Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI No. 8.

i gnnr—w--*- - • w nnßKQnsr — ■’tmsbbe ' tW MS * 1 ? ill I* ’ SAFETY THROUGH STRENGTH— President Eisenhower responas to a standing ovation Dy Senate ana House members shortly before he delivered his State of the Union message before a joint session of congress. In his address the President outlined an eight-point "safety through strength” program which included defense reorganization to unify control and end interservice rivalries. Standing on the rostrum behind Mr. Eisenhower are Vice President Richard M. Nixon and House Speaker Sam Rayburn, (D) Texas. L ....... ~ ~ 'fx-’. ?Y 1 :2. — :

Ask Expansion Os Powers Os Defense Head Report Eisenhower Wonts Expansion Os Secretary's Power WASHINGTON (UP'-President Eisenhower wants to expand the powers of his defense secretary and possibly give him a senior military staffs to help push spaceage weapons development and end inter-service disputes, it was reported today. An administration source said Eisenhower was personally directing studies for overhauling defense pedicles and organization. The President fti his State of the Union message said he had under* way a “special study” of what he called the never-ending problem of improving military unification. .. If the President decides to seek a military staff for Defense Sec- -• retary Neil H. McElroy and to enlarge die already immense powers of the Pentagon chief, he will have to seek legislation. A military advisory staff is barred by law now The secretary has to rely for help upon the staffs of the military departments and the joint chiefs of staff. The President's announcement of impending defense reorganization caught the Pentagon by surprise. There was no comment from McE I r oy. Eisenhower's speech quickly became a “best seller” in and out of the joint chiefs organization. One top-level defense official told a reported “you are not the only one” curious about the President's plans. He said there were thousands in the Pentagon. There has been a lack of en- ■ thusiasm for reorganization among military men. who think that increased money and decreased red tape are more likely answers to the problem of speeding weapons output in the. face of Russian chalInges. Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, chief of naval operations, said in a major speech Monday the present joint chiefs organization was “in harmony with our form of government." He criticized the idea of a single military chief for the whole defense organization. (Continued on pa<» tlv«) Twins Confused In 1 Court Case Dropped BLOOMINGTQN (W — A reck less driving charge against Darolr J. Whaley, 21, Solsberry, was dis missed in City Court when Whaley’s identical twin brothe* Harold appeared in the courtroorr and evidence was submitted tha' the twins drive identical cars, with consecutively - numbered license plates. Democratic State Committee To Meet INDIANAPOLIS (UP) —lndiana Democratic Chairman Charles E. Skillen issued a call Thursday for a meeting of the party’s state committee next Wednesday to discuss plans for the state nominating convention June 24. Skillen said a platform committee will be selected to go to work on planks for submission to off!-' cial delegates yet to be elected in the May 6 primary. Also scheduled for election in the primary are precinct committeemen, who will meet four days later iii- county conventions to elect chairmen. The county chairmen will meet May 14 to reorganize on a district basis, and the ■ district chairmen on May It to -reorganize the state committee.

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Rousing Reception Given Eisenhower Stumbled Few Times In Speech Thursday WASHINGTON (UP)—lt’s true President Eisenhower blew some of his lines. By one count he goofed a word or so on 23 separate occasions But the consensus of those who heard his State-of-the-Upion address was that this wasn’t bad for a 5000 word speech and in any event no worse than Ike would have done ers, two or five years ago. If everyu-jey imkw «. known Eisenhower had suffered a mild stroke Nov. 25, with a temporary impairment of speech, nobody would have thought a thing of such slips as Thursday’s “citilians’ for) “civilians," or his back-Upnand-start-agaia on such tonguetwisters as “among our assets, let us first ’ briefly glance. . .” Better orators than Eisenhower have stumbled in public on phrases like that. After all Eisenhower was hardly a Cicero even back in 1952 when he was wowing audiences from New York to California with his grin, his charm and Jjis manifest sincerity. Some of those same qualities showed through Thursday, more , than five years and three major illnesses later. For this or some , other reason his jampacked audience in the big House chamber loved him right from the start. - They not only stood and applauded. They cheered and roared, more maybe from the Republican than the. Democratic side but i enough from both to warm the old i soldier's heart. 1 Ike grinned and beamed- When 1 the first ovation finally was quiet- i he touched off a couple more by tossing- verbal bouquests to- < ward his wife in the gallery (she i wanted to join in best wishes for ; the new year, he said) and to Speaker Sam Rayburn and Vice ; President Richard M. Nixon be- i hind him (they both were cele- < brating birthdays this week, their ] 76th and 45th, respectively). Then he settled down to the bus- i iness at hand. He fished his plas- ; tic-ri'mmed glasses out of his outer i breast pocket, pulled a clip from us manuscript and'slipped a sheet at r time off to the left, gradually jr stacking one pile of paper and partly building another. The speech was a long one- intended ic run about 35 minutes. With interruptions for applause 1 it ian to 43 minutes.

