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GARMENT WORKERS ON MILLION DOLLAR STRlKE— Madison Square Garden in New York is jammed to the doors with strikers as the garment industry workers walked off the job for the first time in more than 25 years. Thousands of the 105,000 affected workers in seven eastern states, 60,000 in New York City, listened over loud-speakers in the street to speeches made within the packed fight arena. — ~r—---.... - -- -

Federal Grand Jury Probing Mack Charges Miami Attorney Is Summoned By Jury To Submit Records WASHINGTON < UP' — Miami attorney Thurman A. ‘Whiteside was scheduled to bring before a federal grand jury here today his records of his financial dealings with resigned Federal Communications Commissioner Richard A. Mack.. Also subpenaed to appear beden, secretary-treasurer of the Stembler-Shelden Insurance Agency in Miami. Fla., in which Maek until recently held a one-sixth interest Their appearance was in connection with an FBI investigation of charges that Mack received thousands of dollars from Whiteside. and also was given by Whiteside without charge the interest in the insurance firm. The Justice Department has explained that the subpenas for Whiteside and Shelden do not mean the' department has plana to seek an , indictment. It explained they ‘ were Used as a means of obtaining records not given voluntarily. The FBI has no subpena powers while a grand jury 'has. Accused of Accepting Money Mack resigned Monday night, reportedly on the demand of the White House. He was accused in testimony before the House subcommittee on legislative oversight of accepting money from Whiteside in connection with an alleged •‘pledge'’ to vote for National Airlines in its successful battle to win prized Miami television Channel 10. Mack, who has consistently denied wrongdoing, said the sums he received from Whiteside were loans and he has repaid all but $250. Whiteside testified he sent the subcommittee Mack’s cancelled notes for the loans but the subcommittee said it never got them. Whiteside was said to have pressed National Airlines’ case for the TV* channel with Mack, although the -attorney denied he was paid by National for doing so. The subcommittee took a breather today while its parent Commerce Committee, to which subcommittee members belong, held a hearing on a meat packers bill. Hearings On Monday are subcommittee was scheduled to resume its hearings Monday with Whiteside recalled to the stand. On Tuesday, A. Frank , Katzentine of Miami, an unsuccessful bidder for Channel 10, is billed for another appearance Mack, who was excused from testifying Wednesday because he was reported “in a state of shock’’ from his resignation ordeal, is due to take the stand again next Wednesday. Thursday the subcommittee is expected to question Gordo n Moore, Mamie Eisenhower's brother-in-law, on his alleged interest in the National Airlines TV case. Moore said Wednesday in a letter to the subcommittee he had no connection with National Airlines other than a personal friendship with its president, G. T. Baker, and no interest in the T case. * 12 Pages

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Food Handlers Are Advised Os Code I ’ Sanitary Code Is Fixed For Decatur A letter was mailed out today to all food handling establishments in Decatur from the city health officer advising them of the establishment of a sanitary code in Decatur. The letter states that one of the major health menaces in Decatur will be eliminated by the completion of the sewage disposal unit. Other problems still existing will be dealt with by the city board of health, in the order of their importance, the letter states. . ; Only fiur fr 'Jd‘ handler permits were issued oy the city board of health tor 1958. although they are required by all rastaurants, groceries, taverns, confectioneries, bakeries, or ciner food-handling establishments in the city. Each emploj’e in a food handling establishment must obtain a food handler's permit, made in four copies; one for the issuing physician, one for the city board of health, one to the employer, and one to the employe. The letter asks that each employer cooperate in, seeing . that the employes obtain permits, and that the employer’s copy is displayed in the place of business. The letter also mentions the two new ordinances which refer to food handling, and tells that they will be discussed by the city council March 18 at 8 p. m. The letter is signed by the city health officer. Dr. John B. Terveer. Other health board members are Dr. Arthur H. Girod and Mrs. Walter Gilliom. District Oratorical Contest On Friday Legion Contest At Fort Wayne Friday Susan Custer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.,D. Burdette Custer, will represent Adams county in the American Legion district oratorical contest at Post 47 in Fort Wayne at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Miss Custer, a Decatur high school senior, will compete against representatives from Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Wells, and Whitley counties. Hugh J. Andrews, principal of Decatur high school, is chairman of the district contest. The winners of the district will meet the fifth district winner in the zone contest at Fort Wayne. The state contest will be held in Decatur at 2 p.m. March 21, two weeks from this Friday. Other contestants are Janet Gieseking, Allen county; William Eden, DeKalb county; Cynthia Harrison, LaGrange county; Patrick Mann, Wells county, and Robert Bates, Whitley county. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy north, mostly cloudy north, somewhat colder tonight. Friday cloudy and cool with occasional rain likely south. Low tonight 20s north to 30s south. High Frl- ■ ' day 36 to 40 north, 40 to 47 south. Sunset today 6:42 p. m. Sunrise Friday 7:10 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Rain, windy and wanner. Lows Friday night 35 to 45. Highs Saturday 45 to 55.

