into its ring around Berlin today but an anti-Communist organization said at least four Red Army deserters already had fled safely to the West. The Russian emigre “Truchnovich Committee" said a fifth deserter was shot and captured while fleeing and a sixth still was at liberty. ' ' 7 ■ The Soviets combed East Berlin and border areas in their greatest display of military strength since the Red Army Brushed the; work-, ers revolt in June, 1953. 5 The almost unprecedented displaq of force indicated the Soviets attached the greatest importance to the deserters. There was wide speculation one of them at least was a general. » Six Reda Desert The Truchnovich «•' Committee, named for Russian anti-Commu-nist Alexander Truchnovich who was kidnapped by Soviets in West Berlin three years ago. said it learned at least six members of an anti-C o m m u n i s t resistance group in the Red Army dlserted New Year’s Eve. The committee said it learned from underground Russian scorces that three were officers and three were enlisted men attached to armored and infantry units at Falkenberg, about 35 miles northeast of Berlin. - One officer and three enlisted men reached West Berlin safely, the organization said. Second Officer Shot A second officer was reported shot by a Red Army patrol near the East-West border and a third officer was reported still at liberty trying to reach the West. The Truchnovich Committee said ail four defectors who reachad West Berlin already had been flown out of the isolated city. Os the four, only one was accounted for by Western officials, were withdrawn and what was being done to revive the program. President Eisenhower disclosed last Nov, 7 that Dulles would “appoint a science adviser to himself and science attaches in appropriate places abroad." Officials said Undersecrecretary of State Christian A. Herter has been pressing a search for the top adviser ever since. They said he has narrowed the field down to two candidates but declined to Identify them. ” Part of the problem has been finding a scientist willing to give up his present work for the pay and desk work of a science ad~viser to DuHes. The department probably will not be able to pay .continued on Page Five) Nicholas Petrie Dies At Huntington Nicholas Petrie, 75, father of Wilbur E. Petrie of this city, died at 10:15 p m. New Year’s day in his home in Huntington. Mr., Petrie, who had been in failing health for two years, was a retired bakery' proprietor. n Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Briggs-Merck Funeral Home at Huntington, the Rev. Arthur Ziegler officiating. Surviving, in addition to the spn here, are the widow, ; Helena; two other sons, Robert G. Petrie, of Huntington, and John ; R. Petrie, Mount Gilead, O„ nine grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. George Sunderman, of Huntington. :

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March Os Dimes Is Underway In County Several' Projects Planned For Fund The 1958 March of Dimes campaign against polio opened officially in the city of Decatur and Adams county yesterday and will extend until January 31. Robert August, of 727 North Second street, has been named as the city chairman for 1958. He was appointed by Mrs. Robert Lane, general chairman of the northern, part of Adams county. The goal for fee whole of Adams county in ths drive to fight infantile paralysis has been set, at 87,000. Chairman August announced several projects which will, be employed to meet the goal set for the county. This year, as in past years, the license plate JA--1958 has been held in reserve by Mrs. Dale Death at die Decatur auto license bureau. This license, plate will go to the highest bidder; Bids may be submitted at the license bureau, or with Mrs. Lane or August. The actual cost of the license plate is not included in the amount of the bid. The bid is just the amount over and above the regular license fee, which still must be paid. 1 Postmaster Leo Kirsch has submitted the winning bid for the past two years and has driven the automobile with the JA 1956 and JA 1957 tags on it. Richard Linn has been placed in charge of the sales which will be conducted on the city streets each Saturday until the end of the campaign. This Saturday, Jan. 4, a blue crutch sale will be conducted on the streets in the business district of Decatur. Miniature blue crutches will be given in return for donations received. Members of the Boy Scout troop No. 63 led by scoutmaster Robert Raudenbush and assistant scoutmaster, Gerald Durkin, will-conduct the sale. The sale will be held from 9 a. m. until approximately 4:30 p. m. All proceeds are to go into the polio fund. Members of the teen council of the Decatur Youth and Community Center will handle the balloon sale Saturday, Jan.’ 11, and also the potato chip sale Saturday, Jan. 25. August has also announced that Roy Kalver has been placed in charge of collections and advertising at the local theater. Al Beavers will handle collections among business and labor. As in previous years, a major project will be the Mother’s March, which will be held in Decatur towards the end of the month. Cards with slots for'dimes are being placed in the business concerns of the city. Collections will also be taken at the local basketball games for the rest of the month. "Die annual polio sweepstakes at the bowling alley will be hand(Contlnued on Pare Five) Local Lady's Sister Dies At Hicksville Funeral services tor Mrs, Hazel Tustison, 69, of Hicksville, a sister of Mrs. Richard T,. Mansfield of Decatur, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Christ in Hicksville, 0., the pastor, the Rev. A. Delaney Votaw, officiating. . . r Mrs. Tustison died about 4:30 a.m. Thursday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where she had been a patient since Dec. 22. A daughter, Mrs. Irma Kelley, Hicksville: two grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Mansfield, and Mrs. Inez Sayers, Chicago.

