Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1958 — Page 1

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Contractor In Defiance Os Senate Group Refuses To Answer Questions Despite Threat Os Contempt WASHINGTON 'UP) — Chicago contractor S.A. Healy refused to answer Senate Rackets Committee questions today despite a threat ts contempt action which produce a shouting match between his attorney and Sen Pat McNamara (D-MichJ. The interlude came when Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) offered Healy a chance to change his mind and answer committee questions- about operations of his contracting firm. Healy Wednesday became the first witness in the current inquiry to claim the Fifth Amendment's projection against self - incriminating testimony. Healy refused to talk about $228,923 charged on his firm’s books as non-tax-deductible expenses or to say whether any of the money went to William E. Maloney. Maloney is the president of the Operating Engineers Union who. with his wife, was disclosed Wednesday to hold 10 safe deposit boxes scattered around the nation. ' Questioned today about whether his firm held a 1956 Navy Department contract for construction of aqueducts in San Diego, Healy again invoked the Fifth Amendment. Healy also refused to answer when McClellan asked whether he honestly believed a truthful answer might tend to incriminate him. McClellan ordered the committee staff to take the same action in Healy's case as it is taking against two Tennessee Teamsters Union officials who recently took the same position. The staff is preparing contempt of Congress papers against the pair Then McNamara, one-time local official of the Pipefitters Union, tangled with Jacob Grumet, Healy’s' lawyer. McNamara commented that McClellan had “properly castigated" labor leaders and businessmen about their use of the Fifth Amendment. He suggested that McClellan should “properly castigate the bar association too." As Grumet jumped to his feet, McNamara added that committee witnesses claim the privilege of ■their constitutional protection "on the advice of their attorneys” who ought to reap some of the criticism. too. , , “That is a most unfair statement to the members of the bar," Grumet said. He said the Fifth Amendment is a part of the Constitution and that its protection is a privilege of all citizens. Earlier, Sen. Sam J. Ervin -<DN.C.) had called the Operating Engineers the most “deplorable” (ContirfUed Oil Page seven) Decatur Lady's Aunt Dies At Fort Wayne _ Mrs. Florence Fetters, 87, an aunt of Mrs. Florence Aurand, of Decatur, died at 10:10 p. m. Wednesday at a Fort Wayne nursing home. A lifelong resident of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Fetters had been ill three years. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Aurand are a son, Charles, of Lafayette, La., and another niece, Mrs. Gladys was taken to the Klaehn funeial Kintz, of Fort Wayne. The body home in Fort Wayne, where arrangements have not been completed for the funeral. 12 Pages - — J

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1 —V —■ Hoffa, Transport Firms Sign Pact Teamsters Leaders Join Other Unions DETROIT (UP)—lnternational Teamsters President James R. Hoffa, fresh from "successful” negotiations with the Automobile Transporters Assn., said today various teamsters leaders are joining other unions so they can continue their activities in stgte and local AFL organizations. Hoffa and teamster negotiators reached agreement Wednesday night on a contract with 74 auto and' truck transport firms that haul and drive vehicles to dealers in 32 states. Hoffa said “we got what we expected to get" in the settlement that closely followed the pattern set by the central states negotiations concluded in Chicago last month. The agreement calls for numerous fringe benefits and a 10 per cent hour wage boost in new contracts starting March 1. Some 15,000 teamsters covered by the contracts will also get seven cent an hour increases each year for 1959 and 1960 plus a half cent per mile hike in the mileage allowances for each of the three contract years. — “They argued for three days but finally fell right into the pattern,” Hoffa said. He denied the teamsters planned to “block" national AFL-CIO attempts to complete the merger of local AFL and CIO organizations by having officials join other unions. “Some local teamsters leaders now hold responsible positions in state, county or city federation organizations;’ 1 Hoffa said.“ They are joining other unions so they can continue their work in the federation” "Teamsters official William Lee, for instance," Hoffa said, "is president of the Chicago AFL. He has become a member of the International Buildings Service Union and several other teamsters are doing the same thing.” The teamsters were expelled rom the AFL-CIO last month. Final License Plate Bids Here Saturday Final bids on license plate JA 1958, which is being auctioned off to help raise funds for the March of Dimes, will be accepted at the Decatur license bureau at 3 p.m. Saturday, Robert L. August, city chairman, said today. The present high bid of $65 was entered by Leo King, Sr. Several others are understood to be interested in the bid. The Decatur Lions club turned over $12.31 to the March of Dimes in fines money for the .month of Tanuary. The Rotary collection has net yet Been reported. Plan Another Home Nursing Course Here The Adams county Red Cross will offer another home nursing course next month to help each family in the county qualify at least one member in the civil defense home nursing program. Mrs. Arthur'Miller and Mrs. R. w; Johnson, registered nurses, will conduct the training. At least one person in each home'should be qualified for home nursing. In the event of disaster, countless lives, perhaps an entire family, may be saved by knowledge of home care. The organization meeting, to decide when classes will be held, will be at 7:30 p. m. Monday at the Decatur fire station. If enough interest is shown, afternoon classes will be held.

