Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 29.

■■■■■■ _——_. - . - 1 ■ •■? 'j- * • ,z 4M ' ': | e, :' ■ |'; |ji?s NEW AHAB STATE— Syria’s President Shukrl al-Kuwatly Heft) and Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser sign documents merging the two nations into the United Arab Republic in a ceremony in Cairo.

U.S. Satellite Radioing Back Valuable Data Hopeful Indication Humans Can Survive Trip Through Space WASHINGTON (UP) — America's Explorer satellite has radioed from the unknown a hopeful indication man can survive a flight through space. Scientsts at the California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory said preliminary information from the first U.S. « satellite indicates cosmic rays and particles of meteors will not be a hazard to space travelers.. At the same time, Army experts were reported seeking permission to launch a 300-pound “seeing-eye” television satellite and another one weighing 700 pounds that could be the forerunner of a permanent space station revolving around the globe. Long Life Predicted Dr. William H. Pickering, director of JPL, said the speed of Explorer cruising through space at 18,000 miles an hour in an orbit ranging from 230 to 1,600 miles away from earth could keep it aloft “perhaps 12 years.” However, its two radio transmitters are expected to go silent in about two months. Other scientists gave estimates ranging from 6 to 10 years of life for Explorer. Russia’s Sputnik I stayed up three months. Sputnik II passed the three-month mark Monday. Defense Department sources said neither Army proposal for 300 and 700 pound satellites had been approved. The Air Force already has contracted with Lockheed Aircraft for construction of a TV reconnaissance satellite. Carry Equipment The 700 pound Army satellite would carry an array of electronic equipment to provide the data

scientists would require in building a space station. Space experts have generally agreed that manned flights to the moon and planets should be launched not from earth—but from a space staj tion or platform outside the earth's atmosphere. Lt Gen. Donald L. Putt, dep->, uty chief of staff for develop(Contlnued on pag* thr«») — Wire Recorder Out Os Service Monday A number of Decatur residents were disappointed. Monday night when they made 760 telephone calls to the news service and received no answer. A mechanical failure kept the recording machine used from operating, and that is why the usual 33 seconds of lat ecounty news, including any ball scores, was not heard. The machine is expected back in operation today. INDIANA WEATHER , Increasing cloudiness and a little warmer tonight. Wednesday cloudy and a little warmer with chance of rain or snow ’’ south portion by afternoon or night. Light snow or drizzle likely north Wednesday night. Low tonight 12-20. High Wednesday mostly in the 30s. Sunset tonight 0:08 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 7:49 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Rain or snow with seasonable temperatures. Low Wednesday night hi the 20s. High Thursday 25-35.

Decatur Dollar Day, Wednesday 9 A.M. to 9. P. M. Free Parking

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Soil Conservation Meet Held Monday Goshen Teacher Is Speaker At Dinner The importance of sail to people around the world was stressed Monday night by Dr. John Hartzler, of Goshen, a teacher for more than half a century, to the crowd of nearly 300 persons who attended the fourth annual meeting of the Adams county soil conservation district at St. John's Lutheran school auditorium. Richard Scheumann, of Preble township, was reelected a district supervisor :ver two other nominees, Hugo Bulmahn, of Preble townsh’p, and Joe L. Isch, of French township. Benjamin Gerke, chairman of the board of supervisors, opened the meeting, and the Rev. Edwin Jacob. pastor of the St. John's church, led the group in prayer. Ted Longenberger, of the Decatur Music House, furnished the dinner music for the affair on a Wurlitzer organ. The Rural-Aires quarteti provided after-dinner music by singing “Juanita,” “In the Evening by the Moonlight” and "This Old House.” Rudy Meyer, former member of the publicity department of the Indiana state department of conservation, was master of ceremonies. Guests included Charles of the state SCS office, Leo Seltenright, county agent, Miss Lois Folk, county home agent, Cletus Gillman. SCS conservationist, Roger Koeneman, assistant; Ed Brown and Charles Fox, trainees; Frank Kershner, area soil scientist representing the district SCS chief; and supervisors from Huntington and Wells counties. 7 Meyer, in his introduction of the speaker, asked the group whether., “at the 50th anniversary of the soil conservation program, we would be able to have as fine a meal as was«served Monday night." The answer, he added, would be found