Hold License Plate Until February 28 Robert August, city chairman for the March of Dimes, announced today that auto license plate JA 1958 will be held until Feb. 28 to receive bids on the plate. All proceeds from the plate will go to tiie March of Dimes fund. Highest bid received to date is S3O. The bid is in addition to the regular license plate fee collected by the state. Leo Kirsch was high bidder in 1957, and Arthur Suttles was high bidder in 1956. INDIANA WEATHER Fab* and a little colder tonight Saturday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low tonitht 20s north, 26-33 south. High Saturday 39-47 . north, 45-54 south. Sunset today 5:40 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 8:M a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Rain south and central and colder*'with rain or snow extreme north. Lews Saturday night near 20 extreme north to 30 extreme south. Highs Sunday upper 20s north to near 40 extreme south. ..

Doubt Missile Speedup Plan Is Sufficient Democrats Doubtful Eisenhower Plan Os Sufficient Urgency WASHINGTON (UP) — Skeptical Democrats in Congress called on President Eisenhower today to tell how to carry out his eightpoint “security and peace” program for 1958 and line up his own party to support it. There was not much sentiment among the Democratic majorities of the House and Senate to quarrel with the general goals set forth in the President’s State of the Unto* message Thursday. Except; for some of the mere aggressive spokesmen for the New Deal wing of the party, Democratic criticism was muted. But some highly placed Democrats were still questioning whether the Chief Executive’s speech reflected the "sense of urgency” the Democrats have been demanding from the administration. Sen. John C. Stennis <D-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate preparedness subcommittee investigating i missiles, said the speech “did not add any degree of urgency to the program.” Doubt Speedup Sufficient In particular, Democrats showed doubt that the Eisenhower administration intends to step up missile production as much as Democrat* feel is necessary to match Russian progress. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B; Johnson (Tex ), summing up testimony of three top Army and Air Force officers before the preparedness subcommittee,'said all had recommended an increase in production rates "but those recommendations had not been approved.” From the Republicans there was almost no criticism of the program as a whole despite some reservations about its details. Will GOP Support Ike But the Democrats said in effect: “You’ve defined your goals for dealing with the Soviet challenge to American leadership in the space age. Now how do you propose to achieve them and will your own party support you?" Johnson said today; “the President has — in general terms —set forth some worthy objectives. As soon as he lays down the blueprints for meeting those objectives, our committees will promptly consider those blueprints. House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack said, “When the President sends up his specific recommendations. I’m hoping the Republicans will vote the way they applauded.'’ 14-Year-Old Girl Dies On School Bus ROLLING PRAIRIE (W — Services will be held-Saturday for 14-year-old Judith Ann Klute, who fell dead of a heart seizure Wednesday while riding home from school in a school bus. —. .... —" Dies After Being In Coma Four Months SALEM W — Donald Tatiock. 27, who became ill shortly before he was scheduled to receive his doctor of medicine degree from Indiana University, died after remaining in a coma for four months. - . _„ |

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, January 10, 1958.

