Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1958 — Page 2

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Berne Youth Hurt In Auto Accident = Four Accidents In City And County The sheriffs department investigated one personal injury accident and the city police covered three property damage accidents ■Monday, as icy city streets and county roads continued to raise the accident rate. John Harvey Augsburger, 19. Berne, was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital suffering from fractured ribs and lac- - —orationshis right arm following an accident on. state road 118 Monday at 4:20 &.> to. Augsburger told the investigating officer that he was attempting to pass a gravel truck and his rear wheels evidently slipped off the road, causing the car to spin out of control. The vehicle slid 43 feet into a tree, causing tin estimated $2,500 damage to the car. A car, driven by Kenneth W. Nash, 25, Decatur, struck a light post at the intersection of Fifth and Park Streets Monday at 9:50 a m. as Nash tried to. avoid a collision with a truck, operated by Chester 1. Howard, 64, of De~'chtur. The Nash vehicle, pulling to the right to avoid the truck, hit a street drain, which threw the car up over the curb into the post. There was no collision between the two vehicles’ Damage was estimated at SIOO to the Nash TOMORROW is — TOT’S DAY AT Edward’s Studio

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car and S2O to the lamp post. Brice D. Roop, 52, Decatilr, and Franklin Otis Baker, 72, Decatur, were involved in a collision as the Baker car slid through an intersection and struck the Roop vehicle. The accident occurred 9:50 a. m. Monday at the intersection of Fifth street and Nuttman avenue. Damage was estimated at S4O to the Roop car and $5 to the Baker vehicle. A truck operated by Thomas Woodrow Kizer, 39, of route 4, Fort Wayne, was struck by a car. driven by Rufus Samuel Roop, 62. Decatur, at the intersection of Marshall and 10th streets at 11:10 a. m. Monday. The Roop vehicle slid through the intersection, striking the truck in the right rear wheel, causing S2OO damage to the Roop car. The truck was undamaged. Ernest P Atkinson, route 2. Decatur, reported to the police that a home-made trailer gate bearing license tag 22177 A. was missing from his trailer. He bild the police that the trailer had not been used over the weekend and that, thei gate was probably lost but may have been stolen. Escape Injury In Automobile Accident A car driven by Gordon M. Augsburger, of Berne, slid into a deep ditch three miles north of that city Friday afternoon during a snowstorm. Augusburger was not injured and the car was undamaged. It was pulled out of the ditch, which flows into Blue Creek, by a wrecker. The car first struck a guard rail after skidding on the icy pavement, then went down the embankment rear end first. Some of the largest onioif’ fields in the world are hear Kenton, Ohio.

: Another Report Os ; Beast At Boonville • Beast Is Reported In Warrick County BOONVILLE (UP)—Another re- . port of a "cat-like beast” sent a posse into the underbrush of War- ’ rick County Monday. Rainey Lemmons. 24. Evansville '. newspaper routeman. said he saw a. “brown cat, three feet long with a two-foot tail" early Sunday morning lying in the road 314 1 nfiles north of Stevenson Station. Lemmons said he fired a pistol ■ at the “cat" and it jumped over! ’ a fence into a cornfield. The report prompted state con-1 • nervation officer Paul Sanders, ' Vanderburgh County Conservation j ‘ officer Ralph Hirsch and Warrick - County Sheriff Robert E. Shelton 1 to lead a second posse irtto the I hills. 