Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI? No 30.

8% * ~ ~ ~ ? fra ” ’ Bk7| <*?■ wbv anj’- ap* -*r&i —3 wr -if ISW PoF'ffcOili builds tA 1 « lii 11l hEw I BKi r wwtf/ * 'W* *• 4 ” ll, Wyw^ ; ' "1 k. - v , WUh..-|-s - W^ 1 -• irjriiiifiiifrr^ a t .., gSSafe-Wi.... . .■df^SZ-^;.?\- .wwfct. FLAMES LEAP from the Beery Motor Sales building about 8 p. m. Tuesday as firemen from Decatur and Monroe pour tons of water from 3,500 feet of hose. Weary firemen called to the scene at 7 p.m. stayed until nearly 2 p.m. Most of the front wall of the building collapsed during the fire, and the remainder was pulled down by the firemen. Farts also fell from the north and south walls. The roof over the front parts of the building collapsed. The back of the building, including the part used as a paint shop and that used by Central Soya’s trucks, escaped serious damage. The heating plant was ruined, however, but the coal supply was spared. Insurance adjusters investigated the fire this mo.ning* Beery estimated the loss at $75,000. — (Photo by Ginter).

Navy Vanguard Again Fails In Test Launching Rocket Breaks In Two After Flight Os Only Minute CAPE CANAVERAL, Ha (UP) —"Die Navy’s jinxed Vanguard rocket finally struggled into the sky early today but it faltered and broke in two after a oneminute flight and had to be destroyed. The neyj Navy failure sent several million dollars worth of cinders tumbling into the Atlantic, It left the freshly launched Army Exporer riding alone among the stars with the second Russian Sputnik. There was no indication when the Navy might try again to get a vest-pocket satellite into orbit aboard the Vanguard. Another rocket is ready. But the study of what happened to today’s will undoubtedly delay it. Still hopeful, a Navy spokesman in Washington said: “We’ve got more to do. We’re learning all th? time. Broke In Two it was estimated that the rocket, believed to be carrying a simple form of life in its. satellite, rose to between 10,000 and 20,000 feet, less than four miles, before it hung in the sky, broke into two fiery pieces and began falling back. It was then blown up from the ground one minute after launching. Dr. John Hagen, director of the Vanguard project, exclaimed “Oh, no!” when informed in Washington of the sputtering flight. It was the second actual launching failure of the full rocket assembly The Vanguard rose laborously almost enveloped in its ground exhaust and climbed very slowly into the clear but almost freezing Florida pre-dawn. -It seemed to hang for a moment at a modest altitude, broke into two fiery parts and was blasted to bits. _ Sources here said it would be impossible to determine what actually happened until telemetry information is studied on the brief flight. This might not be before another day or so, they said. However, it was believed that the missile ’ broke in two at the joint of the first and second stages well short of the time they were supposed to have separated in tfie rocket’s normal course toward an orbit. Veered To Right The missile was seen to veer slightly to the right just before it broke. It was known that the Cape Canaveral range safety officer, Lt. Col. R. D. Stephens in the central control building, pushed the "destruct’’ button after the missile broke in two. Two plumes of flames were seen falling into the ocean several miles out from the tip of Cape Canaveral. It was not determined whether these were caused by the impact of the main parts of the missile or smaller fragmentsThe Defense Department’s announcement” of the Vanguard's mishap wag brief. It was issued only 13 minutes after the ill-fated rocket had soared from its pad. Launched at 2:33 a.m. "A three-stage rocket test vehicle in the Project Vanguard program was successfully launched at 2:33.5 a.m. today at the Mis» sile Test Center, Cape Canaveral, Ha., but was destroyed in flight by the range safety officer when it failed to maintain its pro (Ccutlnuea oa Five)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT OIWLT DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Mother's March On Polio Nets $932.81 Brings Polio Fund Total To $3,853.95 The mother's march on polio in Decatur last Friday night brought in $932.81 for the 1958 polio fund, Herman Krueckeberg, treasurer, said today. This is $1,804.76 less than collected last year, and less than the $2,000 collected in 1956. The total amount received so far this year is $3,853.95, and more is expected.. The mother’s march annually raises nearly one-third of the county total. Other items in the current total are: Sale of suckers, S4B; D. A. V Auxiliary, Mrs. Rufus Sommer, $2; Crutch sale, Decatur, $145.56; Coin cards, Decatur, $10; Yellow Jackets-New Haven game, $60.35; Teenage Council balloon sale, $124.50; Decatur Public Schools, $79.43; Zion Lutheran school, $7.97; Lions Club, Decatur, $10.95; Coin cards, Decatur, $10; Berean class Decatur Baptist Church, $10; Wcman’s Club of Decatur, $lO. Monmoutr. ~ ifcool, $57.50; Potato Chip saxt, teen council, $75.33; Collection at Commodore game, $27.40; Lions Club, Decatur, $1.36; Mrs. Robert Meyer, North Preble, Mothers March, $68.25; Mrs. Robert Meyer, North. Preble, St. John Lutheran school, S2O; Mrs. Robert Meyer, North Preble, Friedheim Lutheran school, $24.12; Mrs. Earl Harmon, Washington Twp., Mothers March, $31.12; Cannisters, Decatur, sll2 - 68; Coin cards, Decatur, $128.30; Cannisters, Decatur, addtl., $9.00. Business Men, Decatur, Al Beavers, chr., $118; W. Washington, Mrs. Henry Heimann, $69.10; St. Marys Twp. Home De. Club, South St. Marys Twp., Mrs. Gordon Suman, $28.17; Apostolic Christian Church, $127.93; Pleasant Mills High School, St. Marys Twp., $23.37; Decatur Catholic schools, $119.15; Zion Lutheran school, addtl., $1.20; Cannisters, Decatur, addtl., $7.53; Immanuel Lutheran * school, Union Twp., $24.95; Town of Monroe, $32.20; Coin Cards, Decatur, addtl., $26.67; 4958 License Plate, Leo H. King, Sr., $70.00. Coin Cards, Decatur, addtl., $2.70; Adams Central School, $211.02; Holthouse Drug March of Dollars, $24; Balloon and Chip sale, Berne, $95 44; Berne School, $138.81; Cannisters, Berne, $80.06; Mothers March, Berne,- $176.05; .General Solicitations, Berne, S3O; Balloon sale, Geneva, $32.86; Potato chip sale, Geneva, $34.67; Cannisters, Geneva, $16.91; Mothers March and Ball game, Geneva, $147.85;. Kirkland Twp., Mrs. Homer Arnold Jr., $98.54; South Preble, Mrs, Edwin Reinking, $66.25; St. Pauls Lutheran school, Preble Twp., sls; Sunny Circle Home Ex. Club, Preble' Twp., $20.10. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with occasional rain or snow north and rain south portion tonight. Thursday snow or rain north and rain south portion. Turning colder northwest half Thursday. Low tonight ranging from near 30 extreme northwest to the 40s southeast. High Thursday 30-35 northwest to 35-45 southeast. Sunset tonight 6:10 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 7:48 a. m. Outlook for Fri- I day: Rain ending south portion. A few snow flurries north portion. Turning colder. Low Thursday night 22-32. High Friday in the 30s. •*