Civil Rights Commission In First Meeting Six Members Sworn Into Office Today At White House • WASHINGTON (UP) — The six members of the new Civil Rights Commission, created to safeguard minority rights, were sworn in today fn President Eisenhower’s office. . Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams administered the oath to the commission members as they stood next to the President The commission then adjourned to a nearby conference room for its first meeting. When Adams finished administering the oath the President remarked, “Give them their diplomas tor their honorary doctorates.” Then he personally handed the six members their commissions. John A. Hannah, chairman of the new commission and president of Michigan State University, stood next to the President during the oath-taking. ~ President Eisenhower also sat in on the commission’s brief first official meeting. White nouse Press Secretary James C. Hagerty told reporters die President and the members i had ah informal discussion about . the commission's duties. Administration officials said Eisenhower would take a hands-off [ attitude toward the commission 1 and its work and the members would be on their own from the J start. ' The President selected three northern and three southern com- ' mission members to implement a > section of the Civil Rights Act - passd by Congress last year. The pane ’s job is to investigate I alleged violations of voting and of ! other civil rights and to propose t whatever legislation it believes is i needed to safeguard those rights. It will report to the President ' and Congress by Sept. 9, 1959, two ■ years after the 1957 civil rights >. ball became law. Then will pass . out at existence. : Hannah was appointed Dec. 23 . to succeed former Supreme Court : Justice Stanley F. Reed as chair- . man, who quit to avoid possible i involvement as a stifl active jurist. I Besides Hannah, the group includes former Florida Gov. Doyle E. Carlton; former Virginia Gov. John S. Battle: the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president of Notre ' Dame University: Assistant Secretary of Labor J. Ernest Wilkins, a Negro; and Robert G. Storey, dean of the Law School of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex. The three northerners are on record as opposing racial discrimination; the three southerners as defenders of segregation. But all have the reputation of being moderates within their respective areas. '' / ‘ Guard Presidential Palace In Venezuela Precautions Taken After Revolt Ends CARACAS, Venezuela (W Loyal forces guarded the presidential palace today although the government of President Marcos Perez Jimenez appeared in firm control of revolutionary elements. Perez Jimenez announced in a nationwide broadcast Thursday that the New Year’s Day uprising by Venezuelean air force and army units had been crushed. Perez Jimenez said the’’revolt was put down by loyal government troops “with a minimum of losses.” There was as yet no official announcement on the number of casualties either in the fighting or in the sporadic air raids by rebel planes on Caracas. The revolt flared early New Year’s Day at the air base \at Maracay, 50 miles west of Caracas, and at Los Teques, Miranda state capital, 18 miles southwest of here. Rebel radios which had exhorted Venezueleans to join the fight against Perez Jimenez went silent Thursday. At least 18 leaders of the revolt flew to Colombia in Perez Jimenez’s plane they had seized and were granted political asylum. Colombian officials the plane would be returned to Venezuela. Military officials said other leaders had been rounded up. Venezuelan exile sources in Mexico City said they were advised that one of the refugees who fled to Colombia >, was Maj. Martin Parada, leader of the rebels.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, January 3, 1958