1 They searched for four hours t with the help of hounds trained to track down such an animal. A posse Saturday turned up nothing. Officers said Monday they found “large paw prints” Authorities found paw prints at the scene of an earlier “sighting"—but these ■ ilvere “larger." i Officers said it indicated there d was "more than one cat in the , Ivicinity.” 1 ’ I The other ■‘beast’’ had been dej 1 scribed as a "black panther." . The animals are blamed for 1 losses of livestock in the area. 1 Last fall “cougars" were reported ' seen several times south of Wash- ' ington. Then two losses of hogs ’ and sheep were reported. Three Hoosiers Die As Home Destroyed Mother Dies Trying To Reach Children ENGLISH <IP) — Mrs. Mildred Onstott, 34, and two of her seven children burned to death Monday I when their home at Pijot Knob ■ was swept by flames. Four-year-old Ella Marie and i 9-year-old Ann Frances perished in the flames and Mrs. Onstott sacrificed her life in a futile effort to save them. Clyde Onstott. 38. father of the children, said he was chopping: | wood in a shed when he heard his j wife scream. He said he looked | out just in time to see the house ! roof eave in. — — - r Five other children escaped, and some of them were burned seriously. Jewell, 15, climbed out! a window with her clothing afire I James, 10. and Everett.• 5, were I taken to a Corydon hospital. | ! Betty. 14, climbed out a window ! ■ unhurt. Authorities said the’ children | said Mrs. Onstott got opt .of the j , house but rushed back in to try i to save the children. ( Railroads Postpone ! Freight Increases Two-Week Delay In Effective Date WASHINGTON W — The ■nation’s major railroads" today j postponed the effective date of : their proopsed freight rate in- ■ creases from Feb. 1 to Feb. 15. Edward Kaier, chief counsel for all the railroads, said the postponement was made at the rej quest of the Interstate Commerce: I Commission. ! The com missidh sought the post-i ■ ponement in view of the number : , of shippers and interested parties ■ i who have requested time to appear during oral arguments on ■ the rate hikes. J Oral arguments begin Wednesi day before the commission on ! whether to 1 suspend the proposals lor let them become effective. ! More than 80 requests have been' ; made to the commission for ar-j . gument time. 4 The railroads have proposed I freight rate boosts ranging from 2 to 5 per cent. Shippers have i j filed hundreds of protests against ■ the proposed new rates. Reported Improving From Accident Hurts Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. Latchaw, ;of Evanston. 111., brother-in-law [and sister of Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall of Decatur, are reported - Improv-" ! ed following injuries in an accident j whHe on Their way to Decatur Friday. They were involved in a two- ! car crash three miles west of Fort Wayne on U.S. highway 30. Both were taken to the Parkview mem-: orial hospital where Mrs. Latchaw was treated for an injured shoulder and facial cuts, and pleased. My. Latchaw, 78, remains in the Parkview hospital, where he is undergoing treatment for a badly injured right leg. cracked ribs, j and facial cuts. Mrs. Latchaw, the ! : former Lillian Egly of Berne, is : I staying in Decatur with her sister, Mrs. Tyndall. ,1 , ,—— > Oregon adopted a cOnstutitional amendment June 2. 1902. provid- F mg for the inHative and referendum and thus set a pattern tor sii friilar laws in other states.

