Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 46.

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TRUMAN ATTACKS IKE S “MISRULE”— Former President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas as they both attended'the 100-dollar-a-plate dinner to kick off the Democratic Congressional campaign. In his speech given at the dinner, Mr. Truman accused the Eisenhower admmistration of five years of economic misrule and predicted Democratic victories in the Congressional elections in 1958 and the presidential election in 1960.

Famous Racer Kidnaped By Cuban Rebels Argentine Racer Is Kidnaped In Daring Raid Sunday Night HAVANA, Cuba (UP)-Cuban rebels kidnaped Argentine auto racer Juan Manuel Fangio at gunpoint Sunday night in ’a daring raid aimed at embarrassing the government of President Fulgencio Batista. Fangio, five times world auto racing champion, was marched out of a crowded lobby in a downtown hotel by two gunmen while his bodyguard and friends looked on helplessly. He was hustled into a jeep which raced off into the darkness. Fangio’s life was not believed in danger. The rebel underground had threatened to spoil Cuba's greatest sports event — today’s SIO,OOO Grand Prix — but was not believed prepared to go so far as to harm Fangio. Immediately after the kidnaping police set up roadblocks at all the main intersections and mounted special guards at all private and commercial airports. Guards also were assigned to all other foreign drivers competing in the rce. Race To Go On The government announced that the Grand Prix would go on as scheduled. It assigned 1,500 army troops to the tfack to protect thedrivers and prevent rebel attempts to break up the race. Fangio had been Batista’s choice to win the Grand Prix again. The 46-year-old Argentine won last year’s race and posted the fastest time in the trial runs Sunday The kidnaping had all the marks of a carefully planned operation. Eyewitnesses said Fangio's identification apparently was definitely established by a man who reeled into the lobby of the Lincoln Hotel shouting “Viva Fangio”. The man pushed his way through to Fangio and began telling the Argentine how much he admired him. Fangio gave the apparently drunken man a goodnatured brushoff. A lew moments later, according to the witnesses, a man wearing a black leather jacket entered and walked directly up to Fangio, who was talking to four friends. The man pulled out a gun and said “Come with me.’’ A second armed man fell in behind Fangio as he walked out of the lobby. Rebels Identify Selves A few minutes later, newspapers and news agencies received telephone calls from unidentified persons reporting the kidnaping. The caller said: “This is the 26th of July speaking. We kidnaped Juan Manuel Fangio at 8:55 p.m.” The 26th of July movement is headed by Fidel Castro whose rebel forces have. harassed government troops in southeastern Oriente Province for more than a year. , & First official confirmation of Fangio’s abduction came from Brig. Gen. Roberto Fernandez Miranda, Batista’s brother-in-law, who is also director of the National Sports Commission. Buttonholed by newsmen at the Sports Palace, the red-faced general shouted: "The — — got Fangio.” Fangio, 46, is regarded as the top man on the auto racing track. He had indicated that this would be his last year in international competition. (Continued on page two) 16 Pages

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Former President Truman Lashes Ike Scores Eisenhower And Party Policies WASHINGTON (UP)—Republicans today trumpeted a massive retaliation against former President Truman’s “give ’em hell” denunciation of the Eisenhower administration. They charged that Truman in his Jefferson-Jackson Day speech here was guilty of “dime-a-dance oratory,'’ forgetful abcut flaws in his own administration, insincere about civil rights and callous toward the unemployed. A spokesman for the Republican Natonal Committee confirmed that the almost unprecedented avalanche of mimeographed antiTruman broadsides was somewhat coordinated from committee headquar “W decided we should not stand for being belabored,” he said. “We felt we couldn’t just take this—we should answer him.” Led by GOP National Chairman Meade Alcorn, the Republicans charged Truman with raising a “red herring" and with uttering “typical Truman claptrap ... wild and reckless charges . . , carping, petty criticism.” Many chided the former Democratic President for making'his "untruthful” speech on the birthday of George Washington, “the man who never told a lie ” <. All defended President Eisenhower’s defense, domestic and foreign policies. Most compared economic conditions in the past Roosevelt and Truman administrations unfavorably with conditions even in the current slump. The former President made his attack on the President and the GOP administration at a SIOO-a---plate Democratic fund-raising dinner here Saturday night. In his best Republican - baiting form, Truman accused the administration of leading the nation into a "Republican recession” that threatens economic disaster, of weakening U.S. defenses, and of damaging the free world alliance in its handling of foreign policy. Ticket Sales Open For Farm Banquet Hold Achievement Banquet March 2 Tickets are now on sale for the 36th annual farmers achievement banquet planned for March 24 at the Berne auditorium, Delmas Bollenbacher, general chairman, announced today. Dr. John W. Hicks, assistant to the president of Purdue University, will be the featured speaker. Recognition will be given to award ,winners in Adams County ■extension activities at the banquet. Five-acre corn winners are. sponsored by the First State Bank of Decatur and the First Bank of Berne. Dairy herd improvement association members are sponsored by the Adams county artificial and home demonstration awards breeders association. Beef, swine will also be presented. Tickets at $1.50 are available from the following: Delmas Bollenbacher, Ben Mazelin, Raymond Ringger, Hugo Bulmahn, Forrest Tucker, Paul Yoder, Orlando Lehman, Mrs. Noah Habegger, Elmer Franz, Paul Kohne, Walter Thieme, Herman Krueckeberg, the First State Bank at Decatur; Elmer Baumgartner, First Bank of Berne; Daniel Fiechter, and the county extension office.