Warns United States Is Rapidly Losing Military Lead Over Soviet Union

Atlas Missile Is Launched By Air Force ’Flight Is Announced Today From Cape Canaveral CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (W— The Air Force fired its thunderout Atlas intercontinental today and announced the' flight The great, silver missile was triggered from the test range was successful. here at 9:48 a. m. CST. The missile, biggest and mightiest in the nation’s growing ballistic weapon, arsenal, rose slowly from its pad, enveloped at first by a cloud of smoke and flame. But after riding clear of the initial blast, the towering missile, which was coated with ice due to the liquid oxygen in its fuel tanks, sped straight up, then arched majestically downrange over the Atlantic test range. The Air Force later announced in Washington that the test, “which was not full-range, was successful.” A Pentagon spokesman said the Atlas traveled its prescribed course and plunged into toe Atlantic far southeast of th* launchdig site. The range of the flight was not disclosed but,, it was something short; of the 5,500-mile range of which the Atlas is capable when full power is used. The entire test flight was successful, the Pentagon said. The only previous successful flight, on Dec. 17, also was of limited range — unofficially estimated as 600 miles. The Atlas firing, strictly a military show at this stage, was the fourth test of the Air Force’s_ entry in the ocean-spanning weapon category. There has been speculation that the U.S. could use the Atlas, with some major modifications, to launch an earth satellite, but so far the Navy’s Vanguard still has the moon launching assignment here. (Continued on page five)

Audio-Visual Plan Os Teaching Shown Miss Wilma Andrews Is Rotary Speaker A demonstration of the practical use of audio-visual methods of instructions to gain student interest was shown to the Rotary lub at its weekly meeting Thursday night at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, by Miss Wilma Andrews, fifth grade teacher at the Lincoln -school. Bryce Thomas was program chairman. The project consisted of a set of colored slides with a recorded tape. The slides showed Decatur's industries, its utilities and several of its public buildings. A short history of Decatur was also liven. As each slide was shown, a different student told»a short dory about the place shown. Materials for these slides were obtained by the students themselves on various field trips. Among tiie places shown were the Adams county court house and jail, the city water and power plan, the Youth Center, tha General Electric Co., Central Soya Co., Decatur Casting Co., Decatur Industries, Krick and Tyndall Co., Bag Service, and others. Miss Andrews reported that the project proved unusually interesting and helped the children gain a better appreciation of the community in which they live. Timothy Singleton assisted and operated the projector. ’ . The Decatur club began an attendance contest la st n ,’R ht in competition with the Bluffton dub. It was announced that the annual district Rotary conference, with Clarence Ziner presiding, will be held at Fort Wayne April .7 ■ and 8.

Deep Freeze Eases Hold Over Florida Warming Trend On Eastern Seaboard < ByUNTTED PRESS A “deep freeze” that held Florida in its grip for several days gave a final squeeze Thursday night before a warming trend began to loosen its icy hold. Although lingering cold air clung to the Atlantic Coast states during the night ranging from below zero in New England to the upper JOs in northern Florida, the leading edge of warm air from the central portion of thenountry reached western extremes of the area. ' Die U.S. Weather Bureau said that temperatures were about 10 degrees higher than a dqy earlier fron\ western New Yqrk into western Georgia. There were fears, however, that the eagerly awaited return to "normal” summery weather in Florida may have come too late. The multi-million-dollar citrus industry had been dealt its second heavy blow within a month, and fruit and vegetable farmers expressed fear the unseasonal cold weather may have killed their crops outright The Dakotas, known for their bitter winters, enjoyed higher temperatures Thursday than Florida. Huron, S.D., bested Miami with a 54-degree temperature ‘reading, one- degree inure than the resort city’s 55 high. Rains occurred in a general pattern from most of California into Washington, but most deposits were light. More than an inch of rain fell, however, in parts of northern California during a sixhour period. Other than a few snow flurries in northern Minnesota, there was no other precipitation in the country. Y. ■ A warming trend which extended from the Dakotas down to Texas continued its eastward movement.