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Baghdad Pact Nations Adopt Defense Plans NATO-Type Concept Os Defense Adopted By Baghdad Nations ANKARA. Turkey (UP) — The military committee of the Baghdad Pact nations has adopted a i NATO-type concept of defense bol- ! stered by U.S. promises of miliI tary aid, American sources said I today. The military committee was 1 making its formal report to a meeting of the ministers of the ! five member nations , and to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. sitting in on the crucial meet- , ing as an official observer. The American sources said the military committee had adopted the NATO concept that a Communist attack on one member would ■ be considered an attack on all, , | even though the pledge is not specifically written into the pact. And although the United States , j refuses to join the Baghdad Pact, Dulles’ promise of "rrfobile”"milrtary support greatly strengthened ; its position The members of the pact are Britain, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan. [ I While the pact was meeting in .; Ankara’s new parliament build- : ing, the Turkish minister of in1 terior formally accused Communist elements of being responsible for the bombing of U.S. Embassy : property Sunday night. The ministry issued a communique shortly after police sources said 20 persons had been rounded up for questioning—two Lebanese, an Egyptian, a Yugoslav, : refugees of undetermined origin, ! and 11 Turks. American sources said Dulles : slept through the entire action and did not learn of it until the next morning when Premier Adnan Menderes formally expressed the Turkish government’s regret for the incident, . Dulles pledge ot military help to the pact nations was the same guarantee given earlier to the NATO nations. The technical difference is that the pact nations must first ask for help since the U.S. is not a member. - Benson In Attack On Price Supports Termed As Sheer Economic Waste NEW ORLEANS (IP — Agricul- | ttire Secretary Ezra Taft Benson: said today in an attack on current j farm price supports the United | i States "just can't afford to waste land, manpower, machinery, gasoline. tires, and electricity in producing foods and fiber for storage far in excess of -sensible re-: serves." “It is sheer economic waste to produce through government incentive products that are not needed,” Benson said. He added that “no people — no country — dact-d with--our -current ehaltargeof cold war- is rich enough zto afford such downright waste indefinitely." Benson attacked texisting farm law in a speech prepared for (delivery to the annual meeting of Ruritan National, an organization composed of farmers, business and professional men. He said the cost of programs : primarily for stabilization of ; farm prices, and income since ■ 1950 has totalled close to 10 bil- ■ lion dollars. “This would have been money j well spent if it-had solved the problem—but it hasn't." Benson said '“What a missile and satellite program could have been financed with just half of 10 billion dollars! What a program of marketing—research and. - market expansion could have been provided!" Benson said the present price support system of 75 to 90 per cent of parity for basic crops us a “straitjacket" on agriculture and “unsound" ..because it has built up Ttprice-deprussing pluses." He termed"- it vital that the range of price supports be widened. President Eisenhower in his special farm message called for a price support range of 6(l' to 90 per cent of .parity'. To Remodel Geneva Office For Library The former office of Dr. J. V. Shetgcn, of Geneva, is being remodeled, and will be used as the quarters for the Qeneva library. M Dr. Schetgen donated his Geneva office building and grounds to the library when'” he completed his new office beside -his residence! ohe mile north of town on highway j ! 27. The building has been, vacant : since then while the library building fund was built up to-make the. necessary changes. The Geneva library eWlce its start has been housed in the Masonic building on Line street. It is , understood the changes will be tmnpletcd in the next three months if the funds are sufficient.

