Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1958 — Page 1

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M II I ■IIIM SEEK UNEMPLOYMENT 80LUTION— AFL-CIO president George Meany (right) and Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell meet as the labor organization opened a three-day unemployment conference in Washington. Meany recommended a tax cut, increase in unemployment benefits and more defense spending as "must" measures to stop the current recession.

Atomic Bomb Mishap Rouses World Furore Bomb Missing Only Fuse Accidentally Dropped From Plane FLORENCE, S.C. (UP) — An atomic bomb, missing only the fuse that would have made it a disaster - dealing nuclear horror, plummeted from an American bomber into a farmyard late Tuesday, setting off a chain reaction of Investigation and international Concern. Maj. Gen. John D. Ryan, director of materiel for the Strategic Air Command, rushed to this eastcentral South Carolina town at the head of a s£ven-man disaster control team trained specially to cope with nuclear accidents. The bomb's trigger exploded when the bomb plowed ipto the earth in railroadman Walter Gregg’s hack yard. The blast bored a bole 35 feet deep and 50 feet wide in the ground. Gregg and five members of his fartiily were Injured. Ejected by Accident The Air Force sped a decontamination team into town but eased the fears of the populace later by announcing there was no radioactivity and that the bomb actually was harmless from a nuclear standpoint. But Cpt. James J. Brady, public information officer at SAC headquarters in Omaha, Neb, disclosed that the bomb that was ejected by accident from a Hunter Air Force Base 847 jet bomber was a "nuclear component.” He explained there- was no radioactivity because there had been no fission of the uranium in the device. Brady said, howtver, that the bomb tacked only the fuse that is necessary to create the fission to make an atomic explosion. The incident.brought immediate concern among high ranking congressmen and brought fresh demands from left wihg elements in Britain for banning U.S. guided missile bases there. Search for Scraps British papers headlined the accident. “This incident is a clear indication of the dangers involved in stationing the H-bomb here,” Sir Frederick Messer, leader of the Laborite faction which opposes the H-bomb, said in London. Two other laborites announced they would bring up the question in Parliament. Bits of torn and twisted metal from the bomb were being bunted by Air Force searchers and appeals went out to souvenlor hunters to return the scraps they picked up in the minutes after he acciden happened. The Air Force said it merely wanted to Investigate the pieces and insisted there was nothing radioactive about them. Guards Posed on Farm Chairman Chet Holifield (D.Calif ) of the joint congressional subcommittee on nuclear radiation will receive a full report. He said bombers as a rule never carry training weapons that could set off a nuclear explosion. Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore..’ said this accident bore out his contention that an accidental nuclear explosion was "probable.'' Guards posted on the farm warned newsmen to stay away from Gregg’s house, which was wrecked along with the several outbuildings In the explosion which sent up a towering cloud of dust and smoke. Tbe sentries told newsmen they would “get before: you get halfway there.”' While the Air Force assured neighbors who picked up fragments that they were in no danger of radiation, they asked for return of the debris. Air Force Information Service officer Harold L. Somerville, who has set up &n office in this South (Continued ora peg* five)

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Farm Achievement Barcfuel March 24 Annual Banquet At Berne Auditorium ’ Recognition will be given 5-acre corn members and dairy herd improvement association members at the 36th annual farmers achievement banquet to be held at the Berne Auditorium March 24, according to Leo N. Seltenright, county agricultural agent. Sponsors for the 5-acre corn members are the First Bank of Berne and the First State Bank of Decatur. Sponsors for the D.H.I.A. members is the Adams county artificial breeders association. Senior 5-acre com members are: Daniel Fiechter, Ervin Schuller, Ray Ringger, Lores Steury, Wm. H. Kohne & Sons, Hugo Bulmahn, Joe E. Isch, Harold Moser, Ben Gerke, Eli Kipfer, Elmer Isch, Arnold Gerke, Ralph. Beraing, Mrs. Ben Mazelin, Earl Johnson, Robert Isch, Martin Kipfer, Harold Schwartz, Merle Kuhn, Robert Plumley. Junior 5-acre com members are: Leo Busick, Gary Ringger, Dwight Moser, Gerald Bulmahn, Tim Ringger, Emanuel Gerber, Philip Moser, Perry Isch, Larry Busick Fuelling, Theodore Kipfer, Roy Mazelin, Loren Habegger, John Rumple, Duane Arnold. Alan Habegger and Sidney