Tax Cut May Be Reserve Weapon-Ike r Eisenhower Still Expects Economic Upturn For Nation WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower said'today that a tax cut might be an administration reserve weapon if an upturn in the economy fads to develop. The President, speaking hoarsely and showing the_, results of a cold and sore throat, said, however, that he still expects an economic upturn about the midlde of the year, or possibly jugt a bit later. Under questioning, he added that a tax cut could be a reserve weapon if the economic bounceback does not take place as expected. This was the President’s second news conference since late October He opened today's conference by asking reporters to make their questions long, so he could answer with either a yes or no and thus save his ailing vocal chords. The President said that aside from his hoarseness, he felt well and had no others ymptoms of illness. The White House had reported Tuesday that he had a “slight cold” and a “slight sore throat.” McElroy Controls Program Other h i g h , 1 g h t s of today’s presidential news conference. —He agreed that government scientists are mapping a general rough program which might involve sending an American rocket to the moon within 10 years. But he said this was not the primary objective of the government at the moment and that the federal space and satellite program had to be consciously adjusted to the defense needs of the country. —He said that all outer space development was under the control of Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy. This was in reply to a question whether he might instruct the Air Force to get into the outer space program along with the Army in wake of two Navy failures with the Vanguard rocket. —He threw cold water on the possibility of a summit meeting with Russia, saying this government has not received any evidence from Moscow that suchva meeting would result in any desirable form of agreemet. have suggested, o the theory that —He questioned the idea of establishing a demilitarized zone in Western Europe, as the Russians have suggested, on the theory that the United States could not enter into any unilateral agreement which would affect the basic rights of the free nations involved. Praise for Stassen —He said that any public statements made by his chief assistant, Sherman Adams, were made only with his approval and that Adams had said nothing inconsistent with the general policy of the administration, He apparently felt some emotions as he discussed Adams because he called the former governor of New Hampshire first a general and then referred to him as Secretary Adams—He planned to confer this week with his disarmament adviser, Harold E. Stassen, about Stassen’s leaving the government to run for governor of Pennsylvania. He described Stassen as a great administrator and an indefatigatable worker and he said that (Continued on pace five)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday*, February 5, 1958