Fourth Service Os Prayer Held Here Missionary Church Host Thursday Night The Missionary Thursday night to the fourth in aj series of special prayer services being sponsored by the Associated Churches of Decatur. The interest in these special services Tseing held during this universal week of prayer is termed as most gratifying. Different ministers of the affiliated churches have participated each - “evening. Last night the Rev. Gerald Gerig, host pastor, presided. Rev. Gerig read the scripture, the Rev. Paul D. Parker of the Nuttman Ave. U. B. church led in prayer, the Rev. Stuart Brightwell of the First Baptist church was the speaker. Special music was furnished by the host church. “God is Supreme” was the topic for the evening . message. The speaker pointed out that “for us to pray, ‘Thy Will Be Done,’ we are acknowledging God’s will as supreme. "Man has a tendency to disobey God,” he said, "thus we need to follow CBfisras'ouf exafffpleTor Jesus found great strength in praying, ‘Father* not my will but thine be done’.” The speaker further pointed out that to pray "Thy Will Be Done" implies a "willingness on our part to allow Christ’s will to be wrought in us." (ContlhnM on page eight) Overheated Furnace Brings Out Firemen No damage occurred at the Albert Harlow residence on North Thirteenth street this morning at 6:45 o’clock when an overheated gas furnace necessitated calling the fire department. Fire chief Cedric Fishfer reported that the fire truck stood by about 20 minutes while the furnace cooled.

Cold-Shoulder Bulganin Note On New Talks President Invites Russia To Join In Pooling Knowledge WASHINGTON (UP)-The United States waited today to see if Russia would grasp President Eisenhower’s dramatic “science for peace" olive branch. Administration officials at the same time cold-shouldered a second note from Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin which proposed anew high-level East-West peace talks and a ban on nuclear weapons tests. They reaffirmed the American position taken toward the first Soviet note delivered, last month containing the same proposals. Although that one has not been answered yet, officials have made it clear the United States see no point in “summit” talks now until Russia takes a positive step toward disarmament and shows she means it. The President in his State of the Union message invited the Soviets to join other nations in a pooling of ngn-milltary knowledge to help conquer such dread “common enemalaria, . -eai/Cfer. and heart disease. He envisioned a mutual effort fighting disease as opening up a worldwide science exchange which could channel the results of all scientific research to all parts of the globe. “There is almost no limit to the (Continued on page five) Legion Boy Scouts Hear Stale Trooper Safety Rules Are Outlined By Rash __ - Gene Rash, state police trooper, explained safety rules in general to the Boy Scouts of American Legion troop 63 Thursday night. Ten rules to follow in bicycle riding include: (1) ride in a safe place. (2) keep the bicycle in good repair, especially the brakes, (3) keep to the right, ride single file, never more than two abreast. (4) obey traffic rules, use hand signals, (5) ride without weaving, avoid sharp turns. (6) never carry a passenger. (7j at night, have a white light in front and a red light or reflector in the rear. (8) keep two hands on the handlebars; never hold onto a moving vehicle. (9) yield right of way to a pedestrian. (10) remember the rules and enjoy your bicycle. Robert August, chairman of the March of Dimes, personally thanked the troop for their Saturday’s collection of $145,56 in the morning, afternoon and evening. Safety , suggestions for parents from Rash included: a good example to the youngsters, start early, keep a good frame of mind, be alert, accept an officer’s suggestion in a proper spirit. Some sources approve of “back-seat driving” if the observations are given in a proper spirit. Sometimes a hon-driver can see hazard that the driver does not see. Questions and answers followed for 30 minutes, concerning a trooper’s training and equipment, use of spotting airplanes, And unmarked cars, civilian arrest, radar and speed timers. A total of 24 were present for the meeting. — Dale Roth Funeral Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Dale Roth, native of Monroe, who died Wednesday afternoon at Fort Wayne, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home, the Rev. Eli C. Steiner officiating. Burial will be in the Evangelical Mennonite cemetery west of Bento. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Candidate S’*' r IX w ■ Hugo Boerger Boerger Candidate For Commissioner Hugo Boerger Seeks Party Nomination Hugo Boerger, prominent Root ’ township farmer and former chairman of the Adams county extension committee, announced today ; that he will bte a candidate for ’ commissioner from the first dis- ’ trict, subject to the approval of the voters in the Democratic primary i W «■ 1 A lifelong resident of Adams t county, Boerger is the son of Otto i Boerger, who settled here with his i father in the early pioneer days. - Boerger served 10 years as Dem- ! ocratic precinct committeeman in East Root township. He has been ; a 4-H club leader for the past 11 years, served on the 4-H club building committee, and was chairman of the county extension committee in 1956. He served on the Root township advisory board for 15 years. This is Boerger’s first candidacy for a county office. An elder of St. Peter’s Lutheran church, he is the first candidate to announce for the position of commissioner, first district. '*■ Boerger is married to the former Emma Bulmahn, and they have two daughters, Mrs. Franklin Buuck and Miss Kathleen Boerger. Mrs. Minnie Myers Dies This Morning Funerdt Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Minnie Myers, 83, of 809 Mercer avenue, died at 12:45 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been a patient since suffering a cerebral-hemorrhage two months ago. __ _ She was born in Adams county Sept. 21, 1874, a daughter of Asa and Almira La Rue-Carter, and lived most of her life in Van Wert county, O. She was married to John Myers, who preceded her in death Oct. 6, 1917. Mrs. Myers was a member of the Missionary church in this city. Surviving are two Mrs. Arthur B. Miller of Decatur, and Mrs. Christ Hitzeman of Fort Wayne; three sons, Toney Myers of Bradenton, Fla., Bryan Myers of Wren, 0., and Ralph Myers of Decatur; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Richard, Roy and Sherman Carter, all of Los Angeles, Calif., and three sisters, Mrs. Walter Whittenbarger of Decatur, Mrs. P. A. Sheets of Van Wert, and Mrs. Bertha Mauller of Convoy, 0. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Missionary church, top'Rev. Gerald I. Gerig officiating. Burial will be in the Fletcher cemetery near Wren. Friends may call at > the funeral home after 7 o’clock I this evening until time of the services. — --'--r:;—---—-