Kohler Strike Hearing Slated To Open Tuesday Senate Committee Members Dispute On Calling Reuther WASHINGTON (UP)—Chairman John L. McClellan said today he believes his Senate Rackets Committee will settle its dispute over procedure in timte to open hearings on the violence-ridden Kohler strike Tuesday, as planned. The Arkansas Democrat said a closed-door huddle to try to end the party-line squabble is scheduled for today. At issue in the 4-4 split of the eight-member committee was whether Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, should be <an early witness or wait until charges against his union have been spread on the record Prior to today’s session all four confmittee Republicans opposed opening - day appearances by Reuther and Herbert Kohler, president of the Wisconsin plumbing fixture ..rm. Democrats backed the ..-c.n to have Kohler and Reuther head the witness list. Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) said he would propose that 20 to 30 witnesses with personal knowledge of what Mundt called “improper” activities present their testimony first. Persons named could ask to appear at once to answer any charges, Mundt explained. But Democrats were understood to have opposed that plan when the committee deadlocked last Friday. Mundt argued his plan would follow the committee’s precedents. U. S., Britain Sign Pact On Missile Bases To Construct Four American Missile Bases In England LONDON (IP) — The United States and Britain announced today conclusion of a space age pact for construction of four American nuclear missile bases in this country capable of blasting every major Soviet target in wartime. The agreement to station 1,500,rnile missiles in Britain provides that they will be fired at enemy targets only after a “joint decision” the two governments. The United States will provide nuclear warheads for Thor missiles. But all nuclear warheads at missile' bases in Britain will re* main under full American control. The agreement was signed in Washington Saturday by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christian Harter and British Ambassador Sir Harold Caccia. Publication of details was postponed until today to enable Britain’s Defense Minister Duncan Sandys, to announce them to Par- - This was the first pact concluded by the United States with one of its Atlantic Treaty Allies for construction of medium range missile bases with a 1,500-mile range in Western Europe. The United States currently is negotiating a similar agreement with France. .