No Sound Is Received From , Explorer II I- . £ Hope Is Fading For Y Second Satellite f Launched By U.S. ‘ CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UP) —Scientists sounded the wilderness of space today for the voice of America’s Jost “moon,” but as ’ the hours of silence stretched out hope faded for the second Explor- * er satellite launched by the Army r Jupiter-C rocket. There ... was a chance that mos mentarily a radio somewhere >f might pick up the signal of the e slender, 80-inch cyli»wtor. The sysi- terns of minitrack ahd microlock ;, stations set up to track satellites g were on 24-hour alert for some sign of the man-made moon. - There was a slimmer chance a the satellite might be whirling in n an unanticipated orbit with both its tiny radio transmters dead. 1 Unchared Orbt Possible , One of the key Army scientists here who launched the fiery, four- - stage Jupiter-C with the 324t pound Explorer II jutting from its j nose said Wednesday night it was . “quite possible” the satellite was speeding helplessly in an uncharts ed orbit around the globe. f All that was needed to prove t the satellite was in the sky was ' a response from the tiny tape recorder it carried to the electronic “interrogations" being put out ■ constantly from the ground. ■ But as the hours piled up with 3 no sound from Explorer 11, hopes 3 grew dimmer that it survived the intricacies of being blasted into orbit hundreds of miles above the earth at the fantastic speed of 18,000 miles an hour. Dr. William F. Pickering of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, which built the satellite and the final three stages of the Jupiter-CM, said there was a “great probability” the satellite failed to go into orbit. “There is every indication that the satellite did not function normally,” Pickering said. But he ■ added that "We cannot state posi--1 tively whether it is in orbit or > not, but it probably is not." May Have Fallen in Ocean t He also said Explorer might have faltered on its arching climb , into the heavens and . careened t back ignominiously into the ocean. Meanwhile, Explorer I, success? ’ fully launched Jan. 31 also by a Jupiter-C, continued sending back Information as it sped around the ’ earth with the heavier Russian 1 Sputnik 11. 5 Eyes turned, too, toward the 1 Navy Vanguard rocket, launched t twice unsuccessfully with a 64t inch spherical satellite in its nose . and now ready in its service tows er for a third try, expected before the week is out. But the focus of attention at . this missile center was on the . mystery of Explorer 11. Its fate t seemed swallowed up in silent . space, and there was endless conjecture as to what might have happened. The only answer—barring some sudden voice from above to confirm the "moon" was still there—was bound up in the maze of magnetic tape which recorded various pieces of information from the Jipiter-C as is heaved aloft. This, however, might take days io sift through and pinpoint the trouble. And the data was incomplete because the speeding rocket assembly lost itself not long after it left the cape — seemingly leaving an abrupt end to its trail in (Continued on page five)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 6,1958

