Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 19.

I '■• ■ "2 i ■ | .11 :. ” .• i L . am TANK CAR EXPLODES AT NIAGARA— Rescue workers look jpver the scene of wreckage after a redwood tank car carrying undisclosed material exploded at Niagara Falls. Twisted tracks and parts of a box car (foreground! bear testimony to the force of the blast, which shattered 200 windows in a school one mile from the explosion. Pupils in the school were cut by the flying glass fragments. Six persons were hospitalized and 63 others were injured.

Ike Outlines Seven-Point Labor Program Designed To Halt. Racketeering By Labor, Management WASHINGTON W — President Eisenhower asked Congress today to strip labor unions of income tax exemptions and federal bargaining rights unless they file detailed financial statements with —thetabor -Department; The President maae the request in a special message outlining a seven-point program designed to eliminate racketeering in labor and management. He also urged laws to require secret-ballot election of most union officers and complete disclosure of welfare fund operations. Under his proposal unions which refuse to file accurate financial reports would be subject to these penalties: —Denial of all rights or privileges available to them under federal labora management relation laws. This could mean access to the Nfctioanl Labor Relations: Board and Federal Mediation Services. " —Revocation of certificates issued to unions after they won bargaining rights in NLRB elections. ’ —Forfeiture for an "appropriate period" of tax-exempt status. Shortly after Eisenhower’s labor message was transmitted to Congress, Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland, a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination in California, introduced his own labor program. He called for more stringent government supervision of unions in some instances than was recom- 1 mended by the President. Ask Union Referendums Among other things, Knowland ; called for: —Election of union officials by popular vote through secret ballot and giving the National Labor Re- ' lations Board power to hear challenges to the legality of such elections. •' y. —Letting the NLRB supervise elections on re-calling union officials. —Referendums where at least 15 per cent of a union’s membershir demand them on whether to call or Continue a strike, on constitutional changes, and on modifying or vetoing decisions of union officials on dues, assessments, suspensions, benefits and support of non-union activities. Disclosure of union welfare, health and pension fund operations, also proposed by Knowland, was one of the principal points in Eisenhower’s program. Unions now are required to file financial reports. But several large unions, such as the United Mine Workers and the Iriternational Typographical Union, do not deso. The President also said working people should be protected from deals between labor leaders and employers which jeopardize their (Continued on Fase Seven) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy nortll, mostly cloudy south with rain or snow beginning extreme south tonight. Friday cloudy, rain extreme south and some rain or snow central with snow extreme nor|h. Not much temperature change. Low tonight 18-26 north, 26-32 south. High Friday 28-34 north, 34-38 south. Sunset today 5:54 p.m. Sunrise Friday 8 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Cloudy .... with some rain or snow ending during day. Lew Friday night 18-24. High Saturday 24-30. -

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Handley To Serve Out Second Year No Active Campaign Planned By Handley INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Governor Handley reiterated Wednesday he would serve out the second year of his four-year term if elected to the U.S. Senate next fall. Newsmen believed it was the first time Handley had said publicly he would serve two full years before turning the office over to Lt- Gov. Crawford Parker. Handley told a news conference he would not campaign actively for the nomination. . — "The best campaign for an office holder is to do his job the best he knows how," Handley said. “I don’t expect to lose the nomination." Handley refused to comment on charges he is using political patronage as a “Weapon" in the race for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by William Jenner. Handley said Monday he would back GOP State Committee Chairman Robert Matthews in his decisions on loyalty to the party organization. Matthews stirred up a furor last weekend when he ordered the firing of five Brown County Republican workers from state jobs. » The ousters came after the man Matthews backed in the election for Brown County GOP chairman was trounced. Handley said he would leave a decision on a Blue Cross request for a rate increase to State Insurance Commissioner Alden Palmer. "I believe a reappraisal of hospitalization insurance rates should be considered,’’ - Handley said, "but I don’t think an increase in rates will solve the problem. However. it’sup to the technical minds to decide.” Handley announced the appointments of 26 members of state boards and commissions at the opening of thp> conference. The included: Aeronauics Commission: John D. Tucker, Fairland, and ColWayne W. Ricks, Indianapolis, re-appointed to 4-year terms. Library Certification Board: Mrs. R.O. Bertsch, Cambridge City, appointed to a 4-year term. Board of Optometry Registration and Examination: Dr. Kenneth D. Dutton? Kokomo, re-ap-pointed to 3-year term. , ... Tuberculosis Council: Joseph Rice, rilkhart, and Joseph-White, Noblesville, re-appointed to 4-year terms. State Teachers (College) Board: Mrs. Dora Roach, Indianapolis, re-appointed and Roberts C- Hill, Bruceville, appointed to 4-year terms. ..Commission On Uniform State Law: Kurt Pantzer, Indianapolis, and Ben Small, Indianapolis, appointed to fill unexpired terms. Health Department Board for Lafayette Soldiers’ Home: Frank A. Schmedel, Indianapolis, and Dr. M.G. Frasch, Lafayette, appointed to 4-year terms. mission: Dr. Hrold J. Grimm and Dr. Donald F. Carmony, Bloomington; John T. Goodwin, Brookville; Dr. Charles E. Rochelle, Evansville; Edward D. Pierre, Hassil Schenck, and Howard S. Wilcox, Indianapolis; Dr. Oliver C. Bumb, Muncie; Prof. M. B. Ogle, Lafayette; Dr. Richard H. Gemmecke, Terre Haute and Leo Craig, Delphi. Mental Health Division for Madison State Hospital: Wiley Riedel, Madison- ■ 1 < State Board of Health; Prof. Don E. Bloodgood, West Lafayette, re-appointed to 4-year term. World War Memorial Commission: William Steinert, Princeton, representing 7th District. ~ 12 Pages