Schwartz. D.H.I.A. members are: Chris Stahly, Franklin Steury, Ben Gerke. Sol Mosser, Merle Kurn, Ben & Noah Mazelin, L. Reuben man, Paul E. Liechty & sons, Rolandes Liechty, Claren Lehman, Eugene Caffee, Everett Pyle, Kenneth Worden, Otto Kauffman, Harry W. Gerber, Alfred Grogg, Norman L. Becker, H. C. Brenneman, C. J. Korte, Albert Ewel, Paul Fuelling, Raymond Becker, Jr., Richard Moses, Eli Schwartz, Kenneth Beer, Stanley Arnold, Carl Amstutz, Elmer Johnson, Clem Wulliman, Harry Wulliman, Roy L. Price, C. P. Steury, Ivan Steury, James Briggs. Tickets for the meeting are for sale by Dglmas Boilenbacker, Ben Mazelin, Raymond Ringger, Hugo Bulmahn, Forrest Thicker, Paul Yoder, Orlando Lehman, Mrs. Noah Habegger, Elmer Franz, Paul Kohne, Alfred Grote, Herman Krueckeberg, the First State Bank at Decatur; Elmer Baumgartner. First Bank of Berne; Daniel Fiechter, and the county extension office. A . . ... , . Start Next Week On New Office Building Building To House Doctor's Offices Work will start early next week ">n a new office building in Decatur which will include the offices of Dr. Harold F. Zwick, M. D., Dr. William Freeby, M.D., and Dr. John B. Spaulding, D.D.S. The new office building will be located in the vacant lot across South Second street from the present offices of the three doctors., 4mple space for off-street parking will be left. The one-story building will include a full basement with office space for rental. The building will be completely air conditioned, 56 feet across the front, and L-shaped, with the long wing running 74 feet to the rear. Dr. Zwick opened general medical practice in Decatur in 1936. His nephew, Dr. Freeby, began oractice here this past year following several years medical exoerience in the U. S. Navy. Dr. Spaulding ooened his dental office here following graduation from I. school of dentistry In the summar of 1930.

- - -* tale Pushes mPWeOn Housing Bill Hope For Passage By Nightfall Os First Anti'Recession Bill By UNITED PtLESS Senate leaders hoped for passage by nightfall today of the first big anti-recession bill of the session—a $1,850,000,000 housing measure. Most Democrats and Republicans joined forces behind the bill as drafted by the Senate Banking Committee. There was some partisan friction over interest rates on Gl home loans. Deputy Defense Secretary Donald A. Quarles was expected to go Into Pentagon plans for offsetting the slump with a jobproducing $1,500,000,000 military construction program in an appearance before the House Armed Services Committee. Some congressional e'x per t g were placing the odds at "20 to 1 in favor of a„,iax cut” unless there is a sudden pickup in business conditions. Both administration policy makers and congressional democrats were showing a surprising amount of agreement on the kind of tax cut to enact—if it’s needed. One thousand union leaders planned a mass invasion of Congress to push demands for an immediate tax cut and other ways of beating the recession and rising unemployment. Other developments Tuesday: Dempsey: Rep. John J- Dempsey (D-N.M.), 78, died after a brief illness? The former New Mexico governor was the 10th member -of the House in the 85th Congress to die and 1 the 'fourth since the lawmakers reconvened ami aa eai ... ... : January. Rivers and Harbor*: The House voted to authorize $1,544,627,800 worth of river, harbor and flood control projects after defeating repeated Republican efforts to trim the total. The bill, approved by a roll call vote, 321-81, now goes back to the Senate which approved similar legislation last year. Public Works: The Senate Public Works Committee passed a resolution urging administration speed on all authorized civil public works programs after tacking on language praising President Eisenhower. Autos: Congressmen pressing ior a—cut in federal taxes on new cars said they have been assured by the auto industry that any tax savings would be passed on to the public. Appropriations: The Senate approved a $2,869,526,616 supplemental money bill to finance various government activities for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Tire measure, which now , goes back to the House for action on Senate amendments, also vContl-nued on page five) V $6,000 In Damages Awarded By Jurors Circuit Court Jury Finds For Plaintiff Vernon Critchfield, administrator of the estate of Marion Critchfield. and the plaintiff in the $15,000 damage suit against Itobert A. Coburn, was awarded $6,000 by an Adams county Jury late Tuesday afternoon. Coburn, the defendant In the case and the driver of the car which allegedly brought about Mrs. Critchfield’s death, was ordered to pay this sum by the jury composed of Rufus Inniger, Cecil E. Smitley, John Wall, Hubert E. Krlck, Clinton J. Dubach, Leo Workinger, Waldo C..Bauman. Herman R. Schug. Hubert Ehrsam, Lloyd