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MTooLafe For U.S. To Regain Lead Nelson Rockefeller Testifies To Senate Preparedness Group > WASHINGTON (UP)—Nelson A. i Rockefeller warned today that the United States is “rapidly losing'* its military lead over Russia but said it is “emphatically not too late" to regain it. Rockefeller is chairman of the fund which recently issued the widely publicized Rockefeller report on US. defenses. The report called for a three-billion-dollar yearly increase in military spending and a Pentagon shakeup to unify the nation’s defenses. He testified before the Senate Preparedness subcommittee. 11 was to hear secret testimony this afternoon from Maj. Gen. John Mdaris, commander of the Army’s missile center. Rockefeller said that for “perhaps two years” the United States will be superior to the Soviet Union in striking power. But unless the ‘present trend’’ is reversed in that period, he said, the > “balance of power” will tip in the I Russians’ favor. Urge Major Steps » Should that happen, he said, it > is “not likely" that this country s would have another chance to reassert military superiority. “It is emphatically not too late x if we are willing to make the big ! effort now," he said. I The early phase of Rockefeller’s . testimony amounted to a thumbi na|l review of the report releasd . by the Rockefeller Fund’s military panl last Monday. He said ' the report’s recommendations represent the considered judgment of some 50 individuals. They believe, he said, that it is “essential that major steps be taken now toUnsure survival ” He repeated before the subcommittee the -report’s rceommendAtion that the United States boost its military budget now by some three billion dollart and continue the increase for six years. He again stressed the need for reor- . ganization in the Pentagon, commenting that the roles of the individual services tend to be “competitive rather than complements ryJ> Symptom Not Cause The secretary of defense. Rockefeller said, is “so burdened with the task of tiding to arbitrate” inter-service rivalries that he can not play his full role as policy maker. Rockefeller said the United States is losing its lead in military strength and also “in the race for military technology." But he called the “U.S. lag in missiles and space machines a symptom” rather than “a cause." Another congressional investigation of the nation’s military strength opened today. The House Armed Services Committee met in closed session for a briefing on the Defense Department’s various missiles in preparation for taking tstimony Monday from Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy and other officials. ~ Chairman Carl Vinson urged the committee to keep its investigation non-partisan. He said that among other issues, end interservice rivalry—as suggested by President Eisenhower in his State of the Union message Thursday — would be thoroughly aired ’ . U.A (Continuedon page eight) , * f ■ t . Lj. , Chicago Man Killed In Toll Road Crash HAMMOND W» — Phillip R. KopySzko, 34, Chicago, was killed and three companions were injured Thursday night when a car slammed into a guard ran on ♦ Northern Indiana Toll Road near the Illinois state line. Kopyszko was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Margaret’s Hospital. Hospitalized were Richard E. Smiglel, 33, the driver; Joseph Rozewskl, 44; and Jerry Canavan, 39, all of Chicago.