Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1958 — Page 1

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MISSILES PROBE CONTINUES— George Bunker (left), president of the Glenn L. Martin Company, Mervin Kelly (center), of Bell Laboratories, and John Stennis, <D) Miss., acting chairmen of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee confer prior to a closed-door hearing on the missile and satellite programs.

House Speeds Up Action On Missile Bill Foresee Passage By Near-Unanimous Vote For Construction WASHINGTON (UP)The House speeded toward certain passage today the first bill of the weekold session—an emergency authorization of $549,670,000 for missileage military construction The bill got a “green light” from the Rules Committee this morntag and was taken to the floor at noon for two hours of debate. Leaders expected it to pass by a near-unanimous vote. Building authority provided by the bill includes a start on the nation’s third big intercontinental ballistic missile base at a site to be chosen. Long-Range Detection The measure was rushed through the legislative mill in the midst of these developments: —Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy announced that three of the nation's top military men — Gen. F. Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his two predecessors, Gen. Omar E. Bradley and Adm. Arthur W. Radford — have agreed to advise him on streamlining the Defense Department. He said he also will seek the advice of “highly competent consultants" from military and civilian life. —Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services’Committee reported that the Air Force has developed a long-range detection (CutUnued on Page Flva) * Indianapolis Man Named Secretary INDIANAPOLIS OP) — George G. Cline. Indianapolis, was named by Governor* Handley alte Tuesday as secretary of the Indiana Public Service Commission. Cline succeeds Paul Tingle of Connersville, who died recently. He will be a top administrative officer for the state agency which sets rates and regulations for public utilities. Cline, assistant to the vice president of Aero-Mayflower Transit Co., is a Kokomo native and member of the Marion county Ypung Republican Club. Officers Installed By Retail Division The new officers of the retail division of the 'Chamber of Commerce were installed at the regular meeting held Tuesday night at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. The new officers include: Dave Moore, chairman; Kenneth Shannon, vice chairman; Thomas Garner, secretary, and Dale Morrissey, treasurer. The officers announced that Morris Begun will head the 1958 Dollar Day which will be held Wednesday, Feb. 5. The next meeting will be held Feb. 25, for the purpose of planning the program for 1958. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy, tonight and early Thursday with some light drizzle or light snow southeast and extreme east portions this afternoon, and southeast portion tonight and • early Thursday. Partly c10u- ... dy Thursday afternoon. Not much change in temperature except locally warmer Thursday afternoon. Low tonight 25-30. High Thursday 37-43 Sunset today 5:45 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 8:04 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Fair or partly cloudy. Lows Thursday - night 25-30. Highs Friday in the 40s. I

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Promise Pay Boost For Armed Forces Administration Asks 500 Million Increase .WASHINGTON (UP)—A key House Democrat promised members of the armed forces a pay raise today, but he wasn’t certain the administration had the answer. Chairman Paul J. Kilday (DC Tex.) of the House armed services subcommittee which will consider the measure said the military “must have a pay increase and some adjustments.” The administration proposed spending 518 million dollars to keep highly skilled men in the services by scrapping the present "Methuselah” system of giving raises merely for putting in service time. ‘Whether they’ve got the solution we could go along with or we could pass, I just don’t know," Kilday said. — Hie White House said it also will ask Congress later for a halfbillion a year pay boost for civil service workers and postal einployes. Defense ‘Secretary Neil H. McElroy sent Congress the pay bill that would fatten the pay envelopes of 1,820,000 servicemen along the lines of the once-rejected Cordiner report to reward merit and skill. The proposed raises ranged from 70 cents a month for new second lieutenants to $423.60 a month for four-star generals and admirals. ?— Former Defense ’ ‘Secretary Charles E Wilson strongly urged the military pay boosts last year to halt the exodus of talented men from the armed forces. But the Budget Bureau rejected them on the ground that they would be inflationary. President Eisenhower vetoed pay boost bills for the civil service and postal employes on the same ground. The White House said in a statement covering both new pay raise plans that it hoped the military raises would reduce the current excessive turnover of key officers and enlisted men. First Slate Bank's Officers Reelected Annual Meeting Is 1 Held Here Tuesday Officers and directors of the First State Bank of Decatur were all reelected in the annual meeting held at the bank Tuesday afternoon, T. F. Graliker, president, announced today. E. W. Busche, prominent resident of Monroe, was reelected chairman of- the board. Graliker was reelected president of the bank, and other officers are: Gerald Vizard, vice president; Herman Krueckeberg, cashier; R. E. Glendening, E. M. Caston, and Wtiliam Lose, Jr.., assistant cashiers. Directors of the bank are Busche, Graliker, Vizard, Krueckeberg, and Earl Fuhrman. The bank officials reported a very good year, with deposits remaining high, and anticipated another good year in 1958. Indiana Couple Dead In Tennessee Wreck STANTON, Tenn. fW — Frederick T. Goethals, 48, and his wife, Theresa, 44, Mishawaka, Ind., were killed near here Tuesday in a car-truck collision. Highway patrolmen said Lewis Brown tried to pass another vehicle and his truck smashed head-on into the Goethals car.