Cabinet Members And President Eisenhower In Budget Discussion

Long Distance Phone Strike Is Threatened Nationwide Strike Is Threatened To Begin At Midnight NEW YORK (UP)—A nationwide long distance telephone strike may begin at midnight tonight unless agreement can be reached on a new contract for 25,000 employes of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. before that time. Elaine Gleason, national director of the Long Lines division ot the Communications Workers of America, said the possibility of a strike any time after the* union’s current contract expires at midnight “is very promising.” Nearly complete returns on a j strike ballot taken Thursday indicated that the union membership was “overwhelmingly" in favor of striking, she said. Bargaining talks were scheduled to resume at 10 a.m. e.s.t. Both sides reported that some progress was,made in day-long talks Thursday* A company spokesman said wage agreement had been reached in more than 50 per cent of the ; geographical areas effected by the contract; but Miss Gleason gave a Tnorej pessimistic report. She said the company was asking for a\»6-strikfe clause, elimination of of union dues clause, and an increase of working hours for administrative workers in 24 cities. She said AT&T wanted these employes to increase their weekly work load from 35 and 37% hours to 40 hours. “Things do not look good,” Miss Gleason commented. The union is seeking a $3-a-week increase for operators and $3 to $5 for plant workers at company installations in all states except New Hampshire, Vermont, Dela(Ccntlnued -r ?«ge Five) Adams County Lady Is Killed By Fall Mrs. David Amstutz - Is Killed Thursday Mrs. David Amstutz, 66, was killed Thursday shortly before noon when she tumbled down the basement stairs in her home, three miles southeast of Berne. She suffered a fractured skull. Mrs. Amstutz lost her balance as she stepped onto a bucket on the landing, and fell headlong down the flight of steps. She was a member Os the First Missionary church at Berne. Surviving are her husband: three sons, Elmer and Ernest Amstutz of Berne route 2, and Albert D. Amstutz of Monroe route 1; two daughters, Mrs. Howard E. Moser of Berne, and Mrs. Paul W. Moser of Geneva route 2; 15 grandchildren; five brothers, Albert and John Steiner of Geneva route 1, Ezra Steiner of Linn Grove, Samuel Steiner of Columbus, 0.,_ and Amos Steiner of Portland, and a sister, Mrs. Cyrus Lehman of Berne. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Sunday at the First Missionary church in Berne, the Rev. J. J. Klopfenstein officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. Ohio Bonk Robbed Os $27,000 Today INDIANAPOLIS (If) Indiana police 'were alerted today to watch for an old model gray outo mobile used as a getaway car by a bandit who held up a Phillipsburg, Ohio, branch bank and escaped with 827,000. The bandit headed toward Indiana, police said. Phillipsburg is 32 miles northeast of Richmond, Ind., and about 3 miles north of U. S. 40 which runs from Indianapolis to Coiumbtis through Richmond.

Srtdmund Hillary Wins Race To Pole First Overland Trek Since Scott In 1912 ’”ELl>twgTON, New Zealand Jfcw. Zaaland. adventurer. Sir Edmund Hillary radioed today he naa reached the South Pole—the winner of a historic transAntarctic race and the first ipan ts make the overland trek since Slott in 1912. ■ __ s IHillary and four other New Zea- ' Hinders won a desperate gamble ! against deep snow, treacherous 1 Crevasses and brutal weather to ! plant their country’s flag at the 1 pole before a second British expedition made it. ’«• • A radio message announcing the f success bT their 1,200-mile journey ‘ was received at tfee headquarters 1 of the New Zealand Itemational 5 Geophysical Year committee here ’ tonight. Not since Britain’s Capt. Robert 1 F. Scott marched to the South ’ pole in 1912 had it been reached > by land. ( Scott and his party died on toe way back after discovering Nor--1 wegian Roald Amundseti had beat--1 en them to the world’s southern--5 most point only a month before. The big American base 'now at 1 the pole was established by air. Minimum of Supplies 5 Hillary, 38-year-old conqueror of - Mt. Everest, had set out from 5 Scott base at McMurdb Sound Wth the original aim pf setting up ‘ a supply base 500 miles from the ’ pole. 1 The base was to be used by Dr. f Vivian Fuchs who is leading a ; British expedition from one side 1 of the continent to the other ’ across the South Pole. 1 But Hillary ehepuntered so ’ much better traveling conditions Continuea on ”atte Five) j .. . Mercury Plunges To Zero Al Lafayette Mercury May Drop: Below Zero Tonight By UNITED PRESS The mercury plunged to zero in Indiana today and/may drop below zero tonight. -■ j, A cold wave which marked ttje arrival of 1958 hit hardest at Lafayette, where an even zero reading was the chilliest official mark reported to the U. S. Weather Bur reau overnightly. Indianapolis had a low of 6 above, Fort Wayne T, South Bend 10 and Evansville 18. The forecasts called for highs ranging from 15 to the high 20s today, Iqws ranging from 2 below zero to near 10 above tonight, and highs Saturday from the low 20s to near 30. The outlook for Sunday was not so cold, but the five-day forecast for the period ending next Wednesday indicated slow moderation through the weekend would give way to a new colder trend early in the week. Seven inches of snow lay on the ground ■in the South Bend area this ' morning but elsewhere around the state, except in the extreme northwest area, little or none blanketed the countryside. ■ Scattered snow flurries were predicted tor the north portion today. Elsewhere, fair skies were on tap for the rest of the week. The five-day outlook called for temperatures averaging 5 to 8 degrees below normal highs of 2Tto 45 and normal lows of 12 to 30. Precipitation will average less than one-tenth of an inch with the chance of a little rain,or snow in the extreme south over the weekend and over most of the state Monday or Tuesday. INDIANA WEATHER Generally fair and continued cold tqnight and Saturday. Lows tonight 2 below to 8 above north to 10-16 south. Highs Saturday 15-20 north, 2533 south. Sunset today 5:33 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 8:06 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and a little farmer. Lows Saturday, night' 10-20. Highs Sunday in the 30a.