Beery Motor Sales Is Nearly Destroyed By Flames Tuesday Night

Claims Doerfer Filed Bills For - • Paid Expenses House Investigator In Charge Doerfer Billed Government WASHINGTON (UP) — A House investigator charged today that Chairman John C. Doerfer ,of the Federal Communications Commission billed the government for a 1954 trip which was paid for by West Virginia and Georgia broadcasting groups. Subcommittee Counsel. Bernard Schwartz made the charge while Doerfer was testifying before a House Commerce subcommittee. Schwartz said Doerfer’s action in getting government reimbursement for expenses on the 1954 trip was “in violation of a ruling by the comptroller general.” According to the ruling, government officials can be reimbursed only for their own “out of pocket’’ expenses. ; “I respectfully submit that it does cast light on his personal caliber as a member of this high regulatory agency,’ ’ Schwartz said. List Money Accepted The 1954 incident involved an auto trip which Doerfer, accompanied by his wife, took to S,t Simons, Ga„ to address the Georgia Association of Broadcasters and on to White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., to address the West Virginia Broadcasters Assn. Schwartz said Doerfer afterward collected from the government $33.75 per diem expenses, SIB4O in miscellaneous expenses and $115.99 in travel expenses. He said Doerfer also received SIOO from each broadcasting organization and that each organization paid for hfc hotel bills. The hotel bin at White Sulphur Springs totaled $154.19, Schwartz said, and included “room, board, golf fees, restaurant fees, tips and service fees and I don’t know what else.** The matter of accepting dupli(Continued on page,eight) Stale Allots Fund For Sewage Plant . 41.6 Per Cent Os Allotment Okayed The state department-of health, education, and welfare, allowed $104,000 or 41.6 per cent of the $250,000 grant of the federal aid money promised by the state to help defray expenses in the construction of the new sewage treatment plant. The money was given on the basis of the department’s first investigation of the work completed recently. The letter of allocation was read at the meeting of the Decatur city council Tuesday night. A letter from the Consoer, Townsend and Associates company of consulting engineers was read at the meeting, in which they recommend a charge of one-half cent per 100 cubic feet of waste water pumped after calculating the minimum charge necessary. At present the rate stands at .0048 cent perlOO cubic feet. Contracts were approved for the extensions of electric lines to the homes of Homer W. Arnold, of Washington township, and George F. Sonner, Jr., of Root township. Cost for the Arnold extension was $123.17 and $116.17 for the Sonner extension. A letter was read from the stream pollution control board which agrees to the proposed alteration of the water main to the new sewage treatment plant. Construction engineers requested to enlarge the main from four to six inches, with two shut-off valves and valve manholes. They also wish to move the water main from the west to tlie east side of the bridge adjacent to the force main to avoid the bridge abutments. The ’ council approved the changes.