Farm Law Writers In Congress In Challenge To Eisenhower Policy

Carroll County Sheriff Shof By Prisoners Sheriff Carey In . Critical Condition Following Shooting DELPHI <m — A huge posse began a search of all farm homes and buildings along a seven-mile stretch of highway today for 19-year-old John N. Delk, one of four prisoners who shot a sheriff with his own gun and wounded him critically. State police, city police and sheriffs deputies joined in the hunt for Delk, who escaped Wednesday with three companions from the moving car of Carroll County Sheriff Calvin L. Carey after shooting him. Glen W. Prophet, 29, and the two men’s 14-year-old wives, Rita Prophet and Frances Delk, were recaptured quickly. The 56-year-old sheriff was taken Jo St Elizabeth's Hospital in Lafayette with a wound in the stomach. He was reported slightly improved today after surgery Wednesday night. State Police Supt. Harold Zeis directed the house-to-house search by at least 60 troopers and 30 city police and sheriff*!. deputies. Tyb state police planes hovered over a 20-square mile area to aid searchers from the air. State police also said attempts were being made to bring in a helicopter. Delk was considered dangerous, but authorities believed he was unarmed anad still handcuffed. All the we apons carried by Carey and his deputy, John Miller, 41, who was driving.the sheriff’s car, were recovered. Miller was beaten badly in the escape, but was released from the hospital today. Delk and Prophet, both from Chicago, had been arrested in Lafayette and had admitted breaking into two schools. The four were being taken from Lafayette to jail in Delphi when they made the break. Prophet and the two girls drove off in the sheriff’s car after the shooting, but all three told police that Delk did not join them. They later were captured on foot near the abandoned car. Prophet told police he and Delk previously had planned the escape and agreed on a signal. Prophet was to ask: •'■Ttirn on the radio and let us have a little rock-and-roll.” Prophet, who was in handcuffs, hjt the brake with his foot. Delk “put his handcuffed arms around my throat, choking me with the linkage of the handcuffs until I was partially blacked out," Miller said. Delk opened the door and pushed Miller out. Miller said during the struggle on the highway he “blacked out entirely.”" When he regained consciousness he saw Carey “lying on the road about 300 feet away and calling for help." Miller said he rushed up asking, “who shot you?” “Prophet shot me with my own gun," Carey repeated three times. Then he blocked out. Miller said Delk ran to the car (Continued oji page five

Lenten Meditation “THE FACE OF MAN” “Honour all men.”—l Pet. 2:17 A Maryland photographer made a single picture of 65 men. Each was snapped full in the face and in the same spot. All 65 negatives were then printed on one sheet, one over the other, lined up by the eyes and nose. In the resulting face of “man” the best features of all 65 showed up strongest, while the worst features were lost sight of. ' This is a clue to the way Christians should look at other people. We are tempted to judge others by their weak points. These all of us have. But there are few people in whom the good does not outweigh the bad. It is good that this is so. And when we look for the things that are worth while we always find them. When we spotlight these they stand out and tend to offset the things that at first glance don’t Ipok so good. God has built fine qualities into every human being. The Christian looks for the noblest features of the race of men in the face of every man.

femnanls Os Storm Spread Over Nation Seen As Blessing To Kansas Wheat Belt By UNITED PRESS The remnants of a powerful but short-lived snow storm spread across most of the nation today ’ in the form of snow and rain. Dumping 14 inches of snow in Kansas and Nebraska, the Great Plains storm also churned up a ‘ tornado which ripped through Luf--1 kin, Tex., Wednesday, causing s SIO,OOO damage to a 300-foot radio • tower. : It was the second big snow to i pound the prairies in a week, but . warming March temperatures drained the clout from the blast- . The new fallen snow was quickly . transformed into huge slush piles £by the warming influence, and- , most farmers looked upon it as ’ a blessing in the western Kansas ‘ wheat belt. At Stockton, Kan., where 14 ’ inches of new snow caused some 1 schpols in rural communities to ‘ close down, snow accumulations from the two storms were an > even two feet. Guide Rock, Neb., i received 10 inches. » Lesser amounts of snow fell on r the fringe of the storm center in t lowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and northern Hlinois. Light snow fell . over most of the Great Lakes res gion during the night, and south 1 of the exhausted storm center the ? .precipitation fell as rain to the 3 Gulf stats and westward to New r Mexico. More han two inches of 1 rain fell on Apalachicola, Fla., during a six-hour period. 3 Stormy conditions over most of 1 the Rockies and the central and southern Plateaus caused gener- , ally warmer weather in the area, ■ but cooling and light snow were I evident at northwestern points. i The only really cold part of the > country was in the northern . Plains where temperatures were near zero. T e~m pe r atures fell 8 , somewhat as the cold air movement swung towards the Great Lakes Decatur Library Plans Observance Os National Week Old magazines and books and the annual Easter egg tree will be displayed at the Decatur public library during the first national library week, March 16-22. Any person having old magazines or books who would like to ' lend them to the library for that week may bring them to the library. Everyone in Adams county is invited to paint an Easter egg for the egg tree. Adams county historical scenes, such as covered i bridges, or plank roads, are es- ; peically desired. Also, persons of foreign descent are asked to paint an egg representing that country. If enough I eggs representing foreign countri ies are received, and international branch will be added to the tree. ' Vote Against Renewal Os Hooker's Contract MARION (in — The Marion City 1 School Board voted 3 to 2 Wednesday night not to renew the con- , tract of City School Supt. Orville J. Hooker when it expires June 15.