Ike Opposes { Any Increase In Tax Rafes Prefers Reasonable Red-Ink-Spending Rather Than Boost WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower said today he thinks a reasonable amount of red-ink 1 financing would be far preferable to any increase in taxes. The President, in his first meeting with reporters since last Oct. 30, stuck to his belief that there will be a business upturn this year that will keep the new budget <batanced. But he conceded thgt , Congress might vote additional expenditures and thus force federal spending over his projected goal of $73,900,000,000,000. The President, who suffered a mild stroke Noy- 25, appeared to be in an amiabJjUj.easy mbbd. "He said he feSufine. . Praise for Dulles The President said that while he had not actually considered resigning in connection with his November illness, he would have no recourse but to quit if he ever felt or was told by a group of eminent doctors that he was not up to doing his job. But he said he did not anticipate any such development in 1 this connection. ' Other news conference high- ' lights: 1 —He said any summit meeting with the Russians could be held , only after lengthy, careful prepa- ’ ration starting on the ambassa- j dorial level. Even after such prep- , aration, he said there would be ‘ no point in summit meeting unless there was clear evidence in advance that the top level con- ( versations would result in profit- 1 able agreement. | —He dismissed as so much j trash a report that Secretary pf State John Foster Dulles recently , submitted his resignation under a ] fire of criticism and that Eisenhower had rejected it. He said Dulles is the wisest and most dedicated man he knows and possesses thp greatest knowledge of , foreign affairs cf any man of his . acquaintance. —He said ne saw no reason to maintain the federalized National ; Guard in Little Rock once city ■ officials could express their confident intention of maintaining j order in their town. He added j that he hopes such an expression , of confidence will be forthcoming , soon. Keep Gaither Report Secret —He promised that in the con- 1 gressional campaigns this fall he 1 would do his best to help elect < Republican candidates who share 1 his philosophy of government. —He said the details of Defense ' Department reorganization and i greater service unification should come primarily from an agreement between Congress and the } (Continued on Page Five) ( Reuther Lashes At Curlice Criticism Double Standard Is Charged To GM Head | DETROIT (UP)—United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther today accused General Motors President Harlow Curtice of applying a double standard criticizing the UAW’s proposed profit-sharing plan. “For many years. General Motors has had a profit-sharing plan for executives which is the most lucrative plan in the history of free enterprise,” Reuther said. “We are somewhat at a loss tc understand the kind of mental and moral gymnastics that are -required do see nothing but good in a profit-sharing plan for executives and nothing but bad in the extension of this principle to work- , ers and consumers." George Romney, president of American Motors Corp., Tuesday , became the latest auto firm head to attack the UAW proposal made on Monday. He called it a “subterfuge” and a “bludgeon" to force a big wage gain from the entire auto industry. Romney, who heads one of America’s "little two” car build- j ing firms, said Reuther’s strategy has been to get giant GM to establish toe size of the wage and ' benefit package” and then force this “package" on the rest of the industry- .. ...c. ■Reuther sen* copies of his reply ' to Curtice’s Statement to the other 1 members of the oig three auto- ’ makers — Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. 1 The labor leader’s answer was to allegations by the big three 1 that the UAW demands are ex- ■ travagant, inflationary, “foreign to the concept of free enterprise,” i and will weaken public con- 1 fidence. j ' r

