Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 42.

Report Effort At Nixon Aid On TV Channel

WASHINGTON (IP) — Congressional investigators disclosed today that an effort was made to enlist the aid of Vice President Richard M. Nixon on behalf of an unsuccessful applicant for a hotly disputed Miami TV channel. • Rep. Oren Harris (D-Ark.) produced correspondence showing the effort was made in October, 1957, on behalf of Col. A. Frank Katzentine, former mayor of Miami Beach, hy Downey Rice, former chief ccur.se! of the Senate Crime Committee. Katsentine was an unsuccessful bidder for the Miami channel, which went to a subsidiary of National Airlines. Katzentine had said in an affidavit, dated Feb. 15, 1957, that a trusted friend told him that Col. George Gordon Moore, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, “was engineering the application for National Airlines and that they were sure to win.” Today, Harris confronted Katzentine with correspondence at a hearing of a House Commerce subcommittee investigating the Federal Communications Commission and other federal regulatory agencies. "Can’t Risk Exposure” Harris produced an Oct. 13, 1955, letter from Katzentine's own files. It -told of a meeting at which Robert King, a former Nixon aide, was informed of Katzentine’s concern that influence was being exerted on behalf of National Airlines. The letter, written by Rice, said that King took notes at the meeting. ” "Obviously,” Rice wrote, “they can’t afford to risk exposure by Democrats of an influence deal ” Katzentine himself was not present at the conference. It was attended by some Katzentine supporters at which it was agreed that "the place to 'cry wolf’ is . . high up” in administration circles, according to the letter. “I agree,” Rice wrote, “that Nixon was the right man but that we might get the story over more satisfactorily through Bob King ...” Jet Wells County, Pilot Killed Lafontaine Captain Sole Occupant Os Plane In Crash FORT WAYNE (W — An Indiana Air National Guard jet plane crashed on a farm in northerr Wells County today, killing the 32-year-old captain who was its pilot and lone occupant. Authorities identified the vic tim as Max E. Knee, Lafontaine. Ind. ] The FB6 Sabrejet crashed on the Burwell Crow farm south of Zanesville, shortly after taking off from Baer Field at For* Wayne on a flight to Little Rock Ark Maj. Delbert Wolff, 12 2nd Fighter-Interceptor Group adjutant, said Knee was on a ferry mission to Davts-Monthan Air Force Base at Tucson, Ariz. Persons living in the area said , there was a “tremendous explosion” in the air before the plane , fell. Mrs. Crow said neighbor? told her the jet exploded in the air just as it passed over the Crow home. 1 ] INDIANA WEATHER e Most fair nou»h, variable , cloudiness with scattered snow ’ flurries north portion, locally ( heavy near Lake Michigan tonight and Thursday. Northeas- j teriy wind 15 to 25 miles per - hour continuing over most of , north portion tonight with i snow drifting, especially near Lake Michigan. A little warm . Thursday afternoon. Low tonight 2 to 10 above. High Thursday 20 to 25. Sunset today 6:26 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 7:32 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy' with diminishing snow flurries, north. Continued slow moderation in temperatures. Lows Thursday Ight 5 Ao 15. Highs Friday 20 to 30.