Says Russians To Have ICBM Ready In July Testimony By Army States Belief Reds Nqar To Operations WASHINGTON (W — The Army said in testimony published today that Russia may have a 5,000-mlle ballistic missile in opera tion by July. The Army added that Russia would have "a • very limited” capability at that time. There was no elaboration in the published testimony, but this presumably meant that the Russians would not have very many of the missiles at the start. The testimony was given by Maj. Gen. Dwight E. Beach, Army director of guided missiles, to the House Armed Services Committee last Thursday. A censored transcript was published today. A Limited Capability At one point, Beach was asked by Rep. William E. Hess (R-Ohio) when the United States expects Russia to have an ICBM in operation. The date in Beach’s reply was deleted, but the following exchange was not: Hess: “July of this year?’ Beach: “That is right.” Later, Beach said Russia’s “first capability . . and it would be a very limited one. would be in July of this year.” The committee also was told by Army witnesses that Russia is expected to have its 1,500-mile, intermediate range ballistic missile in operation this year. The Uited States has been testfiring both ICBMs and IRBMs. The first IRBMs are expected to be put into operation next December, but the ICBMs are not as far advanced. The House committee questioned Army witnesses about the Nike-Zeus anti-missile missile program of defense. Testimony published earlier said that, with a speed up, the Army believes it might establish a defense against ballistic missiles by 1962. The Army has been ordered to develop the Nike-Zeus, while the Air Force will concentrate on the complex electronic network needed to detect and track enemy missiles. — ----- Urge More 852 s In other testimony, the Army said it had advised the Defense Department in 1956 that it could launch an earth satellite, but this would cause a thr.ee-month delay tn its Jupiter IRBM program: Meanwhile, Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) warned that if Americans are to “stay alive” (Continued on page five) Says Middleman's Share Increasing « Four Per Cent Hike Reported Last Year WASHINGTON (IP) — T h e Agriculture Department reported today the middleman’s share for marketing farm - produced foods averaged 4 per cent higher in 1957 than in 1956, and that a small increase tihs year "seems likely.” The department said the increase in marketing charges compared with annual Increases of 1 to 2 per cent during the preceding four years. Prices received by farmers for food products were 3 per cent higher in 1957 than in 1956, the first increase in the annual average since 1951. Higher prices for meat animals —particularly hogs —and milk and cream accounted for most of the 1957 rise. The increase in prices received, however, was offset by the hike in the middleman’s take. The result was a farm share in the consumer’s food dollar of 40 cents, the Arne as to 1956. Retail prices of farm foods were 4 per cent higher in 1957 than in 1956. The department said that although they generally moved upward in both years the 1957 level was below file record annual average in 1952. NDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness with little temperature change tonight and Friday. A little rain or snow likely southwest portion late Friday. Lows tonight 20-25 north, 25-32 south. Highs Friday 31-37 north, 36-42 south. Sunset today 6:03 p. m. Sunrise Friday 7:54 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Mostly cloudy with snow and rain or snow south portion beginning to southwest sections Friday night. Turning colder Saturday. Low Friday night 25-35. High Saturday 3545.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 30, 1958