Speculation Over Young's Successor • Discount Reports Kirby To Succeed NEW YORK (IF — The big question in railroad and Wall Street circles today is: ,“Who will succeed the late Robert H. Young as head of his multi-billion dollar railroad empire?” Informed sources discounted re- , ports that Allan P Kirby, Woolworth heir and long-time business t associate of Young, would take . over the chairmanship of Alle- ■ ghany Corp.. a holding company I that controlled New York Central Railroad and other interests, ; Young was board chairman of 1 both Alleghany and the Central. ‘ Kirby is president' of Alleghany ’ and* will remajn its "money ' j man" but over the years he has always followed a policy of being , i a "silent partner” in the railroad J empire! Young ran the show'. Young. 60. who took his own life [ ; in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, was taken to Rhode Island Monday . ! in his private railroad car for funeral services and burial today at ; Portsmouth, seven miles from his , permanent residence at Newport. After a brief funeral service at 1 St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, of which he was a member. Young was to be interred in the churchyard beside the grave of the ‘: Youngs' only child. Eleanor, a plane crash victim at the age of 23. ~ ” , Kirby and Young had been to- , gether through thick and thin since the 19.30'5, With Kirby supplying -; the money and Young the leader- ;: ship, the two men pulled a finanl cial coup in 1937 when they bought , the bankrupt Alleghany Corp, for - ( million dollars. •[ That holding company, put together by Cleveland's famous ’ i Van Sweringen brothers, con- ' trolled close to two billion dollars in railroad assets, including Chesj apeake & Ohio. Erie, Nickel Plate. t Missouri Pacific and Pere Marquette. > —— _, Authorities Seize Ex-Mental Patient Wanted For Brutal Slaying Os Mother FORT SMITH. Ark. <1? — Police reported today they have seized a former 1 mental patient angl drug I addict wanted for questioning ! about cutting his mother's head off and hiding it in a choir loft. - 4 Police Capt. Bill Rogers said the ! suspect, Bobby Joe Bums; 30, was arrested at Moffett. Okla., just i across the state line from Fort ■Smith. Rogers, said Burns was in ■i the custody of Fort Smith police. Children found his mother's I head in a church choir loft. ■I Her body, police discovered, lay lon the kitchen floor of her home ' beside four cooking pots. full of ; blbod, a chisel, a kitchen knife ! and a piece of broken wine bottle. I Parochial school students discovered the head of Mrs. Edna ■- Burns. 56, wrapped-m-sheets in—a- >: cardboard box in the choir loft of .! Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church Monday. Sen.se- , less writing, parts of poems, a . dictionary and a deed to the f Burns house also were in the box. ! Police broke into the Burns . home and found Mrs. Burns’ body They sent* an alarm to police in Arkansas. Kansas and -Oklahoma ' for Bobby Joe Burns, 30. the woman’s son who lived at the house ' i with his mother/ and father, Jesse ‘J A. Burns, a factory worker, and I four other children. Dr. Granville L. Jones, superin- ’ ‘ tendent of the state mental hospi--1 i tai in Little Rock, said Bobby Joe ■ was released last May 2 from the i state institution after serving six • ■ months for "criminal observance’ f | after a number of burglaries’ U He also, said Bobby Joe had a ■ . record of drug addiction, but that : he was not considered "particu- ■ > irtrly dangerous." Indiana Boy Named In Talent Search Among 40 Teen-Age Scientists Named WASHINGTON IIP — An Indi- - ttna 17-year-oid boy was among 40 teen-aged scientists named today as winners of a nation-wide talent search. He is Eric Martz, a student at University High School in Bloomington. Eric, a senior, will display in I Washington in late February a rei search ’ project on the effects of chemical addltlvies'in dentifrices 1 on the control of tooth decay. Previously, Eric devised a lan* I guage from Latin, French and English root .words. The 40 winners include 32 boys and 8 girls. They won $250 each and an all-expense trip to Washington -ib—compete in a five-day series of eliminations. Final winners receive five colI lege scholarships ranging from $7,500 to $3,000. The finalists . came from 2£. stales and the District of Columbia.