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Tunisians May Bring Dispute BackToU.H. Seeks Settlement Efforts To Include Algeria War Issue UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) —Tunisia threatened today to bring its dispute with France back to the U.N- Security Council unless U.S.-British settlement efforts include the question of the Algerian war., The 11-nation council adjourned indefinitely late Tuesday without action after a 63-minute session to await the outcome of the offer of Anglo-American “good offices" in settling the dispute. Tunisian Ambassador Mongi Slim said he would demand a new and urgent meeting of,the council if “the good offices seem not to be yielding good results’’ or if “differences independent to the will of my government might arise.” The differences already were arising. French Ambassador Guillaume Georges - Picot told newsmen the Algeria question was “outside the scope” of the good offices effort. He said “it is not a question of the overflow of the Algerian war into Tunisia, it is the other wpy around—the question of the overflow of Tunisian activities into Algeria.” Diplomats feared this difference in interpretaton of the ground covered by the conciliation effort would wreck the Atfierican and British effort. There styi was no formal announcement where the AngloAmerican conciliation efforts with France and Tunisia would take place. One suggestion was Geneva or some such neutral capital. Recently there has been a series of talks in Washington, London, Paris and TunisA Paris dispatch said France had suggested an unarmed Fran-co-Tunisian commission to police Algeriah-Tunisia&, border as* as one means of solving the dispute under the Anglo-American offer. The commission would be under a neutral, possibly someone designated by U.N. " Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. Virgil M. Simmons Dies This Morning Heart Attack Fatal To Journal Publisher BLUFFTON (UP) — Virgil M. Simmons, 64, co-publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette and a orominent figure in fortntr Gov. ?aul V. McNutt’s administration 25 years ago, died today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., while on a vacation. Simmons was chief administrative officer in the Indiana Department of Public Works and ommissioner of conservation ir re McNutt administration. He ,as a long-time active state Democratic party leader and was considered one of the men who helped elevate McNutt to political prominence. Simmons flew to Florida Jan. 29 ’or a vacation with his brother, Joe. He was stricken last Friday .vith a heart seizure and was taken to a hospital and placed mder oxygen. Simmons was president and cooublisher of the Fort Wayne newspaper. He was born in Bluffton and lived here all his life- He never was married. Simmons was graduated from Indiana University law school and practiced as an attorney in Bluffton early in his career. He was a member of the .House of the Indiana Legislature in the 1931 session, and was a former chairman of the old Bth District Democratic organization. Greensburg Woman Is Accident Victim SHELBYVILLE (IP) — Mrs. Helen Petrick, 52, Greensburg, was injured fatally Tuesday night when two automobiles collided eight miles north of here on U. S. 421. Her husband, Malcolm, 55. driving one car, was Injured seriously.

Sudan Demands Egypt Troops Be Withdrawn Describes Presence Os Egyptian Troops Flagrant Trespass KHARTOUM (Up)—The Sudan demanded the withdrawal of Egyptian trpops from disputed areas on its northern border today, warning that “we are ready to defend our country if Egypt persists in its present attitude.” A communique described the presence of Egyptian forces on the border as "a flagrant trespass and an unmistakable infringement on the Sudan’s sovereign and administrative rights.” (In Cairo, an Egyptian spokesman dismissed the border dispute as an “election stunt” designed to insure victory for the pro-govern--1 ment Al Umma Party over its > pro-Egyptian opponents in next - week’s voting. 1 (The spokesman pointed out • when a similar dispute arose bes tween the Sudan and Ethiopia some years ago, Sudanese authorJ ities surrendered the disputed ter--1 ritory without a murmur.) 1 Sudanese Foreign Minister Mo- ’ hammed A- Mahgoub, who flew ' to Cairo Tuesday, met Egyptian President Gamal A. Nasser today i for a conference which could setr tie the border dispute. 1 Mahgoub’s appointment with > Nasser deferred his return to f Khartoum, where he was to have • reported to a special cabinet t meeting late today. Government sources said Egyp- > tians are present in the disputed ’ area only in token numbers&scat- . tered small groups of army offi- ; cers, ranging up to colonel in j rank, which have carefully avoidt ed Sudanese frontier posts. > So far, these sources said, the • Sudan has taken no action against . the “trespassers” because it i hopes a settlement can be reached without violence. ‘ a t Three Ordinances ; Passed By Council Regular Meeting Is ! Held Tuesday Night . Three new ordinances were passed by the common council of the , city of Decatur involving contracts i between the city and Korte Broth- > ?rs, Yost Construction Co., and i. Saylors JM<?tor jegP’ lar meeting Tuesday night. The contract between the city and oKrte Brothers, Inc., for the ! purchase of a new Jaeger air comnressor, which will be used in conjunction with the street department at a cost of $1,900, was approved and passed on its first -eading. The Aeschliman lateral sewer ’ontract was given to the Yost Construction Co., who submitted ’he low bid of $1,750. One other bid, that of Baker and Schultz Construction Co., was submitted. The third ordinance passed at the session was the approval of the contract with Saylors Chevrolet Sales for the purchase of a 1958 ' Chevrolet, two-door, five-passen-ger, eight-cylinder sedan for the ' police department. The new patrol car has been placed in limited service until the installation of the . special equipment is completed. The board of trustees of the fire I department approved a 55 per cent pension fund for Roy Steele, retir- ■ >ng fireman. The pension is to be based on the going salary of a first class fireman of the city of 1 Decatur. The pension fund was ap--1 proved by the council. A letter from the Consoer, Townsend firm of consulting engineers was read at the meeting concerning the proposed relocation of the intercepting sewer in the vicinity of the Decatur Ready-Mix plant. The Ready-Mix plant has an earthen ramp which is located near the proposed sewer and the firm fears the construction of the new sewer will weaken the ramp. The consulting engineers propose to drive pilings 20 feet long and six inches in diameter to hold the fill when the new sewer is constructed. Proof of the publication of the report of the clerk-treasurer was made a matter of record. Topeka Youth Dies Os Wreck Injuries FORT WAYNE (TO — Timothy Sprunger, 16, Topeka, Bied in Parkview Hospital Tuesday night a car in which he was a passengof injuries suffered Monday when er struck a tree. Sprunger was riding in a car driven by Michael O’Brien, 15, Wolcottville. O’Brien lost control of the auto on a county road northwest of Topeka.