Mass Murder Orgy Ends On Capture Os Young Mad Killer In Wyoming

Baghdad Pad Leaders Iron Out Late Snag Issue Communique Hailing Answer By Secretary Dulles ANKARA, Turkey (IF)—The Baghdad Pact ministers ironed out a last minute snag over Palestine today and signed a final communique hailing Secretary of State John Foster Dulles’ answer to the Soviet economic offensive in the Middle East. The ministers ended a four-day session at which Dulles’ promises of aid appeared to have saved the Baghdad Pact conference from the brink of failure. The last - minute snag was reported to have developed when . Iraq—an Arab nation and a bitter foe of Israel—demanded that the i Palestine question be included. Iraq wants Israel to retreat to its ; boundaries outlined in the United Nations. Points mentioned in the communique included: —“Communist imperalism has increased its efforts to dominate the Middle East” since last summer. But it said the pact itself had '“developed a strong and cohesive organization representing 1 the best hope for the safeguard; ing of peace, liberty and independ- ‘ ence in the area.” —Praise so Turkey for “standing up against Soviet pressure, threats and false accusations” when Moscow opened up a propa- ' ganda campaign against Ankara : last fall, charging that Turkish I troops were poised for an invasion ) pf Syria. —The pact nations will hold combined staff training exercises “in the near future.” ■ —The council “received with appreciation” the United States announcement that is expected to offer an additional 10 million dollars for a telecommunications network. —Approval of cooperation between the Baghdad Pact and other collective security organizations such as NATO and SEATO “in the belief that closer contacts among ne nations of the free world would contribute to their common cause f promoting security and social .... tinued on psxe five) Winds Threaten To Hall Missile Test May Further Delay Jupiter Launching CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (IP) - 1 Winds up to 210 miles an hour in the upper air threatened today to delay further any efforts to ! launch the Army’s Jupiter C sa--1 tellite missile. No other major missile launch- ’ ings would be feasible, either, if • the high air currents continued—and forecasters expected them to 1 last well into Friday morning. 1 A low pressure area also moved— across Florida ctoser .to the ; ground, where the wind kicked up sharply Wednesday night. Whatever launching plans may have been in the air. Wednesday • were quickly blown away. It has been widely rumored, but always officially denied, that the Army is about ready to go with its Jupiter C satellite which has replaced temporarily the disabled Navy Vanguard on the testing schedule. The 1,500-mile range Thor rose into a clear sky Tuesday and 30 minutes later the Defense Department announced it Tiad flown its prescribed course and landed in a pre-selected impace area. Almost 24 hours later, the air force announced that a re-evalu-ation of data on the test showed that the Thor had deviated from course and did not complete a successful flight.

Leslie Irvin Loses Another Legal Fight Another Round Lost By Indiana Slayer INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — “Mad dog" killer Leslie Irvin of Evansville lost another round Wednesday in his long legal battle to escape death in the electric chair for one of six slayings of which he was accused. Irvin 33, whose execution has been postponed four times while two Evansville attorneys fought to save him, was ruled by the US. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to have lost his right for appeal of his conviction by breaking out of the Gibson County Jail at Princeton . two years ago. Irvin, now waiting in “death row” at the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City, apparently has two further possible legal steps in his bid for freedom—a rehearing by the Chicago court and an appeal to the U.S. -Supreme Court. Three judges of the Chicago court, in separate opinions, upheld U.S. District Court at South Bend in its refusal to grant Irvin his freedom on a writ of habeas corpus. They also vacated a stay of execution for Irvin, ruling that Irvin had not exhausted his rights under state laws when he took the case to the federal courts, and that he failed to take advantage of appeal rights by his jail escape. i !■’ Chief Judge F. Ryan+Duffy, in one of the opinions, agreed with Irvin-’s attorneys that Irvin was not accorded due process of law in the trial at Princeton. The attorneys had contended some jurors had preconceived opinions. But Duffy said he concurred with Judge Elmer Schnackenberg, who wrote the main opipion, that Irvin “is not now in a position to maintain a writ of habeas corpus in federal court. By. his escape ■ . . he elected to embark on a course of conduct which, under Indiana law, was a waiver of his right to (Continued on page five) Miss Susan Custer Is Contest Winner Wins Legion Speech Contest At School Miss Mary Susan Custer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Burdette Custer, and a senior at Decatur high school, won the right to represent Decatur high school in the Adams county oratorical contest, to be held in Decatur Feb. 19. Miss Custer was awarded first place in competition with a group of four other speakers. Ken Eliasson, the foreign exchange student from Sweden, now attending Decatur high school, was awarded second place. Eliasson gave a very interesting speech on a foreigner’s first look and reaction to the American Constitution. Other contestants included Fred Locke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm F. Locke; Miss ■ Cathy Cole, daughter of Mrs. Jestine Cole; and Miss Barbara Kalver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Kalver. Each contestant was required to give a speech not less than ten minutes nor more than 12 minutes long on some aspect of the United States—constitution. -Miss Custer spoke on “understanding the constitution and making it come alive to protect us.” The contestants were judged by members of the faculty at Decatur high, school. Points were awarded on presence, poise, personality, composition, y accuracy, effectivenes s.and context. The five’ contestants were chosen from a group of 24 members of Deahe Dorwin’s speech class, who underwent preliminary eliminations some time ago. The county._ contest will be held in Decatur Feb. 19. Edward Jaberg, ’county auditor, is chairman of the meet. Hugh Andrews, principal of Decatur high school, is chairman of the district meet, which will be held In Fort Wayne March 7. The state contest will also be held in Decatur |his year. * k