C. Scherer, Paul C. Sharpe and Elmer M. Moser. The members of the Jury determined that die accident was the cause of the Fort Wayne lady’s death. She died ten days after the accident occurred, while vacationing in Florida. Previously she had been treated in a Fort Wayne hospital and released. > She died of a cerebral hemorrhage and the numerous doctors' testimony in the case agreed that a hemorrhage had occurred but which, did not rupture the blood vessels in the bead until the night when death occurred. The case was, originally filed in Allen superior court 2 but was venued to Adams county. Later, the parties asked for and received a special judge. Severin H. Schurger local attorney, was the choice of the parties. Carl Suedhoff and D. Burdette Custer represented the defendant and William McNagney and Robert Anderson were the attorneys for the plaintiff in the case.

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f — Mack Unable To Explain SB,OOO Bank Account Emphasizes Fund Not Income, Denies Any Yield To Pressure WASHINGTON (UP)— Richard A. Mack who quit under fire as a Federal Communications Commission member, told House i»l vestigators today that he is unable to say where he got nearly SB,OOO deposited in his bank account since 1955. He emphasized, however, that the money was not income. It was deposited in his checking account, since ha joined the FCC in July,“ 1955. Mack repeated in testimony before the House subcommittee on legislative oversight that he had not yielded to pressure on any of . his votes as an FCC member. But he conceded that he was “bothered" by heavy pressure put on him in- the hotly disputed Miami television Channel 10 Mack voted with the majority in gving the channel to a subsdiary of National Arlines. Feels “Not So Good” Mack was recalled by thp subcommittee in an attempt to clear up some of the confusion about his tangled financial arrangements with Thurman A. Whiteside, Miami attorney and a life - long friend who asked Mack to vote for Natonal Airlines. Whiteside and Col. A. Frank Katzentine of Miami, an unsuccessful applicant for the Channel 10 station, were standing by to testify. — 3 — It was Mack’s first public appearance since he resigned from the FCC nine days ago He has been under a doctor’s care and told reporters today he felt “dot so good.” Rep. John E. Moss (D-Calif.) asked Mack to explain the sources of “unidentified” amounts of money deposited in his bank account that totalled $7,986. Moss said that the subcommittee staff had sudied Mack’s books and had been unable to determine where the money came from. Th sums apparently were part of the $41,000 that subcommittee Chairman Orn Harris (D-Ark.) said was deposited in Mack's bank account over and above his salary. Bothered by Friends Mack said he does not have Oon'iLuea i>i* ran* Vivo) INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight. Thursday partly cloudy extreme north, cloudy central and sooth. Not much change in temperature#. Low tonight In the 20s. High Thursday 35 to 44. Sunset today 6:49 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 7 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Cloudy and a little warmer with rain spreading over the state and some possible snow north. Low Thursday night in the 20s. High Friday in the 40s.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Louis C. Minsterman, St. Luke Evangelical and Reformed Church, Honduras) “UPSIDE-DOWN LIVING” Hosea 7:&—Ephriam is a cake not turned. I like pancakes, but who wants them done on one side only? They are unpalatable, cause indigestion. They are upside down and need turning over. So it was with God’s people. On the Godward side they were thoroughly done—faithful in the temple, at the feasts and sacrifices. But on the manward side they were not done. They showed no spiritual fruits, worshipped idols, committed adultery, had moral decay. They had orthodoxy without life, morality without religion. They needed to be turned over. So it is today. There are folks done nicely on the religious side. They go to church, sing, prav, engage in religious forms, but do not practice their religion. Like the priest and levite in the parable of the Good Samaritan, they pass by on the other side. Then there are those who are done on the human side. They may be good husbands or wives, good citizens, respected endeavor to live right. But thev have no regard for the church, do not pray, or worship God. Thev miss their mark. Thev need to be turned over, recreated. Thev need to have Christ livd in their hearts, to have the fruits of the Spirit—love. jov. peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness. faith. rn«°kne*s. self-restraint. Turn the inside of your life towards God and evpose vour soul, turn the ouis<de of your life toward man and radiate love, sacrifice. and service.