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Decatur, Ind iana, Wednesday, February 19,1958

Pairings Drawn Today For Sectional Tourney At Adams Central Gym

Winter Hangs On Stubbornly On East Coast Warming Trend Is Moving Eastward Into The Midwest By UNITED PRESS Winter’s prolonged cold and snow clung stubbornly to the East today, clogging rivet, rail and road transportation. Helicopters flew errands of mercy to the sick and the snowbound. There was one ray of hope, however, in the 13-day cold wave —a warming trend drifted from the plains into the Midwest and was pushing its way eastward. But the moderating temperatures were hot enough to lift the stinging cold from the heatstarved Southeast or break jams of ice and snow in the northeastern and mid western blizzard belts. A new storm dumped 21 inches of snow on South Bend, Ind., Tuesday, further crippling transportation in northwestern Indiaa. Army helicopters from Chicago airlifted 21 persons including sick children and gxpeclant mothers, from their snowbound farm homes near Michigan City. Ind. Weather Toll High . / A United Press count showed a total of 423 weather-connected deaths since the start of the cold, stormy weather Feb. 6. The South alone reported at least 112 weather fatalities, and 141 of the deaths in the East were blamed on last weekend’s blizzard. In the East- the Pennsylvania Railroad was forced to cancel 58 trans Tuesday when snow shortcircuited its electric locomotives. All sleeping car service to Washington, Baltimore, Cleveland, Buffalo and Philadelphia was Shocked out. Other trains ran from hours to almost a day late. The New Haven Railroad's “The Colonial” arrived more than 22 hours late on a trip from Washington to Boston Tuesday afternoon. A passenger, Clifford Schnaible of Lake Forest, 111., said the trip was “the most miserable experience I’ve ever had” as there was “very little heat and practically no food all the way." Gusty winds of 20 to 40 miles an hour swept the Northeast during the night and light snow flurries fell on the deep snow belt from Michigan andthe Lower Great Lakes through much of New York, Pennsylvania and portions of New England. Storm in Far West The Far West, meanwhile, .was battered by a tropical-type storm that brought flood threats to north-central California. Officials said the flood danger so far was not critical, but advised a careful watch, particularly in the Santa Cruz area. .— A snow slide south of Dunsmuir, calif., blocked the Southern Pacific’s Shasta Daylight and 176 passengers were taken to Dunsmuir while crews worked to free the tracks. The train was en route to San FranciscoThe cold weather gave ground grudgingly in the Southeast despite the warming trend. Forecasters said unseasonably cold readings could be expected at <« .luuad on PAX® Pive)