■ through good conservation praci tices bn the land. Dr. Hartzler took the group on a trip around the world, and stated that men and the soil are the two great natural resources, and that men’s minds are 1,000 more complex than the latest-sputnik or any ' other scientific invention. Boys and girls are the seed com of the world, he continued, and spoiled or diseased seed could ruin future generations. Dr. Albert Sweitzer, a friend of Dr. Hartzler, told him that he believes the younger generation is not being properly trained. The United States, through a conservation program, has accomplished far more in 200 years of - Continued on °)«e Five) Church Os Nazarene Planning Expansion The congregation of the Church of the Nazarene, located at Seventh and Marshall streets, has voted to proceed with plans recommendded by the church board for an extensive remodeling program. Present recommendations by the architect call for the addition of a second unit to the present basement structure, which would be used for worship services while , the present auditorium is being , razed. Seating in the new sanctuary would be reserved, with the j pulpit to the north and the entrance to the west. The ReV. C. , E. Lykins, pastor, stated that , j plans for financing the expansion . I are underway.

Cold Weather Grips Eastern Half U. S. Florida Again Hit * By Freezing Weather By UNITED PRESS Frigid weather gripped the eastern half of the nation today, hitting northern Florida with another bout of freezing temperatures. Snow flurries persisted in the Northeast and extended south to the mountains of North Carolina. Icy and snow - packed roads forced the closing of schools Monday in Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia and Tennessee. Heavy snows - blocked some roads in the Tennessee Smokies and the North Carolina mountains. Four-foot drifts choked streets in Boone, N.C. Near and below zero readings chilled northern New England and portions of Wisconsin and Illinois during the night. Overnight temperatures plunged intao the teens as far south as North Carolina and to below freezing throughout most of northern Florida. Freezing temperatures also hit Alabama and Georgia. Scattered snow flurries swirlec across the Great Lakes and the East during the night, with the heaviest accumulation of about two inches in western New York state Wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour whipped up clouds of snow in portions of Pennsylvania and northern New York, and winds of more than 60 miles per hour blasted Roanoke, Va. A warming trend overspread the nation’s customary “ice box," the Plains States and Upper Mississippi Valley, early today, boosting temperatures by an average of 15 to 20 degrees in the eastern Dakotas and Minnesota. Other readings ranged from the 30s in southern Montana to the 40s in parts of Washington and Oregon and near 60 in southern California and Arizona. Rain pelted scattered areas of the West Coast and light snow extended eastward across the Plateau. The heaviest rain was about two-faso rht indineih nth c about two-thirds of an inch in the Los Angeles area. Forecasters predieted continued cold In the East today with snow flurries in the lower Great Lakes, northern New England and the mountains of North Carolina. Fair skies were expected in most of the southeastern portion of the country. Occasional showers were seen for the Pacific Coast with showers or snow in the Plateau and scattered snows in the Rockies. Milder temperatures were predicted for most of the Plains and the Mississippi Valley.

Repairs To Drains Approved By Board Coal Contracts Are Awarded Board Repairs to four drains were approved by the Adams county commissioners Monday in their weekly meeting. The George W. Gates drain in Blue Creek and Monroe township was approved for removal of brush. Cost of the labor involved was estimated at $3,000. Additional funds totaling $428.18 to cover expenses of the Archie P. Hardison drain in Wabash township were approved. Additional funds to cover expenses of the Kaehr and Gerber drain in French township were approved. Funds needed to complete the Kaehr-Ger-ber drain totaled $305.90. The rental of the crane for cleaning the Smitley drain in Jefferson township was $1,150 and this cost was approved by the commisisoners. The Burk Elevator company was awarded the contract for two carloads of coal at sl4 per ton, and the Monroe Grain and Supply company was awarded the contract for one carload at $13.70 per ton. r The report of the county home for the month of January was submitted by George Fosnaugh and showed that a total of $342.68 in receipts was turned in to the treasurer of Adams county. One new male person was admitted to the home during the month bringing the total population to 26, which includes 20 men and six women. Lawrence Noll, Adams county highway superintendent, was authorized to contact Leonard Warner, Wells county highway superintendent, relative to correcting conditions at the road crossing at Curryville. The crossing is located at the intersection of county road ten and the Adams-Wells county line. Martin Kipfer, Eh Kipfer, William Kipfer, Everett Gelsel, and William Ringger. appeared before the commissioners to request that (Continued or Page Five)