Propose Extra Millions Into Defense Funds Speed Development Os Atomic Rocket, Nuclear Submarine Washington <up)— House atomic experts proposed today to pump extra millions into President Eisenhower s emergency defense fund to speed development of an atomic rocket and construction of nuclear submarines. Rep. JamesE.VanZandt (RPa.), a member of the Joint House - Senate Atomic Energy Committee, readied amendments on both projects for today’s House debate cn a $1,260,000,000 supplemental defense appropriation bill aimed at stepped-up production of missiles. The bill’s backers, asserting it carried every dollar that could be spent effectively, claimed the votes to beat any and all amend-, ments. In other developments: —An aide on the staff of the Senate preparedness subcommittee said the group has dropped efforts to get copies of the secret Gaither Report On the state of the nation’s defenses. He said the subcommittee did not feel President Eisenhower had given them any kind of “back-hand slap” in his letter to chairman Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Tex.) Wednesday refusing to turn over the report. —Gen. Lucius D. Clay was scheduled to testify today as the last witness in the preparedness subcommittee’s current series of hearings The retired general was expected to answer questions on Defense Department reorganization. —A top Army research officer said the Army’s Zeus anti-missile missile will be able to “parry" intercontinental ballistic missiles “with a fatal punch." Maj. Gen. Robert J. Wood, deputy chief of research and development, said components of the Zeus system have been produced and “the complete system is under development.” —Rep. Leslie C. Arends (R---111.), ranking GOP member of the House Armed Services Committee, said the committee’s closeddoor inquiry has shown “there is no reason to be concerned about our present military strength.” He said? however, “there is reason to be concerned about the future if we are to maintain our superiority over any potential aggressor.” — Richmond Couple Relate Land Deal Report On Profit By. Union Official ’ INDIANAPOLIS (W — A Richmond couple told today of selling their 33-acre farm for $16,500 to a Carpenters Union official who later sold two of the acres to the state for $19,000 for a highway route. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Arthur recounted the deal for newsmen before they entered a Marion County grand jury chamber to tell their story as part of an investigation of the Indiana highway scandals. The Arthurs said Carpenter Vice President O. William Blaier bought the farm and the deal was closed in 1956, several weeks after two highway department appraisers had- inquired of them what price they wanted for the property. The Arthurs said they were paid with three checks signed by Blaier and a fellow carpenter officer, Frank M. Chapman. (Conunueu on Pa*« Seven) • • ■■ " .' - .... ■.i -