Noah Zimmerman Dies Unexpectedly Noah Zimmerman, 73, a brother of Simon and Albert Zimmerman of Geneva, died unexpectedly of a .heart stack about noon Monday while buying chicken feed in Pennville. He resided two miles north of that town. Survivors, in addition to the two brothers are the widow, Laura; two sons, Arlo Zimmerman, Henderson, Nev. and Bernard Zimmerman, Bluffton; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Gillette, Liber; eight grandchildren, a great-grandchild; one other brother, Elmer Zimmerman, of Flint, Mich.; and a sister, Mrs. Bessie Amstutz, Detroit. The body is at the Baird funeral home in Portland. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Postal Authorities Puzzled Over Attack Princeton Man Is Slugging Victim PRINCETON (IF — Postal authorities were puzzled over the case of an armed man who tried c ito hold up the Princeton post office Sunday and slugged Postmaster William R. Davidson, 32. A postal inspector said perhaps the man “cased" the post office, or he was a transient just passing through town. Money from the post office safe had been deposited in a bank the day before. Davidson, who is in satisfactory condition in Gibson General Hospital, described his assailant as middle-aged, more than six feet tall, and weighing about 200 pounds. He wore a tan rain coat and needed a shave, Davidson sustained severe head cuts. ■ Davidson called police from the i post office about 1:30 p.m. Sunday . and said he had been slugged. He i was unconscious when officers ar- ! rived. The post office lobby is open on ; Sunday to give boxholders access j to their lock boxes. Davidson does I not work on Sunday but had dropped in for a moment to get some mail. Davidson told police the bandit came into the post office alone, drew a revolver, and oFdered the postmaster into the back room to : open the safe.. Davidson was | slugged, he said, when he tried to ; reach a pistol in a nearby drawer. Noblesville Man Is Congress Candidate Robert Webb Seeks GOP Nomination NOBLESVILLE <IF—R obe r t Webb, 43 - year -old Republican House majority leader in the last Indiana General Assembly, announced today his candidacy for the GOP nomination for Congress from the 6th District. Webb, who has the unofficial blessing of Governor Handley and the GOP state committee, will buck Mrs. Cecil M. Harden’s bid tor a sixth term in Washington. —Webb waselected a state representative in 1948. the same year the Covington grandmother first won the congressional election. Both have gone undefeated since. Webb is a lawyer and has a farm near Arcadia. He and his supporters arc admirers of the political philosophy of the late Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Mrs. Harden prides herself on complete support for President Eisenhower's foreign and domestic policies. In making his announcement, Webb said "I have only camoaigned once for public office, in 1948 when my door-to-door coverage helped me win by nearly a two-to-one majority. Since then I have' been unopposed.”

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Attendance Report For County Schools Hartfcrd township high school and grades five and six of the Hartford school had the highest percentage of school attendance during the past six week period, according to the report submitted by attendance officer. Mildred M. Foley. Hartford high school with 61 students, reported an attendance per cent of 98.8 for grades nine through twelve to lead the county schools. Monmouth, with 135 students, reported 97.7 per cent; Adams Central. with 227. reported 96.4 per cent; Geneva, with 138 students, reported 95.7 per cent; and Pleasant Mills, with 90 students, 95.5 per cent. Grades five and six of the Hartford township grade school-, with 38 pupils, reported 99 4 per cent. Grades seven and eight, 27 pupils, 97.7 per cent; grades three and four. 40 pupils, 96.2 per cent; grades one and two, 27 pupils, 95.8 per cent. In Blue Creek township, the ’Kimsey school reported 99.1 pen cent for grades one and two, with 30 pupils; and 97 per sent for grades three and four with 30 pupils. Lin- ■ coin school reported 97.7 per cent ! for grades five and six. with 27 pupils; and 97.6 per cent for grades j seven and eight, with 24 pupils. Jefferson township school reported 96.7 per cent in grades one and I two with 31 pupils; 97 per cent ■ in grades three and four, with 31 ; pupils; 95 per cent in grades five j and six. with 29 pupils; and 97 per cent in grades seven and eight, with 28 pupils. In St. Mary's township, the 1 Pleasant Mills school reported 98.4 per cent in grades one and two. with 25 pupils; 93.2 per cent in ; grades three and four, with 29 ! pupils; 98.2 per cent in grades five and six. with 25 pupils; and 98.5 per cent in grades seven and eight, with 30 pupils The Bobo school reported 94.2 per cent in grades one through thifte, with 32 pupils; and 94.3 per cent in grades four through six. with 37 pupils. The Adams Central grade school reported 93 8 per cent attendance for grade one. with 90 pupils: 94.5 per cent for “grade two. with 71 pupils; 96 1 for grade three, with 74 pupils: 95 2 per cent for grade four, with 69 pupils; 96 5 per cent for grades four and five, with 33 pupils; 96 4 per cent for grade five, with 73 pupils: 96.3 per cent for grade six? with 71 pupils; and 96.2 per cent for grades sever/ and. eight, with 146 pupils. , ; m Wabash township. Geneva reported 96.5 per cent attendance for grade one, with 37 pupils; 96 per cent for grades one and two, with 29 pupils; 95.4 per cent for grade two, with 38 pupils: 96.3 per cent for grade three, with 41 pupils; 91.1 per cent for grades three and four, with 33 pupils: 97.7 per cent for grade four, with 39 pupils; 96.1 per cent for grade five, with 38 pupils; 92.8 per-cent for grades' five and six, with 32 pupils; 95.2 per cent for grade . six, with 40 pupils; and 95.9 per cent for grades' Seven and eight, with 85 pupils. 