ONLT DAILY NEWSPAPER tN ADAMS COUNTY ___ ■ 1

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 4,1958

Doerfer Testifies To Returning Os Payment To Television Station

Democrats To Wage Fight For Defense Speed Further Speedup In Defense Program Is Sought By Senators WASHINGTON (UP)-S om e Senate Democrats made it clear today they will wage a determined fight to force the administration to step up further its mis-sile-firing submarine and H-bomb-er programs. They went along in the Senate’s unanimous approval late Monday of President Eisenhower’s request for $1,260,000,000 in urgent defense funds to speed missile programs, disperse the Strategic Air Command’s fleet of B-52 intercontinental jet bombers and start work on a missile detection system. The vote was 78-0. All 18 abs°ntee senators were recorded as for it also, an unusual display of complete unanimityBut Sens. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) and Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) charged the administration’s program is inadequate to meet Russia’s challenge in space weapons. ' ’ Fight Postponed They postponed their fight for still more defense money to keep from causing any delay now. The showdown could come on a later supplemental request for the current fiscal year if the President makes one. But it most likely will be the regular defense appropriation for the next fiscal year starting July 1. Censored testimony released by the Senate Appropriations Committee showed Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy rejected a suggestion by Symington to boost the bill up to $2,600,000,000 for more missiles and 8525. McElroy said missiles were being pushed to the limit and a decision on more 852 s could wait a few months. Senate Democratic Leader (Continued on Paste Five) Harvey Koos Found Dead In His Home Decatur Man Takes Own Life At Home

Harvey W. Koos. 69, lifelong resident of Adams county, was found dead at 3:10 o'clock Monday afternoon in the basement of his home. 738 Mercer avenue, where he had taken his life by hanging. The body was found by his wife. Mr. Koos had been ill since November 1, and despondency over ill health was believed responsible for his act. He was a former employe of the Decatur plant of the General Electric Co., retiring in 1953. ~ * He was a member of the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church and was secretary of the men’s brotherhood of the church. At’ BoAi in. Adams county Aug. 29, 1888, he was a son of Jacob and Emma Steele-Koos, and was married to Gladys Steele March 46, 1912. Surviving In addition to his wife are two sons, Sherman R. and Guy L. Koos, both of Decatur; two grandchildren, Pamela Kay and Nancy Jane Koos of Decatur, and two sisters, Mrs. Glen (Alice) Warner of Lakeville, ahd Mrs. Claude (Essce) Harvey of near Monroe. One brother preceded him in death. Funeral services wil be conducted ‘at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home and at 1:30 p.m. at the Union Chapel E.U.B. church, the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris officiating. Burial will be in j the Decatur cemetery. Friends, may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock .this evening until time of the services. 1