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 24,1958

Lawyer Denies Charges By Schwartz Os Fixing TV Channel In Florida

Frondizi Wins First Election In Argentina Leftist Winner In First Argentinian Voting In 30 Years BUENOS AIRES (UP)—Returns from Argentina’s first free election in 30 years indicated today that Dr. Arthur Frondizi had won a landslide presidential victory with the backing of Communists and supporters of ousted Dictator Juan Peron. Peronists traded shots with a crowd of opponents after polls closed in downtown Buenos Aires Sunday night- About 1,500 followers of the former dictator had marched through the city carrying pictures of Frondizi. Latest returns gave Frondizi and his Intransigent Radical party 817,416 votes to 483,236 for Dr. Ricardo Balbin, candidate of the People's Radical party. Frondizi led in most of Argentina's 23 election districtics. Unofficial calculations showed he had captured 300 of the 466 votes in the national electoral college, where 234 votes is needed for election. Candidates of 13 political parties Were entered in the presidential race. However, only Frondizi and Balbin had a chance at election under Argentine election laws designed to . enforce a two-party political system. Frondizi, 49, aa attorney and economist who advocates a gov-ernment-controlled economy, said in a victory statement that his first act would be to release from prison persons convicted of political and labor agitation. About 70,000 Argentine servicemen were called out to guard the peace during the voting. Despite the precautions, at least three persons were wounded in a clash in the nation’s capital. A crowd of Peronists marching in support of Frondizi clashed with a rival group of anti-Peron-ists. Pistol shots sounded and police were called to break up the disturbance A second group of Peronists besieged the anti-Perdnist newspaper El Dia in La Plata and bombarded it with stones- A police charge broke up the group but the newspaper was forced to close. Historical Society Will Meet Tuesday The fifth meeting of the recently reorganized Adams county historical society will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Decatur public library, Gerald R. Durkin, president said today. Miss Wilma Andrew’s, teacher at Lincoln school, will present her historical program concerning the history of the Adams county jail, court house, and library; the Central Soya company Electric company, and the Krick-Tyn-dall company. * The Adams county historical society now has 116 members. Plans will be made at the Tuesday night meeting to activate the committees.

Lenten Meditation if (By Rev. Gerald I. Gerig, Decatur Missionary Church) “NAMES” Eph. _:11, 12—“ And he gave some, apostles: and some, prophets; and some evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” As we study this passage of Scripture, we realize that God has a job io be done that must be done through us. We also realize \ that He never expected each one of us to do all of these jobs, but He has made sure that there is something fop all to do. One of the great problems that, faces a good many people is this problem of finding the place in which the Lord wants them to work. We are so tempted to try to covet the positions of others instead of finding out just what the Lord would have us do. As you study the Word, you will soon find that the Lord never intended for every man to preach but He did expect each one of us to be ambassadors for Him. During this season of the year, let us seek the Lord's face and find from Him the work that He would have us do. Then let us rededicate our lives to Him for that service.

Must File Forms On Mortgage Exemption To File Necessary Forms With Auditor County auditor Ed Jaberg stated this morning that there are four types of mortgage exemptions from which certain individuals or organizations benefit provided that the necessary forms are properly filled out and filed in the county auditor’s office on or before certain dates. Form 5-H exempts any and all churches, service clubs, and similar organizations from payment of taxes on property used solely for religious, educational, charitable, fraternal or literary purposes. This form may be filed at any time from January 1 to March 1 of any given year. Form 323 concerns regular real estate mortgage exemptions. It provides that up to SI,OOO exemption fnay be granted on real estate unddr mortgage provided that the mortgage is properly recorded. Under no circumstances may the mortgage exceed the amount of actual indebtedness, nor more than one-half the assessed valuation of the real estate. Only one exemption per person is permitted regardjess of the amount of property owned anywhere in the state of Indiana. Die mortgager must be .a resident of Indiana and forms must be properly executed and filed in the auditor’s office sometime between March 1 and the last date for paying the spring installment of taxes, May 5. According to a 1957 act, the mortgager must pay a county filing fee of 50 cents. Only licensed financial institutions and licensed real estate brokers who file these forms are exempt from payment of this filing fee. Form 5-A provides a SI,OOO tax exemption to all property owners who have owned a certain property for at least one year, who have no other exemption, who are 65 years of age or older, and whose gross income from all sources does not exceed $2,250 for the year 1957. If a property is owned jointly by man and wife, their combined income may not exceed $2,250, and one or both must meet the age requirements, as well as the other requisites. The forms must be filed by May 5. Forms 12 and 12-A provide an exemption of from SI,OOO to $2,000 for disabled ex-service men, depending on the nature, extent, and the date of the incurred disability. The veterans administration will provide all who are entitled to this benefit with exemption certificates which must be presented and filed when the application is filled out. These certificates are mailed out of Indianapolis on or about March 1, and may be filed anytime be(Continued an page five) INDIANA WEATHER — Mostly fair and eenUnued rather mild tonight and Tues- ■ day. Low tonight in the 30s. High Tuesday mostly in the 50s. Sunset today 6:31 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:25 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Continued mild. Partly cloudy with some chance of showers. Lows Tuesday night in the 30s. Highs Wednesday in the 50s and low 6Ws.