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 15, *1958

Gov. Handley To Seek Senate Nomination As Successor To Jenner

Rocket Fired Tuesday Night At Canaveral First Stage Rocket ' For Big Satellite Carrier Launched CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla- (UP) : —The spectacular launching Tuesday night of a Redstone, only the first stage rocket for the big Jupi- I ter C satellite carrier, squelched ( rumors of an imminent Army attempt to fling a man-made moon into orbit. * • , The Defense Department idenfied the noisy, flame-trailing missile launched at 8:25 p.m. (e.s.t.) as a Redstone, a 200-mile range ballistic missile already operational- The test flight was described as “normal.” The Navy, meanwhile, apparently had postponed a second attempt to launch its 72-foot Vanguard rocket with a test satellite in its nose. Chief indication of this was the sudden departure Tuesday of Vanguard project officials who had come to Cape Canaveral over the week end for the anticipated launching. This probably means the Van-i guard .will have to undergo further; preparation and testing before it ' is ready for firing. It is not known when a satellite attempt of any kind will be made. But it has been made clear that when the Vanguard is fired, the prime purpose of the test will be to prove the worth of the rocket itself and that chances of the test ] satellite orbiting are remote. The Redstone was the first missile fired at night at Cape Canaveral in several weeks and Tuesday night’s shoot thrilled spectators along nearby beaches who watched the miksile soar into a cloudless sky and disappear seemingly among the stars. When the firing button was pressed, the missile spewed bril-1 liant flame from its tail jets and rose straight up before curving < □ver and heading southeast. It dropped a series of photo-flash units used as an aid in tracking it, then flickered out high in the sky. SSO Bid Submitted For License Plate 1 1 I All Proceeds To Go To March Os Dimes A bid of SSO has been received : by mail from a rural resident of Adams county for the license j ■alate J A 1958, being auctioned to . support the 1958 March of Dimes campaign, Robert L. August, drive chairman, said today. Any one in the county may bld on the license, and the entire successful bid price will go to ( the March of Dimes to help fight oolio, and help those who have ( suffered from the dread crippling; disease. , ; The SSO bid is the highest ever received here, and spirited bidding is expected. A total of 150 cannlsters are row located throughout the city, and everyone is encouraged to drop his change into these to help the drive. The annual "dollar drive” to cover the mirror at Holthouse Drug Store has also started. All ' money thus gathered is given to. the driVe. Persons desiring to make large ■ contributions are reminded that this may be deducted from federal taxes. Herman Kreucke- ' berg, of the First State Bank, : treasurer of the March of Dimes, . will receive all large contribu- . tions. The Mothers March for the. po- , lio campaign will take place Jan. 31, and all are urged to help < with this important drive. No • polio dance will be held this year, . but it is hoped that a local lodge i will sponsor the dance next year, i

- " "T Storms Balter At Sections Os U. S. Minor Damage Done By Texas Tornado By UNITED PRESS Two major storm systems today battered sections of the central Plains, Midwest and East with treacherous costings of freezing rain, sleet and snow. An invasion of Arctic air swept the central Plains Tuesday, touching off tornadoes, snow, hail and rain in Texas. Three tornado funnels were sighted in Texas, and one of them touched down near Greenville, causing minor damage. A second stright day of slippery weather was predicted for the EAst'and portions of the Midwest Weathermen warned of possible heavy snows in northern New England with accumulations of up to 10 inches in New Hampshire and 8 inches in Maine. At least 14 persons were killed in accidents blamed on the weather in the past 36 hours, including nine airmen aboard a Navy SuperConstellaticn bomber which crashed in the fog at Patuxent, River, Md. « A coast-io-coast bus crashed along tiie Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bedford, Pa., during a freezing rain, killing two passengers, and three persons were killed in a traffic crash near -Enid, Okla., oaring a light snow and rain A weather disturbance off the New England coast spread precipitation today as far west as Ohio and parts of Kentucky. Snow flurries pelted Michigan and the (Continue") ■> »ge Five) British Troops Are Flown Into Jamaica Tourist Resort Is Paralyzed By Strike NASSAU, Bahamas (UP)—The British government flew in troops from Jamaica early today and apparently prevented an outbreak of violence in this colony tourist resort paralyzed by a general strike. Three planeloads of men from the Royal Worcester Regiment landed shortly after midnight, and a 4,000 - man mass meeting of workers turned into a peaceful meeting instead of the threatened riot. ■ * , A British warship also took up a position off the island ready to disembark reinforcements if necessary. All major hotels in Nassau were closed by the strike- Most tourists already had returned to the United States and other were leaving by any available transportation. ! The SS Caronia, luxury cruise I ship,of the Cunard Lines, arrived Tuesday with 500 tourists from New York. The ship did not land any passengers but took on more and returned immediately to New York. The strike started with taxi drivers Sunday and quickly spread to hotel workers, maids, bartepders, musicians and entertainefs. The musicians were the last to goand the only remaining night clubs—the Junkanoo and Black Beard’s—closed Tuesday night. Utility workers went out on strike but volunteer businessmen kept the lights going through the rjight by manning the power station. There was some flickering but the hospitals here din dot but the hospitals here did not have to resort to emergency equipment. . ... . Government authorities .believed the troops would help end the strike soon although no negotiations were reported in progress. Bay Street, the city's principal shopping cehter for Nassau’s 30 million , dollar a year tourist business, was almost deserted. Shops were boarded up in fear of the violence expected Tuesday night The city remained tense although arrival of the troops eased the situation considerably. Tension had built up steadily all day Tuesday and Governor Sir Raynor Arthur was booed when he rode down Bay Street to open Parliament-