School Musicians In Concert At Bluffton Two Decatur Schools Join Berne, Bluffton Bands from Decatur and Decatur Catholic high schools and the chorn* from Decatur high school will mass with the Berne end Bluffton band and chorus Friday night, with guest conductors John P. Paynter, of Northwestern University, and George Strickling of Cleveland Heights cn charge. This : ar’s program will be held at th Bluffton high school auditor!'-. m at 8 p.m. Friday. Last year th< program was at Decatur, and next year it will be at Berne. Clint Reed, instrumental music director for Decatur and Decatur Catholic high schools, stated that there would be 30 band members from the Catholic school and 75 Jland members from the public sh school making the trip. liss Helen Haubold, director of tae Decatur high school chorus, announced that 60 members of her jpoup would sing at Bluffton. * jLast year Berne brought a 48pece band and a 90-member chorjjs to the music festival, yjohn P. Paynter, director of Ipnds at Northwestern University,. iSyknston, 111., will lead the massed instrumental group, featuring arrangements of his own Creation, paynter has been head ! of the Northwestern university band department for five years, and was assistant for four years before that. The 29-year-old music wizard is the youngest band director in the Big Ten, and is already well-known hroughout the country. George F. Stricklfng is presently horal director of the Cleveland l and choral director at Case Intitute of Technology, and a director of civic choruses. He is the composer of numerous songs, has more than 100 arrangements published, and has written more than 100 articles for various music magazines. The program will include six numbers by the combined choir, seven numbers by the festival band, and a finale arranged by Paynter combining both choir and band. Choir songs include “Our Father,” by Gretchanioff; "By the Waters of Babylon,” by Broome; “Petite Concertant," Bertil Johansson; piano soloist, by Mastrollo; “Song of the Russian? 1 Plains,” Strickling arrangement: “Rockin’ Chair,” by Carmichael, and “Johnny Schmoker,” a German folk song, Strickling arrangement. The massed bands will play “The Nutmeggers” march, by Eric Osterling; “Song of Jupiter,” Leroy Anderson arrangement of G. F. Handel music: “Tocatta for Band by Frank Erickson; “Allerseelen (All Souls’ Day),” Richard Strauss, Davis arrangement; “American Folk Suite," by Harold L. Walters, including “Across the Wide Missouri,” “The Erie Canal," “Black dEJtbe Color of My True Love’s (Continued an pa.se five)

Senator Curtis Dissatisfied On Kohler Hearing Demands Committee ‘ Place Responsibility For Strike Violence WASHINGTON (UP)-Sen. Carl T. Curtis (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Rackets Committee, said today he was “not satisfied’’ with the committee’s investigation i of the Kohler Co, strike. He demanded that the commit- , tee staff pin down who was re- ; sponsible for the violence in the 4-year-old still continuing labor ' dispute. ! Chairman John L. McClellan * (D-Ark) retorted that he was : “not going to take the blame” for the committee’s failure to esf ablish facts which company de- , tectives and local police had failed ' to establish. The exchange came as the com- . mittee was questioning Robert . Treuer, a publicity man for the United Auto Workers, about alf leged mob action which prevented the company from unloading a j boatload of clay at Sheboygan, Wis., in 1955. Roller manufactures plumbing fixtures at Sheboygan. SuM Didn’t Work Treufer defied that he made radio broadcasts designed to “incite a riot” at the Sheboygan docks. All he was trying to do, he said, was attract a “handful” of people to see what he called the “auto worker’s navy.” Treuer explained that the “navy” was a “publicity gimmick’ designed to call attention to the strike during "a very quiet time” in 1955 when it had already been underway more than a year. He said he recruited “a little armada" of six rowboats to greet the clay boat, a Norwegian vessel, as it docked. The union planned