Youthful Killer And Girl Plead Innocent Plead Not Guilty To Murder Charge LINCOLN, Neb. (UP)-Charles Starkweather, 19, confessed mass killer of 11 persons, and his 14-year-old girl friend, Caril Fugate, have pleaded innocent to murder charges. Starkweather, “ a swaggering, boastful outlaw when arrested in > Douglas, Wyo., last week, barely ’ mumbled his innocent plea when ‘ arraigned Monday Caril later pleaded innocent to • identical charges. The diminutive • teen-ager, standing with her father’s arms about her, sppke in a ■ soft, wavering voice. i They were charged with first degree murder with premeditated i malice and first degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery in the gun slaying of Robert Jensen, 17, of nearby Bennet. Neb. The maximum penalty upon conviction would be death in the electric chair. Jensen and his high school sweetheart, Carol King, 16, were shot to death a week ago Monday and their bodies dumped into an abandoned storm cellar. Starkweather and Caril also have been charged with the murder of Miss King. The red - naired btarKweather, who appeared without an attorney will next be brought >to court March 1 for a preliminary hearing. The District Court is expected to appoint a defense lawyer for him by then. Preliminary hearing for Caril was set for March 8. 1 Starkweather pleaded innocent despite a 213-page confession to his many murders. The plea apparently was advised by his parMr. and Mrs. Guy Stark-, weather, as a means of protecting Cent r’.M- ... °aite Sightseer Is Killed At Police Roadblock Young Woman Slain Monday By Mistake PADUCAH, Ky. (UP)—Authorities scheduled an inquest today for a young woman sightsteer who was shot and killed by mistake at a police roadblock set up to trap a fugitive gunman. The gunman, Carl Burton, 24, has ..vanished- He is one of two who kidnaped a Missouri state trooper Saturday and held him hostage for more than 28 hours. The woman, Miss Jewell English, 24, was killed Monday when a car driven by her brother, Claudie, stopped at a roadblock where Missouri state trooper Vernon Hopkins was talking with Forrest McAlester, a Fulton, Ky., insurance agent. They had just been alerted that en unidentified car that might contain Burton was heading for them. The English car paused only momentarily. When it started up, Hopkins fired .a shotgun at it and McAlester fired a rifle he had grabbed from a police car. A mortuary directo,r said Miss English received 24 wounds in the back from small pellets or fragmerits of metal. Missouri state police requested an autopsy to determine whether these were shotgun pellets or fragments of n rifle bullet. — • McAlester told authorities Hopkins had ordered him to shoot. The trooper denied this. Paducah Assistant Police Chief Paul Holland said he had no definite leads on Burton since the gunman fled into a bottomland area near Melber, Ky., about 12 miles west of here. “We believe he is stil in this area,” Hoand saidBurton fled from a farmhouse Sunday as authorities closed in. His companion, ex-convict Harold W. Davis, 33, then shot himsef in an apparent suicide attempt. This enabled Missduri trooper William Little, 31, whom they had captured Saturday, to escape unharmed, ou Page Five)

Declares U.S. Must Break Up Package Plan Urges Eisenhower To Negotiate With Reds Step By Step WASHINGTON (UP)-Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey said today the United States must break up its nine-point disarmament package proposal “if we are ever to reach a real and genuine first step agreement with the Soviet Union.” The Minnesota Democrat, chairman of the Senate disarmament subcommittee, said “A policy which is predicated on the willingness of the Soviet Union to turn overnight from a totalitarian dictatorship out to conquer the world to a peace-loving, cooperating, submissive nation willing to acquiesce in our demands, is doomed to defeat and ridicule •” Humphrey said the administration’s “first step” proposal, stressing aerial and ground inspection and suspension of nuclear weapon tests and production, is too broad for Russia to be expected to accept at one time. Addresses Senate The Minnesota Democrat outlined his views in a 35-page speech prepared, for Senate delivery. „ “Do we really expect the Soviet Union to open up its country to the extent of foreign inspectors in all atomic energy plants, all test sites, all major communication centers, all ports, all airfields, all depots to mention only the most important inspection points in our proposal?” Humphrey asked. “And would we be ready to reciprocate if the Soviet Union were to surprise us by accepting the proposal?” Secrecy Hit Humphrey criticized the administration for refusing to let his subcommittee see eight task force reports on the subject prepared for Presidential Disarmament Adviser Harold E. Stassen. He said (Continued on page five) t Mrs. A. Kruetzman

Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Mrs. Anna Kruetzman, 84, a resident of Preble township most of her life, died at 6:20 o’clock Monday evening at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Earl DeWeese, 657 Parkview, in this city. She had been seriously ill for the past six weeks. She was born in Preble township Dec. 13, 1873, a daughter of Christian and Susanna Breiner-Scherry, and was married to Louis—J. Kruetzman June 1, 1893. Her husband died, in 1952. Mrs. Kruetzman was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Surviving in addition to Mrs. DeWeese are three other daughters* Mrs. John (Emma) Beineke and Mrs. Harry (Ida) Frauhiger.'both of Decatur, and Mrs. Paul (Marie) Nuerge of Fort Wayne; two sons, Elmer and Edward Kruetzman, both of Decatur; 13 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, and four brothers, Henry Scherry of Culver, Edward and Charles Scherry of Magley, and the Rev. Otto Scherry of New Bavaria, O. Two daughters, one son, and two brothers preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Magley Evangelical and Reformed cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services.