Large Nuclear Bomb Fired By Russia Sunday U. S. Government Reports Explosion By Soviet Russia WASHINGTON (W — R u s s' i a exploded a large nuclear weapon Sunday, the U. S. government reported Sunday night. Japanese reports led to speculation it might have been an upper atmosphere or out-in-space test of an intercontinental missile with an H-bomb warhead. The official U.S. announcement, like most previous American disclosures of Soviet nuclear blasts, was brief. The one-paragraph statement said: “Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, stated that the Soviets had conducted a nuclear weapons test today (Sunday) in Soviet territory. The yield of the test was in the megaton range.”' A megaton is the equivalent of one million tons of TNT. The report did not indicate whether the test was an atomic or hydrogen weapon. ’ Japanese scientists, who first reported word of the Red nuclear test, said later the device had the same power as a “new design” hydrogen bomb the Russians tested last Oct. 6. The Soviet news agency Tass described the Oct. 6 blast as “carried out at great altitudes" and said the bomb was of ‘‘new design.” A major purpose of exploding an H-bomb in space, possibly above the earth’satmosphere, would be to dissipate its nuclear “fallout” and remove the hazard to populated areas. The United States, under pressure from Russia, India and others to cease nuclear tests, has been trying to perfect a “clean” H-bomb that would lose little if any radioactive fallout on the earth’s surface. Ike Returns From Georgia Vacation Makes Long Detour On Capital Return WASHINGTON (W — President Eisenhower came back to the nation’s capital today from a 10-day vacation in Georgia, a 3,000-mile detour and a round of golf in sunny Arizona. His Arizona host-for-a-day said the President had such a good time Sunday he hopes to return in two weeks for a four-day visit. The President flew home from Moultrie, Ga., byway of Phoenix, Ariz. —a trip of about 3,825 miles compared with 750 from Moultrie to Washington — to drop Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower and two friends at a health and beauty resort. He played 1? holes of golf at Phoenix, dined with Mrs. Eisenhower and went to bed aboard his personal plane Columbine 111 for a night trip home. The Chief Executive cancelled because of his delayed return to the capital a long-standing date to greet a breakfast meeting today of the National Food Conference. The President had been scheduled to address the conference, but Vice President Richard M. Nixon substituted for him. Eisenhower, however, planned to drop by the conference later with Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson to “extend greetings” to the delegates. A conference official said cancellation of the President’s speech was a “bad mistake” on the part of his advisers. Eisenhower was at his White House desk 44 minutes after arriving from Phoenix. His call on the food conference delegates was sandwiched between meetings with (Continued on page two}

Temperatures Mount Near Record Level Mild Week Foreseen As Boon To Indiana By UNITED PRESS Temperatures climbed into the balmy 60s in Indiana today, reached the warmest levels since last November and threatened to set all-timerecordsforFeb. 24. The mercury was 61 at Terre Haute at U a.m., 59 at Evansville and Indianapolis, and 54 at Fort Wayne. The Weather Bureau said at Indianapolis the temperature had not reached as high as 60 in the Hoosier capital since last Nov. 27 when the high was 65, A high of 65 was predicted,. and the alltime record for date was 66, set in 1871 and tied in 1890 and 1930. The warmup to unseasonable levels climaxed a five-day moderation form a two-week sub-zero wave. The mercury reached highs ranging from 48 at South Bend to 58 at Evansville Sunday in the balmiest weather in weeks, only four days after a near record cold wave ended two weeks of sub-zero temperatures and a week after the Michigan City area was buried under an avalanche of snow. ' Forecasts called for highs of about 65 this afternoon, and the five-day outlook spelled out a mild • week with temperatures average 10 to 14 degrees above normal. 1 A week ago, the outlook called for temperatures averaging 15 to 20 degrees below normal. If the temperature hits 67 at Indianapolis this afternoon, it will break an all-time record for the date set in 1875 and matched only twice, the last time in 1930. The balmy temperatures lured golfers onto the fairways, and prodded families away from the hearthside for the first time in several weekends. They also thawed out the frozen and snowbound northland area where a state of emergency existed until Saturday noon because of heavy snow South Bend, where the snow depth reached near 30 inches last week, measured only a 12-inch blanket by this morning, and further melting was due. The mercury dropped only to the 30s during the night, except at Evansville where the low was 29. After today’s warm readings, the temperature will fall into the 30s again tonight and climb to the 50s Tuesday. The five-day outlook said the weather will be “continued mild” with only minor day-to-day changes thr ou g h Friday and (Continued on page two) Asks Governor Join In Fight On Benson Wisconsin Governor Urged To Aid Fight WASHINGTON (UP)—Rep. A.L. Miller (R-Neb.) said today that a ' group of House Republicans seeking the resignation of Agriculture ' Secretary Ezra Taft Benson is 1 picking up new recruits and hopes to present its case to President Eisenhower soon. Miller said he expects word ■ from the White House late today : on his request that the President meet with five or six spokesmen for the “oust-Benson” group. White House Press Secretary James C Hagerty told reporters that Miller and other GOP con- ' gressmen seeking Benson’s ouster do not have as scheduled meeting with the President his week. Miller said GQP congressmen - wanting Benson to resign now i number about 40. About 30 par- > ticipated in organizing the “Ben- • son-must-go” drive last week. s A tipoff that Eisenhower may > reject the group’s demand came . when the President arranged to go to a meeting of the National Food Conference today with Benson. This could be interpreted as 1 a display of support for the embattled secretary. Miller said farm-state congfess- ! men from Ohio, Indiana, Maine, • Pennsylvania and New York now ( “want to be included” in sponsort ing the delegation that will call i on Eisenhower regarding Benson. (Continued on page two)