Gunman Carl Burton Surrenders Tuesday Wanted In Kidnaping Os Missouri Trooper PADUCAH, Ky. (UP)-Gunman Cirl Burton, 24, wanted for kidnaping a Missouri state trooper, slendered meekly to authorities here Tuesday night and said he was glad “it’s all over.” Burton, his hands held over his head, walked into police headqdhrters Tuesday night and told authorities “Here I am. I’give up.” Later, he added, “I'm glad it’s all over.” The gunman was arraigned immediately after his surrender before U.S. Commissioner Herbert Melton Jr. and was charged with violating federal kidnaping laws and transporting a stolen car across state lines. He was bound over to the Federal Grand Jury on a $35,000 bond. Melton said that he would seek life imprisonment for BurtonThe kidnaping charges stemmed' from the abduction by Burton and his partner, Harold W. Davis of Missouri state trooper William Little last Saturday. Burton and Davis released Little unharmed in Melber, Ky., 25 miles from here, on Saturday. Burton said he had been hiding out in an Illinois railroad roundhouse since Sunday, and walked to Paducah from Melber when he decided to give himself up. Davis tried to take his own life after a quarrel with Burton. He is in Critical condition at a hospital here from the self-inflicted gunshot wound. Burton didn't know until his surrender that his partner was still alive. An innocent girl, Jewell English, 24, was shot and killed at a police roadblock set up near here to trap Burton Monday when her brother attempted to drive through without stopping. McCracken County Coroner. Jimmy Davis will conduct an inquest into the fatal shooting of the young woman Thursday afternoon. At issue is the question of whether the victim’s fatal wounds came from a shotgun blast fired by Missouri state trooper Vernon Hopkins or from a rifle fired by Forrest McAlister, a Fulton, Ky., insurance salesman who had been stopped at the road block a few minutes before Miss English’s car. drove up. 4 Also unsettled is the question of whether either man had the authority to shoot- , Davis said Miss English s death apparently was due to “high caliber missiles.’’ He said he found no buckshot in her body. To Attend Teachers Conclave Saturday Hold Conference At Fort Wayne Saturday Teachers from the Adams county schools will attend the Northeast Indiana nine-county teacher’s conference Saturday which will be held at Purdue Center, Indiana Center and Central high school in Fort Wayne. Other counties participating in the conference are Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Jay, Noble, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley. Gail M. Grabill, superintendent of schools in Adams' county, will preside as conference chairman at the general session which will open the confercnce a.tn. The devotions will be given by the Rev. Virgil Sexton, pastor of the First Methodist church in Decatur. Sectional meetings will begin at 10:30 a.m., with teachers attending the sections for which they have particular interest. During the morning sessions, the topics will be presented as agreed upon by the committees. The recorder will take notes of the topic presentation, after which a discussion or question and answer period will be held until the noon recess for lunch. The afternoon session will begin at 1 p.m., with the recorder giving a report of the topic presentation and discussion. The chairman will then lead the discussion or organize the group into “buzz groups’,’ for discussion. The conference will (Cviitinuad on Pace Five)

Reorganization Suggested For Defense Dept. Scientists Pushing Ahead On Techniques For Mon Into Space WASHINGTON (UP)—American scientists today pushed ahead with two “promising" techniques for rocketing man into space. One is a nuclear-powered ramjet engine. The other involves obtaining “theoretically unlimited" speed from a chemical - fueled rocket by firing its gases through an electric field. At the same time Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told the United Press he thinks Congress should consider reorganization cf the Defense Department in ono package. He said he was opposed to “piecemeal" changes in the Pentagon setup. The congressional Atomic Energy Committee took the secrecy wraps off the nuclear powered ramjet — called “Project Pluto.” Chairman Clinton P. Anderson (D-N.M.) of the. group’s outei space subcommittee in an apparent recent reference to the project called it “very promising " In a summary of its recent briefings, the committee said while chemical rockets are farther advanced how, nuclear propulsion “may be the best long range bet, particularly for large payloads traveling long distances.” It speculated that a combination of relatively short-lived Chemical rockets and longer-enduring nu-clear-fueled rockets might be the “most practicable approach." A ramjet engine is an “air breather— Therefore a nuclear ramjet presumably would be designed for use in the earth's , atmosphere, possibly for an atomic airplane or to boost a rocket up to space. The committee did not, however, disclose the objective in perfecting such an engine. Russell's call for a package plan came in face of Republican Reports that President Eisenhower probably will start submitting defense reorganization recommendations piecemeal to Congress starting in mid-March. Russell said his committee will wait a reasonable time before starting to work on reorganization plans although two GOP senators already have introduced such legislation. Other senators, on both sides of the aisle come out for various plans ranging from creation of a joint chiefs of staff to doing away with the Defense Department. Mother Os Decatur Woman Dies Today Mrs. Dora Notestine Dies This Morning Mrs. Dora Notestine, 84, of Fort Wayne, mother of Mrs. Gara Fell of Decatur, died at 7 a. m. today at a rest home in Fort Wayne. She had been in failing health for three years. ’ The widow of John Notestine, who died a year ago, she was the daughter of George and Hannah Nuttie, and was born Feb. 21. 1873, in Milan township, Allen county. Married on Sept. 25, 1893, Mrs. Notestine was a member of the St. Joseph Methodist church, north of Fort Wayne, and of the St. Joseph township home demonstration club. In addition to Mrs. Fell, survivors are two other daughters, Mrs. Mary Chapman and Mrs. Hallie Harford of Fort Wayne; two sons, Frank, of Fort Wayne, and John, of Grabill; 22 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Mandy Louck, of Michigan. The body was taken to the McComb funeral home in Fort Wayne, where funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Burial will be in the Leo cemetery.