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 23, 1958

Jiminez Dictatorship Ends In Venezuela By Revolutionary Group :- — >

Baby Dies In Tenement Fire This Morning Dozen Others Are ■■ Saved By Hurling Them From Windows CHICAGO (IP) — A baby died in a—tenement fire early today but frantic parents saved the lives of a dozen other children by hurling them from windows to bystanders below. Police listed no one as missing but Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkins said five of their youngsters were unaccounted for. However, a Red Cross official Said he was “eertain” the children escaped the flaming building and probably were being sheltered by neigh- . bors. ; . Two other children listed, as missing were reported to have been found by their mother. Mrs. Theresa Walton. The dead child was Paula Wilkins, 11-month-old daughter of the Wilkins. George Spicer, 26, who saved several children by catching them said Paula “shot by me.” He said the parents were dropping the children too fast. Twenty persons were injured in leaping from third or fourth story windows of the five-story tenement. But many were released after treatment at and only one, Roosevelt Johnson, 11, was listed in critical condition. Residents of the crowded tenement all werg Negroes. Many hung from ledges until firemen spread safety nets below. Children ran naked from the burning building into the frozen streets and bystanders took off their coats to protect them. Jesse Cartham, 3ft, another bystander, described the panic. “At one point I saw two young men rush in to try to save the children but they were beaten back by the flames. People were standing at windows screaming.” Joseph Colbert, 3, was hospitalized in critical condition. Police said the fire, which occurred shortly after midnight, apparently was caused by an explosion of paint thinner in the basement. The Hames flashed through an Page Seven) Mrs. Emma Bleeke I Dies At Her Home 90-Year-Old Lady Is Taken By Death Mrs. Emma Bleeke, 90, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 10 o’clock Wednesday night at her home in Union township, six and one-half miles northeast of Decatur. She had been in failing health for the past 13 months. She was born in Root township Oct. 31, 1867, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoile, and was married to Martin Bleeke Oct. 21, 1888. She had resided in Union township since her marriage. Mr. Bleeke died Nov. 11, 1935. Mrs. Bleeke yas a member of - the Immanuel Lutheran- church. — i Surviving are five sons, Simon , and Walter Bleeke, at home, Herman Bleeke of Union township, Alfred Bleeke of Fort Wayne, and the Rev. A. O. Bleeke of Hartley, la.; three daughters. Miss Martha Bleeke, at home, Mrs. Gustav: Krueckeberg of Union township, and Mrs. Martin Krueckeberg of Fort Wayne; 25 grandchildren; 41 great - grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be con- ! ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2:30 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran church, the Rev. W. C. Vetter of--1 ficiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call , at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the service?. The casket Will riot be opened at the church.

Claims Handley Not Eligible For Senate Section Os Indiana Constitution Cited INDIANAPOLIS (IPI — Governor Handley today asked the Indiana attorney general to advise whether Handley would be eligible to become a U. S. senator before his gubernatorial terip expires. Handley acted after State Sen. John C. Ruckelshaus threatened court action, if necessary, to prevent Handley from seeking the nomination for senator on the grounds that the Indiana Constitution forbids a governor from taking any other office. Ruckelshaus is a member of a law firm which includes former Gov. George N. Craig, a political foe of Handley. Handley said he is “not concerned or worried” about the constitutional question which Ruckelshaus -raised.— Nevertheless; —he asked Atty. Gen. Edwin Steers to give him an opinion on the issue. Ruckelshaus cited a section of the Indiana Constitution which he said forbids the state’s chief executives to run for any other office—state or federal—during their terms. ‘‘When me Governor, was sworn in, he swore to uphold the Constitution,” Ruckelshaus said.‘‘ln my cremation and that ofJothers he is noW, by continuing to seek another office, violating the Constitution.” If necessary, Ruckelhaus added, he would ask for a court injunction against the governor to stop his campaigning. • — “I feel it my duty as a legislator and citizen to bring this to the governor’s attention,” Ruckelshaus said. ‘‘lf he continues, there would be no alternative but to seek some kind of action. • > “I would hate to have /ito do that.” The provision which Ruckelshaus quoted—Section 24, Article V, of the Indiana Constitution—■ states: ‘‘Neither the governor nor lieu-tenant-governor shall be eligible to any other office during the term for which he shall have been elected.” Ruckelshaus said he rummaged through 100-year-old records to see what delegates to the 1851 constitutional convention intended when they worded Section 24. He said the delegates in their debate “specifically cited the case of a man in state office seeking a U.S. office.” This specification is not a part of the Constitution, howeverSoviet Union Opens Far East Campaign Economic Wooing Os Far East Countries TOKYO (UP)—The Soviet Union has opened a massive campaign of economic penetration in the Far East. Russia's economic wobihg of Asia’s underdeveloped « countries crime into sharp focus at the trade meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East < ECAFE) this week at Bangkok. It aroused the eoneern of free Asian leaders. The Soviet Union, previously conducting’ economic infiltration of individual Asian count ri e s made its first blanket “nostrings” offer of aid to Asia at the Afro-Asian ’ "People’s Conference” in Cairo this month. It followed this up by offering a loan of 100 million dollars to Indonesia where Western observers already had expressed fear of Communist encroachment. As usual Russia said there were “no strings to the loans, but pro - Western nations feared they would lead new nations Into the Soviet camp while Washington concentrated its attention on missiles. At Bangkok Wednesday, Moscow followed up by offering to sell Soviet heavy machinery and development equipment on credit up to five years It also offered long - term agreements to pur(Contlnued on Page Seven)