U.S. Jet Shot Down By Reds' Anti-Aircraft Second Jet Barely Avoids Beingr Shot Down Over Korea OSAN AIR BASE, Korea (W — Communist anti-aircraft guns today shot down a U.S. Air Force FB6 Sabrejet and barely missed knocking a second American jet fighter out of the sky, it was reported. The American planes were attacked near the demilitarized zone. The pilot of the second jet, identified as Ist Lt. Ronald E. Martin, Rock Hill, Mo., said the pilot of the doomed plane managed to eject himself and when last seen was drifting into Communist territory. The two Sabrejets were on a low-leyel simulated ground support training mission for Republic of Korea troops about 65 miles north of Seoul when the Red guns opened up. “They were just up on some ground support stuff," said one Air Force source, "and bam —this fire hits them." The demilitarized zone, set up unde the, armistice agreement, uts across the peninsula, and separates South Korea from tEe Communist North. The Air Force said the pilot of the second plane "saw the lead aircraft get hit and crash.” It added, the pilot “then momentarily saw a parachute with the pilot floating toward the ground just over the Communist side of the line." .The name pi the pilot of the doomed plane was withheld. Air Force sources said the United Nations Command probably would call for a meeting of the Korea Military Armistice Com mission to discuss the incident. There also will be* demands the pilot be returned, if he landed safely, the sources said. Pilots said there was a “pretty strong” wind blowing in the area at the time the planes were making the low-level passes and there was a chance the Sabrejets could have been blown a bit off course. It was the third plane incident involving American planes and the Communists in the past 18 months. Last June a U. S. Navy carrier plane was hit by Chinese Communist anti-aircraft batteries off the China coast. In August, 1956, 16 Americans died when a Navy patrol plane was shot down by the Chinese Reds. Three Candidacies For County Offices Three Democratic Candidacies Filed Loren HeUer, of French township, and Hugo Boeger, of East Root township, filed today for commissioner from the third and first districts, assuring races for both offices, -* Hailey J. Reef and Lew Sapp had already filed for commissioner from the third and first districts. All four are running in the Democratic primary May 6. Walter Koos, present county assessor, also filed for renomination and reelection, as a Democrat. Raymond E. Moser, of French township, filed for trustee for that township, subject to the Democratic primary. Glenit Leland Bollenbacher ,of Jefferson township, filed to run in the Democratic primary for the advisory board of Jefferson township. Walter Thieme, of East Union precinct, filed for Democratic precinct committeeman for that area. Everett G. Hutker, of Decatur precinct 1-D, filed for Democratic precinct committeeman.

North Korea Frees 26 Air Travelers Yield To Reported Pressure By Russia PANMUNJOM (UP)—The Communists, yielding to reported pressure from Moscow, today released the 26 air travelers who were kidnaped in the South Korean airliner that Red gunmen hijacked last month. The prisoners—two Americans, two Germans and 22 South Koreans — were handed over to Allied authorities here. They were taken to a nearby Allied base in a bus whose destination sign read “Freedom.” The Americans — pilot Willis Hobbs, of Vallejo, Calif., and Air Force Lt. Col. Howard W. McClelland, of Buchanan, Mich., who was logging air time as his copilot — were the last to be released. “I feel wonderful,” Hobbs said “It’s wonderful to be back.” Quibbling by Koreans from both sides of the border delayed the return of the captives for hours, but eventually they reconciled their differences and the 22 travelers were set free. The Communists, who had brought the prisoners here in a bus, started them back into Communist territory when South Korean Red Cross representative Kim Ho Kin refused to sign the second of two sets of receipts demanded by the Communists. Communist Col. Kim J oom Kyung (no relation) blamed the United States for the southern Kim’s attitude, even though U.S. Embassy Counselor T. Elliott Weil had signed all the receipts the Communists requested for the return of his countrymen without a murmur. The returning prisoners confirmed the story South Korean police had pieced together to-ac-count for the plane hijack, with the exception of one detail — the airliner was snatched by eight Rds masquerading as passengers instead r of seven, the figure reported by police. $15,000 Suit For Damages On Trial Case Venued From Allen County Court The cause of a Fort Wayne lady's death is the center of argument in a $15,000 damage suit being argued this week in Adams circuit court, with Severin H. Schurger, local attorney, sitting as special judge. Vernon Critchfield, administrator of the estate of Marian Critchfield, has brought suit against Robert A. Coburn, driver of the car which allegedly brought about Marian Critchfield's death. The defendant admits his negligence, but denies that her death resulted from the accident. Mrs. Critchfield was injured in an accident which occurred Jan. 26, 1957, on South Anthony Boulevard in Fort Wayne. She was released from an Allen county hospital and died ten days later, on Feb. 6, in Florida, from a cerebral hemorrhage. The charge was originally filed in Allen Superior court number two, but was venued to the Adams circuit court. The parties then asked for a special judge and attorneys G. Remy Bierly, Hubert R. McClenahan, and Severin H. Schurger were nominated. Both parties struck one attorney and Schurger was appointed as special judge to hear the cause. Jurors for the trial include, Rufus Inniger, of Monroe township;* Cecil E. Smitley, of Jefferson township; John Wall, Jefferson township; Hubert E. Krick, Decatur-Washington; Clinton J. Dubach, Hartford township; Leo Workinger, Union township; Waldo C. Bauman, Jefferson township; Herman R. Schug, Berne; Hubert Ehrsam, St. Mary’s; Lloyd C. Schere, Root; Paul C. Sharpe, Decatur-Root; and Elmer M. Moser, French.