to pass out strike leaflets to the crew. Treuer said the stunt didn’t come off very well because three of his rowboats "foundered before they got started” and someone went fishing in another. Gunaca Not Quatloned Curtis denounced Treuer’s testi- , money as typical of the manner In which various witnesses have disclaimed responsibility for the vandalism, violence, mass picketing and other incidents that coincid- : ed wth the strike. - Kohler claims the UAW prevented the boat from unloading at both Sheboygan and Milwaukee. : The boat finally unloaded at a Canadian port and the cly ws shipped to Sheboygn by railThe Senate investigators Tuesday passed up a chance to question a “wanted" man they went to a lot of trouble to get on the witness stand. Seven Persons Are Asphyxiated By Gas Tragedy Is Blamed On Unvented Heater FRESNO, Calif. (UP) — The bodies of seven persons who died from breathing the fumes of an unvented gas heater were removed early today from a small house 10 miles east of this central California city. Deputy Coroner Alphord Dickinson believed the seven, one of them a baby, died late Saturday or early Sunday. Their bodies were not found until Tuesday. The victims were tentatively identified as: Mr. and Mrs. Luke Vaughn, owners of the bouse; their 16-year old daughter, Gail; their house guests, William Harris, 52, Adelanto Calif.; his wife, Jeanette, 45; Mrs. Joyce Galloway, 19, believed to be their daughter; and a baby girl, presumably Mrs. Gallowway’s childA card in Mrs- Galloway’s wallet identified her husband as Airman 2-C A. H. Galloway of Luke Air Force Base In Arizona. The fumes also claimed a' Pekingese dog. Another dog was vContlnuad on Paga Five)

Indonesian Rebels Brace For Attacks Expect Onslaught By Loyal Forces SINGAPORE m-Central Indonesian government paratroops have occupied the airfield at Pakanbaru in Central Sumatra, Radio Jakarta announced tonight. The announcement from Jakarta came shortly after an Indonesian diplomatic spokesman in Holland had disclosed that loyal paratroopers had been dropped against the rebels in the Central Sumatran jungle. The spokesman at The Hague said these “self-contained units” assigned a “series of special tasks’’ had jumped into action “this week.” He did not specify exactly when the paratroop drops took place, but a revolutionary source in Singapore said he had received an unconfirmed report the government forces had hit Pakanbaru today and that there had been some fighting. . ; An earlier anounccment m The ‘ Hague said landings had taken I place in areas besides the already ( announced sea assaults at Bengkalis', Sungei Pakning and Selat | Pandjang. ’ Meanwhile, the rebel forces grouped in Central Sumatra wera . reported braced for an expected ; onslaught by loyal forces against ’ Padang, one of the principal cen- , ters of the insurgent "counter- * government.” > Two corvettes from Jakartas’s small navy were patroling the ap- ■ proaches to Padang harbor, on Sumatra's west coast. Rebel leaders expressed the belief that attack is "imminent.” A small government force seized one or more towns on Bengkalis Island, off the Sumatran east coast, after a week-end landing which was the principal military action reported so far in the revolt. There still was no word as to the whereabouts of the government’s main striking force, believed to number 4,000 to 5,000 men. The immediate effect of the Bengkalis landing was to dry up the 220,000-barrel flow of oil that moves daily in normal times (Continued am page five) Monthly Financial Report By Hospital Show Slight Profit During February High bills in the short month of February prevented the Adams county memorial hospital from showing a large profit, although more than $24,500 was received, Thurman Drew, hospital administrator, reported to the board of trustee Friday. Operating cash on hand Fe. 1 was $1,865.60, and deposits for the month were $24,535.67. making the total cash on hand $26,401.27. Bills for the month were $9,053.32, and the payroll amounted to ! $15,451.50. Total expenses were l $24,504.82. The