Winter Storm 1 Rips Northeast Corner Os U.S. Last Gasp Os Storm Whips High Winds In Northeastern States By UNITED PRESS The last gasp of winter's most devastating storm whipped the northeast corner of the nation with winds up to 50 miles per hour today, and its possible successor began building up in northern Mexico. The storm, which blanketed the Midwest with up to 18 inches of snow and drifts several feet deep, hammered the Northeast during the night with high winds and light snow in the northern Appalachians and the interior of New England. Earlier, parts of New England were hit by flooding rains which forced the closing of some schools. Raiti continued during the night along the northern coastal sections. Meanwhile, a storm center in Mexico today spread rain into central Texas and dumped two inches of snow at Alpine, Tex. Tex. Weathermen said the storm center was intensifying. A United Press count showed at least 55 persons died in the departing storm, which began Sunday in the Southwest. There were 11 deaths in Illinois, 7 in Indiana. 6 in lowa, 5 each in Wisconsin. Pennsylvania and Mis■souri. 4 each in Kansas and Nebraska, 2 each in Florida, New York and Oklahoma and 1 each in Kentucky and Michigan Many of the victims died while shoveling out of the deep snow. Six deaths attributed to heart attacks from over-exertion in the snow occurred in Chicago, five in Milwaukee and eight in Kansas (Continued on Page Seven/ Mrs. Bessie Geier Dies This Morning Funeral Services > Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Bessie Lavera Geier, 73, wife of Fred Geier, died of a heart attack at 5 o’clock this morning at her home on Willshire, 0., route 1. She had been an invalid for the past eight years. She was born in Willshire township Sept. 24, 1884, a daughter of William C. and Mary Ann NeifordDull, and was married to Fred Geier Dec. 10, 1907. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last month. The family lived near Pleasant Mills for 23 years, moving to Ohio in 1930. Mrs. Geier was a member of the Mt. Zion United Brethren in Christ church at Bobo. ( Surviving in addition to her husband are one daughter, Mrs. Royal Van Camp of Willshire township; one brother, Otis Dull of St. Mary’s, 0., and one sister, Mrs. Lulu Taylor of Lima, O. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert, 0., the fiev. Paul H. -Graeser and the Rev. Huber Bakner officiating. Burial will be iff Woodlawn cemetery at Ohio City, O. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday until time of the sense. ices - J/ Open Bids On Berne School Enlargement Several bids on the new BerneFrench school addition, including a gvm enlargement, were opened Wednesday afternoon at the Berne school, but no decision has been reached yet. Earl Webb, superintendent, said today. It was necessary for the architects to go over the bids, and they were not expected to finish that until this evening. A report will be given as soon as a decision is made, Webb stated.