Fear Guatemala To Fall Under Red Control United; States Is Maintaining Close Watch On Country WASHINGTON (UP) — Tensiontorn and Communist-ridden Guate- ; mala is receiving the “very, very , coses! ’ scrutiny from the State , Department and members of Con- ’ gress, it was learned today. The only country ever to over- . throw a Communist regime now '■ appears in danger of falling once t again under Communist influence, i. Ever since Guatemalan PresL > dent Carlos Castillo Armas was assassinated last July by a Comt' munist sympathizer, exiled Comi munists and Communist sympa--1 thizers have been returning to the Central American republic in in- . creasing numbers. "We have been very Concerned . about it,” a State Department official said. Investigation Likely t A similar concern was voiced on • Capitol Hill. An investigation by the House Foreign Affairs Comf mittee appeared likely. 1 Rep., Albert P, Morano (R---1 Conn.), who last year visited Gua- ’ temalai with a fivoman. House foreign affairs subcommittee, told the United Press that Castillo Armas’ assassination was. ‘ta tragic 1 set-back tor freedom" and has : “given the Communists a new foothold” in Guatemala. U.S. officials nope the forthcom- ! ing national elections in Guate- ’ mala Jan. 19 will halt the trend toward Communism by giving a clear-cut victory to the anti-Com-munists. Three separate parties have offered candidates for the Guatemalan presidancy, two of them strongly anti-Communist. The third was reported to be a target for Communist infiltration. ...Congress Concerned Members of Congress were particularly concerned about Guatemala because Congress has twice singled out the tiny country for special treatment in the U.S. foreign aid program. In 1956 Congress earmarked 15 million dollars for Guatemala. Last year Congress specified that Guatemala receive at least 10 million dollars for the funds going to Latin American countries for economic development. (Continued on F&ge Five) Caroline Reusser Dies At Bluffton Native Os County Is Taken By Death Mrs. Caroline (Cary) Reusser, 72, of Bluffton, a native of Adams county, died « 1:30 a. m. Thursday at the Clinic hospital, where she had been a patient since Sunday. \ - - A member of the St. John Evangelical and Reformed church at Vera Cruz, she was born April 10, 1885, and was the foster daiughter... of .. John and Fannie Hofstetter. Her first marriage was to Simon Neuensehwander, who died in 1911. Her second husband, Gottfried Reusser, died in 1933. Survivors include five sons, Virgil Neuensehwander of Medina, O.; Don Neuensehwander, of Frankenmuth, Mich.; Kenneth Neuensehwander, of Willshire, O.{ Robert Reusser, of route 3, Bluffton: and the Rev. George Reusser, returned missionary from Japan; two daughters. Mrs. Earl Rudy and Mrs. Lester Alexander, of Bluffton; a foster sister, Mrs. Joel Neuensehwander, of Craigville; 21 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at the St. John Evangelical and Reformed church at Vera Cruz, the Rrfv. Louis Minsterman, officiating. Burial will be in the Vera Cruz cemetery- Friends may call at the Thoina funeral home in Bluffton ,wdtil time of the services.