Unemployment Rise Forecast By Labor Dept. Over Four Million To Be Idle Over Next Three Months WASHINGTON (UP)—Labor Department economists predicted today unemployment will rise above four million in January, February * and March and decline slightly in April. They forecast the jobless total for January will range, from 4,300,000 to 4,500,000 when computed by the Labor and Commerce Departments in about two weeks. The government reported 3,400,000 unemployed in December. The number of workers without jobs , usually increases from December to January but this year the busii ness slowdown will trigger larger- ' than-usual jump, the economists ; said. They said postwar trends indicate unemployment will level off and then decline to 3,700,000 or so by May. But they also warned of a possibility of bigger-than-expect-ed joblessness if things don’t pick up soonThe lauor economists said unemployment could reach five million if 1958 is a bad year for the auto industry, if consumers hold back on buying, and if businessmen slash stocks on their shelves. That would push unemployment above the six per cent mark. “If unemployment Spreads to trade and services—watch out,” said one of the economists. “We’ll be in for read hard times.” Nearly a million more workers in January than in December reported being out of work for a week or more in applying for unemployment compensation. The insured, unemployment figure rose to 2,900,000 in the middle of this month. It was nearly triple the mid-October figure. The official unemployment figure is always higher since domestic workers, farm workers, selfemployed and other groups are not covered by jobless bejyTits. The government economists said heavy manufacturing industries — steel, auto, machinery and appliances — will bear the brunt of layoffs. Retail stores also are expected to cut back jobs in addition to the usual slow-down in construction and apparel industries. ■ - Three Girls Named As Contest Winners Win In Homemaker Os Tomorrow Exam Three Adams county girls, two from Decatur and one from Monmouth 1 , have been named “homemakers oftomorrow” in the Betty Crocker contest. They received the highest scores in their schools on a written exam of homemaking knowledge and attitudes taken by graduating high school girls. The local winners are: Mary Frances Beckmeyer, Decatur Catholichighschool;UarolynMarie Drake, Decatur high school, and Beverly Ann Stevens, Monmouth high school. Their exams will compete with those of 482 other school winners throughout Indiana to name the state candidate, who in turn will compete for the All-American homemaker of tomorrow title. Each school winner will receive an award pin designed by Trifari of New York. The Indiana winners will receive a $1,500 scholarship and an educational trip with her school advisor to Washington, D.C., colonial Williamsburg, Va., and New York City. A SSOO scholarship will be awarded to the second ranking girl in . Indiana. The school of the state i pinner will receive a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica. >

Sentenced To Death For Wife's Murder Indianapolis Man Is Convicted By Jury INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Clifford C. Groover, 58, who shot and killed his estranged wife on the steps of a Catholic Church rectory, was sentenced to death in the Electric chair Wednesday night A jury of 6 men and 6 women in Marion Criminal Court convicted Groover in a 3-hour session and recommended he pay with his life for killing Mrs. Nita Groover, 43, as she left Holy Cross Catholic Church after attending mass last Sept. 15.0 Judge Saul Rabb sentenced Groover immediately and set the date of June 23 for his execution in Indiana State Prison at Michigan City. Mrs. Daisy Nbsh, a juror who at first was against the death penalty but later changed her mind, wept after Groover was sentenced. Mrs- Groover was shot in the back wdth a pistol as she ran up the steps of the rectory seeking safety when she saw Groover approaching with a gun in his hand. : During the trial. Groover testified he couldn’t remember shouting his wife, who had filed suit for divorce 'shortly before the crime. He said he loved her. Witnesses at the trial, testified Groover held the gun at the head of a priest who ran to the- aid of Mrs. Groover as she lay on the steps dying of her bullet wounds, and pulled the trigger put the gun did not fire. > . It was the first death penalty meted out in Marion County since 1946. Groover’s attorney said he will appeal the verdict. Children Are Found Caged Up In Trailer Three Caged Up In Trailef Like Animals YAKIMA, Wash. (UP> — Three small children who lived “like frightened animals ” in wire cages built in the back of a trailer have been turned over to Yakima County authorities, officials said today. Officials said the two boys, 5 and 2, and a 3-year-old girl, apparently were kept in the wire cages most of the day in addition to being forced to sleep in them. Held at the county jail for investigation in the case were William B. Hankins, 49, and Ruth J. Mott, 38. Deputy Sheriff Jack Runyan said he investigated the 12-by-14-foot trailer mounted on a truck chassis near Sunnyside, Wash., Saturday after a salesman reported the children were caged up, tn the trailer. Runyan said he arrived at the trailer about 10:30 a.m- and found Hankini? still in bed. He said two of the children were still locked up in what he said, resembled animal cages. ~ “They looked like frightened animals. ” he said. Runyan reported the three cages were built over a bed at one end of the trailer. He said the cages were small and the older boy did not have enough room to stretch lived in the trailer. Officers said the Mott woman admitted the couple had been liv(Continued on page five) Local Lady's Niece Dies In California Mrs.-William Berri, a native of Berne, and a niece of Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall, of Decatur, died Tuesday afternoon at her home in Palm Springs, Calif. Mrs. Berri was the former Marjorie Egly, daughter of Henry D. and Opal Shalley Egly. formerly; of Berne, now of California. In addition to her parents and husband, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. L. Park Drayer of Boca Raton, Fla. Private funeral services will be held at Palm Springs Friday.