Secy. Dulles Is Defended By Eisenhower Secretary Os State j Stoutly Defended By Pres. Eisenhower — i , , , WASHINGTON (UP)—President , Eisenhower said today that Secre- ] tary of State John Foster Dulles j is the last person he wants to see leave the Cabinet- , In a stout-hearted defense of j Dulles, the President told a news . conference he would describe as trash reports that Dulles may ( quit the No. 1 Cabinet post. * ■'. ( Dulles has been under increas- , ing criticism, particularly from i U.S. Allies abroad, for taking a "negative” attitude towards possible negotiations with the Soviet Union. There have been reports ' that Dulles submitted his resignation recently to the President in ; view of this criticism. Asked about such reports, the President said Dulles is the last person he wants to resign from the Cabinet. He said Dulles is the I most dedicated man he knows : and has greater knowledge about ' foreign affairs than any other man ’ known to the President. ‘ Eisenhower said the personal ’ and intimate relationship he has with Dulle? rules out discussion ! that he not stay on the job. * The President has spoken out 1 on behalf of Dulles on previous occasions. But his remarks today were regarded as particularly significant now that criticism of Dulles has mounted. ' The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to name a subcommittee to make a study of US. foreign policy. But Democratic members assured Republicans the study would not become an “investigation” of Dulles and his performance as secretary of state. The President had this to say on other'foreign policy matters at his news conference: —He —has — considered agreeing to the participation of Red China in any East-West summit talks, Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin said in his recent letter to the President that Red China should be invited to discuss any matters directly affecting its interests. . —Appealed to the Soviet Union to make public behind the Iron Curtain his reply to Bulganin’s * Continued on Five) Bert Custer Dies At Home Near Ohio City Local Man's Father Is Taken By Death Bert Custer, 70, retired farmer, died at 3:20 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at his home near Ohio City in Liberty township. Van Wert county, O. He had been seriously ill with a heart ailment the past three months. He was born in Liberty township Oct. 24, 1887, and was a lifelong resident of the Ohio City community. He was married to Lucy Moyer Dec. 31, 1906. Mr. Custer was a member of the North ” Liberty Methodist church. ’ Surviving in addition to his wife are three sons, Glenn Custer of. Decatur, the Rev. Rex Custer of Greentown, and Hubert Custer of near Spencerville. O.; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Ellen Stetier of Liberty township; 10 grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Josephine Rollins of Ohio City. One son, Merle, two brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the North Liberty Methodist church, the Rev. Merl Young officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Ohio City. The body was removed to the Cowan & Son funeral home at Van Wert, where friends may call until 10 a.m. Thursday, when the body will be returned to the residence.