operating cash ba--1 lance Feb. 28 was $1,896.45, a pro- ■ fit for the month of $30.85. p— An operating cash balance of ' $4,464.03 was left Jan. 1 of this year, but the high first-of-the-year I bills, for insurance and other items r which will not have to be paid'for , another year, reduce* the amount on hand to the present figure of - $1,896.45, so that the hospital is still in the red this year a total , of $2,567.58. There were 47 adults and eight i babies in the hospital on Feb. 1, - and 35 adults and five babies on . Feb. 28. During the monte, 155 ■ adults were admitted, and 47 ba--1 bies were born. Four adults and ‘ one baby died, an 163 adults and 49 babies were dismissed. There were 21 boys and 26 girls ' born during tee month. A total of * 150 outpatients were treated in the e mere gen cyroom, x-ray room, and . laboratory. There were 45 patients in the halls.

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No Explanation Is Given For Test Failure Trouble Continues To Haunt Vanguard Launching Attempt CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (UP) —They tried in vain again today to launch a Navy Vanguard rocket with a baby moon in its nose. After working long hours to get the slender 72-foot missile into the sky, the weary Vanguard crew had to “scrub” the effort. The firing was called off just before noon. No exportation was given. It was apparent, however, some sort of trouble developed in the rocket, which had been due for launching early in the day. In Washington, Dr. John P. Hagen, director of the Vanguard project, announced: ." “Technical difficulties slowed the test to a point where the allowable time that liquid oxygen could safely remain in the Vanguard test vehicle was exceeded, necessitating a postponement. The ■ test will be rescheduled in the near future.” : At on point, the countdown > leading up to the firing progressed t to four minutes and 12 seconds t from triggering of the slim bird. • After a delay of some four hours - during which the service structure was rolled back over the rocket 5 to make repairs, the count went . to three minutes and 50 seconds, i There have been repeated es- . forts to get one of the Vanguards . off the ground. When newsmen first arrived at , their —vantage point about a mile- [ and a half from the Vanguard launching pad, a ground fog was I rolling over the cape, but the I black, pointed nose of the rocket could be seen iutting above the 1 fogThe 6.4-inch satellite which ' Vanguard officials conceded had a very small chance of going into orbit—was tucked inside the nose 1 cone of the rocket. Evidently the countdown had progressed rapidly and without a 1 hitch up to that point, and it kept going unil the first delay. Skies, meanwhile, cleared until only a few clouds were strung across the blue —nearly a perfect day to watch the ascent of the rocket By the time tee delay was over clouds had knitted into a thick gray roof over the cape at about 5,000 feet. Fight For Delegate To GOP Convention Second Candidate Is Filed For Delegate A fight for delegate to the Republican state convention developed today in the district which includes Monroe township outside of Berne, and North Hartford township. Albert Fox, father of Ervin Fox, Wells county Republican chairman, has filed for delegate against Clif- . ford Essex, of Monroe, brother of Harry “Peck” Essex, Adams county Republican chairman. The Foxes are members of the Handley faction of the Republican-, party, whijch is sponsoring the pres- ; ent governor for the senate seat to be vacated by Sen. William E. Jenner. Essex has not announced which Republican senate candidate he will favor in the Republican convention, but he is generally believed to be cool towards Handley, who fired Essex from his jdb with the state highway department after i leaking adverse news stories to an Indianapolis newspaper concerning him. , —.- ■ The Adams county Republicans opposed Handley in the state conI vention that nominated him two years ago, which led to Handley’s, hostility to the local group. . ' : " . --HR