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19-Year-Old Slayer Seized In Small Town Youth Caught Late Wednesday; Killed 10 or 11 Persons DOUGLAS, Wyo. (UP'—One of the West’s worst murder orgies ended in a small town jajl today with the capture of Charles Starkweather, 19, ‘‘mad dog” killer of at least 10 and possibly 11 per- ’ sons. Wyoming authorities indicated they wanted to prosecute the confessed killer for one of the slayings, that of a shoe salesman murdered late Wednesday shortly before Starkweather’s arrest. In an upstairs jail cell suffering from shock and groggy with sedatives was Starkweather's 14-year-old sweetheart, Caril Fugate, who babbled that he had held her captive since the mass murder rampage began last Saturday With the slaying of her family. S; Caught in Highway Chase Starkweather, sought by hundreds of police in seven- states and armed National Guardsmen, was cayght late Wednesday near this southeast Wyoming town after a 110-mile-an-hour highway chase. County Attorney William Dixon said Starkweather spent an hour laboriously writing out a statement on- his crimes Wednesday night. Dixon caned the Nebraska sharpshooter's statement a “confession,” but he refused-to divulge its contents or let newsmen talk to the youth until Starkweather gets an attorney. He said Starkweather plans to call his father in Lincoln, Neb., today to arrange for an attorney. At the same time, Dixon said he would file charges accusing Starkweather of the murder of Merle Collison, 34. a Great Falls, Mont, shoe .salesman found slain in his car about 10 miles from here. Decision on Charges Today Dixon said he would decide later today whether to press the charge or turn Starkweather over to Nebraska authorities, who want him for the slaughter of nine persons in the Lincoln area. Both Wyoming and Nebraska have death penalties, ’but Wyoming Gov. Milward Simpson is opposed to execution in the state s gas chamber. Starkweather, who had dyed his bright red hair black with shoe polish and worn su-sided glasses as a disguise,- indicated he would plead self-defense, although evidence indicated at least three oi his victims were killed in theh sleep and a fourth was a 3-year-old girl. , “I shot them all in self defense,” he was quoted as telling a deputy sheriff. He also absolved his girl friend of any connection with the trail of murders in his two-state,s2s- - flight from Lincoln in cars stolen from his victims. “The girl had no part in it,” Starkweather said of his darkhaired sweetheart. "Don’t get rough with her. I had her as a hostage. I did all the work." < Police Chief Bob Ainsley, who, helped capture Starkweather, said the stocky, 5-foot-10-inch youth “was a real smart alec” after the arrest and kept—‘^smarting—off. about our car.” However, in jail later Stark’ weather turned sullen and cowered in a corner of his cell part of the time and lay on his cell bunk hiding his face at other timesKiller Faced Blindness At Lincoln, Starkweather’s grieving parents were relieved to hear he had been captured alive and claimed he went “berserk” because he faced blindness within a year. ’ ‘ Starkweather’s father, Guy, an unemployed carpenter, said his son had been worried about his sight and other ailments. “A few years ago he had been ‘ hit on'the forehead with a two-by- , four and never felt right since, the father said of the youth. ’ Nebraska authorities said they 1 want Starkweather for the mur(Cont.inued on page four)