Nonagenarian Dies | TIP JIIM ■ Ob ■ 1 HI ■ John G. Weinman I ’ John G. Weinman Dies Last Evening 98-Year-Old Man Is Taken By Death John George Weinman, 98. father of Mrs. Phil Sauer, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Sauer home, where he had lived since last August. He had been ill for two weeks. , Mr. Weinman, who celebrated his 98th birthday Sept. 18, was born in Obermodern, Alsace-Ldrraine district, in what was then France, in 1859, under Napoleon 111. After the Franco-Prussian war which returned the area of his birth to Germany. the young man came to America with hifi parents, John and Katherine Weinman. The Weinmans settled in 1872 In Mercer Co., 0., and owned a farm, part of which is now covered by -the town of Chattanooga, O. Ten years later they moved east of Willshire, 0., near Schumm. In 1884 Mr. Weinman married Mary Elizabeth Gunsett, who preceded him in death May 8, 1943. For 45 years Mr. Weinman ran his own store and gas station until Aug. 5, 1957. Mr. and Mrs. Weinman had seven children, three of whom survive: Carl Weinman, of Willshire township, 0.. Edward Weinman, of Van Wert, 0., and Mrs. Sauer; 10 grandchildren, and 20 great-grand-children. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran church of Schumm, 0., the- Rev. Andrew Maken officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be taken to the church and will lie in state from 12 noon Saturday until time of services. . Debt Limit Boost Approved By House $5 Billion Boost Is Approved Today WASHINGTON (IP) — The House today approved, 328-71, a temporary increase of five billion dollars in the legal ceiling on the national .debt. . ——-— The increase, from 275 billion to 280 billion . dollars, would be effective from enactment of the bill until June 30. 1959. The bill now goes to the Senate, where hearings, have been scheduled b ythe Senate Finance Committee for Monday. The increased debt ceiling was requested by President Eisenhower who said the government needed more elbow room tor its financial maneuverings. The debt now is i $274,404,220,070. The House passed the debt bill on a roll call vote after rejecting a motion by Rep. John W. Byrnes (R-Wis.) to limit the increase to three billion instead of five billion • dollars. The roll call vote against the Byrnes motion was 275-114. (Continued on Page Seven)

Nine Years Os Dictatorship Come To End President Jiminez And Family Flee From Revolution CARACAS. Venezuela (UP)— A revolutionary group led by civil and military figures overthrew the 9-year-old dictatorship of President Marcos Perez Jimenez today and sent the nation into an orgy of celebration. Perez Jimenez fled the country with his family, arriving in the Dominican Republic’s capital of Ciudad Trujillo at 6 a.m. He left behind him a nation joyful over its first real taste of freedom in years and determined to take revenge against the secret police which had held the people m the throes of terror under the ousted dictator. A die-hard group of secret police opened fire on a crowd of celebrants hours after the president had fled and killed four persons in what spectators called a “massacre ” ''Tne secret police sprayed the crowd with bullets after the fighting had, ended. A mob of 10,000 took matters into their own hand and struck back at the holdouts and it was feared they would tear them to pieces with their bare hands. AU Tanks Withdrawn A five-man military junta which took over temporary control of the government .ent a tank to the next of die - hard security police hoping to avoid bloodshed. But it arrived too late—the four civilians already were killed. Minutes after the mob attacked the security police the sound of gunfire died out and it appeared the once dread police were at the mercy of the mob. All tqnks had been withdrawn from the city following two days of fighting in which more than 10Q_persg»s were killed and more than 1,000 injured—an act which led to frenzied displays of joy and cries Os “long live liberty,” Then came the trouble with the nest of die-hards and joy turned to anger. Backed by Armed Forces The secfet-- police which helped keep the Perez Jimenez regime in power for nine years has been accused of torturing political prisoners. The oyerthrow of the government was carried out by a civilian-military group which called itself the “patriotic junta.” It had the full backing of the armed forces. It quickly formed a fiveman military junta headed by Rear Adm. Wolfgang Larrazabel. The leader of the successful ’. civilian-military group was disclosed to be Fabricio Ojeda- He promised his full support to the military junta, and said the group had the cooperation of all military groups and all the army corps. Political Prisoners Freed The new military junta moved swiftly today and in a series of decrees: i —Ordered the immediate release of the thousands of political prisoners jailed because they signed petitions against Perez Jimenez. —Ordered the reinstatement of military chiefs and officers connected with the abortive New Year’s Day revolt. Perez Jimenez had dismissed ‘ —Ordered the withdrawal of tanks from the presidential palace where they had guarded Perea Jimenez during the two days of fighting. (Continued on Page Seven) BULLETIN ARLINGTON, Mass. (IB — Two jet planes, colliding in the air, crashed here and in nearby Winchester today, one of them hitting a house. Two -airmen were killed and two parachuted to safety. One of the planes crashed into a ranch house in sash- , ionable Winchester, which adjoins this Boston suburb; The house erupted in flames which spread to another house in a relatively new housing development.

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