Sluck Valve Creates Kokomo Emergency One Home Destroyed By Explosion Today "SoKOMO (W A stuck valve in a natural gas. booster station created a high pressure emergency over a 25-block area today, •caused- an explosion which de-' stroyed- a home and set off several fires. A school teacher’s home was destroyed by a blast and fire. The teacher and his little Son were burned: Lloyd Sedgwick, 35, who teaches mathematics at Eastern High School in Greentown, sustained multiple bums when he dashed back into his flaming one-story home on the city’s southeast side to rescue his 18-months-old son, : Philip. . ' Sedgwick’s wife, Martha, led the . couple’s three other children to . safety. Sedgwick was hospitalized in "good” condition., The child was I treated .for burns on both hands ■ and a blister on his ear and was released. At least three other area fires i were reported, but none caused r extensive damage, authorities - said. The Kokomo Gas Co. said a valve at a email booster station near the Sedgwick borne apparj eritly became Stuck due to the icy . weather, allowing an excess of . gas to flow through a main and j creating heavy pressure. r The explosion in the Sedgwick home occurred either in a furnace . or a stove. Authorities believed the other I firies were set off by high pilot 1 lights, also the result of excess ' gas in a 25-city block area. 1 At least two of the Other fires ; broke out in utility rooms neSr hot water heaters. . I 'Hours after the Sedgwick home w. as destroyed, the fire department still received alarms and gas pressure was still reported high in the area. Gas workers checked every home, the utility reported, as a precautionary measure, and no other explosions occurred. Sedgwick told police he was Jolted out of bed by the blast. His wife got up about the same (C-ntlnuad on Pare Five) Adams County Home Appraisal Complete —— - V ' Slight Decrease Is Shown In Appraisal Henry Rumple and Roy L. Price, Adams county appraisers, have completed their appraisal of the Adams county home and have submitted their report to the office of the’ county auditor. The report included the livestock, farm equipment and household goods of the county farm. They were accompanied by David Macklin, outgoing county attorney. _ . ' Cattle' and hogs were valued at $7,615 as compared with $6,850 for 1957. -Grain, hay, feed and poultry were valued at $3,167, a drop of over SI,OOO as compared with $4,292 in 1957. Farm implements and supplies totaled $5,464 as compared with $6,270 in 19J>7. The value of tools and supplies was set at $1,070 B'slight rise over the $1,052 in 1957. Household goods were valued at $3,922.20 as compared with the value of $4.196.25 in 1957. The grand total for 1958 was $21,238.20, which is a decrease of approximately $1,500 from the $22,660.25 appraisal of the county farm in 1957. x. Figures for the past nine years show that the highest value placed on the county farm was in 1953 when the home was valued at $36,657.50 and has steadily declined in the following years. The actual figures for the eight years are: 1950, $28,952.70; 1951, $29,911.80; 1952, $32,128.50; 1953, $36,657,50; 1954. $29.948.70p 1955, • $29,205.20; 1956, $23,507.25; 1957, $22,660.25 and the 1958 figure. $21,238.20.

Huge Spending Program Now Near Complete Entire Cabinet And A Vice President In Budget Discussion WASHINGTON ffl — President Eisenhower reviewed with his Cabinet today the 74-billion-doUar balanced budget he will submit to Congress this month. Officials said the huge spending program, which includes about 40 billion defense dollars to meet Russia's missile threat, now is complete except for some minor adjustments in defense items. A preliminary draft of the State of the Union message the Presi- , dent will deliver in person to Congress next Thursday also was discussed. All members of the Cabinet and Vice President Richard M. Nixon . attended the session in the White House Cabinet room. v The President, winding up a 26hour visit to the capital before re- , turning to his Gettysburg, Pa., farm, presided later at the swearing in of the new six-member 1 Civil Rights Commission. 1 The commission immediately ' afterward under the chairman- ' ship of John A. Hannah, president ‘ of Michigan State University, was 1 to begin mapping its plans for insuring the voting rights of : Negroes and other minority 1 groups. The administration was put on ’ notice by Sen. Allen J. EUender (D-La.,) a Senate appropriations committeeman, that it must "justify every dime” of the reported 40 billion dollar defense budget. EUender said the armed .services could “do the job better with what money they’ve got, if pnly they will unity and get along with one another.” He said o "lot of money” was being, wasted by In-ter-service rivalry. Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy said after a meeting with President Eisenhower Thursday military spending proposals would be about 40 billion dollars —close to two billion higher than the current budget. City Skating Rink Is Flooded Today The city ice skating rink at Short and Seventh streets was flooded this morning, and should be ready for skaters by evening, Bernard Clark, city street commissioner, said today. A white flag will be flying over the area when it is safe for skating this winter, and a red flag will be flown when the ice is not safe. The ice can be severely cut up, ruining it for skating, and perhaps leading to a serious Injury later, 'if persons trespass on it while the red flag is flying. Parents are asked to permit their children to skate or play there only when the white flag is flying. Civic Section Makes Hospital Donation A gift of SIOO was presented to the Adams county memorial hospital today by the civic section of the Decatur Woman’s club, Thurman Drew, manager of the hospital, announced this morning. Mrs. Norman Kruse, president, and Mrs. Noble Reynolds, treasurer, made the presentation. The gift had been voted at the Dec. s'■' meeting of the civic section. No specific use was designated for the gift, by the organization. Drew stated that the board of trustees of the hospital placed the money in the building fund to help furnish the new addition. Several other organizations have also presented gifts to the hospital in addition to the room donations. A totai of 30 of the 35 units have already been paid for Io be fora, ished as memorial units to local families and organizations. . -A-

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