Health Officer 9 j s> ’•' ‘JHMI K Dr. John B. Terveer Dr. Terveer Named City Health Officer Appointment Is Made By Board Os Health Dr. John B. Terveer, Decatur physician, was named city health officer Monday ,by the city board of health. r Dr. Terveer, son of Mrs. Frances Terveer, has been quite interested in community health problems since his service in Korea, which showed him the dangers of mass contamination. Problems in Decatur city health were thoroughly discussed by Dr. Terveer, Dr. Arthur Girod, Mrs. Walter Gilliom, and Mayor Robert' D. Cole. Such things as homes here with dirt floors, open sewage drains, piles of rubbish in the yards, burning of chicken feathers and innards at the city dump, burning of human hair in residential neighborhoods, and many other ■uestions were discussed.

1 The board of health will meet - soon with the city attorney to I take steps to draw up a recommended city ordinance to deal with many health problems developing in Decatur. Two polio epidemics here in the past ten years, plus outbreaks of trench mouth each summer, are some of the things that can be easily avoided in the future by ■practicing sanitary health habits. While 99 per cent of the P*' ;r.uM on Pa+fe Ft**) No Applicants For County Home Posts Positions Vacant Here On March 1 No applications have been received by the Adams county commissioners for the job of managing the Adams county home since the resignation of Mr. and Mrs. George Fosnaugh. The Fosnaughs’ resignation becomes effective March 1, when they will take up similar duties in Wells county. Applicants interested in the position should apply to the Adams county commissioners in care of the county auditor, Edward Jaberg. The applicant must be a married man and the wife usually serves as matron to take care of the women admitted to the county home. Managements of the home includes not only the residents and their well-being, but also a 274acre farm and the financial records of payment from the townships, county, or private individuals. The Adams county job pays at present $2,400 a year for the superintendent, and $1,200 to $1,440 for the matron, depending on the amount of help which the matron employs.

Says Payment Os Expense On Trip Mistake Returned Money To Station Following Opening Os Probe WASHINGTON (UP)—Chairman John C. Doerfer of the Federal Communications Commission testified oday that after Congress began investigating the commission Ihe returned $165.12 he had accepted from an Oklahoma City television station Doerfer insisted that the payment, for travel expenses he never had. was all "a mistake.” fie received it in 1954 and returned it two weeks ago. He told a House Commerce subcommittee he had been under the impression until recently that the payment was for travel expenses for himself and his wife to Oklahoma City, where he dedicated a TV tower. Actually, the television station already had paid for the airline tickets. Subcommittee Counsel Bernard W. Schwartz said that the $175J2 check, which Doerfer had cashed, constituted a “tripling up” of “expenses” for a 1954 trip from Washington to Oklahoma City, Spokane and back to Washington. Says Did Nothing Wrong Schwartz said Doerfer had collected expense money from the government, the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, and the Oklahoma City Station. KWTV, for the trip. Doerfer denied that. He said he had done nothing for which he should have a “guilty conscience.” KWTV paid traveling expenses for Doerfer and his wife from Washington to Oklahoma City. The government paid traveling expenses for Doerfer only on the rest of the trip to Spokane and back to Washington. But Doerfer contended that the $575 he received from the broadcasters’ association in connection with the Spokane trip was an “honorarium” for making a speech there, and did not constitute double reimbursement for travel expenses. He said he reported the $575 as income on his tax returns and he promised to produce proof of this.

Offers Check Books The $575 check from the broadcasters association is a key document in the subcommittee’s misconduct charge against the FCC chairman. The congressional investigators claim the check was for travel expenses on the same trip Doerfer charged the government $241 for travel expenses and $55 for other expenses. Doerfer, a Republican appointed by President Eisenhower, said "I contend that the whole $575 was an honorarium.’’ Monday, in answering questions about die disputed check, he said S3OO of it’was an ‘ ‘honorarium” for making the speech and $275 was his wife's travel expenses. The broadcasters also paid a sl4l hotel bill and $24 bar bill for Doerfer in Spokane. He described this also as “compensation” f.r making the speech. Doerfer volunteered to bring the subcommittee all his check books. He explained his confusion about double reimbursement for the Ok- . _ lahoma City plane trip by saying that his personal secretary han(Contl nued on pa«e four)

Two Persons Killed As Auto Hits Post WHITELAND — (IB — Two per* sons were killed late __ Monday night when their automobile crashed at a county road inter* section. State Police said Clifford James, 25, and Herman Coates. 22. both of Franklin, were killed instantly when their car failed to slow down the intersection and ; hit a farm post about three miles west of here.

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