1 In Root township, Monmouth reported 95 2 per cent for grade one, with 33 pupils; 95.8 per cent for grade two. with 24 pupils: 97.8 per cent for grade three, with 32 pupils; 97.8 per cent for grades four and five, with 33 pupils; 97.1 per cent for grades five and six. with 37 pupils; and 97.9 per cent for grades seven and eight, with 43 pupils. St. Peter's Lutheran school reported 95.4 per cent for grades one through three, with 24 pupils; and 97.3 per cent for grades four through eight, with 33 pupils. The Zion Lutheran Friedheim school reported 98.1 per cent for grades one through three, with 28 pupils; and 99 per cent for grades four through eight, with 43 pupils. St. Paul’s Lutheran school reported 93 per cent for grades ont£

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through three, with 19 pupils; and 93 per cent for grades lour through eight, with 30 pupils. ’ St. John’s Lutheran School reported 94.1 per cent for grades one through four, with 49 pupils; and 96.9 per cent for grades five through eight, with 35 pupils. The Zion Lutheran school of Decatur reported 97.6 per cent for grades one and two, with 28 pupils. Montana Convicts On Sitdown Strike Ignoring Cold And Hunger In Prison DEER LODGE, Mont. <UP>— More than 230 defiant convicts, ignoring cold and hunger, refused to return to their individual cells in the Montana State Prison today or end a day-old sitdown strikelatest disturbance since last July 30 when they rioted. The strike began after breakfast Monday. The prisoners refused to work in the prison shops. Returned to the cell block in which they rioted about six months ago, the defiant convicts jammed benches between the walls and doors of their individual cells so guards could not close them They won t be fed until they comply with the order to return to their cells and if hunger won’t work, guards hope to freeze the convicts into submission Heat was reported shut off in the cell block shortly before midnight but Warden FO. Burrell went home to bed and could not be Contacted for confirmation. Although lights still burned in the early morning darkness, guards appeared to have the situation under control. They reported a calm quiet night. Burrell went behind the gray stone waljf late Monday night to i investigate reports of a mysterious light flashing from the top of the cell block. At least two local citizens reported seeing the light flashing to sbmeone outside of the prison. The flashing stopped as soon as Burrell went in. A spokezman reported he did not find the source. The warden said he had no idea what caused the strike. f Girl Scouts Brownie troop’ 29 held its regular meeting at the Zion Lutheran school Thursday. The meeting was opened with the Brownie promise and the Brownie smile song. "Make New Friend.” Roll call and ■I dues were taken We then learned a few new songs. We worked on our pocket picture frames. Next week oyr meeting will be held on Friday instead of Thursday. We . closed with the magic tunnel. Scribe: Joanne Walters Girl Scout troop 5 met Wednesday afternoon at the Community center. We began the meeting with the secretary's report, then we had the roll call and coli lection of the dues. We then discussed our badge work and planl ned a make believe party. The meeting was dismissed with taps. Scribe: Margaret Azbell Brownie troop 27 met Monday, at the Lincoln school. After roll and collection of our dues, we all went down to the gym where Cynthia Collier,. Kathy Smith, Diana Kideston, Missy Mayelin, Alice Ann Lankenau and Sarah Sutton, Girl Scouts from Mrs. Kelly’s troop, taught us four new games. Jackie Geisler treated us. Scribe:’ Joetta Habegger Girl Scout troop 1 met after school Monday. The meeting was caUed to order by the president, Mary Kocher. We discussed making earrings next week. We passed our home health and safety badge. The meetings will be held on Mondays after school instead of Thursdays from now on. Scribe: Beverly Stults