Lenten Meditation “READING YOUR BOOK” . ■ -41 ~ ■ ' “We beseech you, brethren . . . that ye study to be Quiet.*' »' —1 Thess. 4:10-11. Archibald ,Rutledge studied the habits of the white-tailed deer for almost 50 years. These animals are hunted widely in North America but continue to live on. He says their survival is due fa part to a special protective habit. For the white-tailed deer stands absolutely still and silent in the face of danger. In this position, old-time hunters say, he is “reading his book.’’ Without giving away his location by motion or sound, the deer takes his bearings and decides what to do. This is a good idea for anyone in the face of danger. Our normal reaction at such times is to run and hide—or wring our hands—or giVe way to frantic fear. But our chances for survival will be better if we calmly take our bearings. If we "study to be quiet” we will be better able to come upon a sane attitude and a sound course of action. Paul often had used this method. He was no stranger to danger. Paul kept his head. He did not panic. He lived always with God in the service of Christ. This made him calm within and strong without. It can be the same with us.'

Dale Death Case Is Dismissed By Judge Charge On Officer Dismissed By Court The charge of public intoxication filed Nov. 2, 1957 against Dale Death, former Decatur policeman, was dismissed Tuesday afternoon from the Adams circuit court on technical grounds. judge Myles Parrish ruled that in dismissing the charges no harm would come to the state’s case, j since the case may be refiled cor- ] rectly. s The circuit court judge held that < no warrant had been issued in the ' case, and that Death did not voluntarily appear when he walked I into the mayor’s court while out on ] bail ? and entered his plea of guilty. The court . uled that the bail ac- < ceptance by the sheriff was illegal, because to be legal it must be recorded on the warrant, and no warrant was issued. Also, it was held that Mayor Cole, as city court judge, mutilated the affidavit when he recorded on it, “Placed on filed November 2, 1957. R. D. Cole, Mayor,” and “November 2, 1957. Guilty, Five Dollars and cash Eighteen Dollars, Ten days Adams County Jail, suspended. Paid.” This mutilated affidavit could not be submitted to a jury, the judge ruled, and no proVision is made for the copying of a mutilated affidavit in state law. This would necessitate the filing of a new affidavit. Prosecuting attorney Lewis Lutz Smith had not yet indicated today whether a new, correct affidavit would be issued, and a warrant requested by the state. The statute of limitations, which fixes the maximum time after a crime is committed when the defendant can be charged, allows ample. time. Death was arrested Nov. I near” the Standard Grocery following an accident in which his car sideswiped a parked car. He was taken to the city police station, where he was by the chief of police and several other officers present, and then charged with public intoxication. Later, he was discharged from the police force by the board of works for conduct unbecoming an officer, absent without leave, and conviction of an offense. His attorney, Robert S. Anderson, then announced that he would appeal both the dismissal and the original charge. At the present time, the civil suit to reinstate Death on the police force has been venued to the Jay circuit court, i- ■ ■ Two Men Are Found Dead Os Exposure SULLIVAN (IP) — The bodies of ■ tr Sullivan County men were f'und in their home near here Tuesday night and a coroner said they apparently died of exposure “two or three days ago.” Clarence William Shelp, 53, and Matt Burkhart, 83, last were seen Sunday at their farm home two miles east of here. Their frozen bodies were discovered by neighbors who b-’came alarmed when the men failed to appear for several days.