Benson Says Ike To Back Farm Changes Cut Government's Agricultural Role WASHINGTON (UP) — Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson says President Eisenhower will back legislation to reduce the government s role in agriculture. Details of the administration’s farm program will be submitted to Congress in a special presidential message at noon Thursday. Benson said the message will be firmThe secretary will appear before the Senate Agriculture Committee Friday morning to support administration proposals. The President is expected to call for lower price supports, fewer controls on acreage and production, conunuation of present surplus disposal programs, elim : ination of the “idle land” acreage reserve section of the soil bank and higher interest rates for Rural Electrification Administration loans. Benson told a news conference Tuesday that farmer interest in his plan to deposit entire farms in the conservation reserve section of the soil bank is “exceeding by far our expectations.” A trial run on getting entire farms into the soil bank on a bid basis has been in operation in Illinois, Nebraska, Tennessee and Maine since Jan. 1. Benson said preliminary reports show Tennessee farmers have submitted 2,700 bids and those in Nebraska an e s t i m a.t e d 1,000. There have been no reports from Illinois and Maine...... He declined to be drawn out on. what action he will take in the face of a tight supply situation of high grade cotton. He said he was not ready yet to make recommendations about cotton. But he said he may have something to say when he testifies before the Senate committee Friday. Benson said the administration’s 1959 budget, submitted to Congress Monday, would maintain the services and activities of the department at about the same levels as in the current fiscal year. Koller Is Renamed C. Os C. Secretary Annual Meeting To Be Held February 6 Fred E. Kolter was renamed executive secretary of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce at the first meeting of the 1958 board of directors, held Monday night at the Chamber’s Second Street office. Plans for the annual meeting on Feb. 6, at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, and a membership drive during the week of Feb. 17, were discussed. Several standing committees were appointed for the year. -. iFS—Cliff B. Brewer, outgoing president, announced that the featured speaker for the meeting will be Byard H. Smith, former principal of the Decatur high school and now vice president of the Patterson Securities and Investment company of Fort Wayne. The toastmaster for the event will be announced at a later date. Brewer, appointed the entertainment, ticket and publicity committees for the 28th annual meeting. Glenn Hill was named as chairman of the entertainment committee, with Earl Fuhrman and Tom AUwein as his assistants. The ticket committee includes: Fred E. Kolter, chairman; assisted by Robert Smith, president of the Decatur Rotary club; Mdrle Sieling. president of the Decatur Lions club, and Severin Schurger 1 , local attorney. Dick Heller, Jr., and Robert Heller will serve as co-chairmen of the publicity committee. The board of directors approved the appointment of Mrs. William H. Stiverson as the new office secretary. A budget committee, consisting of Francis Wertzberger, treasurer; Ferris Bower, vice president, and Cliff Brewer, past president, will study the chamber’s finances and (Continued on Page Five)

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Gov. Handley Reveals Plans To Seek Seat Announces Decision In News Conference At Capital Today Untied Press Staff Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS (UP) - Gover- ’~ nor Handley today announced he will campaign to become successor to Sen. William E Jenner, a Republican factional colleague who announced six weeks ago he will not seek reelection this year. Handley, whom Jenner handpicked to seek his seat, announced his decision at a news conference less than 48 hours after 16 GOP leaders met secretly* to endorse „ the governor and urge him to announce without further delay. Should he be nominated next June at the party’s state convention and elected over a Democratic nominee in November, Handley would resign as governor and turn over his duties to Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker. Parker also is a member of the JennerHandley faction of the Hoosier GOP. Handley said in a prepared statement that he made a “carefully considered” decision after consulting for six weeks with "my family, numerous friends, representative citizens and party leaders throughout the state.” • “My decision reflects the sentiments of an overwhelming majority of them,” he 'said. Says State Solvent Handley said if he resigns as governor after serving half the four-year term to which he was elected in the second Eisenhower presidential sweep in 1956, Parker “will continue our fine program.” Handley described Pafker as “my friend and colleague” Handley said a “positive and progressive program” which he began when he became governor “has put Indiana back on the high road of fiscal solvency and elean government.” He said all departments of government are “operating on a sound business-like basis. 1 * ■ He said Parker is “completely familiar” with his administration’s program “since he has been consulted on every important move throughout this administration.” By the time Parker would take over as acting governor, Handley said, “the success of this administration will have been established.” Handley said he would campaign on “my own personal record of economy, efficiency, home rule and constitutional Americanism.” Speculation had Handley agreeing to run long before he announced his decision. Handley had nearly a one-week confidential tip from Jenner last November that the senator was planning to retire after his present six-year term ends next January. But he indicated he wanted to study the situation at considerable length before making a decision he hoped could be delayed until spring while Jenner s friends urged the senator to reconsider. Jenner Ont-For Sure But today Handley said Jenner’s decision was “irrevocable.” He also said the decision “created a situation unique in Indiana poll tics.” Handley’s statement said: * “Senator Jenner’S irrevocable decision not to seek reelection created a situation unique in Indiana politics. Immediately, I was besieged with demands that I clarify a situation not of my making. “In the last six weeks I have consulted with my family, numerous friends, representative citizens and party leaders throughout the state. “My decision reflects the sentiments of an overwhelming majority of them. It has not been a hurried decision but a carefully considered one. When I was decisively, elected governor I Was enabled to begin a positive and progressive program which has put Indiana back on the high road of fiscal solvency and clean govern- ' (Continued on Pare Five)