Candidate | Severin Schurger Severin Schurger Seeks Nomination Asks Nomination As Prosecutor Severin H. Schurger, prominent Adams county attorney, announced today that he will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination as prosecuting attorney, subject to the decision of the voters at the Democratic primary May :6. j Scht iger has been very active in Democratic politics, and was the candidate for judge of the appellate court, on the state Democratic ticket, in 1954 and 1956. Schurger was graduated from Indiana University law school in 1940, and after five years military "’service returned to practice in Adams county. He has four children, Severin, Frederick, Susan, students at St. Joseph’s school, Decatur, and Phillip, at home. Schurger is the first announced candidate for the prosecutor’s job. The office is presently held by Lewis Lutz Smith, who has held the Office eight years, two fouryear terms. Smith was appointed prosecutor about 1942 and served about a year of the term of Vincent F. Kelley, the only Republican ever elected to the office, before also being called into mili2oi' r '-' v/ »aire Two Are Appointed To Election Board Mrs. Edith Beer Is New Board Member Richard D. Lewton, clerk of Adams county, approved the appointments of Mrs. Edith Beer and Gal E. Peterson to the board of Adams county election commissioners, Tuesday. Harry H. Hebble, chairman of the Adams county Democratic central committee, recommended ■ the appointment of Mrs. Beer, of Berne, as the Democratic member of the Adams county board of election commissioners, to Serve as such member for the primary and general elections i during the year of 1958. Mrs. . Beer will replace Decatur fattorney David Macklin, who has i served as Democratic member for several years. Harry Essex, chairman of the . Republican central committee, recommended the reappointment of Cal E. Peterson as the Repub- . lican member of the Adams county board of election commissioners. Lewton is the third member of the board, by virtue of his office. Two Men Are Sent To Army Induction Two Adams county young men were sent to Indianapolis today by the selective service board for active induction into the nation's armed forces. Those joining the army today are Richard Frederick Callow and Thomas Samuel Kise.

I Estimate Loss Os $75,000 In Fire Tuesday Spectacular Blaze Attracts Hundreds To Fire Tuesday Hundreds of Decatur residents stood Tuesday night as fire, consumed the front two-thirds of the Lewis E. Beery Motor Sales building at First and Jefferson streets. The fire was discovered at 7 p.m. by Beery and Edward (Red) Pierce, who had an appointment to meet Beery at the Dodge sales office at 7 o’clock. Smoke was filling the building at the time. The Decatur fire department was called immediately, and rushed to toe scene at 7:05 p.m. Smoke was so dense that the source of the fire could not be discovered immediately. The firemen plodded and prodded through the smoke-filled rooms looking for the source. Beery, Joe Mcßride, and Vernon HUL Jiremen,. were standing clwe by when Richard Girod opeh '*" the door to toe parts room. A sud- ■ den rush of stifling hot smoke and i flames leapt through the opening. ' singing Beery’s eyebrows. No firemen were hurt. The fire, which destroyed the entire front two-thirds of the building, consumed three new cars and seven used cars. The rest were driven from the building by Beery and spectators. Many Cars Saved With toe fire originating in the parts room in the center of the building, it was very difficult to fight. Smoke poured from every opening, obscuring the source. Butler's wrecker pulled out many of the new cars parked on the ramp on the south side of the building, which did not have keys in them. Hose line. 3.500 feet, of it, was stretched northwest to Madison and Second and west on Jefferson street to Second street, and south on First street to Adams, and back to the river. Ice formed under the firemen’s feet from the tons of water dumped on the burning building from a safe distance, added to the hazard. Fire chief Cedric Fisher reported that the wind direction was very Important. Fortunately the wind blew from the southwest, across the parking lot between the Deca- _ tur Auto Supply and Beery’s. One fireman with a hose was stationed — on the roof of toe auto supply binding, and he kept any hot sparks from spreading the fire. Don Forst, manager of the store, was called from the Commodore-Geneva basketball game. If toe flames and sparks had been fanned by a wind from toe east, the Decatur Lumber company just across First street, would have been in serious danger. The Monroe rural fire department, with their new truck, aided the full Decatur force of six regular firemen and 18 volunteers. All three Decatur trucks, including the Ford truck on loan to the Preble fire department were used, along with the Monroe truck, and a portable pump at the river. At 7:30 flames broke out of the parts room into the area between the roof and toe false ceiling. By 8 p.m. a mass of flames lept from the burning wreckage. The cement block building seemr ed to crack and pop each time a block would overheat, and explode. The fire departments stayed at the scene, cooling ashes and debris, until 1:45 this morning. One hose line and watcher remained at toe scene until 9:30 this morning to prevent any outbreak. The Beery building included a repair garage on the northwest front of the building, totally destroyed, and the sales room and parts room on the southwest front of the building, also totally burned. A room in which an ABC'bus was stored also burned, but the bus was (Contlnuad on pa<« *l»ht)

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