Admits Loans To Mack And TV Request Denounces Schwartz As Unmitigated Liar For Making Charges WASHINGTON (IB — Thurman A. Whiteside, a Miami, Fla., attorney, testified today that he has loaned FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack $7,830 and that he asked Mack to vote for National Airline’s application for a Miami TV Channel. Whiteside, a life-long friend of Mack, said he rejected a SIO,OOO fee to talk to Mack on behalf of National Airlines. He said he did i the job free. Whiteside said he refused to accept a fee in the case because he 1 did not believe it was proper to be paid as an attorney to speak to “a fHend in high public office on behalf of another friend." He felt that had he accepted a. fee, “it might become a source of ; embarrassment to me and to Mr. Mack.” But Whiteside denied charges by .Bernard Schwartz, ousted counsel '' ' of the House investigating sub-" * committee before which he testified, that he was a National Airlines “fixer” and gave Mack a $2,650 “payoff” in return for his ' vote. He said the money was part ot $7,830 he has loaned to Mack since ; they were both 18 years of age. . He added that all but $250 of the loans has been repaid by check ■ or in cash as of last Jan. 29. [ Testifying under oath before the , legislative oversight subcommittee, Whiteside denounced Schwartz as an "unmitigated liar” and said the former com- . mittee counsel knew he bore • “false witness’ in making these 1 and other charges. He accused Schwartz of using 1 “the big lie” technique to spread “half truths, innuendos, distor■tions, omissions and deliberate misrepresentations.” “His actions,” Whiteside said, “evidenced a depraved person who is utterly low, base and irresponsible to the highest degree.” Whiteside, a heavy - set man wearing a dark blue suit and blue silk tie, testified under oath before the House subcommittee on legislative oversight. He said Schwartz knew he was giving perjured testimony when he told the subcommittee 10 days ago that Whiteside paid Mack at least $2,650 as a “payoff” in the Miami TV case. Schwartz, he said, had information in his possession at the time which showed that the money was only a loan, that it was part ot $7,830 he had loaned to Mack, a college classmate, at various " times since April 26, 195 Q. (Continued on page two) Banks Pay Interest To State On Funds INDIANAPOLIS ffl — Indiana’s general fund was $215,364.75 richer today thanks to a 1957 law that state deposits in banks should draw interest. Last year’s Legislature provided for the first time that funds on deposit should be placed in the type of acocunt that enables the state to get three-fourths of one per cent interest. Coffee Price Cut Is Announced Today HOBOKEN, N. J. W — General Foods Corp, has announced price reductions of from 2 to 3 cents per pound on three brands of coffee. Effective immediately, the price of grocery pack regular ground Maxwell House coffee was cut by 3 cents a pound, the lowest level of that brand in five years. The price of Yuban coffee also was reduced by 3 cents) a pound. Regular ground Sanka coffee was cut 2 cents a pound.

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