Approve Bills Knocking Out Benson Order Senate And House Committees Okay New Farm Measures WASHINGTON (UP) — House and Senate farm law writers today approved legislation that would reverse price support cuts ordered by Agriculture Secretary Ezra T Benson. In a direct challenge to administration farm policy: —The Senate Agriculture Committee approved, 9-3, a bill to freeze all price support and acreage allotments at not less than 1957 levels. —A House Agriculture subcommittee approved, 5-0, a bill to cancel the reduction in dairy supports ordered by Benson. Besides canceling the reduction in dairy supports, the chief effect of the Senate 1 committee’s action would be to void a 22 cents a bushl cut in this year’s supports for what. Benson has ordered wheat props trimmed to $1.78 a bushel from last year’s $2.00. ■-Both House and Senate bills would cancel a reduction in dairy supports scheduled to take effect in 26 days. The controversial order has produced sharp protests from dairy state congressmen. In issuing it Dec. 18, Benson said it could be expected to result in lowering consumer prices by about % cent a quart for milk and about 2 cents a pound for butter and cheese. Benson’s ordet at the farm level would reduce supports to about $3.03 for manufacturing milk and 56.2 cents for butterfat. Present levels are $225 and 58.6 cents, re-“ spectively. The dairy bill, sponsored by Chairman Thomas G. Abernethy ’DMiss.),. was approved by the House sub c m m i t tee a few hours after it received a written report from Benson opposing the proposal. The bill would prohibit cuts in dairy supports for a two-year period ending March 31, 1960. House farm leaders hoped to incorporate the dairy measure into a package bill similar to that approved today by the Senate group. Abernethy said he expects the full House Agriculture Committee to act next week. » Chairman Allen J. Ellender (DLa.) disclosed that the Senate group also approved a resolution to hold-the-line on dairy products, in addition to the catch-all freeze bill. The Senate committee action was regarded as a direct slap at Benson, who has urged Congress not to approve such legislation. Benson has asked, instead, for authority to make further cuts in supports on dairy products and such “basic” crops as wheat, corn and cotton. -The Humphrey-Symington bill, described by Ellender as "stopgap” action, “provides “for a freeze on supports and planting allotments until “consideration by Congress of such changes in the price support and acreage allotment laws as may be. necessary at this time." Both Republicans and Democrats agreed such a freeze across the board faces the prospect of a presidential veto if it should pass Congress. Ellender said Benson would certainly advise the Presi- x dent to veto it. Aiken predicted the President would be likely to sign a resolution freezing only dairy prices but would almost certainly veto the broader measure. Benson’s order reducing price props for dairy products goes into force in 26 days unless Congress reverses his action. The Senate committee had beer expected to complete action Wednesday on hold-the-line pric support legislation. But it took the panel all-day to thrash out agreement on another bill calling for a vast expansion in the farm surplus disposal program. The bill, as finally approved by the calls for sales, barters and gifts of nearly five (Continued on page eight)

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