Find Wreckage Os Air Force Plane In Italy All 16 On Board , U.S. Air Force's Plane Are Killed NAPLES, Italy (UP)—Searchers found the wreckage of a U.S. Air Force plane smashed against the side of towfering Mt. Vesuvius today. They reported all 16 persons on board were killed. An Air Force spokesman said a party of U.S. airmen who reached the scene radioed back that they had found no one alive. The plane disappeared Saturday. From the signs of the wreckage today, it apparently crashed into the side of the volcanic mountain just outside Naples a few minutes’ after it took off to continues a flight from Germany to Turkey. The wreckage was spotted at noon when a cloud formation which had cloaked the 4,190-foot volcano since the search started early Sunday suddenly lifted The search, involving more than 50 planes, surface vessels and hundreds of police and troops had ranged all the way from Naples’ Capodichino Airport to Athens. A 826 target tow plane piloted by Ist Lt. Robert D. Bennett, Cincinnati, Ohio, finally found the wreck 3,800 feet up the northern slope of Vesuvius—less than 10 minutes flying time from Capodichino. The aircraft’s tail section and part of the wings were almost intact but the rest appeared completely burned out and there was no sign of life, Bennett said. An Air Force spokesman said the C 47 was flying on instruments in bad weather when it took off -from- pies. The. pjjpt to Naples control tower about Six minutes out that he was climbing to 6,000 feet. The crash must have occurred seconds after that radio call, the Air Force spokesman said. Os those aboard. 15 had flown with the plane from Germany and the 16th was a serviceman on leave who boarded in Naples. Includes Early Historical Society Meets Next Tuesday County Society To Meet At Library A three-fold program on local history will entertain the members and guests of the Adams county historical society at 6 the Decatur public library at 8 p. m. next Tuesday. The feature of the meeting will be a historical program by Miss Wilma Andrews, concerning local history. Miss Andrews teaches the fifth grade at Lincoln school, and has presented her program to the Rotary and PTA associations previously. Mrs. James Halberstadt, Sr., a member of the St. Mary’s township committee, will describe the work which she has accomplished on the history of Pleasant Mills and St. Mary’s township. An explanation of methods used in assembling historical materials concerning Adams county will be made by Dick Heller, Jr. Committees will be afforded an opportunity to organize for working on historical reports, with the following chairmen: publicity, Harold Mattax; Indians, D. B. Little; libraries, Miss Eva Sprunger; medical, Dr. Gerald Kohne; geneology, Miss Frances Dugan; churches, the npinisters of Adams county; Decatur, G. Remy Bierly; county, Tom Adler; Root township, August Selking; Monroe township, Elmer Ehrsam; Jefferson township, Mrs. Brayton Pyle; organizations. Mrs. Severin Schurger;’ Pleasant Mills and St. Mary’s township, Carl Wolfe; banks, E. W. Baumgartner; marker restoration, David Cook; schools, F. C, Schmfege ' (Ccutinued on Page Five)

World Prayer Day Services On Friday Plan Three Services In Decatur Friday Detailed programs for the World Day of Prayer services, which will be held in Decatur, were announced today. The evening service will be held at die Zion Evangelical and Reformed church at 7:30 o’clock. j Children of the Lincoln school are invited to the service at 3:30 t o’clock Friday afternoon at the First Baptist church, and Northwest school pupils will attend the service at the same time at the First Missionary church. The programs follow: Baptist Church Mrs. Weldon Soldner will be chairman, and a period of quiet music by Karen Call, pianist, will precede the call to worship. The opening chorus will be given by , Jane Bedwell, following by an acordion solo by Nancy Gephart, j and group choruses. Following the ' offtering, special music will be presented by the Mayclin children, after which story time will be conducted by Mrs. Clifford Hoverman. The service will close with a song and prayer. Missionary Church Mrs. Gerald Gerig will be the chairman. Mrs. Ila Judd, of Wayne, well known worker in child evangelism, will teach the children new songs through lllusrated pictures. There will be a lesson on prayer and also a flannelgraph story telling of children in other lands. All stories and songs will be portrayed in picture or object form. Zion Reformed The theme of-the 7:30 p.m. service, as throughout the Christian world Friday, will be the "Bread of Life.” The service will open with an' ■ organ prelude, a prolog to the service, and the call to prayer. Special music will be presented Legion's Building Association Meets State Commanders Speak Here Tuesday More than 100 members, wives and guests of the American Legion building association Tuesday night heard state commander Robert E. Gates of Columbia City, and Ohio state commander Merle F. Brady of Van Wert, 0., tell of the importance of membership to carry through the national program of the Legion. Leo Gillig, president of the association, introduced the program chairman, James K. Staley. who read cards and letters from members and guests unable to attend. He then introduced Brady. Brady, a native Hoosier, born at LaPorte and settling in the Buckeye state after the Second World War, complimented the group on the fine Decatur Legion home, which he said, accomplished the two purposes of providing a living memorial to those veterans who fought in the great wars, and an instrument of service to the community, state, nation, and fellow men. Brady continued to explain that he favored adequate defenses for this nation, but did not believe that they should be -paid for at the expense of the veterans of the last three wars. The Legion is now introducing legislation to provfde a pension for single World War one veterans who make less than SI,BOO a year, and one for married veterans over 65 who make less than $3,000 a year. Staley then introduced Gates, who led the group in a' standing vote of thanks to the post chaplain, the Rev. O. C. Busse, who retires this summer as pastor of the St. Paul’s Lutheran church. The post which prays together, stays together, Gates stated. The Legion must increase its (Contlnuoc on Page Five)

Commodores To Play Spartans To Open Meet Sectional Tourney Opens Wednesday At Adams Central Gym (Schedule on page 7) Pairings for the sectional, regional, semi-final and final tourneys of the annual Indiana high school basketball classic were drawn this morning at the Indiana high school athletic association office in Indianapolis. In the opener of the Adams Central sectional next Wednesday night, the Pleasant Mills Spartans will meet the Decatur Commodores. The opener will start at 8 ' o'clock, Decatur time, as the IHSAA reiterated its ruling that i all tourneys will operate under central standard time. In the second game, scheduled for 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, the Hartford Gorillas, defending champions, will meet the Adams Central Greyhounds. First round of the lower bracket will be played Thursday night, Feb. ?7, with the Monmouth Eagles meeting th,e Geneva Cardinals at 8 p.m., followed by the Decatur Yellow Jackets and the Berne Bears. There will be no games Friday, with that day devoted to the sale of tickets for the Saturday semifinal and final sessions. The first semi-final game will be at ? p.m. (Decatur time) Saturday afternoon, March 1, with the Wednesday night winners clashing. The Thursday night winners will meet in the second semi-final at 3:15 p.m. Saturday. “The chtfmpidhsttfp game will be ‘ played at 9:15 pjn. March 1. Herman Frantz. Adams Central principal and tourney manager, announced today that tickets will be distributed to principals of the eight schools Thursday after he has received the official schedule from the IHSAA. Frantz also announced the number of tickets each school will receive for the Wednesday and Thursday sessions. Under the two-bracket setup, fans of the teams playing in each bracket will receive the bulk of the tickets. Another distribution will be made following the Thursday session, with fans of the four schools still in the tourney receiving the bulk of tickets for the two Saturday sessions. Ticket prices will be 50 cents for each of the Wednesday and Thursday sessions, and $1 for the two Saturday sessions. Distribution of the tickets is detailed on page 7 of today’s Daily Democrat. Officials for the Adams Central sectional will be* Paul Bateman, of Garrett, and Roy Kilby, of Columbia City, both veteran referees. The winner of the Adams Central sectional will advance to th» Fort Wayne regional, meeting the winner from Avilla in the first regional game at 2 p.m. (Decatur time) Saturday, March 8. The Fort Wayne and Churbusco winners will clash in the second game at the coliseum. The regional final will be at 9:15 p.m. The semi-final will also be held at, Fort Wayne, with the Fort Wayne winner meeting the Marion winner at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15. followed by the Elkhart and Kokomo winners. In the state finals at Indianapolis, Saturday, March 22, the Fort Wayne and Evansville winners meet at 2 p.m., followed by the Indianapolis and Lafayette winners. Other Sectionals Pairings for nearby sectionals follow: At Fort Wayne Wednesday, 7 p.m.,—Elmhurst Lafayette Central; 8:15, Fort Wayne Catholic-Fort Wayne Central; 9:30, New Haven-Harlan. Thursday —7 p.m. Leo-Fort Wayne South: -8:15 Coesse-Fdrt Wayne North; 9:30 Monroeville'Hunfertown. .Continued on ”age Ftvo) ’ • 'e

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